Asa phoenix vol 14 no 6 sept 1928

THE PHOENIX of ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA-----' VoLUME

XIV

SEPTEMBEH, 1928

NUMBER

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Published in November, January, March, May and July of each year at No. 30 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Indiana, by the N icholson Printing Company, for the Alpha S igma Alpha Sorority having headquarters at 56 Meredith Circl e, Milton, Mass. Business correspondence may he addressed to e ither office, but matter for publication and correspondence concerning the same should be addressed to Gertrude D . Halbritter, Editor, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton. Mass.

Entered as second-c lass matter September 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond, Ind., unrler the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post路 age provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 4, 1923.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL

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

Vice-President- Miss Minnie l\L Shockley, rr, 709 College Ave., Alva, Oklahoma.

Graduate Secretary-Miss Katherine B. Nev ius, HH, 315 North 8th St., Neodesha, Kansas.

Treasurer-Miss Grace G. F ultz, 6.6., Rushville, O hio.

Chaplain-Miss Ma ry A. Wagner, KK, 27 ·w est Penn. Ave., Mt. Union, Pa. Registrar-Mrs. Fred l\1. Sharp, ZZ, 1405 Hardy St., Independence, Mo. Undergraduate SecretaryEditor-Miss Ge rtru d~ D. Halbritter, ®®, 56 Meredith Circle.

Milton, Mass.

BOARD OF ADVISERS

Alpha Alpha-Miss Amy M . S\'v·isher, "The Tallawanda, ·· Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Miss Ethel Hoo k, 815 S. Frank lin St., Kirksvi lle, Mo. Alpha Gamma-M iss Ethel A. Belden, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Mrs. Lester Opp, 717 17th St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Miss Minnie M . Shockley, 709 College Ave ., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Mrs. Howard L. Goodwin, Box 2 15, Athem, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Edna McCullough, 101 7 Rural St ., Emporia, Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Orlo R. Nattinger, 108 Soulh St., Warrensburg, Mo. .

Eta Eta-Miss_Jane M. Carroll, 706 South Broadway, Pittsburg.

Kansas.

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

Iota Iota-Mrs. W. F. Barr, 2842 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Sherman H. Doyle, 1802 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Miss Edith M. Sniffen, 262 19th Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Miss Estelle Bauch, 408 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

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

Xi Xi-Miss Ruth E. Baugh, University of California-at-Los Angeles.

Omicron Omicron-Miss Ada Hyatt, 325 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Miss Elizabeth B. Small, 18 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Rho RhoSigma Sigma-Miss Lucy E. Spicer, Western State College, Gunnison, Colo.

Tau Tau-Miss Elizabeth J. Agnew, State Teachers College, Hays, Kansas.

Upsilon U psilon-Mrs. E . Basil Hawes, 475 W. Broadway, Granville, Ohio.

Phi Phi-Miss Gladys L. Criswell, 535 W. Third St., Maryville, l\fo.

Chi Chi-Miss Mary C. Turner, 2126 . Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. CHAPTER HOUSES Alpha Beta-501 N . Elson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-1732 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

Epsilon Epsilon-924 Market St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-304 S. Culton St., Warrensburg, Mo. Iota Iota-2901 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Lambda Lambda-38 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

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

Rho Rho-1726 5th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Tau Tau-404 W. Juanita St., Hays, Kans.

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS

Alpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Deta-State Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Deta-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.

M u M u-State N onnal College, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nu N u-Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Xi X i-University of California, Los Angeles, Cali f.

Omicron Omicron- State Teachers College, Kent, Ohio.

P i Pi-State Teachers College, Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-Western State College, Gunni son, Colo.

Tau Tau-State Teachers College, Hays, Kansas.

Upsilon Upsilon- Denison University, Granville, O hio.

Phi Phi- State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Indianapoli s Teachers College, Indianapolis, Ind. EX-COLLEGIO SECRETARIES

Alpha AlphaAlpha Beta-:-Elizabeth Romans, 501 N. E lson St., Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Mrs. Glenn H. Ferguson, 75 11 Hutchinson Ave., Swissvale, Pa. Zeta Zeta- Tell H. Russell, 940 Water St., Indiana, Pa .

Beta Beta-Zelma 0. Baker, 917 4th St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma- Louella Harzman, 9 17 F lynn Ave., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Mrs. Glenn S. Jones, Proctorville, 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-Mrs. Wm. Clyde Bryant, La Salle Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Theta Theta-Grace Whitaker, 53 South St., Wrentham, Mass.

Iota Iota-Edith T. Burr, 1014 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Nevins W. Todd, 112 William St., Salisbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-Gwendolyn Singleton, 2662 Glenmawr Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Mrs. Otto E. Nickel, 55 S. Wilson Blvd., Mount Clemens, Mich.

Nu Nu-M . Elizabeth Darlington, Merchantsville, N. ].

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. Tau Tau-Geraldine Reinecke, 2812 16th St., Great Bend, Kans Phi Phi-Mrs. Robert Mountjoy, 222 W. Cooper St., Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Mrs. 0. K. Gaskins, 3356 Broadway, Indianapolis, Ind.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman-Miss Minnie M. Shockley, A~A, 709 College Ave., Alva, Okla.

Secretary-Mrs. C. P. Neidig, IlK~, 23 Lockwood Court Apt., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Treasurer-Mrs. Orley See, Ll~E, 448 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif.

Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Florence Eckert, 速~Y, 413 Ballard St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Director of City Panhellenics-Miss Ada Norton, A~T, 510 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

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

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D enison U niversity, Granville, Ohio

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THE PHOENIX STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT INDIANA-PENNA. The State Normal School at Indiana-Penna. was first opened May 17, 1875. Its first principal was Dr. E. B. Fairchild, wh0 afterwards, as the first Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, so largely influenced the future of that institution.

James P. Wickersham, one of Pennsylvania's most famous educators stated in his public address, made on the opening day of the school, that Indiana's first building was the largest, finest and best-planned structures devoted to normal school education in the United States. A monument to its founders, that building still stands-and in honor of the first president of the board of trustees, it is known as John Sutton Hall.

In 1893 there was erected upon our campus a brick residence for men students . In February 1906, this building was burned to the ground. Immediately the trustees started planning for a larger and better dormitory. That building stands on the site of the old one. It is known as Clark Hall in honor of the board's second president, the late Justice Silas M. Clark of the Supreme Bench.

In 1893 the board erected another building, the Training School, and named it in honor of the third president, the A. Vv. Wilson Hall. This building contains eight large class rooms, with play rooms in the basement for use on stormy days.

In 1903 the recitation hall was built. This building was nam~..:l after Jane E. Leonard. There a re twenty-fou r large rooms in this building. The first floor is used at the present time and has for the past years been used for the Training School of the Junior High Department. It is here that our Junior H igh Student specialists do their student teach ing.

Thomas Sutton Hall was next erected and was named in honor of the President of the Board of Trustees .

At the present time John Sutton Hall houses six hund red girls and Clark Hall nearly two hundred. The school owns quite

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a numb ~ r of cottages which are used only after the dormitories are filled.

Indiana has grown continuously in number and also in reputation . We have an enrollment of over twelve hundred students.

We are proud that our school was changed in 1927 into a Teacher's College which puts us on a different basis. It is now an institution of learning wherein one is able, if he so desires, to obtain a degree in Music, Home Economics, Junior High, or Commercial work.

A beautiful new gymnasium was just completed in January, having two gymnasium floors, a swimming pool, showers, class rooms, a correction room and teacher's room. We are very proud of this new building.

In 1927 our principal, Dr. John A. H. Keith, was appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction by Governor Fisher.

Dr. Charles R. Foster, formerly Principal of Pittsburgh Schools, came here to take his place as Principal of the State Teachers College at Indiana.

Governor Fisher, whose home is . in Indiana, is a graduate of this school. Up to the time of his inauguration he was a member of the Board of Trustees.

For fifty-two years Indiana has been growing and educating her students. Our Alumni number six thousand. They are students of yesteryears. Isn't their love and devotion of Indiana the best proof that student life is fine and enjoyable? It is in the excellence of the work of the Alumni that gives reputation to a school.

ALPHA GAMMA INITIATES Adviser Miss Ethel A. Belden College Members Josephine Buchanan Mildred Ohmit Mary Emerson Violet Ralston Phyllis Glasgow Mary Rickert Virginia Kinney Ruth Rink Mary McColly ell Russell Irene Mertz Marion Schnabel Burdella Nease Anna Schaffer Ethel Sleighter

Eleanor Smedley Thelma Sterling Viola Sullivan Ruth Tilton Dorothea Uber Margaret Wilkins Ella Mae Wilson

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ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER Pennsylvania has many State Normal Schools, but in few of them has the sorority flourished. In the one now called the State Teachers College, located in the town of Indiana, as far back as 1902 there was a society by the name of Phi Kappa Pi. This was without a rival until 1909, when P i Kappa Sigma established "its Zeta Chapter there. The following year, the Agonian Society which was founded in New York State, and which is also known as Alpha Kappa Phi, placed its Iota Chapter at "Indiana". That same year, a local organization by the name Phi Delta Phi came into existence. The next November saw a similar sorority called into being. This was the Gamma Pi Beta Sorority, which is of special interest to us, because it was one of the four groups that united to form the new Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The charter members of Gamma Pi Beta were Edythe B. Withington, Oka G,. W iley, Mabel H. Byers, Anna E. Schade, Margaret Veil, Mary Miller and Alice Weyman. The ri tual was written for the group by Mrs. Foreman, a member of Alpha Chi Omega and the wife of a member of the faculty. Two members of the faculty, M iss Susan Applegate and M iss Margaret Moore, associated themselves with the gi rl s through initiation, and did much during the early years to make the society strong by attending all meetings and by entertaining for the group, as well as by representing it on the faculty.

The attractive pin of Gamma Pi Beta, which was designed by a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, is especially worthy of mention, because it was a trefoil arrangement of three miniature Alpha Sigma Alpha badges arranged around a raised circular center, which was enameled in black, and which carried a large pearl. Each miniature was likewise enameled in black, and displayed one letter of the sorority's name. The colors were crimson and white, the flower a reel rose. It is not difficult to understand that an organization with such a pin and such colors shculcl be attracted by the insignia of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

There were several other reasons, however, why Gamma Pi Beta became interested in a possible affiliation with Alpha Sigma Alpha, when the suggestion was first broached as a result of correspondence with those who had in charge the upbuilding of a strong sorority in the teachers college field. Pennsylvania has loag been known as a fratern ity State, and many of the Gamma

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Pi Beta girls had rela;ives, as well as friends, who were members of some of the largest fraternities and sororities, so the many advantages of being affiliated with a national organization had been called to their attention on a number of occasions. They knew, therefore, that it would be broadening for them to learn of other schools and colleges, to become acquainted with girls in different sections of the country through sharing a common publication, to be associated with an organization whose badge would be an introduction wherever they might go in later life. Two of their rivals were already offering some of these attractions to their rushees, so, in making its decision concerning Alpha Sigma Alpha, Gamma Pi Beta waited only long enough to be assured of the consent and support of the alumnae. When that was secured, Ruth K. Richey, president of the undergraduate group, was selected to represent Gamma Pi Beta at the Miami Convention, and to act as plenipotentiary in all matters pertaining to affiliation with Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Upon her arrival at Miami University, Miss Richey found everything so satisfactory that she very readily pledged to Alpha Sigma Alpha not only the allegiance of the undergraduate group, but also the support of a strong body of alumnae. Nearly all of the graduates were initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha in the course of time, but, even in cases where initiation was out of the question for a while, the alumnae paid the same clues as did those initiated, and thus gave steady support during the pioneer years of the transformed organization .

For five years Alpha Gamma Chapter was a force in the School, but early in 1919 a "democratic" wave swept over the student body, and the sororities were asked to give up their cherished institutions. They did this with the greatest regret, because they would have liked to pass on to those who were to follow the torch of inspiration that is so peculiarly the gift of th路路 sorority. So far as the memb ers already initiated were concerned there was no loss, since their precious associations were secure for all time. The only losers were the school, which forfeited the keen and abiding interest of loyal alumnae, and the succeeding generations of students who would be denied the privilege of close association with congenial groups, as well as the opportunity of being brought into contact with similar groups in many other institutions.

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In the eight years that followed there was no student interest in sororities, but when the school was changed from a Normal School to a State Teachers College, and the course of study lengthened to four years instead of two, interest was revived.

When the matter was laid before the faculty, they decided that nationals might be permitted to enter. Thus four groups were organized during the year of 1927, and through a Panhellenic ruling t[lese four groups became national on the same day, March 17, 1928, having simultaneous initiations, and banquets, and a union reception. These fo ur groups are: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Sigma Epsilon, and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

ALPHA GAMMA INSTALLATION I thought perhaps you would like to hear in detail concerning the re-establishment of Alpha Gamma Chapter. Undoubtedly others have written but repetition can only add to the beauty of such 路a week-end. ' Helen Schultz and I left P hiladelphia Thursday evening along with a Delta Sig girl from Temple, arrived in Indiana about noon on Friday, and were met at the train by two Alpha Sigs, who carried with them a green letter, thinking that perhaps it might distinguish them from the other people there.

Friday evening we heard Miss Sydney Thompson give a most interesting recital. She has traveled a great deal and in so doing has picked up many lovely ballads and plays from different nations. After the recital we went down to the recreation hall, where the four A. E. S . sororiti es held their reception.

The chapter presidents, advisers, and national officers were in the receiving line. Miss Belden asked me to stand in line to represent Alpha Sigma Alpha. The reception was indeed a lovely affair-the lighting effects were so clever and the short program arranged showed that a great deal of ability had been chosen by the different sororities, and Alpha Sigma Alpha was in no means left out.

Saturday morning they had arranged that we visit some classes. As a lover of mathematics I thoroughly enjoyed Miss Mahachek's geometry class.

Frances Bishop of Nu Nu arrived also on Saturday morning, and along with Mrs. Powers and Mrs . Ferguson, two old members of Alpha Gamma, and Ali ce Weinheimer of Pi Pi chapter,

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we all got together to work out the service. Alice had come prepared to take the \ ice-president's place and the Alumnae members said they had been out so long that they could rememb er very little about the technical part of the service, so it seemed to fall upon me to take the part of the president. I felt very incompetent to fill such a place, for I feel that the girls most certainly were expecting some one quite a lot older than I to give them the vow of sisterhood, for what greater privilege could one enjoy than that of initiating twenty-two splendid girls, looking so pretty and pure dressed all in white. Miss Powers was at the Chaplain's altar and Mrs. Ferguson at the Registrar's.

The new paraphernalia for Alpha Gamma looked very bright, but no more so than the happy faces reflected in the candle light.

Saturday evening was the Installation Banquet which was a fitting ending for such a perfect clay. The toasts were given in a very Alpha Sig manner and all the newly initiated were most interested in the customs, parties, rushing and so on of the other chapters, so we were all delighted to help them by our suggestions.

Helen and I took along with us, as suggested, two of our hand-painted leather covered books, the Social Register and Chapter History, our Phoenix banner won at the Convention, our large banner and a small one. I was very glad we had them, for I believe they were a real inspiraiton.

Indiana is indeed a hospitable place and we were most thoroughly entertained. I was glad for the opportunity to visit its campus, for I am sure that it is quite superior to most normal schools lately made Teachers Colleges. The sororities have chosen the cream of the campus, and that means something, for they hav e so many students thrown together in masses, which gives them a much better chance to become acquainted than we have here 111 a city institution such as Temple.

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ALPHA GAMMA INSTALLATION BANQUET The Alpha Gamma chapter of the Sigma Alpha Sorority held an Installation banquet on Saturday evening, March 17, at the Yellow Lantern Tea Room , following an afternoon of initiation services. Cover s were laid for thirty-two. The color scheme was carried out in reel and white.

After the banquet a short program was given. Miss Mah-

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achek acted as toast mistress, while Miss Belden gave the address of welcome. Helen Shultz of the Kappa Kappa chapter at Temple University and Nell Russell, president of the Alpha Gamma chapter, responded to the address. June Smith, also of Temple University, and Alice Weinheimer of Buffalo gave interesting talks on the activities of their chapters. l\Irs. H . B. Neal and Miss Florence \i\Tallace, patronesses, were also guests of Alpha Gamma chapter.

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vVe all envy the way Nell Russell can make speeches and remain calm and collected while the rest of us are excited and most uncollected. Of course calm and collected persons always have blonde hair and blue eyes and are never very tall.

Phyllis Glasgow i,s our "jack of all trades'~. Her five and one half feet and some odd inches lend themselves perfectly to turning on lights, sitting on arms of chairs in crowded rooms, and taking care of Alpha Gamma's money. vVhen one sees shining brown marcelled hair, big innocent eyes, and a gray Caracul coat coming clown the street it is always safe to say, "That's Ella Mae Wilson".

Eleanor Smedley, with her black hair and brown eyes, is in the Commercial Department and knows all about typewriting and, we suppose, chewing gum although we have no proof of the latter.

Virginia Kinney is our cheery lady. She has a twinkle 111 her eyes that makes you know she's laughing even when her lips are sober, which isn't often.

The tilt of Ruth Tilton's chin is her distinguishing feature awl another characteristic is her almost reel hair with all that implies.

You would know Mildred Ohmit because of the badge of her profession-a white dress. But if you think you wouldn't know her even then I'll add that she has black hair and black eyes and a cute little grin.

Violet Ralston has a tall figure which lends itself splendidly to playing gracious roles. She also possesses a roll of hair which is the envy of every girl who is trying to keep two bobby pins in her own unruly "growing-out" hair.

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Thelma Sterling is our modern princess and since she is modern she wears her golden curls pinned up. She knows how to make good pies and cakes .too.

Another girl who has blue eyes and golden curls is Dorothea Uber, but her pies and cakes are not so good as Thelma's, for she is a Junior High major.

Margaret Wilkin's "idears" would make you guess she was from New England even though her big blue eyes and brown hair would suggest some other section.

One is always sure when peals of laughter are heard that Mary Emerson is somewhere near. We never saw another package so full of fun for its size.

Our artistic one is Viola Sullivan, but one must visit her studio to see her in her paint splashed smock. At other times she is a chic little lady with Irish blue eyes and curly black hair.

Irene Mertz' middle name is Industry. She can retire at three o'clock in the morning ancf arise at four and act as if she had had a real rest. She has brown hair and is of medium height, but those are the unimportant details about Irene.

Ethel Sleighter is proof of the old statement '!things are not always what they seem." She's a commercial student but she is tall, fair haired and stately like the heroine in an old novel.

To look at Marion Schnabel's light brown hair, gray eyes, and five feet four inches one would never guess that she knows all about pianos, violins, and horns, but we can prove that she does.

Ruth Rink is meek and shy and not very high, but that is what makes us like her so much.

The two inseparables of Alpha Gamma are Josephine Buchanan and Anna Shaffer. Jo is rather small and has a boyish bob, while Anna is somewhat taller and wears her tresses in a perfect marcel.

You have to know Mary McColly in order to know how much fun she is. She has black hair and rosy cheeks of the kind one reads about.

In addition to helping take care of the Practice House and keeping the records of Alpha Sig Burdella Nease finds time to be jolly and nice to everyone.

Mary Rickert is more commonly known as "Molly" and justifies that charming nickname.

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MISS SHOCKLEY AT HAYS INSTALLATION J\Irs. Sharp met me at Topeka and we arrived in Hays in the fiercest snow路 storm of the year. Miss Agnew and Mildred King were waiting for us and took us to the lovely home of Mr. J. G. Brenner, whose wife is one of the patronesses of Tau Tau. vVe slept soundly that night and were ready for the delicious breakfast prepared for us by Mrs. Brenner and then for the many conferences and other things arranged for the day. We had a most pleasant conference with President Lewis and Dean Lee. That evening Dean Agnew had a Panhellenic dinner for us.

The other guests were the Panhellenic council and the patronesses of Gamma Sigma. I talked to the Panhellenic after the dinner was over. I stressed harmony and fellowship. Particularly I . emphasized courtesy toward the other locals.

After that we went to the farewell dance which the alumnae of Gamma Sigma were giving to the old and preparing for the new relation. Adda Anderson, Edna McCullough and Ruth Nation got there in time for the dance. Every girl brought her escort and introduced him to us. He, too, was thoughtful and asked us to dance.

Saturday morning we had a meeting of all who were to be initiated that afternoon. On account of the snow storm only four of the alumnae could get there. I introduced the guests, Katie Nevius, Miss Carroll and Helen Brandenburg, who had come in on an early morning train. Then I gave them a history of Alpha Sigma Alpha, a short explanation of our system of fi nances, our plan of government and the duties of the chapter officers. There was one girl who had not been present when the ribbon pledge was given and was anxious to have a bit of a tie that would bind her to A. S. A. until arrangements could be made with her parents for her to take full initiation, so I gave her our Ribbon Service. Then we had lunch in the College cafeteria and were ready for the Sanctuary degree.

We used the room devoted to the college art display. It was long and beautiful in its proportions . The lovely paintings, etching and crayon pictures added to the beauty of the setting. The

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girls had placed potted plants around all the altars. Some were in bloom and others just lovely for their foliage .

Helen Brandenburg was Herald, Ruth Nation, Guard, while the other altars were filled as had been planned . Edna was of great service for she was able to assist the guard as well as to care for the music. Miss Agnew and the alumnae were initiated first, then the others in groups of eight. Fortunately we had eight pins among us, so that the delay of the new pins did not prevent us from having the service just as it is written.

After all had been initiated, I read the installation service and christened the chapter Tau Tau. Then I took the Symbolism Chart and explained its meaning, and tried to give it the full spiritual significance. This was followed by explanations concerning our flowers and exemplars.

It was five o'clock when we left the building. At six-thirty we went to the Lutheran Church where we were served a most delicious dinner. The girls gave a splendid musical program while the dinner was being served, and soi11e very fine responses were given to the toasts. All of the visitors were asked to make a short speech. vVhen dinner was over, we went to the sorority house. It is a fine home presided over by its owner, who is a patroness of the group. Mrs. Cochran is a splendid type of woman who has not allowed sorrow to make her gloomy. Her house is furnished beautifully. Every part is open to the girls and she is a real mother to them . They are very fortunate to be in her home with its refining influence. The remaining hours of our stay were spent in talking over the day and answering questions about the other A. S. A. chapters. At eleven-thirty all eight of us left Hays. \lYe were a tired but very happy group of A. S. A.'s. vVc slept well, but were awake to say good-bye to the first one who had to leave-Katie. Then one by one we parted.

Minnie M. Shockley.

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INSTALLATION BANQUET AT HAYS After the initiatiori and installation services of Tau Tau chapter at the Kansas State Teachers College at Hays the girls seemed loath to break the group, but if the banquet was to be a success each must move. It surely was a success for when the girls moved they did it rapidly and so by six-thirty white dresses had been changed for various colored evening ones and the girls were gathering in the parlor of the Lutheran Church.

The tables in the dining room had been arranged in the square of Alpha Sigma Alpha with a tiny square table in the hollow of the big tables. The flowers from Eta Eta chapter were on it and at each corner sat a brass candlestick with the red shades. These were the gift of the older chapters to the new one. The other candles were on the dining tables. The girls were seated around ~he outer edge. The food was delicious and the service quiet and quick. Best of all everyone enjoyed the eating for since there was no formal program none was concerned about a toast or an after dinner speech.

Two of the girls did sing beautiful solos for us. But just when we were cQntent with having had such food and happy in our family circle one of the girls said that they were asking each out of town guest to say a few words. She called first on Miss Shockley who had several letters and telegrams of greetings for the new chapter. Then she gave us a real treat as she spoke of the "Bank of Alpha Sigma Alpha". As she named our assets we did indeed feel that we were much better off than if we each had had an ordinary bank for finances. Mrs. Sharp thought that since we we re all one family she would not say the nice things she ~as thinking for it was not good form to "brag" about one's own things. She was quite proud to have rem embered the names of so many girls and she proved that she did remember by calling a few. Katie B. evius was next and she took from Miss Shockley's bank the "cash" which was friendship. To her Alpha Sigma Alpha seemed the place to make friends for life since Hermes was given the wand that had the power to make friends of those who were enemies . After A. S. A. helps us make friends the Ex-Collegio and city Chapters keep us friends .

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Miss Adda Anderson thought she did not mind if she did spoil the family a little by talking of the good points. She spoke of the poise and dignity of the Tau Tau group and how they were the real A. S. A. material and she was glad and proud to know them. When Miss Edna McCullough was introduced it was suggested that she tell some of the trials of an adviser.

She did it so cleverly that we doubted that they were trials.

Emporia is in the second year of paying for a home. When Miss Carroll of Eta Eta was called on she thought that each one before her had said just what she had wanted to say. She told us how in being at the sorority house she had seen a side of the Tau Tau girls that the other visitors had missed. It is an unusually lovely home and Miss Carroll had lain on the bed and watched the girls rush in and had enjoyed the after installation and the before banquet talk. Ruth Nation of Epsilon Epsilon brought greetings from her chapter and expressed . her thanks for the lovely time ,and her joy at knowning the new chapter.

Helen Brandenburg of Eta Eta wondered just how she would ever be able to answer all of the questions of her own chapter so that they could get half the fun that she had had. After all of the visitors had had a word one of the active chapter girls told of their ideals and desires for their group of Alpha Sigs.

All through the dinner there had been an eager watch at the door for they had hoped that the pins w~:mld come in on the eight o'clock train. If they had come a young Alpha Sig brother was to bring them to the church. The girls had planned that we should spend the evening at Mrs. Brennen's home. Several had not yet seen the sorority home and so almost before anyone knew it we were all gathered there and so there we stayed until time to go our several ways to get into traveling dresses and gather bags . Eleven-thirty saw the services all over and the National officers and the other guests homeward bound.

Katie B. Nevius.

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TAU TAU INSTALLATION Dear Alpha Sigma Alpha Girls: Each day since I have come from Hays I have tried to get time to write you about the lovely girls we met there. The iuitiation and installation was on the 17th of Ma路rch, just a-fter the great big snow storm. It is rather a long way out there . over the prairie and surely is in a section of the country hard to reach.

Too, I thought for a short time that maybe I would need to teach on the Friday that I ought to be on the way out there.

Everything came out fine in the end, though. My bus was an hour late and then we broke a spring and so missed the train that I thought I would get. I did get into Hays, though, about five on Saturday morning. Miss Carroll and Helen Brand enburg were on the same train, but we did not meet until we were ready to get off, for they were in bed when I got on at Lawrence. 'vVe went to the hotel and vi sited, when we should have been sleeping, until 'the girls came for us in time for breakfast.

At nine-thirty we met at the library for a business session.

Miss Shockley talked about the history of A. S. A. and then the business of the chapter was finished. While they were doing that the three alumnae girls who could get there and I had an ex-collegia meeting close by. There were to have been eight there, but the snow had made the roads so bad that only those living close by were there. One was having a Saturday morning class and so she came in the afternoon.

The initiation was held in the art gallery and it was a lovely place in which to have it. We took first Dean Agnew and the four alumnae girls and then the actives in two groups. It was late when we got through and it made us rush to get into our dinner clothes. before six-thirty. The banquet was in the dining room of the Lutheran church and was one of the nicest I lnve seen. They had arranged no formal program, but after two solos they called upon the visitors for a talk. I enjoyed each one but mine.

Several of us had not yet seen the sorority house and so they let us go down there rather than to the home of one of the patronesses as they had planned. I think the girls hardly realize how fortunate they are to have such a house and mother. Mr. Cochran died some time ago and she has taken the Alpha Sigs into her home just as it was when he was living. It is a lovely

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place to entertain, but best of all to me was the supply of bath rooms. There were eleven girls and they have four baths .

Here I have talked and talked and have said hardly a word about the girls themselves. They were regular Alpha Sigs. The group has been Of). the campus for several years and they seem to have lived up to our ideals without our services. President Lewis's only daughter was to come home to be initiated, but she could not get there. Her mother seemed so disappointed that Catherine did not get to meet us. Their two sons date girls in the group.

Katie B. Nev路ius.

TAU TAU CHAPTER AT HAYS, KANSAS l\Iiss l\Irs. l\liss l\liss l\liss Miss l\Iiss Miss l\Iiss

Installing Officers Minnie M. Shockley-National Vice-President.

Fred M. Sharp-National Registrar.

Katherine B. Nevius-National Alumnae Officer.

Adela Anderson-Former National Secretary.

Jane M . Carroll-Adviser for Eta Eta Chapter.

Edna McCullough-Adviser for Epsilon Epsilon.

Helen Brandenburg-Representative from Eta Eta. Ruth Nation-Representative from Epsilon Epsilon.

Ruth Cronin-A member of Eta Eta. Chapter Roll Miss Elizabeth J. Agnew Catherine E. Lewis Rosina Allbert Genevieve Lovejoy 路 Eleanor Chittenden Ruth A . McReynolds Sue Chittenden Dorothy Morrison Freda Brooks Conger Marjorie Mullen Irene Conley :Mildred McConachie Reed Ruby 0. Dews Frances M. Reiff Rosa C. Giess Geraldine Reinecke Mae Griswold Marjorie Reinecke Gladys E. Hayes Virginia Sailors Josephine Hupfer l\laybelle L. Schaefer Dorothy King Twila C. Schaefer Mildred J. King Maurine Speer Mildred Lee Flo rence M. Wallace Greta I. Lewick Priscilla L. Wilson Lucille Wright

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FROM PRISCILLA WILSON Dear Miss Fultz, After what seemed to be months of anxious wa1tmg we are now members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. What a glorious day 1t was! There was nothing to mar its splendor except the fact that our pins did not arrive. On Monday after initiation, we learned that they had been in the express office since the morning of the Installation day. It was certainly a grand feeling to be able to put the pin on and know that it was my own.

A week ago we sponsored a pictt1 re show. The terms under which we secured it were rather hard, because always before people were allowed a percent of the money they took in. In this way they never worked very hard and turned in very little money. The terms under which we obtained it were: that they receive sixty percent of the money from the tickets which we sold; that sixty pe~cent must be fifty dollars. Considering the fact that on Thursday evening there was a lyceum number at the college, and that many of the students went home for the week-end, we think we did very well, for we cleared thirty-five dollars and a half. Mr. Kirkman was also pleased. He said that he had tried to get two other sororities to take it on those terms and they had refused. He also said that we had proved it could be clone, and the next time we could have easier terms.

TAU TAU DANCE A part of the installation festivities at Hays was a dance which the alumnae girls gave for the Chapter. The dance was given in the spacious, attractive recreation hall at the college. All of the Gamma Sigma girls were present-so were their dancing partners! It was not just another dance; it was an occasion where gay fellowship, pleasant cou rtesies, charming rnanners were displayed.

The element of surprise added its zest to the evening, too , for the alumnae girls had been very secretive in their plans . St. Patrick furnished the clue for the color scheme and novelties.

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for the girls and huge green bow ties for the men. There were whistles and little green frogs that jumped. There was delicious mint punch and candies. There 路was confetti and bright carnival streamers. Yet more delightful than all of these, was the atmosphere of wholesome gaiety, of unconscious amenity, of pleasant consideration for the guests present. Each girl presented her escort and the guests "'ere asked to dance ! \iVho there realized that "Home, Sweet Home" could b ~ played so soon? The Alpha Sigmas present felt grateful to the chaperones, to the girls, and the young men for a happy evening.

And the Gamma Sigma girls, joyful and expectant, turned their thoughts to the following day when they were to enter the sisterhood of A. S . A .

Mtss E lizabeth ]. Agnew, Ta\1 Tau Adviser

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KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT HAYS The Kansas State Teachers College at Hays has an historical setting all its own, unique for the reason that the campus is a part of the old Fort Hays military reservation, comprising 7,600 acres of land. Old Fort Hays was one of a line of military posts established soon after the Civil vVar to protect the construction camps of the Union Pacific railroad and the settlements of the pioneers who had pushed their way westward. into the Great Plains.

The post was established in 1866, and was located on Big creek, about fifteen miles southeast of the present reservation.

It was named Fort Fletcher in honor of former Governor Fletcher, of Missouri.

About a year later the name was changed to Hays, in honor of Gen. Alexander Hays, an officer of the Civil War. In June, 1867, a disastrous flood destroyed the post and drowned a number of soldiers. A new site was then selected on the high ground lying south of Big Creek, about half a mile south of the present city of Hays. The tract of land surveyed for the reservation included about 7,600 acres, lying about three miles along the course of Big Creek. The tract was well supplied with water and timber, and made an ideal site for a military reservation.

The city of Hays was founded in the spring of 1867, and its industrial and social interests were intimately bound up with the life of the fort for two decades.

Many stirring scenes of pioneer clays are associated with old Fort Hays. The annals of the post contain the names of many men in the military history of our c<:mntry. Among the more noted of these may be mentioned Sheridan, Custer, Corbin, Hancock, Miles, Hazen, Forsyth, Lawton, and Wheaton.

These men have written stirring history in action on the plains of Kansas, and their names and the romance of their period are the priceless traditions of this Teachers College.

Fort Hays was abandoned as a military post in 1889. Various proposals were made for the disposition of the land comprising the reservation . Homesteaders were anxious to file upon such choice land, but public-spirited citizens felt it should be devoted to public uses . The legislature of 1889 was induced to ask congress for a cession of the land to the state for a soldiers'

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hom e. Congress did not make the grant. The legislature of 1895 passed a r esolution asking congress for a cession of th e land to the state for th e purpose of establishing upon it a public park, an experiment station, and a branch of the State Normal School, but congress failed to act. Finaliy, in March, 1900, an act was passed by congress granting the land to the state, to be used for a State Normal School, an experiment station and a public park.

In February, 190 1, the legislature accepted the grant and created the two instituti ons.

Owing to th e delays occasioned by controversy over claims of squatters upon the land, the Normal School was not openetl until 1902. The formal opening occurred on June 23 of that year, with thirty-four students and two faculty members. School was conducted in the old fort hospital building until the autumn of 1904. The new building, provided by the legislature of 1903, was erected just west of the city .o f Hays on a campus chosen as the site fo r the ormal School.

March 6, 1914, the name of the school was changed. The old name of Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School was changed to Fort Hays Kansas Normal School and the titl e of the head official of the school was changed from principal to president.

March 6, 19 15, the state legislature accepted the federal grant of August 27, 19 14, which established this scliool independent of and equal in function and rank with the other state teachers colleges.

On February 20, 1923, the legislature again changed the name of this institution and styled it the Kansas State Teachers College of Hays. Since 19 14 the institution has been in fact a state teachers college.

Hays City is located approximately in the center of th e western half of the state of Ka nsas. I t is also located approximately half way between Denver and Kansas City. The community is served by the main line of the U ni on Pacific Railway. Through th e city running east and west are the great National South 40 highway and the V ictory highway. Running north and south is the new government approved highway, Oklahoma, Kansas and hi ghway number one.

Iebraska, known as the 0. K. Hays City has an elevation of 1,960 feet. The city is supplied with water f rom deep wells which are inexhaustible be-

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cause of the immense sheet of water reaching to the snows of the Rocky :Mo untains. Hays City is a city of 5,200 population, possessing all the advantages of fine churches and public schools .

The city is served by two excell ent hospitals and is known as a medical center.

Hays City is the convention city of western Kansas and few cities in the state have more conventions and meetings than are held here during the year.

Grounds, Buildings and Equipment The Land and Campus. When the state legislature, in accordance with the act of congress granting the mi litary reservation to the state, established the Experiment Station and the Teachers College, the land was divided between the two institutions . The Teachers College was allotted app roximately 4,000 acres, comprising the western or upper portion of the reservation. It is a fine body of land, well adapted to the raising of wheat, corn, forage, and alfalfa. Practically five hundred acres are suited to irrigation, making truck gardening and fruit raising possible on a large scale.

"Custer's Island," a beautiful spot about two mi les from the College, is a favorite resort for class picnics. It takes its name from having once been the camping place of Gene ral Custer and his t roops, during an Indian campaign. The graduating class of 1916 erected a monument on the island.

The Grounds immediately about the bui ldings are laid out with walks and drives, and set with trees and shrubbery. An irrigation plant has been installed, and affords ample water for irrigating the campus, and for extensive truck gardening, which is carried on by the Students' Trucker Association.

Lewis Field. The ath letic field is so arranged that the student body of the school has tennis courts, a boys' and girls' base路ball diamond, a soccer field, a track-four laps to the mi le-and a football field pronounced by visiting teams as the finest in the country. A turf of buffalo sod, that withstands all hard usage and remains after the season's play a perfect carpet, covers th e entire gridiron.

The Campus is a portion of the above tract, and consists of about eighty acres adjoining the town site of Hays on the west.

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of water, wh ose bank are lined with a goo d growth of native timber.

The Lake. A concrete clam across this creek, at a point about 150 yard s from the buildings, creates a fine body of water, which affords excellent boating, fishing, and skating in se~son. The numerous shady nooks and g roves along the course of the stream invite picnics and outings.

Sheridan Coliseum was given to the school by the legislature of 19 15. It cost about $200,000 and contains the administration offices, the amphitheater, the gymnasium for men and women, shower s, a sw imming pool, music department, agriculture and physics departments. The school printing office and the offices of th e Extension Division are also situated in thi s building. The amphitheater, which contains a pipe organ, will seat 2,500 people and still leave a playing fl oor for basket ball of 60 feet by 135 feet. The seating capacity of the arena and amphitheate r is 3,500 people.

P icken Hall is a st ructure of native stone. It contains the auditorium , kindergarten, and quarters for the departments of education, hi story, English, mathematics, modern language, commerce and rail way-stati on training. The building was completed in 1908 and remodeled in 1926. The present value of the building is $150,000.

The Industrial Building was completed in 19 12, at a cost of $60,000. It is a handsome, commodious building and contains the departments of home economics, chemistry, public-school arts, and th e farm ca rpentry and wood-working. The laboratori es and lecture rooms are equipped with the best apparatus fo r the departments .

Forsyth Library.

The legislature of 1925 appropriated $ 150,000 for a new li brary builidng. A contract for the building was let the fall of 1925, and the building wa~ occupi ed September 1, 1926. The building is 100 feet in depth by 150 feet in length, and three floors in height. O n the second floor is a reading room 40 x 150 feet, which will accommodate 300 students at one sitting . The capacity of the library is 160,000 volumes. The building is of stone, in keeping with the other buildings on the campus. The Y. M. C. A . and the W. A. A. have tastef ully furnished rooms in this building.

Science Hall. T he legislature of 1927 appropriated $ 150,-

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000 for a Science Hall. This hall will house the departments of Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Agriculture. It will have 150 feet frontage, and be 100 feet deep, three stories in height. The building will be located west of the Library, and complete the south side of the quadrangle.

The 路w omen's Building was completed in May, 1906, at an approximate cost of $30,000. It contains the office of the dean of women and is the social center of the campus. The large parlors are tastefully decorated and furnished and have an ample fireplace. On the walls are paintings of considerable value.

There is a kitchenette equipped with an electric range and china for serving, and there is also a room set apart for sewing and pressing, which is always open for the girls of the school. The Y. W. C. A. rooms are in this building.

Custer Hall is a hall of residence for women, which was granted the school by the legislature of 1921. This hall of residence accommodates , 86 women. The total cost of the hall, including its furnishing, was approximately $102,000. It is located across the lake from the coliseum, in a secluded spot which lends itself to charming landscaping. On each floor there is a parlor, and there is also a general reception room on the second floor.

The laundry for the women is on the first floor. Custer Hall is one of the most beautiful halls for women to be found at any institution. Its equipment is of the very best. Each room has hot and cold water and electric lights, and each floor has complete facilities for shower and tub baths.

Cody Commons forms the west side of the quadrangle of the . College. Its total cost was approximately $25,000. It will seat 360 people at one time. The equipment is modern in every detail , having both steam and electric cookers. Ventilation is by electric fans , which insures comfort in summer weather. This building is one of the most attractive on the campus and is the center of all student and college banquets .

The Power Plant, costing approximately $100,000, supplies heat and light for the buildings and campus and power for many motors.

The Dairy and Creamery. The dairy barn, which has modern equipment, will house twenty-two cows. The dairy herd is Holstein. The large silo, which is filled from the college farm,

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furnishes the herd with silage. The creamery furnishes Cody Commons with milk -and cream.

The Training School. By arrangement with the city of Hays, the city school system is the College training school. The senior high school is accommodated in a modern high-school building with commodious offices, recitation rooms, and gymnasium. The junior high school has a building of its ovvn on the same campus with the senior high school and is well equipped and appointed.

The grade schools and kindergarten departments occupy two modern grade-school buildings, the Lincoln school and the vVashington school. These facilities offer excellent opportunities for observation, demonstration teaching and practice teaching under competent supervisors.

The modern consolidated schools of Holcomb and Oakley have been designated as affiliated demonstration schools for the training of teachers to work in consolidated schools. vVesley Hall is a hall of residence for women and accommodates forty-eight. While it is not a state building, it is open to women students of the College only, and is conveniently locate:l to the campus.

The Museum . Through the generosity of Mr. C. Vv. Miller, Sr., of Hays, the Teachers College has an unusually good collection of western birds and mammals . . These, along w~th a number of mementos of old-fort clays and miscellaneous materials of other kinds, make a fine museum. Other specimens are constantly being aclclecl to the collections. The museum adds materially to the efficiency of the work of the Department of Biological Sciences and is a source of interest to students generally.

Teachers have found this museum a valuab le asset to thei.r nature study and geography work and not uncommonly bring the pupils from a distance to visit it.

The General Library. The general library contains 20,000 volumes and a large number of pamphlets and serials. The library receives 198 periodicals and 96 newspapers. In 1927 the library became a depository library for public documents. Each year the yearly publications of 197 serial numbers are added.

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rial in the library, except the reference books and bound magazines, may be checked out for home use.

The Extension Library. The extension library occupies an entire room in the library, and consists of magazines, pamphlets, plays and readings, and a number of books, all well classified and indexed. This material is sent out upon request to anyone in the state.

The Training School Library. The training school library consists of supplementary books and model texts for the grades.

These are used in connection with practice teaching. The books are circulated among the individual rooms at the two grade school buildings.

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HISTORY OF UPSILON UPSILON CHAPTER Sigma Eta Sigma was organiz~d as a local educational sorority a t Deni son in October 1926, through the initiative of Mr. E. 路B. Hawes, P rofessor of Education. A "B" average in all Education Courses and desirable qualities of personality were considered requisites for membership. This group endeavored to promote professional interests and fo ster good fellowship. At the biweekly meetings consisting of business, programs and informal social functions , outside speakers were frequently introduced.

In March, 1928, Sigma E ta Sigma sponsored a lecture by P rof. \ Vm . Graves of O hio State U niversity. This was th e first public function or appearance of the group. Lillian Dallman, Louise Ralston and Carolyn Schopp were succeeding presidents. From the beginning Mr. and Mrs. Hawes and Thelma Overturf I eptun e, Asst. P rof. of Educati on, were deeply interested in this organi zation and later in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Only three months after the founding of their local group, members of Sigma E ta Sigma looked forward to a national affiliation. Communications were held with Carol P ierce and Mrs. :\Iartin, through T helma leptun e. In October 1927 the Trustees of the U niversity r eadily granted permission for installation of a national sorority. In J a nuary 1928, Sigma Eta Sigma petitioned Alpha Sigma Alpha. From January until installation in May, all effo rt was directed toward accomplishment of this aim.

P ledging, at which se rvice Doris Kiner, a teacher at the Granville High School, and several Ohio State University Alpha Sigs presided, was held in three cozy rooms on the second floor rear of an abandoned barn on th e campus. These rooms were renovated and made attractive at college expense. An outside stairway led up to the meeting place under the trees and sugges:ed the name-The Phoenix Nest. It is indeed a worthy place fo r the habitation of the P hoeni x. The Phoenix degree was given here by Grace F ultz and Doris K iner, assisted by the Alpha Sigs from O hi o State.

Initiation, installation and the banquet were held on Saturday afternoon, May fifth, in the Granville Inn. The Inn is the pride of Granville and its lux urious setting contributed to the beauty of the initiation ceremony. T he ritual was adm inister ed in the lower rooms and the banquet was held in the main dining room,

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while old and new sisters were free to stroll or chat with each other in the parlors.

The installing officers were:路 Miss Grace Fultz, Mrs. Howard Goodwin, /[iss Elizabeth Small, Miss Helen Geller, Miss Sniffen and Miss Doris Kiner. Representatives were present from M iami University, Ohio State, Ohio University, Ypsilanti Normal and Buffalo. Toasts were given by Doris Kiner, Margaret Cruikshank, Ohio University, Genevieve Whitehead, Miami University and Mary Pigman, president of the local chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and also member of the local sorority which is petitioning Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Mrs. Shaw, wife of President Shaw, as honorary member, E lizabeth Wood~ Thelma Neptune as facu lty members, Mrs. E. B. Hawes, Florence Kile, and Louise Ralston as life members and seventeen undergraduates were initiated.

We think we have always striven and believe we always have succeeded in including in our sisterhood the finest type of girl at Denison. Our Chapter includes members of the other social groups on the campus, various honorary societies artd are prominent in all campus activities. 路 Every happy Alpha Sig at Denison extends many hearty votes of thanks, individual and collective, to all those who helped so in the fulfillment of her dream, especially Mrs . Martin whose many voluminous letters to us experiencing the throes of birth as a Chapter were invaluable and greatly appreciated.

UPSILON UPSILON INSTALLATION Genevieve 路w hite and I left Oxford on . Friday afternoon, May fourth, and arrived in Columbus at seven P. M. 'vVe hardly expected anyone to meet us there, as we felt it would be quite unnecessary, and no doubt the Lambda Lambda girls would be busy looking after the other guests, so we made our way out to the A. S. A. house. There, Jo Britton greeted us and escorted us up to the home of Miss Sniffen, where we met Miss Fultz, . delegates from Ypsilanti, Indianapolis, a few Columbus mothers and the Lambda Lambda girls.

After visiting for a while we received our assignments a<; to where we were to spend the night. The day had been a stren-

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uous one for all as the weather was quite hot and sultry, so we were grateful for a good night's rest.

The next morning we enjoyed breakfast at the house. Then we took the bus to Granville where we were met by one of the Denison girls and escorted to the Inn where the ceremonies were to take place. We surely found a very delightful group of girls and one which should make all justly proud of them.

The ceremonies were perfectly beautiful in a very appropriate room at the Inn, and with all th,e new . paraphernalia, 路it was an impressive sight, and one which I shall not forget. If this was my reaction, what was the reaction of those to whom this service was entirely new?

The formal dinner was a lovely affair and was a very fitting finale. The guests incluclecl the Dean of Women and other members of the faculty. I wish you might have heard the toast give!1

by Mary Pigman, next year's president of Upsilon Upsilon.

Mary is on the debating team and has a fine speaking voice. The chapter has many good voices and you should have heard them smg.

The new chapter was planning to attend church in a body, but Genevieve and I had to leave in order to get back to Oxford by evening.

Viola Warren H ealy, A A

FROM MRS. , NEPTUNE The great clay is over, and I am actually 'Nearing my pin and writing on our green stationery. The Installation was beautiful. We were all so very much impressed with it. Our girls are just as happy as can be over their new pins.

I hardly know where to begin in telling you about our program. one of our guests arrived until Saturday morning. The first people to find me were the two Indianapolis girls, who had spent the night with Miss Sniffen in Columbus, Miss Kiner, M iss Small, and Miss Fultz. We took the trunk and other accessories to the Granville Inn where the Installation was held. The Indianapolis women and I drove over the campus, and they finally cleciclecl that they wished to stay at the Inn for the week-end, rather than in town as we had planned. Guests began arriving from every place, Ypsilanti, Miami, Ohio University, Ohio State.

They had lunch at the Inn, then we went to the "Phoenix Nest",

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the name for our rooms, and gave ribbon pledging and the Phoenix Degree to Mrs. Shaw, Mrs . Hawes, Miss Turner, and Miss Selvage. The next on the program was initiation at the Inn. The girls had everything practically ready by the time we got to the Inn. 'vVe had time enough to have our pictures outside and then began the initiation of groups.

It was so very pretty. 'vVe truly appreciate the care all of you took in preparation of all details to make the ceremony as effective as possible.

Our banquet was at the Inn and the program was very attractive. Doris Kiner made a very sweet address of welcome to our girls. I was very proud of the response Mary Pigman gave .

Genevieve \iVhite, our Miami representative, spoke on the Crimson and \iVhite, while Margaret Cruikshank of Lambda Lambda told of the meaning of the Green and Gold. There were fortyfive present at the banquet including Mrs. Brumback, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Hawes, and my mother, who is to have the Mother-Patroness Degree next Sunday . 'vVe sang several A. S. A. songs, and ended with our college song, "To Denison".

Mrs. Edgar M. Neptune.

MEMBERS OF UPSILON UPSILO N CHAPT ER Mrs. Avery A. Shaw Mrs. Edgar M. Neptune Elizabeth Wood Florence Kile lVI. Louise Ralston M. Louise Bussell Lillian L. Dallman Maxine E. Gordon Carolyn E. Schopp M. Isabelle Smock Geraldine Stone Ann Wright

Mrs. 路 E. B. Hawes Mary Cowan Janet F alstreau Mary C. Gienger Miriam A. Hildreth Ethel G. Llewellyn Mary M. Pigman Ruth A. Sterling Louise N. Stewart l\Iartha C. Tom Jayne A. Weible Mildred Smith Neuwirth

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DENISON UNIVERSITY Denison University had its foundations in deep religious convictions. It grew out of the desire of the Baptist denominati on in Oltio for a well-educated mini stry to lead their work in an era marked by great expansion in religious and material life. This aspiration led to the organization of the Ohio Baptist Education Society in 1830, with the express aim of providing a school of higher learning. At the Society's first annual meeting, at Lancaster on May 26, 1831, the decisive step in founding such an institution was taken by the appointment of trustees and by choosing Granville, a town noted for its moral tone, as its location. The ''Granville Literary and Theological Institution, " so named in its first charter, opened its doors on December 13, 1831 , occupying temporarily th e Baptist Church on the present site of the Conservatory of Music. The purpose of the founders, as expressed in an address of the next year, was "to furni sh the means of obta ining a thorough classical and English education, which shall not be inferior to what can be obtained in any institution, of whatever name, in the western country."

The enterprise embraced at first some features of an agricultural college, occupying a farm one mile southwest of town.

But these features were soon •abolished as impractical in connection with collegiate instruction. The theological department was also subsequently abandoned. In 1845 the name was changed to Granville College.

In 1855 the present site on the hill north of town was secured and the college was moved· to the new location. This was the beginning of more rapid growth. A small endowment fund was raised, .and the name was changed to Denison University. The . U niversity was fortunate in having in the Faculty and the Board of Trustees men of faith and courage, who brought it >'Uccessfully through the trying experiences of the early years.

In the period following the Civil War the U niv ersity grew more rapidly. The endowment fund was doubled, reaching the sum of $100,000, and several buildi!'Jgs were added to the equipment. The curriculum was extended, and faculty and students increased in numbers.

In the nex t year after the founding of the institution for young men, a private school for young women was organized,

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Mr. Charles Sawyer, a merchant of Granville, was instrumental in its establishment by erecting two buildings for the school on the present Shepardson campus. After existing more than fifty years as a private enterp ri se and being firmly established eventually by Dr. D. Shepardson, this school was turned over to the Baptist denomination in 1887 and affi liated with _Denison. In honor of its donor, a zealous advocate of women's education, the new department was called Shepardson College for Women. An endowment was raised for its maintenance. In 1900 a closer union of the two institutions was affected by the co-ordinati on of Shepardson Coll ege with Denison University. Its students enjoy the same scholastic advantages as the men of Denison and receive the same recognition on completion of the course.

Provision was made for musical training by the organization of the Denison Conservatory of Music, a department complete in itself, but affiliated with the collegiate departments .

A preparatory department of the College has been maintained to furnish the traini~g adequate for entrance to the higher courses.

In 1895 this was definitely organized as a complete department and named Doane Academy. Its operations are suspended at present.

During the last thirty years the University has shared in the general intellectual stimulation and has expanded rapidly in material and scholastic resources. Its 路 standing as one of the strategic institutions of the country has attracted private and public beneficences which have greatly increased its endowment fund and physical equipment . The endowment and other property have more than doubled in the last decade.

Denison University is a Christian institution in the sense that it is fostered by a religious denomination and that its entire life and management are dominated by religious motives. There is no attempt nor desire to force instruction into sectarian channels, and all advantages are freely offered without any religious distinction. The aim of the University is to provide a thorough college education under such influences as strengthen Christian faith and build up Christian character.

During the nearly one hundred years of its existence, the U niversity has been true to the religious and scholastic purposes of its founders. Its religious influence is marked by the large number of graduates who have given their lives to the Christian

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ministry and to the cause of home and foreign miSSIOns. In teaching and in other professions, as well as in commercial and industrial pursuits, Denison is worthily represented by many alumni.

Denison's record in the vVorld War reflects the loyal pmt which has always characterized the institution during times of national stress. The University and its equipment were put ai: the service of the Government, and the work was adapted to military ends. Scores of students left the college halls for military camps, and hundreds of graduates entered into all branches of the Army and Navy. The record of their service forms an honorable chapter in the history of the University.

Dr. Avery A. Shaw was inaugurated as the twelfth president of Denison on October 21, 1927. The University is looking forward to the completion three years hence of the first century of its career. Extensive plans are being formed to make this centennial a notable occasion, indicative of the worthy standing of the institution.

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THE INSTALLATION OF PHI PHI The month of May never smiled more radiantly and beautif ully than on Saturday, the nineteenth, the installation day of Phi Phi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It seemed that Mother Nature with all her beauty of spring and warm glow of bright sunshine had prepared a special setting for the occasion in keeping with the sacred love and beauty of _the sisterhood of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The initiation and installation services were held in the Little Theatre Room of the Adm inistration Building on the campus of the State Teachers' College at Maryville, Missouri. During the morning hours of the day the girls had artistically transformed the small stage into a beautiful background of potted ferns and snowball s in front of which the ceremonies were conducted. With lovely bouquets of iris on tables in various parts of the room, the homelike furnishings, and the crimson glow of candle light, the setting within as well as without was quite ideal.

Just outside the installation room the twenty white-clad girls beaming with happiness and anticipation and their gracious adviser, Mi . s Criswell, awaited the hour when they were to become a part of our beautiful sisterhood. The installing officer, :Mrs. \ tVilma \Nilson · Sharp, National Registrar, with her lovely charm and grace, presided over the occasion. She was assisted by 1\frs. Orlo R. Nattinger, faculty adviser of Zeta Zeta chapter, Elizabeth Romaris, faculty adviser of Alpha Beta chapter, Margaret Flottman, ex-collegio secretary of Eta Eta chapter, Edith Burr, ex-collegio secretary of Iota Iota chapter, Leona ·w ilcox, supervisor of standards, Dorothy Curtis and Bernice Samuelson of Iota Iota, Mabel Christie and Mi ldred Nulton of Alpha Beta, and Laura Brown of Zeta Zeta.

Surely the services surpassed the highest expectations. They were beautiful and inspiring-the soft lights, the quiet strains of music, the sound of clear sweet voices that revealed the symbolism of Alpha Sigma Alpha and set for all new goals-all this, and the solemn, mysterious air that pervaded made all deeply thrilling and impressive. The vows taken on such a clay amidst such a meeting could hardly fail to have a lasting influence in th e lives of the initiates . \tVith the installation of Phi Phi Chapter, Alpha Sigma Alpha

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has added another link to her golden chain of friendship, a group of girls that will always Jive up to the highest ideals and standards of honor, loyalty, and truth.

Leona Wilco :r.

PHI PHI INSTALLATION I am just home from the installation of our Phi Phi chapter at Maryville, Mo. We wished for each of you. It was my fourth installation experience, including my own Z. Z. chapter-but it differed a little from any of them. Because of numerous college activities, and the lateness in the college year installation date had to be moved forward a week from the time first set. Plans had to be made with great alacrity, and in far -away Boston, Mrs. Martin worked and planned with a swiftness which made it possible for Phi Phi to become part of A. S. A. on May 19th.

Time was so short and distances so great that even I, a longtime Alpha Sig, felt a time or two as if it were humanly impossible to attain the goal.

However, after numerous special delivery letters, telegraph messages, much anxiety, my three trips to Maryville, well organized and efficient "division of labor," we found Phi Phi ready for installation. The badges and paraphernalia trunk had arrived in ample time, the banquet menus were printed, the guests were on their way, and a group of perfectly charming girls at Maryville were breathless with expectation.

I said in the beginning that Phi Phi installation differed somewhat from the other installations at which I have been present. It did in that all of the glory and impressiveness of it was put into a few short hours . And yet the beauty of it, the wealth of friendliness displayed by the guests and the girls, the enthusiasm which pervaded every plan at every second seemed to atone for the fact that the minutes slipped by at a great speed.

Because every one was so persistently beset by college duties, it was impossible for but two of the guests, Dorothy Curtis and Berneice Samuelson of Des Moines, to arrive by Friday afternoon. Very regretfully the Phi Phi girls were forced to abandon their plans for a lovely tea dance F ri day. We are all going back for the tea dance some day. T here was a happy informal party at Mrs. R. C. Person's, (a treasure of a Patroness) on Friday

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night. ti rs. Nattinger and Laura Brown of Z. Z. arrived in time for the gaiety.

Then came Saturday, a lovely day which found Elizabeth Romans, with two of her chapter girls, driving merrily to Maryville. Margaret Flottman came, and Leona Wilcox and Edith Burr from Des Moines. The Phi Phi girls were assembling flowers which made the initiation room a make-believe garden.

Initiation was held in Social Hall-a spacious, beautiful room with a stage in one end. The high altar was placed in front of the stage, the railing of which was a solid bank of ferns, snow balls, and red geraniums. The setting was perfect. The installation service was very impressive because I had such splendid helpers. Twenty one dm,ling (pardon me, if I get too expressive ) girls became full members of our sorority and Phi Phi chapter was added to our lengthening roll. The girls were positively radiant when their badges were pinned upon them .

By the time the installation service was over nine mothers and four patronesses were waiting to be given the MotherPatroness Degree. In less time than you can imagine the altars and candle sticks had been put away and the Mother-Patroness altar dressed in four long yellow tapers and a big basket of yellow iris. The chapter president and I met the ladies in an adjoining room-and as we entered the initiation room every one rose to her feet and stood while the mothers and patronesses took their vows. Each of them was presented with a sweet little corsage. It was all so pretty, and those charming women were delighted with the service.

The installation banquet was at seven Friday night. Not a minute too soon for all of us to don our evening dresses and for me to revel for a few minutes in a gorgeous corsage which the girls sent-crimson gladioli and white snapdragons-Miss Criswell, faculty adviser of Phi Phi, was given one, too, and Mrs. Nattinger, Leona, and Elizabeth had cunning wrist corsages of the same flowers. Tri Sigma sent a lovely, large centerpiece of them, too, and it was magnificent.

I shan't write in detail about the banquet for a full report of it will appear elsewhere. It was a beautiful, gay occasion. Each guest made an informal talk (they were delightful).

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splendid talk. Katharine Gray and Ruth Lawrence, both of whom are graduates in voice this year, sang beautifully and there were good old A. S. A. songs, too.

Most of us had to leave early Sunday niorning. Train service was the only phase of the whole affair that did not give splendid co-operation.

Wilm,a Wilson Sharp .

PHI PHI INITIATION SERVICE FOR THE MOTHERPATRONESS DE GREE Immediately following the installation services of Phi Phi chapter another service was held which was very beautiful and significant. It was the initiation service for the Mother-Patroness Degree. Seven mothers, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Wray, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Hagan and Mrs. White and four patronesses, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Person, Mrs. Whiffen and Mrs. Haggard were conducted before the altar and presented for membership in the Mother-Patroness chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp, installing officer of the day, accepted these women and extended to them full membership in the organization which is the first for Phi Phi chapter.

After the degree was conferred the president, Mary Elizabeth Jones, in her very charming manner, extended greetings of welcome and presented to each mother and patroness a corsage of yellow and white flowers, tokens of love and good will.

The new initiates then proudly introduced the mothers and patronesses to the installing officers a~d to each other. Every mother and patroness was very gracious and seemed happy to be a part of the sorority. There was evidence on every hand of "Zeal Afire; and every Heart Aglow."

INSTALLATION DAY Installation day was the culmination of all my hopes and dreams. I had waited that day with great enthusiasm and joy of becoming an Alpha Sigma Alpha. We were all thrilled when the A. S. A. pin was fastened upon us. At that moment the true meaning of A . S. A. came upon me-"To give full measure". How it rang in my ears. I felt that I could embrace the whole world and that feeling has not left me. I find myself now

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smiling at boys and girls on the campus that I had neve r noticed before! I believe sincerely that every girl in Phi Phi chapter feels the same as I do.

Another joy, too, of installation day was the meeting of the girls from the other chapters and some of our national officers.

Mm'y L ee Peclz.

THE INSTALLATION BANQUET OF PHI PHI CHAPTER O n Saturday evening, May nineteenth, after Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha had been formally installed, the newly initiated members, their faculty adviser, M iss Criswell, their patronesses, the installing officer, Wi lma Wilson Sharp, and the visiting advisers and delegates from Alpha Beta, Zeta Zeta, E ta Eta, and Iota Iota, met to participate in one of those functions so dear to the hearts of all members of A. S. A., a banquet, or love feast, and it was truly a delightful one.

The girls, bubbling over with happiness and proudly displaying their beautiful new badges, made a charming picture in their many-colored dresses as they gathered about the tables, which had been decorated in A . S. A.'s favorite colors, crimson and white. Mrs. Sharp and the advisers wore flowers sent by Phi Phi. At each plate was a booklet containing the menu and chapter roll , the cover of which was exactly like those used at the Convention Banquet in 1926.

While the excellent dinner was being served, conversation was not lacking. The girls had many questions to ask of their visitors, and many reminiscences of their efforts to form the chapter.

After the last course had been cleared away a song was sung.

Then Mary Elizabeth Jones, who had been president this year, acting as toastmistress, asked Mrs. Sharp for a few words. She expressed her affection for the chapter as she had come to know it, and her appreciation of their hospitality to her, and gave the greetings sent by Mrs. Martin. The visitors from other chapters were called upon to speak to the girls, and each one welcomed the new chapter and spoke of the enthusiasm of the group. Mrs .

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ating account she gave of her visit to Mrs. Martin. Gertrude Wray, who is to be president of Phi Phi next year, spoke of its future. Evelyn Evans read letters and telegrams of greeting and welcome from other chapters.

Finally the happy conclave was dissolved into groups to discuss plans for the coming year, and then, reluctantly, the farewells of those who had come from distant places but had mingled with the group for a day or two and felt a part of it, were said, and the girls of Phi Phi went home, happy in their new experience, and in the anticipation of many other such delightful affairs, which are a part of the life of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Elizabeth Romans.

MY BADGE AT LAST

My badge! At last I am wearing over my heart an Alpha Sigma Alpha badge. As I look at it I realize that a dream has come true, a goal has been reached.

The silver and blue ribbons of Lambda Phi were dear to me, but they stood for a goal. That goal was membership in Alpha Sigma Alpha with an A~A badge. Sometimes as I pinned my colors on my dress, I stood before my n'Jirror dreaming of the time when those ribbons would be replaced by a little gold and black badge set with pearls. There were times when I feared that my dream would be only a myth.

Then Mrs. Sharp came to Maryville and told us more about Alpha Sigma Alpha. All of us agreed that we must become a chapter of A~A. The next week our Lambda Phi ribbons were replaced by the reel and white of A~A. The goal seemed so much nearer and so much more desirable when I had become a pledge. It is true that the new ribbon was strange and new, but it meant that I should some clay become a member of the clearest and best sorority.

When my ribbon was becoming frayed and worn Mrs. Sharp came again, and upon my dress appeared a little four-cornet~ecl silver pledge pin. The pin read "A~A". Proudly, oh, so proudly I wore that pin so that every one might read those tiny letters.

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I was glad to wear that pin and even more anxious to wear the real badge.

The day came at last when as a crowning event in installation the Alpha Sigma Alpha badge was pinned over my heart. It was too good to be true. I examined every item of the badge. I had called other girls' badges "good-looking", but my badge had become not a mere decoration but a symbol of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Those three Greek letters, every one of the four corners, the crown, the star, and the sixteen pearls-each part of the badge is a part of something dear and sweet in A~A . My badge seems just a bit dearer and just a bit sweeter than that of any other A~A for it is mine.

A dream has come true. A goal has been reached. That goal is not a place to stop for beyond it are other goals. My badge is a reminder of those other goals. It urges me and inspires me to become a true and perfect Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Karol Oliphant.

OUR MARYVILLE GIRLS

Mary Elizabeth is dignified, gracious, and poised, a charming person to know. She is an excellent reader. Her major is mathematics, but lately she has decided she likes gym, so she is spending her summer at the gymnasium.

Ruth Lawrence and Kathryn Gray both graduated in voice this spring. They sent us all an invitation and we felt so proud of them. Kathryn is married now, and is trying to go to the school and keep house also.

Dorothy Russell says little but does a great deal. We owe much to her, for when the rest of us were discouraged, she kept up the spirit.

Margaret' Putnam and Juanita Marsh are our athletes. Margaret is tall, and is the life of our chapter, for her wit is ever ready. Juanita is very tiny and dainty. Margaret looked after her last year, and they became inseparable.

Vada Cliser is a most adorable girl with large brown eyes and curly auburn hair. She is one of our musicians, and. goes to St. Louis next year to teach music and art.

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Ruth Harding is very reserved. She never has much to say., but we couldn't get along without her. Her major is commerce.

Margery Brown is one of our beauties, for she has the prettiest brown eyes and long brown curls you ever saw. Her favorite pastime is playing jazz while the other girls dance.

Mary Lee Peck is just bubbling over with pep all the time.

Her home is in North Carolina. Consequently we love to hear her talk.

Hildred Fitz is majoring in Spanish and French. She can hardly talk English any more. She and Alice Hastings would rather dance than eat. Quoting our year book, Alice is a "mixture of a Madonna, a Flapper, and a Polyanna." She is a Home Economics major.

Where you see Beatrice Stewart, you generally see Wave Duncan. They are both short in stature, but each has enough pep for two people. When they start anything, it will surely be finished and well done.

Karol Oliphant is a most dependable girl and if there is a job to be done, she is the first volunteer. She certainly likes to work and her grades show it.

Gwenevere Wiley is a little girl and has a large smile for so small a girl. You never see her but what she is smiling.

Noreen White certainly is a helper. You should have seen her at initiation getting flowers, carrying tables, sweeping floors, and doing just everything she could to help. Noreen has th e most beautiful curly, blonde hair.

Evelyn Evans has made quite a record for herself. She is only a sophomore, but she has been president of the college Y. W. C. A., a member of the Student Council, and on the Tower staff. She is much interested in young people's Sunday School work.

Louise Smith is a most enthusiastic person. We are glad she will be back next year to help us, for she will undertake anything.

Gertrude W ray is a firm believer that every girl should take a Home Economics course. She has ambitions for a Master's Degree from Columbia.

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THE PARTY AT MRS. PERSON'S On the evening of 1\Iay eighteenth l\IIrs . Person, our most gracious hostess, opened her home to the girls of Phi Phi, their patronesses and out-of-town guests. A very pleasant evening was spent singing the favorite Alpha Sig songs which we all love so much , relating bits of news from our chapters and making plans for the forma l installation of Phi Phi. During the evening Mrs. N attinger and Laura Brown of Warrensburg arrived. There were few formalities as we all felt the closeness of the bond of sisterhood which had brought us together.

While we were gathered about the cozy fireplace toasting marshmallows. Mrs. Persons served delicious frappe .

A chorus of voices could be heard ringing out Alpha Alpha, Alpha Beta, Alpha Gamma, and so on. No doubt would rest in the mind of any initiate as to the girls' full intention to score 100% in the examination.

The spirit of the evening can be no better expressed than to say there was "Zeal Afire, Hearts Aglow."

Dorothy Curtis Iota Iota.

MARYVILLE HOSPITALITY I am pleased to have the privilege of writing on Maryville hospital ity because it gives me another opportunity to express my appreciation for the many courtesies shown us while in Maryville.

I will confess that as the train pulled into Maryville, we were a little fearful of meeting so many strange girls but that feeling vanished as soon as the three girls who met us at the t~ain had introduced ourselves. From that minute unti l we left, we n路ever once felt as if we were among strangers. I have never before met a group who so quickly and easily made their guests feel so very much at home and not at all like strangers.

I am very grateful to the girls of Phi Phi chapter for the many things they did for us during our stay with them and they are to be commended for their hospitality.

Bernice S am~telson Iota Iota.

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HISTORY OF PHI PHI CHAPTER October 5, 1927, a group of seven girls, Dorothy Russell , Mary Elizabeth Jones, Vada Cliser, Katherine Gray, Mary Lee Peck, Marjorie Brown, and Ruth Lawrence, met and organized the Lambda Phi society under the supervision of Miss Gladys Criswell, a member of the college faculty. At this meeting officers were elected and the colors, blue and silver, were chosen.

This society was organized with the view of becoming a chapter in Alpha Sigma Alpha as soon as possible. From time to time new girls were chosen and taken in until the number of twenty had been reached. The girls selected were Margaret Putnam, Ruth Harding, Wave Duncan, Juanita Marsh," Carol Oliphant, Gwenevere Wiley, Beatrice Stewart, Evelyn Evans, Louise Smith, Noreen White, Hildred Fitz, and Alyce Hastings . There were many times when the members of Lambda Phi were ready to give up the struggle, but in these crises their president Mary Elizabeth Jones and their adviser, Miss Criswell, came to their aid. Mrs. Fred Sharp, national registrar, was also on~ of Lambda Phi's guiding stars. She first opened the eyes of the members to the glories of King Asa's Kingdom.

During the winter months, one event took place that kept the hearts of Lambda Phi high. At "stunt night" the playlet "Katinka" put on by the Lambda Phi girls, won first prize.

The Lambda Phi society took the ribbon pledge, April 19 1928 and lost its identity in Alpha Sigma Alpha. May eleventh, the Phoenix degree was given and twenty thrilled girls pledged themselves to King Asa forever. The climax came on May nineteenth, when they were admitted to the glorious realm and received a beautiful pin denoting life membership. Although the road was steep and narrow, Phi Phi chapter has found the struggle worth the prize a thousand times. Every clay Phi Phi girls realize more and more their good fortune. They only hope that they will be worthy members of such a fine organization.

Hildred Fitz, <P <P

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THE HOME OF PHI PHI CHAPTER Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri In 1905 the General Assembly of the State of Missouri created the Fifth District Normal School. By the act of the Fi fteenth General Assembly in 1919 the two-year normai school became the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College with authority to prescribe and offer a full four-year standard coilege courses.

The Northwest Missouri State Teachers College does not offer training for a large number of different vocations. But it does offer comprehensive instruction and can render efficient service in the field it covers. By virtue of the high type of educational service rendered the college has been made a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and of the American Association of Teachers Colleges.

Standard degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education are awarded upon completion of four years of college work and teaching certificates are given for lesser amounts of college work.

The College is located in a clean, friendly town which offers the contact of good churches, Christian homes, and a diversified type of recreation and amusements. Maryville is situated upon two railroads, the St. Louis-Omaha line of the Wabash, and the Creston-St. Joseph branch of the Burlington, which provides adequate transportation facilities. A regular bus line from St. Joseph to Maryville facilitates travel between these two points. half of the distance being a concrete road.

The campus of the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College is one of the most 路beautiful in the state. There is an abundance of trees and shrubbery. One beautiful group of birches in front of the main entrance is especiall y attractive.

The Administration building is the activity center. The builJing is large and beautiful, with a luxuriant growth of ivy covering it. Perhaps the most distinguished features of its architecture are the towers, which give the name to the college annual and the senior pins.

The Physical Education building, completed in 1926, is a splendid one, which meets the needs of th e college students 111 '1 fine way.

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Residence Hall, the women's dormitory, provides a beautiful home for the girls who maintain a self-governing house orgamzation . Social activities play an important part in the life of the girls who stay there.

The college supports a greenhouse on the campus. It is used in connection with the departments of agriculture and biology.

The greenhouse cultivates the plants which help to beautify the campus in summer and the various rooms of the administration building in the winter.

Our campus is spacious enough to allow for the growth which we hope will be ours in the coming years.

Among the national sororities and fraternities on the campus are: Kappa Omicron Phi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, and Alpha Tau Gamma.

The Northwest Missouri State Teachers College probably is similar to many another teachers college in work and attainments, but surely the love and loyalty which its sons and daughters have for their Alma Mater cannot be compared to any other.

RESIDENCE HALL Residence Hall is the dormitory for girls on the Maryville campus. Many of our Phi Phi members reside there. As a delegate to the Installation of Phi Phi chapter I have been asked to describe this lovely hall.

As we drove through the campus I was impressed with the spaciousness of its lawns, its beautiful trees and flowers. In front of Residence Hall is a semi-circular drive leading to the doorway.

It is bordered by trees and flowers and resembles a drive to a massive home. As we entered the hall the first to greet my eyes was a large roomy parlor. Here we found the delegates from Des Moines and several of the Phi Phi girls. Many students were entertaining friends here and some were dancing. The parlor was furnished with soft rugs, inviting davenports, chairs, and tables. A victrola and a piano supplied music for entertainment.

Floor lamps with colorful shades lent a soft glow to the scene.

It was lunch time when I arrived, so we were taken clownstairs to a cafeteria and where the Phi Phi girls are accustomed to dine. Visitors and friends are welcomed at the cafeteria, but I heard a rumor that the young men were barred from dining

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there. Residence Hall has appetizing food , as well as attractive maidens, and proved to be an entirely too popular place for the college sheiks, and so, as in many other colleges, restrictions had to be made.

The rooms of our Phi Phi girls I found to be very attractive.

The room where I stayed as guest accommodated three girls with6ut being crowded. It was a large room furnished simply ~ith study tables, chairs, lamps, and two chiffoniers. At one side of this room was a smaller one containing three single beds and a large clothes closet. On the other side was a bath with shower, which was shared by the three occupants of the room next door. An attractive feature of the study room was a glas!' panel in the bath room door.

Alpha Sigs, if ever you visit Maryville, do not miss Resi dence Hall, and most of all, do not miss meeting the splendid group of girls constituting Phi Phi chapter who call Residence Hall their home.

Margaret Flottman Bryant.

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CHI CHI CHAPTER INSTALLATION The installation of our Chi Chi Chapter at Teachers College, Indianapolis, Indiana, is a memory by this time-but a most pleasant one, however. It was entirely different from the five other installations I have been privileged to attend, for never before had I come in contact with eighteen enthusiastic and interested alumnae girls and five devoted and loyal mothers.

I reached Indianapolis early Friday afternoon and was met

by Mary Turner. When it comes to pep and the very best for A. S. A. Mary could never be graded lower than an A plus. She will prove to be one of our very best advisers I am sure. Anne Fern, the Sponsor, is a charter member of the local and dates her initiation back to 1902 so with her helpful guidance and experience I hope Chi Chi will make a record in the years to come.

During my stay in Indianapolis I was the guest of Helen Selvage on Friday and Saturday nights and then the girls persuaded me to stay at the sorority house Sunday night. I enjoyed every minute of the days spent with our new initiates and feel that I really know each girl, both undergraduate and alumnae , personally. I usually am so rushed during the school season that I feel I cannot always give the very best when I visit a newly interested group or installing chapter. It was a real joy to be able to remain just as long as I felt I was needed. 路 Friday night Mrs. Garber-Goodwin and Ruth Yauger from Athens arrived. In passing let me say that I never could have put on the service without their help. I really was terribly handicapped in having so much new material to instruct-but how lovely they were and how willing to do their very best. Doris Kiner was a great help also from her recent experience at Denieptune and Mary Pigman from son. She arrived with Mrs. Granville late Friday night. Saturday brought Margaret Shelby and Cornelia Jones from Columbus and our installing body was complete.

We had wonderful rooms at the Columbia Club for the services and banquet. Everything was in perfect harmony in the two large rooms allowed for the Sanctuary Degree. Even the carpet . and draperies were a beautiful shade of rich reel. The setting was as nearly perfect as one could hope for with many large and small palm plants and huge baskets of red and white flowers as

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a background. Mary Turner, Mrs. Garber-Goodwin, Ruth Yauger and I arranged the rooms for the services on Saturday morning while the Granville people gave the Phoenix degree to several alumnae who were unable to be present at the May service.

The service was given at the sorority house.

Saturday afternoon the Sanctuary Degree was given to sixteen alumnae ( Mary Turner and Helen Selvage having been initiated at Denison), and fifteen undergraduates. The altars and officers were assigned as follows: President- Grace Fultz; VicePresident-Mary Pigman; Chaptain-Mrs. Garber-Goodwin; Registrar-Mrs. Neptune; Herald-Dot路is Kiner; Guard-Ruth Yauger; Sponsor-Margaret Shelby; Pianist-Cornelia Jones; Adviser-Mary Turner. Mrs. Neptune, Mary Pigman, and t!iss Turner did most excellent work and I was more proud of the perfection of the service since it was so new to all but two of the installing officers.

Before the initiation ceremony framed certificates, symbolisms, and manuals were given to the initiates. After the lecture the symbolism charts were passed to the girls and I explained them in detail. Next the rooms were cleared and everything was made ready for the Mother-Patroness degree which I gave to five dear mothers.

I had planned to give the latter service Sunday afternoon, but it happened that the baccalaureate service was being held at three o'clock for the Teachers College graduates, so it seemed best to give the service following installation. We were sorry that no badges were ready for the Mothers, but five are to be ordered at once. The girls had not expected to have the service, but I felt the mothers should be honored since they had done so much for the daughters. It was very lovely and I really experienced a thrill since I had never before had the opportunity to give the degree.

The banquet following the services was most delightful in every way. Splendid talks were given, peppy and quiet songs were sung, and all (including mothers and guests) seemed to enjoy . the close contact of real sisterhood. Delta Sigma Epsilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma sent beautiful flowers which added much to the general loveliness of the tables. One alumnae member came all the way from Atlanta, Georgia, just to be initiated into

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A. S. A. so you see our fame and high ideals are indeed becoming worth whi le to thousands.

All guests left Indianapolis Sunday morning but I, for I was anxious to have things started right, so we re-organized the ExCollegia Chapter Sunday morning, electing all necessary officers.

I was the guest of the undergraduates for dinner and the church service which followed. Later in the afternoon I called a meeting of all chapter officers for 1928-29 . We discussed all duties and national requirements. I hope these gi rls wi ll be 100 % in the special work assigned them for they are very dear and sweet and so anxious to do everything exactly right.

Grace G. Fultz.

CHI CHI CHAPTER INITIATES Ex-Collegio Adelaide McCarthy Margaret Britt Henry Vera Phillips Gordon Vivian Coers Rowe Eloise Proctor Dorothy Darrough Marie Rauh Kingdon Helen V. Emick Genevieve Steele Leib Anna L. Fern Dorothy Weer Morrow Jane L. Foltz Marie W inn Rice Leth,a Heckman Gaskins Helen G. Selvage Berenice J. Lamb Mary C. Turner

College Members Geneva K. Beam F ranees E. Bone Lucille Brown Eleanor H. Burton Mary L. Greyer Katherine B. Haas Evelyn Hall Wi lma M.

Lois A. Herring Thyra C. Marvel Alice H. Myer Harriet T . Pollock Dorothy A. Ramsay Helen L. Ryan Mary Wilhoit Wolf

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THE HISTORY OF PHI DELTA PSI SORORITY The Phi Delta Psi sorority was founded at the Teachers College of Indianapolis in the fall of 1902, with Anra L. Fern, Genevieve Hall, Bernice Smith, and Ethel Rhodehamel as charter members. In 1908 they were incorporated and obtained a charter in the state of Indiana. It then became the wish of the sorority to expand and they wanted to establish sister chapters in other schools. In the summer of 1909 a committee visited Dr. Blaker, asking for her cooperation in this undertaking. This was granted and she gave us a list of people who were leaders in the kindergarten world. Invitations were sent to them to become honorary members of Phi Delta Psi and most of them accepted. Among our honorary members was Dr. Blaker, the former president of our school, and Mrs . Alice Corbin Sies, the president of Teachers College of Indianapolis. We hoped through these honorary members to gain new chapters, but nothing definite was accomplished until Marie Rauh Kingdon started a chapter in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1909.

In the meantime two other sororities had been organized at Teachers College and Dr. Blaker and the Board decided that these organizations should be discontinued. The Phi Delta Psi ceased all activities, and it was not until 1918, when we found that the other sororities were active, that we reorganized. Since then the authorities. have declared that sororities might continue with their permission.

Although our growth has been steady, we have felt for some time that we were not broadening as we should, so after much discussion, we voted to petition Alpha Sigma Alpha, hoping that we might become a chapter of that national organization. This petition was grantetl and in June 1928 we attained. We are now Chi Chi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

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HISTORY OF TEACHERS COLLEGE OF INDIANAPOLIS The Teachers College of Indianapolis wa路s established in October 1882, as a necessary part of the system of free kindergartens, of which Dr. Eliza A. Blaker was the sole founder. It was affiliated with the Free Kindergarten Society until 19 14, when it was incorporated as a separate organization.

In the thirty-two years from the founding to the incorporation, the work of the college covered preparation for kindergarten, primary, home economics, and general vocational training. As early as 1903, the kindergarten diploma was recognized by the state of Indiana as a life-certificate to teach in the public school kindergartens of the state. Later the kindergarten made an appeal to the State Board of Education that they be placed on the same basis as primary teachers, and be allowed certification by examination. This action also affected the salary status.

In 1900, friends and admirers of William . J ackson proposed building in his honor a Normal Training School and Model Kindergarten under the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Society. Mr. Jackson, a lover of children, spent his life in helping them. For several years it had been the desire of the society to secure a permanent home for the normal training school and kindergarten. The cornerstone was laid on Apri l 21 , 1903, and the building was ready for occupancy in the fall of that year. The enrollment of the school at that tim e in the normal training department was sixty-six, and in the kindergarten two thousand and thirty-six. The college was often referred to as the "Mother of Schools", because of the five hundred and twenty-nine graduates in 1900, it had representatives of fifty states, territories, and foreign countries.

The school had been organized under the name of Indiana Kindergarten and Primary School, but in 1907 it was changed to the Teachers College of Indianapolis. This same year Teachers College was accredited for the training of teachers for kindergarten and elementary grades and certificates . B. C. This accreditment placed Teachers College upon the same rating as other normal schools of the state. In 1920-21 it further reorganized its teacher training and accredited as a standai路d normal school. The supervisor's course had been expanded to a four-

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year college in 1910, and the first degree m education was granted in 1917.

The founder, Dr. Eliza A. Blaker, died on December 4, 1926.

The new president, Alice Corbin Sies, was chosen in the spring of 1927.

The college was affiliated with Butler University in 1926.

CHI CHI CHAPTER ALUMNAE Ex-Collegio Secretary-Mrs. 0 . K. Gaskins, 3356 Broadway, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indianapolis City Association-President, Mrs. B. F . Leib, 2020 North New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Indiana; Secretary, Miss Dorothy Darrough, 224 West Main, Lebanon, Indiana; Treasurer, Miss Bereniece J. Lamb, 4716 East Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana,

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Alpha Sigma Alpha is an association of college women, actuated by certain ideals and pledged to maintain these, to the end that there may be a deeper appreciation of the meaning of life and a clearer conception of life's responsibilities. The society seeks as members those who will be loyal to these same principles, so, before making its selections, the society applies certain tests.

It demands Ability, because, without ability, there can be no achievement. It demands Stability also, because, without stability, there can be no standards. It demands Adaptability likewise, because, without adaptability, there can be no fellowship.

Furthermore, there must be the innate character and the mental calibre that will guarantee personality and power. There must also be the social poise and the definite purpose that insure both culture and charm.

THE FELLOWSHIP FEE After a chapter has convinced itself that its pledges are deserving of full membership, it requires what is called a Fellowship Fee. Until this is paid, no pledge may b"e admitted to the Sanctuary Degree, or granted the privilege of wearing the badge, which is the sign and symbol of active membership.

The payment of the Fellowship Fee does not make the payee the owner of the badge. All badges are the property of the Sorority, and are merely loaned to members during the period of active membership. When active membership is terminated, th-= privilege of wearing the badge is withdrawn .

THE FELLOWSHIP TAX In order to secure funds to enable the Sorority to loan money at a small rate of interest to college members who could not otherwise complete the college course, Alpha Sigma Alpha made a convention ruling in 1926 to the effect that a tax of ten dollars should be levied annually on every college chapter and on every ex -collegia chapter.

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THE FELLOWSHIP FUND Alpha Sigma Alpha has a Fellowship Fund, established to provide loans, not exceeding $200, at a low rate of interest, to such seniors and juniors as would be unable otherwise to complete the college course. Those receiving loans must have clone exceptional work in the class room, must have served the Sorority faithfully in some definite way, and must be in a position to furnish good security.

The F ellowship Fund of Alpha Sigma Alpha has been made possible by an annual $10 levy on all college chapters and all ex-collegia chapters. Because the Sorority has only recently cleciclecl to assist its members with loans, the amount now available is wholly inadequate to meet the needs of those who desire help, and who must have it, if they are to continue in college.

Alpha Sigma Alpha has regretted greatly the necessity for levying an additional tax on those who are already giving loyal support. The Sorority would not have been forced to do- this, had the many hundreds of inactive ex-collegia members been equally interested and equally ready to assist in this new and commendable enterprise.

The 1926 Convention, realizing the inadequacy of the present fund, and seeking to find another source of income, adopted a recommendation to recall the badges of all inactive members, and to use the returned badges for new initiates, thus saving the cost of new badges, and turning this money into the Fellowship Fund.

In arriving at this decision to recall the badges of inactive members, the Convention felt that ex-collegia members who are too concerned about other welfare work to contribute to the support of Alpha Sigma Alpha would welcome an opportunity to express a sisterly interest in those who are within sight of their educational goal, but who, because of some untoward circumstance, must sacrifice the desired degree, unless they can secure assistance.

Alpha Sigma Alpha teachers her daughters that the glory of life is to love, not to be loved; to give, not to get; to serve, not to be served ; and so the Convention was convinced that there are none who have stood before her high altar and in her shining presence who would not place at her disposal the little emblem that is no longer worn, but which can be again put to such splendid use.

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The National Council met for business sessions at the honte of Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, our National President, front August eighth to fifteenth. It was a real pleasure for the group of us to get together to talk over the problems that have arisen in the last two years. Those officers who attended were: Mrs. Martin, Miss Shockley, Miss Fultz, Mrs. Sharp, Miss Nevius. and Miss Halbritter. .

The Council made a thorough study of the Manual in order to determine how the changes made at the National Convention in 1926 had worked out. Few great changes were now proposed, but some of the sections were reworded in order to make the meaning clearer.

One important change which the Council made was the change in the titles of the National Council officers. It was decided to change the name Alumnae Officer to Gmduate SecYetary, -vvith the following duties: "It shall be the duty of the National Graduate Secretary to see that all ex-collegia chapters are in operation and that each publishes a Palm. She shall also see that city associations are functioning in every city that has eight members. She shall attend to the general Sorority correspondence.''

Another Secretaryship has been created with the title of Undergraduate S ecretm'y with duties as follows: "It shall be the duty of the ational Undergraduate Secretary to keep the records of the National Convention and of the National Council.

She shall also prepare the course of Sorority study, arrange for all Sorority examinations, grade all annual examinatio'n papers."

These changes necessitated also changes in the Chapter officer list. The Secretary becomes Rec01'ding Secretary, who "shall keep true, clear, and intelligent minutes of all meetings and transactions, shall authenticate all acts and orders of the Chapter, and shall keep the Chapter Adviser, as well as all other officers and committees, informed as to notices, motions, or other information pertaining to their office, or their work. She shall furthermore superintend all preparation for the Annual Sorority examinations."

The Alumnae Officer will be known as Corresponding Secretary who will-"carry on all correspondence of the Chapter, keep

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a file of all important letters, keep . ex-collegia members in close touch with college and chapter happenings through contributions to The Palm, see that the ex-collegia members are invited to as many affairs as possible, and give them a gracious welcome, whenever they visit the Chapter."

Another vital change concerns the Certificates. Many of the Ex-Collegia members have felt that it would be nice to have something to show for the fact that they have paid their life memberships, and so the <:;:ouncil decided to have Certificates of two kinds: an engraved card for Sanctuary Degree members of such a size that it could be slipped into a pocketbook, and a larger diploma, similar to what has heretofore been given Lo initiates, only including the words Life Member, which would be given framed to all those paying their life memberships .

Another interesting decision regarding life membership was made when the Council decided to try to reduce the list of annual members by offering for this year only a life membership at $25 to any annual member who has paid $30 already in annual dues. Those who have not paid $30 must make up the difference to $30, in additio~1 to paying the $25.

Our Extension Policy was clearly expressed in the Manual as follows : "Care shall be exercised in selecting new fields.

Petitioning groups shall be officially inspected. Before formal pledging may take place, a petitioning group must have demonstrated its ability to maintain a chapter of high standards and fine ideals."

The termination of pledge membership was clarified thus: ''Pledge membership, except in the case of required second-year initiation, is automatically terminated, with all pledge pins recalled at the close of the chapter year. Former pledges returning to college have the same status as any matriculate, and may, therefore, be bid and pledged. . The returning members of a college chapter, however~ are under no obligation to regard former pledges as having any claim to special recognition. Repledging implies ( 1) the payment of a second pledge fee prior to the pledge ceremony, and (2) the attainment of the required scholastic grades for the quarter or semester in which the re pledging takes place.

There has been some misunderstanding as to the use of our coat-of-arms on novelties, and therefore the Council made the

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following statement: "The coat-of-arms, carrying a symbol of the Christ, proclaims Alpha Sigma Alpha to be a Christian fellowship. Its use, therefore, should be in harmony with this ideal."

To the article on Examinations the following was added : "The Sanctuary Degree member who falls below 80 % loses, for the remainder of the chapter year, all voting and social privileges."

To the Ex-Collegia By-Laws these statements have been added : "Where the annual meeting is not possible the Ex-Collegia Secretary shall be appointed for one year by the National Graduate Secretary upon recommendation of the Chapter Adviser."

A)so-"The Ex-Collegia Secretary may be assisted by one UnderSecretary for every eight years of the college chapter's life."

It was decided that copies of The Palm, should be mailed to all members of the National Council as well as to all Ex-Collegia Secretaries.

It was also decided that the badges recalled from inactive members would be returned upon the payment of the life membership fee.

In the case of Convention delegates the Council voted that provided there was sufficient money in the Convention Budget to cover the outlay, the official delegate from each chapter shall be paid for railroad and pullman fares, with an allowance of $1.50 per day for meals en route, provided that the chapter has maintained an average membership of at least sixteen members d'uring the four-year pe1'iod.

These changes will be incorporated in a new Manual which will be printed as soon as possible.

Other important decisions made by the Council for the more efficient running of our chapters and ex-collegia groups were as follows : It was decided to try out the plan of having State Chairmen, who are to work for more City Associations in their territory, and also to strengthen Alpha Sigma Alpha within their respective states. If successful, this plan will be presented to the National Convention for adoption. Council members appointed for this experiment are: Miss Shockley for Oklahoma, Miss Fultz for Ohio, Mrs, Sharp for Missouri, and Miss Nevius for Kansas.

It was decided that returned PHOENixEs would not be remailed to those members who do not inform the National Editor of their changed names and addresses.

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The Council decided after some deliberation that we shall use the diaeresis over the o in the word "cooperatively" as used in the motto used at the closing of letters between members for the year 1928-1929. Thus the motto reads-"Yours cooperatively."

A group of Mother-Patroness By-Laws were added to the Manual. It was also decided to try some plan to create more enthusiasm among the Mother-Patroness groups and to urge their attendance at the next National Convention.

From this time on the subject of Convention will hav e a place in our magazine, fo r the time is growing short to August 1930.

The National Council formally decided on Estes Park, Colorado, with "The Crags" as our meeting place. To those who have been to this beautiful spot, no further inducement need be given but the little word, "COME". A tentative program w::ts adopted as follows: August 8-1 0-Council Meeting.

August 11 __:_ Arrival of members.

Campfi re supper and smg.

August 12 - Business meetings.

Hostess evening.

August 13- O utdoor trip.

Model initiation.

August 14- Business meetings, Round tables.

Stunt night.

August 15- Business meetings.

Banquet.

August 16 - Members leave.

August 17 -

Council Meeting.

Miss Shockley was chosen Convention Chairman.

Our motto for thi s Convention will be taken from Tennyson's " The Princess""Our echoes roll from soul to soul And grow forever and forever."

Gertrude D . H albritter.

ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER Alpha Alpha's spring formal took place the first Saturday m May in the Auditorium . The hall was decorated as "Fairyland". Immediately inside the door was placed a large book, open, and taller than the average person. On it was printed the names of stories which we represented around the walls . The walls of "Fairyland" were made from brown paper with trees painted on it. This formed a suitable background for the figures, life size painted on cardboard of Cinderella, the Three Bears, Goldie Locks, Humpty-Dumpty, Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread House and others. Behind the Gingerbread House was an illuminated moon. The . ceiling consisted of five hundred ~alloons, and the shaded lights shining through these balloons gave a beautiful effect to the scene.

On the evening of May second Sigma N u fraternity gave our hall a delightful serenade. It was a beautiful night for it, too, a clear -full moon, without a cloud in the sky. It was partly an instrumental serenade for there were two saxophones, and a banjo. A serenade is always enjoyed, but on a night such as this one it was especiall y applauded . .

One lovely Sunday morning in May we had a breakfast hike to the Bluffs, a beautiful spot not far away. 'vVe had a fine steak roast. Everything tastes so much better when cooked over an open fire in the路 open air. After breakfast we had a sorority _sing, which everyone enjoyed.

The week before we had a picnic supper for the seniors, but because it rained we were forced to go to the Athletic House.

This was a suitable place, however, and everyone had a good time. 'vVe presented the seniors with bracelets with our crest on them .

Wilma Fistner.

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ALPHA BET A CHAP TER A lpha Beta closed a very happy and successful year with the closing of school on May twenty-th ird . 'vVe have been so happy together this yea r that we hate to part for the summer even , but we are all looking forward to the opening of school next fall.

The new members entertained the old members with a dance given at the home of Mrs. George Laughlin, one of our patronesses, on May eleventh. Lilacs were used as decorations and punch was served during the evening. There was one favor dance in whi ch the ladies were given novelty ticklers with a gentleman's name attached. The new girls were voted true Alph:1 Sig hostesses.

O n Mothers' Day, Alpha Beta was hostess at Tea to all mothers who were able to be present. Be fore Tea was served four mothers were given the Mother-Patroness initi ati on service.

The service was very beautiful and impressive. The following moth er s were initiated, Mrs. Brown, mother of Amelia, M rs, Carpenter, mother of M ildred, M rs. S mith, moth er of Co rrene, and Mrs . \ t\food, mother of Mary .Frances.

On May the eighth we entertained with a bridge party and shower in hono r of our acting sponsor , M iss E li zabeth Romans, who recently announced her engagement to Kenerly Woody of St. Louis . Bridge was played at six tables. At the close of the game, M iss Romans was given a large golden key, across which was written "Key to Happiness." She was told that the key would unlock a certain door in the house . The drapes between two of the rooms were pulled together and fastened with a Jo e~ with a gold keyhole. Across th e cu1"tains was the word "Happiness." W hen M iss Romans inserted the key in the hole a girl in the other room attached ribbons of pink and white to the key and when it was pulled from the keyhole it brought with it the ribbons to which were attached the presents. At the very end of the last ribbon was one of the girls dressed in tuxedo and labelled with the name "Kenerly ." Favors of pink carnations were given, a nd on each carnation were the names "Woody-Romans."

Refreshments of strawberry icecream, wh ite cake, and coffee were served. In . th e cake was the traditional thimble, dime and wedding ring.

M iss Romans had been untirin g in her efforts to help Alph:l

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Beta this winter. She has been a true, dear adviser and every praise which we could give her would be worthy of her.

Y./e held our annual May morning breakfast on May fourteenth. We went to Grims Cabin, in the afternoon, taking our comforts and bath-robes intending to have a bunking party, but after supper a storm came up and we were forced to go back to town. The next morning we got up at 6:30 and went out in the woods and had our breakfast. After breakfast we formed a circle around the fire and made all the girls, who had become engaged during the year, run around it. It was our plan to have all those who had broken their engagements to run around backwards, but fortunately or unfortunately perhaps, there had been no engagements broken.

The annual Panhellenic dance was given in the school gymnasium on May fifth. The hall was decorated with the colors and banners of all the sororities. The names of all the sororities appeared on the programs.

Alpha Beta sent three representatives to Maryville to aid in installing Phi Phi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Those who went were Elizabeth Romans, Mabel Christie, and Edna Newton.

They reported a splendid time and that Phi Phi had a dear bunch of girls who had the true spirit of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Alpha Beta takes this opportunity to welcome into our shrine the chapters, Tau Tau, Upsilon Upsilon and Phi Phi. 'vVe closed our social season on May twenty-first with a formal banquet at the Travelers Hotel in honor of our graduating members and sponsor, Miss Elizabeth Romans. Our girls who are graduating are: Martha Burk, Mabel Christie, Louise Coder, Sarah Grim, Lillian Rolston; Dorothy Sens and Lorna \iVattenbarger. The girls looked beautiful in their light evening gowns. 'vVe vvere seated at one long table that was attractively decorated with lilie of the valley, bridal wreath, and candles. Red and white were the colors used for the programs which served also as place cards. After the singing of "A Prayer," a three course dinner was served. Frances Ash acted as toastmistress and the following program was given: Welcome, Frances Ash; Response, Louise Coder; Solo, Mildred Griffith; Reading, Vera Hickman; Toast, Mildred Davis; Solo, Ruth Larimore; Song, "Zeal Afire, Hearts Aglow". Small corsages were given to each guest as favors.

Zelma Foster.

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ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER

Can you imagine the excitement that rei gned on the night that our advisor, M iss Beldon, informed us that our petition had been accepted and that we were soon to become members of Alpha Sigma Alpha? A fter the chaos had died down we settled to work calmly enough, however, and, oh, the plans we made ! W e were so proud that we were to become affiliated with a great sorority that our heads fairly swam with delightful ideas !

T he P ledge Service was given at th e home of M rs. Charles Russell, our p resident's mother. Befor e a huge firepl ace gleaming with old brass we fo rmed a solemn little circle- exactly twentytwo of us. A fter the service Mrs. Russell entertained us at a lovely tea.

Feb ruary the eighteenth is also history fo r Alpha Gamma, because it was then that we were given our P hoenix Degree.

This was fo llowed by a well appointed dinner at the Yellow L antern tea room a:ter whi ch we returned to the dormitory feeling vastly more important than ever befo re.

Of course, the cli max came on March seventeenth when we received our final installation. Many of our new sisters from Temple, Drexel, Buffalo, and P ittsburgh attended the se rvice.

M rs. R ussell again loaned us her lovely home which was impressively decorated with flowe rs and gifts f rom other chapters. T he day was closed by a banquet served at th e Yellow Lantern. \ Ve are indeed very grateful to June Smith and Helen Schul tz of Kappa Kappa, Alice Weinheimer of Rho Rho, F rances Bishop of Iu N u, Mrs. Power and M rs. Mary Alice Ferguson of the P ittsbu rgh City Association for their splendid help at thi s time.

D uring Ap ril the usual routi ne of business meeti ngs prevailed, but one may be sure there was enough business to keep us occupied. Vve secr etly wondered how in the wo rl d one coul d find so many things to do at once!

Other sororities-Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Sigma E psilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma had been formed on the campus at the same time as Alpha Sigma Alpha. A Panhelleni c society was soon organized with one of our girls, V iola Sullivan, as its president. vVe had planned on hav ing either a tea dance or a fo rmal dance together, but after discovering that no dates were available we had to be content with a banquet which was held in the dormitory

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dining room. The various patronesses and the clean of the college were also guests. This was the first Panhellenic affair given on the campus and the fine spirit existing between the sororities was very much in evidence. It isn't necessary to say that we enjoyed it ( the chef certainly intended the banquet to be a success) but we are looking forward to bigger events next year.

Alpha Gamma also held its Patroness Service on Mother's Day. The Y. W. room made a very pretty picture in gold and white with the candles flickering on the altar. Two patronesses, Mrs. H . B. Neal and Mrs. G. E. Simpson, a_nd four mothers, Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Uber, Mrs. Schnoble, and Mrs. McColly were given the degree. Afterwards we went to church together where we heard Mary Emerson's father preach a very interesting sermon.

Our last party was our very nicest-a chieken. and waffle supper given by the patronesses at the Country Club. 'vVe danced and ate so much that it was a wonder we were not all confined in the infirmary the next day-but we were not.

Five of Alpha Gamma's members 路graduated this spring: Nell Russell, who is teaching at Mt. Jewett, Phyllis Glasgow, teaching near Allentown, Dorothea Uber at Homer City, Viola Sullivan, and Irene Mertz.

Josep hine Buchanan.

BET A BET A CHAPTER March came in like a lion and has been roaring ever sincefor Beta Beta chapter at least. Aft r our successful "Winter Dance" (which was described on the society page of "The Denver Iews" as being a veritable Palm Beach), the girls decided a little studying was in order. This resolution, like all others, was soon forgotten, but we burned the midnight oil on the evenings of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth, and we are anxiously waiting to see if the A. E. S. scholarship cup will again grace our living room.

Examinations-and then more examinations roars the lion .

"Mu! Mu !" became a byword and it was not because we were getting "catty" but that was one way of learning the chapter roll. (Pi Pi was the worst for every modern girl wants to reduce and how can one reduce when she constantly hears the cry

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"Pie! P ie!") We should rank among the first in the annual so rority examinations.

The Lion's growl became softer-and we celebrated by having a midnight feed in "Joan and Jolly 's" room. Limberger cheese and garlic were two of the things we didn't have to eat. The next morning was a severe one for me because I had been so indiscreet as to brag that "no one could get me out of bed 路 if I wasn't ready to get up." Needless to say I was downtown with the gang, for breakfast, a little after seven o'clock.

We have been carefully watching for girls whom we feel will make good Alpha Sigs and we now proudly announce four new pledges: Mayme fl.nd Gertrude Harned, Fort Collins, Colorado ; Jeanette Ferguson, Denver, Colorado ; and Roxey Lou Knight, whose home is in Greeley. Pledging services were held for these gi rl s Tuesday evening, March 27.

The same evening this chapter received a new brother-a Senior at Colorado U niversity. Of course we were not surpri sed, fo r the postman had been greatly burdened by the mail addressed to "Miss M ildred Romans" and we were mighty glad that Mildred and Howard decided to announce it formally-by the usual fivepound box of candy.

"Horses! Horses! Horses!" Spring is here and horses are in vogue. The one consolation when you feel you can never sleep aga in (You are so lame ) is the serenades which have become quite a regular event. The strain s of "Chloe" floating up to your room at 12:30 A. M. can almost make you forget " how that horse trotted!"

It shrieked, it screamed, it almost howled. Of course, I refer to the small blue sign which has again adorned the chapter house of Beta Beta. We hadn't been feeling particularly childish this year as we felt that after our siege of mumps last year we had "grownup". Pride goeth before a fall however and the fall came when the doctor examined Nadene (who was the first one to have the mumps last year ) and softly murmured one word, "Measles !"

The first day was a gloomy one-how could we ever endure seven more? Mom came to our rescue when she agreed to let us practice in the "culinary fi eld" . Each pair of roommates wanted to cook together and J oan and I were "it" fo r th e first day. I guess I was really it, for after the day was over I

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had a slight headache which I attributed to too many waffles.

Now waffles may cause many things but it is far more likely that the reel rash with which I was so beautifully decorated was measles. I sighed and sought my trundle bed.

You may put an Alpha Sig in jail, but you 路 can't keep her quiet. "Seven girls in quarantine swing student election" was the headline in the newspaper. J ow we had begged to be allowed to vote, and we did like Paul Hurd very much, but we are still puzzling how anyone knew whom we voted for when it was clone by Australian ballot. The fact remains that Paul had a six-vote majority and that the opposing faction, who had so kindly called and assured us of our right to vote, raised such a row that a new election was held. And such are politics!

But you haven't heard anything! Soft music on a marvelous evening would demolish all our plans of getting a great deay of sleep, and we would gather around the window and cry, "More!"

Serenades were certainly plentiful, and we appreciated them a lot.

Added to this were seven cake~, two large boxes of chocolates, cookies, roses, fruit, and a date pudding-all contributions of kind friends. Our president even sent us, among other things, a box of elates. We will have them in one form or another! 'fhe days, with the exception of the last two, passed swiftly and now we are head over heels in preparing for our Formal Dinner Dance which it to be given at the Country Club, Friday evening, May fourth. Margaret Pitts, as chairman of the music committee, has employed "Beresfords", a Colorado University orchestra, which certainly does "Chloe" justice. Lillian Syndal has charge of decorations and as she is an art m"ajor our expectations are high. Every other committee is doing as much work as the two I have mentioned and with a "full moon" scheduled -Can more be said?

Mother's Day is the thirteenth of May and we are planning two days of entertainment for those whom we consider the sweetest in the world. A theatre party, a breakfast and a luncheon will be followed by initiation services for the mothers. It is hard to tell how we feel about this-because we all feel so much!

Oh, the rushing scramble of these last busy days ! Good-byes to be said; finals to be taken; and everyone trying to entertain

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at once! Beta Beta chapter has certainly been having a busy time.

I think I shall begin by telling you about Mother's Day. You know, we always plan to do everything we can for our mothers, especially on their day, when they are our guests and we can, in our small way, show our appreciation for all they have done for us. This year was no exception. On Saturday, we 路had a dinner for them. Rose Lammel, our president, graciously offered to let us give the dinner in her home, and we girls cooked and served the dinner ourselves. We had the best time doing it, and our mothers said they really hadn't thought we were so proficient. After dinner, we had special music and sang sorority songs, and tried to let our mothers see just what A. S. A. meant to us. Sunday morning, we all went to church together. Then, Sunday afternoon, at the chapter house, we held initiation services into the Mother Patroness Degree for Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Ochs, Mrs. Harned, and Mrs. Brown. The initiates were presented with corsages of sweet peas and roses.

On May twelfth, sunrise initiation services were held for Mayme Harned, Roxye Lou ](night, Jeanette Ferguson, and Gertrude }-l arned. Since I was one of the initiates, I can truly tell you it was thrilling to become a full-fledged member of A. S. A. there in the early morning.

This month, too, our patronesses entertained us at a lovely dancing party at the Woman's Gymnasium. Everyone had the nicest time! We think we are indeed fortunate in our patroness~s.

It seems as if everyone is being especially nice to us, not only our patronesses but our mothers also. The mothers of the sorority entertained us all at a delightful luncheon at Angel's Tea Room on the eighteenth of May. Baskets of sweet peas and clever little pink nut cups made the tables very sweet. We all surely appreciated thi s little additional token of our mothers' love.

And now for the final social event of this year! Friday night, after finals were all over and everyone was free, we had a formal dinner at the Camfield Hotel for our farewell party . . Nearly every member of the active chapter was there and several of th e alumnae. Naomi Meyers, "Nem", who has been teaching this year, has been staying at the house this week. She took charge of the dinner and planned everything while we were all so busy with the last days of school. Due to her efforts, the dinner was a wonderful success. Huge baskets of yellow roses

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adorned the tables and the letters A~A were formed in the center of the table out of green and gold mints. Tall golden candles and charming evening gowns completed the scene. The dinner was perfect, but I for one could not repress a sinking sensation when I thought of all the dear friends who would be leaving.

However, each girl told her plans for next year, so we are going to try to keep in contact with each other even if we aren't together.

Guess who is married this time? Marian Weirman, whom you remember from last year. Marii:m married Bill Neilson of Buckingham, Colorado. They will live in Buckingham which is not far from here, so we do not feel as if we have lost a sister at all. Indeed, Marian has already promised to be with us during rush week next year, and Marian, with her cello, is an invaluable asset.

Dan Cupid seems to be exacting a heavy toll from Beta Beta this month. Nadene Giffee and V irginia Howell have just announced their engagements.

Beta Beta girls, however, are not interested primarily in social functions. We have been working hard to keep our scholastic average up and hope to have the scholarship cup in our house again next fall. Rose Lamme! has been granted a fellowship in science in the Training School next year. We are very proud of her.

Installation of officers for next year was held l\Iay twentyninth. Due to a local Panhellenic ruling that an upper classman must be president, we had to change our president. Virginia Statton, whom we elected is only a sophomore, while Bee LeFevre, whom we elected vice-president is a senior. vVhen Panhellenic ruled that an upper classman be president, we simply vo:ed to exchange Bee and Virginia's offices. Accordingly, the following officers were installed: Bee LeFevre-President.

Virginia Statton-Vice-President.

Virginia Howell-Secretary.

Mayme Harned-Treasurer. l\Iary Lou Brown-Alumnae Officer.

Lyllian Snydall-Chaplain.

Jeannette Ferguson-Registrar.

Gertrude Harned-Editor.

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Vve all hope that we can continue the work of the officers before us and that next yea r will be one of the best years Beta Beta has ever had .

Juliet Gilm ore Ge1-tr-ude H an~e d .

GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER

March has been another busy month for us, as we have fin ished one term and have started the last term of the year.

The girls who's birthdays came in M arch entertained us with a St. Patr icks Party. Beula Farrand, L ela Hardy and O live Crouse were our hostesses. T he rooms were gaily decorated, everything being green. Irish songs and jokes and ki ssing the " blarney stone" entertained the guests in a truly Irish manner.

Delicious ref reshments which fur ther carried out th e color scheme, were served by the hostesses .

Miss Shockley, who went to Hays, Kansas, to install our news chapter, gave us a very favo rable report of the trip. She is very much . pleased with th e girls and the way th ey have taken up the work as Alpha Sigs.

All of the girls enj oyed the luncheon served in the rooms T hursday, the twenty-ninth. T he commi ttee consisted of Miss F isher, Blanche V ickers and Sadie Chew.

O ne very pleasant fea ture of the year has been the using of our social meeting as a joint Birthday celebration. All whose birthdays came in that month were the h.ostess or hostesses fo r th e evenin g. I t has p roved to be a most successf ul plan fo r that monthly occasion.

O u r program meetings have been unu sually inspi rati onal. IN e have had the A. S . A. legendary lore as special features of some of the meetings; talks by members of the college faculty-special mention should be made of the talks made by Miss F isher of th e Biology depar tment and M rs. Cope of the Psychology depar tment.

F ive of ou r num ber receive the Bachelor' s degree thi s year.

Beula Farrand, cl1apter president, gets her degree in H ome Economics as does I rene Curtis. Helen Deal majored in Fo reign Language, Beatri ce Hall in H isto ry, and E ula Callison in Engli sh . All of these have secured excellent positions for the coming year.

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Dan Cupid has been busy during the year with our chapter. 路 Lela Hardy was married to Finis Morris, May thirteenth; Elsie Oshel secured Glen Varnum as her life partner on May twentyfifth, and Jessie Curry has announced her wedding to be very soon. However these girls will be with us again next year to complete the work for their degree.

Mother's Day came on the same date of our college baccalaureate sermon, so we had no special service for that occasion but expect to have a recognition service during the summer for our mothers.

Our Commencement program was full as all such are. Senior class play was "From ew York to London"; Junior Banquet in honor of out-going seniors; Senior reception to friends; piano recitals; band-orchestra recital, the Training School Cantata and the Glee Club's presentation of the " Legend of Sleepy Hollow" kept every one going night and day.

Gamma Gamma together with all the sororities on our campus and the student body as a whole sincerely regret the action of the State Board of Education in removing our President, J. P. Battenberg, who has been the capable and universally loved head for the past nine years. Our school has quadrupleq its enrollment since he came and has advanced from a simple junior college to the rank of a real college granting the bachelor's degree, accepted with unquestioned standing by the orth Central Association and with rank "A" in the American Association of Teachers' Colleges .

Mr. W . W. Parker of Warrensburg, Missouri, is his successor. We pledge to him our loyalty and co-operation and shall endeavor to be as vital a part of this institution under his administration as we have tried to be with Mr. Battenberg. Mr. Parker has been Dean of the Faculty at Warrensburg since 1915 and is said to be most efficient and very popular with the people and students of that city.

O ur Miss Ollie Shattuck who has been at Ames, Iowa, the past nine months, received her Master's degree from that school June 11. She is with us again and we rejoice to have her. She is a wonderful friend and help to all of us. \i\Telcome to you Mi.ss Shattuck!

Elizabeth Green Mm-garet Wallace.

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DELTA DELTA CHAPTER l<ormal initiation was held March tenth in Sorority Hall at 6 A. M., for eight girls. It was very effective and beautiful in the early morning light. Those initiated were Sarah Bassnett, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Opal Clutter, Utica, Ohio; Catharine Craver, Warren, Ohio; Dorothy Mossbarger, Muskego, Michigan; Marguerite Schear, Dover, Ohio; Eloise Ralph, Gallipolis, Ohio; Hope McClaflin, \iVakeman, Ohio; and Eleanor Mosher, New Philadelphia, Ohio. All eight girls are the true Alpha Sig type-conscientious, full of personality, initiative, and love. We are very proud of the new initiates and are encouniging them in their work for grades and activities also.

Our skit which was "Wedding Cake/' went over with a bang as our dramatic coach says. The scenery was a huge three layer wedding cake, the decorations were human roses, bells, 路and ribbons which stepped off the cake in turn and chorused. The roses danced to the son "Rose Room", the bells to "Countin' the Days," and the ribbons to "Flapperette." Out of the rose which was at the top came the thimble and button, the penny, and the ring who each had a specialty. These dances were encored several times. In the finale, the bride and groom came up through the rose and remained stationary while all sang "Together"-accompanied by the pipe organ all of which was very beautiful and presented a good stage appearance.

A rushing party was held at the room on April thirtieth for the new rushees. Dancing, chatting, and eating soon made everyone agreeably acquainted.

We are very much pleased to announce the pledging of Ernestine Tompkins of Middleport, Ohio, on May third. She has added much pep and zeal to the chapter already.

Margaret Cruikshank and Eleanor Lloyd accompanied Mrs. Howard Goodwin to the installation of Upsilon Upsilon chapter at D enison University. They were favorably impressed with our new sisters and reported a very pleasant visit. We are glad to have another close chapter especially since Ohio University and Denison are annual contestants in football, basketball, debate, track, and glee club.

Ohio University Junior Prom took place April twentyseventh. It was the largest dance in the 123 years history of

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0. U. Two negro recording bands played alternately from 9 till 2 o'clock at the Meri's Gym which was decorated Chinese fashion by a Cincinnati decorating company. The favors to the girls were silver link bracelets bearing the 0. U. seal. Margaret Cruikshank, our president, was a close contestant for l\4iss Ohio. Each sorority had a booth around the dance floor in which to rest between dances. Eighteen of our girls attended the Prom.

Election of officers was held on May fifth with the following results: president, Margaret Cruikshank; vice-president, Margaret Cord win; secretary, Dottie Mossbarger; treasurer, Ruth Yauger; registrar, Marguerite Schear; chaplain, Eleanor Mosher; alumni officer, Hope McClaflin, and editor, Ruth Zimmerman.

Margaret Cordwin has been elected vice-president of Y. W. C. A. Ruth Yauger is vice-president of Phi Sigma N u, the honorary home economics sorority.

The sorority sing sponsored by Athens Rotarians took place on May tenth. This has become a tradition at 0. U. The singhas been won by Pi Beta Phi for three consecutive years, which gives them permanent ownership of the cup.

Another and very lovely campus tradition is the Lantern Parade. The senior women lead the underclassmen from Ewing Auditorium clown the front walk through the famous McGuffey Elma to form a huge 0 with waving lanterns in front of East Wing. After the 0 is formed, college and old southern songs are sung. Ohio Alma Mater is sung last, after which the bugle is blown from Cutler Hall, which was built 125 years ago .

Original and attractive in every detail was the spring Butterfly dance. The ball room at the Students Union was transformed into a cool summer garden; large swings, white benches, and wild flowers created the atmosphere. The colored orchestra from West Virginia was hidden behind flower-covered lattices.

The programs were butterflies in the four sorority colors.

The girls received shoulder butterflies and the men received butterflies attached to crickets. We were pleased to have representatives from Lambda Lambda and Upsilon Upsilon chapters as guests. Martha Kennedy who was with us last year, returned for the dance.

The chapter went on a breakfast hike May tenth to the Athens Caves, after which all migrated to look at the house in which we are going to live next year. It is a very clignifiecl, but attractive

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brick home containing eleven large room s. The front porch is on two sides of the house and is very ~ide. The house is situated in the best residential district of the city at 127 East State Street. O ur next social meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. E. M. Garrett, one of our patronesses, who lives just around the corner from our new home. We would appreciate any house suggestions from the other chapters.

R eba Shafer.

EPSILON EPSILON CHAP TER The Moth er-Patron ess degree was given recently to several mothers and one patroness. The initiation services were held at the house and were followed by a dinner in honor of our new patroness and the newly initiated mothers. Some of the mothers who had been initiated before were also present. A fter dinner a program was given in the lobby of the new mu sic hall. Our gue ts were our mothers, fathers, patronesses and their husbands, and alumnae members and their husbands. The program was composed of several vocal solos, two violin solos, some readings, a short talk by M iss McCullough in which she mentioned some of the outstanding things achieved by the girls during the past school year, and a group of A. S. A. songs sung by the entire chapter. Punch was served.

Each semester a list is compiled of those whose grades place them in the upper ten percent of their classes. The list, published thi s semester, giving last semester's upper ten percent contained the names of a goodly number of Alpha Sigs.

We gave our farewell dance at the Dragon Inn this year. As some of us had been invited to parties given by several of the other sororiti es, we took this opportunity to repay them by inviting two girls f rom each sorority. As the Dragon Inn has a rustic appearance, our onl y decoration was that formed by green branches placed over the doors and around the orchestra platform.

Mrs. Hunter, a patroness, was very kind in letting us have a farewe ll picnic at her house in the country. After a picnic supper on the lawn we danced and had an impromptu program in her spacious li ving room.

Rhythmic Circle, an organization sponsored by M iss McCullough and composed of girl s especially interested in dancing as

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an art, gave a program composed of two dance dramas, humorous dances, dances peculiar to certain foreign countries, and lyrical interpretations of music at the new community building in McPherson. They are hoping to take more trips next year.

A plan has been worked out by the Dean of Women and a committee appointed for the purpose whereby Freshman girls are to be placed in specially selected homes for the first semester they are in school. Investigations are to be made, and those hom es are to be reserved which seem the most appropriate from the standpoint of good living conditions and conduciveness to better school work.

A committee to make rush week plans has been appointed.

Rush week programs have been printed, and a list of desirable giris who are coming to school has been made.

The girls elected to guide us next year are Mary Alice Bordenkircher, president; Margaret Richardson, vice president; Freda Lelia Greer, secretary; Susan O 'Connor, treasurer; Carolyn Ray, registrar; Elladean Thomas, alumnae officer; Marie Santee, chaplain; and Ruth Nation, editor.

Two patronesses and the mothers of the girls who were initiated in February were initiated May twelfth. After initiation services a dinner was given at the house, at which all the girls and all of the mothers who had been initiated into the MotherPatroness degree were present. We alsci had a program given by the girls in K. S. T. C.'s new music hall after the dinner.

The fathers, as well as the mothers, of the girls were invited to this program.

The State Music Contest and the State Scholarship Contest were held here in April. During these contests, which are held each year, it has been customary for the girls in the house to stay at the homes of the town girls, thus leaving the house for contestants. This year, as usual, each town girl invited a house girl to stay with her, and the house was rented to an entire girls' glee club for the four clays they were here. As soon as the music contestants left, the rooms were rented to girls who were here to participate in the scholarship events. Last year we made 路about fifty dollars in this way.

Mrs. Brickell, one of the mothers, gave us several spyria bushes which we have planted in front of the house along the porch.

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Inter-sorority activity is fast gaining ground at K. S. T. C. Recently Pi Delta Theta gave a bridge party with two members from each sorority as their guests.

I am sorry I must writ~ to you 路 on . this paper, but our supply of Alpha Sigma Alpha stationery has been exhausted.

Ruth Nation.

ZETA ZETA CHAPTER

Two of the mothers visited us last week-Mrs. Wayland and Mrs. Clark, both of New Franklin, Mo. Last Friday night they were the guests of honor at a dinner in the College Cafeteria, to which all of the mothers living in town were invited. Miss Hatz had charge of the decorating. The long table was decorated in yellow and white. There were six bouquets of jonquils arranged down the center of the table. The cakes were white with yellow frosting.

Last Wednesday night we held Pledge Service for Martha Hallar. She is certainly a sweet little girl and we of Zeta Zeta are proud of our li~tle pledge.

On March thirtieth the Training School presented an operetta, entitled, The China Shop. All of the decorations and costumes were, of course, Chinese. Considering the youth of the actors, the operetta was extraordinarily fine.

As most of you know, our May Fete is a feature event of the school year. This year more than ever before, the students of C. M. S. T. C. selected a girl who carried the queenly honors and responsibilities in a charming manner. Mildred Jo Humphreys was an ideal queen and we were extremely proud to see her in the time honored place. The various characters were portrayed by several of the college girls. The May Fete originated several years ago in England, to celebrate the coming of spring. An attempt to carry out these old schemes has been made.

The fifty-third annual commencement was held in the college auditorium Thursday morning, May twenty-fourth at ten o'clock.

The address was delivered by C. A. Phillips, a member of the School of Education of the University of Missouri . Two of the Zeta Zeta girls, Kathryn Young and Annabel Stevenson, were among those proud receivers of "sheep skins".

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members of the Training School Gymnasium classes gave exhibitions and exercises for the maintaining health in the路 college gymnasium. The circus was given under the direction of Clarence Whiteman, director of the Physical _Education at the Training School. He was assisted by Ray French, Mont Draper, and Chester Riley, teachers of Physical Education at the Training School. A group of clowns kept the audience laughing during the show by mocking the various acts. The circus opened with a grand march. Then followed various acts: tumbling, first aiel, and the building of pyramids and fans. The act drawing the most applause was a corrective dance given by Norval Tripp.

It consisted of a combination of clogging and corrective measures for the arches of the feet.

Lois Winn .

ETA ETA CHAPTER Eta Eta held its annual homecoming the week-end of the great Spring Festival of music at K. S. T. C. So many of our girls like to come back for this event that we thought it would be the best time for homecoming. Friday n路ight, April twentyseventh, was the "Messiah," in the chorus of which several of our girls sang. That evening at six o'clock we had the first of the homecoming activities, a buffet supper at our house. After the Messiah our president had a slumber party for us all at her house. We didn't sleep much of course, but we enjoyed raiding the pantry, playing the victrola and dancing, and disturbing those who were unethical enough to try to sleep despite the merriment. vVe all had a perfectly "gorgeous" time, even though one or two of us were slightly disconcerted when they counted more than nine sandwiches on us! Those who slept on the floor (for of course the alumnae had first chance at the beds, and no house can 路 provide beds for forty girls) were a little weary the next clay, but our all day picnic at the river soon made us forget it. The girls went boating and played tennis to their heart's content.

That night we had a bridge party at one of our girl's homes.

Everybody was tired, but we were all so happy we didn't mind it. Sunday morning we met at the house again for a consecration service, and afterwards took some flowers to our dear Miss Carrol , who had been ill for six weeks. Vve are all delighted that she is now able to take her summer classes.

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Every girl , and every boy too, was thrilled over our lovely Rose Dance on May nineteenth. We had it in the Collegiate Room of our town's new hotel. Everything looked like a rose garden, and we had " Rose Bouquet,'' "Moonlight and Roses," and "The Last Rose of Summer," for some of our special dances .

Preceding the dance we had a six-o'clock dinner, at which the boys received good-looking bill-folds. Everybody had a wonderful time. T he gi rl s appreciated especially the lovely corsage that each boy sent to hi s girl, and they did look beautiful , since the florist had made each to match the girl's dress.

In honor of our four seniors, Naomi Heinbaugh, Maud e Laney, Laura Belle Isles, and Eleanor Wilson, Eta E ta gave a tea at our house Baccalaureate Sunday, and at the same time seven mothers received the Mother-Patroness degree. Each mother received a little si lver compact, and each seni or was given a silver bracelet engraved with A~A. Our house was quarantined for sca rl et fever just two days before commencement, and some of our girl s had to miss their graduation. The house is now open again for Alphas who are going to summer school.

Three more lovely girls, Ione Jackson, Irene Morri s, and Mary Marjorie Smith, were initiated Commencement morning.

We now have no pledges, but we are all on the lookout for girls we may want next year.

Our beloved Miss Roseberry is back on the campus for the summer . and those of the girls who are here are eager to renew "auld acquaintance". T he chapter will not be active this summer, however, except for a few social meetings.

Ruth Estelle Slwiv e路r.

THETA THETA CHAPTER The School of Education celebrated its tenth birthday on the twelfth of Apri l. It was a busy clay and a happy one for those who have deep interests in its remarkable growth during those ten years.

At ten o'clock an assembly was held in J acob Sleeper Hall , which was appropriately decorated with the Un iver sity and School banners. T he school colors, crimson and white, formed the color scheme. The stage was banked with palms and red

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and white carnations. All of the other schools of the University sent a representative to extend felicitations and a sketch showing the development of education was presented. Just before the last song, our good Dean Wilde was presented with a watch, a gift of appreciation, from faculty and student-body. He was taken by complete surprise and was impressed by the friendly spirit in which it was given.

Following assembly, a luncheon was served at Hotel Westminster. We were extremely fortunate in having as one of our guests and speaker, Professor George Palmer of Harvard, who, because of his advanced years, accepts practically no speaking engagements . In his gentle friendly voice, he talked for several minutes on teaching. "Don't let it become mechanical," he said, as he spoke of the teacher's opportunities.

Then followed a grand rush and clash down to Symphony Hall, where an all-university assembly was held in honor of the School of Education . At six-thirty, a banquet was given in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Af ter-dinner speeches and music by the Do-Re-Me Club were the events of the evening. A. S. A. members of the chorus are: Dorothy Bixby, Polly Kilburn and Lillian Seibeneicher.

Theta Theta held a dinner and theatre party on the eighteenth. 'vVe had dinner in the Winter Garden of the Hotel Westminster. Some high-lights of the meni.1 were, half chicken, olives (I mention olives because we have some record-breaking olive-eaters) and "f resh" strawberry ice cream. The flowers on the table were daffodils and white daisies-just lovely. The favors were cute moire silk vanity cases with the A. S. A . seal.

Af ter dinner we taxied over to the Shubert, where we enjoyed many good laughs at "Here's Howe," the new musical comedy.

VVith examinations closing on the seventh of June came a grand clash for home except for seniors who remained to take in the senior festivities the following week. To begin Senior week was an all-clay trip and outing at historic Plymouth on Monday. The trip was made in busses both ways and everyone retu rnecl more than glad that they had attended even if they had received more than their share of sunburn. The weather couldn 't have been better, and the water was great.

Tuesday evening was the occasion of the class dinner at the Seville on Tremont Street. After a delicious dinner and a con-

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tinual wave of happy conversation we went to see Irene Bordoni in "Paris". Of course everyone had a fine time, although there was a strong difference of opinion regarding Irene as an actress.

Wednesday was Class Day, the hottest day of the year, but just the same the class of 1928 forgot the heat entirely during the exercises at Riverbank Lodge. Then came another dinner that night. The bright-colored dresses made a beautiful spectacle with the green foliage of the many trees in the background.

Friday night, the Prom! School of Education combined with the College of Liberal Arts and put over a wonderful dance from all standpoints. The ball room of the Longwood Towers in Brookline was gorgeous and the floor was crowded with happy couples.

After a week of social activities came the more serious activities of the Commencement itself. Sunday at four in Symphony Hall, the Boston University Baccalaureate Convocation was held .

Here President Marsh delivered his annual address to more than one thousand graduates and their friends.

The Boston Arena was the scene of the Commencement exercises of Boston University on Monday, June eighteenth, which was a holiday for Boston, being Bunker Hill Day. In the evening came the last function , the Pops. The concert was well attended and the School of Education had a glorious farewell around its table. But along with all the joy was a note of sadness at the thought o.f so soon leaving clear friends. After all the happiest part of college life is the friendships we make.

Theta Theta graduates are: Dorothy Warner, Dorothy Hancock, Barbara Howes, Esther Peck, Bachelor of Science in Education degrees, and Barbara Faxon with a Master of Education clegTee. Esther Peck.

IOTA IOTA CHAPTER

The outstanding event of April at Drake was the Drake Relays on April twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth. A very brilliant spectacle was made by the men in their brightly colored track suits, the bands of many state high schools and colleges, and the girls in white in the Queen of the Relays train. An Iowa college girl was selected as queen on the basis of scholarship,

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personality, and athletics. A Princess, a girl from a high school of the state was selected on the same basis.

The last week of school was full to the brim with activities .

O n Sunday, May twenty-seventh, the Baccalaureate Sern'lon was held in the Univer sity Church Auditorium. The sermon "The Church 's New Adventure," was given by Reverend Samuel Jam es Mathieson, pastor of Hollywood Christian Church, California.

The sermon dealt with established world peace and race problem'>.

The Class P lay given by the Senior s of the Liberal Art s College was very good and the parts well taken. Following the play President and Mrs . D. W . Morehouse entertained the Liberal A rts Seniors at a midnight spread before they began 路 their traditional serenade of all the P rofessors. Many of the Professors left things to eat on the porch. There was frappe, cookies, kisses , gum , and pretzels at the Ge rman Professors. They ended up at Professo r Neff's home, at about fiv e o'clock and had ice-cream sundaes. F rom there they went to M cRaes Park where they ended their serenade with a breakfast.

After a little sleep (about two and a half hours ) the All U niversity Assembly was held, establishing a new tradition. A 11 colleges marched in as groups. The alumni class celebrating its twenty-fi fth year of graduation entertained. All the Senior P residents made speeches.

On Thursday ni ght Lillian Buckles e1i.tertained all the Alpha Sigs at her home. It was a celebration of Hermes Day and cl farewell party combined. We all enjoyed the story of Hermes as told by Ruth Hooks, We enjoyed a social time, sang some Alpha Sig songs and had ref reshments.

'Friday at two o'clock the ring and book ceremony for the College of Education was held. The Junior P resident gave a speech and the cap and gown was put on each student r eceiving the B.S. degree. The Senior P resident received the Ring and Book for th e class. A t three th e Ivy Chain and Peace Pipe ceremony was held for the Liberal A rts Seniors. The Seniors took hold of the ivy chain made by the Juniors, and led by President Morehouse, made a farewell tour of the campus.

Saturday was Commencement. Over two hundred students graduated from Drake. The Honorable James John Davis, who gave the Commencement Add ress was given the degree of Doctor of Laws.

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Sunday, the Alpha Sigs had a dinner at the house for our mothers and patronesses. A lovely dinner was served and after taking some pictures we went to the President's reception.

The A. S. A. Seniors and degrees are Bernice Samuelson, B.A.; Lillian Buckles, B.A . Lillian also received General Honors and honors in mathematics. Dorothy Curtis, B.S.; Zetta Esslinger, B.S., and Lois Nickle B.S. Lois and Lillian are members of Kappa Delta Pi and Sieve and Shears, and Lillian also is a Phi Beta Kappa. The two year graduates are Helen Rittgers, Primary, and Ramona Shipley, primary.

Fae McClung and Clare Lockhart, two of our faithful Alums, have announced the elates for their weddings. Fae will be married to Kenneth Shawhan on June twenty-second, and Clare to Walter Weissinger on June twenty-first. Both of the men are graduates of Drake College of Commerce and are Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Brothers. Both the couples will be at home in Des Moines. The Chapter presented them with the traditional gift of a half dozen sterling silver spoons m the King Albert pattern with A. S. A. engraved on them.

Alice Eclz.

KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER ''The stormy March is come at last, \i\lith wind, and cloud and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies. " -Bryant. l\larch with its blustering winds has tried its best to deceive us and make us believe that Spring would not come. However, we kept hope and every now and then we were rewarded by a clay of glorious Spring weather t.hat made us sure cold winter days will soon end and that the world will again be in bloom.

This is true of the Chapter too for we have had to weather many storms in the past month. However Spring has come for us too and the life and growth of the new season is signified by the addition to the chapter of a splendid group of pledgees. They will all make mighty loyal Alpha Sigs and we are as proud of them as we can be.

On Thursday, March eighth, our pledgees became happy color

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bearers of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Then on the twentieth they were given a still deeper insight into the joys and duties of sorority life by taking part in the pin pledge service given in our sorority room at seven o'clock. We think this is one of Alpha Sigma Alpha's most beautiful services and each year we are moved more deeply and re-echo the thought in our hearts as we smg: "To give full measure your whole life through Is your pledge unto A. S. A." After the service was over and the girls received their pins we all went to the "Margaret Penn" shop and there regaled ourselves with sundaes and like delights until the clock told us that according to rules we must hasten back to the dorms: The Philadelphia City Association is certainly composed of active and loyal girls from both Nu Nu and Kappa Kappa. They have started a fund to be .u sed in case of special need of either chapter and they are busy making plans to make the fund grow rapidly. Last Sunday afternoon they held a card party at the home of Helen Lewdrop Woods, and we did have such a good time. Almost all of our active chapter attended and it was such fun seeing so many of our Alumnae and meeting the Nu Nu Alumnae. One thing we know-our Home Ec. graduates can certainly make good fudge!

June Smtih and Helen Shultz went as official delegates to the reinstallation of Alpha Gamma and they came back with . enthusiastic reports of the Indiana chapter. vVe have heard so much about these girls that we feel very close to them and we are so proud of having another Pennsylvania chapter. The date of their reinstallation marks our own birthday and that is one more tie to bind us closer to them. vVe hear too that our new sisters in Tau Tau are a very charming group of girls and we are all anxious to hear more about them. We cannot help but feel proud that Alpha Sigma Alpha is growing so steadily and we know that all chapters, old and new, will accomplish great things for her glory.

Our Broad Street dormitories are now in the process of being torn down so that the new twelve-story unit may be built. The old dorm holds so many memories that it is hard for us to see them torn apart. The noise is so great sometimes we can scarcely study and since the dorms we now occupy are so near we get

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the full benefit of the noise from the riveters. Every now and then we hear a loud crash and rush to the windows just in time to see one of the rooms we used to live in fall to pieces. Then too, it is so consoling to hear that the noise that will accompany the actual building will be much worse than that which we have been enduring. However, it will be wonderful to have a new building and it will bring us that much closer to the large structure that will some day be Temple University.

The last of March we took our lunch out in the country and held our social meeting around a campfire. We spent most of the evening singing Alpha Sig songs.

K. S. T. C. has just been admitted to the Liberal Arts College standing in the North Central Association of Colleges and High Schools. We realize this is a decided step upward and we are quite proud of our school.

"Kid Boots" and "My Maryland" played here recently, anJ not so very long_ ago, Jean Gros' French Marionettes gave a representation of "Tom Sawyer," which pleased old and young alike.

We are to have our house dance the Satlll;day after Easter. 'vVe have also been discussing plans for a Farewell party, such as we have every year. It was decided that we should have as guests representatives from all sororities on the campus.

Panhellenic gave a benefit bridge March twenty-fourth. The party was held at the Pi Delta Theta house, and members of all soro rities attended. The money is to be used as a scholarship fo r Senior women.

All-school parties in the gymnasium have been replaced by Var ity dances in the ballroom of the Broadview Hotel. The floor of the ballroom is, of course, much better than that of the gymnas ium, and the music is much better, also. The chaperones are chosen by the Student Council, and no one but students and their guests, fo r whom they must secure guest tickets, are allowed to attend. T he plan is working out very well.

T he first Sunday af ter Easter was one of joy for us, for we initiated three loyal new members : Eleanor Doebler, Kathryn Low ry, and Helen Mose r. The initiation service is always inspirational and this time the room looked especially lovely for we had the large pin behind the altar, and it shed a radiance over the room almost equal to the light that shone from the girls' faces

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as they took their pledge. For Initiation Dinner we went down to the Tally-Ho, a clever little Dutch tea room down town. We had an upstairs room all to ourselves, and the place looked very quaint, for crockery was hung aroung the walls, food was erved in heavy crockery, and the waitresses were dressed in orange and blue. After dinner we danced and then went to see "Desert Song" at the Schubert. We all enjoyed it so much, and the whole clay was a very happy one for our chapter.

As usual, Alpha Sigma Alpha had a box for the French play and dance this year, and many of our members attended. It is always one of the biggest events on Temple's calendar, and this year it was more brilliant than ever, for more than a thousand people attended. The play, "L' Avocat Patelin" was well enacted with many gestures so that all understood the story of the play even though they did not understand French. Of course the play was the central feature of the program, but every one enjoyed too the musicale of French songs given by the Glee Club, and the ballet presented by members of the Physical Education Department, and written and directed by one of their teachers. vVe have had several long and serious meetings of the Seniors and it is easy to guess the reason why, for April is the month officers are elected. This is a vital matter to the life of any society, but in one organized as Alpha Sigma Alpha is, it is most necessary to have competent officers. The president, on reading the nominations gave many reasons why each girl was especially capable of holding her respective office, and we feel sure that these new officers will give their best, and that to the utmost. They are: President-Alice Hart.

Vice Presiclent-Lauretta Weimar.

Secretary-Helen Schultz.

Treasurer-Kathryn Bender.

Registrar-Dorothy Gebhardt.

Chaplain-Geraldine Smith .

Alumnae Officer-Mildred Melsheimer.

Editor-Anna Willauer.

It is the custom in our chapter to put the last program meeting of April in charge of the Freshmen. They gave us a May party, and it was such a lovely affair I must tell you about it.

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We were greeted at the door by a very pretty sight, for th e girls were dressed in old-fashioned clothes, and truly looked as if they had stepped from a picture, a g<ty colorful picture of Springtime. W hen we were all seated in a circle we sang Alpha Sig songs, and th en the F reshmen presented us with pretty little corsages of red and white flowers, gayly tied with ribbon. However, befo re we could get them, each of us had to do a stunt and then read the verse written about us which was attached to each corsage. They were clever verses, and caused many shouts of laughter. The rest of the time we were busy enjoying the ice cream, candy, nuts and delicious home-made cake that they se rved . How we hated to look at our watches and see that it was time to hurry back to the dorms so we would not be late.

The Men's Glee Club gave a Spring concert for the fir st tim e this year and it was such a decided success that it ill undoubtedly become an annual custom. The gym, when arranged as a concert hall and decorated with palms, was a surprise to everyone and formed a beautiful setting for the concert. fthel Righter vVilson, well known for her radi o concerts and as an outstanding soloist in the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company, gave several numbers and delighted the students with her beautiful soprano 路 voice. The whole program received enthusiastic applause, and the fact that the concert was followed by a dance made the whole evening one long to be remembered.

Class elections have taken place and quite a few of our Alpha Sigs will be leaders next year. Lauretta 'Weimar was re-elected to the University Student Council, Anna Willauer will be secretary of Teache rs College Junior class, and Eleanor Doebler is the only girl appointed for the Freshman Handbook Staff.

In May we invited our dads and brothers to come with our mothers for the Mother's Day services. Saturday night we went to the theatre together. The Mother-Patroness service was held at ten o'clock Sund ay morning and two mothers took the degree: Mrs. Phrone Sm ith and Mrs . Ella May Lowry. After the service we all went to the Temple Baptist Church . To our tea in the afternoon we invited the adviser and president of all the other sororities on the campus and several faculty members. Dr. Wallace, head of the E nglish department gave a very impressive talk appropriate to the occasion. We were so glad to have Mrs. A. M. B. Wagner and Mrs. Walter Brenholtz, mothers of

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alumnae, back to visit . us for the day. Later in the afternoon the Y. '0/ . C. A. gave a very lovely Mother -Day program that made a fitting close to a very happy clay.

The Annual Meeting is always impressive for it is the last formal meeting so we try to be on our very best behavior. The reports of our officers and chairmen proved just how busy all of us have been this year, and how varied were the duties of each person in the chapter.

The Hobo Hike is an event that will live a long long time in our memories. vVe started early in the morning bearing with us a large coffee pot, frying pans, and large bags of supplies. It is true that we met with difficulties at first for some of the girls were late and half of the group went ahead to start the fire, taking all the provisions with them. The two groups failed to find each other for quite some time but finally we all safely arrived at a charming spot beside the river and after building the fire we fried bacon and eggs and made coffee. It is needless to expound upon how much everyone ate and how good everything tasted. It was still quite early when breakfast was finished and then we all went canoeing on the river. What a glorious sensation .it was, to float along, chatting and singing, forgetful of the world and all its cares! It made us long to have an Alpha Sig camping trip but it seemed impossible to arrange for it this summer.

We are always thrilled when we receive an invitation to a party at Beury's in their charming home at Germantown, and we look forward to it for weeks in advance. This year the fare well party of the $eniors was held there. They have a lovely garden and just to wander around and see the flowers is entertainment enough. The underclassmen added to this by giving a clever little play while we were sitting on the lawn. After a very delicious dinner one of the graduating girls read the last wi ll and testament of the departing Seniors and one of the underclassmen responded by reading a prophecy for the Seniors. There are seven of our A. S. A. girls leaving this year and all of them are receiving a B.S. in Education degree. They are: Margaret Eby, Physical Education; Elizabeth Little, Home Economics; Virginia Hoffman, Kindergarten ; Frances Shirley, French; June mith, Kindergarten ; Mary Wilson, Physical Education; Olive Wirth, Kindergarten.

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After the program Dr. Beury, the President of the University, with the assistance of Mrs. Beury and Mr. Smaltz, drove us out to the athletic field. How thrilled we were to see how much of the stadium had been completed! We visualized the games that will take place in future years and became so enthused that we pretended the teams were actuall y playing and gave long, loud cheers.

On Tuesday afteri1oon, June fifth, three new girls were given the ribbon pledge and will be initiated next Fall. Margaret Heck, who was given the Phoenix pledge at the beginning of the semester was initiated that evening at seven o'clock and was greeted lovingly as a new sister. This service was a beautiful closing event for the year nineteen twenty-seven to twenty-eight, a year filled with many activities, some difficulties, and a year made 路much happier for our group of girls because of the sisterh.ood and love found in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Frances Shirley.

MU MU CHAPTER

April third started a new term for the students who attend Michigan State N ormal. The girls in the house all came back after their one week of vacation with all sorts of exciting things to tell. Everyone was so happy and glad to see one another.

It was the Panhellenic ruling that all invitations to the spring rushing party must be delivered before seven o'clock on the morning of April third. How the girls did hate to get up so early.

And what was still worse the weather man had deemed it wise for it to rain that day. We invited eighteen girls to join us in Fairyland for breakfast on the morning of April seventh. Since Mu Mu needs a new faculty adviser next year as well as a new patroness we invited two faculty members and two town ladies to the breakfast.

It was enough for it to rain on the morning bids were delivered, but it had to rain the morning of the breakfast. Nevertheless at ten o'clock all the guests were assembled. The house was gaily decorated with flowers. The members had worked ever so hard to make crepe paper flowers from different pastel shades to suspend from the ceilings of the down stairs路 rooms .

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card tables for the breakfast. At each place at the table was a hand painted menu. Each one was different but all had a fairy somewhere on it. The breakfast was served in three courses.

The first course was "Fairies Delight". This was a fruit cocktail. Then "Golden Glow". This was creamed eggs on toast.

The last course was "Black Magic" and "Puff Ball". One can readily guess that this was frosted rolls and coffee.

After the breakfast the girls all entered into the game of butterfly. The tallies were handpainted butterflies. The prizes were roses and sweet peas . Just before departing the girls danced for a short time.

We invited nine of the girls to membership. Eight of those accepted. 'We were so proud of them. Each girl seems to be the ideal one.

Thursday night we held ribbon pledging. The new girls were each asked to do something; some sang, others spoke or played the piano.

For Easter Mu Mu sent roses and plants to the hospital.

On Monday evening at seven-thirty o'clock, Alpha Sigma Alpha held their formal pin pledging at the sorority house. The girls who received Alpl1a Sigma Alpha pledge pins are as follows: Estelle Bauche of Madison, Nebraska, Lelia Holt of Hemlock, Michigan, Margaret Leonard of Columbus, Ohio, Irene Lewis of Ypsil~mti, Naomi Pehrson of Manistee, Michigan, Joyce Potter of Jonesville, M ichigan, and Marjorie Rathbun of Lyons, Ohio.

Pledging was held for Miss Bauche at seven o'clock at the house. Miss Bauche is a new faculty member of the Sorority.

The Mu Mu girls' annual spring party was a dinner dance held at the Addison hotel in Detroit. A very enjoyable time was had by every girl present and we certainly wish to thank our alumni for their active part in making this party such a wonderful success.

The formal initiation of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority is to be held at the Sorority house on the second of June. The Zeta Tau Alpha girls are to be entertained at a Bridge Luncheon on the afternoon of the same day.

Our Mother-Patroness initiation is going to be held the week before graduation and the girls are looking forward to this with great anticipation.

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On the evening of May the seventeenth the annual Michigan State Normal "Kollege Komedy" was held. Various soront1es and organizations were represented. The Alpha Sigs were well represented, and presented a clever little comedy skit. It was well received by the enthusiastic audience that was present.

June Schwalm.

NU NU CHAPTER Nu Nu has been "very much busy" the past few months, and has so many plans made that it looks as if we were going to be "very much more busy" in the few remaining months of this school year !

On March third, a luncheon was given in honor of Helen Lindenmuth, by six of the girls who were in school with her.

"Lindie" had announced her engagement to William Ware, of Salem, New Jersey, in December, so this was a sort of birthdayshower. '0/e had the luncheon at the May Fair Tea Room, down town. "Lindie" received some lovely gifts,-and speaking of good times, we surely did have one!

The week of March twelfth, Drexel "underwent" the regular "ordeal" of quarterly finals, and how!

From March seventeenth to twenty-first, we had our Spring vacation,-the regular recess to go home to collect the Spring wardrobe!

We were so glad that Frances Bishop was able to represent us at the installation of Alpha Gamma chapter at Indiana, Pennsylvania, on the seventeenth of March .

On March nineteenth, Dot Chitterling was operated on for appendicitis. She had gone home for Spring vacation, and we were very much surprised, and concerned, when she called one of us to say that she was going to be operated on, and that she would not be with us for several weeks. She is getting along very well, we hear, so we hope that she will be returning real soon, "all well" again.

At six forty-five o'clock, on the evening of March twentieth, Marion G. Ball became the bride of Harlan G. Wilson. Blanche Ball was maid-of-honor. After the ceremony a small reception was held at the bride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson left immediately for their wedding trip to the Bermuda Islands. They will be at home after June first at Zelienople, Pennsylvania.

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On the evening of l\Iarch twenty-second, u Nu had a social meeting in the Art Gallery. At the short business meeting, Frances Bishop gave a very interesting account of the installation at Indiana, that she had attended. After the business meeting, the initiates took charge and presented us with a most interesting program,-ancl the best food!

The Sophomore Hop is to be on Friday, the thirteenth of April! It is to be held in the Great Court. We are all beginning to get excited about it now, for it promises to be one of the biggest social affairs of the whole year.

Practices for the May Fete have already begun. The pageant this year is to be a fantasy, based on the theine of "Mid-summer Night's Dream". The Senior Ball is stirring up the usual interest.

All these things planned are just one side of the life of Nu N u, and with all the others you can imagine that we do not have an idle moment,-ancl the truth of the matter is-we don't!

Spring time at Drexel is Festival time. There seems to be a new life, and everything from "doing" at the Student Houses to preparations for the Senior Ball take on a festive air.

The night of April tenth Ruth Sutherland, N u N u's president, entertained twelve of us at dinner at the Tea Rose. It was a lovely birthday celebration and we all had such a good time.

Fticlay, the thirteenth of April, was the elate for the annual Soph. Hop. The Court was decorated for the occasion; there was good music; compacts bearing the Drexel seal were the favors, and did we have a good time? "Jus' ask us!"

May third to sixth were the elates chosen for the annual May fete, when we all get out our best party dresses, and the marcels are put in especially careful. This year the May Fete opened on Thursday night with departmental exhibits . Friday night was the Senior Ball, for which the Great Court had been decorated as a Turkish hall, which was quite unusual and effective. The music was the best ever played for Drexel, and all enjoyed themselves to the utmost, even if we did dance on the tiring tile floor. Saturday morning classes were suspended. In the afternoon there was a Mardi Gras at the athletic field. Bright colored umbrellas dotted the cheering section . A luncheon was served while the inter-class track meet was "run off". Sunday was the day for the "grand wind-up". There was open house at the Student houses to receive friends.

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On the ni ght of May eighteenth, the K~~ fraternity, Alpha Sigma Alpha's " brother" at Drexel, gave an informal dance in our honor at the Philomusian Club. It was a beautiful spring evening. M iss Macintyre. our sponsor, Miss Burdette, ot1r adviser, Mr. Ryde r , sponsor for the fraternity, were special guests. eedless to say K~~ were royal hosts, and we had a glorious time.

Hermes Day, May twenty-fifth, N u Nu had a dinner at the Co rinne Tea Room clown town, after which we went 路to see :Mitzi in the ''Madcap" . It was a sort of farewell to our sisters who were graduating . A t each senior's place was found a tiny box containing a small gold charm bea ring the seal of Alpha Sigma A lpha, this to be a farewell token from the undergraduates and a symbol of our sisterhood. Miss Macintyre, Miss Burdett and Ruth Sutherla nd were presented with corsages of sweet peas and tea roses in appreciation for their untiring efforts for Alpha Sigma Alph a throqghout the year.

The week-end of May twenty-sixth the sorority spent at the lodge in Wayne roughing it. And did we have a good time? I should ay we did, judging by the number of " ha-ha's" and stiff backs (Blanche Ball and Edith Rood being the champion contorti oni sts when it comes to twi sting oneself into an S in order to make room for a third one in a three foot cot.)

May twenty-ninth was th e night of the Senior-Freshman dance, w hen the freshman girls entertained the senior girls and their "boy friends" at a formal dance at the Bala-Cynwyd Country Club. S mall leather-bound address books were the fav ors presented to the seni or girls.

O n l\Iay thirty-first at seven-thirty in the evening, the officers for the next year conducted a model meeting under the supervision of the retiring officer s.

On June fifteenth commencement activities were opened with th e P res ident's reception in the afternoon. Spring flowers decorated the Great Court. June sixteenth was Class Day, when a lun cheon was served at noon. A t ten o'clock th e morning of June seventeenth the Baccalaureate sermon was given at the Asbury l\Iethoclist Church. In the afternoon Alpha Sigma A lpha conducted a mother-patroness service, when three of the mothers were presented with the gold and pearl crown. Commencement exercises took place at ten o'clock of the morning of June eigh-

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teenth, when eight Alpha Sigs joined the alumnae ranks of 1\ u N u : Ruth Sutherland, Ruth Reaser, J arret Wilson, F rances Bishop, Sarah Parshall , Dorothy Chitterling, Ethel Weaver, and Ruth Tyler.

We are happy to tell you of the birth of a daughter Sara, to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Franklin Zurn III, of Mt. iry, on June twelfth. Mrs. Zurn was our Sal Thompson who graduated last year.

Sarah Baxter.

XI XI CHAPTER O n Sunday, April fifteenth , Xi Xi Chapter held initiation for Miss Dorothy Baugh, our new faculty adviser and Dorothy Brown. The services took place at five o'clock in the afternoon at the chapter house and vvere followed by a banquet at the Mary Helen Tea Room.

On Tuesday, April seventeenth, the pledges entertained the members with a beach party at Castle Rock, Santa Monica. We all left for the beach about five-thirty. It was clark when we arrived and the pledges lost no time in building a most inviting camp fir e. Adeli ne Ponti, who is teaching in San Pedro, gave all a very pleasant surprise by making her appearance just before supper. After eating we walked along the beach, and as it was a nice balmy evening, some of us ventured into N eptLine's domain for a quick clip . Then the ride home, and so " the end of a perfect cia y".

As so many of our girls are graduating or getting their teaching credentials, we decided that we needed several new girls t.o start out the next semester. During the week of May first , we had several ru shing parties, a bridge party, an informal tea, and a theatre party at the new Warner Brothers' Theatre in Holl ywood. Vve bid three darling girls : E lma Eckman, Lillian Cabot, and F lorence Brown. Ribbon pledging came T uesday night, May eighth, with the Phoenix degree the following Tuesday.

On Saturday, May fifth, V irginia Wilson gave a moonlight dance for the chapter at her home in the Hollywood Hill. The main attraction of the evening was the introduction of a real Indian prince, Ali Kahn, who is ~ friend of Mr. Wilson . The prince does not speak English very well, and discourses almost entirely in French. The girls who knew French were very much in demand as interpreters throughout the evemng.

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On Saturday, May twelfth, we had our annual Mother's Tea at the chapter house. This year for a favor each mother received a felt flower in various pastel shades. Some of the mothers had met before and were glad to see each other again, as well as to welcome the others.

On May twenty-ninth, our new pledges requested our presence at the house at five-thirty in the morning, and that is all they would tell us. It was all so mysterious that we simply couldn't stay away. Upon arriving at the house, we were ushered into cars and taken to Griffith Park, were we were served the most delightful breakfast. The birds furnished the music while we ate, and the trees a canopy over our heads. It was simply glorious!

On Saturday, June second, we had our formal dinner-dance at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. We were very glad to have Dr. and Mrs . Martin Jarvis at dinner with us. The table looked beautiful w\th its decoration of spring flowers.

On Tuesday, June twelfth, we held initiation for six girls at the home of Mrs. Fellows. We are more than proud to have Elma Eckman , Isabell Stewart, Cecile Schlee, Florence Brown, Lillian Cabot, and Mary Herrington as members of Xi Xi. We have received five pound boxes of candy from Cecile Schlee, Bernice Vidor, and Adeline Ponti. Adeline will be married on June thirtieth to James McCarthy, and Bernice to Kenneth Armstrong in August.

Last, but not least, we are very proud to announce the graduation of seven girls: Mildred Baker, B.E.; Josephine Gallegas, B.A. ; Orrell Hester, B. E.; Lois Oles, B.E.; Margaret Stramler, B.E.; Yirginia Wil son, B.A.; Margaret Vawter, B.E .

Elizabeth F ellows.

PI PI CHAPTER Initiation service was held on April twenty-first at the Park Lane. The formal service, more beautiful than ever, took place in the afternoon with the banquet, in a delightful conservatory just off the rooms in which the service took place, followin g.

N ine pledges were taken into our membership and one alumna member of Clio became an Ex-Collegio Alpha Sigma Alpha. An additional little touch was added to our service this time by the use of new articles of paraphernalia. A new white leather-bound

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bible, little gold carved bell for the registrar, and all the copies of the service used by the officers printed and bound in white leather including our registrar's book.

The next important event was a dinner-party given for us

by Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority at the "Neighborhood House".

It was a sort of "return" party for the house party we had invited them to in the fall. We all had a perfectly wonderful time as you can well imagine when we reveal the secret that mo t of us were playing "jump rope" in the back yard while waiting for the dinner to be "served". But then-the eating, as usual was the best part of it! After that important task the party "clividecl"some of the girls had "elates" for the dance at school that evening and departed in a crowd-while the rest departed via street-car and automobile to the picture show to harass the audience with their enjoyment of the picture! Altogether we cleciclecl it was a big success.

Mother's Day on May thirteenth is always an important clay for Alpha Sigma Alpha. This time we decided to let the "Dads" in on it too. So-we had "open house" at the home of Dot Parks from six o'clock on and served fancy sandwiches, cookies, cakes, tea-and coffee for the Dads. Of course the Mothers enjoyed it-they always do-but we were interested in finding out how the Fathers were going to "re-act". We certainly found out, for we had to literally drag them home! Eleanor Hickey accompanied her father who sang for us during the evening. It was an evening we all enjoyed-and we know our Mothers and Dads did too!

Our new initiates surprised us with a delightful party on May fourteenth. It was a "Bohemian" party, and certainly lived up to its name! The large living-room of the home of Ruth Puis was transformed into a miniature studio, while our hostesses attended us in smocks and "tams." The entertainment was quite intellectual, which, I suppose is true of all "studio" parties? We had to exhibit our ignorance quite frequently in the clever guessing games they had devised. But the food! Potato salad, "hot clogs", pickles, coffee, ice-cream and cookies-and then each girl wa given an adorable little "market-basket" filled with pretzels and peanuts and tied with a big red bow! 'vVe thought our new little initiates were pretty "nice" before-but now we are sure if it!

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Another inter-sorority social function we had was a weekend party which we invited Tri Sigma Sorority to share with us.

It was held on May nineteenth and twentieth at the home of Doris Burton . Most house-parti es are all alike-but we are inclined to think this was an "extra-special" one. It was one more step in the welding of fri end ship among the girls of different sororiti es. We are proud to be able to say that Alpha Sigma Alpha started this movement at the beginning of the year, and it has developed into an earnest movement for a better cooperation between all the sororities of S . T. C. Vl/e celeb rated Hermes Day on May twenty-first, one of our regular meeting nights-but it was a "party" -night, after meeting. After the forma l business of the evening was dispensed with we settled down to a grand " talk" and party among ourselves. It was a treat, for we are generally so busy we seldom take time for fun after meetings. Refreshments were served in the form of fruit salad, saltines, and coffee.

One of the big events of the year is the annual "Panhellenic Sing" a contest taking place on the campus after school on Jun e first. Each sorority sings one serious and one "peppy" songand are judged by a selected group of judges present. Rose O lief composed the music for our serious song-and Dorothy Marley , working with Rose, composed the words for it-our "Hymn of Prai se". The other song we sang was "King ASA." Below are the words to our new song.

HYMN OF P RAISE

"We praise thee, clear Alpha Sigma Alpha, For thy friendship bound with bonds of truth; May our faith in you never weaken, May we keep the .pledges of our youth.

II

We praise thee, clear Alpha Sigma Alpha, For the light lit by thy inspiration; May we always keep thy high ideals, And show you our deep devotion.

JII

We'll be loyal Alpha Sigma Alpha, We'll always r emember thee and love thee; All thy precepts we shall fondly cherish, And we '11 be forever true to thee."

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With such a lovely hymn written especially for us, we had to do good. For in singing the first song-the hymn, we formed the shape of our pin on the campus; and for the second song"King ASA"-we formed Pi Pi in Greek symbols. It looked quite good as the girls were all in white and wore red "bandanas" or ties around their necks. As a result we were placed second in the contest-our old friend Delta Sigma Epsilon "outsang" us with Alpha Sigma Tau coming in third.

The Alumnae girls are giving the Senior girls a tea on Tuesday, June twelfth, at the Town Club. It will be a treat for them to meet all the Ex-Collegios and lay a foundation for their entering that chapter after their graduation.

The final event of the year promises to be one of the most enjoyable. 路After the dreaded week of "cramming" and "exams" is over we will all desert the city of our recent "toil" and journey to Attica for a wonderful week-end, celebrating the freedom from work and studies at the home of "Dot" Marley. 'vVe are to leave on Friday, June fifteenth , as soon as the last examination is over-and stay until Sunday, June seventeenth.

O ur Senior girls will have to r eturn for the afternoon Baccalaureate service and the rest will depart whenever "the spirit moves them". Silver Lake, a delightful summer resort, is quite near and there is plenty of wide open country and woods to roam in, so most of us will be able to spend our time rejoicing! It will be a wonderful close to a wonderful year.

Turning from actual sorority activities to school activities, we find a great deal to comment upon. Rose O lief was awarded the Chromatic Prize-of a membership in the Chromatic Society of Buffalo for musical achievement during the year. Rose has also had the additional honor of being appointed to the faculty of State Teachers College for next year. She will be school pianist and accompanist and will in addition give a course in Music to entering students who have not sufficient music to take up the college course immediately. This means not only the honor to Rose, but that we will have her with us for another year. Over which fact we are most elated-! will leave you to judge.

On May twenty-eighth S. T. C. held their second annual "Moving Up" day. At eleven parades took place around the campus of the different classes and their mascots, passing under the "Arch of Progress" erected on the campus and back into the

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assembly for the exercises. At twelve-thirty there was a general "exodus" to the boats that carried the students to Crystal Beach (Buffalo's Coney Island) where a field meet was staged in which the Freshman Class carried off all the honors. In the evening there was dancing and all returned by the nine o'clock special boat which, as in going over, had the school band and orchestra for dancing "en route". Alice Weinheimer and Dorothy Parks were two active members of the Fourth Year Class committee that had charge of the clay's activities. It was a tremendous task for ail- and was a success in spite of the usual Buffalo weather -ram.

The Senior activities in which many of our girls participated, are as follows: Friday, June eighth, President's Reception to the Faculty and Graduating Class at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, June sixteenth-Alumni Day. Sunday, June seventeenth, at four-thirty , Baccalaureate Sermon in the College Auditorium. Monday, June eighteenth, Class Day Exercises on the Campus and in College Auditorium, at eight-thirty in the evening. Tuesday, June nineteenth at ten-thirty in the morning, Commencement Exercises in the Elmwood Music Hall. A list of the graduates are as follow s: Helen Block, Alice Brems, Lorine Bullard , *Letha Cooper, *Elizabeth Curran, *Eleanor Holmwood, Ruth Molyneaux, Florence N evin s, *Martha Steinhauser. Also Alice Weinheimer, Dorothy Parks and Rose Olief will receive their B.S. in Education, having completed a fourth year course. Those starred above are being graduated from the Home Economics Department and receive a B.A. degree.

Returnin g girls next year are: Ramona Dahlman, Geneva Dusing, Doris Glunz, Helen Rich, Mary Martiny, Grace Olief , Dorothy F reund, Dorothy Ewers, Winifred Allen, Doris Burton, Edna Grampp, H elen Lazer, Alice Weatherston, Eleanor Hickey, F ay Leidy, Catherine Mitchell, Pauline Setter, Dorothy Marley, Ruth P ui s, Ruth Leis and Eleanor Schiersing.

In conclusion is the best news of all-and it is such big news I hardly know how to write it. For the past few years the " State Normal School" at Buffalo had been feeling decidedly crowdedand since it has become the State Teachers College at Buffaloit feels decidedl y more so! Steps have been taken to provide a new college-and although it will be several years before it is compl eted, it is a tremendously important event for S. T. C.

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The plans, which have been ratified by the New York State Legislature, are quite ideal. The site of the new college grounds will be the former State Hospital, which is being moved to Gowanda. It is in one of the most beautiful parts of Buffalo, our Delaware Park, and will border on Scajaquada Creek. Near it are three beautiful buildings, the Albri ght Art Gallery, Buf falo Society of I atural Sciences, and the Historical Building. The proposed buildings, which are to occupy the campus are in the form of a quadrangle-the General- main building, Vocational, Practice School, Junior High School and Gymnasium buildings.

Although we will never have the privilege perhaps, of being students in this new college of ours, yet we look with great hope 路 and pride into the future-and the well-known saying has become quite common-"Well , when we have the new college-" And we are proud to be the builders of customs, ideals and organizations that shall some clay have that beautiful new college we have planned for.

Doris L. Glunz.

RHO RHO CHAP TER Rho Rho Chapter held an initiation service on May the fourth for Frances Conner, Pauline PowelL Leuella Pierson. and Virginia Morris. The girls were very much impressed with the ceremony and we feel sure that they will be valuable members.

After the ceremony we had a theatre party.

Hermes Day was celebrated by Rho Rho Chapter with a formal dance at the home of Mrs. Hamill on Staunton Road. The house was decorated with cut flowers and many colored balloons.

Crimson and white, the so rority colors, were carried out in decorations, programs and r efreshments. McClains Colored Melody Boys furnished the music for the occasion . Wilsie Malone, our Ex-Collegio Secretary, was in Huntington for the dance.

Each year Marshall College has a Torch Ceremony and Spring Festival at Commencement time. These two events take place on the large South Campus the Saturday before Commencement.

The Torch Ceremony is the dignified, rather sad relinquishing of the Senior places to the Juniors. The loveliest girl in the Junior class is always chosen as Alma Mater. After the Seniors, in cap and gown, have marched onto the campus, she and the Heralds appear and Alma Mater is seated on her throne. Then

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the Juniors, the girls dressed in white, the boys in dark suits, march toward the throne carrying garlands: The garlands are presented with the plea that the Light of Knowledge be passed on to the Juniors. The Seniors light their candles from the Torch of Knowledge which Alma Mater holds and pass these on to the Juniors. Then they march off the campus.

Then comes the gay Festival. Always before there has been a Maypole with dancing and singing, but this year a play, "Snow VVhite and the Seven Dwarfs" was given. The stage was arranged at one end of the campus with many colored spot lights for stage lights. I can't begin to tell about the play so suffice it to say that it was exceptionally good.

We were very proud because Elizabeth Beres, one of our girls, had one of th e leading parts as Queen Brangomar.

This year Marshall College celebrated her Ninety-first A nnual Commencement on May fourth in the new Keith-Albee Theatre .

M r. Dwight W. Morrow, the U. S. Ambassador to Mexico, wh o was born in old College Hall at Marshall, gave the Commencement Address. He told about the founding of the college and expressed hi s hope that it may continue to prosper. In honor of M r. Morrow, Marshall did something which she has never done, she gave M r. Morrow the honorary degree of LL.D. He wa presented the degree by Dr. Haworth, vice-president of the College, and th e degree was conferred by Dr. Shawkey, president of the College.

M r. Fielding Yost, football coach at the Univet'sity of Michigan, and a native West Virginian, was also given the honorary degree of LL.D. The little six year old great-grandson of Chief Justice Marshall, after whom the College was named, was present. H e was given a letter from the president of the College giving him the privilege of attendi ng his first six years of school in the Marshall Model School free of charge.

Over one hundred students received their Bachelor of Arts Degree and about fifty No rmal Students were graduated.

The girls of Rho Rho Chapter had a swimming party in the College sw imming-pool Monday evening, June the fourth. About fourteen couples enjoyed the party. They were chaperoned by Mrs. Richardson, th e House Mother, and Miss Huppeler, th e Faculty Advi ser.

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Mrs. Stratton, the lady with whom " Pat", our president, takes her meals, gave a Tea-Dance in her honor Friday, June the first.

The house was attractively decorated with roses and music was furnished throughout the afternoon. Refreshments were served to the members, Mrs . Richardson, and Mrs. Stratton.

Alice Krng.

SIGMA SIGMA CHAPTER

Alpha Sigma Alpha has an orchestra again this year at Sigma Sigma . It is great fun practicing. This year we have two violins, two saxophones, or one saxophone, a viola, flute, and piano. Vve borrow drums for another girl when we perform.

On March eighteenth Sigma Sigma held initiation for the fgollowing girls: Zona Osterman, Mamie Blake, Ruth Buswell, Alice Peck, Annie Savage, Rosellen Tomkins, Callie Donthitt, Dorothy Ambrose, Zelia Gibbs, Irys Osterman .

On May twenty-sixth, just the day after Hermes Day, we had our big formal dance. The hall was a regular fairy garden with flowers, ferns, mirrors, little tiny li ghts, lovely music and everything that goes to make a formal successful. Considering the fact that all the flowers were shipped to Gunnison, one can readily see that the decorations were a "task. Vve had all our parents and friends mail us cut flowers of all kinds. We had just banks of ferns and snowballs which made a covering for the fireplace. We had our dance at the clubhouse on the campus, the place where all sorority and fraternity formals are held. The hall smelled just like a flower garden. Altogether we had about six tubs full of flowers. Then six full length mirrors were hung around the walls. For our special dance we had two tiny girls dressed in flowers who gave a short dance and then passed out the favors in little flower baskets. Our favors were letter openers in the shape of a little sword with our crest on them. Our programs were silver gray celluloid booklets tied with long red silk cord and A~A stamped in red across the front. They are the prettiest that have ever been on our campus. All our members worked hard to make this dance a big success.

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PHI PHI CHAPTER The months of April and May were very busy ones for Phi Phi Chapter, for during those months we of the Lambda Phi ociety planned and schemed how we might become Phi Pl~i Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

April fourth the Lambdi P hi Society entertained Mrs. Fred Sharp, national registrar, at a luncheon at the Hotel Linville. The color scheme of blue and silver of Lambdi Phi was cai路ried out in the decorations. After the luncheon Mrs. Sharp told us all of the wonderful things about Alpha Sigma Alpha. Each of us girls went away from there determ ined to do her best to push on to Alpha Sigma Alpha. And did we succeed? I should say so ! The next time Mrs. Sharp came the ribbon pledge service was held following a luncheon at the First M . E. Church.

At the close of installation day, May nineteenth, the girls of Phi Phi Chapter had a banquet at the Smart home on West Fifth.

Eight national officers and sponsors of Alpha Sigma Alpha were present and also guests from Warrensburg, Pittsburg, Kansas, Kirksville, and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. We of Phi Phi Chapter began to realize how fortunate we were to belong to the Kingdom of Asa. After the banquet short talks were given by each representative and officer. We all left the banquet inspired to higher ideals.

A week later the Phi Phi girls were entertained at an announcement at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gray in honor 路 of their daughter Katherine who is now the wife of Robert Mountjoy. Katherine is the first one of the charter members of Lambdi Phi to be married. However, we do not feel in the least that we have lost her.

The evening of June tenth the patronesses of Phi Phi, Mrs. R. C. Person, Mrs. Clun Price, Mrs. U. G. Whiffin and Miss Gladys Criswell gave a picnic for the girls of Alpha Sigma Alpha at th e Country Club. We fried bacon and eggs on the outdoor stove and later roasted marshmallows. We had a "real" picnic supper and a lovely time.

The gi rls that are returning to college this Fall are anxiously looking forward to a year of success-social and otherwise.

Hild1red Fitz.

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TAU TAU CHAPTER O ur first party in April, an indoor picnic, was given on the ninth. The girls, returning from their Easter vacation, brought loads of eats from home, and accompanied by friends, went to the \1\foman's Building, where we spent the evening in dancing.

O ur spring formal was given in the vVoman's Building on Saturday, April fourteenth. The hall was decorated with green lattice work, from which hung cluster s of pink flowers. The ceiling was hung wi.th rainbow colored crepe paper moss, and an arc light, in the form of a moon, furnished our only light. The scene was to represent a garden in the moonlight. Nearly all of the girls wore pastel colored organdies, adding to the summery effect. During our firefly dance, the favors-silver flashlights engraved with a replica of our badge, were given to the boys. The surprise of the evening came when our patronesses served a lovely lunch, consisting of nutbread and chicken sandwiches, olives, wafers and coffee. In addition to this, punch was served throughout the evening.

O n April twenty-ninth, Frances N ickles, an ex-collegio girl, joined our ranks. We are very glad to initiate alumnae, and we hope to interest others during the next school year.

The fir st of May brought the Music Festival, in which Alpha Sigma Alpha was well represented. The main event, a performance of Verdi 's "Aida", given with the assistance of professional mu sicians was a wonderful affair. There were twelve Alpha Sigs in the orchestra, chorus, and ballet. The ballet was under the direction of 1\!Iiss .l\Iildred Stephen, head of the department of P hys ical Education, and one of our patronesses.

Graduation week brought two social affairs, in addition to the many events customary to that week. Monday evening, May twenty-first, we had a picnic at Custer's Island. Bacon, eggs, buns, olives, salad and ice cream cones made up the supper. The most amusing spectacle was presented when Gladys Hayes fell . in the creek while crossing the log which serves as a footbridge. Gladys insists that she did this purposely, because she knew it was expected of her. Afte r supper we drove back to town, and went to the Woman's Building to dance.

Tuesday, May twenty-second, we had our Hermes celebration.

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number of our alumnae, and all of our patronesses present. Miss Stephen, who left at the end of the school year, gave us a fare·well speech, and presented us with a check.

Ruth McR eynolds had the misfortune to have scarlet fever, and consequently mi ssed our last two parties.

Commencement week ended T hursday noon, May tw entyfourth, and six of our girls, Lucile Wright, J osephine H upf er, M ildred K ing, Rosa Giess, F lorence vVallace, and Genevieve Lovejoy g raduated. All of these girls, with the exception of one, have secured positions for the next year, and will teach in the followi ng places-Florence vVallace, Music, Hayes; Rosa Giess.

Commerce, Oakley; Lucile Wright, H ome Economics, Oakley; Genevieve Love joy, A rt, Tucson, A ri zona ; and Mildred K ing, :M usic, Marqu ette.

Ruby Dew's brother, Carl , had the wonderful luck to win the l\Iari o~1 Talley Schola rship contest at Kansas City on May fi fteenth . We are very proud of our " brother", who is very loyal to Alpha S igma Alpha .

We a re well represented in summer school, since R osina Allbert, an alumnae, is head of the P hysiCal Education Department, Genevieve Lovejoy is , teaching in th e A rt Department, and Catherine L ewis expects to teach Spani sh in July, when the instructo r plans to go to the U niver sity of Mexico.

Ve ry few of our girls will return to school next fall, but we expect to increase our number s as soon as possible. As fa r as we know, there will be twelve girls in town next winter, and the other s are near enough to come back for the parti es, so we shall probabl y do very well.

Vve think it fitting to here pay tri bute to our patronesses, M iss E .•J. Agnew, Dean of Women, Miss Mildred Stephen, M rs. J . G. Brenner, and M r s. C. G. Cochran for their wonderful help and kindness to us during the year, and we also wish to th ank the chapter s for their m essages and gifts at the time of our installation .]ast March .

Mild1'ed King.

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