Asa phoenix vol 16 no 2 jan 1930 by Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority

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

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JANUARY , 1930

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Published in November, J a nuary , March, May and July of each year at No . 30 North N inth Street, Richmond, Indiana, by the Nicholson Printing Company, for the Alpha ~1gma Alpha Sorority having headquarters at 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Mass. Business corre路spondence may be addressed to either office, but matter for publication and correspondence con-cerning the same shou ld be addr essed to Gertrude D. Halbritter, Editor, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Mass. Entered as second-class matter September 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond, Ind., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price one dollar per year.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, A and AA, 5 Cobden St., Boston, r9, Mass. Vice-President-Miss Minnie M. Shockley, rr, 6rr Maryland Ave., Columbia, Mo. Graduate Secretary- Mrs. J. J. Hendrix, HH, Vilas, Kansas. Treasurer- Miss Grace G. Fultz, !:J.!:J., Rushville, Ohio. Registrar- Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, ZZ, 1405 Hardy St., Independence, Mo. Undergraduate Secretary- Miss Leona Wilcox, II, r9r6 44th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Editor- Miss Gertrude D. Halbritter, 88, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Mass. BOARD OF ADVISERS Alpha Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, "The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta- Miss Ethel Hook, 202 Conner Apts., Kirksville, Missouri. Alpha Gamma- Miss Ethel A. Belden, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Mrs. Lester Opp, 717 r7th St., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Miss Ollie Shattuck, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Mrs. Howard L. Goodwin, 30 Franklin Ave., Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon- Miss Edna McCullough, ror7 Rural St., Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Orlo R. Nattinger, ro8 South St., Warrensburg, Missouri.

Eta Eta-Miss Eulalia Roseberry, r610 South Olive Street, Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, 5 Cobden St., Boston, 19, Mass. Iota Iota-Mrs. W. F. Barr, 2482 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Sherman H. Doyle, r8o4 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 路 Lambda Lambda-Mrs. Charles M. Cummings, So W. California Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-Miss Estelle Bauch, 408 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich. Nu Nu- Miss Jean M. Richmond, I4II S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Xi XiOmicron Omicron- Miss Ada Hyatt, 325 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio. Pi Pi-Miss Elizabeth B. Small, 196 North St., Buffalo, N. Y. Sigma Sigma- Miss Lucy E. Spicer, Western State College, Gunnison, Colo. Tau Tau-Miss Elizabeth J. Agnew, State Teachers College, Hays, Kansas. Upsilon Upsilon- Mrs. E- Basil Hawes, 475 W. Broadway, Granville, Ohio. Phi Phi- Miss Nell Martindale, Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Miss Mary C. Turner, 2126 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Finance-Miss Ruth Duffey, r56r Winton Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Service- Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 8 E. Depew St., Buffalo, N.Y. Membership- Mrs. Edgar M. Neptune, 802 Stinard Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. Program-Miss Nelle L. Gabrielson, 1530 Twenty-eighth St., Des Moines, Iowa. Actives-Miss Ina M. Bain, 28 Flynt St., North Qumcy, Mass.

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-State Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-State Teachers College, Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma-State Teachers College, Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta-State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Theta Theta:_Boston University, Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich. Nu Nu-Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. Omicron Omicron-State Teachers College, Kent, Ohio. Pi Pi-State Teachers College, Buffalo, N.Y. Sigma Sigma-Western State College, Gunnison, Colo. Tau Tau-State Teachers College, Hays, Kansas. Upsilon Upsilon-Denison University, Granville, Ohio. Phi Phi-State T \achers College, Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Indianapolis Teachers College, Indianapolis, Ind. CHAPTER HOUSES Beta Beta-1732 Eleventh Ave., Greeley, Colo. Delta Delta-127 E. State Street, Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon- 218 W. Twelfth Ave., Emporia, Kans. Zeta Zeta-304 E. Culton Street, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-1206 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans. Theta Theta-ro6 Gainsboro St., Boston, Mass. Iota Iota-2901 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-1826 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda---70 E. Fifteenth Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-943 Sheridan Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich. Xi Xi-1902 Midvale, Westwood, Calif. Sigma Sigma-121 N. Colorado Ave., Gunnison, Colo. Tau Tau-413 W. Eighth St., Hays, Kansas. Upsilon Upsilon-129 Main St., Granville, Ohio. Phi Phi-522 N. Market St., Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-2241 Central Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. EX-COLLEGIO SECRETARIES Alpha Alpha-Georgia R. Turner, 2061 E. Iooth St., Cleveland, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Mrs. Kennerly Woody, 6621 Alabama St., St. Louis, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Mrs. Glenn H. Ferguson, 75II Hutchinson Ave., Swissvale, Pa., Nell H. Russell, 940 Water St., Indiana, Pennsylvania. Beta Beta-Dorothea Wycoff, 544 Baker St., Longmont, Colo. Gamma Gamma-Luella Harzman, 917 Flynn Ave., Alva, Oklahoma. Delta Delta-Mrs. David A. Skidmore, 130 Thorne Ave., Massillon, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon-Mrs. Everette R. Barr, 818 Market St., Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Leslie A. McMeekin, 201 W. North St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Mrs. W. C. Bryant, 24 N. 1oth St., Kansas City, Kansas. Theta Theta-Mrs. Edwin Lundquist, 219 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, Mass. Iota Iota-Edith T. Burr, 1014 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Kappa Kappa-June Smith, 526 Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa. Lambda LambdaMu Mu-Mrs. Otto E. Nickel, 206 Cass Ave., Mount Clemens, Mich. Nu Nu-M. Elizabeth Darlington, Merchantsville, N.J.

Omicron Omicron-Ethel McMaster, Youngstown, Ohio. Xi Xi-Martha Van Heukelom, 601 S. Detroit, Los Angeles, Calif. Pi Pi-Mrs. Ralph W. Kayser, 108 University Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Tau Tau-Geraldine Reinecke, 2812 r6th St., Great Bend, Kans. Upsilon Upsilon-Louise Stewart, 1330 Blue Ave., Zanesville, Ohio. Phi Phi-Mrs. Robert Mountjoy, 222 W. Cooper St., Maryville, Missouri. Chi Chi-Mrs. Richard A. Rice, 5352 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. .

CITY ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES Alva, Oklahoma-Mrs. J. A. Lane, 8or Center St., Alva. Boston, Mass-Edith Howlett, 40 Newtonville Ave., Newton, Mass. Cherokee, Okla.Chicago, IlL-Ann Brewington, 5701 Kenwood Ave., Chicago. Cleveland, Ohio-Ethel E. Goddard, r839 Knowles Ave., East Cleveland. Columbus, Ohio-Ruth Blenkner, 170 Olentangy St., Columbus. Denver, Colo.-Elvira Bjork, 3439 S. Grant St., Denver. Des Moines, Iowa-Mrs. Walter Weissinger, 4002 Adams St., Des Moines. Detroit, Mich.Emporia, Kans.-Mrs. Harry W. Everett, ro E. Wilmah Ct., Emporia. Greeley, Colo.-Ethelyne Rhiner, IOr8 14th St., Greeley. Huntington, W. Va.-Doris L. Feeley, 2547 Third Ave., Huntington. Indianapolis, Incl.-Jane Foltz, 2259 N. Pennsylvania, Indianapolis. Kansas City, Mo.-Mary Grubbs, 3409 Wyandotte St., Kansas City.

Lancaster, Pa.-Olive Wirth, 31 Caracas Ave., Hershey, Pa. Los Angeles, Calif.-Lillian Criswell, 254 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles. Neodesha, Kans.-Lucy Clinkenbeard, N. 8th St., Neodesha. New York, N. Y.-Rosamond Root, 520 W. r22nd St., New York City. Philadelphia, Pa.Pittsburg, Kans.Pittsburgh, Pa.-Mrs. Harlan G. Wilson, Zelienople, Pa. Toledo, Ohio-Helen Robinson, roo5 Shadow Lawn Drive, Toledo. Warrensburg, Mo.-Mrs. Marion F. Parker, R. R. 4, Warrensburg.

EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief

Gertrude D. Halbritter, 56 Meredith Circle, Milton, Mass. Chapter Editors

Alpha Alpha-Devona Stroup, 2 West Hall, Oxford, Ohio. Alpha Beta-Elinor Fair, 716 E. Illinois, Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Gamma- Julia Smith, III N. Sutton Hall, S. T. C., Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Mary Lou Brown, 2047 Eighth Ave., Greeley, Colo. Gamma Gamma- Eleanor Houts, 815 Locust St., Alva, Okla. Delta Delta-Charline Martin, 27 Franklin St., Athens, Ohio. Epsilon Epsilon- Carolyn Ray, 218 N . 12th St., Emporia, Kansas. Zeta Zeta-Mary Greenwald, 304 E. Culton, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Mary Clyde Newman, ro Quincy Ct., Pittsburg, Kans. Iota Iota-Janet Fordyce, nrs 25th St., Des Moines, Iowa. Theta Theta-Louise Musgrove, 354 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass. Kappa Kappa- Sara R. McCullough, 209 Pine St., Oxford, Pa. Lambda Lambda- Grace Groff, 2343 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Mu Mu-Audrey Harvey, 943 Sheridan St., Ypsilanti, Mich. Nu Nu-Georgia Sherred, 216 N. 33rd St., Philadelphia, Pa. Omicron Omicron- Thelma Stambaugh, 425 Crane Ave., Kent, Ohio. Xi Xi-Betty Pease, 15309 Earlham, Pacific Palisades, Calif. Pi Pi-Ruth Brems, 8r Elmer St., Buffalo, N.Y. Sigma Sigma-Ruth Wolfe, Gunnison, Colo. Tau T au-Marjorie Reinecke, 413 W. Eighth St., Hays, Kans. Upsilon Upsilon- Marguerite Agin, 58 N. Seventh St., Newark, Ohio. Phi Phi-Mary E. Selecman, 8ro S. Walnut St., Maryville, Mo. Chi Chi-Helen Kemmer, 2241 Central Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

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THE PHOENIX ON TO BOSTON All roads lead to Boston. Every city, town and hamlet in New England is making plans to celebrate the Tercentenary Year. Soon the presses will be humming while they turn out historical books, folders, and cards. Special stamps will be issued as well as special money. Pageants are being planned; and many historical buildings are being restored. A comprehensive system of marking places along the Massachusetts highways is soon to be put into effect. About one hundred historic spots closely associated with the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony will be erected. The markers will take the form of those used in Virginia. Thus the old and the new will be blended this coming year. A vast throng of pilgrims, surpassing in size even the wildest flights of imagination路 of those Pilgrim forefathers three hundred years ago will wend they way to the city where in r63o that small band of Pilgrims settled, perhaps never dreaming that a whole nation would pay homage to the place where first they established their humble dwellings and made their first beginnings in a new world. What a wealth of material for the teacher! Here she can collect enough to keep her small charges spellbound for many an hour. What stirring stories of brave deeds are aroused by the names of Bunker Hill, Paul Revere, Lexington and Concord, The Boston Tea Party, Salem, Plymouth, Provincetown. What a background for literature in the Wayside Inn, the homes of our early writers, many of which have been preserved. All these and many more can one see in a short time. But, perhaps you will say, our Convention is in Swampscott, and not in Boston. That is true, but Swampscott is situated only twelve miles from Boston, a short twenty-minute ride on the train, a short drive by automobile, and busses will be

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provided for sightseeing. You can't afford to miss seeing Boston and its vicinity this year. Come to Convention and then plan to stay even longer if you wish.

BOSTON TOWN How shall I get to Boston Town, To Boston Town, to Boston Town, Oh, how shall I get to Boston Town? The little maiden cried. All the trains run to Boston Town, To Boston Town, to Boston Town, But what does it cost to get to Boston Town? The little maiden cried. Just save your pennies for Boston Town, For Boston Town, for Boston Town. A penny here, a dollar there, will pave the way to Boston Town! The little maiden cried. I'll go on foot, by train or auto to Boston Town, To Boston Town, to Boston Town, I'll be there at Convention in Boston Town! The little maiden cried.

SV.l AMPSCOTT AND SURROUNDING HISTORICAL POINTS SwAMP SCOTT-a typical old-time fishing village, located about twelve miles from Boston, marks one of the most exclusive sections of the North Shore of Massachusetts. Although it has a normal population of less than w,ooo inhabitants, this figure is greatly increased during the season by a large number of visitors and owners of beautiful summer homes. It is reached from Boston by motor over the Metropolitan Parkway system

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which follows the water practically all the way, or by train over the lines of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Frequent and regular train service enables one to reach Boston in less than thirty minutes. The NEw OcEAN HousE is situated on Puritan Road, a continuation of the Old Bay Shore Road, established in r629, the oldest and most famous highway along the North Shore, following the lines of the Indian Trail known as "The Path of Peace." "WHITE CouRT"- the summer home of President Calvin Coolidge in 1925-is located on Little's Point, five minutes' walk from the New Ocean House. This beautiful Colonial mansion is directly on the ocean, a short distance in from Puritan Road. It adjoins "Red Gables," the summer home of Mr. Frank W. Stearns. YE OwE HuMPHREY HousE-Aside from the beautiful summer residences and the fishing colony, one of the most interesting sights in Swampscott is the Olde Humphrey House, at 99 Paradise Road, the oldest house in New England, built and occupied by Assistant Governor John Humphrey, prior to r637, possibly in 1634. The location and various important details relating to the structure have been established by sketches and notes, made in r637 by Governor Winthrop, which are still preserved. In r64r it was sold to Lady Deborah Moody, and became her home. She was later driven out of the Colony for refusing baptism to infants. Her son, Sir Henry Moody, sold the property in r6sr to Daniel King, for whom King's Beach was named. From the King family the property passed through the hands of Robert Bondson into possession of members of the Burrill family in 1700 and remained in that family for 98 years. It was for many years the home of Honourable Ebenezer Burrill, Councillor under the Province Charter. From the Burrill family it was transferred to Robert Hooper of Marblehead, and from the Hooper family to Honourable William Reed and later to Honourable Enoch Reddington Mudge. The house has recently been purchased by patriotic members of the Swampscott Historical Society and will soon be returned to its old Colonial aspect with antique furnishings.

THE PHOENIX NAHANT-noted for its beautiful ocean scenery. Formerly the summer home of the poet Longfellow and historians Motley and Prescott. Home of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Distance, four miles. SALEM-quaint, historic town, founded in 1626. Has many relics of Old New England days and numerous fine old colonial houses. "The Witch House," where those accused of witchcraft were tried, and Hawthorne's "House of Seven Gables" may still be seen here. See the Ropes' and Nichols' mansions, as well as the Colonial flower garden. Distance, five miles. MARBLEHEAD -"Birthplace of American Navy," world famed for its excellent harbor and as the yachting center of the New England coast. Home of the Eastern and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. See the nationally known painting, "Father, Son and Sire," in Abbott Hall; the Lee and Hooper mansions; Ye Olde Brigg, former home of Moll Pitcher; and Agnes Surrage's well. Old Powder House built in 1755, at outbreak of the French and Indian wars, for the storage of ammunition. Used for the storage of powder during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Distance, five miles. BEVERLY- a historic North Shore settlement, containing many beautiful homes. Summer home of former President William Howard Taft. Distance, six miles. PRIDE's CRossiNG-one of the most beautiful sections of the North Shore. The home of many wealthy summer visitors. Includes the magnificent estate of the late Henry Clay Fisk. Distance, ten miles. WENHAM-near Wenham are many spots of great beauty, and fine country estates. The Honorable George von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy in Roosevelt's cabinet and former Ambassador to Italy, is a summer resident. One of the largest gladioli farms in America is located here, to which visitors are welcome. Distance, ten miles. SouTH HAMILTON-home of the Myopia Hunt Club, the premier hunting and polo club of New England. The Prince of W ales was entertained at this Cl-ub in 1924. Many inte.rest-

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ing hunting events, polo contests and golf matches are held here during the summer. Distance, twelve miles. EssEx-first town in America to engage in shipbuilding. Many of the best known private yachts in the country were built and launched here. A trip to Essex combining, as it does, ocean vistas and charming wood views, is among the prettiest short rides. Distance, twelve miles. CAMBRIDGE-Seat of Harvard University. Radcliffe College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The famous $2,ooo,ooo Widener Library is located in Harvard Yard. See the famous glass flowers in Harvard University Museum, Oxford Street, Cambridge. Building open week-days from 9 to 5, Sundays and holidays, I to 5路 Washington Elm is on Garden Street, near Radcliffe College. Washington took command of the American Army here on July 3, I775路 BosToN-The "Hub of the Universe." Many historical, educational and religious points of interest. Faneuil Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty," erected in 1742, burnt in 1762 and rebuilt on original lines, has been a popular meeting place since 1763, when it was publicly dedicated to the cause of liberty. Open week-days, 9 to 5, Saturday, 9 to 12. Free. See the site of the Boston Massacre on State Street, corner of Exchange Street. Marked by circle in the pavement. Christian Science Mother Church is located on Falmouth Street near Norway Street in the Back Bay. Franklin's birthplace is at 17 Milk Street, in financial district. Paul Revere House is at 19 and 21 North Street. Open week-days, IO a. m. to 4 p. m. DANVERs-has many Colonial homes replete with historic interest. "Oak Knoll," surrounded by great trees, where the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, spent most of his later years, may still be seen. In nearby Topsfield may be found many fine types of Old New England architecture. Home and birthplace of General Israel Putnam, American leader during Revolutionary War. Here is located the Hooper House, which General Gage used as his headquarters in the summer of I774路 MAGNOLIA-fashionab1e resort, popular as the shopping center for the wealthy summer colonists of the North Shore and

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visitors. Nearly all the exclusive New York and Paris shops are represented. Distance, twenty-two miles. Rafe's Chasm and Norman's Woe Rock, claimed to be the scene of Longfellow's poem, "The Wreck of the Hesperus." LEXINGTON-where the famous Revolutionary battle was fought. The rough boulder on Lexington Common, appropriately inscribed with the words of Captain Parker, marks the line of the "Minute Men" whose courageous action accelerated the retreat of the British troops to Boston. Lexington is exceedingly rich in historic sites. See the John Hancock house with its original furnishings in their entirety, a veritable altar to American patriotism. Distance, twenty-five miles. GLOUCESTER-the greatest fishing port in America, settled in 1625, Gloucester fishing schooners are celebrated for their yachtlike lines, their sailing qualities and general seaworthiness. A most delightful motor trip, with spacious boulevards and parkways along the way. Distance, twenty-seven miles. In connection with a visit here, the sixty-mile drive over Cape Ann may be taken with considerable pleasure. CoNCORD-home of patriots, scholars, philosophers. The first battle ground of the Revolutionary War. The Old North Bridge marked by the graves of British soldiers, the old monument and the newer statue of "The Minute Men." In the old manse nearby, Hawthorne lived during the first four years of his married life. The home of Louisa Alcott may also be visited. Distance, twenty-seven miles. SuDBURY-where The Wayside Inn is located, made famous by the poet Longfellow in his "Tales of the Wayside Inn." Washington, Franklin and Lafayette were among its honored guests. Wayside Inn was recently purchased by Henry Ford. It still retains its old air of hospitality, and the public rooms contain many interesting relics. Distance, thirty miles. PoRTSMOUTH, N. H.-closely associated with the earliest Colonial life of New England. Noted for its beautiful harbor. Visit the Captain John Wentworth home (1750), and the Sir William Pepperell manse (1778). The journey here gives a 100-mile drive along the rugged shores of Massachusetts Bay and abounds in delightful ocean scenery. Distance, fifty miles.

THE PHOENIX DuxBURY-strongly identified with history and lore of Pilgrim colonists. Here may be seen the John and Priscilla Alden home, the house and grave of Captain Miles Standish and the Standish memorial tower, from the top of which an extended view of Cape Cod is obtainable. Distance, sixty-two miles. PLYMOUTH-or Pilgrim Land, the landing place of the Pilgrims, is rich in legends of Old New England. Within the town are Plymouth Rock; the site of the first house built in America; the National Memorial monument of the Pilgrims, and, in Pilgrim Hall, a splendid collection of authentic relics of the "Mayflower." Distance, seventy miles.

FRIEND'S GREETING I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me; I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day As you have meant, dear friend of mine, to me along the way. I'd like to do the big things and splendid things for you, To brush the grey from out your skies and leave them only blue; I'd like to say the kindly things that I so oft have heard, And feel that I could rouse your soul the way that mine you've stirred. I'd like to give you back the joy that you have given me, Yet that were wishing you a need I hope will never be; I'd like to make you feel as rich as I who travel on, Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon. I'm wishing at this New Year time that I could but repay A portion of the gladness that you've strewn along my way; And could I have one wish this year, this only would it be: I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me.

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THE NEW OCEAN HOUSE Special Convention Rates The following schedule of special convention rates, showing daily charges on the American Plan (includes board and room) vary from $6.so to $IO.oo per day per person. These figures represent a discount of more than 25 per cent from the established season rates, many of the rooms ordinarily carrying rates as high as $17.00 per day per person. Rates quoted are per day per person and include room and board: Single rooms with bath (limited) . . . . . . . . . . $9.00 and $10.00 Single rooms with running water (limited) . 8.oo and 9.00 Double rooms with bath, twin beds . 8.oo Double rooms with bath, three beds . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 6.50 Extra large rooms with bath, four beds . . . . . . . . . . Double rooms with running water, twin beds . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 Double rooms with running water, three beds . 6.50 Suites, 2 double rooms, bath between, four beds . 7.50 Suites, 2 extra large rooms, bath between, five beds . 7.00 Suites, 2 extra large rooms, bath between, six beds . 6.50 Few choice double rooms, twin beds and private bath 9.00 For non-resident guests, combination tickets for meals taken in one day, will be issued on the following basis: Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner . . .... $5.00 Both Luncheon and Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 Either Luncheon or Dinner . . . . . 3.00 This service is in the Main Dining Room and includes the same menu offered resident guests of the hotel. In connection with large meetings, for those staying at other hotels or attending the convention only by the day, the Main Dining Room service is supplemented by a Blue Plate service in the Tea Room on the following basis: Breakfast Luncheon Dinner . ........ .

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ALPHA MAYFIELD WINS FURTHER DISTINCTION It will be of interest to the many friends of Miss Alpha Mayfield to know that she has received further recognition in her music. Miss Mayfield is in the 1929 edition of "Who's Who in Music." This book carries the names of those who have a~hieved success in music. The comment following her name 1s: "Soprano and Teacher, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Born in Macon County, Missouri. Received Bachelor of Science degree Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri. Supervisor of Music Diploma from Columbia, New York City. Studied voice with Norman Jolliffe, New York City and Phradie Wells, Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Company. Supervisor of Music in Schools in Missouri 1919-1923. Member of faculty Iowa State Teachers College since 1924. Director of three Glee Clubs of the college." When the committee wrote Miss Mayfield that her professional biography had been approved and accepted they said the following: "You are to be congratulated Miss Mayfield, upon appointment to a place among those celebrated artists, composers and teachers who appear in this issue. It is recognition of your accomplishments-justifying your own satisfaction and the pride of your friends and musical following." Another recognition of importance that has come to Miss Mayfield is that she and her last season's Glee Club concert have been written up in the Musical Courier. In addition to being a soloist and glee club director she is well known over several states as a Director of Assembly singing. This year she has filled Institute engagements in Quincy, Salem, Benton and Edwardsville, Illinois and in Bloomfield, Carydon and Corning, Iowa. Most of these being return engagements. Miss Mayfield has been on the music faculty of Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, since 1924. This is recognized as one of the largest and strongest music departments. Its music faculty numbers seventeen. -Macon, (Mo.) Chronicle.

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DREXEL INSTITUTE ACCORDED FURTHER SCHOLASTIC HONOR On November 9, Drexel Institute was accorded recognition by the Association of American Universities. This classification places Drexel upon a par with the most widely recognized colleges in the country. The Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the first prerequisite for recognition by the higher organization, recognized Drexel in 1927. Upon this basis, the attention of the Association of American Universities was secured. Dr. David A. Robinson, Vice-Director of the American Council on Education in Washington, was the inspecting agent sent by the Association of American Universities on October 30. Assisted by Dean Disque, who prepared the data and escorted him on his inspection, Dr. Robinson approved the institute and entered a favorable recommendation. In January, 1928, the regional organization of the American Association of University Women granted associate membership to Drexel graduates, but approval by the Association of American Universities is a prerequisite for national membership. With this approval secured, the Institute authorities will make every effort to meet all requirements for national membership in the American Association of University Women by 路 the time of their biennial meeting in the spring of 1931. The difficulty that the Institute had in securing recognition lay in the fact that Drexel does not give a curriculum leading to a B.A. degree. Colleges that do give this degree have noticeably less trouble in securing the recognition of the Association. Technological institutions giving the B.S. degree, like Drexel, must needs maintain a high standard to secure the honor of recognition.

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THE TEACHER AND HER VOICE BY

JAMES

W ALL E R

Supervisor of Vocal Music, Homin y

There is nothing necessarily wrong with the voice if one talks poorly, any more than there is wrong with the hand if one writes poorly; it is the technique of the voice that is at fault, not the voice itself. Almost without exception, the natural voice is approximately correct; it is when we pass beyond the bounds of easy, ordinary conversation, that we find difficulty. The absent-minded humming that we engage in as we busy ourselves here and there, with no one about, is likely to be correct, as is the use of the voice in low, unexcited conversation. But when we talk loudly or at length, become excited, or selfconscious before an audience, we are prone to abuse the voice. If we tighten the muscles of the neck and throat, we force the tone and produce what is called "throaty voice." Its quality is likely to be loud, driving, unsympathetic, strident,-entirely unsoftened by the resonance chambers of the face. This type, in an aggravated form, frequently is heard in use by auctioneers, and is not unheard in the schoolroom. The root of the tongue is almost swallowed, the lower jaw is held stiffly and pulled back toward the ears, and the throat hols is pinched nearly tight shut. The delicate vocal chords are driven and strained to make tone, and the more tired they become, the more they are pushed and the tighter the throat hols is closed. The teacher who falls into this habitual misuse of the voice is likely to grow hoarse and have the sore throat. At the close of the school day she may be physically exhausted, and blaming almost everything but the real cause,-the forced voice. If we expel too much breath thru the nostrils as we talk, we use a nasal tone which will tire the teacher less, but which will irritate the pupils with its cutting twang. It is the exaggerated nasal tone that is wrong; its modified form , as is used by the French, for instance, is good indeed. It is the sickly whine or "billy-goat-bleat-voice" that is ridiculous and entirely out of the question.

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In the first type discussed-the throaty voice-all breath issues thru the mouth; in the second-the nasal-all breath is rather forcibly expelled thru the nose. In the use of the proper voice, the breath is emitted thru both the mouth and the nose, or, to word it differently, neither avenue is closed to the escaping breath. This makes what we shall call the balanced voice, and it is ideal. Its quality is sympathetic, soft, soothing; it lends encouragement, and inspires pupils to perseverance and quiet effort. â&#x20AC;˘ To overcome the throat or tightly-gripped voice habit, practice speaking with the chin forward rather than back, and with open throat hole. Encourage the "laugh wrinkles" at the outer corners of the eyes, eliminate the long face, and seek to keep the cheeks elevated as when smiling. The nasal twang is not so much faulty voice production as it is undesirable tone quality, and she who must correct this habit, must learn to listen to her own voice. Cultivate that shape of the mouth (jaw, tongue, palate), which accompanies the pronunciation of the vowel "o" or "oo," and direct the voice toward the lower front teeth. It is most important to form a mental image of desirable speaking voice quality by listening to and studying voices of others who have soft, engaging quality, and striving to bring this same general quality into your own. Finally: keep the quality of the voice soft at all times, even when calling loudly across the play grounds. A spontaneous, natural, unaffected voice of sympathetic "texture" helps to create the appearance of poise and self-assura!lce, and keeps bothÂˇ teacher and pupils sweeter. That instructor who has a superior class room voice is treasured by supervisor, principal, and superintendent. It is not entirely how much the school ma'am knows, but to some extent how she is able to impart to others that makes the pay checks continue, and a satisfactory habitual voice quality has much to do with securing this result by keeping the members of a class orderly, respectful, alert, and interested. The more these suggestions are observed day after day, the more will drudgery in teaching be replaced with pkasure.-The Oklahoma Teacher.

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CO-OPERATIVE LIBRARY IS UNIQUE ORGANIZATION One of the extraordinary institutions of the Kirksville Teachers college is the Co-operative library, about which little is said in the way of publicity, and the particulars of which are in the minds of most students rather obscure. The scheme of the Co-operative library is primarily a plan which seeks to educate teachers on the job. The plan grew out of the idea of an Eastern man who is not a school teacher but who is described as one "who believes so much in the power of education that he is willing to expend energy and material resources in providing for the personal growth of teachers," the teacher being in his estimation the greatest single factor in the whole scheme of education. This individual, who is so modest that his name is never given, believes in the professional training of teachers, but he also believes that every teacher, whether engaged in teaching in the elementary school, the high school or on the college level, must continue to grow if his own enriched personality is to give his best to those under his charge. With this idea in mind, provision has been made for the personal growth of the college faculty of the State Teachers college at Kirksville and for the corps of students who are learning to teach in that institution's demonstration schools. The college faculty contains many who are already possessed of the highest degrees which universities offer, but they nevertheless are active participants in the plan of growth which has been planned with the co-operation of the Easterner. Ten years ago this experiment started with the teacher of certain selected school districts in northeast Missouri, but later it was found that the teachers in the college at Kirksville were so particularly interested in the plan that it was decided to confine the experiment to this smaller group. The plan is not an elaborate one. It consists in satisfying a desire to improve one's self, and in pursuance of this idea, work is done in three ways.

THE PHOENIX In the first phase of the work, books are provided for any faculty member who desires them. A member of the college faculty is placed in charge of these books. She maintains a library for these faculty members, and in a way that is the only guidance given. Faculty members express to her a desire to read certain books. These books are either found on the shelves of the "cooperative library" or they are immediately ordered. There is no attempt to dictate or in the faintest degree to influence a teacher's selection of any book read. Any teacher can elect to read any book and it is provided without cost. There is no inquiry as to why any book is selected, and no record of the time the book is kept is made. If a teacher wants more than one book, it is all right. The object of the leader had been stated "to expose the faculty to opportunities to read what appeals to one to read." If it is the latest fiction, a new mystery story, or a new treatise on religion, philosophy or education, it may be had. The library as collected, however, does not contain very much fiction, because faculty members do not choose that type of reading. In a survey of this library which contains perhaps a thousand volumes, it was found that biography, history, travel, science, religion and interpretations of modern civilization, were the books most used, and of course many professional books on education. The person in charge of this unique enterprise is Miss Ethel Hook, a graduate of the University of Missouri with the Master's degree and with other studies at the University of Chicago. Miss Hook bears the title of professor of history of education because of classes she teaches, but she is also catalogued as professor of books and director of the co-operative library. As "professor of books" she holds the distinction of being one of the two people in the United States who are so styled. As librarian, she not only has charge of books, but she has developed the ability to know in advance what books her library should contain. In her occasional visits to book markets in the cities, she says that she bears in mind what certain college professors like to read, and when a .book is presented to her for inspection, she decides who would want to read such a book. She also undertakes to know the contents of every book

THE PHOENIX in the Co-operative library, either by sketching it or by a thorough reading of it if it seems worth while. In doing this she has the aid of various book reviews published throughout the country.-The Index.

LIFE'S WORKING CREED "Life! What magnificent gift is-this with which the Almighty hath endowed me! Gift! Nay, mare-a trust to be returned to Him with fruitage for coming generations. "Behold that with which He invested me: Eyes to discover the beautiful! but also to search for human need. "Ears attuned to catch the sublimity of music! but quick to the faintest wail of distress. "Hands to be ever lifted in prayer and adoration! Yes, but unafraid to stretch even into the mire to aid a struggling soul. "Feet avoiding the foul paths of selfishness! Yet beating down the briars of avarice, the brambles of intolerance and the walls of tyranical power, though they may bleed in the effort, that the road to happiness of those who follow may be smoother. "Minds seeking to comprehend the infinite! Surely. Seeking, however, to also grasp His plan for the reclamation to Justice and Truth of His creatures. ' "Hearts throbbing in glorious .ecstasy! But finding greatest joy in pulsating human sympathy. "If the powers of body and mind constitute the capital sum, what right have I to dissipate either? I must be true to my Principal. "I find no stern-visaged tyrant waiting the fulfillment of my stewardship, ready with cruel lash to drive me to sullen duty. No manacled hands and shackled feet, no dungeon deep holds punishment swift for my human weakness in the discharge of my agency. My hands may be clumsy and my feet may slip, but my failure of yesterday must not stay my striving today. "The dominating impulse is the thought that I am still trusted, notwithstanding my default. I am laying paths for

THE PHOENIX other feet. I am charting seas for other ships. From all parts of earth all the people, all races, all creeds must be brought to a common center. They must be persuaded, not driven. They must come as freemen, not as bondsmen. If they shall be linked with their Creator the force must be overpowering. God is Love. Therefore, Love must be the link and loving service to humanity in my life, or I shall have not fruitage to leave. "No more is expected of me than can be brought to pass with my eyes, ears, hands, feet, mind and heart. I am measured by no other standard in acomplishment. What joy shall be mine if I fail not."-CHARLES ELBERT WHALEN in The Index.

BUILDING CHARACTER The fact that the city high school, as one of our most democratic institutions, includes children from every class of society, those who are fitting themselves for every type of occupation, those who represent every interest in life, those who represent an unlimited degree of intellectual capacity, those who represent practically every level of behavior- this fact is reason enough for character education's being one of the most important problems of secondary education. 路 The foregoing statement was embodied in the introduction of Dr. G. W. Rosenlof's speech before the high school section of the Teachers Association Meeting, Friday afternoon, October 25. Dr. Rosenlof stated further that most high school pupils adhere to an inferior code of morals-that of counting anything right if they can "get by" with it. In raising the standard of morals of the high school boy or girl, Dr. Rosenlof gave a number of suggestions which might be helpful. Among them are: r. Setting up of ideals of conduct acceptable to those of mature experience. 2. The organization of public opinion of student bodies in support of these ideals. 3路 The provision for an adequate expression of these standards.

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4- The studying of individual behavior and setting up of situations to modify it. 5路 Giving of definite, positive instruction as to what is right and wrong. In addition to these suggestions, the speaker gave a number of devices whereby good character may be developed, chiefly through "disciplined freedom." Among the suggestions were: The adoption of an acceptable school code. The use of special convocations and assembly programs. 3路 The organization of the home-room period. 4- The proper equipment and administration of the library. 5路 The making of the school plant a thing of beauty. 6. The acceptance of the attitude on the part of the teacher that she is teaching boys and girls rather than subject matter. r.

The Nebraska educator laid special stress on the opportunity which coaches and athletic directors have of developing moral character. Dr. Rosenlof closed his speech with a declaration of the importance of the teacher, in no matter what field of subject matter, to the development of character. The conclusion of his talk follows: "As Bishop Spaulding has so well said, the teacher is eightyfive per cent of the school. You are, after all, the secret to moral growth. In you lie the potentialities for building character. Make your own personal life and habits such that young men and women will always look forward and not back, upward and not down. Be the silent force, the unseen but visible personality, speaking when you are absent to hearts and minds. Exalt yourself to the degree that you become The Master Soul to some one or more of those whom you teach."

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AN AUNT JEMIMA BREAKFAST For one of our informal rushing stunts we are planning on an "Aunt Jamima Breakfast." As we are limited to the amount of money to spend on each rushee, we have been aided somewhat by the Aunt Jamima Pancake Company, in that they have sent us just oodles of things as advertising material. They even sent us a great big apron-dress, with two red bandanas for Aunt Jamima herself to wear. This advertising material is gratis, and, of course, we are going to use it to the best advantage. The time of our party is to be at nine-thirty on a Saturday morning at the Sorority house. A "pillow-be-stuffed Aunt Jamima will greet the guests at the door and show them to small tables of four each. For our table coverings we are going to use checked gingham, with fringed edges and napkins to match. The gingham is to be of different colors, and very bright. We shall probably use flowers in the middle of the tables. The place cards are fashioned out of small linen cards with two members of the Aunt Jamima family pasted on each one. They will bear the inscription that "Alpha Sigma Alpha's in town, Honey." We hope this will convey the proper idea. The favors will be the Aunt Jamima Family. Each rushee receiving one member of the family. Of course, you are all familiar with Uncle Mose, Aunt Jamima, Wade and Diana. We are going to stuff these dolls soon. The Pancake Company sent us quite a number of the dolls, and some of us are going to buy a family or two, and we will soon have enough favors . Along with the family, we expect to put at each plate a tiny flour sack filled with salted nuts. On this flour sack will be pictured Aunt Jamima. The menu will probably consist of grapefruit or oranges, pancakes, sausages, maple syrup, jelly, coffee, et cetera. We are hoping that this party will "get across." It certainly Sigma Sigma. has been lots of fun to plan.

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A SOUTH-SEA DINNER "How about a buffet supper?" "Gosh, no! Let's have something different." "Now you know we haven't much money in the treasury, so it can't be too elaborate." "I have it! And it really won't cost much, Ethel. A South-Sea dinner!" "That's a noble idea-let's hear more about it." "Well, last year I ~ent to an Hawaiian dinner at one of the houses, and they- -" So it all started, and what fun we had planning the affair that was to be new and different, and not expensive. Of course the decorations were half of the atmosphere, so one night, about I I o'clock, garbed in knickers, old shoes, sweaters, and gloves, 路 and armed with a hatchet and a saw, Larry and I conferred a great boon on humanity by trimming all the palm trees in the 路 neighborhood. Then we stuffed all the leaves in the back of the "Hoopie" and carted them down to the sorority house, dumping them on the front lawn. Then the real work started. Our husky pledges turned furniture movers, and before long the place looked as though we w._ere unable to pay the last installment-nothing left but the piano. We strung wire all around the living room to which we fastened palm fronds and brush of all kind, begged from our long-suffering neighbors. Even the ceiling was concealed by the dense screen of verdure. The piece de resistance, however, was a life-sized banana tree made from a few banana leaves, gunny sacks, and our precious floor lamp! We bought yards and yards of vari-colored crepe paper, and made leis. I think I sewed and twisted in my sleep several nights afterward, and I know that I made miles of the stuffbut they were most effective. Several of our alumn<e had been to the islands, and generously loaned us some darling centerpieces in the form of Zulu huts, out-board dugouts, and tiny bronze-skinned native dolls. Half a dozen card tables were set up in our "jungle", and in the center of each was an old pinch bottle, besmeared with wax, supporting a gay-colored candle. Here and there among the greenery were huge red and white blossoms, giving forth a

THE PHOENIX heavy odor so long associated with the tropics. For favors we made tiny figurines representing Hula dancers out of peanuts and pipe cleaners, gluing them onto the place cards. At last we were finished, all except for bathing and dressing-and what a mad scramble with everyone wanting to use the mirror or the bathtub at the same time. Soon our guests commenced to appear on the scene. They were greeted at the door by two of our pledges, costumed in Hula-hula skirts, who slipped leis over their necks, at the same time saying "Aloha", which means "Hello", "Good-bye", or almost anything. Of course the best part of the whole affair happened after we were seated. A perfect meal, as good a feast as any king could ask for-sea food cocktail, mango salad, baked bananas, rice-stuffed tomatoes, baked ham with pineapple, floating island, and iced coffee. Doesn't that make your mouth water? The pledges served the dinner dressed as beach-combers, in torn white ducks, held up by a piece of rope, ripped shirts open at the neck, and barefooted. Between the courses we were entertained by a Hula-hula dance and a duet. After dinner we danced for a short time, and then concluded a most enjoyable affair by singing "Aloha." Xi Xi.

A HOTEL PARTY Last fall we gave a very unique rushing party which certainly was a huge success, as it gave us ample opportunity to become acquainted with our rushees and also to afford them an interesting evening. The party we entitled a "Hotel" party. We called for our rushees in cars which were supposed to represent taxicabs. The house was decorated in as near an exact imitation of a hotel as we could manage under a limited amount of money and possibilities. As each guest arrived, she stepped up to the office desk, registered, and then rec.::eived the number of her room and a bronze key to it. The keys were kept as favors. In her room the guest left her wraps and was ushered downstairs again. After everyone was assembled in the lobby, entertainment by several artists was provided by

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the hotel management. Several of the sorority girls were dressed as porters, which carried out the idea of the party a little more. Later in the evening the guests all adjourned to the dining room, where light refreshments were served. At the close of the party the taxicabs were again summoned and the guests were escorted to their respective homes. For a very informal party where there is little expense involved, a "Hotel" party can be worked out very nicely and is really more delightful than you may imagine from this description. We used this as our first rushing party of the season of last year, at which party we were allowed to spend only fifty cents per person, and we found that it certainly worked out advantageously in regard to keeping within the expense limit. MuMu.

AN INDOOR PICNIC I believe the best party we ever had was one given in honor of our graduates two years ago. It was intentionally planned as a picnic, but due to the weather we were forced to resort to the girls' field house on the athletic fields. However, our spirits were not dampened in the least. Mysterious invitations had been sent to the seniors several days before the affair, and much merriment ensued when they began to interpret them. They did discover what they were all about eventually and appeared on scheduled time. We danced for a time and told stories. The freshmen prepared the food and served it under the direction of the juniors. The food was very good, I remember, although the strawberry shortcake was all that made a lasting impression. We built a fire in the huge fireplace and sat about it as we sang all the Alpha Sig songs, fraternity songs and Miami songs. I'm not sure but what we ended with the Star Spangled Banner. Bracelets with our crest on them were presented to the seniors. I'm sure they appreciated them very much. We have had many, many parties both before and after this one, but I believe it was the best one we ever had. Perhaps it was because the sisterly spirit was so much in evidence. Alpha Alpha.

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A CRAZY PARTY Early this year Panhellenic gave a Crazy Party for all the freshman girls. Personal invitations were given to every girl. These were printed in "crazy" order on yellow paper. We held the main part of the party in the front corridor at school. Funny papers, crazy quilts, and sorority banners were pinned on the walls for decoration. Clowns distributed paper hats at the door and helped to pep up the party. We had a three-piece orchestra, which played for dancing from four o'clock until about five. Then we invited our guests into the auditorium, where 路"The Doll Shop" was presented, each sorority being represented by a doll. After the entertainment each row of girls was given the name of some nut and requested to come to the social center for refreshments when their nut's name was called. This helped to prevent the crowding which might have occurred had one hundred fifty people attempted to eat at the same time. There was more dancing and then everybody went home, well fed with plenty of ice cream, well entertained with lots of good entertainment, and happy. Pi Pi.

A PROGRESSIVE DINNER The progressive dinner is by no means a new idea but this development of it is rather interesting when used in planning for a Rush Party in which an informal good time is desired. The invitations are printed on long narrow strips of paper and read: "This ticket entitles bearer to one continuous round of fun between the hours of six and eleven p. m., on Saturday,--. Train leaves promptly from r826 North Park Avenue. All travelers must be prepared to show ticket." The back of the invitation resembles a long-distance railroad ticket and on each part is printed, "Philadelphia to New York," "New York to Washington," etc., by way of Alpha Sigma Alpha Railroad. As the guests arrive a girl wearing an official cap and coat examines tickets. As soon as all arrive one of the girls wear-

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ing a large white apron and a chef's cap announces, "First call for dinner! Dining car in the rear!" Small card board railroad stations form the centerpieces of the tables and a card above the roof of each names the station it represents. The tickets bear different starting points and have different routes, although including the same stations. As soon as all are seated for the first course the whistle blows and "the train starts," or rather, the dining begins. At the end of each course a girl in conductor's cap calls, "Last stop! Change cars for the next station!" and everyone moves as her ticket directs. After dinner the conductor announces that there will be a short stopover for games and dancing. For the first dance a number of baggage checks are used. One"half is tied around some of the girls' wrists and the other half torn off and put into a hat. The other girls draw from the hat and claim their baggage by matching checks. Next a game may be played called, "The Story of My Trip." Each player receives a long strip of paper and writes down a word or phrase every time the person who tells the story pauses. The papers are then passed to the left so that each player fills in the second gap on a different paper, and so on until the story is ended, When the story is finished each player in turn unfolds the paper she has and supplies the words as the story is repeated. Another dance may be one of elimination. The floor is chalked into twelve or more squares, each numbered. It is told that the squares represent a section of track which may at any time become unsafe for the passage of trains. Anyone who is on it when that happens can no longer dance. On a large blackboard is written "Section - - is now unsafe," and every few minutes a number it supplied in the blank. The couple then standing in the section indicated are eliminated. Prizes go to the winning couple. At eleven o'clock the whistle again blows and the call comes, "All berths made up for the night!" Needless to say this signal for departure is understood and amid wishes for "Sweet dreams,'' "See you in the morning," and similar expressions, the merry party is over.

Kappa Kappa.

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OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PARTY Our group is so small at the beginning of each year that we find it rather difficult to give really successful parties. Then, too, we have no place to give them unless we go to a good deal of expense. This year, however, we found a way out. Our final rush party was a theater party. Sound exceedingly simple, doesn't it? Well, it is, and maybe that's why it works so well. All of the pledges and actives met at the rooms for a buffet supper, which in this case was served by the actives. We had baked potatoes, welsh rarebit, coffee, and cream puffs with chocolate sauce. Next time it will be pledges' turn to entertain us, and we'll see if they are any better cooks than we are! This kind of a supper gives all the girls a chance to meet all the other girls, and to feel at home in the rooms. After supper we have to wash the dishes, and we make that fun, too. Sometimes we run races, and, of course, somebody plays the victro~a for us so that we can dance with the dish mop. When the dishes are finished we sit and talk until theater time. We never get very expensive seats, as the theaters in Boston are so small as to make balcony seats most acceptable. Also we try to choose a play which is a leading one of the season. This fall we saw "Porgy", and I know there wasn't a single girl who failed to enjoy it. There are always some who don't play bridge, or play it indifferently, who don't like to skate or hike, who don't enjoy dancing unless there are men, but there are very rarely any girls who don't enjoy a New York Theater Guild production. It makes an inexpensive and most satisfa::tory party. At this particular party we had Hallowe'en decorations and favors, and the invitations were "Hallowe'enish", too. But the plan offers all kinds of opportunities for more unique favors, such as mock opera glasses, theater program invitations, or theater program menues for supper, or favors suggested by the particular play. For "Porgy" one could utilize little Negro dolls, southern style food, and spirituals. For "Meteor", there are all sorts of possibilities in the form of stars, and puns on the word.

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A theater party can be had over and over and never grows tiresome or old. It can vary from the simplest line party, to the most elaborate of entertainments. Theta Theta.

A CARNIVAL "Ladies! Ladies! Right this way. No spenda the mon-ee, no hava the fun." Silver paper in the form of money was given each guest as she stepped into the Carnival land of Delta Delta chapter. "Right this way! Now is the time for you to win just what you have alwayswanted. Only ten cents, and you will receive a valuable gift in return. Come, come to the Grab Bag." "Don't miss a chance to ride on the Merry-go-round. The thrill that comes once in a lifetime! Just step right up and spin dizzily around." (The merry-go-round was originally a piano stool.) "Popcorn, peanuts! Eat! Here is the place to get it. Try some of our taffy. You ain't seen nothin' yet." "My children, come! Let me look into the future for you. Who knows, here today- Europe tomorrow. Only ten cents to obtain a description of your future husband. Avoid mistakes. Let the land of Fate be your guide on the desperate journey of life." "Now, ladies, you are about to witness the most astonishing sight in captivity- something no one else has ever seen. You will see a lady without a body- merely head, arms and legs. You cannot afford to miss this-the miracle of the century. One at a time." Noise and gaiety reigned supreme. The walls were lined with booths of all descriptions. There were stalls for popcorn, peanuts, and candy. 路 One booth sold horns and serpentine. There was a Grab Bag, a Fortune Teller, a Merry-go-round, and the Mammoth Freak Show. In one room there was jitney dancing. In another there was a novel bridge game. The players followed directions and had the most amusing results. After bidding, they were instructed to change hands and play on the bid formerly made.

THE PHOENIX Then two people at each table had to play while wearing huge paper sacks on their heads. Another time, one couple at each table wore large canvas gloves. Imagine their clumsiness while shuffiihg the cards! Each time there was something different. Once it was necessary to eat lollypops while playing. These things made it impossible to play seriously. It was even more amusing to those looking on. Hot dogs and coffee were served from a very realistic stand near the kitchen. Delta Delta.

SHIP AHOY! Which party is the best one we Alpha Sigs have ever had? What a question! As I sit here at my desk and try to think on the matter I realize what a difficult task I have before me. We Alpha Sigs have had so many parties and all of them have been so much fun that I am all at sea. Yes, all at sea. Now what does that bring to my mind? Yes! Our Spring formal last year. We were really all at sea with the fullest meaning, for we had transformed the Country Club into the good ship King Asa. We sailed a stormy ocean that night, for as we all boarded ship one of those blustery spring storms which Missouri is so noted for sprang up and for about forty-five minutes thunder boomed, lightning zipped and the rain fell in torrents. But were we afraid? No! Our trusty Captain McDaniel gave us all "life savers", and we danced merrily on. Then, after all, inside the house nice bon-ami splattered crepe paper waves behaved so nicely that no one got seasick. During intermission to provide entertainment we ordered a sailor to dance for us and he executed the sailor's hornpipe as only a true sailor could. When the storm had cleared we ate on deck and I was one of the fortunate few who ate at the Captain's table. What a thrill! Along towards the hour when good sailors (and passengers) retire to their sleeping quarters came one of the loveliest dances of the evening-A Sparkler dance. Each couple carried a sparkler and all lights were turned out. We decided that the sparkler dance should become traditional to each Alpha Sigma formal. When we heard the strains of "Home

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Sweet Home" we realized our voyage was ended. Each guest left the ship carrying a leather key case bearing the Alpha Sigma crest. Was that our best party? I just can't say "yes," because the ghosts of former parties (if there are such things) rise before me and remind me of other "best parties." I may say, though, Alpha Sig sisters, that our spring formal of 1929 was our best party of its kind. Hildred Fitz.

UNIQUE FAVORS For quite a long time favors at parties have consisted of bath salts, stationery, handkerchiefs, perfume or some such other useful but altogether too commonplace an article. Anyone can walk into almost any store and buy things like that for themselves. Several years ago my mother bought a package of what looked to me like ordinary English walnuts. However, when these nuts were examined more closely it was discovered that each one was fastened with a tiny latch and that when these latches were unfastened the shells contained not nut meats, but little ivory prizes, tiny rings, and other small surprises. I do not know where these odd nuts may be purchased, but if any girl in Alpha Sigma Alpha happens to find any of them I would like for her to lay in a supply for our chapter here in Kirksville in order that we may be saved from giving as favors something like stationery or handkerchiefs. The value of a gift lies in anticipation. Alpha Beta.

A SUCCESSFUL PARTY Because I feel that our spread was a very successful party, I have decided to tell you about it. We called for our prospective pledges about eight o'clock and brought them to the Chapter House. Immediately we endeavored to make the girls feel that they were visiting in their closest girl friend's home by standing around and chatting for a few minutes. Then we begaH to sing songs not too

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A JAPANESE PARTY The most unique party that I ever attended was an Oriental Tea Party. The invitations were written on daintily colored parchment paper, and read from right to left, asking us to come dressed in kimonos. The house was charmingly decorated with Japanese lanterns, cherry blossoms and palms. The guests sat O'l cushions on the floor. The best dressed person received a prize, which was a Japanese parasol. A large gong was rung and rice pudding, almond wafers and tea were served. Later Oriental games were played and small, pretty prizes were awarded to the winners. A little Japanese play was dramatized by the hostess and several of her friends as the concluding feature. Iota Iota.

AN AIRPLANE BANQUET It was a pretty spectacle. A long table, around which were seated thirty-four guests. Red and white candles glowed and shed their mellow light, lending such warmth and cheer as had never before been cast on these young lives. It was the first Founders' Day Banquet for some; for others, a repetition of other such banquets, but still different and outstanding in itself. There was the first course, which paved the way for a vocal solo by Lillian Chatham, "Oh, Sweet Mystery of Life." Lillian has the art of holding her listeners spellbound when she sings. There were other interesting entertaining selections. Immedi-

THE PHOENIX ately followed the second course, chicken a la king, asparagus tips on toast, perfection salad, olives, celery-everything desirable. And then there was the cutting of the A. S. A. birthday cake, with ice cream and coffee. Wilma Wilson Sharpe was toastmistress for the evening. "The Airplane" was the subject of the toasts. Mrs. Sharpe very cleverly introduced each of her speakers: Berne Heberling, "The Welcome"; Elizabeth Farmer, "The Take-off"; Thelma Dozier, "The New Passenger"; Alice Gwinn, "The Flight", and Ada Campbell Parker, "The Landing." The ideas and thoughts of each toast were most carefully and cleverely carried out and every guest was equally proud and happy to know so intimately and love so greatly their own sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha. Zeta Zeta.

A GINGHAM BRIDGE BREAKFAST The best party we had during rush week was our "Gingham Bridge Breakfast." One of our alumn<e invited us to her house for a rush party. We decided that Saturday, the nineteenth of October, was the best time to give it, so about eight o'clock we, with our rushees, went to Rose Lammel's house. We were all wondering how she would carry out the idea of a Gingham Bridge Breakfast. When we arrived we found twelve bridge tables each with a red geranium in the center. The pots were covered with red and white gingham. For place cards we had bridge tally cards, from which a huge gingham cat smiled at us. At each place was a gingham 路doll for a favor. She was made from a "lollypop" with a gingham skirt, and a painted face. She really was very popular with the guests. All the guests had been advised to wear house dresses, so when we sat at our tables to eat, it was a very colorful picture. Rose served Golden Rod eggs with bacon, and candied apples, carrying out the color scheme of red and white, with a little yellow. After breakfast we played bridge, the winner getting a gingham dog for a prize. Thus the puzzle was solved to the complete satisfaction of everyone present. Beta Beta.

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NORMA CAMPBELL ADKINS Iota Iota laments the passing of Norma Campbell Adkins, one of the charter members of the chapter, who passed away October 10, '!929, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, where she had gone for treatment. She is survived by her husband. Norma's home was in Des Moines. She w~s on the staff of Des Moines public schools for several years and had planned to continue her work this year. Her illness came upon her during the teachers' institute which precedes the opening of the city schools in September. She was able to realize two of her dreams, that of securing her B.S. in Education, which she completed through evening classes and summer work at Drake University; the other of touring Europe a year ago last summer. She will be held in loving memory by hunderds of pupils and by colleagues as well as sisters for her happy disposition, cheerful smile and willingness to serve in every way that she was able. Norma laughed, loved and lifted.

BERNEICE LUCILE HANSEN Eta Eta Chapter mourns the loss of Berneice L. Hansen, who passed away on August 26, 1929. Berneice was Vice-President of Eta Eta Chapter during 1926-27, and many will remember her as the chapter delegate to the Chicago Convention, where she also held the position as doorkeeper. She was one of our most faithful Alpha Sigma Alpha girls, gracious, sweet and true. During her final illness she was uncomplaining and cheerful. She had high ideals, always hopeful and ambitious, possessing a faith in her God and a belief in the life that is eternal.

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ELIZABETH BETTS Her eyes were brown, wide and unafraid. Her face often seemed long and serious but if you looked closer you would see it become lighted by a clownish twinkle in the dep~hs of her eyes. The twinkle in her eyes and the endearing laughs that often o'er bubbled were the only outward signs of the youthful witty and very optimistic nature which was the very essence of her being. The sands of time eternally sifting deemed it wise that she should be with us only a short time. During that short time we who came into the circle of her presence saw the beauty within and shall never forget it. She was a pal in youth and a sister in love. For forty-eight hours we wore under our pins the small black ribbon to show she was gone. Life furnishes but trivial ways to express the emotions which-hold sway over young hearts. As young hearts go beating on in our dear sisterhood may they never forget the ones whose heart-though silent and still, so young-once furnished a personality with the vitality of an angel to bear great sorrow and suffering. Though she is gone the spirit of her presence is indelibly enshrined in the altar of Alpha Sigma Alpha. We your sisters, offer in tribute to you the sad beauty of autumn on Miami campus, the echoes of laughter in our vine covered dorms, and the love which we have for you, as symbols which shall eternally keep the youth of your presence alive. You have left your friends and dear ones behind but you gave them clean, beautiful memories to lighten their sorrow.

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ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER Well, the rushing season will soon be over, but do you know, we have the nicest bunch of pledges you could wish for? Here are their names. I hope you like the names as well as I know you would like the pledges: Mildred Dorothy Spangler, Crestline, Ohio; Martha Josephine Dixon, Portsmouth, Ohio; Helen Jeanette Gilbert, Portsmouth, Ohio; Sue Louise Manning, Springfield, Ohio; Gwendolyn Miller, Hicksville, Ohio; Lois Virginia Hyer, Toledo, Ohio; Alice Lorraine Duv.all, Middletown, Ohio; Louise Agnes Wallace, Youngstown, Ohio; Mary Audrey Carroll,. Youngstown, Ohio; Miriam Elizabeth Hershey, Oxford, Ohio; Genrose Boomershine, Brookville, Ohio; Jane Graham, West Alexandria, Ohio; Erma Lora Glass, Alpha, Ohio. Miami's record in football this year has been fair. We lost only two games. We have had several large pep meetings the night before big games. Huge fires blaze into the sky, singeing the leaves of tall trees above which have stood proudly over many such fires down from the past to the present. A mob of eager young faces are upturned to the blaze and jubilant voices send their chant into the air-"Long live Miami!" Sometimes moonbeams create a faint background of Fisher Hall and the wooded Lower Campus. From Cook Field the impulsive youth, led by the band, snake walk past the silent stadium, down fraternity row and into Oxford town's main street, whicl1 becomes a turmoil of shouts, quiet thoughts, or soaring ambitions. It was a cold and drizzly day for the homecoming game this year, November 9, 1929, but the week-end was a success for Alpha Alplla Chapter. There were about forty-five alumn;e members back. The active members, this year's pledges and the alumn;e members-single and married-had a get-together luncheon at a little eating place called the New England

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Kitchen. There is a clean and comfy atmosphere about the place and the name also adds to a nice impression. The Alpha Sigs were lined up at long tables in two rooms and they certainly made a picture with bright eyes and smiling red lips under brightly colored felt hats and everybody happy. The color scheme was pink and green and the waitress wore checked gingham dresses. Virginia Updegrove entertained the active members and the pledges at her home in Cincinnati over night with a Hallowe'en party. There was good food, a charming house to roam about it- a welcome treat to a college maiden who spends most of her time within the four walls of one tiny . room- and a crowded night's rest, during which the whole bunch of tired, giggly girls were really like sisters for one night. It is times like this a college girl holds dear and will long remember. Miami campus smiled and frisked about as proud as ever in its autumn garb this year in spite of the sadness of winter being near. Caretakers raked the leaves up as fast as they fell from the trees. They were left piled up about the campus for several days, and to prove to you that students are just grown up children, many of them had the fleeting desire to run and jump into the middle of those same piled leaves. Wouldn't the old brick buildings of Miami, steeped in their stern-faced tradition and culture, be shocked if the students and perhaps some of the faculty-use your imagination-would take it into their heads to run and play in the leaves like children. Everyone has settled down to work and seriousness in preparation for the coming winter. Rushing and parties and just heaps of fun Have kept the whole Chapter right on the run. Soon come semesters with all that they bring Of study and worry and so many things. But let me tell you that on Thanksgiving Day We shall be thankful in most every way For pledges, for knowledge, for all of the joy Of just being sisters in dear A. S. A.

THE PHOENIX Ruth Zoellner made the Debate Team. Miriam Hershey, Martha Smelker, Louise Palmer, Annabell McFarlin, Lois Hyer, Devona Stroup. These girls all made Madrigal, the Girls' Glee Club. Louise Palmer, Annabelle McFarlin, Lois Hyer, and Devona Stroup will sing in the chorus of the Passion Play to be given December fourteenth and fifteenth here on Miami Campus. Forty-eight letters sent out to alumna: members and Alpha Sigma Alpha-eighteen replies were received and thirty-three returned for Homecoming. "Dottie" Yelton was married to Mr. Phillips McDonald Connor on Saturday, September 21 , 1929. Dottie writes she is exceedingly happy and busy housekeeping. They live in Warren, Ohio. Mrs. J. Towner Smith, "Perkie", now lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Towner is track coach at the State Teachers College and she teaches one day a week in the Bible School. Her address is 214 Old Orchard Place. Margaret Duncan was sorry she could not be with us on Homecoming. "Dunkie" is working toward her M.A. at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and teaching in the University Demonstration School. Georgeana Robison Moser traveled through the East and South. She has a new niece, Nancy Helen, born July 18, 1929. Some of you remember her sister Helen, called "Bobbie", who now lives in Dallas, Texas. Ruth Zurmehly is studying in the Library School, University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin. Mrs. Paul Howard had four good reasons for not coming to Miami for Homecoming: three darling little girls and a baby boy. Bernadine Sutkamp Routledge sends a picture of Barbara and Tom, and says when they are more grown up then she will come back to visit us. Viola Warren Healy is in New Castle enjoying her teaching and feeding the thousands with special dinners. She could, you know. Miss Swisher appreciated the lovely letters from the girls and was delighted with the number back for Homecoming. Miss Swisher was called out of town because of the death of a relative and did not get to see the girls. Mary Louise Barrett-Baxter is at her home in Wilmington, Ohio, and is attending Wilmington College. That coveted degree from Columbia is getting nearer each day and the credits from Wilmington will help it along.

Devona M. Stroup. ALPHA BETA CHAPTER The annual Alpha Beta Gypsy dance was a great success. That sounds a trifle prosaic, but it really was. Every one said so and even if they hadn't said so, any observer of the party with

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its attractive decorations, peppy orchestra, and laughing, costumed couples would understand the truth of the above statement. Alpha Beta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held its fifteenth annual Founders' Day banquet on November 20, 1929, at the Travelers Hotel. Mrs. Eugenia Moorman acted as Mistress of Ceremonies and enlivened the program greatly with her clever introductions. The chapter president, Ruth Robinson, gave a short talk on Our Sorority-Active. Miss Dorothy Sens spoke as a representative of the alumncc. The new members were represented in a brief talk by Mrs. Jessie Fair. One of the sorority patronesses, Mrs. H. C. McCahan, gave several delightful readings. A piano solo, played by Bernice Maupin, concluded the banquet. It is with great regret that Alpha Beta chapter speaks路 of the death of one of our mothers. The sympathy of the entire sorority goes to Martha Belle Dickerson, an alumna member of the chapter, who recently lost her mother. Most of the out-of-town Alpha Beta girls went home for the Thanksgiving holidays, but are now back enrolling for the new quarter. Virginia Courtney, Anna Merle McCampbell, and Elinor Fair went as members of the Howlers, the K. S. T. C. girls' pep squad, to the championship football game at Maryville, Missouri, on Thanksgiving Day. Elinor Fair. ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER Hello, Everybody: First of all, Alpha Gamma Chapter wants to wish every member of A. S. A. a Happy New Year. Thanksgiving and Christmas will be over when you get this letter or I would wish you plenty of gobbler and a big visit from Santa Claus, too. Nevertheless, I hope both days were happy events for everybody. We gave the Sanctuary Degree to three upperclasswomen Friday, November fifteenth, at the home of Ruth Rink. The service, although familiar to us all, seemed more beautiful and

THE PHOENIX more impressive than ever. The girls who received the degree were Grace Dickson, Margaret Braddock and Florence Gerber. Alpha Gamma is happy to welcome these charming girls to their chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. After the service we went to the Yellow Lantern Tea Room, where our Founders' Day banquet was held. The decorations were all carried out in red and white. The table was very attractive with red roses and white pom-poms, red and white programs, and red and white mints. Even the girls conformed to the general color scheme and wore white dresses and red jackets. We were interrupted during the program by a fire, but we didn't mind that. The following program was given: Josephine Buchanan-Toastmistress. "Why I Joined the Sorority and What I Expect to Get Out of lt"-Margaret Braddock. Quartet (selected)-Mary Emerson, Florence Gerber, Mary McColly, Grace Dickson. Reading: "A Sam Jones"-Jean Beers. Panhellenic association presented a program at the Y. M. C. A. meeting November thirteenth. The first stunt was "Front Row in the Movies.,. Alpha Gamma was well represented by Ruth Tilton, as the fat man; Jean Beers as a little, old-fashioned lady; and Julia Smith, as a dudish, effeminate young man. These three surely contributed their share of the laughs for the evening. The next stunt was "Sweethearts of the World." Cleopatra, Madame Pompadour, Gwendoline, and Dolly Madison were portrayed beautifully by the sorority girls. Our own Ella Mae Wilson as Helen of Troy, and Helen Wirth as Dante's sweetheart, Beatrice, were beautiful. The program was very capably directed by Miss Sprowls, Panhellenic advisor. Martha Wert and Julia Mentier were also in the program. The different sororities wore their colors and the A. S. A. girls looked snappy indeed in their white dresses and red jackets. On November twenty-second we hiked out to the county home and sang for the people there. They seemed to enjoy our program of old songs, especially those sung by our harmony quartette, composed of Mary Emerson, Florence Gerber, Grace Dickson, and Mary McColly. By the way, we wonder if Mary Emerson thought the walk out to the home was ~old.

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Saturday, November twenty-third, Indiana proved her worth on the football field by defeating Kent, Ohio, 21-0. The fraternities on the Campus brought Carnegie Teck band to Indiana for the game. Three A. S. A. girls are members of the I. S. T. C. band and we surely are proud to see them marching with Teck. Before I close this lengthy dissertation I will have to whisper a little secret to you. The Panhellenic dance comes off December twentieth. Are we excited? You bet! Julia A. Smith. BETA BETA CHAPTER On Thursday evening, October tenth, from seven to ten, Beta Beta Chapter held open house for all the Greeks on the campus. Since we had moved into a n~w house, we thought it fitting to have a "House Warming", and introduce our new quarters to all the Greeks. We had music, and spent the evening dancing. The fraternities and sororities were all well represented, and we all had a marvelous time. During rush week we were allowed three parties and a formal. On October seventeenth we had a Japanese Tea Dance at the house. Japanese decorations were used, and tea was poured by a member in Japanese costume. Favors were little Japanese fans. On Saturday morning, October nineteenth, Rose Lammel, one of our alumna:, invited us to her house to a Gingham Bridge Breakfast. Tables were decorated in red and white gingham, red geraniums, and little favors of little ladies dressed in gingham. Bridge was played during the morning and the prize was a little gingham dog. We entertained at a Fireside Frolic on the following Wednesday. We have a fireplace in one of the upstairs rooms, so we decorated the upstairs in Hallowe'en colors, and entertained our guests with Hallowe'en pranks and games, popcorn, candy, apples, and cider. Our last and "main event" was our Formal. It was a Desert Dance. Decorations were carried out that represented a desert

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encampment near an oasis of palms. Dinner tables were decorated in orange, and appointed with taper candles and chrysanthemums. Place cards were tiny desert men and favors were chrysanthemums. During the dinner a tap dance was given, and the evening was spent in dancing to Nick Palizzi's orchestra. On Tuesday evening, October twenty-ninth, the active chapter entertained our patronesses at dinner. Mrs. Eugene Carter, Mrs. A. J. Wycoff, Mrs. Lester Opp, were the guests. Mary-Lou Brown. GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER Perhaps the most delightful event of the year so far was the Alpha Sigma Alpha Founders' Day Breakfast at the Hotel Bell, Saturday morning, November ninth, at seven o'clock. It is always a pleasure to see all the girls again, and .despite the fact that it was raining hard and had been for a week previously, we had a good crowd and a world of fun. A lovely three-course breakfast was served and at the close a pretty birthday cake was brought in with twenty-eight candles on it, honoring the twenty-eight years of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Those present were: Dolores Ball, Miss Anna B. Fisher, Gladys Reed, Luella Harzman, Sadie Chew, Theta Donley, Lucille France, Edna Donley, Jennie Locken, Mrs. Mauntel, lone Clark, Sue Edwards, Elizabeth Green, Norene Wilson, Eleanor Houts. Each girl wrote a note to Miss Shockley telling her how much we are missing her and we mailed them all together after breakfast. Panhellenic sold tickets for the play, "The Cotters Saturday Nite", which was given here on Wednesday night, November twentieth. The play was the second lyceum attraction and was under the direction of the Redpath Horner Company. It was given by the Scottish Musical Company, and a large crowd enjoyed it very much. Panhellenic gave a musical comedy, "You See It's This Way", on October twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth. The Alpha Sigma Alpha girls having parts were: Anna Pennington, Selma Harzman, Pearl Sonderup, Helen Johnson, Theta Don-

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ley, Mabel Chew, and Elizabeth Green. Each sorority cleared fifteen dollars besides adding a nice sum to our loan fund. Miss Vida Keenan, from Kansas City, coached the play and it was a big success from start to finish. The girls who have returned to school this winter are: Theta Donley, Mabel Chew, Pearl Sonderup, Helen Johnson, Jewel Lucas, Elizabeth Green, Selma Harzman, Anna Pennington, Vera Leeper, Edna Donley, Eleanor Houts. We were exceeding! y sorry to hear of the sudden death of Miss Ollie Shattuck's brother at Guymon, Oklahoma, last week, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Miss Shattuck. Mr. Shattuck was the proprietor of a drug store at G uymo n, where he re~ided with his wife and children. His death was caused from heart disease. The girls who we re back to see us during Teachers' Meeting were Eva Ames, Sadie Chew, Lucelle France, Jennie Locken, Dolores Ball, Ione Clark, Gladys Reed. Dolores Ball is teaching at Fargo, Oklahoma. Sadie Chew is teaching at Tangier, Oklahoma.

Eleanor M . Houts. DELTA DELTA CHAPTER Delta Delta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha gave its first rush party on Saturday evening, September twenty-eighth. This year the rushing rules were changed, allowing only three parties from Saturday until Wednesday. On Saturday evening there was a studio party at the chapter house. During the summer our house had been made more attractive by paint and paper, and it looked very inviting with the dim lights, pillows, and the modernistic decoration. The actives and guests wore pajamas. Because of the cozy atmosphere, it was easy to become acquainted with the new girls, and the first party was termed a ~uccess. The Carnival on Monday night was the most interesting of all the parties. As the guests entered they were presented with money cut from silver paper. There were booths selling popcorn, hot dogs, coffee, candy, and peanuts; in one corner a gypsy fortune teller told of the future; there were several freak shows; a jitney dance was held in one room; a novelty bridge was being played in the dining room.

THE PHOENIX On Wednesday there was a formal dinner at Hotel Berry. Afterwards the girls held a reception at the chapter house. Roses were given to the rushees. This was the most beautiful part of rush week. Pledging took place on the following Friday, October fourth. It seemed very good to get back to school. The campus is always beautiful in the Fall of the year, on account of the many large trees. Memorial Auditorium is now entirely completed, and all chapel services are held there. Most of the girls are staying at the chapter house this year. On Monday night, October twenty-eighth, there was a Hallowe'en party at the house. Each guest was greeted with a cold, damp handshake and weird groans by a tall ghost at the door. The rooms were in darkness, except for the glimmering light of pumpkin lanterns. Ghost stories were told with accompanying noises and gestures. A most gruesome operation was performed behand a sheet. Dancing followed, after which cider and doughnuts were served. This year Ohio University Homecoming Day was November second. The chapter house was decorated in a most appropriate manner. Of cource, there were decorations of green and white (the colors of Ohio University) and red and white (the colors of the visiting team, Miami). A football field was made on the front lawn with goal pasts at either end, wrapped in the colors of the teams. Four football dummies were seen battling on the field. Two represented players in modern uniform. The other two wore queer white suits, similar to those worn in 1895路 On one side of the steps stood a figure of a girl of today. On the other side the figure was dressed in the appropriate garments of a miss in the -nineties. There were scoreboards and placards above the porch. The annual W. A. A. Carnival was held on the night of Homecoming. This is aiways an important feature of Homecoming. Each sorority on the campus decorates a booth at the Men's Gymnasium. Since the prevailing decorations this year were those of Holland, many of the booths represented windmills, Dutch boys, et cetera. The Alpha Sig booth was composed of a large wooden shoe and immense tulips. Small horns, covered with paper and resembling windmills, were sold. The

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gymnasium looked very beautiful with the color and gaiety. The orchestra played from an imitation windmill. There was only one small incident to prevent the Homecoming from being quite perfect. It rained steadily all day. Delta Delta chapter entertained on Friday evening, November twenty-second, with the annual fall house party. The house was decorated in modernistic design in shades of yellow and orange. The pledges of Delta Delta chapter are: Rachel Huges, Ann Taylor, Helen Stevens, Jeanette Blimm, Marion Blimm, Dorothy Congrove, Gladys Walton, and flilda Allen. Miss Grace Fultz, National Treasurer, was the guest of Mrs. Howard Goodwin, advisor of Delta Delta chapter, in November. Miss Fultz visited the girls at the chapter house and was the guest at a luncheon and formal dinner. The members of Delta Delta chapter greatly enjoyed meeting Miss Fultz. Helen McClaflin, '26, has consented to be the Faculty Spons.or of our chapter. Helen is now teaching' in the School of Music at Ohio University. In additibn to her lovely contralto voice, Helen has a very charming personality, and we are very fortunate in having her with us. Delta Delta chapter is pleased to announce the initiation on October fourth of June Riggle, Berniece Rawe, and Augusta Hornbrook. The girls returning to Delta Delta this fall were: Marjorie Bayless, Hilda Lab, Evalynne Davis, Charline Martin, Mary Elizabeth Rannels, Hope McClaflin, Louise Auberle, Dorothy Jefferson, Ruth Zimmerman, and Evelyn McKinley. The following girls are teaching this year: Lora Mabel Jones, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Margaret Cruickshank, Antwerp, Ohio; Harriet Edwards, Dundee, Ohio; Marguerite Schear, Dover, Ohio; Elanore Mosher, New Philadelphia, Ohio ; Opal Clutter, Utica, Ohio; Dorothy Mossbarger, Muskegon, Mich. Helen Smith has accepted a position with the Ohio State Life Insurance Company at Canton, Ohio. Margaret Cordwin is with the William Taylor Company at Cleveland, Ohio. Reba Shafer has a position in a department store at Norwalk, Ohio. Charline Martin.

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Since October thirty-first was the "time for all good spooks to come to the aid of their party" we had a party. Our "mother," Mrs. T. C. Cook, gave us the best Hallowe'en party ever. The evening before we drove around to the homes of the town girls and Mary Stewart and Ida Good dressed as ghosts delivered the invitations. The house was very attarctively decorated, all of us came in costume, we played games, performed stunts, ate doughnuts, apples and drank cider, and each and every one had a wonderful time. We are very proud of Mabel Cross and Josephine Lee. They represented us in the intramural forensic contest and placed second in the debate tournament. Then they both tried out for the varsity debate team and both made the team. A few of the more hardy and less busy of us spent the weekend of November eighth at the Jensen cabin, six miles from town. It happened to be the coldest time of the year and the brave souls who sallied forth armed with blankets, blankets and blankets were: Marguerite Jensen, Helen Loveless, Barbara Beverly, Mary Stewart, Ida Good, Elizabeth Scott, Verna Barrett, Mabel Cross, Virginia Ford, Carolyn Ray, and Miss Edna McCullough chaperoned. We laughed until we were weak, ate such quantities of food that we could hardly move and came back to town refreshed for the coming week of study. The Teachers College won all of its football games except one and the College of Emporia, our rivals on the hill had the same record. We always meet on Thanksgiving Day. The spirit of rivalry was at the peak during the week preceding the game. One evening the K. S. T. C. men had a pajama parade, the next day the student bodies of both institutions took part in a parade, followed by a bon-firepep meeting in the evening. Mary Shannon and Josephine Lee are members of the Glee Club. The pledges surely showed the actives how to "put over" a real party when they entertained the actives with a dance at the beautiful Memorial Union ball room, Saturday evening, November 16.

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The plan of the party was Egyptian and it was cleverly carried out in the favor dances. In the balcony a seer read in the mystic glass the name of the gentlemen's choice and gave him a scroll on which was written the name. For the second favor dance balloons of red, yellow and blue, decorated with Egyptian pictures, were given to the men, and they found their partners according to the name on the balloon. The orchestra was quite good, and by the profuse thanks of the actives as they were leaving I can say every one had a glorious time. (Accept our written thanks, children.) The guests were: Miss Claudine Moore, Arkansas City ; Miss Sara bel Newell, Winfield; Miss Margaret Nicholson, Emporia; Miss Margaret Coss, Peabody; Miss Catherine Strouse, Miss Edna McCullough, Dean Maude Minrow, Mrs. T. C. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Kistler, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rowland, all of Emporia. We are the proud possessors of a radio "through the courtesy" of Catherine Ferguson's mother who has loaned it to us. We gave a radio party for the Lambda Phi girls and had an awfully good time. Margaret Coss who was in school last year plans to enroll second semester. She is a talented musician, good natured and lots of fun and we'll be glad to have her here. Carolyn Ray.

ZETA ZETA CHAPTER The last two months have been very busy ones for the Zeta Zeta girls. Plans for rush week have been formulating in the minds of each-they must be excellent plans because these particular rushees must have the best there is to offer. It will lend us more satisfaction in the end. Early in October we had as guests in the sorority house two Alpha Sigs from Maryville and Ruth Robinson from the chapter at Kirksville. They came to take part in the first Play Day sponsored by the teachers colleges of Missouri. We enjoyed their company so much and have since that time had communication with the chapter at Kirksville.

THE PHOENIX The Zeta Zeta girls held a rummage sale October seventeenth and eighteenth and increased their finances some thirty dollars. We all maintain that although there are other preferred occupations, we quite enjoyed "rummaging", besides finding it profitable. During the fall term each ambitious Alpha Sig chose her special rushee, took her to the football games, to the movies and even kept her within sight and reach in the library and corridors. One afternoon every week there would be gatherings for bridge or dancing and all actives were very gallant to the favored guests. Our Founders' Day Banquet was held on Saturday, November sixteenth, this year. We regretted very much that Miss Hatz, our house mother, and Mrs. Nattinger, faculty advisor, could not be present. However, it was that week-end that Missouri had chosen for the state teachers' meeting in St. Louis. We considered the banquet quite a success-but there is to be a special article where the reader may hear about it in detail. Our Christmas bazaar will be held December sixth. At present we are working industriously on our contributions. I shall have to wait until January to relate in detail our rush parties. Plans have not been through the process of receiving finishing touches as yet. The dates have been set, however, for Monday, December seventh, and Friday, December thirteenth. In reference to college activities we have been rather disappointed in our football team, having lost every game scheduled. in some cases, it is true, the "Mules" seemed to get all the "tough breaks", other times they met up with much better teams. A group of active young college men have organized into a Y. M. C. A. and are adding effectively to school entertainment and spirit. Debate season is opening and Mr. Craig is looking forward to quite as successful a year in '29 and '30 as he had in '28 and '29. Miss Gladys Pulley has spent a couple of week-ends back at the sorority house visiting the A. S. A. s and "Little Eve" . Gladys teaches at Tipton, Mi ssouri.

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Helen Ramsey spent the week-end of November 9, IO, and II with the Alpha Sigs. Ramsey is a hard-working girl from Jefferson City. W e certainly do enjoy her visits, although they are few and far between. Kathryn Young comes to see us whenever she can pull herself away from Kansas City. Katie sent the house four handsome fillet lace chair backs this fall, which were appreciated very much. Marion Rau came back to Warrensburg for Play Day. Marion IS teaching in W ashington, Missouri.

Mary Greenwald. ETA ETA CHAPTER Rush Week was realized at last! We had three delightful parties. Our first party was a "Crazy Party", given at the home of President and Mrs. W. A. Brandenburg on Friday night. The house was disarranged, and the games, puzzles, favors, and reheshments were all in keeping with the party .scheme. Favors of gilded "Yo-Yo" tops were given with A. S. A. painted on them. Saturday afternoon our alumna: entertained with a Chrysanthemum Bridge, at the home of Mrs. C. F. Spencer. Decorations were of yellow and green with bouquets of "mums" as centerpieces. Refreshments carried out the same color scheme. Favors were chiffon dance handkerchiefs. The rush parties were brought to a close with a formal affair Saturday, at six-thirty, at the Country Club. A program was given after the dinner, consisting of short talks by our sponsors, Miss Carroll and Miss Roseberry. A toast of welcome by Dorothy Weede, our president; a reading by Mary Clyde Newman; and a vocal solo by Viola Lochrie. Favors of very unique bookends with A. S. A. engraved on them were given to each rushee. The evening was spent in dancing, for which a four-piece orchestra furnished the music. After it was all over \Ve handed out sixteen bids and received sixteen acceptances . . . and were we happy? Our sixteen new members were: Dorothy Montee, Ursla Laidler, Esther Myers, Eleanor Johnson, Pearl Heady, Lucille Craig, Mildred Campbell, Jo Fain, Elizabeth Fain, Dorothy Goodloe, Marjorie Slocum, Kathryn Lamb, Helen Fleming, Phyllis Thomas, Eleanor Quirk, Lynette Beasley. The following Sunday we entertained our new members with an informal tea at the home of Mrs. G. W. Weede. Each

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girl had to write her life in rhyme, and then read it aloud. They were given the ribbon pledge the next Tuesday. The same week actives and pledges had a picnic with guests. It rained, but nevertheless we had a jolly good time. The pledges were anxious to receive their pin pledging degree befqre Thanksgiving vacation, so we granted their wish at six o'clock on the Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving. Before concluding may I say that although we actives are thrilled over our new pledges, we have someone else now whom we are just as happy over, and that is our lovely new patroness, Mrs. Robert Nesch. Mary Clyde Newman. THETA THETA CHAPTER Initiation of new members in Theta Theta was held at Mrs. Martin's home at 5 Cobden Street on November twenty-second. Preceding the initiation a banquet was served to initiates, old members and several ex-collegia members at the Westminster Hotel. The theme of the program which followed the banquet was the motto: "Aspire, Seek, Attain", and the message from the ex-collegia group to the active group was "Give Full Measure." The flowers used for decoration and for the corsages for the initiates were small white chrysanthemums. The menus, which also served as place cards, were in gold and white, with crimson and white ribbons drawn through the covers. Theta Theta chapter is proud to announce the initiation of eight Juniors and three seniors, whose names are Ruth Howlett, Ruby Simmons, Grace Harris, Marie Cornforth, Mabel Priestman, Ruth Higgins, Corinne Robinson, Doris Atwood, Elva Gerrish, Louise Musgrove, and Winona Prouty. On November twenty-third, the pledges gave a dance for active and ex-collegia members at 328 Bay State Road. Twentyfive couples attended. The decorations were in red and white in honor of the University and the sorority. The programs served the purpose of favors, too, for they were red and white crepe paper dolls, with huge white feet and hands on which the dance numbers were written. Many members voted it the best party we ever had.

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Laura Smith, Theta Theta secretary, has been ill at her home in Kent, Ohio, for several weeks. She returned to Boston just before the Thanksgiving holidays. Winona Prouty has moved into the sorority rooms. We are hoping to have one more girl after Christmas. Then we will have a full house, even if it is only three. Grace Harris, one of our Senior initiates, is the Editor-inChief of Sed, the School of Education Year Book, and Ida Mary Swan, vice-president of Theta Theta chapter, has been chosen as Literary Editor. The assistant Literary Editor is another of our initiates, Louise Musgrove. Ida Mary Swan. lOT A lOT A CHAPTER Dearest Helen: I suppose that I should commence "Friend" because I know that your feelings are not so very affectionate at the great open spaces between my correspondence to you. But dear, you know my failings as well as anyone. Let's see, I wrote you about our rushing and our results, didn't I ? Well, one of the beauties of a sorority's rushing, it never stops. On October seventh we had a charming party for some girls, served hot wieners and buns, then later on, after we were tired from dancing, and talking, we cozied 'round the fireplace and toasted marshmellows. Qur Hallowe'en party, with Doris Milligan as hostess, was on October seventeenth. The house was decorated in orange and black paper, mammoth jack-o'lanterns, and cornstalks. The refreshments were orange and brown, carrying out the color scheme. Our most fun came during Homecoming, October twentyfifth and twenty-sixth. There was a rip-roaring chapel, a parade "a nuit", bonfire, barbecue, theater raid, float parade and house decoration! We worked, oh, so hard, especially the plesiges, but we didn't get the prize. I suppose something like that comes once in a lifetime. Ours was last year, you know. Our idea this year was a Viking ship, in the school colors, and the oars worked, too (with an electric motor instead of brawn and muscle).

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Drake Alumni sponsored a theater party at the President and our chapter attended in a group. We invited several rushees as our guests. On November eleven we had a charming little supper at the house for several girls. The Professional Educational Panhellenic Council held its semi-annual formal dance at the Hoyt Sherman Place on November fifteenth. Dean Mary Carpenter Craig and Professor and Mrs. Helmick were the chaperones. Our Founders' Day Banquet was the evening previous at the Younker Tea Room. The toasts were carried out with the idea of Aspire, Seek and Attain: Florence Bell, Aspire; Janet Fordyce, Seek; and Edith Burr, Attain. Dorothy Sorenson was the toastmistress. On the evening of November twentieth the Iotas relaxed from their rather formal social engagements in a genuine taffy and popcorn swagger. Several rushees were invited to add to our numbers. At our next meeting we are going to draw names for our Christmas party. We're going to buy a little Christmas tree and maybe borrow a little fat Santa! The activities are going to give the pledges a Christmas dance at the house. Don't you wish that you were here on the lookout for a Man Who Could Dance? Janet Fordyce. KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER Once more the PHOENIX spreads its wings And soars now here, now there, To bear our greetings to AI pha Sigs And thus experiences share. From Temple University _ Come greetings warm and true That as the New Year has begun It may bring joy to you. Our days are very busy ones With business and with fun. May we attempt to tell you Of some of the things we've done?

THE PHOENIX Our rushing of the Freshmen here Does not begin until Second Semester has begun As very soon it will. Ruth Mercer is a Sophomore, Who took our three degrees; That we are glad she's an Alpha Sig Everyone agrees. On Founders' Day our program head, Helen Brookhart by name, 路 Read an original account of Asa's life And how he gained his fame. With Ruth Mercer as our hostess We had a delightful time Enjoying fudge and other goodies Then back to our rooms did climb. The week-end of November twenty-third Was Temple's Homecoming Day, And many Alpha Sigs came back Who for years had been away. At seven o'clock on Saturday morn The Sanctuary Degree Was given to Ruth in that lovely service . Which is so impressive to see. Immediately after the Service A breakfast was served to all. Green candles shed a warm light On a scene which we'll oft recall. Our Alumnce guests were with us And we are glad to say That from every class since '22 There was an Alpha Sig that day. After the breakfast was over We talked and sang some more, And then prepared for the Drake game,

THE PHOENIX At which sixteen-fourteen was the score. Although the snow was falling fast And feet and hands were cold, The Stadium held a goodly crowd Who cheered that line would hold. Down at the Southern Tea Room On the eve of that same day. The Alumn;e of Kappa Kappa Were seen holding sway. After a delicious banquet And several speeches made A business meeting followed When various plans were laid. June Smith became ex-collegia secretary After Irene Todd's resignation. We know Irene's faithful service Will continue under June's administration. A Food Sale on December second We have planned to hold, And later another sale When rummage will be sold. On the evening of December thirteenth Our wishes we extend To the Drexel Alpha Sigs That a dance they attend In our new Auditorium hall, When we very much desire That a better acquaintance as "sisters" We may all acquire. May the year of nineteen-thirty be To all in A 8 A A year of aspiring and attaining The highest goal in every way. When we attempt to tell of college news Where shall we start?

THE PHOENIX We cannot attempt to tell of everything, So wiJl tell the most important part. We all agree that our Dormitory Dance, Held at the Elks' this year, Gave everyone who attended An evening of joy and good cheer. Every Sunday afternoon this year The Y. W. and Y. M. C. A.'s Hold a meeting called "The Adventure." They help us in many ways. Our football team has done well. Bucknell, Lafayette, and Drake, Washington-Jefferson and Villanova Were games that more than kept us awake. Our University Debating Team Met New Zealand's team of three. The "Jury Question" was their subject And New Zealand won the victory. Pi Lambda Sigma won the cup this year For having highest academic rating Of all the various Sororities In Panhellenic Association partaking. Helen Balogh, our exchange student, Comes from Budapest. Although she comes from a distant country, She seems no different from the rest. During Alumni Week-End The various Departments here Gave demonstrations of their work To the Alumni from far and near. The Mid-Year exams are approaching That time so famous each year, But we will not worry about them Until they really are here.

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Sara R. McCullough.

LAMBDA LAMBDA CHAPTER The rushing parties of Lambda Lambda chapter have terminated in the pledging of four lovely rosebuds whom, I am sure, will bloom into regular Alpha Sigs. They are Elizabeth Baker, Dorothy Andrews, Helen Carey and Maurice Kersey. On October twenty-fifth we were proud to have initiated eleven of our pledges into A. S. A. They are Lillian Laycock, Edna Fuller, Violet Ginder, Dorothy Martin, Ruth Ludwig, Marjorie Merz, Lucile Westinghouse, Mildred Nalley, Carrie Flemming, Gwendolyn Glandon and Emma Newell. On November eighth our mothers gave a benefit bridge at the chapter house and it was a sparkling success. The house was crowded with foursomes playing bridge and the prizes were umque. Our first real social event of the quarter was ushered in as an informal house dance given November sixteenth. It was such a success that plans for another one are being made. A social meeting was held on November eighteenth. The Lazarus Company, the largest department store of our town sponsored a Style Show at the chapter house. The "last word" in college lingerie was shown to us and the lovely gowns worn by the charming models registered our approval. So Fashion's Fads and Fancies received much applause and comment. Then came Homecoming. All our old grads and alumnce returned to tell us of their work, their pleasures. The house was overflowing with guests. Besides four or five of our alumnce, we also had as week-end guests two charming girls from our chapter at Miami University. Every year we have decorations for Homecoming. Although we didn't receive honorable mention, we certainly enjoyed dec-

THE PHOENIX orating the house for the Illinois game. Lillian Laycock painted two football men about four feet high, one for Ohio and the other for Illinois. They were placed, one on each post, at the front entrance of the house. The men were attached to the centerpiece- a girl's face with the. stadium as a cap. This girl represented Miss Ohio Stadium. Beneath the head was a sign, "Pull, Ohio, Pull!" The crepe paper braids were made of narrow strips of scarlet and grey, the school colors. All of the girls were supposed to get up very early and help get the decorations up in time for "judging", but only the actives managed to get up, and they almost froze climbing over the ice-coated roof where they had to attach the Miss Ohio Stadium. However, they did have a wonderful lot of fun. One of the girls wore overalls and the other two were in knickers. I think that 路all of them wouldn't give the world for their experience in decorating for Homecoming, although it left them with less sleep, cold and aching joints. _ Two or our former Alpha Sig girls of Lambda Lambda have received high honors and because I am so thrilled with the news and because they expect to become active in our chapter in the spring quarter, I am going to tell you about them. Willene Quigley made the Varsity Debate team, having "Resolved, that installment buying and selling in its present form and extent is detrimental to the welfare of the U. S." Willene, who is a Home Economics major, was elected as a representative of the Merrill-Palmer School at Detroit. Pearl Hollko was elected to the Philonathea (Literary) Society. We look forward to Willene's and Pearl's return to the active chapter. We were delighted to have Ruth Tilton from Alpha Gamma chapter as our guest on November twenty-fourth. Grace Groff. MU MU CHAPTER This is station A. S. A. broadcasting. As a special feature the Mu Mu girls are going to tell you all about what has happened lately in Ypsilanti. Rushing is now over, giving us this Fall eleven pledges: Ernestine Anderson, Vera Billman, Sarah Brewster, Bernice Cooper, Frances Edwards, Katheryn Hindelang, Grace Pring-

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nitz, Emma Rogers, Alice Van Aken, Blanche Zeletsky, and Bertha Zych. We certainly did spend a great deal of time on our rushing plans, and were rewarded by getting all but one of the girls that we bid. On theM. N. S. C. campus we are allowed only two rushing parties in the fall, so we had to make each one as clever and original as we could. Our first party we called a "sport" party. It was given at the lovely home of Mrs. Shepherd, one of our patronesses. We transformed the house into a clubhouse by means of golfbags, tennis rackets, awnings, and other appropriate decorations. All the sorority girls were dressed in sports clothes, and the guests were given the privilege of doing so if they wished. Favors were in the form of tiny golf bags and chocolate tennis rackets. The party was very successful. Our second party was a five-course dinner given at the Haunted Tavern in Ann Arbor. The giving of the second rushing party at the Haunted Tavern has grown to be a tradition with Mu Mu chapter. The decorations were all in palm green and gold. On each table was a lovely centerpiece of yellow chrysanthemums. As favors, the guests were given green georgette handkerchiefs with A. S. A. in Greek letters worked in gold in one corner. A large number of alumna: were back for this party, and we all certainly enjoyed ourselves to the fullest extent. We held pin pledging for our rushees on Thursday, November twenty-first, at which time we presented them with their pledge books. Now we are keeping them busy fulfilling all of their duties, which are not light by any means. Several of our members are prominent in campus activities this Fall. Rowena Farwell is president of the Y. W. C. A. Rowena makes a fine president. Doris Billman, our former chapter president, is president of the Home Economics Club. Margaret Gripton represents us in stud~nt government by being a member of the Women's League cabinet. To Jane Fairbanks, our president, went the honor of being the vice-president of the senior class. We are quite proud of representation in so many activities. On Monday night, November twenty-fifth, the sorority observed Founders' Day by having Mrs. Sabourin as a guest

THE PHOENIX speaker at the house. Mrs. Sabourin was one of the patronesses of Zeta Tau Alpha, which was the former name of Mu Mu chapter before it became national. She gave a very interesting account of the patronesses and members of Zeta Tau Alpha, which we certainly enjoyed hearing. We are now all looking forward to initiation, which comes after our Christmas vacation, when our pledges will become our full-fledged sisters. Now we are giving them a chance to do a great variety of things for their superiors, which we know they love to do. Mu Mu chapter is now signing off until March, when we will again entertain you with an account of our activities and adventures. Audrey Harvey. NU NU CHAPTER Nu Nu operied the season with its annual Tea Dance held in the Art Gallery on October ninth, and the affair was one of the rpost successful we have ever planned, both socially and financially. A record crowd danced to music furnished by the Drexel Orchestra. Delicious punch was served. We were very pleased to have as our guests, Dr. and Mrs. Chapman. Dr. Chapman is the head of our Sociology Department, coming recently from Oberlin College. Another opening event of the college year was the annual Spanish Cabaret held in the Drexel Cafeteria with Sigma Sigma Sigma as hostess. Everything was very colorful and a most delightful evening was spent in dancing and a general get-together social meeting. On November ninth Drexel was accorded quite a singular honor when it received recognition from the Association of American Universities, and this classification places Drexel on a par with the most widely recognized colleges of the country. Drexel's recommendation was given by the Association Representative, Dr. David A. Robinson, Vice-Director of the American Council on Education. Due to the fact that Drexel does not give a curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Arts Degree, we were more than fortunate to receive such recognition. Great

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credit goes to our President, Dr. Kenneth G. Matheson, and the faculty for their consistent efforts to raise the standards of Drexel Institute. On November fifteenth the Sophomore Class held their annual Prom in the Drexel Great Court. The Court was beautifully decorated in blue and gold, while Roy Duffy and his orchestra furnished the most excellent dance music. Peg Rushing and Bertha Pit kard were on the committee from Nu Nu. We were more than proud to note that in the fashion show held at the "216" Student House, our own Louise Plumley was voted "Miss 216." A little later on, November twenty-first, "214" Student House staged their annual Stunt Night. It was a howling success. In the skit entitled "The Dining Room" Bertha Anderson made a beautiful, if slightly masculine, head waiter, while later in the evening Romayne Gregory and Kay Clark gave a beautiful and touching rendition of "Barnacle Bill." Music, dancing, and food helped to round out the fun , and everyone went home feeling that they had received their money's worth. Plans for Nu Nu's Rushing Season are being completed . Our informal is to be given on January ninth at the new Drexel Student Lodge, which will be completed by then. Alpha Sigma Alpha will be one of the first to hold a party there. According to local Panhellenic ruling, Alpha Sigma Alpha will give the last formal party, a dance, to be given on January eighteenth. Meanwhile all sorority rushing will be preceded by the Panhellenic Party in the Drexel Court on January fourth. January and February promise to be busy months and Nu Nu is anxiously looking forward to the rushing season in hopes that it will be one of the most successful it has ever experienced. Sarah M. Baxter, who is teaching in the South Side High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, comes back to see us almost every week-end, and needless to say we are pleased to see her. We had a flying visit from Myrta Probasco in October. Myrta has a secretarial position at the Peddy School, Hightstown, New Jersey. O n November twelfth Edi th Rood and Ruth Hassenfuss attended chapter meeting. Edith is teaching in Glassborough, ew Jersey. On November twenty-sixth Mrs. Douglas Fackenthal (Janet Wilson) paid us a short visit. At the present time the Fackenthals are residing at 633 Mon roe Street, Eastern , Pennsylvania, where Mr. Fackenthal is practicing law.

THE PHOENIX Blanche Ball, who was forced to withdraw from Drexel in 1928, has been undergoing treatment in the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. We are glad she has been so near that we might see her often, and we still entertain high hopes of having her with us soon again. Betty Darlington has announced her engagement to Mr. S. H. A rmstrong of Berwin, Pennsylvania.

Georgia L. Sherred.

XI XI CHAPTER September Sixteenth-Gee, it's great to be back. Imagine, an upperclassman! Everyone at the house is just bubbling over with vacation news and plans for making this a bigger and better Alpha Sig year. And what fun to be a pioneer on our new Westwood campus! September twenty-third-"Say, I know the cutest girl. Lots of brains, and the best looking clothes--." Rushing season opens with a big bang. September tvyenty-eighth-A rush affair. Bridge, swim, and a delicious barbecue dinner at the beach home of one of our members. A Spanish motive was carried out. October fourth-Well, we nearly split our sides laughing. Absolutely the most comical thing ever produced. I'd like to go again. What? Oh, yes- May Robeson in "The Rejuvena- 路 tion of Aunt Mary" for our final rush affair. October seventh- Wasn't it thrilling? And how lovely the pledges looked, all in white, and full of awe at the beauty of . the solemn occasion. Our new pledges are Stella Ducharme, Marie Cline, Anna Gassaway, Lillian Hone, Hazel Johnson, Katherine Mortar, and Emily Whetmore. Everyone of them seems to be a real A. S. A. October eighth-Oh, for an idea!! And the Hi-Jinks only two weeks off. October fourteenth-"Da de da-da dum"-"Say, can't you learn those words? Smile, smile! You look like you lost your last friend." Imagine trying to make a Follies girl out of a would-be school teacher! I never before knew that most people's feet were made out of lead! October eighteenth-The big night! All aboard the Zeppelin, carrying A. S. A.'s colors. No, we didn't win first place, or even second-but oh, what fun!

THE PHOENIX October twenty-one-Those crazy pledges-always up to something foolish. They entertained us with a post mortem scene from the death of Zeppelin, otherwise known as "Zeppy." Afterward we were served with chocolate eclairs on which were inscribed the words, "In Memorium." October twenty-li.fth-The City Association entertained us with a Hallowe'en dance at the home of Elizabeth Fellows. GoQd music, good food, good time. November fifth-"Please pass the salt." Our weekly Panhellenic luncheon. Every Tuesday we send four of our members to some sorority house, and entertain four of theirs. November eleventh-Informal rushing season. The usual round of teas, luncheons, etc. November twenty-fifth-Ribbon pledging! We certainly are lucky in getting Jane Lyman, Evelyn Franz, and Katherine Taylor as our color-bearers. November twenty-eighth-It's a touchdown!! Whoopie! Our first victory since we entered the big conference. Still can yell, despite all the gobbler I ate this noon. And that evening, what a dance! Everyone still celebrating and having one gr-aand and gl-orious time! Betty Pease. PI PI CHAPTER Dear Marge: You know in my last letter I told you about our new building and all the excitement over the cornerstone laying and the banquet afterward? Everything was wonderful. The Glee Club, of which I am a member, and the orchestra took part in the ceremonies in the afternoon. The banquet was especially lovely. There were about eight hundred people there. There were only three speakers, but Miss Helen Weis, who is an excollegia Alpha Sig, was one of them! We felt quite important, I can tell you! Everyone enjoyed our tea which we held at school for the ex-collegia members on October twenty-third. We still haven't any plans which are very definite for rushing, because, you see, rushing doesn't begin until February. Panhellenic, however, had a party for all the freshmen girls which was not a rush party at all, but just for fun.

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Do you know that Dorothy Marley is chairman of the Junior Prom? We seem to be keeping this position in the family, for an Alpha Sig has held it for three consecutive years. We had a luncheon at the Food Craft Shop which was not much of a success financially, but was enjoyed by all those who did go. Then we had a skating party on a Friday night. That was a huge success. There was a big cro~d there and everybody had a good time. Our Founders' Day Banquet, on Wednesday, November twentieth, at the Park Lane in the Conservatory, was lovely. Perhaps this was owing to the fact that Helen Lazer was chairman. No, since she is watching me as I write this I must say that it was surely owing to this fact . . Anyway, there were about forty-five people there. That is a lot, you know, because we have only sixteen college members. The favors were beautiful gold charms bearing our seal. We made green paper suitcases for the menu and place cards. On each suitcase was a tag reading Swampscott. The speakers were Dorothy Marley and Miss Small, who spoke on "Preparation", for our convention; Mrs. Hildegard Kaiser, whose subject was "Enroute", and Evelyn Bell, whose topic was "The Arrival." While they were speaking a message came from Grace Olief, who was our president last year, and is teaching in Adams this year, wishing us good luck and expressing her displeasure in not being able to be with us. After this was read Miss Small told us that she had had a letter from Doris Burton that day which gave the same thoughts. Yesterday, Saturday, the ex-collegios had a Bridge party in the Georgian room at the Hotel Statler. There were about . fifty tables. Just loads of people from school and other places were there. I had a good time even though I didn't win the pnze. If they had had a booby prize I would have, though. Ruth Brems. SIGMA SIGMA CHAPTER Long Distance, please. Yes. No. Long Distance. Hello! I want to talk to Irys Osterman at 1909 Lake A venue, Pueblo, Colorado. No. Irys. Hello! Hello! Hello! Irys? Thought

THE PHOENIX I would call you up and tell you all the news. I know you are always interested. You don't. Guess? Yeah! What have you been doing? You have, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, the Colorado College Homecoming ball. Well, good for you. Irene go too? Good. I'll bet you did have a grand time. What did you wear? Hello! Irys. Goodness, I should think they would let a person talk without so much interruption. I heard you had an Alpha Sig dinner at the Congress Hotel last week during C. E. A. meeting. That was a goJd stunt. At Grand Junction, Annie Laura Richardson entertained Ruth and Dorothy Bull, Gladys Dill, Beth Johnston, Lupie Orr and Lillian Pratt at a luncheon. There were quite a few of the girls down there, weren't there? Oh! Yeah!' Did you see Callie's pin when you were up at Homecoming? Goodness, I hope they have enough Mu pins to go around? Oh, we had a nice long letter read to us by Miss Spicer ÂŁrom Esther Roberts. She is teaching commercial subjects in Tokio, Japan, and enjoying it immensely. I'll bet she is having a wonderful time. Incidentally, Rosie read your letter, and we all about passed out with laughter. Cynthia is still in Hawaii, I guess. She got her Master's from the University of Hawaii, and is working in the library now. We don't hear from her very often. She and Esther have taken themselves quite a way from home, haven't they? Oh, yes, I think so. Esther was home a year ago for Homecoming, remember? Hello! are you still there? I just rave on, and then think that I am talking to someone, and I better see if they are asleep. Rushing? I'll say we are, and, of course, we are concentrating on the ones you mentioned. We all have such a weakness for Audrey, that it will be the biggest disappointment of the year if we don't get her. I know. Yes, we do. Jewell? Yes, Miss Spicer also read us a letter from her last week . She is working in the income tax department in Washington, D. C. She works just across the corner from the White House, and seems to like her work quite well. Both she and her husband are attending school, too. She said that she had indexed reports of Mary Pickford, Richard Dix, J. P. Morgan and Adolph Menjou the day she wrote. I wish she could have a chance to index mine, but alas, alack. Ruth Buswell is there,

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too. Do you ever hear from her? She is in the tax department, too, in another building than Jewell. I got my news from Johnny. I haven't heard what Stevie is doing. She doesn't like teaching school much, from her last report, when she was here for Homecoming. Did you? Well, I always think Hallowe'en decorations are good, too. Yes, it was nice that Nadine Giffee of Greeley chapter could be here. She is going to come up for some of our dances and parties, and she said she would bring Jean Linderholm, too, another Greeley Alpha Sig who is teaching on the Western Slope. Do I know anything else? Gee, but you are a glutton for news. Let's see! Yes, we had a buffet dinner at the house honoring the patronesses, one night not long ago, and then had a "sing." Everyone had a nice time, we hope. Well, let's see, san~wiches, salad, cheese souffle, cake, candy, etc., and pickles. We have been singing at every meeting, and goodness knows, we need it. All the girls seem to like to sing the songs, too. The kids had a dancing party at the house last Saturday night for some of the rushees. They all had bang-up time, I guess, from all reports. Do you suppose I shall ever find enough money to pay for this call? I simply must ring this off, or I'll be digging post holes for the Telephone Company for the rest of my life. Yes, we will. I'll do 1t. Tell Irene hello. Oh, yes! Good-bye. Yes, yes. Good-bye. The girls able to come to Western State for Homecoming were: Mildred Stevens, Dolores, Colorado; Irys Osterman, Pueblo, Colorado; Zelia Gibbs, Montrose, Colorado; Beth Johnston, Grand Junction, Colorado; Marjorie Ambrose, Montrose, Colorado; and Lillian Pratt, Delta, Colorado. Nadine Giffee, Hotchkiss, Colorado, was also in Gunnison for Homecoming. Nadine is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha from Greeley. Miss Spicer, our advisor, was suddenly called east due to the illness of her father, but when she returned she was able to report that her father was much improved. Sigma Sigma is happy to announce the birth of a son to Mrs . Paul R. Daugherty, a Patroness.

Ruth Wolfe.

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Our pledges gave us a very clever breakfast at the home of Mildred Lee. We, the members, were invited to a Halowe'en Bridge Breakfast. The tables were cleverly arranged and decorated. The pledges prepared a delightful breakfast consisting of baked apples, bacon and eggs, and hot biscuits. Afterwards we played bridge. We had a very nice time and certainly appreciated the pledges' thoughfulness. Early in October we had a delightful "Fun" party. Our campus is located near a creek. If we follow the creek we come to a curve; in this curve is a delightful picnic ground. We invited our boy friends and at five o'clock we went to the picnic grounds where we cooked our supper. We sat about the bonfire and toasted wieners, marshmallows, etc. Afterward we went to the Woman's Building and danced until nine o'clock. We thought this party a great success and it did not keep us out late either. During Rush Week we had a delightful progressive dinner. The first course was served at our chapter house. It consisted of a fruit cocktail. The second course, the dinner course, was served at the home of Dorothy King, our president. The salad course was served at Elinor Chittendon'.s home and the last course at the home of Mrs. Brenner, who is one of our patronesses. We stayed there and talked to some of the girls. This was our most successful rush party. We had cars furnished by girls in town in which we transported our guests from place to place. Just now we are planning our Christmas Party which is to December thirteenth. We will have the party at the Woman's Building. We intend to decorate the hall by using Christmas candles in the windows, a large Christma~ tree in the center and the ceiling covered with icicles. Each dance will be named-for example, before one dance a miniature Santa will enter and deliver presents. This dance will be named "Santa's Special," a circle dance will be named "Holly Wreath." As this party is just before vacation, I am sure we will have the festive spirit. Geraldine Reinecke.

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UPSILON UPSILON CHAPTER Our Recipe: the unanimous "Yea" of the chapter, mixed with financial co-operation, and served with plenty of activity and work produces what? A House! Upsilon Upsilon chapter has acquired a house, 129 Main Street, Granville, Ohio. None of the sororities at Denison are permitted to live in their chapter houses and so quite naturally Alpha Sig is no exception. It all happened the twenty-ninth of October. It was Homecoming week-end and, as has been the custom, initiation time. So let me assure you that the Alpha Sig House was the center of action. Pledges and actives alike took part in cleaning, painting, and straightening up. Initiation was held at seven o'clock Sunday morning, November third. The initiates were: Gwendolyne Cadley, Columbus, Ohio; Ruth Dillon, Cambridge, Ohio; Marion Duncan, Ostrander, Ohio; Murray Gage, Johnstown, Ohio; Frances Stephenson, Newark, Ohio; Mary Bender, Hammond, Indiana. After the initiation services actives, alumnae, and initiates breakfasted together at the Granville Inn. Corsages of pink rosebuds and tiny yellow chrysanthemums were given as favors to the new members. October twenty-sixth the Alpha Sigs entertained at an informal dinner and theater party. All decorations were suggestive of Hallowe'en. We are to have three regular rushing parties, the first of which was a bridge given on November twenty-third at the chapter house. Lora Mabel Jones, of Delta Delta chapter, was among our guests. Virginia Edsall will play an important role in the Masquers production entitled "Torch Bearers" to be given on December sixth and seventh. We are now looking forward to our Christmas party and a breakfast party which will be held on December seventh. Marguerite A gin.

THE PHOENIX PHI PHI CHAPTER Thanksgiving vacation has come and with it the homeward departure of Alpha Sigma Alpha's. Another quarter has ended; it has been a most full one for Phi Phi Chapter, but we can scarcely realize that it is all over. There have been several enjoyable parties at the sorority house and elsewhere. A most attractive banquet was given at six-thirty o'clock, Saturday evening, October twenty-sixth, in the dining room of the Hotel Linville. It was a happy occasion for the meeting of pledges and alumnae. The thirty-four girls were seated at two long tables, which were beautifully decorated with red candles and tulle, red and white carnations and clever red rose nut cups. Evelyn Evans, president, acted as toastmistress. Mrs. Robert Mountjoy gave two vocal selections. After the banquet a dance reception was held at the sorority house with Mr. and Mrs . U. G . Whiffen, Mrs. Charles Happard and Miss Nell Martindale as chaperones. They tell us we will never know how our pledges felt at that banquet, for earlier in that afternoon they had been formally pledged, and given th-eir pledge pins. The pledges of Sigma Sigma Sigma entertained the Alpha Sigma Alpha pledges with a clever "date party." Escorts were the Sigma's girls dressed as fellows. All due attention to the ladies was given, even during the favor, when "kisses" were passed. During intermission cider was served and when all the girls retired from the dance floor to tables decorated in autumnal tones, they were served with dainty refreshments. A unique and cleverly arranged return party was given to the Sigma Sigma Sigma pledges in the form of a progressive affair, Monday evening, November eleventh. The guests were received at the sorority house at seven-tf1irty. Card tables were arranged with dever tally cards representing our emblem. A Guggenheim contest, using the letters of the Greek Alphabet, was held. Mildred Jacobs won first prize; Clara Mae Shartzer, second; and Hermine Baur, consolation. After refreshments of hot chocolate, sandwiches, cheese and pickles the party was transferred to the home of Betty Hicke r-

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mell, where an informal carnival dance was enjoyed. The house was attractively decorated in red and white with lonu confetti strips. Punch was served and favors were in the for~ of various sorts of carnival noisemakers. The pledges again figured in affairs when they furnished a good feed for all concerned at "Kangaroo Kourt", held by the actives at the sorority house. Mrs. Ray Hull and Mrs. Robert Mountjoy have been presented with sets of silver salt and pepper shakers engraved with A. S. A. The gift is given to every member who marries. Two of our girls figured in a college dramatic production, "The Thirteenth Chair." Betty Selecman played the part of Helen O'Neil, leading lady. We are planning many good times for the winter quarter and some hard work. Betty Selecman. CHI CHI CHAPTER School started on Labor Day, but the fact that it was Labor Day did not hinder us from working for new pledges; so on September fifth we asked a number of girls to a theater party and on September sixth to a spread at the Chapter House, 2241 North Central Avenue. On Saturday of the same week the alumna: gave the loveliest social event of Rush Week, a luncheon bridge at the Highland Country Club, which formed a lovely setting for the party. Rush Week was brought to a close September tenth, with a slumber party at the Chapter House. Although we had much competition, we have to our credit the following new pledges: Jessie Edgerton, West Lafayette, Indiana; Carolyn Bareford, New Albany, Indiana; Ruth Brown, Crown Point, Indiana; Lois Karr, Brook, Indiana; Wilma Love, Indianapolis, Indiana; Hazel Westerman, Robinson, Illinois; Edith Spangler, Jeffersonville, Indiana; Mary Rooksberry, Rockville, Indiana; and Margaret Fridrich, Mt. Carmel, Illinois. The decorated Chapter House during the dates October nineteen-twenty-one meant that Chi Chi Chapter were cordially inviting all of its old members who were back for Teach-

THE PHOENIX ers' Convention to be their guests. On Friday noon a luncheon was held for the alumn<e and actives at the Claypool Hotel. On October twenty-eighth a benefit bridge was given at the house. Dainty handkerchiefs were given as prizes. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving our examinations were held and this climaxed the many happy hours spent at Teachers' College for two of the active members, Eleanor Burton, Margaret Dow and also one pledge, Wilma Love, who will enter Miami University next semester. Margaret Dow will enter Cincinnati University, where she expects to get her B.S. Degree. Margaret Fridrich.

CANDLELIGHT You know how brave a little candle glows When a tired heart is waiting in the dark, And what a light of friendliness it throws Upon the face of walls, and chairs, and stark Old table edges peering through the gloom: Emptiness, and a candle peoples it With thoughts which stir the silence of a room Like hearthside friends who murmur while they sit.

If you should send words kind as candlelightWords faithful as a little shining fl.ame1 would not fear the length nor depth of night, For they would burn the darkness when they came. -Virginia Quarterly Review.

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SCHOLARSHIP AND OUR PLEDGES "It was our pledges brought us down. Three of the poorest have dropped out so we are hoping to average up better next semester." First semester reports offer such excuses with a monotonous regularity. Now if pledges grades lie at the root of your chapter's low scholarship standing why not start now the campaign to improve them. The chapter must grow from the inside out. The sturdy oak shows its growth by the first ring in its heart made by the tiny twig which began it. All the other layers go on outside of that core. No big fine tree ever grew from a twig not sound at heart. And so with each chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta. Before charters are granted careful investigation is made to see that the chapter is sound scholastically so each one has the perfect core to start with. Each succeeding layer depends for its strength on the sound heart of the whole. And the inevitable and logical conclusion of this? Admit no one to membership in your chapter whom you do not honestly believe would serve as a firm base for your future growth. Quality not quantity should be our quest. A girl, who cannot stay in college means nothing to the chapter or the fraternity so as first step refrain from pledging one about whom there is the slightest doubt as to whether her grades will permit her to remain in college. An undergraduate student is no longer a school girl. If she has attained to college entrance she should with reasonable application to study find the work of the first year not beyond her. Just here a question arises as to your pledges. Do they know how to study? So often girls who spend hours over their books fail their grades while others apparently less studious make high ones. Find out early whether or not your pledges know how to study under college conditions. This might reasonably be a duty for the sister mothers as well as the scholarship committee. After the excitement of pledge day is over watch the working methods of the new girls and check up on

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the resulting grades. Then is the time for helpful counsel as to what is the best way to approach certain subjects, the best material to read and so forth. Phi Mu's Scholarship Director in a recent article advises the freshman to (a) Learn thoroughness. (b) Plan study hours carefully. (c) Work on the hardest problems when the mind is freshest. (d) Learn to be systematic. (e) Learn to concentrate. "Concentration," said Henry Sydnor Harrison in his essay on the subject, "is the beginning of inspiration. I am not sure that it is not genius under another name. It is marvelous how everything-character, idea, scene, plot-will open up and unfold under the eye of one who sits and stares long enongh and intently enough. If you subtract a man who cannot concentrate from one who can, you are pretty apt to get what is called genius. Of what profit to a writer are imagination, insight, judgment, reason, if he cannot call upon any one or all of them before he starts to write? And if he has trained himself to concentrate, he can call upon all his gifts. "One-half hour's intense and concentrated thinking will do more for a writer than six months' dawdling. Through concentration, and only when he has concentrated, come those flashes of insight which are beyond price."

Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly. "STANDARDS IN CHAPTER HOUSES" Does the casual ringer of your chapter house door bell have his questions answered, his package delivery signed for, his sales talk refused, in such a way that he turns from the door with a warm glow of pleasure because of the kindly courtesy with which even "no" was said? Does the caller upon your chaperon, the girl who comes to study, or visit with some one Theta, the "date" who must wait for his lady, receive at the chapter house door a friendly greeting, have a pleasant waiting period until desired friend appears, get

THE PHOENIX the impression that this is a house of good breeding, of graciousmannered, friendly girls? Does the alumna coming to the house for a brief friendly call, or for a more prolonged visit, receive a sisterly welcome and an enthusiastic induction into the fraternity interest of the moment that will make her once more feel at home in the chapter house? Does the father and mother who come to the chapter house to see where and how daughter lives- or perchance to decide if the house is where they are willing daughter shall live when dormitory residence is no longer required of her-find the cultured atmosphere, the friendliness, the physical order and comfort that daughter's glowing enthusiasm for fraternity has led them to expect ? Does the organization that has been accorded the privilege of meeting at your chapter house remember your house as one of sincere welcome and pleasant meeting, where its members felt wanted and where they will want to come again? Does every guest at every social function in your chapter house leave with a memory of a good time, having met the members, talked with their guests, and experienced no moment of stranded, wall-flower embarrassment? Delta of Alpha Theta.

WHY ARE YOU IN COLLEGE? The habit of asking questions is a useful one, provided you persist until you find an answer. Asking questions of yourself allows you to play both sides of the game, but you must play fair, and allow the answers to come from your real self- the instinctive self that is too primitive to lie. Whether you are a freshman or a senior it will do no harm to ask, at the opening of this college year, why you find yourself where you are. Did you go to college because "everyone else" was going? Probably this is the real reason in a majority of cases. Montaigne remarked that many people would never fall in love if they had never heard it talked about. Did you go because you did not know quite what else to do when the ending of high school, with its regular routine, left

THE PHOENIX you to your own resources ? If so, is the end of college likely to find you in the same state of mind? Are you going to be like the youth to whom an independent income was assured "so long as he remains in college," and who has spent years in taking every available college course rather than risk graduating and earning his own living? Did you go for social reasons-because you believed that in college you would meet the people you wanted to know? And if you did this, were you thinking about men or women-about "dates" and dances, about family and money, about ambition and ability? Did you go to prepare yourself to earn your own living? If you did, do you merely mean to fulfill certain stereotyped requirements and pass certain examinations to be in a position to command a better salary ? Did you go because there was a glamour about "college life," and a satisfaction in being able in later years to think of yourself as a "college woman?" Did you go because you were irresistibly drawn by a desire to know more along one particular line? Did you want to learn more about life itself and how to live it, and did you hope to find this under the guidance of older men and women and in the companionship of your own generation. Then, whatever your reasons for going may have been, ask yourself whether you have found what you were really seeking. And if not, why haven't you? And if so, no less, why have you? Thousands upon thousands of young men and women will be leaving their homes this fall to attend colleges and universities, and all have their various reasons for this move. What. are yours? Why are you in college? TheKeyofKKr. FIFTEEN MINUTES A DAY Commercialism has exploited in this country the idea that men can buy culture by spending fifteen minutes a day in the perusal of a certain set of books. The object is not the broadening of mental vision but business success. To become the center of social attraction among your acquaintances, to rise from office boy to president of the firm in six years, to impress all who meet

THE PHOENIX you with your striking grasp of world problems and your masterful personality .... fifteen minutes a day is all that is necessary. The fallacy that culture for any purpose can be secured by an application of only fifteen minutes a clay is so apparent that further comment is unnecessary. The unfortunate part is that such a vast proportion of men are going through college applying the "fifteen minutes a day" attitude to their college work. They are surrounded by unparalleled opportunities to gain a rich foundation of literary and artistic appreciation that will be a life-long possession, yet, because such things are beneath caste in college, many a person shuns courses and persons who could aid in guiding aright the growth of this sense of appreciation of the vastness and beauty of life, be it from philosophy, literature, art, or whatnot. And so with a veneer of social polish, a moderately good line of conversational chatter, and a contempt for intellectual work, the majority of college graduates are graduated. Now this may not be entirely the fault of the student. The profession of college teaching does not always attract the men who, by sheer personality and ability, have the God-given power to inspire those who study with them. Far too many college instructors have a completely reverse effect on their classes. Yet, however true this may be, it does not release the student from his own responsibility. In comparison with the opportunities afforded other generations, the modern student has manifold advantages of which it seems he will not avail himself.

The Laurel- Phi Kappa Tau. PINS It all began when she was but a tiny baby. From the very first time that she felt the cruel stabs of a safety pin and made known her discomfort in anguished shrieks, she showed an intense interest in pins. Straight pins, clothes pins, hair pins, any kind of pins, all of them she appropriated for the purpose of swallowing them in an ecstasy of joy whenever no grown-ups were present to seize them just as they reached her greedy mouth. As she grew older and greediness was overcome by politeness, her interest in pins became less evident. It was not until

THE PHOENIX her college days that her passion for them truly manifested itself. As a freshman she could not decide which sorority to join because she was unable to decide which pin was the most artistic. Finally she chose to be an Alpha Delta Pi because it seemed so romantic to be "wearing a diamond." After a time she became aware that there were yet other pins which might be secured if one were tactful-fraternity pins. Her mother had always taught her to be religious, so in her sophomore year she took up her cross-the cross of Sigma Chi. But alas, it proved too heavy for her to bear, and she set forth in quest of another. Her next trial was a Pi Kappa Alpha, but she was not by nature a clinging vine, so she soon grew tired of being shielded. Pin after pin she acquired until in her junior year she had a collection worthy of a place in any of the world's great museums. By this time, however, she had become cynical and resolved to pursue her hobby no longer. But fate was against her. She had always loved the moon and stars, consequently on a balmy spring night when the stars were shining with a calm, white light, and a crescent moon hung low in the sky, she succumbed to her childhood desire to have them for her own possessiOns. She was graduated. Summer followed spring, as summers usually do. Many stars shone, and many moons waxed and waned. The sages say that life moves in cycles. Once more she is occupied-with safety pins. The Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi. SHORT CUTS TO HIGH GRADES "Short cuts to high grades?" quotes the merry little sister. "Do you believe in short cuts?" "Sure, I believe in short cuts to anything providing the destination is desirable, the short cut safe, and I don't miss anything by taking a bee line!" said the alumna. Who doesn't believe in getting the most for the amount spent? If it's money that's spent, or time, energy, or thought? So short cuts to high grades are most desirable. There are a number of these cuts, but few of them are taken often.

THE PHOENIX First, there is a short cut that in many cases will reduce the mileage to high grades so per cent. The cut is concentration. When you study trigonometry don't let your mind wander and, instead of dealing with sines and logarithms, day dream of the signs that indicate a bid to Chi Chi's ball with its dancing rhythms. Or, if Cesar be the subject, don't spend any time pondering if the pattern for that junior prom dress cuts the material in three parts. The first cut is the path of concentration. The second short cut is always taken on Saturday. Get your Monday's work Saturday. The object of Sunday or the Sabbath was to rest and refresh the mind as well as the soul of man, woman, and child. You'll have far more sparkle in your work, in your scholarship, the element of brilliancy that often leads to high grades will develop because of the one rest day when you catch your breath and rest and get ready for another week of concentration. The second short cut is Monday's work prepared on Saturday. The third short cut is the policy of having Monday's lessons whether you have them on any other day or not. There are two reasons for this. Most students do not have recitations of great brilliancy on Monday. The time for a dim star to shine is when all other stars are a bit low in luster. A good run is a great help for a leap. Well prepared work for Monday is a leap in the right direction. Fourth. Keep your work up, if you have to cut a date occasionally. The tree of high scholarship has not as many dates as the bush of low grades, but they are lots bigger and more delectable. Fifth. It is the extra ten minutes that does the polishing. After you have prepared a lesson, give it an extra ten minutes to take off the rough corners. Follow these five short cuts and see how rapidly you arrive at the gateway of high grades. Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly.

THE PHOENIX "JUST A BOOK" "They called it just a book! It came at Christmas with the other things. They called it just a book. To me An eager child it seemed to be A great white ship that sailed the sea, A ship with silver wings. They called it just a book. And said 'twas mine to keep. They never knew How far from home I fared that year To palm-fringed beaches white and queer, Where swaggered many a buccaneer, And opal dreams came true. A book! They never knew!

"The Index." CAMPUS ACTIVITIES VS. SCHOLARSHIP Why does one go to college? Everyone will answer immediately: to obtain an education. Then comes the question, what is meant by education? I should say it is the training and broadening of the faculties; a training intellectually, morally, and socially. Intellectual and social training brings us to the question, campus activities versus scholarship, for scholarship stands for the intellectual side of college life, and campus activities stand for the social side of college life. Is one well educated who neglects either of these? Positively no! A dean of women stated in class once, that if a girl devoted herself entirely to her studies and neglected the society which college offers, she was not getting all that she should from college. Of course this holds true the other way around. From college activities the student should receive the social aspect. But the danger arises from the fact that there are apt to be too many clubs and societies. The solution to this is to limit the number of clubs in which a student may take an active interest. Just as some panhellenics and fraternities require a student's membership in at least two activities, then the university should limit the number with which a student might affiliate.

THE PHOENIX And then it is necessary to one's self-respect to keep up the scholastic standing. When a student knows that he or she has not done his or her best and consequently has failed to passthen comes remorse. It is a terrible lot to have been a failure in classes and to have been lacking in average intelligence. When one leaves college, be able to say: I have done my best mentally and socially. I have led a two-fold college life. I have gotten all that I was possibly able to get from college. Don't let there be a question of whether the campus activities have gotten the better of scholarship or vice versa, but that there has been a half and half quantity of each-let the two go hand in hand- the one leading naturally to the other. The Aglaia of Phi M u. PLEDGE PROBLEMS Of the four years of college life, I believe the most difficult is the freshman year. The difficulty lies not so much in the college work itself, but rather in the selecting of an efficient method of attack. It is important and essential that the strange and varied problems of the freshman girl be solved by her in the best way possible, for the start made in her first year has a decided bearing on the rest of her college life. Each girl has different problems to face, due to differences in conditions and circumstances in her home and high school life. There are, however, several outstanding difficulties that every freshman meets. One of the most important things to be mastered in college . is organization. Some people naturally have the gift of being able to organize their time and affairs efficiently and effectively. Others never acquire the art. Freshmen, for the most part, are for the first time in their lives dependent solely upon themselves in matters of arranging time for study, time for recreation, and time for college activities outside the classroom. The break is so great between high school and college that these beginners sometimes require the entire first year to really learn how to go to college to get the most out of it. The freshman pledge has the advantage of being able to secure aid and advice from upper-classmen in the house.

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Pledges are inclined to look to the older girls for help in the solution of their problems even though they, themselves, do not fully realize the extent of their own difficulties. It is therefore, the duty of every chapter member to keep a close watch over the freshmen and to try to foresee their troubles and help them in little things, as well as in big ones. In university life there is no time to be simply idled away. There is too much to be done to allow that. The sooner the freshman girls realize this, and learn to organize their time, the sooner they will be able to satisfactorily adapt themselves to the new conditions. However, all girls, sooner or later realize that they can't do everything they would like to as well as they would like to, and still have time to waste. They have to give up some things in order to concentrate on others. The clever girl is the one who can make the most out of the time she has. Every pledge furnishes a different problem. Some go out for too many things; others for too few . One girl puts too much time on soccer and not enough on mathematics; another keeps her grades up but has no outside activity except "boy friends"; another is trying to manage dramatics, college paper work and glee club but will flunk biology if she doesn't give up her dates or one of her activities. The problem, then, of not only the freshman adviser but of the other girls in the chapter as well, is not only to set a worthy example for the freshmen but also to study their difficulties and to help them to realize just what they are able to do and help them plan to use their time to the best advantage for their college work, their activities, and their recreation. This all leads to organization and the girls will realize sooner or later that only through good organization can they secure the most out of college life as a whole. A 8 D. via The Angelos of K D.. CHAPTER RESOLUTIONS We won't criticize other chapters because they "aren't like us." Often it's a good thing! 2. We will acknowledge promptly and courteously all communications from National and from sister chapters. r.

THE PHOENIX 3· We won't send material to the national officers at the last minute by special delivery. 4· We will not preserve carefully all the old chapter discord and gossip to whisper confidentially to new initiates. 5· We will not discuss discords in the chapter with outsiders, openly or insinuatingly. 6. We will be broadminded enough not to resent the outside friendships of our Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters. 7· We will not discuss constantly our unpaid dues with the chapter treasurer. She's a human being too. 8. We will read every line of THE PHOENIX. 9· We will contribute to the chapter philanthropic project. 10. We will make Alpha Sigma Alpha better because we belong to her. Adapted from The Angelos of Kappa Delta. A CODE AND CREED "To know what is right and not to do it is want of courage," says a contributed code which came to our desk recently-to be printed if merit were found in it. "To do right through fear of punishment does not develop strength of character-remove the fear and there is the same inclination to do wrong. To do right because it is right is character building," and the following guide to personal conduct is set forth: I. Be true to yourself, to your family, your community, your school, your country, your state, and your God. 2. Obey the law: Social, Natural and School. 3· Be honest: Thought, Word, Deed. 4· Keep clean: Body, Mind, Language. 5· Work: It is the key to success. 6. Practice Thrift: Time, Money, Possessions. 7· Be courteous: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." 8. Be regular and punctual in your attendance and in meeting obligations. 9· Be courageous: Stand for that which is fair and right even though you may stand alone. 10. Be good sportsmen: Play fair and square and never gtve up.

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u. Be worthy of confidence-deserving of friendship. Be conservative and yet progressive. Choose safe and stable things and yet accept the new if it contributes to good. A creed accompanies the above. "I will become more than I am," it sets forth. "I will achieve more and more every day because I know that I can. I will recognize only that which is good in myself; only that which is good in others; only that in all things and all places that I know will live and grow. When adversity threatens I will be more determined than ever in my life to prove that I can turn all things to good account. When those whom I have trusted seem to fail me I will have a thousand times more faith in the honor and nobility of men .... " Idealistic? Not too idealistic for the Haverford Township high school in Pennsylvania for whom the code and creed was prepared. We acclaim the individual who hitches his wagon to a star in the hope of achievement. Why not hitch one's mental wagon to a star in attempting to achieve the heights in fairness, conduct in daily life and associations. We strive for the ultimate. It may be a high goal but everything worth achieving is worth striving for-and only the noblest is our aim. Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha. 12.

THE PLEDGES' INVESTMENTS The receipt of a pledge pin should not cause an appreciable increase in blood pressure. True, one has the right to experience a sense of happiness. The fact that you were pledged is merely a method of expressing the thought that you have been called to share harder work with brothers bent upon a common mission. It is a noble mission, to be in college fired with an ambition to increase your talents for work and to magnify your capacity to form worthwhile friendships. Fraternity life has in it that certain element which signifies trust-sincere belief that if you help one today, he may help you tomorrow. Of course, this idea may become selfish. When you stand in front of a ~amera, and have heard the click, you are certain that the negative will give you exactly

THE PHOENIX what you have given to it and nothing more. This will be true of your fraternity life and your college life. Interest is collected by reason of the loaning of an asset. If you bury your talents in the chapter house, around the fireplace or in front of the phonograph, dancing night and day like 路 a monkey, you can rest assured that you will receive no interest on your investment, but, like the negative in the camera, you will secure only a perfect picture of your capers, indolence, and wasted time. Depositing your talents in a hundred and one places will only result in a hundred and one failures upon your part to receive interest from your investment, for the reason that, upon entering college, your talents are limited to a very few sane investments. One of the sane investments is study. Another is the participation in some campus activity which will promote good health. Another is a sane development of your social instincts and the last is a sincere regard for your character and reputation upon the campus and within your fraternity group. The Delta of Sigma Nu. DID YOU EVER? Did you ever move into a strange town or community where you did not know a soul? Have you ever walked the streets, attended church and other functions before you had gotten acquainted and watched the people mingle socially with each other. Do you recall what a lonely feeling it gave you and how you envied and sometimes hated those people because they did not seem to have time for you? Have you ever gone on a vacation trip by yourself and stood aside and watched with a hungry heart the happy associations of groups of people? And even in a community where you have been reared, how many times have you looked with longing and envy at the gay festivities of certain social groups and of business groups of which fate has denied you the privilege of becoming a part because you did not know anyone in that group and there was no particular reason why any one in that group should seek you out? It is a commonplace in American life and yet when it is transferred to the college campus it is called snobbishness. ~ <D E Journal.

THE PHOENIX THE CHAPTER LIBRARY "Dear me!" sighed the alumna. "Have we no cultural element in the chapter house? I happened to call there today, and as I entered the living room my glance fell upon a wide-open magazine devoted to film celebrities; upon the davenport sprawled another volume of like classification; perched upon the table and brazenly flaunting its brilliant plumage, was a publication not given over to intellectual pursuits. Not even in a secluded spot did I spy the fine, conservative literary friends that contribute an unmistakable atmosphere of breeding and refinement!" All of which provokes an editorial plea for worth-while magazines in the living room of each chapter house. Follow if you wish the careers of your favorites upon the silver sheet, read, by all means, any well-written story of present day conditions, but remember that the well-rounded college girl keeps in touch with the best that the magazine world can produce, that the very fact of being a college girl obligates her to cultural things, and that no chapter house can boast a proper and inspiring environment without the consideration of the finer attributes that combine to produce a perfect whole. The question of current magazines in a chapter house has not been given the attention its importance demands. Recently a young man who is a frequent caller at a certain friend's home remarked-"It must be easy to keep up with current thought in this house, there is always an attractive magazine to be read while you wait for your friends to appear." In how many of our chapter houses are there magazines of value to be "read while you wait," to consume the few free moments when dinner is late, to entertain (and instruct) during an off afternoon or evening? Now what could be a nicer Christmas present to your chapter than a subscription to one, or more, worth while weekly or monthly periodicals. There are subscription agencies where you can place subscriptions on a nine months, or less, basis, so there need not be an accumulation of periodicals while the chapter house is closed for the summer, but magazines for every college month at a less cost than annual subscriptions.

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BE-Esther Palmer to Mr. Albert Bower McConnell, July 9, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. New address is 5140 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago.

rr-Ora Firebaugh of Fairview, Oklahoma, to Mr. Charles L. Wells of the same place on September 25, 1929. HH-Marguerite Abbey to Mr. Don Dillman, July 22, Girard, Kansas. New address after Christmas will be Jacksonville, Florida. II-Kathlyn Corbin to Mr. Carl Greenly on October 9, 1929. At home in Des Moines.

II II-Helen Block to Mr. Lewis A. Bradley. MM-Blanche Walters to Mr. Otto Edward Kress at St. Thomas Church, in Ann Arbor, on Saturday, October 26. The couple are residing in Ypsilanti. NN-Ruth Hasenfuss to Mr. Horace Hollingsworth, _on November 16, 1929. They will live in Philadelphia, Penn. PP-Wilsie Malone to Mr. L. Donald Van Osdal, on May 25, 1929. They are living at 516 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. XX-Dorothy Ramsey to Mr. Edward Karrman, on October 19, 1929, at Madison, Indiana. They will live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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