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WESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

FRONT COVER PICTURE: The Kanley Memorial chapel, opened in 1950, was a gift to Western Michigan College from a Kalamazoo family. Its many facilities are used by students of all faiths.

• WESTERN MICHIGAN CoLLEGE is now approaching its fiftieth birthday, a convenient place for a look back at what has gone into making it the school it is today.

Starting as a two-year normal school in 1904, the school first opened a four-year curriculum in 1917, and by 1926 had changed its name to Western State Teachers College. By 1939 the scope of Western's program had outgrown the connotations of that 1926 choice for a name, and the school then became Western Michigan College of Education.

Post-depression days and the impetus of World War II saw vast changes take place in the enrollment and curriculum, with an increasing emphasis¡ being placed on advance work for the many teachers turned out from Western in earlier years. In 1938 Western began working on a co-operative basis with the University of Michigan in graduate study, with most of the course work being taken in Kalamazoo. In 1952 Western moved out on its own for graduate study, and saw an immediate jump in enrollment from 200 to nearly 350.

Western's original location had been atop a high hill overlooking the Kalamazoo river valley on the west side of the city. This area had sufficed for many years, until an expansion became necessary following World War II. Casting about for suitable land, negotiations were made to buy nine holes of an 18-hole golf course a mile to the westward of the original campus.

Since that land transaction was completed the state of Michigan and the college through self-liquidating projects have erected seven permanent buildings. Included are two double dormitories housing more than 1,000 students, a music building, classroom building, administration and classroom building and two faculty apartment buildings.

Soon to be added to these modern structures are another dormitory, a physical education building with plans for a field house to be added to it. A second dormitory, more apartments and an auditorium and classroom building are also being considered.

From slightly more than 100 students who enrolled in the first normal school courses in the early part of the twentieth century, Western has grown to become an institution of 4,000 students, with a rapidly expanding potential which is expected to be carrying enrollments to nearly 8,000 within 15 years.

A unique feature of Western's history, probably a stabilizing influence in the college's day-to-day living is that in all its history it has had only two presidents. Dwight B. Waldo served from the school's inception until 1936, when upon his retirement Dr. Paul V. Sangren succeeded to the office.

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()'"' ?'lte4tdea • IN the business world in which we live, ideals play an important part. So it is in ALPHA SIGMA ALPHAideals are an integral part of our sorority. Do ideals simply mean words in our ceremonials or are we living them in our every day life ? Is the student body on every campus where we have a college chapter aware of the high ideals of national sororities? Are Alpha Sigmas interpreters through their attitudes and conducts of those ideals? Is there actual evidence in your college that national sorority membership does promote personality growth? Faculty and students alike will find the answers to these questions not in a booklet on standards but in vou. Never let it be said that A~As have failed to justify the faith placed in them by College Administrators, the Fraternity World, and their own organization. -EVELYN G. BELL

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•••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• Published in November, Januall', March and May of each year at 2642 University_ Avenue, St. Paul 14, Minnesota, by Leland Publishers, Inc . (The Frate rnity Press), official sorority publishers to Alpha Sigma Alpha, for the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority having headQuarters at Kansas City, Missouri. Business correspondence may be addressed to either office, but matter for publication and correspondence concerning the same should be addressed to Miss Esther

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AT WESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE

Front Row (left to right): Barbara Wilkinson, Pat Friedly, Ann Henderson, Pat Doppel, Lou Ann Schepers, Jean Lucas, Joanne liaslam. Middle row: Pat Weidenbeck; Mary Woodard, chaplain; Janice Gregerson, treasurer; Marilyn Maier, vice president; Dorothy Wright, president: Dons Keith. ranhellenic representative; Donna Curtiss, secretary; Peggy Brabb, editor; Wanda Jubb. Back row: Ann Williamson ; Catherine Reid, registrar; Jeanne Strand; Marilyn DeVries, Panhellenic representative; Barbara Place; Phyllis Alspach; Claudine Pier; .Janice Rivard: Char)Pnf! Nielson; Jane Lesnic; Agnes Stevens. Not pictured: Patricia Bodie, Janet Soper, Mary Gilding.

• BETA Psr of Alpha Sigma Alpha was installed April 18, 1953, at W es tern Michiga n College, K alamazoo, Michigan.

The petitioning group which was colonized by Dorothy Trempel, Chi Chi, was pledged on March 15 by Virginia Carpenter, national vice president, a isted by the two advisers, Mrs. J ane Farnum, Pi Pi, and Mrs. Mildred Towner Smith, Alpha Alpha.

Mrs. Freida Irene Smith M adau , Mrs. Thelm a Shain Gilkey and Mrs. Mildred Brockway Speers represented the K a lam azoo alumnae chapter.

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April 18 was the day "a dream came true" as Dorothy Trempel expre sed it. The initia te degree was received by Peggy Brabb, Donna Curti s, M arilyn DeVries, Pa t Friedly, M ary Gilding, J anice Gregerson, W and a Jubb, Doris K eith, Marilyn Maier, Charleen Nielson, C atherine R eid, J anet Soper, Agnes Stevens, J eanne Strand, Pat Weidenbeck, M ary Woodard and Dorothy Wright a t the first ceremony on Saturday morning.

Charleen Nielson served as toas tmistress of the luncheon held at the Arcadia Brook. Mrs. Arthur

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Dorothy Trempel, colonizer, accepts charter from Miss Virginia Carpenter, national vice president.

E. H eUrich, national mu ic chairman led the ' group in songs, as only she can.

Initiation ceremonies were held in the afternoon for Phyllis Alspach, Pat Bodie, Pat Doppel, Joanne Haslam, Ann Henderson, Jane Lesnick, J ean Lucas, Claudine Pier, Barbara Place, Jan Rivard, Lou Ann Schepers, Barbara Wilkinson and Ann Williamson. The chapter installation service which followed brought Beta Psi into the national organization of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Evelyn G. Bell, na tiona! president; Virginia Carpenter, national vice president; and Mrs. Ralph E. Kah, alumnae director, were the intalling officers.

Mrs. Harvey E. Bumgardner, fellowship chairman; Mrs. Armin J. Siegenthaler, magazine chairman ; and Louise McArthur, paraphernalia chairman, came from D etroit to assist in installing the third college chapter in Michigan. Anne Petree, alumnae editor, who was instrumental in re-instating Alpha Alpha chapter, and Mrs. H eUrich, completed the team of nation al offi cers on hand for the ceremonies.

Five college chapters sent representatives to participate in the initiation services : J ean Rosenbalm and Gerry Bennett, Rho Chi ; Marian Truax and Joy Lybrook, Chi Chi; Ann Sullivan and Donna Welty, Beta Rho ; Irma Gullett and Shirley Wittekiend, Beta Kappa ; and D ev Harig and Emily Dazell, Beta Theta. Ellie Scott, Alpha Beta, now living in Battle Creek, also was present.

Hotel Harris was the scene of the form al banquet presided over by Dorothy Trempel as toastmistress.

The guests, introduced by Mrs. J. Towner Smith, were Dr. Wynand Wichers, vice president of the c0llege, and Mrs. Wichers; Dr. Elizabeth Lichty, dean of women; Mr. Cornelius MacDonald, comptroller, and Mrs. MacDonald.

The theme of the banquet program was Aspire,

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Seek, Attain. Gerry Bennett pre ented her interpretation of Aspire. Dorothy Wright, president of Beta P i, gave a word picture of Seek, and Evelyn G. Bell, national president, spoke on Attain.

Virginia Carpenter presented the charter to Dorothy Trempel who passed it on to Dorothy Wright, first president of Beta Psi, for acceptance.

The singing of H ymn to Alpha Sigma brought the program to a close.

Members of the faculty and campus fraternal groups were received at a tea on Sunday afternoon in the Davis Room, W alwood Union Building. " This is not only a happy weekend," Dr. Wichers said, "but one which will be memorable throughout your lives."

A note from Dorothy Trempel.¡ Words failed me when Miss Carpenter placed the charter in my hands.

It was the material evidence of my colonizing endeavors, but I wanted Dottie Wright as Beta Psi' president to accept the charter.

I had known the installation of Beta Psi would be wonderful but it was beyond my highest hopes, greatest dreams and wildest imagination. I cannot express this feeling through words; it was much too beautiful and deep.

If the opportunity is ever extended to any of you to colonize for A~A, jump at the chance. It has been a truly wonderful, worthwhile experience.

Beta Psi advisers are Mrs. Lindsey Farnan.

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• THE wmner of the coveted collegiate award given each year in memory of Elizabeth Bird Small, Pi Pi, will be selected from this group of Alpha Girls.

Qualifica tions for the award include scholarship, leadership, popularity and service. The Alpha Girl Is chosen by her chapter and an awards commit-

Ann Keith Hundley, Alpha

Barbara Snow, Alpha Alpha

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Eleanor Scott, Alpha Beta

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tee composed of appointees from the ranks of national officers and m embership at large, selects the winner from materi al submitted.

The recipient of the Elizabeth Bird S mall and runners-up will be fea tured in the November issue of

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V irginia Br iix, Epsilon Epsilon

Shir ley Englehard t, Alpha Gamma

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Polly Hostetler, Beta Beta

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Mary Alice Sartain, Zeta Zeta

Virginia Adams, Eta Eta

Arlene Clungeon, Kappa Kappa

Patricia Mawn, Theta Theta

Patricia Sansone, Pi Pi

Mary Alice Hogan, Tau Tau

Martha Ingels, P hi Phi

Elizabeth Witzeman, Chi Chi

Catherine Davis, Beta Gamma

Grace Elaine Matz, Beta Epsilon

Katherine Elliott, Psi Psi

Sue Jackson, Beta Delta

Florina Roy, Beta Zeta

Catherine Kuylen, Beta Eta

Charlotte McLean, Beta Kappa

Iaine Ireland , Beta The ta

Florence Land, B.eta路 Iota

rbara Duncan, Beta 路 Lambda

Joyce Cavanaugh, Gamma

Janet V. Dall, Beta Xi

queline Lee Ga rdner, Beta N u

Edna Lou Brodnax, Beta Mu

Carolyn Werner, Beta Rho

Ruth Heidemann, Rho Chi

Arlene Miller, Beta Pi

Louise Devereaux, Beta Ups ' Jolene Evans, Beta Sigma I

Joan Gregan, Beta Chi

Katen Enterline, Beta Tau

FROST FIDELITY AWARD ~4 • THE FROST FIDELITY AwARD was established

by Donald and Emma Frost, to be conferred upon the member who, in the judgment of the awards committee, has qualified for the award from candidates submitted by all chapters, by virtue

of her good and valuable services to Alpha Sigma Alpha.

From the names listed below, the winner will be selected, and announcement will be made in the November issue of THE PHOENIX.

Jackie Lackey, Alpha

Joe Ann Ketron, Beta Epsilon

Beverly Scott, Alpha Alpha

Myrtle K. Erickson, Beta Eta

Carla Peterson Derrick, Alpha Beta

De Vella Harig, Beta Theta

Barbara Mazziotti, Alpha Gamma

Rosemarie Campagna, Beta Iota

Patricia Kruse, Beta Beta

Irma Gullett, Beta Kappa

Darlene Warren, Epsilon Epsilon

Betty Whaley, Beta Lambda

Lenora Anne Murray, Zeta Zeta

Janie Lee, Beta Mu

Charleen McClanahan, Eta Eta

Gwen Case, Gamma Clio

Elizabeth Moberg, Theta Theta

Betty Jett, Beta

Margery R. Grotzka, Pi Pi

Barbara Ann Bartley, Beta Xi

J o Summers, Rho Rho ·

Anne Will, Rho Chi

Ann Schmuck, Sigma Sigma

Evangeline Hedrick, Beta Pi

Phyllis Ann Aley, Tau Tau

Maureen Sullivan, Beta Rho

Mallerd Maune, Phi Phi

Judith Bohrer, Beta Sigma

June Mangus Beehler, Chi Chi

Mary Hayden, Beta Tau

Evelyn Pyle, Psi Psi

Murlea Webb, Beta Upsilon

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Helen Ann Biswell, Beta Gamma

· Marilyn Eckstein, Beta Phi

Emma Lou Lawrence, Beta Delta

.Jean McMasters, Beta Chi

Support the sorority's national philanthropic projects by ordering your magazine subscriptions through your Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency

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SERVES AS E~IU!lt~~e FOR LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS • RuTH N EWCOMB FLETC HER is one of the outstanding member of Boston alumnae hapter of Alpha Sigma Alph a. Sh re. id . in Needh am Massachu. ett i m arried, and the mother of two daught rs, M artha, age 13, an d Carol, 15.

Former regi ·trar of Bo ton University School of Edu ation, h er Alpha Sigma Alpha activities inlud her work a past sponsor of the college chapter at Boston nivcr ity, past president of th Bo. ton alumn ae ch apter, and the present chapter alumnae ecretary. H r other fra ternity as ociations include th past presidency of the Boston University chapt r of Pi Gamma Mu, na tional social cience honor society, and her recent election to m mb r hip in D elta Kappa Gamma Society, national honor ociety for "key women in ducation." She h a b en ac tive in church and community organizations- past president of the Friendly Soci ty (a group of 200 young women ) f the Congregational Church on the board of direc tor of the Needham Publi School Association ecre tary and at pre ent trea urer of the Needham Girl S out Council and appointed by the Town Mod erator to two school building committees. he a! o type and edits book manuscripts, disrtations and the cs; om piles the eligibility list for th Bo ton University chapter of Pi Lambda Th ta, na tional honor society for women in eduation ; and is finan ial secretary for the Boston University Sarg nt College Building Fund Drive.

Of particular interest is the study group on the Ma sachusetts tate teacher colleges which Ruth organized while State Educa tion chairman of the League of Women Voter of Massa hu etts. Over 120 women from all over the State spent one full day in these colleges. A conference with the president of each ollege was held, followed by visits to the clas rooms and to the training schools. Faculty members, librarian , and students were interviewed. The e "go-and- ee" tours were prepared with th coop ration of the Commissioner of Education and Director of the Teacher College . Ruth visited all of the alleges and gave an oral report to the State Board of Edu a tion, and spoke before the Ways and M eans Committee of the State Legislatur in behalf of th colleges. A written MAY

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report on the college wi ll be read thi fa ll for u in local League and a copy of th remark made at the State Board of Education wa. ent to th Governor.

Other League a tJvltle include a ommitt on chool finance which i ending information on the variou area uch as teacher' alari tate aid to education, etc. to local League members. Ruth al o works with the Edu cation chairmen of the 54 local League in making ugge tion r ga rding their own local education project . She fo il w legislation in the field of edu cation, and thi year a particular call to a tion ha been sent out on a bill which will prevent s hool committee from discharging teacher becau e of marriage alon .

The bill ha passed the Senate for the first time in hi tory a t time of writing but till ha a tough ba ttle ahead in the Hou e. Ruth wa Needham Education Chairman for th League for two year and ha been State Educa tion Chairman for th pa t two year . She ha been a ked to be one of the elec t d directors of the State board for the next two year , continuing her work in the field of education.

Ruth has been invited to give the commencement luncheon addre in June at Sa lem State Teachers College and he will pea k on ' The T eacher a. a Citizen."

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Relaxing in the Alpha Alpha chapter room are (from left to right) : Ruth ney, Barb Sn_ow, Edwina Credico, Bev Scott, Doris Dowling and Mary Havelena.

Seated around the chapter's new radio-phonograph combination are (from to right): Carol Brinkman, Marilyn Cox, Virginia Peters, Dorothy Gaston Marta Kreider.

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• MrAMI IVERSITY, Oxford, Ohio, paid tribut to a distingui hed durator on D ecember 6 1952 wh en th · n ·we t wom n' dormitory wa named Franc e Gib on Richard H all. Mr . Richa rd i remembered by lph a lph a memb r. for her acti v p art a~ an advi er and la ter a patrone , in the Pa rl y days of Alph a Sigma Alpha on that campu .

Th e dedica tion of th rc id nee hall wa an a ppropria tc part in the ob ervance of the fiftyyears of t ar hcr edu ca tion a t Miami. Mr . Richard was an as~ i . tant profe or of Engli h at the tim e of tht' norma l school's beginnin in 1902.

She remained on th e fac ulty until 1936 when she rc·tircd , but accepted the title of prof or m ritu .

During th e thirty-four year of activity on the facult . he e ta blishcd a po ition a an eminent t<'a her a well as a popul ar p aker at high chool commence ments, educa tional assemblies and in . th e . ocia l and lit ra ry fi elds. Mrs. Richard poT

e ed notable di nity and poi e, wa a brilliant con er ationali t clever in humor and r part c.

H er out tanding harac t r mad h r ver popula r ith th tudent a ' ell a with the fa ult m mt of b r who were building the prof a G rea ter .fia m i nive r it •.

Mr . Ri hard ' a the ad i er of th Phi lpha T au local ha pt r \ h n lph a igma lpha wa unlimit d advice in th reorganized. Sh ga preparation of th National Con ention h ld in November, 191 4 at xfo rd . H er daught r Carmen, howed her intere t in A-A b becomin a m ember of the Alpha Alph a chapter.

On April 1 195 2, F rance Ri hard di d but h r achievement will I ng b remembered a t Miami Uni cr ity and in Alpha igrna Alph a.

It eem only a ppropria te that in thi re id n hall Alpha Alpha ha it ch a pt r room.

LIMELIGHT to live at home next year and participate in day programs instead of having to live away from home to receive special help.

â&#x20AC;˘ DR. S. JuNE SMITH, county supervisor of special education, is an alumna of Kappa Kappa chapter and a graduate of T emple University. She has made a definite contribution to education in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and has been active in se~eral unique programs which have been carr\ed out during summer recess from regular school.

A community planned project to serve children is being conducted by Lancaster county in the summer of 1953, and Doctor Smith will be an outstanding leader. A six weeks' summer school will he conducted for children referred to the center by teachers, principals, nurses, parents and agencies. Normal children having difficulties with reading will be enrolled. Children with speech problems of all types will be divided into school age and pre-school groups. Deaf and hard-ofhearing pre-school children from three years of age will be under the expert training of a preschool therapist. School age deaf and hard-ofhearing children will work with a trained therapist.

Doctor Smith states that under the new program in the state which provides training for these children in the regular classrooms of the public schools, it is hoped more children will be able

Doctor Smith is a former member of the National Council of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and is an active member of the Central Pennsylvania alumnae group.

â&#x20AC;˘ DR. CHARLES E. BEURY, president-emeritus of Temple University, passed away on M arch 9, at the age of seventy-four. H e was a great friend to K appa K appa chapter and to Alpha Sigma Alpha. Our entire membership extends condolence to Mrs. Beury and to her family. M rs. Beury, the former Ella P. Fischer, is a K appa K appa patroness.

A graduate of H arvard Law School, Doctor

Beury received seven honorary degrees, the Hungarian government's Order of Merit and the Kiwanis Distinguished Service Medal for educational leadership. H e became president of T emple University in 1925, at the death of the founder, Dr. Russell H . Conwell. During Doctor Beury's presidency, T emple's assets increased by nearly ten million dollars, and all schools and departments achieved top academic rating.

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Another group represented at the center will be the group of so-called uneducable but trainable children with approximate intelligent quotients below 50. The possibility of housing this group in the same building with other children will be explored, so they may profit from the programs of speech and crafts. . The center will be financed by a minimum enrollment fee for children, point-credit fees for teachers and from supporting agencies and boards of education of local schools. Teachers and other adults may register for college level courses either on a credit or non-credit basis. The courses will be in the special fields of reading, speech and hearing, arts and crafts and exceptional children.

T eachers and therapists wishing to apply such credits to special certifications have that opportunity.

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GIVE OF 7~TO OTHERS CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND ALUMNAE PRESENT WHEEL CHAIR • Tlll; Alpha ig of Cumberland, Maryland, pr scnted a wh I hair a. a Chri t'!las gift to the patients at th ' II gany County Infirmary in Cumberland. The memb rs of the chapter held two rummage sales and a card party to raise th money for the "whe I chair fund," but they f lt w II paid for th ir effort when they aw how much th hair wa. need d and appreciated hy th patient .

Buffalo ew York-The philanthropi project of the ity Panhellenic ha been to make an award to an out tanding girl in ach of the Buffalo public high chools.

Chicago, Illinoischolar hip fund for a promising high school senior, and work with Hadley Corre pondence School for the Blind Winnetka are projects of the city Panhelleni .

Detroit, Michigan-Loan at four Michigan colleges, Albion Hillsdale, Michigan State and Uni ersity of Mi higan were tabli bed in 1952.

Wayn University wa added in 1947. Five hundr d dollars is I nt without intere t to any junior or senior meeting college requirement for uch a si tan . A rotating gift scholarship i given to a worthy woman student s I cted. The holarship went to Albion in 1952 and will rotate to the other schools in alphabetical order. Twenty-five dollar was sent to the Panhellenic a sociation in Berlin to be used for food for a needy student.

Contributions .a re made each year to United Foundation, R ed Cro s and other community projects.

Kansas City-A Gold Star scholar hip is given to a de erving girl student, for "extra" expenses.

She may be attending one of the following: Kansa City University, The Conservatory of Mu ic The Art Institute, Junior College or a "chool of nur ing in greater Kansas City.

Cumberland, Maryland's Al:As present wheel chair to the Allegany County Infinuary at Christmas time. Pictured from left to right: Mrs. Beulah Montesant; Mrs. James Grosh; Margaret Reid, president; James Orr, Allegany ounty commissioner; Earl Grim, superintendent of Allegany County Infirmary; Mrs. Frank Wi nsheimer; Mrs. Bruce Fable, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. John Metzger.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- The proj ct of the city Panhellenic this year i that of adding to the furnishings of the County Girls Home. Linoleum for the bathroom kit hen and halls, paint and light fixture were provided. The money was raised by a benefit bridge and cana ta party.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-The city Panhellenic sponsors an evening at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Adverti ing is old in th program and tickets are handled by the variou ororitie . Proceeds are used to award eve n cholar hip each year to worn n students at the niver ity of Pitt burgh, Carnegie Institute, and a woman student attending college outside of Pitt burgh.

Shreveport, Louisiana- A scholar hip to Centenary College including tuition i awarded a woman student \ ho must maintain a B average and must be in actual n ed of financial as i tance.

Membership in a sorority j not a requisite.

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other agency, has bee ~ the projec t. A benefit bridge is held to provide funds, the proceeds amounting to about $1,000 annually. Other projects are helping needy children with chronic ear infections receive proper trea tment and operations when necessary, and fitting all n eedy children with eye glasses. Approxim a tely 60 children have been fitted this year. Rooms were furnished in Tulsa's two hospitals which expanded their facilities recently.

Washington, D. C.-For the past several years the Panhellenic has stressed and worked toward giving scholarships for exchange students from foreign countries to the United States. The current project being formulated will give financial assistance to women students in colleges and universities in and near Washington.

COLLEGE GROUPS FIND WAYS TO AID NEEDY â&#x20AC;˘ BETA BETA's DANCE for the benefit of the campus chest drive cleared $85.00. The campus chest fund donates money to all of the worthy charities.

Zeta Zeta gave $250 to Children's M ercy Hospital in Kansas City, for necessary equipment in the polio ward.

Nu Nu' s welfare project was the sending of a CARE package to friends overseas.

Pi Pi assisted an indigent family by providing food and clothing, and has cooperated with the Bloodmobile program by donating blood.

Sigma :S igma lent assistance to the Greeley alumnae chapter in its sponsorship of the Cancer drive.

Tau Tau collected money which was contributed to the Hays H elp to Holland Fund. Hays, Kansas, experienced flood conditions in 1951, and its citizens were anxious to help flood victims in Holland.

Phi Phi contributed to the European Flood re-

lief by gathering and mending clothing to be sent to needy in the flooded areas of Europe.

Beta Gamma provided Christmas gifts for a children's orphanage in Pryor, Oklahoma, and sent Valentines to the Muskogee V eterans hospital.

Beta Epsilon conducted a safety survey in conjunction with a traffic study in Madison, Virginia, and gave useful gifts to the Children's Home.

Beta Eta made cookies for the elderly folk at a home in Dickinson, North Dakota, and delivered them in gaily wrapped packages.

Beta Iota sponsored a Red Cross drive and made posters for display on the campus and in stores.

Beta Nu participated in the Red Cross drive by collecting funds on campus, and made a contribution in the form of proceeds from a benefit dance.

Beta Xi registered with the Civil Defense Volunteers for the city of Oneonta, New York, guided the Girl Scouts in work for the Christmas seal campaign, and is on the volunteer lists of Fox Hospital, Horner Folks TB Hospital and American R ed Cross.

Beta Rho conducted the Cancer drive for the entire city of DeKalb, Illinois, and sponsored a booth for the WSSF carnival.

Beta Tau members took turns attending Girl Scout meetings, leading groups in singing, arts and crafts, and games.

Beta Upsilon concentrated on the Cerebral Palsy drive, and maintained a booth during the March of Dimes.

Buffalo State's Panhellenic Council presented The Panhellenic Sing with each of the seven sororities participating. Proceeds from this assembly program were contributed to a fund to sponsor an exch ange student.

Panhellenic Council at Western Michigan College, Kal~mazoo, has taken as its project the entertainment of children of the Children's Home.

Parties are given once a month by four sororities ~ach time. Each sorority donates $3.00 for expenses.

â&#x20AC;˘ JEAN CARMICHAEL VEDDER and Clayton Adine Rich ard were married in Westminister Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, New York, on April 11.

Mrs. Richard is national treasurer and in charge of Alpha Sigma Alpha's central office.

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FORTUNES ARE INTERWOVEN

BY GLADY s DRACH PowER,

Chairman of NPC College Panhellenic Committee and National Panh ellenic Delegat e, AXn " W E, th e fr a ternity wom en of Am erica, stand for prepara tion for ervice through th e character building inspired in th e close contact a nd d eep fri endship of fraternity life. To us, fr a ternity life is not th e enjoyment of special privileges, but an opportunity to prepare for wid e a nd wis e hum an service." ( Last p a ragraph of Th e Panh ellenic Creed, whi ch was ad optC'd by NPC in 1915. ) AT L EAST WE' VE ALL ADOPTED IT! In almost ever y Panh ell eni c Manual and every Panhellenic Booklet on eve ry campus, th ere is printed in full what fra ternity women have adopted as " The Panhellenic C reed ." It is r ea d al oud a t th e opening of Panhelleni c m eetings a nd workshops, a nd is generally accepted as a sta tem ent of th e backgro und of fra ternity beli efs in th e condu ct of all P a nh elleni c organiza tions.

Th erefore, it is not a n unreasonable assumption to beli eve th a t ev r y fra terni·ty woman should know and und r rsta nd its m ea nin g and be abl e to refer to it in the face of the ques tion, " F or what does your Panhellenic sta nd?"

No r is it unreaso nable to exp ec t th a t all Panhellenic Associa tions should ac tu ally stand for its adopted creed a nd conduct its a ffa irs in a m a nn er th a t will give all fra ternity w omP n "an opportunity to prepare for wid e a nd wise huma n se rvice." " SOCIETY" ACCORDI NG TO THE SOCIOLOGISTS In ord er th a t all fr a ternity groups may participate full y a nd exemplify this creed in its Panhellenic associations and relationships, th ere a re certain fundamental laws of soci ty th a t must be recognized . Here society is referred to in th e se nse used by sociologists, who say th a t " Society is nothing, a ft er all, but people affecting eac h other in variou s ways."

H en ce, th rou gh th e association of individuals in fri endship a nd the m ann er in whi ch they affect each oth er, th ere emerges a type of collective mind which m a nifests itself in ideals, conventions, traditions, organiz a tions, a nd i n titutions. Upon this concept of society ha ve fra ternities and Pa nh ellenics come into exis tence as livi ng fo rces whi ch have been created and mainta ined by indi vidual p ersevera nce and collective effo r ts.

SERVI CE To I NDIVIDUAL AND CoLLEGE This is ind eed a gr ea t fo rce for human servicese rvice to' th e indi vidu al m embers through th e promoti on of hi gh schola rship, good h ealth, fin e social and moral sta nda rd s, a nd good citizenship; service to th e college through whol eh ea rted cooperation with the ideals of th e college; a nd servi ce beyond the college through phil anthropies a nd an active interest in community affa irs. All th ese thin gs a re sta ted in the Panhellenic C rC'cd .

Ye t th ere are also other things in the effectiveness of this grea t force, whi ch have to do with that collective mind a nd attitud e, and which can either cure the ills

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that may ha.;,e existed in a Panhellenic for years or can cause a deterioration just as surely. This is the d egree of Panhellenic cooperation.

Sincerity, unselfishn ess, a n honest concern for th e welfare of every group on th e campus, and an und erstanding of the probl ems that are mutual to all, can effect a cure. A lack of th ese things can do just th e opposite.

If, to us, "fraternity life is not th e enjoyment of special privileges," a s stated in th e creed , th en to us, also, Panhellenic life should not offer special privileges to a few, but through mutual cooperation should offer the same advanta ges to all.

BuT NoT NECE SS ARILY SuPERIOR! On any campus th ere ca n exist circumstances which give an advantage to a few fr a ternity chapters over the others. This advantage may have been gained originally through early entrance to the campus, geographical reputation, prominent alumnae in th e community, and chapter accomplishments which have d eveloped a prestige.

Sometimes th ese fraternity chapters have come to assume this position as th eir right a nd think it is the resu lt of inherent superiority.

Such thinking is fallacious, for through the years th ese chapters have had an opportunity to d evelop those fin e resources gradually. Should not th e fr a ternity chapters which are young or struggling on a campus also be given an opportunity to d evelop those same resources now? The answer to that is unquestioned and can be nothing but "yes. " EvERY FRATERNITY Is "IT" SoMEWHERE There is a lso another truism in Panhellenic, which no frat ernity must overlook : that every fraternity in the National Panhellenic Conference has young or struggling chapters somewhere and need the opportunity to develop th eir resources for strength. Every fraternit y is at the top somewhere, but no fraternity is at the top everywh ere.

Th ere is no such thing as inherent superiority of a group or a right to advantages that are not mutually shared by other groups. There is no such thing as the strength of a Panhellenic being m e<'!sured by the strength of th e strongest groups, but on th e contrary,- just th e opposite is tru e.

WEAK CHAPTERS THREATEN ALL The fortunes of th e fra ternies are interwoven and intertwined, and the fortun es of a P a nhellenic system on any campus is threatened if chapter a ft er chapter is failing to maintain stability, and, through discouragement, is withdrawing from that campus. There is no surer way to bring deterioration or even complete ex.tinction. Therefore, it is vitally essential that programs and rushing systems be adopted on every campus to· give equal advantages and opportunities to all fr aternities, to make th e Panhellenic Creed a living beli ef, and to be guid ed by its precepts.- Lyre-ALPHA CHI OMEGA

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ARLENE C!.UNGEON • Arlene Clungeon, KK, was selected "The Outstanding Greek Woman" on Temple University campus by special Panhellenic selection committee for her contribution of talent, service and leadership to the University. Not only has she been Kappa Kappa's president during her junior and senior years, but also served on the Panhellenic Council and Presidents' Council. She has been a member of the Dean's list since her freshman year; a member of Magnet senior honorary and Chimes junior honorary; a member of the Women's Athletic Association executive board; and was historian of Phi Delta Pi, health and physical education professional fraternity.

MARTHA ROSEBROOK TOMLINSON • Martha Rosebrook Tomlinson, .AA, a member of the Northern Jersey alumnae chapter, has been signally honored by being president of the Board of Directors of the Elizabeth, New Jersey, YWCA. In addition, Martha is also president of the Elizabeth Council of Churchwomen; vice president and program chairman of the Women's Society of Christian Service; vice regent and program chairman of the Abraham Clark chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution; and education chairman of the Woman's Club of Elizabeth. Martha Tomlinson has been active in the newly; organized Northern Jersey alumnae chapter of our sorority ever since its beginning.

GERDA WILLIAMS • Gerda Williams, rrn, a member of the Buffalo alumnae chapter, has distinguished herself in the field of art. Gerda, an art teacher at Kenmore junior high school, was chairman of the New York State Art Teachers' Association Exhibit where examples of her work were exhibited. Two of her expressionist paintings are being shown at the Nineteenth Annual Art Exhibit of Western New York at Buffalo's Albright Art Gallery. On May L she will give a talk before the New York Teachers' Association in Albany. Gerda has studied at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and is now studying for a doctorate in art education.

REB.A ANDERSON HUSTER • Returning to the teaching profession during the war emergency Reba Anderson Huster, HH, has distinguished herself in her work with exceptional and handicapped children in the Oklahoma City public schools.

She organized the Oklahoma City alumnae chapter in 1949. · Along with her alumnae work she belongs to Phi Upsilon Omicron, home economics sorority; Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity; National Education Organization; Association of Child Education; and International Council for Exceptional Children. Reba sponsors a Brownie troup and is active in church work. Reba's husband and two sons are very proud of her activities.

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Akron, Ohio OuR last bit of news till fall. Last year we were looking forward to our Golden Convention. Wish we'd do it over, but we'll have to wait.

March, we took a tour through Clark's R estaurant.

They served some of their famous home-made ice cream.

We h eld our meeting there. M a ude Murphy Barrere is in charge of magazine sales. W e are happy with our response-which totals around $60.00.

April, we will meet with Beth Kolger Washko. This wiii be our first meeting in her new home, which is lovely.

Mickey Edwards Capper will have our May meeting.

She will have a German exchange student as a speaker.

W e are all looking forward to State Day, with the girls a t Mi am i. This will be May 16. -LrLLTE GREER.

Baltimore, Maryland ONE of our first beautiful spring-like days in Baltimore I took a walk to the home of Susie Cox Cromwell and collected one of our finished afghans which has been turned over to J ean Shelley, th e philanthropic chairman.

At our next meeting on April 23, plans will b e made for its presentation.

Last night the Baltimore alumnae were hostesses to the Panhellenic Association of Baltimore. The meeting was held in the gracio us and spacious home of Mabel Marshall Mathias. It was a very successful get-together and we all enjoyed the opportunity of meeting the other girls. There are approximately thirty-one groups in Baltimore and rnor th an half of them are very active.

Plans are afoot for a big tea in May. Next month we plan to hold our last business meeting of this year a nd will have election of officers.

To close a successful year we are planning a swimming party in Jun e to be held at the Glyndon Pool, where M abel will be our hostess. You'll recall from a previous letter that M abel and h er husband own the pool.

Our treasurer, Barbara Mann Smith, reports that payments on life memberships are corning along very well. It is the aim of our group to have all of us life m!'mbers as soon as possible.- NATALIE EDWARDS MILLER

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In April we are looking forward to visiting Ellen Daly's new home in Lexington. Besides having a chance to see her home, we are to have a Yankee Swap Party.D oROTHY CuRRIER

Buffalo, New York EvELYN BELL, our national President, was hostess for our February board meeting. We always enjoy visiting Ev's attractive apartment and we especially enjoyed her delicious bu tterscotch pie. Ev' s culinary achievements should be listed high on th e list of her many accomplishments. After the meeting we viewed the slides Ev had taken at Convention.

Our yearly visit from Miss Frances Hepinstall, Buffalo State Teachers College librarian, proved to be just as interesting as eve r wh en she appeared at the regular February Meeting. Her reviews of the new books are always an inspiration on our part to do more reading.

This meeting was held at the home of Liiiian Viner in Tonawanda.

J ean Feucht was hostess for the March board meeting. The regular March meeting was held at· the home of Lassie Finley. T h is meeting was of great interest to all of us. Isabel R ace, an Alpha Sig who has lived 20 years in Australia, talked to us abou t her life there and showed us many beautiful colored slides and films. Her two sons were born in Australia and the fami ly finally decided to return to Buffalo so these boys could retain their American citizenship. Now her older son is serving his country in J apan. We all fe lt that we had learned a great deal about Australia, the country and the people, by getting it all from a person who really lived there so long. I'm sure everyone fe lt as I did that this was an outstanding meeting and we fe lt very grateful to Isabel for sharing her experiences with us.- Lms B. CoNROY

Central Pennsylvania THE Lancaster County and Central Pennsylvania alumnae were entertained with a luncheon meeting on March 14, at the home of Betty Wallick, with Mrs. Rob ert 0. Bernstock as co-hostess.

Charleston, West Virginia Boston, Massachusetts OuR FEBRUARY get-together was a theater party where we enjoyed seeing Rosalind Russell in " Wonderful Town."

Frances Smith Phelan entertained us at her home in Somerviile in March. Those of us who arrived early had the added pleasure of seeing her two attractive youngsters. At this meeting Ruth Newcomb Fletcher told us about h er work as State Education Chairman of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.

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ONE Saturday in F ebruary the Charles ton alumnae chapter had a luncheon meeting with M yrna Jo Garges.

Eloise Keller assisted the hostess by presiding over h er chafing dish of lucious creamed chicken and over the informal business meeting a t the same time.

Oh, ' tis spring and how welcome! March is the time to celebrate our sixth birthday a nniversary. On the night of March 16, Pauline Haile's home seemed to be in bloom with forsythia and jonquils welcoming and congratulating us on our birthday. At this mee ting we elected officers to serve b eginning with September, 1953.

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The new officers are : Myrna Jo Garges, president; Betty West Porter, vice president; Joan Wiles, corresponding and recording secretary ; Annette Gruber, treasurer ; Evelyne Elliott, directory chairman; Edith Shafer, PHOENIX correspondent and keep er of the scrapbook.

W e regret tha t our retiring president, Eloise Kell er , is moving to Oakland, California, wh ere she has accepted a teaching position.

W e are looking forw a rd to our April mee ting with Betty Porter and our May mee ting with Edith Shafer .EDITH SHAFER.

type at all, has been spending some of h er evenings at a lathe making furniture. Just shows what you can do with a musical edu cation! L eota Merion is getting into the whirl of being mother of the bride. The event transpires in June, and if sh e has anything but confetti in her head by th en, she's a better man than we.

A large number of us are planning to attend the Panh elleni c lunch eon on April 18. Virginia Carpenter has invited us to a tea in May.-JANE GILLIAT FRY.

Charlottesville, Virginia

I N September the n ew officers of th e Columbus alumnae chapter took office. They are Clara Oden, president ; Violet Talbot, secretary, and Marie Dick, treasurer. W e voted to combine some of our offices, with the secretary ass uming th e duti es as corresponding secretary and PHOENIX editor and the treasurer being in char-g'e of publicity.

Our September meeting was h eld at the hqme of Amy Swisher in D elaware, Ohio, with Janice Borror and Clara Oden as assisting hostesses. Afte~ the installation of officers, Miss "Amy," as we all affectionately call h er, took us on an inspection tour of h er lovely n ew home.

In O ctob er Marie Dick and H elen Miller were hosttesses. H elen, our convention d elegate, gave us an interesting revi ew of the convention. In November our Founders' Day was celebrated a t the home of Lois Bea thard with Carolyn Southard as assistant hostess. H elen Miller gave the history of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

After two months of not having mee tings du e to th e weather and illness in F ebruary Dorothy Cummings and M ary G aal entertained us. After the meeting we were entertained by a two-minute recital of each member's most recent vacation.

Our March mee ting was h eld at th e very delightful and charming new home of Norma Wuichet with Sara Pegler as assisting hostess. . We entertain ed each other by a resume of our business life since leaving college.CLARA 0DE N.

SPRI NG finds th e Charlottesville alumnae chapter rounding up plans set up previously in our yearly program. W e are tentatively looking forward to a visit with our "adopted" college chapter, Beta Epsilon, at Madison College in Harrisonburg.

Besides being busy with the magazine sale for national, we are tryi ng to increase our finan cial status by selling greeting cards in order to carry out our philanthropic program through the Pediatrics D epartment at the University of Virginia )lospital.

W e would appreciate any knowledge of any form er Al:As working or living in or around Charlottesville." B. " HYLTON.

Chicago, Illinois THE hi ghlight of sorority activity for the eight Chicago girls who went to Peoria was th e participa tion in Illinois State Day on March 14. It was a most inspira tion al meeting an d much credit goes to the master minds of th e Peoria alumnae.

Anne Petree, newly appointed alumnae editor, will go to K alamazoo, Michigan, on April 18, for the insta llati on of Beta Psi chapter at W estern Michigan College.ELEANOR THOMAS SMITH .

Cleveland, Ohio THE gen tl e ladies of th e Cleveland ch apter co uld never be called bearish, but the chapter has been hibern a ting nonetheless. It took the promise of Spring a nd an invitation from Berni e D eT chon to get us out for the first meeting of th e year . W e swiftly elected C a therine La ndo!ÂŁ, presiden t, and th en settled down to catching up on sorority business a nd p erson al n ews. Berni e D eTchon and G eorgia Kurtz have bee n representin g us faithfully a t Pa nhelleni c mee tings and h ave been busy on committees for th a t ve ry active an d worthwhile organ iza tion .

Those of us who did not know Thelma Hutchfield Potts were delighted to meet her, and old L ambd a L ambda fri ends were h appy to 5ee h er again and to know tha t she will be in Cleveland for awhile . The Pi Pi contingent here h as been augmented, too, and we are hoping Shirley Passage Feathers and Je an Finley Wri ght will be with us a t our next meeting. Alpha Alpha alumnae are p articularly looking forw ard to going to Oxford in May, fo r Ohio's Sta te D ay.

W e are a little too dizzy to be sure, but we think we're up to date on th e activiti es of G eorgia Kurtz (lazy Georgia). She is back from a trip to New ,York and Washington a nd is getting" ready to go to Arizona, N ew M exico, a nd other points southwest. In addition to th e Pa nhellenic job, she is still active in th e Goodwill Industri es auxili ary an d is program director of a n enormous church group. Ruth Duffey, who just doesn' t look th e

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Dayton, Ohio THE old saying: "The show must go on," took on a new meaning to the D ayton alumnae group at the F ebruary meetin g. Plans were all completed to meet at H elen Swart's apartm ent, wh en the "flu" bug bit H elen ; so out she moved to her kind n eighbors and we moved in for th e evening. W e enjoyed using H elen's apartment but would have liked having h er there with h er witty remarks.

Mildred Bla nkenship and lise Schwarze were hostesses a t our lunch eon m ee ting which was h eld in Rike's dining room on Sa turd ay, M arch 7. Plans were made to attend Ohio State D ay a t Oxford on M ay 16 and since the Alpha Alpha girls are more or less our "Babies," we hope to h elp th em make it one of the bes t State Days ever held by Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Last Sa turd ay, our alumnae group and the Alpha Alpha ch apter a t Miam i were guests of the Cinci nnati alumnae a t lunch eon h eld at th e F enton Hotel. I didn't get th ere, but h ea r th ey had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing th e Cincinnati girls again.-THELMA BROW N.

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alas, tomorrow we may find snow so must contain ourselves for a bit.

In the last issue, we wrote about the Sweetheart Dance which we. ~ere pla nnin g. It was held on F ebruary 15, a t th e Aviation Country Club and it was lots of fun. W e met a t 4: 30 for cocktai ls, th en a luscious buffet supper a nd dancing.

March must be our service month for it is fill ed with philanthropic work. March 8 was Alpha Sigma Alpha night at th e U.S.O. Marilyn Hartman J ester and Za Lawrenson Brownyard made all the sandwiches and deli verrd them. Vera Beatty J ones acted as hostess for A~A. On Tuesday night, M arch 17, we met at the home of Be tty Ba rnes McEwen. The evening was given over to sewing for th e Needle Work Guild . W e completed th e hand work on 22 slips for th e "in-gathering" in May, as our con tributi on to the Needl ework Guild through the Denver City Panhellenic. D elicious refreshments were served by Peggy Phelps Langhorn, H elen H ay, Sue Gonzales and Kay Stream Wheeler.

All du ring the month of March we have been doing volu nteer clerica l service for the Easter Seal D rive for Crippled C hildren. W e ex pect to total up some 200 hours of service. O ur members who h ave donated th eir services are Louis<' Auberle Dulin , Nora Cutting H etland , Naomi Erickson Stone, Grace D alby D avies, Za Lawrenson Brownyard, Polly Smelser Schlosser and Peggy O chs W a tson.

March is usually the month that robins journey north, but a group of robins known as th e Round-Robin L etter grou p journ<'yed south to Albuquerque, New M exico, for <1 long dream ed reun ion . On M arch 12, Polly Smelser Schlosser, Vera Campbell, Inez Nickolson M cKinl ey a nd Vivi Bjork Dobbins motored to Colorado Springs where they visited Melvin Shady Ross and th en a ll drove to Albuquerque. Th ere th ey were joined by Irene Holland who flew in from D enver and by Esther M cConn ell Bond of the West Indies. All were gues ts a t th e home of Ruth Carr. It was truly a dream come tru e as these Alpha Sigs have been " R ound Robining" for about 30 years.

April 1 will be such fun, a masquerade or consequence party which wi ll be h eld a t the home of Za Lawrenson Brownyard. From th e gra pevin e I h ear that many strange r h;uacters wi ll be present. Assisting hostesses will be Irene Holland, Doris Suderlin M cFarl an d, Virginia Scioli and Luan Southworth Nevin.

The night of Apri l 13 is the date scheduled for a tour through th e Chapel of th e Ange ls for our members a nd their guests.

On May 2 will be the Panhellenie Spring Lunch eon and Book R eview at th e Shirley Savoy Hotel. Poll y Sc hl osser is our reservation chairman .

Then on M ay 18 anoth er Wild Bingo Party will b e held at the home of Vera Bell Smith Waldron. The assis ting hostesses will be Peggy Howell R obinson, Miria Booth an d Harri et H awley Polyelko.

At our J u n mceti ng we will hold election of officers for the new year.-PEGGY WATSON.

Detroit, Michigan-Delta Phi OuR Apri l m ee tin g was held a t th e home of Norma Alibrr with our presid ent, Louise Stirton, assisting. Several of our members are planning to go to K alamazoo to participate in the installation of our Beta Psi ch ap ter at Wrstern Michigan College on April 18.

D r lta Phi is joining with the Rho Chi alumnae in a benefit bridgr to be held M ay 2 a t the Grosse Pointe memorial build ing.

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One of our newest members is Mrs. Ru ssell Mowry ( Mary ) , form erly of Buffalo, New York, a nd now living in Birmingham.-MARION PARKER.

Detroit, Michigan-Rho Chi IT's time again to say " hi" to all our friends all over th e map. For our meetin g in M arch we ga th ered a t the home of Charlotte Maki and held th e nomin a tions for the officers of th e coming year. O ur refr eshments preceded th e business of th e evening so everyone was contented and happy.

Mind if I retrogress? It wouldn' t do to write a le tter in order, would it? Our meeting in February was h eld a t the home of Betty Sowell . Betty's bee n aro und for a long tim e with us ; one of the most faithful of our members a nd she opened her house to "scads" of us. W e welcomed th e nin e new alums from W ay ne University.

We played bunco most of the evening a nd h ad a very party-ish time.

In April we will mee t a t J ea n Siegenthaler's home to elec t our officers. W e're planning for th e futur e a PotLuck dinn er, th e installa ti on of th e offi cers, and a fami ly picni c.-BAB S DICKIESON.

Erie, Pennsylvania O u R gues t speaker for th e February 27 mee tin g was Ri ch ard M ankey, from one of th e architectural firms in Erie. It was a stimulatin g evening as everyo ne is interes ted in mod ern housing. Our husba nds a ttend ed the mee ting a nd so th ere was a p eppy discussion afterwards and we shared m a ny id eas about our " dream" houses.

M ary Ellen a nd Bob Finholt were our hosts and were responsible for our gues t spea ker a nd his wife bei ng with us.

Thi s meetin g was such a success that our nex t meeting is also going to include our husbands. W e are planning a business m ee tin g a nd p arty a t M arjorie a nd Willi am Suggs' home.- MARJORI E F. Succs.

Farmville, Virginia OuR Febru ary mee ting was a t th e home of Catherine Watkins. At this mee tin g we decided to send flow ers to th e Alpha cha pter for th eir three teas during rush week, to give them a check towards the expense of redecorating their cha pter room, an d to accept individual ass ignm ents for volunteer work a t our local Southside Hospital for Sunday evenings for th e remainder of th e year.- EMILY CLARK.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Bv th e tim e this n ews letter reaches you another sorority year wi ll be drawing to a close. W e feel tha t thi s h as been the most successful year in ¡th e four-year history of our chapter. ot only did we h ave an interesting year as far as our program was concerned, but th ree wond erful n ew members h ave joined our ranks. W e are so h appy to have J ean K erwi n Emrick a nd K a thleen Wible D e Camp, of Fort Wayne, a nd H elen H a lderman Gibbons, who dri ves in from Albion, about forty miles away.

W e are now making plans to a ttend State Day at Muncie. W e h ad hoped to be able to make our a ttenda nce nea r the p erfect mark, but ACE workshop h as been sch eduled for Fort Wayne teachers on that same d ay.

Tha t will take three of our group, but yo u ca n be sure we will be th ere in spiri t.

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When our May meeting arrives we hope to have a real treat in store for us. Our recent bride, Mary Ann Hartman Lamie and h er husband, Jack, are working like beavers to have their new home ready for us to inspect.

After the important business meeting our social part will no doubt be taken up with a discussion of plans for the summer.-MARTHA STUCKEY.

Greeley, Colorado IT's spring again and another alum year is drawing to a close. W e hope your year has been as enjoyable as ours.

We have been holding our meetings at the cotrege chapter house this year. The Beta Beta chapter was assigned the house this year and we have all enjoyed it.

Several of the college members have attended our meetings and all have been invited to join in on our entertainment and refreshments.

We started the year off by giving the chapter a kitchen shower in order to help them furnish their new house . with some of the little necessities.

At our February meeting we had a dessert party for th e Beta Beta chapter and th ey furnished the entertainment. We enjoyed singing sorority songs together and m eeting the n ew pledges of the year.

We found it very satisfactory to set up a pla nned program for the year and as a result we had good attendanc.e.

For our last two meetings we have these plans: m April we will h ave our elections and in M ay we are planning a tea honoring th e graduating seniors.CHARLOTTE DRAKE.

Indiana, Pennsylvania PLEDGES and active members of Alpha Gamma chapter were entertained for their pledge service at the home of Mrs. H. B. Neal, patroness. Assisting Mrs. Neal were members of the Indiana alumnae chapter. Alumnae committee members were Billie McGrain Kline and Ruth Bretz Heiges.

After the delightful social hour Helen Stra.ssner Russell, president of th e alumnae chapter, conducted a short business meeting. Dr. Joy Mahachek, sponsor of the college chapter, presented plans for the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Tea to be h eld in the r eception lounge at Indiana State Teachers College on April 26. The tea will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the rees tablishment of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma T au and Delta Sigma Epsilon sororities at the college. Alumnae and fri ends of the sororities will be th e guests at the tea.-RUTH HEIGES .

Indianapolis, Indiana THE March wind doth blow and we shall have r ainand March 3 was such a night. In spite of the weather we had a wonderful attendance a t our first attempt of having a Pitch-in Supper. Berniece Bramblett Allen was our gracious hostess. H er assistants were Lucy H all Fullerton and Florence Morris Lull . Each of us were gree ted with a message th a t was written on a bride and bridegroom card, Betty Presnall to Henry Bliss, Juue 12, 1953. W e were then passed a box of delicious chocolates. This truly made a n exciting entrance. Our conversation for the social hour had a gay tempo. The array of food was conducive to good appetites. W e were in a mellow mood when it was time for our business meeting to be called.

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splendid reports from all the chairmen . Our delegate and alterna te to the In.d ianapolis Panhellenic, Letha Heckman Gaskins and Helen Campbell Shibler, gave a splendid detailed account of the many activities which they had attended. Letha will be hostess for the April meeting of the Indianapolis Panhellenic. She has planned a very unique prbgram for her guests. She will present a one-man show, "An Artist Working with Oils." The artist will be Letha who has been making a distinct place for herself among the artists of Indiana.

Indiana State Day on April 25 a t Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, fndiana, was the main discussion of business. Our chapter has been 路 asked to deal with the subject, "Highlights of 1952-1953." Representing our chapter will be Betty Winn Rice who has a most interesting 20 minutes planned. Joyce Mitzner of Chi Chi chapter is State Day chairman.

The past month we have contributed cookies for the Service Men's C enter; collected white materials for making bandages for The Little Red Door, the cancer organization; and also contributed materials for the craft classes to use at the Marion County Juvenile Center.

Our chapter has welcomed the following new members: Berniece Bramblett Allen, Betty Taylor and Lucy Hall Fullerton, Chi Chi ; Ann Page Hickman, Alpha; Burdella Nease Gulleson, Alpha Gamma; Lorene Nadzeika, Catherine Castor, blivia Bourke Cascadden, JoAnn Ruddle a nd Ruth Graddy Strikland, Beta Upsilon. -HELEN SELVAGE NoBLITT.

Greater Kansas City ON April 18, the Greater Kansas City alumnae chapter will be hostess to the college and alumnae chapters of K a nsas and Missouri at the first Mo-Kan State Day. Our president, Dorothy Kreek, is very busy with plans, among them, a play featuring our five founders and a quiz contest on the history of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Our March. meeting was different as our members and their guests h ad a line party to "Stalag 1 7" at the R esident Theater on March 22. Not only did we enjoy the play, but also added 25 p er cent of tke cost of the tickets to our treasury.

Helzbergs on the Plaza had a display of dolls in February featuring the Coronation Gems. As our chapter received a ; pecial invitation to see the exhibit, a large number of our group attended the showing.-RuTH PE NNE LL.

Muncie, Indiana THE Muncie alumnae chapter gave a dinner in February honoring the 21 seniors of Chi Chi at Ball State Teachers College. The valentine theme was carried out in the table decorations. At each senior's place at the tables was a gift card telling of a gift of a one-year subscription to THE PHoENIX from the alumnae chapter.

After the dinn er the evening was spent socially.

Indiana is planning a big State Day, April 25, to be h eld at th e new Pittinger Student Center at Ball State Teachers College, Muncie. Joyce Mitzner, Chi Chi, of Indianapolis, is chairman and Eva Kiewitt of Berne is co-chairman.

This is my last note to you as chapter editor as my husband, Doctor Alvey, has b een r ecalled to active duty with the U. S. Air Force and my family and I are going with him. I am hoping that he will be stationed not far from an alumnae chapter. THE PHOENIX will mean more than ever to me now as it may be my only contact with my sorority.- CARMINE CREE ALVEY.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia

IT's been ages since we have had a chat with you and we've been busy as a bustling beehive here these past few months.

In mid-October, Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, national registrar, paid us a most welcome visit and left us with a wealth of wonderful ideas that we could hardly wait to get started putting them in action. Our enthusiasm and the extra hard work of three of our members, Lucille Haller, Ruth Eddy and Lily Staehling, finally resulted in the organization of a New Orleans Panhellenic Council.

Our Christmas party in December for members,. and their guests was a huge success. The highlight of the evening was guessing the number of Christmas tree ornaments in a huge glass globe. J essica Borton's husband, Olin, won the prize.

At our January meeting we elected the following officers: Hilda Hebert, president ; Lucille Haller, delegate to Panhellenic; and Ruth Eddy, alternate delegate to Panhellenic.

The latest project on which we have been working is the organization of "Miss-Lou Day," a two-state convention of all the college and alumnae chapters in Mississippi and Louisiana, which will be held in New Orleans some week end in the near future.

At the last meeting of Beta Zeta college chapter, they voted by secret ballot for the most outstanding member of th ir chapter who has contributed the most to her chapter this year. The ballots are on their way to us now for tabulation and at the Beta Zeta Mother-Daughter banquet in May we will award the winner an engraved plaque for the outstanding achievement in sorority. work.

Congratulations and much luck to Louisiana's newest alumnae chapter, Shreveport.

We have been really working like beavers to locate all the out-of-town A2:As who are living in and around New Orleans. If any of you readers know of Alpha Sigs living in the New Orleans area, will you please send their names and addresses to Jean Richardson, 2328 Lowerline St., New Orleans.-JEAN RICHARDSON.

WE held our February meeting-a dessert bridge-at my home. Wonder of wonders-no kibitzers-as the number attending was divisible by four. Although this was a "fun" meeting, we remembered those less fortunate than ourselves by bringing books to be taken to a local orphanage.

Our March meeting will be a pot luck luncheon at Mary Lee Steele's. The business of the day will be centered about State Day which is to be held in April.

Since many of our m embers are active in the Norfolk Panhellenic Association we will be working this spring to make the subscription card party a success. The aim is to raise enough money to double the number of scholarships now offered.-ANN IRELAND.

New York Capitol District ANoTHER Alpha Sig year is drawing to a close and even now we can look back with fond memories at our experiences these past few months. Although newly formed, the New York Capitol District group has come a long way this year.

And now with spring thoroughly taking over the situation, there seems to b e added enthusiasm. Doesn't that warm sun, the bursting buds, the babbling brooks just do something to you. Sounds like I've a good case of spring fever.

All of us came away from our last get-together with somewhat of a "fever." We attended the fashion show and luncheon at the Hotel Ten Eyck. As you can well imagine, it was just lovely. It started us all thinking about eur spring wardrobe and Easter.

Our April meeting will feature yours truly relating last summer's experiences in Europe. M ay will b e our last meeting, a picnic with husbands and kids. It should be quite an affair and a wonderful way to wind up the year.-MAROE CuLVER.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma IT does not seem possible, but here is last issue of THE PHOENIX for the year. We have had several changes this year and we have lost several of our members to other chapters, but we have also added some grand girls to our group.

On February 17 we had a valentine party at the home of Violet Ralston Johnston. We had a short business meeting, then a social party. Each member brought a white elephant gift, and during the evening as we played hearts we exchanged white elephant prizes.

Our March meeting was in the home of Francis R eiff Patterson. We had a very short business meeting and the slate of officers for the coming year was presented to the group, voted on, and accepted. State Day, to be held in Alva, April 18, was discussed.

Daphne Lance, a teacher in the Oklahoma school system and an exchange teacher in England last year, gave us a lovely talk. She showed beautiful colored slides of her trip through Ireland while she was visiting there.

We really did enjoy this meeting and she promised to come back next fall with her slides of England.

Our April meeting will be the installation of officers and completion of plans on going to Alva for State Day. We plan to continue to meet this summer and have vari~ ous programs and our annual picnic get-together.DoROTHY RA WE GILGER.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania You'LL be glad to know that after making hundreds and hundreds of tiny sandwiches and cookies for the Valentine Tea (that's where we left off last issue }, we had more than enough for everyone. The table was literally a groaning board of good food, thanks to the culinary efforts of the executive committee. ¡ It was good to see J ean R eimet Shull, NN, from Southern N ew Jersey alumnae chapter and from the other side of town, Kay Dietrich Ludlow, KK, Eileen Anderson Bader, KK, and Betty Proctor Tomlinson, NN. We'll have news later for you of Philad elphia's "Four H.u ndred." Yes, we have that many Alpha Sigs living in this large, sprawling metropolitan area. Our corresponding secretary has completed the yeoman task of sending out questionnaires to the complete list of active and inactive members to consolidate and screen th eir opinions regarding regional, central or new chapter organizations. We hope to have some tangible results for the November issue of THE PHOENrx.-NANCY K .

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Pittsburg, Kansas

Shreveport, Louisiana

THIS has been a busy year for the Pittsburg alumnae for we h ave reorganized our chapter. W e have changed our meeting dates from once a month to twice a month a nd feel th a t it has created more interest and better a ttendance.

Since we do meet in th e homes, yearbooks were made so th a t each girl would serve on the hostes~ committee once a year.

Our treasury was depleted, so we have been busy with several mon ey-raising proj ects, including the sale of Christmas cards and a turkey raffle. Our next project is th e sale of ben efit show tickets.

At Christmas time we assisted th e college chapter at Pittsb~r g State T eachers who adopted a poor family, by seemg that several quarts of milk were delivered to th e fa mil y each day for a month.

In M ay, we will treat the seniors of th e college chapter to a dinn er, a yea rly event to which we always look forward.

Our officers for next yea r are: Beverly Matti vi Tustin presi_d~nt ; Georgea nn e Switzer Beard, vice president ; Patnc1a Scalet Stuckey, secretary; Jacqueline Koontz Victor, treasurer.

Our chapter has also had great sadness as Mrs. Donald Widner ( Betty Louis ), past president of our alumnae group, passed away in March .

W e are looking forward to a bright rewarding year m 1953-54 in A::!:A.- BEVERLY MATTIVI TusTIN.

OuR F ebruary mee ting was held on F ebruary 24, at the home of Margaret Oldham Rising. Co11tributions were sent by our secretary, Mrs. Beth Caldwell Hetrick, to Psi Psi chapter at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to aid in screening the back porch of the sorority house on the campus. A letter was read from Psi Psi's president expressing the chapter's joy at having an alumnae chapter h ere to lean on, and telling of chapter activities and improvements made on their house. Evelyn Songe Scott, president, was chosen as delegate to the city Panhellenic council. Tentative plans were made for visiting th e polio patients at Charity Hospital, with Daphne K errison, program chairman, in charge. Daphne is training as laboratory technician at th e hospital, so has already started visiting in the wards to become friendly with the patients and to learn thei r chief interests and n eeds.-EVELYN SoNGE ScoTT.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania THE Pittsburgh alumnae chapter h eld a bridge-luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel on February 14. W e welcomed Mary Louise Sutherland, Ar, as a n ew m ember of our group. Mary Louise is teaching in th e Ingram Public Schools this year.

Our next mee ting is on April 11, and will be our Auction Sale of White Elephants. This is a method we use to raise mon ey for our philanthropic proj ec t, H eart House.-MARY C. PYLE.

Portland, Oregon THE Portland alumnae ch apter enjoyed partJc1pating in th e Portla nd Panhelleni c T ea and Style Show h eld in Februa ry. This is an annual Spring event of the Panh elleni c a nd it was exciting to take p art in it.

Our president, Glenn Eva Markley, was m arri ed on D ecemb er 3, 1952, to Lt. Howard A. Riggs, of Portland, a nd joined him in O akl and, California, for three months where he was stationed with the U. S. Navy. Howard was sen t to th e Philippines in M arch a nd so Glenn Eva is with us again.

Spring has r eally arri ved h ere in th e Northwest and we are now planning our Spring luncheon and election of office rs for the coming year.-E NID BRANC H.

Rochester, New York THE R och ester alumnae's White Elephant sale, h eld in February a t M ary M entesano' s home, was a success.

Everyo ne h ad loads of fun a nd our treasu ry expa nd ed somewh at.

M a ny of us are pla nning to attend th e Panh ellenic luncheon on M ay 16 a t th e Cha tterbox Club in R ochester.-PAT ALLEN HAI NS WORTH.

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South Bend, Indiana ALL eyes in Indiana are looking forward to State Day, just a month away. This year Muncie, Indiana, will be our hostesses. With the college chapter and local alumnae chapter, both sponsoring the event, this should be a gala year.

Since our last letter to you we have had but one meeting. On F ebruary 5 Florence Taylor entertained us in h eF home. The by-laws committee submitted a set of by-laws and a constitution to the group. These were discussed and voted upon. We also selected a nominat. ing committee to prepare th e sla te of new officers for the coming year. These will be voted upon at our April mee ting in the home of Dona Jean Beavers.

W e all owe Naomi Pehrson a great big vote of thanks for her untiring efforts in preparing our constitution and by-laws. She has done such a wonderful job, and one that for many years was left for "Jane" to do.

Spring is h ere and with it comes hope and r enewed eff?rt to build Alpha Sigma Alpha to greater and greater h e1ghts. L et's all be there adding our little bit in the coming year. -MILDRED WARNER Zoss .

Southern New Jersey SPRI NG will soon be here a nd before we know it summer. Gree n grass, beautiful flow ers, home-grown vegetables, walks in the park and b aseball. It see ms winter was just on the way a nd now it is just on the way out.

Our last mee ting was h eld at Shirley Pr(Jsche's lovely ap artment a t Haddon Hills a nd all of us certainly h ad a grand time.

I attended th e tea given by th e Philadelphia alumnae at th e Kappa Kappa house on Valentine's Day. It was ni ce renewing old acquaintances.

Our M arch meeting will be h eld at Elaine Schn eider' s home in Collingswood, N ew J ersey. It always seems when we have our m ee ting at Elaine's we have the biggest turnout of th e year.- M. JEA N SHULL.

Terre Haute, Indiana OuR F ebruary meeting was h eld at the home of Rachel D avis. After a dessert we played canasta . W e h ave decided to h ave two meetings a month in order to be of more assistance to the college chapter and to bring our own group into a closer working organization.

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At our meeting on March 19, we started planning for Statr Day at Muncie on April 25.

R achel D avis has been busy, not only was she hostess at our F ebruary m ee ting, but also was hostess for a rush party in March for Beta Upsilon chapter .

Carolyn Andrew, our president, is in charge of the Narcissus Show a t th e Women's D epartment Club in Apri L- PHYLLI S A. BARKER.

Triple Cities, New York HELLO AGAIN. Spring is once more h ere a nd we're just full of pla ns in the Triple Cities. Our big event of the year, th e tea for high school seniors, is well under way. I t will be h eld in th e Rose Room of th e Endicott Publi Library on Ma y 20. Anita P errucci Furr a nd Anice Dumbleton Ellis are co-cha irmen for this event.

P eg Hopkins M cNall y is making arra ngem ents a t th e library a nd K a thlee n Mott Mattimore is in ch arge of the favors. Spring Rowers will d ecorate th e table with ye llow ligh ted ta p rs Ranking them . Hi gh school seniors who plan to a ttend a teacher's college in the fall are in vited to attend.

We show th em yearbooks from our various colleges a nd talk about college life as well as sorority life. Any questions they have a re answered , too.

W e a re collec ting children's clothing to be distributed

by Elinore Massey M eye r a nd h er committee to needy children suggested by teachers or to local cha rities.

Our sale of cosmeti cs to raise money for th e Charity Fund h as been a ugmented by the sale of stationery a nd dresses. Commissions are turn ed into the Fund. In May we are holding a White Elephant Sale a t Elinore M eyer's.

Wf' an ti ci pate a lot of fun as well as ano th er ch ance to a d d to the Fund.-DoTTIE GLOVER WALKER

Twin Cities, Minnesota TwiN CITIES a lumnae ch apter gave a farewell dinn er in O ctober for Carol Milsten. Carol has since moved from the cities.

Our Novem ber meeting was h eld a t th e home of Marth a Morse. A business m ee ting a nd social hou r were the events of the evening.

The grou p met for th eir April m ee ting a t th e horne of irgi ni a Taylor. It was vo ted to h ave the same officers serve for ano ther year. Phi lan th rop ic contributions were collected . Pictures of th e group tha t were taken at a previous meeting were distributed. This mee ting wa s the occasion of the second anniversary of our organization.-CATHERINE BERGLA ND. •I

Back row, from left to right: Virginia Taylor, Catherine Bergland, Marguerite McKue. Front row: Martha Morse, Ardyce Winchester.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma I N February, th e Tulsa alumnae were entertained with a luncheon in the new hom e of J enni e Fisk. The food was deli cious and we were intrigued with th e luscious d essert. Assistant hostesses were Edith Powell a nd Rosella Riggin.

At this m ee ting we rece ived an invita tion to visit the Beta Ga mma chapter at North eastern State College on F ebruary 2 1. Three of us were able to a ttend the d ay's m ee ting and had a wonderful time. Esther Bucher, national editor, was on ca mpus for a n inspection. It was d elightful to see her again (she w as in Tulsa for Okla homa's second Sta te D ay held las t year) .

W e had a " work m eeting" at Lora Sipes' home on Monday night, F ebruary 16, to make more scrap books for th e children's wa rds in the local hospitals. Although we cer ta inly worked and didn' t view, Lora served the yummi est "TV" snack and we all went home with th e recipe.

In March we met in th e home of Isabelle ( Irish) R eeve for a St. Pa tri ck's D ay luncheo n, assisted by J ane Mills and Barbara H erring. The table was bea utifully set, complete with the famous green pigs and little shamrocks. Following th e sumptuous luncheon, we played bridge an d canasta.

Since adopting our fami ly a t Christmas time, it was vo ted to h ave a "Pantry Shower" once a month for the fam ily to h elp· supply ca nned goods. W e fill ed a box a t o ur M a rch .meetin g a nd a llowed money to buy clothing for th e one yo ungster a t Easter.

W e note reservation ca rds are out for th e Sta te Day mee ting to be held in Alva this yea r. W e a re looking forward to the m ee tin g a nd a visit with all our A~A sis ter.- H ELEN HooPER MALONE.

Washington, D. C. AT our F ebru a ry business mee ting th e W ashin gton alumnae ch apter appointed new officers to replace those lost to th e newly form ed northern Virginia group. M argaret Wilson Ba nks remains as p resident, Alice L arkin Craig replaces M ary Stuart Wamsley H inson as vice president, a nd Rowena M ayse Cremea ns replaces M ary Louise Hod ges M a upin as secretary-treasurer. Our PHOENIX correspondent G eorgeann a Newby Page, a nd our Panhelleni c re presentatives, H elen Lortz and Sara h L ee Eiselman remain.

Marga ret Wilson Ban ks was hos tess a t our regular M arch m ee tin g wh ere we d evo ted most of our time to sewing on sunsuits which we are making for th e yo un ger children a t Junior Village. This is the welfare school which W ashin gton a nd our n ew Virginia group have jointly tak en on as our c urrent charity proj ect. W e ~re making new sunsuits in a ddition to the used clothmg we h ad previously collected a nd d elivered to th e school through our own Barbara W ensel, who teaches a t Junior Village.

'Fhe Valentine party which the W ashington alum nae gave for a group of th ese children was a great suc~ess a nd Ba rbara r eports the child ren had such a h app y t1me that they frequently ask wh en the "nice ladies" a re coming back. We are now pla nning to give them a n Easter party. W e leave it to Barbara as to which children are in specia l need of attention to be our guests.

Alice Larkin Cra ig will be hostess a t our April mee ting, and in either M ay or Jun e_ w~ plan to h ave a joint m ee ting with th e northern V1rgmm group. W e also hope to invite th e Ba lti more, M aryland, ch apter to meet

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lace covered table was decorated with a centerpiece of red and white carnations and crystal candle-holders with tall red tapers. Little decorated cakes and tea was served to members and guests. It was almost a reunion for some of the girls from Emporia, as Jane Findley Wright brought her sister-in-law, Margie Anderson Findley, of New London, Connecticut, and Margery Cheney Andrews of Independence, Kansas, and Jerre Edwards Russell came to our tea as guests to be with Margie Findley.

Everyone had a wonderful time visiting with both guests and new members.

We met on March 17 at the home of Clarice Benefield Blamer, with Janet Coe and Virginia Carbinier as co-hostesses. Mrs. Merle Barnes spoke to the girls on conditions and needs at the Winfield State Training School for the Feeble-minded. Mrs. Barnes has a little girl in the home and is also president of the Winfield chapter of "Friends for the Helpless," an organization founded by Pearl Buck, the wri路ter. She gave a very interesting talk and information that will h elp us on our proj~ct. The need for these people is a large one and we have plenty of work ahead of our chapter in this field. After a short business meeting the girls were served dainty St. Patrick's refreshments while they visited.

Edith Heaton Johnston lost her sister in February. We extend our sympathy to her and I'm sure the Alva alums that knew Edith will be sorry to hear such news a second time, since she lost her brother in December.-OLLIE MAE AsPINWALL ALEXANDER

with us. When Washington alumnae chapter was first formed Baltimore was included, so we feel very close to them. Then too, our own president, Margaret Wilson Banks, was a charter member of Baltimore alumnae chapter and was also their first president.

We are proud and thrilled for Helen Lortz, who flew to Paris on March 15 for an important assignment at our American Embassy, Paris, France. She is assigned to the office of Special Representative of the Food and Agricultural Division of MSA (Mutual Security Agency) formerly known as the Marshall Plan Program. She will be in Paris about three months. T.his is Helen's second Paris assignment. In 1948-49 she was on assignment for about a year. On her return to Washington she will resume her position as Information Specialist of MSA's Washington office.

On March 21 both our Washington and Virginia chapter will participate and attend the Washington Panhellenic fashion and bridge party. We have reserved two tables for bridge or canasta and Washington alums have been asked to supply three prizes, also several Alpha Sigs will be on duty.-GEoRGEANNA NEWBY PAGE.

Wichita, Kansas ON February 8 we had a very lovely Valentine tea at the home of Pauline Haworth Huneke with Beverly Swanson Innis and Mirna J ennings as co-hostesses. The

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Longwood College HERE we are again at the end of another school year.

Days seem to be flying by, and we still have so much plann ed to do.

Rush season this spring was a huge success. We now have fourteen new sisters who were initiated this past week. W e had loads of fun decorating our chapter room for the rush p arti es. The central them e throughout the parties was the Big Top Circus.

State D ay will be in April, and this year our Norfolk alumnae ch apter will be our hostess. Several girls have already made plans to attend.

Besides electing our new officers for next year at our last meeting, we also chose Ann Keith Hundley as our nominee for th e Elizabeth Bird Small Award and Jackie Lackey as our candidate for the Frost Fidelity Award.

W e are happy to bestow such honors on these girls who so well d eserved them.

A sad day it will be in May when our graduating seniors will leave us. It will be hard to forget the many good times we h ave h ad togeth er in our sisterhood. Our cabin party in May will climax this year's par ti es.

Alpha girls who have been elected to various campus offi ces for next year are: Lou Kitts and Ann Carter Wendenburg, assistan t editor and art editor of The Virginian; Ann Carter, treasurer of Student Government ; J ean Carol Parker, treas urer of YWCA ~ and M a ry Ann W ard, treasurer of the Athletic Association.- BETTY VAN DE RIET

lection for our new radio-phpnograph we're so proud of.

We're working on a booth for the Omicron D elta Kappa carnival with Pi Kappa Alpha. Tihe trophy for the winning booth would r eally look good in our suite, so keep your fingers crossed. for us, will you? Another feature of th e carnival is a jitterbug contest in which Betty Rebholtz will represent us. W e' re hoping for success there, too.

Just as life should be returning to normal, Greek Week will start with its chariot race, queen contest, quartet contest and all the other events pa rticipated in by fraterniti es and sororities.

This Mother's D ay week end we are going to start a Mother's Club. For the first time we will confer the degree of Mother-Patroness. Of course, we'll also have the usual round of teas, dinn ers, sings and just plain gab fests.

We're going to end the year with a really big proj ec t.

Ohio State Day will be h eld h ere at Mia mi on May 16.

We hope Oxford will b e p acked with our Alumnae.MARTA KREIDER

Northeast Missouri State Teachers College

As I told you in my last letter, our annual Tramp Night at the college was coming up. Our candidate, Joan McGregor, was crowned " Queen of Hearts of 1953," and our skit, "Twentieth Century R eview," won third prize. Since that night we have added two more crowns to our credit; Cathy Nicol being crowned "Echo Queen," college yearbook, and Nina Nickell as "Barnwarming Queen." The Alphas have received all the qu een honors during the year.

Freda Strate was chosen Swee th ea rt of 1953 at our a nnual dance. W e all had a gay ti~e in the beautifully Miami University decorated gym. Freda Strate, Ina C laypoole Luedloff and J ean Moore were selected to appear in this year's Who's DuRING the usually dull p eriod between Christmas Who. Shirley Wares and C arolyn Ca ldwell made th e and Spring vacations we h ad our big social event of the straight E list during winter quarter, a nd we a ll have year, our spring form al. This year the theme was "La our fingers crossed hoping for th e scholarship cup on Gay Paree." The decorating committee deserves a lot April 19, at the annual Pa nhelleni c banquet. of credit for transforming a high school auditorium into W e spent two sorority nights addressing a nd stuffing a Paris cafe. envelopes for the M arch of Dimes drive as a philanthropic One of our pled ges, Shirley Wheeler, has been pledged ' proj ec t in J anuary. W e received a thank-you letter from to D elta Omicron, music honorary, and Emma Hogue a soldier in Korea tha nking us for the Christmas box is the new secretary of Kappa Phi, M ethodist sorority.

After a Valentine and an Eskimo rush party we pledged ten wonderful girls.

On March 19, we h ad a scholarship banquet for everyone who had a three-point average or better or who had raised her average a t leas t fiv e- tenths of a point.

Attendance was even better than we had expected.

Our new offi cers are : Dorothy Murphy, president ; Billie Bidwell, vice-president; Emma Hogue, secretary ; Marilyn Wilke, treasurer; Lois Tankoos, chaplain; Maureen Messinger, registrar ; M arta Kreider, editor; and J ane Thompson, rush ch airman.

The remaining weeks of school are going to be so busy that we won't h ave to worry about what to do with our spare time. We're planning a pledge-active record Cathy Nicol reigns as Nina Nickell reigns as Echo Queen. .Barnwarming Queen. party and a record dance to build up our record col-

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we packed which h e received from th e R ed Cross. H e was very appreciative of th e gifts. W e packed ten boxes for the R ed Cross.

N ewly installed officers are: president, Cathy Nicol ; vice president, Jody Williams; secretary, Nancy Cundiff; treasurer, Nina Nickell; chaplain, Betty Collins ; registrar, Rama h Stidman ; editor, Shirley Wares ; song leader, Evadine Wilson.

We are planning a bunking party for late April or early May and our Brea kfas't dance will be held May 2.

- PAT JARBOE

Indiana ( Pa.) State Teachers College PLANS are well und er way for the twenty-fifth Anniversary Tea to be h eld on April 26. The tea will celebrate the a nniversary of the re-establishment of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Tau and D elta Sigma Epsilon on th e campus of Indiana State T eachers College. Alumnae and friends of th ese sororities will be th e guests at th e tea.

Pledging was held on February 25 at th e home of Mrs. H arry N eal, one of our patronesses.

At our regular meeting on M arch 26, we elected th e following officers: Ann Griffin, presiden t ; Betty Hostitler, vice president; Ann Notarnicola, secretary; Jan et McNitt, treasurer ; Esther Con ti e and J an H a ley, editors ; H elen Vasilka, registrar ; Carole W eirs, chaplain.

Our annual pre-Pa nh ellenic dinner was held at Rusti c Lodge on March 2 1. A d elicious ham dinner was served . The program consis ted of a violin solo by Dotty Gardner ; " Cielito Lindo" by Jan et Potter, Dotty Gardner a nd Ruth Rom a ley ; an original pledge song by Donna Scott and Ruth Ann Romaley; and a humorous song by Barbara Mazziotti . After th e dinner a d elightful evening was spent a t th e P a nh ellenic Dance . A circus th eme was carried out for both the dinn er and th e dance.

W e are looking forw ard to our annual picnic a nd Strawberry Festival which will be held later in the year.

All in all, we at Alpha Gamma ch apter have bee n unusually busy this year. But our many activities have given us a chance to be a little closer to all our sorority sisters and really working together for the betterment of our sorority and our college.-JA N ScHNELL

She was crowned by last year' s Sweetheart, Mary elson H ertzke.

Next year Polly Hostetler wil! be very busy as presid ent of the Panhellenic Council and Pi Lambda Theta.

Three Alpha Sigs are running for A WS president so it looks like we'll keep that office in th e family for the third year in a row.-HARRIET JAGGARD

Emporia State Teachers HAPPY to report to you a rip, roaring last couple of months we' ve had. Our heads have been turned or are turning still, can't d ecid e which.

Marking one of the greatest triumphs of our year was winning th e annual Singing Bee ! And it bei ng the second consecutive year we have carried off th e trophy, we ge t to keep it p erman ently. We sang "I Dream of You" and our sweetheart song with Darlene Warren leading.

Darlene Warren smilingly accepts trophy for first place m Singing Bee from the Head of the Music department

Second place honors in th e " Miss Emporia State" contest went to Pat Kramm, Alpha Sig nomin ee. Introducing her to th e audi ence were Jo Porter, Jo Kirk, Ann Nixon a nd Ruth Ann Staton. Pat has the honor of representing Emporia State as our candidate for KU R elays Queen .

Always willing to give a h elping hand and participate Colorado State College of Education in school functions , we let everyone "go fishing" in our pink, white, blue elephant pond at the fund-raising SPRING QUARTER h as started with a bang! W e have â&#x20AC;˘ Penny Carnival. Nova Hogarty was in charge of the two new pledges, Kay Knuckl es and Arlys Schroll, and fishy arrangements. a ft er next Sunday we will have eight new actives. J ana Se ttin g th e style to join campus honorary organizaWise, our new rush captain, did a m arvelous job of tions, Nadine D eitrich, Carol Koch and Joyce Griffith rushing. Election of officers for next year brought H arwere invited into Pi Omega Pi, Nancy Fate and Norma riet J aggard, Norma Swanson, Joyce Kliewer and R ae Willson made Kappa D elta Pi, and Pat Kramm, Kay Ann Travis into leading positions in Beta Beta replacSchlicter, Nancy Fate and Norma Willson joined Omega ing Becky Sabin a nd her terriffic cabinet.

Literary Society.

Right now th e big event in our lives is our dinn er With our spring form a l coming up soon, the chapter dance which is to be h eld at the Brown Palace Hotel in is busy with d ecora tion and refreshments plans.-NoRD enver. Other spring quarter events to look forward to MA WILLSO N. are th e Mountain Party, Song F est, All-Greek pledge sneak. Our _vivacious song lead er has a lready gotten us und er way on our songs for Song F est. W e won second las t year-this year we want to make it first.

Central Missouri State College Lovely Donna Aubrey was chosen Swee th eart of TKE l) t th eir installation form al. D onni Morrison was th e WE are just beaming with pride because our candidate, Blue K ey Swee th ea rt at their annua l Valentine Ball.

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JoAnn Barr, president of Eta Eta chapter received the Pep Night Trophy as Sharon Shouse, Car'olyn Buckley Yvonne Dunham and Virginia Farell look on. ' Patty McDaniel reigns a s Rhetor .Queen of Central Missouri State College. man a nd fi ve members of h is ban d were th e judges a nd we're mighty pleased with their selection.

O u r new offi cers arc: p resident, C a rol Cox ; vi ce president, C harlotte White; secreta ry, Jun e Burr; treas urer, Lib Casebolt; registrar, Sue Smith ; assista nt registrar, D oris Sch afer; editor, Shi r ley N eff ; cha pla in, M a ry Ann Stevens ; so ng lead er, J ean L ewis ; parli am en ta ri a n a nd co rrespo nd ing secretary, M ary Pa t M ood y; sports ch ai rman , Virginia H ayter; r ush ch ai rm a n, Rose mary Huxol ; magazi ne ch a irma n, M ary C owherd ; keep er of grad es an d Pa nh ellenic rep resenta tive, Joyce D avis.

P ledging services were h eld fo r ou r three new pled ges Wednesday, M arch 25. W e' re h appy to welcome M argnret Mills. E lea nor La ngs ton, a nd R amona L ewis.

T hu rsday, M arc h 26, we are h aving a candy work day. T he p roceeds w ill go toward ou r phila nthropi c project. nder the dirl'r ti on of R osem ary Huxol we h ave bee n di ligen tly p rac ti ci ng for so ng fete. The songs we selected arc: "Th e H a lls of I vy" an d a medley of our sorority songs. We h ave h igh hopes th a t we will aga in be the wim 1cr of the song fete cu p.- SHIRLEY NE FF

W e h ave four new pled ges for th e spring term . The girls a re Peggy Barto, Ba rb ara Douglas, Beverly Mirando a nd Lois V eits.

Our a nnu al Apple D ay fes ti viti es were reig ned over b.y our own president, JoAnn Ba rr. JoAnn 's qualifi cations were com~ e nd e d highly by President R ees Hughes a t th e convoca tiOn, wh en she was awa rd ed a ce rtifi cate for the outsta nding seni or awa rd. A d a nce was h eld in the aft ernoon a t whi ch she was crown ed .

In th e last two weeks we have had ou r two la rges t fo rm al d a nces of th e yea r a t Pittsburg. The first Militar y Ball was held on M arch 12 a nd the K a nza Ball was M a r ~h 20. The K a nza Ball wa s hi ghlighted this year by d a ncm g to T ex Beneke and his orches tra.

Election of officers was held las t week ; we a re sure the new girls will d o as good a job of making a s u c~ess ful year as the past one has bee n. The new officers a re: president, Yvonne Dunha m ; vice president, Norma H olla nd ; secreta ry, Donna Needh am ; treasurer, Pa t M cC la nn ahan ; rush ca p ta in , M a rie Ei chorn ; registrar, G~rtrud e N acca ra to; chapla in, M a ry Caroly Cooper; editor, Carolyn Buckl ey.

For th e next two m onth s we a re go ing to be kept busy with pla ns for a d a te pa rty a'nd our sp ring form a l on M ay 16. In April all th e Eta Eta girls are pla nning to a ttend church toge th er some Sunday.-M ARI LYN BAVARO .

&ta &ta Pittsburg State T ea chers College THE school year is just about over, thou gh it seem s impossible, we h ave certainly been busy. In th e M a rch i sue we to ld of our P ep Ni ghts ,held o n campus during th basketba ll seaso n a nd our competin g for th e trophy.

Wl' came th ro ugh w ith fl ying colors, th a nks to the work and enthusiasm of th e girls, we won th e troph y for the second year i n successio n. Our goal for n ext year will be to win it again for p erm a nent possession. In connection wi th Pep Ni ght we sponsored a poll on campus for "Mr. Baske tb a ll." T he Alph as work ed a t the polls and awarded th e cup to L ee Olmstea d, wh o was elec ted by the stud en t body.

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71teta 71teta Boston University O uR a nnual dinner dance was h eld on M a rch 14. A d elicious dinner of ba rbec ued ch icken was served a nd d a ncing followed . The favors were uniqu e a nd m ad e to fit th e indi vidual's per onality, ch aracter or occ up a tion.

The dinn er d a nce is one of our big social eve nts of the yea r a nd once aga in it was a huge success.

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JoAnn Barr, president of Eta Eta chapter, and Norman Caldwell lead off at the coronation dance as Apple Day Queen and King at Pittsburg Teachers College. an opportunity to become better acquainted with the college members.

Theta Theta is also looking forward to May 2, and the annual Mother-Daughter tea. This is one of our nicest social gatherings of th e sorority year wh ere many introductions take place and n ew fri endships are form ed.

This year we are losing nin e seniors upon gr adu a tion and each year the undergraduates of th e sorority plan a party for the seniors. This year we are planning a "pizza 'n bowling" party and will present th e seniors with the Phoenix pins.

Each year a leading concern of Boston presents a fashion show in conjunction with the sororities of Boston University. Each sorority on the campus chooses two representatives to model a t the show. W e a re happy to announ ce that our mod els this year are Betty Moberg a nd Phyllis Phelps.

Shirley Tyler, our retiring president, a nd Betty G alla nt, form erly registrar and rush captain, h ave both been named to Who's Who. Both of these girls h ave been active in college affairs as well as in sorority fun ctions durin g their college life.- MADELINE Mooov.

Three major awards were presented to us at Greek Dinner Friday night. W e received the Panhellenic Council Ou~standing Sorority Award, based on participation in school activities and scholarship, for th e second straight year and were second ra nking sorority in scholastic achievement. Arlen e Clungeon, former president, received the Outsta nding Greek Woma n Award.

Just in time for Greek W eek end' s open houses 路 and parti es was the comple tion of our house redecoration.

H a ts off to J eann e Burnett, form er editor, for her hours of work in taking charge of producing the " new look! " Besides making slip covers for the living room sofas, J eanne sewed living room a nd club room drapes and supervised selection of new rugs. N ew wallpaper downstairs and a repainted piano in the clubroom add the finishing touches.

Miss Helen Corey, our adviser and national secretary, was honored in March at a dinner for actives and alumnae. More than 100 diners attended the get-together at which H elen was given luggage in r ecognition of h er service, guidance and fri endship to Alpha Sigma Alpha and K appa Kappa chapter in particular.

The spring rush season yielded us five new pledges, Dot McNaul, Pat Lillie, L ee Porsia, Rita Pessalano, and Barbara Levinstein, to fill our quota of 40 members. This spring's new Panhellenic program of intensified rushing included a coke hour for all sororities and rus-h ees, 路two open houses and a Sunday tea in each sorority h ouse, and a r egular rush party. The new program was intended to better familiarize rushees with actives and actives with rush~es. Unfortunately our chapter had so few openings for new members that it was hardly worthwhile for us.

But we feel tha t we got the cream of the rushing crop!

Rush party them e was H eaven and H ades with half the actives dressed as devils, h alf as angels. Saint Peter and G abriel greeted rushees at the door with blasts of trumpets. The living room was decora ted as h eaven with angel hair clouds, d angling stars and angels, and murals of h eavenly .scenes. The club room as Hades had only a dim red lamp for light and was decorated with murals in luminous paint, skeletons a nd a ghost. A witch's

T emple University WITH Greek week end, p a rti es, dinn ers, a nd spring rushin g filling the weeks sin ce th e las t iss ue of THE PHOE NIX your n ew editor finds a wealth of ma teri al for the M ay issue .

Greek week end, M arch 14-15, provided the usu al fun a nd froli c as we, Kappa K appas, cavorted with the res t of T emple's Greeks. Greek Sing, Friday afternoon, found our chorus winning third place with "All th e Things You Are" and an original, " Jubilee." Presid ent Ginny Bahmu eller was choral clircctor.

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Kappa Kappa's new cabinet members are: (front row,from left to right) J. Fraps, rush captain; D. Fels, assistant treasurer; G. Bahmueller, president; N. Curry, treasurer; C. Klemp, vice president. Back row: N. Robinson, assistant rush captain; R. Keller, editor; K. Keen, chaplain; M. Burns, recording secretary; B. Dickert, registrar; N. Gingrich, corresponding secretary.

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cauldron bubbled with a cherry-flavored punch brew that effervesced and steamed from dry ice. Entertainment included original songs, skits, and dances based on the theme.

]A SNYDE R, a enior home economic's student majoring in di etetics, joined Alpha Sigma Alpha during her freshman year a t Drexel Institute. During her junior year she served her chapter as vice presid ent. This year she has served as president of the Woman's Student Government Association . After gradu ati ng she pla ns to take up h er work in the di etetic fi eld .

Kappa Kappa's J a ne Tyson and Betty Jane L euchtner received two of the highest awards given at T emple at an all-University convocation in March. Jane received the T.U. Award for outstanding achievement in women's athletics. Betty Jane was awarded the Sword Award for all-around service to the University. B. J. was graduated with honors in F ebruary.

A few odds and ends in March and earlier: The a nnual Spring Concert this year found several sisters singing and ushering, a mong them Camille MacDonald, Jun e Fraps, L a verne Davis and Ginny Bahmueller.. .. D elta Sigma Pi fraternity men were guests at a fun-for-all party . . . . Nancy Gingrich, corresponding secretary, flew to California to represent Women's Athletic Association as president at the group's convention .

We have received letters and thank you's from our Polish war orphan, a young girl now living in England whom we support as part of our chapter philanthropic program. She expressed thanks and appreciation for letters and Christmas packages.

At this writing we a re beginning to anticipate and pla n happenings of April and May. W e will have a booth based on the comic strip character, Beetle Bailey, in the all-University Carnival. The booth will simulate a guard house with a n opening to throw balls into. When a ball enters the hole, bells will ring, a nd a prize will be given to the accurate pitch er. Our booths h ave for the past two years won top prizes in Carnival.

W e are also looking forward to our annual Spring Formal and Mother's Day T ea, at whi ch we plan to honor our Mother Patronesses. At senior dinn er, given for graduating seniors by junior actives, awards will be presented to outstanding ch apter members. -RUTH K ELLER.

Buffalo State Teachers College I CAN'T believe that we have almost come to the end of another school year- and h asn't it been a wond erful year?

Pi Pis have many reasons to think so, because of the success we have achieved in all our und ertakings. We had an especially enjoyable and memorable evening the night of F ebruary 14, when we held our Sweetheart D ance at th e Buffalo Launch Club on Grand Island, N ew York .

Barbara and Jim Berry r eigned as th e Sweetheart Couple of 1953.

At th e moment we are anticipating State Fair at which tim e we will present a water show entitled "Alphaquadc" carrying out the theme of "Alphas at the Circus."

Pi Pi chapter has embarked on a n all-out campaign to donate blood to the R ed Cross. Alpha Sigs have shown excellent participation m this worthy phila nthropic proj ec t.

W e present ed the Elizabeth Bird Small Award to our beloved president, Pa t Sansome, and the Frost Fidelity award to Margery Groti.ka, our chapter ch aplain.

Now, Pi Pis are looking forward to bringing this school yea r to a very fun-p acked close as we pack our bags a nd h ead for the shores of Lake Erie where we will no doubt laugh, sing and make merry a t our sorority cottage.- CAROL A. Fu NCHEON.

Drexel Institute WELL, summer is on th e way a nd vacations are in sight.

To some of us this is th e end of our college d ays. W e here at Nu Nu are losing quite a few loyal Alpha Sigs.

But while we are losing a few we have also gained. W e have taken in twenty- two new freshmen. This new group will carry on wh ere th e seniors left off, while the seniors will move into the alumnae chapter.

This term we h ere a t Drexel had another "Bake Sale" in th e Great Court. The purpose behind this proj ect was to raise mon ey for our welfare project. W e gathered together enough money for several CARE packages.

Also this term we had our ann ual formal dinner dance a t W a lber's on the D elaware. W e had a wonderful dinner and all received favors to be added to our memory fil e.

During May we a re going to have our annual Shore week end in Ocean City, New Jersey. This year we plan to stay at th e hotel th a t belongs to Patt Bickerstaff's parents. W e a re ali looking for a sunny week encl.VERNA KoLn.

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St1ma St9m~ Western State College HERE we are on th e last lap of the school year. Time certa inly fli es, especially when you keep as busy as we have been this year.

Pledging was h eld again on March 18. As a result we have three new pledges. The following Sunday, March 22, we had a brea kfast in honor of th e new pledges, and then we all attended church in a body.

Our president, Lorraine Michaud, was chosen Miss Western State at the annual Coed Prom on March 20.

This is a great honor and we are very proud of our president. But that is not all! Each year the Curecanti, our year book, picks four seniors who are outstanding oh the campus and names th em Mountaineers. Lorraine was a lso selected as one of the Mountaineers of 1953, which is an even greater honor.

The date for our Spring Formal has not been set yet, but it will be close to th e end of school. W e are looking forward to it.-CARLEEN LARSO N.

7aet 7aet Fort Hays State College MEMBERS of Tau Tau chapter were hostesses at a Panhellenic d essert in F ebruary. The valentine theme was carried out in the outstanding floral arrangements on the tea table.

On February 15 we h eld pledge services for Joyce Welch and Phyllis W es tphal! and formal initiation for Joyce Anderson, Mary Wilson and Joyce Presley. Following the pledging and initiation ceremonies, the chapter attended th e Presbyterian Church a nd after church ate dinner together.

Phyllis Aley is our candidate for th e Frost Fidelity Award and Mary Alice Hogan for the Elizabeth Bird Small Award.

On St. Patrick's Day we h ad a tea for all the faculty women and our patronesses. The floral arra ngem ents on the tea table w ere esp ecially d esigned for us and the cute corsages given to all the guests ad,d ed just the right amou nt of green. We w ere especially honored to have our Miss Eliza beth Agnew, charter mernb er of 1927, preside .a t th e tea table and Mrs. Katherine Bogart, our sponsor, h ead the reception line.

The Alpha Sigmas es tablished themselves as winners of the women's intramural basketball L eague I by downing the D eltas. We will play th e winn er of L eague II to d etermine th e school championship. W e have just begun practice in softball and we hop e to take the championship in this sport. The ch apter has a good chance of taking the intramural trophy again this year.

The WAA Carnival found the Alpha Sigs eager to make money. W e sponsored two booths, the dart throw and th e pop stand. W e h ad a wonderful time a nd our treasury is a little rich er.

Song Fest is th e main topi c of conversation these d ays at Hays and we are busy practicing our numbers. This event is sponsored by th e fr aternities on the campus and this year th e sorpri ti es have been invited to compete for a women' s trophy.

We are happy to announce our n ewly elected officers for 1953. Bette D avis, our registrar, will act as president and h er cabinet officers will be : Martha Pa te, vice president ; Mary Wilson, secretary; Mildred Agnew,

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treasurer ; Von Slingerland, editor ; Joyce Anderson, chaplain.

Tau Tau m embers are eagerly making plans to attend Mo-Kan State D ay in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 18. The Greater Kansas City alumnae chapter will be hostess to the college and alumnae chapters of Missouri and Kansas.- ELOISE REICH.

Northwest Missouri State College SPRING is rea lly h ere, and we started out the season with our a nnual Sweeth ea rt Dance, which was h eld on Valentine's Day. J ean Long, Phi Phi president, was crowned Alpha Sig Swee theart at the dance.

Our n ext big undertaking is preparation for the celebration of Phi Phi's twenty-fifth year on this campus. We h ave made big plans for a lovely celebration. W e hope to see a large number of our alumnae and we are planning m a ny activities to entertain them during their stay ·on our campus. May 15, 16 and 1 7 will be the· dates of the anniversary celebration, which will begin with · an open house in our chapter room, which should by that time be fill ed with new furniture, and at that tim e we will honor Mrs. Albert Kuchs and Mrs. Clun Price, two of our patronesses. Mrs. Kuchs was th e first sponsor of Alpha Sigma Alpha on this campus and has been a faithful worker in the ·ac tive and alumnae chapters on this · campus. Although Mrs. Price has been a patroness of Phi Phi chapter for some time for many years, she has never been officially installed as patroness so we will have a patroness ceremony at this time. On Saturday we plan to have a brunch in th e morning and in the afternoon an informal get-together given by the alumnae chapter. That evening we will have a dinner dance, which will take th e place of our annual Spring Formal.

On Sunday we plan to attend church together, and in th e aft ernoon a tea will be given for the guests and faculty on th e campus. W e hope to have a big turnout on this campus and I know that we all will have a wond erful time toge ther.

Besides all our anniversary planning, many of th e girls in this chapter are planning to attend State Day to be h eld in K a nsas City for all chapter members in both Missouri and Kansas. W e hope to gain many new fri ends a nd new ideas for our chapter at this time.- BARBARA RousH.

Ball State Teachers College WE were very happy to win second place and a prize of twenty-five doll ars in the Kappa Sig Variety Show on F ebruary 5. We also feel honored that Jan Limpert was on th e court of th e Honorary Colonel a t th e Military Ball and tha t J an Schurr was one of the runn er-ups for Miss Orient of 1953, Ball State yearbook.

Our p led gt';s recently gave a party for us which was called " H ell Night for the Actives." It was complete with a d evil a nd all. W e, actives, retaliated with an overnight party called " H eavenly H ell. " The chairman of event was P at Scann ell. St. P eter listened to th e p as t record of each pledge and th en a black-robed jury with dust mops for hair pronounced the sentence.

On February 28, we joined with th e Kappa Sigma K appa fraternity to give "The Pin Cotillion," a very successful d ance of whi ch Pat Auld was a co-chairma n.

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Couples wore differe nt colored hats to indicate whether they were just dating, going steady, pinned or engaged.

Our election and installation of officers was held rece ntly, and Marian Truax is th e new president of Chi Chi chapter. The Frost Fidelity Award candidate is Jun e Bec hl er and Libby Witzeman is the nomin ee for the Elizabeth Bird Small Award . We surely feel that th ey each d eserve th e honor. All of the seniors were entertained in March at an annual banquet given by the Muncie a lumnae who also gave each girl a year's subscription to THE PHOENIX. Som e of our members have received cam pus honors.

Carolyn Upton and Judy Huess were named among those in Who 's Who in American Colleges and Universities. ]Pan Higgins is th e newly elec ted corresponding secreta ry of th e Women's R ecreation Association. Jo R eed and Joyce Mitzner will serve as dormitory student staff m embers for th e coming school year. Jo R eed, Joyce Mitzner and Jo Kurzhals have been chosen as junior marshals to ·erve at spring convocations and commencement exercises.

The Help Week End, in whi ch all sororities and fr aternities participated, was a successful affair. A total of two hundred dollars was earned by doing such jobs as baby-sitting, washing cars, and shining shoes.

W e are glad to have Pat Doyle back with us again after she colonized a chapter at Arizona State Teachers College.

Another one of our girls, Dorothy Trempel, has colonized a t Kalamazoo, Michigan, and many of us are planning to attend the installation of th e new chapter.

Our most impressive and happiest occasion was the initi a tion of sixteen very fin e pledges on March 23.

At th e prese nt time, we art' busy practi cing "Deep Purple" for the annua l Intersorority-Fraternity Sing to to be h eld on April 26. W e cer ta inly would like to win a first prize this year.-Jo KuRZHALS.

North\\ estern State College WE of Psi Psi chapter arc ex treme ly proud of th e lovely kitch en utensils which our pledges presented to th e chapter.

On th e week end of F ebruary 14- 15, we enjoyed a Valentine house par ty at the Choate's camp. Most of th e tim e was spent in eating, d a ncing and boat riding.

Our a nnual pring formal is scheduled for April 18 and th e sorority house is really in a hub-bub now m prrpara tion for th e big event.-BETTY HuRST.

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Betty Sue Choate and Mrs. Bert C . McCammon, national registrar, are shown in the living room of Psi Psi chapter.

BETTY SuE CHOATE, th e outgoing president of Psi Psi chapter, h as been selected as th e outstanding chapter member. Betty h as worked very diligently in promoting sorority activities. H er home, in Natchitoches, has been th e scene of many of our sorority fun ctions this year.

As a senior in business education and upper elementary edu cation she has don e student teaching in both fi elds this yea r. She takes part in ch urch activities and works as a bookkeeper in her span"! time.

~eta t}a~~tma Northeastern State College To start this semester off, we added ten new pledges.

They are Gatha Crosswell, Be tty D avis, Edith Davis, Joan Fort, Ramod ee n Gee, Mildred George, Barbara Graham, Betty Pack, Penny Young, and Bessie Efstathiou .

Bessie is from Athens, Greece, and we have h ad a lot of fun teaching her the Ameri ca n la nguage and customs.

V'V e had our annual sweeth eart dance on Valentine Day. The new student ce nter ballroom was decorated with red and white balloons a nd a huge red heart of cellophane through whi ch our sweeth eart, L eila Faye Herring, stepped.

The next month, Miss Esther Bu cher, our national editor, honored us with a week end visit. We had a wond erful tim e, including a coke p a rty, a ·coffee, a lunchcon and form a l initiation.

April 18 is th e annual A~A State D ay which will be held this year in Alva. The Oklahoma college a nd alu mnil e chapters will participate in a day of really getting acquain ted and knowing abou t A~A. In May a dinner is going to be h eld honoring th e p a tron esses and ~h e two gradu ating seniors, Cathy Davis and H elen Parker.

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of the trellis at the far end of the room, forming a line on each side of the floor. Between these two lines came our Frost Fidelity Award candidate, Lou Lawrance, and our Alpha girl, Sue Jackson. We presented both with bouquets of beautiful red roses.

Our intermission party was held in the lobby of the Panhellenic house, for our dates and specially invited guests. We gave our d a tes cuff-links with the letters Al:A engraved on them.

We failed to mention it in our last news letter, but three of our Alpha Sigs were featured in the beauty section of our 1953 yearbook. Elizabeth H elmer and Peggy Boiling were featur ed as favorites and Joyce Magee was selected as a "top" beauty.

R ecently we h eld installa tion of our new officers.

Joyce Magee is president ; Lou Lawrance, vice president; Carolyn Riley, treasurer ; Josephine Eves, secretary ; Jerry Yawn, chaplain; JoAnne Waldrup, editor ; and Marjorie Carroll, r egistrar. -JoANNE WALDRUP. 路

Front row {left to right): Vera Davidson, Betty Lou Holly, Barbara Burk, Pat Meyers, Norma Norton, Dean Epps, Janet Vaught, Helen Chancey. Back row {left to right): Margaret Collins, Rita Gilstrap, Dawna Knight, Barbara Trotter, Sue Nolan, Peggy Cooper, Marilyn Stroud, Ann Ringo, Gail Vaught.

The n ew offi cers elected for the 1953-54 year h ave already been installed. They are as follows: president, J anie Carrico; vice president, Janet Vaught; secretary, Helen Brown ; treasurer, Anna M ae Hudson ; assistant treasurer, H elen Chancey; ch aplain, D awn a Knight ; r ush captain, M aurine Camblin ; registrar, J ack ie J etton; editor, D ean Epps ; song leader, Barbara Burke; Panh ellenic representative, V era D avidson ; parliamentarian, Pa t M yers; and keep er of th e grades, Sue Nolan.J ANIE CARRICO.

'Beta ZJeeta Mississippi Southern College WITH April almost h ere and th at ole spring fever creeping upon us all down h ere, there's still plenty to do.

Campus politics is the big talk on th e campus a nd we, Alpha Sigs, are right in there pitching for our candidates. J oyce M agee, our newly installed president, will serve as editor of the 1954 Southener, our college yearbook.

Spring quarter also gave us the go ahead for initia ting our pledges. W e initiated eleven, including M rs. Annette Wilder, our sponsor. Aft er the initiation service, th e new, as well as the old members, were served punch an d cake, furnish ed by Mrs. Wilder and Mrs . R ees H elmer, ou r mo th er p a tronesses.

At the Phi K appa Tau dance, Mrs. Helmer was selected as their lifetime Mother of th eir ch apter here on the campus.

Speaking of dances we h eld our Land of H earts ball February 14. The gyffi was decorated with red and white crepe p aper streamers from the ceiling down to the fl oor.

At one end of the gym stood our lighted r eplica of our pin. In front of the pin was a little platfo路rm where our lead-out ceremonies were h eld . On each side of the pin was a trellis, covered with ivy and red roses and grillwork lawn furniture. The music was furnish ed by the Golden Notes, th e school orch estra. For th e lead out the girls a nd their dates were introdu ced as they came' out

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Marshall College THE spring of '53 h as indeed been a happy one for the B.E.s. On M arch 7, we welcomed seven n ew sisters - one hundred p er cent of the number we~ rushed! Our new .Pledges are Judy Freeman, M yrna Harris, June Holt, Judy Painter, Barbara Shafer, Agnes Stephenson and Lou Swann. Some of our b eloved alumnae who came " home" for rush week end, making it doubly meaningful and bright, were Hiwana Cupp, Ann D assler, Betty Hiner, Jo Hobson, M a ncha Holland, Charlotte Korn, Marian M arshall a nd Lorraine W arren Strickl er.

M ajor a nd minor elections on our campus also highlighted the spring semester. Our chapter is proud to a nnounce tha t Cleo H as tings was selected in the major elections to edit The S choolma'am, M adison's yearbook .

A~A winners in th e minor elections included Ruth Grigg, treasurer of the YWCA ; Mildred Gunn, vice president of the YWCA ; Lou J efferson, editor of the H a ndbook ; Loretta Koch , secretary of the Student Government Association; Flo Pettyjohn, ch airman of the Stand ards committee; and Billie Tyler, business manager of the Breeze, our campus newspaper. Grace M atz. who h~s just returned from the fifteenth a nnual conference of th e Student Government Association at Pennsylvania Sta te Teachers College in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvan ia, is the retiring president of our Student Government Association.

In the world of festivities, we shall long remember the Cotillion Club dance, featuring the music of Charlie Barnett, and th e gay Irish ball of the German Club, which had as its th eme "Peg 0 ' M y H eart." A~As participating in the figur e of the German Club dance were Judy L egg, vice presid en t of th e club ; Jacki e D ederick, treasurer; Pa ttie Bell, sergeant-<!-t-arms; Dolly T a rrant, business manager; Homer Lynn Peters, reporter ; Carle ~huffi ebarger ; Peggy Cox ; Molly K enn ette, and Nia Christman.

The Beta Epsilons claimed furth er distinction when the Dean's List was published, for on this scholarly roster appeared the n ames of Elinor Ashby, Jackie Dederick, Judy Freeman, Dot Harris, Lou J efferson, Molly K ennette, Loretta Koch, Grace Matz and Lou Swann-a pleasant r eward for all those hours of hard work!

To officially welcome th e arrival of spring, M ay D ay will be celebra ted on May 9 in the form of a rollicking country fair. Beta Epsilon beauties who will grace the

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May Court are Elaine Meyers, Dolly Tarrant Judy Legg Jackie Dederick and Carle Shuffiebarger. ' ' Then the next important, though not so gay, event on our campus will be "exam week," the discomfort of which will be tempered only by the prospect of a long and pleasant summer vacation.-LORETTA KocH .

Southern Louisiana Institute , WELL, the big event of Stunt Night is over. Every year each sorority works on a stunt, portraying ei ther beauty or cleverness. As has been our custom in the past the Alpha Sigs went out for Beauty. The name of ou; stunt was "Undersea Symphony," which portrayed what goes on under the sea. The stunt centered around a shell from which Patsy Owns, the pearl, emerged. Although we didn't win first place, we are very proud of the fact that we came out second, winning "Honorable Mention."

This was really an honor because "lix of the eight sororities on the campus went out for Beauty.

The officers for the coming year have been elected.

Virginia Bell will succeed Florina Roy as president.

Recently our pledges gave a Silver T ea for th e Korean Scholarship. This went off very well, since we coliected about $55, much more than we had anticipated. . Florin~ R:oy was selected by our chapter as th e Alpha G1rl. Th1s IS an award that she truly deserves since she is always one of our hardest working members.'

Beatrice Yazbeck, on e of our pledges, was selected as the most outstanding freshman debater.

We are all looking forward to the next event of interest--our Dinner Dance, which is shared with our IITP fraternity brothers.- PEGGY IsoM.

Dickinson State Teachers College THE bigges t n ews on our campus was the dedi cation of Scott Gymnasium on March 2. Our Savage basketball team defeated th e Spearfish tea m in the first game in the n ew building.

We are making pla ns to entertain our mothers at a tea in April.

Cathy Kuylen and Myrtle Erickson were selected as our candidates for the Elizabeth Bird Small Award a nd Frost Fidelity Award.

Th e sorority girls gave a dinner party for Cleone Trzynka who joined the women's air forces las t month.

Cleone has enlisted for a three-year period.- YoLA NDE TREUDE.

Central Michigan College As a nice send-off for Easter vacation we had a chili supper with our brother fraternity, Tau Alpha Upsilon, with cards, ping pong a nd dancing afterwards.

'11his year Central is having informal rushing which is a month of open rushing. It is still on an experimental basis.

Our pledges are bu y planning a rummage sale as their project. All of the members a re working diligently with them. Nan Hoffman and Bettie Anderson are co-chairmen of the sale.

We are looking forward to going to Kalamazoo on the week end of April 18-19 for th e installation of Beta Psi chapter.-DEv HARIG.

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Radford College As the end of the year comes closer and closer we here at Beta Iota are looking forward to many wonderful activities.

One of our major activities that we have just completed is the initiation of seventeen new Alphas.

Another of our major activities just completed is the election of officers. Charlotte Thomas was elected president of Beta Iota for th e coming year. Other officers are: Jeannine Ward, vice president; Nancy Courtney, secretary; J o Ann C entrell, treasurer; Ruth Fulmer, registrar; Mary Alice Evans, assistant registrar; Betty Padgett, chaplain; M ary Ann Perry, editor, and R enie Saunders, song leader.

We're now working on th e R ed Cross Drive a nd the activities we have planned to raise mon ey are: a volley ball game between th e faculty and .A.1:A, a talent show and an auction. Some of our futur e plans include: our an nu al cabin party in M ay at Camp Coffey, our MotherPatroness ceremony will take place sometime during the month of May. On M arch 28 th e sorority will hold open house to all its members during the intermission of th e Mardi Gras dance on campus. The sorority room is now even more enjoyable with bright new curtains and two floor lamps that the n ew members presented to us.-FLo MoTTA.

Western Illinois State College THE Beta Kappas have really been kept busy these past few weeks. I'm going to attempt to let you know of all our activities.

On February 13 we entertained at a faculty tea held at the house, and we were quite pleased with th e large faculty representation.

All the Alpha Sigs in Illinois (alumnae and college members) enjoyed an interes ting day on March 14 at Illinois State Day h eld in Peoria at the Pere M arq uette Hotel. After discussing typical ch apter problems in small groups, th e ch airman gave a detailed report of the fin al decisions. It was announced at this meeting that Norma Williams was awarded a life m embership. This honor is given by th e M acomb alumnae to a senior girl who has been loyal an d h as helped to better th e chapter. The new girls, who were very much interes ted in all th e h appenings, made new friends. The older members renewed many old acquaintances, and all th e girls are looking forward to next year wh en this meeting will be held in M acomb sponsored by the Beta Kappa and Macomb alumnae chapter.

The anxiously awaited Red Slipper Ball was held on March 21 a t th e Hotel Custer in Galesburg. We were quite happy that fift een alumnae were able to a ttend.

After a wond erful dinner, the couples enjoyed a fin e evening of dancing to Brad Williams' orchestra.

Diane Hulson, song leader, is beginning practice for our Annual Sigma Sjng. In this even t all fraternities and sororities on campus sing two songs and compete for a trophy. The winning organization sponsors the next year's event. W e're all /going to work extra hard and keep our fingers crossed.

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held May 12. This year we've chosen "Alpha Sigfield Follies" as our them e. W e' re beginning to find loads of hidden talent.

N ew officers were elected a t our las t mee ting. They are : president, J a nis Wood ; vice president, Jo Anne Laflin ; secretary, Diane Hulson ; treasurer, Kathy Peca ut ; regis trar, Norma Johns ; chaplain, Louella M eek ; editor, Joyce Schickel ; keeper of th e grades, M a risu e Bruning; song leader, Martha Hughes ; social ch airman, Colette Kinsella; junior Pa nhellenic representative, Betty Patterson .

W e were quite happy to learn that our own Norma Willia ms was voted Quee n of Caroline Grote Hall a t the Annu a l Dorm Dinner Dance.

Irma Gullett and Shirley Witteki end were elected as officia l delega tes to attend an installa tion of Beta Psi chapter in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Irma Gullett was nominated for th e Frost Fidelity award and Charlotte McLean for th e Elizabeth Bird Small award. -JovcE SCHICKEL.

Arkansas State Teachers College OuR A2::A has reasons for being proud this yea r. On Monday night of February 23, we initiated nin e of the college's most charming and spirited girls. Still h aving openings we h ave three open bid pledges. They are Ju a nita Austin, J ean Muncy and M a ry Ann Diamond .

The ru sh party was held at th e home mana ge ment house on March 2.

The spring form al will be h eld April 10. Barbara Dun ca n, o ur president, h as every memb er of th e sorority on a committee of some kind or anoth er. Our sorority isn't small by any means an d sh e is showing us what a wonderful president a vice president ca n m ake. The complete plans for th e formal h ave not b een made. W e, th e members, will be very busy with preparations the week we come back to th e campus after th e Easter holidays.

It was a nnounced in th e mee tin g of M arch 23 th a t we were th e president for Panhelleni c next yea r.- ANN ROBI NS ON.

Henderson State Teachers College BETA Mu CHAPTER has been so busy la tely, tha t I hardl y know wh ere to begin to tell yo u all about it. W e recently initi a ted twelve new m embers into o ur chapter.

Following th e initiation, we held our a nnu al MotherD a ughter ba nqu et. During th e banqu et, Rita M eek was a nnounced as " Best Pledge" and presented with an Alpha Si brace let. During th e week end of th e initiation , Mrs. J ack K ennedy, one of our p a tronesses, entertain ed the chapter with a coffee at her home. Another bi g event of this week was our cowboy party. The members a nd th eir dates dressed up in cowboy outfits and looked as if they had just arrived from th e ru gged west. W e met a t one of th e dorms a nd had a h ayrid e out to th e VFW Hut, wh ere th e party was h eld. This party was one long to be remembered by Beta Mu- square d a ncing, skits, con tes t of th e "Old W est," apple cider a nd hot dogs.

The 路Beta Mus have elected as officers for nex t year th e followin g: Sue Etchieson, president ; Pa t Hunt er, vice president ; Joy Ramsey, secretary; J ean Bryant,

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treasurer; Linda Prickett, assistant treas urer ; M arjorie Rowell, editor ; Wincie Davis, registrar; Molly Sue Stauber, Rita M eek, and Jo Richerson, rush captains ; Libby Wimberly, song leader; Wanda H enslee, Panhellenic representative; and Mary D ell McKee, magazine chairman.

We have h ad our share of the campus honors. Wanda Henslee and Betty Ann Hollingsworth have bee n tapped for Heart a nd K ey. Elizabeth Williamson and Rita M eek were a mong the top ten fr eshmen in scholarship honors.

Jo Ri cherson, Edna Lou Brodnax and Sue Etchieson were selected to be charter members of Alpha Chi, national scholarship frat ernity. Sue will serve this group as secretary a nd Jo will serve as treasurer. Wanda H enslee was elected as recreation chairman of the Business a nd Economics Club. Edna Lou Brodn ax was selected to be a member of Phi Alpha Theta, an honora ry history fraternity.

During th e recent R ed Cross Blood Donor drive many of th e members of Beta Mu gave a pint of blood. The A2::A are still selling sandwich es a nd baby sitting to earn mon ey for th e sorority room fund . R ecently we held a Chin ese Auction and auctioned off cakes baked by the members.

Now that initiation is over and th e new office rs h ave been installed, th e Alpha Sigs are making plans a nd looking forward to th e Panhellenic dance and R eddi e Day.MARJORIE RowELL.

Murray State College A SouTH PACIFIC ISLAND was the setting for Beta Nu's first rush p arty of th e spring semester. A tiny (mirror ) pool surrounded by flowers and palm trees was the ce ntral decoration. Actives dressed in sarongs and grass sk irts p erformed a weird dan ce, giving flowers from the pool to th e rushees a t th e close of th e dance. After the welcome by the president, Alice Landrum, th e rushees a nd actives played games. The refreshments were "cokes" and hot dogs served from an iron kettl e.

At th e second rush party each rush ee was given a white miniature corsage ti ed with red. These corsages were pinned on the rush ee as she entered the room. During th e evening actives and rush ees received an opportunity to ge t to know one another better. " Girls, here is your chan ce. Take th at man to the Backward D ance, March 3 1, in the Fine Arts Lounge.

The musi c will be furni sh ed by the Phi Mu Alpha's 'men of Note.' Admission (to be given to the R ed Cross) , twenty-five cents. " This dance will end th e 1953 R ed Cross drive on the Murray campus. Each year Beta Nus sponsor th e drive, soliciting contributions from fac ulty memb ers, indi vidua l students and organizations on th e campus.

The Alpha Sigs an d Tri-Sigs threw open the doors, the foldin g doors between their sorority rooms, and held an Open House for members of th e local frat ernities on the Murray campus. Again on April 11-12 Alpha Sigs and Tri-Sigs will be getting together for the ann ual Panhell enic Workshop a t K entucky D am Village nea r Gilbertsville.

N ew officers will be installed M arch 30. They are Janice Wheeler, president ; Barbara Ashcraft, vice presid ent ; Onie Mabry, secretary ; Lucy Sheffer, treasurer ; Lois D a rn ell, editor; Angelee Martin, chaplain ; and Be tty Clymer, registrar.

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During May Beta Nus will have formal initiation for the!r spring pledge class. Soon after that they will have th eir Mothe r-Da.ughter Banquet given ea ch year around M ay 18. Honormg th e pledges they will have a hayride to K entucky L ake.-LI NDA LoNG.

from th e "2 0's" a nd the Friendship Song as ou r sorority song.

We a re looking forward to the insta lla tion of Beta Psi ch apter a t Kalam azoo and seve ra l m embers of our cha pter are planning to a ttend the festi vities.-VIRGINIA HowE.

Oneonta State Teachers College R us HI NG is a lmos t a t a climax for us. W e h ave ha d a ver y busy tim e. This is th e fir st year we h ave had ru shing second sem ester in such a concentrated way. Five d ays of th e week are rushin g d ays, two of which a re open to a ll six sororiti es on ca mpus. The oth er days are closed and ever y sixth time we have h a d a day just for ourselves.

Ru shin g lasts a tota l of eight weeks and closes on bid night whi ch is Monday, M a rch 30. Although rushing has bee n ver y tim e consuming, we feel we know the freshm en better th a n we ha ve other years.

W e h eld our a nnu a l form al banquet on March 16 a t the Cooper Inn in C ooperstown. There we treated thirty r ush ees to a turkey dinn er a nd evening of fun and enterta inment. W e h ave ha d a gra nd group to rush and know w will be pledging girls who really live up to th e qu alifica tions of A~A. W e a re also busy with pla ns for Alph a Sig week end to be h eld M ay 15 to 17 . Pla ns are being mad e for a buffet supp er, picni c a nd banquet . Our week end coincides with th e schoo l's Spring week end dan ce. It is to be h eld in th e Armo ry a nd features Billy Butterfield a nd h is orch estra.

Beta Xi is proud of a new sec tion al H eywood W a kefi eld sofa it has just purchased for its living room. It is an Early Ameri can style whi ch is in ha rmon y with th e r est of our furni shin gs.

Installa tion of officers was held March 2 3. It's always a sad occasion as we see th e old officers leave and reme mber th e good jobs th ey ha ve done for us. It m akes us rea lize the year is fa st drawin g to a close.-MARY Lou STEVENS.

Wa yne University Busv, busy, busy is th e th em e of Rho Chi ch apter this p ring as classes, r ush p arti es, th e Panhellenic Sing, preparati ons for th e dinner-d a nce a nd other last of school ac tivities fill us all w ith enthusia sm a nd plans.

Bu t let us begin a t th e beginning. In F ebruary, our alum nae thoughtfully gave us a lovely p arty, a nd furth ermore, invited u s to h old th e formal initiation for our pi dges th e same evening. Now we a re h elping them by p ublicizing th eir b ridge party to be h eld soon.

O ur fi rst rush par ty p roved to be a su ccess as did the seco nd one h eld a t H oward Johnson 's and we are now imp a ti ently waiti ng th e news of our pledges as silence days we re th e las t few d ays befor e we left for E a ster vacation.

P lans for th e dinn er-dan ce a nd the moth er-da ughter ban qu et are p r ogressing r apidly. W e ha ve d ecided to ho ld th e dinn er-d a nce a t th e Belcrest Hotel on M ay 16.

We arc very proud of our Barbara Ku gel who was selected as cha irman of th e Pa nh elleni c Ball to be given th latter p a rt of Ap ril. T o a id h er , Rho Chi voluntePred to m ake the publi city posters in th e ball' s colors of ilve r a nd yellow. W e p a rti cipated in the Pa nh ellenic Si ng with two songs, th e V arsity Drag with five d a ncers

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Concord College RusHI NG is over a nd now we h ave a wonderful pledge class. The pledges elected Dabi e Spry as pledge presid ent. They are all busy learning about A~A .

On April 15 we will hold initiation services for this g rand pledge group. From th en on we will be busy till last of school a ctiviti es. -ARLE NE MILLER.

Northern Illinois State Teachers College OuR whol e sorority turn ed out as a ch ee ring section for th e basketball games playe d aga inst other orga nizations a nd sororities. W e placed second, as we lost in the final ga me by only a small margin. Betty L entzn er wa·s captain of our team. The other players were Marge Conkling, Ba rbara Hirt, Ba rb ara K a ne, Doris Lutsch, Pa t Straessle, Maureen Sulliva n, Rita Wilson a nd D elores Za rn.

The socia l cha irman of our ch apter a nd Alph a Phi Omega got toge th er. The outcome was a pri vate social get-togeth er betwee n th e two organiza tions.

Our fa ll pledges work ed on a proj ect for our sorority, a nd were able to complete fifty song books. Everyone is very pleased , not only with their beauty, but a lso with th eir usefuln ess a t sorority sings and on other occasions.

On March 20, 1953, we had the installa tion of new offi cers. Elec tion results were: president, Betty L entzner; vice president, Betty Coffman ; treasurer, Ba rbara K ane; secreta ry, D c l9re~ Za rn ; registrar, F a ith Ril ey; cha plain, Lois Smith ; editor, Ba rb a ra Hirt ; corresponding secretary, Ba rba ra Collin ; rush chairman, Joyce Miller; song lead er, Doris Lutsch ; kee per of grad es, Jan et L a rson ; m agazine ch a irman, M a rl ene L ech ; Ba lfour represe nta tive, Dorothy Drew ; P anh elleni c sophomore representa tive, D a n uta Bedn a rczyk. At th e end of o ur insta lla tion, two gifts were g iven by th e sorority to th e r etirin g presid ent, M a uree n Sulliva n. One gift was of wea ring a ppa rel, and th e oth er a n eng ra ved sterling silver letter opener . Mauree n has se rved our sorority ch apter as presid ent for two yea rs.

Both pledges a nd ac ti ves enjoyed themselves a t Pledge's Pa ni c. Invita tions of sm a ll pinned di apers were se nt to th e pledges. They a ll cam e d resse d as babies, a nd rea ll y looked ori ginal as th ey h ad ma d e th eir own costum es a nd bonnets. After th e pledges h ad· ea ten baby fo od , a nd completed oth er fea ts, the soro rity se ttled d own to so me refresh me nts a nd enterta inment. The pledges h ad th eir fun on turnabout d ay for the acti ves, during whi ch th e actives ca rri ed stuffed a ni ma ls a nd a lso got sig natures for th e d ay.

After turn about d ay, th e pled ges gave a party for the actives. Their motif was a P arisian C a fe. T his included th e head waiter, ciga rette girls a nd Pa risia n enterta inm ent. The acti ves thou ght th a t th e a tmosph ere of th e lighted ca ndl es a nd a rtifi cial pink ladi es were id eal. So ideal in fact tha t we have incorpora ted this Pa risian th eme into our Spring Ru sh party. Spring Rush has just started and we find ourselves kn ee-d eep in parti es a nd ge tting acqu a inted with new girls.- BARBARA H uN T.

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Springfield State Teachers College ExCITEMENT has kept Beta Sigma girls in a dither these days. Besides weddings, showers and elections our Bears won the NAIA championship a t Kansas City, Missouri. The most unusual thing is the history-making feat of obtaining this honor two consecutive years.

That time of year is here again. New officers were elected and installed with Carolyn Tabor taking over as president replacing Wanda Sallee.

A n ew class was pledged March 22 with eight m embers. Judith Bohrer has taken over as pledge mistress in training the pledges for their duties toward A~A. President of the pledge class is Shirley Gobble.

Spring fever 'has secretly crept into the hearts. of all Alpha Sigs of Beta Sigma chapter. Sweet mus1c and the soft whisper of formals, tinkling of glasses plus dancing, all under an open sky be-sprinkled with thousands. of stars promises to be the atmosphere of our annual sprmg dance. Plans are being aired and work committees have been appointed.

Rosalyn Ferbrache, who has been working for the American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has returned to school this term and is back with rhe active chapter.

Jan Allen Davis, who was married t'o Gene Davis over the Christmas holidays, has also returned to school, after an absence of one term.

Picnics, tennis, golf and swimming! Summer is just around the corner, when all our winter dreams of vacation come to be a reality.-HELEN KRISTEK.

Betty Hayden is the newly elected president of the Associated Women Student Body at Oswego State Teachers College. truly worked "not for ourselves, but for the ~ood of o';lr sorority" . . . have taken time out for recreatiOn, and m so doing have discovered the real meaning of "sisterly devotion."-BEvERLY MouLTO N.

Oswego State Teachers College â&#x20AC;˘ THis truly is a time for mixed emotions. Already our happy thoughts are blurred by the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" echoing across the cam[!us. For some of us it's the end of another wonderful s~cred year in Alpha Sigma Alpha. We are carefree because we may look forward to even more thrilling years of sorority life in the future .

Yet for others it's the conclusion of a four-year chapter in our lives, and we feel regretful because we may look forward only to fond memories of college sorority life.

Already the memories of this year are floating back . . . the excitement over winning the trophy for the Christmas House D ecorating Contest . .. happiness over the successful Honoraries' parties . . . gratitude for the co-opera tion from th e frat ernal organizations which resulted in a memorable Sixth Alpha Sigma Alpha Sing.

A smile comes to our lips when we recall \he gray hairs we acquired while dreaming up original ideas for our rush p arties, yet the fun we had in presenting them.

We can still hear the gales of laughter issuing forth from our Practice Teachers Party ... still feel the sore thumbs from building a miniature golf course to allow people to "PUTter around with Alpha Sig" and thereby contribute to another charitable project.

We've overlooked the blisters from canvassing the city in an effort to solicit funds for the R ed Cross . . . and have gained satisfaction from our Philan thropic Project of leading Girl Scout Troops.

And oh yes b etween spring fever and final exams we held our spring formal-initiation banquet and our pledges became our new sisters.

We've had our share of honors this year . . . have

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Indiana State Teachers College THE spring term at Indiana State was ushe~ed in ~th the installation of the following officers: Pauhta Martm, president; Velma Buchanan, vice president ; Margaret Freers, secretary; Verla Flick, treasurer; Esther McCarty, chaplain; Myrna Wild, editor. . .

Beta Upsilon , is looking forward to a b1g evenmg on Friday, April 10, when we will have our Pledge Dance at Allendale Lodge. Velma Buchanan is the general chairman of the dance, and we know that she and her committee are working ;hard to make it a success.

As part of our philanthropic project many of us donated blood when the Red Cross Bloodmobile came to T erre Haute.

Right now we are looking forward to traveling to Ball State for Indiana State Day and visiting with Chi Chi chapter and all of the Indiana alumnae.

Another big event coming up in the near future is our annual intersorority Song Fest. Dee Barnes, our director, has us busy rehearsing although the Song Fest does not take place until the middle of May. Beta Upsilon's final large party is the Senior Farewell Dinner on June 7. This year we will be honoring 17 seniors.- MYRNA WILD.

Stout Institute THE Beta Phis see'm to be finding plenty for our two new pledges to do, but Colleen Ceminsky and Laurie

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Hanson are swell gals and don ' t seem to mind at all.

Dorothy Brownell reigned as queen of the Winter Carnival in January. A dance ended the day'li festivities.

"Une Nuit D e Fleurs" was the name of our skit for the annual Stunt Night show. Clever costumes were worn by the flowers as they danced to "Waltz of the Flowers."

March 22 was a big day for the Alpha Sigs. We started the day by attending church as a group. At noon we had a luncheon in the T ea Room. Installation of officers was hekl at 2 o'clock. Our new officers are: president, Marilyn Eckstein; vice president, Mary Gebler; secretary, Grace Laudon ; treasurer, Joelene Chryst; editor, JoAnn Brehm ; chaplain, Nancy Gunderson; registrar, Louise Zirbel· song leader, Dorothy Brownell.

Two of our girls, Gloria Voigt and Joelene Chryst, were recently initiated into Phi Upsilon Omicron, the national honorary home economics fraternity.

The Red Cross Home Nursing classes, a philanthropic project sponsored by A'I.A, was a huge success. In fact it was so successful that two classe5 had to be given, one for townspeople and one for the students.

Right now big plans are being made for the Spring Dinner Dance whictJ. will be held Saturday, May 16, at the Country Club. Complete with a warm spring night, it should be a wonderful eve ning.- Jo BREHM.

Arizona State College ON March 7, we, Alpha Sigs here at Arizona State, held a rummage sale which netted a goodly sum. Then on M<>rch 14 we held a bake sale in Tempe. Thanks to the a id and assistance of some frat ernity men we sold every thing. On March 28, all of us sold VFW poppies on the street corners in Phoenix. It really was a lot of fun too. After selling all morning we were treated to a lunch eon at the Elks Lodge.

On March 19 and 20, we ushered and registered the visi tors for the Biological Science department open house.

It was very interesting, even if th ey did have a nice tame snake.

April 18, the Phoenix Panhellenic will hold their annual benefit d ance. Each sorority here on campus has elected a "flower girl" who will sell corsages to the couples at the dan ce. Joan Gregan, our Alpha girl, has been chosen to represent us.

At our election of officers we selected Maxine Stocks, president; Pat Talla, vice president; Pat Darling, treasurer; Jean Moore, Panhellenic representative; Gayle Brenden, recording secretary; and Doris Smith, corresponding secretary.

J ean McMasters was chosen as our nominee for the Frost Fidelity Award.-PAT T ALLA.

Western Michigan College of Education OuR rush season is over and to our great satisfaction it was a huge success with Beta Psi gaining 13 pledges.

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pledging has just begun. On March 15, Beta Psi colony was formally pledged to Alpha Sigma Alpha. Miss Virginia Carpenter, national vice president, presided over the ceremony and was assisted by the Kalamazoo alumnae chapter and Dot Trempel, our colonizer.

On March 17, Sigma Kappa sorority gave us a St. Patrick's Day party for the purpose of becoming better acquainted.

This coming Friday night, March 27, the freshmen are sponsoring a Penny Carnival and we are contributing a pie-throwing booth with our pledges's faces providing the target. ~he following night will be a big night for all sororities.

It is the Panhellenic Pledge formal, and the Alpha Sigs are planning a pre-party coffee for all the girls and their dates at the Panhellenic house.

The big week end of the year is April 18-19 when we will be formally initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha as Beta Psi chapter.

Next in line of a full social calendar is our Mother's Day week end and then the traditional dinners, teas and presentations. Sigma Alpha Iota, national music fraternity, is sponsoring th e first competitive all campus sorority song fest. This we are hoping will become a campus tradition.

The next entire week is the all-campus Greek Week having as its objective fraternity and sorority unity. This is accomplished through joint picnics, parties, competitive sports events and dances.

And last, but by all means not least, is our sorority house party over Memorial Day week end.-PEGGY BRAB-B.

So many wond erful things have happened to Alpha Sigma since our last letter to you!

First of all, rushing was climaxed with 35 girls pledging our sorority.

Our "Help Week end" coincided this year with Winter Carnival Week end at Cortland. At that time Alpha Sig was twice honored; we won the snow liculpture cup with our blue seal and Diane Gregor was crowned Winter Carnival Queen.

Our annual Sweetheart Ball was h eld on February 14.

The highlight of the evening was the crowning of th e Alpha Sigma Sweetheart, Sally Yaeger.

March 18 brought the annual Beta Frolics, a show sponsored by Beta Phi Epsilon fraternity. Each sorority and fraternity here presents a ten-minute skit, including music, with the best one, as decid ed by faculty judges, winning a cup. This ·year the overall theme was "World of Tomorrow." We placed second in the · judging with our. skit entitled "Devil's Destiny."

Now we are looking forward to the spring which is bringing with it lots of activities which are always fun .

We'll be celebrating Mother's Day with Mother-Daughter Week end, practicing for the sorority-fraternity sing, planning a jam session in collaboration wi~h D elta ~a~pa frat ernity, and getting ready for our haynde and p1cmcs.

-HARRIET KALE.

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Romine Mahood to William Overby on January 10, 1953.

At home 110 W est End Blvd., Emporia, Va.

Jean I. Cooper to Arthur V. Tucker on August 22, 1945.

At home 2337 23rd St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Virginia Hutton to Robert Stilwell on June 24, 1950. At home 61 Crestline Rd., Wayne, Pa. Shirley Arnold to Edward Banics on November 25, 1950.

At home 6605 Lynford St., Philadelphia, Pa. Carolyn Kline to Robert Sellers. At home Lower State Road, Eureka, Montgomery Co., Pa. Betty Barringer to William Allen Barens. At :home Newtonville, Mass.

Jean Langzettel to Paul K ellog Theobald, Jr. At hoine Box 236, Shelby, No. Car.

ALPHA BETA Peggy M errell to Gene Willows on September 5, 1953.

At home Canton, Mo. BETA BETA

' Enid Ehrman to Robert Branch on June 14, 1952. At home 735 N.E. Schuyler St. , Portland 12, Oregon.

Gleneva Markley to Howard Riggs on D ecember 3, 1952.

At home 710 B. Eagle Ave., Alameda, Calif.

Joan Schmidt to Coy A. Price on D ecember 30, 1952.

At home 434 Williams, Apt. 278, Vallejo, Calif.

Harriet Ball to Harold Hilzer on January 31, 1953. At home Greeley, Colo.

JoAnn Morga n to K enneth W. Randall on F ebruary 3, 1952. At home Box 531 , Eagle, Colo.

RHO RHO Billie Kickman to Leonard Cole. At )lome 944 E. 4th Ave., Williamson, W. Va. SIGMA SIGMA Collette Limaure to John Uhrlaub on October 13, 1952.

At home 1717 G . St. N .W., Washington, D . C.

EPSILON EPSILON Barbara Hansen to Harold Moore on February 14, 1953.

At home D enison, T exas.

Kathleen M arkowitz to Lt. Charles Dancer on February 28, 1953. At home Langley Field, Va. Joan Hall Chance to Dr. Charles Powell on February 28, 1953. At home Columbus, Kans.

Ruth Ann Shaw to James Fisher on F ebruary 27, 1953.

At home Rt. No . I, Emporia, Kans.

Betty Parks to Rich ard . Paganinni on January 3 1, 1953.

At home 1106 Constitution, Emporia, Kans.

ETA ETA Margaret Marsh to Joe Sample on January 24, 1953.

At home Coffeyville, Kans.

Bobby Chancey to L eonard O ehme on October 6, 1952.

At home 601 S. Georgia, Pittsburg, Kans.

Dorothymae Wise to Charles Edds on February 13, 1953 .

At home Carthage, Mo. THETA THETA Priscilla Fletcher to Owen C. Bagley on June 15, 1949.

At home Box 52, Granville, Vt. Louise Pack to R alph Ri ce "on February 12, 1953. At home 15 M edford St., Granville, Vt.

TAU TAU Mary L ee James to Carroll Thomas on February 22, 1951. At home Box 300, Hays, Kans.

PHI PHI Marilyn Gill to Stanford Nielson on D ecember 20, 1952 .

At home 2035 N. Park Pl. , Wichita, Kans.

CHI CHI Maxine Stafford to Joseph Preda on August 18, 1952 .

At home 1892 W . Morris St., Indianapolis, Ind. Barbara Christensen to Edwin P. K err on M arch 15, 1953. At home RR 1, Connersville, Ind .

PSI PSI M auribe Neal to William Arey, Jr. , on November 10, 1949. At home 33 55 Hundreds Oaks Ave., Baton Rouge, La. BETA GAMMA Wanda Spurgeon to H enry John in January, 1953. At home Morris, Okla.

Lue Brown to Joe Davis on M arch 7, 1953. At home Tulsa, Okla .

KAPPA KAPPA Dolores Biagi to Michele Ranaldi on September 19, 1951, in Florence, Italy. At home 2232 Fairhill Ave., Glenside, P a.

Ruth Crist to Hugh Radbill ou February 14, 1952. At home Box 215, Newton Square, Pa.

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BETA EPSILON Helen Morris to Claude L. Barnes, Jr., m 1949. At home K enbridge, Va. Lois Stine to Richard Harris on March 9, 1953. At home 707 Bedford St., Cumberland, Md.

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BETA ETA Bernadeli Tillquist to Frederick Armour on December 20, 1952. At home Bloomington, Ill. Ceci l Brooks to William Cuskelly on D ecember 26, 1952.

At home M edora, N. D .

BETA IOTA Miriam Bl anton to George Scott on January 17, 1953.

At home R adford, Va. BETA KAPPA Lu cille Shrader to John R eed on March 28, 1952. At home 1125 15th Ave., Rock Island, Ill. Bonnie Smith to K eith Gibbs on February 14, 1950. At home Lomax, Ill. BETA MU M argaret D ay to Martin Martin on June 2, 1951. At home 220 Belle Ave., Ft. Smith, Ark. M a ry Elizabeth Klein to D avid Kobernus on February 14, 1953. At home Arkadelphia, Ark. BETA NU

ZETA ZETA Mr. and Mrs. A. 0 . M ath isen (Nancy Gibson), a son, T errence Andrew, on July 23, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Milne (Jane Lambright }, a son, Scott Lambright, on J an uary 7, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. D ale H enry (Joan M antel), a son, Douglass J ames, on February 7, 1953.

THETA THETA Mr. and Mrs. Edward Phelan (Frances Smith) , a daughter, M argaret Frances, on O ctober 8, 1952 .

Mr. and Mrs. M. Christopher Finnegan (Norma Gay ), a daughter, Patricia Gay, on August 13, 1952.

KAPPA KAPPA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Murphy ( M arilyn D e Nooyer }, a son, Thomas Daniel, on March 22, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L efever (Marian Baker), a son, Wayne Richard, January 21, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. William Whitenack (Sally Foxall) , a son, William F., Jr., February, 1953.

NV NV Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Bonow (Sara O gden ), a daughter, Kathryn Louise, on D ecember 8, 1951.

Nancy Goode to Donald Page on January 21, 1953. At home Bethel College, Hopkinsville, Ky.

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Mr. and Mrs. Monte M yers (Marion L. Jones), a daughter, Myra Lynn, on D ecember 26, 1952.

V ivia n M . Z ayer to Donald Milford on Nevember 27, 1952. At home 10280 M eadow Lane, San Jose, Calif.

BETA TAU M ari e St. Phillips to D ona ld Guterman on January 21, 1953. At home 22 Eddy St., Ithaca, N.Y. .J ean Wise to Gene Midnight on February 7, 1953. At home 85 Roseview Ave., Roch ester, N . Y.

BIRTHS BETA BETA Mr. and Mrs. J ames Whitney (Cloyce Vaughan), a son, Teddy, on November 6, 1952.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Marvin W estburg (Joann Duerkson ), a son , John Scott, on O ctober 28, 1951.

Mr. a nd Mrs. J oseph E. Prince (Jani ce Jones) , a daughter, Marion Lynnelle, September 21, 1952.

Mr. an d Mrs. Bruce Gill (Maxine Hibbs ), a daughter, J eann e, July 2, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl D evalon (Peggy Cullen} , a daughter, Margaret Alice, J anuary 21, 1953.

Mr. and M rs. Arthu r Turner ( Sara L ee Whitman), a son, D ecember 15, 1952.

EPSILON EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. Wendall (Mary J ean Robbins }, a daughter, J an D enise, on November 30, 1952 .

Mr. and Mrs. W . F. Barber, Jr. (Bettyann Atherton ) , a son, on D ecember 4, 1952.

M r. and Mrs. Charles Myers (Dene Ballentine), a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, on D ecember 11, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Curchy (Beth Collins), a daughter, on J anuary 22, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stevenson (Patricia Sunter} , a d aughter, on J anuary 31, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Gebe Cusic (Jacqueline Cripps} , a daughter, on February 2, 1953.

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PI PI Mr. and Mrs. David Brunner (Janet H erniman ), a son, Daniel R enwick, on January 18, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Ri chard Pendleton, Jr. ( Peggy Brown) , a son, Richard Hundley II, on January 16, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Braun (Barbara LaVigne) , a son, Gerald Arthur, on July 6, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Karl Plail (Betty Ansell }, a son, Christopher Gray; on June 21, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clifford (Jean Goodell ), a son, Ri chard H enry, on June 1, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K eddi e (Jacqueline Barrie) , a son, J ames McLaren, on February 1, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson (Ruby Fitch) , a son, D an iel Fitch, on September 21, 1952.

Mr. an d Mrs. H. B. Sturtevant (Ellen Fane), a daughter, M ary Josephine, on March 21 , 1952 .

SIGMA SIGMA Mr. and Mrs. Ned McCracken (Jeanette Gaither ) , a son, Dale Edwin, D ecember 15, 1952.

Mr. and Mrs. William Barton (Estelle Adams) , a dau ghter, Mi chelle, May 17, 1952.

BETA GAMMA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Y:.den (Jean Vaughan) , a daughter, M arsha R ennell, on J anuary 9, 1953.

BETA EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. K enneth Harmon ( Peggy Cutler ) , a son, Kevin K enneth, on January 13, 1952.

BETA ZETA Mr. and Mrs. Perry Sudduth (Lois Allen ), a daughter, Cynthia, February, 195 3.

BETA PHI Mr. and Mrs. Leland Bartz (Ruby Larson ), a son, M arch 19, 1953.

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FOUNDERS Mrs. W. B. Carper (Louise Cox ) 505 Montrose Drive, South Charleston , W. Va. Mrs. H . E . Gilliam (Juliette Hundley) 2608 Grove Ave ., Richmond, Va. Miss Mary Williamson Hundley, 506 N. Boulevarp, Richmond 20, Va. Mrs. John Walton Noell (Virginia Boyd ) 61 7 Allison Ave., Roanoke, Va. Mrs. P . W . Wootton (Calva H amlet Wat路 son ) 2020 Matrax Ave., Petersburg, Va .

NATIONAL COUNCIL President- Mi ss Evelyn G. Bell , 767 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo 22, N. Y. Vice President- Mi ss Virginia Carpenter, 13605 Shaker Blvd. , Clevela nd 20, Ohio .

S ecre t ar)~Mi ss Helen L . Corey 6310 Sherwood Avenue. Overbrook, Philadelphia 31. Penna .

Tr easurer- Mrs. Clayton Richard, 78 Wabash Ave. , Kenmore 17, N. Y .

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R egistrar- Mrs. Bert C. McCammon, 3742 N. Merida n , Indianapolis, Ind .

Editor-Miss Esther Bucher, Suite 226, 1025 Grand Avenue, Kansas City 6, Mo. Alumnae Direc tor- Mrs . Ralph E . Kah, 2413 Christel Ave. , Middletown , Ohio .

Officer in Cha rge of C entral Offi ce-Mrs. Norman H. Vedder, 78 Wabash Ave., K enmore 17, N. Y. NATIONAL CHAIRMEN Alumnae Editor-Miss Anne Petree, 21 Forestdale Park, Calumet City, Ill. Alumna e Organizer-Mrs. E. A. Kreek, 7141 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. A rt- Mrs. Robert Wolf, R .R . I , Rexfor d,

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College Editor-Miss Mary K . Reiff, 3000 Tracy, Kansas City, Mo. Constitution..L.Mrs. R obert C. Grady, 2400 Swa rtwout Ave ., Richmond 28, Va. Con vention-Miss Helen L. Corey, 6310 Sherwood Rd :, Overbrook, Philadelphia 31, Pa.

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Fellowship-Mrs. Hatvey E. Bumgardner.

East Long Lake Rd ., Bloomfield Hills; Mich.

Founders' Day--Miss Anne Petree, 21 Forestdale Park, Calumet City, Ill. Historian-Miss Louise Stewart, 1330 Blue Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio Magazin e-Mrs. Armin J. Siegenthaler, 17303 St. Marys, Detroit 35, Mich .

Music-Mrs . Arthur L. Hellric~ 1 55 Huntington Ave ., Buffalo 14, N. Y. Paraphernalia - Miss Louise McArthur, 11535 Byron .Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Philanthropic-Mrs. Wayne W. Byers 525 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg, Pa. Scholarship-Mrs. R einard Schlosser, 2800 Dexter St. , Denver 7, Colo.

NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE Chairman-Mrs . W . II. Hutchinson, 5545 Penrith Rd., Seattle 5, Wa.s h .

A!: A R epresentative-Mrs. Fred M . Sharp, 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo.

See November. 1952, issue lor the Complete Directory.

Be sure to order your magazines through your Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency.

your album of Alpha Sigma Alpha songs recorded by Shirley Ainsworth HeUrich, contralto, and Evelyn Scherer, pianist, priced at $4.00 including postage

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r our ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA SoNGBOOK at $1.00 a copy.

From

L. HELLRICH, National Music Chairman 55 Huntington Avenue, Buffalo 14, New York

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Cut this out and mail to the Officer m Charge of the Central Office) MRS. CLAYTON RICHARD,

78 Wabash A venue) Kenmore 17) N. Y. Please change my ~ddress or name and address on the files as follows: FROM NAME CoLLEGE CHAPTER .. . .. ..... YEAR LEFT ScHooL ........ ..

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CHRISTMAS CARDS are available at substantial discounts if purchased for summer production and fall delivery. Write for samples.

PLACE CARDS for chapter functions should be kept on hand at all times. ' Check and replenish your 路supply now.

Check your supply and order now for fall delivery. Samples on request.

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