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FRONT COVER: Galen Hall, located in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, is where the Twenty-second National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha will be held June 29-July 3, 1958. On the Back Cover is a map showing the location of our convention hotel.

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in a fraternity has been described as an adv ntur.e in friendship. An adventure is a remarklable and memorable experience in which hazards are met and risks encountered . An adventure in friendship offe rs a challenge in an undertaking where the rewa rds are in proportion to the effort expended .

Friendship connotes respect, affection, sympathy and loyalty. A friend is understanding, unselfish, and an ally. R eal friendship finds its reward in the satisfaction it gives to the mind and the h eart.

The creation and maintenance of true friendship is not an easy job. It takes working at. It does not flourish in an atmosphere of selfishness a nd disregard for the rights a nd thoughts of others.-From The Alpha Phi Quarterly.

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ASA Bewillkummet... ... . . ..... . .. . ... . ... .. ... .....

The 1957 Alpha Girl Candidates........

The Frost Fidelity Award Candidates....

Alph a Sigs, W e're Proud of You!. .... .

Emporia's Woma n of The W eek .. ...... .. ..

P eggy Spradlin R eports on Brazilia n Assignment .... ........ .. .... ................. ... ...

It's in the Air... ..... ... ... ..... ... . .. .. . ...... .... ..

Pittsburgh Alumnae Salute Marion Ball Wilson .... .... ..... ... .. ...... ..... .... ............. ...

L etter From Tokyo .. ... .... ........ ........ ....... ..

Alpha Sigma Quee ns ............ ....... ..... .. ....

ASA Spotlight ................... .... .... .. .... ... .... .

Citizenship R esponsibilities of Fraternity Women .......... .... .. ... ... . .... .... ..... .. .

College Chapter Newsletters ... ..... ........ ..

Foreign Students in Sorority ..... ... ..........

Alumnae Chapter Newsletters ... .............

Alpha Sigma Alpha Announcements ....

Alph a Sigma Alpha Directory .. ....... ..... ..

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resoondence concernin« the same should be addressed to Miss Esther Bucher, Room 504, 1021 M cGee Street, Kansas City 6, Missouri.

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Entered as second·class matter, Se!Jtember 4, 1923. at the post office at St . Paul, :\finnesota. under the Act of :\larch 3, 1879.

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ASA BEWILLKUMMET

• ' WE get too soon old and too late smart."

Take he d of this Pe nnsylvania Dutch expression before you get a day older a nd not too late start planning to attend the next Alpha Sigma Alpha convention, J une 29-July 3 1958.

The place is Galen Hall, Wernersville, Pennsylvan ia, six miles from R eading and a few miles off the Penn ylvania Turnpike. Galen H all is within easy reach by automobile, train and by air.

Rising like a n old world castle, Galen Hall is an imposing hotel in the Blue Ridge mountains of Pennsylvania, surrounded by 1,000 acres of wooded country.

R ecreation facilities include the beautiful Forest Glades outdoor pool; an 18-hole championship golf course; horseback riding, tennis and trails through the woods for the hikers. The indoor

The 18-hole championship golf course will spur you to your finest game. H ere are long rolling fairways that ?"averse ~e hilJ and ravines, table-smooth greens and JUSt the nght amoun t of sporty hazards.

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facilities include ping-pong, handball, movies and television.

The Pennsylvania Dutch country in which Galen H a ll is located, is steeped in Dutch traditions. It has gained much fame and publicity through the recent stage show, "Plain and Fancy."

You will have an opportunity to see these wonderful people and to observe their beautiful farms, enjoy their warm hospitality and the deliciou Pennsylvania Dutch food .

The November PHOENIX will give more detai ls about the 1958 convention.

K eep this word in mind: "BEWILLKUMMET." It is the Pennsylvania Dutch word for Convention.

That' s it for now-AlA-Bewillkummet in the heart of the Pennsylv:ania Dutoh country.

"Come Once for Sure."-HELEN CoREY, Convention Manager.

At the Forest Glades Pool, with its broad terraces enlivened with bright beach umbrellas and contour chain you'll. find. the complete answer to your quest fo; aquatic action.

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The 1957

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

Qualifications for the award include scholarship, leadership, and service . The Alpha Girl is chosen by her chapter, and an awards committee com-

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posed of appointees from the ranks of national officers and m embership a t large, selects the winner from material submitted.

The recipient of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award will be featured in the November issue of THE PHOENIX.

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STATE CoLLEGE

MARG UA RITE BOTTA!

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BROOKS

CHARLOTTE MciNNis

ELAINE STROCK

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Nu Nu

Rho Rho

Sigma Sigma

TE~IPLE UNIVERSITY

DREXEL INSTITUTE OF

MARSHALL COLLEGE

WEsTERN STATE CoL-

MoLLY

TECHNOLOGY

LEGE

MAXINE NoRWOOD

ADAIR BATES

BEVERLY L. BELT

Beta Gamma

Beta Delta

Beta Epsilon

NORTHEASTERN STATE

MrssrssJPPI

CoLLEGE oF OKLAHOMA

Beta Lambda STATE

TEACHERS CoLLEGE

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MARTHA MEAUX

Beta Zeta

COLLEGE

SouTHWESTERN

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ANA INSTITUTE

CoLLEGE

MARTHA ANNE GARRETT ARKANSAS

MADISON

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JON I LEE

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THE FROST FIDELITY AWARD CANDIDATES •

EACH YEAR, one girl is chosen by the awards committee to r eceive the Frost Fi·d e lity award, est a b-

lished by Donald and Emma Frost, Pi Pi , from candidates submitted by th e c h a pters.

This honor

1s based on intangible fraternity values including loyalty and "unsung" service to Alpha S igma Alpha.

NANCY REDO QUARLES

JANIS RUTH MouNTAIN

Alpha

Tau Tau

Beta Lambda

LoNGwooo CoLLEGE

FoRT HAYS KANSAS STATE

ARKAN SAS STATE T EACHERS

CoLLEGE

C oLLEGE

Alpha Alpha

SHIRLEY MoTSINGER

AMANDA BLACK

MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Phi Phi

Beta Mu

NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE

HENDERSON STATE TEACH E RS

Alpha Beta

C o LLEGE

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NoRTHEAST MissouRI STATE

SusANNE PERIGO

CHARLOTTE REAGEN

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Chi Chi

LYNN RIKER

MARILYN GLASER

BALL STATE TEACHERS CoLLEGE

MoNICA SINIA

Alpha Gamma INDIANA

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ALicE ANN O'DoNNEL

Beta Nu MuRRAY STATE TEACHERS CoLLEGE

FAYE GAINES STATE

Psi Psi

LAURA HARDY

NoRTHWESTERN STATE CoLLEGE

Rho Chi

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WAYNE UNIVERSITY

Beta Beta

REGINA BROOKS

HELEN DIEHL

CoLORADO STATE CoLLEGE OF

Beta Gamma

TEACHERS CoLLEGE CAROL CUDNEY

EDUCATION Jo HANNAH SrssoN

Epsilon Ep'Silon

~ORTHEASTER N STATE CoLLEGE

Beta Pi CoNCORD CoLLEGE

OF OKLAHOMA MARY 0TTIS

TERRY WERNER

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KANSAS STATE TEACHERS

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NoRTHERN ILLINOIS STATE

CoLLEGE AT EMPORIA

MisSISSIPPI SouTHERN CoLLEGE

CoLLEGE

TERESA CRABTREE

BEssiE CoRNELIA SMALTS

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Beta Epsilon

CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE

MADISON CoLLEGE

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SouTHWEST MrssouRI STATE CoLLEGE

CoLLEGE DoROTHY JANE MAcCANDLEss REVA DEEMS

Beta Z eta

Eta Eta

SouTHWESTERN Loui SIANA

KANSAS STATE TEACHERS

INSTITUTE

CoLLEGE AT PITTSBURG Juoy

BACHMAN

Kappa Kappa TEMPLE

UNIVERSITY

RoGETTE ZAHRADNIK

Joy MARLENE DEVAULT

Beta Upsilon INDIANA

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STATE

TEACHERS CoLLEGE Juoy GoEHRING

Beta Eta

Beta Phi

DICKINSON STATE TEACHER S

STO UT STATE CoLLEGE

CoLLEGE

RuTH HELENE LINDSEY

MARY Buoo

KATHY WEIHE

Beta Psi

Nu Nu

Beta Theta

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

DREXEL INSTITUTE OF

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KATHARINE HABEL

TECHNOLOGY

EDUCATION

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MARY Lou NrxoN

SUZAN NE D AVID

BucKNELL UNIVERSITY

Rho Rho

Beta Iota

Lms NELL LEIBEL

MAR SHALL CoLLEGE

RADFORD CoLLEGE

CARRIE Lou ZoBECK

BEVERLY VoELKEL

Sigma Sigma

Beta Kappa

WEsTERN STATE CoLLEGE OF

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WE'RE PROUD OF YOU!

â&#x20AC;˘ THIS YEAR, as in the past, reports are pouring in from the various chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha all over the country li ting proj ects, services, fund rai ing campaigns and many other means of helping those less fortunate th an most to make life more plea an t and in many cases more bearable.

A great deal of time has been devoted by Alpha Sigmas in making th ese philanthropic plans succ sful , and all are to be commended very highly for their individual efforts.

also been forthcoming to help foreign students on the campus, as well as financial gifts to an Indian Mission. Childrens' homes have been recipients of gifts of scrapbooks and stuffed animals.

Rho Chi has given volunteer services to Detroit's Childrens' Hospital. Besides stuffing test tubes, rolling bandages and reading to the children they have contributed Christmas cards, from which the children cut out scenes for scrapbook and make tray favors.

Alpha at Farmville, Virginia, had a very happy Christmas. They adopted three children and their A~A Santa Claus delivered them packages on Christmas Eve. BIRTHDAY GIFTs TO FosTER CHILDREN

u chapter and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity were co-sponsors of a Christmas party for the children of Archbishop Ryan Memorial School for Deaf and Dumb.

Gamma Beta, Stevens Point, Wiscon in, participated in the Inter orori ty Christmas Proj.e ct which con istecl of contributinu arti les of clothing, toys and food to the State Welfare D epartment. Activity wa confined to the loca l area and the package wtre uift wrapped and distributed to n eed y child ren on Christmas Eve. Proceed from Stunt ight were to be turned over to a worthy cause po ibly the March of Dime . It wa a nticipated th a ~ ne:.1 r Ea ter the chapter was to h ave a spri ng proJeCt to be devoted to philanthropic work in and arou nd the area of Steven Point.

WORK IN SPEECH CORRECTION B ta Rho has been They are working in partm nt a t orthem ice equipm nt and

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bu y with various proj ects. the pee h Correction DeIllinoi giving aid in servupplie . Financial aid has

Beta Mu obtained names of foster children from the Clark County Welfare Unit and gave them birthday gifts. At Thanksgiving each member contributed to a basket giv;en to a needy family, whil e at Christmas each member was given a nam e of one of the foster children and the child was given a gift from that member. A cash donation was also made to the Christmas seal drive for the tuberculosis fund.

Beta Sigma spent a great deal of time making belts for th e mentally retapded children, and at Christmas time they h ad a Christmas party and gave them th e belts. The pl edges had as their proj ec t the visitation to a rest home and spent the evening entertaining the ladies, plu doing any littl e jobs which th e ladies asked them to do.

Beta Eta held a candy sale, the proceeds of which went to Kris Kringles, a charity organization in Dickinson, North Dakota, at Christmas time.

Alpha Gamma direc ted their efforts at Christrna to giving a b asket of food to a needy family in their area. The basket wa delivered to the Salvation Army.

A TABLE FOR CEREBRAL PALSY Alpha Beta purchased a table for the C erebral Pal y children of Kirksville. They also aided tn th e M arch of Dimes campaign. noth er cha pter devo ting tim e and 'e ffort in behalf of mentally retarded children i Alpha Alpha in Oxford Ohio. They are making belts with buttoning devices o the children an learn how to work with their ha nd .

Beta Zeta a nnu ally conduct the March of

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Dimes drive on the Southwestern Louisia na Institute campus. Donation cans were placed a t various buildings on the campus and collections were also taken at the campus Camelia Pageant and the Rodeo. L a t year's figure was topped by a big margin and the total collected was approximately $250.00.

Kappa K a ppa gave principally of time and service. Blind college students were h elped by the chapter members reading weekly assignments to them.

EARN MONEY FOR PHILANTHROPIES

Zeta Zeta spent most of their time earning Joanne Hayes, Ginny O 'Connell and Colleen Cragen- tie money in various ways, including: cleaning papers collected in a city-wide paper drive. Chi Chi houses, baby sitting, ironing and washing cars, to gave half of the proceeds from the drive to Heart Fund. obtain funds for their project. For the fifth consecutive year they h ave presented to the Childrens' soldiers in the army hospital. At Christmas they Mercy Hospital Polio Ward in Kansas City, Mis- gave boxes of clothing to needy families through the R ed Cross chapter in Murray. They also sent souri, a check for $250.00. cards to patients at Western State Hospital at Epsilon Epsilon had full participation in their philanthropic projects. One consisted of collect- Hopkinsvill e, K entucky. They have been very ing old toys from the members and turning them active in supporting the Red Gross drive on their over to the fire department in Emporia. There campus, and more -trips to Fort Campbell a re· they we re repaired, painted and put into good anticipated. Their la test project has been taking shape and distributed to the needy for Christmas. on the responsibility of a Brownie troop. Each Scrapbooks were made from Christmas cards re- member will take turns in meeting with this ceived by the m embers and sent to the patients group once a week. in the Emporia hospitals. The chapter t-hen colDoNATE To FuNo FOR CHAPEL lected canned food and jewelry from the members and this was distributed to the needy for ChristBeta Beta is donating $25.00 to the fund which will build an interdenominational chapel on their mas. And their final successful project consisted of participation in the selling of magazine sub- campus, and this will continue until the chapel has been completed. The donation is made each scriptions.

Beta Gamma decided, since there has been such year during R eligious Emphasis Week on the an apparent increase in the number of mentally campus. They also sponsor a Bluebird group retarded children, they would use this as t-heir which they have done for the past three years. philanthropic project. The chapter has just com- The Philanthropic chairman of the chapter serves pleted making rhythm iband instruments for these as leader of the group of second and third grade children. Six brightly colored sets were to be pre- girls. They contributed $20.00 to -the group which sented to the Sunnyside School for Mentally Re- . was used for refreshments, supplies and the p aytarded Children in Tulsa. The chapter also had ment of dues. Last spring the chapter h elped a rather nice experience at Christmas. Bessie with the Cerebral Palsy Drive and collected over Efstathiou, an Alpha Sigma, came to Northeastern $100.00 for this worthy cause.

State College from Greece, graduated last May, Nu Nu at Drexel Institute of T echnology sponand returned to he r homeland. The chapter m em- sored a Christmas party in conjunction with the bers wrote her a long letter giving h er all the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Approximately latest campus gossip, activities, Al.A honors, and twenty-three c hildren, from e ight to fourteen years news of the va:rious alumnae that she knew. The old, arrived a t the fraternity house from the Archchapter also had a picture made of the actives bishop Ryan M emorial School for D eaf and around a sign saying "Merry Christmas, Bess," Dumb Children. Games, refreshments and enterwhich, from her response, thrilled h er very much. tainment were prepared for the children and the gifts given them were the highlight of the evening.

SPONSOR BROWNIE TROOP Phi Phi directed its efforts toward the children Beta Nu a t Murray, Kentucky, has had a full of the Noyes Orphanage in St. Joseph, Missouri, schedule of projects. During Thanksgiving they for whom .they have a party in collaboration with journeyed to Fort Campbell and · entertained the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

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Beta Gamma's Rosemary Castleberry, Connie Ramsey, Maxine Norwood, Betty Ogle and Regina Brooks are making rhythm band instruments for Sunnyside School for Mentally Retarded Childr·en.

Beta Omega has been very busy along social service lines this year. In October with Alpha Chi Omega they sang at the Old Folks Home, and in D ecember the Alpha Sigs entertained there again with a Christmas program. The chapter is very actively engaged in an educational project for very young or mentally retarded children. The proj ect consists of four fram ed pictures each of which has one workable item: buttons, belt, zipper and ties. They also gave a party for underprivileged children in Lewisburg and the Panhellenic Council i sponsoring a project where each orority member is writing monthly letters to girls at a nearby mental institution for women.

Beta Theta had as a pledge project this year a rummage ale. M any people a round Mt. Pleasant benefit from these sales. At Christmas the chapter was on e of seve ral organizations on the campu tha t contrib uted to CARE. GIFT TO HEART F U ND

Chi Chi i very proud of its project. La t year they held a paper drive which was city wide, and half of the money derived from the drive was turned over to the H eart Fund. The wome n of Ball State's campus, for evera l years, have volunteered to go to the M arion V eteran's Hospital.

This year the Panhellenic Council has scheduled specific dates for the sororitie to end a group of member along with other volunteers from the camp u . Th group conver es and da nces with the patient for a n evening. The pledges of the chapter al o de oted their efforts towa rd h elping Ball M emorial H o pita! by wrapping ba ndages.

Co T RIB UTE TO MEMORIAL ScH OLAR HIP F uN D B ta Pi at then W e t Vinrinia h as allotted $50.00 aga in thi ear for philanthropic work.

Each ear the contribute $25 .00 to the Jane Brit-

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ton Memorial Fund. Jane was a very active member of their chapter and died in 1954. The college has set up this fund to help the needy students. The chapter also allows $10.00 to the National Service project and in addition gave to the tuberculosis drive. The chapter also gave approximately $50.00 worth of stuffed toys which were purchased individually, to the annual Proctor Council Christmas party for the needy children in the surrounding area. Their pre ent plans call for a bingo party-revue at the Veteran's Hospital in Beckley if they get the "go ahead signal."

Beta Psi is continuing work with the Veteran's Hospital in nea rby Battle Creek. They are filling a great need by doing this as the patients are all suffering from mental disorders contracted during military service. Some of the patients have been hospitalized for thirty or forty years and certainly welcome the chance of outside contacts. The making of terry-cloth scuffs for the patients i being continued. During the spring the chapter is planning a talent program which will include singing, dancing, piano solos, etc., presented by the members as well as singing a collection of college songs by the entire chapter. The pledges have concerned themselves principally with revera! visits to a local orphanage.

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Psi Psi voted to contribute a sum of money to the Joy Fund in Shreveport, maintained for underprivileged families in the area. This project was selected as a permanent project. Another of their worthy activities was the supplying of children in Natchitoches with ·a Christmas party.

Gifts of toys and clothing in gaily wrapped packages were contributed by the members, while money was •also collected to ibuy the c hildren other n ecessities. These gifts were presented during the Christmas holidays with chapter members acting as Santa Clauses.

Beta Iota made up a basket for a needy family during th e Christmas Holidays and also have contributed to the Hungarian R elief. These plus their participation in combined campus projects with the Panhellenic have kept the chapter busy on their philanthropic work.

During the fall Beta Epsilon devoted their efforts in behalf of CARE. Each member contributed to the project and the chapter sent twentyfive packages overseas. The contributions were mad e through the campus YWCA as they were in charge of the project to get all the organization.; to send packages. In the spring the chapter has alway worked with the Red Cros drive in the collecting of funds.

Rho Rho has been entertaining patients at the 1

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SACK CANDY FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY Eta Eta, during the fall, contributed $30.00 to the United Funds campaign in Pittsburg, Kansas.

However, their major project took place at Christmas. A group of members sacked candy for the Salvation Army's annual Christmas party for underprivileged children. The chapter also provided gloves, mittens and caps for the younger children.

In addition to the financial aid, a great deal of time was spent by the chapter members, and it gave an opportunity for each member to participate.

Philanthropic Projects?- There is no end to them. Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha should be very proud of themselves for the splendid work they are doing along philanthropic lines, hoth as individuals and as groups. Our hats are off to you! - JACKIE PHILLIPS CARSON, National Philanthropic Chairman.

EMPORIA'S WOMAN OF THE WEEK From The Emporia, Kansas, Gazette

• Mxss Catharine Edith Strouse, because: After a 51 -year teaching career, completed in 1949 when she retired at Emporia State Teachers College, she has kept busy in Emporia and Kansas musical affairs, directing choirs, conducting music clinics and writing music education books. She conducted her volunteer Council of Church Women choir, representing ten Emporia churches re-

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cently and the next week went to Greenwood County to conduct a county music festival.

Besides the 29-member interdenominational choir, which she organized seven years ago, she conducts the Grace Methodist Church choir. For fourteen years she has superVised 4-H music study for the state and now spends one week at Rock Springs Camp each spring teaching music to 4-H personnel. She has conducted the 'Lyon County music festival for fifteen years· and off and on has directed numerous festivals and institutes over a wide Kansas area.

Her texts on music for younger students are used throughout the United States.

Born in Illinois, she had been supervisor of music in Wausau and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, before coming to Emporia to join the staff of the late Frank A. Beach, well-known head of the Emporia State Music Department, in 1910. The graduates of their two-year course went out to establish the first music departments in Kansas school systems. She worked with Mr. Beach for twenty-five years before his death.

Her bachelor's degree is from Winona (Minnesota) State Teachers Col1ege and her master's degree in Education from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Her musical talents, besides directing, include voice and piano.

EDITOR's NoTE: Miss Strouse, who holds pin number one of Epsilon Epsilon chapter, is active in the Emporia alumnae chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Maintaining an active interest in Epsilon Epsilon chapter, she helps the members practice each spring for the Singing Bee competition.

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Peggy Spradlin Reports On Brazilian Assignment • WHAT a wonderful experience to be an International Farm Youth Exchange ! After an inspiring week of orientation in Washington, D. C., twenty-two IFYEs headed south to become grass roots ambassadors to twelv·e Latin American countries. While in our host countries we will live with farm families, learning about their customs and beliefs, and in turn helping them to learn ours, thus creating a better international relationship among the peopl e. My host country is the vast and 'beautiful Brazil. It is about the size of the United States and the language is Portuguese.

Twenty-seven hours after leaving the U. S., our plane popped over the mountains to soar over the capitol of Brazil and our ·destination Rio . de . . ' ' Jan eiro. My butterflies really becam'e act~ve! Below me in the city we re three million. Poi:"tuguese speaking pwple and my vocabulary consisted of about two hundred words. However, as the plane flew closer the beauty of the city over-poweped all else. Ahead we could see the famous Suaar Loaf "' .

Mountain looming 1,200 feet straight up over the city. A little caJble car was swinging from the cable, the only means of reaching the top. In the distance we saw the majestic Corcavado Mountain with the statue of Christ resting on the peak.

Pictured from left to right are Rosa Ellen Larson of Concordia, Kansas, Peggy's IFYE companion Marianna Leite .Ri~iro, Marcio Leite Ribeiro and Pegg~ Spradlin.

In thJS picture Marianna is playing some of the typical Brazilian songs.

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The statue alone reaches 125 feet into the sky. At night huge flood lights illuminate the statue to give the allusion of Christ floating over the city with out-stretched arms.

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TouRING Rro DE JANEIRO We stayed in Rio for five days touring the city, visiting the famous Copacabana 'beach, seeing historical shrines, museums and other places of interest. From there we went into the state of Minas Gerais at the capitol city of Belo Horizonto, for one week of orientation before my IFYE sister and I separated.

For three weeks I lived with my first host family. When I arrived, I was quite an abject of cpriosity in the family of nine, lbut as we worked and talked together I soon became a part of a fimily of ten. My little brother and sister, ages three and five, were especially awed at first; and later the family laughingly told me my little sister had said, "Papa, isn't it a shame that Peggy is a grown girl and hasn'-t learned to talk yet!"

However, it wasn't long before she was learning to speak a few English words.

DATING CusTOMS The boy-girl relationship in the small towns 1s quite different from the dating customs in the U. S. In the evening all the young men gather along the sides of the main avenue. Later, the girls gather and walk slowly up and do~n the center of the two lines of boys. When a boy sees a girl ? e likes very well he starts flirting with her by winking or smiling. Later ·he may join the girl to walk up and down the street but this means his intentions are pretty serious. However, they n ever leave the block together unless they a re e ngaged. I shall never forget my first experience of "footing" as the process of parading ts called. I was a little embarrassed at first but with a little observation and practice my luck was better.

What a thrill it was when I was serenaded in my little farm home! I had read how beautiful a Brazilian serenade could be but didn't realize it until I awoke one night to hear my first seren~de . The: e .were three young men under my wmdow swmgmg and playing guitars, producing th e most beautiful music I have ever heard. If

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there was one thing I could choose to take home with me from Brazil, I think it would be the Brazilian serenade.

My Portuguese is slowly improving but often I am embarrassed over my mistakes. The other day papa walked out into the yard and I informed him I really liked one of the little dogs. H e thought this very funny but not until later di.d I learn the words for Brazilian moonshine and dog are quite similar and I had used the wrong word. However, my family was always ready to help me.

CAN'T CouNT BRAZILIAN RELATIVEs Now I have eight mamas, eight papas, eighteen brothers and sisters and I'm sure I can't count the Brazilian relatives. My eighth fam ily had a kitche n servant and a few farm servants.

There is a much greater need for servants than in the U . S. because much of the farm work is done by hand due to much steep land and the terrific expense of machinery, most of which is imported from the U. S. The kitchen work, too, is much more difficult because of the lack of con veniences. In many homes there is no electricity.

I have been amazed at the number of activities carried on in the Brazilian farm kitchen, including everything from grinding corn to ma king corn meal to making soap. One of the most interesting activities is breadmaking which is an all day task in many homes. Early in the morning we placed hot coals on the floor of a huge stone ove n. As the coals cooled they were swept off the oven floor with long palm branches and replaced by more hot coals. Meanwhile the entire family joined to make the dough . We had seven different kinds of dough-about two gallons of each. We used gallons of flour and corn meal and dozens of eggs. I was quite surprised when my host sister brought green banana leaves on which to place the kneaded dough to bake. With long poles we placed them on the hot rock floor which had been swept clean with the palm branches. It wasn't long before we began removing loaf after loaf of good hot bread. I soon became the official sampler and believe me I en joyed my work.

MAKES BISCUITS When asked to make biscuits like we eat in the U. S., I thought it would be an exce llent opportunity to help them learn more about our customs. However, it seems the flour is quite different, the baking powder acted instantly and the oven wasn't hot enough. As a result I produced a new type of blue-green biscuit that resembled a flat rock. I tried to explain in my

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Peggy Spradlin and R osa Ellen Larson are making coffee in the typical Brazilian manner. As you may be aware, coffee in Brazil is usually served in small cups and is referred to as "cafezinho," which literally translated into English means "little coffee."

limited Portuguese, but I'm certain they felt sorry for the poor Americans who have to eat biscuits.

Christmas here is very similar to ours since it celebrates the birth of Christ. W e have Santa Clauses called Papa Noell, the Christmas trees, exchange of gifts, etc. The main difference is that it is very hot here a nd on Christmas Eve we went to the beach. I was quite amused at the decorative snow scenes in this tropical climate and especially when I heard "Jingle Bells."

NEw YEAR HoLIDAYS IN RIO My IFYE sister, Rosa Larson, and I were m Rio de Janeiro for New Year holidays. Pedro Bastos, the Farm Bureau Exchange who recently returned to Brazil after a one year program in Virginia, and his parents, were our hosts in their apartment home on the world famous Copacabana Beach. From their windows we watched the large Catholic parade moving slowly down the main avenue which runs parallel with the beach.

At midnight the family celebrated as most American families do, exchanging best wish.es for the year. Meanwhile on the beach fireworks were constant and hundreds of people were gathered with candles, flowers and other objects. Their purpose was to p erform voodoo and pray to the ocean goddess. Our hosts explained this custom is large ly due to the African influence which remains primarily among the lower class of people of Brazil.

W e were entertained, also, in the home of Martin Fonseca, a Brazilian IFYE who recently returned from Virginia and Missouri. There we danced the Brazilian Samba until morning. Never

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IN ONE OF RICHEST CoFFEE AREAS Now I am in the southern state of Parana and in one of the richest coffee areas of the world.

My host family has about thirty-five hired workers, and has both coffee and Holstein dairy cattle on their beautiful farm of about 250 acres. It takes four years for a tree to produce coffee and then it will produce for thirty to forty years if well cared for. There were heavy frosts in 1953 and 1955, and many farmers are suffering great losses. My family h.as about forty-five dairy cattle which are pastured on thirty-two acres. They sell Grade A milk which is milked by electric milkers, bottled without being pasteurized and sold in the nearby city. The milk is tested regularly and must conform to state regulations.

In this state there is no organization similar to our 4-H Clubs. We had found Minas Gerais had a program called 4-S clubs similar to our 4-H program. My host parents who have a son in the states on the IFYE program were interested in such a club so they asked Rosa and me to give a talk about 4-H club work. Public invitations were posted and there were over 50 interested persons pre ent. After hearing about the organization and seeing slides of 4-H club members in action, they were enthusiastic, and we hope their plans will be put into action soon.

BRAZILIAN SCHOOLS I have found the schools in Brazil qvite different as I travel from the country to the city.

The city schools are somewhat similar to ours.

In the country there are usually no school buses and the children walk each day to their one room school houses. The country schools offer five to seven years of study. The teacher often has had no more than seven years of schooling so if the children desire more they must go to the city to study. I was quite surprised to learn the children have two months vacation for Christmas, but they explained this vacation is equivalent to our summer vacation because Christmas comes during the Brazilian summer months. In June they have another month of winter vacation making a total of three months. As I explained our vacation system to some of the students, one little freckled face boy popped up with an excellent solution. He had decided to study in the U. S. <luring the summer and in Brazil during the winter thus taking advantage of vacation season in both countries.

For two wonderful weeks I lived on a large -coffee and cattle plantation in the state of Sao

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ANDERSON , INDIANA â&#x20AC;˘ . THE charter meeting of the Anderson alumnae chapter was held on November 8, 1956, at which time officers were elected. On November 27, Virginia Reber and Velma Thresher of the Muncie alumnae installed the following officers: Rose Kaiser Baden (Mrs. J. D .) -President Barbara Dietrich-Vice president Beverly Clem Kirk-SecreMrs. J.D. Baden tary Nora Fuller Hanson-Treasurer Delores Barnes Rhinehart-Correspondent Elva Mae Farmer Hamilton-Panhellenic delegate Sue Roland-Alternate Panhellenic delegate Mrs. Baden was former secretary, vice president and president of the Muncie alumnae group, and was delegate to the 1949 A~A convention.

Paulo. As is the usual custom in Brazil for farm families who compare with our middle and upper income farmers, my host family lives on the plantation only for holidays after which they return to the city. Farm life here is somewhat different from that in the U. S. Hand labor being much less expensive, is much more common. My host mother was surprised when I told her my mother does her housework without help.

Rosa, my IFYE sister, and I agreed to make chicken pie the family had read about, for 20 guests. We had no way to measure the oven temperature but it was evidently quite hot because exactly nine minutes later we peeped at the pie to find it getting black on top. We held our breath until serving time but it appeared to be quite successful and we were pleased by the way it vanished.

Now I am in the outhernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sui, on a large rice plantation.

Soon I will write of experiences in this state.

* * * EDITOR's NoTE: Peggy Spradlin BI, representing Virginia on the International Farm Youth Exchange Program, was in Brazil from October, 1956, to April, 1957.

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PITTSBURGH ALUMNAE Sateae M_ ARION BALL WILSON • A!

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D ecember 2, M arion Bal l Wilson was the recipient of a citation "for personal, civic and professional achievement" awarded by the Alumni Honor Assembly on the occasion of the Sixty-fifth

Harry S. Spitz and Marion Ball Wilson of Pittsburgh receiving Alumni Citations from Dr. James Creese, President of Drexel Institute of Technology.

anniversary of the founding of the Drexel Institute of Technology. She was one of 65 outstanding graduates so honored. This is but the la test in a long line of such honors which have come to Marion in recognition of the m any contributions she has made to her college, h er community, and to the numerous organizations in which she ha> played so vital a p art.

M arion is a native Pittsburgh er, a nd was graduated from the Peabody high school there. She en tered Drexel a t the end of h er high school days.

She was a charter member of Nu Nu chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and was active throughout her college career in sorority affairs, the Home Economics club and the Dramatic club. Her senior year at Drexel, she was president of the YWCA, the K ey and Triangle club, scholarship honorary, and the senior class, and vice president of the Women's Student Government Association.

The yearbook said of her: "Who has done so much for Drexel and so well? She stands to the fore of her school, not only alphabetically but in attainments."

What was said of her in college still holdsalways active in sorority affairs, she has served in

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every office and chairmanship in the Pittsburgh alumnae chapter. M arion's mother, Mrs. George Ball, was a pa troness of Nu Nt~. Mrs. Ball was beloved by th e girls in the co llege chapter as well as by members of the Pi ttsburgh alumnae group.

M arion's sister, Blanche, now Mrs. Sidney Landa u, and her sister-in-l aw, H elen Ellsworth Ball (Mrs. George L., Jr. ), were members of Nu N~ and are now active in the Pittsburgh alumnae chapter.

Marion is a hostess par excellence, and visiting her home is a joy and delight to her friends. "Mi" says that her number one hobby is the study of Pennsylvania Dutch folk arts and crafts. For 30 years she has been collecting Dutch " stuff" with which to furnish her home. Most of her antique pewter, spatterware, gaudy Dutch pottery and furniture came from Lancaster County, including a Kentucky rifle made by Christian Gumpf of Lancaster in 1790. A Steigel-type ten plate iron stove provides heat and charm for her farm kitchen. Hers is a rare collection of Pennsylvania Dutch and other early Ame ricana.

Each Christmas time, the Wilson Christmas tree is trimmed with antique ornaments, blown glass balls and blown and pressed glass Christmas lights made many years ago. The "putz," a miniature na tivity scene, is built under the tree, using moss, stones and old papiermache figures.

The Wilsons plan at least one country Dutch dinner during the holidays to please their guests when they go " putzing," a M arion · says.

Easte r is another festival time that is observed a t the Wilsons' in true Pennsylvania Dutch style, using Mi's coll ection of colored and decorated eggs gathered from all parts of the world where E aster eggs are decorated according to age-old tradition. The eggs are hung on the bare branches of a shrub or small tree with Easter toys an·d ornaments arranged beneath it. A collector of old glass, as her mother was before her, she has inherited an interest in Pittsburgh-type glass as well as m any pieces of early blown and pressed glass from h er mother's collection.

Last summer, Marion toured Europe with a group sponsored by the Pennsylvania Folklore Society, visiting museums, collectors' shops and factories in search of items and information on the subj ect. She is in great demand as a speaker and has written articles telling of her hobbies

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and fields of interest in which she has collections.

A charter member and past president of the Pittsburgh Doll club, which is affiliated with the United Federation of Doll clubs, of which she is corresponding secretary, Marion is one of the cataloguers of a memorial doll collection at the Carnegie Museum, and has assisted in setting up doll and toy exhibits at the Museum and Library.

Her own doll collection now numbers more than 600 with two-thirds or more of them antiques.

Marion's present affiliations give some idea of the broad scope of her interests and talents.

She is president of the Board of Trustees of the Zelienople, Pennsylvania, public library; past

president of the Travelers club and of the Junior Woman's club of Zelienople; a director of the Early American Glass club of Pittsburgh; vice president of the Pittsburgh branch, National League of American Pen Women; and is a number of the College Club of Pittsburgh.

This tells but a small part about the manytalented Marion Ball Wilson. Because she brings such freshness and enthusiasm to all her undertakings, she gives p leasure to her hosts of friends and to all who are privileged to share her activities with her.

The Pittsburgh alumnae chapter is proud to claim her and to acclaim her!

~ette~t FROM TOKYO DEAR FRIENDS IN A~A:

Happy New Year from the Far East.

When I was reelected president of Rho Chi alumnae chapter last April, I little dreamed I would be teaching school in Tokyo, Japan, for the 1956-57 school year. On July 5, 1956, I received a long distance call from a government agency asking me to accept a teaching position in Japan. Naturally, I accepted and began making the necessary arrangements.

The Detroit Board of Education granted me a year's leave of absence. I called Joan Parker, vice-president of Rho Chi, to inform her I would not be able to fulfill my second term as president.

Immunization shots, passport records and many other formalities followed. On September 12, I finally received my orders to report to San Francisco, and on September 21, departed for Japan.

I started teaching at Narimasu high school near Tokyo on September 24. The Army Dependent School has thirty teachers and a student body of

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seven hundred fifty. I am teaching four physical education classes and sponsor the Girls Athletic Association and the Pep Club. Teaching in an Army Dependent School is very similar to teaching in the States; however my classes are very small (fifteen to thirty) due to the fact physical education is an elective course. The pupils are all children of Army personnel or of Army civilian workers. Most of the parents stay in Japan two years, so we have a large turn-over, families going and coming frequently.

Since I know you are interested in my experiences with the Japanese, I shall attempt to tell you what I have observed since arriving on the largest of the four main islands of Japan. The main island is Honsue. Toyko is on this island, and as you know, it is the capital of Japan, and is the largest city in the country. It has many lovely gardens, a zoo, universities, modern department stores, small shops, factories and restaurants. Its streets are narrow, rough and always under repair, and are crowded with bicycles, motorcycles, carts, taxis, cars, buses, street cars and pedestrians.

The Japanese people live in one, two, three or four room houses. Their homes are made of wood and have walls of paper panels that slide back and forth. The houses are not painted on the outside, and have very little furniture, most of which is small and close to the floor. The average wage for the white collar office worker is about the equivalent of $50.00 a month. More and more the Japanese are taking over the American way of dress, as it is more comfortable.

To see kimonos nowadays you have to visit some of the older women or go to a small town. On national holidays colorful kimonos are worn by tho e who visit the shrines and temples.

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Some of my week ends have been spent VlSlting interesting cities near Tokyo. Kyoto, which is about an eight-hour train ride from Tokyo, is one of the former capitals of J apan. Kyoto now is noted for its fine educational and cu ltural center. High in the mountains, I visited Nikko and saw many parks, gardens, red-lacquer shrines and gold encrusted temples among ancient trees.

In Kamakura is an out-of-doors statue of Buddha D aibutsu . I t is forty feet high and nin ety-seven feet around with a face eight feet long.

I can see Mt. Fuji in the distance on clear mornings, from the bi llet where I live. It is very beautifu l with its snow-peaked top and I hope to visit th e mou ntain in the n ear future.

At Easter time, I hope to take an I nland Sea tour to the southernmost island called K yushu .

The J apanese transportation system is very good. The trains and subways are always on time a nd very crowded . Japanese celebrate the New Year for the whole month of J anuary. O n J anuary 1, they go to sh rines to give thanks and to pray fo r health and p rosperity. The women and small girls dress in their beautiful kimon os

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and wear very ela bora te hair-dos. Most of the people are Shinto followers. Even those who are Christians and Buddhists believe in many Shinto ideas.

In Japan, all boys and girls a re required to attend school for nin e years. The education is free from kindergarten to higher secondary schools.

All students wear W estern style dress to school.

At Christmas, I took a ten-day trip to Hong Kong a nd Bangkok, and was able to compa re some of the customs of the J apa nese a nd Chinese after the trip. I was abl e to see how the refugees from R ed China are trying to earn a living and how they live. Hong Kong does not have free education for its child ren, and I saw many children begging on th e streets. It is really good to know we live in the U .S.A. where we have the privileges of living in a free land, with opportunities to have work, food, clothing and freedom of speech and religion.

I have enj oyed my stay in the Far East and it is an experien ce I shall never forget; however, I shall be glad to return to the States this summer.-ALICE BrsHOP PX .

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ROSE MARIE FELLIN • Rose Marie Fellin B~ serves as alumnae adviser to Beta Sigma. She is a past president of the Springfield alumnae chapter. Rosie is alumnae secretary for Beta Sigma and was treasurer of Kansas-MissouriNebraska State Day in 1955. She works at the Union National Bank in Springfield and is very active in the Venture club serving as chairman of the service committee. Rose Marie is what the Beta Sigmas call a real Alpha Sigma, as she devotes her time, energy and ideas willingly and freely to Alpha Sigma Alpha.

NANCY COON • Nancy Coon rB, a junior home economics major, is president of her chapter. She is vice president of Wesley Foundation. Nancy had the lead in an opera presented recently at Wisconsin State College. She is a member of the Home Economics club, the choir, Girls' Glee club and Alpha Kappa Rho, music honorary. Nancy serves on the Intersorority Council. Student Council. Allocations committee and Assembly committee.

VELDA MOYER • Velda Moyer TT is the newly elected president of her chapter. Velda, more commonly known as Soapie, is president of the Campus Boosters of Fort Hays Kansas State College. She is junior editor of "The Reveille," college yearbook. Velda is active in WRA, French club and the Tigerettes. Soapie is second vice chairman for the Collegiate Young Republican organization.

JACQUELINE HUNT • Jacqueline Hunt HH, a senior business administration major, has been aptly dubbed "the Committeewoman" on the Pittsburg State Teachers College campus. Jackie has served her chapter as president and treas urer. She belongs to Future Business Leaders of America and serves on its publicity committee. Jackie was named to the student-faculty d isciplinary and orientation committees and to two allschool student-faculty committees for Homecoming. As a member of the Student Center Board, she is on the house committee.

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CAROL GAMBLE • Carol Gamble ~ has served her chapter as pledge president. corresponding secretary and vice president. She was chairman of the beauty float committee for Homecoming, narrator of the Homecoming skit. designer of the scenery for the campus swim show and accompanist for the sextette. Carol has been president of Art club, art editor of the yearbook, and representative to Panhellenic. She has served on the Homecoming committee and the social committee.

DOROTHY JANE MAC CANDLESS • Dorothy Jane Mac Candless BZ, a senior majoring in commercial art. is her chapter's president. She is an active member of Sigma Tau Delta, English honorary; Art club; and Newman club. Dorothy was selected for "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges." She has been dorm chairman and acting publicity chairman for Newman club. Last year Dorothy was Beta Zeta's editor and rush chairman.

JUENE ATHERTON • Juene Atherton BP, a junior majoring in business education, is treasurer of Beta Rho. She is a pledge of Alpha Delta, journalism honorary. Juene is business editor of Northern's yearbook staff and is a member of DBE. the business organization on campus. She belongs to Newman club and is also a member of Northern's bowling league.

BONNIE MORAN • Bonnie Moran BN , a senior majoring in elementary education, served her chapter as president during her junior year. She has been a member of Panhellenic Council for four years and was vice president of the Council during her junior year. This year Bonnie is p resident of Kappa Delta Pi. She is a member of the Association for Childhood Education and has served as its treasurer In her freshman year she was secretary of Delta Lambda Alpha. honorary for freshmen women.

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CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES OF FRATERNITY WOMEN â&#x20AC;˘ GooD CITIZENSHIP is a contribution we, as fraternity woman CAN and SHOULD make toward a better world. Not only have we had a college education, but we have also been greatly favored in that a fraternity experience has been ours. As always- the finer our opportunities have been, the greater are our responsibilities.

Fraternity women know the richness that has been added to our lives by our respective fraternities, but let us all ever remember that others judge the values of fraternity only by what they see in our lives. The type of good citizenship they see in us should be so superior that fraternity would be lauded rather than criticized.

What are some of the criteria by which we are being judged and evaluated as outstanding citizens?

AS COLLEGIATES: Do we set good campus standards by our social behavior?

Do we clearly demonstrate our appreciation of a higher education by emphasis on good scholarship?

Do we furnish leadership by unselfish participation in campus activities?

Do we accept or shirk duties given us in chapter activities?

Do we give an honest loyalty to our chapter?

In short, do we make the most of our opportunities to mature into superior citizens?

AS ALUMNAE: Do we exercise our great privilege of the franchise, thereby electing the best leader ?

Do we accept public office, even when it means personal sacrifice?

Do we study issues, so we can vote intelligently?

Do we participate willingly and enthusiastically in community affair ?

Do we take an active part in bettering our chool ?

D o we work increasingly to improve our community and our nation--or do we only criticize?

Do we keep an ever-watchful guard against ubver ive activities?

Do we see that all our property a real as et to our n i<Thborhood?

Do we do all in our power to help young people- be they in our fraternity or outside?

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Do we contribute to the higher spiritual tone of our community?

Do we actively support by our GIFTS such agencies as we feel improve the community and the world?

Do we give unselfish SERVICE to community betterment agencies?

Do we represent the United States well by our attitude and behavior when we travel abroad?

Do we at all times and in all ways show our gratitude that we have been fortunate enough to be citizens of the greate t democracy in the world?

These are just a few of the many criteria by which the outside world judges us as fraternity women. Might each of us do well to evaluate and measure our lives, to see whether we are honestly assuming the responsibility that come to us with the privilege of fraternity?-CITIZENSHIP CoMMITTEE, NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CoNFERENCE.

LET'S START A ROUND ROBIN â&#x20AC;˘ "I WONDER where we will be five years from now?" This question is a part of graduation exercises, and the termination of collegiate sorority life.

Addresses are exchanged and every one has good intentions of writing letters but after college life becomes complicated at times, and letterwriting is often put aside.

Before leaving school, it would be a good idea to make plans for a Round Robin. One person can be designated to start the letter, which will follow a pre-arranged routing with each person including a note. On the second round, the first to receive the letter will replace her first note with a new one. What a wonderful visit you have had with all the girl - just like a reumon.

Several years ago, Polly Schlosser asked me to keep in touch with the A~As in my class. Our letter goes from Long Beach, California, to Albuquerque, on to Berthoud, Colorado, thence to Oregon and the Philippines and back to me in Long Beach. W e have a glorious visit once each year. It is such fun and one letter does the trick.

- JEAN NICHOLSON BLACKWELL BB.

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~~te/z4 Longwood College BEFOR E we went hom e betwee n terms, we had a ba nquet in the T ea Room of the College with the alumnae as our g uests. As we h a d very little time between vacatio n a nd silent week, we cam e back to school with much work to do. Our n ew furniture a rrived befo re the rush teas started, and we a re very proud of it. The ole' room just spa rkled! Of course, it alwa ys do es to us, but it did look kinda' extra special then. Ou r t heme for the teas wa s ce ntered around a radio prog ram, with W-A"'i:.A on the air.

We really h a ted to see February Graduation come this year. Sara Lou Wendenburg had to leave us then, and we surely do miss h er. Sara Lou was a very outstanding member on campus, as well as a loyal Alpha Sig.ER NE STI NE STOLTZ.

Miami University PLEDGE days ended for our fall pl e dge ~ class shortl y after second semester began. As we added new members to our active chapter, our pledge class increased as a r esult of several informal rush parties. Our party centered around a penthouse theme with Manhattan skyline decorations for our suite. The favors were miniature punch glasses decorated with our Greek letters and red and white ribbons.

Alpha chapter's spring pledge class. Front row-left to right: Claudia Whipple, Addie Richardson, Janet Chase.

Back row: Nancye Allen, Ann Harding, Josie Currey, Tae Wamsley, Ann Scott.

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The Junior Prom was h eld on F ebrua ry 2 1. Barb M ess inger wa s o ur ca ndid ate for queen .

A t o ur scholarshi p ba nquet held on M a rch 8, at the O xford H o use, Judy Pae tow was n a med th e outsta ndin g pled ge. Pat G a mble a nd C arol H ay received th e rota ting Alph a Si gm a A lpha brace lets for h avi ng the hig hes t g ra d e-point averages in th e active cha pter and pledge cla ss respectively.

The week end of M a rch 16 was climaxed by th e Ot.K Ca rn iva l. Each sorority coo perates with a fra ternity to pla n a nd construct a booth for this event. Pi K ap pa Alph as were our co-workers. The ¡theme wa s a fishbowl a ff a ir, complete with m erma ids and King Neptune.

M a rch 23-24, our chapter was visited by Mrs. Clayton A. Rich a rd, nation al treasurer, for n ational inspection.

A representative group from our cha pter traveled to Akron, Ohio, on April 6, for .State Day. On April 14, we held our annual Spring Boat trip on the Ohio river. The favors for our dates were leather stud boxes.

W e are looking forward to Mother' s Day in May. A ba nqu et has been planned for our mothers Saturday evenin g a fter the Mother-Patronesses initia tion servi ces a nd th e Interfra ternity Sing.- PAT GREEN E.

Northeast Missouri State College ALPHA BETA h as finish ed a very successful r ush period.

Alpha Alpha's spring initiates. Front row-left to right: Carol Tobin, Lynn Minter, Betsy Cervone, Jill Creager, Beth Dieterly. Back row: Judy Tieman, Judy Campbell, Zelma Kah , Judy Israel, judy Paetow, Luretta McVey, Carol Hay.

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The highlight of February was the Sweetheart dance.

Lorraine Jerome was crowned Alpha Beta's sweetheart with Liz Swisher and Marilyn Glasser as her attendants.

The Alpha Sig pledges and the brother Phi Sig pledges entertained the actives with a dance March 13.

A circus theme was used. The gymnasium was decorated with red and white crepe paper tent-style. The dance floor resembled a circus ring with tables around the outer circle. Miniature circus animals and balloons with Greek letters on them were attractive table decorations.

Barbara Kerls, who has just returned from studying in Madrid, Spain, was elected editor of the college newspaper.-MARTHA ScoTT.

~tpM,~a Indiana (Penna.) State Teachers College THE second semester started off with a bang! Coke dates, dinners in town and chapter room parties began February 4 to send freshmen and sorority girls into a ten-day whirl of activities. The rush period was culminated with our formal rush party Friday, February 22.

The theme was "Coronation Capers" as in previous years. Seventy alumnae, rushees and members were present.

On March 16, the A~A banquet was held at the Indiana Country Club before the Panhellenic dance.

Favors for our dates were ash trays with the A~A c rest painted on them.

Alpha Gamma had seven members on the Dean's list for last semester. They were Esther Craft, Carolyn Heilman, Ruth Ann Kidder, Jean Kunz, Iona Loch, Vivian Murphy and Doris Tritinger.

Toni Karr, our chapter secretary, has been selected to be in the chorus of "Oklahoma" for the annual " Swingout" in May. Ruth Ann Kidder was chosen to represent ISTC at the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Choir festival in March. Pat Makufka played in the clarinet section of the Intercollegiate Band here on the campus the last of March.

J ean Kunz was the general chairman of the rummage sale held at the Indiana Community House on April 13.

- RUTH ANN KIDDER.

Colorado State College of Education BETA BETA was very happy after winning the first place trophy in the annual Forensic Follies. The skit, entitled " You Ca n't Fight It, D ad," was a bop-talking takeoff on John Smith and Pocahontas.

Our chapter also won a first place trophy for girls' The team was undefeated intramural basketball. t hrou ghout the tournament.

F or the seventh consecutive year a member of Beta Beta was named Blue K ey Swee th ea rt a t the a nnua l Blue K ey Swee theart Ball in F ebruary. Blue K ey is a na tion al men's honorary frate rn ity a nd it is quite a n honor for a g irl to be chose n their quee n. She is selected on th e same standards as the men- schola rship, leadership, service to the school a nd cha racter. Th is year's swee theart, Lurley Hunsberger, was crowned by H elen M cK ee, last yea r's qu ee n. One of th e attendan ts tapped

by Blue K ey was M ai le Lovell a lso of Beta Beta .

Fou r of the five ca ndi da tes for Jun ior P rom queen are membe rs of our chapter. T hey a re D ori s W isehar t ' M ai le L ovell , K are n Featherston a nd R achel :aaca.

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Practice for the all Greek songfest has started in earnest. Last year we received the traveling trophy for winning the contest for three years straight, so we are trying to keep up the record. Our annual dinner dance was held on April 12. On May 18-19, we will have a mountain party in Estes Park.-SHERRILL HATCHER.

E~E~ Emporia State Teachers College EPSILON EPSILON started second semester with a successful rush week. The theme of our parties was "Alphas in Wonderland."

Even though practicing for the annual Singing Bee took many hours, Alpha Sigs still had time and energy for other activities. Pat Hays was elected president of the senior class for the spring semester. Blanche Dunshee, Mary Jo Ormsby and Pat Hayes were selected for membership in Xi Phi, honorary leadership organization, and Joann Ritter was initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary. Elizabeth Schubert was elected president of the freshman dorm. An alumna, Miss Catherine Strouse, was honored as Woman of the Week

by The Emporia Gazette, for her contributions to musical and church activities in the community.

At present, we are hoping for the Scholarship Trophy again this year.-jOANN RITTER.

Central Missouri State College "THE Lady Bug's Ball" was the title given to our Sweetheart dance and the formal was all that the title implied. Large three-dimensional dragonflies, grasshoppers and lady bugs all glittered and having cellopha ne wings were hung from the ceiling. At the doorway was a wooden bridge with a stream running under it (artificial, of course, ) for the guests to walk over.

Behind the band stand were three large brightly painted and glittered butterflies. As a backdrop for our pictures we made a huge spider web out of white yarn and built a small pool and rock garden beside it. The highlight of the dance was the announcement of our A~A Sweetheart, Mary Ruth Werner.

"Most Popular Girl on CMSC Campus" was won

by Zeta Zeta's Nancy Thomson. Nancy is a sophomore majoring in business. "Little Red Ridinghood" was th e theme we used for one vigorous week of campaig ning. This contest was won last yea r by Zeta Zeta's H elen Price.

"Roman Holiday' ' was the theme for our spring rush.

Costumes were sheets dra ped around us for a Gre cia n effect and th e classic olive leaf wreaths were worn on our heads.

Pla ns are being ma de for th e a nnual All Greek Song F ete. Zeta Zeta will sing "I H eard a Forest Praying."

Identical dresses a re being made for this occasion a nd we a re hoping we will win for the sixth consecutive year. -LOIS GRAUP NER.

Eta Eta Pittsburg State Teachers College O N Feb r ua ry 26, Eta Eta went en masse to Chicken Anne's for a chicken dinner a nd business m ee ting.

A bela ted Christmas g ift from our advi sers, Dr. Jane M . C a rroll a nd Mrs. Perva Hughes, was a party for the college a nd alumnae ch apte rs on M a rch 12. W e met in

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Nu Nus at their "Wishing on a Star" rush party. the Twilight Lounge of the Student Center for an evening of card playing and refreshments.

Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska State D ay in Springfield on March 16 was attended by a sizable group. Plans are in the offing for a spring party, picnic and our annual Senior breakfast.-HARRIET WINTLE.

'Ka{tlta 'Kappa Temple University "WHERE's MuMMY?" That was Kappa Kappa's slogan for our booth at the annual carnival of Temple University. The theme of the affair was nations of the world. Marion Baldrick, chairman, was knee deep in sand and sphinx prior to the event.

We were honored to have two of our seniors, Laura Villani and Janet Brooks, chosen for the outstanding senior award of Temple.

Claire Reff uge reigned as honorary Cadet Colonel of the ROTC and Military Ball Queen. Barbie Paul rated on agility and charm to become Sports Queen of Temple.

Kappa Kappa pocketed first place in intramural basketball with only one losing score.

Having won the Greek sing for the past two years and gaining a "first" this year will mean our retirement of the t.-ophy. We are all lifting our voices to the direction of Janet Brooks in hopes of winning that coveted first.-CLAUDIA KITLOWSKI.

Drexel Institute "WrsHING on a Star" was the them e of our principal rush party, with the rushees being ushered into our heavenly haven midst silver stars and angel-hair clouds.

Favors were stuffed fish animals from a wishing well.

On January 27, a tea was held for our pledges. On March 4, the actives honored the pledges with a spaghetti dinner at the Panhellenic House. Even though we had a little trouble dishing up the yard long

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Sigma Sigma's snow sculpture tied for second place at the Winter Carnival. spaghetti from the pot, no one was neglected. Thanks to the "Operation Spaghetti" team.

The four sororities on campus sponsored a bake sale on February 14, to aid the Hungarian R elief program.

The bake sale was a huge success with over sixty dollars collected.

Winter term was enlivened with parties held with the different fraternities on campus. On March 1, a skating party with D elta K appa Rho fraternity at Ardmore Rink , was followed by a get-together at the frat house.

Gabe Sisca will be touring England, France, Ireland and Germany with the Drexel Varsity Singer from April to the first week in June. We certainly are proud of one of our pledges, Gloria Nacchio, who was selected to reign as the "Sweetheart" of the Newman club at their ann ua l "Cupid Capers."

Our annual Spring formal was held on April 6 at' the Springfield Country Club.- KATHRYN MATSUO.

Marshall College A BANQUET was held for our pledges at the Governor Cabell Hotel, and we had a speaker from National Panhellenic.

Our formal initiation was held Sunday, M a rch 24.

After the initiation the actives had a buffet supper in honor of the new actives.

Greek Week was held April 3-7. This is the second year Greek Week has been held on the Marshall campus. Mary Lu Nixon and Vi ckie Blevins were our representatives to the Greek Week committee.

Our Spring formal was held May 4, with the theme being "Moonlight and Roses." This date was the thirtieth anniversary of our founding on the Marshall campus.

We have had several projects to raise money to buy a house. One of these projects was a rummage sale which was very successful.

The annual a ll-campus Mothers' Day Sing will be held May 12. We are singing "All the Things You Are" and "The Friendship of A~A."-KARLENE SPOHN.

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SUJ-4 Su;.a Western State College OuR snow sculpture, a teddy bear holding a pair of drumsticks, tied for second !?lace at the Winter Carn~val February 2. At the Mardi Gras dance that evenmg, Boby J ean Wheeler was crowned queen. We can not help but boast of our queens this year; there have been three queens crowned this year and each of them has been an Alpha Sig. On the evening of J anuary 16, our a lumnae gave the actives and new pledges a pot-luck supper.

We entertained our alumnae at a breakfast in the Allen Hotel February 17, after which we attended church.-TREVA BEAM.

Fort Hays State College VELDA MovER was elected president of Campus Boosters, an organization boosting school spirit. An hour dance was enjoye d by the Alphas, Wednesday, M arch 13, with the Tau Kappa Epsilon fra ternity.

Practicing has begun on the songs for the Greek Sing.

A trophy is to be awarded again this year for the outstanding fraternity and sorority groups.

Tau Tau sent delegates to Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska Sta te Day at Springfield, Missouri, on March 16.

Practice for the Fort H ays Follies is underway. The Follies is a talent program for college groups. Individual acts will also be entered by our chapter. Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity and the Alpha Sigs charivaried Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newton ( Pa t Boekhaus) F ebruary 28.

Rush week began February 10 with a formal tea.

Our first party carried a "Sorority Life" theme. Our second party was "Oriental. " The program consisted of a skit by representatives from Epsilon Epsilon chapter who visited us during rush. Also, on the program was a n Oriental dance and a Chinese bottle band.

The annual St. Patrick's D ay tea was held March 15 in honor of the faculty women.-KATHY W EEMS.

Northwest Missouri State College AN annua l event of Phi Phi is the Sweetheart dance whi ch was Februa ry 9. The decorations for the dance 路 were red and white cupids, hearts and streamers. Norma Long reigned as our Al:A Sweetheart during the dance.

Barbara harp was recently chosen "M" Club Queen.

Gladene Sherard was an attendant.

Those named to Who's Who in American Universities and Colle ges were Taney Kariger and Kay Ferguson.

Pla ns are being made for our .Spring formal and Mother-Daughter tea.

In campus intramural a tiv ities the Alphas placed first and third in the bowling competition, and second in the basketball tournament. A trophy is presented at the end of the year to the organization which has the most points.- R. jEANETTE ROBERTS.

Ball State Teachers College THE activities of Campus Chest dominated the scene of our campus the week of February 4-9. This week long drive is to cover all the donations to national and

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local philanthropic projects. On February 6, Sue Miller carried our one-man float at the half of the Indiana State basketball game. The float was an ascension balloon with the slogan, "We're Off to Victory." At the auction Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity offered their house for sorority bidding. Chi Chi bought the house for one night for a slumber party. The men vacated the house the night of March 22. Naomi Robbins bid for Chi Chi and we donated $200 to the Campus Chest, which was the largest donation this year from a single organization.

The Kappa Sigma Kappa variety show was held February 21. aomi Robbins was general chairman of the Mad Plaids. The theme centered around an old Scot tish castle whose ancestors came to life "as the sun went down over the heather." Sue Miller and Judie Ackley were in charge of scenery. Carol Dubert was chairman of the costume committee and Sonnie Doles was the make-up chairman. " Illusions in Blue" was the theme of our pledge dance which was held February 22. Joy Kean was general chairman. Blue, green and purple mobiles decorated th e Student Center ballroom.

Shadow Nocturne, our annual four-way dance, with Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma Kappa and Sigma Phi Epsilon was held March 2. Joanne Hays was Chi Chi's general chairman with Ginny Dunn acting as program chairman.

Mrs. Clayton A. Richard, nation al treasurer, came for inspection March 11-12. We celebrated our twenti eth year on campus at a banquet at the Hotel Roberts.

Six of the charter members and several alumnae were also present. The chairmen were: Sue Baer, general chairman; Nancy Jackson, reservations ; Anne Pinkham and Janice Hays, program ; and Pat Suroviak, decorations.

Mrs. Oliver Bumb, who has been a Chi Chi adviser for ten years, had a tea in honor of Mrs. Richard in her home on March 12.

The "Castle Song" and " When a n Alpha Sig Walks Down the Street" are still ringing in our ears from the celebration we had March 14, in honor of the pledges winning second place in the Student Center Pledge Variety show. They took us on a tour of our United States in their skit "North, South, East and West."

Nancy Maple was ge neral chairman with Sue Miller and

"The Legend of the Japanese Prince" is portrayed at Psi Psi chapter's formal rush party by Mary Cain, Betty Semple, Bennie Barron, Juliette Day and Carolyn Smith.

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Beta Gamma's Christmas card to Bessie Efstathiou, an alumna who has returned to her home in Greece.

Jody Reynolds in charge of scenery.

Plans are bei ng form ed for the senior banquet, Parent's Day and the All School Sing.- BETTY SovRING.

~eta~a Northeastern State College BETA GAMMA is proud to welcome its new members who were initiated on Tuesday, February 26. The best pledge award was presented to Shirley Owen.

For the fourth consecutive year Beta Gamma has won the Freshman Queen contest. Our candidate Mardell Wadkins was the winner this year. , Our yearbook queen candidates are Shirley Cox, Barbara Fite, Mary Fesperman and Norma Ledford.

Mrs. Richard C. Carson, national philanthropic chairman, was our guest in February for chapter inspection.

A Panhellenic tea was given in honor of her visit.

The annual Sweetheart dance was held in the ballroom of th~ .Student Center on March 16. Decorations for the dance included shamrocks of various sizes, horseshoes and leprechauns, to carry out an Irish theme.

Our Sweetheart, Maxine Norwood, stepped from a large top hat into the Emerald Ecstasy.

Those chosen for Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges were R egi na Brooks and Norma Hatley.

Recently initiated into Rho Theta Sigma, scholastic honorary were Anita Cearley and R egina Brooks.

Connie Ramsey was elected secretary of Disciples of Student Fellowship. Maxine Norwood is the president of Pi Omega Pi, and Norma Hatley was initiated into that organization.

State Day was held April 13 at Western Hills Lodge in Sequoyah State Park. Beta Gamma was the host this year. Alumnae from Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Muskogee attended.

On the agenda for May are the dinner honoring our graduating seniors and the Carnival Queen contest.NoRMA HATLEY.

Mississippi Southern College "PrNK ENCHA NTMENT" was the theme of Beta Delta's Spring formal February 15. Fog encircled a fountain that dripped over glitterin~ stones to form the background for the music, "Some Enchanted Evening." Our

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Seated on the patio at Beta Zeta's Pledge dance are from left to right: Beverly Mire, vice president; Dorothy MacCandless, president; and Gloria Foreman, membership director. Standing is Judy Landry, a pledge, and the girls' escorts. awards of the year were presented at the dance to Adair Bates, president who was selected as Beta Delta's candidate for the Elizabeth Bird Small award; Mary Otis Waites who is the Frost Fidelity award candidate; and Mrs. Peggy Gates who is the Wilma Wilson Sharp alumnae award candidate.

Beta Deltas entertained Penny Stewart with a "Welcome Penny" party on her return from a three-year Brazilian missionary service.

Elsie Ivey has been chosen to represent Alpha Sig in Mississippi Southern's annual beauty pageant.

We are busy planning for initiation, our parent-daughter banquet, a week end trip to the Gulf Coast as guests of our Mother-Patronesses, and our own annual house party.- SusiE NEWTON.

Madison College SPRI NG has been a n exc1 hng time for the Beta Epsilons. Some of our alumnae returning for the week end of March 8, were Pat L ewis, Katherine Harding, Sue Clark Brown, Bettie Pomeroy and Suzanne Young.

In the big election for campus leaders of 1957-58, Priscilla Shafer was chosen president of the Student Government Association.

A~A will be well represented in the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia, in May. Bessie Smalts is maid of honor to Queen Shenandoah XXX. J ane Hogan was chosen to represent Madison as a princess.

Bessie Smalts, Florence Moffett and Grace Manly are busy making plans for th!;ir tour of Europe this summer.

Representing Beta Epsilon in the 195 7 May Court will be Florence Moffett, Carolyn Wise, Bertha J ane Owen, J a ne Hogan, Nancy Dixon, K atharine Ann Samford, Jean Smith, Lois Myers, Sue Peters and Lynne Ramsey.

- ANNE TowNES RoBERSON .

Southwestern Louisiana Institute ONE of the biggest events for the Beta Zetas this year was our pledge dance and workshop in December.

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Also in D ecembe r the pledges gave the members a Christmas party. After the party the group went Christmas caroling.

Beta Zeta now has its own meeting room. Pla ns are well under way to redecorate the room. Everyone is look ing forward to working together on this project.

J ackie Brewer was the A~A maid attending th e queen at the Inter-Frate rnity Council's Mardi Gras Ball .

In February a ational P anh ellenic Workshop was held on the campus for all the sororities. Our president, D orothy J. MacCandless, was ge neral chairman m charge of the workshop.

Stunt night is another big eve nt on our camp us. It was held on March 20. Our stunt was entitled "Fulfillment." The theme was built aro und God a nd his creation, the climax being reached with his ultim a te creation, man. Entered in the category of beauty, the theme was interpreted solely by lights a nd sets. Interpretative dancing was not used this year.-PAT RI CIA TARDY.

Dickinson State Teachers College "FuN NIGHT PARTY" was given for the pledges on February 4. Games were played and prizes were awa rd ed. The uns~specting pledges participated in " Truth or Consequences." They all paid the consequ ences ! This is the first time a Fun Night has been held and it proved very successful. The pledges were given red a nd white bea nies, which they were to wear on the campus for one we ~. On Februa ry 18, th e pledges were initiated into the sorority.

Th e Beta Etas have also added a new touch to the campus. We have purchased sweatshirts and rings. This indeed is featuring Alpha .Sigma Alpha on our campus.

Our big eve nt of the year was our annual Valentine formal that we sponsored on February 16 at DSTC. We chose the them e, "J e t'aine" which means "I Love You" in French. The lounge was decorated in a P ar isian manner. D ave Hedger and his combo played for the da nce. It proved to be a highly successful social fun ction on our campus. President Mary Mikla utsch a nd her fiance, D on Duda, led the grand march.

We are now planning for our Founders' D ay banquet whi ch will be h eld in May. We are also busy prepari ng a newsletter which we will send out to our alumnae.

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Central Michigan College T th e close of last s mestcr, Alph a Sigs were busy makm g plans for spri ng rushin g. Classes, committees and cooki e took a lot of time but the results were worth it. Our pa rtie were said' to be very impressive a nd must have bee n sin e we fill ed our quota.

The week end a ft er pledging was party time for A~A . .on Friday we held the annual Greek Sock Hop w1th 1gma T a u Gamma, T au K appa Epsilon a nd Theta Sigma psi lon . On und ay we joined Tau Alph a Upsilon for a Crazy Hat pa rty.

For more fun a nd rec rea tion, members have repreented A~A on th e basketball court durin g th e tourn ament. Vv have won two games a nd lost two ga mesplus o~ e pa ir of g l a ~se . Win or lose, we enjoye d it.

Commg up oon w1 ll be the annu al Frat Frolics and th e Pa nhellenic-Interfraternity Sing. Plans are ge tting und erway a nd rehear al ta rt soon. We are all hoping

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we can keep the loving cup won by A~A at last year路, Sing.

Further ahead, but eagerly anticipated, is our annual houseparty which will be held at Chimney Corners again this year.-JANET HERMAN.

Radford College SPRI NG finds Beta Iota busily elec ting a nd installing new officers, making prepara tions for their cabin parties, congrat ul at ing their sisters who a re receiving many campus honors, voting on spring rush list and making final pla ns for a big graduation week end.

R ecent Honor Council elections found an Alpha in the position of president. Virginia Jo Pruner will lead this important organization for the 195 7-58 session.

R ecently receiving the honor of being chosen "Outstanding Seniors" were Shirley J enkins, Iva Daniel, Selwa Roydon, Jean Mays Warren a nd Nancy Wolfe.

Wh en the bevy of beauties for the May D ay Court were presented to the student body, Beta Iota was pleased to have Kate Reasor and Shirley Kirby as princesses and Nan cy Kellam as Maid of Honor. Ann Culton is chairman of the May Day commission and Barbara Butler and Ann Boyd are members of the commission.

Edith Gray will serve as editor of the college newspaper for the coming year. Merle Craddock will be the business manager. Edith Gray was recently elected to serve as secretary-treasurer for the Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association. .Spring rushing found Beta Iota ad.ding new sisters to its m embership. These girls are now tak ing th eir preinitiation training, and a big party will be held in their honor following form a l initi a tion.

Cabin parties are a lways the social even t of th r school year. The Alphas will return to th e K iwa n is Camp on New River, near G alax, Virginia, for the gala occasion. Load ed down with food, musical instrumen ts, bridge cards, a scrabble board and a million la ughs, the girls will be set _for another week end

uzan?e David, out-going president of Beta Iota, proudly adjusts the new television set which was given to the chapter by the alumnae.

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without sleep--but filled with the best in fun and fellowship.

Beta Iota lost two of its members a little early this year. Graduating in March were Ruth Jackson and Ida Dean Cock. Ruth is working on her master's degree at VPI, and Ida Dean is teaching at Radford high school.

Many actlv1t1es are being planned in honor of the girls who will be graduating in May. A party will be held for them the last meeting in May and each senior will receive a gift. A reception in the sorority room will be held during graduation week end honoring the seniors and their parents.

With mingled pride and sadness, Beta Iota .is ending another successful year. As we look back on a year packed with honors, festive parties, charitable projects and lots of friendly fellowship, we once again thank Alpha Sigma Alpha for the opportunity she has given us to know the joy and worth of her sisterhood.-IDA DEAN CocK.

Western Illinois State College juDY PRATER, our Greek Ball candidate, was selected as Queen.

The "Cotton Ball," annually sponsored by Beta Kappa, was held on April 4. Everyone came out in her new spring cottons. Entertainment was furnished by our new actives.

J eanine Connole was recently initiated into Pi Omega Pi and Kappa Delta Pi. Harriet Ehmen became a member of Pi Omega Pi. Beverly Voelkel was elected to Who's Wh" in American Universities and Colleges. Ros e Kapovich and Judy Prater were elected as Campus Personalities and Charlotte Evans and Nancy Young as Campus Leaders.

Sigma Sing was April 30. Our spring dinner-dance, "The Red Slipper Ball" will be held on May 5.DIANNE DALY.

Arkansas State Teachers College OuR formal rush party was held on December 11, at the Country Club. Entertainment was provided by the Kelly dance studio.

The highlight of this semester was our spring formal on F ebruary 16. The theme, "Southern Plantation Ball," was carried out with a colonnade twined with roses and ivy down the side of the room. At one end of the room was the front of a large plantation house which had an open door with a painted staircase in the background giving a three-dimensional effect. W e presented our Alpha Girl, M artha Garrett, during the dance. During intermission our patronesses gave us a nice reception.

Many honors have come to our members. Mary Lewis a nd M ary Windham received bids to Alpha Chi, scholastic honorary. Rosemary Lawrence was invited to membership in Alpha Psi Ornega, dramatic honorary. M ary Frances Jones became a member of Pi Omega Pi, business honorary, and was elected president of Bernard H a ll Council, upperclasswomen's dormitory.

Gail Hill was presented as Phi Si gma Epsilon fraternity's Swee theart at its annual spring formal.

Our pledges surprised us with a party on March 5.

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glasses and comic books to send to the mentally retarded children in the State Hospital in Little Rock.

Mrs. Richard C. Carson, national philanthropic chairman, was our guest on the week end of April 26-28.SusiE WEIDEMEYER.

Henderson State Teachers College ON Saturday, Febru ary 9, was the annual Pa nhellenic dance. The theme of the dance was "Garden in the Rain." Alpha Sigs and their dates were en tertained with a dessert party at the home of their a dvis er, Mrs. Charles Christian. The sororities elect an outstanding member to be announced at the dance. Our outstanding member for this year was Jonilee Piper, the retiring president.

We had our initiation on the week end of February 24. The celebration started with a party for members, pledges and their dates on Friday night. The theme of the party was Alpha Sigma Stork Club and it was held at the Arkadelphia Country Club. The initiation was Saturday morning in the sorority room at eleven o'clock. Saturday night we entertained our mothers at the traditional Mother-Daughter banquet and finished the wee k end's activities by attending church in a body and having a tea that afternoon. Visiting us this week end was Mrs. Richard C. Carson, national philanthropic chairman.

Dianne Leverett, Rene Boshetti and Bea Root have been initiated into Alpha Chi, scholastic honorary.

Martha Andrus and Mary Bryant have placed among the top ten students in the freshmen class.

George Ann Holt and Amanda Black have been elected to Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.

Plans are being made for the intersorority competition on Reddie Day, a holiday usually held in May wh en the high school seniors are invited to inspect the campus.

Also we are planning for our yearly week end party, which is in May also, at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs.

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Murray State College OuR Christmas d a nce, the Mistletoe Ball, with a record crowd was a big success. "White Christmas" was the theme us ed in deco ra ting for the occ:asion.

Ann Smith was selected as one of the five finalists in the Shield Queen contest.

Seven Alpha Sigs were named to Who's Who Among Universities and Colleges. They are Scotty H eathcott, Pat Kincannon, Carolyn Lowe, Bonnie Moran, Emily Oldham, Gwen Owen and Charlotte Reagan.

Mary Kay Bagwell and Robbie Jo Parks presented their senior art exhibits in the Fine Arts Gallery. Charlotte R eagen gave h er senior recital in the Fine Arts R ecital Hall. Jane Shell was selected as a sweetheart attendant to the Tau Sigma Tau fraternity.

Sharon Ballard, Buddy L ee Tibbs, Nancy Cummins, Nancy Melvin, Priscilla Brinkley and J ea n Norman have been initiated into K appa D elta Pi .

Campus Lights' musi cal production was February 21-23. Charlotte R eagan, Sue Boone, Sue Beasley a nd M arilyn M a han had parts in the production.

Spring rush opened Sunday, February 24, with the Panhellenic tea in the Wells Hall lobby. We had our first rush party on February 27, in the sorority room.

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Our formal party held in the Bloomfield Hil~s ~10~e of Sara Jane Bumgardner featured a commumty Sing and home movies.

We are also in the midst of planning for a MotherDaughter banquet and are working with the other sororities on campus to put on Wayne' s annual Panhellenic Sing and Ball. Rho Chi is m charge of publicity for the latter.-LAURA HARDY.

Beta Nu's Spring rush party, "Southern Garden Party."

Pictured left to right: Jean Norman, Nancy Cummins, Pat Kinncannon, Gwen Owen and Carolyn Lowe.

Alpha Sigma Alpha gave th e party as a welcome home to his daughter, Beta u who was returnin g hom e from college with some of her sorority friends . Garden furniture, red roses, iron fences, and magnolia leaves were used in decorating. The formal rush party was on March 1, in the sorority room. We celebrated this party with a new red couch for our room.

As p art of our ph ilanthropic project for th e year we are sponsoring a Brownie troop at the Murray training school. Bonnie Moran, Barbara Walker and Emily Oldham arc the leaders who set up the progra m where all th e girls in th e chapte r took part in the troop activities during th e semester.

Sharo n Ba llard has been elected president of Sigma Alpha I ota, th e women's music fraternity.

We are planning a nother trip to Fort Campbell hospital a nd all the gi rls are looking forward to the trip .

It is one of the outstanding highlights of the semester activities. Th is is done with the help of the R ed Cross chapter in Murray.

Par is L anding at P aris, T ennessee, has been selec ted as the setting for the Spring Pledge dance on May 4.EMILY OLDHAM.

Wayne University RHo CHI' exhibit for the two "Sorority Nights" on campus was amplified by pictures and paraphernalia from other chapters especiall y Beta Theta at Central Michi gan College and Beta Psi at Western Mi chiga n niversity. Their assistance helped us to make a really superior d isplay.

Our first rush party held in the American Room of the International I nstitute was tit led an A~A "C hi c" party. In th e style of a bridge tea or luncheon, the party featured a hilarious skit, "And the Lamp Went Out," put on by the D elta Rho a lumnae. The party closed with Betty Moore singing the " l pha Sigma Alpha Sweet heart Song" during whi ch the actives passed out red and white ca rn ations to the rushees.

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Concord College O N J a nuary 12, th e annual " Twin Twirl" d a nce was held with our brother fraternity. The Concord Commanders helped our da nce to be one of the season's biggest successes.

Our tra ditiona l theme of " El Alpha Cafe" with a Spanish night club atmosphere was used at our informal rush party on February 16. Favors were la rge straw hats monogrammed with A~A. "Alice in Alpha-land" was th e theme of our second rush pa rty. Favors were small hand mirrors monogrammed with each girl's initials. A skit depicting the average girl's life in college was presented by the Alpha Sigma Alpha Players.

We are very proud of the six members of Beta Pi who were among the fifty-nine students on the Dean's list for the first semester. They vâ&#x20AC;˘ere M ary Jane Otey, D elores Perez, Marie Hall, Frieda Ril ev, Patty ~tovall and Norma Workman.

We gave a party for the men at the V eterans Hospital at Beckley on March 8. We prcseute'Cd ;, prog1am of singing, dancing and pantomimes. After the program we played bingo with the men and served refreshments of cake and coffee.

Beta Pi is well represented by ca ndidates for May Queen . They are Nancy Thompson, Helen Diehl, K a therine Huddleston and Norma Thompson. Nominees for May Pole Dancer are Nancy Kirby, Sonia Markowitz, Mary Katherin e W alker, Carol K ellma n a nd Sue Wilson.

Plans are being m ad e for West Virgi ni a State Day to be held on Concord ca mpus.- ELIZAB ETH MAT NEY.

Northern Illinois State Teachers College BETA RHo is actively engaged in Northern's whirl of activities. We are very proud of our presid ent, Lorrie ys trom who was a member of Northern's Winter Carn iva l Queen's court, as well as being a candid ate for our annual St. Lucia Queen.

ISC W e were very elated wh en the judges of the Winter Carnival awarded us a cash prize for the "most bea utiful" entry in the annual event. Our theme was Harem Holiday. For a nomina l fee, guests were able to ring the arms of the lovely harem girls, break balloons, test their Harem Appeal and have their fortunes told.

Beta Rho's Spring R ush revolved abo ut a passport which entitled the bearers to a night of entertainment at Alpha Sigma Alpha's Club Internatio na l. The rushees as well as act ives were taken fo r an imaginary tour to Spa in, Scotland, Italy a nd Germany by way of slid es and appropri ate songs a nd dances. Th e atmosphere, passports and entertai nment '3.ll contributed to making Beta Rho's rush a great success.

Terse Norgaard a nd Juene Atherton have been elected

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to membership in Alpha Delta, journalism honorary.

Sonnie Lubinetz is a new member of Sigma Alpha Eta, speech and hearing honorary, and Alpha Psi Omega, dramatic arts honorary. June Opatrny is a pledge of Sigma Alpha Iota, professional music fraternity.

Beta Rho tied for first place in Northern's WAA bowling tournament. Terse Norgaa rd was recently electe d president of W AA. T erry Werner has been presented with a lavaliere for having achieved the hi ghest scholastic average for last semester, and L ee Anderson was given a bracelet for the most scholastic improvement.

Beta Rhos presented a program for Illinois State Day in L aGrange on March 30.

We are busy preparing for Stunt Night and planning the entertainment for the Interfraternity dance on May 18. At present, we are also busy making colorful stuffed bunnies for children of Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

-PRIS RAUCH.

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At one end of the dance floor was a large red satin heart with the sorority letters in white.

We were very sorry that our Queen, Donna Appleberry, could not be with us due to illn ess~ During intermission, the crown was entrusted to Norma Norton, vice president, for safe keeping until a later date when Donna will be crowned.

Isabel Dunlap, social chairman, presided as mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. Russ Robinson, alumna, spoke on "The History of Alpha Sigma Alpha." Following the dinner, Dick Newmann's band played for dan cing. In charge of the arrangements were Isabel Dunlap, Babs Chapman and Liz Hoover.

Between the winter and spring term we worked very hard redecorating parts of our house. We have painted the chapter room, our housemother's room, bought new furniture for the living room, new fixtures for three of the rooms and new door chimes.

Jean Hutcheson was selected by the members of the "S" club to be its first Hoop Queen, Marilyn Kimball was elected by popular vote to reign as "Miss Snowflake" over the Snow Ball dance sponsored by Pi Kappa Sigma sorority.

Beta Sigma ,was ha ppy to have Kansas-MissouriNebraska State Day on its campus, March 16.- BABS CHAPMAN.

~etaU~ Indiana (Terre Haute} State Teachers College IN early January our second rush party was held at the Theta Chi house. The theme of the party was "Fashion Frolic."

Ethel Hittle was chosen as our " Ideal Sorority Girl" at the Crystal Ball, the Panhellenic winter dance. Gloria Kettelhut was on the committee for the dance and was also on the publicity committee for the Campus Revue.

Susan Robinson was in charge of making a banner to go across Wabash Avenue, advertising the Revue. Suz-

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anne Ri ggs was a candid ate for the Queen of Hearts dance.

Miss Margaret Conrad, a teacher in the T erre Haute system, was initiated into the alumnae chapter when our pledges were initiated into the college chapter on March 17. After the initiation, the a lumnae chapter gave a tea in honor of Miss Conrad and the new members of our chapter.

Beta Upsilon is without a doubt the "sweetes t" chapter of all; that is, we were a ll covered with sugar from our annual project, the making of candy Easter eggs. Ethel Hittle was in charge of this project which started in late F ebrua ry.- SuE CAROL DIXO N.

Stout Institute THE winter months in Wisconsin feature snow drifts, ice ponds, cold windy days and here at Stout State College a major activity termed the Stout Winter Carnival. It is a week end of contests and fun culmina ting in the big "Snow Ball" dance at whi ch time the winter carnival queen is crowned. The Beta Phis entered the snow carving contest with a huge red heart made of snow. It was etched in silver and featured th e words, " Be Mine" also in silver. Another contest entered was the tug-of-war. After much pulling and many sore muscles, the Beta Phis were named the champions of the contest. Our snow carnival queen candidate was Nat Wick.

An annual event early in Februa ry was the Sadie Hawkins dance sponsored by the Alpha Sigs. Here at Stout, Sadie Hawkins week begins the Sunday before the big dance and the gals do the 'chasing' for approximately a week. In addition to selling marriage licenses (Stout-patch style ) and corsages for the fellows, free kick-a-poo joy juice was available at the dance.

During Sadie Hawkins week we annually sponsor two other activities. On Monday we had a most successful candy sale and on Wednesday our Alpha Sigma Alpha Valentine tea.

Each year the Phi Omega Beta frat ernity sponsors Stunt Night. Our chapter entered this act ivity with a skit entitled "Great Day in the Morn. " There were eleven entries and our skit was awarded second place.

W e were most happy to welcome Mrs. W . Lawson Blackstone, nation a l paraphernalia chairman, on March 8. She was most helpful and inspired each and every Beta Phi. Plans are now under way for two major Spring eve nts. In May we are going to Minneapolis to see the opera, " La Traviata." A week later IS our annual dinner dance.-VICKI KIRK DAEHLING.

Arizona State College "WE'RE the singing, we' re the swinging, we're the singing Alpha Sigs" has been Beta Chi's theme song this spring. Initiation, parties and rush have kept us busy. Our first rush party was a Punch party at the home of our adviser, Mrs. Jo Devine, with a formal atmosphere provided by elaborate decorations of red and white.

An Ivy League party complete with Bermudas, knee socks and white Al:A blazer jackets, was held at the home of Joan Van Kirk. Refreshments of cokes and popcorn along with a record player and stuffed animals

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helped provide the college atmosphere. Trophies, paddles and pennants were on display.

Initiation was held on March 3, for last fall's pledge class The new members were entertained at a dinner at Hannan's Ranch restaurant. Joy Wisherd received the Outstanding Pledge award and her name was i~足 scribed on the Outstanding Pledge plaque. It was all In the family since her twin sister, Jacqueline, had received the Award the previous spring.

Our annual Sweetheart formal dance was held February 15, at the Phoenix Women's club. Doris Hamilton was chosen Dream Girl of Beta Chi and was presented with red carnations. Leather shoe shine kits with the Alpha Sig crest on them were presented to our dates.

A lot of enjoyment prevails when Beta Chi meets every other Monday night in the banquet room of the Arizona State Memorial Union for dinner. On alternating Mondays we eat as a group in the cafeteria.

This gives others on campus a chance to see .A~A as a group.

This spring many honors came to members of Beta Chi. Joy Roybal was pledged to Mu Rho Alpha, music honorary ; Joy Wisherd became a pledge to Beta Chi Epsilon, home economic honorary, and was elected treasurer of the Associated Women Students for th e coming year. Jacqueline Wisherd was installed as rush chairman of the Panhellenic Council for next year; and Ivy Sue Sleeman was named A~A's Pi Kappa Alpha Queen at an exchange with the fraternity.

April was a busy month with our participation in the Interfraternity Council sing and a sponge throwing booth at the Blue Key carnival. Joan Van Kirk, Jacqueline Wisherd and Doris Hamilton represented Beta Chi at the Southwestern Regional Panhellenic conference held on our campus.-Jov WrsHERD.

~eta ()IIIUJ4 Bucknell University BETA OMEGA had formal rushing during the second week of February. On Wednesday and ~htirsday nights we did our "Carmen" skit and on Friday night we presented our new "Toyland" skit. Before this party, we had a pizza party in the suite and for the first time in their lives, the Alpha Sigs couldn't eat it all.

Saturday night we had our "Under-the-Sea" preferential which was a big success. The following Sunday, we held a cozy for our pledges and our adviser. On March 12, we had our big and little sister cozy ~nd that evening we elected our officers for the commg year. Our pledge dance on April 13, was a most enjoyable affair.-Suzv SMITH.

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Creighton University ON February 24, we had our annual spring initiation at the Fontenelle Hotel followed by a formal dance with the other two sororities on campus in the ballroom.

Lois Nell Leibel made the first semester honor roll with a 3.57 average. Elly Peter was elected president of the Jayettes, the newly organized auxiliary of the Phanlanx fraternity.

Rose Marie Greco and Coletta Denniston were candidates for the Sweetheart of Phi Delta Chi . Joan Pereira, Faith Ewing and Lois ell Leibel were candidates for Princesses of the Court of Queen Creighton XXXIII. Lois Nell became a Princess and is now a contender for the crown in the final elections.-Lms NELL LEIBEL.

~a~eta Western Michigan College of Education RouNDING out the first semester was Alpha Accent Time which featured a party with the pledges and a speaker, Father Colburne, who spoke in conjunction with the Christmas season. Panhellenic caroling on December I 7 preceded vacation.

The first social event for the new year was a Roaring Twenties party with Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Beta Psi representatives also took part in two Panhellenic parties for the juvenile home.

During semester vacation we were fortunate to meet and entertain Dr. Ethel Alpenfels while she was in Kalam azoo to speak to the Executive Club. Dr. Alpenfels, a noted anthropologist and professor at New York University school of education, received Alpha Sigma Alpha's R ecogni tion of Eminence award in 1951.

Initiation was held on February 24, at which time the little sisters received their traditional A~A dolls.

We were guests of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity at a Hobo party February 25. Our booth for the Freshman arnival, planned and executed by the new actives, won first place in the judgi ng on March 8.

On April 15, Beta Psi went to Fort Custer Veterans Hosp ital to present a program.

We are looking forward to Greek Week, which begins May 3 with the sorority sing. The Alpha Sigs are busily practicing " Singing in the R ain with A~.A." Other events of Greek Week include a skit night, picnic and formal dance. Our fraternity partner this yea r is Phi Sigma Ep ilon. -MARGIA SMITH.

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Wisconsin State College, Stevens Point As the end of the year approaches Gamma Beta looks back on its first year of existence as a national sorority with many wonderful memorie.$.

On November 15, we honored the founding of Alpha Sigma Alpha by means of a party. White dresses were worn, a play was given, games were played and refreshments were served in honor of the occasion.

Gamma Beta held its traditional winter tea on December 5. The theme was "Pink Poodle Tea." Many things depicted the French atmosphere that prevailed at the tea for all college women and faculty. The decorations included murals of the Eiffel Tower, Paris models, sidewalk cafes, fountains and we can't forget the pink poodles. The tea goers were served French cream-puffs, coffee and mints. The table displays were pink carnations, pink pipe-cleaner poodles and a miniature Eiffel Tower engulfed in wispy cloud of pink angel hair. The actives had pink carnations for favors and the guests had miniature poodles with cotton on them and their names in black. The entertainment following the French theme included: a soft-shoe ballet presented

by Syng-ai-Lee in a beautiful pink net formal, a caricature of a pink poodle acted out to music by Phyllis Schwab. This was the highlight of the tea as the poodle costume was very elaborate and the idea quite original.

Christmas time found us very busy Christmas caroling with our brother fraternity and the college; a Christmas party given by Miss Vivian Kellog, one of our advisers; and our traditional Intersorority dinner-dance.

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"Disneyland," a costume rush party given by Gamma Beta.

â&#x20AC;˘ GAMMA BETA would like you to know its foreign students.

Rosario Estacio, a freshman pledge, is from Kekaha, Kauai, fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Rosi e has three brothers and two sisters. Her oldest brother is in Alabama in the army and one of her sisters is a registered nurse in San Francisco. The other two children are at home. Her father works on a sugar plantation. Rosie said that their school systems are very similar to ours. Being sold on the United States, she would like to see Hawaii become the forty-ninth state. Rosario said that nin ety per cent of the species of trees, vines and flowers in Hawaii can be grown only there.

Helen Matsouka, a sophomore in intermediate education, is from Waimea, on the same island as Rosario.

Helen has two younger brothers and one younger sister. She has been very active in our chapter and has entertained us many times with her Hawaiian songs and dances. Helen, an initiated member, was one of our pledges when we went national.

Helen and Rosario stated that the average temperature of the Islands is about seventy-five degrees. It has been rather hard for them to become accustomed to the cold weather of Wisconsin.

Syng-ai-Lee, of Seoul, South Korea, is in the Letters and Science division and is majoring in bacteriology.

Syng has a sixteen-year-old brother who is coming to the United States next year. Her fath er was a member of Congress in Korea and is tentatively planning to run for the Senate next year. Syng reports that the educational standards are much higher in Korea, that is for example-college math was taught on the high school level. Syng, as did Helen and Rosario, informed us in their countries Western dress was very common, but for special occasions th ey wore their native dress.

Syng is a niece of President Syngman Rhee of K orea.

She pledged Alpha Sigma Alpha when Gamma Beta went national last spring. Syng has entertained us often with her dancing and singing in native dress.

Our fourth foreign student, a pledge, is Marguarite VanderLaan, of The Hague, Holland. She is a fresh-

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"Manhattan Moods" was the theme of the party.

Then came rush. The first was a coke party following the Valentine th eme. The next two follow ed a " Hollywood" theme. The decora tions of th e first party included "droodles" of distinguishing movie stars' characteristi cs, such as Jimmy Durante' s nose, Betty Grable's legs, Elvis Presley's guitar and blue suede shoes, as a few of the many droodles. Many games were played, one involving the decorations in which they had to guess what the droodle wa s and to whom it belonged.

The ~e cond party was "Disneyland" to which all th e a ctives and rushees came dressed as Walt Disney's characters. Such famous "Disneyland" characters as Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Tinkle Bell, Pinno cchio, Alice-in-Wonderland and many others were present. Little China animals of Disneyland were given to the rushees as gifts.

Pledging officially started with the pledge party on March 3. White was worn by all the actives and pledges.-}ANET MADISON.

man in Letters and Science. Her parents and little brother live in Indonesia at the present time where her father is a mining engineer for a cement factory. Marguarite is here on a Fulbright Travel Grant and a scholarship from the college. She, as Syng, feels that our educational standards in high school seem intellectually lower than the high school she attended. With winter> warmer and the summers cooler in Holland and more rain, she likes our weather better. Marguarite will only be with us one year as she is returning to Holland to attend the University of Holland.

All four stay in the dormitory and like it ver y much .

They are active in sorority and have helped us to understand many of their ways and we have helped them through sorority to understand our ways of living.

Front row-left to right: Rosario Estado, Helen Matsuoka. Back row: Syng-ai-Lee, Marguarite VanderLaan.

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Akron, Ohio WE celebrated Founders' Day in November by having a luncheon at the Women's City Club. The table was beautifully decorated with a centerpiece, candles and name cards. Jean Cissna Bickett, a member of ~he club, had charge of the table arrangements and th e program was planned by our president, Lil Greer. We were very impressed with the beautiful candlelight service. November was also th e month for the annual Panhellenic Ball given for the purpose of raismg funds to be used as spending money for individual chilchen at the Summit County Children's Home. All sororities contribute donations to underwrite the cost of the dance so most of the money received for the $4.50 tickets was profit. This has been the philanthropic project of Panhellenic for years and one that the Home greatly appreciates. The Alpha Sigs and the other sororities also give good used clothing to the children every year.

Our annual Christmas party was held at th e home of Beth Kolger Washko. At this meeting we decided to buy classroom equipment for th e retarded children's school classes and also to contribute twenty dollars to Alpha Alpha chapter at Miami University in addition to the fifty dollars we gave them in September. Beth served a delicious dessert after the gift exchange.

Our husbands were the honored guests of our January, Sunday ni ght supper mee ting at the home of Rhea F etzer Yoder. After dinner the Yoders showed slides of the western trip they took this summer.

In February we met at the home of our president, Lil Greer. We spent th e evenin g discussing plans for the Ohio State D ay in Akron on April 6.

Panhellenic gave its annual Valentine Tea Dance in February.

Our M arch meeting was held at the home of Juanetta Brown Greber. At this meeting we made favors fo r State D ay and discussed the final plans for the progra1n.

- HE LEN FRAME S NYDE R.

Boston, Massachusetts OuR J anuary meeting was at the home of Frances Phelan. After a very lively business meeting conducted by our president, L aura M cQuide, we enjoyed a most informal "gabfest." In the absence of Irmajane Wrenn, Lucy Wrenn gave an informative book revi ew of th e best seller, Katherine.

On F ebruary 2, we assembled at th e Colonial Theater for a matinee performance of "Holiday For Lovers."

Many of us enjoyed dinner la ter a t Schrafts.

All of us have continued our work in professional groups and community organizations. Laura M cQuide has been elected to membership in Alpha Gamma chapter of Pi L ambda Theta, national honor society, and Mabel Peterson was recently ele ted to full-m embership in the College Club of Boston . lrmajane Wrenn has continued as chairman of the Duxbu ry R adio commit-

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tee, planning weekly programs to be presented over the local radio station. She will also serve on Hospitality committee for the National Convention of the American Association of University Women to be held in Boston this summer.

Our March meeting found us at the home of Kathlee n Kennedy when we were treated to slides and a talk on Hawaii by an exchange teacher who is a friend of D orothy Currier.

In April we en joyed our annual swap party. We all got rid of something we did not need and our treasury was increased, too.-IRMA J ANE WRENN.

Buffalo, New York OuR February meeting found us all taking an imaginary trip through Europe as we listened to the adventures and excitement of such a trip taken by our guest speaker.

A white elephant sale was th e highlight of our March meeting, the proceeds from which are going to our local philanthropic project. Also to further our project, we enjoyed a luncheon and radio broadcast at the Hotel Statler Luncheon C lub in April.

In May, we will be attending the City Panhellenic dinner to honor our own Peg Hammond Nelson who will be installed as president of the City Panhellenic Council next year.

To climax this year of fun and work, we are looking forward to the spring luncheon in honor of brides and graduates. Joann Taylor and Mary Lou Coleman are in charge of these plans.-ELISABETH ZARBO.

Cleveland, Ohio THE Cleveland a lumnae met for a very pleasant luncheon on March 2, at the Women's City Club. We enjoyed State D ay in Akron on April 6. Plans are now being made for the annua l Panhellenic luncheon in C leveland.-JANE FRY.

Colorado Springs, Colorado OuR March meeting was held in the home of Helen Shoup where we made plans for an Easter party for the children of Hope House. Various items such as rulers, baby beds, stationery, etc., were contributed.

After the business meeting, we enjoyed a pleasant evening of cards and refreshments. -]. ]. TIMMO NS.

Dayton, Ohio DAYTO N alumnae met at the new home of Mary Heffner in March. Thelma Brown and Martha Smelker were co-hostesses. A substantial amount of money was voted as a direct contribution to the R etarded Children's classes which is our principal philanthropic project.

Discussion was held conce rning State Day and the sale of tickets for the annual Panhellenic spring dance was a nnounced. This dance is becoming immensely popular in D ay ton. Following the business meeting and dessert,

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we enjoyed playing bridge.

Our April meeting was a luncheon at Rikes on April 6.- MARTHA SMELKER.

Denver, Colorado IN January we met at Beverly Coon Long's home and enjoyed a book review by Julia Mathews Stimson.

Kay Stream Wheeler was our February hostess. We made rompers and skirts for our Needlework Guild project.

A group of us helped with the local Easter Seal campaign.

In March we enjoyed a travelog given at the home of Irene Gregg Holland.-NEONA STONE.

Des Moines, Iowa LAST June, we met at Greenwood Park for a picnic.

Eula Fisher Arnold of Fresno, California, was an honored guest. We were also happy to have Laurel Pascoe Miller of Boone, and Lois Nichols Sweeney of Carlisle with us.

A Christmas potluck party was held at the home of Florence Harley. Opal Callison Moore of Peru joined the Des Moines group. We had an exchange of gifts and made plans for future activities.

Lillian Buckles Jacobson and Edith Burr Lieurance were in charge of the March meeting held at Lillian's home. Lillian has been busy getting the names and addresses of Iota Iota alumnae up to date.-FLoRENCE I. HARLEY.

Detroit, Michigan-Delta Phi AT our March meeting held at the Dearborn home of Ruth Goodal Miller, we were honored by the presence of Detroit Congresswoman, Martha W. Griffiths. She set the scene of social and economic life led by the country's lawmakers who reside in the nation's capital for a large part of each year. Recently she had been a guest at the Kefauver home. She spoke of its attractiveness and the clever hostessing of Mrs. Kefauver. She urged the necessity for greater civilian defense and asked that we become more shelter-minded.

On March 9, we gave a farewell luncheon at the Women's City Club of Detroit for Kathryn Faust Davey who leaves with her three children for her new home in Los Angeles where her husband is already located. An able executive, endowed with a warm personality and physical attractiveness, Kay has been a senior representative in the Detroit Panhellenic Association and for the past year has been chainnan of the Detroit Executive Council of A~A. In the latter capacity, she was instrumental in combining the philanthropies of the various groups into a single unit with a single purpose: aid to the Michigan Crippled Children's camp.

Sara Jane Dodge Bumgardner gave a rushee dinner party for Wayne University college chapter at her beautiful country home in Bloomfield Hills on the evening of March 12.

Our calendar of events included the D etroit Panhellenic luncheon on April 4, at the Harmonie Club in Detroit. Eleanor K. Rose, whose light verse quatrains in The Detroit News have been widely syndicated, was our speaker.

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Esther Kauffman Gatseos, president of the Denver alumnae, presents the Wilma Wilson Sharp alumnae award to Polly Smelser Schlosser.

Saturday, April 6, found us at Kathryn Stevenson Buchinger's home enjoying our monthly luncheon meeting. Following the general election, Sara Jane Dodge Bumgardner showed slides of her late European travels.

On April 12, our cellist and out-going president of Panhellenic, Hazel Forte Hall, and Florence Oakes Morgan, violinist, played in the Detroit Women's Symphony under the direction of Victor Kolar at the fal.JUlous new Ford auditorium.-EsTHER BRYANT SPRAGUE.

Detroit, Michigan-Sigma Rho Chi ALL three of our alumnae groups here in Detroit helped the college chapter at Wayne University with a Valentine Tea held on February 2 at the home of Isabelle Butterfield and at the formal rush party dinner at the home of Sara J ane Bumgardner on March 12. Our chapter is now making plans with Delta Phi and Delta Rho for the bridge luncheon and bazaar to be held May 4 at the Roseville Masonic Temple.

The March meeting was held at the home of Margaret Dunn. The agenda included the nominations for officers of next year and a ceramic do-it-yourself hour.

With your regular reporter, Ruth Hudie, laid up with an injured arm, her substitute sends greetings to all Alpha Sigs.-BABS DICKIESON.

Detroit, Michigan-Delta Rho OuR Christmas party was held on December 22, at the home of Evelyn Johnson Boos. We tried something different this year and would like to share the

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idea. Instead of having a grab bag or gift excha nge, we each wrapped a dollar bill as attractively and uniquely as possible. These were to be judged on originality and attractiveness, but the judges had such a hard time deciding on th e winner that the prize went to the one who wrapped the dollar with the hi ghest seria l number. The prize went to Barbara Kugel and the dollars were sent to U ICEF. R u th H eidemann was the hostess for the meeting on January 22. After the holiday whirl it . was bac k to work with plans for a party for the college chap ter a nd a bazaar. On May 4, th e D etroit Association of Alpha Sigma Alpha held a luncheon a nd card party and bazaar at the Roseville M asoni c Temple. The proceeds went to send crippled children to the Grace Bently Camp. Our group members have been busy sewing and ma king things to sell !

On February 2, the reg ul a r meeting of the D etroit Association was held. The three groups met and discussed ways in which the alumnae groups can be of more help to the college chapter. Plans were also discussed for the coming luncheon and bazaa r.

On F ebruary 12 a nd 14, some of our members visited Wayne University to assist with the college chapter's part in Panhelleni c night.

Joa n Baxter H a milton was th e hostess at our smorgasbord dinner on F ebruary 20. We all contributed the food. Guests of honor were members of the college chapter and two new alumnae members, Carol MacGregor PX and Barbara Chuncich PX. Several of our members attended the rush party given by the college girls on F ebruary 26. Marion Storesetter L eishman pla nned and prese nted a skit to entertain the gi rls and their guests. We were also happy to attend the second rush pa rty held on March 12, at the home of Mrs. H a rvey Bumgardn er in Bloomfield Hills.

H elen R a hman Cain was the hostess of the March meeting. Helen is co-cha irma n of the bazaar and this mee ting was devoted to getti ng ma terials in ord er for the big day.-JEAN FANSO .

Fort Wayne, Indiana . ?uR alumnae group helped Panh elleni c sponsor a theater play, "The D esperate Hours." The project was very successful.

We a re now workin g on a Constitution for our own local group. This, a long with local election of officers pla ns for State D ay and making name tags for Stat~ D ay, kept us ve ry busy a t our M a rch meeting.

M arjori e H arpe r H ara der, Marjorie Hutchiso n Scott a nd Thelma W altz Zu mbaugh a ttend ed the dinner mee ting of th e Twenti eth Anniversary of Alpha Sigma A.lpha a t Ba ll State T eachers College in Muncie, Ind~ana. After the dinn er a t R oberts H all, th e college guls took us on a tour of the new dormitory a nd sorority room. We ce rtai nly a ppreciated th e graciousness shown to us charter members who rea lized our dreams of twenty years ago have now come true in the m embers a nd faci lities at Ball Sta te.-TH ELMA Z uMBAUGH. C IVI C

make our chapter's Christmas ca rds. Marilyn Von Hoff Zickert BK designed them, the rest of us made them and Charleen Marcley Lyons BP added a bit of gold spray for the finishing touch.

We had a dinner meeting in February, again in Dundee.

W e helped the Chicago a lumnae prepare for State Day by addressing and stamping envelopes for State Day announcements. .State Day was held on March 30 at the YMCA in La Grange.

In M arch our meeting was held at the Harmony House in Aurora, Illinois. - JEANNE SIMON WuLLBRA NDT.

Greeley, Colorado AT our annual Christmas pa rty, we enjoyed a delicious spaghetti dinner. We were glad to welcome Bobby Ehrman M cKinley from Gering, N ebraska, into our group.

On March 4, we met at Charlotte H erman Drake's home for an enjoyable program given by Rozanne Alexander Tsosie. She and her husband live near Farmington, New Mexico, where he works with th e Navajo Indians. She gave many interesting personal stories of her life there.

We are anxiously looking forward to our annual summer picnic with the alumnae who return here for summer school. Let us know if yuu are in Greeley this summer.- BEA FRY HUNGENBERG.

Indiana, Pennsylvania THE Indiana alumnae entertained m embers of Alpha Gamma college chapter with a party in honor of new pledges at the home of Mrs. Anna Mauer on Thursday evening, February 28 . The beautiful pledge service was conducted by Doris Tritinger. The hostesses, Mrs. Anna Mauer and Mrs. Lillian Sutton, served deli cious refreshm ents from a table beautifully d ecorated using the sorority theme and colors. In addition to the college girls and alumnae, we were glad to have Dr. Joy M ahachek, adviser, a nd Mrs. George Wolfenden, patroness. Plans for assisting the local chapter with a rummage sale in April and further plans for th e annual spring breakfast were discussed.- MARCELLA WEYER M AN KAMYER.

Fox Valley-Elgin Area . C?uR D ecember meeting was held a t the Milk Pa il ~hmng room nea r Dundee, Illinois. We enjoyed wa nd er~~g through thei r cheese shop a nd gift shop. The prinCipal dccor~tion in the dining room was a large Christ-

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Dr. Joy Mahachek, adviser of Alpha Gamma was one of the auctionee rs at Indiana alumnae chapte~'s annual White Elephant sale.

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Indianapolis, Indiana Oua February meeting was in the home of Catherine Allen Castor. After a business session, we were fortunate in having a book reviewed by Mrs. Max Horn, a native of Wales. The book was entitled Auntie Marne and all of us thoroughly enjoyed the presentation.

On Tuesday, March 5, we met in the home of Dorothy Ramsey Karmann, who recently moved into a beautiful house northeast of our city. After the business meeting, the remainder of the evening was spent playing bridge and canasta.

Our April meeting was a very enjoyable dinner held in the home of Lucy Hall Fullerton. Lucy lives at Lebanon which is about thirty miles from Indianapolis.

Paula Sierep was chairman of State D ay held on Saturday, April 6, in Indianapolis.

We all miss Genevieve Leib Foltz, who has moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We understand that Genevieve had an illness a short time ago, but have received the good news that she is improving.

We hope that Helen Campbell Shibler and Adelaide McCarty, who have been ill, will be able to meet with us again soon.-ZELMA PrNER.

Greater Kansas City OuR January meeting was a luncheon at Twin Oaks Restaurant. Charlotte Thayer, a Kansas City attorney, spoke to us about "Women's Rights in a Changing World." The hostesses were Beth Marsh Magers HH, Margaret Flotman Bryant HH and Louise Smith Gillis <M>.

Our a nnua l Valentine Tea was held at the home of Evalyn Evans Larrieu 4>4>. Co-hostesses were Phon Johnson Gillespie EE, Marian Tollaksen Fischer 4>4> and Willie George Rhoades AB. Mrs. Virginia Pebley of Pebley Florists gave a demonstration on how to make corsages. After completing the demonstration, a drawing was held to distribute the corsages she had made.

A benefit card party and bake sale on March 23, in the Almeda Room of Helzberg's on the Plaza helped increase our treasury. Table prizes, high score prizes for each table, draw prizes and a door prize were given. The hostesses and committee were Anne Kathryn Lindsay Smith HH, Martha Albers Bryon HH, Marilyn May Stewart HH, Evalyn Evans Larrieu <M>, Ruth Bryant Pennell ZZ, Virginia Lamb Carder HH, Kathryn Lamb Keirns HH and Lora Patrick Williams AB. Catharine McCauley of Sacony Mobil Oil Company gave an interesting suitcase demonstration for our April meeting.

We have b~en making educational belts and mechanical pictures for the School of Exceptional Children.JENNIE ADLER.

Kirksville, Missouri ON February 19, we met at the home of Marie Wh eatcraft Dougherty where we made plans for our annual dinner for the college girls. This dinner was held on March 19, in the home economics department of the college. Hostesses were Dorothy Sens Pearson, Pat Moore Conner, Charlotte Hanson Thompson, Emily Smith King and Ruth Mulford Bondurant. The dinner consisted of covered dishes contributed by alumnae. This is always one of our most popular events of the year.

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Our last meeting was a morning coffee on April 13.

Hostesses were Doris Pickens Bohon, Amy Ayers Roseberry, Marilyn Hayes Ledbetter and Gladys Howey Neville. The nominating committee presented the slate of officers for next year.-CATHERINE SPANGLER.

Licking-Muskingum Valley, Ohio OuR November meeting was held at the home of Louise Stewart in Zanesville. Following a delicious luncheon served by the hostess, we conducted an impressive Founders' Day ceremony.

In January Hilda Baker entertained with a luncheon in her home in Newark . We decided to send an additional ten dollars to the college chapter at Miami University to assist them in financing their chapter room.

Our March meeting was a farewell luncheon at Mary Agnes Barbour's home in Zanesville to honor Jane Jackson who is leaving for Japan to spend two years. We shall miss J ane very much as she has been a most faithful alumna, but do wish her much happiness in her new work.-HILDA ALLEN BAKER.

Long Island, New York SINCE our last letter, Long Island has been in the throes of num erous activities, the most important being our philanthropic project at Christmas. It was unanimously agreed to adopt a welfare family in one of our communities and provide them with Christmas cheer to help make their holiday happy. Each of us contributed to baskets filled with food, clothing and toys.

The results were overwhelming and we enjoyed the satisfaction and delight in making others happy through our endeavors.

We are now planning a couple's party to be held on a week end in May at one of Long Island's night spots.

-JuANITA SoHN MoNAHAN.

Los Angeles, California ON March 19, we met at the Adams School for Mentally Retarded Children where a workshop was conducted by the director of the school, Mrs. Palmer.

We were taken on a tour through the school.

We gave a theater party at the Player's R ing Theater in Hollywood on April 16. Lois Downey Bockhaus was in charge of this event. This is an annual money making project and is always very successful.

A "salad bar" luncheon is planned for the May 18 meeting. The afternoon will be spent playing cards.

Eleanor Bohn Kowalewsky, Virginia Roberts Solem and Lois D owney Bockhaus will be the hostesses.

The installation of officers on June 18 will complete the calendar of events for the year. Viola Gill will entertain the group at her home in Culver City for this occasion. Cecil Johnson Rudisill, Lois Murphy Graham and Nancy Gibson Mathisen will assist Viola.- RuTH BRIGGS HALDEMAN.

Macomb, Illinois R uTH MooN was January hostess to our alumnae group at bridge, Norma Mummert and Phyllis McDona ld were the prize winners.

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simila r trip this year. We all left enlightened on foreign customs especia lly those of th e Middle East.

In March Phyllis M cDona ld was hostess. Rita Bryan a nd Bonnie Culp won prizes for bridge.

A tea for the seniors of the college chapter is being planned with one of th e girls receiving a life membership from our a lumnae chapter. -Ju E Pos EY THRUSH .

Greater Miami, Florida TH E Grea ter Mia mi alumnae cha pter met at the home of Mary Cochra n McGehee HH on F ebrua ry 26.

We were ha ppy to welcome Ba rbara Loga n Ar as a new member to our group. Barbara is a former member of th e Pittsburgh alumnae chapter.

A luncheon on April 20, also Sta te D ay, wa s given in honor of Amy Swisher. M aud e Barrere was hostess at the Mia mi Shores Country Club.

As th e A~A delegate, Mary Turner G allagh er recently a ttended teas given by Alpha Chi Omega and K appa Alph a Theta in honor of the na tional officets of these two sororities.- FRA NCE CoLLVER ~~ODER.

Muncie, Indiana " PIRATE PARTY" was th e th eme for th e annual dinner for th e seniors of Chi Chi chapter held on February 18 at th e home of Velma H aines Thresher. Alumnae, wea rin g colorful sca rfs and dangling earrings, greeted the gues ts a nd gave th em black patches for one eye.

Place ca rds were miniature graduation caps and diplomas. A most enjoyable trip to Florida was taken via pictures prese nted by Carmine Cree Al\·cy.

The Twenti eth Anniversary dinner was held at the Roberts Hotel on March 11, with Mrs. Clayton Richa rds, na tion al treasurer, charter members of Chi Chi chapter and Chi Chi advisers as special guests. Several of our group a ttend ed and two of our girls who were cha rter members pa rti cipated in the program. The response to the welcome was given by Martha Stuckey Glentze r a nd V elma Haines Thresher presented a history of Chi Chi chapter.

The election of office rs and a picnic are in our plans for th e rema inder of th e year.- MARTIIA <\TUCKEY G LEN TZ ER.

Northern New Jersey O u R O ctober mee ting was held in th e home of M arth a Rosebrook Tomlinson AA in Roselle, New J ersey, a nd like a ll Alpha Sigs, we ha d mu ch to catch up on after a summer of va ri ed activities. Our Dccen1ber mee ting was not a business mee tin g, but a lovely bufi'ct supper with a ll th e tr immings a nd spirit of Christr.1as.

Our presid ent, Ruth Hose nfuss Hollingsworth NN, and her husba nd w re our hostess a nd host respectively, and we brought our husbands as gues ts. Each m ember brought some pa rt of th e supper.

In Febru a ry, Elizabeth Woody enterta ined us in he1 cha rming duplex apartment in Gree nwi ch Village in New York City. Goin g to th e " Big City" brought back m mori cs of yea rs ago when the old ew York chapter us d to meet a t Em Fros t's. We were cha rm ed by the se tt ing of ta ll ceilings with rystal chand eliers fires burning in fireplaces, soft lights, satin-gleaming gl~w on lovely a nt ique furniture, corners and walls splashed with many colors of book bind ings, a nd the p-leam ing wid pla nked floors a round pretty ca rpeting. A lovely lunch business mee ting a nd bridge found us all wo;.

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dering where the time had gone. A new member, Margaret Dinsmore Kerchenstein XX, joined us for the second time. We arc happy to welcome her from the Indianapolis chapter.-BILLIE CousiNS.

Northern Virginia THE alumnae prefaced a successful drive for new members for this calendar year by sponsoring a luncheon held jointly with the Washington, D. C. , chapter in May, 1956, at the Old Club in Alexandria. The featured speaker was Vada Cliser Linville #, who gave an illustrated lecture on clothes coordination. Mrs. Linville ab ly manages her own school for fashion modeling and self-improvement in Falls Church, Virginia.

Among the new members welcomed to the Virginia group are Mary Alice Evans BI, who is teaching in Fairfax County ; Ruth Fulm er n r, •erving now as a home economist for the Virginia Electric and Power Company ; and Loretta Koch Gallagher BE, a teacher in the Alexandria schools.

Meetings in the fall resumed with a dessert-bridge at th e home of Lucille Cox Spradlin BI. In October th e chapter held a successful bridge benefit at th e home of Mary W amsley Hinson A, the receipts being used for philanthropic projects during the year. A festive Christma s party at the home of Marjorie Piner Zimmerman BB gave everyone a chance to meet husbands, and also introduced Frances Smith to the group. The January meeting featured a film on cancer, while in February a recipe exchange dinner-bridge was held at the new hom e of Molly Kennette Cosby BE. Pat McDaniel Walochic Ar was hostess for the March me eting a t whi ch Ruth Fulmer showed a helpful film on lighting in th e home.

Many of our members attended the spring luncheon of the Northern Virginia Panhellenic Association at the Army-Navy Country Club on March 23.- LILLIAN CLOUGH SHUMWAY.

Oklahoma City, Oklaho[Tla THE Oklahoma City alumnae h:ld their annual Christmas dinn er in the home of Louise Ewalt Buchanan th e evening of D ecember 11, with Gerry Clow and Bobby Parrott as co-hostesses. This is always a happy event when all husbands and boy fri ends are included.

Th January me eting was in th e hom of Mary Katherine Stewart with Jo Ann M cCla ry as assistant. The evenin g was spent discussing va rious items of business, including suggestions for a philanthropic proj ect for next year.

In February we met in the home of Alice Allen Mauk with Maurine Gebetsberger as co-hostesses. After a dessert, we listened to a very entertainin g review of

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thC' book Born in Wedlock. Dorothy Gilger broug ht th e suppl y of g reetin g cards a nd stationery fo r us to sell.

Many of us took th e opportun ity to repleni sh our own uppli es.

Our ?-.·f:Jr r h meeting was h eld at the home of J well ~fatth e ws with Bobby Parro tt as co-hostess. This wa s a bingo party an d everyo ne brought a whi te e- le phant ~rticle to sell.- Au c:E ALLE N MAUK.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania TilE Pi ttsb urgh aln fYl nac gro up m et at th r hom e of Grace l-l'll in Mt. Leba non for a brid g ~ -lun c h e o n on February 16. At th ;s m '!e ting, we voted to m a ke our a nnu a l contribution to our loca l philanthropi c proj r t. th e " H eart House," !ora ted in V alencia .

On April 13, members traveled to Beaver to th e hom e of Sally Horter for luncheo n. The titl e of this venture was "Victuals in the Valley."

The fin al m ee ting of the year will be a luncheon a t th e home of Bla nch e Landa u. This comes und er the headin g of "School's Out."- MABEL L. BYERS.

Richmond, Virginia SPRING ha s come to Richmond and especia ll y so to our alumna e in the world of fashion. At th e J a nu ary meeting, our guest spea ker was Mrs. Kate Pu gh who gave us many useful hints on good grooming. Th en to add to our kn owl edge of fas hion, we enj oyed Pa nhelleni c's benefit bridge party a nd fashio n show in February. W e saw th e new and att ract ive spring styl es, many of which were modeled by our president, M ary Elizabeth White W a ll ace.

In addition to these festiv e occasions, we h aw· sp ent time working on our phil a nthropi c project which is makin g bandages for th e Cancer So riety. - HIWA NA CUPP CROMPTON.

St. Louis, Missouri OuR February m ee tin ~ was a V a len tin e T ea with colored slides of Europe shown.

We are happy to h ave V ern ea l M eye r B~ , Pat Brinkenmeier ·B~, Martha Lou R ay Sweeney B~ and J ea n Batts Sykes B~ join our group.

Pat Brinkenmeier and V erneal M eyer represented our chapter at State Day on M a rch 16, in Springfield , Misso uri.- MRs. LoRA N BLATNF..

South Bend, Indiana ON D ecember 6. we enjoyed a fun-fill ed eve nin g with a Christmas party a t the beautiful new ho m ~ of Millie Warner Zoss XX . W e took a tour of th e house a nd sea rched for hidd en Christmas favors befo re the business meeting. Later in th e eve ning, Joa n Steenbergh Garrett XX assisted Millie in se rving delicious refreshments.

On a cold snowy night in J a nu a ry we h a d o ur m eeting with Kay Hunton Quirk. The main business of this meeting wa s the electi on of officers for nex t year. Our co-hostess a nd president, Velva Bere Ga y XX, led us in games and h elped the hostess with refreshm ents.

February found us havi n g a social evt" nin g with a lovely dinner m eeting at the home of Floren ce Roberts Taylor AB.

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I n M arc h Betty M atthews XX and Ba rbara Etchison 2:~ wr re co-hos tesses for ou r meet ing. This was held in th e T a nglewood R oom of th e YW CA res idenc e wh e re Betty lives. After th e busin Bss me etin g whi ch was cone rn ed primar ily wit h amendi ng pa rt of th constitution, bridge was played a nd rd r shm ents were served .

W e a re look in g forward to insta ll a tion of office rs in Ma y and our fami ly picni c planned for Jun e.- BAR!lARA ETCHI SON.

Springfield, Missouri O u R F ebruary meeting was held a t th e home of Rosa li e C la rk Pa dgh am with J ane Bergh aus as eve ning co-hostess. After th r business meetin g, th was spent playing bridge.

In March we met at the home of Rose M a ri e Fellin .

W e spent the eve nin g ma king plare ca rds for the K a nsasMissouri-Nebraska State D ay. W e a re glad to have Pat Rob erts Carter with us ; Pat h as recentl y return ed to Springfield from D a ll as.

State D ay w as held M arch 16, o n the Southwest Mi ssouri State College ca mpus in Springfi eld . W e entertained visi ti ng Alpha Sigs with a coffee hour during registration. Suzanne Madison R o hman, Betty H a un K etchu m a nd Rose Mari e Fellin were in charge of arra ngem ents.

Our Apr il meeting was a Quar ter Supper at th e hom e of Betty Poeppel Espy. W e h ad elec tion a nd insta llation of offi cers.

R ecently we gave th e Beta Sigma ro llege chapter sixtee n knives in th eir silver.

In M ay we will en tertain th e g ra duat in g seniors of Beta Sigma with a buffet su pper at th e home of Suzanne M adison Rohm a n. W e will present g ifts to each senior.- Ro sE MARI E FELLIN .

Terre Haute, Indiana TH E January business m eeti ng was held at th e hom e of Blanch e Johnson . A social hour foll owed th e m ee ting.

In F ebrua ry we were enter tained by Madelon R eeves.

M a rgaret Conrad was initi a ted in to th e Alpha Sigma Alpha alumna e ch apter on M arch 17. The se rvi ce was held in the formal lounge of Indi ana State Teach ers College. There was a tea immediately following th e service in h er honor.

Our M arch 20 meeting was held a t th e hom e of H elen Pfeiffer.

In April the m ee ting was held a t the home of K atherine Becker. Our M ay m ee ting will be a n annu al picni c a t th e hom e of K ermit Cochran n ea r Ril ey, Ind ia na.

During the p ast year th e m emb ers of o ur g roup have bee n ass isti ng a youn g lady who has bee n bedfast fo r th e past ten years. D ifferent m embers h ave sent h er cards a nd gifts as well as providing some of th e necessities sh e needs.

Marilyn Erb Hos is o ur delegate to P;, nh elleni c.MARY FRA N M ooRE WILEY.

Toledo, Ohio W E a re proud of G race Fultz H aworth who represents Alpha Sigma Alph a on th e T oledo Pa nh elleni r Council.

She is program chairm an . collects for th e monthly lun cheons and selects th e menus. She is also ch a irman of their yearly tea and r eception for high school seniors which will be h eld in Jun e a t th e Wom a n's Club.

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Our D ecember meeting was at Helen Klag Osmun s home and in February we met at Dorothy Brewster Commin' s home. H elen Robinson Cook en tertained us in April.

We contributed $10.00 toward a medical fund of th e Goodwill Industry.

Clara Kuney is recovering nicely from an automobile acc ident in whi ch she was involved recentl y.- HELEN KLAG O s MUN.

Washington, D. C. D uR ING our M a rch meeting at the home of Betty Grossman Adams ' N, a cash donation was collected for the Frontier Nursing Service, Wendover, K entu cky, to-

ward the purchase of needed equipment.

The Washington Pan hellenic group is selling chances on a mink stole a nd ranch mink scarf to financ e its schola rship fund. - SARAH LE E EISELMA . .

Zan ja-San Bernardino-RiversideRedlands Area OuR chapter held a luncheon meetin g on February 2, at the home of Gladys Anderson president, in San Bernardino, California. We have received word of several A~A alumnae who have moved into our area a nd hope for an increased attendance at our next meeting.-GLADYS ANDERSON.

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, , , Ruth Joan Robinson to Jack M cCormi ck on J anua ry 26, 1957.

MARRIAGES ALPHA Sara Lou Wend en burg to Griffith D ece mber 2 7, 1956.

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ALPHA ALPHA Dorothy Louise Murphy to Ri cha rd L. H yde on O ctober 6 1956.

Marjorie Anderson to Willia m Stevenson on F ebruary 9, 1957.

ALPHA BETA Carolyn Turner to Jack L. H ackworth on October 28, 1956.

K ay Goss to Russ R obinson.

J acqueline Sue M ason to L avon Eitel on D ecembe r 15, 1956.

ALPHA GAMMA Joyce Bonnell to John Vincent Polinsky on O ctober 5, 1956.

Lillian R ae Whiteman to K earney K . Neal on August 11 , 1956.

Esther J oyce Latshaw to Edward D. Mills on Jun e 16 1956.

Helen Marie Hamill to Charles Da le R eesman on June 9, 1956.

BETA BETA Patricia McHeffey to Robert Snow on December 12, 1956.

Earlynne Croissant to Bernard Long on D ecember 22, 1956.

Esther C . Lowery to J oseph Edward Smith on overnber 16, 1956.

EPSILON EPSILON Joa n L ee M a rkley to Jack Lee T aylor on July I, 1956. \ irginia Helen Bohn to William Ri ch Hamble on December 24, 1956.

J a ni e Da le Parker to Ga ry L. J en en on D ecember 30, 1956.

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ZETA ZETA Sha ron McClure to Floyd Cotton.

Marilyn Webb to Donald Munsterman on December 26, 1956.

E~A ETA Mary Jo Schu lte to R obert E. J ackson on August 12 .

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Suza nne K err Jackson to John H. K ell on February 9, 1956.

Betty Cross to J ames E. Smith on O ctober 12, 1956.

Anita J eanne Gill to Eddie Carl Nealy on Jun e 25, 1956.

Sari Ann Wheeler to John Pouch on January 24, 1957.

Betty .Jo M cClanahan to Jon M . Clark on January 26, 1957.

Joanne Krumsi ck to Jerry Puckett on J anuary 19, 1957 .

THETA THET A Betty Mi chelini to Thomas Donahue.

Phyllis Phelps to Charles M cK enn ey.

KAPPA KAPP A Elizabeth Wurst to Dona ld Bates on February 9, 1957.

NUNU Geraldine Ann Fenn er to Lawrence Roberts H artu ng on August 4, 1956.

Dale Simmler to James Ran son on April 6, 1957.

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PI PI Elizabeth (Peggy ) H anfo rd to Charles H . Whitson on D ecember 27, 1956.

Shirley Stowell Finch to William H. Scott on D ecember 26, 1956.

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TAU Boekhaus to R ay N elson on D ecember 27, 1956.

Ellen Walker to Merle Thomas O ' Loughlin, Jr., D ecember 8 1956.

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PHI PHI Patri ia J anette Adams to George Edward Maher on November 24, 1956.

PSI PSI Sylvia Lee Smith to Ronald Gunter on O ctober 13, 1956.

BETA GAMMA Margaret L. Wilson to William Durrett on February 2, 1957.

Shirley Sherrell to J erry Kates on J a nu ary 22 , 195 7.

BETA DELTA Rebecca Albritton to William Buford on O ctob er 22, 1956. . orma Brogan to John M ason.

BETA EPSILON Mary Catherine K ennette to William Cosby on November 24, 1956.

Joyce Lorene Rinker to William White Alexander on November 11, 1956.

Ann Townes to Edgar Paul Roberson.

BETtA ETA · Donna Knutson to Joel Johnson.

Betty Lou Petska to Fra nklin E. Gerholz.

BETA THETA Gloria Grosz to Glenn K eith Miller on D ecember 15, 1956.

Petrin e Churchill to Donald B. Spolyar on November 17, 1956.

Barbara M cCraw to Eugene Lockh art on D ecember 29, 1956.

Lorene Sa unders to David Fleetwood in February, 195 7.

Cordelia Agnes St. Clair to Norman Garland Overstreet, February, 1957.

BETA KAPPA Beverly Seigley to M arvin Austin on M a rch 3, 195 7.

Lois M eyer to Jon Mullen on February 1, 1957 .

Evelyn Jinks to Daryl Crosby on March 9, 1957 .

Georgianna Moore to Ri cha rd W. Tonne on December 30, 1956.

Mardella Moline to J ack F. West on June 9, 1956.

Pat Kuczynski to Ray Larimore.

J o Ann Keith to Joseph Bra tcher.

BETA LAMBDA Anne Wilkerson to Erich Lehmann, Jr., on Marc ~ 19, 1956.

Mary Windha m to Paul Root on December 22 , 1956.

Harriet Umsted to Harry Lee on Februa ry 16, 1957.

BETA MU Reba Sue Bryant to Lt. Flem Sexton on February 16, 1957.

GAMMA CLIO Lois Piper to Gerard W . Merkle.

BETA NU H ylda Boggess to Robert Moore on December 2 7, 1956.

Lacy Eulene Mitchell to Billy Charles Liles on O ctober 6, 1956.

BETA PI Pat ri cia Anne Gilbert to Paul V a ugh a n, Jr., on D ecember 28, 1956.

Tommie June Williams to Allen Bruce Gillies on D ecember 22, 1956.

Louise Carper to Earl William Gill on D ece mber 22, 1956.

Carol Jean Tabor to Gerald Sykes on D ecember 26, 1956.

J anet Backus to Jim Lester on February 1, 1957 .

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BETA RHO Alice M eyer to Joe Hagen on J anuary, 1957.

Sandy Stackpole to Dick Ki rchoff on J a nuary, 1957.

Marjorie Levy to Theodore Wallace Hipple on August 18, 1956.

Danuta Z. Bedn arczy k to John H . Parkinson on January 12, 1957.

Elaine Kokenes to John E. Pedderson on D ecember 30, 1956.

BET.A SIGMA Virginia H endri ckson to Charles William Dooley on D ecember 27, 1956.

K ay M arie Goss to Ru ssell V. Robinso n on J an uary 18, 1957 .

Lois Ave n to Gerry D aniel Anderson on December 30, 1956.

Peggy Stone to John Thomas on February 3, 1957.

Shirley Gobble to Walter Doss on July 8, 1956.

BET A UPSILON Sue Rolland to K eith Snook in April, 1957 .

BETA PSI J ea n Lorraine Lucas to Charles William Smith on D ecember 8, 1956.

Sylvia Superits to J ac k C urtis Bacon on D ecember 16, 1956.

Mar y Lou Litsenberger to Robert Edward Berry on Februa ry 9, 195 7.

Ann Williamson to George T. Dunlap, III , on August 24, 1956.

BETA OMEGA Grace E. Schlegel to John A. Falcone on August 18, 1956.

GAMMA BETA Marilyn Granger to Charles D. Fleaniken on February 7, 1957.

L enore Gaylord to John Byro n Green on D ecember 29, 1956.

IN MEMORIAM ALPHA BETA Lulu Morgan Skirvin ( Mrs. Floyd ) GAMMA GAMMA Leslie Mellick DELTA DELTA M a rgaret K eener Durstin e ( Mrs. E. M. ) EPSILON EPSILON Lora May Lock ETA ETA Mrs. C . F . Spencer, patroness IOTA IOTA Carrie Lockwood Barr ( Mrs. F. W .) , adviser .

KAPPA KAPPA Hester Louise Snyder Null (Mrs. George) NU NU Mrs. Blanche Mcinnis, Mother Pa tron ess PI PI Sally Henry Waldmiller ( Mrs. Paul H. ) PHI PHI N. Catherine Aldrich Nally ( Mrs. R ay mond ) BETA DELTA Mary Pulley, form er adviser BETA ZETA D eanna Thompson, pledge BETA KAPPA Wanda Adkins

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Alumnae Director-Mrs. Helen B. Swart, 4225 Shroyer Rd. , Apt. 4, Dayton 9, Ohio.

Offi cer in Charge of Central OfficeMrs. Clayton A. Richard, 372 Argonne Dr., Kenmore 23, N. Y. FOUNDERS Mrs. W. B. Carper (Louise Cox), 505 Montrose Dr., South Charleston, W. Va .

Mrs. H. E. Gillium (Juliette Hundley), 4303 S. Ashlawn, Richmond, Va. Miss Mary Williamson Hundley, Hotel Essex, Virginia Beach , Va. oell (Virginia Boyd), Mrs . John Walton deceased.

Mrs. P. W. Wootton (Calva Hamlet Watson), 2020 Matrax Ave ., Petersburg, Va.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 767 Lafayelte Ave., Buffalo 22, N. Y. Vice President-Miss Virginia Carpenter, 14325 Drexmore Rd., Shaker Heights 20, 0 .

Secr etary-Miss Helen L. Corey, 6310 Sherwood Ave., Overbrook, Philadelphia 31, Pa. Treasurer-Mrs. Clayton A. R ichard. 372 Argonne Dr., Kenmore 23, N. Y. Memb ership Director-Mrs . William Niemeyer, 4937 Ralph Ave ., Cincinnati 38,

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Editor- Miss Esther Buche!_, Room 504 , 1021 McGee St., Kansas t,;ity 6, Mo .

NATIONAL CHAIRMEN Alumnae Edit or-Mrs . Oran Klein, 7609 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo. Alum rJa t Organizer-Co-Chairmen: J\1rs.

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