Asa phoenix vol 22 no 1 nov 1935

Volume XXII

NOVEMBER, 1935

Number 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS Founders' Day Proclamation .. ........... . .. 路. .

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National Convention Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Council Conference of Alpha Sigma Alpha..... . .

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Council Conference of Association of Education Sororities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A. E. S . Open House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Introducing the Book of Devotions........ . ....

Fellowship Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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With Some of Our Alumn<:e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

At Home... . . .. .. . .................... . .

Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alumn<:e Chapters .... . ..................... .

College Chapters ......... . ... . ... .... .. ... . . 62 Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Founders' Day

1935 N

OVEMBER fif teen th will ma rk the thirty-fourth anniver sary of the f ounding of A lph a S ig ma A lpha . L et it be a clay of tribute - an occasion f or happy contempla tion upon the riches of our heritage in A lpha S ig ma . L et it be a clay of fo r esigh t and of pla nning - a n oppor tuni ty to r eaffirm belief in our sor or ity. Let the true import of the clay a nd the obligation it imposes summon ever y A lpha Sig ma A lpha to keep f a ith w ith our beloved Founders : LouiSE Cox CARPER J u LIET H uNDLEY GILLIAM MARY \tVILLIAMSON Hu DLEY VIRGI JIA BoYD OELL CALVA VVAT ON VVOOTTEN

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Alpha Sigma Alpha National Convention 1936 " ... w hen heaven asks eaTth if it be in tune, and oveT -it softly her warm ear lays."

the land of pines on the shores of a clear I Nwater lake . ... in a place where earth and sky seem to meet .... in an atmosphere that is conductive to the unity of diversitiesAlpha Sigma Alpha's will convene for their fourteenth biennial convention.

Breezy Point on Big Pelican Lake at Pequot, Minnesota is situated in the heart of the virgin forest of Northern Minnesota.

There you can pursue your favorite sport with ASA's from other parts of the country - here in the inviting atmosphere of club house and log cabins you can reach a common ground of understanding, and here, too, you will join with Alpha Sigmas from everywhere in visioning new vistas for yourself and your sorority.

G. BELL, Convention Manager.

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Alpha Sigma Alpha Council Conference GENEVI EVE

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I S not often that your editor breaks into print-between soliciting subscriptions and material and preparing same for publication-she feels that you hea r quite enough from her.

However, it seems to fall to my lot to tell you something of our 193 5 council conferen ce-which we feel was delig htfull y and profitably held in Buffalo, ew Y ark, Augu st 20th, 21 st, 22nd and 23rd.

Having motored from Indianapoli s to Buffalo with my husband and son, I was the first to arrivebut was joined by Leona ·w ilcox, our nat ional secretary, later that night. By ten o'clock the next morning all of the members were assembled in our conference room on the eighth Aoor of the Statl er Hotel, and with little time for preliminaries, we settled down to th e business of the session.

As you can well imagine, our President had a definite program prepared for us which we carried out in full; even if we did work far into the night eve ry night to make up for the delightful interludes provided by our Cuffalo member .

It i ha rd to summarize th e accompli shments of the Council Conference. Perhaps the maj or portion of ou r work can be more nearly evaluated a yea r from now . It was a tim e of concentration upon sorority problem and of careful plan-

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ning for the growth of Alpha igma Alpha. But to sum it up briefly, each officer gave a detail ed report of the work of her departmentwith suggestions and recommendations to be acted upon. There was the consideration of administrative problems and the reports of committees. The chairman of the committee on incorporation gave a complete report of that committee's activities. The question of incorporation had to be considered carefully, due to the many complicating details.

N ext came the que ·tion of the 1936 Convention-which we hope we have settled to everyone's complete sati sfaction . However, you will hear more of that in thi s i ·ue from our Convention Chairman, Evelyn Bell.

There was a careful review of each college chapter-it strengths and weaknesses, its efficiency rating for the past two years, and its potentialities. It wa interesting to proudly view so many eparate units- each bound by the ti e of Alpha 1gma lpha! Dut it was the concen us of '· ouncil opinion" that our college chapters a re capable of reaching even hi gher planes of excellence in every pha e of ararity endeavor. lumnce problem and plans had their just share of con ideration. r.rhe Council voted that the hotel ex-

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Back Row-Evelyn Bell, Vice-President; Elizabeth Bird Small, Finance Chairman ; Polly Schlesser, Treasurer; L eona Wilcox, Secretary.

Front Row-Wilma Sharp, President ; Genevieve Leib, Editor; Dorothy Crook, Registrar.

penses of one delegate from each chartered alumn;;e chapter would be paid to our 1936 Convention . ( I can almost hear our alumme chapters applauding!) the report of the organization of our new alumnce chapters was received with much enthusiasm because it for etold a more extensive and effective program of alumnce activity.

A discussion of THE PHOENIX consumed one morning and other sorority publications called for Council action-A~A Songbook, Directory, History and Book of Devotions . The latter which has been compiled by the chapter chaplains under the direction of the national chaplain, Louise Stewart, will soon be ready for distribution.

There were panel discussions on such subj ects as "Our Present System of Efficiency Rating, Its Disclosures, Its Merits and Faults" and " Improving Ru shing Tactics and Pledge Training."

VVe tried to make a scholarly approach to the problems that strike at the very heart of sorority exi stence and to exchange our knowledge and gleanings from reading regarding present trends in the educational world and the place of the fraternity system in it.

U nfinished and miscellaneous business drove us far past midnight the last clay of the conference. It was 2:30 a. m. when the meeting was adjourned sine die! All in all it was a grand experience.

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To see that we did not work too hard and too stead ily, Evelyn took u out to her home where we enjoyed a deliciou dinner and had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with her father and sister. That night we held our meeting in her living room. The members of Pi Pi chapter entertained us at a delightful informal tea at the home of Mr . Ro e Abate at N iagara Fall .

Here we felt that we really became acquainted with our Pi Pi girls and their lovely songs added much to th e pleasure of the afternoon. The Buffalo A lumnGe chapter honored us with a most beautiful formal tea at

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the home of l\Irs. 1-Iildegarde l ayse r. Each of u was pre ented with a lovely cor age, which we proudly wore. ur last night in Buffalo, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller, our former extension officer. had u for a delicious dinner in her charminrr home-w here we met her husband and three little daughter and from which most of u departed for N iagara and . E. S. conference. added proof that our stay wa not al l work and no play, I submit thi picture. You will note the ab ence of June mith. our ~.:xtension officer, a she un elfishly took it.

" Singing is the Thing" DOROTHy FRICKE,

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ow well do we know our sorority songs?" Just lately P i P i chapter ha discovered that there are many ong very grand one too, that we have rarely heard or ung. Thi i how we made the eli covery. O ur ''pre , ., Dot Kuhn, has sugge ted a new procedure for meetmcrs. t ea.ch meeting after devotions, we ing, or at lea t attempt to sing, one of the so rority song . t pre ent, only group inging i done but per hap in the near future we

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may be able to have pecial arrangement by the trio, or perhap even a olo by one of our talented member , Glad Young.

However, that remain to be een.

For the time being we merely pa the ugge tion on to you. You'll find lots of ong that will inter t you and that you' ll be glad to know. ong ach meeting i a good way to learn or " bru h up" on the lpha ig repertory.

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Council Conference of Association of Education Sororities HE

Council held its eleventh bi-

T ennial conference at the General

Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario, August 25th, 26th and 27th.

The officers of this meeting were: Chairman, Miss Carrie E. 路w alter, Theta Sigma Upsilon; Secretary, Miss Edith Mansell, Alpha Sigma Tau; Treasurer, Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma; Director of Local Panhellenics-Mrs. Fred M . Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha; Director of City Panhellenics, Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma; Chairman of Eligibility and Nation. alization, Mrs. Orley See, Delta Sigma Epsilon ; Chairman of Publicity, Miss Lula McPherson, Pi Delta Theta.

Each chairman gave an interesting report concerning her work.

In preparation for the meeting, letters were sent the cleans of women in whose colleges A. E. S. Sororities are found. These cleans were asked to make suggestions concerning sororities.

Several sent recommendations which were carefully considered.

As a result of the meeting in 1931, a book on Social Precedents was published by the Council. Further need of social training has been realized. At this meeting it was suggested that each sorority give standard tests in etiquette.

The Council was pleased with the recent increase in chapter rolls.

A. E. S. Sororities have appeared for the first time during the last year on some college campuses.

Ethics of expansion, whereby all sororities might benefit, was discussed.

The Committee on Revision made few changes since the present constitution seems to be working satisfactorily and meeting with the approval of the different chapters.

The Council was interested in the reports of the local Panhellenics, and a list of suggestions was compiled to be sent to them. An educational program has been conducted

by Mrs. Fred Sharp, the director of Local Panhellenics during the last two years.

Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Chairman, gave a report of the committee on field, which disclosed the helpful contacts that have been established. The conference voted the continuance of this committee.

Mrs . Mabel Leonard, chairman of the membership conm1ittee of \i\Tomen's Professional Panhellenic Association, explained the nature, membership, and workings of the Association. The Council expressed its appreciation for this report.

There was an interesting compilation of comparative costs of A. E. S. Sororities presented by Mrs. Orley See. Miss Edith Mansell, Alpha Sigma Tau, is the new Chairman of the Council.

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The Association of Education Sororities "Open House" "o p e n house" is an established custom at A. E. S. con fe rences. At th e eleventh conf erence, which convened at th e General Brock Hotel, N i ag ar a F alls, Canada, the M iss Mabel L ee W alton A . E. S. Council was hostess to th e active and alumme groups of educational sororiti es o f th e Buffalo State T eachers College. O ne hundred and seventy-five were present. Each of the seven Sororiti es, represented on that cam pus, were responsible fo r a numbe r on the program. T he program was a diversified one: of skits, music , a talk and ref reshments. M iss N amo K rantz acted as chairman and in trodu ced the different pe rf orm ers. T he first number was the "Evolution of a Sorority Girl," given by members of the Alpha Sigma A lpha sorority.

T hi was followed by a skit, " irtue Victorian," by Alpha S igma Tau girls. T hen Kay F riel of P i Delta T heta sang. F rom P i Kappa igma Lo retta Regan and ina Lauri cella played a piano duet. N ext l\f r .

Gil bert Hartley, an a lu mna of T heta igma U p ilon and a very young f ri end. entertai ned u with mu ical monologue. " Alice in onderl and '' and "The O ld pinning \ heel."

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Conclu ding thi s part of th e prorrram the T ri igma girls gave an ori ginal skit, ·' Sorority House Party of the Gay N ineti es." l\ Ii s Mabel Lee Walton ( igma S igma Sig ma ) gave, as the fin al number, the address of th e evening.

'I iss Carrie E . Walter (T heta Sigma Upsilon ), the retiring Chairman of . E . S .. in introducing M iss Wa lton read: P I O EE R S '/!Ve shall no/ /1·avel b)' the road we m a l~ e : Ere da.J• by da y the sound of man·)' f re t I s h eard upon !h e slonrs lha./ ll O'Z we b1·eak, We sha./l becom e lo w here the crossr oads 111eet.

For 11s !h e heat by da y , the cold by night, T he inch-slow prog1·ess, and th e hrav )' load, A nd death a/ las/ to close th e long grim fight Wit h 111an and beast and stone; f or them the R oad. lhe ~n

the shade of trees thai now ·w e plant, Th e safe, s111 oo lh j ourney and the fi ual goal, Y <?a, bi·r thright i11. th e la11d of covenalltFor us day-labor, trav ail of !h e soul.

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A 11d yet the road is ours as never th eirs ! i s 110t o11 e j oy on us alone besl o1 cd r F or us !h e ll l asler-l o)•, 0 Pioncers/IVe shall not trave l, but ue ma lw !he R oad.

I i s \i alton poke a follow

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The Association of Education Sororities The Past-The P?'esent-The THE PAST A need creates a demand. Where there is no vision there is no accomplishment. '0./e build upon our mistakes, our heartaches, our dreams, our ideals . \1\fith high hope and incomparable spirit our trail blazers led the way to the foundation of our association.

To sketch briefly, the high points of this organization: in 1911 a survey was made of college students in the United States who enjoyed the privilege of membership in national sororities. The normal school which has since evolved into the outstanding teachers college of today, was the only type institution which did not have recognized national sorority affiliation. That meant students duly matriculated in these colleges were denied such rights and privileges. To general sororities with a hetrogeneous roll this offered a real challenge and a real opportunity.

This is the background of the organization of "The Association of Pedagogical Sororities" in 1915.

This Association for these twenty years has had as its paramount objective the interest and welfare of the splendid type of young womanhood who attended teachers colleges.

If education sororities had not been cognizant of this right, many would not be wearers of the badges of national sororities today.

This is our eleventh biennial con-

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ference. Each has made some contribution to the progress and development of A. E. S. No Greek letter organization of this kind can boast of a more compact or workable association. Fortunately, A .

E. S. workers have been more concerned with definite objectives than with conflicts between sororities.

Time and effort have not thus been dissipated.

(In giving the histories of conferences, in brief, which follows , quotations will be made freely from our short, concise history which is given as a supplement in the 1931 edition of the constitution .)

Thefi?'stconference (1915) called together Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Alpha for "tentative discussion of our Association, which would promote the welfare of sororities in teachers colleges and colleges of education in universities .., Before the close of 1916, ''organization of Association perfected"constitution, code of ethics model constitution for local panhellenics was accepted and ratified .

The second conference ( 1917) granted admission to Pi Kappa Sigma and Delta Sigma Epsilon .

At the third conference ( 1919) the name of the Association was changed to the present one "in order to establish definitely professional standing in Hellas."

Many important constitutional changes were made at the fourth

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con fe rence ( 1921 ) . Charter could found a solution to tho e weighty only be granted in institutions and involved problems, though such " which offer a f our year course covered a period of tense and an xleading to a degree in education . ious years. If you de ire to go into Recommendati on th at problems of this phase of our hi tory in more defield be brought before N ational tail, we refer you to th e brief hisP anhellenic Congress." Thus as tory (already mentioned ) or to your early as 1921 such "problems" were respecti ve so rority historian. recognized by A. E. S. T he eighth convention ( 1929) ''Improvement " in organization was more or les a confirmation of were the outstanding fea ture of the the acti on of th e special con fe rence. fifth conference ( 1923 ) . " The po ition and action . . . of Theta Sigma U psilon was ad- A. E. S . was finall y full y ustained mitted to membership at the six th and appreciation exp ressed. " . . . conference ( 1925) . The Alpha Nothing that could be said in conSigma Tau applicati on was submit- nection with thi s "controversy" ted and admi ssion granted in 1926. could adeq uately exp ress the wonThe seventh conference ( 1927) derful spirit of nati onal wo rkers or ma rked th e hi gh peak in activity acti ve memberships through thi since the yea rs from 1925 to 1927 cn s1 . A . E . S. emerged a tabilwhi ch were "a great period of ex- ized orga ni zation, since unselfi sh pansion and one of unusual acco m- service was th e keynote of its acpli shment." T he first "open house" ti on. . "Thou shalt be ser ved thywas held and thus was established self by every sense of serv ice whi ch a ve ry happy custom whi ch has thou renderest. " T he ninth confe rence ( 193 1) was since been followed. T his "conference honored th e memory and meri- outstanding for " the largest attendtori ous 路work of M r . Ruth Callahan ance of nati onal officers ( in ad di tion Hathaway" who di ed during her to all representatives) in the hi sto ry sociati on." ''Con ference term as chairman. Special menti on, of th e at th e present conf erence, seems ap- ma rked for unity and agreement prop ri ate, as !frs. Hathaway wa upon vital que tion affecting fi eld an alumna of the Buffalo State and mi ssion of ed ucation. " Pi Teachers Coll ege.

Delta Theta was admitted to memAn important special con fe rence borshi p, thus bring ing our roll to a was called in fay, 1929, to con ider total membe r hip of seven . vital questi ons and complication T he tenth con fe rence ( 1933) in whi ch threatened the very ex istence the midst of a g reat wo rl d dep re. of eve ral sororiti e on our roll. ion (whi ch reacted upon s rori tie T he unity of ed ucation oront1 es j u t a upon all other pha e of acwa t ried and te ted and fo un d not tivity among organ ization , carewanting." Together we ought an d fully con ide red way and mean of

THE PHOENIX service among organizations of our active membership. Discussion of sorority finances held the right of way. The booklet "Social Precedents and Sorority Ethics," edited by a special A. E. S. committee, was accepted as a standard of social usage by education sororities.

"This, briefly, gives the evolution and progress of A. E. S ." to the present conference. "Its development, often beset by grave questions and weighty problems, has been steady and satisfactory. Efficient and self sacrificing service has been rendered by the representatives since the organization."

The A. 路 E. S. sto ry of twenty years has been written. We cannot change one iota of it. Vve would not if we could. It is a story of struggle, of handicaps, of problems, on one hand, on the other, of achievement, of progress, of unity.

THE PRESENT If you followed in the brief sketching of A. E. S. history, you noted that sororities, just as all other organizations, represent the barometer of the affairs of the nation. Our highest peak came in the 1925 to '27 period, our lowest between 1931-33: The present finds us on the slow upward trend. vVe are, as yet, enough involved in the clark clays of a world depression that our perspective may be so impaired that that it is difficult, even now, to weigh values in their correct proportions.

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as individual organizations composing this, is to prov e vahtes. If this is a day of salesmanship, then it behooves us to sell the sorority idea.

This must be clone to college presidents, cleans of women, faculties, parents, but chief of all to college students. Who are 路 sororities' best sales-women? The emphatic answer to this is our init路iated active me路m bership-those who make up our active chapter rolls. Scarce as money is, college students usually find it if they can be convinced that value lies in the investment. Young minds today are critical, searching, challenging. More than at any time in our experience, as national workers, we realize that sound counsel and guidance are needed. In directing youthful activities and youthful thinkers into creative and useful channels we must be awake to our opportunity as sororities have never been before.

Let us meet criticism squarely and accept that which is just. Acceptance means an honest attempt at correction. With renewed energy let us steer away fron; the controversial and inaugurate measures which are constructive. This Association should adopt Inter-fraternity conference standards- less talking and more action; doing some of the things for which we profess to stand . Now, of all times, is our rare opportunity to give evidence of the real value of the Greek letter system.

Our magazines must reflect our more substantial element-the great

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truths of our sisterhood-not ju t th e froth, as ex pressed in our social acti vitie .

We are not belittleing the real value of the social phase of our sorority. We would just delegate it to its prope r place, and give it its correct proportion. Well do we reali ze that on many a campus sorori ties offer th e only socially cultural training that a girl r eceives in her college li fe. R eal c.u lture, emphasis placed upon such training, is our responsibility. This Association has gone on record as recogni zing it by issuing "Social P receA dents and Sorority E thics." thorough study (w ith daily prac tice) of thi s valuabl e booklet will aid our membership in that ease, grace and naturalness which shoul d be eve ry so rority girl" s birthri ght .

If old standards a re now wrong, th en they must be replaced with new ones. If we must redefine our purposes and ideals, to meet present day situations in our colleges, we mu st not be led off at a tangent. \,Y e mu st be ve ry sure that our value a re real ones. Is there such a thincr as mode rn conse rvatism ? If o, then let u endeavo r to trike upon the ve ry happy midd le course of sorori ty usefuln ess.

I tru st all of you have read a recent a rticle in T he Fraternity Uo nth entitled ''Death-Knell-R inger are at It ga in '' by ~1 r . Grig by National pre ident of DDD-i f not I tru t you will as ~1 r . Gri g by give us ome real food fo r thought. At thi time I ju t wi 路h to read one ex-

cerpt from thi timely and plendid a rticl e : "In my opinion we are allow ing th e development of our groups of people to be governed by objecti ve set by tho e out ide the groups entirely. T he fraternity was not organized to support and carry out the policies o f the dean of the chool, nor to bring a greater enrollment to th e school, nor to house and feed students, nor to uppo rt tu dent enterprises, nor to subsidi ze other student activiti es such a athl etics, althou gh it has clone all o f these things a nd has been u ed fo r all of th ese purposes. T he fra ternity was organized by the individual tu clent to furth er hi s personal development within a group of tu dents with simila r backg roun ds, ideals, standnd to my a rd s. a nd objectives . mind the quicker we get back to thi s fundamental purpose, and put the extra neo us purpose in their prope r place as incide ntal, the stronger and fin er will beco me the fraternity."

Our alu路mnac--our ever increasing alu mn;:e member hi p-have we g iven them the th otw ht ful attention they merit? O r , do we just think of them when the excheq uer i low?

If we are not capita li zing on the development of thi material then we a re fa ilin cr to reali ze on ne of our fi ne t a et . \ Ve ca nnot leave the chi ef part of reta inincr uch inte re t to the active chapter alone; the nat ional organ ization mu t a ume the ma in po rtion of this r epon ibili ty.

THE PHOENIX To this end, ways and means should be studied; experts in the work should be consulted; efficient alumn~ offices should be established ; officers in charge should be selected who are especially adapted to such type work; up-to-date editors of sorority magazines must have alumn~ interest in mind. By studying suggestions wisely, we can make this so-called weakest link the strongest in our chain. The Association will profit, along with individual sororities, on the capitalizing of alumn~ interest. If sorority vows are life vows (and this is what we teach ), then we must furnish proof of the value of th em.

So often do we speak of National vision. We cannot impart this until national workers can see beyond the confines of their own organizationcan grasp the significance of the definition of fraternity- in the broad meaning of the word.

We, your A. E. S. officers, believe in the sorority of today. We believe in the national workers who have the vision and the courage for the task at hand. We believe in our alumn~ who stabilize us in our every noble undertaking. Above all, we believe in our college youth, from whom our active membership is drawn. We believe in YOU because each day we have proof, in one way or another, that your generation is the best and finest this old world ever has produced.

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the future for greater accomplishment. But today is OURS-sororities must ma l~e good today.

THE FUTURE What lies ahead? In an attempt to visualize the future the last editorial that great fraternity leader, William C. Levere, ever wrote furnishes the key note to success and usefulness in the years to come.

"I have found life full of riches. I am not thinking of money and earth.

The riches that have spelled the most for me have been those of a more precious kind. I have found them in my fraternity. S. E. A. had made my days opulent because the substance it has bestowed has been imperishabl e. It has put into my life its real values. Did you ever taste friendship and its inestimable gifts? Do you know what the comradeship of youth means when its cup is brimming? Have you known the constance and the faithfulness of loyalty?

Have you flaming memories of your campus lif e, the nearest and dearest of all these, traced back to their roots to find their placement in Sigma Alpha Epsilon?"

In this question lies the answer"Have you lmozvn the constance and faithfulness of loyalty ? Loyalty! Deep in your hearts is it there? Does it burn brightly for your sorority and for this Association of which it is a part? If your answer is YES then we have full assurance that our leaders of tomorrow, will justify "The inch-slow

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progress and the heavy load" of your pioneers and make all their dreams come tru e.

To you, our sorority leaders of the future, we pledge our trust.

H old high the torch- Yo·1 ~ did not light i ts glow 'Twas given )IOU f rou"' other hands, yo·u !mow ' Tis only yo urs to keep it burni11g bright Yours to pass on., when yon no more 11eed lightFor the·re a?'l! feet that :JIO!t m.11tst gu·ide And f orms go passing by you·r side.

Th eir eyes are watching eve·r y tear a11d smile

And efforts that :~ou th i11k are 1wt wo·r thwhile And SO'IIU! ti111 es just the very helps they 'loeed, Actio11s to which th eir souls would ta!te more heed: So that in t 1wn th ey'll lift it high a11d Sfl,y: " I watched m.y sistl'1'S carr::,• it this z a31."

If brighter pa.ths should bec lwn :)IOU to choose W auld your s·n wll gain co·mpa:re w ith all :l'Oit'd loser Then- hold it high-Yo1~ did not light its g low 'Twas g·iven you fro ·m, oth er hauds- y01t know I thinll it stm-ted down its pathway brigh t, The day th e Malte r said: "Let the·re be light."

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T devoti ons has become a reality.

In Octobe r, a 115 page, mimeographed volume, "The A lpha Sigma Alpha Book of Devotions," was sent to each active college chapter. This book, which has been furnished without charge to th e chapter , culminates nine years' work of the chaplains, both national and chapter.

Material assembl ed by Mary Wagner, then National Chaplain , for bimonth ly devotional exercises during 1926-27 and 1927-28 formed the nucl eus of the book. To this was added much of that prepared since 1930 for the same purpose by the present ational Chaplain.

N ational. Chaplai·n

However, a large number of the selections are those contributed by the girls who have been chapter chaplains during th e last four years.

In some cases, the chaplain stimulated her entire chapter to offer fav orite poems, prayers, or paragraphs. A few elections were written by the college girl themselves.

Sometimes a girl added her own prayer to a well know n excerpt, thereby forming a devotional program for a specific meeting. Indeed, our new book has been culled f rom " here, there, and everywhere.' P refacing thi collection, on the very fir st page, is the beau-

THE PHOEI IX tiful and much loved "Alpha S igma A lpha Creed."

The book has been designed for utility. Its pages, on which Elite type has been used, are bound in a neat, black binder, carefully chosen for probable durability. A novel fastening makes possi ble the addition of new pages yet discourages the removal of individual sheets.

Although, as in the usual loose-lea f binder, its capabilities are not apparent, it will permit the book to be tripled in size.

Instead of numbered pages, th ere a re coded selections. The entire book is di vided into sections : "The Beginning of the School Year" (S); "Founders' Day" (F); "Thanksgiving" (T) ; "The Christmas Season" (C); "The New Year " (N); "St. Valentine's Day" (V); " Lent and Easter" (L); '' Mothers' Day" (M); "The End of the School Year" (G); "Friendship" (A) ; and "Miscellaneous" (H) . The various selections within a section are numbered, the number being preceded by the code letter. Thus H25 is found in the "M iscellaneous" division, while T4 is appropriate for the Thanksgiving season.

A uthors' names have been omitted. This procedure has seemed better because often the contributor failed to include source, and to trace

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each quotation would have been a n endless task. Moreover, as we use this book, we are interested primarily in the thoughts offered, not in the identity of the writer. In one selection alone, quotations fr om two or three sources may occur in combination. The book is a so rority scrapbook, a wo rkbook, from which the national and chapter chaplains can plan the required devoti onal programs. It is in no way a published anthology.

To the present book, each chaplain will be urged to add new material which she and her chapter find appropriate. Through National , an exchange of such material will be encouraged so that each chapter may profit by the enterprise of other chapters. As menti oned above, addition of pages is very sim ple.

The last page, which is headed "Addenda," li sts nine books to which the chaplain may go for suppl ementa ry selections. Folio wing these titles are lines, numbered up to 25, on wh ich may be noted additional refer ences.

O ur long dreamed of, long talked of "Book of Devotions" has materialized, but it is not fini shed. We earnestly hope that it never will be.

To be truly worthwhile, it must be ever growing, not to accum ulate bulk, but to glean the best from the period in which it is being used.

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Fellowship Week EsTHER BucHER

Chairman Fellowship路 Loan Committee

week is fellowship week in Alpha Sigma Alpha, but the National Council has set the week of April lOth to 16th as a specific time for the payment of the annual fellowship loan tax of ten dollars by each college and alumnce chapter.

Heretofore no definite date has been fixed for the payment of the fellow ship assessment, which is the only tax placed upon Alpha Sigma Alpha chapters.

As of August 10, 1935, the Fund had loans outstanding in the amount of $2,037.50, with a cash balance of $1,460.45.

The Fellowship Loan Fund, which has accrued through the payment of this annual ten dollar tax from each college and alumnce chapter is available to members and pledges. Members may apply for loans in amounts up to two hundred dollars, and pledges needing finan cial assistance for initiation expenses may apply for loans not to exceed forty dollars. Applications for loans may be made to the "fellowship Loan Chairman, who will furnish full information and appliLoans are made cation blanks. without interest for two years after the applicant leaves school.

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The Fund depends entirely upon the ten dollar chapter assessments for its success. \t\fith the applications now pending and others anticipated as the school year progresses, the contribution of each college and alumnce chapter will be greatly needed. Every member of Alpha Sigma Alpha can have a part in upholding this tangible evidence of fellowship.

The girls who have met the loan requirements and received financial aid to enable them to further their educational ambitions or to join Alpha Sigma Alpha have been unusually prompt in returning to the fund the amounts they have borrowed. However, the notes are renewed in many cases, and the water in the pitcher of the fund becomes low.

The week of April lOth to 16th has been set as a definite time for payment of the chapter tax of ten dollars, so that more Alpha Sigma Alpha members and pledges may be given financial aid while they are in school. \t\1 e help ourselves as we help each other.

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With Some of Our Alumnae In Columbia University loA A.

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ONDEMNED to unending years of hard labor" might seem to many of the PHOEr IX readers the most accurate description of my stay at Teachers College, Columbia University, since last I appeared in these pages (pages which a few of you will remember I used to edit.)

But after fifteen years of life here, I still find this great city exciting and work with graduate students in this great institution stimulating and challenging. As the years have passed, I have met many A~A's from every section of the country, and have decided that eventually all of them will come this way, either for study or for sight-seeing. I hope each one will make herself known to the Alpha Sig "who is always here."

And yet, even as I type that phrase, I realize that it may not be true next summer. At that time, if present plan hold, Teachers College is sending me to England with a group of tudents who wish to' study English literature in the land which gave it birth. The chief distinction between thi 路 trip and the u ual ''cond ucted tour" is that the members of the group will spend a considerable part of the ummer in

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study at one of the great British universities and in visiting classes in English in British econdary schools. There will be excursions, of course, to the dramatic festivals at Stratford and at Malvery, and to such other literary haunts as time allows. For this study, school visiting, and travel, Teachers College will allow from our to eight points of credit towar_d a degree.

The change from regular summer-session teaching will be welcome to me and will enable me to refresh and to put to wider use the familiarity with English literary backgrotind gained by vacation trips in other years.

Many alumnc.e who always associate me in their memories with Rosamond Root will be happy to get even secondhand information from " the A~A who never writes."

She is as cheery and unconventional and vigorous and unselfish and interesting as you remember her, and rejoices at new of her former "A~ A children," now so widely scattered.

Letters to either of us may be addres eel to Teacher Coll ege or to 520 West 122d treet, where we have maintained an apartment together for many years.

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An Interesting Alpha Sig, Rose Lammel EDRIS WARNER

ago-and you would S needyears to subtract several from OME

the number you would guess after reading her "success story"-Rose Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lammel, of Stratton, Nebraska, opened her wide blue eyes to the world that her enthusiasm keeps ever interesting to herself and for others.

It is likely that her first vocabulary phrase was, "What's that?" and her second, "What makes it go?", for you see, Rose was destined to be a scientist. After she was graduated from the local high school she entered Colorado State College of Education, at Greeley, as a biology major. This tall blond girl, blessed with both remarkable beauty and intellect has been a winner on her own merit.

Application and hard work brought success that was recognized by her fellows during undergraduate years and those to follow. She was awarded the Sophomore Scholarship Cup on commencement day the year she left the ranks of the sophomore class. Lambda Sigma Tau, science fraternity; Sigma Pi Lambda, local honorary fraternity for women in education; and Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary fraternity in education honored her-and the respective organizations-with membership. She served the two latter organizations as president. At

the time of her graduation, the Sigma Pi Lambda award in gold (Pre-F.R.), made each June to the most outstanding woman of graduate rank, was presented to Rose Lam mel.

While working for the Master's degree, Rose had a teaching fellowship in science in the college elementary school. She then taught at Lincoln School and took part-time work at Teachers College, Columbia, for one year. She returned to Colorado State College of Education as a member of the faculty, teaching science in college and elementary school classes the past three years. \iVhen Ohio State U niversity organized a new science department in the college elementary school , the administration sought and found in Rose the person to whom the program in accord with the principles of progressive education has been entrusted. She began work at Columbus the first of October.

Rose has been a speaker on programs of science sections of National Education Association and Progressive Education Association meetings in \iVashington, D. C., and Atlantic City; and Colorado Education Association meetings in Denver and Pueblo.

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Rose is no type pedagogue. She is fir st of all, a delightful individual, who is up to tomorrow in matters of style and clothes, books, plays, amu ements, and the things people are doing. She likes to dance, play bridge, and ride horseback - and give parties (she must love giving parties because she has so many and they're such fun ) . She excels in the art of cooking, and does a turkey dinner with trimmings, a spread-asyou-go dutch lunch, or a picnic with equal success. She spends much time out of doors both for recreati on and as part of her teaching activities in field trips and school gardens.

Rose was induced by the college administration to act a director of Decker Hall, dormitory for freshman girls, the last two years she taught in Greeley. Her resourcefulness and rare sense of humor and

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understanding- but no misplaced ympathy - helped freshman girls through homesickne , belated se sions with childhood disea e -especially mea les, no-date complexes, and tangled love affairs.

The reader knows, of course, that if Rose were not an A lpha Sigma lpha, her praises must be said elsewhere than under palm-green covers of PHOE IX. Beta Beta Chapter is most thankful that her choice of so rontty was Alpha Sigma Alpha. She served as president during her junior year, and as a faculty member, acted as social adviser for the chapter and house during the year 1932-1 933, bringing the group to top rank at the close of the most glorious year the chapter has experienced in a long time. Here's to continued joy and success for one who, in A~A, as in all that she participates, is "tops."

Berea-the Gateway to the Mountains FLOREN CE KILE KIRK ,

E day A rthur and Harmison left their cabin home in the hills of eastern Kentucky in que t of an education . vVith few resources beyond their overalls, thirtyfive dollars, and an avid hunge r for " larnin'," the boys came to Berea.

T he end of the year found them well on the way to hi gh achievement. N eith er had mi sed a cia s or labor appo intment, Harmi on had won the prize for the hi ghe t chola tic tandinrr in his cia s and r-

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thur the prize for hav ing read the g reatest number of book . (The boys ha never een a library before they came to Berea. ) By working in the Bakery, one o f the student industrie of the College, th e boys were able to earn practically their entire expen e .

Their widowed mother, with a family of eight children and li ving on a mall mountain farm, wa able to contribute I ittle more than encouragement toward their schooling ; in

THE PHOENIX fact, the boys had only ten dollars a year from home while they were in Berea.

Their graduation recently indicated that the boys continued to make the best use of their opportumtJes. Harmison ranked second and A rthur fourth in their class.

Each year at Berea College some two thousand young people from the Southern Mountains find opportunities, as have Arthur and Harmison, for earning while they are learning. The cost to a student is approximately one hundred fifty dollars a year, and of this amount he is able to earn a considerable part (average eighty-five per cent ) by working in one of the many student industries.

Berea College, located in central Kentucky on th e Dixie highway and at the entrance to the southern mountains, exists primarily for th e purpose of giving an education to the young people of the mountain sections. No one is excluded because of poverty. F r equently fathers and mothers have driven into Berea with buggies or wagons loaded with produce, canned goods or weavings to make the advance payment for board and room. This year one boy loaded the old family Ford with evergreen trees from his native Carolina and brought them to Berea to sell to enable him to enter college. O thers have trapped all winter to earn $4.00 to send with their application s. There is no tuition, only board, room and incidentals. These young people, as a

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rule have never had much money ; they have brains, cMtrage and hope.

T he student labor system at Berea College is unique in its operation.

Students work twelve to fifteen hours per week, for which they a re paid in addition to carrying a full schedule of studi es. Labor is provided for in addition to the necessary work of the institution, by the many student industries, which include Bakery, Candy Kitchen, Sewing department, F ireside Industries and Mountain Weavers, VVooclwork, B room Industry, College P ress and many others. The farm and garden of over 500 acres a nd forest lands of 5,600 acres allow boys to earn money in their operation as well as provide a laboratory for agricultural majors.

The experience gained in the sewing and weaving industries is invaluable to the girls. Here, in addition to their courses in home economics, they learn to make their own clothes and "kiver s and fancies" for th eir future homes. A number of girls have come to the Dean's office to di splay with great pride new dresses which they have made. A lways th ey would ask, " \i\/ hat do you think it cost?" "Oh, from three to five dollars." And indeed they look well enough to have cost that amount. O ne girl replied, "Forty-five cents-buttons and all."

Many of them make dresses costi ng a dollar and less.

No doubt many readers have seen the stuffed calico dogs, clucks, and giraffes that are sold in many gift

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shops. A lso Berea's hand decorated tea sugars with mountain wild fl owe rs and other de igns on them have secured a wide market and provided many girls with an education they would not otherwise have gotten.

The distinction with which the Berea system has operated was such that long ago the college was beseiged by applicants from all over the country. They are being held off. N inety percent (90 % ) of the students come from the mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, V irginia's, Carolina's, Alabama and Georgia.

Hundreds are turned away each year .

Berea aims to accept those young people that are most worthy and those that have the most promise.

They come from no " typical homes, however many come from section s where transportation is still the horse, and communication is by the word of mouth. A student vvrites of a part of her journey home at Chri stmas: " It was dark when we left the neighbor's house.

We went about two or three miles in the dark, my brother and I both riding the same horse and packing a suitcase. vV hen we reached the next house, they made us a bottle li ght. You just put some oil and a piece of rag in an old bottle. VIe then had to go about five mile . I got in the add le with my brother behind . F inall y we reached home .

I wa almo t frozen. I O'Ot to bed as Iuickl y as I hac! eaten. T he next morning when I got up I was so

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sore over packing a light, riding so far and pulling at my uitcase to keep it from falling off, I could hardly walk."

S tudents come with eagerness for an education. O ne visiting instructor from another college for the summer says "Never have I een a group of students hang on to every word I speak, as they do in Berea.' ' Two boys came to one of their teachers with the remark: "We decided it would be better to appear ignorant to you and ask you a few questions than to wait until we got out into the world and then to seem dumb."

After graduation many of the students go back to their home communities to teach school and lead community interests. They take education to the mountains with new ideas of h ome making, better methods of farming; break down the old superstitions and help to provide a richer and fuller life for their old associates. O ne of the girls writes : "Before I came to Berea I was actualy afraid to plant a pine tree because I had heard said when it got I ig enough to shade my grave I would die. Many times while roaming through the woods I would see a little pine so lovely I couldn't resist getting it and taking the chance of dying in five years, but I would no sooner get it et out than omeone woul I come along and tell me about little E mil y etting out one and dying a oon as it grew up ...

It is not always ea y to forget all the old uper titious ideas after you

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One of the students after being in Berea speaks of his home as merely a "stay-place." He writes: "I don't like to be in a room decorated with newspaper cartoons and catalog descriptions. That is just what I have been accustomed to, but I would not tolerate that any more. I would paper each room with appropriate paper. . . Of all the sights I have seen, the sigh.t of dirty coats, pants and hats hanging on the wall is the worst. This I have tolerated, but I

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would not again . I would build a wardrobe to put them in."

To these students education is indeed emancipation. One boy says: "A speaker once mentioned in chapel seeing ourselves forty years from now. I sometimes wish I could see myself when I first came to Berea, for I know I have changed in many ways."

William J. Hutchins, the president, has been asked whether life in Berea does not lead the students to discontent. He replies: "I hope that it does lead to a HOLY DISCONTENT."

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Extra-Curricula Activities in Our High School KATHRYN BENDER, KK,

Director of Physical E ducation, Manon Town hip

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Millersville, P ennsylva nia

E ducation is living experifinding out for oneself . The learned man is beginning to recognize that now; but our children have always known it.

They have known that libraries and classrooms are only small parts of the great laboratory where they can go to learn the things they need to know ; and they have alw ays used a wider fi eld as long as there have been schools, as long as there have been children, they have been conducting after-school activities of their own, imitating their elders, playing soldier, keeping store or keeping house, and learning about living through living. Boys and girls are spending six hours a day in school. The rest of their waking time, all of Saturdays, Sundays, and vacations, is pent "going places" and "doing things." Most of these things they do are questionable.

Their urge to be active, to ask question , or to find out for himself , would ed ucate any child in time if there were no teachers. It will do it better, however, if there is a wi e teacher in the background to guide and direct this "play'' to its greate t achievement: so ome of our better elementary . chool , all modern hi gh chools worthy of the name, have undertaken in recen t EAL

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years to add these after-school act1v1t1es to its regular program.

Student activities include athletics, governing bodi e , clubs. and societies that meet in the afternoons and afford time and mean for " doing things." The children are going to do these things anyway, they will have cl ubs and team no matter what we a teachers do. Let th em!

Let us organize and direct the activities, however, to ends that will fit in with the objectives of the curriculum.

Through the e activities we capitalize three important impulses of children-gregariousness, imitativeness, and curiosity . Through them we lead our children to live wisely, to keep their bodi es in good health , to use lei ure to advantage and enjoyment, and to make sa tis factory adjustments to position , to ociety and families. boy-he played a fa t game at guard-reported one fall that he had failed hi s E ngli h examination.

Except for that he could be graduated . His team mates were happy, for his failure meant that he would be back next year and in the lineup ; but the boy didn 't like the situation. He felt that hi hon or and that of his chool, wou ld be affected by the implication that he might have failed the te t deliberately o that he could have another eason

THE PHOENIX of basketball. O n his own initiative he worked through a long, hot summer to pa s off that condition; and he took hi s diploma in September just when hi s friends were going out for another season's practice.

T hat attitude was never lea rn ed in a textboo k.

It is all too easy to kill this splendid curiosity through req uired, standardized school work. I know of many "gangs" of children who are spending half their free time in th e school s, tryin g to find the an~wers to some of the thousands of why'sand loving it . To find out things for themselves-that is th e marvelous inspiration for an education that the school clubs and societi es offer our children .

M usical organizations, athletic teams, dramatic societies, language, science, hi story, and literary clubs, all offer opportunities to our boys and girls to accomplish many things.

In the clubs they can have splendid good times with their fellows in school, they can develop hobbies, leisure time occupations for themselves in the future. They can help answer that vital question: "What am I to do for a living?"

Good times in a child's life are important. They are purposeful activities rounding out the development of the students.

Hobbies a re very significant.

Leisure is coming to be a right of every man . The whole trend of modern economi cs development is toward shorter work clays. Few of us will ever find work broad enough

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to give us var iety, to hold our interest after working hour . Here the hobby find its field. Thousands of boys and girls are taking part in extra-curricula activities. Even if they are never used economically, they will be better for the things learned. \i\!ho doesn't know, and so fee l sorry for the man who has no interest in li fe but hi s job. 'vVe can all cite many stories where students have had experience in organi zations and these extracurricula activities. If they did not become a scholar and a class leader, they did become a self-respecting member of society.

But what they have done in the past is not important when compared with what onr High School boys and girls will do in the future. \i\!ill they take advantage of what our schools offer? Are we doing our full duty in offering opportunities? And if not, why not? The value of t-he program lies in its elasticity and in the fact that it is voluntary. Its cost is little and its importance is tremendous.

"A THING OF JOY" Clothes hanging on a line Swaying in the breeze, Washed white with wonderous care Making sure to please.

Sheets and slips and baby's clothes W hat a lot of joy it shows, Care, and love and happiness, In a line of clothes.

MARVELLA S c HRIDDE,

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Long Lake Farm ATI-IERtNB

RowE, Kappa. Kappa

LANE F .\Ri\1 , a correctional Institution for delinquent girls at M iddletow n, Conn., is very beautifully located in the central part of the tate.

It was on unday, July 16, that I arri ved at Penhill , the main office.

It was not long before I was informed that housekeeping was to be my task. This didn't mean much at the time, but the next few mornings found me ari ing at 5 :30, and made it quite a different story.

The first couple of early risingsand in fact mo t of those which followed-we re like tho e of a sleep walker. O n getting out of bed, you reach fo r a bathrobe and slipper s, with half-conscious fingers and half-closed eyes, then turn off the night bells a nd start taggering down the hall. Soon you reach those terrible stairs which present a difficult ascending feat which you are never quite sure of accomplishing, but somehow it is always done.

O nce up the stairs, you call the hou emother and turn off tho e ni ght bells and ca11 at least three crirl and then go down the stairs, aJmost a wake by now to call three more girl .

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you find your elf in the kitchen tanding over a coal range, gazing at coals dead and alive and wondering which way they were going to turn. However, at 6 :45 breakfast is on the table and twenty-five girls and five staff members are trying to decide what surprise was theirs today.

Dinner at 11 :45 after a morning spent in supervising four girls in preparing it, is welcome. fter a short three hours, from 2-5, which are spent in sleeping, riding, hopping, or just walking, you return to upervise supper which is served at 5:45. A t eight the girls are off to bed and maybe and maybe not you are free for the evening.

Such is the story of a day at Long Lane Farm.

O ne afternoon a week and every other Sunday off gave us plenty of tim e to visit Cape Cod; ewport ; and M t. Holyoke, Amherst, and Smith Colleges ; to get lovely coats of tan on the Sound; and to have a fine time to remember along with our work-to ay nothing of making many new fri end among the other of the taff. nd I mustn't forget Diongians, the car, fo r taking us over fi ve thouand mile in ten week .

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Student Christian Movement Conference MILDRED WEBER,

HE Student Christian Movement Conference held at Eagles Mere, Pa., last June was enlightening not only from the guidance of outstanding leaders and speakers, but also from the contacts with students from other colleges and universities of the M iddle Atlantic Region. The greatness of the movement itself and its affiliation with the World Student Christian Federation changed the center of interest from the local campus entirely to the larger fi elds of serving in the world.

Eagles Mere was a delightful

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place for such a conference. It was situated in the mountains, thus affording such recreational pursuits as boating, swimming, hiking, dancing, tennis, and riding. To hear such well known speakers as Norroan Thomas, Reinhold Neiburn, Channing Tobias, Ralph Harlow, and John Bennett was indeed an oppo rtunity.

Despite the rain for S I X of the eight days, the delegates left Eagles Mere w ith new ideas and an added inspiration for carrying on Chri stian work on the campus and aiding in the World Federation.

A Day as Wife of a Busy Pastor MARY WILSON AuNGST,

estimation no field of labor holds so many experiences, gives so many opportunities for doing good as being wife of a busy pastor, mother of two healthy boys and a general help in the church and community. Days are not half long enough to accomplish work for our Master.

Since there would be Rally Day in Sunday School the following Sunday, it meant that each member of my class, the Maude Miller Bible Class, was to have a short call and be given a Rally Day card as a reminder of this coming service m the Sunday School.

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No sooner had breakf ast been over, the children made ready for kindergarten, and the usual run of household activities been outlined for the post hi gh school girl whom we have with us in our hom e, when the door bell rang. I greeted one of our pleasant you ng parishoners who came for some knitting instructions. Not understanding the next move in developing sleeves, she came t o me knowing that I had done a bit of knitting and would graciously help her. In the meantime, while stitches were being counted and cautiously put from stitch holder to needle, the phone rang.

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ho should it be but one of our good mi ssionary circle women who was stranded with her program?

She had several di sappointments and was calling to ask for a fill-in.

Then I replied that I had a very appropriate read ing '' A modern woman in an old world-Vashti.' ' The knitting being well under way, my little friend lef t with a knowledge of how to fini sh th e knitted sleeves .

Donning hat and picking up bag and cards, I was to make ten Rally Day calls before dinner. As I was walking to the first hom e, I was thinking how splendid it would be to meet these class members in th eir homes, share their joys and sorrows and catch a bit of home atmosphere in each home. It was all so grand talking to each and everyone. Here someone had been ill and her attendance at services had been halted.

There a clear one had died and the entire family had not gotten into the sw ing of church going again . Then again company had so prevailed on good dispositions and had not thought about infringing upon the time of church and Sunday School attendance of this member. A ll of these vari ous excuses went to balance the splendid attendance of those who had done so well in coming out each S unday. It wa coming close to the hour of dinner and I had promised to meet the children at the kindergarten. Each visit had grown more intere ting and the atmosphere of the home be poke the dispo ition of each member. little talk with Mi s Howard , the \ 1\

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kindergarten teacher, about our t\\路o boys, aged three and fiv e, and so me greetings to friend on the way home brought the noon hour at hand.

That afternoon at two o'clock was th e meeting of the S ilver Circle, the social circle of the M i sionary 'ociety. There was a real Rall y at thi s meeting as the room was well filled with members who had been detained on account of summer and its variou s comings and goings. The story which I had prepared had appealed very much and we spoke at that time of th e courage o f \ ashti and what women with her courage can do for the world today.

There would be only a sho rt time to ru sh home from this meeting to get evening supper for th e family, talk over a few events of the day and then 路ru h back to meet the j tmiors in their work of Christian E ndeavo r. There would be fifty of them ranging in ages from six to twelve years. E nergy would be hown, talents would have to be developed, a real Chri stian attitude of life at their particular ages would be caught. T hese were the pending issues of that group of juniors. This work had fallen upon the shoulder of me as pastor's wife since the death of one of our finest Chri tian women. What a g reat work to be done for these future leaders of the church! The children lead their ow n meetings, conduct their own ervices but guidance i alway needed to give th e child the su reness

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Following this meeting there was to be the weekly prayer service. The pianist had already sent word that she would be unable to accompany, so with such short notice, it would be necessary for the pastor's wife to play the hymns. It was good to sit and think over the clay's affairs as the pastor spoke about the greatness of Job. The inspiration received from the discourse gave one the courage to keep on "living a life that is true, striving to pl ease Him in all that I do."

The activities of the clay came to a close when we could sit in an easy chair to talk over happenings with a real joy. The children had their bedtime story and were snugly tucked in bed. The evening was ours to be alone. Very comfortably 路 seated, the phone rang. It was an alumna from college (Gettysburg

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College) asking me to come out to meet some of the Freshmen co-eels.

The Gammi Phi Sorority, a local, had asked me to be an honorary member and they were doing a bit of first semester rushing. A few minutes with them would mean a great deal, no doubt, so I dropped the idea of our pleasant evening together and went out to meet the Freshmen co-eels . We had a very pleasant time and the girls were lovely. It all brought back dear memories of college clays with the Alpha Sigs at Temple University.

Another telephone call greeted me upon my return. One of our parishoners had called to ask how to write a widow's name-was it proper to say Mrs. Earl J. or Mrs . Alma? It was a bit ridiculous and yet I was to give a decision. So went the day of many days but glorious days they are.

\V 7 HILE I was in India, I had the honor to talk with that great

W poet and religious philosopher, Sir Rabindranath Tagore.

I asked him what his idea of God was, and I shall never forget his answer. He said: "When I was but a small boy, my father took me into the darkness of the jungle, just before the dawn was about to break, and he said to me, 路 1y son ... the sweet smell of this earth is God. He is of it and in it, and it is His.' Then the first light of the dawn struck thru the darkness of the jungle and my father said to me, 'My son .. . God is the Light; the light of our lives and the light of the world.' The birds started their singing, and my father said to me, 'My son . . . God is Music, the music of pure souls. May you so live that you strike no note of dissonance in the harmony and beauty that is God.' " -G. BRONILEY OxNAM. From a statement before the Department of Superintendence, Atlantic City February 24, 1935.

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The through leeper and mail car are attached to a puffy little engine and crawl slowly over the trestle that crosses the tiny ravine and brook that separate th e two countries. It is a thrilling moment.

How man y refugees have dreamed of makin g that crossing-in vain!

Th ere is still a rusty tangle of barbed wire. U nd er a sunny July sky it seemed impossible to imagine the tragedy for which it stands.

Nothing looked different on the Ru ssian side . The wild flowers bloomed as brightly and the pointed fir s were as lusty a green. A fine new concrete building carved with symbolic designs marks the frontier stati on . Vve made a long halt for customs . Sturdy, barefoot, women porter removed all our baggage from the train to the big waiting room. In th e lobby is a plaster bust of Lenin, and on th e other side a fl ower-decked dining room. N o one seemed in a hurry. The baggage was thoroughly examined and all fo reian money listed, then it was carried back to the train for u .

It i only an hour' s run to Leningrad. 'vVe arrived in a shower. It is an impressive city. Long, long, vi ta of wide treets and olid block of l ow 1 alace pread out from the beautiful rive r. There are a few park but the bi tter climate tunt

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the trees and most of the quares are bare and paved . } lower beds have been planted, but gras -cutting i a luxury not yet achieved, which gives an unkempt appearance.

The big Intourist hotels are comfortable, and the traveller is well taken care of. Service is slow and casual, but there is plenty of good food cooked in the French style.

Appointments are elegant but ve ry shabby. A pleasant young woman was a signed to me a guide. 'vVe took a long drive around the city in a Lincoln touring car. The un was out aga in and the city looked clean and handsome, colorful with buff and orange stucco palace . The great dmiralty building i being restored.

I supplemented my guided trips with walks around the city. O ne is free to stroll about a one wi hes, and armed with a map, and after learning the meaning and pronunciation of the strange Ru ssian igns, it is not hard to find the way about.

I saw little children building toy villages in sand piles in the park while older boys and girls were playing volley-ball. It is a wonderful city for young people. The summer is o hort that everyone make the most of the un hine and live out of door . The hou e are frightfully crowded o that home ha little attraction.

I vi itecl a factory. gain I ' a impres eel by th e air of unhurri ed

THE PHOENIX and unharried labor. In the lunchroom ice cream sandwiches were for sale. To be sure, it was rather watery for American palates, but an indubitable symbol of civilization! The wonderful museum of the Hermitage left a deep impression on me. Many Russians were visiting the collections. They have to pay an entrance fee and it was impressive to compare their appreciation with that shown in our own cities where museums are often free.

There are no more bread-cards and there is plenty of plain food available. The chief sign of the poverty of the country is the shabby clothing. Young people go bareheaded, but older women cling to the head kerchief in red or white.

Shoes are an especial problem. They mostly wear a canvas slipper something like our sneakers. Soldiers are conspicuous for their high Rnssian boots. The people are not tidy or picturesque in their dress. One feels that much better clothing would soon appear sloppy as they wore it.

I left Leningrad on the soft-class sleeper. It was a slow, comfortable train. In the morning we were sided for a long time while the express went by, and everyone got out and picked great armfuls of wild flowers.

Moscow is far more bustling than Leningrad. Everywhere there is tearing clown and building up . The old church-domed skyline is gone and rectangular offices and apartments give it a modern air. The

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streets are clotted with traffic lights, mostly ignored. Motor cars dash around tooting incessantly. The trams are crowded, but not so much so as I had expected from what I had read. I rode in the new subway. It is very fine, both in beauty and convenience.

The Kremlin was closed, which was a great disappointment . I made the circuit of the walls and crossed the peaceful Red Square, trying to visualize the thousand years of history that have centered there.

We visited the People's Courts, where justice is expeditiously handled by men and women judges. \1\Tomen may do anything in Russia, but they are not required to work.

They may live quietly at home if they prefer, but home is so crowded that most of them are glad of the chance to occupy themselves outside and increase the family income.

Despite so much of interest I was glad to leave Russia. I flew to Berlin, and the miles and miles of forests with scarcely a thread of muddy road to connect the forlorn little farms impressed me vividly with the enormous task Russia has undertaken in developing such an enormous and backward country.

The best is so meager and poor that I did not at all feel that an effort was made to impress foreigners or put up a false front for our admiration. They are far too busy to interrupt their work for casual visitors to court, factory, or museum. The things, such as they are, are there for all to see. How

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could Western eyes be impressed by the first feeble copies of a civilization we have bee n developing for generati ons? It is a drab country.

It is good to know that they are learning to appreciate fm er living, but they have such a long way to go! It is a wonderful experience to spend a week in such surroundings and then come home and appreciate one's own blessings with sharpened perceptions.

A criticism of Ru ssian methods or objectives is not my purpose in thi s brief record of what I saw and did. 1 feel, however, that to look

at Ru sia fairly one must realize that th ey are not intere ted in th e appea rance of things at the moment.

They are moving from a past that to us is incredibly remote, to a future that is already an old story in our daily lives. They have yet to learn to want and appreciate much of what we take for granted.

Whether they will be happi er when they get it is for philosophers to argue.

I ani glad to leave Ru ssia to the Russians and come back to our own rich er, if more complicated. lives.

My Trip to Maine (ATHEIU NE BRA CKI N,

my vacation thi s past summ er I was fortunate enough to have been invited to one of the most beautiful states in th e U nited States, namely Maine. Some friends of mine have a summer home at a place called O rr' s Island which is a most adorabl e place to spend a vacation and to rest after a hard year at school.

My friend and I left P hiladelphia on Monday, August the nineteenth at about nine o'clock in the morning by automobile for Ma ine. O ur route took u through some very beautiful country which I had never been in before a nd we wen t through such places as Princeton and F lemington. 1'\ew J ersey and then on into "K l';W York state. t about one o'clock we topped in a place along the Hucl on River whe re we had

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luncheon. As I remember it was at a place called Stoney Point which is perfectly beautiful, overlooking the mighty H ud son. From there we drove on up along the ri ver to the Bear Mountain B ridge where we crossed the mi ghty and wonderfully constructed bridge. We could see for mil es as we climbed up the side of the mountain and a I was doing all the driving it kept me busy watching the road a nd trying to see all the beautiful and lovely scenery there was to be seen. t about dinner time we arrived in Hartford where we had our dinner at a ve ry attractive and cute place. The in side of the tearoom was fix ed up very modern istic with o-old and i1ver decorations a nd we enjoyed a mo t deliciou dinner.

Following di nner we then left for

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Our host and hostess were lovely people and they had a typical New England home with many of those old elm trees surrounding it. We spent a very restful night there and awoke the next morning refreshed to start our second day's journey.

The second day we drove on through Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence, Massachusetts where my friend had been born and raised. V/ e stopped off there for about an hour or more to look around her old home town and she was certainly tremendously interesting in showing off the town to me.

I saw the house where she was born and the old Episcopal Church where she and her husband were married many years ago. It was a gorgeous church and a very old one too, but beautifully kept. It was also interesting to note the many shoe factories in Lawrence, which is a noted shoe manufacturing town. Vl/e then drove on to Haverhill where we had lunch and then to Amesbury where we called on an old friend. What a darling little town Amesbury is with all its quaint houses which I think are very attractive.

Finally after our little visit we decided that we had better get on our way towards Portland, Maine, which was very near our destination because it was getting rather late

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and we still had about one hundred and fifty miles to drive. From Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Portland the drive seemed to be very much of a grind and reaily the only part of the trip which I minded but we finally arrived in Portland wh ere we had our dinner at the Eastland hotel before driving out to Orr's Island which was a distance of about fifty miles. We had a most delightful dinner at the hotel and felt much better to make the last lap of our journey. \t'/hen we left the city of Portland we drove around the basin which gives you a beautiful view of the Casco Bay in which Orr's Island is located. It has been said and seems to be a known fact that there are three hundred and sixty-five islands in the bay and as we drove around the basin we were beginning to see them. Pretty soon we left the basin and were back in the main land. About fifteen miles further on we came into the town of Brunswick where Bowdain College Then after leaving is located.

Brunswick we started on the last fifteen miles of our trip and it was getting clark then and I was very tired and it seemed as though we would never get there. Of course my friend knew the road, but I didn't, and it seemed endless. Finally, we got on to the Island which is four miles long and a very rough country road; it reminded me of a wash board it was so bumpy. At last after driving five hundred and fifty-two miles and after a most in-

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teresting trip we arrived at their cottage, loca ted right in th e hea rt of ome wonderful stately pine and fir trees. Needless to a y we went to bed ea rl y that night but the ne xt day had much in stor e for me a nd I could hardly wait.

T he next day my fri end 's daughter took me around and show ed me all th e '' ins and outs" of th e life of O rr' s I sland . I t is one of the most di ffe rent, most bea utiful places I have ever been to and I can tell you frankl y I certainly fell in love with it tha t ve ry fir st day. Although life is very simple ther e we always seemed to find something to do.

T he swimming was great a nd that al ways suits me fin e anyway so of course I was tickled to death with that. Then there were plenty of boats on the I sland to be had, so naturally we went boating quite frequently. O nce a week there were movies at the R edmen's Hall and of course we couldn't mi ss them . It was really quite entertaining to see th e funn y nati ves from the I sland at the movies and see ho w excited th ey would get when the pictures woul d sta r t. Then twice a day th ere was the steamer which ca me in from P ortland with the mail a nd for some reason or other we neve r got bored going clown to see the boat come in and then go to the tiny "one hor e" post office and wait fo r the mail to be so rted. W hat a li fe we led fo r th ree olid weeks an d how I did love it so. l\fy one ambition i to rro back to O r r' Is land again and aga in for I don't think I could ever

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get tired of it there; life i o entirely different than here at home or any place I' ve been fo r many clays and clay .

O ne week-end while I was th ere my fri ends a nd I went up to a place near Bangor, where my two brothers were spending the ummer, to see them. T hat evening we all motored over to th e L akewood Theater Colony at L akewood, where the da ugh ~e r of the late beloved \i ill Rogers was located for the summer along with some other notable actors and actresses . We were very fortunate in seeing Sally Rand play th e part o f Sadi e T homp on in ''R ain ." We didn 't see ally do her fan dance as many people have wanted to know.

The foll ow ing day vve left the camp a nd drove down to th e beautiful a nd swanky place know n a Bar Ha rbor, where we saw very exquisite and pretention looki ng ummer mansiOns. 'v\ e drove to the top of the mountain there and aw a view which to me seemed never to be dupli cated in any oth er part of the world. 'vVe had a view fo r mil es all around every side of us a nd could see fo r many, many mil es .

We started fo r home O rr's I sla nd ) late in the afternoon and glad to get back after hav ing seen very beaut iful sights.

T hose of you who have neve r been to the tate of the ni on with o many la ke hould certainl y go ometime fo r there i lot to ee an d I have ome fr iend who will vouch for the ame.

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Mexico-The Ideal Vacation Land Mr OUR

' NIE SHOCKLEY,

Editor has asked me to

Ywrite about my vacation spent in

Old Mexico this summer. To grant this request is a pleasure, and at the same time a task that requires more fluency of speech than I possess. To do it justice in a moderate way will take more space than can be spared from your splendid pages. However, I shall attempt only to touch the high places and try to give them only the high lights.

In August, 1935, three other lady members of our college faculty and I went southward via automobile to spend our few weeks' vacation among our neighbors across the Rio Grande. The trip was pleasant with no unusual happenings, save the novelty of passing through the inspection at Neuva Lareda. Our southern neighbors require very little from the visitors from U. S. A., merely a tourist permit which is secured from the Mexican consul in your city or s~ate capital.

Perpetual spring is what awaits you in Old Mexico. That combined with thrilling beauty and intense interest transcends description. There are huge mountains with snowy summits lost in billowy clouds of azure skies- deserts of sinister charm that shimmer in the sunlight-green jungles flecked with the flame of million flowers. There are cities and towns that will enthrall forever. There is the antiquity of Egypt with pyramids, and

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ruins of great temples and buried cities more mysterious and fully as old as those of the Near East. There is the medieval charm of old Spain combined with that marvelous lost civilization of the Toltecs and Aztecs. There is all the color and charm of a foreign country, yet at our very door.

Very few travelers find any difficulty in making themselves understood for all the important Mexican centers have English-speaking police officers, all hotels have Englishspeaking attendants and the business houses employ clerks who understand English. By nature the 1exican people are courteous and have a sincere desire to assist the stranger within their gates.

As I mentioned we made the trip in an automobile, but only to that fascinating city of Monterrey. After visiting some of the interesting places in that metropolis we journeyed by railway to the capital city of th e Republic of Mexico. Between Monterrey and Mexico City one passes picturesque Saltillo where the most prized sa rapes are made ; through mountain rimmed valleys to San Louis Patosi where the richness of the mines vies with those of any country; to the edge of the mountains which bound the cuttral Valley of Mexico and the quaint city of Querataro from which come Mexico's fine st opals. A ll th e way mountain and plain alternate. This

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combined with the revelation of life, cu toms, garb and scene how us a country where novelty and beauty unceasingly challenge the eye. Eventually Mex ico wi ll have a system of hard surf aced highways equal to any in the wo rld and travelers who prefer motoring may take one of the most beautifu l trips which can be imagined all the way in their own car.

In Mex ico City th ere is a wealth o f materi al that will interest one fo r many clays. Some of th e principal points of interest a re: the Zocalo or main p laza about which are grouped many worthwhile relics of Spani sh occupation: the N ation.al Palace ove r which the banners of four nation s have float ed ; the Vational !11 useum, th e contents o f which are varied and interesting. O ne is the \ ztec Calenda r of basaltic porphyry twelve feet in diameter and three feet thick and weighs twelve tons.

Other s are the Sacrificial Stone ; the image of the Aztec vVar God and th e image God of th e ir, all specimen of the art of the \ztecs. One should not fai l to visit the Hou e o f T il es, the N ati onal Theater wh ich co t fifteen milli on pesos and has th e famous Tiffany g la drop curtain depicting the \ alley o f Mex ico with the volcanoes Popocatepett and Ixtaccihua tl e in the backg rou nd a nd electricall y illuminated w ith moon, twilight, dawn and other effect .

No r houlcl one fai l to vi it Olapu\tepec Pa rk and Ca tie where the 1\ii oatezuma had their ummer during their brief reign. Here may be

seen many relic of pre-conquest days.

A n unfailing attraction to touri t i a visit to Xochimilco-the fa mou fl oating gardens . Here ztec life and typical sights of the lake po rtion of th e Valley of Mexico just as th e Spaniards found them urvive. The people are pure Ind ians de cendant o f those northern invader who settled here in th e twelfth and thirteenth centuri es. In th eir casual checkered entrenched town they opposed Co rtes, who barely e caped with hi s lif e. It is trul y a \i\festern \ eni ce vvh cre one fl oats through clear waters in boat poled by the natives uncha nged in apparel, or tri bal customs. By all means vis it Xochimilco. on ly twenty mile from the capital city.

A nother p lace one hould visit is Cuernavaca, a quain t little tow n whi ch bask drowsily in th e sunli ght with a land cape that i lavi sh in it opulence of hue wh ich was familiar to the war-weary dons of the ixteenth century- Cuernavaca holds no el i appointment no matter what level one's expectation of it may have oa red . I have vi ited it twice and wou ld like to spend daysweeks in it. Here in the palace of the Co nqui stador now its municipal are to bo een D iego Riveera' wonderful mural of :\J ex ican hi tory that the late Dwight Morrow had him paint a a gift of appreciation of the beautie and delight. of the city which urpa e imagination. o many places o f charm an I intere t are with in ea y moto r di -

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Another fascinating trip is to Tazco where it nestles amid a jungle of peaks and crags. It is a dream place for which one often looks and

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seldom finds. It is a colonial town that remains as it was in those days where silver was first mined and sent to Europe. It is a maze of narrow streets paved with cobble stones. Houses roofed with red tiles add color to the place. Every thing about Tazco is irregular and pleasant.

Besides these places mentioned the country abounds in points of interest.

Here are the loftiest mountains on the continent of North America and probably is the richest cradle of history in all the Americas, containing stupendous monuments of forgotten races and gems of colonial occupation.

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see an A};A anywhere. But I looked. There was a girl from Miami University who knew some AlA's. There was a woman from Indiana, Pennsylvania, who was a Tri Sig and there was a professor from Temple. -Perhaps I'll meet you next time.

Then, if we meet while traveling about the English lakes, I can hope for no more congenial third to our party than a little, elderly gentleman whom I met there this year.

He was home from Australia for his holiday, one which he enjoys every twenty years. We climbed a style and crossed a pasture to see a tiny, hidden waterfall. Then we winked at each other behind the

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Englishman who asked me if we had anything at all of that sort in America-excluding Niagara Falls, of course! Perhaps you would enjoy the little gentleman's three methods of establishing one's superiority: First, when the waiter brings you sugar for your porridge, say, "No, thank you, I prefer salt."

Second, take a cold shower, early, on a cold morning.

Third, remain sublimely healthy when everyone else is seasick.

If you know any better ways to foster that happy, self-complaisant attitude, please let me know.

London? Oh, yes, do let'~ stay a long time ! London bridge, nov.路

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fa r too ub tantial to fall dow n, P icad illy ircus, T rafalgar qua re, 10 Downing treet, T he Guild Hall , Berkeley Square, T he O ld Curi o ity Shop, Rotten Row. But in my enthu siasm I 'm merely li ting name .

Don't you want to see everything.

As you walk about London's busy bu t surpri singly qui et treets, yo u may pinch yourself and say, ''Thi s is London, th e largest city in the worl d- larger even than N ew Yo rk and so ve ry, very di fferent." Here the clay's business, in fact, th e world' s business, moves forward with a steady, strong current. There is a feeling of cer titude about it all which New York's ner vous, rumbling ru sh destroys.

Perhaps it would be better for us to spend an extra ni ght in L ondon and then Ay to Pari s. F lying isn't common enough to mo t of us not to be a treat. A fter three hours on a lu x urious plane ca rrying about thirty-fi ve other passengers, we step on F rench oil. Gone is th e qui et soli d strength of London . Now, in exchange, th ere is th e impati ent, imperative tax i horn- used constaritl y. it seems. \ s we speed aero s the city, the im plest sign in

EN I X F rench is a delight. No w. at Ia t, there i a reason fo r tho e day spent boning ove r idioms and irre<Tular verbs. Dut look at Pari itself.

How beautiful it i , with it broad avenues, and colorful gard ens.

T here is the E iffe l T ower. 'vVe must go up it! Are yo u enquiri ng about F rench clo thes? If you want th e latest fashion note f rom Pari s, it would be better to consult the New Yo rk T ime or your local styli st.

P arisiens seem to cling to dull black with perh aps a touch of white-not at all chic.

Af ter Pa ri s an abrupt contrast would be the beauti ful Dlack Forest, th e most sincerely peaceful spot I have ever know n. F rom th ere it is a short di stance to witzerl and .

Any attempt to describe wi tzerland would be o inadequate that it woul d . be ri diculous. Do go there yourself .

Perhap after that you will feel with me that you a re ready fo r home-so bac k to Pari fo r a clay or two-then all aboa rd and at last New Yo rk ' famous kyline.-A holiday, anti cipated- come and gone - perhap to be repeated but certainl y never to be fo rgotten.

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A Motor Trip East EDITH BuRR,

my thrill to really find driving along through pine groves near Saratoga Springs, I . Y ., on my way to northern Vermont. My old uncle was with me and he was eager to see the hills of his native state, Vermont, as he had not been back there since he left his old home for lllinois, sixty-nine years ago. Many times we had chatted about driving back some day-now the dream was a reality.

The drive along the western shore of Lake George was beautiful and to the east loomed up the Green Mountains, very peaceful looking and very green.

At Ticonderoga we loitered a bit to view the old Fort and to review a little of early American history.

For the first time in my life I think I should have welcomed a chance to look again at the pages of my old history book. The fort sets up high on the ledge overlooking Lake George to the south and Lake Champlain to the east.

We crossed Lake Champlain at Chimney Point then drove northeast to Burlington, Vermont. After eating a delicious fish dinner we drove during the sunset hour and twilight to Uncle's old home at Eden. The hillsides were beautiful at this time of clay and the old, old homes with woodshed, garage, barn, cattle shed all connected were most fascinating.

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and the smell of wood fires was most inviting.

At Eden we enjoyed the hospitality of the native Vermonter. A group of old timers gathered in the parlor of the old hotel and as the lamplight flickered vve heard the history of Uncle's family reviewed.

The next morning we visited the olcl cemetery where quaint flat stone slab mark the burial of Vermont's early pioneers. After roaming over the old home scenes and tasting maple sugar and syrup from the old sugar bush we started southward, uncle very happy and contented now that he had seen his old Vermont home.

We stopped at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, to see a cousin who was soon to take her M.A. degree in French. This college is very noted as a Romance language school. After lingering on the campus for a few days we caught the spirit of the school and came away feeling we had almost been in France. The other language schools are conducted in the hills but French and Spanish schools are held on the campus proper.

At Proctor, Vermont, we visited the wonderful marble exhibit. Geologists claim that at one time the whole Green Mountain area was under water. Then it was that shell fish and lime producing animals began making marble beds. Ages afterward a wrinkling of the earth's

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cru t came and displaced the water with mountains and valleys. Thus Vermont marble was formed and buried for centuries. Just before the outbreak of the Revolntionary War some one split the fir st slab of American marble and turned it into a fireplace hearth. Later some one carved on a piece of marble and thu s a way was paved to the thriving business of mining and cutting marble which is carried on in many sections of Vermont today.

To the east of Proctor we s~opped to visit the Coolidge Homestead.

The quaint little village of Plymouth nestled in the Green Mountains is proud to claim the birthplace of one of our presidents. The back room of the village store is said to be the room where Calvin Coolidge began hi s life. Just back of the sto re is the small church that he and his ancestors attended and just across the road is the home of his father where the oath of office was administered to Calvin by hi s father, then Justice of the Peace in the village. This was done in the early morning hours, 2:47 a. m., by the light of a kero ene lamp. Down the road aways from the village is the old cemetery where several generations of Coolidge 路 are laid away. A stone wall su rround it and a well-beaten path up the rather tee1 hillside leads to the resting place of alvin and hi on, Calvin, Jr. The tone which mark the o-rave i very simple. It i of the old style flat lab type bearino- imply the eal of th e United tate and the name Calvin

Coolidge, July 4, 1872. January 5, 1933 . I was much impre sed by the simplicity of thi , the burial place of one of merica's statesmen. It was hi wish to be buried in the "everlasting hill of Vermont, the tate he loved.''

Going into ew I-Iamp hire wa a thrilling experience. It eemed so far from our mid-we t. I felt a though the Revolutionary heroes were ri sing up and speaking past history.

On every hand were statues and markers telling of the e early pioneers and wat- generaL. The building too, tell of the age of that section.

Driving along the mountain roads of New Hamp hire with pines on either side, ru shing, dashing treams trying to beat one on, the blue skies, the pine sce nted air made us want to just .forget and stay on and on in this delightful country. We pent several days on Lake Winnapea aukee and drank in the glory of the lake and the scene about it. The water in the ea tern lake and streams are so clear that one can see the bottom at mo t any depth. The sand is white, too, and great fun to play in.

The Taconic trail over the Berkshires of Massachu ett wa a beautiful and fascinating drive. t several hi gh point we could look off and see two or three tates, everal hio-h peak in the \dirondacks and Catski ll and many lake . The little Cities in through .i\Ia achu ett seemed to be manufacturing centers. Much of the power for the e

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Space does not permit me to tell of the beauties of New York's hills and valleys . We crossed the Adirondacks which differ from the Green Mountains in that they are more rugged and wild but very inviting to the vacationist. V./e completely circled the Finger Lakes of Central New York and ate a delici ous breakfast at Krebs, on the north

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end of Lake Skaneateles. Any motorist should not miss this interesting old home when traveling the Cherry Valley Turnpike.

I must not forget to mention Niagara Falls and Thousand Islands.

Both are well worth seeing. Nor must I forget to say that an Oldsmobile is a fine model to take one safely, comfortably and economically over 4,500 miles of Good Old

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Jack Frost vs. Chlorophyll BEE }ACQUART, Tau TOIIb

THERE a Jack Frost? 0 f course there is that something that acts as a woodland decorator and painter, but is Mr. Frost's role as prominent as we were once prone to believe? Oh, yes, the foliage is more brilliant when bright clays and frost come at once, but is Jack solely responsible?

There is little question that the trees would don their hues on schedule, even if Jack Frost were several months late. Irrepressible biochemists have shorn him of his g lory as completely as biographers have stripped heroes of their virtues.

Their solution for Autumn's dress is something like this: Chlorophyll, that bugbear of the botany class, colors leaves green and helps to convert water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air which plants utilize in their growths . Now after the plant has shed its seed and completed its growth for the year, the

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chlorophyll suffers from unemployment. In its moments of lassitude other colors, always present but impotent, assert themselves. The expiring chlorophyll can no longer hide its yellow.

Reel is in the minority, but it catches the eye. It originates in several scientific incongruities, as does brown.

Brown sometimes hooks up with yellow to fashion a luxurious golden brown.

Thus Jack Frost is forced to take his place beside that of the king of England. He has allowed his al leged prowess to be heralded from every tree top. But we must not censure him too severely. It has been rather convenient to attribute all the colorings to him, rather than to tell inquiring children that the Chlorophyll is undergoing a change and then try to explain what we mean.

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Retrospect ELEANOR W 1 NTER ,

As I ponder to 1"\.. im pres ions

recall 路ome of the of being an active Alph a S ig in Tau Tau chapter, there come vivid memories of rush weeks, pledgings, parti es, meetin gs, invita ti ons, anniversary celebrations, clues, happy moments, sad moments, in fact a ''conglomerata" of happenings in that maze of experiences during an undergradua te career, which is real but nevertheless an enigma to explain.

Although many of the single occasions a ren't hard to recall and smil e appreciatively about, one occasion is outstanding in my mind.

It is an initiation se rvice held in the Woman's Duilding, one extremely cold, icy night two yea rs ago, when several girl s solemnly pledged each to the other and to A~A their hearts true devotion for all time. It was a momentous occasion, and despite th e wintry, nipping, fri gid weather outside, there was warmth in the hearts of those actives and activesto-be which radiated the fullness of hav ing a trong esprit de corp. The memory of our almost breathlessly a sembling of the excited heart s during the ervice, the Rushed face during the solemn vows, and finally our mi ty eye that reflected a new nearnes to our transcendent hea rts

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as those initiates were revealed the secret words which bound them to a new and cleoper uni n with each other and pledged themselves to lofty ideals of living that have inpirecl many who have ince followed in their steps only in the last two years.

It is the ' 'memorab ilia'' of seeing the sincere twinkle and tear in the eyes of th ose faithful , courageous girls who were aspiring, seeking and had just taken the ritual step toward attaining the Alpha S igma lph a ideal of womanhood.

Whether some of those dreams that that idealism mig ht always live on have become cobwebbed, and the rapture and glamour of that occasion has long since been dulled by th e confusion of postcollege problems, I can't help but believe that tho e girl who met to take part in that beautiful service will recall that evening just as tho e girl in irginia, w ho met more than thirty year before that ni ght, a re recalling today that first initiation ervice.

S hould a uld acq uaintance be forgot, urely those girls will ometime mile and remember a line of the ritual , a word of the prayer, a tune of the mu ic or can faintly en e the buoyant goodness of that evening.

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Progressive Alumnae Action paramount importance to all Alpha O FSigmas is the news that Alpha Sigma Alpha is the first A. E. S. Sorority to agree to pay a part of Alumnc:e Delegates' Expenses to the National Convention.

Following the Round Table discussion at the 1934 convention Alumnc:e Delegates asked that the National Council consider the possibility of paying a portion of Alumnc:e Delegates' expenses to future conventions.

Acting upon this suggestion the ational Council made a careful study of the Convention budget and at the Council meeting it wa agreed that chartered alumnc:e chapters would be allowed full hotel expenses for one delegate during the convention sessions.

Alpha Sigmas may well be proud of thi forward-looking step for only ten of the N . P. C. sororities pay part expenses of alumnc:e to convention.

The N a tiona I Council is eager to do everything possible in o-iving A lumnc:e Chapters encouraging support and cooperation, and it is their hope that many more alumnc:e will be able to attend ational Conventi ons and take an active part in the developing of lpha tgma lpha' policie and plan .

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Alumnae Chapters ALVA, OKLAH OMA Our fir st meeting of th e summer was held at th e home of M rs. Ess ie Nail and was in th e form of a luncheon to honor the summ er school alumnce.

At this fi rs t meeting t he following officers were elected for th e ensumg yea r: P resident, Eva Ames \ Vood; Secreta ry, E dna Donl ey; Treasurer, Luella Harzman ; P hceni x R epo rt er, Minnie Wesley.

During th e spring we each received th e so rority news letter which was put out by Miss Vera Leeper, spon so r, and th e Acti ves of Gamm a Gamm a. We a re very proud of the activit ies of the acti ves .

Out-of- town alum nce who were here at one or more meetings thi s summer were : E li zabeth Green of Shattuck , Okl ahoma; Bess Dav is of Ama rilla, Texas; (He re at fir st meeting) Bell e J ane Rackl ey of W ichita; V irg inia Pa rke r Beum of Foll ett, Texas; Ga il Noah Shelby of Carl sbad, New Mexico; Ruby I sa bel Chase of Ma nchester, Okl ahoma; O llie Shattu ck of Chi ck asha, O kl ahoma; Gladys Blackford F unk of Arnett , Oklahoma; Helen J ohnso n \t\Tilton of R osston, Okl ahoma; Glenda Ha rvey of Sharon, Okl ahoma; Nina Cook of Cherokee, O kl a homa; J enni e V inson F iske (M rs. Clay), a charte r member of Gamma Gamma Chapter,

T ulsa, Okl ahoma; O li ve Quig ley and V uren Q uig ley of E lkhart, Ka nsas. L oui se Glaser vVethingto n of Nas h, and E leanor Houts S terba of Carmen where here for our last meeting. vVe are ver y g lad to have E lsie SolÂŁ F isher (M rs. Earl ) back with us. Her husband is County Superintendent of \i\Toods County.

At thi s meeting th e following news was gleaned f rom the di scussion .

Beulah Farrand is doing case wo rk with th e FERA in K ansas.

She and Juan Guthri e put on a splendid radi o program in Jul y over K GRG, Coffeyv ille, Ka nsas.

Ruth Rudy gave an excellent piano recital thi s sp ri ng. S he received her Teach ers' Ce rti ficate in P iano at that t ime.

Misses E dna Donley, R oberta Camp and M rs. V ina Gourl ey Doughty attended school at Boulder, Colorado thi s summ er. A ll were wo rki ng towa rd a Maste rs Deg ree. E uni ce Metcalf worked to ward a Mas ters at Denve r thi s summer.

E dn a Donl ey, Roberta Camp, E un ice Metcalf and V ina Doug hty all attended N . E. A. at Denve r thi s summ er. \ t\Te were proud th at E mogene Cox- fir st g rade teacher at t he \!Vest School in Alva- made P hi Beta Sigma Honorary F raternity thi s sp ring. E mogene spent the

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ummer visiting her iste r and brother in California.

Lorinda Maso n Lane also spent th e summ er v isitino- in California .

Lorinda pent most of the tim e in fonrovia.

Mary Frazier, principal of J efferson Elementary School of Enid, O klah oma, was ma rri ed to Mr. K ent Kirkhart of Luci en at a quiet hom e wedding on April 12. 1935.

E lla I sabel Fo ter spent the summ er working towards a Master s Degree at Cincinnati.

E lizabeth Green spent part of the summer in th e northern part of \ t\1 isco nsi n.

We were very proud when we lea rned that th e name of Miss M innie Shockley, who has meant and doe mean so much to each of us Gamma Gamma girls, had b een included in th e Biographical Quarterl y, a literary Who's Who published in London. England for England and the :U nited States.

The honor came un solicited by Miss Shockley who didn't even kn ow who had included her name.

Last winter several of our alumnee vvho li ve near each other in th e Pan'hancll e a rea had some lovely good times toaether. Roberta Ca mp and E li zabeth G reen ente rta ined at a t. Pat ri ck ' party at Shattuck, O kl a homa. Those p re ent were: J enni e Locken Kinney of Gage, Glady Blackford Funk and . mata Camp Parri h of rn ett. and Icy! Ba ldw in Gourl ey of Bi hop. L ater G ladys Blackford

Funk entertain ed the at an Easter party.

ame group

Nellie Heaton, who won th e honor of being the best vocal instructor at th e orthwe tern Di trict meeting, spent th e . umm er at Columbi a University stud yin o路 muIC.

l one Clark Cass (l'vl r . 'v\ illard) told Alva folk s of a pl easa nt vi it at the K. C. Alumn ce Club. when she and her hu sband were here visiting relatives and friend thi s summ er enroute to point of interest in Colorado.

Sadie Chew Parriott ( ti rs. J. .) writes that she has joined the Denver AJumnce.

The seco nd meetin g of the summer was held at Belle Jan e Rackley' hom e. Belle Jan e ha s tau g ht at vVichita, Kan as for a number of year but always k eep up att interes t in A lph a Sig, and i a real help to our g roup. Everyone had a lovely tim e at Belle J a ne's home.

The last meet ing of the summer was held a t Ruth Marcum' home, and we all enjoyed eve ry minute of th e time. The committee in cha rge of enter ta inment a iel that they thought that maybe we would en joy "j u t v isit in o-" a nd did we prove that \\路e did! ! ome of th e intere tina- news of prom inent alumnce which wa recounted at this time i as follows: . lice llen Mauk visited Mi s hockley and Luell a Ha rzma n this umm e r.

THE PHOENIX Norene \ i\/ ilson Vandergraf is now living in Kingfi sher.

Billy Ball, a police matron in Washington, D. C., has bought lots at Arlington and is building a house.

Essie Nail was state delegate to the national meet of Business and Professional Women's Club which was held at Seattle. Essie and some others of the group went for a two-w eeks trip up into Alaska and reported a wonderful tim e.

Ruby Isabel Chase and husband left immediately after summer school for \tVashington D. C., and other points of interest in th e East.

They visited Ella I sabel Foster on their return trip.

That is all of our summer ne\\路s but say have we been busy this fall. \tVhen school began this fall there were only three actives back so we alumnce got busy and helped all we could during the rush season.

Eva Ames vVood (Mrs .

Charles), alum nee president, offered her home for the Formal. The beautiful home was elaborately decorated in red and white color scheme. Clever favors of minature baskets of roses tied with red cellophane ribbon added color to th e tabl es and helped carry out the red and white motif. After a lovely three-course dinner was served, the tables were cleared and tab le games of various kinds were enjoyed by all. \i\/e were happy to feel that we had some part in the gaining of

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A ll of th e old Alpha will rejoice with us when learning that at last th e fund for building a new building to take the place of th e old Administration Building, has been assured. \tVe had a real jubilee here on th e Saturday after th e report of assurance reached us.

Our first regular meeting of the fall was held at Florence Hassebroek Rud v's (Mrs. Phillip Rud y) on October 4. A t this time plan s were made for our winters activities.

Miss Vera L eeper. sorority adviser, reported that Miss O llie Shattuck, an alumna had sent a gift of $5 to the actives. 路 Edith Heaton Johnson also gave th em a gift of $3.00. Many of the other alumnce gave smaller gifts.

MINNIE WESLEY,

Gamma Gamma.

In Memoriam

_ti rs. 'vV. H . . mith , mother of Ada Smith Lane, died at Alva on June 7, 1935 .

Mr. W. H. Edwards, father of Sue Edwards Trenary, died on :May 2, at Alva.

Mr. A. G. Shelby, husband of Gail Noah Shelby died at Carlsbad, New Mexico, on Aug ust 8, 1935.

Weddings Mary Frazier to Kent Kirkhart on April 12 at Enid. \tVill be at home at Lucien, Oklahoma.

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Alva's Castle On The Hill Beautiful a nd tall a nd stately Strong winds wept them hith er, yond er, All the b_uilding was on fire!

Stood "The Castl e on th e H ill "; Many years that lovely la ndm a rk G raced our city th ere untilThere were also soul s in dan gerT hree we re calling to be saved; Ca me a creeping fo e-i nsidi ous- F lames ,,路ere lap pina close about th em, In th e cla rk hours 'for e the cla \n1 , Chilling win d they a lso braved .

Creeping, creep ing t hru the Castle. ow we ee all beauty ao ne.

Holding on precariou footing T ill to them ome help should come S tronge r than th e water force , l\Ioment -other times-sca rce counted F ire-it was-that took it to ll.

Never more throughout th e Castl e \Vere just th en a va tl y sum .

May th e happy tucl ents stroll. ] oy to know that they \\" ere rescued, Ju tat fir 路t the Aame crept low ly Oh, that al o we mi ght ti ll Fea t our eye on former beautie Then a they climbed hi gher and higher, Of that astle on the Hill.

PEGGY (

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BOSTON, MASS. Our first fall meeting was held October 5, at the home of Hazel Vaux in Lynn with seventeen members present. We were happy to have five new members from last year's active chapter J0111 us, namely: Betty Hollis, Mary MacAuley, Louise Hockaday, Anne MacDonald and Ruth Scanlon; in addition, Mary Louise Phinney, who is teaching in Farmington, Connecticut, and Helen O'Rourke of E l Paso, Texas, although both too far away to attend meetings also joined us "in spirit."

After several communications were read, a tentative program for the year was drawn up, and meeting places were arranged, our hostess served delicious refreshments.

If any of the alumme chapters know of A lpha Sigs who have recently moved into our midst will you kindly write to Hazel Jones, 16 Glen Road, Winchester, Massachusetts, and we will get in touch with them immediately .

May your meetings be as successful and as fu ll of fun as our meeting was and together may we make this a big alumnce year.

DoROTHY

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BUFFALO, N. Y. Pi Pi was the luckiest A~A chapter in the whole United States, this summer.

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deep in business a good bit of the time, yet they were in our city for three days and on one afternoon, they forgot work entirely and gave us a chance to actually be with them for tea.

Over sixty Pi Pi's were able to be present, and I do wish you could have been there, too. If you know our Council and especially our beloved Mrs. Sharp, no one need tell you how proud they make you feel to be on A~A. If you don't know them, you have a treat in store.

Incidentally, next summer's convention should he a good time.

As for the tea, itself, in newspaper style I'll say, " Mrs . Hildegarde Kayser opened her home for a delightful afternoon tea in honor of the officers of the National Council of Alpha Sigma Alpha. The table was laid with a lace cloth.

The centerpiece of roses, gypsophelia and delphinium and the tall pink candles m silver hold ers added a dainty touch of color. Mrs. vVayne Fuller, chairman of the national committee on constitution and Mrs . Rose Kraft, president of Pi Pi's alumnce chapter, poured."

The day was made perfect for the Pi Pi girls because our own clear Miss Small was with us.

The conference of A~A's National Council was followed by the AES Conference at Niagara Falls .

Forty-five Alpha Sigs were able to attend the Open House Reception sponsored by the local Panhellenic.

Many A lpha Sigs attended the

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other meetings, al o. The Pi Pi active chapter gave a clever stunt, show ing the evolution of an A:SA. Now, of course, in October, we are in the midst of our plans for the year. Over fort y alumme members found their way to Rose Kraft's for a supper meeting on Thursday , October 3. You wi ll hear more about our card party, our Christmas stockings and our Weckerle luncheon, later.

DOROTHY ALICE MARLEY.

CENTRAL, PENNSYLVANIA The Central, Pennsylvania Alumna> Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority held a luncheon at "The Hamilton Meus" East Orange Street, Lancaster, May 25, 1935 in honor of the engagement of Lillian Gish . Hostesses of the occasion included: Geraldine Smith, Kathryn Bend er, June Smith, Elinor Brown, Virginia Hoffman, Helen \Nitmeyer, and Barbara Gis h.

Those in attendance other than the hostesses were: Lillian Gish, Olive Wirth, Christine Kline, Margaretta Hoover, A nn Slifer and :Ma rga ret Spry.

Letters of regret from Mary Wilson Aungst, Hanna Dietrich and Ruth Huppman were read .

The Guest of Honor, Lillian Gi h wa presented with a lovely g ift by the as _ocia ti on.

Following- a delightful luncheon the. pre ident, Gera ldine Smith, pre ided ove r a short busines meeting. M inutes of the last meet-

ing v ere read and approved. The treasurer's report ,,路as read and accepted. A motion was made and carried to th e effect that invitations be sent by the secretary to prospective members. The invitation of the Her hey - Lebanon group was accepted for the fir st fall meeting in October th e date to be decided up on by the hostesses . On October 12 three members of our chapter, Olive \Nirth, Margaretta Hoover and Margaret Spry will give a tea at th e Woman's Club.

MARGARET SPRY, Secrela1'J'.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A first birthday is really so mething to celebrate and the Chicago Alumnce chapter celeb rated their first year of existence with a luncheon at Marshall Field's Walnut Room tea room on September 28.

It was with a feeling of pride that th e members rev iewed the fir st struggling yea r just past . A mong the things which were accomp li heel were the efficient duties of th e officers, th e holdin g of regular monthly mee ting at a central place in the loop, and a payment made to th e Fellowship Loan Fund.

The next thing in line to make the Chicago chapter supremely happy th e obtaining of a charter, the petition for which was sig ned at t he Ia t meetin O', and which we hope to obtain very soon.

During th e luncheo n, ational Chaplain Loui e tewart, told u

THE PHOE of her trip to Buffalo in Aug ust where she attended th e Council meeting, and to Niagara Falls, where the AES conference was in sess ton. She also brought enthusiasti c repo rts of next year's convention and plans are now going forward for Chicago's share in the coming acti vities .

A repo rt was also made on th e visit of M r s. Polly Schlosser, our nat ional treasurer from Denver, who stopped here on her way to the Council meeting in Augu st.

Officers for the coming year were elected and will be announced in the next issue of THE PHOENIX. Mrs . Marj orie Mills, our former president, told us of her summer's work at Northwestern University where she was elected to Pi Lam bda Theta. national educati onal honorary fr aternity.

Isabel Farrington was welcomed back after her summer vacation at her home in Missouri and a three th ousand mile motor trip through Pennsylvania, \rVashington, and Virginia.

Ethel Llewell yn spent her summer holiday at Eagle River, vVisconsin, where she enjoyed fishing and swimming among the north ern pmes .

Dorothy Masters also enjoyed her annual summer outing in northern Wisconsin playing golf and riding horseback.

Cora Blackhurst has happy memories of a pleasant summer spent at the University of V irginia

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at Charl ottesville. Throughout the yea r she is an active member of the P ra iri e Club, a hiking organization in and about Chi cago.

Louise Stewart and her father took an extensive moto r trip through the East, stopping off in O hi o to visit relatives.

Again we m ge any Alpha S igs who li ve in Chicago or nearby suburb s to join us at our monthly luncheons. \rVe feel that the past year has been only a beginning for bigger and better things which we hope to enjo y together in the future and we are glad to have new members at any time.

DoROTHY MASTERS,

Beta Bl'ta..

DENVER, COLORADO I have a feeling in my bones that this is go ing to be a gala year. \A/e started out with a lovely tea at Maurin e McMullin' s hilltop home in September. About fifteen of us enjoyed chatting, to say nothing of sipping tea and munching intrig uin g sand wiches and such .

T onig ht we a re to have a potluck supper at E leanor Tupper's hom e. White elep hants tonight, not pink, will he a way of swelling the treasury. This sort of thing never goes ami ss.

O ur November get-toget her wi ll be our annual Founders Day lunch eon at the Denver Athl etic Club.

We are looking forward to seeing a number of our actives and alums from all over the state. This takes place during Teachers Conv ention each year.

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Christmas week is so festive we will celebrate with a very informal breakfast at v\ ee Fannie, Vi vi Dobbins' home on the outskirts.

She particularly hopes it will be gay.

That finishes 1935- the years really do roll by.

For .1 anuary we plan a benefit bridge at Glaphy Brown's home.

And what could be more charming than a Valentine party at Peggy Langhorn's for February?

March will find us repeating our dinner at the Junior League Shop for our husbands and boy friends. \A/e have ordered a night such as we had last year, with now falling oftly before the beautiful Cathedral across the street, like a picture from a book.

My goodness, we haven't had one of Helen Ha rvat!' . noses yetaha ! a masquerade at Bibs Foote's home in Ap ril wi ll turn th e trick.

In May or Jun e we will again wend our way to Vera Campbell's mountain cottage in a lovely grove of aspens for brunch. Reinard ch lo sser ce rtainly made good hamburgers last yea r and if we're real good maybe he'll do it again.

So endeth a re ume of the highlig hts of a bigger and better lpha Sig sea on for Denver alums.

Birth Announcement To Mr. and Mr . Hoyt mith (H elen ~ prinkl e) a datwhter. ylvia. Lucille, eptember 30, 1935.

Vrvr DOBBINS.

DES MOINES, IOWA Dear Alpha Sig Si ters: The Des Moine . lumnce began the year 1935-36 with a ''Melting I ot" meeting at the home of Rita Selvy on September 10. "Melting" all the news since last we met and having "Pot" luck made a merry evening. Plans for rush parties also took our attention. Rita will be president this year, Ruth M. Hooks vice - president, Mildred Nighswonger secretary, and Fern Johnson treasurer. Myrna Treimer is a new member in the group.

Our program thi year looks unusually interesting and judging by the first two meetings, we will have a grand time at a ll of them .

The October meeting "D reamland" held so man y urpri es that we are still trying to find ourselves after all the excitement. After th e usu al pot-luck and chatter we journeyed to "Drea mland" and preented-well you guess who, with a bathinette for a po sible future . lpha Sig. Then Mr . Barr gave us a most interesting report on her trip to A la ska. Her pictures were fine, both photo and word. Dean Barr of the College of E ducation ha . ponso red a trip of interest for a group for the last few year and A la ka wa the eli tination thi year. The evening did not end with the thrill of walking on a glacier however, for Nelle abriel on preented u with a five pound box of chocolate and invited u to her wedding on October 19. She will

THE PHOE be married to Leroy Raney and will live in Ravenswood, Chicago. Perl Patterson dropped the final blow of the evening by telling us that she is leaving Des Moines to live in Fort \1\Torth, Texas for the next seven months. It looks impossible for us to limp along without Perl and Nelle. They are always so dependable and such jolly company.

We wish them happiness in their new homes and hope they will find some new Alpha Sig sisters so that they won't be lonesome.

In November we will visit Deutchland and after celebrating Founders' Day and a Mexican Christmas, we will have an Italian birthday party for Iota Iota chapter.

In February we go Chinese to have a theatre party. We'll also crowd in a Valentine party in February and finish up the year with \1\1 ea rin' 0' the Green, Knackabrod, Merrie England and June will bring the Parting of the Ways, till convention.

We are already planning on ways to go.

Living in Des Moines has its advantages at times and one of them is that I most always get to see any of the girls who come in for a visit.

Dorothy Heaton was in Des Moines for a few clays in June on her way home to Evanston, Ill., from Sioux Falls, S. D., where she has taught since leaving Drake. Dot was as excited as I have ever seen her and more thrilled than I can describe.

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of Sioux Falls, where they are now at home. We had a rather hurried visit but it was nice to hear all about everything.

Dorothy Curtis was also here after a nice vacation in Estes Park and we had a busy afternoon catching up on all the news since our last meeting. Dorothy is teaching in Waterloo.

Susan Hart Bergmann of Chicago was another visitor. I was glad to know that she meets with the Chicago Alumnce and was interested in hearing about the meetings.

I see Pauline Fairchild Seabury fairly often and spent one Saturday afternoon with her not long ago.

Pauline is at home in Pisgah, Iowa.

We gave two rush parties for the actives a W eel eli ng Luncheon and an Indian Breakfast. It is always interesting to meet the new girls and the parties are fun too. The actives had one party at the new cabin at the airport. It is a very attractive place and we had fun playing ping pong, dancing, being serenaded and watching the Chicago plane come in.

Several of the girls had extra nice vacations this year, Leona \!\Tilcox was in New York, Edith Burr travelled in Canada and some of the eastern states, Mrs. Barr went to Alaska, Louise Boller to New York, Atlantic City and Bermuda, Lillian Hethershaw to England and your correspondent leaves for a belated vacation Saturday in "the Windy City."

LILLIAN

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other national office rs at Buffalo and A nother year is just beginning Niagara Falls. F rom there I went for all of us. There has been much on a motor trip through parts of talking about the ummer happen- Canada and M ichigan.

A nne Fern-\. stay at home ings and now to settle down for mostly; enj oyed the ca rds from all ome real work and activity. But fir st, we have a brief account of of my soro rity sisters and friends some fun and good times which who were traveJling and doing some of our girl s had this summer. things. They helped a lot.

Helen Emick-A fine summer. It We thought that yo u mi ght be inwas grand to feel fine and be able terested in our whereabouts. T he girls did not know th at they were to do a few thing again. I had sevwr iting their brief summer history eral short trips and visits with old to be published, so yo u understand friend s.

Frances Shaw-We went from thi s is first handed information . So here to Boston by the way of Cleveto beginland, Buffalo, and P ittsfi eld . F rom Letha Gaskins-Not an exciting summer. Short vacation motor trip Boston to Montreal through the to easte rn Ohio, West V irginia, and White fo untains, th en back along to the Wildwood O rchard, Brown the Canadian side through Toronto, County, Indiana during the peach Hamilton and W indsor to Det roit. season. I started in August to ful- F rom there south we t to Indianfill a lifetime desire of studying apolis .

Adelaide McCarty-! had a mopainting with an Indiana artist. E dtor tri p through the East and spent ward Sitzman. Lots of success to several weeks at Rockport, Maine. you L etha.

De reniece Lamb-Dull er Uni verJ ane l\fcDavitt- I was very busy sity and a degree-D. S . A motor tak ing ca re of Jimmy, my young trip to Y cllowstone National Pari<. son. I then left fo r a vacation up E loise P rocto r- ! spent seven in M ichigan vvithout Jimmy. He glorious wee ks in Cali fo rni a. did ve ry well without us. \Vhile in Los Angele I met two Letty R ice-Being fi sherman asCha rmin g \lpha S ig:, E thelen sistant to my husband while vacaTobin and Dayo nn e Gray, who enti oning in :\Iichiga n, was th e most tertain ed u by tak ing u out to dinexciting ummer experi ence. ?\ othner and to U. C. L. A. campus. I ing like helping to land a nice fi orrht- also enj oyed a motor trip to Tening bass and enjoying the co mm ents ne ee for a couple of ,,路eek . of the spectator back on the pier.

Detty Kidwell oland-\i e didn't Genev ieve Leib-In other places do a lot , tayed at home ince I enin thi magaz ine. you will get re- joyed doing housevvork, cooking, po rt of my vacation pent '' ith om etc., ince this i 路 all new to me. Vve

THE PHOENIX did spend a few days in Chicago.

We had a grand time at Dade Park, Kentucky on Labor Day. Esther Burge-! kept track of all my friends by their generous supply of postal cards, especially the Statute of Liberty, in other words friends that reminded me that I had been in New York just last summer.

Helen Selvage-! had a glorious summer in New York and attendmg Teachers College, Columbia University. There was so much to learn and to see and take in so it was a very busy seven weeks that I spent there. There were ten of the Alpha Sigs in and around New York who enjoyed a delicious dinner together and did very well getting acquainted. It was quite a pleasure for me to have made these contacts. I am proud of our girls.

Yes and I enjoyed driving in New York, my little buggy started traveling in Indianapolis and was kept busy till its return. This was certainly a real chance to see New York and I saw just as much and did just as much as came my way.

Dorothy Thompson- B rown county State Park, Abe Ma rtin' s Lodge, now there is a place. F rances Pearce, Chi Chi chapter, joined me in Indianapolis and we motored to the park and settled in ou r cabin.

Maine Moon, which is operated in connection with the lodge. 'vVe rode horseback every day on magnificent trails; so unusual from the bridle paths in the city. Other enjoyable activities were swimming,

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motor trips and early mornmg hikes. In summing it up the clays were full of activity and time meant nothing.

Now of course, many of the other girls were on th eir way thi s summer but these are the ones that I was fortunate in seeing. I believe that they all had a wonderful time this summer, don 't you?

Af ter reading this society column you can imagine the talking that must have been clone at our first meeting with Genevi eve Leib. Yes we all had a grand time. 'vVe especially enjoyed the splendid r eview given by Genevieve of the conferences she attended for th e sorority. 'vVe felt as though we had all a ttend ed. The programs were handed to the girls, and now they know the good times we will have this yea r.

The programs were very attractive, the shape of the pin, in yellow and black, and then plans for the year are just as interesting. We had a splendid program committee, Helen Emick, chairman ; Frances Shaw and Betty Soland. Anne Fern , always makin g we girls feel at home, was the ass isting hostess. A real start for a big year of 1935-1 936.

O ur Octobe r meeting was with Jane Foltz McDavitt and incidentally little Jimm y McDavitt. We were all glad to see what a big boy he is and so well behaved.

Bereniece Lamb, assist ing. greeted us and we all had a good chat before the meeting. T here vvas much business to attend for we are having a benefit bridge the fir st Sat-

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urday m November at the Banner "W hitehill Furniture Company.

There was a great deal of enthusiasm shown and we know that this will be a success. The committee in charge is Betty Rice, Letha Gaskins and Bereniece Lamb. 'vVe will give a further report in our other PHOENIX. 路 After our extended business session we were delightfully entertained by our program committee presenting "Something Different," which was announcing over the radio various members to give brief talks and stories and be interviewed. We all had a great laugh for all the fun. We are all expecting to see each other at the Blaker Club Luncheon at the Columbia Club, October 18, held during Indiana State Teachers Association Convention and know that many of Alpha Sigma Alpha members will be there for a real reunion.

VIe always wish to extend to all Alpha Sigs a most cordial invitation to attend our monthly meetings, the first Saturday of each month, if in Indianapolis. Just call Genevieve Leib or myself and we wi ll be glad to see that you are met and taken, to join us in our meetings.

HELEN GRACE SELVAGE.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

The last meeting of the lumnce s ociation, the Hermes Day Tea, wa held at the Chevy Cha e country club, which i located in the lov.ely hill behind Glendale. The new graduate from Xi Xi chapter

were pre ented with corsages and welcomed into the organization at this time. They are Catherine Kelley, Margaret Cuenod, Inez Napier, June Howell , and Louise Petersen Hindes. A number of the older members attended and so th ere was the usual renewal of friendships , which is one of the things that makes meetings so interesting.

Following the delightful tea the election of officers for the new year was held. The new officers are: President, Eli ly Ibell; Vice-President, Gertrude Byrkit; Secretary and Treasurer, Ruth McMillan.

The retiring officers, under the leadership of Marie Berry, President, have all clone except:onall y fine work in such things as the hand book, which was a fine aid to the chapter.

On June 8th the old and new executive board held a meeting at the home of Inez Bone. They made plans for the coming year, which will start with the Fall meeting on September 28th.

Summer Items

Marie Berry motored with her family to \iVashington, D. C., where she will stay at the Ambassador Hotel. Mr. Berry has been working in 'vVashington for some time now.

Marie expects to be back for the Fall meeting.

The engagement of Gertrude By rkit, Xi Xi, to Claude late was announced at a delightful luncheon given by her cou in , Mrs. Wilbur Long. Gertrude ha been

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June Howell has been enjoying a delightful summer at Lake Arrowhead while tutoring a young student there.

The engagements of Inez Napier and Mary Lou Kemmerer, two Xi Xi girls, have also been announced.

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gestion, also by Mary, that hereafter a dessert bridge in a member's home take the place of a downtown meeting. Thus, loyal ] ane Stoltz offered to be hostess at our November 30th meeting.

When time came for collection of clues, we had quite a surprise.

Treasurer Blanche Ball was out of town, following her recent marnage. Particulars of this event must needs be divulged in our next.

A happy year to all our sisters in Alpha Sigma Alpha!

VIRGI N IA GULICK SQUIRES.

PITTSBURGH, PA. On September 28th Pittsburgh clocks were turned back an hour to ''old time." That was an event!

So, too, was a luncheon at Kaufmann's when eleven Pittsburgh A 1pha Sig Alumne:e were reminded of good old times and were primed for three more during 1935-36.

The new officers chosen at our May meeting at the College ClubMary Mauntel, President; Ruth Sutherland, Vice-President; Jane Stoltz, Secretary; and Blanche Ball, Treasurer-had the "situation well in hand" with a good meal and some excellent ideas for the present year.

Our president, Mary Mauntel, named Mabel Byers to send reports of our meetings to the local newspapers, Ruth Sutherland membership chairman, and Sally Baxter Pfeifer, hospitality chairman, to welcome newcoming Alpha Sigs into the alumne:e group.

Real enthusiasm greeted the sug-

TOLEDO, OHIO Although the Toledo Alumne:e Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha does not hold meetings during the summer months, we had a few special occasions together.

Early in the Spring we had a tea one Saturday afternoon for the Ypsilanti Alumne:e Chapter at the home of Grace Fultz Haworth. Vve had two or three carloads of girl s clown.

Vve have such a grand time with those girls that we are going to try to visit back and forth more often.

Martha Tom offered her cottage at Lakeside, Michigan, for a picnic early in the summer. Martha and Helen Bennett got together the food , and we had a delicious dinner-and plenty of everything. We drove home through a pouring rainstorm, but it didn't start the downpour until the picnic was really over.

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our most enthusiastic and hard working members who did so much to make Alpha ig an active group here in Toledo. 1\Iargaret Duncan and Helen Bennett Pauly are the girls to whom I ref er. :\Iargaret was our president last year, and one of our delegates to the national convention. This summer she taught at O hio U niversity. Her new position, which takes her from us. i 路 the position of City Supervisor of Elementary Schools in Zanesville, O hio. Vve have heard from her and she says she just loves her new work. VVe hope she comes back sometime to see us- although her work will probably necessitate her remaining a great deal of the time in Zanesvill e. Just before Margaret moved from Toledo, we had a lunch eon for Margaret in one of o:u路 down town restaurants. As a small token of our friendship , and in appreciation of all her efforts toward making our chapter one of the best, we presented Margaret with a necklace.

Clara Kuney is teaching again this year in Mansfield, but she was in town when we had Margaret's luncheon, so we all got a chance to see her again, after all these months.

Helen Bennett's wedding was a beautiful affair of the afternoon of June twenty-second. The description of the wedding as it appeared in one of our papers is as follow : ' 'T he Broadway l\ti. E. church wa the cene ye terda y afternoon of one of the lovelie t of June wedding \\'hen :\1is Helen Benn ett,

daughter of J\Ir. and Mrs. H . S. Bennett. became the bride of Frank G. Pauly. " Beauty and dignity marked the wedding which took place at half after four before the altar decorated in spring flower s and palms.

"The Rev. E. T. Waring performed th e ceremony. The bride who was given in marriage by her father. was lovely in her gown of fl esh pink organza, with ruffled skirt ending in a train, and with a becoming ruffled cape. She wore a large matching hat and carried a bouquet of pink and white roses.

"Ruth Farmer, of Cleveland, formerly of Toledo, and Gertrude Bennett, sister of the bride were her attendants. They were gowned alike in frock s of hyacinth blue organza fa shioned with finger tip jackets edged in pleated ruffling. They wore hats to match and their bouquets were in pink, blue, and orchid flowers.

"Carl Stammen served M r. Pauly as best man, and th e ushers were Don M cCalli ter and Leonard Reilly.

"A reception follow ed the ceremony in th e home of the bride's parents. The couple left later on a western motor trip, the bride wearing a knitted uit of aqua-marine, with brown and white acces ories."

Helen i now li ving in Raleigh, North Carolina- where her husband is one of the coache at the niver ity of North arolina. It look very much a though we hall not be eeing her again until

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T oledo and Yps il anti Alumme Members at the Home o f Grace Fultz Haworth , T oledo

Christmas, when she plans to make a visit home for the holidays.

Grace F ultz Haworth and her husband took a two thousand mil e trip through the East and South.

They visited all the big cities, and historical spots of any importance at all. They went through six states. After such a wonderful trip, Grace was full of ambition-so went right to work making her fruit and vegetable cupboards a thing of joy and pride this winter. It sounds very inviting-so we probably won't wait for a written invitation to put in our appearance at her home.

Since the " light of her life" was wandering around Rus sia thi s summer on a concert tour with the Cleveland Orpheus Male Choir, Martha Tom decided to do a bit of stepping out herself thi s summer.

She went to New York all by her-

self- and stayed three weeks. She still insists that it was the fascination of the knitting school which she attended-but we have our doubts.

I must hasten to ad d, that the school was one for instructors of knitting, for Martha certainly knows how to knit, as evidenced by her very good looking wardrobe o f hand knit, selfdesigned coats, sweaters, gloves, and purses. She visited all the outstanding points of interest which each visitor to New York simpl y 1111-Ust see, and came back to us rather reluctantly.

Martha was elected treasurer of the T oledo Alumnce Chapter of Alpha X i Delta Sorority.

Edna Carr took a twenty-five hundred mile tour of the East during Jul y-with her husband, of course. E dna is also interested in knitting. Her fir st suit is so be-

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commg that he has started on a second one.

Margaret Laycock spent the summer practlcmg up for her future career-that is, she kept house for her fami ly all summer, and incidently learned a great deal about the culinary art. Some week-ends were spent in Newark, Ohio, and others in Ann rbor. Both places have special attractions for Margaret.

Helen Robinson Cook has moved into a perfectly beautiful apartment. Her new address is 1421 Royalton Road, Toledo, Ohio.

Helen's good taste and sense of the artistic have made us all envy her, her cosy home. Our fir t meeting this year wa held in her home on October eleventh. The meeting was mostly concerned with news from Helen Bennett Pauly and Margaret Duncan. Helen had prepared ome delicious refre hment for us, after eating which, we finally tore ourselve away. Over one week-end Helen took a trip to ew York City on a specially conducted tour. It was arranged that they see all the sight , in their short tay there, and from Helen' description, they must have missed very, very few. Another week-end wa pent in We t Virginia. Helen has the honor and eli tinction of being the ecretary of the Miami Univer ity lumni group of Toledo.

Helen Klag i one of the group who in i t upon dragging her knitting to every meeting-(much to the eli gust of Grace-and no doubt,

other members of the group). he i working on her third knitted suit.

That sort of thing took up mo t of her summer. although she did spend a week in Chicago, and other weekends m Detroit and Lakeside, Michigan.

All our plans for the winter will be made at our next meeting which is to be the fir t Friday in November. Since Margaret and Helen have moved from the city, tho e of us who are left will have to work harder to make up for the active support they have always given our group. 'vVe shall certainly endeavor to do the best we can under the ci rcumstances.

Sincerely your , HELEN }ACKMA

KLAG.

WI CHIT A, K ANS AS

The Wichita, Kansas, Alumnre Chapter of A~A met for their first fall meeting at the home of their pre ident, 1rs. Carleton E. Hamilton. There were ixteen in attendance which was indicative of the pep and intere t that has been manifest since the beginning of our alumnre organization. The evening was spent electing officer , making plan for monthly meeting during the winter, and reviewing our in liviclual summer activitie .

Our officer for the following year: Pre ident, Mr . i\Iary lice Lance-Hamilton, Eta Eta; YicePre ident, i\Ir . Fern lifton-Jackon, Gamma amma 路 ecretary, i\Iis Frances Puttman, Ep ilon Ep-

THE PHOENIX silon; Treasurer, Mrs. Gladys Sittan-Carr, Epsilon Epsilon; PI-IOE r 1x Correspondent, Miss Dorothy Lindsay, Eta Eta. We tried in electing officers to have as many chapters represented as possible.

Mrs. Marguerite Canfield-Edwards from Eta Eta, who was a Wichita teacher until her marriage last June, dropped in for a few minutes to bid us goodbye-as she and her husband are leav_ing for Texas to make their home. We regret losing Marguerite as she was one of our faithful workers.

Wichita Alumni has seven chapters represented with the following members: Hertha Plagens-Baenisch, Eta Eta; Gladys Silton-Carr, Epsilon Epsilon; Winifred Sowers-Burk-

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hardt, Alpha Beta; Margie Goodwin, Eta Eta, Evelyn Jones-Raiderman, Eta Eta, Georgia Hildreth, Epsilon Epsilon; Fern Clifton-Jackson, Gamma Gamma, Gladys Adamson-Popkins, Eta Eta; Frances Putman, Epsilon Epsilon; Belle Jane Rackley, Gamma Gamma and Beta Beta; Marie Potter-Ross, Eta Eta; Irene Morris- \!\Tilson, Eta Eta; Ruth Correll-Yockey, Zeta Zeta; Dorothy Lindsay, Eta Eta; Margaret Hart-Harmon, Eta Eta; Gwendolyn Stewart-Engle, Tau Tau, Pauline Phillips, Eta Eta. We have some lovely plans for the winter, of which you will hear later.

Most sincerely, MARY ALICE LAN CE-HAMILTON.

SONG Tune-"The Vagabond Lover

For some girls are easily forgotten And gone with the dawn of the day But there's one exception For some are perfection And to explain it's this way I know of some girls who are true And honest and trustful too They're the kind you can't snub But the kind you can love The girls of old A~A. LuDMILA VAVRA,

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Rho Rho Adviser home is in Akron, he graduated from Wittenberg allege in 1930. She belonged to Chi mega orm路ity.

She attended Drexel Institute in 1931. lVIis eidel holds an .B . and B.S. in Library Science. She is now Assistant Librarian at Marshall College. .

She has assisted our chap:er greatly since her coming in 1932.

I am enclosing a napshop taken of M iss Seidel when she was vacationing at the seashore.

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Miss Margaret Seidel

Psi Psi Adviser

rs路 MIRI!\1\I NELKEN i Psi P i"s adored Chapter Advi er.

Her loving guidance, her encouragement, and her friendship have our deer e t appreciation. Her charming personality and her graciousness are an in piration to every Alpha tg.

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Phi Phi's New Adviser HE PHI PHI chapter is very fortunate in having for its new adviser, Miss Miriam Waggoner of the Physical Education faculty. She is taking the place of Mrs. Albert Kuchs, fonnerly Miss Nell Martindale.

Miss Waggoner comes from Hanover, Indiana. After graduating from Hanover College she taught in the public schools of Winchester, Indiana. Later she attended and received her M.A. in Physical Education from University of Iowa.

Last year she was Director of Physical Education at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She is a member of the American Physical Education Association and has served on various committees of Physical Education conventions.

Besides being our adviser, Miss Waggoner is sponsor of the \!\Tomen's Athletic Association on the campus . She also has charge of the instruction in sociql dancing for college students. Among her many other interests are dramatics and

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Miss Miriam \,Yaggoner

Miss Waggoner is a most delightful person. In the short time she has been in Maryville she has become one of the most popular members of the faculty. Phi Phi is indeed proud to have such a lovable person for an adviser. ]ESSIE ] UTTEN,

mUSIC.

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Paging the Presidents ow THAT another college year is in full sw ing and college chapter are astir with the numerou s fall activities, give a thought to the niaster of ceremoni es, the college chapter president. To her alumnc.e support is more than an invaluable asset to the success of her chapter.

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It brings her courage and as urance, especially when it is suppl emented by friendly understanding and helpfulness. little per onal consideration lifts the weight of heavy responsibiliti es.

The names of the college chapter presidents for 1935-36 follow :

Alpha .. .. . . ........ . . . .. ......... . Caroline Byrd Alpha Alpha . . . . ............... Nancy Simpkinson Alpha Beta . . ..... .. .. . .......... \.vi s W heatcra ft Alpha Gamma ... ...... ... ...... . Marj ori e

ulli vr~ n

Beta Beta . . .. .. . .... . . .. ............ Ma ry P hilip Gam ma Gamma ..... . ... . . . ..... . ... . Ed ith Smith Epsilon Epsilon .. ... ..... .. . Marga ret Woodmansee Zeta Zeta .... . ........ .. . .... . . .... V ivian

utton

Eta Eta ....................... . .. P hyllis Thoma Theta Theta ... ... ... . . . . . . .... . ..... Dulcie Baird Iota Iota ....................... June M . Dougla s Kappa Kappa . . ..... . ... . ........ . .. Helen Smil es M u M tt . ... .. . .. . ... . . . .. . .. . . J enni e Dovnorowitz N u N u . . ..... ... . ... ... . . . ....... F rance ay!or X i X i ........ . ... . . . . . ... . ... . .. Catherine Kelley Omicron Omicron .. ..... . . ... ... .. Lenore P i P i ........................ . .. Dorothy

human . Kuhn

Rho Rho .. .......... . .............. Garnet Floyd Sigma

igma . . . .................... Loretta M iller

Tau Tau ...... .. . . .......... . .... Kathryn F ishe r Ph i P hi . .. . . .. ..... . .. . ... . . . . .. .. Barbara Zeller P i P i ............. .'.. .... .... .. ... Jean John on O mega Omega ..... . .. ........ .. .. .. Ruth Walker

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College Chapters ALP H A State Teachers College Farmville, Virginia

Once more we join in with the spirit of school life. Because the college opened later than usual this year, there is just that much more to tell our friends about the events of the summer. Isn't it fun to get back and "bull" once more ?

First of all, those of us who were not able to attend the house party Alpha chapter held at Virginia Beach this summer had to get the "lowdown" on that. Twelve of us represented the group. We had a time! What can equal a bunch of

Alpha Sigs swimming, dancing, dining, and playing together?

Our attention and interest this fall is directed towards the furniture which we hope to get before our old girls get back to the Cotillion Club dance which will be held on the 2nd of November. "Cotillion" always brings back a number of alumnce and we hope to be able to show off our new furniture at that time. The color scheme we've selected is green and maroon. Incidentally the material used in covering the sofa and chairs is guaranteed against moths. To those of us who have so laboriously draped

Alpha Chapter House Party, June, 1935, at Virginia Beach

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the chapter room for the summer, this means a lot.

Again Alpha chapter was represented when Alpha Kappa Gamma, a national sorority for leadership and scholarship, announced its new members. This time Lucy Potter was our representative among the six who were taken in.

There is to be a water carnival soon and the usual school circus which we have every year. Alpha will be well represented in both.

Rushing doesn't begin at Farmville State Teachers College until after Christmas, but to those of you who have either just finished or who are still in the midst of rushingAlpha wishes you the best of luck.

SALLIE PERROW.

ALPHA ALPHA Miami U niversity Oxfor d, Ohio

I don't know how you all feel every year when you come back to good old Alma Mater for another ten months of school. and friendships, but I can speak for myself in saying that I can think of no greater thrill. Just to see old friends once more and to know that they all have interesting tales to tell of their summers; to exchange experiences with them and compare their new ideas with yours ; to plan for the coming year that has so many possibilities; and above all to tart new pledges on the road to Alpha igdom, the land of o many rich experiences: all of the e eem to me to have a

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special significance at the beginning of each new year.

This is the time of planning, of setting up a program for the realization of some of the things we somehovv forgot to do last year. Let's make up our minds this time to complete our programs so that when we all gather next summer for the convention we can truthfully say that we have never had a better nor a more successful time. It requires a lot of courage and perseverance, but after all, isn't it worth it? It means a good deal to leave the chapter in hands that are capable of carrying on, and the only way to insure your chapter of such leaders is to give them a chance while the older group is still in school to help them.

Perhaps I say these things because I am beginning to realize that this is my last year here at ~ Iiami: perhaps it is because we seniors ju t begin to understand the operation of the sorority when we graduate, and would like to make it pos ible for the underclassmen to get a fuller understanding of the Alpha Sig code of friendship and of the inner organization of the sorority before their last year 111 chool. At any rate. here's to a closer-knit, wellplanned Alpha ig year in all the chapter !

I wish all of you could vi it our campus thi s sea on. The weather ha been perfectly beautiful, and I think I ha,路e never een ~Iiami ' trees look 10\路elier. It ha been an auspicious beginning for the univer-

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Love in

A~A,

NANCY SIMKINSON,

President of A lpha Alpha.

Alpha Alpha Rushees Rush week is over ( thank goodness! ) and Alpha Alpha has ten lovely pledges of which she is very proud. Already our girls seem to be going places in university life.

Of course ten is not a large number, but you know the Alpha Sig aimquality, not quantity.

We consider our rush week the best planned and best executed ( Alpha Sig cooperation) that we have experienced for some time. Here briefly is an outline of the activities of the week.

Friday evening and Saturday afternoon unorganized rushing took place in the local "diver," due to the fact that we have no sorority houses here. Saturday evening. the first of a series of three parties was given. The "Y" room was changed into a clever Pirates Den with real pirates to take your purses. with candles stuck in bottles furnishing the light.

Everyone was given pirates gold for favors . :\Ionday, we inhabited a local hangout and were busy talking girls into Alpha Sig elates for the rest of the week. One girl said, "I think

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this is the finest group of girls I've ever met! " We pledged her.

The Campus Inn and its players of scintillating rythm attracted us on Tuesday. Temporary relief came to us on Wednesday when Panhellenic gave its tea for Freshmen women. Our representatives went, of course, to make the girls feel at home. By Thursday we knew whom we really wanted and did we talk sorority at our get-together at four o'clock that afternoon!

It rained Friday, an Oxford tradition for rushing, it seems. Miss Swisher was hostess at a tea for which she had secured the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house. In the evening we had our banquet in an old-fashioned setting-Folker's Colonial Tea Room. The color scheme was silver and lavendernot Alpha Sig colors, but striking in candle light. Our Alpha Sig songs left our pledges starry-eyed.

Saturday morning, Miss Molyneaux, one of our faculty members, gave us the use of her beautiful home for breakfast. Girls came in at intervals during the morning and the taste of those rolls and delicious coffee lingers on.

A school party climaxed the week on Saturday evening. Everyone rode three miles out into the country on a school bus to eat a chicken dinner served in a country home, country style. 'vVe entertained with Cammon Cla-y, a skit traditional vvith Alpha A lpha. On the way back to town we stopped at a country store for cokes. They didn't

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ha,路e cokes so we had pop. Because our three-day silent period was to begin thi s night we pent the rest of the ride "sewing the girls up." \Ve succeeded in '' ewing up' ' ten, as we stated in the beginning. ~ow we are ready to go forth to a new and better year. You 'II hear from us later, we promi e you.

MARY HovER, A lpha A lpha .

ALPHA BETA StatE!! Teachers College Kirksville, Missouri

A new year has opened for Alpha Beta and we are all filled with enthusiasm at the sight of the new Freshman girls. 'vVe have thre e hundred new Freshmen on our campus this year. There are o many cute girls that it will be hard to limit our rushing.

Formal rush week will not start until the second week in 1\ ovember due to the change in Panhellenic rules this year. However, we have had several informal partie to get acquainted with some of the new girls. The good old weatherman has permitted us to have three picnic out at the lake since the fir st of school. 'vVe have had grand times at all of our affairs and have met some yery nice girls everal of whom we hope to pledge later.

At the pa t few meeting we have been planning for our formal Ch ri tma dance. \\ e are now pbnning on carrying out the ilver and white scheme for the deco rations.

Several alumnce will be back for thi dance and we hope to make it the big dance of the yea r.

O ur annual Gyp y dance i to be

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Joan Haar, the three and one-half year old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Haar of Bosworth, Mo., was grand champion girl of the Blue Ribbon Baby Contest at the Missouri State Fair and was awarded a silver trophy by Guy B. Park, Governor of Missouri, as the highest scoring girl baby. As a health entree Joan has received four blue ribbons from the Missouri State Fair Board of Health and four specially designed loving cups from the Missouri Fair. Mrs. Haar was formerly Miss Orene Fagg of Centralia, Mo., and a member of Alpha Beta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

ALPHA GAMMA State Teachers College Indiana, Pennsylvania

"Oh, it's nice to get up in the morning, but it's nicer to lie in bed," sounded the victrola in a summer cottage to five sleepy Alpha Sigs.

"Turn that awful thing off." someone mumbled, and the bed creaked as she turned over to go back to sleep.

About noon everyone was up and eating at "Camp Pleasant.'' The eating started with a meal large enough for both breakfast and lunch. It continued with crackers and peanut-butter sandwiches all afternoon.

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Sigs enjoyed eating almost as much as sleeping.

"Well,'' Wilma would say, as she dragged herself away from the table on the screened-in porch, ''I feel like a good long hike today. Who is going with me?" And you could hear Arline and Betty call back from the river, "\Vait 'til we have a boat ride." Or someone was sure to sigh, "Do you think it will get warm enough to go swimming, and will that lake on the tennis courts every dry up?"

Although the 'vVeather-man had decided to give the Alpha Sigs a rainy week for their camping trip, even his storms afforded some pleasure. The spillway at the breast of the clam was lots of fun with so much water flowing over it.

The nights were filled with bingo games, marshmallow roasts, company, both the families and the boyfriends, and mysterious noises.

Even the silverware, flyswatters, books, peanut shells, and cracker crumbs in the beds added to the fun of one of the best weeks in an Alpha Sig's summer.

ARLI N E MILLER,

Alpha Ga111ma.

Back to School Rain. rain-it has rained the last two years on the opening clay of school. ~o one minds; everyone is too busy registering, being programmed. and meeting old fri ends. l\Ieeting old f riencls - wond er how many Alpha Sigs will be back today. I'll just have to stop by the old room and see if Bea's there.

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Yes, and she hasn't even gained a pound.

Hello there folks. It's Lillian Po rter and Sally Winger holding down main hall, catching everyone as they come in North door.

Of course all the student teachers will be here. Hello Angie and Peg. It's great to see you Pat and Mary Jane.

Dinner time already-Marge S ullivan, where have you been all clay?

Student Teaching! Forget it, let's look for the others at the dance.

FRAN C RUISE,

Alpha Gamma.

Pan-Hell, a long awaited event among the so rorities of I. S . T . C., was held on a Saturday afternoon in "Rec" Hall. Here the sororities had designated corners where they could receive the freshman girls into their friend ship. The guests, in sports attire, were easily distinguished from the hostesses, who wore tea gowns.

All the Alpha Sigs enjoyed dancing and chatting with each other, greeting the new girls as they were introduced, passing and eati ng tiny cakes and tea, and the pleasant atmosphere of the Pan- Hellenic Tea. HELEN MELLOTT,

Alpha Ganmra.

Marriage Announcements Phyllis Glasgow, of Alpha Gamma, is now M rs. Kettleberger at Palmerton, Penn ylvan ia.

La R ue Graden, of lpha Gamma, i now Mrs. F leckenstein of ancler!!Ti ft. 路 F lorence Gerber ts now Mrs. Elli of John town.

BETA BETA Colorado State College of Education Greeley, Colorado

This week of ctober sixth to twelfth certainly has proven to be a busy one for the Alpha ig at Greeley State. It is formal ru h week, and we ent out thirty-five date cards. There are so many pretty and smart looking girls who seem to be aspiring to belong to a sorority that selection for a ll of us will be very difficult.

Last S unday night our alumme ente rtained us at a lovely buffet upper at the Pi nes Tea Room , one of the favorite campu eatino路 place . noted for excellent food. \V e had around twenty-five ru shee who all seemed to have such a good time playing bridge in the crazy methods that our alums had figured out. T he first way we played was that the person holding th e even of diamonds had to bid five hearts. T he second way was that there \vas no talking allowed. Even bidding had to be done by signals. Imagine ou r funny scores especially as one mere word said during that second game would lower your score fifty points.

October ninth wa the date et for our rush fo rmal. It i a traclition of the Beta Beta that this be a bubble formal. no fayor are allowed on this campus thi yea r we made ou r table decoration erve a 路 nut-cups, place card , and dance program . Our nut cup were fixed to look like bubble pipe all in red and white with a balloon comin<Y out of the cup on which wa written

THE PHOENIX the dance program. For decorations we had a big cardboard bubble pipe with heaps of balloons coming out of it and over the sides hung from the ceiling. Other balloons were floating around the ceiling to give that "bubblish ., atmosphere.

This coming October eleventh we will have our annual rush Japanese tea. Girls dressed as J aps will serve while others of us will "heave a heavy line" at our victims.

Enough for rush week !

VVe consider ourselves very for tunate this year as to our house and housemother. Our house is a huge, old-fashioned, well built one less than a block from the heart of the campus. Our house-mother is a fine lady, middle aged and handsome .

She is very talented in many ways, such as cooking fancy dishes and baking beautiful little cakes and cookies. Her furniture is very nice and tasteful, and she seems to be well on to the art of making a c;orority house home-like. Her name is Mrs. Barger, formerly of Sidney, Nebraska.

Alpha Sigs seem to be breaking bravely into the limelight this year.

Our president, Mary Phillips, is secretary of the Junior class, and just the other day our own Geneva Hawley got a bid to Sigma Pi Lambda. Evelyn Fesenmeyer and :.\1aidie Phelps (the writer) are pledges to Delta Omicron, the national honorary musical sorority.

Helen Nelson and Maidie Phelps (me again) are treasurer and sec-

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retary, respectively, to Sharsay, our pep organization.

Edna Wise, now Mrs. Eugene Vervalin, decided to leave her liberty in her past and get married.

Last Friday evening before the football game, Edna and her fiancee of some time took the final step of matrimony. Edna looked lovely, as usual, and was the least nervous of any bride I have ever seen. Mr. Vervalin is a member of the Delta . Psi fraternity which is strong and active on this campus. The wedding took place at the Delta Psi fraternity house with all members of both organizations very much in evidence. They will both continue school.

Our local group is quite small now, as many of our girls are trying their luck at teaching. All are very fortunate as they seem to be enjoying it a lot. So here's to homecoming!

MARION

RosE

PHELPS,

Beta Beta.

GAMMA GAMM A Stat~

Teachers College Alva, Oklahoma

''Betty and I, We Killed the Bear."

Have you ever heard some boastful person make almost such a statement? We, however, have a right to be decidedly proud of ourselves and just a "wee" bit boastful. But wait-here's the story so you may judge for yourselves.

At the beginning of the Fall Term here at Northwestern State Teachers College in Alva only three of our members returned to the

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Edith Smith Gamma Gamma's New President

campus . It seems "'these Alpha Sigs" have a way of ''getting jobs,'' a nd thi s year the girls have been more succe sful than usual. A.lthough we are happy to see our girls successf ul you can imagine how we felt. Three girls to do our rushing and perform all the other duties expected of a so rority girl and a college stud ent. Vvell, we were really some bu y girls. O ur sponsor, ::\fiss Leeper, and our Alumme girl were "perfect dears" and helped in every way po sible.

E ighteen ru shees were entertained at our first informal party which wa a ::\Iatinee Party at the Ritz T heat re. Upon their arrival at the lobby of the theatre the girl were crreeted by our pre ident, Edith mith. \\ e then all went in to ee "Broad"路ay Gondolier. " After the matinee we went to tea at the "Teacup .. , Each ru shee was presented with a da inty marigold bouteoniere tie.d ,,路ith gold cell ophan e . . fter our pa rty '' e were sure we impl y had

to have every one of these girls, we had enjoyed meeting every one of them so much .

We now began work on our next informal party with much more enthusiasm than we had before. It was an Indian Party, given at the home of one of our lumnc:e girls, M rs. Philip Rudy, for seventeen rushees. After robbing all the available chicken house of our friends for chicken feathers we were ready to make '' real Indians" of our guests. We placed headbands upon each girl when she arrived and throughout the evening when she was a successful Indian Hunter 01.. maybe an A rcher she added a feather to her head-dress. ear the close of th e evening we were all wearing typical Indian head-dresses. \t\fhen refreshment were served each girl found on her tray a cleverly wrapped package containing a tiny framed picture suitabl e for her bedroom. \ t\1 e gave our Formal, a dinner party at th e home of l\frs . Cha rles Wood. O ur quartette table were decorated in a red and while color scheme. Bud vases with single red rose buds were at the center of each Favors were dainty red table. cellophane Rower basket filled with the "cutest' ' gum drop Rowe r on tiny wire stem . White linen handkerchi f were given a pecial faur \lumnc:e vors to the ru hee . girl en ed u a deliciou threecour e dinner. The remainder of the evenincr wa pent playing var ious table game . We con ider ed thi

THE PHOE a "gala affair" since a total of forty people were present including Rushees, Actives and Alumn~.

Monday noon, September 30, the bids went out and we are now the proud possessor of twelve new pledges. They are: Vivian Chew, Ruth Donley, Ethel Green, Pauline Pearson, Louise Ewalt, Bonita \ t\Tynn, Frances Norman, Ruth Reicker, Marjory Mote, Doris James, Lenora Belknap, and Twila Kaup. You should see them! Tbey are twelve of the most attractive and peppy of girls on our campus.

I am really so anxious for you to see them that if the sun will only shine so that we can get their pictures (it has been cloudy here lately) I am going to send them to you by special delivery so you can see them right away.

Immediately after the bids were accepted on Monday noon a luncheon was held at the Teacup. The Ribbon Pledge Service was given all twelve of the girls. Red rose buds were given as favors to the new pledges.

These girls also took the PHOE~Ix Degree at our next regular meeting.

The Pledges have chosen as their President, Louise Ewalt; Secretary, Pauline Pearson; and Reporters, Lenora Belknap and Twila Kaup.

Our meetings have been so "peppy" that we older members and our Sponsor are fairly bubbling over with enthusiasm, and the "Bear" is really killed-But-What do you think?"

GLADYS REED.

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EPSILON EPSILON State路 Teachers College Emporia, Kansas.

After a very successful "rush week" the girls of Epsilon Epsilon chapter have settled down to a bit of school \ovork. We feel very honored this year as we have been blessed with twelve pledges and they are still coming our way.

Edna Louise Turner, with the able assistance of the rest of the chapter, did a very efficient job of rushing and the parties were all very cleverly planned. The parties were all colored to follow a well planned theme, for instance, a bridge party called "Puppy Dog Tails' with favors, tallies, and table decorations of little black Scotties.

Rush week was ended with a formal dinner followed by pledge services at the chapter house. The following girls were pledged into the sorority: Ida Mae Elder, Eureka; Keats Dorney, Tonganoxie; Ruth Cheney, Independence; Vesta Wood, Junction City; :Marguerite Rice, Welda; Abbie Amrine, Council Grove: Evelyn vVenrick, Oxford ; Betty Cremer, Virginia Wiand, and Jennie \1\Tilliams of Emporia.

At our last meeting some of the girls felt the need of an informal party, so when we considered the weather and all that goes with it (f ull moon) it was decided that nothing could be more enjoyable than a ''hayrack ride." Well the elate was set and all the plans were made and last night the crowd gath-

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ered at the chapter house and we were soon on our way toward an evening of songs and plenty of fun.

There were in all, about twentythree couples and of course, when the representativ es of th e various fraternities congregated in their little colonies and sang the songs of each frat all at the same time it was quite a mixture of ha rmony. A fter the crowd returned from the hayrack ride, the whole party went to the Green Lantern Grill Room where the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.

O ur new pledges seem to be very party minded as they are now planning an informal Hallowe'en house party fo r October 26th and their annual formal P ledge Pa rty to be given November 8th. I only hope that their enthusiasm continues throughout the semester.

DoLORES THOLEN,

Epsilon E psilon.

ZETA ZETA State Teachers College Warrensburg, Missouri

Zeta Zeta of Alpha S igma Alpha send greetings to all her si ter chapters and hope they have a successful year of 1935 and '36. t our regul ar meeting on September 11th, Helen Hann ers of Hale. }.Jo .. wa formally ini tiated.

New officers that wer e elected fo r the coming yea r were: Ruth Sandford of Kan a City, Mo., Rush Captain ; Helen Hann ers of Ha le, Uq., Regi trar; and Mary Jane Leber of Pacific, Mo., temporary Editor.

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Zeta Zeta reg rets that th eir l'aculty Adv iser , l\Irs. Maude ?\attinger, who has 路erved in that capacity twelve year , ha re igncd.

M rs. Nattinger gave much of her time and devotion to Zeta Zeta. S he has shared both our trouble a nd our joys a nd till remains our friend. M iss Myrtle Downs of the Commerce Department is our new Adviser. he has ente red into the Sorority spirit with enthu siasm and proves to be a grand helper.

O ur parties for the fall ru hing season were lovely a nd numerou .

They included: Three bunking parties at the Chapter House on variou weekends. At these we feel we lea rned to know our ru shees better and they us. They were loads of fun , especially when some of the act ive members saw how late they could tay awake.

Next in line came our informal party of Rush v\ eek-it theme was "Hill-Billy" from tart to fini sh.

The Chapter Ho use was made into a typical farmhou e. The act ive a nd pledges dre ed a boys and girl s fresh from the backwood .

The guests who arriYed at 4 p. m . wore ap ron . Ga me of variou sort were played. after which each gue t recei,路ed a ''prize. " t 5 :30 pani sh reole. alad, a nd offee were served. I might add that pani h reole i a favorite di h of Zeta Zeta air! of yea rs gone by and i it good! ur nnual Formal Progre tve Dinne r of ctober 2, wa an un-

THE PHOENIX usually attractive affair, owing to the fact that our Warrensburg Alumn;:e and Housemother, Mrs. Freel W. Calvert, were hostesses. ~Iany of our rushees pronounced it the nicest party of the season. Our first course, an attractive salad, was served at the home of Mrs. Frank Hull. Then we drove to Mrs. Kenneth Robinson's where we enjoyed a delicious main course. At the home of Mrs. H . H. Russell, we had dessert of brick ice cream and cake in the Sorority colors, red and white. \tVhile there Mrs. Harry McMillian of Lee's Summit, and Mrs. 路'Jack' ' Magee entertained us with old Sorority songs. Coffee, nuts, and mints in the shape of roses were beautifully served at the Sorority House by Mrs. Calvert. Afterwards some sat about the open fire and visited while others danced in the adjoining living room. Before the guests departed each was presented with a reel rose bud, the gift of our Adviser, Miss Downs. All the homes visited during the evening were most attractive and were made even more so by reel and white carnations and roses.

This closed the formal rushing and so we waited until Friday noon when the bids were given out. Nine girls joined us at lunch at the Chapter House. \tVe of Zeta Zeta are all elated over the fact that Fall Rushing is just over and we have pledged ten lovel y girls on October 9th. There are two Sophomores, Charlotte Reidenbach of Slater, Mo., and

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Margaret Brown of Independence, Mo.; the others, Ellen Henry of Rayville, Mo.; Rachel Wilcoxen of Odessa, Mo .. ; Iris Shields of Slater, Mo.; Anna Margaret McDonald of V\1arrensburg, Mo.; Orin All worth of Odessa, Mo.; Georgia Mae Montgomery of Slater, Mo.; Juanita Conyers of Richhill, Mo.; and Marguerite Allison of Odessa, Mo., are Freshmen. All are lovely girls and Zeta Zeta is proud to call them Pledges of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

And now dear Sisters of A~A, we leave you to meet again in the next issue of our PHOENIX. MARY ]ANE LEBER,

Zeta Zeta.

ETA ETA State Teachers College Pittsburg, Kansa'S

As to rush parties, Eta Eta had several informal parties before school began. During rush week we had a bridge luncheon at Mrs. C. F. Spencer's to which quite a large number of girls came. We had another party at Mrs. J. G. Spencer's, called the "Mint Julip Hour." Our formal banquet was southern style, and everything served was a southern dish. Dorothy Ann Crews gave a reading. Mrs. Viola Lochri Cowden, an alumna, sang a solo. There were also speeches from the different officers. For favors we gave our rush ees little sets of colonial style boudoir pictures with dainty little frames. Our rushees seemed delighted with the favors and enjoyed themselves immensely.

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Vve held election of officers several weeks ago. The nevv officers are: President, Phillis Thomas ; Vice-President, Ruby Fulton; Secretary, Dorothy Ann Crews; Treasurer, Estelle Hall; Chaplain, Nelda Bortz; Registrar, Harriet Bumgarner; Editor, Lucille Mallard; Collegiate Representative, Dorotha Fadler; and Panhellenic P resident, Ann Hi ll ; and Panhellenic representative. Marjorie Thomas.

Lu c iLLE MALLARD,

Editor.

THETA THETA Bo路s ton Unive r sity Boston, Massachusetts

Since Mrs. Howlet, our Chapter Editor, remained in England this fall to attend Oxford University, the responsibil ity for getting out the editor's material falls upon me, President of Theta Theta chapter.

Theta Theta was unfortunate in hm路ing only two undergraduates, one graduate and one part-time student return to school this fall. However, with the able assistance of our Alumn<e members we have b e~n able to carry on. Our lumn<e have proved their loyalty to Alpha Sigma .'\lpha in eYery way possible. Because our school started so late and becau e our few members can confer at mo t any time, our first official meeting ""ill not be until October lOth. \\"e ha,路e had three ru h partie so far. all of which were Yery ucce sful. ur fir t ru h party wa a mall tea on A.ugu t 21 t for the air! of Bo ton and the vicinity.

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We served raspberry ice, cup cakes iced in red, red and white mints, and tea. At each place we had a red gum drop with a lighted white candle in it. The table looked quite pretty in red and white.

11 of the decorations for our s cond rush party, which was a tea also, were in red and white too. At this party we entertained approximate ly fifty new students in the lobby of our chool on Regi tration Day, September 24th . The room looked lovely, the food was delicious and everyone was glad to have the chance to come together and get acquainted at the end of a long, tiresome day. ur school sponsors nothing of this sort and it gave A~A a chance to introduce themselves to the new students of the school as well as to the new Dean of our school. Mrs. Davis, the Dean's wife, and Mi s Bragg. our adviser, poured. The invitations, food, decorations and favor of cellophane were all in red and wh ite. The faculty of the school were as well pleased with our tea as we were.

Our third rush party took place on October 8th and was cal led a "Nautical Party. ' The invitations were blue ship with white lettering.

When each girl arrived he was given a paper ailor cap which she wore. We then played "Deck Game " at card tables and kept our cores on fish talley . The refre hments con i ted of ice cream hip mold with flags and ail , blue and white cup cake , reel and white candies, fudge and coffee. The table

THE PHOENIX was covered with blue crepe paper with a white fish net over it. The center piece was a large boat and the place cards were life savers.

Altogether the effect was very clever.

Since our year is just commencing, we have another rush party to give and no definite plans.

We are working hard and faithfully to put AlA on top permanently.

Loyally yours, DULCIE BAIRD,

P1'esident, Theta Theta.

IOTA IOTA Drake University Des Moines, Iowa

This year our chapter is somewhat smaller than usual with only three active members to carry on the work. After our fall rushing . had ended, we had pledged three very lovely girls-and have the prospects of many more, as the campus has many fine girls this year from which to choose. Several parties are being planned for the near future to acquaint ourselves with these gi rls.

The chapter activities or program we intend to follow for the coming year, are the following: The first Monday of the month, devoted entirely to business, or duties of sororities as a who le. The second meeting. educational, at which time some members of the faculty, or like person speaks to us. For the first educational meeting we have planned to have Dean Barr, of the

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College of Education, speak and show slides of his recent trip to Northern Alaska. The third meeting, as weii as the first , is strictly business. The fourth meeting will be devoted to a social activity, at which time we rush, or have a party for alumnce o.f our chapter, or perhaps, the pledges will entertain the actives.

Unable to attend rushing myself this fall, during rush week, I felt incapable of handling the stories.

Therefore, I have asked the pledges, as part of their pledge duties to write up the stories for this issue.

MARTINA MEYER,

Editor.

An Indian Breakfast A snappy September morning with snap enough to make one's appetite endless. A lovely park with leafy signs of fall and a breakfast that could send any good Indian out on the trail.

Our wooden table had bloody sumac for a center piece, and a colored paper wigwam hid a nut cup for the favors. For our ravenous appetites we had cantaloupe, nut roiis, oatmeal, and coffee. Be a good Indian and try one sometime.

CATHERINE JA COBS.

"Cupid's Market" The active chapter and the alumnee of Iota Iota delightfully enter-路 tained a group of rushees at a luncheon September the fourteenth at the Lerand Tea Room.

Preceding the luncheon we were entertained by a solo "I Love You

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Truly," with violin accompaniment, which was immediately followed by one of those ever popular solemn wedding ceremonies, cleve rly named "Cupid's Market." To the strains of a familiar march the wedding procession came slowly down the stairs, choosing the fireplace, which was beautifully arrayed with flowers, as a background. A bemuddled minister in a traditional swallowtailed coat said, "We are brought here together this afternoon in the presence of God and our fellowmen to join together in solemn and Holy matrimony these two, M iss P ledge and Mr. Alpha Sigma Alpha.

"M r. A lpha Sigma Alpha wilt thou have as thy wife, M iss P ledge, to love, cherish and keep her unto death?'' The proud bridegroom murmured, "I will."

The minister continued, "Miss Pledge wilt thou have a thy husband M r. A lpha Sigma Alpha, to love, cheri sh and administer unto him at the time of sickness and unto death?"

The glowing bride sweetly replied, "I will." With smiles and congratulations, thu did 1is P ledge become a member of th e Family of lpha Sigma Alpha.

I wouldn't mis mentioning the delicious wedding cake which was erved later.

ALBERTA WlLL!Ali1S.

T he evening of Friday th e thirteenth day of eptember wa mo t heavenly, and Alpha tgma lpha had a "Moon light erenade" at the Municipal irport cabin. Thi wa

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a very picturesque sight. A small lake, full moon and two banjos trumming the latest tunes. bout 9:45 the girls went 0\路er to the hanger to watch the plane come in. After waiting about twenty minute , becau e the plane was late. the girls returned to the cabin and some danced while oth er played bridge. About 11 :30 o'clock the refreshment were served which consisted of peach sundae and cake Each rushee had a banjo a a so uvenir. Because it was F riday the thirteenth we also had rock candy which confused some of the g irls because they really thought they we re rock s.

The gi rls were so thrilled with the serenade and we do w i h that all of yo u could have enj oyed it with us.

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LIA DouGLASS,

I of a I ota.

路KAPPA KAPPA Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

News Letter \Veil, we're off to a good start.

O ur girls are holding so many positions on campu . that, even at the risk of being called a boaster, I must put down some of them. ne of Kappa Kappa' busy members is our pre ident, Helen miles. Beside running the orority, he i t rea urer of the ).1agnet Honor Society, and any one can tell you that bein<Y a trea urer i some job. But here's more and more of it. Jane ).1errill, our enior collegiate Repre entative. i trea mer of the \\' omen' , thletic , ocmtion and of the Panhellenic ocia-

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tion. So if anyone ever wants to find her, it is safe to say that she's depositing money at the bank or writing out checks. And the sorority's own treasurer, Ruthie Toland, also holds the important position of president of the Astron Honor Society and of the Home Economics Club. The secretary of the aforementioned club, by the way, is Gertrude N yce, one of our brand-new pledges.

And Kappa Kappa ought to get a break in the 1937 Templar, the year book, for Phoebe Hamor is on the managing board (and she is also the first person not a senior to be on the board). and Jeanne Wright is editor for contributions from all the sororities.

Our vice-president, Jane Thierolf, is another busy Alpha Sig. Out-

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side of fulfilling sorority duties, and being president of the Magnet Society and vice-president of the vVomen's League and recording secretary on the Student Commission, Jane will have little to do on campus-always excluding social activities.

We have just pledged four fine girls, the result of our summer rushing. They are Gertrude Nyce, Dorothy Y eader, Lois Graham, and Dorothy Dill. We are all glad to welcome them into Kappa Kappa, and are sure they will make fine m em hers.

Our alumns are showing up well, too. All the girls who were graduated in June are working, which is something of a record, it seems.

Last week-end, three of those alumns were with us. It was the occasion of the Temple-Center game, and they all enjoyed this visit.

(Especially since Temple won.)

Anyway, it was grand to see the girls back, and we hope they will come often.

And here is something interesting. Last week Anita Louise, the movie star came to Temple and gave a very interesting talk. I'm sure you'll be interested in what she wore, so as I am no fashion editor, I'll copy the description of her suit from Peggy Guetter's interview with her which was published in theN ews. She wore "a tailored wool of forest green with a skull cap and gloves t.o match," and it was worn with a summer ermine coat. She prefers her clothes tailored, and tor

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evening prefers chiffon of soft pastel shades. She like clark blue and green for street and ports wear, and she likes tea with two lumps of sugar and cinnamon toast.

I' ll have to save news of ou r house dance and tea and rush party for the next letter, because for one thing, we haven't had them yet, a:1d also becau e if I don 't stop, this letter will resemble a five-y ea r diary. }A NE DICKSON ,

Editor Kappa Kappa.

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Marriage Announc.ements Ruth Mercer to Frederick Fortin, June 26, 1935.

Betty Schlice to Willard De Hart mith, June 22, 1935.

Charlotte Hartman to .-\. Kohr prenkle, August 3, 1935.

The President's Lawn Party Last spring, on June 11th, the Kappa Kappa again got together at a lawn party, which was given by President and l\Irs. Beury at their home in Germantown.

Everyone had a grand informal time doing most anything which happened to suit their mood. Some of us spent much time in play ing the aristocrat of games-Red Light.

O ther played Ping Pong in the game room over the garage, and a very attractive place it is, too; other played ju t plain ball on the lawn, while tho e who were not inclined to exertion just at or perhap walked a bit through the garden . ne of the mo t important event of the day wa that the Templar,

Pre iclent Beury

our year book, had j u t come out. o everybody had to ee everybody else· picture and sign their own, and get others signed. nd of course there was the usual laughing and exclaiming, ''Oh, I didn't know she was a senior!"

About six o'clock food sta rted to appear, and what food it was! but never mind, it wouldn't be fair to describe it, and be ides that wa last sp rin g. Let it be suffici en t to say that there were no vigorous games played after upper.

Then two of our girls. Jean \\ olf and Louise tryker, gave a little kit. the point of the ·tory being, that Jean Kerr. then our pre ident, had j u t become engaged. \ e know that Jean will be happy, and we wi h her all the luck in the world.

Then it grew darker, and radually the group grew maller, but we all ha,·e a very plea ant memory of the Ia t time many of u may be all together again, but then we till

THE PHOEKIX have Alumni Week-end to look forward to.

ALVA HELLMAN,

Kappa Kappa.

What the Alumns are Doing Who says there is a depression?

Out of last year's graduates from Kappa Kappa chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha every girl got a job.

Mary Simmington, whose dramatic ability is well known throughout Temple, is teaching English and dramatics in a high school in Paulsboro, Pa., while Helen Hagy, (former Y. \TI.f . C. A. president ) is instructing high school students in the same subjects at West Lampeter.

Jean \Vol拢 and Louise Stryker are both teaching music. Jean is at Newport High School and Louise at Williamsport Junior High School. \TI.fhile at Temple Louise was president of the Glee Club and also president of Kappa Delta Epsilon Honor Society.

In East Stroudsburg Junior High School, Ann Grim is teaching Home Economics and Art. Eleanor Carpenter, our other "Home Ec." is teaching that subject and also physical education at High Spot.

Alma Sheely, for two years Kappa Kappa's tru sted treasurer, secured her position teaching the two subjects for which there is supposed to be the least call for teachersEnglish and history. She is teaching in a high school at Everett, Pa. Oak Lane Country Day school is a model school so ancy Walker must be a model teacher for she is

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now instructing in the lower grades there.

Mary Kirlin, Ruth MacMenimum, Evelyn Hartman, and Margaret Leppard are our other alumns who are teaching. Mary is at Hershey, Pa., while the others are teaching in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Betty Janaskee, former Woman's Athletic Association president and student council executive, is working at a training school for girls in Hudson, N. Y. She is in the new department of Sociometry (we aren't sure what it is either).

A former Kappa Kappa president, Jean MacDonald, is working for the Atlantic Refining Company in Philadelphia.

Kay Rowe, who majored in Home Economics, now has a position as demonstrator at Lock Haven Agricultural Extension.

It may be that jobs are scarce but the girls of Alpha Sigma Alpha don't know it yet. ]ANET MERRILL,

Kappa Kappa.

NU NU Drexel In路s titute Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Once again the girls of N u Nu chapter find themselves back in Drexel Institute here in Philadelphia resuming their studies for the school year to come. Some of us are Seniors who will trod the way for the last time and how hard it is to believe that we are really Seniors already. Why, it seems only yesterday that we entered this great school

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of lea rning as green F reshmen. nd green we were! Those of us who will graduate this June are F rannie Saylor, our president; Euphemia Whitlock, Eleanor Emery, Matilda M uth, Leona Siewiez, Rositi Wellcome, Mary Kay Friday, all four-year girls, while some of the others include two yea r secretarie such as Georgetta .M arlar, Sara Hall, and others.

O ur girls have been scattered throughout the country this past summer. The most popular place seemed to be the New Jersey shore.

Sally Hall, Eleanor Coffman, 1\Ia ry Rasmussen, Frannie Saylor. Ruth Patterson, Peggy Kirk, Sally Pennell, and Ginny Holtz were some of those seen very frequentl y at the various New J er ey resorts. l\Iary Lentz was lucky enough to have gone all the way to the Pacific coast with her moth er on a month· tour. he sure had a wonderful trip and we all envied her a lot. O ur advi er, M iss Richmond. had a Yery enjoyable trip through the ~ e\\· England states and Ca nada and even spent some time in the beautifull state of 1\Jaine. ~Ii s ~Iacln­ tyre, our sponso r. had a delightful trip across the Great Lakes and in Canada , and we all kn ow she enjoyed her well earned vaca ti on .

E leanor E mery spent ome tim e at the bore too. but fo r eight we ks before she wa working very hard in the Lankenau ho pita! here in P hiladelphia a pa rt of her clietectic cour e. Mary F i her wa at home in \\ illiam po rt all ummer,

P hoebe ~VIaxfield wa working in a n office for the ummer, Leona Siewicz wa working at the bore. E uphemia ·w hitlock wa home for the ummer, ally John on worked at Hawthorn Inn at l\Iount Pocono, and Jean Meuller wa in the Poconos, too. T he rest of our girl were in and out of P hiladelphia during the summer and I saw some of them once in aw hile do,,·n here at Drexel while I wa in summer chool taking some work. . 11 in all, it loo k as though the N u N u girls of . lpha Sigma A lpha had a very nice summer. W e are wonder;ng about the other girls in the so rority !

O n Thursday evening, Octobe r the fourth , N u 1'\ u chapter had it first meeting of the year " ·ith France Saylor, the president for the year, presiding.

11 the active members of N u N u were pre ent and " ·e surely had a most enjoyable and success ful meeting. The meeting " ·a opened with th e inging of a lot of the Alpha S ig song and there was some good inging. T he girl must have practiced over the ummer because there wa a I t of impro,·ement over the ing in o- of last year. The hapl ain led the devotionals in which she tre sed the imtarting the portance of all of u new yea r with new eao-ern e to ca rry on the fine and loyal pirit of . lpha S io-ma . lpha he re at D rexel.

It wa urely somethin o- all of u co ul d heed and think about in order to ca rry out the work of the cami noyear. The meeting progre eel " ·ith the discu ion of new and old bu i-

THE PHOENIX ness and it was decided that Nu Nu would have one business meeting a month and one social meeting a month. A committee was appointed to plan the social meetings and the chairman has decided to read at the next, or first social, the "round robin letter" which the girls in Nu N u carried out this past summ er.

It is going to be very interesting to hear this letter read, I think.

The meeting was held in the new Panhellenic rooms on the third floor of the Practice House, which is, incidentally, the first real step towards houses here at Drexel. This is all due to the kind efforts of our College president, Dr. Kolbe. The sorority rooms are shared among the four sororities here at Drexel and each sorority has assumed some task in fixing up the rooms as attractive as possible. We are going to have our "house warming" on November the fifth when the rooms wi ll be open for outsiders to look in. I might add that Mary Lentz, one of our girls . is president of Panhellenic Council this year, also.

On November sixteenth, N u N u is putting on their annual open dance of the year at the Great Court in the College building. Up until last year the dance, which, by the way, is known as the "Harvest 1\!Ioon" dance, was never very successful financially and that is our main reason for giving the dance.

But last year some of the girls got together and cleciclecl that it was go-ing to be a big success, and it was, for we cleared over one hundred

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and twenty-five dollars on it. So this year we are hoping that the dance will be just as successful and that we can make even more money.

My only wish is that all you Alpha Sigs li ved nearer Philadelphia so that you could come to our dance and help us out.

Rushing plans for the year are under way here at N u N u chapter.

Although the places and elates have not been definitely cleciclecl upon we are planning to have a formal dance and an informal party. The formal will be held at one of our nice city ballrooms and the informal will be held at the Drexel Lodge more than likely. Mary F isher is chairman of the formal and Catherine Brackin is chairman of the informal.

On November the twenty-third the annual Inter-Fraternity and Inter-Sorority dance is to be held in one of the big hotel ballrooms in the city. All fraternities and sororities are sponsoring this dance as one of the most popular social functions of the season .

I don't seem to be able to find any more news so until the next issue of the PHOENIX I will say "so long."

CATHERINE BRACKIN ,

Nu. Nu's Editor.

Announcements Jlf arriages:

Sarah Baxter to Mr. Harry E. Pfeifer.

Mildred Bean to \1\Tilliam J. Steen, June 29, 1935.

Romaine Gregory to Frank V. Williams.

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Evelyn Snyder to Andrew H .

Dill, Jr. Berta Pickard to John H. tokes, Jr. Engagc'Jinents:

Katherine Hays Masland to Albert C. McCoy. Eleanor Euphemia \\ hitlock to Edwin McCadden.

Births:

Peter Howard Beal, born to Mr. and l\Irs. Edward W. Beal on August 24, 1935 . Mrs. Beal was the former Harriet King, a Nu u girl.

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Our Rush Season Many interesting affairs were enjoyed by our chapter and her rushees this semester. Before school started we had a lovely luncheon at Mu so's and a Friday the Thirteenth Party. The unlucky date was celebrated by playing suggestive games and looking at black cats, horse-shoes. and four- leaf clovers, which were u ed as decorations. On unclay a Mothers' and Daughter ' Tea wa held . Many mothers were pre ent and enjoyed meeting the air! . ~Ionday evening found u all pre ent at a Mexican Dinner at the La Golonclrina Ca fe on !vera treet . It wa a very exciting occa ion a they were celebrating the Independence of l\Iexico with ong , dance , and a parade. Our formal

dinner was held at one of our be t known hotels, the Knickerbocker Hollywood.

Vacation Several of the members of X i Xi chapter were fortunate in that they went away for a vacation. Our president, Frankie Sutton, spent most of he r time in the country vi iting her grandmother. Barbara Held had a lovely time swimming, dancing, and hiki ng at Catalina Island. Catherine Kelley went on a trip up the Pacific Coast and into Canada for about six weeks. l\!Iary Jane Stanard spent several clays at the beach. Most of the other girls were in a way le s fortunate as they spent their vacation work ing. On the whole everyone was glad to be back to school and to see their sorority sister again.

Future Plans Now that our formal rush week is over we are ready for the work and play of another fall semester.

Homecoming Day is in K ovember and this chapter is planning to have a float in the parade. t present we are trying to rack our brain for a really good idea that we can carry out uccessfully. Homecoming Day is a day of great excitement here, a we play the northern branch of our niversity in football the next afternoon. vVe are al o planning a benefit dance to be given in the very n ar future. O ur plan are n t complete but we would like to hold the affair at a Country Club.

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An Affair T he first All-U-Sing fo und the Alpha Sigs present en masse. We all enjoyed singing school songs and helping out in a few yells as well as witnessing the first amateur contest to be held on the campus.

All the participants were University students. Ruby Keeler's sister, Marjorie, was one of the judges.

She presented the prizes after fav oring us with a tap dance. All in all we had a very entertaining evenmg.

A Transfer This semester we were fortunate in receiving a transfer from another chapter. At our last meeting we formally welcomed Myrle Paterson to our chapter from Rho Rho. Myrle is a charming personality and Rho Rho's loss is Xi Xi's gain.

DoROTHY LI NDEN,

Editor.

Pledge.

MARY ]A N E STANARD,

OMICRON OMICRON S tate T eachers CoUege Kent, Ohio 路

Most of our girls are back in school, some were unable to come back, because of poor health and lack of finances . There are only seven girls in the sorority house, but we will ha \路e more next semester.

There seem to be many lovely girls enrolled in school, many who will make grand Alpha Sigs. Vv e have been doing our share of rushing. The first rush party was a huge success, the best we have ever had. It was in the form of a first

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nighter, very formal. It was held in the ballroom of the Robinhood.

As the girls came in, they checked their coats in the hall-where several of the girls, dressed as maids helped them. They then were taken to the entrance of the ballroom where a girl, dressed as a bell boy, announced their names. Several girls then met the r ushees and took them through the receiving line, which was made up of our President, Sorority Adviser and one Patroness. They were then ushered to card tables . The first part of the evening was spent in playing card games, bridge, lotto, etc. All this time a boy played popular songs on the piano. The bell boy then announced that there would be a song guessing contest-the boy playing stanzas of ten popular piecesprizes, which were lollypops dressed as dolls in sorority colors were then given to those guessing the largest number of songs and to those receiving high scores in the card games.

All this time a cigarette girl passed cigarettes and candy cigarettes.

Programs were then passed to all actives and rushees-five dances.

Each rushee had at least two dances with members and three with the rushees. The girls were then told to be seated whi le we formed a circle in the center of the ballroom and sang three sorority songs-which were very effective. Refreshments were then served to all of our sixtyfive rushees by our actives and pledges. At this time our president passed out the favors which were

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small rose bud corsages. 'vVe vi ited for several minutes and then took the ru hees home in cars. I failed to mention that we called for them m cars.

The decorations were lovelythere being red and white balloons on the ceiling and red and white streamers here and there. On the corner there was a cocktail barwhere punch was served all evening.

This was decorated very cleverlythere being signs, etc., around.

Our next rush party will be very informal. As yet no definite plans have been made but we have planned on having a hay ride and then a roast at a log cabin. The date is October 31st.

This next week-end we expect many alumnce back because of Homecoming. It will be a big weekend for us. Friday evening we shall attend the Homecoming play in a body-some rushees being invited to sit with us. Saturday morning at seven o'clock we are having a sunrise service for seven girls, who are going active. Following the ervice breakfast will be served at the Robinhoocl for the new actives. We are then going to decorate the hou ethe idea i a sort of pider web effect-which I believe will be ven路 effective. n the afternoon we will attend the Homecoming game in a bod) and following the game there will be a dinner at the G. Brady for alumnce. actives and pledge . In the . e\ ening we will attend the Homecoming dance.

VERNELL DAw

ox, Editor.

PI PI State Teachers College Buffalo, New York

House Party 'vVe all had waited for June 13th and as soon as it came we were off for four clays of house party. This year Pi P i chapter again kept on the American lake shore, but we were a bit farther away from home. \ Ve \>vere fortunate in having a grand house at turgeon Point with all the comforts of home, and still the atmosphere of our traditional house party.

Marg Houston led the procession in her tried but true ''Model T." (This possession, incidently, has no,,- been replaced by one of the Yery late t, smoothiest, swankiest For cis on the market.) Fond memories still linger, however, and we all can vouch for the many trips it loyally made and its years of faithfu l ser vice.

All went well until Thur day night when the city "gals" forgot that there was such a thing as clew.

Several of the girl decided to sleep on the roof and industriously began to make comfortable beds for themselves early in the evening. Imagine their surprise when they discovered their cozy bed contained considerably damp blanket , heets and pillow . o-they came into the hou e and lept with the girls who \\路ere already all too uncomfortable with unburn.

Earl) Friday morning, ye . 'Nry early. Mr . Heyman left u and

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Saturday night we honored our graduates at dinner. Each girl entering the Alumni chapter was given a silver bracelet bearing our Greek letter symbol. The climax of the evening was reached at a midnight supper, to which the girls returned with their escorts of the evening.

Sunday was our last day and most of us completed our coats of tan by helping "Ev" Bell pick daisies for that eighth grade class of hers. \Ve especially noticed that while there were several " real" burns or tans this year, no one went home, as last year, with blisters on her face. Attention, ex-editor, Betty Murphy.

BETTY STRATEMEIER.

Pi Pi was especially lucky this past August in having Buffalo selected as the place for the A~A Council meeting and our neighbor, Niagara Falls, selected for A . E. S. Convention.

It was simply grand to meet all our national officers. We enjoyed every minute of every meeting or tea that we were able to attend with them. Alpha Sigs who have missed the opportunity of a similar meeting have certainly missed knowing a grand group-full of fun, jolly,

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and still efficient, conscientious workers.

In the main there were three opportunities for get-to-gethers . The actives gave a tea at the lovely home of Mrs. Rose :\bate at Niagara Falls. To Shirley Passage goes the credit for this occasion. The following clay the Alumni chapter gave a tea at another smoothy homenamely, Mrs. Hildegarde Kayser's.

The last event was the finale of the A.. E. S. Convention. It was ''Open House,., given at the General Brock Hotel at the Falls for all sororities from State. Here we enjoyed meeting new girls as well as seeing again our old friends who we perhaps, had not seen during the summer.

VVe enjoyed seeing our Council "at work and play." Vie wish them good luck in their work this year.

DoROTHY

A.

FRICK,

Edito1路.

Alpha Sig Hos.pital If you've heard of this idea from us before,-well, we still think it's 0. K. And now to be more definite.

Our first party was called "A Rush Cut-up." It was given at the Alpha Sigma Alpha Hospital, which really, in ordinary life. is the grand home of one of our swell alumna, Hildegarde Kayser.

The invitations to the ''Hospital" " 路er e in the form of a hospital bed with toes holding peeping out from beneath the sheets. On the chart at the foot of th e bed there appeared the name, date, and place, and further details about the party.

By following the above data the

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ru hees arrived at the " Hospital' ' a nd were duly registered according to th e highest professional methods.

The active Alpha Sigs, dressed as internes, nurses, and doctors, escorted the patients to their respective wards.

But even " patients" must eat. So at 6 :30 p. m., the prescribed diet was served by our faithful alumn<e to both patients and staff. Pill boxes and "make-believe" thermometers were the place cards.

The after dinner entertainment included games concerning ailments, medicine, etc. O ne prize was a package of life-savers! Quite appropriate, " nicht wahr''? The climax of the evening was a mock operation given by means of shadow pictures. What those docto rs didn 't remove from the poor little patient, namely Marg Smith, isn't worth mentioning! Through this ope rati on we brought the "championship" back into the U nited tates . The Alpha Sig sextuplets were born .

O ur trio sang good-night for us to the mellow strains of "Goodweetheart" with " 1933 N ight, rush-season" word . As each patient left the ''Hospital '' we gave her a nurse-doll to accompany her in ca e of relapse after our treatment.

DoROTHY

A.

FRrCKE,

Editor.

At Pi Pi's Court On Monday, October 14th. all of the education ororities of Buffa lo t~te Teachers College held their econd ru h pa rties which, of cour e, were formal.

That evening Pi Pi chapter of A lpha Sigma Alpha entertained at its traditional Court Party in the Palm Room of the Park Lane, where very courtly atmo phere prevailed. Both invitation and place cards were hand-painted in gay colors by the artistic members of the active group. The table decorations were in red a nd white and each rushee received a corsage o f red and white roses and weet peas. A fter a m ost delicious turkey dinner we adjourned to the court-room. Here Dorothy Kuhn, our '' royal'' president, rei gned as queen. Ma ry Shreder and Ma rgaret Smith, dres ed in medieval fa hion, acted a heralds and announced each number on the program. 'vVe marveled at the fact that "Shred,'' P i P i's mo t noted giggler, was able to make such a success of her dignified role without bursting into laughter ; we had to congratulate her on her good behavior !

O ur cry tal-gazer, :\Iadame Shirley Passacre. foretold. in rh ythm and rhyme, the future fate of each rushee. And were tho e girls astounded at the 1\faclame 路 m1 raculous power of prediction !

O ne of the hi ghlight of the evening was the courtl y proce 路ional of all the lpha ig . :-\ fte r th u entering the court room. they e carted each of the ru hees to the throne of the CJUeen. ther feature of the program were a piano election by M r . Ro e :-\bate and a number or two by our own elegant trio, namely Dorothy Kuhn, Betty Murray. and

THE PHOENIX Shirley Passage. Dancing and a friendly chat brought the evening's festivities to an end. We had enjoyed every minute of it and hoped our rushees felt the same.

Our very "special " guests of the evening were Mrs. Rose Abate, an active alumna; Miss Frances Repinstall, a patroness; Mrs . Carollyn Heyman, our chapter adviser; Miss Evelyn Bell, our national vice-president; Miss Elizabeth Bird Small, former adviser and now national finance chairman; M rs. Hildegarde Kayser, another very active alumna; Margaret Houston, ''our big sister"; and Mrs. Rose Kraft, president of the Alumni chapter.

The committee which made the whole affair a grand reality included Gladys Young, general chairman, F rieda Beck, Betty Stratemeier, Dorothy F ricke, Hazel Van Dusen, Mary McDonald, and Helen Schubert.

GLADYS L. YOUNG.

Fall Initiation The current problem and interest at Pi Pi right now is Fall Initiation.

The important elate and place is Saturday, November 16th at the Hotel Statler. As in the past, the initiation ceremony is to be held in the af ternoon. At six-thirty a dinner will be served in the Chinese Room to celebrate Founders' Day and also to welcome our new members .

Our charming president, Dorothy Kuhn, will be toastmistress. (We do hope that she will have a voice at this occasion and not be suffering

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from laryngitis as she was at Spring initiation.) The speakers of the evening will include an active member, a pledge and an alumna. Then to finish the banquet in proper style there will be singing by the group and a number by our famous trio.

The number, "Alpha Sigma Sweetheart."

Dancing will follow the banquet, at which time the "one and only's" will arrive to dance with their "ladies." At the time of writing we have not decided upon a definite orchestra but we will have one, all our own, from nine 'til one o'clock.

HAzEL VAN DusEN.

RHO RHO Marshall College Huntington, West Virginia

We have as our president, Garnet F loyd. She lives in Huntington and is now a Senior. She is a very capable girl and is certainly well suited to her office as president.

Mrs. Petty has taken our former House Mother's place. She is from Huntington. The girls are well pleased with her as she is charming and gracious on all occasions. 'vV e had several nice rush parties.

Our last party we called a Kid Party . The girls dressed as li ttle gi rls and received our guests. \11/ e had a peanut hunt, a "pin the ta.il on the donkey" contest, and other The refreshments uch games. were original - ice cream in the shape of dolls and cake. We gave as favors little dolls with Alpha Sigma Alpha and the guest's name

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written on them with reel Everyone had a grand time.

ink.

MARY LoursE CoTTRILL, Rho Rh o.

SIGMA SIGMA Western State College Gunnison, Colorado

Sigma Sigma parties, as always, were lovely and enjoyed by all. \Ve had the first party which was a Ci reus Breakfast.

The breakfast room was covered with confetti, tables and all , the tables, which seated four each, were cleverly set with colored glassware, and at each place was a crepe paper clown with the place card on him . every clown was different, each dressed in t>vo colors. As favors each girl received a balloon, and a miniature animal on a small stand.

The breakfast itself was a lovely fruit plate containing sliced orange, banana, grapefruit, and cantaloupe balls, then we served hot roll s, jell y and coffee. This was on :\1onclay mornmg, eptember 23rcl .

Our next party was a Cabin Party Treasure Hunt. the treasure being a lovely big box of chocolates, the cabin was Mrs. Effie Miller's and the party was given by our lumnc.e and Patronesses. Th i wa lots of fun and completed our mformal ru hing parties. ur Formal Dinner wa held at the La \ eta Hotel, the color scheme wa red and white carried out in every detail. including cor age of white weet pea and two red ro e bud , the e each â&#x20AC;˘ ctive pre ented to her Ru hee for the evenmg. ur

dance programs were reel and white with a clever ilhouette in black of a girl, on each one.

This completed our Rush Parties, and we hopefully waited unti l l\Ionclay fo r the final verdict which wa very favorable. We headed the list with seven lovely P ledges. l\Iary Edith Hill of Decatur, Illinois; Evelyn Royer of Norwood, Colorado; Corine an Fo sen of Gunn ison, Colorado; rlene H ill of Durango, Colorado; Berniece Pringle of Salida, Colorado; Leola Lucy of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Sarah Kempton of Florence, Colorado.

As soon as possible I shall end you a nap shot of them and a character sketch of each one.

The following are two new songs written by an Active member of ours for igma igma chapter, her name is Harriet Peake Me ll ister.

She is a talented pianist and a peppy member. Our weetheart song:

My Sweetheart of A. S. A. I have a dream girl who i fairer by far Than ever another cou ld be. he is a true a the gold crown that she wear The emblem of loyalty.

To the red. white and crown and to the pearl he i more faithful than all other girl .

O h, I love her sincerely. and ne er will part From the lpha ig girl of my heart.

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This song was dedicated to Roberta H elmecke, our last year's president, who is a Senior th:s yem' and is engaged to a Gunnison boy named Jimmy Ferris.

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Fort Hays Kansa& State CoUege Hays, Kansas

Local Convention

Tau Tau chapter held its fourth Annual Local Convention on SatJimmy had a college girl he loved urday, July 20th at the Woman's Building on the Fort Hays Campus. with all his heart He swore that nothing on this earth Registration was at 11 o'clock in charge of ::\1rs. Novaline Hickman the two should ever part.

He said, "Now be a Tri Sig, and to Thurlow who reported forty-five registered. At 12 o'clock there was your pledge be true." group singing in charge of M rs.

Said Bobby, "That's the very thing, \1\Tallace Markwell. Miss F lorence I don't intend to do.

Mary Mae Paul and Miss ElizaI'm going to join the A~A's so don't beth Agnew entertained at luncheon you dare be gay, at Cody Commons. As may always Although I love you truly, in this be expected, they repeated a most case you're not to say. delightful luncheon for us. ForI'll never be a Delta Sig, a Tri Sig tune telling proved most enlightenpin won't do ing to us.

So I'm going to join the A~A's足 The big event at convention this and to the red and white be true. year , was our privilege in having Said Jimmy, "Please enlighten me, ::\!Irs. Polly Schlosser, our National Treasurer, as guest. Mrs. Schlosser about thi s wondrous frat What are its signs and emblems, arrived in the morning at nine and was very sweet about conferences now can you tell me that?" and all of the meetings.

Said Bobbie, "There's the Palm After luncheon, there were picTree, the Phoenix burn~ng bright." tures taken in the rock garden. The Said Jimmy, "That sounds good to me, you had better join tonight." next meeting was the impressive initiation service preceded with the So Bobbie joined the A~A's that memorial service for Twila Schaevery afternoon fer Scoby, written by Dorothy King And she and Jimmy strolled beneath Steeples. The initiation service was the dear old Campus moon. conducted by past presidents of the And now instead of one pin. Bob- chapters and those who have held bie's wearing two, important offices. E leanor Winters And Jimmy's been converted to the served as president, Catherine Lewis red and white so true. as vice-president, Beth Harkness as BETTY CREEL, Chapter Editor. chaplain, Mary Gayle Reece as reg-

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istrar, Lela Pitts as herald, Freda Denman Lee a guard, Katherine Parsons a sponso r, and Miss Mary lVIae Paul as adviser. Miss E lizabeth Agnew, our fir st initiate of Tau Tau, was the candidate.

This was followed by a program presented by the alumnce. The trio with Miss F reda Winters, M rs.

Velma Krause Griese, and M rs .

Novaline Hickman Thurlow, sang several selections. A group presented a very clever melodrama which all agreed should be repeated soon-at least at another local convention.

The group meetings followed .

The alumnce elected the following officers: P resident, 1~ reda Lee; V ice-P resident, hirley Baird ; Secreta ry Treasurer, Katharine P ratt Mennis: and Editor, Beth Harkness. A tentati ve program was made for the coming year. l\1 rs. Schlos er gave us many uggestions and hel ps.

The fo rmal dinner was held at the Lama r Hotel. The table decOt路ation s were gard en Aowers and lighted tapers. The program fo r the evening wa as fo llo ws: pe ning N umber ... F reda 路w inters Yocal Solo: O ur Yesterday Velma Gri ese Sextette: lpha ig Medley 1\I r . R. . l\Iarkwell, Novaline Thurlow, Kathryn Par on , elma G rie e, F reda \ inter and E li zabeth \ gne\\" .

P iano olo ... . .. :\Ir 路. \V . . R iley ddre .... .. ... :\Iary :\Iae Paul Ad eire .... . . :\I r . Polly chlos er

Miss Eleanor \Vinters acted as toastmistress. l\Irs. W. C. Riley was presented a gift by Mi Marvella Schridde. Mrs. Riley will make her new hom e in Pott stown .

Pennsylvania, where M r. Riley IS coaching.

Shower for Bride M iss Katherine Parsons entertained with a shower for 1r . Carl Thurlow . The evening was pent in hemming tea-tO\\ els. :VI r . Thurlow received many 1 retty g ifts.

IJ embers of the alumn<.e chapter were present.

Tau Tau chapter is happy to announce that she has a hou e for thi s year.

Most of our pledge are tow n gi rl s, so we are planning little "get together "o f the active and pledge a fter meetings, a we now have a lovely li ving room in which to entertain.

Thi ummer we had our sio-n made . It is like our pin and in place of the jewels '"'e have light bulb . It look ve ry nice lighted at ni ght and we a re so proud of it and our house, since we have the only sorority hou e on the campu .

KATHRYI\"

Fr

llER,

Tau Tau.

Tau Tau chapte r ha a very promi ing year. \\ e have a g roup of real \l pha . ig back a nd our pledge we feel will prove to be the a me.

W e wi h all chapte r of . lpha igma lpha a ve ry ucce fu l and happy yea r.

KATHRYX

Fr

HER,

Tau Tau Presideut.

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The Progressive Dinner Tau Tau's Progressive Dinner was the last party given by Alpha Sigma A lpha before rush week came to an end. The dinner was formal, and the girls were all formally attired in lovely dinner dresses.

The cocktail which was given at the home of Mrs. A. D. Hemphill's, who is one of our patronesses, was served by four members of the sorority. The menus and the programs were given to the girls at this time.

After the cocktail, the rushees were taken in cars to the Lamar Hotel where the dinner was served.

We sang our beginning and closing songs for the girls, and Miss Gwendola Johnson also sang two songs for ns.

Vve proceeded again by car to the home of Mrs. F loyd B. Lee where the dessert was served. Here the favors, which were dinner gongs, were given to the rushees. After we had eaten our dessert, we sang our good-night song, which signified the end of another perfect Alpha Sigma Alpha party.

LouiSE PETERSON,

Tan Tau.

Pledging Services Tau Tau chapter of Alpha Sigma A lpha held pledge services, Saturday morning on September 21, at the house for nine new girls.

After the impressive service the actives served a luncheon to the pledges and several alumnce. The forepart of the afternoon was spent in singing and getting thoroughly acquainted.

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We are very proud of our new pledges. Seven of them are Hays gtrls, while the other two come from Ellis and Norton, Kansas ; all to become women of poise, power. personality, and purpose, who shall be noted for their character, calibre, culture and charm -true Alpha Sigs.

GuwENDOLA JoHNSON.

Serenading Is that singing we hear? Yes, its Tau Tau chapter serenading their rushees.

The evening before silence period began ten Alpha girls gathered and went to the homes of the rushees.

After singing several A lpha Sig songs at each home we went to the P hi Mu Alpha fraternity where we were invited to serenade them as they were entertaining rushees. \ Ve sang several songs and finished by singtng our Goodnight Song. They responded with the Phi :rvr u Alpha Sweetheart Song.

ELIZABETH LEIDIGH.

The Alpha Sig Good-Night Song Good-night, good-night We hope you've liked our party, Good-night, good-night It's Alpha cheer imparting The Alpha girls are best you know For they're not fast and they路re not slow Good-night, good-night to you.

Good-n ight from A::SA. "Good-night from A::SA'. ends all Tau Tau functions. Both the vvord s and music were composed by one of

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our pledges last year. It was first sung at the close of our Christmas formal, and was so impressive that we have since used it for many occasions such as the close of meetings, dinners and serenading.

MILDRED MURRAY.

Cabaret Party O ur first rush party was a Cabaret Party which we held Monday, September 16th, at the 路w omen's Building.

We had card tables placed around the room with plaid table covers and a beer bottle with a candle placed in the top which furni shed the light for the evening. The other decorations were balloons and big beer signs.

The fir st part of the evening was devoted to dancing. We had a bar and bartenders who filled little glasses with different kind s of pop for the drink. Later we were entertained by a " melodrama" and songs.

A fter thi s we sat around the tables and were ser ved with a "Spani sh. , dish.

It proved to be a very success ful party. ]E ANNE UNDERWOOD.

Alpha Sig Hobbies Do all Alpha igs have hobbies?

Many of Tau Tau s girls have diverted energy into interesting hobbies. Some of the hobbie are collecting poem , ongs, tamp . Indian-head pennies, old coins of any kind, u ed piece of soap and semiclas ical mu ic. Others are scrap

books, da ncing, dogs and rock gardens. My hobby, seemingly different, doesn't have a name but one might say "'clipping' '-not clipping in a general sense but just clever little bits of wit which one find s in newspapers or magazmes.

I have chosen a few snappy bits which I thought you might enjoy.

Jealousy is defined as the friendship one woman has for another.

Nobody finds perfect bli s in the world except the woman who discovers that her old rival has g rown real fat.

Life will continue tc be a problem as long as the rich have their twin sixes and the poor their six twins.

A chiropractor is a fellow who gets paid for what many fellOv\ s get slapped for doing.

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' ' remains a . popular song. but Kansas dust in the same place i a wash out.

Even April Fool i n't as foolhardy as it was back in boom times.

The people who are doing their jobs best seem to be having a very good time.

Of course, it is unfair, but people are prone to blame the photographer when the picture looks like them.

T here is a place for e\路erything except the husband, when the house is fi xed up for a hen party.

If she' easy on the eye the chances a re he's ha rd on the pocketbook. poetical note: Cyn ical a nd They've devaluated the belga. but what the helga? \ hen your next door neio-hbor

THE PHOENIX buys a saxophone you then begin to understand what guns were made for.

A person who has some one at home who really believes in them can achieve greatness.

Man is like a tack. He can go no farther than his head will let him.

Some women are just natural born osteopaths-the way that they "rub it in" to their husbands most of the time.

Some folks find it just as easy to dress within their income as it is to dress in the upper berth of a Pullman car.

If every man waited until he could really afford to marry what an awful flock of old maids or bachelor girls there would be in the world.

If you have the habit of walking in your sleep it may prove a good idea to take some care fare to bed with you.

A lot of people were shocked long before electricity was ever discoverecl.

The person who thinks that he knows it all has merely stopped thinking.

If you are so sad you cannot laugh at something-then laugh at nothing.

Too many people are like the squeaky brake-they brag about their accomplishments.

Vlhat is loving but wishing the one you love to be happy, even if none of it accrues to one's self .

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he gets married-well, what difference does it make, it won't be enough anyway.

If what you did yesterday still looks big to you today, you haven 't done much today.

Being poor is perfectly honorable but most folks tire of the honor.

The chief difference between a match and a bore is that when a match goes out there is no danger of it coming back.

Maybe worry has killed some people-but you will notice that most folks who need killing seem to do very little worrying.

DEA N WrRUTH,

Tau Tau.

PHI PHI State Teachers CoUege Maryville, Missouri

The routine of school has just gotten •veil under way. Almost all of the organizations are fully organized and the A lpha Sigs are well represented. Barbara Zellar is president of Panhellenic, Jessie J utton is president of the Woman's Athletic Association, Margaret Turney is president of the Association for Childhood Education. Marion Maloy is president of th e Green and White Peppers (women ·s pep organization), Frances Tolbert is president of the \,Yomen's Self Governing Association of Residence Hall, Anita Aldrich is secretarytreasurer of the Women·s Athletic Association, Lucille Groh is treasurer of the Association for Childhood Education, Nellie Kellogg is treasurer of the Green and White

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Peppers, Elizabeth Adams is vicepresident of Alpha Phi Sigma ( chola tic fraternity), Mary lVIeadow s is vice-president of Alpha Epsilon Psi ( music fraternity ), and Helen Gaugh is secretary-treasurer of the Junior class. Our members are well represented in all activities.

Sally R owlett, last year's editor, is going to chool at the U niversity of outhern California this winter.

We're urely going to miss jolly old Sally.

Erma 路walker, who graduated last spring, was chosen Tower Queen by the Sigma Chi Fraternity at the U niversity of Nebraska.

Geo rgia Schulte, another of last year's graduates, won the emor Medal for outstanding scholastic achievement and campus leadership. \t the present time our chapter is preparing for the Greek L etter Dance spon ored by th e sororities and the fraternities, and we are also planning for F ounders' Day. O ur big rush party was in th e form of an Indian Ce rem ony. The room wa decorated in truly Indian fashion . On either side of th e fireplace were large teepees which were decorated in Indian de ign. T he fir t feature was an Indian Ceremony taking the ru shee into the tribe. Everyone had an Indian name and wa welcomed by the bi()' chief. At the ceremony ru hee were O'iven feathe red head-band .

The evenin()' was pent in dancing.

Dance program ,,路ere Indian tag fa tened to favor of tiny buck

::\foccasins. The Medicine Man cured all ailments with hi healing prescriptions. They were also given good luck Indian head pennies ealed in an Engli h walnut. pecialties were a tap dance by ell Blackwell, an Indian Dance by Ma rgaret Turney, and a song by Ba rbara Zeller, all of whom were in Indian costume.

For the last dance, actives hot a bow and arrow at pictures of animals which were a round the wall and the animal which they shot was their partner. The ru shee were then given the picture and the bow and arrow. Lunch consisting o f barbecue sandwiches, pickles. peacepipe cookies, and coffee was served at a swastica-shaped table on paper plates deco rated in Indian designs. The napkins had swasticas on them. For each ru hee wa a small pottery dish of candy corn.

O f course everyone moked th e peace-p1pe.

Eight girl pledged - Dolores Messner, A lban y, M i sou ri ; E lizabeth Marshall , We ton, Missouri; Thelma Pat rick, Bethany, l\I is ouri; Ludmila Vav ra and E lizabeth "Ctz of St. J oseph, M i ouri ; l\Iary . nn Bovard and E lise almon of l\Iaryville, l\f issouri; and nnabelle Sti ckerod, Rockport, ~1i ou ri.

P ledge officer are-Ludmila \ avra, president; E li zabeth tz . ViceP resident路 Dolore Me ner. ecretary-Trea urer ; Thelma Patri ck, Chaplain ; and Mary nn 11 vard. ong Leader.

CLARA

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WOLFE.

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The Rush Party Deares~

Mom : I know it is late and I should be studying, but I simply had to take time out and tell you about the ru sh party. We left the dorm about eight in the car of one of the A lpha Sigs.

As you already know, the party was formal and it was held at the country club. Maybe I had better back up and start with our invitations to get you into the mood. Printed on paper in the shape of an Indian skin was this:

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The Nodaway Tribe of A~A Requests Your Participation in the Indian Rush Ceremony Chief White Cloud will guide you The Wigwam, Country Club at the rise of the Moon September

18 Of course that got us all excited. \ Veil back to my story. The whole room of the country club was decorated in Indian style. In front of the fireplace sat the chief and at his side sat the medicine man. The lights were all dim and wigwams and Indian pottery, pillows and blankets formed the background .

On the walls were huge pictures of animals and each had a name.

These names consisted of animal names for all the rushees. Mine happened to be White Deer Patrick. Hanging near these were bows and arrows with Alpha Sigma Alpha written on them.

\1\lell our crowd a rri ved early and so we sat in a secluded corner and watched everyone arrive. \Ne were introduced to several people and some of the gi rls danced. It was all very exciting. F inally everyone arrived and th e ceremony began.

The Chief welcomed each and eve ryone while the medicine man read the scroll. Each sponsor, each alum, each active, and each rushee in his turn had to bow a nd be acknowledged by the Chief. After this was completed, dance progTams were handed out to us. These were little moccasins with the names attached on a little card. Between dances we had some stunt or other form of entertainment. O nce l\!Ia rgaret Turney gave a dance in which she was a regular Indian girl. Another time we drank of the Indian medicine. O nce they gave us good luck charms and Nell Blackwell gave a tap dance. It was all simply marvelous. After th e entertainment we all went clown to eat. We had sandwiches, peace-pipe cookies, coffee, and candies and nuts. \Ne sang the sorority songs as we ate. I really ha ted to see it end but the climax was so perfect that I really did not mind. 'vVe fini shed eating and went upstairs. \Ne formed a ring and clasped hands. 'vVe sang a song and clasped hands in the Alpha Sig way. So ended one of the most exciting evenings of my life.

Now I must say good-night. I hope you get a faint idea of the good time.

PAT (TH ELMA PATRICK),

Phi Phi Pledg e.

THE PHOE

98 Pledges Up-down, Up-down, Grab a tray, And run around .

Number two, Is on the way, "Hurry, you, This isn't play !"

Splash the coffee, Drop the tray, Heavens!

What wi ll they say!

Lunch is over, A ll are gone, But we pledges, Linger on.

Vve gul p our food, And rush to class, Snatching our umbrellas As we pass.

Such is the li fe, F illed vvith d igs, In the P hi Phi Chapter, Of A lpha Sigs .

ELIZABETH UTZ,

PM Phi P ledge.

Being Pledged into the Sorority The mo t thrilling event of my life occur red v\ ednesday night, September 25th. It was then that I wa initiated as a pledge into the Phi Phi Chapter of the lpha S igma lpha Sorority.

E ight pledge entered a room wl:ich wa very dark with the exception of two candle lighted on either ide of a table. In the center

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were miniature candles and pins .

We oon learned it was th~ chapter's pin and would be our to signify we were pledges.

During the pledge ceremony everyone was very silent and all at once I rea lized that I would never forget that moment. Ou r pin wa then pinned on and we knew we were "Alpha Sigs" which to me means everything.

BETTY MARSHALL,

Phi Phi Pledge.

Pledge Duties P ledge duties have started for the pledges. You see them making beds, carrying trays, opening doors, carrying books, cleaning rooms and a million other things . nd oh my, are the pledges ever polite, you never hear them call an active member by her first name-it is always M iss . This week the main duty was to carry um.brellas everywhere we \.vent. A nd when we were outside the umbrell as must be up . However, luck was with us, and it rained every day-so that wasn't so bad after all.

Now we are patiently waiting to be assigned other duties for the following weeks.

DoLORES ME SN ER,

Phi Phi Pledg e.

PSI PSI State Teachers College Natchitoche s, Louisiana

P i P i chapter had an unu ually uccessful rush ea on. \ e are very proud of our fifteen new rledgc .

They are a follow s : Frances Evelyn Cavanaugh, Maxine Davi , Maxine Bryant layton Love, ~1a-

THE PHOE nette Swett, Judith Compton, Roberta Fluit, Jimmie Burkhalter, Ruby Helen Ware, Margaret Marionneaux, Marie Hearne, Ruth Burns, Cecile Cassity, Marguerite Bilbray, and E lizabeth Deloch.

We have two new active menlbers, also. Claudell Lovell and Rosemary Thomas have been initiated.

During rush week we entertained our rushees with a Cabin Party on Cane River at the camp of Mrs. Wagner, one of our patronesses.

There was, also, a tea given at the home of Ruth Estelle Alcock.

Our rush party was one of the most beautiful we have ever had.

A Japanese garden vyas the scene that greeted the eyes of Psi Psi rushees, when they entered the Women's Gymnasium. Gleaming lanterns of all colors hung from the ceiling and cast an eerie light on a giant Buddha sitting stoically at one end of the garden.

Placed around three sides of the garden were tables on each of which there was a tiny lake surrounded by grass and spanned by a colorful little bridge. Small jinrikishas holding mints stood on the brink of the lake, and a minute tree grew at one end of the bridge.

The Japanese theme was further manifested in the menu which consisted of chicken a la king, rice in

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which there stood a tiny parasol, grape salad, open faced sandwiches, cherry ice cream, cake, ice tea, and mints.

The favors for the rushees were Japanese bonbon dishes.

Between dances the following program was given: Dance, Emily Mae Fredericks; Reading, Mildred Smith; Song, Myrtis Sexton; Dance, Shirley Winifree; Song, Eulalia Tucker.

The party was concluded with the following song, the words of which were written by Evelyn Anderson:

Good Night Alpha Sigma Rushee (Tune: "A Thousand Go9dnights")

Goodnight, Alpha Sigma Rushee!

Here we've been waiting, For weeks we've been waiting for you .

Sleep tight, dear little rushee!

All through the night 'Til the morning dawns gli stening with dew.

We've searched every country And the ocean so deep, But we found no one else half so sweet; So goodnight! May we meet at the dawning, And you tell us whether We will be together always.

EvANGELINE LYNCH,

Edito1路.

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Marriage Announcements 1lpha Alpha: Helen Bennett to F rank G. Pauly on June 22, 1935.

Delta Delta: Dolores U trecht to Dr. Rudolph M. Zodikoff on Jun e 7, 1933.

Evelyn McKinley to Ca rl Schn eider on June 20, 1935.

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Eps ilon E psilon : l\Iary hannon to P. \t\T ilbur All ee on June 5, 1935 .

Ma ry Isabel New man to Ri.chard Carl J ones on Jun e 8, 193 5.

Ze ta Zeta : Ruth Co rrell to Everett Yockey on Aug ust 26, 193 5.

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E ta Eta :

l\Iildred Campbell to J oe Perry Kearnes, Jr., on July 7, 1934.

Dorothy Farnsworth to E lton Denson Brovvn on rvfarch 2, 1935.

T heta. Theta:

Dorothy ?II . Herne to Geo rge Pyle on June 1, 1935.

Kappa Kappa :

F rances hirley to Roscoe A. Peter on June 21 , 1934.

L illian \ . Gish to F rank B. E helman on June 25, 1935 .

Lambda La iJi bda:

Ruth il een Kaiser to Rev. E lm . r Edward Zimmerman on June 1 . 1934.

Sophea E. Roess to \\alter Drauclt on June 19, 1929.

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Sarah Brewster to Harold ?\I. Langwo rthy on September 21, 1934.

Eleanor Laskey to E lmer J ohn I-:Toppert on ugust 28, 1934.

Vera Matilda Pea rce to H. A. Roberts on Jul y 29, 1933.

Grace Mape to Clifton vVendel Whaling on l\Iay 23, 1930.

Kathryn Wilcox to Fo rrest B .

Hubert on September 1, 1933.

V irginia Blue to E dwin J . Hill on Jul y 12, 1930.

Luella Mae Aldrich to Daniel D. Wile on March 17, 1934.

E lsie White to William . . A rcott ori. June 8. 1929 .

N n Nu: Sarah Madeline Baxter to Harry E lwood P feifer on June 29, 1935.

Roymayne E. Gregory to Frank \are Williams on April 6, 1935 .

Evelyn /[ae nyder to ndrew Hemphill Dill Jr., on May 30, 1935.

Mildred Bean to W illi am Jame teen on June 29, 1935.

Bertha P ickard to John H. toke , Jr. on eptember 7, 1935.

Pi Pi:

Do rothy Ewers to Edward P ieron on June 15 1935. li ce vVeather ton to Ray Drow n onJuly9, 1935.

THE PHOEN I X May D. Brill to Dr. Richard Watt on August 8, 1933.

Dorothy N ixon to F red Smith on June 26, 1935.

L orene Bull ard to D r . Hans K auffman on June 22, 1935 .

Mary Martiny to R obert J. S p ~n 颅 cer on June 29, 1935.

Xi Xi : Loui se Petersen to W hitney F. H indes on April 21 , 1935.

Rho Rho : Evelyn McDonie to J ames G. J ohnston on A ugust 28, 1934.

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Tau Tau: A lthea Sims to E dmund R. Chastain on Jun e 1, 1935.

Upsilon Upsilon: Mary P igman to R obe rt L. Nash on August 10, 1935.

P hi P hi: Mary Margaret J ames to He rb ert J . Spurlock on May 7, 1935.

P si Psi: 路 E lice H aygood to Charles L. West on May 24, 1935.

Birth Announcements Eta E ta : T o M r. and M rs. J oe Perry Kea rnes, Jr. (Mildred Campbell ), a daughter, Susann, April 6, 193 5.

K appa Kappa: T o M r. and M rs. W il bert W .

Layton (Hermione T~raub ), a daughter, Nancy Martha, May 17, 1934.

L ambda L mnbda : T o M r. and M rs. Charles A. Pegler (Sarah K inney), a daughter, Sarah Mary, May 4, 1935 .

N'U Nu: T o M r . and M rs. H. S . Hollingsworth ( Ruth Hasenf uss) , a son, Gordon Gustav, May 7, 1935.

T o M r. and M rs. E dwa rd Vv. Beal (Harri et King), a son, Peter Howard , August 24, 1935.

Pi Pi: T o M r . and M rs. J. Carso n \i\Tinters (Eli zabeth Curran ), a daughter.

To M r . and M rs. Cliffo rd Bentley ( Letha Cooper ), a daughter, Donna L ee.

To M r. and M rs. F loyd Palmer (Gertrude McKe rnan ), a son, May 5, 1933.

T o M r. and M rs. W illiam \tVratten (Geneva Dusing), a son.

To M r . and Mrs. Perry Badgley (Alberta Ottenot ), a son, W illiam.

T o M r . and M rs. George Conroy ( Lois Bell ), a son, Jul y 14, 1935.

To M r. and M rs. Alan \tVa rd ( Ruth Vaw ter ), a daughter, lVIargaret, on Jul y 16, 1935.

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National Examination

Gene ra l Avera<>c

Phi Phi . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 99.81 Pi Pi . ... .. .. ... . .. .. ...... 100 Zeta Zeta .. ................ 100 Tau Tau ....... ... . . ...... 99.99 Eta Eta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.22 Kappa Kappa ...... .. ...... 100 X i Xi .. ... ... ..... .. . .. .. . 98.44 Alpha Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.44 Rho Rho . ... ... .... .. . .... 98.44 Alpha .. .. ..... .... .. .. . . . . 96.09 N u u ...... . ......... . ... 92.1 9 Alpha Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.97 Sigma Sigma .......... . .... 95 .31 Alpha Beta . .. . .. .......... 95.09 Iota Iota ... . ...... .. ...... . 92.19 Epsilon Epsilon ........... . . 93.75 Theta Theta .... .. ... . .... . 92 .1 9 Mu Mu ... . ... . ....... . ... 95 .31 Om icron Omicron . . .... .. .. 91.40 Gamma Gamma .. . . ........ 92 .1 9 p i p i . . . .. ....... .. .. .. .. 86. 52 Beta Beta . . . .... .. ........ . 89.84 Omega Omeaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.99

98.43 97 .1 6 93.86 93.58 94.20 93 .1 3 94.50 93.29 92.80 91.96 9.).45 94.58 91.89 91.92 94.33 92.07 93 .1 5 90.00 93.43 92.00 95.73 90.71 90. 0

99.1 2 98.58 96.93 96.79 96.71 96.57 96.47 95.86 95.62 94.03 93.82 93.7 93 .60 93.50 93.26 92.91 92. 7 92.6.1 92.42 92.09 91.13 90.2 82.90

Geucral Average ....... .. ... 9-f-.58

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DIRECTORY NATIONAL COUNCIL

President-Mrs . Fred M. Sharp, ZZ, 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo. Vice-President-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, l1l1, 8 E . Depew Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Secretary-Miss Leona Wi lcox, II, 1916 44th, Des Moines, Iowa.

Treas1wer-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, BB, 2800 Dexter, Denver, Colo.

R eg istmr-Mrs. William M. Crook, NN, Apt. A 303 Narberth Hall, Narberth, Pa.

Chaplai1v-Miss Lou ise Stewart, YY, 3642 Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Ill. E-rtcnsiolb 0 fficer-Miss S . June Smith, KK, 354 Manor, Millersville, Pa. Editor- Mrs. B. F. Leib, XX, 317 E . Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapolis, Ind. Finance Chainna11-Miss Elizabeth B. Small, l1l1 , 1302 N. Broadway, Santa Ana Calif.

CHA:IRMEN OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Constitntio1v-Mrs. Wayne R. Fuller, 430 Starin Ave., Buffalo, N . Y. HistMian-Mrs. Roderick McCullough Thomas, 702 S. W. F irst St., Miami, Fla. Songbooi~-Miss Ethel Tobin, 5443 Romain Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

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Fellowship-Miss Esther Bucher, 4134 Eaton, Kansas City, Kans.

Philanthropic-Mrs. J ohn Stockton, West Carroll ton, Ohio.

Scholcwship-Miss Joy Mahachek, State T eachers College, Indiana, Pa. Sorority E-rarni11ation-M iss Mary Gaal, 275 Deshler Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

BOARD OF ADVISERS

Alpha-Miss· Grace B. Moran, Farmville, Va. A lpha Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, The Tallawanda, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Betar-Miss· Ethel Hook, 202 Conner Apts., Kirksville, Mo. Alpha Ga1mna-Miss Ethel A. Belden, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Miss Rachel Branson, Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Ga1111111·ar-M iss Vera Leeper, College and Choctaw St., Alva, Okla.

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

Zeta Zeta--Mis·s Downs, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta--Miss Jane Carroll, 706 South Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Theta-Miss Mabel C. Bragg, 80 Madison Ave., Newtonville, Mass.

Iota I ota--Mrs. Hildegarde B. Nissly, 1078 24th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Miss Marjorie K. J ones, 1904 No. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

J\lfn Jl1u-Miss Elsie Musolf, 112 S. Washington Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Nn Nu-Mi ss J ean M. Richmond, 1411 S. Broad St., Phi ladelphia, Pa. Xi Xi-Miss Ethel Tobin, 5443 Romain Ave., Los Angeles, Cali f.

01·rvic1'011. OmicYon-Miss H elen M. McClaflin, 237 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Mrs. Caro lyn W. H eyman, 10 Granger Place, Buffalo, N. Y. Rho Rho-Mrs. Margaret D. Seidel, 166 1 Fifth Ave., Huntington, W. Va. Sigma Sigma-M iss Lucy E. Spicer, 601 No. Taylor St., Gunnison, Colo.

Tan Ta11-Miss Mae Paul, 409 W. 8th St., Hayes, Kans.

Phi Phi-Miss Mariam G. ·waggoner , Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Mo. Psi Psi-Miss Marian Nelkins, Louisiana State Normal Coll ege, Natchitoches, La. Omega Omega-Miss Audrey B. Peterson, 1835 Meade Ave., San Diego, Calif.

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THE PHOEJ'\IX ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS

Alphar-State Teacher College, Farmville, Va. A lpha Alphar-M iami niversity, Oxford, O hio.

A lpha Beta-State Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo. A lpha. Ga mma-State Teachers Coll ege, Indiana, Pa. Beta Beta-Colorado State Coll ege of Ed ucation, Greeley, Colo.

Ca nllll(!l Camn;ar--Sta te Teachers College, A lva, Okla.

Epsilon Epsiloll.-State T eachers Coll ege, Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-S tate Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kans.

T heta Theta-Boston U niversity, Boston, Mass. i ota. Iota-Drake U ni ve rsity, Des Moines, I owa.

Ka/>f>a Kappa-Temple U niversity, Philadelphia, Pa. A!u Jllu-State onnal College, Yp ilanti , Mich.

11 u-Dr xel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Xi X i - niversity of Calif ornia, Los A ngeles, Cali f.

Omicron Onhicron- State Teacher ollege, Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-State T eachers College, Buffalo, .Y. Rho Rho-Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va. igma S ig mar--'0/este rn tate Coll ege, Gunn ison, Colo.

Tau Tau-Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hay , Kansas.

Ph i Phi-State Teache1s oll ege, Maryville, Mo. Psi Psi-State Teachers Coll ege, atchitoches, La. O·m.ega O megar--San Diego State College, an Diego, Cali f.

ALUMNAE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS 1935-19•3 6

A lva, 0/da.-M rs. Cha rl e W ood, 829 Flynn, Alva, O kla.

Boston, Mass.-Mrs. Clyde J ones, 36 Glen Road, Winchester, Mass.

B lt f/a,/o, V. Y.-M rs. Wilbur Kraft, 27 Harvard Place, B uffa lo, N. Y. Central, Pa .-M is Ge ra ldine Smith, 312 vV. O range, Lanca ter, Pa. Chicago, fll . - irs. Alex Mi ll , 4408 Winchester, Chicago, Ill. Colu mbus, Ohio-Mrs. 0. W indons, R eyn ldsburg, Ohio.

Denver, Co lo.- f r . C. I. Lamb, 902 Corona, Denve r, Colo.

Des Moines . Iowa-M r s. Walter elvey, 3712 Adam t., De Moi ne , I owa.

Emporia. Ka11s.-M rs. L. D. P eter on, .3 1 Ea t 8th, Emporia, Kan .

Hays. Kans.-Mr . Paul Ward, Hay , Kans.

J-Junti11gton. IV. / 'a.-M i s Ma ry Lilyan .G r_uch, 123 0 Th ird, Huntington, \ . Ya. flldiallapolis, i11d.-Mr . Howard •I c-

t. , IndianDavitt, 4818 Ea t 11th apoli s, Ind .

Kansas City. Jlfo.-Miss Ma ry Hamlin 2029 Swift, Kansas City, Mo. Los Ange fes Ca/if.-M iss E mil y Wetme re, Box 143, Tehachapi, Cali f. ~faryland- V irginia District-M rs. Rode rick M. Thomas, 1305 Avenue Obi po, Cora l Gables, F la.

JllarJ•ville, Mo.-M is M ildred H otchkin, 303 S. B uchanan, Maryville, Mo. Philadelphia, ?a.-M iss Ruth a ilor, 210 E. Court treet, D oylestown, Pa. Pittsburg, Ka11s.-Mi Hazel Howell , 1504 . J oplin, Pittsburg, Kans.

Pittsburgh, ?a.-Mrs. . I. Mau ntel, 4218 Green burg Pike, \ ilkin burg, Pa. Toledo, Ohio-M r . Merri ll Cook, 1421 Roya lton, T ledo, Ohio. f.Vic hita , Ka11s.-M r . Carl eton Hamilton, 727 , Madi on, W ichita, Kan a , Ypsilanti. Jlfich.-Mi udrey Eckert, 305 \ ithington v nue, Fernda le, Mich.

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EDITORIAL STAFF National Editor

}.frs. B. F . Leib, 317 East Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapoli s, Incl.

A-Sallie Perrow, State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. AA- June Harpste r, 19 B ishop Hall , Oxford, Ohio.

AB-B etty Huckstep, 511 E . Scott St., Ki rk sville, Mo. Ar-Ang ie H e lman, 201-N J ohn Sutton Hal l, Indiana, Pa. BB-"?Ilarion Rose Phelps, 612 18th St., Gn:cley, Col o. rr-Gladyes Reed, Alva, Oklahoma.

EE-Dolorcs Tholen, 706 Cottonwood St., E mpori a, Kan .

ZZ-:-.Iary Jane Leber, 30-1 East Cui te n t. , \iVarrensburg, Mo. HH-Lucill e Mallard, 911 South Olive St., Pittsburg, Kans .

88-Dulci e Baird, 24 Mount Ve rnon St., Boston, Mass.

II-:-.Ia rtina Meyer, Drake Do rmitory, Des l'vloines, I owa.

KK- Jane Dickson, 1917 Broad St., lJhil aclclph ia, Pa.

MM~ i\'- Catherine

Brackin, 9-1 E . Greenwood Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.

::=::::-Dorothy Linden, 4516)/, St. Charl es Place, Los Angeles, Calif.

00-Vernell Dawson, G23 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio.

IT IT-Dorothy A. F ri cke, 309 R ichmond Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. PP-Ma ry Lou ise Ccttriil, 1509 Third Ave., Huntington, 'vV. Va. ~~-Betty

Cree l, Gunnison, Colo.

TT-Loui se Peterson, 332 'vV. 8th St., Hays, Kans. <I><I>-Clara E llen 路wolfe, Residence Ha ll , Ma ryvil le, Mo. QQ-

San D iego, Cal if. l!l<v-Evangel ine Lynch, Box 786, N ormal Stati on, Natchitoches, La.

OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SORORITIES

Chainuan-}.f.iss路 Ed ith Mansell , Alpha Sigma Tau, 215 H ighland Ave., Highland Park, M ich.

S ecretar_r-}.l iss Jvlabel- Lee \ !\Talton, Sigma S igma Sigma, Drawer 271, 'vVoodstock, Virginia.

T1路eas11rer-:-.lrs . Freel Sharp, A lpha Sigma Alpha, 1405 Hardy Avenue, Independence, Mo. Director of Local Pauhelleuics-Mrs . C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma, 3632 Paxton Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Director of City Pa uhe/lenics-Mrs. Orley See, De lta S igma Epsil on, 48 \ ,Yi ldwood Avenue, P iedmont, Cali f.

Cha.'rlliOII路 of Eligib ility aud Nat iona./i:::ation-Miss Ca rri e E. Walter, Th eta Sigma Upsi lon, 3815 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa .

Chm:rma.u. of P~tblic ity-Miss Lula McPherson, P i Delta Theta, Kansas State Teachers Coll ege, Pittsburg, Kans.

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Nearly a quarter of a century of service and devotion to American College Fraternities is a distinction in which we take great pride.

That we have demonstrated our integrity and proved our dependability is attested by the fact that today we serve with few exceptions all of the Greek letter fratern ities and sororities as Sole Official J eweler.

Let us serve you even better this year.

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