Asa phoenix vol 14 no 2 jan 1928 by Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority

THE PHOENIX of ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA _ _ __~ VoLUME X IV

JANUARY, 1928

N uMBER 2

Published in November, January, March, May and July of each year at No. 30 North Ninth Street, R ichmond, Indiana, by t h e Nicho lson Printing Company , for the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority having headquarters at 56 Meredith Circ le, Milton, Mass. Business correspondence may he add r essed to e ither office, but matter for publication and correspondence concerning the same shou ld be addressed to Gertrude D. Halbritter 1 Editor. 56 Meredith Circle, Milton , Mass. Entered as second路class matter Septembe r 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond , Ind ., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mai lin g at specia l rate of post路 age provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, author ized September 4, 1923 .

Subscription price one dollar per year.

NATIONAL COUNCIL P resident-M rs. W m. Holmes Ma rtin, A and AA, 5 Cobden St ., Boston, 19, Mass. Vice-P resident-Miss Minni e M. Shockl ey, rr, 709 College Ave., Alva, O klahoma. Secretary-M iss Carol D . P ierce, rr, Aye r, Mass. Treasurer-Miss Grace G. F ultz, ~~ ' 253 Superi or St., Rossfo rd, O hi o. Chaplain-Miss Mary A. Wagner, KK, 58 Kensington St ., No rthampton, Mass . Registrar-Mrs. F reel M. Sha rp, ZZ, 1405 Ha rdy St., Independence, Mo. Alumnce Officer-M iss Katherine B. Ievius, HH, 315 Iorth 8th St., N eoclesha, Kansas. E ditor-Miss Gertrude D . I-Ialbritter, 速速, 56 l\Ieredith Circle, Milton, Mass. BOARD OF ADVISERS Alpha Alpha-Miss Ox ford , O hi o.

Amy M . Swisher,

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Alpha Beta-M iss E lizabeth Romans, 501 N. E lson St. , K irksville, Mo. Beta Beta-M rs. Lester Opp, 717 17th St ., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Miss M innie M. Shockley, 709 College Ave., Alva, O kl a. Delta Delta-M rs. Howard L. Goodwin , Box 2 15, Athens, O hi o. Epsi lon Epsilon-M iss E dna McCullough, 101 7 Rural St ., E mpori a, K ansas . Zeta Zeta-M rs. O rlo R. burg, Mo.

attinger, 108 South St. , W arrens -

Theta T heta-M iss Christina S . Little, 154 Circuit R d., vVinthrop, Mass.

E ta Eta-M iss Jane C. Carroll , 706 South Broad way, P ittsburg, Kansas. Iota I ota- 1\Irs. \ N. F . Barr, 2842 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, I owa . Kappa Kappa-M rs. Sherman H . Doyle, 1802 N. Park Av e., P hiladelphia, P a . Lambda Lambda-Miss E dith M. Sni ffen, 262 19th Ave. , Columbus, O hio. ~ I u l\ Iu-~Ii ss Helen I-I. Geller, 516 Fairview Circle, Ypsilanti , l\1ich. N u :.-: u-~ 1 i ss l\I ildred Burdett, D rexel Insti tute, P hil adelphia, Penn . X i X i-l\Irs. l\1a rtin E . J arvis, 2026 Dracena D rive, L os Angeles, Calif. O mi cron O mi cron-l\Iiss Ada Hyatt, 325 E. Main St. , Kent, O hi o. P i P i-~ I i ss E li zabeth D. Small , 807 Auburn Ave ., Buffalo. N.Y. Rho R ho- M iss Do ri s Feeley, 2547 Third Ave., H untington. West V irginia. S igma Sigma-M iss L ucy E . Spicer, \!\!estern State College, Gunni so n, Colo.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tabernacle-M iss Ca rl otta M. Corp ron, 路w oman's Coll ege, Montgomery, Ala. Standa rds-M iss Leona W ilcox, 19 16 44th St. , Des Mo ines. I owa. Archi vesF inance-Miss I na M. Dain, H indman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky. Service- M iss Evelyn G. Bell , 208 Best St ., Buffalo, N . Y. Membership-Miss E thel I. P hillips, Alcazar Hotel, Kansas City, ~r o .

P rogram-Miss Alice E. Montgomery, 1022 F ifth Ave., Osawatomi e, Kan s. Acti vities-

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS

Alpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-State Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-State Teachers College, Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-State Teachers College, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta-State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Theta Theta-Boston University, Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich. Nu Nu-Drexel Institute, 路 Philadelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-University of California, Los Angeles, Cali f. Omicron Omicron-State Teachers College, Kent, Ohio. Pi Pi-State Teachers College, Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-Western State College, Gunnison, Colo.

EX-COLLEGIO SECRETARIES

Alpha Alpha-Mrs. R. A. Healy, 218 N. Campus Ave., Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Elizabeth Romans, 501 N. Elson St., Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Mrs. Glenn H. Ferguson, 7511 Hutchinson Ave., Swissvale, Pa. Beta Beta-Zelma 0. Baker, 917 4th St., Greeley, Okla. Gamma Gamma-Louella Harzman, 917 Flynn Ave., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Mrs. Glenn S. Jones, P roctorsville, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Mrs. Everett R. Barr, 8 18 Market St., Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Marion F. Pa rker, Warrensburg, Mo. Ruth M. Bryant, 1124 S. Pearl St., Independence, Mo. Eta Eta-l\Iargaret F lottman, Box 503, E ureka, Kans. Theta Theta-Grace 路w hitaker, 53 South St., Wrentham, Mass. Iota Iota-Edith T. Durr, 1014 26th St., Des Moines, I owa. Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Nevins W. Todd, 112 William St., Salisbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-Gwendolen Sing路Jeton, 2662 Glenm aw Ave., Columbus, O hi o. M u M u-Ruth E . Bayler, 706 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, M ich . N u N u-1\I. E li zabeth Darlin gton, Merchantsville, N.

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P i Pi-Helen Weis, 543 Riley St., Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rbo-\Vilsie L. Malone, 414 Hood Ave ., Shinnston, Vv. Va .

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman-M iss l\1i nnie l\1. Shockley, A~A, 709 College Ave., Alva, Okla. Secretary-Mrs. C. P . Neidig, IlK~ , 23 Lockwood Court Apt.. Cincinnati, Ohio. Treasurer-Mrs. Orley See, ~~E , 448 Wildwood Ave., PieJmont, Cali f. Director of Local Panhellenics-M iss F lorence 413 Balla rd St., Ypsil anti, Mich.

Eckert, 庐~Y,

D irector of City Panhell enics-M rs. H. G. R ichie, A~T, 1205 Lake Drive, Grand Rapids, M ich. Representative of ~~~-- i\I i ss l\Iabel \1\falton, \i\Toodstock, Va.

CITY ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES

Alva, O klahoma-Mrs.

J. A . Lane, 803 Cente r St., Alva.

Boston, Mass.-Edith A. Howlett, 40 Newtonville Ave., Newton. Cherokee, O kla.-Ione Clark, Cherokee. Chicago, Ill.-Ann Brewington, 5701 Kenwood Ave., Chicago. Cleveland, O hio-Alice Larkin, Hillsboro, Ohio. Columbus, O hio-Ruth Blenkner, 170 Olentangy St., Columbus. Denver, Colo.-Elvina Bjork, 3439 S. Grant St., Denver. Des Moines, Iowa-Fae McClung, 1245 25th St., Des Moines. Detroit, Mich.-Helen A. Cypher, 640 Delaware St., Detroit. Emporia, Kans .-Mrs. Harry W. Eve rett, 10 E. W ilma Ct., Empona. Greeley, Colo.-Ethelyne Rhiner, 1018 14th St., Greeley. Huntington, W. Va.-Dor is L. Feeley, 2547 Third Ave., Huntington . Kansas City, 1\Io.- :\Ia ry Grubbs, 3409 Wyandotte St. . Kansas City. Los Angeles, Cali f .-Lillian Criswell , 350 W . E lk Et., Glendale. Neodesha, Kans.-Lucy Clinkenbeard , N . 8th St., Neodesha. New York, N. Y.-Rosamond Root, 520 W. 122nd St., York City.

P hiladelphia, Pa.- I-Ielen G. Lindenmuth, Ringtown, Pa. P ittsburg, Kans.-Nelli e N. Ross, 602 N. E lm St .. Pittsburg. P ittsbu rgh. Pa.-l\1ari on G. Ball , 230 S. Fairmount Ave., P ittsburgll. Toledo, O hio-Helen Robinson, 1005 Shadow Lawn Drive, Toledo. \1\!arreti sburg, Mo.-M rs. l\Iari on F. Parker, R. R. 4, \iVarren-=;burg.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Ed路i tor-in-Chief I

Gertrude D. Halbritter, 56 Meredith Circle, 1\Iilton, !Ja~. s.

Chap te路r E ditors

Alpha Alpha-Martha A. Wadsworth, 33 Hepburn Hall , Oxford , O hio. Alpha Beta-Frances J. Ash, 301 E. McPherson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Juliet R. Gilmore, 1732 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-E lizabeth Greene, Box 266, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Reba Shafer, Box 166, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Ruth E. Nation, 805 U nion St., E mporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-Dorothy Clark, 11 5 E. South St. , Warrensburg. Mo. Eta Eta--c-Dana L. Jones, State Teachers College, P ittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Esther Peck, 675 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-l\Iinnie Keyes, 1214 28th St., Des Moines, Iowa. K appa Kappa-F rances Shirley, 1808 N. Park Ave., P hiladelphia, Penn. Lambda Lambda-Dorothy K. Zorn, 922 Studer Ave., Columbus, O hi o. l\1 u :\Iu-1\Iarian Evans, 507 Congress St., Yps ilanti , Mich. Nu Nu-Sarah N. Baxter, 216 N. 33rd St. , P hiladelphia, Penn. P i P i-Dori s L. Glunz, 9 1 Pershing Ave., Buffalo, N . Y. X i X i-Gertrude H . Peterson, 6 15 E. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, Calif. Omicron Omicron- Antoinette Link, 710 S. Depeyster St., Kent, O hio. Rho Rho-Eloise J. Carroll, 412 7th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. igma S igma-

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Gamma Sigma Society of

Kansas State Teachers College,at,Hays

THE PHOENIX WH Y A SORORITY ? Some one has said, "True love is rar e, True fri endship ra rer. " Accepting thi s point of view, we may draw the thesis, that a so rority justifies itself , among other reasons, by the ideals it upholds of f riend ship. Many and great have been the m inds that have written about and di scussed f ri endshi p. Va ri ed and di versified have been their points of view . A nd so, when we speak of fri endship the term is ambi guous and lacks meaning unl ess an individual interpretation is placed upon it. T herefo re, by the ideal of f riendship, one of the cardinal principles justifying a sorority, I mean a f ri endship over and beyond the provincial and narrow analysis of the term . I have in mind a f riendship not limited to and bounded by those privileged to wear the same badge, but sp read beyond to those who have chosen to wear different badges a::; well as to those less fo rtunate ones, who for some reason have been deni ed the pri vilege of wearin g a Gr eek symbol of a nati onal organi zation . As we may expect the fri endships made within one's own group, ar e the most permanent and the ones to be most highl y pri zed. Boun d together by the sec ret ideal s of the sorority, by the pledges and responsibilities involved, by the immediate work to be accomplished, by th e standa rds to be attained and maintained, a loyalty, a love, a fri endship grows up th at can never be severed. Years later, when coll ege days a re a . memory and no longer a reality, th e sight of the Gree k badge of the O rder recalls the golden days when friendship budded and blossomed. And be th e sister kn ow n or unkn own, thi s same rare f ri endship exists, for her badge symboli zes to her, as to the rest of us, the self same love and loyalty for her sister s.

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Friendships for the members of other soront1es takes a different form . The secret intimacies of the individual group are here replaced by the common interest in sororities in general, by respect for the rights and feelings of others, and by the recognition of the fact that no group is perfect and that m all are a great many worth-while ideals. As one thinks, so he chooses. Each, from his own point of view may be right, and so, out of this tolerant regard for others, grows a friendship necessary and vital to the socialized institution of society. These qualities and characteristics that make friendships po ~ 足 sible within one group and among other groups, carry over outside of the Greek letter world. Instinct, impulse, and the fundamental laws of attraction and repulsion, added to the more highly developed characteristics of group cooperation, loyalty and respect and tolerance of the abilities and rights of others, help us to single out from among the masses, those few for whom we feel that genuine gift of friendship . Our infatuations are many, our loves are few, but our friendships, true friendships, are indeed rare, and as such should be treasured and valued. Ada Hyatt, Adviser, Omicron Omicron Chapter. HIGH STAND ARD S We all know that the greatest of care should be taken to make the sorority an organization of the very highest standard possible, and naturall y every adviser thinks her chapter is the best on the campus. But there is always great chance for improvement in many ways, and as everything depends upon the girl associated with the sorority, I think rushing is the best time for improvement. In every college there is a number of very desirable girls, and the sorority should make it a point to find out who these girls are and why they are desirable. It may be because they are attractive in appearance, have money, or are extremely intelligent; and it could be all three, as this is sometimes the case. Too often girls are rushed because they are cute, and then dropped because they are not of the right character. This not only hurts the girl but also the organization. It would be nice to have a

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girl with money to burn and lots of good looks, but many times the plain girl turns out to be the backbone of the chapter. I don't mean to say that good looking girls with clothes and money are not good, but we know that in some cases there is no dependability or reliability back of all this. It often happens that a soro rity runs towards musicians or mathematicians, etc. That doesn't matter so long as the girl is of the right type. In this town an adviser told her girls not to bid a certain girl because she was a musician and that the chapter already had a number of musically inclined girl s; so why not bid a girl that majored in something other than music? So, a less desirable girl was bid and the one that should have been taken was forgotten. The girls showed poor judgment in this case to listen to the advise r, because it did the chapter a great 111J ury. Care should be taken when rushing to find out if the girl is will ing to help do things and not let the other person do it all. A sorority has to have pushers, not pullers. One dead member will wreck the whole chapter. No girl should be bid unless the whole chapter feels well acquainted with her, because one girl might find a desirable or undesirable characteristic that another girl could easil y overlook. and anyway no person wants to feel herself a stranger when â&#x20AC;˘ taken into any order. Rushing and bidding are no trivial affairs in the eyes of. the sorority, and the members should have the aims of the chapter well in mind at this particular time, because the character and _ calibre of th e gi rl s mean everyth ing Mrs. Lesfe1' E. Opp, Adviser, Beta Beta Chapter .

THE BALANCED LIFE OF AN ASA In these clays of strenuous li ving there is much said about living a well balanced life. We, as coll ege folks, have the same problems to face that those who are mixing and mingling with the busy forces of society have to meet. In order to perform the thousand kinds of service and be loyal to the high ideal to which we p ledged ourselves when we took the solemn vows of our sisterhood, we should live the balanced life. Let me outlin e the feature of a beautiful lif e.

THE PHOEN I X Chri sti an character is the first essenti al and with it we should have-Faith without credulity; Convicti on without bigotry; Cha rity without condescension ; Courage without contenti on ; H umility without obsequi ousness; Love without sentimentality, and l\1eekness with power. .Having all these we shall be the ideal ASA embodi ed in a person. A re you one of these who will gn:e eminence and glory to our sorority? Jlrlinnie 1\11. Shocl?ley, Adviser, Gamma Gamm a Chapte r. THOUGHTS FOR AN ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA A spire to the hig hes t standa rd s. L oyalty has been p ledged. Be loyal.

"No soro r ity can be its bes t with out a full porti on of loyalty." P olitenes shows considera tion for others. Be polite. H elp one anoth er. Be stepp ing stones, not stum bl ing block s. A ttend regula rl y to your da il y wo rk.

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S eek th e hi g hest level. I deal s are safeguard s. Have hi g h ideals and li ve up to th em. "G ive full n1easure." As you g ive so shall you receive, so g ive fr eely. M ake a fri end by being a fri end. A sk no more of a sister tha n you would g la dl y do. Be t houg htful of oth er s. A ttain th e best ; ph ysicall y, intellectua lly, socia ll y and spirit-

uall y. L aug h with your fri end, not a t th em . P lay fair at all times. H ea rt, head and hand mu st be tra ined to be educated. D o not neglect any one. A ction s speak louder th an word s. Rem ember our actions show to oth ers the teachings of our Sorority and refl ect not only up on ourselves, but upon our sisters. Jane Carroll, Acting Adviser nf Eta E ta Chapter.

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THE PREPARATION OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHER '' Teacher s in service need to advise very caref ull y all their you nger friends who are looking forw a rd to teaching. U nless they have strong purpose, and scholarship, and attractive personality, these young people should be turned away fro m the teaching profession ." So said Dean A rthur Wilde of Boston Un iversity. I feel the justice of Dean Wilde's remark to such an extent that I should like to say a few wo rds about it as regards prospective foreign language teachers. vVhat interests me most is the scholarship phase of the situation. Si nce I have beeu doing critic work in modern languages, I have realized as never before the importance of good preparation and good scholastic background. One fact which emphasizes it is this: my student teachers never. or almost never, go out into la nguage posi ti ons. Why? They haven't had sufficient prepa ration; they are not suffici ently "scholarly " if I may use that word. At the present time. where is the school which will hire as a Modern Language teacher a girl who has had but two years of college training? I know of none. A t least an A .B. is required . Even then, a student must be of hi gh calibre to attain in that time a spoken, written and visual command of a language sufficient to enable her to teach that language according to th e best methods. A nd happil y more and more schools a re insisting that the methods must be the best known to present day modern language teaching. If all thi s is so, these young people not properly prepared should be, not necessaril y turned away from th e teaching profession, but certainly from the teaching of a fo!路eign tongue. Consider for a moment the preparation required of the language teacher in France. In the elementary schools. no language course given is less than six years. Af ter that a student spend s at least three yea rs more doing advanced work, making a minimum of nin e year s. In the face of this trainin g, two years can have little or no ground to stand on. The student teacher with so littl e to help her is very much handicapped in her practice teaching and cannot be well reco mmended . The critic hates to play the role of og re, but is forced to it sometimes. She can onl y hope fo r the time when well prepared teachers will be the rul e and not the excepti on. H elen H . Gelle1', Adviser, M u M u Chapter.

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There are many reasons in favor of owning your own home. In the first place, the cost per month is not much greater than in renting a house, and your monthly expenditures are going into a permanent investment and home. Secondly, you will find that your girls take a much greater interest in the home and its care. Stability and permanence are added to your chapter. Alumnae enjoy returning, more when they have a familiar home to visit, where old associations and memories can be revived easily. You will also find that alumnae and friends are much more enthusiastic about giving gifts, when they know that you will be in the same house from year to year. Possibly some of you feel that it would be an absolute impossibility to buy a house and have no idea where to begin. The first thing to do is to interest a few business men, preferably fathers of some of your college or alumnae girls, or husbands of your patronesses, to the point where they will give a bit of financial backing, either in money or note signatures. Then get together as much money as possible from your college chapter, mother-patronesses, and alumnae group. With several hundred dollars cash, and a rather substantial loan possible, you will be able to begin to look for a suitable house. It is probably best to put this search in the hands of a rather small committee, composed of a couple of college girls, (probably your president, treasurer) an alumna, a patroness, a mother, and one or two business men. After they have several prospects, which seem suitable, considering location, size, appearance, arrangement, and construction, the college chapter and others interested should look over these prospects. Then at a meeting of a representative group of college girls, alumnae, mothers and patronesses, a satisfactory choice may be made. Of course, it is necessary to find a house which can be bought on a monthly payment plan. You will find that these monthly payments will correspond almost exactly to rent and can be met easily by room rent. If you have a house mother, cook, or manager, who will help keep your grocery bill economical, you can make a good deal of money from that source, and still have your girls paying as cheap board as they would anywhere else. This money can be used on furnitu re payments, repairs, and runmng expenses.

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I wish every chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha could find it possible to own its own home. Of course, it means some sacrifice as to social events, and parties, but that is balanced by the thrill of possession, and the joy found in striving and working together toward a common encl . Buying a home is one way of putting into practice: Aspire, Seek, Attain. Edna McCullough, Adviser, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter.

CREATIVE ART EXPRESSION It is a well known fact that educational theories have changed so much in the past twenty years that it has been a difficult matter for teachers to keep in line with the change, especially as special subjects are effected. Geography and history are now called social sciences with the idea of unifying them in the student's mind. Spelling begins with the vocabulary of the child rather than taking words by chance out of the dictionary. All school work is being related to a larger activity. But art, perhaps because of certain standard sets of drawing books in many schools, or because of the old "drawing" tradition which dies hard, or perhaps because in some localities the only standard has been true representation, has been slow to break away from established ways. However, it is now beginning to take its place as a part of a unified whole starting with the child's interests. The last ten years has been a clecidecl change. This may be clue to many experiments in laboratory schools and to a more intimate knowledge of the work of foreign school children . together with a better understanding of child psychology. Whatever the reason, there has been a marked increa e in better teaching methods in art throughout the country, wh ich has brought about a refreshing change from the traditional stanclarclizecl curricula. This study has a different emphasis, not upon drawing alone, but upon a vital working course related with other school subjects. The subject i11atter in the high school and college do es not depend entirely upon its relation to other school subjects. It is necessary for the student to understand very clearly the meaning of the subject and its relation to his li fe . An art lesson using

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Greek as the unit, which takes no account of rhythm or which teaches nothing of the fine appreciation of Greek architecture and sculpture would be of no value. But, a unit of work motivated through some activity of school life and thus socially planned goes on with a spirit that is seldom characteristic of dictated lessons . There is al so a need for wider fields of activity. Designing costumes, block printing, stage designing, tie-dying, any art study or art appreciation. The maj ority of people are consumers rather than creators. A course must be adapted to the needs of the individual and the community. The student must be permitted to choose and to develop his problem in his own way. He must understand the principles of art, color, and design. Art and life are one and the same thing, they cannot be separated . All human activities constitute the essential material of art and through creative expression they are interpreted by means of art products. Frederick Gordon Bonser says in his art creed: "All progress in art lies in the expression of the experiences, the hopes, the ideals, and the aspirations of our own environment of our own times, and of our own lives. The past is studied to refine and stimulate creative effort for the expression of the life of the present, not to become a substitute for it." Amy Nf. Swisher, Adviser of A lpha Alpha Chapter.

N. E. A. CONVENTION AT BOSTON Boston A lpha Sigma A lphas welcome all members attending theN. E . A. Convention to be held in Boston beginning February twenty-fifth. vVe should like to meet all A. S. A.'s who are in Boston during that time, so will you please send a note to Mrs. Mai;tin stat ing that you will be here, and giving the name of your hotel?

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OUR ADVISERS AMY M. SWISHER

M i ss m y l\Ia r ga r et S wi sher , Chapter Advise r for the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha, is Ass istant P rofe sso r of A rt at M iami U ni ve rsity. She received her B. L. from Ohi o W esleyan U niver sity, her A . D. from Columbia University, and her A. M. al so fr om Columbia. T hi s chapter has had the honor of her advisorship since 19 17 and we feel sure that Alpha Alpha owes much to our M iss Swisher . In her capacity of P rofesso r of A rt , she is extremely busy and yet it seems quite evident that she is never too busy when Alpha S ig ma Alpha is conce rned. T he Tall a wanda Apartment, wh ere our M iss A my resides with her moth er and sister, is always open for any social affa ir of the chapter,-and I am sure vve who a re now alumnae, in remini scing of college days, never fa il to recall to mind many happy hours spent th ere. Wheneve r any girl, fo r the time being. feels there are no silver linin gs to her cloud s, a hea rt-to-heart ta lk and advice from M iss S wi sher , di spels the uphappy thoughts, and the encouragement seems to come directly from her heart. Th e g irl s of A lpha Alph a a ll loo k up to th eir . d viser as being a wonderful and rare jewel of inspirati on- in fact it woul d be difficult to imagine the chapter without her. She is gold thru and thru, holds the sincere love of each a nd every girl, and is powerful ly instrumental in preserving the ideals of A lpha Sigma Alpha.

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HELEN H . GELLER

Advise r for M u Mu Chapter

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ETHEL HOOK l\lis Ethel Hook, faculty adviser for Alpha Beta, is a graduate of Kirksville State Teachers college, with a B. S. degree. She has clone graduate work in Chicago U niversity, and expects to get her master's degree from Missouri University this year. Miss Hook is associate Professor of the Education Department in K. S. T. C. She is also a "Helping Teacher" going from school to school, meeting teachers, discovering their problems, helping solve them, and giving advice of all kinds. She is truly a wonderful help. Miss Hook also has charge of the library which is the gift of the well-known Mr. Fields, who is a strong advocate of education, in all branches. Besides all these clutie~, Miss Hook is our adviser in the tru e sense of the word. Any time during the clay, one may see an Alpha Beta in her office, " hob-nobing" or asking help on some problem. Miss Hook has kept the girls moving in the ri ght direction, all through this year, and the years before. And that is not all-Miss Hook enjoys our meetings and social functions as much as we do. She knows how to laugh and have a good tim e. as well as how to advise and sympathize. To sum it all up, we of Alpha Beta feel proud and lucky to have such an all-round, well-known educator of the clay for our Foster-Mother, and dread to think of a clay when she might leave our school and us.

MRS. LESTER OPP Ivarea Beil Opp, faculty adviser of Beta Beta is a native of Pennsylvania. Beverly I varea Beil was born on a farm five miles east of Greenville, Penn. She first attended the grades at a one room country school. She entered the high school at Greenville as a commercial student and from there received a one year scholarship at the Thiel College, Greenville. Mrs . Opp studied reed instruments at Thiel College under the instruction of Professor Strickland, later attending Dana's Musical Institute, Warren, Ohio. As a student there M rs. Opp, majored on saxophone and oboe, playing position of first chair oboe in Dana's Symphony Orchestra and Military Band. Mrs. Opp has also played on Chautauqua stage as well as being a member of the Inter-state Lyceum.

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\iVhil e attending Dana's M usical I nstitute, I varea Beil met Lester Edvv in Opp, Celli st at the Institute. T hey we re ma rri ed May 15, 1923 . After their marriage both played fo r one season at the theatre, \i\Tarren, O hi o. Both M r. and M r s. Opp have received their degrees f rom Dana's. Several years ago the Opps moved to Greeley, Colorado, where both are instructors of mu sic at the college conservatory. M r. Opp being assistant p rofessor of music, while M rs. O pp is instructor in reed instruments. Mrs. Opp was initiated J a nuary 1, 1927 at th e chapter house. Soon after her initiation M rs. Opp made plans for an lpha Sig orchestra, but clue to the fact that so many of the girl s playing in the orchestra had so many outside engagements the idea was dropped . It is hoped that next yea r the plans will prove more successf ul. 'vVe feel th at our faculty advise r possesses the true Alpha Sig spiri t and that with her help Beta Beta will not 01tly Aspire and Seek, but will Attain the destination of achievement . 路 EDNA McCULLOUGH

J\I iss E dna J\IcCullough, Epsil on Epsil on's adviser, is head of th e department of physical education for women at K . . T. C. he recei vee! her B. S. degree from K. S . T . C. and has a diploma f rom Sargent School of P hys ical Education, at Cambridge, Massachu setts . S he has done g raduate \.vo rk at the 路 ni ve rsity of Californi a, U niversity of \i\Tisconsin , and the Chi cago N onnal School of Danemg. M iss McCull ough's interest li es in the direction of sports and all types of physical educati on. but she is interested particularly in creative and interpretative dancing . She is very fo nd of d ramati cs and good music. M iss McCull ough is a woman parti cularl y fitted for the work she is doin g fo r thi s chapter of A lph a Sigma A lpha. As head of th e department of phys ical education fo r women at K. S . T .

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C. she comes in contact with many girls through this position. She learns their desires for , and their tendenci es and attitudes toward . different phases of college life. Most of her classes are classes in aesthetic dancing, but she is interested in all sports and athletic achievements. She is old enough to give sound advice and yet young enough to be one with the girls in all their undertakings and amusements. M iss McCullough 's work at school is not heavy, so she has plenty of time to take an occasional dinner with the girl s. and to be vvith them a great deal of the time during the clay. This promotes a feeling of good fellowship so necessary to the li fe of any organization. The nature of her work, also, has brought her in contact with th e girls of all the sororities on the campus, and in compa ring them with the girls of Alph a Sigma Alph a, she has gn<en the latter her favor. EULALIA E. ROSEBERRY M iss Eulalia E li zabeth Roseberry, faculty advise r for Eta E ta Chapter, received her Life Certificate at th e Kansas State Teachers College of E mpori a, her Degree at the Kansas State Teachers College of P ittsburg, and has done graduate work in Chicago U ni ver sity. l\I iss Roseberry is Head of the Geography Department in this Coll ege. O ur adv iser's special interests li e in the W. A. A . and Y. VV. C. A. Upon being as ked what her special interests were, Miss Roseberry answe red : "Girls, and more girls." A ny one who knows l\T iss Roseberry reali zes how true thi s statement is. U nless she was so vitally interested in girl s she would not be interested in girls' organizations. No one could show a greater love or appreciation for thi s chapter than M iss Roseberry has . She helps us put over every thing in a glorious ma nner. She keeps in touch with alumnae girls, and is never too busy to help any one of us out of a difficulty. S he is just one of us !

CHRIST IN A S. LITTLE Theta Theta Chapter has, as you may kn ow, no facu lty adviser, as there is but one woman on our faculty, w ho is our Dean

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of vVomen . Our chapter adviser, Christina Little, is more than a mere adviser ; she is one of us . She is always on hand for all the fun-and work- of the chapter. To show how she takes hold for us- when we first came back to school this fall our treasurer did not return, and Miss Little stepped into the vacancy, and has been acting treasurer ever since. Miss Little has many other interests besides counting for so much in the college chapter and being active in the City Association. She has her Master's Degree from Boston University and is now teaching mathematics in the Girls' High School here in Boston. In addition to her regular work in teaching there she is head of the Girl Scouts Troup in the school. Since we know how busy she is with her work, we certainly appreciate her invariable appearance at all Theta Theta affairs. Miss Little is always ready with suggestions for Theta Theta activities, and many times her thoughtfulness at the last minute saves the clay for some poor distracted committee on refreshments, who has in the rush forgotten the paper napkins, or, as once happened, the butter for our rolls. She plays bridge like a past master of the art, drives her own car, keeps us all on the job, and does all these varied and unrelated things with the same thoroughness and care that makes her so interesting and certainly the most admi reel and versatile among us.

MRS. W. F. BARR Iota Iota's faculty adviser, Mrs. vV. F. Barr, is a graduate of our own school , Drake University. She has taught in grade schools . high school and in the Education College of Drake. Mrs. Barr's chief interest is sorority and club work, both literary and social, being an active member in several organizations. Quoting l\Irs. Barr as to her hobby: "To keep abreast with the times, to enter into and enjoy the best in every line of life, and to travel, enjoy and appreciate the beautiful and interesting places in our own state and country. If I have a hobby it is the association with young women, to feel that I may be able to adJ something or help in some way to prepare here for their life work."

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MRS. SHERMAN H. DOYLE I t has been said that " he has achi eved success wh o has lived well, laughed often and loved much ; who has gained the respect o f intelligent men and the love of little child ren ; who has left the world better than he found it; wheth er by an improved poppy, a perf ect poem or a rescued soul ; wh o has never lacked an appreciation of earth's beauty or fa iled to express it ; whose li fe was an inspiration, whose memory a benediction." According to such a definiti on our adviser M rs. Doyle certainly has been a success. She has been an inspiration to the girls in the chapter and in tim es of cri sis and seeming da rkness her good judgment and advice have helped th e chapter 路safely through. However, her advice is not always fl attering for there are times when she fin ds it necessary to reproach. This is truly her har dest job but : "Things that hurt and things that mar Shape the man fo r perfect praise." And she is shaping th e li ves of many girls to go out and do bigger, better things in th e wo rld, for where is there a more fi tting place to lea rn one's short-comings than in sorori ty associati ons? We girls of Kappa K appa must share our Advise r with over one hundred and fi fty other girls, for with her position as Dea n of dorm itory \i\Tomen, her time is full a nd we often fea r we dema nd more tha n is our share of her tim e and love. O ur Alumnae carry away fo ndest memori es of our dvise r and always feel that th ey have a tie to Temple, even though they happen to know very few actives. "Girls may come and girl s may go !" W hat an interesting picture and yet a sad one to be the one who stays year after year watching and giving f ull measure to A lpha Sigma Alpha f ull measure as only one who has experi enced lif e, its pleasures and sorrows can give. "She li ves fo r those who love her, W hose hea rts are kind and t rue, For Heaven th at smiles above her A nd wa its her spirit too . For all the ti es that bind her, For all th e tasks assigned her, Fo r bright hopes lef t behind her, ..l.. ncl the good tha t she can do."

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EDITH M. SNIFFEN l\Iiss Sniffen, adviser for Lambda Lambda chapter, received her B. A. degree in 1912 at Marietta College. From 1912 to 1916 she was an instructor in German at Marietta College. In 1918 she came to Ohio State University and received her M. A. degree. From 1916 until the present time she has been teaching English prose at Ohio State University. Miss Sniffen is deeply interested in English Literature and Composition and is a member of several clubs on our campus. Miss Sniffen is a little woman probably not more than five feet tall. She has blue eyes and brown hair. Juclging by the way she has assumed her new duties she must like us and I am sure it was not at all hard for us to love her. She and her mother live here alone in a lovely home which Miss Sniffen has just bought not far from the chapter house. Although Miss Sniffen was initiated only last Spring, she has already endeared herself in each of our hearts. Her worth to the chapter is expressed in this little verse: Here's to our adviser So symbolic of our pearl; Her lot to find the best there 1s, In each Alpha Sigma girl. She helps each chapter officer When troubles loom their way She comes like a beam of bright sunlight In a clark and gloomy clay.

MILDRED BURDETT l\Iiss Mildred Burdett, Adviser for u Nu Chapter, received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Columbia University. Then she became instructor of Home Economics at Miss Farmer's School at Boston, Mass. Later Mis:> Burdett was instructor of Home Economics at the Ethical Culture School, in New York City. 路 Now she is assistant professor of Home Economics at Drexel Institute. Mi s Burdette has many interest besides Alpha Sigma Alpha, and is a member of the Teachers College Alumni Association, the Philadelphia Home Economics Association, the American Home Economic Association, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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ADA HYATT ::.Iiss Ada Hyatt, the lovely you ng facul ty adv iser of Omicron Omicron chapter of A. S . A.. , is from K illbuck, Ohio . She received her training at the University of Wooster and Mount Union CoJJ ege, later receiving her B. S. in Education at Kent State College. She also did some graduate work at Ohio State University. Her position at present is Training Supervisor T hird Grade, at Kent State CoJJege. Miss Hyatt has been our adviser ever since our installation in the Spring of 1926, and she makes us all feel that she is our real friend, and willing at all times to help us. An inspiration and a guid ing light for the girls describes our adviser. She takes an active part in all coJJege functions . She has the distinction of being the official adviser of the Panhellenic this year, and has been the faculty adviser to Kentonian staff for the past several years. She is also a member of the faculty \iVomen's club. Miss Hyatt's interest never flags. None of the girls are ever reticent about entering her room and asking for advice. She is one of us and we all love her. Enthusiasm, " pep," loyalty, cooperation are the qualities that ::.Iiss Hyatt possesses and instills in her girls. Noth ing is too much work for her if it will benefit the sorority. As all the girls say, "she is a peach ." Whenever any of the girls has some good fortune, ::\fiss Hyatt is the first to congratulate her. ELIZABETH B. SMALL Miss Elizabeth Bird Small, adviser of Pi Pi chapter, is a lovely person to write about because she has always clone-and probably always will do so many interesting things. She says she started school at the age of five, and has been going ever since. She attended the city training school, the Buf-

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falo State Normal School-before it was State Coll ege for Teachers at Buffalo-and incidentally, is it not splendid that we can have for our adviser a woman so steeped in the memories and traditions of our college as only an alumna of that institution can be? She has also studied at Teacher's College at Columbia University. Following her special interests of the elrama and play production, she was a private pupil of Edith \1\Tynne Mathieson. She also studied under Marie \!\Tare Lawton at Peterboro. New Hampshire, and with S . H. Clark of the University of Chicago. Besides her regular work, which is a critic of English and Latin in the Junior High School of the School of Practice, she produces their plays, one of wh ich was the immortal "Snow \i\fhite and the Seven Dwarfs." Another of her special interests is A lpha Sigma Alpha, and she has given of herself so freely to Pi Pi chapter that words cannot express our feelin g for her, and our deep and smcere thankfulness that the girls who chose her to be our adv iser showed such fine judgment. She has another great interest-travel. She has traveled ex路 tensively in Europe as well as in our own country, having spent a summer in Switzerland, one in England, and one in F rance 路and Italy, with her headquarters in Florence. \ 1\T e have often talked about the possibility of a conducted tour of Europe for Alpha Sigma Alpha girls, and have even mapped out routes and estimated costs in our zeal. Last summer she was to have spent at the University of Grenoba studying French, but clue to pressure of examinations and outside work, she was forced to alter her plans, and leave school at the end of April for a rest. She left for Paris at once, going through Leon, Avignon, and N ice to meet her sister in Italy in May. Her summer was pent in regaining her strength for this fall. She is back at Buffalo with the group of A. S. A. girls who need her wise counsel and sound judgment at every turn of the road.

LUCY E. SPICER Lucy E li zabeth Spicer, who has been faculty adviser for Sigma Sigma chapter for two years, one year before it went national and one year since, was born in east-central Iowa a few miles from Cedar Fall s. Her earlier education was received

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at the g rade schools and high schools of that city, after which she took a three yea r course at Iowa State Teachers Coll ege. L ater, after spending two years at the niver ity of Chicago, she graduated in 1905 with an A.B. degree , a P hi Beta Kappa key, and honors in general scho larship . In 19 11 she came to Gunni son. where she taught Latin and l\fathematics. In 19 14 when the school was sepa rated from the State Teachers College of Colorado and became Western State Coll ege, M iss Spicer received the appointment of D ean of Women. After fu lfilling her duties for five years longer, she took a leave-of -absence to study fo r a yea r at Columbia U ni ver sity where she took a course for cleans of women, and received an M .A. degree. Feeling the need for furt her study, she spent the summ er of 1923 at the U ni versity of Chicago. The fo llow ing yea r the duti es of Registrar were added to her obli gations as Dean of \ Nomen. After having spent so many years in the Gunnison community, M iss Spicer is well acquainted with the surroundin g beautiful countr y and its history. S he is also very activ e in the county, her chief interests being such organ izations as P. E. 0. and the D. A. R. U ndoubtedly she must be proud of her fiv e revoluti onary ancestors who haYe been traced.

MY IDEAL ADVISER ::\Iy conception of an ideal facu lty adv iser is one who . as a member of the fac ulty, does ever ything in her power to keep the sorori ty working in uni son w ith the wishes and expectation of the facu lty and admini stration of the coll ege. I think a real so rority shoul d pay as much, if not more, of its attention to its scholastic standing as to its soc ial standing on the campus . It should hold up hi gh standards, and each and every member, as well as the organizati on as a whole, should strive not onl y to make th e standards high, but to keep them high. In thi s connection, it seems to me that the faculty adv iser plays an important part. She is the con necting link between the organi zation and the in stitution . It is under her leade rship and guid ance that the girl s are led to the proper attitude toward the fac ulty as a controlling force . Perhap s the girl wish to ca rry on some 路ort of activity such as a play, a pageant. or even just a pie or doughnut sale; it is

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the job of the faculty adviser to see that this is clone in a way . and at a time which seems appropriate and will not interfere with any other phase of school life. In my opinion, the faculty adviser should be at every sorority meeting, ready to give suggestions and help in anything the gro up proposes to do. She should be the guide and leader of every endeavor, for by the very fact that she is a member of the faculty itself, she is older and wiser than the girls themselves and knows what the faculty would approve of, and what would be the best line of endeavor. I do not think it wise to have an old-fashioned or narrowminded person for a faculty adviser. Our facu lty adviser is ideal in that she is older than the gi rls themselves, yet not too old to be vitally interested in the girls and eager to help them in every way she can. She is sweet, friendly, amiable, and well liked by all the girls, and yet she is wise enough to show them the thing to do and the way to do it best. It is not so lot g since she was a girl herself, and she can understand us better than someone who has forgotten that she ~as ever young herself. Although my knowledge of the duties of a faculty adviser is rather limited, I beli eve that her main and most important job is to be a leading and guiding force in the organization and to be a sort of connecting link between the sorority and the faculty and adm ini stration. Virg路inia How ell, B B

MY IDEAL ADVISER From P roverbs 31 :26 is copied this picture of an ideal adviser: "She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness." As soon as the term "adviser" is mentioned, one draws a mental image of a person with a group around her in counsel. She plays this role, not from mere appointment to the position. but because she was chosen on account of certain definite qual ities. One may ask what qualities seem to be most clearly outstanding. One of the first things to be noticed in the leader of a coll ege group is her scope or breadth of thinking. There must be wisdom behind her words. Hers is a part of guidance, counsel and advice, rather than the dictation of every step of the

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journey, for it is her wisdom, gained through a little more of life's experience that means to much to the group. The personality and character of this leader has an inestimable influence on the lives of these younger folic As the tall white steeple of a cathedral makes its silent appeal to the passer-by, so her life and every act must strengthen the faith that has been placed in her. Her advice is that of a friend. It has been tempered with sympathy and kindness, built upon a truly altruistic spirit. To most of us it seems essential . that thi s leader, of our choice, should have a strong faith in a Superior Being. \t\f hat is her guiding power? It is this question that governs so many aspects of her life. Her duties do not end with the adjournment of a business meeting, but include the thought expressed by Emerson, "Nor knowest thou what argument thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent." The young mind is often one of indecisions and questions and this affords her a splendid opportunity to help these minds to a definite state of decision, and then, to firmness in that conviction. Thus far we have considered an adviser from the point of view of her responsibilities, but there is another angle from which it may be well for us to view the question. Inasmuch as benefits derived from any source are almost inevitably reciprocal , we arrive at our share of the responsibility and our privilege. \ t\fe get out of life, in general and in particular, just about what we put into it. \ t\1 e will find this topic to be no exception. \11/ e have no right to expect ideality where we have given less than our best. It is a rare person who can continue to give out generously when no corresponding return is made in degree, or in kind. A nd, so let us remember thi s-: Give full measure, with "zeal afire and heart aglow." Virginia M. Hoffman, K K WHAT MY ADVISER MEANS TO ME I think few of us realize how important an adviser is until the counsel of that adviser for some reason becomes inaccessible. O nly then do we reali ze the countless trivf>al things, as well as the more important ones, which we rely on her judgment to solve for us. O nly then do we reali ze how hard it is to unravel by ourselves the snarls and tangles which appear in the skein s of soro rity life.

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But my adviser means more to me than merely the advice she gives. She is a sta unch friend and an eager worker in all sorority undertakings, and she never fails to find chances for bettering our standing on the campus. She is quick to find opportuniti es, and works diligently to make the most of them. Vve feel that our adviser, in addition to her interest in the so rority a a whole, takes a keen interest in each girl in the sorority, giving each of us much personal advice. The position of adviser is not easy to fill, for advice so often goes unheeded, or is construed to be offensive, if it is not given in a true spirit of friendliness and accompanied by a knowledge of human nature. O ur adviser has a clearness of insight and lo ve of her fellow-beings which make her judgment so sound, her decisions so virile, and her advice so well worth the asking.

Epsilon Epsilon . WHAT AN ADVISER CAN DO FOR A CHAPTER The aim of the so rority, a true sisterhood, e'an be created in the chapter by th e adviser. For, upon her, to a great extent, rests the development of love and cooperation among the members. If she her elf is respected, trusted, and loved as only the woman with the heart of a mother can be, she will maintain a harmonious relationship necessary to an active chapter. A n adviser instills the "four-fold life" by living it and encouraging it. She uphold s healthful living, and inter-sorority athletics for the physical phase of life. She insists upon high scholastic standards and urges competition to advance the intellectual side. Socially the adviser creates an atmosphere of refi nement and cultivates a democratic spirit. Spiritually, he should be an example of the Chri st life. She points out not only the difference between right and wrong, but also the difference between th e best and good. In promoting high standards and ideals she teaches that "nothing can bring you peace but the triumph oÂŁ principles." The adviser is a prominent person in univ ersity life, and that of the community . '!' hereby she can l1elp her chapter to become a powerful factor in the vicinity. 'vVhile many people consider the main duty of the adviser that of counciling her chapter in business matters, her greatest

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achievement is in developing a sisterhood beautiful in practice as well as in theory. When she has accompl ished thi s, she wi ll have aroused in the members such a spirit of enthusiasm for their work, that eve ry girl with "zeal afire, and hearts aglow,'路 will seek to asp ire to and attain the highest standards of Alpha Sigma A lpha. M ildrcd M elsh ei111 er, K K

A TRIBUTE TO OUR ADVISER

" \N e need not gold if we have but this: Someone to care. v\Te shall have our joy though the goal we mi SS, \ "lith someone to care. If there be but one with a faith that is true. If there be but one that believes in you, That love will lift and bring you through ; Someone to guide and care." Fitting indeed is thi s bit of poetry which was treasured by a grandmother of yesterday, to the expressive thought of a group of girls in honor of the one who is their guide- the dear Adviser. May she, who is the g reat inspirer, ever realize how essential is the niche which she fills-one which lends itself into <1 trend of influence in the lives of the girls who are under her g uidance. As the sof t warm breezes of the ea rly Spring urge into life the plantage which is to be, that which is to become sustainer of lif e, so is the adviser a force in the unfolding and developing of the girls whose lives are in th e molding. It is to you then , we as miniatures of the greater developm ent bow in deep felt thankfulness and acknowledgment: to the one who cares and g uides-our dear A dvi se r. Oli路ve Wirth , K K

MY IDEAL ADVISER Co me with me into th e fairy realm of fancy while I attempt to draw a picture of my ideal adviser. She lives in a house set on a firm foundat ion-th e foundation of sisterh ood and all it impli es. There is no necessity for nails or cement, for all is bound togeth e r by bonds of love and

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loyalty. Her home has many windows, devoid of curtains pertmttmg broad views on many sides. The rooms are not lathed, plastered or papered; they are spacious and airy, for she needs a large amount of space for her many ideas and the carrying of them into action. The house, as a whole, is large and hospitable just as her heart is large and open with love. She, herself, is beautiful as are all good fairies. She is beautiful in soul, character and personality. Her face we cannot clearly see because of the twinkling sparks of light and life dancing from her eyes and about her lips. Her interest, enthusiasm and spirit permeates to each A lpha Sig. But then again we see other lights in her face-sympathy, understanding and love radiate. She is one who can guide; one who through her own wealth of experiences can lay the path most worthwhile for us to tread. In all of these things she is rich and most generous. From this wealth she gives "Full Measure." These are true gifts from a sincere friend at all times. Dorothy Parks, II II

AN APPRECIATION "Not one is left of all the throng, They all have passed away, Save him whose praises now we smg, The glorious A. S. A." Surely the spirit of King Asa does li ve on in the hearts of all his loyal subjects. Everywhere Alpha Sigmas are aspiring and seeking to attain the ideals given us by this Patron. There are so many times when it seems such a discouraging task but we are fort unate in having inspiration from many sources. There is true inspiration in the traditions of past Alpha Sigmas, the sister-spirit of our companions in the chapter to-day, and perhaps most of all, our sponsors. Surely the spirit of service which immortalized our King Asa was given in double portion to our guides-these sponsors. To them has been given the triple role of teacher, mother, and friend. As teachers they guide us toward the pursuit of knowledge, keeping before us ideals of industry and worth -whi le thought. As foster-mothers to each member of the chapter they inspire, ad-

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vise and protect with the fi ercest devoti on and self-sacrifice. As fri ends they share our joys unrese rvedl y and sorrow with us in our grief s. They care what happens because we belong to them and th ey to us. Sponsors- Chapter Advisers-we do reali ze and appreciate that yours is th e big task in passing on the work of K ing Asa . \ Ve honor you as ones la rgely responsible for our successes and joys in our sisterh ood, and as true guides toward our goal of Perfect Womanhood. Lorna. W attenbarge1', A B OUR ADVISER T o whom do we go when we are in trouble and need a fri end ? :\IISS HOOK ! W ho helps us fight our battles and win our victori e ? M I SS HOOK! W ho inspires us to develop ourselves to the full est possible extent ? M I SS HOOK !-every wo rd an inspirati on. And who is the most understandin g and sympathetic leader we know? M I SS HOO K! :\lay I g row an d grow until I can be just a little more like :\Ii ss Hoo k, hav ing more sy mpath y fo r others, more ability to understand another 's viewpoint, more ability to lead, to stand fo r what I believe, regardl ess of wh at others say, to develop th e power of creating interest in worthwhil e things and forget the tri\'ial ones, to always be young in spirit and mind. In other wo rds, just live up to the ideals she has given me ! Dorothy S ens, A B WHAT AN ADVISER CAN DO FOR A CHAPTER O ur adviser is ideal. Everything th at can be clone by an adv iser is clone by l\Iiss Sni ffe n. She also does many little thin gs which a re not req uired to be clone by her. l\1i ss Sniffe n was just initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha las t spring, so one would not expect her to be intimate with all th e details of our so rori ty. Dut her interest in us was so great that she made a personal visit to M rs. Ida Shaw Ma rtin in Boston, and thu s acquain ted herself with Alpha igma Alpha in th e best way possible. T he treasurer f ound our advise r to be an indi spensable help to her in planning th e budget. It was reall y quite a job as we

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moved into a larger house and our expens路es were accordingly raised. It took quite a bit of planning to include all the necessa ry thing 路 in our budget and still keep the clues clown. M iss Sniffen has a machine and she is always willing to go after ru shees for us. This is, of course, a big help, as many times we do not have enough ca rs to call for all the ru shees . \ Nhen it comes to activities on the campus our adviser is :1 big help. She is actively interested in several literary and dramatic organi zations on the campus, and she urges the girl s to try out fo r as many as possible. vVords are truly empty things when one is trying to express a big thing. We owe appreciation to M iss S niffen for inmunerable littl e acts of kindness. She is our adviser. \ iVorcls can sav no more. L a111 bda Lambda Chap ter.

OUR ADVISER- A

T~IBUTE

To our adv iser we owe what we are. \ tVithout her calm cQurage, her splendid fores ig htedness . and her unceasing efforts to help us, we would stumbl e through college life instead of walking sure footedly and joyously towa rd the goal she has helped each one of us to set up for ourselves and our sorority. \ t\That a mother is to her children, both old and young, our adv isor is to us. She helps us in our un steady fir st steps, she points out to us what we should do and be, and then unmindful of herself, spends all her efforts in assisting and guiding and counseling u s. Throughout college life he comforts us in our troubles; she is as happy as can be when fun or good luck o r happiness come to any or all of us; she tactfully and quietly straightens out any petty mi sunderstandings or di sagreements that sometimes ari se in our large family; and she helps us all she can in whatever we undertake to do. She looks forward into our alumnae life and tri es to prepare us for our future; and wh en we are alumnae she still loves us and is interested in all we do, and iti all the happin ess that comes to u s, and she is made very glad by any remembrances from her many children that have lef t " home." O ur adviser is forever trying to smooth out our path s for us, or if she cannot do that, she helps us overcome any obstacles we may meet, and with her sympathy and lov ing th oughtfuln ess inspires us to strive for hi gher ideals.

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O ur adviser is a big sister to us. She too has once been a little sister and has expe ri enced the same things we are now undergoing. She too has felt as we do, has worried and cried and laughed, been angry and sorry; and because of this, we fe el we can go to her as to our big sister and receive help or suggestions. She can perhaps tell us how she solved her problems. or she may just sympathize with us-and we valu e her sympathy highly, because we know she has once been over our paths; in thi s w ay we can always find sympathy and a warm big-sisterl y feeling whenever we go to our adviser with our experiences. Our advi er is our friend. a little older and a more reserved friend, but a true one who will alw ays stand up for us and share our joys and troubles. No matter what happen s, we can be sure of one hand held out to us in comradeship, and with thi s tru e blue friend, what can't we accomplish? Just to be able to confide in her takes half of the load off our shoulders, or doubles our happiness. O ur adviser is our chum . She is a "joll y good fellow" always. and adds much to all our fun. She enjoys a picnic and "cuts up' ' as much as any one of us, and at a party she is full of life an,\ wit and laughter. She is never bored, nor too tired to share our fun with us. And although a little mo re reserved than some of us, she is just as peppy as our peppiest. No wonder we love to have a good time together. Our adviser is to us what a real teach er is to her clearest pupils. She uncon sciously sets us a fine example in everything we do, and then is so proud of us when we do well , never rea li zing whom we have been patterning our actions and li ves after. She is so highl y esteemed by every one of us, and we all so strive for her good opinion of us that in all our action , our guiding motive is "\iVhat would our advisor think of this, and what would he do in this case?'' It is to this clearly loved and honored adviser that we owe our gratitude and homage. And if at any time she feels we do not show any appreciation of her efforts, she can at least remember that, while we may be careless and thoughtless at times. we all shall always love and honor her to the fullest degree. Zeta Zeta CI! aptcr.

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HOW THE FACULTY ADVISER IDEA WORKS AT WARRENSBURG Hark to the voice of Zeta Zeta chapter at Warrensburg! We wish to say a word for the faculty adviser, and for our adviser in particular. Does the faculty adviser idea work in Warrensburg? Indeed it does! When we think of our adviser two ideas immediately confront us. One is a feeling of joy and gratitude -"What she does for us ." The other is in the form of an alarming question-"What would we do without her?" \iVhat our faculty adviser does for us is invaluable. It is to the faculty adviser that new officers of the year go for knowledge and advice. The old members may be few and they may have forgotten many things of importance concerning chapter life, but our adviser has seen many groups of officers through successful years and is always ready to help the new ones . She is really a personal adviser of each girl. She has a daughter of her own, a college girl, which perhaps gives her an even more vital interest in college girls and their problems . She is always ready to help and advise. Our adviser serves as an adjuster, and keeps us running in smooth order. She serves as an arbitrator in arising difficulties and keeps us " level headed." It may surprise some people to think that a group of college girls might ever lack enthusiasm, but it is so! Even OU1' spirits run low sometimes, and at the most inconvenient moments . It is then that our adviser comes to the front with new ideas and enthusiasm for us all. "\iVhat would we do without her?" We have a fine group of girls, but I fear we would not get along so well without this wiser advising power. "Girls wi ll be girls," and many a dilemma would probably arise which is so easil y avoided by this guidinginfluence. \Ne have no desire to think of the time when we shall be without a faculty adviser, we are so happy with the one we have. Doesn't this prove that the faculty adviser idea works in \ iVarrensburg? Unless other chapters are quite different from ours, and we are sure they aren't, these advisers are "indispensable beings." It is to our adviser, Mrs. Nattinger, that we owe our organization, its progress and growth; and to her and other faculty advisers we give honor and thanks. They most surely have "Hearts aglow!" and "Zeal afire!" Zeta Zeta. Chapter.

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(From "Portrait of a Lady" by Sarah N. Cleghorn.) Her eyes are sunlit hazel; Soft shadows round them play. H er clark hair, smooth ly ordered, Is faintly touched with grey. Full of gentle kindness Her looks and language are ; Kind tongue that never wounded, Sweet mirth that leaves no sca r. 路with score of friends foregathered About a cheerful blaze, She loves good ranging converse Of past and future clays : Her best delight (too seldom ) F rom olden friends to hear How fares the small old city She left this very year. All seemly ways of living, P ropo rti on, comeliness, Authority and order, Her loyal hea rt possess ; Then with what happy fin ge rs She spreads the linen fa ir In that g reat Church of Bishops T hat is her darling care! And yet I dare to fo recast \ iVhat her new name shall be, \iVrit in the mystic volume Beside the silver sea; Instead of "True Beli eve r," The golden quill hath penned "Of the poor beasts that perish, T he brave and gen tle f ri encl." Frances Asli , A B

THE PHO E N I X OU R ADV ISER T here is one who helps u s ever to aspire Towa rd better things : who through herself has made Each one of us look just a little hi gher T han we would ever have clone without her a iel. To seek to do th e thing that is nearest right Among the many things there a re to doI s a lesson of whi ch she never loses sight To teach us. S he does by li ving it too. VI/ e need to be strong to attain as hi gh A peak as she alway sees. To us all She's a gui de , a fr iend. too, as we try To gain that hi gh peak. So often we call " \iVill you help us, _1 iss S mall ?" Ru th NI o ly. ~e u:r, II II "HORSE-RACING WITH ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA"

As th e doo rs of th e Alpha S igma Alpha ru sh party opened. Sousa was hea rd play ing the E ngli sh Coronati on March. including th e anth em. All signs led to the basement, a nd so we speedil y fo llowed th e crowd. T her e, marked on the floo r in white-wash was a race track, with th e stamping steeds, of wood, at the sta rting line. To th e ri ght was the "Bookmaker 's" booth wh ere heated betting was go ing on in terms of gum drops and g rapes. R eel and white were the prevailing colors, while whips, banners, horn s. ancl .fl ying paper announced that th e "Alpha Sig" race was about to start. T he ring master, juggling the dice, made of reel ancl white boxes, in a hi gh silk hat, started the horses off . As th e number of a horse came up he was moved ahead the number of squares des ignated by the other dice. The small hats on the heads of our excited " rush ees" became askew as they cheered their steed to victory. whil e th eir reel and white riding whips waved wil dly in the a ir. A t the end of the race the elated winner s collected their gain s at th e Bookmakers in th e deli cious term s of gum drops, w ith vvhich they bought fruit , peanuts, and candy from " T orn Jim,'路' the ref reshment boy. (Our own "Abie" Brems dressed up as a street urchin .) As it was an E ngli sh hor se race.

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Englishmen attended, not the Prince of Wales, but hi s onl y rivals. Two A. S. A.'s dressed up to surpri se their company, and also their sorority sisters, by coming in costumes of fifty years ago, as "Archibald and Merrygolcl.'' They knew ve ry little about horse-races, but succeeded in livening up the performance considerably. After the races we danced until the delightful news of"Refreshments in the Dining-room"-tore 路us from the basement. The dining-room table was really beautiful , reel and white candle sticks, and in the very center a low, flat bowl just filled with beautiful reel roses and "Baby's Breath." Our reel and white colors so beautifully arranged it made you draw a breath of pure rapture. A beautiful reel rose with some wh ite flowers was pinned on each "rushee." The food, as usual, was delicious, having been prepared by our "cooks" in the Household Arts Department. It consisted of a shrimp salad, tastefully arranged in a tomato shell, rolls, coffee, frozen fruit whip and cakes. As Panhellenic rules require all rush parties over at ten-thirty, we reluctantly brought our party to a close. It was another of those successful parties of Alpha Sigma Alpha, one that makes us proud we are an "Alpha Sig," and makes us admire the girls who work so diligently to bring about such delightful occasions. Doris Burton, II II IN THE YEAR 1950 " I see it says in the paper that the 'Alpha Sig-Delta Sig' House-party was held last week-end.' How well I remember the first one! Didn't I ever tell you about it Well, well , sit clown my child, and I will." One night, many years ago, in the year 1927 to be exact, old King Asa was having a great meeting of all his people. The meeting itself was hardly out of the ordinary, but what transpired there, came to be of great portent to the whole world. There had been much discussion and good-natured frivolity when, as a bolt out of the blue, Doris Bolton arose, planted her spear, point down, on the floor, and-spoke! "Let's have a joint houseparty with Delta Sigma Epsilon!" (Now you all know that, next to the kingdom of Alpha Sigma Alpha, the people all considered Delta Sigma Epsilon the finest neighbors.) I swallowed. the girl

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next to me swallowed, and after clue consideration, which took very little time, I assure you, we had formally voted to have it! There remained nothing for the King to do but to appoint a committee to present the matter to the "Delta Sigs," and subsequently to complete arrangements. We cleciclecl to have it immediately, and therefore, what could have been more fitting than to have it the following week-end? We did! We cliscarclecl the solemn robes of state and on Saturday night with the merry crowd of Delta Sigs we arrived at Doris Burton's house. We played games, one of the most popular being "Progressive Peanut" only the peanuts were eaten too fast to progress very far. At the mystic hour of twelve we had a sumptuous spreacl"Every man for himself" service. This merely served to raise our spirits and I'm afraid we romped and frolicked on into the wee small hours. Those who were lucky enough to find beds crawled into them and the rest managed to keep them all awake. In the morning we ate breakfast, which some of us at least, never eat at home, and the lovely house-party had come to a close. But right there we had decided to hold one in memory every year. -And since then, my child, not a year has passed that the mighty kingdoms of Alpha Sigma Alpha and Delta Sigma Epsilon have not had their joint house-party. Long live King AsaJ A lice B1'en4s, II II

THE LIFE OF A PLEDGE The life of a pledge is indeed a hard life, To tell the plain truth, it's a life full of strife, The things we must do for our sisters each day l\Iake us feel like running and hiding away. \Ne must sing, make speeches, write rhymes by the score, \ Nhen we think we are done, we're confronted with more, One sister a book or a pencil is shy, For another some candy or gum we must buy.

Every clay a new task to perform, 'gainst our will, If we fail , dreams of paddles our slumbers do fill. But, in spite of it all, through thick and through thin, We'll love our clear sisters and respond with a grin.

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()UJ( CJI/IP:MR_8 ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER Our seventeen pledges entertained the active girls of the chapter on Friday evening, December ninth, with a very lovely formal banquet at a tea room here. The pledges of Alpha Alpha are always very secretive and mysterious about their elaborate plans for a banquet, and try as we did to give the pledges the impression that we were trying to learn all their deep, dark secrets, we were completely surprised by the banquet and all its appointments. The color scheme used this year was a departure from the usual color scheme, but was nevertheless very effective and pretty. The colors used were rose and green. The long table was decorated with rose runners and the only lighting was that from the tall white tapers in brass candlesticks. Pink and white mints filled the tiny rose and white chrysanthemum cups. Each patroness and initiated member received a beautiful necklace. Each necklace was different from the others. Some were pearl, others -vyere onyx or crystal pendants hung on slender si lver chains . The program was as follows: Toastmistress, Helen Stewart; Response , Erma Schmidt; Duet, Eleanor Stier, Martha Smelker; Toast, Miss Swisher; Recitation, Annabel McFarlin; Toast, Mrs. Richard; Piano solo, Martha Smelker; Stunt, Pledges. The stunt was deserving of more than mention. The scene presented was that of a country and back-woodsy fami ly in a railroad depot. The old farmer, with his wife and many children, were getting ready to cross over the rai lroad tracks. The farmer had a deep-rooted fear of 路railroad trains, so he asked the ticket agent if there were any trains that day from the north, then if there were any other trains that day from each of the other directions. When assured that there were no trains at all that day, the farmer conducted his wife and children over the railroad tracks, in the assurance that his family were safe in doing so, since there would be no trains at all that day! The stunt was the creation of Elizabeth Wykoff, one of last year's alumnce.

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A marriage of interest to all who knew Dorothy Smelker was the one which took place on Wednesday, November twentythird. Dorothy, who was a graduate of the class of 1926, married Mr. John Stockton, also a Miami graduate of the same year. Mr. Stockton was a member of Beta Kappa fraternity. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stockton are now teaching. All her friends wish the coupl e much, much happiness. vVe announce the pledging of a new sister-to-be, Miss Fern Powell, of Richmond, Indiana. Fern is a Junior in the Department of Art this year. She came here to Miami from Earlham college. She is a most attractive and gifted little girl, and we are very proud to see her wear our pledge pin. vVe are so proud of all our eighteen pledges this year. It seems like a very big family of little sisters; it is a very jolly one as well. There are girls of very different talents and temperaments, but they are all charming-and true Alpha Sig girls. Ma1'tha A. Wadsworth. ALPHA BETA CHAPTER Alpha Beta gave her thirteenth annual Founders' Day Banquet at the Traveler's Hotel, Tuesday, November 22. The long table was decorated with bouquets of large yellow "1\Iums," and tall yellow candles. The girls and their guests added to the beauty of the scene with their soft colored formal dresses. After the singing of "A Prayer" dinner was served. The toast-mistress read messages of greeting from absent members, and this was followed by a very inspiring as \veil as interesting program. T he program was: Welcome; The Sorority-Past; The Sorority -Present; The Sorority-Future; solo "The End of A Perfect Day." The Alpha Beta volley ball team was "runner-up" in the recent tournament sponso red by the Women's Athletic ssociation. The team won three games and lost the fourth when a tie was played off. The annual Gypsy dance given Friday, November 4th, was a decided success. It was held in the Gymnasium which was decorated to represent a Gypsy camp in the moonlight. Brilliant colored oak leaves and branches gave the effect of a forest. In one corner was a fortune teller's tent and inside a fortune teller who read the future in a crystal ball. In front of the tent was

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a tripod and a large copper kettle hung from the center and served as a punch bowl, under the kettle concealed in leaves was a light giving the effect of a camp-fire. The moonlight came from large colored spot lights from the balcony of the building. Everyone was dressed in Gypsy costumes. Frances Ash.

BET A BET A CHAPTER Perhaps first in importance this fall on our campus is the fact that our beloved Prexy, George \!Villard Frasier, is to have a new $20,000 home. Three or four years ago the president's home was converted into the present co nservato ry of music, and since that time President Frasier and his family have been living in an apartment. All the students are reJmcmg over the thought of such an addition to our campus. Colorado State Teachers College has also the first "Class A" swimming pool in the state, conforming to the requirements established by the Colorado State Board of Health. It is seventyfive feet long, thirty-five feet wide, four feet deep at the shallow end, and nine at the deepest part. It is located on the south side of the new gymnasium, where the sun can strike it during most of the clay, and it is purified by the chlorine sterili zing system. Because so many of our girls returned this year, we pledged only fiye girls, but we are very proud of all of them. Our rushing schedule was as follows: On Tuesday of rush week, the coll ege members and their guests enjoyed a luncheon at Mrs. Angell's Tea Room. A bridge tea at the chapter house was given from three to five on Wednesday. A matinee was the diversion for Thursday, whil e a bridge party formed the entertainment for Friday. Our rush party, given on the last evening of rush week, was a cameo dinner dance. The grotto of the club house was clecoratecl with flowers and streamers in pastel shades . Each light was covered with a corsage which added a soft glow to the room. A miniature lady was painted on each menu; small , oldfash ioned ladies of glass were used as nut cups, whil e the place cards were held by a yell ow rosebud. The four course dinner was served by eight girl s who were dressed as colonial maids. :\1usic for dancing was furnished by the Colorado Ramblers.

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The girls who were pledged at the chapter house Monday evening, October 24, were: Lina Brown, Virginia Howell, Ila Lee Olinger, Virginia Statton and Alice Waller. The girls of Beta Beta are all keeping up our standard in campus affairs. Zelma Baker has the leading part in the Pi Kappa Delta play, "The Patsy," which is to be given in November. Three girls, Margaret Zeger, Margaret Ochs and Juliet Gilmore were chosen for Schumann Club, Margaret Zeger also being chosen to sing in the college octette. Two of the eight girls chosen for Sigma Pi Lambda were active members of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and so we keep on trying with "zeal afire and hearts aglow." November, the eleventh month, but not the eleventh hour as far as dear old Teachers College was concerned, for November opened with a crash, which was, of course, Homecoming. Fun? Boy, and how! Bang! Classes were dismissed at 2 :50 o'clock, Friday, November the fourth, and the merrymaking began. That evening our alumnae b~gan to "pile in" and the sleeping porch became a very handy place-in which to talk all night. The girls were very enthusiastic over "our" home, which we told them was 'their" home, too. We had the house decorated with the college colors of purple arid gold, and an attractive sign, which said, "Welcome Home, Alpha Sigs," was tacked on the front porch. Saturday morning we got up compat:atively early to prepare for our float, which was to be in the Homecominrr Parade that afternoon. vVe wanted to have something original, so we decided to have a miniature bleacher on a truck. It really wasn't so "miniature" for twenty-five Alpha Sigs, dressed in sport clothes, rode on it. Iadene Giffee made a peppy yell-leader, and the large score board, which gave as scores at the end of the first half: Mines- 0. Teachers-199, furnished an excellent incentive for cheering. We were rather downcast when the real score was Mines. 21 -Teachers, 0, but were cheered when the picture of our float was the only one in the paper. One hundred percent perfect! This was the attendance of the Alpha Sigs at the Homecoming Dance that evening. V.fe should have been tired the next morning, but who could afford to be in that condition when the college chapter was entertaining

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the alumnae at a breakfast at the Camfield Hotel? "Not we, ' ' said all the A lpha Sigs-and we weren't! The tables were decorated with pink and white carnations-and other things which soon disappeared! The alumnae present were: Louise Bennett, Grace Dalby, Evelyn Husband, Mildred Schaeffer, Etheline Rhiner, Mildred Harmon, Vivi Bjork, Ollie Smelser, Lorna McGinnis, Rispah Whitlow, Katherine Mayer and Grace McKinney. That served as our Founder's Day celebration and things were rather quiet until A rmistice Day when nine actives decided to be "more active." Mrs. Carl McKinley, better known as " I icky," offered her car and " em" was up from Hotchkiss, so we all ''piled in" and attended the annual alumnae luncheon at the Albany Hotel in Denver. Using Beta Beta's favorite expression, the tables were " precious." Beside each plate was a dainty corsage, fashioned of chrysanthemums, while the color scheme of yellow and white was also carried out in the place cards. "N icky," as toastmistress, stressed the fact that we need cooperation between our alumnae and active chapter. Beta Beta had, as a Thanksgiving gift, two new pledges, Elizabeth LeFevre and Mildred Lang. Both of th ese girls live in Denver. Elizabeth, better known as "Bee," is very active on the campus in athletics. She is head of women's spo rts, a life guard for swimming classes, and an assistant director at Belford Hall. Mildred is a member of Sigma Pi Lambda, honorary women's fraternity , and is also assistant directo r at Belford Hall. Both of the girls are bubbling over with mischi ef, so our only remedy is pledge duty. Thanksgiving vacat ion was certainly a success in every sense of the word, but we are all deep in work again for-what could be worse than final s! There is, however, one redeeming feature. for after finals, on the evening of the sixteenth our pledge dance is to be given. 'vVe are all looking forward to a good time. Juliet Gilmore. GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER

We are very glad to welcome Sadie Chew as a pledge to S . A. Sadie is an Alva girl, and we are very happy to have her among us.

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The Alumnce girls of Cherokee entertained the active girls and the members of the ex-collegia chapter on the salt plains near Cherokee. vVe motored to Cherokee and had a very delightful time playing games, visiting, and eating the lovely food prepared by our Alpha Sig sisters. Homecoming and the teachers meeting held many joys for us. On Friday afternoon was the Homecoming football game, in which the Rangers suffered their first defeat of the season. On Saturday morning we drove to Waynoka where we enjoyed a delicious breakfast at the Harvey-House. This trip proved especially enjoyable as it gave us a chance to visit w1th our Alpha Sig sisters who are teaching. Our founders day banquet this year was given at the Alva High School under the supervision of Sue Edwards, Home Economics teacher. The tables were very charming with their decorations of autumn leaves and berries. Alpha Sigma represented a Treasure Chest. The active girls represented pearls, and the alumme girls were rubies. Mrs. Lane, a ruby, was a charming toastmistress. The program consisted of a Welcome address given by Beatrice Ball, a pearl, and was responded to by lone Clark, a ruby. Elizabeth Green, a pearl, gave a reading and Nellie Heaton, a ruby sang two beautiful vocal selections. An address by Miss Shockley, Keeper of the Jewels, concluded our Founders Day luncheon. To honor Mrs. Orley See, of Piedmont, California, National Inspector of Delta Sigma Epsilon, Panhellenic of Northwestern gave a four o'clock tea in the D. S. E. rooms at the College. Mrs. See gave an inspirational talk to the girls on local and national panhellenic problems. The presidents of the sororities on the campus presided at the tea table. Sadie Chew and Noreen Wilson were given the Sanctuary Degree, and we were glad to welcome both as true sisters in A. S. A. The past week has been full of sorority excitement among all of the college girls. On Tuesday evening Alpha Sigma Alpha entertained its rushees at a pleasing Japanese party in the sorority room, which was made lovely with Japanese lanterns, blossoms, and sunshades. The many odd cushions instead of chairs, added charm to the place . Various games of fortune were indulged in and all participated in the game of Fan-Tan which was very enjoyable. Aft~r the games delicious refresh-

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ments, such as the people of sunny Japan delight in, were served. V/ith the singing of jolly sorority songs the pleasant evening ended . Elizabeth Gn!cn .

DELTA DELTA CHAPTER Ohio University campus is one of the most active west of the Allegheny mountains, and we play no minor part in the activi ties. The month of October brought the climax of activities. October the twenty-second was our homecoming. Welcome Grads and Dads was the slogan. All 路 fraternity and sorority houses, stores, and cars were in some way decorated. On the Friday night before the game with \iVittenberg there was a carnival in the Women's Gymnasium. Every sorority had a booth in which various things were sold. We had a green and white checked booth in which we sold green and white swishers. Few persons passed the booth without buying a swisher . Other attractions of the carnival were swimming and diving, dancin g, and fortune telling. With the dawn of Saturday morning all preps of the city路 were up and about preparing for the parade which was held in the afternoon before the game . The parade, consisting of the O hio University band and many clever floats, was led by th e editor of the college year book, dressed in knight's armor and ri ding horse-back. Following the parade the crowd moved to the football field where it was on its toes through the game. 'vVe lost the game, but not the spirit of the day . The Homecoming dance was held at the Men's Gymnasium in the evening. One feature of the dance was a father-daughter dance. Most goodbyes were said Sunday, and we all settled clown to studi es for th e next week. We celebrated Hallowe'en as fully as possible. Our patronesses gave us a Jovely party at the home of Mrs. C. D. Giauque on Friday, October twenty-eighth. The home was decorated with glaring pumpkin lanterns and rustling fodder. We drew our chairs in a semi-circle about the crackling open-fire, and chatted in between our songs. Saturday night, the tick-tack night, we celebrated with a house party at the home of Mrs. E. M. Garrett. Hall ow.e'en decorations were in evidence through the house. Cider and

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doughnuts were served. The favors were hats, horns, and nOisemakers of orange and blac.k. Each Sunday sees our chapter in a body at church. Several of the girls sing in the Methodist choir. Each Thursday the organist at the largest local theater gives a recital before our afternoon classes. Here there is much student talent in evidence among the features of the program. The Women's League is sponsoring a charm school. All students of the campus meet at regular intervals to listen to lectures on manners, personality, character, and social relations. The students seem interested, and we beleive that it will raise our high social standards still higher. Mrs. Rush Elliott (Frances Gray), an alumna, is living in Athens. She is an assistant art instructor in the art department. Vve have had several little parties at her cozy little bungalow. Miss Carol Pierce visited us from November sixteenth to nineteenth. Vve all loved her and hated to see her leave for Huntington, West Virginia. We had a glorious time from \i\!ednesday until Sunday. On ovember sixteenth we held a business meeting at the home of Mrs. Goodwin. There were group parties on Thursday and Friday evenings. On Saturday morning we held pledge service and initiation. We initiated Ruth Zimmerman of Massilon, Ohio. The new pledges are: Katharine Kraner, Warren, Ohio; Eleanor Moshure, New Philadelphia, Ohio; and Hope McClaflin, Wakeman, Ohio. This makes our number twelve pledges and ten actives. A tea for all sorority women was given from three to five that same afternoon. The Pi Kappa Sigmas presented us with a basket of beautiful roses. Miss Pierce met many of the members of the other sororities on our campus. On Saturday evening came the grand finale at the Colonial Hotel. We gave a formal banquet with Miss Pierce, the new initiate and our pledges and patronesses as guests. \iV rist corsages were presented to the new members of the chapter. Miss Pierce received a large corsage and an amber antique bracelet as a token of our appreciation of her visit. Mrs. Goodwin (Miss Garber) is not teaching music this year, which enables us to be with her more. We take our troubles and personal difficulties to her, and she never fails to straighten them all out for us.

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Our alumnae of last year all have good pos1t1ons this year. Juanita Tefft is teaching primary grades at Carbondale. Anna Lois Saum is Director of the Ohio University Service Bureau. Dorothy Hollinger is teaching juvenile literature in the public schools at Akron, Ohio . Lucille Keister is teaching at Creston, Ohio. Martha Kennedy and Jane Dorrance are teaching near East Liverpool, Ohio. 路 Reba Shafer.

EPSILON EPSILON CHAPTER The well-oiled machinery of house management and sorority life in general has been functioning smoothly and properly. However, one thing has slightly upset us, and that is that our housemother, Mrs. Puffer, is leaving us. Her business interests, which have been growing heavier all the time, now claim so much of her time and attention that she feels she can no longer fill the position of housemother as she should. We shall all be exceedingly sorry to see her go. Violet Hassler. an alumnae member. has promised to look after us until we can find a suitable persou for that capacity. Our pledges gave us a delightful Hallowe'en dance in the gymnasium last Saturday night. The room was decorated with cornstalks and orange and black crepe paper. Confetti, serpentine, and noise-makers added further to the entertainment. Cider was served from a keg. Three of our girls have been elected to Sigma Pi Sigma, a pep organization composed of girls from the various sororities of the school. This corresponds to Phi Epsilon Phi, a pep organization formed by men from the fraternities on the campus. On October twentieth, we gave a bridge party for our housemother, Mrs. Puffer. Sandwiches, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee were served. Thursday evening was "sneak night" for pledges. The pledges of all the fraternities and sororities sneaked out of meeting and went to the show . When the show was over the pledges walked out and were astonished to find the other so rority and fraternity members lined up waiting for them. Of course, the fraternity freshmen received a goodly number of swats, while sorority pledges got their punishment in various ways. We took our pledges home and made them do penance by cleaning the house, thus accomplishing two purposes at once.

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Rhythmic Circle, an organi zati on fo r girls particula rl y skille:J in interpretative dancing, has just taken in a new member, a girl who is a member of A lph a Sigma A lpha. T here are now six girls from E psilon Epsilon chapter in thi s organization. Some fine entertainments are booked fo r thi s winter. Sousa and hi s band were here October twenty-eighth, a nd the Cherniavsky T ri o is to play in A lbert T aylor Hall soon. A special train to Topeka has been obtained fo r the \1\Tashburn-K. S. T. C. game there November fo urth. This will be a hard game, althoug h our team has not been def eated yet thi s year. The College of E mpori a-K. S . T. C. annual football clash T hanksgiving day was a sco reless game. T his is the first time since these two teams have played together that the result has been eith er scoreless or a ti e. Neither team has been defeated all season. Homecoming, the time when old students return to visit their alma mater, was held on Thanksgiving clay thi s year. Most of the girls in the house went home to spend their brief vacati on. but those who remained we re glad to have several of th e g irls of last year v isit them . T he next entertainment sponso red by the school is M itzi in "Madcap" to be given D ecember sixteenth. T he play "Three \iVise Fools" was given here N ovember eighteenth. The school started the T hanksgiving festi vities with a special chapel \1\Tedn esclay morning and a pep rally 路w ed nesday ni ght . foll owed by a dance in the gymnasium. T he Women's A thl etic Association is planning a vaudeville to be given December 6. T here are to be dances, songs, mu sical numbers, acrobati c stunts, clowns, and some humorous impersonati ons. Our pledges bought a name-plate fo r the hou se from the representative fo r fraternity jewelry who was here a few weeks ago . 路w hen we saw all the beauti f ul samples he had with him we all wished we were ri ch, or at least well-enough off to buy a few of hi s lovely wares bearing the A lpha Sigma A lpha crest. V iolet Hassler is makin g a wonderful housemoth er, but I am afra id it is rather har d on her. She is kept busy most of the time w ith her work at school claiming so much of her attenti on. \ t\1 e still have heard of no one to take her place. R u th Na tion .

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ZETA ZETA CHAPTER On November second instead of our regular sorority meeting, our town alumnae entertained us with a bridge party at Euda Betts Heberling's. The house was beautifully decorated with autumn flowers and lighted pumpkins . The two prizes were lovely plants, and the two girls who won them gave them to us at the sorority house, where they look so pretty. The alumnae served us a delicious plate supper of salad, sandwiches, cake, coffee, and mints. It is lovely to get together with alumnae. Alpha Sigma Alpha leads Panhellenic this year. Delta Sigma Epsilon entered our campus last year, so we now have four of the Educational sororities, and one local, an Eastern Star sorority, Omega Epsi lon Sigma . Vve are trying to bring about the idea of a financial limit for rushing. Our ru sh week comes during the second week of December, a week after our winter semester opens . Many of us had planned to go with the football team to Kirksville, but because of the lack of the necessary cash, we sent only a representative. Kathryn Young. Kathryn had a perfectly wonderful time, and ever since has been raving about the "dear Kirksville Alpha Sigs." Our Founders' Day celebration was held at the Estes Hotel in Warrensburg. Our table was in the shape of a large cross with covers laid for thirty-six. The decorations were in red and white with red and white nut cups and place card . Little white chrysanthemums were stuck through the corner of each place care!. t each place was a small red candle set in the dearest little holders made of wooden spools cut in half and then painted white. They were so attractive. Spaced about the table were tall vases 路w ith white chrysanthemums tied with red maline bows. The big sisters of the individual candles burned throughout the dinner at different places about the table. The theme of the toasts centered about the growth of Zeta Zeta Chapter. Ada Campbell Parker, the first president of Zeta Zeta spoke of Zeta Zeta's Past. Miriam Baile, our V ice-president spoke on the Present of Zeta Zeta. M iss Ball, our devoted patroness, spoke of Zeta Zeta's Futu re. Needless to say she predicted a very bright one, and she was not wearing rose-colored spectacles, so we are living in hope. We were much disappointed

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because Mrs. Sharp could not be with us as our toastmistress. Laura Brown, our president, acted as toastmistress. On the twenty-ninth of November the Pi Kappa Sigma's had charge of the Panhellenic professional meetiJ1g. Miss Harwood, sponsor of Beta Alpha Art Fraternity and a Pi Kappa, spoke on English homes and churches, and illustrated her talk with some beautiful lantern sli des. Dorothy Clark.

ETA ETA CHAPTER Our rush programs for October twenty-first and twentysecond, which were arranged to follow the round the world idea, were booklets of crimson glazed paper upon which was a miniature aeroplane of gold with the crimson letters "Spirit of A. S. A. " "H. H." The tiny plane, piloted by Eta Eta hopped off at five o'clock Friday evening, after a grand "send-off" in the form of a "Ritzy Tea at T hree" at the home of one of our charming patronesses. The house was attractively decorated by a prof usion of chrysanthemums in orchid, white and yellow. The yell ow ones were given as favors at the close of the evening. You may depend on the fact that this plane would reach its destination in clue time-Alpha Sigs are always that prompt. The Spirit arrived in Paris at seven and the evening was spent in the Paris underworld (which was really a basement converted into a real Apache den). Really you should have seen that basement! You would never have forgotten it! There were pictures of prize fighters and movie stars pasted on every wall. Quartette tables covered with colored cloths were surrounded by gaily dressed Apaches, some in boys atti re, others in the conventional Apache dress of femininity. Some of the Apache men were quite romantic-while others with their black patches over their eyes, and sneering mouths were of the type one cares not to meet at night! A portable victrola furnished the peppy music to which the dancers kept perfect time. A vocal solo by Viola Lochrie was the real feature of the evening. Food consisting of hot tamales, chilli , oli ves, pickles, and pudding was served throughout the evening, at the tables. Cider with pretzels was served over the bar. At ten o'clock a hold-up

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was staged by a burglar who entered by a secret passage. I-Ie relieved the guests of all valuables, but by a clever ruse on the part of the Parisian proprietor the guests were given their possessions again. To reassure the guests and to quiet their fears the bandit's last loot-consisting of Parisian ear-rings in jade, red and black-was divided among the guests. The party broke up at eleven-and the guests suffered nothing more than tired muscles and indigestion-both of which might have been due to eating! The second stop of the plane was in the Alps of Sw itzerland where the guests enjoyed a Jack Frost breakfast. The windovvs of the house were painted by Jack. Autumn leaves in their natural 路beauty were the sole decoration. A three course breakfast was served at quartette tables. The guests found their places by means of tiny hand-made Jack Frost place cards. A center piece of leaves and the favors, which were colorful tie-dyed "hankies" in the rich autumn shades, made each table a little spot of beauty. Following the breakfast bridge was played until eleven o'clock. The tallies were "snowballs" upon which was painted a winter scene. The prize for high score at bridge was a lovely painting, and the second high score winner received a dainty hand-made " colonial-lady" powder-puff. This party was given at the home of Helen Brandenburg by the alumnae members of the town chapte.r. The real beauty and cleverness of the party could never be described by such a pen as mine. You would have to see it to appreciate it! The remarkable thing about it all was that everything-from place cards and tallies to the lovely favors-was made by the girls themselves! Since the girls had been to two strenously active parties, and since the formal would be at 7 :30 o'clock, we decided to let the third stop be a sort of relaxation. So we had a studio party in Hollywood; this was no more than going to see Dorothy Gish in "Madame Pompadour" at the Midland. After the line party the girls all went to Casey's where they enjoyed toasted sandwiches and an "Alpha Sig" special. The formal, a dinner dance, was the crowning event of rush week and was given at the Hotel Besse at seven-thirty on Saturday night. The color scheme of orchid and yellow was used in every detail. The tables for six were beautiful with the yellow candles in crystal holders tied with bows of orchid and yellow

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tulle. Rushees had orchid flower place cards; actives and alumnae had yellow "mums." Nut cups were clever orchid and yellow combinations . The chairs were gold. There were two rushees at each table-with a college member on either side of them. An orchid tulle bow was tied on the back of the chair of each rushees. The favors which were lovely novelty bracelets in pastel shades were in boxes wrapped in yellow tissue and tied with orchid tulle, or vice versa, and were placed beside the rushee's plate. A four course dinner was served. Dancing was enjoyed between courses and after the dinner. A seven-piece orchestra hidden behind a bank of ferns, palms and "mums" furnished the music throughout the evening. Lovely corsages of graduate "mums" were given the rushees at the close of the evening. Rush week closed at twelve o'clock Saturday night. We had a special meeting for voting immediately after twelve. It was voted to send out the seventeen bids. And so we went homeanxiously awaiting the outcome of silence. Our rushing is over! Silence has come and gone. We are glad! We are happy! We have had much to be glad about! As you know we have preferential bidding-so but fourteen bids went out. We were the first sorority to get our bids outand we gained by it. We received some answers the same night. we sent out the bids. Others came in gradually-and we even had to wait a week for one. But oh, she was worth it! vVe got every one of our fot1rteen girls! Our rushees are all clever, sweet girls. They are real Alpha type-and we had a mad race to get each one of them. Ribbon pledging was held Monday for: Josephine Fain, Opal Wilson, Elizabeth Caffey, Mary Clyde Newman, Mary Elizabeth Montee, Dorothy Hanson, and lone Jackson, of Pittsburg; Marguerite Abbey, Betty Corby and Marjorie Carpenter, of Pleasanton, Kansas; Hazel Hadlock of Cherokee, Kansas; Frances Montee, of Fort Scott, Kansas; Golda La Rue, of Parsons, Kansas; Myra Koenig, of Chanute, Kansas. As a celebration of our success-and theirs-we planned a picnic for them the night after their ribbon pledge. We had intended going out on vVest Fourth-but the weather man objected, so we had the picnic indoors in the little gym. The pledges did all the work. My, how I enjoyed a rest after rush week! They furnished the program, too, but they didn't know we were

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even having one until we called on them to perform! We sure fo und out what kind of gi rl s we had, though! They are willing to try-they do try-and oh, how they do what they try! Not one of them but could do something original-some danced, some sang, some played. And they did it well! O ur picnic was from five to seven. Immediately after it we went home and redressed for the Pi Sigma Epsilon fraternity open-house. We went as the chapter. M iss Ca rroll-and how we do lover her-was with us. The state teachers meeting was held here this yea r. Many of the alumnae were back-and it was a real reunion for many of us. But since school was dismissed for two clays many of the girls went home, and so did not get to see the returned Alphas. Nor did we have an oppo rtunity to extend any courtesies as a chapter. And we are sorry, too. Several of us, about twelve in all, went to Emporia to see the game between College of Emporia and P ittsburg K. S. T. C. \iVhile there we visited the local Alpha chapter. They have some lovely girl s, a dandy house, and some real sorority spirit. We expected to see them two weeks later when their team came to play Pittsburg-but we didn't see them! There was no special train-and then we haven't a house-so therein lies the disappointment! But we do hope to know them better. Dana L. Jones. THETA THETA CHAPTER The month of November was an enjoyable one for Theta Theta. On November seventh four rushees were pledged at a very beautiful pledge service held in the home of our National President, Mrs. Martin. Our sorority colors were used in very artistic decorations and also in the refreshments. Following the service an hour of song and fellowship was enjoyed. On November fourteenth a tea was enjoyed at Miss Ava 's Tea Room , Copley Square. Another pledge service was held on November seventeenth at which four more girl s were pledged. Like the first, this service was a beautiful and extremely impressive one. Our chapter president, Dorothy Warner, very kindly opened her home to us that evening. We were pleased to have Mrs . Martin with us.

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After pledging we sang our sorority songs and were served with dainty refreshments. The long looked for event of the month took place on N ovember eighteenth, initiation night. Alumnae, college chapter, and pledges met at the Fritz-Carlton Hotel for the Founder's Day banquet. It was fine to be together and see so many smiling faces. After dinner Marion Colby Folsom, who was toastmistress, used the following program : Song-"W e Pledge O ur Loyalty" Prayer-Frances Lowry Song-"Zeal Afire, Hearts Aglow" The Pledge-Lillian Siebeneicher " To the highest in li fe we will e'er aspire" The College Chapter-Dorothy Warner "Of seeking the best we will never tire" The Ex-Collegia Chapter-Gertrude Halbritter "Oh, thy precepts we'll heed, And thy name we'll defend." The National Council -Mrs. Martin "Zeal afire, we'll attain ! Hearts aglow, we'll maintain Thy standards, dear A. S. A." Song-"Oh Beautiful for High Ideals" Then we journeyed to the home of Mrs . Martin, where initiation was held. The house was beautifully and appropriately decorated, adding much to the beauty and significance of the occasion. We had a beautiful service and were assisted by several of our alumnae. Theta Theta wishes to introduce the initiates of whom we are all very proud: Mi ldred Ayres, Somerville, Mass.; Dorothy Bixby, Groton, Mass.; Barbara Faxon, Mattapan, 1ass.; Marion Keyes, Poll y Ki lburn, Sterling, Mass.; Esther Peck, Mt. Carmel, Conn.; Genevieve Perkins, Weymouth, Mass.; Lillian Siebeneicher, Roslindale, Mass. Before leaving we all gathered in the music room and sang A. S . A. songs, and those of our Alma Mater, Boston University.

Esther P eck.

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l OT A lOT A CHAPT ER On October thirteenth a rush party was held at the house in the form of a wiener roast. A big bon-fire was kindled in the back yard. The pledges entertained with an impromptu stunt. and the remainder of the time was spent in singing and dancing. The meeting of October seventeenth was in the form of a theatre party at the Princess Theatre. It was sponsored by the Drake Alumni for the benefit of Gray Cottage, which is at present the only dormitory for girls. The play presented was the "Ghost Train,'' very spooky and exciting. A group of rushees were entertained at a Hallowe'en party in the form of a spread held at the house on October thirty-first. A special feature of the evening was the fortune telling by Ruth Hooks, our alumnae adviser. Homecoming was held at Drake on November fourth and fifth . Every minute of the two clays was crowded with interesting features . Thursday night the Garrick Club presented "Duley." Friday morning the students had a pep meeting and parade. After this those who were not worn out went to the field house for a dance. At noon the Y. W. served hot clogs and doughnuts while the preachers beat the lawyers 7-0 in their annual football game. In the evening the fraternities on the campus staged a circus. Saturday morning there was a parade clown-town, composed of the band, pep girls, floats, and student body. The climax of the clay was the football game with Ames, which was very close and exciting, ending 7-0 in Ames' favor. The D Club dance on Saturday evening ended the Homecoming festivities. The Y. W . this year, of which one of our girls, Rita Walters, is president, is trying a new experiment. The Y is divided into the following 路groups : Charm and Personality, Social Service, Christianity, Art Appreciation, and How to Develop Health Consciousness, the girls taking part in the groups in which they are interested. All the groups meet together once in awhile for discussion and parties. There are many more girls taking an active part in Y work and a greater interest is being shown than ever before. Iota Iota announces the pledging of Doris East of Altoona and Beth Walters of Des Moines. On November tenth, Open House for the Professional sororities was held at the Hoyt Sherman Place . Despite the disagree-

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able weather, there was a large crowd and everyone had a good time. On Friday the eleventh, Armistice Day, a very interesting speaker, Mr. Steed of the London Tin路ws. addressed the students at chapel. l-Ie brought out the fact that the coming generation must be educated to the horrors of war and that the United States must not carry on relations with hostile nations. At eleven o'clock the entire assembly stood for two minutes in silent prayer. Tuesday evening of November fifteenth the Founder's Day Banquet was held at Miss Ransom's Tea Room. The dinner was served at seven thirty. Since the entertainment was to be a radio program, the place cards were miniature radios with loud speakers . Following the dinner the radio program began. Lois Nickles, as announcer, was toastmistress. Miss Lillian Heathershaw spoke as a representative of the alumnae chapter. She told some of the facts concerning the founding of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Then Mrs. \t\Telpton, a mother patroness spoke on the wave length. The active chapter was represented by Minnie Keyes . The pledges had for their speaker, Qwenclolyn Coon who represented "static ... This ender the toast program but the announcer solicited the following to give a few words: Mrs . John Hammi ll , Mrs. Lockhart. Mrs. Peak, Mother McCormick and Miss Leona Wilcox. A spread for rushees was held at the house on Monday, November 28th. The pledges entertained with a piano solo and reading. On the evening of December first the senior Liberal Arts class was entertained at a reception given by President Morehouse at his home. Minnie KeyC's.

KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER Octobe r is a month that demands activity. The cqol, brisk winds stir one to action, and the beautiful reel and gold of the trees are an inspiration. It is quite a vital month in the life of the . sorority, because during the first weeks of school progress is hampered by the many necessary adjustments and after this period is over, work and activities begin in earnest. During this month, when it is easy to arouse a spirit of zeal, the right habits of chapter life must be molded and the foundations of a successful term's work must be carefull y made.

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One of Kappa Kappa's greatest interests during this month was the pledging and initiating of Loretta Weimar, a sophomore, who is a very active and likeable girl. We are very proud to claim her as a sister for she will make a true and loyal Alpha Sig. Several weeks ago Alpha Sigma Alpha called a meeting of representatives from the four A. E. S. sororities on the campns. It was decided to give a dance in order to raise money to pay off the pledge for the Conwell Foundation Fund, and all the committees are working so that the dance will be a success. A. S. A. is on the decoration committee. Sometime ago the president made the suggestion of having a question box for one of our program meetings. Each of us gave the program chairman questions of things we did not understand, concerning either our own sorority, or the fraternity world in general. It is surprising how helpful the program proved to be. The questions incited discussions and so many interesting phases of different problems were brought to our attention, and since the meeting was very informal, we all enjoyed it. We plan to have a meeting of like type some other time this year. On October twenty-ninth the Panhellenic Association gave a tea for awarding the scholarship cup. All the Freshman girls were there, and since we have second semester rushing, this was our first opportunity of meeting many of the Freshmen. Temple is a typical city university and with its many commuters and students who take irregular work, it is almost impossible for us to meet all the desirable girls. There are many difficulties to contend with, but we are working so that we will be ready for rushing season when it comes. Delta Sigma Epsilon has invited the President and Advi,s er of each sorority on the campus to a tea. Their Iational Organizer, Miss Todd, is visiting them now and the tea is given in her hoiwr. Every Temple student is interested in football this year, and excitement reached its pitch when we gained a seven to nothing victory over Brown last Saturday. Unless one knows the conclitions existing here at Temple it is difficult to understand our attitude toward football. Until recently Temple never strove for a name in the athletic world. Our football team is practically only three years old, and this year is the first we have played

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against the larger colleges that have already gained such great laurels in football. That is why we are all so thrilled about our victory over Brown. We are quite proud of the fact that five members of our chapter have been elected to the Templm' staff. Everyone seems to be engaged in various activities of the campus, and several will have a place on the T ew~,ple News staff. We are also striving to raise our scholastic average this year so that our development may be well-rounded. We feel that the activities of one especially capable girl is not enough to give our sorority the desired prestige on the campus, but that every member, excluding none, should strive to become proficient along several lines of endeavor. One of the first activities of November was a dance given by the four A. E. S. sororities on the campus. Bright cushions and blankets made the gymnasium look cozy, and the dance was said to be the nicest subscription dance they have ever had here. It is a custom in our chapter to celebrate Founder's Day by having Nu Nu Chapter as our guest. This year we invited them to a "tea-clansant" in Beury Auditorium. We all sang "King Asa," and then presented a series of eight tableau. The first was 1rs. Doyle pictured telling the new initiate the story of King Asa, and the other tableaux depicted different scenes from his life. As the tableaux were shown, Anna \t\Tillauer read a story that explained the scenes. Then we danced for a while, and tea was served while we sat in a circle and talked. It surely is a pleasure to be able to meet the Drexel girls occasionally and we are planning to combine some of our program meetings in the future . Thanksgiving made a pleasant break in the round of school activities and we were all glad to have a few clays holiday. However, sorority work began as soon as we returned, for each of us brought back home-made cake or candy and then we had cl food sale in Buery Hall. Everything looked so good, and when classes changed the students swarmed to our stand to buy things to eat. vVe made about fifteen dollars, so we considered it a successful sale. The Service Committee chairman has been working busily in carrying out the social service aims of the sorority. Instead of preparing a Thanksgiving basket we gave money to the \t\Tel-

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fare Federation Drive, because in a big city 1t 1s often best to work through organized charity. Then, too, we sent flowers to the foreign exchange student from Budapest, who is in the hospital. It is doubly hard to fall sick away from one's relatives and in a strange country. This year the Woman's Athleti c Association is continuing its program of getting every woman in the University to take an active part in athletics. We feel that it does not carry out our broad aim of health to have only one or two intensively trained teams . Of course, through their victories they gain prestige for the school, but "athletics for all," is the aim of the association. They are sponsoring hockey and basketball games between the different dormitories and departments . We have been especially interested in the inter-sorority hockey games that have taken place in the past few weeks. Vve are becoming more and more proud of our sorority room. One of the first things given us was a piano so you can imagine how thrilled we were. We used some money we had saved to buy a clark reed suite and a gate-legged table, so when we put up fresh curtains and put some nice rugs that one of our honorary members gave us, on the floor, the room made you feel as if you would like to come in and stay. Then the last gift that was made us is almost too good to be real. Our president told us she had a surprise for us and we all made wi ld guesses, but we were quite unprepared when she opened a letter and read that through Mrs. Buery, our honorary member, we were being presented with a radio. It gave us just the kind of feeling that only "wonderful" can describe. I think after the radio is put up most of us will spend all our time in the sorority room. Then too, w.e have received another most beautiful gift. It is a large representation of our pin made of gold-leaf oak, and is about five and a half feet tall. In the center is the raised black concave square with the crown, shield and sorority letters carved out just as they are in our own pin, and on the outside border. electric bulbs are set in the wood so they look just like pearls. It is going to look beautiful at banquets and dances when we have all the lights turned out except those on the pin. You may be sure we shall use it often. Vve are so glad to have Carol Pierce visiting us now. 'Ne all love her, and it adds to our enthusiasm to hear the fine things

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she tells us about Alpha Sigma Alpha on other campuses that she has visited. Time flies so quickly while she is here, and we shall be sorry to see her go. Frances Shirley . LAMBDA LAMBDA CH APT ER

Lambda Lambda held a rushing spread at the chapter house Tuesday, November first. vVe had quite a number of lovely girls as our guests and, of course, everything tasted just fine. From Saturday, November twelfth until Wednesday, November sixteenth we had the honor and pleasure of entertaining Miss Carol Pierce. We certainly did enjoy her visit. Sunday, Novem路 ber thirteenth we held a tea at the chapter house in her honor. Before the tea we had a model initiation and we were very glad to receive Miss Pierce's suggestions as to where we need improvement. The thing that impressed the older girls most about Miss Pierce is the remarkable faculty she has for remembering names. It is a faculty every girl should develop . The week-end of the nineteenth was an extremely busy one. It was Homecoming at Ohio State University. We played Illinois, and sad to say we were defeated by the overwhelming score of thirteen to nothing. Miss Grace Fultz, our national treasurer, and Miss Donalda Morrison of Mu Mu chapter were our guests at this time. Friday, November seventeenth, the annual Homecoming carnival was held at the Coliseum. It was called the Shawnee Melee and was conducted like a three ring circus with forty different acts. Each organization on the campus put on an act. Saturday, November eighteenth, immediately after the game, we held a spread at the hou e in honor of Founder's Day. It was an especially good time to have a Founder's Day spread as quite a few of our alumnae ca路me clown for the game. The alumnae present were, Imogene Jones, Hilda Lehman, Carol Day, Gwendolyn Singleton, Mabel Shilling, Mae Rollins, Ethel Straw, Iris Hull, Mrs . J. Rousculp (Kathryn Groff), Mrs. W. E. Hetherington ( Rachel Van Hook). Early Sunday afternoon we went to Baker's Art Gallery and had our picture taken for the Makio, Ohio State's year book. After the picture was taken we went back to the chapter house where the Mother's Club was entertaining with a tea.

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Monday evening, November twentieth, we entertained Dean Esther Allen Gaw at dinner. She talked to us in meeting and told us some very interesting things. At one time she was in charge of a placement bureau in California and she gave us some very good pointers on how to go about applying for a teaching position. Lambda Lambda chapter is very glad to announce the following girls as riew pledges: Virginia Wells, of Wooster; Willene Quigley, of Graysville; E li zabeth Emmert, of Columbus; Marguerite Bayer, of Columbus; May Black, of Columbus, and Ethel Wolfgram, of Columbus. These pledges have shown their mettle by successfully taking charge of our Hallowe'en Dance. It was a masked party staged at the chapter house. Marguerite Bayer was chairman of the committee in charge and she proved to be very efficient indeed. The rooms were decorated with streamers of orange and black crepe paper, and lighted pumpkin faces were sitting all around. It was amusing to note that the tendency of the blondes was to come in gypsy costume. Josephine Briton and her escort caused the most speculation as to identity. They represented two colored people, and their make-up was nearly perfect. It was . Jo's giggle whcih finally gave them away. We have initiated a new patroness, Mrs. Russ, whose husband is connected with the Engineering staff of this University. The Mother's Club is giving a card party at M rs. Russ' home on Tovember fifth. We held initiation for the following girls, Hi lma Holkko, of Conneaut; Zoe Pierman, of Ottawa; Josephine Hutchfield, of Columbus; Gertrude Durr, of Glencoe, and Margaret Laycock, of Toledo. Hilma Holkko was also just initiated into Philomathean, a literary society on our campus. We entertained some new rushees with a party at the house Monday night. Margaret Shelby was in charge and the party went off with a bang. Bernice Lincicome gave a specialty dance in a most entrancing manner. Helen Snider and her "uke" furnished some very snappy songs. And before I forget let me mention one of the big events of the month which was the Michigan game. About twelve of our girls were fortunate enough to make the trip to Ann Arbor. Two

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or three were doubly fortunate in that they stayed with the Alpha Sigs in Ypsi lanti over night. Lambda Lambda chapter also wishes to extend its thanks and appreciation, with the PHOENIX as a medium, to the alumnae of this chapter for the lovely console victrola which we were certainly pleased and proud to accept from them. 路 Dorothea Zorn. MU MU CHAPTER On the evenmg of October fifteenth, Mu Mu entertained thirty-seven rushees at a pirate party. Downstairs the house was dimly lighted by candles, which were placed in the tops of mysterious looking bottles. All of the sorority girls were dressed as buccaneers. In order that the girls might become better acquainted, each rushee wore a dagger on which she had written her name. The entertainment began with playing appropriate games. Owing to the large crowd the girls were divided into three dif ferent groups. All played the same games. A treasure hunt was then announced. All the girls began searching in and under everything. The treasure, a chest of chocolates, was soon found by Theresa Sinkule. Later in the evening two of the sorority girls, Leona Gutschow and Louise Keene, acted a pirate love scene in pantomime. They ended their . act by singing popular songs accompaned by the 'uke. The rugs were then rolled up and the girls danced for a short time. The refreshments were served from a plank laid across two kegs. They consisted of cider poured from dark colored bottles, and cup cakes bearing the sorority letters. The pirate's mascot, the parrot, was for some unknown reason very qu iet throughout the evening. Miss Geller, the facu lty adviser, Mrs. Hat-.ry Smith and Mrs. Guy Kennedy, two of the patronesses, were present at the party. Nine of the Alumnae were here at the house for the week-end. On October twenty-first we gave our second rushing party at the Haunted Tavern in Ann Arbor. A three course dinner was served at 6:30 to fifty-five persons. The girls were seated six at each table. Beside each plate was a路 corsage of yell ow and wh i'te mums, on which was fastened a card bearings the person's name. The menus were black with gold printing. The coat of arms was engraved at the top of the menus. The nut cups were

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shaped like yellow buds. In the center of each table was a large bouquet of flowers. Miss Grace Fultz, our National Treasurer was present Friday evening. After the dinner she spoke a fe,~ words to the girls. Between the courses of the dinner June Pooler, an alumna, sang two selections and June Hofflinger, a rushee, gave two readings. Before the girls left the table the sorority girls sang two of their songs . The patronesses, Mrs. Harry Smith, ~Irs. Guy Kennedy. Miss Blanche Emery, and the faculty adviser, ::\Iiss Helen Geller, were present at the dinner. Fifteen of our alumnae were present at the dinner in Ann Arbor. At the early hour of 5 o'clock Saturday morning two members of the Lambda Lambda chapter called at the house . Wires had been received tating that a number of the girls would be up for the game. At 8 :30 three more girls arrived. Later another member. Their visits at the hou se were rath er short, as they went to the game and then back to Columbus. unday the sorority girl s, accompanied by M iss Crowe. national president of the Delta Sigma Epsilon, Miss Eckert, national president of the Theta S igma Ups ilon, and Miss Helen Geller, faculty advi or of Alpha Sigma Alpha ate dinner with ~!iss Grace F ultz at the Maples Tea Rooms . At two-thirty Sunday afternoon the so rority gi rl s served tea. ~Iiss Fultz, l\Jiss Crowe, Miss Geller, Miss Eckert and a number of the alumnae were the guests. ~1u ::\Iu Chapter pledged eleven girls this fall. The girls nam es are: Christine McMi ll an, Grace Harder, Helen Harder, Theone Simmonds, Esther Kobs, U ldine Armitage, June Schwalm , Grace ::\Iaples, Rowena Farwell, F lorence Bayler and Ruby Harsh. Monday, November first, Alpha Sigma Alpha gave a tea at the house in honor of l\Iiss Carol Pierce, our secretary. The officers, advisers and patronesses of all national sororiti es were invited to the tea. Dean Tones, Assistant Dean Beal, and l\I rs. Burton were present on l\Ionday a fternon. Wednesday evening a special ribbon pledging service was held for the girls who were unable to be present at the former pledging. The girl s were Helen and Grace Harder of Bancroft and Theone Simmonds of Ypsilanti. fter pledging a meeting was held for the pledges. ifiss P ierce spoke a few words to the girl s. At this meeting the girls were given their material which must be learned before pin pledging.

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After spending the week with us, Miss Pierce left Friday afternoon for Toledo. She was to visit our national treasurer there. Plans for the pin pledging service are now being made. Eleven girls were formally pledged to Alpha Sigma Alpha in the evening of November fourteenth. Each girl seems to be the true Alpha Sig type, and we are sure they will do much for the Sorority on our Campus. The girls were deeply impressed with the service. After the pledging the girls all joined in the game of bridge. Owing to the fact that the freshman have to be in their own houses at nine thirty on week nights it was necessary for us to limit our time for playing. Light refreshments were served. It is a custom on our campus for the sororities to play basketball between themselves. The regular games start the first of the year. Wednesday night we had our first practice. A number of our pledges are very good players. We hope to do well. November twenty-eighth Mrs. Sabourin, a patroness of the sorority before we went national, entertained us at her home. This was our program meeting. Mrs. Sabourin has always had an interest in the Alpha Sigma Alpha and is more than willing to help us at all times. We spent the first part of the evening talking and listening to the radio. Mrs. Sabourin, having studied abroad, then told us many interesting things about places in Europe. Among the topics she spoke on was Napoleon. 1rs. Sabourin had many pictures to help make her descriptions clear. After her talk we had refreshments, which were cake and coffee. The cake was so different. The girls agreed that they had never had any like it before. Mrs. Sabourin had planned on a number more of the alumnae being present, but the weather conditions were terrible. This fall our college football team won the championship cup. The final game was played at Kalamazoo. A special train carrying around four hundred students left town in the morning and arrived at Kalamazoo around noon. The crowd accompanied by a band paraded the streets. A number of the students drove through in cars. We girls, naturally having a good college spirit, went to help cheer for the team. Those who went on the train maintained that they had had the best- time. Florence Bayler, one of our new pledges, took part in the college debate try out. Being very good in public speaking she

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was chosen as one of the members of the team to represent the college. Florence JS also a member of the Woman's League cabinet. The fir st of the year another member of the sorority, Mildred Grangers, is moving into the house. None of the girls are leaving this term. The school term is over December fourteenth. The girls are now working hard for final examination. We want to receive good marks so our standing on the campus will be high. M at'ian Evans.

NU NU CHAPTER N u N u has been quite busy, doing as much " ru shing" and looking around as possible, before the first of November, when all attention to new gi rl s by girls who belong to sororiti es had to end, until the second semester, when formal rushing starts. "vVhen the frost is on the pumpkin And the corn is in th e shock"T hat is when N u N n is inspired to sit up and take notice, after inhaling a deep breath of the invigorating Fall air. This year is 'speciall y promising, with so many interesting plans under way, and the inspiration of past achievements to keep u s going. On October sixth, the Kappa Delta Gamma Sorority gave ;:t dance in the Great Court. The hours we re from four to six. Of course, eve ryone had a fine time. O n October eighth, Nu N u had a rummage sale at Fo rti eth and Market Streets. About thirty dollars was reali zed. You should have been there to see us, in that seven-by-twenty rundown, gas-smelly, store-room, the walls of which had been whitewashed, and nail ed with boards, to be used as display shelves. \tVe had gone up the ni ght before to take the rummage and to arrange it. W hen we a rri ved on Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, there were people lined clea r to th e street, waiting to see, and buy, the things that we had for sale. It was "heartrendering" sometimes to see one's best last winters' school dress ( that had cost about thirty-five dollars) go fo r, maybe, seventyfive cents,-and-"an' really, miss, I can't afford no more, 'cause I got a 'usband . what is a invalid, and six boys to keep, beside m' girl , which wou ld look like a mil yun doll ers in th at there outfit .' '

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R eally, it is a time like that that makes us reali ze how very much we have,-with comfo rt, the ways and means of an education. and loads of other things that we think of as necessities . But yet, we "grump,''-w hen our allowances won't quite meet when we simply had to have that new perfum e that was adverti sed in Wanamaker 's ! D r. and M rs. Matheson's receptions have come to an encl. T hi s year they gave a seri es of three, fo r th e new students. They were held in the A rt Gall ery on three af ternoons from four to six. Sveral Alpha S igs were asked to be aide ,-and, what fun we had !-mingling with the bashf ul Frosh and tryirtg to get them to "pair off " so as to dance to the good mu sic that had been provided for their special benefit. T hose receptions are some of the nicest Fall social affairs, as they give a splendid opportunity to the men and women stu dents to get acquainted. We have been reorganizing th e sta ff of our school newspaper , "The T ri angle," so within a very short time we a re going to introduce several new departm ents, which, we think, will be of interest to everyone. vVe have had so much trouble with the printer, because he has failed every issue to get it out on time. A very sad thing occurred at one of our student houses on the night of October thirteenth, when one of the house hostesses suffered a paralyti c stroke. She was taken to Hahneman H ospital and her famil y notified. She is very much better now, but . of course she will not be able to come back to us. Vve ar e a ll so sorry, fo r he was such a little clear. T hi s year Drexel has cleciclecl to show so me regular college spirit by having " pep meetings" eve ry \i\Teclnesclay morning after assembly. M uch interest has been shown, as can be evidenced by the enthu siasti c speeches made by th e coaches and leader s of the team s, and the rousing cheering secti ons at the games . Thi s year , as neve r before, so man y of the girls go swimming fo r "gym" cred it. We go every Thursday night to a Y. l\1. C. A . f rom seven-fifteen until ten-thirty. vVe have heaps of fun . Some of us are working fo r our seni or life-saving badges . T hen. thi s yea r, we have had archery cia ses. It has proved to be very fascinati ng; so fasc inating, in fact, that some of us would rather "arch" than eat ! ' l\/[ost every f ree hour you can fin d a crowd of us at the fi eld with our little bows and arro ws ! O n Saturday afternoon, October twenty-second , several of us went to see Glenn H unter in "Behold T hi s D reamer,"-after

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which we were determined to come home, and place "Glenn's" handsome profile in the place of honor on our desks and tables, her etofore occupied by that belonging to the boy friend! It was our first experience around here with a " matinee idol." After the theatre there was a grand scra mbl e to get home to change afternoon dresses for knickers and sweaters, so as to make the ''5 :49" to Wayne, where is located the Drexel Paul Lodge, where we were to spend th e week-end " roughing it. " With blankets, food, and other 路 necessities, we boarded the "Paoli Local" at vVest P hiladelphia. vVhat a glorious week-end we had! The weather was mild, vve had plenty of good food, and everybody was so happy, and seemed to be " running over" with a spirit of fun. O n Saturday evening, after a "gorgeous" supper, we sat around the open fire and played bridge,-that is, when someone's stories didn't get too inter esting ! A fter such a huge 路 meal and sitting a round all the evening, we took a long walk before going to bed, -or rather, "to cot," in this case ! O n S unday morning after breakfast, a walk was ' started, but one of the neighbors, whose daughter goes to Drexel, came along in hi s car, and took us to Valley Forge. Then, there was a flurry to get back to th e Lodge in time to get dinner and come back to town by six o'clock. Everyone arrived in the city safely, but oh, so tired! By th e way, do you know about our Lodge? It is a log cabin, on the main highway between P hiladelphia and Valley Forge, and was used by \1\Tashington, as hi s headquarters, when transf erring operations f rom Valley Forge. There have been rooms added to it since then, but the two rooms that he used are still intact. The dining-room is 'specially interesting, with its huge old fireplace that was there when Washington used the cabin. On Saturday night, the twenty-ninth of October, "2 16" was hostess to the other student houses at a fo rmal dinner and dance. The houses were decorated in the Hall owe'en mann er. \ 1\Te all had a fine time, of course. On Wednesday, November third , in formal assembly, ( whi ch is held regularly each month ), a tablet to Cy ru s H . K. Curti s was unveiled by M rs. Alexande r Van Renssalaer. M r . Horace Lorimer, editor of the "Saturday Evening Post," owned by the Curtis P ubli shing Company, spoke of M r. Curti s' kindness, and the aid that he has given so many worthy organizations, among them, our own Drexel Institute. M r. Curtis has given money several

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times to be used to buy equipment for our laboratories. Just recently he gave us the money to be used to buy and install a new pipe organ, when finished, to be the best of its type in the country. Mrs. Van Renssalaer is a daughter of Mr. Anthony J. Drexel, the founder of Drexel Institute. Mrs. Van Renssalaer is a patron of Nu Nu chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Mr. Thunder, our organist, rendered several selections-and with the procession, including the members of the Board of Trustees, our faculty, and the seniors in their gowns, the services were very impressive. In Mr. Curtis' address of acceptance, he said that he thought that he was more or less influenced by the thoughts such as were expressed in a little boy's prayer, "Dear Lord, please make all the bad people good, and the good people nice." On Monday and Wednesday evenings, November seventh and ninth, Miss Dorsey, our Dean of Women, entertained in her suite during recreation hour, in honor of the new girls living at the Student Houses. The hour was spent in relating vari us experiences of her trip abroad this summer, and showing illustrations which she described. About forty girls were entertained each evening. Lunch was served at the close of the hour. Miss Dorsey was assisted by the general social committee,-on this committee are two Alpha Sigs, Frances Bishop, who is chairman, and Sally Baxter. On November ninth, at four o'clock, the Sorority was called to have our pictures taken for "Lexerd," our school year book. The proofs were very satisfactory, so when the Lexerd appears in the Spring, N u N u will be there in all her glory! We were all so sorry that Miss Macintyre and Miss Burdett were not able to be in the picture too, but they were detained by classes and meetings. On Saturday afternoon, November twelfth, Kappa Kappa Chapter from Temple University, very delightfully entertained us at a tea-dansant. 'the hours were from two-thirty to five. The first number on the program was the dramatization of the mythology of Alpha Sigma Alpha, surrounding the life of our Exemplar, King Asa. It was all very impressive and well-given. After the program, the afternoon was spent dancing and chatting about the "doings" at Temple and Drexel. Dainty refreshments were served. V-Ie all enjoyed ourselves immensely and voted Kappa Kappa at the "top notch" hostesses!

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On Tuesday evening, November fifte enth, N u N u had her regular monthly social meeting in the Art Gallery. It was a "'bride's shower" in honor of Elizabeth Loughery Moyer and Sarah Thompson Zurn. "Betty" was unable to be there and we were all very disappointed. We had a short business meeting until "Sal" made her appearance. Virginia Thompson had charge of the shower. The gif ts were placed in a large dish-pan,-the whole thing was covered with brown paper, to give the effect of a huge "pie." After "Sal" had received th e "pie" and opened the gifts (while we looked on, and almost wished that we were brides!), Ethel Weaver sang two lovely songs . Then, we had a very nice lunch, served by the committee: Edith Rood, Sara Parshall and Alice Pratt. After it was all over there was a grand scramble to get home on time, for the girls who live in the Student Houses are allowed to be out until ten-thirty during the week. Friday night, November eighteenth, surely was a busy one a round the Student Houses, for two sororities were entertaining two fraternities at two formal dances! The Sigma Sigma Sigmas entertained their "brother fraternity" at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and the Alpha Sigma Alphas entertained their "brother fraternity" at the Philomusian Club. Our dance was held in the very delightful Music Room. The music was furnished by the ''Campus Crusaders," an orchestra made up of Drexel boys. ~fi ss Macintyre, our sponsor; Miss Burdett, our adviser; and ~Ir. J. Peterson Ryder, the adviser for the fraternity, received . Everyone had such a good time. The special dance of the evening was a "lemon dance"-four lemons were given to four boys, and what a scramble there was to get rid of them. by passing them to some other person! But, to our surprise, the boys who had the lemons at the end of the dance were the ones to receive the "prizes!" ( little candy dogs) ! The committee in charge deserved much credit for the success of the dance. That committee was Blanche Ball, Edith Rood and Ruth Reaser. The day before Thanksgiving we took a basket containing "the makin's" of a Thanksgiving dinner to a needy family in one of the poorer districts of the city. We received so much real pleasure in preparing the basket,-and how they did appreciate it! It all proved that it's not always the "big things in life that count"-but, rather, the smaller, helpful doings of people who can understand and appreciate circumstances.

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On Monday, November twenty-eighth. at four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr . Sarah Drexel Van Ren ssalaer was given the Alpha Sigma Alpha Mother-patroness service by the Nu Nu Chapter. It was held in the A rt Gallery. t the conclusion of the ervice, Mrs. Van Renssalaer was presented with a corsage of yellow and white daisies, tied with gold ribbon. l\Irs. Van Renssalaer is a clear little woman, who seems to radiate " per路路 sona lity plus, " and is interested in her every undertaking. This evening we started to "prune" th e list of eligible girls for our ru shing g roup and, as ever we have a " heap big" job on our hands, but, ah !-the prospects! We are having a study of our l\Ianual, in preparation for the annual examinations in th e Spring. Sall路y Ba.rter.

XI XI CHAPTER Tuesday, October twenty-fifth, Xi Xi Chapter held formal pledging. Those pledged were: Ruth Pickart, Marjorie Morgan and Meliclia Ca rsteson . Sunday afternoon, October thirtieth, Xi Xi Chapter gave a forma l tea for tl1e rushees at th e hom e of O rrell Hester in Glendale. A bout ten or tvvelve guests came. Both tea and coffee were served, also mini ature cakes, dainty cookies, candy and salted almonds. Little blue and gold corsages were given to the guests as favors. Wednesday morning from seven to nine, Xi Xi Chapter gave an informal breakfast at its Chapter house on 1178 N. Edgemont. O ranges, tea biscuits, egg omelet, jam and coffee were se rved . Everyone had a very enjoyable time. O n November eighth, Xi Xi Chapter gave an Apache party for the ru shees, this being the third rush affair since we decided that we should like to take in a few more girls before next semester. T he decoration s were very effective; old French new spapers were pinned on the walls, windows and doors; a number of card tab les were also covered with papers and on each was put an old bottle covered with candle wax and containino a burning candl e. Some of the girls drew and painted appropriate pictures for the occasion, and with these pinned around the walls. a nd with a dim li ght thrown over the room , a great deal was aclclecl to the atmosphere of a typical bowery. R efreshments were served in accordance with the type of party; French bread,

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a whole loaf at a time, was put on each table, also cheese, pretzels and big slices of bologna . W e had our library tables fi xed like a bar and se rv ed sweet cider, pretzers and pumpkin pie there. A fter refr e hm ents, the evening was spent in dancing and an enj oyable time was had by all. O n November tenth, a fo rmal prefer ence dinner was held at th e Chateau Inn. Four guests attended, and all enj oyed a lovely four course dinner . Alpha Sigma Alpha pledged two girls on T uesday evening, ::-\" ovember twenty-second, after business meeting. Ge1rtrude Pe terse11 . OMICRON OMICRON CHAPTER

M iss Ca rol P ierce, secretary to bur nati onal president, M rs . .Ma rti n, was th e guest of the O micron O micron chapter fo r fo ur days during the month of November. D uring thi s time th ere were a number of social events at which M iss P ierce was the honor ed guest. On ovember tenth we had our offici al rushing party. It was given i_n the ball room of the Hotel F ranklin. I t was in the fo rm of a "Football" pa rty . All sorts of stunts and games played with a football were in dulged in . T here were twenty-five guests present. Among the guests were M iss Carol P ierce and M iss F lorence Sublette, a new faculty member, who is an ASA, and our faculty adviser and our patronesses. Each guest was presented with a toy foo tball as a remembrance of th e occasion. R ushing season came to an end on November fi fteenth . O ur invitations we re sent out and our pledges are: Madge George. F lorence Skinner, Arl ene Woods, !J:uri el P ri tchard , Li ll ian and :2\1ar ion F lower. Vve were ve ry pleased to welcome these girl s â&#x20AC;˘ as ASA pledges. On December second our president, M iss H ilda Bachman entertainedÂˇ the members of th e sorori ty, the pledges, a f ew alumnae guests and our advise r, M iss Hyatt at a car d party at her home on East Main Street. A very pleasant evening was enj oyed b_v all. A li ght luncheon terminated the evening. M iss Arlene Woods was the lucky player . Antoinette Lin!?.

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PI PI CHAPTER October was a busy month for Pi Pi chapter, both at school and socially. The first important event of note was our "Rush" party held on October third at the home of Dorothy Parks. It was in the form of a horse race with four lovely girls as our guests. A week later formal invitations were given out and Dorothy Freund and vVinifred Allen accepted the bid of Alpha Sigma Alpha. We feel quite elated over our two new prospective members. They are both the type of girls Alpha Sigma Alpha wants. good workers, good players, and, best of all, good friends. On October seventeenth, our second monthly meeting, and so a supper meeting, we gathered at the home of Dorothy Ewers. Part of the time was given to sorority study, and the rest to a business meeting. We decided to send a beautiful basket of fruit to one of our girls, Margaret Katzmayer, who has been ill all summer. Margaret hoped to return this September, but has been confined to bed, and so is building her hope on returning in January. vVe sincerely hope she will not be disappointed again. An informal meeting was held to make prizes for our bridge party which is to be held on October twenty-ninth. We bought a large roll of black oil-cloth, cut it into sections to fit telephone books and each girl was given three to work on. These were bound with attractive colored binding tapes and a design painted with stencils on the cover. The result is a good-looking telephone cover attractively designed and made, and only costing us a few cents apiece. Our Bridge Party, to be held at the Buffalo Consistry in the Rand Ball room on October twenty-ninth, is expected to be a big success. Of course the results cannot be estimated until it is over, but we are optimists in that respect. We believe the combination of Alpha Sigma Alpha and the Buffalo Consistry Ball room carlt be beaten. Our first degree, the Ribbon Service, was held at the home of Doris Glunz on October twenty-fourth at four o'clock. A luncheon was served of fruit salad, cakes and tea to revive the hungry young teachers. The service, as always, was beautiful. All the sorority girls were in pure white. The altar, a white-sheeted table, bearing the candles, was placed in front of a big fireplace over which hung the crimson banner of Alpha Sigma Alpha . In

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the twilight of early evening the candle-light cast a spell upon the room, a hush and silence that always accompanies the reverent service of our sorority. After the little red and white bow had been pinned above the hearts of our two girls, and the service over, we welcomed them in our own way. A new custom has been started at State Teacher's College of Buffalo. That is a tea, given by the Panhellenic society, to all the freshmen girls. At this informal little tea we sorority girls are. able to meet the freshmen and become acquainted with them , a privilege not enjoyed by many upper classmen because of teach ing assignments. Our first tea was held on October twenty-sixth, and proved quite a success. The receiving line, consisting of our Dean, Miss Reed, and the Presidents of all sororities and representatives to Panhellenic Council. Dancing followed, a delightful way to get acquainted, and an altogether informal spirit of good time prevailed. A little talk was given by the Chairman of the Panhellenic Society, welcoming the freshmen, and an address by M iss Reed explaining the place of sororities in the school life. At eventide on the anniversary of Alpha Sigma Alpha's Founder's Day many girls, having in common an adventurous and enthusiastic spirit set forth with light steps and expectant faces toward the Hotel Lennox, where Pi Pi chapter celebrated this memorable day for the second time. Faces became brighter as greetings were exchanged between those who have passed into their field of work and see each other less frequently than formerly. Up and up we soared in spirit and reality to the eighth floor where the banquet was held. As we entered the room the familiar and meaningful colors of r ed and white welcomed us. Four red candles and four baskets of white pompoms formed the centerpiece. Reel favors in form of baskets holding reel and white candies, and the program, was found beside each plate. It was an ardent group that answered the call of the tinkling goblets to the anticipated spread. One was attentive on every side to the chattering, to the right, left and forward, and then all would join in a song well known to us. And so song was mingled into the evening's program. As the last cover was cleared, a spirit of eagerness and r eadiness came over the group. Miss Helen Weis, toastmistress, rose to meet the spirit with an informal littl e speech of welcome. The

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program followed the sound four ideal of Alpha Sigma Alpha in that four speakers gave us new interpretations of our motto, "Zeal Afire-Hearts Aglow." The History of Alpha Sigma Alpha . bringing out the :::eal necessary to keep up the standards, was given by Evelyn Bell. A fi1'e: followed, bringing in the growth in an entirely new phase, from Frances Holbrook. Doris Glunz related to us the connection of H em't and fellowship, as she herself had visioned and felt it. Aglow-of influence that is established by so roriti es on any campus and incidents fami liar to us, was given by Alice Weinheimer, our president. To give the spirit of the evening a final seal, the song, beloved to us all, "Zeal Afire-Hearts Aglow'' rang out in full volume . It was with reluctant steps, but glad hearts, that we turned away from the second annual celebration of Founder's Day, as held by Pi Pi Chapter. The bridge party, which was a success both financially and socially, turned out as well as we "optimists" had expected. The prizes, made by the girls, were very attractive. Black oilcloth telephone book covers bound with colored cloth and stenciled and hand painted by the girls . Three were a few left over which we sold for fifty cents, making a little profit, and yet bein路g only onehalf the cost of those in shops. The Phoenix or "Pledge" degree took place on November seventh at the home of our adviser, Miss Small. Our new girls took one more step toward becoming members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. A lengthy business meeting followed, in which the main object of discussion was the financial problems. Initiation, on November twelfth was at the home of Helen Lazer. Our President carried out the ceremonies beautif ull y; it was her first experience presiding at Initiation. The solemn beauty of the ceremony once more awed all of us as we watched our two girls take the路 last step toward sisterhood. Miss Small, our adviser, was unable to be there clue to the sudden death of her sister. Evelyn Bell, our last year's president, took Miss 路 Small 's place in the service. A supper was served at tables decorated with yellow flowers and green candle-sticks, only the soft lighting of the candles in the room. vVe welcome our new members Dorothy Freund and Winifred Allen, to the sisterhood of Alpha 1gma Alpha. 路

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On November nineteenth an important event occurred. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Delta Sigma Epsilon held a joint house-party over the week-end at the home of our member, Doris Burton. 'vVe have been hoping and planning for such a party for a long time, and the realization certainly exceeded the expectations. There were thirty-three there, over twenty of our girls, and we all enjoyed ourselves to the fullest. 'vVhen we left on Sunday morning after a jolly, though sleepless night, we agreed to make it an annual affair, with the promise of more of the kind to be held later in this year. Our hand-made telephone covers were bought so fast we began experimenting on a larger scale. We now have orders for at least three dozen more to be made and the prospect of more for the Christmas season. The girls are cliviclecl into two groups, a sewing committee and a painting committee. The sewing committee cut the oilcloth and bind the edges of the covers with colored bindings. The painting committee puts the design on the front in oil paints with stencils designed and cut by the girls. It is attractive and interesting work-and best of all-it is profitable! 'vVe have become mercenary in the cause of a demanding treasury. 'vVe have just elected an assistant treasurer, Grace Olief, to aiel our worthy treasurer in her numerous duties. It is not because we are earning so much money! The Junior or Thi rei Year Class at College is producing an entertainment sketch of vaudeville numbers on December first in the school auditorium. It is known as the "Vaude-Villians" and really puts Ziegfield himself to shame. Perhaps that is because it is in charge of Helen Block and has for a leading star our own "Abie" Brems. Pi Pi Chapter joyfully hopped around! "Carol Pierce is coming," was about all one could understand from the excited chatter of the group clustered around the A. S. A. Box, in the halls of S. T. C. at Buffalo. To our great delight Miss Pierce stayed with us for two clays during which time we all had a splendid opportunity to really get acquainted. \i\Tednesclay noon when Miss Pierce arrived she was taken to lunch where, as we learned later, just about everything on the menu was flavored with our worthy strong friend-the onion.

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The result was that both people had a great desire that afternoon to chew gum. Miss Pierce appea red at just the opportune moment, for that afternoon the Panhellenic Association had arranged a tea and good time for the freshmen girls, of the whole school. In the evening we are sure Miss Pierce fared better than at noon for she was entertained by our facu lty adviser, Miss Small, and our ex-president, Evelyn Bell. Thursday each girl in Pi Pi had the pleasure of a little personal conference with Miss Pierce. At noon there was a luncheon -all the girls in the sorority attending who do not have "classical" engagements . In as much at Miss Pierce had just missed "The Vagabond King" so many times in other cities, we thought that she would like to have him entertain her in the evening-which he did. Good-byes were called and Miss Pierce was on the way to the train. We left her standing on the platform with final entreaties to take good care of "Pi." Doris Glunz. COLUMBUS MOTHERS' CLUB

The Columbus Mothers' Club has been trying to help the college chapter in the furnishing of their new house. We have purchased for them a rug for their living room. Since we did not wish to disturb the money we had on interest, we decided to give a benefit card party at the home of Mrs. Russ on November fourth . Our card party was a success in spite of the fact that several members were kept away because of the inclement weather and illness. We have planned for a rummage sale in the near future and hope through this to earn some more money for our rug fund. We have voted in two new members and will initiate them at our next regular meeting. Then we plan to have a tea at the chapter house on November twentieth, in order to get acquainted with more mothers of the girls, for we wish to increase our chapter. Mrs. H. f. Haas, Secretar)l.