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BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

FRONT COVER PICTURE: Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library on the campus of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

â&#x20AC;˘ Buc KNELL UNIVERSITY, the 100th college chartered in America, recently celebrated the 108th anniversary of its founding . One of the country's outstanding coeducational colleges of arts sciences, and engineering, Bucknell was es tablished in 1846 by a group of Pennsylvania Baptists. Although now privately controlled, the university continues to maintain a close relationship with the Baptist denomination. Originally known as the University of Lewisburg, the college wa renamed in 1886 in honor of William Bucknell of Philadelphia who contributed to the original endowment fund and served as a trustee for many years. Since the momentous day when the first graduates-and there were only seven-received their diplomas over a century ago, Bucknell University has expanded by leaps and bound from a handful of students crowded with three profes ors in the basement of L ewisburg Baptist Church to a college valued at five and one-half million dollars with an enrollment of nearly 2,000, 140 faculty members, and 52 buildings dotting the 300-acre campus. That campus, loca ted on the outskirts of Lewisburg on College Hill one hundred feet above the W est Branch of the Susquehanna River, is a beauty 'Spot of central Pennsylvani a that even college catalogue pictures can't exaggera te. R ambling elms and oak trees form a rustic setting in tranquil contrast to the modern structures they shade. H ere on the spacious campu in a small Penn ylvania town, away from the tempo of metropolitan distraction, students find at reasonable cost the simultaneous advantage of companionable association and vast opportunity for p ersonal advancement. In fact Bucknell's nation-wide popularity can be evidenced in a student body that includes young men and women from twenty-two states, to say nothing of foreign representation from fifteen countries. In an effort to do its share toward promoting be tter international relations, Bucknell University has catered in every possible way to these foreign students. The Institute of Foreign Students, for exam ple, is conducted each summer in a ix-weeks session offered a a n introduction to the American language a nd customs. This, along with the annual Bucknell -Burmese weekend, during which Burmese student studying in colleges in the United State gather a t the University, repre en ts the effort Bucknell exert to make the e students feel a t home on the campus. One of the many new feature recently introduced into the curriculum is the Univer ity Course, which represents a n attempt to correlate knowledge by applying the same mea ures to the variou field of education. This experimentation in the field of integrated educa tion h a been aided by a $25 000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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• WHAT is the National? What does it do? ... "The National" is a term given to the graduate representatives from each chapter who already have a · full-time business or profession; who are chosen for interest and loyalty, and give much of their time freely and without compensation to the affairs of D elta Phi .... The term "National," however, implies and stands for a lot more than . Beta Omega Installed at Buc kn ell U ni versi ty ..... .. ... ... .... ... .... .. .

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respondence concerning the same should be addressed to Miss Esther Bucher, Suite 226, 1025 Grand Avenue, Kansas City 6, Missouri. PoSTMASTER : .,d Form 3579 to Kansas City address. Entered as second-class matter, September 4, 1923, at the post office at St. Paul , Minnesota, under the Act of M arch 3, 1879. Application for special permit mailing has also been made .

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Sandra Wanderman, Beta Omega president, received the chapter's charter from Virginia Carpenter, national vice president.

â&#x20AC;˘ BETA OMEGA of Alpha Sigma Alpha was install ed on the campus of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1953. The charter group included members of the petitioning group which had been known as Phi Alpha Pi local sorority. Pledge and initiation services were held for Joan Ayers, Mary Anne Boessnech, Eleanor Bonom Martha Burd Lois ' Cullen, Susanne H all, Barbara Hodgkins, ' Celia Johnson, Bette Kinzie, Loui e Kinzie, Dail Miller, Ba rbara North , Anna Peterson, Ruthma ry Ragdale, Grace Schlegel, N ancy Schatz, Elizabeth Ann Sutton, and Sandra Wanderman. L aura Davis and Gl adys Ellis were initiated at a later date be-

cause of a con;Ipulsory band trip to a Bucknell football game. An informal introductory luncheon was held at The Higgins of Lewisburg with Alpha Sigma Alpha songs led by the national music chairman, Mrs. Arthur H ellrich, adding to the spirit of the occasion. The installing team included Miss Evelyn G. Bell, national president; Miss Virginia Carpenter, national vice president; Miss H elen L. Corey, national secretary ; Mrs. Arthur Hell rich, mu ic chairman; Mrs. Wayne Byers, philanthropic chairman. These national officers were assi ted by Dr. S. June Smith, Miss L. Geraldine Smith, Mrs. Mary Aungst of the Central Pennsylvania alumnae chapter, and Mrs. Berwyn Russell of the Indiana, Pennsylvania, alumnae chapter. Representatives from college chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha participating in the installation of Beta Omega included Patricia Creed, Josephine Moore, and Florence Nacch io from Nu Nu at Drexel Institute; Nancy Byerly, Dorothy Gardner, Betsy Hostetler, Carolyn Lamonettin, and Carol Weirers of Alpha Gamma, Indiana State T eachers College; Virginia Bahmueller, Betty Dickert, June Members of the Installation Team are pictured at the left from left to right. Standing: Virginia Bahmueller, Charlotte Klemp, representatives of Kappa Kappa chapter at Temple University; Patricia Detrow Byers, national philanthropic chairman; Helen L. Corey, national secretary; Evelyn G . Bell, national president; Virginia Carpenter, national vice president; Shirley Ainsworth HeUrich, national music chairman; Jos:e Moore, representative of Nu Nu chapter at Drexel Institute. Seated: Betsy Hostetler, Dorothy Gardner, representatives of Alpha Gamma chapter of Indiana State Teachers College; Florence Nacchio, representative of Nu Nu chapter.

. ,... Charter members of Beta Omega chapter are pictured at the right. Front row-from left to right: An:~ Sutton; Dail Miller, editor; Bette Kinzie; Louise Kinzie. Middle row: Eleanor Bonom, registrar; Lois Cullen, secretary; Barbara Hodgkins, vice president; Sandra Wanderman president; Martha Burd, treasurer; Ruthmary Ragsdale: Panhellenic representative. Back row: Mary Ann Boessneck; Susan_?e Hall; Anna Peterson, chaplain ; Nancy Schatz; Ceha Johnson; Barbara North; Joan Ayers; Grace Schlegel.

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Sandra Wanderman, president of Beta Omega, acted as toastmistres . The words of A~A's motto "Aspire, Seek, Attain" were titles for the banquet speakers. Dorothy Gardner, Alpha Gamma presented "Aspire." Nancy Scha tz, Beta Omega, spoke on the subj ect "Seek." Miss Evelyn G. Bell na tional president of Alpha Sigma Alpha, augmented the theme with her address on "Attain." Dean Stevenson graciously welcomed the members of Alpha Sigma Alpha as a new chapter on the Bucknell campus. Miss Virginia Carpenter, national vice president, presented the Beta Omega Fraps, Charlotte Klemp, Catherine Sadlie, and charter to Sandra Wanderman. Mrs. Arthur HellNancy Wright of Kappa Kappa, T empl e Univer- rich, accom panied by Nancy Schatz, presented sity. several musical favorites. Installation of Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha The culmination of the weekend was a tea held on Sunday afternoon, in Hunt Hall Living Room, Sigma Alpha climaxed the long awaited day. A formal banquet was held at the Lewisburg where Alpha Sigma Alpha received faculty members and officers of campus sorority and fraterInn, Saturday evening. D espite a heavy downnity chapters. pour of rain, activities of the banquet marked _ The charter members of Beta Omega will never the festive occasion. Guests were: Miss Grace forget the thrill of sisterhood and friendship reColton, Beta Omega's adviser; Miss Mary Jane vealed in meeting other Alpha Sigmas in national Stevenson, dean of women; Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm affiliation. As the fourth Pennsylvania chapter, E. Musser and Mr. and Mrs. D ayton L. Ranck. Beta Omega has become aware of the satisfaction Mr. Musser is Bucknell's dean of men and Mr. and spirit of warm relationship which is a dominant phase of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Ranck is treasurer of the University.

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MRS. FRED M. SHARP

• AT THE BEGINNING of this Conference, let us in thought, reverently bow before the altars of the thirty-one Na tional Fraternities we represent tha t we may project the dear and famili a r truths learned there into our w1der Pa nhellenic rela tionships. In an attitude of spiritual meditation, each humbly acknowledging dependence upon God, our common idea ls are magnified . Our similar basic purposes unite us in one body. We have come together from all sections of our wonderful country to exercise our rights of free, peaceable assembly in a free la nd . May we be gratefully aware of this privilege and of all the privileges of our ci>tizenship. Pray tha t we h ave the wisdom and alertness to protect the bles·sings of liberty a our forefathers h ad ' the courage and faith to secu re those blessings. In humility but with conviction let us accept our obliga tion. A part of the obligation rela ted to this

• T HE FRATERNITY MoNTH Trophy for th e Mos t Constructive Public R ela tions Program was awarded fo r the first time a t the 1953 NPC mee ting held a t the Huntington H otel, Pa adena, early in November. The NPC Judging Comm ittee, h ea ded by Miss Amy B. Onken, Pi Beta Phi, ann ounced a t a special dinner on Wednesday, November 4, that the fir t winner of the trophy was the Nebra ka Panhellenic where it will remain for two yea r. , until the next meetin g of N PC. The actual presenta tion was made by M rs. C . P. Neid ig, Pi K a ppa Sigma Pan hellenic D elega te in the abse nce of Mi Onken du to ill ne s.

Confe rence is clea rly sta ted in thi m anner : " We sta nd for using our influence to furth er the be t sta nda rds for the education of the young women of America. . . . We, the fraternity women of America, ta nd for prepa ra tion for service through cha racter building inspired in the cl o e contact a nd deep friendship of fra ternity life. To u fra ternity life is not th e enjoyment of special privileges but an opportun ity to prepa re for wide and wise hu. " man service. Such lofty purposes leave no space for small thinking; no time for p etty considerations; no rea son for selfish action. The effectiveness of the Conference of Women's N a tional College Fraternitie. is dependent upon our mutual respect and trust in each other a nd our support of the decision. made by the m ajority. Today we a re confronted with grave problems in the protection of the rights we ch erish, in the service we hope to accomplish. Our individual fraternities and N a tional Panhellenic Conference have the good chance to be worthy of this our time, and equal to its exacting, perplexing dema nds. L ong h ave -Ne served . Out of the past evolves a sense of values. Today's action points the direction for the future. The exigencies of the present bid us " Seige now and here the hour, nor trust som e la ter day." M ay we join in a moment of silent prayer.

Ou r Fath er) we pray that our m editation has been acceptable in Th y sigh t. W e ask that it be regard ed not as a m om ent of pause in ax kn owledgm ent of Th ee. Bu t rather as an earnest pet ition that Th y love m ay guid e and enable us throughout this Conference and in all our un dertakings. Without Th ee "Our striving wou ld be losing." Amen.

Th e award is presen ted to the College Pa nhellc nic which, in the op inion of the specia l NPC Awards Comm ittee and the NPC Exec uti ve Commi ttee, has done the most in furthering fin e relation between ororitie , between sororities a nd the university or college in whic h their cha pters a re loca ted , a nd betwee n sororitie a nd the commu n ity. THE FRATERNITY M o NTH trophy, presented by Lela nd a nd Wilma Smi th Lela nd, is a design of grea t beauty and was man ufactu red by the L. G. Balfo ur Compa ny.

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?tPe ()d4~4- tfotde~e r~~4t:VU'f at Hotel Huntington, Pasadena, Ca lifornia 1t~e't

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ExcERPTS FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORT BY MRs . RoBERTSON PAGE, • THE GOLDEN opportumt1es of the future took precedence over the golden anniversary aspects of the past as delegates from all over the nation assembled in Pasadena, November 3-7, 1953, to pay tribute to fifty years of service by the National Panhellenic Conference, achieved since its first official m eeting in 1902. New horizons of usefulness keynoted this thirtythird meeting of NPC with emphasis on the potential force of the fraternal world in providing lea dership in civic affairs. The thought-provoking program, according to many members present, dra matically illustrated the contrast between a past that featured discussions of more or less self interest and a present where the chief concern is rendering a service to mankind in a complex world. It was stressed again and again that women' s na tional fraternities recognize the need for sound leadership and their opportunities for contributing to such leadership through faithful practice of the fundamental principles upon which Panhellenism is found ed. Presiding was Mrs. W. Harold Hutchinson, Alpha Phi, Chairman of NPC's Executive Committee. In her opening remarks she called upon the conference to discuss with wisdom the means

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of fraternities to utilize the potential force of their membership. She said that the biennium h ad revealed increasing effort of college and city Panhellenics to pattern their procedures in accordance with recommended NPC policies. Further she called attention to the cooperative 'i nterest of college adrninistra tions in the widening scope of fraternity progress, and · pointed out that federa l a nd na tional organizations have continued to seek NPC 'S upport and influence. Among th e first business of the conference was the acceptance of Iota Alpha Pi into associate membership, following the report of the Eligibility a nd Nationalization Committee. At the Tuesday evening session, " Investm ent in Fraternity," a panel discussion, was effectivel y presented by the Central Office Executive Association, moderated by the president, Gertrude Anderson, Alpha Xi Delta. The panel summarized that through fraternity experiences a member may lea rn to participate with distinction in loc al and n ational affairs. As the five day agenda progressed, reports of standing committees reflected impressive growth in a ll directions, indicating practical awa reness of citizenship responsibiliti es developed by fraternity trammg. Panhellenic activities showed a d istinct maturity of approach, with NPC representatives conscientious in seeking to perfect workable procedures which express the ideals of fraternity in th e fines t se nse of public relations at the chapter a nd civic level. CAMPUS R ELATION S Indica tive of this far-reaching attention to carnl)us activities, on Wednesday members of th e College Pa nhellenics Committee discussed the " Rela tionship of NPC to the College Campus" with

Mrs. George Simonson r<I>B and Mrs. Fred M. Sharp A2:A at Alpha Phi reception.-Courtesy "The Fraternity Month."

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The NPC Chairman of the Joint NADW-NPC Cou'!mittee, Mrs. George Banta, Jr., Kappa Alpha Theta, and members of her committee gave an excellent report on the progress of mutual cooper<~ tion and understanding.

OFFICERS. 1954-56 This trio will lead the NPC groups for the next biennium, Standing: Mrs. Carlton Byars, Delta Gamma, chairman. Seated: Mrs. Darrell Nordwall, Alpha Chi Omega, treasurer, and Mrs. George M . Simonson, Gamma Phi Beta, the new secretary.--Courtesy "Banta's Greek Exchange."

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visiting Deans of Women in the Area present to participate. This coffimittee explained NPC policies with regard to local college Panhellenics, public relations, the essentials of a trong Panhellenic, educational programs, methods and techniques of membership selection and of workshops. Pointing out that Panhellenics are sure to feel effects on their campuses of pressures from insidious propaganda and current criticism of membership selection rights, never before questioned, it was stressed that Panhellenics hold a first line of defense against such attacks and should be alert to coordinate efforts to protect member fraternities. The college Panhellenic, it was explained, in regulating rushing rules n ecessary to guarantee equal opportunity to add members, has a vital role in safeguarding th e right of fraternal orders to select their members as social and primarily friendship groups with complete freedom of choice. It was stated each duly constituted national fraternity has determined its own unity in essentials which should be recogn ized both by panhellenic and each fraternity on the basis of what is best for the most. In upholding such rights, the college Pa nhellenic and fraternities themselves thus represent democracy in action. Correlation of the College Pa nhellenics Committee to other committees, namely NPC-NADW and Extension, wa pre ented with "A Positive Approach to Pa nhellenic Activities," summ arizing the College Panhellenic Committee program. In conclusion Mr . H a rry H . Power, Alpha Chi Omega, chairma n, remarked that all women's fraternities aim to be completely effective on the college campu es they serve, looking to the dean for inform ation on their ch apter' welfare and for knowledge of admini trative wishes in ordC'r to progre s in a completely cooperative program.

Two DEANS SPEAK During the Wednesday afternoon se ion, Mrs. Nola Stark Rogers, a sociate dean of students at UCLA., spilke to the Conference on "Why Sororities Survive." She mentioned the diversity of background to be found in student bodie with graphic references to the cross section of humanity on her own campus. She stressed that family tie offered through sorority membership represented the kind people knew around the turn of the century, which are so needed today to give security to personal relationships. Her graduate study, based equally upon · nonGreeks and sorority members, Dean Rogers said, had revealed that all began on the same level as freshm en with virtually no differences, but by their senior year results in divergent directions were apparent. Students with Greekletter training showed a high level of individual accomplishment. Dean Rogers deplored many trends toward "groupism" and "adoration of the average." Acknowledging, however, the need of "group oneness" essential to sorority chapters, she praised the "work on individuation within such groups" toward encouragement of colorful personalities. She warned against cutting the pattern too closely or the overpolishing of a rough diamond. " No charming woman is ever the product of too much polishing," aid D ean Rogers, "for as in music it is the variation on the theme which brings out the true . rich beauty of the melody." Highlighting "Dean's Day" was the special dinner program Wednesday evening that featured Dr. T. D ale Coffman, D ean of Law, UCLA. The intriguing subj ect of hi address wa " Birds of a Feather." Dr. Coffman pointed out most emphatically that Greekletter organizations are part of the educational process which is es entially personal and must be self-acquired . H e proclaimed actual training in American citizenship teaches the true connotation of liberty and those principle of fundam ental morality upon which our country is built. K ey word currently mi, used play upon emotions by self-styled professional libera ls bringing together " birds of a feather" who, according to Dr. Coffman, are "moral and intellectual jellyfish with mixed emotions." Dr. Coffman stressed that known subversive elements in America arc em ploying the English language in subtle an d perverted fashion to concea l their true activitie . Stating that fraternities a nd orontle arc bulwarks against the spread of Communist doctrine Dr.

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Coffman remarked that although this is a man's world, the women civilize it and must naturally be the leaders in preserving an abiding befief in God, "the solid rock on which our country is founded." "No man is ever sufficient unto himself," continued Dr. Coffman, "and it is past time that we as individuals require of ourselves a return to that belief and train our children in this- light." Another highlight of Wednesday evening was announcement of the University of Nebraska College ·Panhellenic as the first winner of THE FRATERNITY MoNTH Award. Through the generosity of Mr. a nd Mrs. Leland F. Leland, this handsome traveling trophy will be awarded biennially as an incentive to college Panhellenics for outstanding achievements in fraternity public relations within the college and community.

en to take their rightful place in the world. The chairman of the R esearch and Public R elations committee, Mrs. Mary Love Collins, Chi Omega, spoke for the committee during the Friday morning session. Goon CITIZENSHIP Friday's lunch eon featured Bob Munger, president of Students for America, who told of his organization's crusade based on truth, loyalty, honor, formed to combat the fifty-two known subversive student organizations on college campuses. At the following session that afternoon, the responsibility of the ·schools to teach our American way of life so that young people will know it, believe in it, and live it was emph asized by Mrs.. Joseph Grigsby, Delta Delta D elta, chairman of the Citizenship Committee. SuMMER RusHING Urging that American citizenship cannot be Conference action was taken to discourage sumtaken for granted, reference was made to Presimer rushing that has been too extensively pursued · dent Abraham Lincoln's promise to the people at by individual alumnae associations, with NPC Gettysburg on November 19, 1863, when he told going on record as recommending only one social even t to be supported by all alumnae in an area as a worthwhil..e means of fraternity education for new college students. Mrs. Norman Dunbar, Phi Mu, chairman of the City Pa nhellenics Committee, declared the time had come for all women's fraternities to present a united front, to conduct their affairs in a dignified and thoroughly adult manner. City Panhellenics activity can be geared effectively, she ·s tated, to combat adverse criticism leveled a t the fraternity system. PRESENT AwARDS Miss Margaret Beatty, executive secretary of the Huntington Hotel, spoke to Central Office Executives at their tenth anniversary dinner Thursday evening on the subject, "Candidly Speaking-from one Executive Secretary to Another." At the editors' traditional "Brass Tacks" dinner on the same evening, twenty-five-year service awards were presented to Mrs. L eland F . Leland of FRATERNITY MoNTH a nd to Harold Bac hman and F. R. Brand- · herm of Banta Publishing Company. EDITOR's PANEL Disc ussioN Taking time out from their own separa te and stimula ting meetings, on Friday NPC editors presented an informa tive panel, "Our MagazinesPast a nd Present, with Predictions of Things to Come," moderated by Ann Hall, Alpha Chi Omega, Chairman of the NPC Editors Associa tion. A reader poll has revealed that fraternity m embership is interested first in people, second in things, and third, ideas. Editors predicted for the future a magazi ne format of simplicity and eye appeal, more em phasis on spiritual return to the altars without flow ery style; lively but sage discussion on standards, and articles which will encourage worn-

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Miss Evelyn G. Bell, A~A national president, attended the National Panhellenic Conference.

them " the United States would not perish so long as it was built upon Government of the people, by the people, for the people." The work of NPC'·s Citizenship Committee reflected close cooperation with the All-American Conference to Combat Communism in h aving supplied NPC officers with informative materials toward educating fraternities in their civic responsibility. A report by Mrs. R obert Wild, Pi Beta Phi, on Friday afternoon on the Education Committee called a ttention to trends in both secondary and college educational practices.

The joint NADW-NPC Committee reaffirmed th!; 194 7 position of the conference to "use it influence to assure the position of qualified .. women in admini tration and policy-making personnel positions on campus of American Colleges and Universities." National Panhellenic Conference accepted member hip on the advisory board of th ~ National Citizenship Committee for Educational T elevision . Th e theme and speaker for the final banquet Friday night again indicated NPC's deep awarenes of training for worthwhile citizenship. Over 300 fraternity women heard John J. Malone, special agent, Federal Burea u of Inves tigation of Los Angeles District, bring greetings from J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Bureau in Washington. Mi. Malone spearheaded his subject "The Role of the Citizen" with this remark, " Our American form of government is based upon the dignity of the individual."

there .may be victory. In faith and hard work there can come realization."

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At the completion of b!l'siness during the Satur' ;:. day morning session, No'vembt;r. 71 Mrs. Hutchin son surrendered the gq~el to Mr~. Robert C . Byars, D elta Gamma, incon{.lng chairman of NPC's Execut ive Committee. In h er remarks to the a~sem颅 bly Mrs. Byars spoke . the magnified place of NPC in the years ahead, of estimated increasing enrollments, the muJ.uality of interests, the situations to be coped with on an ever increasing basis of fri endship and cooperation. At this golden anniversary m eeting past and pres~nt methods were reviewed and interfraternity action for the future was discus-sed on a comprehensive sca le. Bu of the greatest significance a t any NPC meeting is ;the. spirit of fri endship, of cordial cooperation demonstrated by each delega te and fraternity member present. Acknowl edging tha t the Grceklctter soCJetJes represent a way of life to their members, it can truly be said that the integrated program of the National Panhellenic Conference for the next biennium is a profe ion of faith. " I s this not the time" to quote from the remarks of Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha , in the final paragraph of her addre on College Panhellenic Day, "when the Pa nhellenic movement mu t advance po itively? . . . The action should be calm, intelligent, and to the Pa nh elleni point. ... Therein is our positive approach. There i. our challenge. Th e word challenge 路s thoughtfully u ed, trite and tried a it must be, because chall enge i defi ned a an invitation to engage in a contc t, a summon to a fight. In concord of intcre t and action there i power. In timelin e

EDITOR's NoTE: Mr . Fred M. Sharp a official delegate and Miss Evelyn G . Bell, our national president, represented A~A at the thirty-third National Panhellenic Conference. The following attended open session : Mrs. Clinton A. Berry AB, former national registrar ; Lynn Berry ~nderson IIII ; Lois Brockhaus SE; Marion Thomas Chabot lUI, co-chairman Region IV; Margaret Lennon Bagley ES ; Eleanore Bohn Kowalewsky =::=:; Nancy Gibson Mattiso ~~ . president; Lo Angeles alumnae chapter; and Edith Titlcy :=::=:.

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â&#x20AC;˘Âˇ WITH apologies to Alan Beck, the author of " What is A Boy?" " What is A Girl?", and " What is A Mother?", but who hasn't as yet written " What is A President?", we offer you our analysis of " Wha t is A President ?"-W e will confine our ideas to wom en presidents. Presidents a re usually chosen for one of three reasons : 1. Because they are inspirational leaders and the unanimous choice of the club ; 2. Because they h ave d iligently worked themselves up through the auxiliary offices as preliminary apprentices and will no longer be satisfied with secondary plums in their everlasting ambition to climb to social distinction ; or 3. Because practically everyone else in the club has already had the office and the honor, or no one else will take it. Of course, in this group of our~, and in yours, no doubt, the presidents have always been chosen beca use of the first reason given. Presidents, of course, vary in -size, personality, and whims. They have different degrees of leadership as well as emotional stability. Some are chubby while others are string beans. Some are pompous while others are insignificant in a ppearance. Some are tall and some are short. Some are freckled and husky. Some are loud, others are Miss or Mrs. Milquetoast-s. Some are introverts and some are extroverts. Some are teachers, secretaries, musicians, R ed Cross ladies, factory workers, socialites, nursery and kindergarten organizers, artists, deans of women, counselors, teacher consultants, principals, social workers, politicians, business women, and, yes, sometimes there are those who have multiple careers, such as the homemaker and mother, who may be persuaded to take on still another job and be a president, too. There seems to be no limit. A president represents the club as far as public relations are concerned in such mediums as newspapers, TV, radio, etc., and she is the group's representative to other civic a nd social groups, as well. Thi puts her in the spo tlight for better or for worse, a nd though she may be a very modest crea ture, he mu-st always strive for more publicity both for herself a nd for her club. She has the business of the club to look after, the meeting to plan, the agenda to make out and follow, despite the insi tence of the members to spend almost the entire e sion of the meeting visiting a nd gabbing with one another. She ta kes 10

the job under the misguid ed impression tha t if she's president she doesn't h ave to do any of the work, just assign the jobs to other . She soon wakens to the fact that in many case she must wheedle, improvise, a nd cajole, in order to get some of the members to promise to do one bit of work. Too often it's a harder job than doing it herself in the first place, and if someone falls down on the job or throws it back in her la p, she h as to end up doing it anyway. A president often has the misconception at the beginning of her office that she need never botheÂˇr to make up her mind on any subject, or even indicate that she has a mind of her own, for why have an opinion since she can't express it officially, -since sh e can't rea lly vote! All she need do is remain neutral. But she soon finds tha t is a hard job to do, and by so doing, neither gets the group nor herself anywhere-so the telephone wires are soon busied with ex officio chit chats with the people who may help turn the tide quickly the wa y she wants it to go. All presidents have the reputa tion of being wonderful leaders, good speech-makers, and of making excellent appearances at tea tables, on TV, a nd as representatives at other civic groups. Of course all A~A presidents have been, are, and do. Most presidents are very patient souls. Ours in particular must have been over the years. Otherwise we might have ended up being a bridge or canasta group or worse still an entirely self-centered group of gossipers, instead of one of the most outstanding alumnae groups in the entire country, with perhaps more national officers a t one time and over a long consecutive period of years tha n any other single group. This, no doubt, has been due to the fine leadership exem plified by our past presidents. Of course, all presidents a re officious, whether they a re young or old, especially at the beginning of their term of office, but as the term nears expiration, she is a pt to grow slightly weary and sag with the burdens of the office, the petty bickerings of the individuals, the fault-finding , the fru stra tions a nd bitternes-s that may have evolved from the many problems, a nd she is a nxious to turn over her job to her newly-elected successor. She no longrr carries h er load a enthusiastically as when, wi th star in her eye and big plans in her head, she took over the office. She begins to feel so tir d, a nd that she is perhaps no longer n eeded .

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However, after she goes out t.o pasture and has shed her burdens long enough to get over that tired, disillusioned feeling she may begin to look around for wider interests. For once she has tasted the heady wine of leadership the taste, if not entirely satisfied, often remains and grows and she may want to• go still further and organize new clubs with fresher ideals and ideas. She may no longer be content to again just follow meekly like a lamb, just doing her duty, and she may thus easily be persuaded that her experience should not be wasted. Club presidents, especially women's club presidents, do not fall in the category of "she can do no wrong." Of course, they sometimes make mistakes, even if they won't admit them, but God love them and kee p them forever in His grace, for we just couldn't do without them.

tain high professional standards in the tate an d to recruit future teachers. In the September issue of Ohio School, Ethel was co-author of an article on the age of children entering the first year of school. That research resulted from her membership on the Educational Council of the Ohio Education Association. Ethel is known throughout the sta te of Ohio because of her work in AAUW, D elta Kappa Gamma, and the Ohio Modern Language Association. In AA UW she is a past state treasurer ; former sta te parliamentarian for D elta Kappa Gamma; has read several paper before the Modern Language group. Locally she distinguished herself as an officer or committee member for AAUW, D elta Kappa Gamma, United Appeals-Community Chest R esearch committee, Presbyterian Church of Marietta, Girls' Council of the Betsy Mills club. The EDITOR's NoTE: The foregoing was presented by Mrs. offices she has h eld in these organizations are far Shibler at the Indianapolis Founders' D ay celebration. H er husba nd, Dr. Herman Shibler, is Superintend ent of too many to enumerate. Schools in Indianapolis. At one time, Ethel was a member of the faculty of Marietta College. However, she is now teaching six classes daily of English literature and Spanish at Marietta high school. Strangely enough, she finds time to keep house and cook delicious meals for her husband, Ray Guthrie, who is chairman of the Education D epartment at Marietta College. When Alpha Sigs meet in Newark or Zanesvill e, one finds Ethel driving 65 or more miles to attend • LICKINc-MusKINGUM alumnae would like to in- and take part in the meetings. Each fall, the Alpha troduce their busiest member, Ethel Straw Guthrie, Sigs from Newark and Za nesville a re delighted to of Marietta. She is an alumna of Lambda · journey to Marietta for a delicious luncheon and Lambda at Ohio State University where she commeeting in Ethel's apartment which is so beautifulpi ted both h er B.A. and M .A. degrees. From ly furnished with antiques. · there she traveled to M exico City to study at La After Ethel relates the many things she is doing, U niversidad N acional. the Alpha Sigs just sigh and say, "When you want J u s t recently, a job well done, ask a busy person to do it." That Ethel was chosen busy person is usually Ethel Straw Guthrie, a true by the Ohio Edu- Alpha Sig in every way. cation Association to be a member of the state committee for the study of juvenile delinA LEADERSHIP Conference was held at Miami qu ency in Ohio. University, Oxford, Ohio, February 13 . Miss VirBefore receiving ginia Carpenter, national vice president, was the that honor, Ethel officer in charge of the conference. served as a memThe college chapter officers attending the meetber of the Ohio Commission o f ing were: Billie Bidwell, Maureen Messinger, Teacher Educa- Alpha Alpha; Marian Truax, Jan Schurr, Joan tion and Profes- Steenburgh, Chi Chi ; Priscilla Arms, Betty Dicksional Standards, son, Karen Wade, Rho Rho ; Janice Wheeler, Onie whose work at- Mabry, Betty Clymer, Beta Nu ; Paulita Martin, tempts to main- Jo Ann DeArman, Margaret Freers, Beta Upsilon. Ethel Straw Guth rie

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with other women employee wa interesting especially since they cooked their own meal , choo ing from Au tralian mea ts, Scandinavian cheese frozen and canned foods from the States a nd fre h fruit from Arabia for their menu . Our traveling teacher visited CeyJon, Bombay, and Singapore, on one of her Chri tma vacations. She also visited J eru alem , I stanbul, Vienna, Frankfort, Copenhagen, and Oslo. As to the future, Arlene would like nothing better than an assignment to South America. At prese nt he h a returned to teach in the K enmore junior high school. '

Tw.o ASAs Met In South Africa • D RING her summer trip to South Africa, Mrs. Ralph E. Kah, national alumnae director met in Durban, Marilyn Blackford Glanton, B®, an a lumna of Michigan Central T eachers College, Mt. Pleasa nt. Marilyn's husband, Gene, work Vacuum Oil Company in Durba n.

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The picture of Zelma and Marilyn was taken as they rode down the main " thoroughfare" in a

Arlene Guenther shows some of her souvenirs which she brought back from Saudi Arabia.

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iee~a, /~tfHn Saudi Arabia • ARL ENE A. G uE NTHER rrrr has just returned from an exciting two year in Saudi Arabia where she taught mathematics a nd social tudies to children of American employes of Aramco Oil co rporat ion. The chool wa loca ted in the cosmopolita n community of R as T an ura on the Perian Gulf. Lif m a udi Arabia hold many urpn e go lfer a rc intrigued by the cour e la id out on the de ert with greens of heavily oiled a nd . Th e summer temperature go a high a 11 5 a nd in the winter drop a lo, as 40. Life in a dormitory

rickshaw. Zelma de cribe that the ri k h aw boys a re very colorfully dressed in feathers, fur , beads and horn .

APPLICATIONS for the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellow hip will be received by Alpha Sigma Alpha C ntra l Office through M arch 3 1.

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o do. For her birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christas, . ~c sent, boxes consisting of..food, -clothes, and

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"As you can probably tell by the picture, Pat was rather unkept the day we took her the Thanksgiving box. For this ·reason and many ·other , it made me even happier that we could do something to help her. " Pat isn' t the type of girl who shows her emotions outwardly, but I knew that with in her was a deep appreciation for this sma ll token of our love.

"I thought, a we left, how wonderful it is to make people happy and how much better off this ·world would be today if we performed more kind deeds like this."

' STATE DAYS I .llinoisMacomb , March 27 , Virginia- Staunton , April 3 Indiana- Terre H aute, Apri l 24

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.Missouri-Kansas- Kan as City, Mo'., ARril 24 ... ...,.. .: Ohio- D ayton, April 24 From left to right: jean Carol Parker; Pat, our little girl ; and Patsy Sanford. This picture was taken Thanksgiving when Alpha chapter presented to Pat a box of food.

• THIS YEAR the Alpha chapter has adopted a nine year old girl for its philanthropic project. One of our student teachers and the school supervisor selected this child from a small school near Farmville. She was chosen because she is from a large family which is in great financial need, and sh e ha much work to do at home since her mother is an invalid. • Although, Pat, our little girl, ha s repeated one gra de she has greatly improved in her school work. -She now lea ds her class with the highest honors in arithmetic, and she seems to have more self confidence, taking part in more class activities. Because we are limited in finances, we have not been able to do as much for her as we would like

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TAU TAU 25TH ANNIVERSARY • TA u TAu CHAPTER of Alpha Sigma Alpha celebra ted its Twe nty-Fifth Anniver ary on Fort Hays Sta te campus, O ctober 24, with a tea given in the south room of Cody Common . Miss Elizabeth Agnew, d a n emeritu of women a nd an Alpha alumna, greeted the guests with Presid ent Bette Hoffm a n Vice President M a rtha Pate, a nd our advi ser, Mrs. K atherine Bogart. Gaynelle D avis, an alumn a, a ttended the tea tabl e which was et off with a background mad e with red creens with the letters "A~A" in white.

Flower decked the Silver Anniversa ry centerpiece which was on a table decorated in red a nd wh ite. Plaque which had been won in

Some of the guests at the anniversary tea.

Mrs. Katherine Bogart, adviser; Gaynelle D avis, an alumna; and Miss Elizabeth Agnew, dean emeritus of women; are pictured at the tea table.

various activitie during the last few years were displayed on the walls. Small ca kes a nd punch we re served to about one hundred gue t which included alumnae, represe nta tives of other soro rities on the ca mpus, everal members of Epsilon Epsilon chapter faculty, and members of T a u Tau chapter.

tj~tadetate rt44Utaltt4~tp4 /tJ~t 1f/tu~ee~e at Syracuse University • OPEN to qu a lifi ed women t a her ' ho a rc intcrr ted in for tud nt p r onncl ' ork dea n of women head of r tor oun l r , a nd oth r po onncl admini tra tion .

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SYRACUSE, NEW YOR K; LONG BEACH, CALIFORN IA; AN D FLORIDA-WEST COAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK • TI-IE first official meeting of the Syracuse alumnae chapter was held at the home of Jackie Zabadal on October 28. Following the election of officers we planned the year's program. The next meeting was at the home of Mary Allgaior on November 18. At that time we discussed a philanthropic program and decided on ou r annual dues. O FFICERS Presid~nt, Jean Schoenberg Vice president, Jeanne Contino Secretary, Jackie Zabadal Treasurer, Joyce Cavanaugh PHOENIX Correspondent, Mary Alice Clary

CHARTER MEMBERS Mary Pfohl Allgaier rC Mary Alice Regan C lary rC Joyce Cavanaugh rC Joanne Contino rC Jean Bolyard s ·c hoenberg rC Rosaline Starch Sheldan IIII Marlene Streeter · rC Jacqueline Zabadal rC .,

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA • THE charter meeting of the Long Beach alumnae chapter was held at the home of Frances M einzer Cornett on November 2. We were very honored to have as our guests at our charter meeting Evelyn G. Bell, our national president ; Edith Titley; Nancy Mathisen, president of the Los Angeles alumnae chapter ; and N ell Russell MeFrances Meinzer Mahan who gave u invaluable Cornett, President help in organizing. On December 12 we held our second meeting at the home of Louise Bennett R eed .

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OFFICERS President, Frances M einzer Cornett Vice president, J ean Cairns Secretary, Margaret Whitson Treasurer, Harriet Clay , PHOENIX correspondent, Kathleen Langford CHARTER MEMBERS Adda Anderson EE Jean Nicholson Cairns BB Harriet Kozlowska Clay :=::=: Frances M einzer Cornett ~~ Kathleen Iliff Langford HH Louise Bennett Reed BB Betty Rudman Wolfson :=::=: Margaret Whitson BB

FLORIDA-WEST COAST • Six Alpha Sigma Alphas living in Tampa, Clearwater Beach, and St. Petersburg, Florida, met on November 24 at the Pelican R es taurant in Clearwater Beach for the purpose of ,organizing the Florida-West Coast alumnae chapter. After the election of officers plans were made to alternate our places of m eeting between the three towns. We are happy to have as a member of our group, Ethel Belden, who is retired faculty member and former adviser of Alpha Gamma chapter at Indiana (Penna.) T eachers College. Ethel will act a our membership and publicity chajrman. Norma H eberling was appointed regional coordinator. Our January meeting wa held at the Town House in Tampa. · OFFICERS Presiden t, Mrs. Charles R . Alvery Vice president, Mrs. William Bishop Secretary, Mrs. Clifford Snedeken Treasurer, Ethel Belden PHOENIX Correspondent, Janette Buy CHARTER MEMBERS Carmine Cree Alvey XX Ethel Belden, Ar H elyn Brookhart Bishop KK Janette Guy AB Norma Nyce H eberling KK Margaret Spry Snedeker KK

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RUTH McCONNELL • Ruth McConnell is editor of "The Slope Teacher," newspaper of Dickinson State Teachers College. Ruth, a sophomore. is working for a liberal arts degree. Being active in both sorority and college activities. she is a member of the Sketch club. International Relations club. Women's Recreational Association. Cue club, the choir and is treasurer of the Literary club. Ruth is publicity chairman of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Upon entering college she worked in the Publications Department and on the college yearbook. Besides her college activities. Ruth writes .c ommercials for KDIX. the local radio station. MARY ROHN • Mary Rohn. a member of Chi Chi, is governor of the Association of Women's Residence Halls at Ball State Teachers College. She is serving as president of the Religious Council on the campus. Mary is a member of the Association for Childhood Education and the Association of the Women Students Council. Besides participation in campus affairs. Mary is a very active m~mber of her sorority chapter.

NORMA WERNER WILLSON • Norma Werner Willson. a senior majoring in speech and English at Emporia State Teachers. is currently serving as assistant editor of "The Bulletin,'' campus newspaper. She served as 1952 assistant editor and as 1953 editor of "The Sunflower.'' yearbook. She is president of Pi Kappa Delta. honorary forensics fraternity; vice president of Xi Phi. honorary leadership fraternity; and secretary of the senior class. She is also member of Omega Literary society; Alpha Epsilon Rho, honorary radio fraternity; the debate squad. and the Radio club. She has served Epsilon Epsilon as chapter editor. Norma is an honor student and was recently named to "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges."

GERRY BENNETT • Gerry Bennett. a senior majoring in speech correction at Wayne University. has been on the Dean's list for each term with a 3.6 honor point (4.0 is perfect). She has been the recipient of scholarships twice this year. one for each term. Her first two years were financed by scholarships. also. She has been active in Radio Guild. and then gave it up when she changed her major to speech correction. Gerry has been a very active member of Rho Chi and has worked on many committees. This past summer she was chairman of Rho Chi's homecoming display.

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On · th e more serious side, ou r wond er ful presid ent, D otti e Mur ph y, r esigned beca use of the p ress of h er class schedule. We were ind eed lu cky to have a ca pab le vice p residen t in Billie Bird well to take h er place. Dia ne Goss, our float.· chairman and outsta nd ing pled ge of last year, was elec ted vice preside nt.

Longwood College W ITH th e close of th e sem es ter so ncar, we find ou rselves fa ced with th a t wonderful event- exam s! D espite this, th e Alph a girls h ave rea ll y been "on th e ball " wi th spring rushing. The freshma n class has m a ny good prospec ts, and we are d etermin ed to a dd a few of th e$e to ou r sisterhood . On N ovember 18, 1953, we celeb rated Founders' D ay wi th our annua l banqu et a nd ha d as ou r gues ts th e Farmville a lumnae. The th em e of our program was " The Glow of Inner Lig.hts." Also highlighting th e eve nts for thi~ semester is ou r u nd ertaking of red ecorating the room . Pla ns ha d been ma de earli er in th e sem ester, but b eca use of un avoidable delays the a ctua l work has just begun, which consists of pain ting th e room and having slipcovers a nd draperies ma de. Am ong som e of th e hopers receive d b y m embers of Pa t~y Sanford was selected the Alpha cha pter are: for W ho's Wh o in American U niversities an d Colleges; Ga il Dickson rece ived bids to the honorary fra ternities of Pi Ga mm a Mu a nd K appa D elta Pi, and Bea rce Eh Th orn ; Ann Ca rter W end enbu rg was chosen by Alpha K appa G a mma to be ringm as ter in ou r a nnu al " Circu~" and a lso given a bid to become a m emb er of Alpha K a ppa G a mm a; Tria nn e L ampkin received a bid to th e honorary fr aternity of Pi Ga mma Mu a nd also received a bid to th e Future T each ers of America Associa tion ; M a ry L ou Barlow was elec ted bu siness ma nager for M ay D ay a nd a lso received a bid to th e Future T eachers of America Association . Pa tsy Abern a thy, a ~ophomore , showed her dra ma ti c tal ents by portraying Joan of Arc as th e leading role i n Sophomore Production.- M ARY Lou BARLOW.

Miami University " L ET' s h ave a. pa r ty !" seems to ha ve bee n th e o rd er for the la st few months. The first was a spaghetti dinner honoring our new pled ges a nd actives. N ext came seve ral work parties to build our Homecoming floa t whi ch won first place. Our first open-house of the year was held in our suite b efor e th e Homecoming d ance. Our pledge-active m ee ting for O ctober was a real hair-raising experience, a H allowe' en party with a n assortment of spooks on th e loose. The m en of Acacia entertained us a t a party in th eir new house, and we had a Sock-Hop in th e suite. Besides our annual Founders' Day celebration and Christ· mas party, we had two other pledge-activ e gct-togeth crs:

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Maureen Messinger was a m ember of the Homecoming QueeJI's court.

M rs. D on Slam er h~s accepted ou r invi tation to become a pa tro ness o'f Alpha Alph a cha pter.

J a net C raig h as recently becom e a pled ge of Aleth enoi , English hon,· crary, a nd M arta K reider pledged K appa D elta - Pi~ edu ca ti on honora ry.- M AR TA K RE IDER.

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WITH th e strains of " P aga n Love Song" in th e baakground, Alph a Beta en tertained 4-5 rushees on October 30 a t th e Kirksville Country Club. The seeing for our P ara dise I sle them e was a H awaiian beach sp ri nkled with pa lm trees a nd driftwood with a moon-fl ec ked ocean in the d ista nce. On th e aftern oon of November 7 foll owc ing a footb all ga me we held ou r second r ush fun cti ona warm -up p arty whi ch consisted of chili, chili, a nd m ore chili! As a result of th ese two pa r ties we pled ged 23 wond erful girls on Novem ber 10. W e hon ored these gi rls with a Gyp sy D a nce on N ovember 13 a t which Shirley Shadid was crown ed Gypsy Sweeth ea rt. R ecently ou r pledges and th e pled ges of our brother fra terni ty, Phi Sigma Epsilon, entertain ed us with a fun-p acked d a nce- "A 2: A a nd cf>l:E Big T op ." We spent th e latter p art of November prep aring R ed Cross boxes as our annu a l philanthropic project. The highlight of D ecemb er was ou r C h ristmas party a t Miss Zolla r's where we exchanged gifts and enjoyed m<~ n y beautiful cards from ou r Alpha sisters in other colleges. · This pa st qu arter has given Alpha Beta m a ny occasions to be p roud of severa l of her girls. Jqd y W illiams and·. Carla D errick ha ve bee n selected for Who' s Who in American U niversities and C olleges. K a ppa D elta Pi, national honorary education fraternity,, has gained two very fin e m embers in the p ersons of Lora Doone Loughery and Linda Heimer . Linda ·.and Jody have also been . elected to Cardinal K ey, national honora ry service frat ernity.- SHIRLEY WARES.

Indiana (Pa. ) State Teachers College Busv as bees have been th e Alph~ Sigs of Alpha Gamma chapter, working on invita tions for. our various rush parties which will consist of card parti es, a breakfast a ttending basketball games, going bowling, attending' th e movi es, and a dinner. Our them e for th e fo.rm al rush party will be " Looking Through th e World m Rose-colored Glasses." A going-away party was given for our adviser, Dr: Joy E. M a hachek, who is taking a sabbatical lea ~e th1s semes ter a nd J anet Potter and Carolyn Chelgren, two of our' girls who were graduated in J anuary. . .. We are proud of Ann Notarnicola w.ho was m1~1 ate d into K a ppa D elta Pi, honorary educ~twn fr a ~ermty . Charades, singing and the exc hangmg of g1fts were the highlights of our a nnual Christmas party held at th e Activities Cottage this year. At prese nt we are busy gathering jackets, hats, scra~ 足 books, an d paddles for our display at the Pa nhellemc Open House where we will be keeping our eyes open for new rush ees.- E s THER CoNTIE.

Colorado State College of Education OuR year started with a lot of excitement when we won first place with our house d ecora tions for Homecoming. The theme was Hit Parade and we won with " How D eep Is the Ocea n" showing a Colorado College Tiger sinking to th e bottom of the cheese cloth sea . Donna Selby did a wond erful job of organizing th e whole aew. After th e game we had a tea to welcome back all of our alumnae. Beta Beta with the help of its alumnae and some savings bonds bought a new blond Baldwin Acrosonic piano that rea lly brightens up our living room . Listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges were Donni Morrison, Polly Hostetler, and Julie tte Chung. Joyce Kli ewer became a m ember of Pi Lambda Theta, Arlys Schroll pledged Tau Beta Sigma, a nd Juliette Chung joined Lambda Sigma Tau. W e a re truly proud of all of our m embers in the honorary fraterniti es on cam pus. We raised seventy doll ars for th e Campus Chest with our a nnual Sadie Hawkins D ance. W e also had a booth at the IK carnival a nd won third place in the Forensic Follies skit night und er the d irection of R ae Ann Travis. Be tty Jo Stewart was crowned queen of th e Snyder Snowball and Thelma Hayes and R ae Ann Travis were her a ttend ants. Virginia And erse n an d orma Starks were a ttenda nts a t the sophomore b a ll. Vying for Junior Prom quee n are Esther Lowery, Connie Lungren, a nd Nancy Groleski. Esther Lowery a nd Thelma Hayes are up for queen of the Military Ball. W e completed our rush under the successful lea dership of J ana Wise. The theme for our pa rties w as "Alice in Alpha Sig-lan d" with the rushees wa lking in through the. looking glass door a nd th e refreshments being little cakes marked "eat me." The last party was our traditional Anchorage with the ent ertainment being card games an d gambling with our high stakes of play money a nd th e setting being a wa terfront dive. W e have a pledge class of nin e and aft er Sunday pledging Bolsey, our wonderful housemother, trea ted us to -one of her wonderful fri ed chick en dinn ers at the house.

W e are making pla ns for our dinner dance to be held at the L a kewood Country Club in April and for our mountain pa rty to be held at Estes Park in ea rly May. - GEORGIA SCHROEDER.

Emporia State Teachers College WE'VE just fini shed a breath-taking Rush Week in which we discovered seven n ew stars who now wear Alpha Sig colors. Rush W eek at E-State was brief this tim e, with emphasis on two pa rti es and Open H ouse. Our most successful party was the " Kid Pa rty." It was a n afternoon par ty a nd all of the credit goes to Betty Kirk, who planned th e d etails in addition to "thinking it up. " The actives and pledges dressed as little girls of all ages and for d ecorations, everyone brought her ba by picture. A prize was given to the rush ee who cou ld identify the most pictures. (Some of them were even difficult for us to guess.) The afternoon was spent in reliving our childhood by trying a hand at jacks, pick-up sticks, a nd checkers. Later, several of our best little girls recited poetry and Betty Kirk gave her rendition of " D ennis, the M ena ce." R efreshments were animal crackers and cokes equipp ed with nipples, served from doll buggies. I.n D ecember we held our tra ditiona l Christmas party for our mothe;s with J erri Wakefield acting as Santa. Our Snowball Formal was D ecember 11 at th e Country Club . W e took ad van tage of the lovely open fireplace as everyone brought a sock fo r th ei r dates, fill ed. with anything that remind ed us of them. It was qUite a scramble at intermission . As one of our philanthropic proj ects, we made and d elivered Christmas tray favors for the two hospitals in town. For one of our pre-Rush W eek rush parties, we adopted .the old idea of a Scavenger Hunt. The townspeople were very obliging a nd fun was had by al~ . Our only criticism was that we voted to walk, and Jt was very cold that evening. Initia tion was h eld for our first semester pledges on th e fi rst day of the new semester and Judy T eichgraeber was named "ideal pledge." The active chapter presented her with a tiny engraved silver paddle. After initiation, our new pled ges came out to th e house for dinner and a social m ee ting to get acquainted . Individual honors ,g o to Marilyn McGill who reigned as pledge princess over the .AKA pledge formal, Nancy Carol L ynch elec ted to the all-star volleyball team, and P a t Murphy: new socie ty editor of The Bulletin. Great expectations now take form of our Bunny Ball, April 2, and th e Singing Bee, March 17.- NANCY FATE.

Central Missouri State College AFTER th e "rush " of Rush W eek we have again se ttl ed down to lessons and plans for our popular girl campaign. Our candidate is Carol Cox. The theme of our rush party was Alpha Round-Up. The pa rty was held at the shelter house, and d ecorations consisted of a prairie scene with many paper-mache cactus and a huge white horse. Our rushees were seated around a fireplace and refreshments were served from a chu c k wagon which was the center attraction. We are ver y happ y with our class of [ourtee n swell gals.

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W e are very proud of our three girls who were selected fo r Who's Who. They are Carol Cox, Rosemary H u x o 1, an d Charlotte White. The Alphas made a fin e record in Homecoming. Joyce Davis was selec ted as football princess an d we won two trophies which were awarded us for third place on our house and float d ecorations. A Christmas tea was given in honor of a our pare nts. W e prese nted ou r M oth ers with red a nd white carnation corsages and our F a th ers with boutonnieres. The lounge was d ecora ted w1th .nc usua1 Christmas d ecora tions but, the center of interes t was a la rge white tree with red trimmings. Instead of exchanging gifts for Christmas each Alpha Sig contributed a dollar toward our philanthropic goal. Monday, Ja nuary 25, th e Alphas attended th e d edication of the new Todd and Osborne dormitories.SHIRLEY NEFF .

Joyce Davis, Football Princess.

Pittsburg State Teachers College ARE yo u hearing our "rahs" and "cheering" ? Yes, again, Eta Eta members are in the midst of practicin g for the Annua l Pep Stunt Night. As we have won the trophy for th e last two consecutive years, we are keeping our fing ers and toes crossed th a t we win again for permanent possession of th e cup. W e are a lso sponsoring a " Mr. Basketball" contest as one of our activities. Dr. J a ne Carroll a nd Mrs. Perva Hughes enterta ined us with a dinner on F ebruary 2. Following th e dinn er fomal initia tion services were held for 22 girls.

ETA ETA PLEDGE CLASS Reading from left to right, the picture includes front row: Alberta Kiel, Marilyn Norris, Betty Jo McClanahan, Margaret Angelcyck, Janet Rawlins, Carolyn McCluskey. Second row: Lou Ferson, Barbara Gudgen, Ma~y Louis Cresetto, Jackie Hunt, Jo Huklenbruk, Vicki Smith, Nancy Simone, Joan Jarman, Judy Burkshire. Back Ro:w: Carolyn Anderson, Noeleen Dieu, Mitzi Williams, Jackie Helm, Collen Recob, Vivian Crafton, Bonnie finkenton, Sue Travis, Audrey Shriver, Kathy Wintle, and Joan Krumsick. Dati Smith is our candidate for Kanza Quee n. W e are looking forward to the K anza Ball to see if Dati

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will reign. Ton y Pasteur a nd his band will play for the Ball. This year as our philanthropic proj ect we gave food clothing and toys to a needy family for Thanksgivin~ an d Christmas.-CAROLYN Bu c KLEY.

Boston University ExAMS are ahead of us, an d C hristmas vacation behind us and as ever Alpha Sigs are in th ere pitching. The week before Christmas vacation we went caroling at a n old age hos pita l an d di stributed favors- ha ndk erchiefs in shapes of umbrellas. Also, many of us a ttend ed a yuletide party a t the home of our ad viser, Mrs. Crotty. A ska ting pa rty is planned for th e first of F ebruary a t Betty Moberg's hom e.- M ADELINE MoODY.

Temple University THE Alpha house is still buzzing with a whole new se t of pledges. R egistrar Betty Dickert has kept them stepping a nd even got them to clean and paint th e cellar. They did a good job, too, selling magazine subscriptions for the national philanthropic fund to buy equipm ent for veterans ' hospita ls. Last semester saw the usual whirl of p arti es come and -go. The big occasion was the a nnual Christmas forma l. All d ecked out with a Christmas tree, mistletoe, greens, and tinsel, the house was fill ed with dancing and singing. Sa nta Claus couldn't come but sent Mrs. Santa (Nance Gingrich ) with a bundle of knockers and gifts for a ll as the clock struck 12. The K appa K appas gave an informal p a rty for two fra ternities, Theta K a ppa Phi and Alpha Phi D elta, in November, and a noth er for Sigma Phi Epsilon an d Pi Lambda Phi in J an uary. Games, d a ncing, and refreshments set the mood for an evening of fun a t both . The Interfraternity Ball found many Kapp a Kappas attending even though exams were right around the corner. K appa K a ppas have h ad a part in most of the big doings on campus a ll year. Among T em ple's 26 Outsta nding Seniors picked for leadership and service to the University were President Ginny Bahmu eller, Secre-

Nance Gingrich

Virginia Hahmueller

Nance Gingrich and Virginia Bahmueller were named as Outstanding Seniors at Temple University.

tary N a nce G in gr ich, a nd Editor Ruth K eller. In th e annua l WAA W a ter show, in which Tommy Temple took a "D rea m Cruise Around th e World," KK's Elaine Portser d id a swimming du ct with Pa l Allison. Vice p resident Ch a rlotte K emp had th e lead in the Elem enta ry Educa ti on C lub's p rese nt a ti on of "Cla udi a" by Rose F ra nk en . C hee rl ea d er N ance Gingrich traveled with T emple's Dia mond Band to play for President Eisenhower's ma mmoth birthd ay par ty a t H ershey. New R egi trar Barbara L evinstein is a lso th e new president of C himes, honor society for junior women . Having a ha nd in ea rly plans fo r reva mping of the Stud ent Sena te were N a nce Ging rich, Ginny Bahmueller a nd Ruth K eller. Promisi ng to keep offi ce rs a nd m embers a like busy in th e next mori ths a re th e V a lentin e D a nce, G reek Weeke nd with th e G reek Ba ll, Sing_ a nd Dinner, a nd sp ring ru shing.-RUTH K ELLER.

Drexel Institute H AvE you ever playe d musica l cha irs with a group of child re n who ca n' t talk or hea r ? Sounds ra th er diffi cult, but th e Nu Nus ca n guarant ee you' ll have a wond erful tim e. O ur phil a nth ropi c proj ec t fo r 1953 was th e Ch ristmas Pa rty we gqve for fift een deaf a nd du mb children from th e Archbishop R ya n's Home here in Phi lad elphia. Instead of using music fo r th e ga me, G erry R ossi d ropped a glove wh en th e children were to r ush for th e chairs . Believe it or not, th e game was just as mu ch fun as if it had bee n playe d in th e regular way. " Sa At a C la us" was J osie V a n eid a's husba nd, a nd the spa rkle in th e kid s' eyes as th ey sa t on his kn ee told us th a t th ey love St. Ni ck just as mu ch as any norma l child d oes .

d ay, J a nu ary 16, wh en th e P enn-Sh erwood Hotel wa the sce ne of th e fi rs t a nnu al Panhellenic Ball a t Drexel. J a n C ampbell, th e president of ou r Panhellenic Council, spent mon ths of pla nning for this fir t combined sorority dance to be held a t DIT. Each Gree kl etter girl on ca mpus contributed her ti me and energy to m a ke the Ball successful. However, th e biggest orchid of th e evening went to Jan whose qui et charm a nd ability h ave contributed a g rea t d ea l to bring recognition to th e u Nus. Two more of our girls who a re bring ing honors to N u Nu a re M ercia Grassi and Rita P esc rille. Both of th em are members of th e DIT N ewm a n Club Executive Boa rd . Basketball season is in full swing. Al ve rd a W a tkin, Ela ine Hille, a nd Rita Pescrill e a re th e Nu Nu m embers on the va rsity squa d. F ran Nu cci, J ean R a ddi e, Marion Irvine, Ch ris Carew, M ercia Grassi, and Doris We tzel a re th e m embers of th e Alph a team in IntraAthalon basketba ll competition. Ardie L ewis has been selected a edito r of the Phi Nu Bulletin . Phi Nu is the honorary musi c frat ernity. Ardie's journalism ability is no secret to th e Nu Nus beca use she ha s written our ru sh pa rty skits for the la st two yea rs. W e' re a ll agreed that h er ra di o sc ript fo r " The Future G ay ineti es" wa s her bes t one ye t. Carol Fritz, our music cha irma n, is also a m ember of Phi :'1/u. Because Mrs. Doroth y Holverson is leaving sc hool a t.th e end of spring term, th e Nu Nus ha ve asked Mrs. M a ry Zimmerm a n to be their new senior advi ser. Mrs. Zimmerm an is a m ember of th e College of Business Administra tion fac ulty a nd in th e short time she has bee n a t Drexel, Mrs. Zimmerman has won man y fri e nds a mon g th e stud ents.-NA NC Y l ' !ELSEN .

Marshall College " IT's th e bes t d a nce we h ave ever ha d" w as th e phrase hea rd mos t after ou r Christmas form al. The d ecora ti ons were pla nned a round a wa ter fount a in a nd a pool in the middle of d ance floo r and snowmen a nd evergreens a dd ed th e finishing touch es. If you sa w some buttons popping off our jackets it wa s ca used by th e wond erful Christmas pa rty give n for the actives by our capa ble pledges. On F eb rua r y 14 we held open house. W e a r 路 busy ma king pla ns for Rush W ee k. -JACKI E M c GI NNIS SCHULZ E.

Members of Nu Nu chapter entertain at a Christmas party the deaf and dumb children of the Archbishop Ryan's home. O ur first r ush pa rty was given on J a nu ary 21. Roc ke t hips, space helmets, a nd a huge ra d a r scree n helped us to ca r ry ou t the th eme of " The Future Gay Nineties." J oa n And re s did a terrifi c job in orga ni zing the party. I wish yo u could ha ve seen ou r Alph a ha ts ! Wire hange rs were bent to resemble a nt enn ae a nd th en ta cked on to our ha ts. W ea ring red short s, wh ite blotll;es, a nd ou r "space h e l m~ ts" we rea ll y looked like Alph as of th e futu re. An oth er big event fo r th e :'1/ u !'\us to ok pl ace on Satur-

Western State College O u R repo r ter, Phyllis Bell, has bee n th e busies t little gi rl on ca mpu s th e last few weeks. She was cas t as Laura in our winter production, " The Gl ass M enageri e." Ph yllis gave a splendid perform a nce a nd we a rc a ll vcrv proud of her. ' ' Winter C a rniv al has just bee n comple ted , a nd again a little honor wa s b rought to Sigma Sigma. Our snow sc ulpture turn ed out to be onl y soap ca rvings bec<' usc Old M a n Winter left our ca mpus ba re of th e building m ateria l, but our id ea did take first place. We ha ve six new pledges, a nd th ey a r d efinitely the cream of th e crop . W e a re a lso gla d to ha ve a hold-

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over pledge back with us, Beverly Henline. These sevem are planning a big pledge party for us in the near future. Our alumnae gave us a nice potluck supper after we returned from vacation featuring spaghetti and meat balls. The Panhellenic formal is now being planned, and we are all looking forward to it.-IRMA )'VILSOK .

Fort Hays State College TAU TAu is busy with preparations for an all-school carnival which we will co-sponsor with Sigma Tau Gamma, our brother fraternity. In the past this event on our school calendar has been sponsored by another group, but the Alpha Sigs and Sig Taus have taken it this year

Homecoming to the organization that has pa rticipa ted the most in the Homecoming activities. Our chapter owes a vote of tha nks to our advise rs patronesses, and alumn ae who ha ve helped us with ou; bake sales, rushing, Homecoming, a nd especially our a nnual Founders' Da y Banquet. For our philanthropic project we a dopted a need y family at Christmas time. We gave food a nd to ys f01' the children. In D ecember, we held our annu a l Mother-D a ughter Tea in our chapter room. W e were so proud of our room and its new furniture. Recently the Alpha Sigs and Sig Taus ha d a cokedance. At the present we are all pulling for our Tower Quee n ca ndidate, Bettebelle Pitts. Annie Lou Cowan, our president, was · crowned th e Alpha Sigma Alpha Swee th ea rt a t our a nnual Swee theart Dance. The valentin e theme was ca rried throughout th e entire d a nce including our Swee th ea rt Song. In observ ance of R eligious Empha sis Wee k the girls of A~A a ttend ed church together. W e also had at our sorority m ee ting a spea ker who co mp a red problems of world peace to problems of eve ryd ay life. - M ALLARO MAUNE.

Ball State Teachers College

Tau Tau's house decorations which won first place. as a mon ey-making project. Fifteen other organizations on the campus will keep the profits from their individual booths in addition to the Bingo stand and gate receipts to be retained by the co-sponsors. On our calendar for March 5, is th e Fort Hays Follies whi ch is an all-stud ent talent show with th e proceeds going into th e general scholarship fund. Looking back over the past semester, we note especially two of our members who were named to Who' s Who in American Universitie s and Colleges. They are Bette D avis H cffman, our president, and Martha Pate, our vice president. Also, incidentally, Bette's husband, our " honora ry Alpha Sig," received the same honor. Our intramural record looks good at the present with the Alpha Sigs heading the list of prospective winners of th e participation trophy. Basketball season, just beginning, finds us with two teams entered in th e tournament th e Alpha Angels and the Arch angels . W e ~re keeping our finge rs crossed until after the schol a rship trophy has been awa rd ed n ext month to the sorority with the hi·g.hest grad e average for th e fi rst se mester.- VO N SLI NGERLAND.

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ON NovEMBER 14, our chapter observed Founders' Day by having a tea with the Muncie a lumnae chapter . Two of our most exciting· .o:cca sions were our second a nd third rush pa rti es und er .,the · genera l chairma nship of Virginia Grah am, our rus h capta in for th e yea r. For the November 14 ru sh pa rty we actives donned pink crepe p a per bonnets, collars, and aprons whi ch we made ourselves, each of us se rving in th e rol e of . a mod ern Mother Goose. We enterta ined the rushees, who were dressed a s Moth er Goose cha ra cters, by a cting out nurs ery rhymes as a trio sa ng th e rhymes . Little Boy Blue rose from his haysta ck and found tha t his trumpet played excellent jazz. This successful party was under th e chairma nship of Carol Moser. The b ea utiful formal rush pa rt y, on D ece mb e t~ 6, with Joan Stee nbergh a s cha irman, was our tradition a l

Actives-, rushees- and sponsers at- the Christmas Buffet of Chi Chi chapter.

hon ors wit路h th eir house tate Teacher Colleg .

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Beta Eta's Homecoming float represented an ioned girl going to a b:tll. Riding on the float is Eunice Heick.

Alpha Alpha chapter wins first place honors with their float entry in the Homecoming parade at Miami University.

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Epsilon Epsilon chapter's Marilyn McGill reigns as Pledge Princess of Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity.

Christmas Buffet with turkey sala d a s the main dish. To close the evening we form ed a huge fri endship circle with the rusl}ees and by ca ndlelight sang to them. As they left we follow ed them out on the steps of our Arts Building a nd sang again as they walked to th e dormitories. A few d ays a fter this party we were ver y happy to receive 24 wond erful pledges. Chi Chi entered a booth in the Campus Carnival of the Commerce Club, on November 7, and was very successful selling homemad e cand y and cookies. As a phila nth ropic project we gave a basket to a needy f amily a t Tha nksg.i ving. Another holid ay function was our annu al Ch ristmas pa rty with the new pled ges at the home of Mrs. Primmer, our sponsor. At this pa rty it is a custom for th e actives to give their little sisters animals for their beds. Characteristi c of our cha pter is our participa tion in the int ramura l basketball tourn a ment. For several years our tea m h as ranked among the best, a nd we ce rtainly are trying to win th e championship . At th e p rese nt time, und er th e direction of Sa lly Wea les, we arc putting on a musica l skit for the Kapp a Sigma K a ppa V a ri ety Show in whic h we will sing parts of h it tun es of th e las t fou r years and dra matize th em . We a re also pl anning a d a nce in honor of our pledges . On F eb ru ary 28, with Linda Fish a nd Jo R ege r as co-cha irmen, we are pla nning to have a banquet in th e Student Ce nter hon oring ou r pa rents a nd giving thr m a n opportunity to know other Chi C hi girls' p a rents. R ece ntl y, with the L ambd a C hi Alph a F ra ternity, we had a very ni ce excha nge pa rty at which we d a nced and the pled ges of each orga niza tion â&#x20AC;˘g ave a skit. W e are ve ry p roud of two of our pledges. Geraldine H asler w as ch osen president of th e Junior Panh elleni c C ouncil, a nd R ee ne Shue was elected a freshma n m ember of the Student Executive Council. Also rece iving hon ors is M ary R ohn who is the new Governor of th e Associa tion of Women's R esid ence H a lls a nd presid ent o f th e R eligious Council. Our president, M aria n Truax, a lso holds th e offi ce of sec retary of th e Pa nh elleni c Council. W e are ha pp y to have two of our se ni or g irls, Joyce Mitzner a nd Sara jea n Hieatt, na med on th e lis t of W ho's W ho in American U n i v ersi ~ies an d Co lleges.- JOAN K URZHAL S.

N orthwestern State College T HE theme of Psi Psi' s forma l r ush pa rty was Ci nd erella. A pa ntomime of C indere lla 's story up to the wedd ing was g iven in a mod ern version. Cinderella was a fr esh man o n th e ca mpus of o rthwes tern Sta te College wit h her "wicked" sisters an d other cha racters of the story being persons on th campus and in her campus life. T he r ushee were tha n ushered to the priva te dining room wh ich had bee n d eco rated a a chap el. A " moc k" pre ent-d a y ceremony, com plete with bridesmaids, flower girl , ca ndleligh ters, and minister, was perfo rm ed . T he refres h ments were served a t the receptio n following the marriage ceremon y of Cind erella and Prin ce Charming. After th e rushees ha d been served at tables wit h their places marked wi th minia tu re dolls d re sed as Cind erella wi th a da nce program hangi ng from her wr ist inscribed with a rushee's name. A Fashion Sh ow of Cinderella' troussea u was mod eled by the members whi le th e rushees were d ini ng. Before the rushee lef t,

Psi Psi chapter's H omecom ing flo at. C inderella threw her bouquet as the bridal couple left for th eir honeymoon. Our n ew pledges enterta ined us with one of th e best Ch ristmas pa rties which we have ever had . A mod ern version of "'Twas the Night Befo re C hristm as a t th e A:::: A H o ust;" for a slumber pa rty was written a nd read qy one of the pledges. Christmas ca rols followed a nd re freshments were served while the gifts were passed out . One of our pledges, M a ry Mitchell, was one of the top ten bea uti es here a t Northwestern and a ppea red on a TV show over KNOE in Monroe.- BETTY HuR ST.

Northeastern State C ollege WITH th e tightening of pu rse strings, Be ta G am m a has bee n sponsoring severa l ba ke sales for mo ney-ra iSing projec ts. E ach m ember a nd pledge has coopera ted 100 per ce nt a nd we have averaged a round $2.3. 00 for ea ch sale. Ou r pledges a lso held a rummage sale one Sa turd ay a nd gave the proceeds to th e fund for ou r da nce. Founders' D ay wa s h eld with our pa tron esses a nd o ther g ues ts p rese nt. An inspiring p rogra m was give n by th e pledge class on wha t Alph a Sigma reall y means to us. Beta Ga mma wo n first prize of $15 .00 on Stunt Night, the following m onth . " Sa nta's W orkshop" came to life as a story was told b y Helen ~ nn Biswell. The toys included drums, toy oldiers, dolls, a jack-in-th e-box, a nd a clown . Wh en th e 1953-54 W h o's W ho in American U niversities and Co lleges wa a nnounced , Alpha Sigs added three mo re to th e list. They a re H elen Brown . J a kie J etton, a nd J a nie C a rri co. A t the a nnu a l Tsa L a Gi D a nce on N ovember 4, our ca nd id a te, J ea n D ixon, was chosen Fres hm en Quee n, adding to Beta G amm a's 1953-54 year of hono rs. In Ja nu ary we in itia ted ou r new a dviser, Mi ss Irene H oltzinger. She is an ass ista nt p ro fessor of music h ere a t Nor th eas tern . Followi ng th e tra diti on of ma ny semes ters, Beta Gamma gave a Senior Dinner for those gra du a tin g in J a nuary. A very amusing " D ragnet" p rogram was given othing could have been m ore b y the seven gradua tes. a ppreciated by the cha pter tha n the four cards prese nted to us by ou r seniors. Pla ns a re being mad e for th e Ca rnival Quee n Contes t. Ou r candid a te is R egi na Brooks. W e might say tha t ou r broth er fra tern ity, Phi L ambda, is work ing hard to help lpha Sigma wi n this a dditi onal honor. Also

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on our calendar is our annual da nce which will be March 6, in th e Student C enter Building. We have chosen as our th em e, "Star-Dust Forma l. " State D ay will be held a t Northeastern in ApriL- GAYL E VAU GH T.

Mississippi Southern College THE Formal d a nce season on Southern 's campus started on January 23 with .Be ta D elta cha pter holding its " Blue Moon" dance. The gym was decorated with a medium blue crep e paper a nd glittered stars on th e ceiling ca rri ed out a blue effect. For th e lea dout we ha d a garde n scene with lace grill law n furn itu re, palms, a nd a giant glittered moon which r efl ected th e light from a blue spotlight. During the leadout our Alpha Girl, President Joyce Ma,g ee, and our Frost Fidelity Award candidate, Secretary Josephine Eaves, were presented arm bouqu ets of America n Beauty roses. Rounding out one of th e most successful da nces we' ve ever held was th e intermission p arty a t th e Pa nh eilenic house a nd the orches tra, which was so well liked, the d a ncing crowd cheered to an encore ! Though we were busy with our da nce pla ns, we still had tim e to pla n pledge swaps with th e six fra tt>rni ti es on th e campus. Varying from tea dances to sock hops li nd using pled ge ta lent on th e program, th ese swaps provide excellent opportunities to get better acqu a inted with our fellow Grt>t> k members on the campus. It's open rush season and we, Alpha Sigs, have planned a H awaiia n th eme for our rush party. Native d ances, H awa iia n songs a nd food will a ll be used to create th e "a tmosph ere.'' Besi d es p articipa tin g in th e socia l whirl, we, of Beta D elta, are active in man y of th e campus organiza tions. From honorary fra ternities to d enomin a tion groups, from editors of s tud ent publica tions to m embers of precision dancing groups, from frat ernity dream girls to th e gal behind the "coke" down in "Wimpy's" . . . college gri ll . . . varied are our activities.-JoA NN.E WALDRUP.

( If we may boast a little, she looked very beautiful and played th e part to perfection .) We h ave had many socials in the past few months, two of the most outstanding being given by Miss Boje, our adviser. On one occasion, Miss Boj e showed us her lovely color-slides of scenes and places that she photogra phed while touring Europe. Then last month, she was the hostess of a gay d essert party in honor of the seniors. Besid es our usual Saturday night song-fes ts, we have had two birthday parties an d a farewell party for our two Janu ary graduates, Roberta Browning and Libby M arsha lL-LoRETTA KocH.

Southwestern Louisiana Institute D u RI NG the last two weeks before exa ms, th e Beta Ze ta girls completed a successful ca mpaign for th e M arc h of Dimes. Before th e holidays, the pledges gave a Christmas party for the actives. Wh at fun everybod y had. The pledges brought toys which were later given to a n orphanage. L as t week was th e a nnual Camellia Pagea nt. It was beautiful as a lways. Florina R oy represented the sorority in th e Quee n's Court.- D oLORES NABORS .

Madison College BETA EPSILON has been working especially h ard on its philanthropic proj ects fo r the pas t few months. At Thanksgiving we sent a basket of food to a needy family in this locality a nd, in F ebruary, sponsored th e R ed Cross Drive on our ca mpus. Our current proj ect is th a t of reading to pa ti ents who a re in the H a rri sonburg Hospital. W e arc very proud of our three sisters who were rece ntly elected to Who 's Who in American Universities and Colleges. They arc Elinor Ashby, Mildred Gunn, a nd Cleo H astings. Another scholastic honor received b y Beta Epsilon was tha t of being in third place in the annua l Panhellenic Scholarship Contest at Madison. W e wish to extend our hea rti es t congratulations to Grace Matz, our sister who was presented with the Elizabeth Bird Small Award for 1952-1953. Grace is now working on her master's degree at th e University of Illinois. Rob erta Browning was elected by th e student body to be th e M a donn a in Madison's annual Christmas pageant.

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" Give to the March of Dimes," say Diane Camaille, Betty Guidry, Joanne Toups, and Gayle Ardouin. Members of Beta Zeta chapter sponsored the March of Dimes Drive on Southwestern campus and were on hand at both the Rodeo and the Camellia Pageant to accept donations for this cause.

Dickinson State Teachers College VALENTINE 's DAY was a busy time for the girls of Beta Eta, marking the time for th e an nua l Valentine Formal which was on F ebruary 13 in the college lounge. The dance floor was en tered th rough a hea rt shaped archway. Chandeliers were made of crepe p aper a nd hung from th e lights with re d hearts tied on them. The punch ta ble was behind a fal se wall mad e of red and

Our formal rushing parties were held on February 8, 16, and 20. The first wa a tea ; the second, an informal party, "Tillie's Blind Pig," with appropriate props; and the third was an afternoon d esser t at a member's home off campus, Jean McShea. Among special spring semester events will be State Day, Formal Spring Dance, and our annual houseparty on Lake Michigan.AN HoFFMAN.

Radford College

Pictured are members of Beta Eta chapter. Front row left to right: Valeria Kuhn, Shirley Haverhold, Cathy Kuylen, Betty Smole, Elsie Benz, Alice Nodland. Standing: Gertrude Starling, Donna Buresh, Joanne Bice, Isabel Lapp, Bertha Geiger, Evelyn Larson, Patricia Manning, Ruth McConnell and Miss Leila Woods, adviser. white streamers. A valentine motif was used to co mplete the decoration of the rest of the room. Two of our members, Cathy Kuylen and Bertha Geiger, have been nominated to Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Our vice president, Donna Jorgenson Buresh, resigned as she left school at the end of the fall quarter. Isabel Lapp was elected to fill that office. Mrs. H . j. Wienbergen, one of the Mother Patronesses, has been taking Miss Leila Woods' place as adviser. Miss Woods will be with us again on April I. She is attending school for a quarter at Eugene, Oregon.- JoANNF. BICE.

Central Michigan College BETA THETA chapter celebrated Founders' Day at a gala dinner party at the Park Hotel, St. Louis, Michigan. Guests of honor were our new pledges. On November 18, we held our annual chili supper. Colored slide were shown by Petrine Churchill, chapter presid ent. The slides were of special interes t to th e pledges, ~Showing our man y chapter activities : M emorial d ay houseparty on Lake Michigan, Hallowe'en路 party, workshops, pledging ceremony, and Homecoming flo a t. Thanksgiving was celebrated ovember 20, at a party in th e College D en with our brother frat ernity, Tau Alpha Upsilon . The Pa nh ellenic Council of Central Michigan College presented a State Workshop th e weekend of November 20-21. Alpha Sig's thre e representatives on the Council a nd other sorority member participated. All state college an d universities were repre ented. Our form al Christmas Dance in D ece mber at St. John 's Par ish Hall, was well attended. Bernie Ma yhew's orchestra played for dancing. We were ha ppy to welcome our eniors back from externing on J a nuary 18. We regret losing our effici ent president, Petrin e Churchill, who was graduated on Januarr 27 .

"WELCOME to Thirty-Three Skiddoo" and "Cat ' Meow" were familiar sounds at our annual rush pa rty on J anuary 20. Our theme was a Soda Shoppe in the " R oaring Twenties." The rushees arrived in a Model "T" and were escorted inside by th e Beta Iotas who were dressed as beaus of the early Twenties. The rushees dressed as flappers. During the evening, entertainment was provided by a barber shop quartet, skits, and an A~A surprise. As the rushees were introduced to the group, they demonstrated their individual versions of doing the Charleston. Besides our rushing, we Nancy Courtney, Beta Iota's have had a very busy 1953-54 A~A Sweetheart. fall. Some of our activities included a formal banquet on Founders' D ay at which time Nancy Courtney was prese nted as our Alpha Sigma Alpha Sweetheart. At Christmas, we prepared a basket for a needy family in town an d gave puzzles and games to a six-year-old polio victim. Add to this parties, attending church as a group, Sunday brea kfasts together, and it is easy to see we have been busy and happy.- MARY ANN PERRY.

Western Illinois State College STATE DAY is the main topic of both the alumnae and th e college chapters in Illinois these past few weeks. The Macomb alumnae and the Beta Kappa chapter are th e hostesses this year for th e annua l meeting which will be held at the L a Moine Hotel in Macomb on March 27. Various groups will conduct discussions concerning ways to better our college chapters and to help the community. Everyone who attended this affair in Peoria last year remembers it as an enj~yable and profitable experience. Marilyn Thomas, a sophomore physical education ma jor, is th e Alpha Sig candidate for queen of the First Annual Greek Sweetheart Ball held February 12. Film stars, Dana Andrews and Steve Forrest, will choose the qu ee n by mea ns of photographs submitted by each of th e fiv e candidates. Each candidate is sponsored by a wome n's apparel shop and one of th e fraternities on campus. The entire sorority is busy making plans for our annual dinn er dance, the Red Slipper Ball. This dance is to be held a t The Ship's Wheel on March 20.

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The Beta Kappa chapter received a cash award and a certificate for its float which placed third in the annual Homecoming. parade. We are quite honored to have Joann Laflin, a senior business education major, and Barbara Spillers, a senior home economics major, elected to Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.-JovcE ScHNICKEL.

Arkansas State Teachers College OuR pledges gave a Christmas party for us. Instead of exchanging gifts we contributed mon ey which we gave to a needy family we had adopted. Beta Lambdas are looking forward to a great year with our 18 pledges. W e will be holding initiation service soon for them. Intramurals are in full swing. The Beta Lambdas hav e won first place in bridge and volleybalL- PAT BoLLEN.

Henderson State Teachers College SuE ETCHIESON was chosen as the ROTC Military Sponsor. Molly Sue Stauber was chosen as one of th e Henderson annual beauties. Wincie Davis was chosen Sweetheart of Epsilon chapter of Phi Lambda Chi fraternity. Pat Hunter and Marjorie Rowell were chosen as the Phi L ambda Chi Maids. They were presented at the fraternity's annual "Harvest Ball." P at Hunter, Wincie D avis, and Sunshine Dillard were members of the Hallowe'en royalty. Molly Sue Stauber was recently initiated into Alpha Chi, national scholarship fraternity. Jo Richerson became a member of Phi Alpha Theta, national history fraternity. Sue Etchieson and Pat Hunter were named to Who 's Who in American Universoities and. Colleges. In the camp us Who's Who contest, P·a t Hunter was elected an outstanding student and the most versatile girl student. Molly Sue Stauber was elected the best dressed girl. Molly Sue an d Wincie D avis tied for the honor of being the most popular girl on the campus. Maggie Culpepper, one of our pledges, is serving as feature editor of the H end erson Oracle. During Homecoming events, the Alpha Sig exhibit was judged the second Greekletter exhibit. A big event of D ecember was the ann ual Big SisterLittle Sister Christmas party. The pledges entertained the membe rs with a cute skit an d a very nice party. As a philanthropic project, the Alpha Sigs filled ten stockings for the underpriviledged children of Arkadelphia. Jo Ann Richerson, Janie L ee, an d Betty Ann Hollingsworth graduated in J anuary. The weekend of F ebruary 21 was a real occasion for Beta Mu. W e held initiation services for our new m embers. During this weekend, we welcomed our new members with a tea, a cowboy party, and our annua l MotherDaughter banquet.-MARJORIE RowELL.

Murray State College BETA Nu members ai d ed those less fortunate at Thanksgiving by taking baskets of food tq people in town. A combination of fun and service was our trip to Fort Campbell. Tqe entire sorority presented a variety show

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to the patients at th e base hospital . Our theme featured the four sections of the United States. A chorus sang several songs typical of th e orth South East and West. W e are planning the second of 'such t;ips f~r the year. This presentation is to be a young girl's dreams from childhood to m arriage. We honored our newes t m em bers this semester with a banquet at the hotel. Guests of honor were our patronesses and our Ideal Pledge, Sue Gardner. Befor e Christmas we sponsored a successful Alpha Sig Bazaar. The town of Murray was very coopera tive in this effort . W e will use the proceeds for room furni shings. Murray's campus has been active this fa ll a nd Alpha Si·g has been represen ted on every occasion. Our registrar, Betty Cl ym er, was selected by the stud ent body as "Miss Murray State." W e are represented in Who's Wh o in. American Universities and Colle·ges by our president, J a n ice Wheeler; chaplain, Angelee M artin ; and registrar, Betty Clymer. Our immedi a te projec t is th e approaching rush season. Our committees are working on th e Pa nh ellenic T ea and first rush party. Work is progressing on improvem ents to our sorority room. The purchase of new cabinets and th e renovation of one couch ma kes a great a ddition to th e comfort and appearance of the room. We lost a few m emb ers a t the semester's end but we have welcomed new members to uphold their duties in the sorority. Beta Nus are anticipating' our Panhellenic workshop at near-by K entucky L a ke, our spring rush season, and a nnual hayride later in the spring.- ANNE LINTON.

Oneonta State Teachers College SINCE November, Beta Xi chapter has h ad a thrilling experience in campaigning for th e Sigma T a u Gamma White Rose Ball Queen . The coronation was on D ecemb er 12, at an all-school dance. W e were really proud when our candid a te, Barbara Bei rne, was crowned as R eigning Queen. We now have a record of three out of four queens for this a nnual affair. W e have grea t plans a nd many boxes of saleable goods collected for our rummage-sale mon ey-making project scheduled for F ebruary 5-6. Our newest philanthropic project is collecting m edical samples an d supplies from doctors a nd druggists for a local church's missionary program. Rushing should prove to be very successful und er the abl e chairmanship of Patricia Walsh. We alrea dy have planned parties with such them es as the Monte Carlo, The Grecian Dress, The Mad H a tter, and Future Fashions. W e are sponsoring th e well known Dixie Land U.S.A . Band. Part of their program f eatures th e Salt City Five, one of the leading jazz bands in the United States. The program is unique in that along with their music, a narrator traces the jazz movement from Chicago to St. Louis, and from N ew York City to New Orleans. You may have read about them in Colliers magazine or have h eard them on Arthur Godfrey's Show. Godfrey's criticism is "They are the best jazz band that I have hea rd to d a te." We are looking forward to this, our largest undertaking, with much anticipation and hope that it will be most successful, not only for our chapter, but also for the school and the community.- BLANCHE SMITH.

Wayne University

Concord College

A PI :-; · ING map of th e world served as a targe t for dart fa ns a t Way ne's an nu a l winter carniva l wh en Alph a Sigma Alph a a nd Alph a K a ppa Psi fr aternity combined to sponsor th e KYLI NER. The girls wore short red skirts a nd white wea ters a nd passed out travel fold ers as publicit y. Lost in bookkeeping the chairman has not yet announced awards, but hopes are high th at th e award for most profit will be ours.

A SPA NISH CAFE is the th eme for Beta Pi's informal ru h party this yea r. Invitations w ritten in Spa nish will be sent to about thirty prospec tive memb ers. All lpha Sigs will be dressed in Spanish costumes to greet the rushees. ith fl as hing colors and swirling skir ts, th e scene is set for entertainm ent. First is a sere na d e of the rushees. As part of our ensembl e for this, we will have guitars (or uk eleles) a nd sombreros. Then a Spa nish d ance b y a group of ac ti ves. Jewell H a rtsogg, our chapter songbird, will sing some Spanish songs. N o fi es ta would be complete without a bullfight. The torra dor will enter th e ring with th e raging bull (both Alpha Sigs ) , and who ca n say who will win? Food comes next, hot chili and M exican bread served cafe style. For f avo rs we will give large hoop earrings wrapped in packages of minature Spanish cafes. Since we can have onl y one rush party off-campus, Be ta Pi pla ns to ta ke its rushees to a dinn er a t one of th e restaurants in Bluefi eld . Christmas was a party-time fo r Alph a Sigs here at Concord. Mrs. Hadden, on e of our advisers, gave us a Yuletid e party. Seaso nal gam es were played an d refreshments were served. A pajama party was also in order for us this Christmas. H eld· a t th e home of Thelm a Elmore, our chapter treasurer, we . stayed up a ll night singing A~A songs, ea ting, a nd partying. lnstead of exch a nging gifts in the conventional m a nner of drawing na mes, w e drew numbers after we a rrived : , E ach of us brought a tuffcd a nim al or toy with us .....,.,-CLARA WHITE .

Alfred's smile turned down after the Rho Chis failed to win first prize with their Homecoming house decorations. On Founders' D·ay Rho Chi entertained D elta Phi a nd Sigma Rh o Chi Alumnae chapters a t a tea. In addition to th e ceremony used by a ll chapters, th e progra m conistcd of a pia no solo by Barb Kugel, a solo b y Betty Moore, and reading; from Ogden N ash by Gerry Bennett. The Yuletide season is a lwa)•s pa rty tim e an d Rho Chi star ted off with a pa rty on D ecember 12, a fter th e regular m eeting. Each girl brought a child ' s toy a nd giftwrapped it th ere. Prizes were a ward ed for th e bes t wrapped a nd th en the toys were don a ted to th e Sa lvation Army. After a luscious dinn er, th e girls sa t around th e tree and sa ng carols. To combine a ddressing Christmas ca rd s with fun a nd food see med id ea l, so Joa n Hamilton invited us over to her house for a pajama party on D ecem ber 18. It's alway nice to gather for chit-chat after Christmas a nd catch up on what eve ryo ne is doing. T a lk is a bout a ll th a t was done wh en Joan Cunningham enterta ined on D ecember 30. The only other thing th a t seemed to ap peal to the girls was eati ng th e d elicious sandwiches. New Yea r·s Eve i th e time for friends to get together. That's wh y we were so gla d wh en G erry Bennett a nd Bob Kurcz invited Alpha Sigs a nd th eir dates to a party to welcome in 1954. Rush season had a n unofficial beginning with a tea given by Pa nh elleni c Co un ci l for fr eshm en wom en. Costum e-clad Alpha Sig will greet rush ees at a M a rdi Gras party. Pla ns for th e formal pa rty have not ye t bee n made. The pa rti es will be in M a rch. Du e to resignations two offices were vacant. Joan Cunningham i our new treasurer, and Winnie Willi our new regis trar.- - JE A~ Ro ENBALM .

Northern Illinois State Teachers College WE'RE happy to relate that our rush· seaso n is nearly ove r. Though rushing has been fun , everyone's g lad th at initiation is only a few weeks a way. Beta Rho's first rush party was built around th e th em e of " To yla nd ." Our second pa rty followed th e th eme of "Hong Kong Holiday." At th e seco nd part y whi ch ha d th e C hin ese th eme, large coolie hats with A::::A in Chinese letters were placed on th e heads of girls ·g oing through r ush. A short skit entitled "Rush Rushi e" was enac ted . The refreshments included a speci a l dish made by one of o ur sponsors, Mrs. Collee n . Besides th e special dish of Glorified Rice, we a lso se rved punch, A2:A cookies, mints, a nd nuts. Barbara Kan e, captain of Alpha Sig volleyball team, helped lead th e team on into final playoffs. The tea m finish ed th e season with second place. Th e bas ke tball tea m with captain, E a di e Ocenasek, will be startin g its tournam ent in a few days. Our new pledges used th e tradition a l A~A Stocking Stomp D a nce as one of th eir proj ects for the sorority. The dance was well d ecora ted with large red a nd whit e A::::A soc ks. Ou r th eme for winter carnival, h ere a t orthern is a huge megaphone with a large " I " on the center of it don e in red ice cubes. Betty L entzn er, our presid ent, has bee n nominated by Alpha Phi Omega as a candidat for Winter Carnival Quee n. Sally Lundin was nomin a ted both by V arsity Club a nd Tau Kapp a Epsilon as a ca ndid a te of th e Winter Carnival court. W e arc also busy working on a booth for Winter Carnival.

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Scholastically, Beta Rho came in first place last year, and was given recognition at the sorority-fraternity sing.- BAns HIRT.

Southwest Missouri State College WITH initiation services over, Be ta Sigma Alpha Sigs are keeping an eye open for new prospec ts for a spring term pled ge class. Fourteen members were initiated in a solemn ceremony h eld at the chapter house. Just before the service, pledges took their big sisters to dinner at the local Manhattan dinner house. Pledges receiving special honors were, Donna Muck, Ideal Pledge, and Barbara Piner, the pledge with the highest grade average. Gold cuff-links were presented to them.

her outstanding work with the fall-t erm pledge class. The past two-years entertainment for the annual gypsy rush party can also be accredited to Carolyn. As is the tradition, the d a nce will include a dinner. Gene Batts is in charge of all arra ngements and has appoi nted her committee for enter tainment and decorations. During intermission, Carolyn will be presented with a bouquet of red roses a nd given the title of Beta Sigma's Sweetheart. The usual large, satin, red and white Alpha Sigma heart will be background for the latter activity. Place cards decorations, and favors will keep in theme with the ~wee t heart motif.-HELEN KRISTEK.

Oswego State Teachers College THE New Year finds Beta Tau with twenty new members, two new trophies, a new president, an d the promise of ano ther wonderful year for Alpha Sigma. Winning first place in the annua l Greek Games accounts for our first trophy. Our other cup was the first place award in the annual Christmas House D ecora tin g Contest. This is th e third consecutive year that th e Beta Taus have walked off with the first place position. W e let our imaginations run wild with the theme Cand,· C hristmas a nd th e results were comical colorful and completely charming. ' ' This year our a nnua l Cinderella Ball was held in conjunction with our Initiation Formal. Ano ther sweet and lovely Cinderella, Diana Glick, was crowned at th e stroke of twelve, and twenty new members of Alpna Sigma Alpha were introdu ced to "Campus Society." K are n Enterline K err, our retiring president, surrendere d the •g avel to our new president, Margie Lauben who well deserves the honor. We're prouder than punch to have two more Alpha Sigs, Rosann Riston a nd K aren K err, elected to Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.-KATHY BARBARO.

Indiana (Terre Haute ) State Teachers College Picture of Beta Sigma's 1954 initiates in the living room of the chapter house. They are left to- right, first row: Barbara Branham, Mary Danforth. Second row: Carolyn Piper, Pat Cox, Barbara Piner, Sandy Sherman. Third row: Betty Haun, Jo Ann Hargis. Fourth row: Frosty Frieze, Jane Willett, Donna Muck. Fifth row : Janice Bryant, Pat Roberts. "Skunk 'em," theme for our Homecoming flo at, seemed to have the same reaction on the judges, as it was m ea nt to have on our opponents in th e game. The final d ecision-Alpha Sigma Alpha tied with another sorority on ca mpus, for first place. The curren t whiz of excitement centers arc und plans for our forthcoming Sweetheart Dance. Carolyn Tabor was chosen to reign as our swee theart for 1954. Carolyn is a senior from Mountain Grove, and her major is sociology. Among her varied activities, Carolyn has taken an active part in the sorority life on this campus as well as of her sorority. She served for one year as president of the Panhellenic Council. In Alpha Sig, she has in the past served as vice president an d as assistant treasurer. At presen t she is registrar and is particularly noted for

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BETA UPSILON has just finished the breath-taking swirl of Rush W ee k. Winter Wonderland, which fea tured gay sparkling silver snowflakes hanging from the ceiling: Hades and Heaven, complete with a fire in Hades and a ngels floating on a nge l's hair in H eaven; Alpha Sig Style, a style show-bridge party sponsored by our Alumnae; and Crimson and Pearl D essert were the themes for our parties this year. But now that rush is over it means that Campus R ev ue time is near. This year our theme is " On Parade." We are carrying out the idea with red and white costumes resembling those of Wes t Point Cadets a nd changing the words and a dding a fancy march routin e to " Sound Off." We are a lso making parts of our costumes luminous for a chorus with the lights out. . Pau lita Martin was chosen Alpha Sigma Alpha's' 1954 Ideal Sorority Girl. She was disclosed during the intermission of the Crystal Ball w.hich is sponsored by the Panhellenic Council. W e are also very proud of Goldie Johnson who was chairman of the decorations committee of the Crystal Ba ll. She did a wonderful job and the whole campus has bee n talking abo ut the Crystal Ball "Under the Sea." Also on our honor list is J an Horton

Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, national registrar, meets with the college and alumnae chapters of Beta Upsilon. Pictured from left to right, back row: Miss Ruby East, Beta Upsilon adviser, Mary Doyle, Margaret Gehring, Katie Schoentrup, JoAnn DeArmand, Verla Flick. Front row: Phyllis Barker, Velma Buchanan, Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, Martha Erwin, Mary Fran Wiley. who was pledged to Pi Omega Pi honorary commercial fr a ternity. Coming up on our ·social calendar is Coed W ee kend which is just loads of fun. It is a girl takes boy affair. The weekend always starts out with an informal d a nce on Friday evening. Beta Upsilon is also looking forward to State Day the last of April when we are going to be the hostesses to the Chi Chis of Ball Sta te and all the alumnae in Indi a na .- MYR NA WILD.

Stout

ln~titute

MR. W EATHE RMAN turn ed against us with a blizzard raging in full force the night of our Intersorority Ball. Coming from Minneapolis th e orchestra was in a n accident a nd was not able to play for the d a nce. But with a phonograph to furnish music a nd beautiful decora tions to lend atmosphere, everyone had a wond erful time. Sadie H awki ns Week . a nnu a ll y sponsored by th e Alpha Si•gs, is nex t on ou r calend ar. Among the activities are a candy sale, a pigtail contes t a nd th e crowning of The Pigtail Princess a t th e Dog Patch Dance. W e h ave written to AI Cap p, creator of Sadie H awkins W eek, for suggestions th a t we may use to make this event a success.- Jo ANN BREHM .

Arizona State College EARLY in D ecember, we held a slumber party in Phoenix for th e new pledges. On D ecember 12, the pledges gave a semi-fo rma l dinner-dance for the actives. W e gave a buffet supper for the Phoenix Alumnae. For o ur philanthropic proj ec t, we gave a Christmas par ty for the homeless children at th e J ane W ayland home. Movies were shown, re freshments served, and gifts given to all th e child ren.- A ' N H1 KLE.

W estern Michigan College of Education FEBRUARY was a highlighted month for the Beta Psis. It was the fir t time we went through Western's Spring ru h eason as a national sorority. Our first rush party wa h eld on February 22. We tran formed our meeting place in to a castle. The girls

entered through a dra wbridge. All a long th e bridge we had placed the A~A symbols. On the walls were hung A2:A shields. L etter openers symbolized knives of the round table. These served as favors. R ed punch a nd sword sha ped cookies were chosen as refreshments. Soft music was played a nd th e gals sang the "Castl e Song." ext came th e par ty which we hope to make a traditional affair, "Cock tails By Candlelight." The refreshments were shrimp cocktails. A cocktai l glass etched with A2:A was given to each rushe e. For the third party we put on a circus. Big clowns were set around the room. A merry-go-round was featu red a t th e refreshment booth where th e gals placed orders for hotdogs a nd candied apples. As th e girls left we presented each one with a balloon. Tied a t the bottom was a white paddle with the letters A2:A writt n in red. Our pa troness opened her home for th e las t party. We fixed the interior as a floral shop. On entering th e rushees were given a small box which was inscribed on top: " From The Alpha Sigma Alpha Florist." On the inside were placed small rose corsages. As we picked the future Beta Psis from th ese gals, our main aim was to mee t each one individually. W e all sat around and talked and a dessert was served. To date we can not tell you how m a ny girls were add ed to our ranks. They are now in the midst of pledging and will be prese nted to th e other Greek organizations at the annual Panhellenic Pledge Ba ll to be held the last of March.- jAN RrvARD.

Bucknell University WE, of Beta Omega, a t Bucknell Universi ty wish to tell all of you how mu ch we enjoyed becoming members of Alph a Sigma Alpha . Our installation weekend certainly was one that we will never forget . W e were especially delighted to mee t all th e Alpha Sigs who visited our campus at tha t time. Since then Be ta Omega has been constantly growing in size. On D ecember 15 five more girls were initiated after being pledged on November 2. January 12 was the pledging date of Nancy Strassner, a sophomore, who will bring our total membership to twenty- four when she is initiated. W e are looking forward to increasing our number again in Februa ry when rushing takes place. Informal sorority p arties were h eld during J an uary so that a ll freshmen a nd tra nsfers could visit the sorority suites. Final bid parties will be February 17-20. Beta Omega has a lread y b egun to prove quite successful in sports. During the fall term we placed third in the volleyball tournament between th e Independents an d the nine sorori ti es on our campus. W e are hoping that nex t year we will succeed in winning even higher honors in this sport. O ur biggest social event so far was a dinn er given by our brother fraterni ty which i a local chapter, Phi L ambd a Theta. A si lver tray was pre ented by the fraternity president to ou r president, San d ra W anderman, in honor of our becoming affi liated with Alpha Sigma Alpha. Of cou rse everyone had a wond erful time, and we are looking forward to picnics and parties with our brother fraternity la ter in th e spring. s you can see we have really been busy since our installation on O ctober 24. However, we hope that in the months a head Beta Omega will grow even more until she finally becomes the best chapter a t Bucknell an d trul y worthy of Alpha Sigma Alpha. -DArL MILLER.

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Akron, Ohio

Buffalo, New York

IN January at Rhea Yoder's home we had a lovely dinner with our husbands as guests. There was a lot of good food and good company. Ole man winter cancelled our Christmas meeting, one night at Lil's. Eight brave souls came out but the next night wasn't much better. We made bedroom slippers out of wash cloths for the county home. Our November meeting was at Helen Snyder's. After our Founders' Day program we managed to play some bridge. Our February meeting was with Jean Cissna Bickett. We are talking about and looking forward to State Day in Dayton.-LILLIE GREER.

Baltimore, Maryland AT our September m ee ting we planned several things for the coming year. To date we have completed two of our projects. One was to donate our services to the Maryland League for Cripple Children and help th em bring their mailing list for Easter Seals up to date. Natalie Miller acted as chairman and by working in pairs and in some cases with assistance of husbands we completed our part. Our next job was to do something for a cottage of boys at the Strawbridge Orphanage in Sykesville, Maryland. Through Barbara Mann's husband we were able to get all the boys very nice flannel shirts and sent them as gifts from Alpha Sigma Alpha. We plan to help the boys in the spring by taking them to some sports event in Baltimore. Since our last letter we are sorry to report the death of Louise Johnston Biggs, NN. ' Louise died very suddenly and we shall miss her presence. Our Panhellenic representative, Natalie Miller, attended a recent meeting of the Baltimore Panhellenic and reported its aims and obj ectives and we plan to help them in any way that we can. Our next meeting will be held at Mabel Mathias' and we will make our final plans for the spring activities.JEAN SHELLEY.

Boston, Massachusetts WE had a very successful Christmas sale at Irma Wrenn's m ee ting at the Wollaston Golf Club . The proceeds were turned over to Bernice Galloway for philanthropic work at the Chelsea Naval Hospital. On January 9 we rr{et at L aura McQuide's apartment where we e~joyed Florence Halley's story and pictures of her summer in Europe. The meeting for February is listed on the program as "Paul Revere and Pizza." We are making a special request to the weatherman for a good day as we will be touring the historic North End of Boston, ending at a restaurant where a very special variety of Pizza is served.-DoT CuRRIER.

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OuR memories of 1953 include those of a wonderful Founders' Day luncheon at th e Hotel W estbrook. Chairman Lois Conroy was ably assisted by toastmistress, Alma Schantz. We were especially thrilled to have the president's message read by our own Ev Bell. The ceremony commemorating our founders and reminding us of our purposes and goals for th e future was presented by Lassie Finely, M·a rion Clack, Doris Paxson, and Louise Abbot. Other highlights of th e program included the moving talk about sorority ideals by our chapter president, Connie Batt, and a song by Shirley Hellrich. W e enjoyed seeing so many sisters including Dot York, Mario.n Munson, Libby O ' Connor and were especially pleased to have as our guests, Miss Mina Goosen and Mrs. Carolyn Heyman of the Buffalo Teachers College faculty. Did you ever play "Name the Tune," "Chinese Checkers," or "Pick-Up Sticks?" We all had a wonderful evening of fun at Isabel Race's home in January. Jeanne Feucht and J ea n McBride planned the games and even provided us with individual score cards. The lucky winn ers were Connie Batt and Peg Nelson, though we all won lots of laughs. It was grand to welcome back to Buffalo Babe Hurley O'Conner. In February Dianne Roseberry was hostess a nd Marni Groh, chairman, for a wond erful meeting. Shirley Hellrich, our national music chairman, gave a concert for us. H er program included LaGrotte, D ebussy, Das Krauke Kind, Erich Wolff, selections from The Consul by · M enotti and Nocturne- composed by Willam Barre, husband of Betty Barre, one of our members. Arlene Guenther will share her unique experiences as a teacher in Saudi Arabia with us at our March m ee ting. She has brought many interesting souvenirs of her two years in Ras Tanura to show us. Alma Schantz will be our hostess for the evening.- JoAN RICHMOND.

Charleston, West Virginia SEVERAL members of our group h ave moved from Charleston in the past months. Jane Fitzsimmons moved to Savannah, Georgia, Eloise K eller took a teaching position in Oakland, California; and Annette Gruber a nd famil y left to make their home in Orange, T exas. One Decemb er evening Evelyne Elliott opened h er home for a farewell party for Annette. She was presented with a dinner plate in her china pattern. Prese nt were Jane Fitzsimmons who was on vacation, Roa nn e Simms, Joan Wiles, Shirley Blume, M yrna Ga.rges, and Edie Shafer. It was fun to be together for the first time since late summer. W e hate to have Annette leave us, but our loss will be a gain to the community of Orange.EmE SHAFER.

Chicago, Illinois IT was fun discussing what we did over the holidays at our "Loop" meeting in the Fair Store. There were

six tee n prese nt, an d we were most ha ppy to 6ee Joyce Payne, Ruth Neff Petree, and her sister, H elen Neff Schomaker. Nellen R a ney Do ris Dowling, a nd Be tty Foyer wer e lu cky enough t~ be prese nt a t Anne Petree's wedding. Anne is now living in Cincinnati, Ohio. We surely hate to lose Anne, but we kn ew Bill , iemeyer would win! Our Fe bruary m ee ting was a t Glad ys Schabinger'6 in Evanston. Glady's husband docs a fine' job serving us.J uuA S. PALM ER.

Cincinnati, Ohio THE hig hlight of our actiVItles this fall a nd winter was our philanthropic proj ect. W e decided it would b e the making of Christmas gifts for und erprivileged children a t Allen House, a welfare home loca ted n ear Gl endal e, a suburb of our city. W e devoted time both during m ee tings an d on our own in our homes in making felt coll ars, ties, bedsid e bags, lea th er purses, and felt comb cases. Several of us p ersonally d eliver ed th e gifts a wee k before Christmas. They were most appreciative of our effo r ts. W e were ta ken on a tour through the hom e and we a ll felt a littl e happi er for h av ing ha d a sma ll p art in h elping to gladden the hearts of those sadfac ed child ren ra ngin g from infa ncy to sixteen years of age. W e have increased ou r meetings this year from four to six. Our luncheon for J a nuary was .held a t th e V ernon M a nor on J anu ary 23, in one of th e priva te dinin g rooms. W e are looking forw ard to a tten ding Sta te D ay which will be h eld in D ay ton on April 24, the D ay ton alumnae are serving as hostesses. Our next proj ect will be making th e programs for that luncheon. W e are looking forward to welcoming Anne Petree ;\liemeyer, national a lumnae ec\Jitor, as a m ember of our gro up a t our March meet i:路 g.- RUTH HERSHEY.

Cleveland, Ohio IF prese nt trend continues, the high-living Clevela nd chapter will refuse to meet in a building over two months old . In O ctober L eota M erion entertain ed us at h er n ew hom e, a nd in D ecember Virginia Carpenter invited us to tea a t th e house she a nd h er parents h ad moved into three wee ks before. Anyon e having dealings with the national vice presid ent ca n think of h er ensconced in h er wond erful execu tive suite on the second floor. Across from h er bed room is a charming study a nd sewing room, so tidil y arra nged th at we don ' t think th ere's the slightest cha nce th a t you ' ll ge t a row of hems titching instead of a letter. At th at mee ting we gave our a tt en tion to th e rath er kno tt y problem of providing th e required two d elega tes to C levela nd Pa nh ell enic. So many of our m embers teach or are otherwise inflexibl y occupied that a commi tteesized job h as fallen to Bernie D eTchon, who h as carried on very faithfull y a lone. W e think we h ave solved it to our sa tisfaction (a nd possibly to Pan h ellenic's surprise) by h aving a fl oati ng a lternate. Man y of us who cou ldn' t a ttend every m ee ting find th at we can arra nge to go once. So each mon th we'll have a differe nt alternate delegate. G eorgia Ku rtz volunteered to be chairman of magazine subscriptions. L e t thi serve to remin d Clevela nders that if th ey want magazine subscriptions-"Georgia can get it for you re ta il! " (an d a t a profit to A ~ A) .- jA NE FRY .

Cumberland, Maryland SEPTEMBER found us busy with plan s for a new year. We have had wonderful m ee tin gs so far. In November we packed our usual b asket of food to b e given to some needy famil y for Thanksgiving. We have lea rn ed to expect a grand time at Mike R eid'& a nd she didn ' t let us down a t our Christmas jingle party. In the midst of th e festiviti es we fill ed ten stockings with toys, candy, and popcorn for th e Associat.e~ Charities to distribute to children of less fortun a te fam1hes. During th e holidays we presented a shampoo chair with tray to the County Home. The old ladies seemed very pleased with it. At th e same tim e we turn ed over to th em th e knitted afgha n on which we all worked so h ard for a year and a h a lf. W e consider it a masterpiece, especia lly sin ce some of us who have never knitted, now do so well. At th e request of Newton Baker Veterans Hospital, M artinsburg, W es t Virgini a, we are collec ting pocket book editions a nd play ing cards to se nd to the pati ents. Wh a t is our loss will be the Richmond chapter's gain. Loi路s Stine Harris is now residing in Richmond with her in-laws, eagerl y awaiting th e re turn of Dick from six months a t sea.-H ELEN SMITH GROSH.

Dayton, Ohio ; OuR sights are set for Sta te D ay a nd th e plans fo r it ~rc progressing rapidly. Our pres ident, Alm a Molitor S~ider, has been busy arra nging a ll the d etails. The d ate is April 24 but activities will start at nine o'clock, Friday night, April 23, with open house in th e Governor Suite of th e Mi ami Hotel. All Alpha Sigs and th eir husban ds are invited . Our Christmas proj ect was an enjoyable a nd satisfying one. W e provided clothing an d toys for two n eighboring fami lies. Ther e are eleven children in all. J a ne Ba llew Sickinger a nd M ary H elen Clark F erguson supervised the buying of th e clothes, d elivered th e toys we a ll contributed an d fill ed th e stockings which made the bulk of the things that Santa left at these two homes. A fund has been esta blished from whi ch J ean can draw to p rovid e things from tim e to time as th ey ar e need ed . Our Christmas m ee ting at th e home of K athryn Young Moore was given a festive air by th e wrapped toys we brought for "our children. " W e a lso sen t a ca rd table to Alpha Alpha chapter. The fir st m ee ting of the n ew yea r was a luncheon at Rik e's with Thelma Butterfi eld Brown an d Mildred R yburn ac ting as hostesses. The new year started o n a very a uspicuous note with an unu sua lly large attendance and th e gaining of a n ew m ember, J ea nne Jon es Shinn AB . J ea nn e is teaching a t Wilbur Wright high school. The February meetin g was at Lu cille Shively H erbert's home with Erma Schmidt as co-hostess.-L UC ILLE SHIVELY H ERBE RT.

Denver, Colorado OVEMBER 17, found our members gathered a t the home of Poll y Smelser S chlosser BB for our regu lar business m eet ing. After th e meeting G race D a lby D av ies BB r evi ewed th e book, Lives, by Van Loon . It was most inter es ting. Hostesses were Peggy O chs W at on BB, Mabel Wilson Switzer AB, Beverly Coon Long BB, and Ann Harper Coye ndahl BB.

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A lovely Christma s Brunch was h eld on D ecember 30, at the home of Betty Barnes McEwen B"B. A short business m eeting was conducted by our president, Doroth y Hugh es Johnson BB . Hostesses serving were Neoma Erickson Stone BB, Peggy Phelps Lang horn BB , K ay Stream Wheeler BB, and Nora Cutting H eitla nd BB . On January 19, Louise Auberle Dublin llD. enterta ined us at her home. A business m ee ting was held a ft er which a most delightful talk on Turkey was given by Mrs. Williams. She and h er husba nd had just r eturn ed from four yea rs ' stay in that country. Hostesses for th e evening were Doris Stream Hansen BB, Betty Lance Binkley HH, Fra nces Nickles TT, a nd Lu cy Benson Fla nd ers <1><1>.PEGGY 0CHS WATSON.

Detroit, Michigan-Delta Phi OuR n ew year sta rted off very promisingly with o ur r egula r mee ting a t Dorothy Rice's. Norma Aliber assisted. Many plans are being mad e with Sta te Day taking p reced ence. Our annual Husba nds ' Party is a close second. Our F ebruary m eeting was h eld at H aze l H a ll's in Highl a nd P a rk.- MARIO N L. PARKER.

Detroit, Michigan-Rho Chi Bv the time you r ead this the holid ays will be of the p ast, but I couldn' t let o ur Christmas p a rty go unm ention ed . W e all trooped miles and miles out to Pa t Sowell Woolever's n ew hom e, a nd tha nk goodn ess the r oa ds were clea r. A ver y clever A ~ A sign in the front window guided us to h er house. Pat must have had a lo t of p opcorn strings on h er own tree, beca use she certainly h a d us busy seei ng who could st ring the most in the given p eri od of time. A great tim e was ha d pulling on strings to ge t gifts out of a big box. Ever yone did ve ry well a nd th ere wer e no duplicates . M ost a m azing! After h aving wond erful refres hments we a ll sa t a round and ta lk ed befo re m aking the long j a unt home. O ur J a nu a ry m ee ting wa s a t Ba rb a ra Grisd ale's. W e h ad a lot of business to ta ke care of a nd the mee tin g was well a ttend ed . The February m eeting should be a very large one. W e are gi vi ng a card p arty for th e college ch a pter a t W ay ne University a t Betty Sowell' s hom e. Last year this w as a b ig success so we are hoping everything will go as well a gain . Spea king of Betty, she had a n honor bestowed upon h er rece ntly. She was asked to r epresent the D ep a rtm ent of Class ro om T eachers of the NEA a t the American D ental Associa tion Convention in Chicago on Janua ry 25-26. She spoke a nd led th e discussion on d ental aids in th e classroom.- JAN E CHARVAT.

Fort Wayne, Indiana I N N ovember we h a d-<>ur Founders' D ay program a t Eva Ki ewitt's home with Thelma Waltz Zumba ugh, G en e A nn Zimmerma n Chaplin, Margaret Allen Dibert, and Eva participating. I Marjorie Hutchins Scott was hostess a t our Christmas p ar ty m ee ting. Thelma , our president, r ead a Christmas story in keeping with the season, then we all joined in singing some Christmas ca rols.

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Gene Ann Zimmerman reviews "Angel Unaware" . W e were ha ppy to have Gene A nn revi ew th e book, Ange l Una ware, by D a le Eva n s Rogers, at ou r J a nu ary m ee tin g.- M ARGARET DIB ERT .

Greater Kansas City FoR our N ovember mee ti ng we h ad a Fo und ers· D ay lun ch eon a t Beni sh 's a t th e Twin O aks. D o rothy K ree k <1><1>, our pres iden t, wro te a clever skit naming a ll of the pas t p resid en ts of th e K a nsas C ity ch apter whi ch was · acco mpa ni ed by a ca ndleli ghti rtg service. M ary Blacks tone AG ent ertained u s in her home wit h a n old-fas hion ed C h ristm as party. H er son accompa ni ed us whil e we sa ng C h ristm as carols a nd M r. Blackstone mad e a wond erful Sa nt a. J erry Aitchiso n EE h a d us a t h er hom e fo r ou r J an u ary m ee ting. W e played bridge a nd b ingo. O ur phila nth ropic p roj ect is h elping a t the Conva lesce nt Ce nter for Rheuma tic H eart p a t ients. This year the ce nter is ha ving a H ea rt D ay, F ebru ary 9, to raise mo ney. Eac h m emb er h as bee n invited to a ttend a nd h as bee n as ked to don a te some th ing to be a ucti o ned . -M AXINE H UM BARD W ELC H.

Gunnison, Colorado TH E most r ece nt •g a th ering of th e Gunnison alumnae wa s J a nu ar y 13, a t the h om e of R osellen T omkins G oad . The alumn ae a nd pa tro nesses of Sigma Sigm a cha pter w~ re hostesses to the college ch a pter m emb ers a t a sp aghe tti supper. This yea r 's alumnae group numbers thi r ty, head ed by Ann e Flick Steinbeck, president. M axin e Millikin H a tcher, p a troness, is treasurer. The fa ll orga nization m ee ting took pla ce in Septemb er with H a rri et Stone L a ke a nd J ea n M cK ee Besse as hostesses to a n eve ning of pla nning for Homecoming activities. This year ou r alumnae assisted with a combined open-hou se held in the ca mpus stud ent union by a ll the

national sorontles on Western State College campus. This id"ea proved to be successful in its first year and is to be duplicated with improvements in years to follow. In ovember our group met with our two sister alumnae, Christine Sinding Sweitzer and Lillian Sinding Swope. Sindy's husband, Quinten, joined our group for the evening to show us the color slides he and Sindy collected on their tour of Europe last summer. They also displayed heirlooms, souvenirs and other articles collected on their trip. During th e rushing season in mid-November our group held a tea hour at Webster Hall lounge, November 19. We served punch and tea sandwiches to 50 guests. In February the group met with Evelyn Grant Frasier who was assisted by Lydia Balkenbush BB and patroness, Jean McCorkhill. In April, Sigma Sigma chapter as in the past will initiate its big yearly philanthropic service to our community, th e conducting of the cancer drive. During the 1952 drive, we were quite successful in meeting our goal, and we hope for good results this year. Audre Peck Miller is chairman of the 1954 drive.-ANNE FLICK STEINBECK.

Indiana, Pennsylvania THE last meeting of 1953 for the Indiana alumnae was a White-Elephant auction at the hom e of Gertrude Hawkins Walker on December 2. Billie McGrain Kline was the auctioneer. The money raised was our contribution to the National Philanthropic Fund. Mrs. Walker, incidentally, has taken over the advisorship of Alpha Gamma chapter an d is doing a competent job during the absence of Dr. J oy Mahachek. Doctor Mahachek is taking a leave of absence for the dual purpose of travel and school visiting and will be away until September. In her travels she hopes to meet many of our Alpha Gamma alumnae and is planning to visit with Miss Ethel Belden, for many years adviser to Alpha Gamma and now retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. Our alumnae group will also be missing another faithful member for Ruth Bretz Heiges will also be traveling with her husband, Dr. Ralph H eiges, who is Dean of Instruction at Indiana State Teachers College. They will . go to Texas where Doctor Heiges is enrolled in the Department of Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. The stay-at-home m embers of our group will be busy with our plans for the spring meetings and for the annual After-Pledging Party and Senior-Party for Alpha Gamma.- HELEN STRASS ER RussELL.

occaswn but a joyful one and in a most clever manner made it a glorious one. As our 路national registrar, we hope that you will have the privilege of welcoming Jean Baldwin McCammon to your chapter soon . She radiates the true spirit of Alpha Sigma Alpha. We are indeed fortunate having as our first vice president, Helen Campbell Shibler, to whom Jean happily handed the gavel. Und er Helen's able leadership we will continue to grow in Alpha Sigma Alpha. Be sure to read h er .clever article, "What is a President?" in this issue of THE PHOENIX. This was written by Helen for our October meeting honoring th e past presidents of our chapter. As we were enjoying our d elicious refreshments who should surprise us with a visit, none other than Mary Turner Gallagher of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The F ebruary meeting was a dessert with Julia Hamlet Gerlach, hostess, assisted by Dorothy Ramsey Karrman, Betty Kidwell Soland, and Frances Shaw.-HELEN SELVAGE OBLJTT.

Licking-Muskingum Valley, Ohio IN our last newsletter, we were looking forward to our fall trip to Marietta, and our meeting at Ethel Shaw Guthrie's. Miss Sniffen, English professor emeritus at Ohio State University, who retired to .her home in Marietta, is always present when we go to Ethel's. Miss Sniffen was faculty a d viser for Lambda Lambda chapter for several years and is still deeply interested in the activities and accomp lishments of "her girls." In November, we were invited to the home of our president, Louise Stewart, in Zanesville for a dinner meeting in celebration of Founders' Day. The centerpiece was a beautiful white cake with Alpha Sigma Alpha spelled out with red candles, fifty-two of them! An impressive Founders' Day candlelight service was conducted. Our Christmas meeting was a lovely luncheon at Jane Jackson 's in Newark . The dining table was beautifully decorated with a centerpiece of holly. The place cards were red Christmas bells on which was written not only the nam e of the guest, but also a number which matched a number on a gaily wrapped package. When the packages were opened, we each found a lovely gift. As has been our custom for the past two years, instead of exchanging gifts, we each contributed money which we turned over to Louise Stewart to be presented to the Zanesville High School Girls Emerge ncy Fund. This mon ey is kept at the school and given to the girls when a small emergency arises in their lives. In this small way, we try to share our many Christmas blessings. -ELEANOR LOYD DAVIS.

Indianapolis, Indiana MARIE RAUH KINGDON, assisted by Helen Emick, E th er Burge, Ad elaide McCarty, Betty Bliss, and H elen Selvage oblitt, was hostess for our Christmas party. W e brought toys and sweets for the children of th e State Epileptic Home, ew Castle, Indiana . L etha H eckma n Gaskins mad e arrangements for the d elivery of these gifts. Our president announced that the Bert McCammons were to move th eir residence to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, leavi ng Indianapolis, December 20. Wh erever J ean lives she will be a radiant Alpha Sig who will Seek, Aspire and Attain for her beloved sorority. Under J ea n's able leadership our chapternas gained sixteen new members. Marie a nd J ea n forbade that this be an unhappy

Maryville, Missouri THE second White Elephant sale proved to be a money raising success again this year with the Maryville alumnae at the December meeting. The miscellaneous, odd-shaped articles were wrapped in Christmas paper. Mary Kurtz was auctioneer again and did a splendid job selling everything, and we all had a grand time guessing the contents of the packages and outbidding the others. The sale was held at the hom e of Mrs. F . M. Townsend, patroness, who was assisted by Dell Dinsdale, Lois Rush, and Betty Otte. The proceeds go to the active chapter.-KATHRYN KRAUSE BELCHER.

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Muncie, Indiana OuR former editor, Carmin Cree Alvey, joined her husband who is now in the Air Force Medical Corps. Carmin is now in Tampa, Florida, and Charles has been sent to England. We certainly miss .her but know she will be on the lookout for Alpha Sigs wherever she may land! On Founders' Day, we had a tea with the Chi Chi chapter in the Pine Room of the Student Center at Ball State. Due to changes in rush rules at Ball State this was the first year the alumnae chapter could assi;t the Chi Chis in any way, shape, or form during their rushing activities. We are still under strict regulations, but on December 6, we were allowed to help with their formal rush party. They gave a formal buffet supper and we kept things moving to and from and in the kitchen. This may sound as though it was a queer privilege, but after being strictly outside, it gave the alumnae, and I hope the actives, a feeling of cooperation and achievement. They received their quota of rushees an d we like to feel that we had just a wee finger in the pie. This year our Christmas party was held at the home of Kay Behrndt. By coincidence, this was the same day that Jean McCammon had come to Muncie for inspection of the Chi Chi chapter. She and Mrs. Bum, college chapter adviser, found time to come out for a visit. W e always delighted to have anyone from that wonderful group at Indianapolis, but especially Jean . In January, we m et at Ball Memorial Hospital to wrap bandages as part of our philanthropic work. We also sent a basket to a needy family at Christmas. Afterwards we adjourned t~ Kathy Mabus Early's apartment to make plans for the buffet supper that we are giving for the Chi Chi seniors in February. There will be about twenty-five again this year. We, alumnae, enjoy the informal atmosphere of a supper and we hope it serves to set the seniors to think about alumnae groups that th ey might be able to join after leaving college.-LORRAINE RIEBELING LEWELLEN.

Muskogee, Oklahoma THE NEW YEAR was ushered m by the Muskogee Alpha Sigs with a buffet supper held in th e home of ~ Joan Bass Ml!rray on Saturday evening, January 2. After feasting ~ n baked ham and d elicious hot apple pie, the husba~ds unanimously agreed that they were quite lucky to have been included in our N ew Year's celebration. After supper, Ann Benefiel Stamman took charge and entertained all .A~As and their husbands in several d elightful games which were thoroughly enjoyed b y all. In fact, we all felt that it was certainly a wonderful way to celebrate the N ew Year. In what better way could Alpha Sigs have celebrated 1954 than by getting together with each other and enjoying the companionship, love, and friendship of our sorority? Ann Stamman was hostess at our first business m eetmg of the year on Thursday evening, F ebruary 11, at which time we launched the new year off right by organizing a membership drive in an effort to interest some of our local alumnae who are not affiliated with our alumnae chapter.-VIRGINIA BuRLESON PATTERSON .

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Beta Gamma's Loss Muskogee's Gain "THEIR loss is our gain," is an old, old ad age which the Muskogee alums are humming these d ays and they rightfully should be echoed by the Beta Gammas of Northeastern Sta te College at Tahlequah, Oklahoma . The Beta Gammas realize that this proverb carries w_ith it more truth than poe try for th em, for not only d1d th ey lose one of the most outstanding young women of th e campus, but they realize that they have lost an Alpha Sig sister who has devoted her talents, her inspirations, and abili ties to Alpha Sigma Alpha for the past four yea rs. Yes, the Beta Gammas will long remember Helen Ann Biswell who served them so capably as secretary and presiden t for her warm companionship and fri endship which are so generously reflected in h er lovable personality. So it is easy to und ers tan d why we Muskogee alumnae feel that we are so fortunate in having Helen Ann as a member of our a lumnae group. Helen Ann was graduated from Northeastern in J anuary as a biology major, being one of the most outstanding students to have ever a ttend ed this college. She is now an instructor of biology at Muskogee Centra l High School, where she could easily be mistaken for an other high school student since she stands only 5' 2" . However, as outstanding as she was in th e field of science, if yo u were to inquire about her around th e campus, her classmates would be the first to tell you about her unusual qualities as a public speaker, and her ability to hold an a udience right in the palm of her hand. She has rightfully bee n d eclared one of the most outstanding speech students in this part of the country. H er record a lone proves that, for since en tering college in 1950, she has been the winner of more than a dozen first place medals in numerous public speaking contests all over the country. A champion of ten d ebate trophi es, she has won more public speaking contests than any other single student in the history of the college. She was acclaimed a na tional champion debater in 1951 when she attended the N a tiona l Pi K appa D elta Speech Tourname nt. H elen Ann appeared in Who's Who in American UniveÂˇrsities and Colleges both her junior and senior years a nd has served as an officer in seven various scholastic and social organizations on th e campus. Yet in spite of all of these wonderful accomplishments, an article could never be rightfully written about H elen Ann without first saying that her character a nd personality are without a doubt th e qu a lities that have made both classmates an d instructors. feel that she is a young woman whose memory as a student and fri end can never be forgotten . Is it a wond er that we Muskogee alumnae are confirm ed proverb believers?

New York City . NEVER seem to have a White Christmas here, but finally a few inches fell in January, leaving us "snowbound" for a few days. So accustomed are we to balmy open winters that a bit of snow always catches us unaware. Too bad we couldn't h ave ha d th e snow for D ecember meeting, which was a t my home. Seemed funny exchanging Christmas gifts 'midst April tem peratures. As a group project, we are working on the collecting of old clothes to be sent to Korea. This proj ect

suits th e needs of our g roup, as we ca n work individua lly and bring th e clo thes to ou r m ee tin g for cra ting. It's p rac ti cally impossible, beca use of tra nsportation and d ista nces, to do other types of work wh ere gro up m ee tings a re necessary. Ou r Febr ua ry mee ting will be a t Mrs. Ja ck Pippe's in V alley Stream , Long I sla nd, a nd by th a t time spring will be on its way a nd we' ll be pla nning our spring al) d sum mer ou ting.-SANDY DEQ UILLF ELDT.

Northern Virginia W E started th e new year with a wond erful mee ting in J an uary held a t th e home of Mildred Brenn er Bell in Arl ington . The first "get-togeth er" since tha t gay time-we cha tted a t length a bout the successful Christmas pa rty we had ha d in D ecember wi th M a r y L . Hodges and husba nd, C hu ck, as hostess a nd .host. Jun e Ki se r Ames, ways a nd m ea ns cha irma n, a nnoun ced pla ns fo r a be nefit bridge in F ebruary. The proceeds will be used to m a ke a fin a l pay ment on th e pu rchase of a piece of equipment for the new child re n's ward of Arlington H os pita l, our 1953-54 phila nthropic pro jec t.

M embers of th e Northern Virginia alumnae chapter are pictured, from left to right- seated on the floor: Mary Hodges Maupin B r, Irma Page Anderson A, Mildred Brenn er Bell AB . On the sofa: June Wilgus R eed Ar, Jun e Kise r Am es BE, Carolyn Ray Cary EE. Standing: Lillian Clough Shumway EE and Mary Wamsley Hinson A. Our Pan hellenic representative, Carolyn R ay Cary, anno unce d we wo uld be res po nsible for selling a nu mber of tickets for the Scholarsh ip T ea to be held M arch 17 . It wi ll be qui te a large a ffai r a t th e Sta tler H otel in Was h ington, D. C ., with a fas hi on show, door p rizes, and chances sold on a mi nk tol e. From the way it look our member are enth u ias tic a nd will take care of th e tic k ts a llotted . Pre id ent M ary S. W a rn ely H inson ha d heard f rom H elen L ortz, presi dent of the W a hingto n a lumnae. W e are looking fo rward to meeti ng with th em a nd the Ba ltimore a lumna e for luncheo n a t Olney Inn, M aryland , in Ju ne. We are happy to have Ju ne W ilgus R eed with us aga in . Ju ne was bu y most of th e month of D ece mb er di recting a ch u rch play. h it it was with a ll sea ts taken an d people ta ndin g in th e ai les. Lillia n C lough Shumway, our fai thful trea urer, wa a t M ild red 's, too-ready a nd able to give her repo rt. -IRM A PAGE ANDE RON.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma A N importa nt event in our cha pte r has bee n th e tran fer of J a ni ce Hinrichs Hayd el, our corres pondent, to Muskogee, Okla homa. Ja ni ce was with us onl y a few months, but we a ll lea rned to love her. J a nice introduced us to Lu cille H a ller, who ca me here f rom the J ew Orlea ns alumnae cha pter. W e welcome Lucille as a new member of our group . Ou r September mee ting was held in th e garage of Dorothy R a we Gilger where we h ad all tak en ou r rumm age. W e spent th e evening sorting a nd repairing some of the rumm age. This is a lways such fun beca use our m embers a re given a chance to purchase a n y of th e rumm age . Oftentimes what is u seless to one of us is very va lu able to a nother. Everything was rea dy for our sale on September 28, which was pro fita ble for our treas ury in the a mount of $109 . D oroth y Gilger d ese rves a grea t big a ppla u e for th e hou rs she spent on this proj ect. On Sa turd ay, O ctober 17, we were very happy when so ma ny Alph a Sigs ca me from Tulsa, fo r a luncheon given in th eir honor. W e h a d th e m eting a t th e Sportsmen's Club. Those wh o cam e from Tulsa were: H elen M a lone, H ele n Solomon, M axine Line, Lora P. Sipes, Ju a nita Ria gway, Edith T a ff, a nd Vi rginia Arn ot. After th e luncheon we were enter ta ined by Miss D a phne Lanc'e who showed us colo red slides of her experience and travels in Engla nd while a n exch a nge teacher. Ou r next event was morn ing coffee on O ctober 30, a t the hom e of Jonni e L a ne G entry, assisted by Do ro th y R awe Gilger. The coffee was given for the visiting alumnae during the Sta te Teachers' M ee ting. Ou r November meetin g was held in th e home of Co-hostess was Fra nces R eiff Ella T a llis Ba rdwell. Pa tterson. Aft er a lovely d esser t we ha d our Founders' D ay progra m. Then we held a bazaa r as a mon eymaking p rojec t. Each of us had co nt ributed one or two h an dm a de a rticles for this bazaar such as a p rons, pillow cases, tea towels and simil ar items. W e ma d e $35.00. For our D ecember m ee tin g we were enter ta ined by Jonni e G entry a nd J an ice H ayd el in Jonni e's home . This is an a nnu a l eve nt a nd always very enjoyable. W e were p arti cul a rly ha ppy to have M arie Bramblett Crame r wi th路 us a ft er a brief ab ence. Ma rie spent

Pictured are members of the Oklahoma City alumnae chapter. Seated from left to right: Jonnie Lane Gentry, June Lorenson Londeen, Dorothy Rawe Gilger, Alice Allen Mauk. Standing: Ella Tallis Bardwell, Louise Ewalt Buchanan, Janice Hinrichs Haydel, Mary Katherine Stewart, Betty Pratz Shaw, Geraldine Reinecke Clow, Freda James Burtner, Reba Ruster Anderson.

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her va cation last summer touring Europe and ha d 6ome very interesting experiences to tell us. To inject a report of ou r philanthropic a ctiviti es, we were told by the W elfare D epartment that th ey were badly in need of dolls to give little girls who had nothing else to cling to. W e purcha sed fiv e very nice dolls for this purpose. The girl we had been sponsoring had the good fortun e to be given a hom e by an uncle, but we quickl y "adopted" another girl. The January m ee ting wa s held a t the home of Alice Allen M a uk. The business m eeting consisted mainly of selling tick ets and m aking plans for the Panhellenic Ben efit Bridge which was held F ebruary 10. The b alance of the evening was spent painting with Tri-chem June Lorenson Londeen, our president, wa s paint.s. th e mstructor. The F ebruary m ee ting was a t my home with Louise Ewalt Buchanan as co-hostess.- BETTY PRATZ SHAW.

Olean, New York DESPITE th e fierce driving wea th er we country gals have man aged to plow through to our monthly m ee tings. The above fa ctor a nd the "sitting" problem with some of us has prompted th e change to supper mee tings a t a charming restaurant .half wa y between Gowa nda a nd Olea n . Our J a nuary m ee ting wa s held •i.t M a r y K eller's hom e in Salam a nca. W e were happy to learn th a t a little boy we had been sponsoring in a TB hospital has W e' ve loca ted some other children been discharged. to h elp--here's hoping th ey recover as qui ckly as th e fir st. In December we ha d our Christmas p arty in Olean . A basket of food, clothing, and toys wa s ga th ered for a need y famil y. Most of us are a ll wound up with a ctive organiza tions in our respective communities. M a rge Sipple, in November, attend ed th e National Convention of American School Food Service Associa tion . She has been elected vi ce chairman of th e Home Economics Section in th e wes.tern zone. Rh ea Krumph is secretary for the citizens a dvisory committee in Allegheny, and I'm busy as a beaver as chairman of W avs and M ea ns of th e local PT A.-GINNY TWICHELL. .

Peoria, ILlinois THE P eoria a lumnae chapter has finish ed compiling a list of names and a ddresses of a ll the known Illinois Alpha Sigs. W e h ave mailed it to th e Macomb alumn ae, the forthcoming Sta te D ay hostesses. The D ecemb er m eeting was held a t th e home of Doroth y McCollum Risen in Washington, Illinois. The evening was devoted to the m a king of Christmas party favors for th e Peoria Hospital' s children' s ward . They were stand-up Christmas trees mad e of green paper a nd strung with colored gum drops. Of course, this kind of work nev,er keeps a good Alpha Sig from enjoying a get-together as there was plenty of chatter and d elicious refreshm ents. Freida Sowers Yentes was hostess for th e J a nu a ry Although business kept us occupi ed for a mee ting. while, it was reall y a social affair a s we sat down fo r that oft-talked-of evening of bridge. Our sale of Christmas ca rds was a rath er successful venture. W e were able to contribute to · th e "EmptyStocking" fund at Christmas tim e a nd to th e J a nu ary March of Dimes campaign .

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A mon etary pledge h as been sen t to the M acom b College chapter . W e wish th e Beta K appas there much success with their pla ns for bu yi ng a house.-FREIDA YE NTES .

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania THE Pittsburgh alumnae chapter held its Ch ris tm as luncheon a t the C ollege Club on D ecember 19. This is th e m ee ting to which we bring guests. • Our own Marion Ba ll Wilson NN a nd M rs. M arie Robinson of Zelienopl~ presented " A Journ.ey to the C h ristmas C ity." Several years ago th ese girls were privileged to spend C hristmas Eve a nd Chris tm as D ay in Be thleh em Pennsylvani a, among th e Mo ra via ns. Our C hristmas t~ee was d ecora ted entirely with Pennsylvani a Dutch orn aments from Mi Wilson's collection, a nd the C h ristmas scenes sur rounding th e tree were illumina ted one by one as the Gospel story was read. They d ra m a ti zep some o.f their exp eri ences for us, ending the p rogra m with the trad ition al Moravian candlelightin g ser vice. It was a m emora ble a ft ernoon for all who were th ere. We welcomed Shirl ey Englehart Ar and Betty Thomas R eece Ar who have joined ou r cha pter this fa ll. Our Pa nhelleni c benefit for 1954, which is a play a t the Pittsburgh Playhouse, is coming up soon and we a re working hard to m ake it a huge success. Seven $100 schola rships were a ward ed las t year and each year we hope to do better. R affi e tickets. on a $100 bill are being sold to help the ca use along. W e are hoping the evening will be a big success. At our F ebrua ry lun cheon a n a uction sale was featured to build our treasury. H eart House, conva lescent home for cardiac children, benefit s from this for th ere is wh ere we do ou r phila nthropic work. -MARY PYLE.

Richmond, Virginia H ERE in Richmond the Al:As are co ntinuing to work and having lots of fun . We h ave · been doing more work for our usual phila nthropic proj ect, the Virginia chapter of th e Ameri can C a ncer Society. In September som e of our girls issued free literature from the booth this organiza tion m a inta ined a t the Atlantic Rural Exposition in Richmond . We held our September business m ee ting in th e new home of Ruth Soyars. Our O ctober mee ting was at M a ry Elizabeth W a lla ce's, and th e new officers were insta lled in the impressive trad ition al candlelight ce rem ony. For Founders' D a y we ha d a lovely ba nqu et a t th e Franklin T erra ce. W e were especially p ro ud to h ave as our guests the two founders who live in Richmond, Miss M a ry Willia mson Hundley and M rs. H. E. Gilliam. W e always realize how luck y we a re to have them with us to help celebrate this memora ble occasion. Our Christmas party was a d elight to all who were a ble to a ttend. W e invited husba nds a nd dates to the Officers Club, where a d elicious buffet supper was enjoyed. W e ca n ha rdly d ecide which was most pleasa nt, th e dinn er, or th e sociability befor e, during, a nd afterwards. An yhow, a good tim e was had by all, a s is usual when Al:As get togeth er. Janu a ry saw ma ny of us a t th e Mayo M emorial Church House wh ere we heard a most interes ting talk by J. E. Oglesby, film supervisor of th e Virginia D epa rtment of Education. Mr. Oglesby talk ed of the year

he spent in India as a film consultant for the United States State Department. He had excellent slides to illustrate his remarks, and as the meeting was· rather informal, we felt free to ask qu estions. In this way we were able to learn much of the people and customs, and saw lovely pictures of the outstanding sights of India and other countries he visited. In February we met at the Cancer Society to roll bandages for our pet proj ec t. Tongues wag as the bandages roll.- Jo GARBER.

St. Louis, Missouri OuR chapter is growing with the addition of several new m embers and includes alumnae members from a large number of active chapters. W e have had four reg ular monthly meetings with interesting programs and have worked on our philanthropic project. Elsa Webbink AB is in charge of our philanthropic proj ect which includes the making of hospital gowns for th e children's department of the St. Louis City Hospital. W e have made thirty-six little gowns of beautiful baby green cotton flannel and will give a cash don a tion of $25 with th em. St. Louis Panhellenic Association will hold its annual scholarship card party on April I 0, at Washington University. This is a big event each year with the proceeds being used for scholarships to worthy young women. Our chapter will participate by buying tickets Irene Smith M and donating a n attendance prize. and Marie H em bree Cinotto HH are our representatives to the Panhellenic Association. We hope all new Alpha Sigmas in this area will let us know you are here. Our president, Mrs. Ernest Hook ( Doroth y Hook), phone number Woodland 2-5098, will be most happy to hear from you.-LOLA BRANDE NBURG LEEDHAM.

South Bend, Indiana THE yea r's activities began for us with a fall tea held White and gold mums, with silver appointments, made the serving table especially lovely. As is true of every initia l meeting, we had many things to discuss and plans to make. How to fill the treas ury became quite a discussion-a rewarding one, too. At this meeting, we were pleasantly surprised to have Phyllis Kuckuck XX who is teaching in this area join our group. We hope she will like South Bend a nd will be with us for a very long time.

in Mary Houghton's home.

t the tea table are standing from left to right: Naomi R. Pehrson, Mildred Warner Zoss, Phyllis Kuckuck, Donna Pie rce Beavers, Betty Matthews, Mary Houghton, Velva Bere Gay. Seated: Florence Taylor.

One of the nicest meetings we have ever held was the Founders' Day tea, Sunday, November 15. Millie Warner Zoss opened her country home, Hill Haven, for this meeting. One could not ask for a more beautiful day as background for the very impressive ceremonies conducted by the officers of our chapter. The center of attraction at the refreshment table was a lovely antique china tea pot and set of lustre cups. The remainder of the afternoon was spent working on one of our money-making ventures-that of cracking and packaging English walnuts. These were sold for holiday baking and candy-making. Incidentally it was quite successful. Our Christmas party was held at Velva Bere Gay's After a business meeting we wrapped gifts home. brought by the members for our chosen needy, elderly couple. Mary Houghton is our philanthropic chairman and just before Christmas she and Betty Mathews delivered the gifts and a large basket of groceries to the couple. This Christmas project is traditional with the South Bend alumnae.-JANICE GRUBB BuMGARTNER.

Southern New Jersey OuR November meeting was enjoyed by Prexy Edna Hutchinson, Ginny Seaton, Dottie Harris, Natalie White, Betty R eimet, an d J ean Shull at the home of Irene Milewski in Gloucester, N ew J ersey. W e were in England, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, and Switzerland. Last summer, Irene was very fortunate in being able to spend a delightful vacation abroad. One of the main highlights of her trip and a •g ood reason for her going to Europe was to see her brother who is station ed in Paris with the United States Army. Luckily, he was able to get some days off so between seeing Europe and her brother, Irene had a fabulous vacation. She showed us many snapshots and also beautiful Belgium lace settings, Dutch wood en shoes, and a white hat. Our January meeting was at Jean Shull's. The two topics we discussed were the Wilma Wilson Sharp award and the Christmas holidays. Our February meeting was held at the home of Ginny Sea ton.-JEAN SHULL.

Terre Haute, Indiana SUNDAY, September 20, we were hostess to the former Psi Thetas of Indiana State T eachers College.

Alumnae members of Psi Theta local sorority who were initiated as alumnae members of Beta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha are pictured. Seated from left to right: Fay Griffith, Lola Erne Sparks, Marion Lucas Kelly, Mona Woodward, Pansy Dahlquist, Hazel Stout Schaffner, Katherine Becker, Dona Graam. Standing: Peg Dahlquist Beck, Geraldine Pettus, Elsie Viet, Frances Bond Lee, Lillian C. Kruse, June Carmichael Spears, Joy Carmichael, Marie Latta, Elizabeth Tygart, Gladys Latta Kuhn, Helen C. Tarvin, Esther Norris White.

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In ovember we met at the home of Beverly Fuson, Assisting hostesses were Janet Rain es and Joanna Troutman. W e were happy to have with us H elen Such, representative from the college chapter. We discussed our philanthropic projects. The girls brought food for a Thanksgiving basket for a young lady who has been bedfast for six years. R eports were made about plans for rush season by Martha Erwin. D ecember was a busy and a happy month. Our regular business meeting was held at the home of Nelle Perrin. The yearbooks were presented to each memb er. The yearbook committee was Mary Ruth Siebenmorgen, chairman; and Mary Foltz, Beverly Fuson, and Mary Fran Wiley as members. M artha Erwin and Phyllis Barker did a marvelous job of compiling the books. The spirit of Christmas was carried out in th e Officers of the Terre Haute alumnae chapter are pictured traditional Christmas decorations of Mrs. Perrin's home. above. From left to right are seated: Eleanor Ford, secThe girls received many lovely gifts from their secret retary; Mildred McGrew, treasurer; Carolyn Andrew, pals. Those without secret pals had a grab bag gift. president; Mary Fran Wiley, editor for THE PHOENIX. Our girls were busy in a hel pful way during th e Standing: Phyllis Barker, local .editor; Martha Erwin, holiday season. W e presented our shut-in friend with a vice president. Christmas basket and gifts. Mary Ruth Siebenmorgen .;ang several solo leads in the Christmas cantata at h er The reunion wa~; held at the Women' s Department - church. .She and Rach el Davis are members of the Story Club. After a short ,history and resume of Alpha Sigma League which was busy entertaining during the holiday Alpha's national sorority work given by Mrs. Glenn season. The many teac hers in our group have added Andrew, tea was served from a beautifully appointed responsibilities during this season in their school rooms tea table in the formal dining room . Psi Theta alumas well as Mary Pennington who is principal of South nae present were: Esther Norris White, Emma Burton School in West T erre Haute. Katherine Becker spent Lawyer, Donna Gayler Graam, Fay Griffith, J.oy V. extra hours working as music supervisor of the Terre Carmichael, Marie Latta, and Gladys Latta Kuhns. Haute city schools. K a therine is also director of th e Representatives from the college chapter were Helen Terre Haute ~ity Boys Choir. H ere is a quotation Such and Katie Schoentrup. Hostesses were Nancy from the First Baptist Bulletin ·a bout this new choir: Boyer, Mildred McGrew, Martha Erwin, Blanche H. "Have you heard sixty boys sing in a chorus? They are Johnson, Mary Pennington, Helen A. Pfeiffer, Nellie terrific! Have you ever seen sixty, fifth and sixth graders, stand still for twenty minutes? It's possible ! A large H . Perrin, Beverly Fuson, Janet Raines, Marilyn Erb, H elen Egly, Wygonda Foltz, Carolyn Andrew, Mary congregation witnessed that on Sunday night and were deeply mov ed. This new organization in our city schools Ruth Si ebenmo·rgen, Phyllis Barker -and Mary Fran Wiley. presented an inspiring program of Christmas music to The regular October business meeting was held at the the great delight of everyone presen t . It didn' t seem home of Mary Fran Wiley. Final plans were made for possible that such music co uld come from so new an the homecoming luncheon and the initiation of Psi Theta orga nization of boys, but it did, and we were thrilled ." alumnae into Alpha Sigma Alpha . Assisting hostesses for the October m eeting were Blanche Johnson and Our president, Carolyn Andrew, was chairman of the Emma Flack. annual Christmas Flower Show presented at Block's in Homecoming was a lovely affair this year. It was Indiana polis . Those who were fortunat e enough to atgood to see so many Psi Theta and Alpha Sigma girls tend this show were amazed a t its beauty. Carolyn also visiting and sharing professional experiences and family presented a lecture on "Flower Arrangements" for the news. There were over 75 at the luncheo n at the Terre Art section of the Women's D epartment Club. She is disHaute House. We were proud of the college chapter's trict director of Garden Cltib of Indiana. entry in the Indiana State College Homecoming parade. W e were glad to welcome Mrs . Bert C. McCammon, Immediately following the luncheon we went to the national registrar, to Terre H a ute for a visit. Phylli s Women's Department Club for the initiation services Barker Carolyn Andrew, and K a tie Schoenstrup enterof Psi Theta alumnae into Alpha Sigma Alpha. The tain ed' Mrs. McCammon by attending th e Traditional impressive and beautiful ceremony was conducted by Madrigal Dinner a t Indiana State T eachers College. Genevieve Steele Leib, national alumnae secretary chairSeveral of the girls entertained Dr. Dorcas Anderson man, and Jean Baldwin McCammon, national registrar, of Kent State University, K ent, Ohio, during the holiass isted by th e local members 9f A~A. days. We are always happy to see you, Dorcas. A lovely social evening was held at Crestwood, the Mildred McGrew is our alumnae representative to the home of Mary Minor Foltz, in honor of the new memcollege chapter. She, Martha Erwin, Carolyn Andrews, bers of our chapter on October 27. Lovely refreshments a:nd Phyllis Barker have been doing a remarkable job were served in the den and th e evening was spent in in attending college affairs. Other members of our cards, TV-viewing, and catching up on the new_s of ou_r organization also attend whenever possible. friends. Pat Mulvehill has moved to DunsmUir, CaliMiss Ruby East, Beta Upsilon chapter adviser, had a forni a, and Bonnie Day Gleason to Gary, Indiana . . We lovely party attended by both th e college and alumnae miss both of these girls. members. W e had a very worthwhile project at the home of We were saddened by the news that R aymon d Foltz, Mary Riley Pennington in the form of a jewelry party. husband of Wygonda Foltz, was killed in an auto acciOur hostess introduced Mrs. Olga Altfilish who gave dent. They have three boys, Paul, Phillip, and John. us an interesting lecture and demonstration of costume MARY FRAN WILEY, jewelry. W e received commissions on sales made,

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Toledo, Ohio THE Toledo chapter met a t H elen Osmun' s home during th e Christmas holid ays for a delicious luncheon. After a short business m eeting, we played ga mes and had a white elephant gift exchange. At th e J an ua ry mee ting at my house, we discussed o ur philanthropic activities a nd our work with th e Toledo Pa nh elleni c.- MARJORY FuLLER.

Washington, D. C. LIKE probably every other A2:Aer, this "substitute" editor for Washington's A1:A alumnae chapter, is wond ering how 1953 slipped over the horizon so quickly. It seems th a t no sooner ha d we finish ed that chicken leg a t Sa rah L ee's hom e in September and di scussed some matters of business a t M yrtl e L ee Johnson's suburban domicile in October, th a n-Bingo, it was Christmas, N ew Year's Eve, and finall y a new road with a sign reading " 1954 ." Looking back over th e last three months of 1953, th ree things seem to m erit attention in this fii:St letter of the new year. We observed Founders ' Day in November a t th e apartment of H elen Lortz with members of th e Northern Virginia chapter a s our guests. The usual, impressive candlelit ceremon y, participa ted in b y members of both chapters, was carried out . after which H elen entertain ed th e group with colored siides of Pa ris, Holl an d, Belgium, and Germa ny tak en during her two months' assignme nt in Pa ris las t Epring. At the conclusion of th e program, everyone enjoyed a piece of F ound ers' D ay cake decorated in gree n a nd gold, along with ice cream, coffee, nuts, and mints. Th e second "cap ' ta l letter" event for Wa shington alumn ae was th e annu a l Washington Panhellen ic luncheon held on D ece mber 5, a t th e d elightful a nd picturesqu e Army-N avy Country Club. Three m embers, M argare t Ba nks, M ar th a Ayres, a nd H elen Lortz, a ttended a nd th e Nor thern Virginia chapter was a lso re prese nted by three members. We are quit e proud this year th a t our own Margare t Ba nks holds th e office of histori a n in th e Panhellen ic Association of Washington a nd, b y virtue of her offi ce, she was seated a t th e spea kers' tabl e. C ertainly no other officer of th e Associat ion carries out her du ' ies w:th more dig nity a nd charm. The luncheo n this year was extremely interes ting an d informa tive. There was no princi pal speaker but a panel of three orority nat iona l presidents living in th e Washi ngton area, with D ean Kirkbrid e of George Washington University as moderator, discussed various ques tions a nd problems d ealing with a ll phases of fraternity policies an d procedures-on and off th e ca mpu s- whi ch had been submitted previously for that purpose by th e member groups of th e Wa hin gton Panhe ll enic Association . Our las t feature attraction for 1953 was an invitation to be th e guests of th e orthern Virginia Chapter a t a Christmas party held on Sunday aftern oon, D ecembe r 13, a t th e gracious an d charming hom e of M ary Louise Hodges Maupin in Arlington, Virginia. From even a quick look a t th e a ttractively decora ted rooms, th e abund ance an d variety of d ainty sandwiches, holiday goodies, ~nd tidhit , an d th e co ngenial an d happy face; of some

30-odd A:::A members an d th eir guests, it was easy to see that th e true spirit of th e season prevailed at the first of what all of us hope will become an annual holiday get-together. M ention should also be mad e of some community activities during the holiday season in which th e Washington A1:A alumna e chapter was represented. At the request of the USO, th e Washington Pa nhellenic Association agreed to be hostess to the servicemen station ed in th e Washington area at the Lafaye tte Square USO Club on Chri stm as Eve. While non e of our members was able to assist in serving refreshments to the more th a n one thousand servicemen who visited th e Club during the evening, we did contribute a small cash sum toward th e purchase of esse nti a l item . Another community ac tivity to which we contribute through Panhellenic is in providing chaperons for th e wee kly USO dances for servicemen held on Saturday night at th e YWCA. Each member sorority takes its turn and on Tanuary 2 A1:A's na me was on th e calendar. D espite' th e unde'rstandable d esire of everyone to relax and tak e it easy after th e always hectic holid ay weeks, Myrtle L ee a nd Dick Johnson donn ed their bes t bibs and tuckers (girls must wear eve ning dress) and carried out A1:A's obligation admirably.- H ELF. N B. LORTZ

Wichita, Kansas IN November, we celebrated Founders' D ay with ou r annual dinn er held at a local res ta urant. The tabl e was decorated with a centerpiece of red and white carnations, flank ed by candles, and our new red and white yearbooks were used to mark each place. Hats off to J ane t Wilson Coe for a wond erful job of compiling di e information a nd having th e books made. Following th e m ea l, we held th e Founders' D ay ceremony, a fter whi ch we adjourn ed to th e hom e of Jan e Findley Wright for bridge. E lizabeth Manci Robinson had high score ;mel took hom e th e carnation centerpiece. Our D ece mber m ee tin g was a t th e home of Mirna J ennings, who was aided by Ollie M ae Aspinwall Alexa nd er. This yea r. as in th e p ast, each m ember brought a gift for Mrs. 路I rene Wilhelm, who form erly ta ught speech at Emporia T eachers College. W e regretfully report th a t Mrs. Wilhelm di ed early in J a nu ary, a fte r an illness of ma n y years. We ha d purchased a Teri L ee doll, an d a co mpl e te doll wardrobe was made by Gl adys Sitton Carr, who generously ,gave many hou rs of her tim e to th e cause. Th en we asked for don a tions for our philan thropi c work an d held a drawing of donors' nam es, with th doll a nd wardrobe as th e prize. W e a re ha ppy to report a nice profit, to be used , of co urse, for our work a t th e W infield School for R eta rded Children. In Janu ary, we met at th e home of Evelyn J ones H a lderm a n. H er co- hostesses were M ary Emily Ru ssel Elving a nd K at herine Colberg. The chi ef business a t ha nd was th e making of pla ns for our tra dition a l Valentine Tea, to be held Febr uary 14, at th e hom t路 of Edith H eaton J ohnston . We are sendi ng invitations to A1:As in nearb 路 towns having no a lumn ae chapters, a nd we hope many of th ese girls can be with u~ for the occasion.- DoROTHY Lost:v H AMMOND.

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, , , MARRIAGES ALPHA Ann Glenn to M . R. Atkinson, Jr., on September 5, 1953. At home Alberta, Virginia. Betty Lou Van de Reit to C ecil Becker on December 26, 1953 . At home Sewells Point Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia . ALPHA ALPHA Anne Petree to William B. Niemeyer on December 30, 1853 . At home 2295 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati 11, Ohio. Sally Frease to Charles W est on June 20, 1953. At home Hartville, Ohio. ALPHA BETA Betty Collins to H enry Simpson· on August 14, 1953. At home KSTC Housing Units, Kirksville, Missouri . Doris Quinn to Richard Sharp on August 22, 195.3. At home KSTC Housing Units, Kirksville, Missouri. Jean Moore to William Speak on September 10, 1953. At home Palmyra, Missouri. Joyce Parry to Steve Donovan on September 10, 1953. At home Kansas City, Missouri. Lois Sinele to Louis Ogle on October 16, 1953. At home 601 S. Mulanix, Kirksville, Missouri . Beverly Wheeler to John Vorhees on November 26, 1953. At home Kirksville, Missouri. Ramah Stidmon to Francis McCabe, Jr., on D ecemb er 6, 1953. At home Salina, Kansas. Marilyn H ayes to Harold Ledbetter on December 13, 195 3. At home Kirksville, Missouri. Marilyn Bull to L eon Clarence Cowell on D ecember 27, I 953. At home M emphis, Missouri. BETA BETA Joan Schmidt to Coy Price, D ecember, 1952. At home Greeley, Colorado. Norma Stark to Conrad Miller on Novem ber 24, 1953. At home, Greeley, Colorado. EPSILON EPSILO N Jo Ann Everett to Willia m H . Douglas on October 16, 1953. At home, 2409 W. 2 1st Stree t, Topeka, K ansas . ZETA ZETA Bonita Brown to William E. Brough on Novemb er 14, 1953. Kitty Gooch to David Milum on August I, 1953. At hom e, Kansas City, Missouri. Anne Cheatham to Richard Smith on September 25, 1953. At home, 2211 E. 38th Stree t, Kansas City, Misso uri. Peggy Mills to Willia m Gardner on July 4, · 1953. At home, Pleasa nt Hill, Missouri. ETA ETA Yvonne Dunham to Fra nk D eGras pi on Septem ber 6, 1953. At home, 724 Laramie, Manhattan, Kansas.

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R aema Lou Maninger to J ames Malcolm Wiles on D ecember 20, 1953. At home, Pittsburg, K ansas. Velma H agood to Ralph L. H arper on Jul y 16, 1953. At home, 323 S. Crawford Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. Camilla Bumgarner to John McDaniel Kelso on Jul y 18, 195 3. At home, 725 W . Second, Pittsburgh, K ansas. KAPPA KAPPA Charlotte Klemp to George Britton on D ecember 19, 1953. At home, 1125 Wagner Avenue, Philadelp hi a, Pennsylva nia . Donna M ar tin to Edward McOwen on September 26, 195.3. NU NU Eleanor Kreutzer to Thomas C. R eeves on July 23 , 1953. At home, 4626 Spruce Stree t, Philadelphia, Pennsylvama. Virginia Crippen to K emp Kolb on September 12, 1953 . At home, Philad elphi a, Pennsylvania. Joanne W eber to James H ar t on March 28, 1953. At home, Broma ll, Pen nsylvania. Ann Alisio to Richard Blewett on October 3, 1953. At home, Philadelphia, Pennsylva ni a. Margare t E . Irwin to Nat han H . R ambo III, on O ctober 3 1, 1953. At home, A20 H a milton Court Apartments, Ardmore, Pen nsylva nia. Margare t M . McCool to Fra ncis K . D enham, on M arch 3 1, 1951. At home, 123 Manheim Ave., Oaklyn 6, New J ersey. PI PI Carol Small to Paul Edward Miller on D ecember 30, 195.3. At home, 3 Bobrick Drive, Roch es ter, New York . Joanne Dowling to Rob ert J ames Malach on J a nu ary 9, 1954. At home, 420 Oxford Avenue, Roches ter, New Yo rk. Pa tricia H anes to William G. Farrell. At home, 3:1 Tremaine Avenue, K enmore, New York. RHO RHO M argare t Trimble to W arren Halstead on November 23, 1953. At home, 220-22nd Street, Huntington, West Virginia. Jacqueline M cGinnis to Cecil R . Schulze on D ecember 26 1953. At home, Apartment 110, Emmons Jr. Apartment, Huntington, West Virginia. PHI PHI Ruth Ann M artin to Francis B. Broich on September 24, 1953. At home, 510 N. Ben ton Street, O ttumw a, Iowa. CHI CHI Doroth y Trempel to R oger Chiaverini on D ecember 19, 195 3. At home, 136 North Avenue, Ba ttle Creek, Michiga n.

Rose K aiser to James D. Baden on May 29, 1953. At home, Atlanta, Indiana. PSI PSI Barbara Richter to Claude L . Stoutarnire on April 18, 1951. At home, 1023 Merritt Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. Susie M a this to L amar Bozeman on D ecember 23, 1953. At home, Belmont, Louisiana. BETA GAMMA H elen Chancey to Don H end erson on D ecember 21, 1953. At home, Stillwater, Oklahoma. D ean Epps to William Laird on December 31, 1953. At home 112 E. Side Boulevard, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Barbara' Clark to Thomas James Kitchell on September 5, 1953. At home, 1865A S. Boston, Tulsa, Oklahoma. orma McGuire to Kirk Galey on October 15, 1953. At home, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. BETA DELTA Geraldine Yawn to Jerry Thornton on September 18, 195 3. Carolyn Riley to Charles Brent on October 17, 1953. At home, Sta. A., Hattiesburg, Mississippi. BETA EPSILON J osephine Vaughan to Frank Thompson on November 14, 1953. Lois Stine to Richard Harris on March 9, 1953. At home, Richmqnd, Virginia. Doris D av is ,to -Robert Williams on August 1, 1953. At home, Cumberland, Maryland. J ane Spooner to Cecil K. Allison on June 27, 1953. At home, 2901 SW Fourth Street, Miami, Florida. Corinna V aughan to Frank L. Thompson on November 14, 195.3. Ruth Grigg to John Gordon April, 1953 . At home, 12 No rth Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia. Pa tricia Bell to George James August, 1953. At hom e-, 509 Monroe Street, Martinsville, Virginia. Sand ra M ye rs to James M. Trent on August 29, 1953. At home, Virginia T ech, Box 6009, Blacksburg, Virginia. M argaret Cox to E. C. Skinner July, 1953. At home, Suffolk, Virginia. Lou J efferson to J ames Odem on June 15; 1953. At home, 2400 E. Indian River Road, Norfolk, Virginia. Constance Fackler to John Baylor on August 15, 1953. At home, Camp L eJ eune, North Carolina. Elaine M yers to H arold White on August 23, 1953. At home, 101 2 Norfolk Avenue, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Patricia Chick to Tan Sjogren on June 20, 1953. At home, Midland, Michigan. Cathy Sullivan to Bernie Huizenga on June 20, 1953. At hom e-, 744 Fountain NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Phyllis Beckett to Robert Maccillip on August 3 1, 1953. At home, 417 Elm, Gaylord, Michigan . BETA IOTA Peggy Williams to Charles Santrock on October 31, 1953. At home, Rock y Mountain, Virginia. Barbara Ann Sink to Robert Jones on D ecember 26, 1953. At home, Grundy, Virginia. BETA KAPPA Barbara Cortelyou to Victor L esch on D ecember 19, 1953 . At home, Wheeling, Illinois. Barbara H ermetet to Maurice A ten on December 26, 1953. At home, M acomb, Illinois. BETA MU Evelyn J. Babbitt to Joe Chaney on June 17, 1953. At home, Box 155, Murfreesboro, Arkansas. BETA NU Alice Landrum to Robert Pullen on D ecember 17, 1953. At home, Murray, Kentucky. M argaret Straube to Hubert David Blackwell on October 9, 1953 . At home, H erndon, Kentucky. Gwen Cherry to George Glenn Funck on October 24, 1953. At home, Paris, Tennessee. BETA XI Jean Hunt to James Bowland on June 20, 1953. At home, 62 Maple Street, Oneonta, N ew York. BETA RHO Shirley And erson to L. N. Adams on D ecember 26, 1953. At home 810 Y2 14th S-t reet, D eKalb, Illinois. BETA SIGMA Oliva Hart to William Brown on October 6, 1953 . At home, 1538 S. Kings, Springfield, Missouri . Dorothy Gorman to Blon Brya nt on November 6, 195 3. At home, 1421 S. Pickwick, Springfield, Missouri . Peggy Brigance to Joe Bill Baker on September 11, 1953. At .home, 1301 Cherry, Springfield, Missouri. Jeanne L ea to Bru ce Radcliffe, Jr., on August 22, 1953 . At home, 3537 H arrison, Kansas City, Missouri . Jolene Evans to Eugene Pierson on September 6, 1953. At home, 915 E. Elm, Springfield, Missouri. Barbara Morris to Loren Welsch on August 22, 1953. At home, 1500 E. Garrison, Carthage, Missouri. Shirley Dorris to Ben Johnson on D ecember 26, 1953. At home, Alton, Missouri.

BETA ETA Virginia Roberts to H arvey J . Solem on August 12, 1953. At home, 14056 Slyvan Street, V a n Nuys, California. Arllys Treude to L awrence lndergard on November 27, 1953. At home, 612 Avenue H, Billings, Montana . Donna J orgenson to Vincent Buresh on August 20, 1953. At home, 742 W. Fourth Street, Dickinson, orth D akota. ryls Bi rdsall to Floyd Du Wayne Anderson on August 30, 1953. At home, R eeder, North Dakota. â&#x20AC;˘ Shery Schaffnre to Russell Parten on June 25, 1953. At home, Mifes City, Montana. Caroline Schreiber to J ames R enner on August 4, 1953. At home, R ichardton, North D akota. Cleone Tryznka to Richard M cGregor on August 1, 195 1. At home, Biloxi, Mississi ppi .

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BETA THETA Elea nor Brastron to And y Cascarelli on September 5, 1953. t home, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

ALPHA BETA Mr. and Mrs. J ack Lane (Sara D ean Simmons), a daughter, J acquetta J ean, on August 21, 1953.

BETA TAU K are n Enterline to J ames S. K err on D ecember 26, 1953. At home, 75 Crocker Avenue, John son City, New York. BETA CHI Donna Hoyt to Bill Gordon on April 26, 1953. Marilyn La rson to Bill Garrett on August 22, 1953. Joan K appas to Robert Massey on June 27, 1953. BETA PSI Mary Gilding to George H ein rich on September 12, 1953 . At home, 145 N. M ai n, Vi cksbu rg, Mi chigan.

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Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Jarboe (Pat Farmer), a son, Robert Alan, on September 14, 195.3. ALPHA GAMMA Mr. a nd Mrs. Andrew Sta hura ( Inez Clair M cGreevy), a son, Andrew]. S•tahura III, on October 18, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. Edward Pecak ( Rose Seboly ), a d aughter, D ecember 24, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Quirk (K ay Huntoon ), a son, on January 16, 1954. BETA BETA Mr. a nd Mrs. Ralph Amen (Shirley George), a daughter, Christy, Jun e, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Price (Joa n Schmidt), a d a ughter, D ecember, 1953 . M r. a nd Mrs. Don Schulke (Jea n M organ ), a son, James, D ecember 29, 1953. EPSILON EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. Richard Paganini ( Betty Parks ), a son, Richard Linn, November 14, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. Rich ard Mocha ( Orpha Peimer ), a d a ughter, Rhonda L ee, October 9, 1953 . Mr. a nd Mrs. M elvin Charest (Jo Grimes), a son, J ames D a niel, O ctober 4, 1953.

PI PI Mr. an d Mrs. Laurence Wright (Joan Findley ) , a son, D avid Mon roe, on D ecember 19, 1953. Mr. a nd M.rs. D avid K. Kimmel (Marjorie Hutchison ), a so n, Micha el John, August 5, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. C lifford Upton ( Lucille Swick ) , a son, Robert John, M arch 22, 1952, an d a daughter, Cynthi a Esth er, November 29, 1953. Mr. an d Mrs. Thomas Sepe ( D oroth y Seymour ) , a son, Michael Thomas. RHO RHO Mr. a nd M rs. Leonard Cole ( Billie Hickman), a da'ugh ter, Frances L ynn, November 2, 1953. SIGMA SIGMA Mr. an d Mrs. D onald Caswell (Ann McKee), a son, Steven Donald, on Nove mber 18, 1953. PHI PHI Mr. a nd Mrs. Stewart Allen ( Peggy Cross), a son, Mark D ouglas, September 24, 1953. PSI PSI Mr. and Mrs. C la ud e L. Stoutamire ( Barbara Ri chter ) , a da ughter, Barbara Louise, August 7, 1953.

ETA ETA Mr. a nd Mrs. August Oberson (Dolly Murty), a da ughter, Cheri Page, on Novemb er 20, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson (Phyllis Stutsman), a daughter, D ebra Ann, on November 12, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. Richard Gillett (Dorothy Brunkhors t ), an adopted daughter, D ebra Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. L eonard Oehme ( Bobbie Ann Chaney), a daughter, Cheri L ynn, August 28, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. Bud Ba ll (Jane Williams), a so n, Steven Buddie, August, 195.3 .

BETA GAMMA Mr. and Mrs. Everette Wiggins (Jimmie Short ) , a daughter, Nancy Shawn, on Septemb er 24, 1953 . Mr. and M rs. Bill Eubanks (Colee ne Ferris ) , a so n, Glenn, on Jul y 30, 1953. Mr. a nd Mrs. Anthon y Isacco ( Norene Garrett), a d a ughter, Pamela, on November 15, 195,3. Mr. a nd Mrs . Gene Holl an d (Cath y Vance ) , a daughter, Susan Eilee n, November 23, 1953.

KAPPA KAPPA Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. White ( N a th alie Cadwallader), a da ughter, Christine Louise, August 28, 1952. Mr. a nd Mrs. Willia m Claude H ewson (Ja ne T yson), a son, William Claude, Jr., October 29, 1953 .

BETA DELTA Mr. an d Mrs. J ames K night (Aimee Tindall ) , a son, J ames Barron, J anuary 17, 195·4. Mr. a nd Mrs. Tom Bradley (Mary Tom Williams) , a daughter, M ary Willette, J anuary 4, 1954.

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z;~,,, FOUNDERS Mrs. W. B. Carper ( Louise Cox ), 505 Mon u·ose Drive, South C harleston, W. Va. Mrs. H. E. Gilliam (Juliette Hundley), 100 West Franklin St., Richmo nd , Va. Miss Mary Williamson Hundley, Ft. Pi erce H otel, Ft. Pierce, Fla . Mrs. John Walton N o ell (Virginia Boyd ), 6 17 Allison Ave., R oanoke, Va. Mrs. P. W . Wootton (Calva Hamlet W atson), 2020 Matrax Ave., Petersburg, Va. NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Miss Evelyn G. Bell , 767 Lafayette Ave., Buffa lo 22, N. Y. Vice President-Mi ss Virginia Carpenter , 14325 Drexmore Rd. , Shake r Heig hts 20, Ohio. ' Secretary-M iss Helen L. Corey, 63 10 Sh erwood Ave., O verbrook, Philad elph ia 31, Penna. Treasurer-Mrs. Clayton Richard, 372 Argonne Dr ., Kenmore 23, N . Y. R egistrar- Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, 201 Hendricks I sle, Fort Lauderdal e, Fla.

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Editor-Mi ss Esther Buc her, Suite 226, 1025 Grand Avenue, Kansas C ity G, M·o. Alu11tnae Director- Mr s. R alph E . Kah , 2413 Christel Ave., Middletown. Ohio. Officer in C harJ!e of Central O,flic e-Mr s. Clayton A. Richard, 372 Argonne D r ., Kenmore 23, N. Y.

NATIONAL CHAIRMEN Alumnae Editor- Mr s. William B. N iem eyer, 2295 Harrison Ave ., C incinnati II , Ohi o. Alumnae Organizer-Mrs.. E. A. Kreek , 7141 Pasco, Kansas City, Mo . Art- Mrs. Robert Wolf, l{ .R. 1, R exford , N.Y. Chapter Alumnae S ecretaries- Mrs. B. F. Leib, 3515 N. Pennsylvania, Apt. 8, I ndianapolis, Ind. College Chat>lains-Miss Betty Sue Choate, Box 170, Natchitocbes, La. College Editor-M iss Mary K. R eiff, Apt. 318, 3000 Tracy, Kansas City, Mo . Coll ege Rush- Mrs. R oger Ch1averini, 136 North Ave. , Battle Creek, Mich. Constitution-Mrs. Robert C. GrHdy, 2400 Swartwout Ave., Ri ch m o nrl 28 , Va.

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FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;˘ AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION which h as existed for a half Century has established a fixed position in the educational world. It has a high standing in education which serves a particular clientele and it has developed a dynamic attitude in which it is constantly striving to expand its educational opportunities to give the community a larger cultural advancem ent. These characteristics are those of Fort Hays K ansas State College which began modestly as an annex to a teach ers college but soon broke away into its individual state. It is located in the center of a m agnificent agricultural empire which is some 200 miles square and covers half the state of Kansas. On the historic morning of June 23, 1902, classes were opened in what once had been the hospital building at old Fort Hays. The guard house had been converted into a gymnasium and two of the houses on officers' row had been saved to house the faculty. Two years later, the middle section of the first permanent building, known as Picken Hall, was ready for occupancy. Professor Picken had great dreams for the college he was heading and worked tirelessly for the completion of its physical plant. The first Âˇ curriculum at the Fort Hays Auxiliary Normal School consisted of the upper two years of secondary school plus several normal school subjects. Completion of the course gave the student wha t was known as a " one-year state certificate" to teach in elementary schools of Kansas. The first catalogue listed 19 regular courses, which seem s an exceedingly humble beginning for the present-day curriculum, which consists of 743 regular courses. Step by step, the offerings of the college were expanded. The degrees grew from Life Certificates, to Bachelor degrees known as A. B. in Education but changed later to B.S. in Education. Soon after a Bachelor of Music degree was offered. One of the most important steps occurred in 1929 when the liberal arts and science degrees of A.B. and B.S. were authorized and arrangements were made to offer pre-curricul a in the professional fields. Six different names for the college h ave appeared on catalogues at various times, but only four of them were official. The first official name, assigned in 1903, was " Western Branch Normal School." In 1914 the nam e was changed to Fort Hays K ansas State Normal School. In 1923 its title became K ansas State T eachers College of H ays, and in 1931, it was changed to its present name, Fort Hays K ansas State College. The future is, of course, unpredictable. In prepara tion fo r norm alcy, however, th e college is steadily expanding its services, seeking constantly to find new areas to justify its claim to i ts position as the educa tional center of western K ansas.

BACK COVER PICTURE: The Applied Arts building on the campus of Fort Hays Kansas State College.