Asa phoenix vol 14 no 3 mar 1928

THE PHOENIX of ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA _ _ __ _ J VoLU.ME

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MARCH, 1928

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Published in November, January, March, May a nd July of each year at No. 30 North Nlinth Street, Richmond, Indiana, by the Nicholson Printing Company , for the Alpna Sigma A lpha Soror it y h aving headquarters a t 56 Meredith Circ le, Milton, Mass. Business cor respondence may he add ressed to either office, but matter for publication and correspondence concer ning the same shou ld be addressed to Gertrude D. Halbritter, Editor, 56 Meredith Circle , Milton, Mass .

Entered as second-c lass m atter Septembe r 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond , Ind., u nd er the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mai lin g at speci a l rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 4, 1923.

Subscription price one dollar per year.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, A and AA, 5 Cobden St., Boston, 19, Mass.

Vice-President-Miss Minnie M . Shockley, rr, 709 College Ave., Alva, Oklahoma.

Secretary-Miss Carol D. Pierce, rr, Ayer, Mass.

Treasurer-Miss Grace G. Fultz, ~~. 253 Superior St., Rossford , Ohio.

Chaplain-Miss Mary A. Wagner, KK, 58 Kensington St., Northampton, Mass.

Registrar-Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, ZZ, 1405 Hardy St., Independence, Mo. Alumnce Officer-Miss Katherine B. Nevius, HH, 315 orth 8th St., Neodesha, Kan as.

Editor-Miss Gertrude D. Halbritter, 速速, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Mass.

BOARD OF ADVISERS Alpha Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, " The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Miss Elizabeth Romans, 501 N. Elson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Mrs. Lester Opp, 717 17th St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Miss M innie M. Shockley, 709 College Ave., Alva, Okla. :qelta Delta-Mrs. Howard L. Goodwin, Box 215, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Edna McCullough, 1017 Rural St., Emporia, Kansas .

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Orlo R. Nattinger, 108 South St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Miss Jane Kansas .

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Carroll , 706 South Broadway, Pittsburg,

Theta Theta-Miss Christina S. Little, 154 Circuit Rd., W inthrop, Mass.

Iota Iota-Mrs. '0/. F. Barr, 2842 R utland Ave., Des Moi nes, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Sherman H . Doyle, 1802 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Miss Columbus, Ohio.

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Mu Mu-Miss Helen H. Geller, 516 Fairview Circle, Ypsilanti, Mich .

N u N u-Miss Mildred Burdett, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Penn .

Xi Xi-Mrs. Martin E. Jarvis, 2026 Dracena Drive, Los Angeles, Calif.

Omicron Omicron-::\Iiss Ada Hyatt, 325 E . Main St., Kent, O hio.

Pi Pi-Miss Elizabeth B. Small, 807 Auburn Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Rho Rho-l\fiss Doris Feeley, 2547 Third Ave., Huntington, West Virginia.

Sigma Sigma-Miss Lucy E. Spicer, Western State College, Gunnison, Colo.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tabernacle-Miss Carlotta M. Corpron, Woman's College, Montgomery, Ala. Standards-Miss Leona Wilcox, 1916 44th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Archives-Miss Myra H. Prentice. Radnore H. S., \tVayne, Pa .

Finance-Miss Ina M. Bain, 9 Taylor St., Wallaston, Mass.

Service-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 208 Best St., Buffalo, N . Y. Membership-Miss Ethel I. Phillips, Alcazar Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Program-Miss Alice E. Montgomery, 1022 Fifth Ave., Osawatomie, Kans.

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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, Philadelphia, Pa. 路 Xi Xi-University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.

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, 2 18 N. Campus Ave., Oxford, o 路hio.

Alpha Beta-Elizabeth Romans, 501 N. E lson St., Kirksville, Mo. 路 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, Proctorsville, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Mrs. Everett R. Barr, 818 Market St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Marion F. Parker, Warrensburg, Mo. Ruth M. Bryant, 1124 S. Pearl St., Independence, Mo. Eta Eta-Margaret F lottman, Box 503, E ureka, Kans.

Theta Theta-Grace Whitaker, 53 South St., Wrentham, Mass.

Iota Iota-Edith T. Burr, 101 4 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Nevins W. Todd, 112 路w illiam St., Sali sbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-Gwendolen Singleton, 2662 Glenmaw Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Ruth E . Bayler, 706 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nu Nu-M. Elizabeth Darlington, Merchantsvi lle, N. ].

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Omicron Omicron-Ethel McMaster, Youngstown, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Helen Weis, 543 Riley St., Buffalo, N . Y. Rho Rho-Wilsie L. Malone, 414 Hood Ave., Shinnston, W. Va.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman- tiiss Minnie M. Shockley, Alva, Okla.

Secretary-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Treasurer-Mrs . Orley See, mont, Cali f.

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Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Florence Eckert, 4 13 Ballard St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Director of City Panhellenics-Mrs. H. G. Richie, Lake Drive, Grand Rap ids, M ich.

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Representative of ~~~-Miss Mabel Walton, Woodstock, Va.

CITY ASSOCIATION S ECRET ARIES Alva, O klahoma-Mrs.

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Boston, Mass.- Edith A. Howlett, 40

ewtonville Ave., Newton .

Cherokee, O kla.- Ione Clark, Cherokee.

Chicago, Ill.-Ann Brewington, 5701 K enwood Ave., Chicago.

Cleveland, O hi o-Eth el E. Goddard , 1839 K nowles, Ave., E. Cleveland .

Columbus, O hi o-Ruth Blenkner , 170 O lentangy St., Columbus.

Denver, Colo.-Elvina Bjork , 3439 S . Grant S t. , Denver.

Des Moines, Iowa-Fae McCl un g, 1245 25th St., Des Moines.

Detroit, Mich.-Helen A. Cypher, 640 D elawa re St., Detroit.

E mporia, K ans.-M rs. Harry Vv'. Everett, 10 E . W ilma Ct., E mpon a.

Greeley, Colo. -E thelyne Rhiner, 1018 14th S t. , Greeley.

H unting ton, W . Va.- D ori s L. Feeley, 2547 Third Ave., Hunting ton.

Kansas City, Mo .- Ma ry Grubbs, 3409 路w yandotte St. , K ansas City.

Los Angeles, Cali f.-L illi an Cri swell, 350 W . E lk E t. , Glendale.

Neodesha, Kans.-Lucy Clinkenbeard, N. 8th St., Neodesha.

New York, N. Y.-R osamoncl Root, 520 W . 122nd St. , Nev York City.

P hi ladelphi a. Pa.- Helen G. Li ndenmuth, 26 1 E .

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P ittsburg, Kan s.-Nelli e N . Ro s, 602 N . E lm S t., P ittsburg.

P ittsburgh, Pa .-Marion G. Ball, 230 S. F airmount Ave., P ittsburg ll .

Toledo, O hio-Helen Robinson, 1005 S hadow Lawn D ri ve, Toledo. \ Varrensburg, Mo .-M rs. Mari on F. I ar ke r, R. R. 4, \iVarrensburg.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-Chief

Gertrude D. Halbritter, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Ma~s .

Chapter Editors

Alpha Alpha-Martha A. Wadsworth, 33 Hepburn Hall, Oxford , Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Frances J. Ash, 301 E. McPherson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Juliet R. Gilmore, 1732 11th Ave:, Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Elizabeth Greene, Box 266, Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Reba Shafer, Box 166, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Ruth E. Nation, 805 Union St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Dorothy Clark, 115 E. South St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Dana L. Jones, State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Theta-Esther Peck, 334 Bay State Rd ., Boston, Mass.

Iota Iota- ti innie Keyes, 1214 28th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Frances Shirley, 1808 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Penn.

Lambda Lambda-Dorothy K. Zorn, 922 Studer Ave., Colum'bus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Marian Evans, 507 Congress St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nu Nu-Sarah N. Baxter, 216 N. 33rd St., Philadelphia, Penn.

Omicron Omicron-Antoinette Link, 710 S. Depeyster St., Kent, Ohio.

Xi Xi-Gertrude H. Peterson, 615 E. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, Calif.

Pi Pi-Doris L. Glunz, 91 Pershing Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Eloise J. Carroll, 412 7th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-

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Announces the Re,establishment 路

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The State Teachers College Indiana, Pennsylvania on

March 17, 1928

THE PHOENIX AFTER COLLEGE-WHAT? Graduation! What does it mean? What do~s it mean to the countless thousands of college students who will complete their college education at graduation this spring? Only a few of the graduates know the real meaning, and know that they know, the full meaning of graduation. \t\Then the average student finishes high school and the question: "After graduation, what?" is put to him, he answers quite often: "College." Buf now the question: "After college, what?" thrusts him in the face and feebly he struggles for an answer.

Although all of the college graduates have finished their reqtiired number of college hours and are supposed to be prepared for their entrance into their choice of life's work, approximately nine-tenths of the total number of graduates are stranded. doubtful of their ability to do that which they would like to do, or doubtful as to what they can do best.

Perhaps graduation never means the same to any two people.

Boys are, I believe, more certain as to what they are going to do, than are girls. This may be due to the fact that they realize that the problem of food getting and other responsibilities rest upon their shoulders alone. Yet, even at that, boys are afflicted differently when the time for taking up a new phase of life presents itself. To one it may mean that the allowance from Dad is forever cut off, and from then on Sonny must shift for himself. Since the idea of self-preservation and the struggle for existence is instinctive in man, Sonny proceeds to shift and shift steadily and surely. To another it may mean that he will be taken in as the junior member of the "Gov'ner's" firm. In this case, the young collegian buttons his coat, throwns out his chest and assumes full ownership until Dad wakens him with the bomb-like utterance that "the management of the former pro-

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prietor (namely Dad) sent him through college in luxury and leisure." Then he settles down to business.

To still another it may mean: " Go home, my boy, and take up the work of the farm where I left off. Take care of mother.

Keep the old home place." And, regardless of how distasteful the work may seem to him, and in spite of how much he wanted to be something else, filial duty and love will place him where he is needed most. And if he is made of the right kind of stuff he will remain where he is placed until he succeeds in doing that which he does not like to the point where he is enabled to take up that work which he has set his heart on.

I have said all this about boys, because this type of decision is truer of boys than of girls. However, these cases are also true of some girls. In general girls are doubtful about their future occupations after they leave college unless they are eng~ged or have a teaching position. Statistical reports show that there are women in at least four hundred different occupation~. Yet one career alone holds over fifty percent of all the female population in the world. And that is marriage. Usually when a girl finishes school and is asked the question : "What are you going to do now?" and she answers "I don't know," she becomes a teacher, a Y. W. secretary, a stenographer, or a wife. And ninety-nine times out of a hundred she becomes a wife. Why? People in general have somehow formed the idea that a woman is never successful until the wedding bells have tolled mournfully, or joyfully, whichever the case may be. The girl may be a great singer and give fame as such; she may reign supreme as a danseuse; she may gain the topmost rung in the ladder in the business world; she may travel extensively and write cleverly of her travels; she may be an authority as a politician or a diplomat. As a lecturer or a teacher she may not have a peer. Yet she is a failure in the eyes of the world until she has taken a companion for life.

Yet how many people look far enough to find out if a woman who is marrietl, is also successfully and happily married. After all, are not many women complete failures in marriage? When a girl follows any one of the three hundred and nine-nine careers open to her, everyone watches her. If she is a failure everybody knows it. Yet how many girls who are married would be far more successful following some other path in life? Divorces

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are so common. Something must be 'wrong somewhere. I wonder if it isn't due partly to the woman's training. By that I mean that 'if a girl were trained for marriage and homemaking as she is for teaching, wouldn't she be far more successful as a wife? If girls would consider marriage a career the same as they do other things, the results would be far different. Marriage should be considered a beautiful career rather than an alternative for working.

After college-what?

Find out before it is too late. Be certain you want to do what you are going to do. If you like your work, put your whole heart and soul into it and you will most surely succeed. Whether it be teaching, marriage, or one of the other of the hundreds of occupations open to women-do your best!

Dana L. Jones, H H

SUCCESS There are many students at Marshall College who consider a college education a short cut to success. There is nothing un, usual in this state of affairs, for there is no college in the country which does not have a certain number of such students. Not unusual, but nevertheless alarming in regard to the future progress of these students. o outside force can bring success unaided by a genuine worth on the part of the ambitious one who seeks success. Assistance may come through friends, acquaintances, books, formal education and training, searching criticism, textbook theory or in everyday experience. But fundamentally, success cannot be found in other persons, in books or lectures, or even iri. observation.

Deeds and not words are what place men at the top in whatever walk of life they may choose. The successful man, be he student or professor, may gain inspiration from others, but he always blazes a path of his own. The most valuable advice and anaylsis he ever gets are those to which he subjects himself .

A course in college may do more harm than good if it is conceived of as anything more than an aiel to mental growth. Expert advice, education books, articles in newspapers and magazines, the "thirty days wonder" courses advertised in the magazines-all of them which are honestly conceived and offered do

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not offer something which can be added as a top story to one's personal structure as so many people seem to believe. No search is so hopeless as that that a substitute to take the place of the slow and gradual process of inner growth.

Rho Rho. JUST AN ALPHA SIG DREAM GIRL Tune: "Just a Thinkin' of You."

When we think o'er our college life, Take time our dreams to dream, We'll realize then without a doubt What friendship really means.

Our dreams will lead us down the path That leads to yesterday.

Our college friendship kind and true Will guide us on our way.

Chorus Just an Alpha Sigma true, Whose thoughts drift back to you.

Our friends of college days vVe'll remember you always.

Just an Alpha Sigma true, 路 Real friends to all of you, We'll remember you till life 1s through, Our friends of Alpha Sig. II When we think back o'er college days, The days we used to know, And wander down the friendship paths Made in the long ago, Our dreams reflect the yesterday They never make us blue, We find ourselves adriftin' back To thoughts of friends like you.

Fae McClung, II Rita Walters, II

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HOME COMING

Home Coming is an annual custom that is observed in most every college. Every one looks forward to that time. Our Home Coming lasts two days. At this time many of the former students of the college return to help us make it a success.

There is always a big football game the last day of Home Coming. The night before the game we have a large bonfire and rally at which plenty of pep is shown, and for which most of the school turns out. After the bonfire the students go down town and rush one of the picture shows.

At the football game it has always been the custom for the freshman girls to form the letters of our college and those of the visiting team, between the halves of the game, but this year we tried something new. Two girls football teams were organized and we had a short but snappy game played by the girls. They wore the boys' regulation football suits; they tackled, and kicked almost as good as the boys. Everyone was very much pleased and surprised.

In the evening of the last clay we have a big banquet and dance. This proves to be a wonderful ending for the two days of Home Coming.

Eli:::abeth LaFevre, B B THE THANKSGIVING GAME

An annual custom, which affects not only the people of Emporia but those from miles around, is the playing of the final football game of the season between the College of Emporia and the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia on Thanksgiving clay. The game is played alternately on the gridiron of each of the two schools. The goals are decorated in the respective colors of the two contestants. The bleachers are also clecoratecl, adding color and an air of festivity to the occasion. The band of each school plays its liveliest and best. By the time both squads arrive upon the gridiron, the yells are deafening in their volume.

After the men have warmed up and are seen to take definite

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positions on the field, a silence comes, so short, however, it is hardly noticed, but it signifies that the kick-off is taking place.

Up and down the field the men battle, and how fast the time flies!

Between the halves Phi Epsilon Phi and Sigma Pi Sigma, boys' and girls' pep organizations, respectively, of the Teachers College, and the Teachers College band entertain the thousands of spectators. The band furnishes the music while the boys put on their stunts and the girls, dressed in their white skirts<: white sweaters and white toboggan caps, give their drills. A great wave of enthusiasm sweeps the west side bleachers when the pep girls form a huge "K" in the center of the field . During the remainder of the game every spectator is tense and active.

Oh, what a day of sport Thanksgiving is for this college, with pleasure and excitement running high!

Imogene Simpson, E E

THE MAY FESTIVAL The May Festival is an annual affair of our school. This entertainment is always looked forward to and accepted with the same amount of enthusiasm each year. This is given on an out-door Shakesperean stage and is one of the most effective celebrations imaginable. For one to look at this little grassy splotch which we call our stage one would imagine he saw fairies and all sorts of little elves dancing gracefully upon its floor , but in our May Festival one sees them dance gracefully and beautifully in real life.

Our Festival is always honored with a queen who is selected from our student body, and must be popular as well as beautiful, for she is crowned May Queen. The queen usually enters by coming through the entire audience, being followed by her procession of attendants.

After she has entered the grassy stage, on which beautiful flowers are scattered from one end to the other, and having had th e beautiful crown of woven flowers placed upon her head, she usually gives a dance to her audience a路nd then takes her place upon her throne to enjoy the entertainment her attendants have prepared for her. All the different fl9wers of the woods appear and do different dances for their queen, twinkling and changing until one would think a rainbow had dropped from heaven, because of the gorgeous coloring.

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The stage has the appearance of a Dream Garden with its soft light and dainty coloring. The queen is also entertained with other dances. One which was especially outstanding was the dance of the moonbeam. The moonbeam entered dressed in her flimsy costume, dancing with exceptional grace, and seeming not to notice any of the other things in the garden. She then notices that the flowers have awakened and are watching her so she scampers away, because of her shyness. These dances are all beautifully given by talented dancers. Their costumes are also beautifully designed, and are of the prettiest of colors and materials. After the queen has been royally entertained, and has been given every sort of attention, she then is led by her main attendants ftom the stage and her lower attendants follow her, making a very picturesque sight.

Grace and beauty seem to cling to the air, after having seen one of these entertainments, and I am sure that one would certainly imagine herself in fairy land, if for the first time she saw these graceful amateurs take their places upon the stage, and go through with the entertaining performance.

Epsilon Epsilon.

CHAPEL HOUR The one phase of college life most universally participated in by the students of Drake University is the Chapel Hour, held every Tuesday and Thursday morning at ten o'clock. It is the one occasion when the students of all departments come together to enjoy interesting programs provided for them.

On Tuesday the program is more educational in its nature.

Generally an outside speaker delivers some message of current interest. On Thursday the programs offer music and art presentations. After chapel the school paper, The D elphic, is distributed to the students as they leave the hall.

These chapel hours constitute perhaps the most sacred memories that the students retain after the college course is completed.

LANTERN CEREMONY One of the prettiest and . most symbolic of the annual traditions observed on our campus, is the Lantern Ceremony, held in the latter part of May.

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The tradition derives its name from the bronze "lamp of knowledge" which signifies the duties and privileges of the senior year, and which is tormally entrusted to the junior girls by the seniors.

The senior president of Women's Student Council leads the representatives of her class clad in the somber black of caps and gowns down into .the hollow from the hill near the observatory, where they meet the junior representative clad in white, led by the incoming president of the Council.

Here in the hollow with simple, yet dignified and appropriate ceremonies, the retiring president presents to her successor the traditional lamp, signifying the duties and the obligations of the senior year. With a few well chosen words she charges that the lantern be entrusted to caring hands, and that the new senior class shall observe all functions under the heritage of the sacramental.

Bernice Lincicome, A A "COLLEGE COMEDY" One of the interesting events of the Spring term at Michigan State Normal College is the Annual "College Comedy." The various organizations on the campus participate in this event.

The entertainment lasts for two evenings, A different program is given each evening with different organizations taking part.

Three prizes are given each evening to the three organizations presenting the best acts. Prizes are awarded for originality, manner of presentation, and the personality of the characters.

It is very interesting to see the broad selection of ideas, ranging from acts of vaudeville to one act plays. Last year Mu Mu was fortunate to capture first prize and we are working hard to win this honor again this year.

TH E MAY FETE Every year the first week-end in May brings a gala festival to Drexel Institute. 'Tis the annual May Fete, when Drexel is in all her glory.

The Fete opens on Thursday night with the Senior Ball m the Great Court, a very sumptuous affair.

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Then, Friday afternoon, is given the Pageant, when the May Queen is crowned. The pageant has always been written and directed by the faculty of the Institute. It is quite a lovely spectacle,- and speaking of May Queens, thus far they have all been Alpha Sigs! She is chosen by popular vote a month before, and !he name kept a secret until May Morning, when a member of the committee hangs a May-basket on the lucky girl's door.

On Friday, from nine in the morning until nine at night, the different departments have their exhibits. The engineering depa;tment brings forth, in all its burnished glory, a new type of engine-the electricians show us a cart that runs by wireless, and so on, and the home economics department have their exhibits of foods and textiles, et cetera.

On Friday evening is given a formal dinner, by the girls in the Student Houses for the faculty and visiting friends and relations.

On Saturday are the group luncheons. when each of the organizations has a luncheon at a hotel or tea room, in honor of the alumn~ and visiting parents and friends. In the evening there is generally a very special concert,-last year we heard Reinald Werrenrath, . the noted baritone, sing.

On Sunday, there is open house for our guests, and in the afternoon, tea is served. In the evening, the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. have special vesper services, befitting the occasion.

It has always been the custom for Alpha Sigma Alpha to present the Mother-Patroness service on the Sunday afternoon during the May Fete.

The Great Court, one of Drexel's prides and joys, is especially decorated for the May Fete, by professional decorators. Last year we had it trimmed to represent an old English castle, for the pageant was an Old English Festival. It was beautifully bedecked with smilax and festoons of flags, tapestries and bunting.

And so, from year to year we look forward with much eagerness for the next May Fete.

Nu Nu.

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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS AT BUFFALO Christmas, the jolliest time of the year, presents a delightful setting for an annual custom. Our Christmas program, never varying in its elements from year to year, still holds the same glamour and interest for all of us.

Although Christmas lasts only one day, the weeks before are crowded with fun for great preparations are underway. The boards are decorated with sprigs and wreaths of holly, windows are hung with gay festoons and Christmas trees grow everywhere. Even our assembly periods are hours of preparation, for the hall rings with happy voices singing Christmas carols.

The last week of school before the holiday there is a growing excitement, a happy, joyful anticipation that invades even the classrooms. There is always a "Christmas" dance on the Friday night of that week, with the gymnasium beautifully decorated in red and green, Christmas trees and lights, and finally , youth and beauty. Perhaps the most important and greatest element is the Christmas play, presented every year the same clays . This year "The Shepherd's Pipe," a miracle play, was presented. The story is centered about a young shepherd boy who has a magic pipe on which he plays beautiful music that makes all who hear it happy. He gives this pipe as his gift to the Christ; it 路is a perfect gift, and so the miracle, of the angels appearing, happens. It was a beautiful story, perfectly acted and produced, and reached the heart of all who saw it with its lesson of a perfect gift.

The one gathering of the year at which everyone is present is the Christmas party. On Tuesday afternoon, after the classes have filed in one by one and are seated on the gymnasium floor, the Glee Club girls, dressed in quaint reel capes and hoods, each bearing a lighted candle, walk in singing Christmas carols. The Men's Glee Club follow, dressed in brown capes and tall peaked hats, both clubs take seats around the big Christmas tree at the end of the gymnasium. The following two hours are pleasant ones; the Glee Clubs give solos, and entertainment, then we all join in the singing of those old, but ever new, Christmas carols.

Finally, Santa pays a call and brings with him a sack full of laughter in the form of witty presents for the faculty and prominent students . It is a party we all look forward to and heartily enJOY every year.

THE PHOENIX vVednesday morning classes are held until twelve o'clock, but it is a hard struggle to get much done for the lively spirit of Christmas is about. Down the hall comes the sound of childish voices and soon there appears a train of knights, ladies, monks, and pages, all bearing candles and singing carols. The children of the practice school never fail to visit every room as they make thei r round of the building singing their beautiful carols in sweet childish voices . Noon at last-and on the stroke of the gong, the room doors burst open and eager students rush out. The halls are crowded with hurrying, laughing, jostling students, suitcases, grips, bags, coats, hats, all in a mad whirl- "Good-byes" and "Merry Christmas" ring through the buzz of happy farewells. Ch ristmas time-home-and vacation!

Geneva Dusing, II II

THE PAJAMARINO It is a tradition on the campus at the U niversity of California at Los Angeles to have a pajamarino each year. It is held on the night before the football game with Occidental College. The boys assemble in the A uditorium, and on Moore F ield dressed in pajamas of every color and material. They sing songs and are led in school yells by their yell leaders.

It is the men's night. The women are merely the background, the audience to applaud the lines of serpentining figures moving in circles about the huge fire. It crackles and its hungry flames roar as they devour the kerosene drenched timber. The heat becomes more intense and the spectators are driven back, shading their faces from the hot air as the fire gets higher .

The band plays, the fire burns, and the men sing lustily as they wind about the raging pile. When the red flames reach the Occidental tiger at the top of the mass of burning wood, a great roar is heard from the thousands of voices in the crowd.

Soon the fire burns down and flitteri ng shapes of the men break the line. The crowd gather their coats about .them, and start homeward. Only a few linger on the bleachers and watch the dying embers of the fire and the cloak of night draws closer until there is only a flicker of light where the fire burned brightly.

Xi Xi.

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W. DAY "W" Day is the day set aside when the mammoth insignia of the college is given its annual coat of whitewash. It takes 2,500 pounds of lime, or there abouts, to cover the letter which is the largest in the world, being 400 feet in length and 830 feet wide. The arms of the "W" are 16 feet across and are made of flat rock. The insignia was formed in commemoration of the signing of the bill which changed the name of the College from Colorado Normal School to W. S. C., in 1923.

The lime is carried up Tenderfoot mountain by the men of the freshmen class, each man being responsible for taking one fifty pound sack to the top.

EveryoAe works at various jobs. Pails of water are passed from the melting snowdrifts by a line of students to the waiting workmen at the "W", where the whitewash is mixed. Brooms and pails are used to spread the whiting in its proper place.

Women of the college furnish lunch at noon and every one rests ¡an hour after which time work is resumed. Usually it takes until about three o'clock before the work is finished .

Elizabeth Johnston, ~ ~

THE FISHFRY The annual fishfry given by the faculty of Western State College for the summer students occurs on the Fourth of July.

For a week beforehand the faculty and friendly citizens of Gunnison fish early and late, each faculty member trying to meet his individual quota, a hundred or so for the most expert, five or ten fish for the least. This year eight hundred trout were safely packed in kegs with plenty of ice before the day. Crates of buttered buns, huge jars of potato salad, kegs of pickles, freezers of ice cream, cornmeal and salt for the fish, bacon, and coffee are also made ready. A committee goes the day before to prepare the outdoor fireplaces, the rustic tables, and the improvised speakets' stand, and remains over night to begin frying the fish early in the morning.

The main party comes by train. The little narrow gauge train, popularly nicknamed the galloping goose, is filled to the platforms and the coalcars, and goes speeding ( ? toward the

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deserted mmmg-camp of Irwin, near which the fishfry is held.

The way lies along the river, the mountain valley gradually narrowing as we pass Almont, a picturesque fishing resort, and Crested Butte, a prosperous coalmining town, and then winds between high forested mountains on the one hand, and lower but still imposing flower-decked hills on the other.

Gunnison is a mile and a half above sea level, Irwin considerably higher. This year there was snow not only on the mountains about, but also in little patches, sheltered spots near at hand, and the heat of the fishfrying fires was not ungrateful. It is always interesting to watch the process. The fish are washed in cold water from the creek; rolled in cornmeal, fried in large dripping pans, turned by forks and pancake turners attached to yardlong handles, and piled, nicely browned, on trays ready for servmg.

Before and after the meal and the program one may wander as time will allow to the cabins and the lake and the mountains.

Beautiful country it is. For the last two years a party of about twenty-five led by members of the Hiking Club, not content with one day of it, have spent the week-end on the lake shore in anticipation of the fishfry on Monday, fishing from the rafts or the shore, climbing Ruby Peaks, sleeping in tents or in the open.

A close circle of huge pines makes a wonderful room, especially with a pinebough bed well back under the shelter of the branches, a fire of dry twigs and cones under the bit of open sky in the center, and the voice of the waterfall to lull one to rest.

Sigma Sigma.

YOUR WORK DEA N BRIGGS

Do your work- not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake; that little more which is worth all the rest. And if you suffer as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. Then out of your very doubt and suffering will be born the supreme joy of life.

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COLLEGE AIMS 1927-1928 TWO-FOLD AIM OF COLORADO STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

Efficiency and stability go hand in hand at Colorado State Teachers College, Greeley, Colorado, the Alma Mater of Beta Beta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. , The training of efficient and capable teachers who will really benefit the students they will eventually teach is being taken even more in earnest at C. T. C. The students themselves have seemed to gain an understanding of the necessity of being thoroughly grounded in their chosen field. This feeling has been promoted through the cooperation of President George Willard Frasier and his capable faculty.

One thing which must be taken up in a rather detailed study by all students before they may obtain a certificate from C. T. C. to teach, is the understanding of the basic principles of comparative grading. This, of course, is very beneficial to both instructor and pupil. The instructor has, by this method, a way of grading a pupil more objectively. Also, the pupil can see for himself, after the distribution has been made, just exactly where he stands in relationship to the rest of t11e group, and where he can best improve himself to bring himself up to average, if he is below, and how he can further improve himself if he is above the average performer.

Education courses dealing with the formation of the curriculum are being stressed also. This will give the future instructor a better insight into the troubles his superiors must meet with the curriculum, and also, improve his understanding of how much a child may be expected to master in one subject with reference to other subjects in the curriculum.

To enable an instructor to get to first base so far as efficiency and stability are concerned the college holds that one must be physically fit. To meet this requirement every student is required to take one physical education course each quarter. The physical education courses are interesting and are invaluable to the prospective teachers. The knowledge and skill gained from these

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courses can be utilized by the instructor in imparting to children these same activities. Folk-dancing is very amusing to children from the kindergarten up through high school, going from the most simple to the most complex dances. Here also come plays and games, swimming, tennis, basket-ball, volley ball, base-ball, etc.

This leads up to the point of the diversified curriculum.

Every prospective teacher has the opportunity, through electives, to broaden his accomplishments. One may elect Journalism and obtain a thorough foundation in the gathering of news and organizing it into well written articles for a school paper. Also, one may obtain courses in dramatic art, public speaking, story telling, debating, coaching of dramatic plays with a study of stage properties.

Thus is Colorado State Teachers College trying her best to give the prospective teachers the knowledge of how to give the best they know, so that it will be done efficiently and in an interesting way to children. Also, she is training them how to grade fairly and set a worthy example to all stucients whom they may have at some time under their supervision.

E. Joan Lindenholm, B B

DR. BRYAN SPEAKS FOR OHIO UNIVERSITY The two largest programs on the Ohio University campus this year are building and education. The completion of our wonderful new Romanesque style Memorial Auditorium is the largest thing on the building program. The building costs $100,000 and is being built by the loyal alumni of 0. U. We are so proud of the new building, for it is truly magnificent and has an exterior which rivals that of an old cathedral in Europe.

Dr. Bryan, our president is one of the most able educators in U. S. He has developed a system of education which can not be surpassed in its production of good teachers. Dr. Bryan is intensely interested in youth, and we the students of 0. U. love him as the followers of Abraham Lincoln loved him.

One frosty morn I asked for an interview with Mr. Bryan.

My purpose was to obtain his program of accomplishments for THE PHOENIX. After the usual courtesies I said, "Dr. Bryan, just what big thing is Ohio University trying to accomplish this school year?"

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Dr. Bryan wisely pondered a few minutes, and said, "You know we have something in our school which is pure gold but the more it is advertised, printed, and talked about, the less pure it is."

In regard to education, Dr. Bryan said, "Never forgetting the desirability of maintaining high standards of scholarship, perhaps the outstanding interest to be advanced this year is that of developing in the students a higher sense of personal responsibility,-to meet in their own way the opportunities which the university and the world offer. Ohio University has abiding faith in the ability and willingness of youth to mark its own course and is committed to a program whereby youth may be privileged to realize the inherent rights of self-discovery, self-development, and self-expression. The furtherance of this program is the outstanding purpose and motive of the year."

R eba Shafer, 6. 6.

HIGHER STANDARDS FOR K. S. T. C. K. S. T. C. is becoming more and more like a university in standards and requirements year after year. Each year President Brandenburg strives to take at least one step farther toward the perfection of the college. He always tries to do that which will improve the college and raise its standards.

The great step which the college has taken this year, through the efforts of our president, is the change in the system of grading. Heretofore, the grades have ranged from A plus to F .

From now on there will be no A plus grade given to anyone however perfect. The A stands alone and is as much coveted as was the former A plus, for it is given in the same degree of scarcity. Where B has been the average grade, C will now designate the medium.

We see, therefore, that the standard of grading has been raised, and it is a great step forward in the college. Then too, the work standard has soared accordingly. Each professor expects and demands the best from each pupil. Each must work to the limit. Our new Porter Library, which was only recently completed, is well equipped with some of the newest and most up-to-date volumes. So, since research material is available, research work is actually required.

Dana L. Jones. H H

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THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION LIBRARY This year our main objective in the School of Education at Boston University is the establishment of our own special library to be used by students of that department only. The other departments all have their own libraries, but those do. not contain the reference books which the students in education need. Then also, our departments are all so fa~ apart, it really is very inconvenient for us to go to them, all in search of books . As yet Boston University is not all assembled on one campus, and the buildings are in different parts of the city. Of course we are almost next door to the Public Library, but then-two hundred students after the same book in one place doesn't allow us . to get very far, and the references have to wait until the book "comes in."

Our own library is started, however, and this year we opened it very successfully the second month afte~ studies began. It is on the fourth floor of the building next to the school, and contains nine rooms, well fitted with comfortable chairs and tables, There is a good supply of books on hand already and we are constantly adding to it. For a Christmas present a wealthy person, interested through one of our alumnce, gave us a list from one of the publishers and told us to check off those books we needed most. By the time we were through checking off those "desired" books, we had a list of nearly two hundred. That most benevolent person played Santa Claus in a beautiful way and . said we could have all those books and leave an order any time for the books on that list as our needs came up. He is going to play the part of fairy godfather evidently as long as we need books! Notices are being sent out to all the alumnce asking for small contributions for the library and it is hoped that before the year is over, we will have established a well stocked library. At the rate we are going now, at the end of three years we will have one that will be envied by every one of the other departments.

Lillian Siebenecher, e e

FRESHMAN WEEK .

The outstanding thing we are trying to accomplish this year is Freshman Week. We attempted it for the first time this year and already it is proving to be a success.

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All freshmen were requested to be at school one week before the regular fall session began. This week was then devoted to teaching the new student what each organization on the campus stands for and also to acquaint him with the buildings on our large campus.

The freshmen were addressed by the Dean of every college on the campus and also by Prexy Rightmire.

The students were divided into small groups and heard a series of lectures presented to them by instructors on the campus and by representative students on the campus.

In this way we hope to give the new student a bird's eye view of the campus before it is seething with upper classmen and thus g1ve him a better chance to cope with the problems of college life.

Dorothea Zorn, A A $250,000 BUILDING DONATED TO DREXEL From an item in the Philadelphia Ledger for Thursday, Dec. 17, 1927.

Drexel Institute is the recipient of a new engineering building, which will be erected at the estimated cost of between $250,000 and $500,000, according to a statement made by Dr. Kenneth Gordon Matheson, President of the Institute. The donor is Cyrus H . K. Curtis, publisher, and a member of the Board of Trustees.

The new building, which will conform in general to the preseri.t architectural plan of the Institute, will be erected on the property just east of the present building, on Thirty-Second and Chestnut Streets.

According to Dr. Matheson, the engineering building will be four stories in height and will be equipped with the latest type laboratories and apparatus. When completed, it is expected that the building will not only increase the efficiency of the engineering school, but will afford considerable classroom space and room for expansion.

In presenting the building as a sort of Christmas gift, in honor of the thirty-seventh anniversary of Founder's Day, Mr. Curtis has recognized the needs of the Institute, brought about by the steady increase in the enrollment during the past five years.

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Mr. Curtis had just donated a fine new organ, that will be dedicated after the first of the year.

Dr. Matheson is of the opinion that with the completion of the building and the installation of the new equipment, Drexel will have one of the finest engineering schools in the country.

In announcing the latest gift of Mr. Curtis, Dr. Matheson said: "The type of educational work which Drexel Institute is engaged in, has developed so rapidly in the last few years that it is evident that additional funds will be required to provide for the future development of the college in its cooperative activities.

Drexel Institute's work is of such a specific type and meets such definite aims that any additional funds can be put to use in a more direct way than could be expected in a more general type of education."

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT It is with a great deal of pride that we students of State Teacher's College at Buffalo speak of the Central Council and its numerous advantages which is being developed in our curriculum.

The organization is made of up faculty and student representatives, combining student-faculty cooperation in all of its undertakings. This democratic organization has for a high aim, to develop a spirit of personal and group responsibility on the part of the students to the school.

The membership of the Council consists of a representative, or an alternate, from each section in . the school and ten faculty members, five of which are elected by the council and the other five by the principal. There are three executive positions, chairman, vice-chairman and secretary; one of these may be held by a faculty member.

Each section in the school has what is known as a "Control Committee," consisting of the section Captain, representative, and alternate. The duties of this committee are to aiel members of their group to develop self-control in their conduct in school, to receive complaints from students or faculty, and to try to remedy them, and lastly, to enforce all school rules.

The Council meets on the first school Monday of each month and special meetings may be called by the Chairman at any time.

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During the past year the Central Council dealt with such problems as raising the blanket tax, so that the number of school activities may be increased and assemblies improved. Petty thieving was another item that was given careful consideration, conduct in the halls during class time, and general school conduct, were discussed and enforced. The Council also works diligently for school improvements by providing for an infirmary, tennis courts, parking spaces and a great number of other things.

The Central Council is still in its infant stage, but is growing very fast. This year, its second birthday, has seen the greatest step toward making it a permanent institution for the improvement of the College. Its success will mean one more step toward the goal of successful student government.

Edna G1'ampp, II II

LIFE HENRY vAN DYKE

Let me but live my life from year to year With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from, the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear .

In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

So let the way wind up the hill or down, O'er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still se~king what I sought when but a boy, New friendships, high adventure, and a crown, My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road's last turn will be the best.

-From Music and Other -Poems, Scribner, 1919.

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A BEAUTY SPOT ON COLORADO TEACHERS COLLEGE CAMPUS

We girls of Beta Beta would like to have all of you come to see us. One of the things we would especially wish to have you see is our campus; then, you would understand why we love it so much. We know, however, that it is impossible for all of you to come, so I am going to tell you about just one of the beauty spots of our campus. This is the college club house.

The club house is the very center of the social activities of the college. It faces a sloping green lawn with a circular walk leading to the front steps. Around it are many trees, shrubs and flowers. In winter, the pine trees help beautify the grounds; in spring, the fruit trees; and in autumn, we have low bushes loaded with bright red berries.

On the first floor is a spacious living room with a large veranda on three sides. The living room has a big fireplace at one side, a baby grand piano at the other, and is furnished with beautifully upholstered furniture and attractive rugs and drapery.

The appearance of the room lends a friendly greeting to all who enter. The veranda is furnished with wicker furniture and out here many teas and social affairs are held.

Off from the living room are several other rooms of interest.

One of these rooms has been used for a reading room, where many current magazines are for students to use whenever they have some spare time to read and rest. Other rooms are used for conference groups during the day and evening. Downstairs is an inviting dining room and a well equipped kitchen. On this floor is a large room or grotto, where social affairs such as parties, dances and banquets are given by the many clubs and organizations on the campus.

The grotto is enjoyed more by the girls because of the many pleasant times they have had there. The walls are tinted light green with softly glowing side lights which make it attractive enough without elaborate decorations . . Mildred Lang, B B

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COURSE OF STUDY IN ART The Guggenheim Art Building of Colorado Teachers College, Greeley, Colorado, is one of our newer buildings on this campus.

It is well arranged for many different kinds of courses. It offers technical and professional courses intended to give a conception of the fundamental principles of art structure, which help the student to a better interpretation of art in its various forms, to provide a working basis for creative art expression, and to develop power and skill. In the technical courses the purpose is to increase the student's power of expression and to aid in the understanding of art structure; in the more professional courses dealing more specifically with problems in art education, the purpose is to familiarize the student with methods of teaching, organization of subject matter, supervision and administration of art teaching, and research.

The aim is to .meet the needs of students preparing to be teachers or supervisors in the field of art education, and to assist grade teachers to a better understanding of art in its relations to the general curriculum.

Exhibitions are given in the building which provide the students with a chance to display their work. It is worth your while to see the many beautiful things which are made during the year. They consist of charcoal drawings, oil paintings, batick, designing of toys, dolls, baskets, weaving, . pottery, that are made in the methods classes. You see tie-and-dye ties, scarfs and handkerchiefs.

Then on the lower floor are beautiful displays of the articles made in the art metal department; rings, trays, bracelets, and a countless number of things.

In the basement you will find chairs, cedar chests, tables, and any number of pieces of furniture which are made mostly by the students who major in Industrial Arts.

You have not seen the campus unless you visit all of the Guggenheim Building.

Lillian Syndal, B B

WOOSTER LAKE Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia is noted for its beautifully and artistically arranged campus. There are the stone benches and the small fir trees; there is the sunken garden with

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its triangular flower beds and its sun dial in the center路 there ' are-oh, any ntJ.mber of interesting corners and crannies which please the eye and make the corners of one's mouth quirk contentedly. But to me the most beautiful of all these is Wooster Lake with the narrow foot ~ridge stretching lazily from shore to shore.

The lake, with the land which surrounds it, stretches away to the north, being hemmed in on three sides by the women's dormitory, the main building, and various smaller buildings belonging to campus activity. In summer the green of its shores slopes gently from the dormitory to the ends of the waters which catch and reflect the sunbeams on the clear surface, broken only by little ripples here and there made by the geese as they swim lazily along on idle in the sun. At night when the moon lends its silver influence to the landscape, and the stars twinkle twice, once in the heavens and again in the lake, and the dormitory lights make little paths clown the slope, one's imagination conjures up a fairy rendezvous.

In winter the scene is no less beautiful, though haughty and austere. The lake covered with ice makes an excellent skating rink, and the smooth, white slope soon shows the marks of sled runners. The winter moon endows everything with an icy whiteness, transforming the clump of trees with their burdens of snow into sheeted ghosts and the lake into a huge mirror in an ivory frame. And if there is no snow, the dry grass on the slope shows an indistinct grayish-brown, the trees lift their bare arms to the sky, and the spot is still beautiful for its mere lack of embellishment.

Perhaps we see the beauties of our campus through prejudiced eyes; perhaps our opinion is biased just a little by the feeling that it is ours; probably there are other campuses right here in Kansas which are much more beautiful, but to us, our campus cannot be surpassed.

Ruth Nation, E E

OUR NEW AUDITORIUM As we go to and from our classes our attention is attracted by the clang of the hammers, the grind of riveters, and the chatter of workmen busy with the construction of our new auditorium.

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It occupies a most beautiful corner of our campus in closer proximity with the other buildings. When completed it will be a massive structure of the later period American architecture.

Besides the auditorium proper which will accommodate the entire student body, there will be a banquet hall and ball room.

The building is being financed by the O hio University Alumni Association. For many years, with the constant increase in student body, we have needed a new auditorium. It is now the most interesting spot on our Ohio University campus and everyone is looking forward to its completion.

Delta Delta.

OUR CAMPUS The campus of K. S. T. C. at Pittsburg is two square blocks 111 size. It runs two blocks east and west, and one block north and south. Carney Hall, the Auditorium, and the science building, are situated on the extreme east end, and face west. Russ Hall, the first building erected on the campus and the home of the Liberal A rts College is located at the extreme west, and faces west. On the north may be seen the two new buildings, the Porter Library and the Horace Mann Training School, which balance against Willard Hall dormitory for girls and the industrial arts building on the south.

Wide walks leading to each building form a high oval in the center of the campus. This oval is the pride of every student that ever attended the college. It may be best seen in all its beauty from the second floor of either Russ or Carney Halls.

Stately elms stand in a straight line running directly through the oval.

Outside the oval one sees beautiful flowers in abundance.

Along the walks leading from Russ Hall to the library are great beds of vari-colored flowers, and, scattered about on the lawn at intervals may be seen the gold and crimson sunflowers which are the pride of every Kansasite. But within the oval all is green. The stately giants stand supreme in their field of deep blue grass, and they hold their own in contrast with the brightly colored posies.

Dana L. Jones, H H

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THE STONE BENCH One of the most interesting places on the campus of Drake University is the stone bench, which stands on the south side in front of the administration building. From this place it is possible to view all of the other buildings on the campus. In the spring it is an especially picturesque spot, in the 路center of a beautiful grass plot and sha:ded on all sides by the tall trees.

It seems to be the place of outdoor interest to the students loitering there between classes, or in free periods. In passing the bench one is invariably tempted to cut class and linger there in its alluring atmosphere.

BAPTIST TEMPLE One o the most interesting spots on our campus is the Baptist Temple, located at the corner of Berks and North Broad Streets.

It was started by Russell H. Conwell, a man who in past years was known by all those affiliated with Temple, and whose memory is now held dear by many thousands of people.

The Temple was at first called the Grace Baptist Church, and really was a tent. It was very small at first, but the congregation soon increased. Later a sum of money was presented and it was decided to build a new church. Although there was not enough money to complete the building as it was planned, one story was finished and used for services. However, the church had passed through a variety of experiences. Many members left the church.

The sunshine and shadows of those years have toughened the moral fiber of the faithful mission of the church, and many kindred spirits had been gathered into the progressive band of enterprising believers. They were Christians of high order and ready to undertake great things and follow a trusted leader.

One of the deacons of the church had heard Russell Conwell in Vermont where he was preaching. He was recommended for pastor of this church. Dr. Conwell came and preached for the church. They were delighted, and knew he was just the man to lead this progressive host. The church then had a membership of two hundred and seventy. Dr. Conwell accepted the call, entering upon his duties on a Thanksgiving Day. After that the church was always filled with eager listeners, and as a result debts

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were paid, improvements were made, and mtsswn work began.

The congregation grew so large that Dr. Conwell proposed to divide the church into three churches.

However, it was decided to build a new building on the lot on which the Temple now stands was purchased.

Plans were prepared for a new edifice and an effort to raise money by means of lectures was successful. The ground was broken and the cornerstone was laid March twenty-seventh, 1889.

Great things came from that Temple. Large as were the ideas of the Temple builders, it would seem that they were yet smaller than the necessity for a new church. An overflow of meetings have continued to be a feature of the Temple services from that day. The court decided that the agreement to call a building by the name of the organization worshipping therein was a legal dedication; hence the Grace Baptist church was called The Temple.

Our own University was built right beside this church, and there are doors leading from the church to the university buildings. Dr. Conwell with his great vision created Temple University just as he created the Temple Baptist Church, and that ts why the latter is the most interesting spot on our campus.

Katlwyn Bende1', K K MIRROR LAK E

About the most interesting spot on our campus is Mirror Lake. Around it center many of Ohio State's traditions. It faces Neil Avenue on the west, Pomerene Hall, our beautiful women's building on the south, the Browning Amphitheatre on the east, and a grassy slope covered with shrubbery on the north. It is in this growth of bushes that the freshmen were wont to remove their outer garments prior to being thrown into the rippling waters of the lake.

This lake also served for the annual tug of war which takes place between the freshmen and sophomores. We were forced to stop using it for this purpose as the trees and shrubbery surrounding the lake were often torn up by the over zealous students.

A cement walk surrounds three sides of the lake. In the center of the walk on the north side is the spring which supplies the lake with fresh water. The water in this spring is always clear, cold and pure.

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During the nine warmest months of the year two beautiful swans may be seen floating over the water's limpid depths. They are never disturbed by the people who watch them, but continue on their way in unruffled smoothness.

When cold weather comes the lake is used for skating and many a student has enjoyed gliding over its icy surface.

Dorothea Zorn, A A THE GYMNASIUM One spot on the Michigan campus which attracts more students perhaps than any other, is the gymnasium. This large brick building is situated across from the Administration Building and opens on both Normal and West Cross streets. The building houses both the men's and women's gymnasiums, and the equipment includes three large exercise halls, two swimming pools, two examining rooms, seven offices, and a library.

The women's gymnasium occupies one half of the building.

Swimming pools, showers and locker rooms are found on the basement floor of each gymnasium. The pools are kept strictly sanitary by modern methods of filtering and disinfecting. One hundred and eight hot and cold showers are provided. The women have 960 lockers in 100 small dressing rooms.

The exercise halls are equipped with all forms of German and Swedish apparatus and with the materials for all minor indoor games and athletics. One gymnasium has an indoor running track. The number of basket ball and volley ball courts make tournaments in these games possible and popular. The gymnasia are often the scenes of college social gatherings as well as athletic meets, and tournaments.

"216" Situated on the south-west corner of Powelton Avenue and North Thirty-third Street, in West Philadelphia, is a very imposing, red-brick house. It is one of the Drexel Student Houses, where live thirty-five Drexel co-eds. And here is a wee bit of the story of that house: Many years ago, it was the "town house" of Herr Poth, a very wealthy and well-known Philadelphia brewer. For many years they lived here with their family and a long retinue of

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servants. The Poth family lost their money before the war and the property was placed in the hands of a board of managers.

The. Drexel Institute has leased · the house since 1919.

Each room has a story of its own. There are about twentyone rooms .in the house_:_excluding the halls, various entries, and passage ways. It is of the style popular in the "gay nineties"the chandeliers and scrollings on the woodwork were in their glory about 1892. Right now we do not appreciate their air of formality when we live in this age stressing coziness and hominess. The rooms are enormous and center around a large reception hall. The grand ·stair-case in the hall winds around to the fourth floor-giving an open court effect, three stories high,and what a comrnon occurrence it is to see a ·half dozen, or so, heads peering from the second c:rnd third floor balconies, and to hear, "How many letters did I get this morning?" and "Will you please bring my mail to me, Pat?"-and so on.

Down stairs are the reception rooms, the library, the diningroom, the butler's quarters, and all sorts of passageways. On the second floor are the family sleepings rooms,-huge rooms,one of which would almost make a modern apartment! On the third floor are to be found extra sleeping rooms, the play-room, the billiard room, and the card room.

In the card room, the woodwork is mission oak. On the heavy doors of the cupboards are carved hearts, clubs, diamonds, and spades, in a very interesting and intricate design.

The racks for the billiard cues are still screwed to the walls in the billiard room, now occupied by three girls.

Over the hooks, in one of the large cupboards in the playroom, may be found little patches of paper, bearing the names of the children.

And, it is whispered, that Frau Poth became so corpulent from imbibing too freely of the products of hubbie's warehouses, that she was unable to walk either up or down stairs, so an elevator was installed for her special benefit. Said elevator has seen better days and is now being used for a sewing room. The shaft has long since been boarded up.

And on, and on,-but it is loads more interesting to see it and hear about the various happenings "first-hand,"-so please come to see us!

S. M. B ., Nu Nu

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OUR BULLETIN BOARD The bulletin board at the Buffalo State Teacher's College has always been the focal point of the attention of the students. Its attractions are so great in number and so varied in interest that one can spend a good deal of timeâ&#x20AC;˘ in front of it. Notices are of all sizes, colors . and degrees of legibility and if one hunts long enough he is sure to find some which are for his particular benefit.

The right side of the board is devoted entirely to music notices-telling who's who and why, where, when and how much.

You can decide several months in advance just what artists you wish to hear-it's very convenient-for you know just how many lunches have to be "missed."

The rest of the board is more or less a hodgepodge of miscellaneous things, announcements of section parties, class meetings, lectures, candy or popcorn sales, or the like. Very infrequently, perhaps, appears the notice of a "Thank-You" dance, such as the one the Freshmen give the upper classmen every year.

Sometimes one sees notices of articles lost or found, one of which, posted just recently, read something like this-"Will the person who lost the business end of a fountain pen in Room 100 yesterday, please leave the rest of it there as soon as possible and oblige the finder?" To which the owner tartly posted the reply that he wished the finder would return the " business end" of the pen to the place he found it, as it was in working condition and the owner still wished to use it.

There are so many notices of such various sizes, and so many people read them, that the bulletin board always looks as if a cyclone had just passed by. It is one of the fond hopes of the faculty that some day there will be more homogeneity and less conglomeration. But to the students-that bulletin board is dear to their hearts with all its cyclone aspect. Somehow it would not seem the same- neat and orderly.

Pi Pi

THE CO-OP Surrounded by the tennis courts, the kindergarten building and the colorful grounds of the agricultural classes, is the co-op, one of the most popular spots on our campus in Los Angeles.

Both in Berkeley and at Los Angeles, these stores draw thousands of students daily within them.

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The Co-op is a convenient name for the Students' Co-operative Store. It is managed and kept up by students, many of whom help put themselves through college by selling supplies to the thousands of students who daily patronize it for text books, albums, pennants, jewelry, ice-cream and candy.

The Co-op, although not situated in the center of the campus, seems to be the nucleus of the college. At any time of the day, from eight until four, students may be seen 路patronizing the store or hunting for mail in the students' boxes outside of the Co-op.

By the crowds seen daily around this place, one may realize that besides classrooms, tennis courts, and offices, the students of this university have a store right on the campus.

Xi Xi

THE BIOLOGICAL STATION A real though not an immediate part of the campus of Western State College is the Biological Station, about twelve miles away. The tract of 160 acres lies just beyond the fishing resort of Almont, which is a group of log houses with a rustic hotel, located at the point where the East and Taylor rivers join to form the Gunnison. The building is placed at a lovely spot in Taylor Canyon, where a narrow rock-filled channel makes the clear swift waters of the river flow still faster and louder. Great trees stand at the water's edge, sheltering flat rocks where the lover of nature may sit at ease. Across the stream a gray cliff rises sheer from the water's edge, with bits of verdure in the crannies and one tall pine stands in a setting of lesser green against its flank. The other side of the canyon is less precipitous, tempting one to climb; but in a hollow in one projecting crag on this side a pair of eagles had their nest. The station is used for Y. W. C. A. retreats and various outings as well as for biological research.

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CHAPTER FIRESIDES

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THE HOME OF EPSILON EPSILON Our house is neither large nor pretentious; it has no spacious lawn or wide verandas. In fact it is just an ordinary-looking house on an ordinary street. Its furniture is good, yet not elegant, and the house itself, though well-built and comparatively new, is no model of modern architecture. There is one thing, however, which distinguishes it. This is its "hominess." We pride ourselves on this atmosphere of home which we have been able to create, in spit~ of the fact that we have had our house only a little over a year, and that careful economy was necessary to make the house all ours, once we had undertaken the venture of "owning our own home."

The house is white and has a porch the full width of the front. Above the door there is the name-plate our pledges gave us, and before it is the mat our alumnce bought. A rather large hall has double doors opening into the living-room on one side, and dining-room on the other. Behind the dining-room is the kitchen, and between it and the living-room is our housemother's room. The living-room is furnished with a four piece wicker set, consisting of a couch, straight chair, rocking chair, and desk; an upholstered straight chair; a piano and bench; an end table; a floor lamp; a table lamp; pictures; and gay-colored pillows.

There is a fireplace in one end of the room. We have our victrola in the hall. In the dining-room we have a table, chairs, and a built-in china closet. Several pictures and a tapestry brighten this room copsiderably.

There are five bedrooms upstairs. Two of these contain two double beds each, one has a double bed and a single bed, and the other two have one double bed each. The girls painted the furniture for these rooms themselves. That in the front room is a light gray with pink and white dresser scarf, chair covering, bed spread, draperies, and pillows. A hall runs from this room to the back of the house with the other rooms facing each other.

Two of the other rooms are finished in ivory, one with blue spreads, pillows, etc., and the other with rose. Another room is

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in oak, while the furniture of the last has been painted green, and is enhanced by a green and yellow dresser scarf, lamp, draperies, and pillows.

To many people Epsilon Epsilon's home is just another white house, but to those who have seen its interior, those who have participated in the activities and happiness sheltered by its four walls, and especially those who, away from home, have been helped and heartened by its cheery atmosphere-to those, it is more than just another white house, it is indeed the spirit of home.

HOUSE MANAGEMENT IN EPSILON EPSILON Epsilon Epsilon has found since it is buying a house and takes its meals there, that matters run along very smoothly. Being together for meals helps to promote a comradeship and spirit of friendliness among the girls which would take much longer to develop under different conditions. Then too, the girls can get wholesome meals at absolute cost, in a more home-like atmosphere. All the planning for the meals and actual buying of food is done by the housemother. She spends her apportioned money wisely, so that the girls may have plenty of good substantial food at a minimum of expense.

The rest of the money goes to pay for the coal, electricity, water, and miscellaneous items of expense. The girls take care of their own rooms and the halls, but during the winter, a schoolboy lives in a room in the basement and takes care of the furnace, keeps the downstairs clean, and does all the kitchen work except the cooking, which is done by a woman hired for that express purpose. Yes, on the whole Epsilon Epsilon is finding that owning its own home is much more convenient and comfortable than renting it.

OUR HOME-PRESENT AND FUTURE After many years of dispute and argument, Dean Voight has finally given her consent on the matter of sorority houses. Five of the organizations on the campus went into houses the first of the year. By the second semester, most of the organizations will be in their own houses. As yet, Delta Delta has not secured a house, but we are working hard with the intention of entering our own house in February.

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At present, there are twelve of us living in Lindley Hall. lt seems almost a chapter house in itself with so many of us so close together. There are Alpha Sigs clear across the front of the dormitory on the second floor, and we take ample advantage of all the opportunities it affords us. Lindley Hall is the best of the three women's dormitories on the campus. It is practically new, and has every convenience.

We have a house in view at present that sems to be almost what we want. It is quite large, having eight rooms, besides a third floor that can be turned into a dormitory sleeping room.

Then the rooms on the second floor can be used as dressing rooms and study rooms. The house is not very cJose to the campus, but it is situated in the best residential district in the town. It is very promising, and if we can get the right terms, we will be in our own house within another month.

We are holding our meetings, as usual, in old Sorority Hall.

Before the advance of houses, each sorority had a room in this hall. It seems rather deserted now, and will be dispensed with as each organization ri1oves into a house. Our room is better situated than any other in the building. It faces the main walk of the campus and has three large windows. We have it furnished w ith living room furniture consisting of a mohair suite, a piano, victrola, two windsor chairs, two lamps, an end table, a gateleg table, and a black lacquer table. We have a good large rug and a small rug to match. It is quite a nice arrangement, but we are becoming very much dissatisfied with it, since it has become possible for us to have a house. We hope, in the next edition of Tr-IE PHOENIX, to be able to tell you about our new house.

Eleanor Lo'jld.

WHERE WE LIVE-AND HOW! The latest asset of Eta Eta is our new house! We were a sorority without a house the first semeste r and we felt like a man w ithout a country. But now that we have enough girls to fill a house, we are so proud of it that we want everyone to know all about it! We are ready to shout it from the house tops.

O ur new house, which is located only five blocks from the campus, is a ten-room, two-story, white structure, which faces east. The warm sunlight floods the large porch which runs the full length of the house, and the cozy balcony just over the porch.

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On the ground floor we have five rooms and a reception hall.

O ur hall is real Alpha Sig. Pennants and the official insignia of Alpha Sigma Alpha greet the visitor as she enters. A beautiful grand piano, several richly colored floor lamps, and the framed tapestry which was the Christmas gift of the pledges to the sorority, all go to make our living room a most livable one. Our dining room is roomy and homelike, and we have all the privileges to be enjoyed at home. Our housemother and her daughter occupy the bedroom just off the dining room. We and they alike share the privileges of the kitchen.

U pstairs we have six rooms, four sleeping rooms, a library, study room,' and a cozy. Our cozy is a small sitting room which opens off the balcony. O ur study room is equipped with tables, book racks for individual books, and book cases containing reference books.

The sleeping rooms are exquisite. Each room accommodates two girls, an active, and a pledge. The girls have furnished their rooms to suit their own tastes. The furniture was painted by the girls. Original and clever decorations have been used. The dainty window drapes in pastel shades, together with cozy little "comfy" rugs were bought out of the house fund. Boudoir pillows and other dainties found in every girl's rooms were made and given to the house by the girls who cannot live in the house.

Each room is different. One is apple green with orchid accessories, another is blue and rose, another blue and gold, and the fourth is yellow and orchid.

The basement is equipped with a kitchenette. There are three hot plates for cooking, a complete cabinet containing dishes and cooking utensils, and a long table, large enough to accommodate all the girls. So it is now possible for us to have any kind of party we wish after meeting.

Dana L. Jo nes, H H

THE ZETA ZETA HOUSE This is the first year that Zeta Zeta chapter has been able to have a chapter house and we are indeed proud of it. It is the means of keeping the girls together and offers an opportunity for closer friendship. We can have a quiet hour of study or rest and can entertain our friends without breaking into the home life of a family as would be the case if we were boarding in private homes.

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Our house is situated on the north side of the campus, is a large attractive stucco building and can be identified as ours by the Greek letters A. ~- A. The situation is ideal for it is close to the school and only a short distance from town. The first floor of the house is where our house mother lives. There is a large living room where we entertain our company and have our formal social functions. The second floor is given over to bedrooms for the girls. Each one has added her own individual touch to her room and made it quite attractive as well as comfortable. The third floor is used for our club room. It is furnished with wicker furniture and bright colored draperies. It is all in one big room and affords plenty of room for our meetings. It is quite a comfortable place for the town girls to come to study or have a pleasant social hour.

THE IOTA IOTA HOUSE Our sorority house is a large, brown, stone structure, situated at easy walking distance from the campus. The yard is large and in summer it is pleasantly shaded. On the first floor are five good-sized rooms and a vestibule. We hold our meetings in the room with the fireplace. Three of the rooms adjoin, so that it is very 路convenient and spacious for our house dances. Both the second and third floors are rented to the non-resident girls. The rooms are well-furnished, with every convenience. It is an ideal home, made so by the kindly efforts of our house mother, who is a real mother to all the girls.

KAPPA KAPPA'S HAVEN OF REST For many years in Temple University the Greek letter women were deprived of rooms or permanent places for business as well as social function s. It was not until this year that the need was partially met when an old residence was purchased by the University for the comfort and convenience of several sororities and societies. It is the first step towards a Panhellenic house for the Grecians at Temple University. We, who are fortunate enough to occupy that house, feel very happy and we are all working earnestly to create a common bond among the various organizations.

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During the early part of December open house was held at which time all University women were invited to spend a social hour in the various small one room homes. But it was delightful and each sorority worked hard to make this event a great success. The Theta Sigma Upsilon Sorority which occupies a very cozy room next door to ours had charge of the decorations. The Magnet Honorary girls received the guests and tea was served in the cozy room of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

This new house is a four story residence with the research library containing Dr. Conwell's choicest collections occupying the first floor. An old mahogany stair case leads to the second floor, which contains vacant rooms for University use. Ascending to third floor on the same winding stairs, we find to our delight many cozy little rooms. One in the rear is occupied by the Pi Alphas. Next, a study in green wicker and vari-colored cretonne is the Magnet Society room. These rooms have communicating doors which lends a friendly feeling and sufficient room if desired. Next in line is a community kitchen not too modern, and yet meeting the needs of teas and light refreshments.

Our small electric stove is indeed a very handy piece of furniture. Advancing to the front of the house we see a comfortable den furnished by the Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority. Most of these girls being Philadelphia girls, they find the room a resting place between classes. Up a narrow stair case leading from third floor to fourth, we come upon the very pretty and comfortable room occupied by two local sororities-Beta Chi and Alpha Theta Pi. It is the largest room in the house, occupying the entire fourth floor and contains many lovely furnishings and clever pieces of bric-a-brac.

Last but far from least is the attractive room of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Having several Home Economic girls in our chapter, the taste and practicality of the room is modern beyond measure. It is larger than most of the rooms, and has an atmosphere of home.

When seventeen sisters with our mother adviser sit about the room, what greater and happier family circle could be witnessed?

From our own budget we purchased the most practical and necessary pieces of furniture-a suite of livingroom wicker, a parchment floor lamp, and a very pretty gate-legged table. Two of our honorary members presented us with windsor chairs which match the table beautifully. Miscellaneous other chairs are placed here

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and there to fill a corner or vacant space. Many of you might think we are isolated on the third floor, but it is heaven to us.

As in the recent novel, "Seventh Heaven," the路 higher one goes the nearer the stars one is. We have all reason in the world to be happy and merry for we have nothing less in our midst than a good piano, a gift from an interested friend, and a beautiful radio which was given to us by a very fine friend. Evening after evening we are carried to Chicago, to New York, to Cincinnati and many other stations by the gorgeous review of some great opera singer, or the frolicsome dance music by Paul Whiteman or other leading orchestras, and the amusing and yet clever bedtime stories. Before Christmas vacation we had many royal treats with Christmas music and our spirit of the Christmas season was furthered more and more by these melodious carollers from distant states and cities.

You can well understand why we are all so very happy with such a cozy haven-it brings us so much closer together and strengthens that bond of sisterhood, physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. At the recent Alumnae banquet of Kappa Kappa, Dean Carnell called to our attention that in several years a large Panhellenic house would be the proud possession of the University. It would mean a closer and more friendly bond created among every organization for women. This idea of a large house would meet the situation much better in a large city like Philadelphia, than individual houses. With the University expanding in many ways, it will be necessary to build a larger house since the fraternity life is growing vastly at Temple University.

NU NU'S HABITAT .

N u N u is not fortunate enough to own a sorority room, much less a sorority house, and therefore we hold our business meetings in the office of the Registrar, and our social meetings in Drexel's picturesque Art Gallery.

I believe Drexel's most cherished possession is its Art Gallery, and rightly so. It is situated on the third floor and is a treasure chest of wonderful objects of art. The collection of pictures is one of the most valuable in Philadelphia. Our founder Anthony J. Drexel, gave the institute half of the picture collection, while a dear friend of his, a Mr. Laukenau donated the re-

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mainder. It is said that he paid $350,000 for them over thirty years ago when prices were pre-war. It would be hard to estimate their worth now. There are only three reproductions in the entire group. Mr. Laukenau was a great admirer of German art, and there are a number of Lowenstein's among his group.

The famous Arab picture by Schrever with several others of his works are there. We are the proud possessors of two of Corot's paintings. Some of the others are well known paintings

by Achenbach, Baur, Ducher, Decpre, and Deproy.

But pictures are not the only attraction which our gallery offers. There are several cases containing manuscripts which are well known and very valuable. Of course, like all collections, there are some of the President's letters, but here are a few things which are sure to arouse your interest: Edgar Allan Poe's original manuscript of "The Murder of the Rue Morgue"; the translation of the first book of the "Illiad" by William Cullen Bryant; Andrew Jackson's Account Book; Sir Walter Scott's manuscript of "Chronicles of Conongate"; and Charles Dickens', "Our Mutual Friend." It would take too much time to tell you of all of the treasures in these cases but, in addition, among a few of the other high lights are manuscripts of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Lamb, Coleridge, Thackeray and William Penn.

Then, last of all-there is the beautifully toned, baby grand piano which the founder also gave us. It is our privilege to use this any time we desire, and you can be assured that we make use of this privilege on our social nights. We invite you all to come to one of our meetings in this wonderful room.

PI PI'S TRYSTING PLACES Our chapter has no house for very few of the girls are from out of town. At each meeting our President brings up the question of the next meeting-place, and immediately some girl offers her home for the occasion. Sometimes, that is once a month, on our "Supper Meeting" nights, it is the question of how to get "rid of the family" so as to be able to prepare our lunch at six o'clock. But this is generally managed with surprising ease, for it seems our parents are as obliging as their daughters.

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chairs, davenports, and finally resorting to the most coveted place of all, the floor. One must "step with care" at our meetings, for the floors are somehow the desired places to "park."

To a non-resident girl there is something fascinating and interesting in visiting these different homes. Each leaves a different lasting picture in your mind, some out-standing thing you have noticed. To me the outstanding pictures I have gained are varied as they are different.

When we went to the home of Helen Lazer, it looked more or less like a conservatory, for it had two giant palms in the front room, in preparation for the Initiation Service which took place that night. The dining room at Winnie Allen's home, with the large round table, made a splendid studio where we listened to the radio as we painted telephone book covers. Our Dotty Parks is quite exclusive, having the top floor of their beautiful home all to herself. We envy her the solitude, for she can shut herself away from everything and study in peace and silence.

Elizabeth Curran and Letha Cooper have a cute little apartment which they share with two other State College girls. It is so cozy and cheery, with floor lamps and table lamps with lovely colored shades. Miss Small, our adviser, has a home characteristic of herself, for the impression we gained was of a beautiful glowing fireplace and rows and rows of books with a table heaped with good things in the center.

The atmosphere of gentle culture and happiness that we find in these homes is the great thought we carry away with us. Vv'e feel better acquainted with our sister who has opened her doors for us, and given us a glimpse not only into her home but into her heart.

OUR HOUSE This year Xi Xi has been very fortunate in having a house of its own where the girls can live, hold their meetings, and have their social affailis. It is quite delightful, indeed, to have a definite place at which the girls can get together and feel at home whenever they desire to do so.

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fine rooms, also a bath and a large hallway, and in addition to these, we have a front and back porch of considerable size.

The place is nice and cozy, with good looking furnishings including some overstuffed pieces, a floor lamp, a good looking dining room set, beds, vanities and the like. We have rented a piano which adds greatly to the cheerfulness of our little home and helps to make our social affairs more pleasant and more successful.

Our front yard is small but attractive, with many shrubs, a palm tree and several different kinds of flowers.

In fact, it is indeed a very pretty little place and we are all very proud of it.

OUR ORCHESTRA There is a legend told of a village where the king's palace disappeared and could only be brought back by music. The aim and object of every citizen was to see the palace returned and the heart's desire of every musician was that his music should be the music to bring back the wonderful palace. Each was envious and jealous of the other, and they would play their instruments late at night or early in the morning, hoping always to see the palace, while they played. Finally two boys began to play together, and as they did they were surprised to find that though each struck different notes, if they struck them in harmony they made a beautiful melody.

These boys went to the master musician of the village and he played with them and finally one by one they persuaded all the other musicians to come and play with them. When at last all were playing in harmony, forgetting their own selfish interest and thinking only of playing beautiful music, the palace returned.

Alpha Sigma Alpha is a great orchestra. Each member has an instrument, each instrument has its place and . must be played to give perfect music.

With the spirit of Alpha Sigma Alpha as our theme, with all hearts "in tune with the Infinite," and each performer in her place and all playing in harmony, what should we not be able to accomplish in love, loyalty and service?

Jane M. Carroll, HH In the Eta Eta Palm.

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AMONG OURSELVES A BOOST FOR K. S. T. C.

I once overheard a K . U. co-ed talking to a boy friend. "Oh," she said, in response to a question he asked, "she's going to that Teachers College in Emporia. Studying to be a lively old school marm, I guess. Well, all I can say is she's missing half of her college life by going to that country place. What's college for anyway, if you can't have a social life of it? These teachers' colleges are all work and no play. Thank goodness, I made one real move when I came up here instead of that prison."

It happened that I was attending the Emporia Teachers College, and of course, I was amused at her sudden outburst of emotion. I felt like walking up to this little "spit-fire" and telling her she was all wrong. Now seventy-five per cent of the people that heard her probably absorbed her words without the least hesitation. They don't know anything about colleges themselves so they believe everything that they hear.

That reminds me of a little incident I heard not long ago. A friend of mine had spent her summer in Europe and on her trip home she met some Eastern lady who evidently had never left the New England states. "So you're from Kansas are you?

Well, I'll declare. Do you ever get in trouble with all those Indians out there? Dear me, I would be frightened to death to live in such a dangerous country." And so that's the way people do nowadays. Jump at conclusions. She would have believed we were rolling in blankets and moccasins if my friend had said so .

Anyway it just goes to show that one must travel to learn.

This Teachers College is a most exceptional school. There is no comparison with K. U. Of course K. U. has its little social fun, but we have the knowledge here-and we get it.

The aim of the instructor at this college is to fit his students for life, not to "cram" a little knowledge into their heads just for the time being. There is nothing more plausible than teaching little ones to learn. Students at this college are preparing themselves that they may pass over to others the intelligence of the race.

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So there you are. I just wish I coul d get hold of that little flapper who said that these teachers colleges were the "bunk."

She doesn't realize what she has missed. And you don't have to teach to go to this school. The staff won't turn you out of the state if you enroll just to get knowledge.

Winifrede Gufler) E E

CHRISTMAS EVE ON BEACON HILL Beacon Hill on Christmas Eve brings out the loveliest tradition. The Christmas message "Merry Christmas to Everyone," is flashed out by Beacon Hill from thousands of candles shining down the quaint and narrow streets crowded with merrymakers. vVhile rows of candles burn in every . window and hundreds of people wander over the hill, dozens of groups of carolers move from place to place singing the old familiar and beloved carols. Even though people in Boston are busy on Christmas Eve, they try to step aside from the glowing lights of cafe and hotel into the secluded region of Beacon Hill.

There is much on Beacon Hill that Boston University students are interested in. Noted people lived and died there. Down on Bulfinch Place once lived Walt Whitman and William Warren.

On Ashburton Place, now the den of Boston University lawyers, lived Henry James and Horace Mann. Here on Beacon Street and Mount Vernon Street we find the State House and farther down Mount Vernon Street, Mrs. A. 0 . T. Whitney and Anne Whitney, sculptor and poet lived.

Many Boston University students have apartments on Beacon Hill and on Christmas Eve they have "Open House Night."

The spirit of the college is shown at this time.

So it is that the custom of celebrating Christmas Eve on Beacon Hill each year has become one of the symbols of our college life.

Mildred A . Ayers) 速 速

THANKSGIVING CHEER It has always been the custom of Nu Nu Chapter to send a Thanksgiving basket to some poor family. This last year was no exception-but the family was a new one. We decided to send our basket to Mrs. Crawford because another Drexel group had found her so thankful.

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And so, we started out on the eve of Thanksgiving, knowing only her address. After a session with the cab driver as to location, we proceeded across Philadelphia, West and South. 路 We drove and drove and drove, across cobblestones, bridges, and bumpy pavements until we finally reached _a barren plain. On the other side of the plain was the Schuylkill-and beyond the Schuylkill was Sixty-third Street. Then we turned South and went along the banks of the river for a long way. The neighborhood began to improve. The houses began to look more respectable, with small plots of ground in front of them. My partner and I looked at one another. Was this poor family a fake?

The homes looked mighty nice to us. Then the cab stopped and Mrs. Crawford's daughter confirmed our inquiries. We presented the basket amidst profuse thanks-and the cab drove off.

We could keep our questions no longer-so we began to quiz the driver of the cab. Where were we? Why were the homes so nice? And not in vain, for the cab driver was as good as a bus-caller.

It seems that we were in the "Hog Island" district, down in the swamps where the city hogs are kept for consuming the garbage. The land is a breeding-place for mosquitoes and there is seldom a time when the district is not being swept by some sort of an epidemic. Just across the river is the place where the city waste is burned, and up the river is a refinery from which waste pours continually. At eleven o'clock every night the city waste is incinerated and an unbearable odor and stifling gases are given off. That being the case we could not understand why we should find such nice homes in such a district. We were told that the homes were built over ni ght to accommodate the influx of shipbuilders, during the war. They are temporary houses that rent for almost nothing.

Can you imagine living in such an atmosphere, midst all sorts of people, in a shell of a house? Deserted babies, ragged, unkempt children, murderers, and all sorts of degradation? We thanked God that we could do something to bring a bit of happiness to those unfortunate people. The act gave us a glow of satisfaction and it made for us a more thankful Thanksgiving.

Edith M. Bond, N N

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HONOR SYSTEM Honor-how we pause and wonder at the great significance of this word. We honor men for what they are and so State Teacher's College at Buffalo is also earning this reputation.

Our Honor System has had its second birthday and we are proud of it, not because it more fully establishes us as a college, but because it proves to us that we are capable of shouldering a great responsibility. This system had its start in our Central Council of Student Government, being strongly supported by both faculty and student members. Because the system is so young it has not been fully developed and our responsibilities are not as great as they will be in a few years hence.

Many of our classes are conducted under this system; each student being responsible for his or her attendance at all times.

In this and other ways each student at State Teacher's College at Buffalo is helping to do what each girl of Alpha Sigma Alpha is doing-" Aspire, Seek and Attain."

Do1'othy

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MY DAILY PRAYER

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"Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me; Let me praise a little more; Let me be, whei1 I am weary, Just a little bit more cheery; Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for."

"Let me be a little braver When temptations bid me waver; Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be.

Let me be a little meeker With my brother that is weaker, Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me."

From the Eta

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CLIPPINGS

K. S. T. C. IN UPPER TWELVE OF THE UNITED STATES The following article taken from the September issue of "Peabody Journal of Education" is of much interest to the Kirksville State Teachers College students and faculty members. The article was written by Howard J. McGinnis of the East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, N. C., who recently conducted a survey to determine the outstanding Teachers Colleges in the United States.

It is interesting to note that both Kirksville and Warrensburg are placed in the upper twelve.

The article is as follows : "Which ones of the state teachers colleges in the United States are the most outstanding?

"Probably the personal opinion of a sufficient number of qualified persons is as good a basis for selecting the outstanding state teachers colleges as any other. The elements of a statistical basis would have to rest ultimately upon the same footing.

"The schools given below were selected as the most outstanding by thirty-three leaders in education, most of whom are nationally known and all of whom have demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of state teacher-training institutions.

"It is significant that, when ranked by frequency of checking, the twelve schools at the head of the list received practically fifty per cent of the frequencies-i.e., 315 out of 640. These institutions are the teachers colleges situated at: "Ypsilanti, Michigan; Emporia, Kansas; Greeley, Colorado; Cedar Falls, Iowa; No rmal, Illinois; Kalamazoo, Michigan ; Terre Haute, Indiana; Albany, New York; Warrensburg, Missouri; Charleston, Illinois; Farmville, Virginia; Kirksville, Missouri."- The Index.

DEAN A. H. WILDE SAYS TEACHER SURPLUS NEAR "Every teacher, man or woman, must come to regard teaching as a permanent occupation, not a makeshift until he or she studies law, goes into business, or accumulates a trousseau," said Dean

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Arthur H. Wilde of the School of Education in an interview last week during which he discussed the growing surplus of teachers.

"The growing surplus of teachers is becoming a critical situation," he declared. "It affects all grades from kindergarten to high school. It is not enough that superintendents and school boards select the best candidates that they can find and discard the rest. Many of the discarded candidates are as good or better than those taken."

Dean Wilde said that teachers now in service should advise very carefully all their younger friends who are looking toward the profession. Unless they have strong purpose, scholarship and attractive and forceful personalities, he believes that they should turn them away from the idea of teaching.

"Teacher training institutions should develop series of tests that will give before the student begins his professional study as certain an indication as possible whether or not the candidate is likely to make a successful teacher," continued Dean Wilde.

"Undesirables should be headed off before they have spent time and money on professional training, only men and women of moral stability and conviction have a place in the teaching profession.

"Teaching is a jealous profession," the Dean concluded.

"Division of interest is fatal to success."-B. U. N ews.

DEAN OF FINE ARTS COLLEG E ANNOUNC ES ABOLITION OF EXAMS Examinations for the fine arts students have been abolished, Dean Cowper has announced. He is of the opinion that the only fair test of a student's ability is by the record made in daily work. "Any student should be able to cram and pass a reasonably fair examination. The only difficulty is that everything learned in this way is forgotten too soon. Then there are the students who get fussed and forget everything they do know. I think the discontinuance of examinations, having only frequent quizzes, is an excellent thing," emphatically stated the dean.

In an endeavor to find the opinion of the deans of the other colleges, Dr. D. W. Morehouse, dean of the liberal arts college, was questioned. "I do not think they will be discontinued in the

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college of liberal arts. I have not been able to find a substitute for examinations. A good thing may be to have an examination at the end of each course given by an outsider who has no interest in the student, and will look at the examination as a test of the student's knowledge of the course. I doubt if it will come to pass in the American universities, even though it is favored in some European institutions of learning. I am not in favor of examinations being eliminated in the college of liberal arts."

Dean Barr stated that examinations were the only checkup in classes as large as those in the college of education. It is impossible to know the personal ability of each student when there are more than thirty in the class, he believes.

"I think cramming i.s a good thing," said Dean Hoffman of the commerce college when his ideas were solicited. "It helps the student to pull the important thread out of a mass of details, and summarize the work of the semester. I see no other way of finding out just what a student has received from the course.

Short quizzes may be all right but if no final examination was given, the student would forget the material covered after the quiz was taken. If he is called upon for a final examination, he crams, or picks out the important facts and implants them in his mind. There is no more danger of students not doing their own work in examinations than in the daily work."

Dean Morrow of the law college states his views on the subject in a brief paragraph: "I think it depends largely upon the nature of the course as to whether or not an examination is a real test of the student's ability. In law subjects an examination really does test a student's knowledge. As to whether they are effective in music, not being a musician, I haven't the slightest idea. An examination usually compels a student to review for the subject and by a comprehensive review he is able to connect up the points studied and get a general view which he would otherwise not get. As for some students, if they would not have to take an examination, they would never do any studying at all ."

-Drake Delphic.

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COLLEGES SHOULD COME TO STUDENTS SAYS PRESIDENT LITTLE President Clarence Cook Little was unavoidably delayed on his way to the Pease Auditorium last Friday morning. President Payne of Peabody College took his place on the program, while President Little spoke in Payne's place.

President Little spoke on "The Promise of Education." "The pupil is the keynote of the promise of education," the speaker declared. He emphasized the study of individual differences in pupils by their teachers. President Little considered individual differences the most i~1portant factor in education. People who are not interested in their fellow men, President Little catalogued as social menaces. He especially stressed the importance of studying mankind.

Mr. Little is not favo rably inclined toward a purely elective form of education. He does not believe that the average student is qualified to choose the subj ects which are best for him. He is opposed to a highly speciali zed course of study, but recommends a more general education. President Little favors the junior college. The two years of general college work enables the student to choose his own specialty better, in his regular college work, in the opinion of the U . of M. president.

Mr. Little also spoke on the popular question of the day, "Are too many students going to college ?j' The speaker believed that the real question should be, "Are enough colleges coming to the students?" Any college which is not working for the welfare of its students, even if it has only one, has one student too many, is the answer which he gives to his own question. The trouble with colleges now is not that too many students go to college but that they do not pick the colleges which fit thei r needs.

PRESIDENT BROOKS NAMES NEW FOUR HORSEMEN IN TALK 'The Four Horsemen" was the subj ect of an address given Saturday morning at the M id-Year Conference by Stratton D. Brooks, president of the University of M issouri. In introducing the subj ect he compared the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with the four horsemen of modern life, namely, the desire to have something, the desire to do something, the desire to be some-

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thing, and greater than the others, the desire to learn something. :FJ;e said that the most fundamental principle of our democracy is the right of everyone to choose for themselves. He further stated that we get our desires for nothing but we have to pay for our opportunities. "Death," he said, "is the commander of the of the army of destruction, while education is the commander of the army of construction."

In speaking of the education system of today he said that "The greatest cost of a university is not the money appropriated by the state, but the time given by the students." Further, in regard to limiting attendance at colleges, President Brooks said that if any restrictions are to be used, let it be to accept only students who can do the work, rather than only those who can pay for it.

-The N annal News .

TEST SHOWS MANY UNABLE TO READ NEWS INTELLIGENTLY Students are not equipped with the proper facilities to read a newspaper, intelligently, early returns from a test given by Mr. Charlton G. Laird, head of the department of journalism, to several of the classes in the English and journalism departments, Monday and Tuesday, indicated.

The test, which was given to determine how comprehensively the students read a newspaper, was given to two classes in sophomore English, who represented the average students, two classes of advanced students in English, whose greater study of the subject presumably gives them superior equipment, and a class 111 news interpretation that had been studying newspaper work.

A set of questions and a marked newspaper were given to each student. The questionnaire called for the discussion of some of the articles in the paper. These stories included national problems, questions of state issues, and inquiries about the "advice to the lovelorn" column.

The questions required that the students read carefully the articles that were indicated in the newspaper given to them. One of the questions demanded that the student note carefully the details of the story. Another calculated to ascertain the student's ability to understand the subject matter. On another, the ability to evaluate a new source was necessary, and in one question an

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understanding of the various devices used 111 newspapers were required to determine the correct answer.

"Although the test corrections are not complete, students seem to show a lack of knowledge of examining the instrumentality that gathers and vouches for the news such as press service and syndicated reports . They show an inability to estimate the validity as to which parts of a story were vouched for and what parts were rumors. 路 Some were unable to differentiate between advertisements and news. Also some could not appreciate the values of the headlines in connection with the story," states Mr. Laird.

-Drake Delphic.

FACULTY PLANS MEMORIAL FOR GEORGE THOMAS CARPENTER Plans were formulated Monday evening at a faculty meeting for a memorial to George Thomas Carpenter, one of the founders of Drake University. A committee consisting of Prof. Luther S. Ross, chairman, Prof. Frank I. Herriott and Miss Emma Scott was appointed. Much of the remarkable development of Drake university is undoubtedly clue to the large and liberal attitude of the founders, among whom Chancellor Carpenter was the guiding spirit. The son of German-English parents, he was born March 4, 1834, in Nelson county, Kentucky. In 1861 with his brother, J. W. Carpenter, he took charge of Oskaloosa college. In 1873 he was appointed states honorary commissioner to the World's Fair at Vienna, Austria. About 1879, in co-operation with the members of the Central Church, Des Moines, and the faculty of Oskaloosa college, he determined to remove to Des Moines and establish a university there. General Drake in answer to a telegram sent to him, offered to start the endowment with $20,000.

In consideration of the gift the board named the institution in hi s honor.

The strenuous life of Chancellor Carpenter during the thirtytwo years of struggle in the establishing of Oskaloosa college and later of Drake university aged him prematurely. Broken in health, he died July 29, 1893.-Dralle Delphic.

THE PHOENIX DEAN BARR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF POISE Personality and poise in the classroom surpass in importance beauty of face and perfection of form, according to Dean W. F. Barr of the college of education.

"The ideal student will give the instructor the feeling that he has the desire to make good," asserts Dean Barr, who suggests that the most satisfactory way for the students to attain this end is to attend classes regularly and punctually.

It may be news to some students to know that the best way to earn hi gh grades is to make it apparent to the instructor that preparation is made constantly rather than spasmodically, and that there is an earnest desire to justify enrollment in college.

Although Dean Barr believes that good health is bound to make a better student, he points out that good students are not always the healthiest. The ideal student is interested in civic, social, and religious affairs as well as scholastic, he believes.

-Drake D elphic.

GILSON P AGEANT GIV EN IN MEDICINE LODGE REENACTS HIST ORIC PARLEY Medicine Lodge, Kan.-The signing of the peace treaty sixty years ago, between representatives of five tribes of Indians and representatives of the federal government, was re-enacted here last week before 5,000 persons. The treaty virtually ended warfare between the red men and the white settlers in this region although a few minor clashes occurred after the pact was signed.

This historic smoking of the pipe of peace was a vital factor in the development of Kansas and the southwestern territory.

Medicine Lodge had been planning the celebration for ten yea rs and spent more than $10,000 on the arrangements for the three-day fete. Three hundre1d members of the five tribes, Kiowas, Comanches, Apaches, Arapahoes and Cheyennes-which signed the treaty, were present for the anniversary celebration.

They camped in tepees and wore their tribal garments and elaborate headdress. And, just as sixty years ago, a troop of United States cavalry was encamped nearby.

There were speeches by the Indian chiefs, the peace pipe was smoked and the treaty was signed again. The speakers for the palefaces included Governor H. S. Johnson of Oklahoma, Gov. Ben Paul en of Kansas, Maj. Gen. Hugh Scott (retired) and Poly

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Tincher, formerly representative in congress. General Scott saw service in the Indian campaigns of pioneer days. He was greeted by the Indians with great ceremony when he paid a formal visit to their camp.

"Let us still remember," Governor Johnston said, "that the long war on the plains of Kansas and in Oklahoma and the Northwest between the Indians and the white men had its beginning in the Sand Creek massacre, led by Colonel Chivington, in which an innocent band of Indians was wiped out."

A feature of the celebration was a pageant, staged in a deep canyon near the town. One canyon wall formed a background for the stage, the other afforded a natural amphitheater for the crowd. The pageant, depicting the history of Southwest Kansas, was written and produced by Franklin Gilson of the department of public speaking at the State Teachers College at Emporia.

More than 500 persons, including a hundred Indians in aboriginal costume, cowboys and a troop of cavalry, took part.

The federal treaty commission was composed of U. G. Taylor, then commissioner of Indian affairs; Gen. W. S. Harney, Gen. H . H . Terry, Gen. C. C. Augur and Gen. J. B. Sanborn representing the United States army; John B. Henderson, United States senator from Missouri, representing the United States Congress, and Col. S. F. Tappan, a private citizen.

Henry M. Stanley, who later gained world-wide fame because of his search for Livingstone in Africa, was one of the newspaper reporters in the party.

Samuel J. Crawford, then governor of Kansas, attended the conference as also did E. G. Ross, then United States senator.

As illustrious in their own race as were the distinguished soldiers and statesmen who spoke for the federal government were the representatives of the Indians. Famous in battle and famous in Indian statesmanship were such old chiefs as Santanto Black Kettle, Kicking Bird Crow, Sitting Bear, Little Raven, \iVolf Sleeve, Painted Lips, and Black Eagle and five hundred or more of the most eloquent and most cunning of the Indian braves.

It is true that within a year after the peace treaty was signed, Chief Black Kettle went on a rampage through Northwest Kansas, mabng captive two Kansas women, and the Cheyennes and the Apaches broke faith with the Medicine Lodge agreement, but in the main the treaty resulted in the purpose for which it was intended.-The Bulletin.

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DR. HEER ADDRESSES ASSEMBLY AUDIENCE "What is Culture?" was the subject of Dr. Beer's speech at assembly last Tuesday. He began by telling first what culture isn't. "It is supposed by some people that culture is learning and etiquette. This is a false idea. In the words of Arnold Bennett ' culture is the contact with the best that has been said and thought in the world.

"Cultu;e," he continued, "is not only found in the nobil ity, as is generally supposed. If we look about us we find it in the humblest of people. Culture, in a measure, is understanding.

"The cultured person lives more than in his own age and broader than his own environment. He looks at life from different angles and points of view. He is self -respecting, sympathetic and tolerant. He is never critical or vain," concluded Dr. Beer, "but responsive, independent, and a lover of truth."

-Kent Sta.ter.

TEMPLE TO ' ERECT STADIUM ON SITE OF ATHLETIC FIELD Temple University is to have a new athletic plant of its own to be known as Buery Stadium.

Announcement of a gift of $100,000 toward the erection of the stadium was made by Dr. Charles E . Buery, president of Temple University. The announcement was received with thunderous applause by diners at a testimonial dinner to the Temple football team, at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel.

The donor of the gift, who was introduced by President Buery, is Charles G. Erny, a builder, of Chestnut Hill . The stadium is to be built on the site of the present Temple Athletic Field, at Vernon road and City Line.

Announcing the gift on behalf of the Corporation of Temple University, President Buery explained that Mr. Erny's love of coflegiate sports, and particularly football, as well as his admiration for the Temple football team and his friendship for Temple University, had inspired the gift.

"Mr. Erny," said President Buery, " is intensely interested in athletics and not only makes this gift, but has consented to take an active part in improving Temple's athletic field , which was purchased about two years ago . It is planned to completely in-

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close the tract, and, as soon as possible, put the various athletic fields in the most efficient shape for the many activities connected with the Physical Education Department of the Teachers College.

"The stadium will give a seating capacity to the football field of 20,000 to 25,000. It will be enlarged as the demand increases."

25 HOURS COLLEGE WORK REQUIRED TO GET CERTIFICATE "The new law requiring the completion of 25 college quarter hours, five of which must be in professional subjects, will not be hard on anyone," declares Mrs. Mary A. Lawrence, County superintendent of Schools of Gunnison County.

The law is one of a series begun in 1923 which will be completed in 1930 or 1931, when 90 college hours, including 35 in professional subjects, will be necessary. The purpose of the new law is to place the teaching profession on a par with the medical, legal, or theological professions by taking it from the hands of incompetent individuals and placing it in the hands of the college prepared prqfessionals.

The standard of professional work required under the new law is as follows: Principles of Education, History of Education, Methods, and State Reading Circle work.

In order to renew a certificate, the new requirements must be met. Individuals teaching school can do this by attending summer school, and by carrying on correspondence courses.

A third grade certificate, valid for one year in any school in Colorado, may be renewed once by attending school in a higher institution of learning for five weeks, and by completing the five college quarter hours in professional work.

The second and first grade certificates, valid for two and three years respectively, may be renewed once by attending a higher institution for ten weeks, by completing eight quarter hours, and by having taught successfully for eight months.

State or county certificates will require as a prerequisite a certified review of the state reading circle books for the current year.

When the applicant for a renewal of the certificate is teaching in a county other than the one in which the certificate was issued, the application for renewal must be accompanied by the recommendation of the county superintendent where the applicant is teaching.-Top 0' Th e World.

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$10,000 STUDENT LOAN FUND MADE BY LEW WENTZ $10,000 student loan fund created by Lew Wentz, well-known Ponca City millionaire and philanthropist, is to be ready for the students of Northwestern sometime the first of October, according to a recent announcement by P resident J. P. Battenberg in chapel.

According to President Batten berg this fund 路 is the largest of its kind to be found in any of the various state institutions in the country.

The administration of the fund is to be left to a committee of five, President of the bank handling the money, an Alumnus of N. S. T. C., the President of the college, the acting dean of women and a fifth member to be named by Lew Wentz make up the committee. The fifth member will not be connected with the college.

After the plans are complete for the administering of the student loan this sum will be available to deserving students at a rate of six percent. interest. The purpose of the interest clause, says Pres. Battenberg, is not to make money for the loaners but to make it possible for the fund to grow so that in time a much larger fund will be available for the students use.

The amount to be loaned to the student is to be limited. Taking into consideration the extra expense of Seniors, the fu nd provides that a sum of three hundred dollars will be loaned to a graduating student in one year. Students not of senior classification may be advanced loans not to exceed a sum of two hundred and fifty dollars a school year.

Two responsible parties must be refer.red to by the student applying for a loan as security. The time to be allowed a student in repaying the loan was not stated by Pres. Battenberg in his announcement but it is presumed that this is to be taken up with the individual.

A permanent secretary is to be chosen by the committee in charge of administering the fund. Copy for the application blanks have been sent to the printer and should be here the last of this month.

This fund is the third to be made in this state by Mr. Wentz.

The first was placed at the University and the other is located at the Agriculttt"re and Mechanical College at Stillwater.

-The N orthweste1'n.

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EDUCATION PROFESSOR DOUBTS SOUNDNESS OF GRADE SYSTEM Are "grades" a fair criterion of scholastics? Should grades be given at all, or is it, in the main, the business of a university to teach rather than to classify students?

These questions were raised today by Dr. Herbert Blackhurst, professor in the college of education.

Grading, says he, was first employed by a school of monks in the medieval years, for the purpose of stimulating learning. As to whether or not it does not stimulate slavish learning rather than individual resourcefulness is a problem worthy of consideration, Dr. Blackhurst declares.

"There is a tendency in the graduate schools to do away with grading, using the terms 'passed' or 'failed' to describe the work of the students. Whether grading will be continued indefinitely or finally abolished only the future can tell. At the present time it is much in vogue, causes a great worry on the part of many, perhaps stimulates a few to fruitful study, causes many to learn the teachers' words to be glibly returned on the examination, and forms something of a basis by means of which it is possible, although far from reliable, to determine which are best fitted to go on to the higher schools."

Like everything else, says Dr. Blackhurst, grades have been more or less standardized over the country. There was a time when the grade meant nothing unless one knew the instructor who gave it. In order to evaluate the worth of the grade it was necessary to know whether it was given by Mr. Jones, an "easy'' marker, or Mr. Smith, a "severe" marker. This caused great confusion when students in various parts of the country were competing for scholarships at higher institutions of learning or seeking entrance to institutions which demanded evidence of high scholarship as an entrance requirement.

The means for standardization, the education professor declared, was found in the field of natural science, where it was found that a trait follows what is known as the Normal Curve or Probability Curve.

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average leaf. A curve representing the length of these leaves would be high in the middle and gradually slope down at the end, giving shape of a bell.

"About twenty-five years ago, Prof. Max Myer of the University of Missouri, made a magnificent application of the normal curve assumption with respect to mentality," Dr. Blackhurst explains further. "His contribution was in substance this: If mentality follows the normal curve, i. e., there are a few who are very bright, a few who are very dull, and the great body of people are scattered in between these two extremes, being more and more represented as we approach the average, then it follows that if all are given a mental task to perform, and all do their best, the bright will do more than the average and the dull less, each in proportion to his mental powers.

"Hence, the amount accomplished should, also, give a normal curve.

"Here is the principle used in grading. Grades are now given so that a normal curv.e of distribution is obtained. In a class of twenty-five students, approximately two will receive a grade of 'A.' The grade 'B' will be given approximately five students, 'C' to approximately eleven, and 'F' or failure, to approximately two.

"It is clear, thus, that everybody cannot have high grades. As we cannot all run at the same rate, so we cannot all learn at the same rate. A student may be doing his very best and be deserving of praise, and yet receive a low grade. On the other hand, a student may receive a B grade and need prodding, for he possesses learning ability which should cause him to receive an A grade.

"The grade today is very significant because it does not so much depend upon the one who gives it for the most significant part of its meaning, which is its indication of the learning ability of the individual as compared with his fellow students.

"Whether the individual received an A at Harvard or a small, comparatively unknown college, he has given evidence of his ability to stand among the seven in 100 who are at the top of the group . As large groups are much the same the world over, the the grade A has meaning which it could not have under the system in which there was no guiding principle limiting the number

given."-Drake Delphic.

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INFORMATION COLLEGE ANNUALS Miami Unive rsity, Oxford, Ohio S. T. C., Kirksville, Missouri S. T. C., Greeley, Colorado Ohio U niversity, Athens, Ohio S. T . C., E mporia, Kansas S. T. C., Warrensburg, Missouri S. T. C., Pittsburg, Kansas Boston U niversity, Boston, Mass.

D rake Univ., Des Moines, I owa Temple U niv. , Phi lade lphia, P enn.

Ohio U ni ver sity, Columbus, Ohio S. N. C., Ypsilanti, Michigan Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, Penn.

Un iv. of Cali f., Los A ngeles, Calif.

S. T. C., Ke nt, Ohio S. T. C., Buffalo, New York Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va. Western S. C., Gunni son, Colorado

Recensis The Echo Cache Ia P oudre The Athena The Sunflower The Rhetor Kanza The Sed Quax The Templar The Makio The Au rora The Lexerd Southern Campus The Chestnut Burr The Elms Miribilia The Curecanti

COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS Miami U niver sity, Oxford, Ohio S. T . C., Kirksville, Missouri S. T. C., Greeley, Colorado Ohio University, Athens, Ohio S. T . C., Emporia, Kansas S. T. C., Warrensburg, Missouri S. T . C., Pittsburg, Kansas Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Drake Univ., Des Moines, I owa T emple Univ., Philadelphia, P enn.

Ohio U niversity, Columbus, Ohio S. N . C., Ypsilanti, Michigan Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, P enn.

U niv. of Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.

S. T. C., Kent, Ohio S. T. C., Buffalo, New York Marshall College, Huntington, W . Va. Western S. C., Gu nni son, Colorado

The Miami Student The Index The Teachers College Mirror The Green and White The Bulletin The Student The Collegio B. U. News The Delphic The T emple News The Lantern The Normal News The Drexel Triangle The Daily Bruin The Kent Stater The Record The Parthenon Top 0' The World

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HUMOROUS MAGAZINES Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Penn.

Ohio University, Columbus, Ohio Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, P enn.

Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.

Western S. C., Gunnison, Colorado

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S. T . C., Kirksville, Missouri S. T. C., Greeley, Colorado S. T. C., Emporia, Kansas S. T. C., Warrensburg, Missouri Boston University, Boston, Mass .

Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Penn.

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PLEDGING DATES Miami University, Oxford, Ohio S. T. C., Kirksville, Missouri S. T. C., Greeley, Colorado Ohio University, Athens, Ohio S. T. C., Emporia, Kansas S. T. C., Warrensburg, Missouri S. T. C., Pittsburg, Kansas Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa Ohio University, Columbus, Ohio S. N . C., Ypsilanti, Michigan Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, Penn.

1 Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, Calif.

S. T. C., Kent, Ohio S. T. C., Buffalo, New York Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va .

Western S. C., Gunnison, Colorado

September 21, 1927 December 19, 1927 October 26, 1927 October 5, 1927 September 9, 1927 January 4, 1928 November 8, 1927 November 17, 1927 September 13, 1927 October, 1927 November 14, 1927 January 27, 1928 November 22, 1927 November 15, 1927 November 7, 1927 November 13, 1927 November 27, 1927

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<9Ul( CJI/IP:MR_8 ALPHA BET A CHAPTER Alpha Beta is proud to announce the pledging of : Amelia Brown, Mildred Carpenter, Louise Coder, Martha Bell Dickerson, Vera Hickman, Ruth Larimore, Bernice Maupin, J aunda Murdock, Edna Newton, Mary Frances Karle, Doris Karle, Carine Smith, Virginia Watterson, and Frances Wood.

Miss Alpha Mayfield who was invited to become a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha was initiated by Alpha Beta Chapter, Wednesday, December 21, at the Sorority Home.

Alpha Beta mourns the death of Camille Becker. sister of Elizabeth Becker; 1\fr. Martin, father of Dorothy Martin; and Mr. Johnson, father of Helen Johnson Griffith and Margaret Johnson. All three deaths occurred during the month of December.

Ruth Gardner Sherard entertained the active chapter of Alpha Beta at a bridge party December 11. Mildred Davis had the highest score and Zelma Foster second high.

The mid-term rush season began Friday, December ninth, with a semi-formal dance at the home of Dr. George Laughlin.

There were two favor dances; one, each couple was given a balloon, and the other each lady was given a tiny corsage bearing the name of her partner for the next dance.

On Sunday afternoon Alpha Beta and her rushees were pres-ent at the oratorio, Handel's Messiah. Afterwards the girls went to the Sorority Home and light refreshments were served.

The home of Sarah Grim was literally turned into an inn of Old Mexico on Monday, December twelfth, when a "chili supper" was served in honor of the rushees. The long table was covered with a red patterned table cloth with the napkins matching. The menu consisted of chili, pickles, spaghetti Mexican style, crackers, fruit salad, cakes, and coffee.

Tuesday evening the Alumnae of Alpha Beta entertained half of the active chapter and the rushees with a formal dinner at the home of Mrs. John Campbell.

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The party for Wednesday night was a bridge party. Bridge was played at three tables. Virginia Watterson won first prize and Edna ewton second. Refreshments were served by the Misses Esther Atteberry, Mildred Griffith, and Dorothy Sens, who acted as hostesses.

The Sorority Home was turned into Monte Carlo on Thursday, December fifteenth. Card games were played and the prize of Monte Carlo was a diamond ( ?) ring. Tea and cakes in the shape of hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, were served throughout the evening.

"A. S. A. CIRCUS DAY. BILLY HALL'S CIRCUS GROUNDS. SATURDAY 17th. BIG PARADE STARTS AT 12 :30." Thus read the hand bills which were the invitations to our last rush party. Before starting for Lancaster, Missouri, each girl was given a balloon and a bag of peanuts. At Lancaster, we were the guests of the Hall Sisters. From the Ball home we went to the barns where circus animals are wintered. After visiting the different barns we entered the training room and the world famous trio of elephants gave us their act. After the circus we returned to the Hall's home and were served refreshments of chicken salad and coffee. The last feature of our circus clay was a clown act, after which we returned to Kirksville.

Frances Ash.

BET A BET A CHAPTER December-the month of snow, of ice, and, at Colorado State Teachers College, of final s ! Our girls did not seem to worry much, however, and the first thing on the December program was a tea, given in honor of our patronesses and several guests whom we wanted to rush. This tea was given at the chapter house, which was decorated with yellow candles and snap dragons.

Our guests included: Mrs. Charles Phillips, Mrs. Paul Gillespie and Mrs. Albert Carter, all of whom are patronesses, Mrs. Lester Opp, our faculty advisor, and the Mesdames Stowe-Witwer, Yivien Marsh, Russell Royer, C. B. Cornell, and Lynn Carrel.

Married ?-Who is married? This was the cry we all gave when Ila Lee Olinger, a loyal Alpha Sig, was married to Milo Clarke. We were all very surprised but now we feel that we have not lost a sister, but rather have gained a brother-and a fivepound box of candy which, of course, did not last long.

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The week before vacation began Rose Lammel gave our annual Christmas party at Miss Wilson's home. This party was also given in honor of Ruth Day, who received her Life Certificate at the close of the fall quarter. The early part of the evening we indulged in Beta Beta's favorite indoor sport of playing bridge and later we had the cleverest "eats" imaginable!

Each table had, as a certerpiece, a miniature Santa Claus made from an apple, and spice, and "everything nice." Tiny flower pots with a flower growing from rather pale dirt proved to be ice-cream covered with sweet chocolate. Everyone reported a wonderful time.

Sunday, the eleventh, the "Messiah" was given by the members of College Chorus, under the direction of D. Forest Cline.

Six of our girls were in this production. They were: Margaret Pitts, Margaret Zeger, Jean Sleeth, Jolly Gilmore and Lina Brown.

After our regular meeting on Tuesday, the thirteenth, "Mom" decided that we looked hungry and we, with the aid of candy, pop-corn, and apples, celebrated! Mom and "Pop" gave us a lovely set of cups and saucers for our ever-growing tea set too, so we feel that they will make very good successors to Santa Claus if he ever tires of his work.

Glistening white snow ! This was what would have greeted you, if you had entered the grotto of the clubhouse on the evening of Friday, the sixteenth. On that evening the pledges entertained the actives at a Christmas pledge dance. A huge Christmas tree was in one corner, while five peppy members of "Lew Steele's" orchestra were in another. Despite the heavy snow which seemed to be falling, the floor was excellent and the fun -Oh! words can't express it!

Juliet GilmoYe. GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER

The last month of the old year has been quite eventful to us.

Our first social event was a two course luncheon for our new pledges. The luncheon was served in our room, and everyone enjoyed the sisterly feeling which prev~iled among the girls.

Every Friday O!Jr chapel progra!lls are arranged by one of the sororities or fraternities on the campus. For our program we presented a pantomime on the life of Captain Kidd, in three acts. An Alpha Sigma song by the pledges, two vocal solos by

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Billie Ball and jigging by Sadie Shew were given in addition to the pantomime.

Our Christmas party was given by the members of the ExCollegia Chapter, at the home of Mrs. Lorinda Lane. The house was beautiful with its festive decorations, and everyone enjoyed the games and contests. A vocal solo, "The Holy City" by Beula Farrand and a reading, "The Ruggles Christmas," given by Elizabeth Green, were also enjoyed by the girls. After the delicious refreshments had been served Santa Claus came and distributed the gifts which had been placed on the Christmas tree. Christmas music furnished by the victrola made a fitting end to the evening's pleasures.

Gamma Gamma Chapter tried this year to do some good to someone, and make their Christmas brighter. A basket of food was taken to a deserving family and we took some toys and candy to a motherless child.

We are unfortunate in having to give up Noree 1 Wilson, from among our active girls. She is taking the position of primary teacher in the Fairview, Oklahoma schools. While we will miss her now, we are looking forward to having her with us again next year.

Miss Shockley spent her Christmas vacation in Roswell, New Mexico, visiting with friends.

Louise Glaser, our last year's President, was in Alva, during vacation, visiting her parents. She is an English instructor m the Enid High School.

Elzabeth Green.

DELTA DELTA CHAPTER 'vVe request each year an original song from each pledge. We have several very clever songs this year which include the loyalty, adherence to chapter, love, praise, and folly jingle types.

The pledges gave the annual pledge tea the Saturday before vacation. The room was very attractive and bore the good, homelike cheer. The actives served and helped to entertain the pledges of the other sororities. Small candy candles and holders were given as favors.

Our Christmas party was one of the happiest events of this semester. Our seven patronesses were presented with lovely coat corsages. They in return presented us with a beautiful silver cream and sugar set.

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The time of the year to show the altruism in the chapter, is at Christmas time. The mining district around Ohio University is very bad and there was a great deal of work to be done among the miner's families. The Y. W. C. A. sponsored a movement whi ch brought cheer to many needy families. Canned food, clothing, and toys were distributed by students in the unpleasant rainy weather. Special busses were Ghartered and took carol singers to the vari ous communities the night before school ceased for vacation.

R eba Shafer.

EPSIL ON EPSILON CHAPTER About th e first of December the local organization of Panhellenic gave a tea dance in the gymnasium for members of a11 sororities on the campus. A three piece orchestra composed of piano, banj o, and saxophone played for the dancing. For our part of the program, which consisted of a number furnished by each sorority, one of the girls gave a dance.

Epsil on E psil on chapter gave its annual Christmas dance December tenth, at the Country Club. A white and silver color sc heme was adhered to except for a large Christmas tree bearing colored lights and decorations. Cotton above all the lights and ac ross the corner reserved for the orchestra, .and a drop ceiling of crepe paper and tinsel produced a wintry effect. A regulation Santa Claus di stributed bags of confetti and the favors which were red horns.

Each year, in addition to our Christmas dance, we have a Ch ri stmas party at the house to which we invite our mothers and the alumn:.:c. T hi s year we had our party soon after the dance, so we used the same decorations. One of the girls sang "Holy Night," and another, in pajamas and carrying a lighted candle, read '"Twas the N ight Before Christmas." Instead of drawing names and exchanging gifts among ourselves, we divided into groups of five, and each group bought something for the house.

These gifts were unwrapped and displayed by one of the pledges dressed as Santa Claus. There was general surprise and delight when a note from the mothers was read saying they would paper two bedrooms for us. We sang a number of A lpha Sig songs and Chri stmas carol , and the pledges served popcorn balls which our moth ers had made.

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It has been the custom in the past few years for the college annual to conduct a beauty contest, to which every girl then enrolled in school is eligible to submit her picture. From these pictures the sixteen most beautiful are selected and sent to a motion picture star who then selects, according to his opinion, the six most beautiful. Two of Epsilon Epsilon's girls were selected this year by Ramon Navarro for first and third places. We also had another girl among the first sixteen.

Ruth Nation.

ZETA ZETA CHAPTER The week before the holidays Pi Kappa Sigma invited all the other sororities on the campus to be their guests. One of their faculty members, Miss Mayme Harwood, gave an illustrated lecture on English architecture, emphasizing particularly English homes and cathedrals. It was most interesting and instructive.

Rush week also came before the holidays. Our first party was on Monday afternoon. It was a treasure hunt, our treasures being little ivory paper knives with A~A painted in them in red letters. Our second lot of treasure was found in the dining room, and there we ate, each member having a rushee for a partner.

Our second party took place on Wednesday afternoon, in the form of an old-fashioned card or progressive game party. The invitations were printed on cards which represented a futurist or crazy quilt design in all sorts of colors. Four girls played at each of the seven tables, and progressed every fifteen minutes or so.

There were two clever little first prizes and booby prize favors.

Games such as rook, tiddledewinks, dominoes, touring and parchesi were played, and we had all kinds of fun playing them.

Our last party was a girl's prom, such as we have given in the last three years. This year, though, the dance was a cabaret dance. We had block-printed designs on our invitations, which were very clever. The whole evening was carried on as at a cabaret. We sat at little tables shaded by lamps, and ordered white or red wine (gingerale or grape juice) or other refreshments between the dances from a really Frenchified menu. We had waiters in black and white costumes, and little French cigarette girls who sold to the men (sorority members) gum cigarettes, and corsages of sweet peas and roses as favors for the ladies (rushees). During the intermission a clever little skit was given.

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Our advisor was such a good sport! She dressed as a Frenchman, Count Somebody or Other, and brought as her date Miss Hatz, one of our faculty members.

O ur rush season was particularly successf ul, and in our next letter we will describe our nine new members-to-be.

Dorothy Clark.

THETA THETA CHAPTER About thirty Alpha Sigs met at the home of our National President, M rs. Martin, on the evening of December seventeenth and thoroughly enjoyed a Christmas party. We were delighted to have with us about fifteen ex-collegia members. The house was beautifully decorated with laurel and poinsettias, and in the living room stood a huge tree just covered in candles, tinsel, and other trimmings.

During the first part of the evening, several members presented a tableau while carols were sung, after which Genevieve Perkins entertained us with a reading. This was followed by the candle-lighting exercises, which brought back pleasant memories of absent ones, as well as fellowship for those present. Gifts and jokes were exchanged, after which ice cream and Christmas cakes were served.

Alpha Sigma Alpha was well represented at the School of Education Christmas social and dance on December fifteenth.

T he hard work of the social committee was rewarded by a large attendance. Among other numbers on the program was a reading

by Lillian Seibeneicher.

Esther A lice P eck .

IOTA IOTA CHAPTER Saturday, December third, a bazaar was held at the chapter house. l\fany interesting articles were contributed by the active and pledge chapter and the alumn~. Embroidered towels seemed to be most conspicuous together with paintings, boudoir pillows, scarfs, aprons, lingerie, and pottery. The guests were entertained by a silver tea together with songs, music and readings.

Monday, December fifth, several rushees were entertained at a party at the chapter house. After the spread the pledges furnished the entertainment. Eula Fisher played a piano solo and Doris East gave a humorous reading. The rest of the evening was devoted to singing and dancing.

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On Saturday, December seventeenth, the active chapter gave a Christmas dance at the chapter house in honor of the pledges .

The house was appropriately decorated with a Christmas tree and colored lights, holly and mistletoe. There were two features, consisting of two songs, one by Pearl Jensen, and one by Doris Hubbard . The chaperones were Mrs. Boyd Hubbard, and our housemother, Mrs. F. H . McCormick.

On Monday, December nineteenth, the chapter had a Christmas party at the house for actives and pledges. Names had been drawn previously and everyone was pleased with the exchange of gifts. Later in the evening after the regular meeting had adjourned the chapter received the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity as guests. They were entertained with dancing, singing, and toasting marshmallows in the fireplace . Ruth Hooks, our alumna adviser added to the pleasure by telling fortunes. The evening passed all too quickly.

Minnie Keyes.

KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER It is fitting that Kappa Kappa should begin the December activities by having Alumnc:e Reunion the first week-end of the month. It is always wonderful to have the old girls come back.

It never fails to give the chapter new enthusiasm to meet the girls who graduated before we came here, and to hear their personal accounts of incidents that have made up our chapter history. The Alumnc:e luncheon was held at the Benjamin Franklin hotel and everyone who attended agreed that it was a lovely luncheon. Vve were very much honored in having Dr. Carnell, Associate President of the University, Mrs. Marian Keen, and Carol Pierce 路present at the luncheon. Irene Parker Todd was reelected ex-collegia secretary. In the afternoon the chapter entertained the alumnc:e at a tea in our sorority room and the City Association held a short business meeting. 路 The star event of the week-end took place Saturday evening, for we had an A. S . A. formal dance. One dance we called the "pin dance," and had all the lights turned out except those on our big pin, while the orchestra played and sang a song that a group of fraternity boys on the campus had composed for the Alpha Sig girls. The effect was beautiful and it seemed too bad that the dance had to end.

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close by the active chapter and alumn<e attending church together.

In the same house where we have our room, several other sororities and clubs have rooms, and on December fifteenth we all had a house warming in form of a Christmas tea. All the other sororities and their friends were invited. It was the fir st real Christmas party of the season, so everyone was especially thrilled to see the holly and bright ribbons used for decoration.

We had a musical Christmas tree in our room and the tea was served there.

The Y. W. C. A. Christmas service was especially beautiful this year. The stage was fixed as simply as possible and in the center was a beautiful representation in cardboard of the manger scene. In candle light we sang with new zeal the old Christmas carols. Mary Wilson told us very effectively Van Dyke's story, "The Other \iVise Man ." Some children from the Kindergarten sang "Away in a Manger," and since children sang it, it seemed prettier than ever before.

Right after this service all the A lpha Sigs hurried to the sorority room, and there we had our own Christmas party. Of course, we had a tree with gifts under it. Each of us had drawn the name of one of the other girls to whom to give a gift, and since we had all been secretive about those whose name we had, many of the gifts were a surprise. Mrs . Doyle gave us lovely bronze bookends which look charming in our room. Perhaps the gift that surprised us most was a check for seventy dollars from the Mother Patronesses. So many wonderful things have been done for us that we feel we are the luckiest group of girls in the world. A ll the g reeting cards had been kept unopened until that evening, so we had to open these and pass them around fo r each one to see. We received so many beautiful cards from the other chapters and from the alumn<e and we surely do thank them all.

Every one always has a good time at the dormitory Christmas party. It is the one time in all the year that we can forget that we are grown up. Some of the girls gave such a clever little one-act play and then we sang carols for a while. Santa Claus featured for the rest of the evening. When the curtains of the stage were drawn back we saw only the fire place and two girls in pajamas sitting before it, while one of them read "The Night Before Chri stmas." When she came to the part where

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Santa Claus comes down the chimney, out he did come with a bound and gave us all Christmas presents.

After the parties were over there came that period of frantic packing and then everyone left for home. Perhaps that is the biggest thrill of all about Christmas for the college girl, because after the hurry and work, she always knows there will be a cessation of classes and two weeks at home.

Frauces Shirley.

LAMBDA LAMBDA CHAPTER Sunday, December fourth, Lambda Lambda chapter entertained a group of rushees with a theatre party at Keith-Albee theatre, Columbus' most beautiful playhouse.

The following evening, December fifth, we had another rushing party in place of our regular social meeting. This party was held at the chapter house and our guests were treated to a marvelous vaudeville put on by our own girls under the direction of our rushing captain, Margaret Shelby. Some rare and undiscovered talent blossomed that night for the first and probably the last time. The whole show was quite original and, judging by the applause which greeted the end of each act, I would say quite successful. We were quite proud to boast of a band and band leader which quite outshone Bobby Hines and his famous band. Our instruments included everything that a well equipped kitchen should contain. 路 Our other acts included singing and dancing and a clever dialogue between Hilma Holkko and Gertrude Durr.

Monday, December twelfth, we pledged Julia Boggs of Lexington and Kathryn Fuller of Columbus. We are sure they will make admirable Alpha Sigs.

Friday, December sixteenth, we held a Christmas party at the chapter house. Each girl brought a twenty-five cent gift. These were numbered and each girl then drew a number and received a present. It was quite a lot of fun and seemed to give us more courage to plunge into our studies for it was the end of the quarter for us and finals loomed just ahead like a giant cloud.

Dorothea Z01-n.

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MU MU CHAPTER At fo ur p. m. Saturday the fourteenth Alpha Sigma Alpha held its f ormal initiation at the house. The girls who were initiated were as follows: Ruby Ha1路sh of Jasper, Grace Mapes of Bron on, Grace Harder of Bancroft, Helen Harder of Bancroft, June Sch walm of Mt. Clemens, Christine McMillan of Gladstone, F lorence Bayler of Y psilanti, Rowena Farwell of Highland Park, U ldine A rmitage of Benton Harbor.

Following the service, a formal banquet was served at the \iVhitney Tea R ooms. The alumn;:e present were Gladys Lackie of Ypsilanti, Donalda Morrison of Ypsilanti, June Pooler of D etro it, R uth Marvin Sheldrew of Detroit, Norma Welsh of Detroit.

T he program consisted of: Toastmistress, Loise Keene Ferguson ; Speeches, plan of palm trees which is a symbol of Alpha Sigma A lpha; R oots which represented National Council, Miss Grace Fultz; Trunk (college chapter) greeting to new initiates, Doris Bi ll man ; Leaves (new initiates), Florence Bayler; Fruit ( alumn<:e), Glady Lackie; Rain, Miss Geller; Sunshine, Mrs. Harry Smith.

The week-end of initiation Miss Fultz was entertained at the house. We all had such a jolly time together. The Saturday night of that week-end the Delta Sigma Epsilon had their formal winter party. We seemed to monopolize one of the corners at the hall.

It seemed as though it was our party as most everyone of our girls were there. M iss Fultz has promised to come back to our party, February eleventh. We are glad that she can be with us.

T he last meeting of Mu Mu was a social meeting held at the house. M rs. Harry Smith, one of the patronesses, was present.

T he girls played progressive bunco. Prizes for the highest and lowest scores were awarded.

T he M u M u girls are ever so anxious for February the eleventh to come around. That is the time of the annual open party.

T he party will be given at the Armory, which is just outside the city li mits. It is the largest available place to hold a party. An out-of-tow n O rchestra has been obtained. The program is very diffe rent from any used by the other sororities on the campus.

Since the party is to be given in honor of St. Valentine the covers of the programs a re reel. A colonial man and lady are bowing to each other in the center. In the upper right hand corner is

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the Alpha Sigma Alpha seal in silver. The mner sheets are arranged very artistically.

February seventeenth the Ypsilanti J-Hop will be given at the Armory. Louise Keene Ferguson, Mu Mu's secretary, has played an important part in the planning of this hop. It is to be the largest and best J -Hop ever had on this campus. lVI at'ian Evans.

NU NU CHAPTER On Saturday, December third, Sal Thompson Zurn entertained us at her brand new home, in Mount Airy. We ate and ate and ate, the best food imaginable! Then, we played bridge until someone discovered that we had a very few minutes to make a train that would get us Student House girls in on time.

We had loads of fun and voted Sal a royal hostess.

On Sunday, December fourth, Carol Pierce came to us for her all too short visit. She arrived about eight-thirty in tile evening. As it was rather late to do anything very extra special, so we "rounded up" as many of the girls in the house as we could.

Then we had a regular "get together"-do you know so-and-so? and what about this and that, and so on!

On Wednesday evening, December seventh, we had our regular monthly social meeting in the Art Gallery. Preceding the social hour we had a business meeting, and discussed the new Panhellenic rules for rushing, and the girls that we expected to rush. After the meeting Edith Rood read a very beautiful essay.

The theme of it was based on the symbolism of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Then, we had a general discussion of sorority rules with Miss Pierce. The meeting ended at ten o'clock, so that we could retur~ to the Student Houses by ten-thirty. Miss Pierce went to Pittsburg that night on the eleven o'clock train. Everyone of us enjoyed her visit so very, very much that we hope that she will be able to come to see us again.

On December ninth, the Junior Prom was held in the ballroom of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. A lexander's Original Varsity Band of the University of Pennsylvania furnished the music. Miss Macintyre, Mr. Ryder, Miss Dorsey, Dr. and Mrs. Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Van Renssalaer, and Miss Godfrey received. It was the social event of the season. The

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girls received gold chain bracelets for favors. Edith Rood, one of our own A lpha Sigs is President of the Junior class, and a great pa rt of the success of the dance is due her.

On December tenth, at six o'clock in the evening, we had our annual Christmas dinner party. It was informal this year. Each of the Student Houses had its own tables. Committees were appointed to decorate each table. Miss Baker, the dietitian, Miss Dorsey, the Dean of Women, and two house mothers acted as judges. To the girls having the most attractive table was presented a five pound box of lollipops! The tables were all very attractive-one of them had a huge snowman made of cotton batting for the centerpiece, and there were little snowmen at each place. Some of the girls in one of the houses had made a miniature of thei r house, from a hat box and some cardboard.

We had an excellent chicken dinner and between courses each table tried to "outsing" the others-with Christmas carols and impromptu ditties. Just before the dessert course, one of the girls, dressed as Sa~ta Claus, made her appearance and presented the teachers with gifts from the girls.

The week before vacation, we existed through our first term finals. Vve are nearly always "wrecks" when we return home for vacation-lmt what a relief to be able to return to school again with a clean slate, ready to begin the New Year.

On December seventeenth, at the regular formal assembly, was celebrated the Found er's Day-in honor of A nthony J .

Drexel, founder of Drexel Institute. The speaker of the morning was Dr. Frederick Robinson, President of the College of the City of New York, who gave us an excellent address, using the title "Current Culture." We then adjourned to the Great Court where was given a program by the Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Thunder. The Court was beautifully decorated with Christmas trees,-each class in each department being responsible for a tree. Each person in school brought a small gift, to be placed on the tree, which were taken to the College Settlement for distribution among the children of the poor. A fter the exercises in the Court a luncheon was given for the faculty and the Board of Trustees and their wives or husbands.

Sally Baxter.

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On January tenth, the girls of Xi Xi Chapter held a business meeting as usual, only called it to order about a half hour earlier than usual in order to allow time afterward for the entertainment which had been planned by the pledges for the members.

After talking over finances for about an hour, the meeting adjourned and the girls all prepared for what was to follow. As many of the girls as possible had their cars there for transportation purposes, although the members were not informed as to where they were to be taken. We really did not know just what to expect. Nevertheless, we all piled in where we could find room and followed the leading car, driven by one of the pledges.

After having been gone for about five or ten minutes, the leading car pulled up in front of a theatre. One of the pledges told us to follow her, so we all got out and filed one by one into the Belmont Theatre. Whether we annoyed anyone a great deal or not, I cannot say; at any rate we were anything but quiet, and ate peanuts throughout the whole show.

We had a wonderful time, all of us and greatly appreciated the efforts of our pledges to entertain us.

Friday night, January the thirteenth, Xi Xi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha gave an informal dance at their house on North Edgemont. There were about ten couples present, all of whom had a most enjoyable evening. The dance music was furnished by the very peppiest of three piece orchestras, which played the very best and latest of the most popular music. Between dances the guests enjoyed punch and wafers prepared by some of the pledges.

Gertrude Petersen.

OMICRON OMICRON CHAPTER

After the holiday vacation it was pretty hard to reconcile oneself to buckling down to duty but when there is a happy crowd around it does not seem so much like duty, but like pleasure.

Our Dean Verder planned a Big Sister Tea for the pleasure of the new girls. It was a very nice affair given in Moulton Hall.

This is such a nice way to become acquainted with the girls who might be our pledges some day.

A new idea that has been introduced in the school this term is that of "Sunset Dances." These dances are given every other

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Friday in Moulton Hall from four till six. This new custom is rapidly growing in favor, with the student body.

Another tea of interest is that of Sunday, January twentyninth, which the Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority gave us as a courtesy to the other sororities on the campus. It was a very lovely clay for an enjoyable tea. ' It seem.s that teas were the only bit of entertainment during the month. The Musketeer-Buccaneer meet was the outstanding intra-mural activity of the month. This organization is composed entirely of girls and all our members belong. This meet takes place once a month and is a series of contests, challenges, and "Feats of Strength." At this meet the Musketeers were the victors, the score being 49-38.

On Friday night, January twenty-seventh, th University Club gave a benefit bridge in Moulton Hall for the benefit of the Student Loan Fund. There were fifty tables of bridge in progress.

It was a successful party.

Antoinette Link.

PI PI CHAPTER December has been a busy month for Pi Pi Chapter at Buffalo. Our annual dance was held on Friday, December sixteenth.

We were fortunate in getting the "Christmas" dance elate, and so trimmed the gymnasium in Christmas decorations. The Saturday before a gro up of girls went to a farm and brought back cars full of pine tree boughs, small trees, and a big tree. On Friday afternoon we all assembled to turn the gymnasium into a ballroom. At one end of the room was put a fireplace with an arti~ ficial fire in the form of a red bulb and crepe paper. A big Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, silver and many electric lights, stood next to the fireplace. The columns were bound with boughs, and a big wreath of holly and pine branches hung from the center of the ceiling. From this strips of green and red crepe paper were draped to the corners of the room. At the entrance, which has a double stairway, the banisters were banked with branches with electric lights woven in and out. Two small trees, also electrically trimmed, stood at the foot of each stair. The lights, dimmed with red crepe paper, shed a soft glow on one of the prettiest decorated scenes the gymnasium has ever held. The

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dance that night was a big success, as all Alpha Sigma Alpha dances are.

We continued our little sale of telephone book covers during the Christmas season, and although it kept us busy, it also brought in good returns financially.

One of the needy families to which our Thanksgiving baskets were sent claimed our attention, the family consists of a mother and seven children living in an old shed. Instead of bringing our regular gifts for each other to our sorority Christmas party, we assigned four girls to each child and bought gifts for them.

These, with some toys, as the gifts were mostly warm clothing, and a basket of food were taken to the family on Christmas eve.

The girls bought a tree and fook it with them so they could really play Santa and trim it.

The annual school Christmas Play took place on December eighteenth and nineteenth. Alpha Sigma Alpha was well represented in the cast ; Helen Block, a lady of the court ; and Alice Brems, Alice Weinheimer, Florence Nevins, and Lorine Bullard as angels. Ruth Molyneux had a difficult part, posing as a Madonna statue during one act. The rest of the sorority girls attended the Monday night performance in a body to watch our girls perform . It seemed too funny seeing our mischievous "Abie" Brems being an angel, too good to be true. And so it proved, for Abie came to grief as the photographer was taking the picture.

In front of the altar, where the angels appeared, were two big candles, and Abie, ever curious, turned around at the wrong time and singed her beautiful wings, more than singed them, too, for she caused some excitement catching on fire. We knew it was impossible for her to be an angel, she had to revert to type!

After the play we all went to Rose Olief's home near the school, for our Christmas party. We had a lovely time just talking and singing carols, a real "Christmasy" party.

Doris Glunz.

SIGMA SIGMA CHAPTER As the result of a very strenuous rushing season, Sigma Sigma has eleven very fine pledges to contribute to Alpha Sigma Alpha.

This has been our first rushing season since we have been affiliated with A. S. A., consequently for the first time we were able

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to appreciate how much the prestige of such a national group could mean to us in competing with other sororities. Our pledges are: Dorothy Ambrose, Mamie Blake, Ruth Buswell, Callie D outhitt, Zelia Gibbs, Wilmouth Harris, Irys Osterman, Zona Osterman, Sylvia Shilhamer, Rosellen Tompkins, Ruth Wolfe, and Alice Rachel Peck.

T he Sigma Sigma informal rush party was a treasure hunt a la automobile, ending at a rustic, little cabin in the woods where the girls served a paper-bag supper in front of the immense fireplace, after which they put on a very clever entertainment. A progressive dinner in which each course typified a special country and was served at a different place was the formal and last party.

W ith the help of Aladdin and his slaves, all the guests were readily transported from Madrid to Boston, from whence to Ireland, and then on to gay Paris.

To celebrate th e succees of the rushing season, a pledge dance was held at the club-house on December eleventh. Lamora Ander sen, our ever ingenious social chairman, deserves much credit fo r having a rranged such a jolly Christmas party.

As we enjoy the Christmas vacation, we can look back upon an extremely busy month. One of the paramount successes was the presentation of . Channing Pollock's play, "The Fool," in which W ilmouth Harris, one of our promising pledges, played th e role of leading lady, and Beth Johnson took the part of Mary Margaret, the little lame girl. Tryouts for the Dramatic Society have been held recently, and those from Sigma Sigma elected to th e organi zation are Alice Rachel Peck, Wilmouth Harris, and Beth J ohnson.

A delightful Christmas musical presented at the Community church started the Gunnison Christmas celebration off rather earl y the S unday before school closed so that the students could parti cipate. O ur chapter was well represented by Wilmouth Harris, Beth Johnson, and Alice Rachel Peck in the chorus.

Sigma Sigma Chapter.

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