Asa phoenix vol 25 no 1 nov 1938

THE PHOENIX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA

NOVEMBER 1938 VOLUME XXV

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CONTENTS

Founders Day Proclamation

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The National Council

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The Convention Picture

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The Story of Convention

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AEGIS EDITION

Convention Services

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Convention Delegates Report Beta Delta Installation

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New Alumnce Chapters Alumnce News Letters

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College News Letters

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The Fellowship Loan Fund

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Proceedings of the National Convention ...... ..... .... ·53

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Announcements Directory

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37th Founders' Day Proclamation ~

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Renewed by the inspiration of our recent convention and reconsecrated to the ideals of our sorority, let us humbly realize that on this 37th anniversary of the founding of Alpha Sigma Alpha we may best honor our beloved founders by redoubling our efforts to go forward in the light of their example and standards.

EVELYN G. BELL, National President.

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Alpha Sigma Alpha Presents the National Council~ 1933-1941 o~e thing: individual development.

NATIONAL COUNCIL Wilma Sharp, Genevieve Leib, Mary Mae Paul, Esther Bucher, Polly Schlosser , Evelyn G. Bell, Thelma Stort~.

President .. . ..... . ....... Miss Evelyn G. Bell Vice-President .... . ....... Miss Esther Bucher Secretary . . ..... Miss Thelma Stortz Treasurer . . . Mrs. Reinard Schlosser Registrar . . .......... Miss Mary Mae Paul Editor . . .. . . Mrs. B. F. Leib Educational Director .... . . Mrs. Fred M. Sharp

If Alpha Stgma Alpha can have a truly vital part in the personality growth of its members, if it can furnish one avenue down which individuals find their way to their "highest natural level of successful achievement" and so to happiness, its service will be immeasurable.

A strong tree that finally lifts its arms high to the sun has its roots in the good earth. An endeavor that has an idealistic goal must have its foundation in practical planning, in tangible work, in faithfulness to the tasks at hand.

Alpha Sigma's new office may not be able to measure the results of its efforts immediately.

But surely, finally, there will be accomplishment. For your Educational Director will hope to put into her leadership "all of the power outside herself"-power that lies in the hearts and cooperation of the members of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

WILMA WILSON SHARP.

ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA'S NEW OFFICE Educational Director A new program cannot suddenly come into existence-i.t must grow. So this is not the time to be wordy over Alpha Sigma Alpha's new office of Educational Director. Its function has been outlined by the 1938 Convention body: "The duties of the Educational Director shall be to promote chapter development, to supervise college chapter inspections and alumn<e chapter visits, to act as extension officer. She shall maintain supervision of the college chapter offices of collegiate representative and chaplain. She shall investigate and recommend the philanthropic activities of the sorority. She shall act as Association of Education Sororities representative and represent the sorority at other fraternal and educational conferences."

An attempt to execute the office will afford much challenge, much responsibility, much work. The adventure in the program will be found in "the promotion of chapter development." For chapter development, whether alumna: or college chapter, is dependent upon

WILMA WILSON SHARP , EVELYN G. BELL

ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA'S NEW OFFICER Thelma Stortz, National Secretary One of the many good things which A. S. A. National Convention did was to elect Thelma Stortz new N ational Secretary. To those of you who attended either 1936 or 1938 conventions

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Thelma needs no introduction. At Breezy Point she had charge of the "Pageant of History" and at Yellowstone she was "Professor

OUR RETIRING NATIONAL COUNCILORS

June Smith In 1934 Alpha Sigma Alpha first called upon June Smith for national service of a most exacting nature, for a National Extension Officer must be tactful and diplomatic. She must have foresight as well as an exceptional capacity for analysis. She must be alert and aggressive. All of these qualities June Smith had and used to Alpha Sigma Alpha's advantage during the past four years. In addition she served as National Examination Chairman and developed new

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Quiz" and also was responsible for the exhibits. For the past year she has had that arduous task- Chairman of Examinations.

Thelma's home town is Emmaus, Pennsylvania and her family are members of the Moravian sect which is well known for some of its famous schools such as William and Mary College, Linden Hall at Lititz, and many others. As a result of this association, Thelma first went to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She later transferred to Temple where she joined Alpha Sigma Alpha, completed the Home Economics Course, made many friends, and could be depended upon to serve successfully forty alumn~ breakfasts or anything else she was asked to do. After graduation she taught in her home town for two years and is now in her second year at Laurel, Delaware where she manages the school cafeteria.

Take it from one who roomed with her in college and since has had the privilege of calling her "good friend," Thelma's strong points are: loyalty and dependability, neatness, a grand sense of humor and the ability to keep calm in the face of any calamity-a combination that will succeed in any task undertaken.

JUNE SMITH

NovEMBER, 1938 type examinations as well as a new extension program. Now as June Smith devotes her entire time to her professional work, we wish her well, knowing that abilities such as hers will carry her to great achievements.

5 Louise Stewart A diligent worker of unquestioned loyalty is Louise Stewart, our retiring National Chaplain.

Dorothy Williamson Crook

It was with profound regret that A. S. A.'s learned that Mrs. Crook was unable to carry on with her sorority activities. In her the alumn;e had a real champion and a wise guide.

She personified enthusiasm, energy, and efficiency in whatever sorority capacity she was asked to serve. As chairman of the Constitutional Committee, as National Registrar, and finally as National Vice-President, Dorothy Crook has left her indelible mark of progress.

LOUISE N. STEW ART

DOROTHY WILLIAMSON CROOK

We relinquish her services nationally while confident that she will ever continue to promote ' the interests of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Her eight years of service to Alpha Sigma Alpha have been marked by consistent efforts to promote the highest standards for our sorority through her national office. To Louise Stewart goes credit for the printing of our Ritual and its revision. She, too, compiled our Book of Devotions which met with such enthusiastic response, and likewise made some general changes in initiation paraphernalia. While Miss Stewart will no longer be a member of the National Council, the sorority will long have evidence of her noteworthy accomplishments.

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FIFTEENTH NATIONAL CONVENTION Yellowstone National Park A ugust

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Our Fifteenth National Convention THE SECTIONAL DINNER

After registration, our convention goers were entertained at a sectional dinner, where we became acquainted first with members from our own section of the country.

Louise Baird, chairman, toast mistress and town crier "opened the program with the ringing of a bell.

"Hear ye! Hear ye !" she cried. "All's well!"

And "well" was right in its fullest meaning.

A hearty welcome was given by Za Lawrenson and toasts were made in paraphrases of Longfellow's "Hiawatha". These were given

by Madeline Taylor, Western division; Erl Lene Cline, south central division; Edith How lett, eastern division; Adrienne Anderson seaboard division; Mary Margaret Shoush, Midwest division; and Margaret Houston, east central division. The final toast was made by Evelyn G. Bell, our President, who cleverly introduced our council members "Nine o'clock and all's well"! said Louise, and we agreed again-with a good dinner, songs sung and good fun aplenty.

The description of the tables follows: Southern Flavor "Way down south in de land of cotton" was portrayed in cunning miniature by LaVerne Killen at the Seaboard Table when 路 darkies made of pipe-cleaner, cotton and colored rag lolled 'round the cabin door. A pickininny s~ood at each place, burying his troubles and his teeth in a luscious slice of cardboard watermelon and serving as a placecard. The guests were certainly right at home with their replica of a southern plantation cabin and a reminder "king cotton".

"Chicken am good 'Simmons am very fine, But gi' me, oh gi' meDat watermelon hangin' on de vine!"

Serpentine sombreros as place cards and a tiny Mexican peon leading his pod-laden ox-cart as a centerpiece, were both typical of the California country. Lorie Denton, Xi Xi chapter was chairman of the table exhibit. Oxcart wheels and bunches of seed painted gold and silver were alternated with more groups of brightly

colored pods extending from each side of the oxcart. California blues, bright yellows and vivid oranges gave color to the centerpiece.

With Indians whooping and clowns cavorting the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show introduced the South central section. Sparkling Nola Newton, EE delegate, arranged the unique table decorations featuring small covered wagons covered with signs of "Yellowstone or bust."

The place-cards were circus figures fashioned from pipe cleaners, wearing brightly colored costumes.

The rsoth anniversary of the founding of the Northwest Territory has been celebrated this year. So the East-Central division centered its table with pioneers in their covered wagons travelling through the lakes region braving warring Indians. At the places were Indians aiming their arrows at the Alpha Sigma Alpha travellers. Brave girls that they are they rose from this attack smiling. Marjorie Dunfee, 00, was the chairman of this fine, representative table decoration.

Maps of the midwest states at the corners of the table directed the girls from Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Illinois to the Indianapolis speedway. The well banked curves of the track, the pergola for the judges stand and the parking place in the center of the track were an exact replica of the famous speedway. Bright colored racers were used for place cards. Mrs. Rice was chairman of the group for this table.

The industry of the far away eastern section of our fair land was portrayed by a factory boasting three black smokestacks which were so realistic that smoke could almost be seen belching forth. The factory was a combination of Boston Beans, Pittsburgh Steel & Plate Glass, and last but not least, Philadelphia Textile. At each individual place was a small replica of the factory which served as a place card. Ada St. Clair of Alpha Gamma assisted by Margaret Messner arranged this table.

RANCH ROUND UP

Hold 'em cowboy!! The Ranch Round Up was held on the dance Boor of the Lake Hotel, Monday evening, following the Sectional Dinner. Never did prairie ponies show such grace

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and speed in following directions as did our horseless riders of the A. S. A. ranches. We circled, we bowed, we skipped and slipped. We reeled the Virginia Reel and one quadrille followed another quadrille. The peppy rhythm of "Turkey in the Straw" hardly gave one time to get acquainted with the new partner but in the slow moving strains of the "Rye Waltz" there was delighted conversation with girls from everywhere. The hotel guests seemed to enjoy watching our fun and even joined us in some of the old fashioned dances. Congratulations to Za Lawrenson of Denver, our guide and director in rounding up the A. S. A. ranchers.

LAKE LODGE LUNCHEON Memories of wood smoke, pine forests and mountains were recalled at the Lake Lodge luncheon held Tuesday noon. Bark place cards in front of huge alphabet letters induced A.S.A. to know each other. Wild autumn flowers were also used. Omega Chapter at San Diego was in charge.

little dots of print for flowers and the pot on a plain calling card made a very inexpensive though attractive place cards for Chi Chi's "Calico Capers" party. Favors were head bands made of calico with tips of organdy having a red A. S. A. printed on them. Oh yes, the girls at their table were asked to put on their headbands and join in the game "The King With a Terrible Temper." What loud noises those rushees made!

With invitations made from travel pamphlets, favors of miniature cow boy hats, bracelets of raffia-a truly western spirit prevailed at Kappa Kappa's Rush Dinner. As for entertainment-the Kappa Kappa's departed from the "ranchy" atmosphere and as a result- the cultural skit under the direction of Stowaski himself, was presented in an effort to give the rushees a real glimpse into the celebrites that are in the cultural city of Philadelphia. Such personalities as Lil v Moan the famous scale scourer and Racha;d Hal I. Burton appeared on the night's program.

The cool weather of Yellowstone was . ac-

CONVENTION'S GRAND RUSH To the wide-awake Alpha Sigs the Rush Party presented at Convention supplied ideas a-plenty for a variety of clever dinner and entertainment programs.

The guests of Eta Eta chapter found themselves ~t a Cinderella Party. The centerpiece for the1r table was a crown on which rested a pair of silver slippers. On the place cards were pictures of Cinderella herself! Following the style show presented for the entertainment of all rushees a herald announced the silver slippers would go to the rushee whose foot they fit. Yes-we had a Cinderella present in no other person than our charming Dorothy Crook.

Gamma Gamma chapter of Oklahoma (the home of the Red Man) chose the Indian theme for their rush party. The table was centered with an Indian chieftain doll. Place cards were small tepees while little birch bark canoes served as nut cups. Favors were little handmade wall plaques with an Indian head on the c:nter. For the program which followed the dmner a pantomime "Pokey Huntus" was presented. 路 A little green paint, a pen with black ink

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HELEN BEADLEY, Rus h Party Chairman GEORGIA SCHULTE, Conve ntion Chairman

NovEMBER, 1938 centuated by Alpha Gamma's Polar Rush Party.

Little black and white wooden penguins with signs hanging from their shoulders served as place cards. The atmosphere was intensified by realistic snow balls in the center of the table.

Following the dinner "Coquette", a pantomime, was presented for the complete enjoyment of all rushees present.

Alpha Beta's invitation to "Come on in the water's fine" was accepted by eleven rushees.

The table appointments cleverly carried out the swimming party theme-with a central pool, so blue and inviting, surrounded by palm trees, formal landscaping (shrubs in green spools) and coy maidens on diving towers. A wood cut with a red background and white etchings set off to perfection a fair damsel perched on a diving board powdering her nose. Miniature striped beach rugs and gay parasols lettered with A. S. A. served as place cards. The skit presented as entertainment was entitled "Little Adolph". The following suggestions were also made for; a speaking program carrying out the swimming party idea: Floating-Pre-sorority The High Dive-Pledging In the Swim-Sorority Life Paddling your Own Canoe-Personal Development Shipmates-A. S. A.'s A dinner table which carried out its theme in a fleet of ships symbolic of the aims of every A. S. A. was arranged by Pi Pi. Sea horses painted on white cards helped to identify the rushees' seats. Favors consisted of bamboo ships.

Introducing us to a Country Fair by means of a barker we paused at a side show to learn all about the "Handicap Curtain"-a heartrending melodrama. The tall willowy heroine Ophilia rescued by her lover captivated the entire audience!

Phi Phi in the person of Mary Turner as M?-;nmy Feb'ary gave us a combination of true southern hospitality, the original "big apple" and a real desire to attend one of their famous "Plantation Parties". If we but saw again the portrayal of Mammy Feb'ary the visit would be complete-for Mary was indeed a "wow"!

Though Phi Phi was not requested to arrange for a dinner table set up for the Rush Party we

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know what a splendid job they can do judging from the preparations made for the Formal Banquet.

Though all of us were not present at Convention's Grand Rush we believe the delegates received sufficient ideas to take home to enable all chapters to put on Rush Parties which will give them the "pick of the crop" of rushees.

THE NATIONAL OFFICERS ARE HOSTESSES AT A LUNCHEON

Where is the National President's table? It's the large one with the beautiful silver dolls.

Oh! The dolls have real picture faces, each one different, each one a college chapter president.

You who were not present at the National Officers' Luncheon, will want to know more about these lovely silver dolls. They were about a foot high, made of thin, silvery metal, cut to give the effect of college girls in evening dresses.

The metal was cut and curled around the space provided for the pictures, to frame the faces.

The college presidents were delighted to find their own smiling likeness on the dolls' faces.

Miss Bell was a charming hostess, and those at the National President's table enjoyed themselves to a very great degree, judging by their happy expressions and the clever songs they sang.

In the center of the National Vice-President's table, was a large globe into which was fastened a flag for each alumna: chapter. From the centerpiece were ribbons to fifteen smaller globes, which, Mrs. Crook explained, signified the new alumna: chapters added recently.

A gold rush scene graced the Treasurer's and Finance Chairman's table. Covered wagons struggled through the pine tree decorations toward the pile of gold . Each guest at the table took the place marked by her favorite character of the gold rush era. Mrs. Schlosser, Mrs. Sharp and Miss Small led this group in the singing competition, doing right well, too.

Secretaries peered over their minutes on the place cards at another table, which had a globe as its main decoration. The likeness of the world was set upon a platform bearing our open motto imprinted upon placards. .

Miss Louise Stewart's table housed a ranch, complete with log cabin, cowboys and cowgirls.

The ranchers were charming in themselves, and

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sweet, too, smce they were dressed up candy sticks.

Now we know how Mrs. Leib's desk looks when she is planning a PHoENIX lay-out. Covers and copy material were artistically arranged on the Editor's table with small PHoENIX covers serving as place cards.

Miss Paul's table was most attractive, a creed and charter, framed, formed the centerpiece, and very fittingly, too, for the Registrar's table.

What's this table in the corner? It's a Panhellenic house with Greek letter doll-children in the foreground. Each doll has her sorority letters printed on her dress. 路Aren't they adorable? Miss Smith took very good care of these little china figures on the long journey from Pennsylvania.

Can you picture this luncheon from the foregoing descriptions? If one could spare a moment from interesting table companions, and let her eyes depart from the table decorations enhanced by bushy evergreen branches, beautiful Yellowstone Lake was just outside the dining room w.indows, waiting to be admired.

and the A. S. A.'s assembled for their Formal Banquet.

Individual tables were arranged, each having as a center piece a colored PHoENIX, resting on a wooden plaque in the shape of our pin.

Programs had a gold background with a black wood block of our crest. Each guest was presented with a gold compact, embossed with our sorority letters. Phi Phi chapter had charge of the arrangements, with Mary Turner acting as chairman.

The program follows : PROGRAM

Theme: "Faithfulness" "Without constancy there is neither love nor friendship. "

Force of Faithfulness ........ .. . Evelyn G. Bell Foundations for Faithfulness Mary Margaret Shoush Faithfulness Under Fire .... Mari ~ Winn Rice Fulfillment of Faithfulness Wilma Wilson Sharp "It is better to be faithful than famous."

COLLEGE NIGHT AT CONVENTION

To Dot Ritchie gues the honor and applause for the rip-roarin' success of Colleae Night. The middle of August held no qual~s for football enthusiasts (and aren't we all?) because College Night centered around this colorful American sport. The atmosphere was created by means of pennants, miniature football fields. _as table center pieces, electrifying college spmt and an Alpha Sig on every fiftyyard line!

The evening began when each bairl was . given a mortar board which she wore durina dinner. Such a dignified picture was quickl~ changed when cheerleaders popped up from each chapter and true football spirit soon pervaded the room. Traditional animation and chapter singing and cheering kept the festive ball rolling far into the night.

Here's to happy memories of Alpha Sig's College Party !

FORMAL BANQUET

After the beautiful drive from Lake Hotel to Old Faithful, stopping at the Canyon Hotel for luncheon, formals were hurriedly unpacked

FORCE OF FAITHFULNESS

. Is it possible to look upon a beautiful paintmg, to read a great book, or to hear a stirrin a musical composition, and not know that th~ ideal was attained through singular tenacity of purpose? Is it possible to note the drastic changes in our educational system or to witness effects of a great social movement, and not know that that success was traceable to constancy of purpose? Success that is endurina success that will stand the test of time tak~~ time to win. The antecedent of success is faithfulness-without it, there can be no lasting success.

Thirty-six years ago an individual had an idea. It was a good idea路. 路She believed in it.

She wa.s faithful to it. By the strength of her own faithfulness to the idea, she attracted others. And thus was born our Alpha Siama Alpha-an idea in which the faithful fe~颅 the faithful. ~v.e ~elieved. Together they refined the o_ngtmalidea, gave it new significance a?d meanmg, embodied in it idealizing princtples of p~rmanence. Then, unitedly they pledged their loyalty, their faithfulness to the Ideals and to the standards which they had set.

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The history of our sorority is a chronicle of the force of faithfulness. As the power of the ideal expanded so did the influence of Alpha Sigma Alpha. The five became six thousand.

The original group multiplied until there were twenty-four college and thirty-six alumn<E i>rganizations.

But I have said that success takes time to win, that is enduring success. Unlike a painting to which the artist has applied the final touches, unlike a book to which finis has been written, Alpha Sigma Alpha's work is never done. We must continually strive for success if we are to be a growing and not a static organization. We must continually seek to attain the ideals and to justify our place of permanence in the lives of members and in the communities we serve.

As we have moved together along the road to success, we have been frequently baffled by some obstacle which confronted us, or temporarily dismayed by some obstruction which delayed our progress. Yet, today our sorority speaks for the cumulative force of the faithfulness of those who preceeded us. Faithful in the face of opposition, faithful in the path of obstacles, faithful in the light of success, or in the darkness of adversity-but faithful always.

And today, the challenge to you and to me is to match the allegiance of the faithful fewto match the loyalty, the stick-to-it-iveness of those who established a goal and unitedly worked towards it. It is the combined loyalty of persons in distant places, the loyalty that merges different viewpoints, which makes the force of faithfulness so convincing. By our united constancy of purpose we can assure ourselves of success. The influence of Alpha Sigma Alpha will increase in proportion to the faithÂŁulness of the followers of the star.

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The beautiful initiation service held last night very impressively set forth the true meaning and import of keeping faith in Alpha Sigma Alpha. This renewal of vows should be a perpetual source of inspiration to each girl who holds in her heart the desire to attain the ideals of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

A. S. A. has defined true health as "abundance, soundness, and worthiness of life."

When a pledge is trained to acquire wholesome habits of living, conserve her vitality, and budget her time and strength among college activities she strengthens her chapter as a whole.

Intellectual pursuits and activities are basic to the chapter as well as to the individual. The sorority by setting up standards and aims encourages academic proficiency in its members.

An honest desire to make others happy and at ease may be founded in the ambition to faithfully seek for oneself the graciousness that comes only from the endeavor to live unselfishly as one of a group.

Life is a series of choices. By filling your life with the best, you crowd out the cheap and unworthy. Alpha Sigma Alpha in accepting the leadership of Christ provides the opportunity for each member to strengthen her spiritual nature with the recognition that so doing will prepare the girl for fuller service to the sisterhood.

"Keeping faith with oneself" means keeping faith with the ideals of A. S. A. and presupposes individual growth as well as chapter loyalty to sorority, school, and community.

A sound foundation for faithfulness built during pledge training and college membership is all important. Our creed should be made a living thing to each girl.

The girl who faithfully aspires to the Alpha Sigma Alpha aim, and seeks to help her chapEvELYN G. BELL. ter fulfill new fields of service, may look forward to attaining the Alpha Sigma Alpha ideal_ FOUNDATIONS OF FAITHFULNESS of womanhood: poise, power, personality, and "To thine own self be true .. thou cannot purpose full of character, culture, caliber, and the be false to any man." We have all been charm.

MARY MAR GARET SHousH. taug t that personal faithfulness is the true basis of all faithfulness. As we pledged our faith FAITHFULNESS UNDER FIRE unto A. S. A. we promised to aspire and seek, Upon reminiscing to find a somewhat su~t­ to attain the best in thought, word, and deed.

By our vows of sisterhood we are bound to keep able and appropriate story to preface my topiC, faith with others in our common aim-physical, "Faithfulness Under Fire", I soon thought of Dorothy and Martha who stayed after school intellectual, social, and spiritual development.

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one afternoon to help with sundry tasks. "Tomorrow is March the first" cried Martha enthusiastically, as she turned to a new page on the calendar "and I'll be six years old." "That's interesting" ' said I, "and the next day is my birthday". ~'And how old will you be?" they both inquired immediately. "Oh, six yea~s old, too, maybe", I replied jokingly, and Wit~out reason for denying my age then, as I might have today. Martha looked puzzled for a second-"You couldn't be six years old," whereupon Dorothy believing in my wor? explicitly and allowing her faith in my veracity to overcome logic, said "Well, Martha she could be six years old in ladies size."

And so faithfulness may have as many interpretations and applications among us as there are persons here tonight, depending upon our individual experiences and concepts. Each of us has built up certain feelings of faith and loyalty to certain people and to certain principles that nothing can shake, however questionable for the moment.

Dr. Wm. Heard Kilpatrick, one of our leading educators has said "We learn what we live .in the degree we accept it to act on." That builds character never to be wiped out. And as, if we live a life of faithfulness, we become faithful in our response to obligations and challenges.

Our positive reactions to such situations becomes automatic.

Faith and works are like the light and heat of a candle-they cannot be separated. Faith is a union of belief and trust-so close that it penetrates deeply beneath the shell of one's outer self to that very sensitive something called conscience.

As alumncr of Alpha Sigma Alpha we may be under fire often-bombarded with many outside demands upon our time and many distractions. On first thought it may be our impulse to turn a deaf ear to the call to armsto feel we are beyond the draft-that we have served our term-but no-we' have become conditioned-to have lived as Alpha Sigma Alphas, we are Alpha Sigma Alphas always.

That loyalty gives us the strength to shoulder our musket of responsibility to conserve, transmit and expand the heritage of values we have conquered, that those who come after us may receive in fuller measure.

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FULFILLMENT OF FAITHFULNESS

If you will consult the dictionary whic~ is always a good way to arrive at fir.st meanm~s of words, you will learn that faithfulness ~s defined-as fidelity to one's promises. That IS happily applicable for our _thinking toni~ht.

There was stirring challenge m the call to faithfulness which our national president gave.

There is wisdom in the advice of Polonious to Laertes-"To thine own self be true"-provided one has selected a sound, consistent self upon which to fasten his faithfulness. Mr. Wiggam in his "Marks of an Educated Man" declares that an educated man never loses faith in the man he might have been. I suppose we never really reach the splendid self-hood we have pictured for ourselves-all of us-since we were small children. For to ourselves, if we are honest, we are always the chief actor in our little play, the heroine of our inner life. To keep faith with oneself-a wholesome, tolerant, industrious self is to be a truly educated individual.

Meditating upon this subject a poet wrote: "Across the fields of yesterday, He sometimes comes to me A little lad just back from play The lad I used to be.

And yet he smiles so wistfully Once he has crept within, I wonder if he hopes to see The man I might have been."

Sometimes each of us is going to meet her after-self. Dr. David Starr Jordan once counseled a group of young men in this manner: "So live that the man you ought to be, may, in his time, be possible, actual. Far away in the years he is waiting his turn. His body, his brain, his soul, are in your young hands. He cannot help himself. What will you leave for him?

This is your problem."

And if in that honest meeting with our afterselves, we can experience satisfaction, peace, a sense of having arrived-we will know then the fulfillment of faithfulness. Idealistic? of course. But even in a cocky age, we live by our ideals-we cry out for them. A great impersonal psychologist has said that "all a man's life means to him when the day comes that he

NovEMBER, r938 is through with it and must lay it down-is how faithful he has been to his own ideals."

Faithfulness- worthy faithfulness comes hard- very hard. Joseph Conard wote: "Faithfulness is a great restraint, the strongest bond laid upon the self-will of men." But if faithfulness demands restraint-it also grows into beauty-for it is born of courage and bravery.

I have lived long enough to marvel at the courage of human hearts-at the endurance of human souls. An American dramatic critic once observed that in Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" there is something grandly pathetic about the courage and loyalty with which Englishmen met the crisis in England-and then he adds, as if an afterthought: "What men endure in the course of an average lifetime is stupendous"It is more than stupendous. You've thought of it too, haven't you-the conflicts, the disappointments, the shattered dreams, the bitter sorrows, the irritation of every day-that beat in upon us. It must be a man's faith that enables him to hear above that tumult an inner voice assuring him-"I will lead you beside the still waters and restore your soul".

The fulfillment of faithfulness then has as its prerequisite the selection of a sound, wholesome, industrious self-and a brave loyalty to that self. It requires sane, happy living. It prays for and continuously acquires wisdom. In that unusual book, "The Importance of Living", wisdom is defined as Reality, plus Dreams plus Humor. I think it pleases God to have a generous supply of humor.

And what of the fulfillment of faithfulness in Alpha Sigma Alpha. The answer to that rests with your own conception of what Alpha Sigma Alpha really is. Is it merely an organization? Is it only a little group interested in its own development and success? No, to me it is something infinitely more important than that-it is representative of the power and force of womanhood-it is a vehicle for the development of happy, useful lives, it is an aid in the production of the greatest work of art-beautiful personalities. It is symbolic of unselfishness and service. It holds before you without apology-its ideals.

"Ideals are like the stars-you shall never succeed in touching them with your hand, but like the mariner on the boundless desert of waters

I3 you take them for your guides and following them you reach your destiny."

And in the words of the lovely Christina Rossetti "your faithfulness to your ideals shall be like a lily lifted high and white."

WILMA WILSON SHARP .

BOOTS AND SADDLE LUNCHEON

Boots and Saddles in the western country suggest a departure and so we came to the last round up of Convention in true western style.

The soft browns of the wood paneling of the dining room at Old Faithful Inn was a perfect setting for the cowboy motif. Tables were strewn with black silhouettes of W yarning cattle brands and brass spurs and bits. Clever little cowboys with lariats and real fur chaps delighted everyone as favors. An exquisite miniature saddle of tooled leather, tiny cowboy boots of elaborate design, ten-gallon hats, a silver loving cup and furry brown bears bearing treasury bills held attention to the speaker's table.

In commendably brief introductions Boss Wrangler Polly Schlosser called upon the speakers and entertainers, who were our own girls in western roles. In full cowboy regalia the Riders of the Sage sang two of the best loved western songs, "Out Where the West Begins" and "When the Bloom is on the Sage." Cow Hand June Smith presented the awards program in her usual gracious manner. Pi Pi chapter received the mileage award from Georgia Schulte, Convention manager and this chapter also received another brown bear for the largest chapter delegation, presented by Mary Mae Paul, National Registrar. The college Exhibit awards were received by Nu Nu, Epsilon Epsilon and Xi Xi, while the alumna: exhibit awards went to Canton, Ohio and Denver, Colorado. Virginia McCarty and Marie Berry of the judging committees presented these awards. Last to be awarded was the Council loving cup trophy to Nu Nu chapter, Drexel Institute at Philadelphia for all round chapter efficiency in sorority examinations, participation in college activities, scholarship and PHoENIX contributions. This beautiful cup was presented by Esther Bucher.

The five winners of the Professor Quiz contest were presented with attractive sorority jewelry bearing the A. S. A. crest, by clever

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THE PHOENIX I4 Professor Quiz herself, Joy Mahachek. Hand and "Ole Faithful" as a fitting close to the last made aavels were presented to delegates of our round up of convention. two n~ chapters at Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Hattiesburg, Mississippi by Polly Schlosser.

The Tumblinab Tumble Weeds, an octette . from Lazy Bar Ranch, asked everyone to smg with them the old favorites of the range, "Home on the Range" and "Tumbling Tumblin a Weeds." In the vernacular of the west a te~derfoot is a person unfamiliar with the ways of the great open spaces but a good scout nevertheless in other words, a dude. One of the most p~pular dudes at convention, Kitty Roberts from far away Virginia, gave a farewell toast to Alpha Sigma in Yellowstone.

Patsy Meehan representing one of the hostess chapters, Beta Beta at Greeley, wished us all Godspeed.

HOMEWARD BOUND Then the Pals of the Trail from the Circle Polly Schlosser, Evelyn Bell, Jun e Smith, Dorothy Crook, Thelma Stortz, Ge n e vie ve L eib, Wilma Sharp Bar Ranch lead the singing of "Empty Saddles"

Convention Services on the second morning of SEVEN-FIFTEEN Alpha Sigma Alpha's 1938 Convention found a white-garbed group climbing toward an upper hall of Lake Hotel. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam's Yellowstone weatherman could not cooperate in furnishing a temperature adequate for the traditional outdoor pledging service, but his rangers had contributed fragrant, green pine boughs to remind the delegates of their location in a beautiful mountain wilderness. A second Convention custom was broken with the presence of a "real" pledge. Due to illness, Betty Jo Coulter's initiation had been delayed, and thus it was that she was present to repeat before the entire Convention the vows which she would have renewed with her own chapter, HH, in the fall. Members of the National Council read the service, with Mrs. Crook, National Vice-President, acting as president.

On the following day, the Convention paused for a brief interval to remember those Alpha Sigmas whom the Heavenly Father had called since the last Convention. Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp, standing behind a row of glowing white tapers, read the poignant! y beautiful ceremony. The National Registrar, Miss Paul, read the names of the following girls: Char-

lotte Ann Elliott, Alpha; Louise G. Baskerville Morris, Alpha; LeClaire King Smith, Alpha; Madeline Holman, Alpha Beta; Goldie Deirling DeLashmutt, Alpha Beta; Lola Katherine Spies, Delta Delta; Jeannette Diemer.Heimerle, Pi Pi; Eleanor Turner, Pi Pi; Garnet Floyd, Rho Rho. The Convention body 路also honored Mr. Walter Bell, whose contributions of loyal interest and service to the sorority from the moment of his daughter's initiation made him an integral part of Alpha Sigma Alpha in the hearts and thoughts of those privileged to know him.

Convention Memorial Service is, in a sense, the most meaningful of all the ritualistic services. Not only does it offer the opportunity to remember lovingly those precious associations on earth with these departed ones, but there is also the comforting thought that some day, other Alpha Sigmas will so pause to remember us-yes, perhaps some of the same sisters with whom we have thus stood to hear of a love "that wilt not let us go."

Model initiation was held on Wednesday evening in the dining room of Lake Hotel.

A large bay window hung with crimson and white taffeta panels was the setting for the High Altar. The center panel, of white, bore

the sorority's coat-of-arms m metallic gold.

This intricate embroidery was the work of Marian Holtzmeister, Tau Tau. Pine branches were heaped at the base of the panels and about the High Altar. The white satin and gold drapery carrying the coat-of-arms in colors and used at previous Conventions covered the High Altar, behind which stood the National President, Miss Evelyn G. Bell. White hangings, bearing appropriate sorority symbols (the property of Tau Tau chapter), were placed behind the Vice-President and Registrar's altars. These altars were presided over by Mrs. Dorothy Williamson Crook and Miss Mary Mae Paul.

Miss Louise N. Stewart was at the Chaplain's altar. Miss S. June Smith acted as Herald, and Mrs. "Wilma Wilson Sharp had the office of Adviser. Gua; ds were Mrs. Polly Schlosser, Mrs. Genevieve Leib, Miss Esther Bucher, and Mrs. Helen Bradley. Since no pledges eligible for initiation attended Convention, the delegates from the two chapters pledged and installed since 1936 Convention were re-initiated.

Virginia Wells represented Beta Gamma, and Ruth Martin, Beta Delta. The faint music of a violin was heard throughout the service.

The last episode of the 1938 Convention was the installation of the National Council which will serve Alpha Sigma Alpha for the coming three years. This service was impressively read by Miss Elizabeth Bird Small, one of Alpha Sigma's dearly loved past advisers an.d Councilors. Old and new Council members, the former bearing lighted candles in colors symbolizing their offices, slowly filed into the private dining room of Old Faithful Inn and took their places around the white altar

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bearing a single taper, a white one symbolic of the Sorority.

It was a brief but deeply significant service.

To the delegates it marked the beginning of another period in the sorority's existence. To the new Council it meant a dedication, a vow to at all times give of their strength, time, and training for the furtherance of the aims of Alpha Sigma, to give of their best, no matter what the cost-and six of them, remembering the years behind, again gave their promise to be "faithful in all things." For the three retiring officers, the small, flickering candles symbolized much as they were handed to the Installing Officer. There is always joy in service, and through the tiny candle flame passed all the lovely, lovely memories of the years of close daily association with Alpha Sigmas. Perhaps, too, there were a few pangs over small sacrifices made and over others not made. There was relief, also, a hope that in the years ahead one might occasionally waste an entire evening without a ~eeling of guilt. Finally, there was a sense of privilege and obligation. Though a National Officer gives, she receives. The greater her gift in sorority service, the greater is her return in fine friendships and increased inspiration. Likewise, as she has increased in knowledge and love for her sorority, in equal measure does her value and obligation to the sorority increase.

Such were the services of the 1938 Convention-service..r, indeed, for they were the occasions at which each Alpha Sigma present rededicated herself to the service of her sorority and the purposes for which it was established.

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L o m sE STEWART.

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A. S. A. has di..rcontinued the practice of furnishing to the membership bound volume..r of the Phoenix, two year..r to the volume. Any members desiring these volumes can order them at $1.50 each from Nichol..ron Printing Company, Richmond, Indiana.

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Convention Delegates Reminisce - Rejoice - Relate -

KAPPA KAPPA'S AT CONVENTION Thelma Stortz, June Smith, Margar etta Schenbecker , Mary Messner

CONVENTION JOTTINGS Margaretta Schenbecker, Kappa Kappa

Friday, August 19: Aboard the s:o9 train.

Met Thelma Stortz who was also taking account of her luggage. (No pieces missing to date.) A jittery ride that night. Little or no sleep.

Saturday, August 20: My first glimpse of Chicago. One piece of baggage lost. Recovered in less than one-half hour at Union Station.

A day of sightseeing ahead of us. We saw the famous Gold Coast, Northwestern, Chicago University, lunched at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, got caught in the rain, missed buses, had a lot of fun but found no Alpha Sigs until we got on A. S. A. Special that night. Talking, singing, laughing, no sleep.

Sunday, August 21: Taking pictures from observation platform in the wee hours of the morning. Walked the length of train all day long. Exchanged yarns. Saw Indians at North Dakota. Little sleep that night.

Monday , August 22: At last- we can set our feet on solid ground. And we are really way out west. This being my first trip west,

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my eyes were certainly popping out of my head.

And can you ever forget those open-top buses, those queer rock formations, sunbur?ed nos~s, singing all the way, and the glonous thnll when we approached Yellowstone Lake. Remember our arrival at the Lake Hotel. In less than two seconds we were unpacking, badged, registered, keeping the bell hops busy, and all set for the five filled days of convention. Lest we foraet the Sectional Dinner, greetings from our N~ional President, Miss Bell and introductions to the National Council. Yes, Ranch Round-Up was lots of fun. Dancing until we were just soooo tired.

Tuesday, August 23: Up early with the aid of alarm clocks, knocking on the door, cold water and other things. Pledging Service was most impressive. I can't forget the open business meeting. Knees shaking, listening to reports, waiting for your turn, report over, sat back and enjoyed rest of meeting. Round Table Discussions were indeed helpful. Problems and more problems. At night we were all rushed right off our feet. Yes, we all like Alpha Sig best for the Alpha Sig's did all the rushingthe real problem was trying to decide which group of rushers deserved the most credit. Anyway, there were lots of grand ideas. Did we rush later on to get dressed for the dance. Swell dates, good music, no sleep at all on this night.

Wednesday, August 24: Up bright ( ?) and early. Still rushing around. Business meetings, Council luncheon, clever favors, most impressive Memorial service, more discussions, pro- ' fessor quiz, lots of fun, College Night dinner, lots of cheers and still more fun. Model Initiation was indeed one thing we all will remember.

Thursday, August 25: Packing again. Much picture taking. Saying goodbye to Lake Hotel.

Taking a last look at everyone and everything.

Open-top buses again. Remember the Roaring Dragon and Boiling Mud? And Artist Point!

The Grand Canyon and it is truly grand. Many an Alpha Sig stood gazing for minutes and even more. And can you forget climbing 493 steps to the top of the Lower Falls-but was it worth it. Anyhow, it proved we could take it, not saying how. Lunch at Canyon Hotel-

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poundage is still going up. Then more sightseeing. Norris Basin-a real hot bed, the fasci- HAYS, KANSAS DELEGATES REPORT TO THE ALUMNAE nating Paint Pots, Opal Pool, bears, geysers of Louise Baird, Hays, Kansas every size and kind, cameras clicking, cameras The trip out with Miss Paul and Flora Lee grinding, the roar of Old Faithful. Unloading was most enjoyable. We were rather in a hurry ag?in, counting baggage. Changing swiftly.

Formal Banquet. Another thing we will always to get to the Park for Miss Paul had a meeting on Saturday morning so we drove hard and fast, remember.

Friday, August 26: Closing business session. taking little time to do any sight-seeing. We Tears, real ones, when Mrs. Sharp spoke. Boots arrived in the Park Saturday morning in time and Saddle Luncheon. Awards. Installation of officers. The hardest-to-say goodbyes. More picture taking. Old Faithful goes off. Buses go off. Memories are strong and vivid. Many ideas. A real inspiration. Everyone happy and sad at the same time. Departure at West Yellowstone.

. Mary K a y Yoklavich , Dona K . Donahue, Flora L ee Cochra n , L ouise Baird

Marg aret Messn er , Ma ry Messn er , Marg aretta Schenbecker, Ada St. Clair

After Convention: A feeling of appreciation, understanding and a true feeling of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Riding home together. A day in Salt Lake City. On the train again. No one can forget the ride through the rockies. Still thinking of convention. Saying goodbye to sbme at Omaha. Back to Chicago again. More goodbyes. Pittsburgh and the last goodbyes.

for the meeting and then Flora Lee and I went to the Lodge by the lake and stayed there until the convention started on Monday. We moved to the hotel on Monday and I spent that day dashing around getting the table and the dining room in shape for the Town Crier's Sectional Night Dinner. Since I am prone to procrastination, I really had plenty to do and you can picture me on my hands and knees painting necessary group signs at a quarter to seven and the dinner scheduled to start at seven. Howevery I did get everything set and the program went off quite smoothly. At the Ranch Round-Up which followed we marched and danced the Virginia Reel, and really started to get acquainted with the other girls.

Next day was devoted mostly to business ..

All the dinners and luncheons were interesting and well planned. The dance was a success_ I think all the men in or around the Park for miles were invited and I truly think that most of them came. We were late getting out from dinner and were fairly mobbed when we came from the dining room. Most of the girls seemed to have quite a good time.

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18 On Thursday the whole group went sightseeing and ended up at Old Faithful Inn quite some distance from Lake Hotel where we had been staying. Miss Paul, Flora Lee and I went in Miss Paul's car and we enjoyed seeing the geysers, paint pots, bears, etc., very much. Old Faithful is quite impressive when it erupts, especially if one is able to stand where he can see the water as well as the steam. Another day at the Inn and on Friday afternoon a small group of us watched the girls load up on the bus and start for home. We stayed for another day since the Council met on Saturday to conclude their business.

Coming home we went through the Jackson Hole country and saw the most lovely moun- . tains and lakes I have ever seen-the Grand Tetons. From there to Salt Lake where we did the usual sights, on to Denver for the usual shopping, and then home. It was a great trip!

Now for the business- of course much of the actual business, in fact all of it will be in the next PHoENIX but perhaps I can send on a few things that were discussed in the alumna: round table that will not be in print. Under the discussion of membership it was suggested that a letter be sent to the entire membership of the group listing the locations of all the alumna: groups and urging each to affiliate with the nearest group if possible. The one thing that impressed me about many of the chapters was the close relationship between the active and alumna: groups. In many cases the alumna: group actually gave one rush party for the actives and in others the two groups held joint parties. By this I mean the planning as well as the expense was shared and so enjoyed more.

The Bu.flalo chapter kept a close relationship by sendmg a representative to the active meetings and by requiring the vice-president of the active group to attend alumna: meetings. Instead of giving a shield, as we do, for achievement and scholarshi~ they awar~ed a cash prize of $s.oo to the semor who achieved the most and this m?ney was to apply on life membership. In this way they encouraged the payment of life membership dues.

And t~is of course brings up the subject of dues. TlllS same group has rather hiuh dues but ~ost of it, or perhaps only half, ap~lies on the bfe membership and in this way they pay

a small part of it each year until they are paid up.

I know that this does not cover everything but by careful reading of the PHOENIX I'm sure that all necessary matters will be covered.

I enjoyed being a delegate and really did have a fine time, one that I shall not soon forget.

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A sorority girl will never know the true meaning nor receive the full benefit of a sorority until she has attended a national convention.

It was the grandest experience that I have ever had.

The college delegate comes from national convention full of inspiration and grand ideas, she has found out about all of the other chapters and sees how her chapter can be so improved that it will rank for above all the other chapters.

National officers are not just letters and instructions. They are now real women with pleasing personalities who watch with one common interest Alpha Sigma Alpha and all of its members.

Not all of convention was meetings and round tables, but dinners, sight-seeing tours, new friends and last but not least was the "Ball!" That was grand fun, forest rangers, pearl divers (dish washers to you) bell hops, but all in all they were just college men there to dance and show the Alpha Sigs- a good time and they did.

The wonderful thing to me was the fact that all of my Alpha sister delegates were there for the same reason, to have a marvelous time to better their college chapter and to know rr:ore of Alpha Sigma Alpha. F LORA. L EE COCHRAN. AS I SAW CONVENTION Mary Kay Yoklavich, Sigma Sigma

The 1938 Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha was one of the finest and most interesting experiences I have ever had. If only each member of our twenty-four chapters could have spent those glorious days in Yellowstone. . I only wish I were able to picture to each Sigma Sigma girl that experience. There are so many things to tell. _ First, I want them to feel the spirit of NatiOnal and Local Sorority that I do. Meeting our lovely officers and alumna: who have felt enough interest in the sorority to give their

NovEMBER, 1938 time to us, to help each chapter, and to draw us all into a strong national organization, is one inspiration. They brought to each delegate a more enlightened interpretation of the wordsorority-and have inspired me to do all I can to make sorority life invaluable to each member of Sigma Sigma.

To those of us w4o have had little experience in business meeting procedure, the examples given us in the huge lobby at Lake Hotel and at the lodge at Old Faithful were most helpful.

I've had a lot of fun describing the various national officers to the girls- the clothes they wore, their hair dress and so on.

Sigma Sigma feels that the Three-year-plan is grand. The girls who are not graduating this year are looking forward to regional next year.

We are thrilled to know that Mrs. Sharp will visit Gunnison within the next three years.

Since I have never been to Yellowstone before, the whole trip, the geysers, mud-pots, bears and all, were swell. The people in the park and the beautiful hotels are a grand memory.

So, as the travelogue man says, I said farewell to the 1938 Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha, with enough memories and new friendships to last me three whole years- until 1941when I'll see you all again.

YELLOWSTONE IN '38 Dorothy Beach, Mu Mu

To me Yellowstone in '38 does not mean huge gorgeous mountains, beautiful landscapes, and steaming geysers, but a certain unexplainable pleasure I received in meeting "National" and other Alpha Sigs of United States. To be a delegate and to be a part of that 1938 Convention body was a most worthwhile experience. Bringing back Convention as it was in its ever-fitting atmosphere is not an easy task, you just keep wishing each girl of your chapter might have had the same glorious apportunity you had . Witnessing the marvelous efficiency of "National" was to me a wonderful experience in itself, an experience which can be used by all as a broad means of improvement.

Alpha Sigma Alpha has always signified sisterhood and friendliness but now since Convention faithfulness can be added as an ever appropriate standard.

A HOOSIER'S IMPRESSION OF CONVENTION Marjorie Hutchens, Chi Chi

If it were possible for every member of Alpha Sigma Alpha to attend one convention while she is in school, we would have much stronger chapters. That was my thought as I was attending the Yellowstone convention. I

Louise Ste wart, Gene vieve Leib, La ura Sherma n, Virginia McCarty, Marjorie Hutch en s, Gerry H olton , Ma rie Rice

learned more about Alpha Sigma Alpha and am better able to answer my chapter's questions than I ever could before. You can see that I believe in the teaching theory that it is better to illustrate to students rather than lecture.

Before going to convention I 路 was rather "leary" of everything. I had to prepare one of the tables for College Rush Night. I wondered if mine would be on the same level as the others. Then, I wondered how the other girls would be-would they be friendly and join in to have a good time?

Naturally, in our true sorority spirit everyone was wonderful. We met and discussed our problems. In the round table discussions we learned about our other chapters, their problems, and how they had been solved.

We had grand times at our dinners. We learned to know each other, and we were never too formal to see something funny which raised everyone's spirit. We sang songs and talked and it was all Alpha Sig. National Council- I had always wondered their extent. I had known two members who were very nice. Miss Bell had been to our installation in December, 1936, and Mrs. Leiboh, she comes from our Hoosier state.

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Such a beautiful place to have convention was on everyone's tongue. Yellowstone was grand-! never saw so much scenery. Whenever people ask me about it, my vocabulary seems to be lacking.

Convention makes one "Alpha Sig conscious." I hope I may get the feeling I got over to all my chapter.

CONVENTION MEMORIES Mary Margaret Shoush, Alpha Beta

The memory of the precious hours I spent with Alpha sisters seem best expressed by the theme song of the Park: Yellowstone, Yellowstone Best of all the places That I've ever known.

Skies so blue Friends so true Take me back to Alpha days In Yellowstone.

I feel that I shall long remember the orchestra playing this melody which even at the time I knew would stay with me to bring back memories of convention. .

Second only to the personal contacts made at . convention was the strengthening of what m1ght be called national consciousness. The realization of the scope of the interests and ~deal-s of A.路S. A. has encouraged greater effort m chapter endeavor. . After leaving the group in Salt Lake City 1t was my good fortune to return to Wyoming for a second week and then by way of Denver to Pueblo for another week. The Royal Gorge, Gar_den of the Gods, and the Will Rogers S~:me of the Sun were interesting places I VlSlted. I reached home a week late for school but bubbling with praises for Alpha Sioma Alpha and plans for Alpha Beta. b If I have been able by enthusiasm in reports and suggestio.n~ to pass on to the chapter, as a who~e, the spmt and aims of Yellowstone ConventiOn, I feel that one of my greatest experiences has been realized.

REVIEWING NATIONAL CONVENTION Mary S. Angus, Theta Theta

. As. a person ne.eds blood running through h1s vems, so a so:onty needs inspiration, broader contacts, and a v1ew of other's difficulties as well

as a chance to discuss her own-this is what our National Convention did for us. When, however, this National Convention is held in one of the most amazing and beautiful parks in the country its value is even greater.

A National Convention should tie all parts together, so we may see the purpose of our being in broader terms than our own campus will allow. This Convention added, also, a depth of feeling that will last for many years, perhaps a lifetime. The dual purpose was achieved, perhaps intentionally and incidentally.

Another feature of the Convention was the friendships we made, both with the other girls and the National Officers. While it is good to become acquainted with people by letter, how much more fun it is to know them personally!

The letters sent to the National Officers this year from those of us who were at Convention will be more interesting and understanding, and we hope the National Council will feel just the same way about us. Even our all too brief acquaintance with the 路representatives of the other chapters made us feel much more united.

Here at Boston University the opportunity for bringing back inspiration and concrete help is very wide. We are so limited in our stay in Theta Theta that it is important to get this, else it would be difficult to survive.

We are looking forward to this year with great hope and pleasure and with a greater sense of being a part of a great whole.

CONVENTION THRU OHIO EYES Berdein Schumaker, Canton, Ohio

I had never been privileged to attend a National Convention nor had I ever visited Yello~stone National Park. Naturally my anticipatiOn was extremely keen. Contrary to the ~sual result of high expectation, the resulting JOYS were far greater than can be imagined.

Yellowstone National Park has a glorious natura~ beauty, displaye~ by and surrounding nature s wonders, that giVes an aesthetic satisfaction not extended by man made wonders.

I coul~ have stood for hours on one spot endeavonng to appreciate every detail if time would have permitted. ' I?- spite of the satisfaction I received from tounng Yell ow stone, my greatest thrill while

NovEMBER, 1938 visiting the Park was not received from the scenery.

My most enjoyable moments were spent while I was in closest contact with the members of A. S. A. I can truthfully say, and I know that I voice the opinion of all other members at the Convention, that I have never known such fascinating, poised, charming, and competent girls as the National Officers. The tone of the voice-the smallest gesture served to illustrate the loyalty, love, and service each felt for her sorority. It was a pleasure to be in contact with such strong personalities.

From participation in the activities of the National Convention, I was made to. realize how much of an honor it is to belong to A. S. A. It was so nice 't hat I am already looking forward to seeing everyone again at the next convention. See you then!

OUR CONVENTION Albertine Ringrose Geist, Des Moines

Was I really going to convention again?

Oh, if every A. S. A. could share the same experience. June and Julia and my family were at the train to see me off. They gave me two boxes of candy, "The Giant Quiz Book" and a magazine. Helen Bradley greeted me in St. Paul and we had breakfast together. Then going down the steps to the special we met Joy Mahachek, Scholarship Chairman, Waldine and ViFginia of Eta Eta. All-a-board we were travelling again and trying to find out who was in each berth.

Heads were popping out to greet us or ours were popping in to rouse sleepy heads. Then we went into the special observation car and there spent the day with games, songs, candy, quiz questions and getting acquainted.

The next day we arrived at Cody. We enjoyed Burlington Inn where we ate lunch.

There the cowboys, a large stone fireplace, Indian rugs and Mexican chairs made a colorful western atmosphere.

The busses were ready and we were off for Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We travelled over â&#x20AC;˘ the old Cody road through Shoshone canyon and around Shoshone Lake over Sylvan Pass, amid mountain peaks and majestic pines to Lake Yellowstone and Yellowstone Lake Hotel on its shore.

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There the council welcomed us, we met the A. S. A.'s from west and south and settled in our rooms. That evening we enjoyed a good dinner and Hiawatha presented in a toast program by Miss Baird and others. Then we were off to join the ranch round-up and square dancing led by Za Lawrenson.

The days passed very quickly. We met together in business sessions and threshed out problems, we came to know each other better, to tell our own particular problems and aims for the betterment of our own chapters and to give each other helpful suggestions.

Then, to me, the most inspiring part of the convention, we rode through the canyon, Upper and Lower Geyser Basins, we saw "Old Faithful" and the banquet held at "Old Faithful Inn." There the council, advisers and girls met together around tables with the PHoENIX centerpieces, an occasion filled with spirituality, happiness and toasts that gave us all a message to take home. "Faithfulness,-It is better to be faithful than to be famous."

CONCERNING CONVENTION Marion Thomas, Pi Pi

Now the Convention at Yellowstone is a lingering memory, but will always be one of the highspots in my life. As a delegate of Pi Pi chapter, I performed all the preliminaries of planning for a convention, and looked forward to it with great delight. All announcements of it that promised a grand and gala week were realized when we arrived in the park. The house party, a la train, was heaps of fun, and there everyone really became acquainted. A. S. A.'s from the North, South, East and West were united for five short days, intermingling business, fun and sight-seeing with practical pranks. Everything was performed so smoothly that we marvelled at the cooperation and fine organization. The vastness and efficiency of the national set-up impressed all of us. The friendships formed there were indeed delightful. Everyone who attended returned with a wealth of ideas which are indeed a challenge to all of us. My only regret is that every member of every chapter was not there to be likewise impressed by th A. S. A. convention in that wonderland-Yellowstone.

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Beta Delta Installation ISSISSIPPI State Teachers College at Hatties- opened its doors in 1912. The purpose of the burg, Mississippi, boasts one of the love- founders of the college was to train teachers liest college campuses in the whole of the South- for service in the public schools of Mississippi. land. The grounds are beautifully laid out and cared for and the buildings are, true to southern architecture, colonial in design with huge columns and wide verandas. At the present work is being begun on a new library building and a new stadium-dormitory, while the most modern swimming pool in the state is nearing .completion.

Hattiesburg is a city of about thirty thousand people, located seventy miles from the Gulf Coast, one hundred seventeen miles from New Orleans, and ninety-eight miles from Mobile. Thus the famous playgrounds and points of historic interest in the far Mid-South are easily accessible. Its nearness to the Gulf insures a mild, equitable climate in summer and winter.

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MISS MARY PULLEY Beta Delta Adviser

In 1922 the Legislature authorized the college to grant degrees. Pre-colleue work was discontinued and curricula were ~t up leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. In 1924 the name was changed to State Teachers College.

In 1934 the trustees authorized the grantinu of the degree of Music Bachelor. ~ State Teachers College is a member of the American Association of Teachers Colleues and of the Southern Association of Colle:es and Secondary Schools. ~

MISS R U TH MARTIN President Beta Delta Cha pter

State Teachers College, under the name of Mississippi Normal College, was founded by an act of the Legislature in 1910. Hattiesburg was chosen for the site of this new institution.

Buildings were erected and the college

SIGMA BETA Sigma Beta sorority was organized in the early fall of 1937 by a group of girls who wished to promote a better feeling of friendliness and good citizenship on the S. T. C. campus. Miss

NovEMBER, 1938 Mary Pulley, College Registrar, served them in the capacity of adviser and in a few weeks this small group of girls began to be an active factor of campus life.

Evelyn Garner was elected president of the group; Geneva Stubbs, vice-president; Ruth Martin, secretary; Helen Jones, treasurer; and Joyce Newcomb, reporter.

In the Spring, 1938, Sigma Beta, local sorority, petitioned Alpha Sigma Alpha, national sorority for membership.

Members of Sigma Beta have always been known for their active interest and participation in all phases of campus life- socially and academically.

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On Friday, May 20, twenty-one members of the Sigma Beta sorority and their adviser were solemnly pledged as the Beta Delta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Mrs. Reinard W. Schlosser, national treasurer, of Denver, Colorado, was the presiding officer assisted by Manette Swett, Jo Tarlton, and Lyda Wilson, of Psi Psi chapter, Nachitoches, Louisiana.

The local chapter of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority entertained in honor of the Beta Delta chapter at a Garden Party in the lovely formal garden.

Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, assisted by the three Psi Psi members installed the Beta Delta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha on Saturday, May 21.

The initiates w~re: Mary Pulley, adviser, Mary Louise Barksdale, Dorothy Brantley, Yvonne Brantley, Delores Crane, Mary Sue Cox, Evelyn Garner, Clarice Ice, Helen Jones, Helen Kynes, Betsy Majure, Ruth Martin, Lois Nelson, Joyce Newcomb, Emilie Komp, Mai Flowers Pace, Mary Alice Pickel, Esther Saxton, Nancy Lee Shivers, Geneva Stubbs, Edwina Turner, Thelma Williamson.

Telegrams and letters were received from the other chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha which were appreciated very much by Beta Delta.

The installation banquet was held in the Forrest Hotel in Hattiesburg. Red and white roses formed the table decorations and corsages were of red carnations and tiny white roses.

Each of the members of the Beta Delta chapter were presented recognition pins as favors.

The banquet program follows: PROGRAM Theme: "Stars" Toastmistress . .... .. ..... Joyce Newcomb Song Constant Stars . . ........ Manette Swett, Psi Psi " No star is ever lost, we once have seen."

Distant Stars . . . . . . . . . .

. .. Evelyn Garner

"Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven Blossom the lovely stars."-Longfellow.

Guiding Stars .

. ... Mrs. Polly Schlosser

"Surely the stars are images of love."-Bailey.

Songs MRS. SCHLOSSER'S ADDRESS Guiding Stars "I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by . . . "

"And a star to steer her by"-in those few words we have a purpose. That mariner was not content to drift. It was easy to drift. Given a tall ship, he wanted to sail, yes, but sail with a purpose. And so he looked to the distant stars, to the constant stars, for in them he had trusted guides.

It is easy to drift. It is much easier to drift than to follow a guide. Recall for a moment your visit to the World's Fair, to some strange city, or to some large museum. Surrounded and confused by such a variety of interests, were you not impelled first one way, then another?

Did you not at least start to drift? It is so easy to drift. It requires no effort, no direction of the.will, and you quickly realize that continued drifting will prove only "weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable." You've had enough of drifting.

You've had enough of wasted time and energy, so you go in quest of a guide. You need a course of direction. You need a guiding star.

It is not always easy to follow a guide book.

There are generally maps to be studied, directions to be read and subsequently followed, points of interest and descriptions to be noted, and, if time is limited, selections to be made.

No, it is not always easy to follow a guide, but it is more beneficial. Drifting, you behold the little things, but with guidance you can grip values of lasting worth.

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24 Matthew Arnold once wrote that "a life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing.

Every day, said he, we ought to renew our purpose."

In the thirty-six years of its life, Alpha Sigma Alpha has clung to its original purpose, and through its individual members that purpose has been renewed every day. That purpose has been made known to you tonight throughout initiation ceremony-the ideals on which our sorority was founded, the standards which it upholds-these are your guiding stars that will direct you along a worthwhile, purposeful course.

It would indeed be unfair both to you and to Alpha Sigma Alpha if I intimated that it was easy to follow these guiding stars. In this regard I am reminded of an interesting commentary on a Buddhist truth: "When you repeat the words, they seem to mean nothing, but when you try to put them in practice, you .find they mean everything." At this very moment you may retain a general impression of the beauty and solemnity of your initiation service. A few outstanding precepts of Alpha

Sigma Alpha may have so stirred your inner consciousness that they are well remembered.

But, for the most part, you will find it necessary to go back to your guide book. And each time you consult your guiding star, you may still be impressed by the beauty of the words, but when you begin to put those words into practice, you will be gripped by the realization that "They mean everything" and that here you have values of lasting worth.

Someone has said that "our improvement is in proportion to our purpose." Thirty-seven years ago .five girls formulated the A. S. A.'s purpose-It was a lofty purpose to which they aspired but they diligently sought to attain it and as new members joined with them they too became seekers after this great ideal. From .five their numbers grew, until today there are 6,ooo sharers in Alpha Sigma Alpha's original purpose. Tonight you joined this group of followers of the star. What is true nationally is likewise true locally, yes, and individually-your improvement as a chapter, your improvement as an individual will be in proportion to your purpose-in the proportion to the tenacity with which you follow your guiding stars.

THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT STATE TEA CHERS COLLEGE

NovEMBER,

1938

BETA DELTA CHAPTER AT TIME OF INSTALLATION Standing: Miss Mary Pulley, adviser, Mary Louise Barksdale, Betsy Maj ure, H elen Kynes, Mary Alice Pickel, Delores Crane, Yvonne Brantley, Evelyn Garner, H elen J ones, Lois N elson, E sth er Saxton , Clarice Ice, Edwina Turner, Ruth Martin, Dorothy Brantley, Mary Sue Cox, a nd Joyce N ewcomb.

Seated: Emilie Komp, N e ncy Lee Shivers, Geneva Stubbs, Mai Flowers Pace, and Thelma Williamson.

Patchwork

Retrospect Still thoughts that follow after The welling flood of years Bring joy too keen for laughter And pain too deep for tears.

Life is A patchwork quilt Pieced with alternate squares Of exquisite light and deep-toned Shadow.

ETTA CHRISTIANSEN.

ETTA CHRISTIANSEN.

De Profundus -A Saphic Wounded dark soul, break from your shell and come forth; Sorrow's cold blast over, forgotten bleak woe; Banish all drear yesterdays; greet a new world Glowing with friendship.

ETTA CHRISTIANSEN.

Theta Theta Chapter.

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If's In the Air!

W e~re Everywhere

Welcome Sister Newcomers TULSA, OKLAHOMA, ALUMNAE CHAPTER

KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Charter Members

Charter Members

D. Edna Kerst Chamberlain, Gamma Gamma Mary Lewis Darby, Epsilon Epsilon Velma Pearl Van Horn, Beta Gamma Willetta Lyon Kuhn, Epsilon Epsilon

Bernice Humphrey Clark, Alpha Beta Sarah Grim Wimp, Alpha Beta Gladys Howey Neville, Alpha Beta Marian Renick Flinchpaugh, Alpha Beta

Belle Byers Beck, Gamma Gamma

Florence Cassity Sears, Alpha Beta

Jennie Vinson Fisk, Gamma Gamma

Emily Smith, Alpha Beta

Mary Stevens, Beta Gamma

Marie Wheatcraft Dougherty, Alpha Beta

Edna Trent, Beta Gamma

Avis Wheatcraft, Alpha Beta

Margaret Stringer, Beta Gamma

Dorothy Sens Lewis, Alpha Beta

Lora Patterson, Gamma Gamma

Florence Rolston Gramsch, Alpha Beta

PITTSBURG, KANSAS, ALUMNAE CHAPTER Charter Members

Anne Prell, Eta Eta Avys Rae Taylor Hagman, Eta Eta Maude E. Laney, Eta Eta Hazel Howell Row, Eta Eta Ruby Fulton, Eta Eeta Viola Lokrie Cowden, Eta Eta Euralia E. Roseberry, Eta Eta Ethyle Porter Weede, Eta Eta

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News Letters-Alumnae Chapters ALVA, OKLAHOMA Alva, Oklahoma, Alumnae Chapter Officers President, Eva Ames Wood; Vice-President, Essie Nail; Secretary, Mrs. J. Phillip Rudy; Treasurer, Namoi Warren Paris; Editor, Emogene Cox. Our new patroness, Mrs. Edith Ames is always ready with grand hospitality and a helping hand when the actives or alumna: need her.

Miss Minnie Shockley and Edith Johnston had a shower for our alumna: president Eva Ames Wood at Mrs. Johnston's Capron, Oklahoma, home, October 7¡ The Mayfield sisters, viz: the Mesdames Dannie Bear, Milton Case, and Exona Harper, entertained the alumna: at Harper, Kansas, in the home of Mrs. Bear, October 2r.

Eula Callison who has been ill since last December is much improved and is able to be up part of the time for which we are very happy.

There were several Gamma Gamma girls who visited Alva alumna: group during the summer. Among those who were here were Eunice Metcalf Trent, Santa Barbara, California; Mrs. Clay Fisk, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mrs. Mary Mauntel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. George Clark, Columbia, Mo. Gamma Gamma had three parties during the summer months. The first one was held in the soro.rity room, June 7, 1938. There were thirty-six present, and thirty-two out-of-town guests and their -patronesses. Green and gold color scheme was carried out. They played "Sorority Mixer" and "so".

The second event was a picnic in Hatfield Park on June 24.

The mothers of the alumna: and the actives were guests at the third meeting on July +2 at the home of Luella Harzman.

Luella Harzman and Sue Edwards-Trenary both lost their mothers this summer. We extend sympathy to them.

Ada Lane and Lorinda Lane spent their â&#x20AC;˘ vacation at Masonic Park in Colorado.

Dr. Racine Spicer a sponsor of the actives accompanied her mother on a conducted tour in New England and Canada.

Four of our last years graduates are teaching

this year: Ruth Riecker teaches third grade in Alva system; Pauline Haworth is teaching at Burlington, Oklahoma; Ramona Baker teaches at Waynoka, Oklahoma; Jadeena LeeperBrown teaches part-time at Greenfield, Oklahoma.

Miss Minnie Shockley spent her short vacation by taking a tour through California, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota and Yellowstone. In Colorado she visited her nephew; in Utah, a brother; and in South Dakota, she visited with a Delta Sigma Upsilon council member.

Edna Donley attended summer school at Boulder, Colorado, and Emogene Cox attended summer school at Berkeley, California.

Rosa Lee Montgomery, a sponsor of the actives spent her vacation at Boulder, Colorado.

Alma Lois Rodgers took the Girl Scout National Training Course at Camp Macy, Pleasantville, New York, and later toured New England States and Canada. Elsie SoH-Fisher accompanied her husband to the State Convention ofthe American Legion and Auxiliary at Muskogee, Oklahoma.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Wednesday, September 21, will long be remembered by us New Englanders as the day of the "great hurricane of '38." The morning of the eventful day was calm enough, and we merely perused the newspapers and read of another hurricane that missed Florida, never dreaming that it was on its way toward us! So we dismissed the thought of catastrophe and were glad that Florida had escaped one of those calamities that we see in the movies but had never experienced in this section of these United States. But that was in the morning! Before dusk had crept upon us the hurricane had paid us a visit and had left its calling card.

With an unbelievable suddenness the 75 to 90 mile an hour gale, accompanied by ~n i?termittant rain, descended upon our fa1r City a little after five o'clock. Even before that time we could all see that we were in for a gale, but we lauo-hed and joked about it saying that we guesselMarch was with us again. By fivethirty it was evident that thin~s wer~ really happening and they kept happenmg until dark-

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ness had fallen and the fury of the wind had somewhat abated.

Walking home it was not uncommon to see a huge glass window in a large department store pulled right out by the fury of the gale.

Trees were laid down as tenpins. Roofs were torn off of houses. Buildings collapsed. People clung to poles so that they might not be carried along with everything else, and even then they were not sure but that the pole and they would be carried to the destruction which their eyes witnessed. No one could minimize the startling revelation of unbelievable destruction and desolation, of crumpled homes covering untold numbers of bodies, whole villages and towns just wiped out by wind and ocean of untold violence, sudden death, sorrow, tragedy. However, we don't care to talk about the dark side any more than necessary and now that it is over and rehabilitation under way, we dwell more on the little anecdotes that have begun to "go the rounds."

To give you all some idea of the speed of the ocean during the hurricane, I quote a story from one of our local newspapers. It comes from Misquamicut, Rhode Island, a thicklysettled colony on a flat area a few feet above sea level. Incidentally, out of this colony of five hundred houses only five are left.

"A man loaded his family into a car and got under way a few seconds before a monster wave rose over the dunes and swept across the beach colony, tearing it apart like matchsticks as the whole area, miles long, suddenly became one with the ocean.

"At forty miles an hour, the car lost ground to the oncoming wave.

"At fifty miles the wave still gained on the fleeing refugees, who crouched terror-stricken at the fifteen-foot wall behind them.

"Stepping up to fifty-five miles, the driver raced along Winnapaug road and climbed to high ground. Another few seconds of level ground would have seen the car overwhelmed. ~he bottom of the wave was licking at the rear tires as the car started uphill at fifty-five miles an hour."

At the moment that the "great wave" struck the coast, a truck carrying a prize bull home !.rom th~ Brockton Fair was crossing a bridge. !h~ dnve~ saw the wave coming and fled for h1s hfe, racmg back to the mainland end with

hardly a second to spare. He was one of the few anywhere in the costal area to see the wave head-on-and live to tell the tale. Throwing spindrift far ahead, curling and snarling, the great wave roared over the bridge. It carried away truck and bull in a fearful rush of boiling water. Over the railing they wept-down to the deck of a big yawl tied up along side.

The yawl broke its mooring and went plunging up the river, with the truck still on deck and the bull still imprisoned in the truck. On the extreme upper tip of Newport Island the yawl pounded ashore in a splintering of keel and crash of masts. The truck toppled to the shore, the cage broke, and the bull, bellowing madly, leaped out and plunged into the fields."

Of course we all realize up here that it will take months of uninterrupted labor to rectify the damage done by the fury of the hurricane, and after all the tales of horror and destruction we realize that we should be thankful to be alive; but as staunch New Englanders we do not dwell on the tragedy too long but go to work and in the midst of work try to "laugh off" the many horrifying episodes. So I'll leave you all with one of the odd, amusing incidents, at the same time hoping that none of you may experience a hurricane which will long be referred to as the greatest hurricane New England ever had.

"Coming down to view what remained of his Summer home, a man found only a foundation, and standing in the center of it a 0arand . p1ano cast up by the tidal wave. 'There,' he said, 'I've always wanted a grand piano, and now that I have one, I haven't a home to put it . ', m.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK The annual business meeting of the Buffalo

~lumn~ ch~pter was held at Buffalo Consistory

m May. T1me will come we suppose, when we'll call it the spring fashion parade. With over forty members present-and each in "her best"-'twas quite a sight. Each officer gave her yearly report, and these were turned over to Madeline Faulkner, the editor of the News Letter (Madeline did an extra swell job this year). Betty Stratemeier was elected president yours truly vice-president, Edith Yesser, record~ ~ng secretary, Madeline Faulkner, correspondmg secretary, and Melvina Holzman, treasurer.

NovEMBER, 1938 Plans for the June picnic were the main topic of the day.

On the tenth of June the gals all journeyed out to the shores of Lake Erie to Rose Kraft's very swelegant summer home. Guest of honor were the brides (two) and graduates (eighteen).

After a very delectable lunch, we welcomed the new girls and made plans for Convention and our house party.-And speaking of houseparty, we just couldn't do without it. Not much sleep, we admit, but lots of gals, lots of talk, lots of food-and lots of fun. The main topic at the houseparty was Convention-and as you know we did manage to get about twelve out to Yellowstone.

But the summer ended as most summers do, and on October I we resumed our meetings.

Melvina Holzman was the very charming hostess at this Saturday luncheon, and Louise Abrams was the chairman of this meeting.

Margaret Houston gave her convention report (including not only the highlights of the business meeting, but the humorous incidents as well). Shirley Finch, our program chairman, distributed the program for the year - in printed form this time. (A grand job Shirl).

Our next meeting will be in the form of a bridge party and fashion show at the Hotel Statler-but loads of that later.

BETTY MuRPHY.

CANTON, OHIO It was the month of May and Spring was in the air. It certainly was just a night to go visiting with our sorority sisters at Dorothy Stough's home. After our usual short business meeting, we stapled the chances for our dress raffle. We were selling tickets for ten. cents, which, if you were the lucky winner, entitled you to a dress worth $12.95. It took considerable time to staple rooo tickets, so we had but a few games of bridge.

June, the month of anniversaries, was also the date of our first birthday. What was more fitting than that we should celebrate it at the home of our president, Mrs. Park Urban, with the secretary, Mrs. Pressley Campbell, as assistant â&#x20AC;˘ hostess. Everyone seemed to be in such good humor that we had a very enjoyable time just talking for a long time. Oh yes! we drew the winning ticket. The dress was won by a friend from Massillon, Ohio. Then we played a little

bridge. It seems we have unanimously adopted bridge as our entertainment for the evening.

How grand it was to have our July meeting at Sippo Lake. What did we have there? We had a delicious picnic supper, and then rowed boats around the lake until the friends of all picnics-mosquitoes, became too threatening.

Mary Miller sponsored this outing. Aren't picnics fun?

In August the delegate attended the National Convention so the girls did not have a meeting, but in September we got together at Marge Crawford's home. We certainly talked and talked about Convention. Not a stone was left unturned. In fact, so much time was taken for discussion, that we had only a few games of bridge.

These months pass so slowly. It seems too long until the members of A. S. A. will again get together for another evening. But when it does we will enjoy ourselves-! know. We always do!

CENTRAL, PENNSYLVANIA Along with the home-makers idea, Kitty Bender has taken over the old hom~stead and is truly a real land owner.

The Atlantic sea-shore was so delightful this summer that Lillian Gish Eshelman and her young son spent almost the whole season there.

Helen Witmyer spent her Summer at her usual camp site.

Fun first and then study was Virginia Hoffman's idea of a good 1938 season. She took a vacation trip to Nassau and Cuba and then spent the Summer at Millersville State Teachers College taking the Library Course.

This year we will miss Ann Ruppin who has left our chapter to join the faculty of Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. We can only wish her plenty of music classes as her mother tells us she is not working very hard.

Betty Janeskey also left our chapter to acquire a Southern accent. We were sorry to lose our president-elect but we do wish her lots of luck in her new home.

Mary Wilson Aungst's mother is seriously ill in the Harrisburg hospital. We wish for a speedy recovery.

The chapter is happy to welcome five new members: Margaret Messner, Alpha Gamma;

THE PHOENIX Claire Cressman, Alpha Gamma, Merle Fox, Alpha Gamma; Peggy Gensemer, Kappa Kappa; Mrs. Alvin Rost, Kappa Kappa.

This is all for this issue, thanks so much for handling it for us. Best wishes for the commg year, In Alpha Sigma Alpha, HELEN BISHOP.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Chicago notes from my little black A. S. A. book: Orchids to all A. S. A's who helped make the 1938 convention one of the best ... Chicago representatives Louise Stewart and Ethel Llewellyn gave a glowing account of the convention soon after their return to other Chicago stay-at-homes at a luncheon meeting in the Medical-Arts Building ... Few days later Louise left for a new job in Zanesville, Ohio, (where she spent her salad days) ... Kathryn Landolph ditto to Lorraine, Ohio, for her second year of schoolmar-ming ... Florence Gee Boysen stopped off in Chicago for a few days to see old friends ... she was enroute from her California home for a visit with her family in Michigan ... her husband is teaching in a California boys school ... Dorothy Masters spent her two-weeks on the West coast, from Hollywood up through the Canadian Rockies via Lake Louise and Banff . . .

Eloise Martin feeling like herself again after a summer in the hospital ... her lovely daughter Marilyn is a senior at the Beverly High School this year.

The Wheaton home of Ethel Llewellyn was the locale for a June picnic (indoors due to rainy weather) ... October meeting to be held at Helen Ball's home in Elmhurst .. .It was a girl at the Helen Ball's (Nu Nu) in May. DoROTHY MASTERS.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

Our letter this time must perforce be very short as we are just getting our steam up for a busy winter. Not having sent a representati":e to the Convention, we await the next issue of the PHoENIX with great anticipation to hear just what went on at the Big Conclave.

We wound up our last seasons affairs with a meeting at Rachel Van Hook's home wherein the officers for the coming year were elected.

Josephine Ambacher is our new president, Rache Van Hook, the vice-president, Cornelia Jones is our new secretary-treasurer and the PHoENIX correspondent remains the same, Dorothy Windom. We had our fortunes told by cards at this meeting and of course that started much speculation.

Martha Bell had us all out to her home in Westerville when our former classmate, Evelyn Bryan, was in town. Quite a number of the girls attended and we certainly had a grand gab fest. We played a little contract bridge and your correspondent learned that she does not know much about the aforesaid game.

Josephine Ambacher called us together for our first fall meeting at her home last month.

We tried to hatch up a few plans whereby we could enlarge our membership and our campaign will be launched the twenty-seventh of this month with a Kiddie Party Round-up in Reynoldsburg. Here's hoping we have much to report for the next issue of our magazine.

Yours in Alpha Sig, DoROTHEA WINDOM.

DENVER, COLORADO

During the Summer _the Alpha Sigs did get together but not all at one time for so many are out of town at one time or another. Our picnic, always held at Washington Park is the annual baby show though many of the babies are growing into Boy Scout and Camp Fire ages now.

There were twelve lovely children representing all ages from the tiniest tot, Peggy Langhorn's Nancy to Mabel Switzer's fine young sons.

The Broadmoor Garden Walk offers supreme enjoyment for a Summer evening. Delicious steak dinner beneath the stars by the light of hurricane candles and dancing with the moon over one's shoulder. We voted to make this an annual Summer party.

And another event that bears repeating is the Benefit Bridge at the Electric Institute there's no easier way to earn our Fellowshi~ Fund contribution than to bring one's friends to play bridge in such an attractive place and to share in the interesting prizes donated for advertising and presented by the Prize Chairman, Marian Thornton. There were five-pound bags of flour for every table and pairs of theatre tickets, dinner tickets to La Casa Rosa de Oro

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NovEMBER, 1938 permar:ent waves and candy as door and drawmg pnzes.

August was full of committee meetings as we worked on our convention exhibit, the burlap-covered book that won an award, are we just a bit proud of its success? Yes indeedy!!

However, the high light of the summer was when we had the pleasure and privilege of entertaining our own Evelyn Bell. Arriving on an early morning train she was met by Irene Holland and Polly Schlosser and taken to a trout breakfast at the home of Vivi Dobbins.

A luncheon at the Denver Athletic Club was followed by an informal reception until her departure with Polly Schlosser on the Buffalo Bill for the Pre-Convention Council meeting in Yellowstone. We are all charmed and impressed by our young and attractive National President.

Who doesn't love a trip up one of our lovely mountain canyons on a fall day, air tinged with frost, "trees tinged with color, then a hearty lunch of steak cooked over the outdoor fireplace at Vera Campbell's cozy cabin up on Shadow Mountain. Twenty-four, some of them husbands and friends took this beautiful sixty-mile drive on Sunday, September twenty-fifth for our first meeting. While the husbands enjoyed smoking and the radio in the cars, a business session was held in the cabin with the pattering of rain on the roof. Za Lawrenson, our convention delegate who drove to Yellowstone accompanied by Elizabeth Lehr, Beta Beta adviser, reported a delightful trip and an inspirational convention. We plan to have convention reports from four viewpoints : that of the college delegate, the chapter adviser, the alumna: delegate and the national councilor at our Founder's Day luncheon.

We welcome our new officers, Barbara Oxley, president; Margaret Sanders, Bedford, vicepresident; Marian Wierman Thornton, secretary; and Martha Chestnutt, treasurer and wish them much success.

ELIZABETH FooTE.

DES MOINES, lOWA The Des Moines Alumna: association got off to a good start for a different type of mee~ing . this year. Instead of regular monthly meetmgs we have divided into five groups for the year and are having only five meetings. Each group is responsible for the entire meeting, program, entertainment and refreshments, unless the

meeting is a dinner or luncheon. In the latter case each member pays for her own plate. We hope to have larger attendance with this type of program as each meeting is somewhat of a surpnse.

Our officers for the year are Albertine Geist, president; Dorothy Whitten, vice-president, Julia Douglass, secretary, and Myrna Treimer, treasurer.

Th~ first meeting on October 4th was an "Alpha Sig Round Up" at the home of Lillian Jacobson with the officers as hostesses. After everyone had put on a doll cowboy hat we looked very "westernish." It was a bit difficult to stop visiting after not seeing each other all summer but we did while we heard a very interesting report of convention. It made several of us who had gone in previous years wish that we could have been there. After the report and giving out our very nicely printed new year books we played Chinese checkers.

I'm not sure that anyone finished the game but it is fun to play.

The meetings for the balance of the year are as follows: November 12, Founder's Day Banquet, McVey Tearoom; December 17, Christmas Dinner, Mayme Meston, hostess; February 6, Valentine Bridge, Dorothy Haley Whitten, hostess; April rst, Guest Day Tea, Drake Women's Dormitory; May 27th, Alpha Sig Picnic, Airport Cabin.

EMPORIA, KANSAS

We have been thinking hard, trying to get all our news assimilated, and the following is the fruits of our efforts.

Miss Edna McCullough, alumna: and faculty sponsor, spent her summer vacation with Mrs. John Cary, formerly Carolyn Ray, in Hawaii. Before sailing, she met with several A. S. A. alumna: in San Francisco. From all reports, she had a wonderful trip.

Lora Locke, of Jacksonville, Florida, visited with her sister, Faye Douglas, during August.

Nell Grant, Epsilon Epsilon member, of Los Angeles alumna: spent the summer in Europe.

She stopped in Emporia between trains, just long enough to say hello to some of her friends here.

Alda Anderson, who teaches in the Los Angeles schools, visited in Emporia this summer.

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Misses Helen Brickel, dean of girls in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania; Ada Wade, who teaches in Elizabeth, New Jersey; and Ruth Jeremy, Librarian in Kansas Wesleyan College at Salina, Kansas, all spent their summer vacations with their parents in Emporia.

Lorietta Thomas has moved to St. Louis.

She was in Emporia for a few days and attended the first fall meeting of alumna:. She hopes to find some faithful A. S. A. friends at her new home.

The first fall meeting of alumna: was held at President Vivian Fleming's, September 2oth.

The club officers assisted her in entertaining.

They are: Gloria Meridith, treasurer; Eleanor Sharp, secretary; and Marian DeBauge, chapter editor. Prizes were won in bridge by Ethel Randel and Gladys Clough. The hostesses for the October meeting are to Marguerite Henning, Katherine Barr, and Emma Jensen. The November meeting will consist of the alumna: entertaining the active chapter with a dinner in celebration of Founder's Day. Our usual Christmas party is being planned for December, which also is a joint meeting of alumna: and actives.

Homecoming for Emporia State is being held the week-end of October 14th. The active chapter has invited the alumna: in for buffet supper and then to join the campus rally and football game on the evening of the 14th.

MARIAN DEB AUGE .

HAYS, KANSAS The September meeting was held with Kathryn Parsons. The evening was spent fringing red linen cocktail napkins and printing the menus for the progressive dinner which the actives gave for rushees.

The next meeting of the Hays group is to be held next week. At that time a proaram 0 for the ensuing year will be planned.

L uciLLE R owLAND .

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA Together again after three months of separation Huntington alumna: made plans for the winter with renewed vigor and enthusiasm. The first meeting of the fall was held at the home of the president, Doris Hart. Everyone had so mu.ch to tell about vacations and trips that the soClal part of the meeting ended in beina mostly 0 just "talk."

We said goodbye to one another in the spring with a feast. Every girl brought a covered dish to Florence Davis' and we ate till our eyes popped out of our heads. It was. such a success that we've decided to feast again.

This time it is to be a hamburger fry. Edie Shafer (she was Edie Grogan) has a love of a cabin about fifteen miles from town. There is an indoor and outdoor fireplace. We are asking the active chapter to join us.

Huntington alumna: have been busy helping the active chapter with rush parties. The first of the series was a "rose" tea. Each rushee was given a red rose; a red rose was painted on each invitation; roses were used as a centerpiece on the table. The second party was a "Farm" party and the third a Mexican chili dinner. We considered it a very successful rush season.

Three Rho Rho girls spent the summer in school. Florence Davis was at Ohio State University. Mary Lena Meade attended the University of Kentucky and Mattie McCorkle the University of Wisconsin. Helen Maxwell spent an interesting summer- she travelled clear across the continent to California. Helen is the most traveled member of our group. Last year she went to Mexico. Helen Jean Osborne spent the summer at a Campfire Girls Camp where she is assistant director.

Our joy at being together again for a winter of activity has been clouded by the death in July of Garnet Floyd. Garnet was one of the best loved members of our group. Her death was not unexpected, for she had been ill for over a year. To all of us Garnet has been a real friend and she was a true Alpha Sig. HELEN JE AN OsBORNE.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA After a summer vacation the Indianapolis Alumna: held their first meeting of the year on September 10, at the home of Eloise Proctor.

Everyone was anxious to hear from the delegate to the 1938 Convention. Marie Rice took all of us to Yellowstone with pictures, favors, and a most interesting account of that grand convention. display of souvenirs brought from ConventiOn was much enjoyed.

Initiation Service The Indianapolis Alumna: repledged their vows as they performed a beautiful intiation service on October 1, 1938 for Lena Grumme,

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Jean McCammon, Dorothy Kimberlin, Frances Peltier, Wanda Gamble, and Sue Ann Messing.

The Impressive ceremony was followed by a most attractively served tea during which each initiate was presented with a gold A. S. A. compact. We are so happy to have these new sisters and wish that all of you could meet them.

Have you ever visited Hawaii? On September 17, the Indianapolis Alumna: entertained members, pledges, and guests of the Chi Chi chapter of Ball State College and six initiates of the Indianapolis Alumna: chapter with a formal dinner at the Delaware Country Club, at Muncie, Indiana. As the guests arrived they felt they truly had come to Hawaii, for they were greeted with "Aloha" and presented with gaily colored leis.

Decorating the dining tables were miniature palm trees arranged in groups to represent the eight Hawaiian islands. In accordance with the appointments, hula dancing dolls and tropical fruits added to the colorful table setting. Places were marked with hand-painted booklets adorned with palm trees and the Greek letters of our sorority. The booklets contained Hawaiian songs which were sung by the group, accompanied by a ukelele. Hawaiian music was played softly during the dinner. In keeping with the arrangements for the occasion, shredded cocoanut was served in half shells of cocoanut.

A Hawaiian harmony orchestra was featured by the college girls. A stellar feature of the evening was a hula dance given by one of the Indianapolis members, who was attired in an imported Hawaiian 路costume. Before a reluctant departure from the land of sunshine and flowers the group sang "Aloha Oe"

the evening was spent playing contract bridge.

Our next meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. Marie Lang Wolcott with Mrs. Louaine Schram Taylor as joint hostess.

MILDRED B o wER s .

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Convention Six members of the Los Angeles Alumna: chapter attended the National Convention . ' and returned full of enthusiasm for the new year's work. They have brought back with them a great many new ideas and already have plans under way for improving the Alumna: group here in Los Angeles. We poor unfortunates who did not attend Convention have been patient listeners for weeks-hearing about the wonderful time which was had by all. They even enjoyed such things as being arrested for speeding, getting lost, and car trouble. Miss Elizabeth Small, Ethel Tobin, Barbara Held, Lois McDonald, Mrs. Marie Berry, and Dorothy Linden were the lucky members who had the pleasure of meeting our National Officers and sorority sisters from other chapters.

Meetings

KENT, OHIO

The May meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Marie Berry in Altadena, California. A campaign was launched to have each active Alumna: member make a personal call upon those members who have not taken part in or attended the Alumna: meetings for some time.

There was also some discussion of a year book which would be a complete program of Alumna: events for the ensuing year.

Virginia Bundren was elected PHOENIX correspondent.

A buffet luncheon was served to the eighteen members present, after which plans for Convention exhibits were discussed. 路

The Alumna: chapter of Kent, Ohio, held its first meeting on September 19, 1938, in the home of Mrs. Mary Jane Fairchild Watkins in Ravenna, Ohio. She was assisted by Mrs. Winifred Schram Gettrust. A desert was served before the opening of the business meeting.

Twenty members from the vicinity of Kent were present. The Alumna: president, Dorothy Bowers, passed out programs to each member for the coming year. As the program progresses more details can be given. The remainder of

The new year was started off with a bang with a rally meeting at the home of Katherine Hunsicker early in September. About twenty Alpha Sigs were present, and had a grand time trying to out-talk each other. A lovely luncheon was served in the patio, overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Marie Berry, Barbara Held, Loree Denton, Miss Elizabeth Small, and Dorothy Linden gave a very complete report on the Convention. All items gathered at Convention

GERRY HoLTON.

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34 were on exhibit, and Marie Berry showed slides of the National Officers, and other Convention pictures. This was all so inspiring that we all went home with a feeling of greater pride in our sorority.

Summer Vacation News Our Alumna: really got around during the summer-and those who don't travel, work.

There are a few of us, we admit, who are too lazy to do either, but we are shameless.

Fern White spent three months in the Scandinavian countries, England, and Scotland.

She was so thrilled with her trip that she becomes incoherent trying to tell us about it.

Nell Grant went to Europe this summer, and likes it so well that she is still vacationing.

Margaret Cuenod spent the warmer days in the East taking courses in Y. W. C. A. work.

Doris Currier, who has aspirations in the business world is attending business college.

Doniece Rose, Lois McDonald, Carol Colfax, and Marian Thompson will be busily engaged this Fall in cramming knowledge into the unsuspecting youngsters here and there.

Gladys Ludlam and Virginia Bundren worked for political candidates just for the thrill of it. There's no split here- they both vote the same party ticket.

We are proud to announce the acquisition of a new and charming member to our fold this summer-Dorothy Steeples, who moved from Hays, Kansas to Los Angeles.

MARYVILLE, MISSOURI Alpha Sigma Alpha Picnic Once each year the Actives, pledges, alumna: and patronesses of Phi Phi chapter get together for a general good time. This year a picnic was held at the Maryville Country Club, Saturday, July 30. Convention plans and exhibits were discussed. Seventeen alumna: were present. The following alumna: officers were elected for the year 1938-39: Presideot, Hildred Fitz; vicepresident, Lucile Grah; secretary, Ludmila Vavra; treasurer, Mrs. Mildred Hotchkin Maier; and PHOENIX correspondent, Elizabeth Planck.

September Meeting

Lucile Grah, Hildred Fitz and Helen Gouah Breidenthal were hostesses at the September

meeting of the Maryville Alumna: chapter, Tuesday, September 27 at the Country Club.

Sixteen members were present.

A business meeting was held following a weiner roast. Mrs. Clun Price, patroness, and Miss Miriam Waggoner, sponsor of the active chapter attended.

Mrs. J. W. Jones, recently initiated patroness of the active chapter is a new member of our Phi Phi alumna: group.

ELIZABETH PLANCK.

NEW YORK CITY Gi'.;e our chapter a roof, a pot of tea, a stack of sandwiches, and we're all set to start the sorority season off right. That's what we did October first. Carol Pierce furnished her apartment in Greenwich Village as the roof and we got off to a good beginning.

Convention delegate Gladys Young gave us stay-at-homes the ins and outs of convention, and we enjoyed her report just about as well as you lucky gals enjoyed convention itself!

(Well almost.)

Miss Julia Lancaster, Alpha Sigs former National Editor, was a guest at our first tea. We were so glad she happened to be in town so that she was able to renew some of her sorority contacts.

The absence of our president Jane Graham Murtaugh was all too conspicuous. Jane has a misbehaving sacroiliac joint and we're having to get along without her until she has every thing under control again.

Until February, Tally ho, and a Merry Christmas!

s. o. s.

ETHEL PETERSON.

Has someone in your chapter moved to New York recently? Perhaps someone doina extension work there ... or someone making her home in one of the suburbs. Nine chances out of ten she's longing to see a familiar face right about now. Why not send her New York address to Ruth Heckman, secretary of the Alumna: chapter there. (Ruth lives at 62-30 Saunders Street, Regal Park, L. I.) Once on our mailing list she'll find herself coming to our teas and meeting other transplanted Alpha Sigs ... and we'll all be happy about it.

35 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

After a lazy and luxurious summer spent by some just enjoying themselves, and by others working hard to earn their board and keep, not just being parasites (my, but I have a guilty conscience), we are all pepped up about Convention doi.pgs, tales of which have reached us from various sources. But we have been anxiously awaiting this PHoENIX to hear all, from first to last; business details, election returns, the recipients of chapter awards, interesting side trips, future plans, impressions and all about the wild and wooly west and its nationally known scenic beauties.

Not having had a delegate to Yellowstone, we have little to say this issue, other than local news, but have 'left space for those who are just bulging with gossip.

We got off to a bang-up start for the 193839 season at our Banquet on October 13th, and are looking to our President, Kay McCoy, to follow up with some other rip-snortin' affairs.

And I'm sure we won't be disappointed for if its pep and go we're looking for Kay has it to give at a moment's notice.

The Russian Inn, during this time of foreign strife, gave us no qualms, but instead, we had a fine meal and spent an enjoyable evening at this, our first fall meeting. We were so pleased to see giggling Kitty Shaver, from 'way down Baltimore, back with us as toastmistress- she is now Mrs. G. T. Hutchison-and she is going to stay for awhile, too. Aside from the peppy singing, led by Alva Helman with a bit of swing rhythm, we heard about Convention and the yearly plans from the Nu Nu and Kappa Kappa active chapter representatives, who were our guests. The programs, designed and executed by Sally Ogden, gave the important dates for the year, namely : November 19, Formal Dance; January 14, Annual Card Party; February r8, Valentine Tea; March, Covered Dish Supper; April, Senior Party; May, Home Meeting. So keep these dates open and don't say we didn't give you fair warning.

To those of you who are located outside of Philadelphia, but not within commuting disâ&#x20AC;˘ tance for a week-day evening, we wish to say we were sorry you couldn't be with us, but the coming events are scheduled for weekends-so we shall look for you then.

At the spring meeting, held at the home of Helen Henneberg, we offered best wishes to Betty Wilson as she left us to be married in June, and presented her with a gift to show our love and appreciation for the grand job she did as President last year. But now this year we are glad to welcome Mrs. A. L. W atmough and Mrs. Russel Cramer, formerly Sally Johnson and Eleanor Coffman of Nu Nu, who through marriage have given up their positions and come back to Philly and vicinity to live.

Lots of happiness to you both. "Also our best wishes to Mrs. Jackson Stuart Laurance, a June bride, better known as Frannie Saylor, our very capable President of Nu Nu, 1935-36, and to Margie Chambers, now Mrs. Robert M. Seeley, Jr., Nu Nu's President of 1937-38, who resides in New York City.

We should like to present our officers for â&#x20AC;˘ the year, so that you will know to whom to go for information and who to avoid when the call for money is heard: Mrs. Albert McCoy, president; Phoebe Maxfield, vice-president; Eleanor Temple, secretary; Alva Helman, treasurer.

They are asking for your support this year and deserve a lot of credit for accomplishments so far, so please be very generous in these respects.

See you all at the dance November 19.

J EAN M u ELLE R.

, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

With ominous clouds of war threat overhead, inspiration conducive to enthusiastic reports of the Pittsburg Alumn<r chapter remain in the background. And so, in this day of turmoil, may I make an appeal to the sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha for their concentration and prayer, that foreign leaders may find a solution, whereby there will be a restoration of Peace among all nations?

The publication of the November PHoENIX is an event that every Alpha Sig is anticipating with gusto, when we shall read all about the Convention. But in the interim, I hope to glean a great deal of information from two sources. Only five days remain until I will once again be privileged to participate in the Homecoming celebration at Temple University, where the active A. S. A-.'s will be entertaining alums with their annual feast. There, I shall

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listen intently to the highlights of Convention activities: There too, I shall see old faces, some of whom attended the Convention at Breezy Point. Yes, I shall be a college co-ed for one short day, and revel in it.

Our first meeting here in Pittsburg will take place October r5th, so a little bird whispered in my ear, and that will be our red letter day for October, when we hope to hear detailed reports of Convention from our president, Edith Simpson. And say, you Conventioners, isn't Edith a gold mine for a representation of Pittsburg Alumn<e chapter? I knew you would like her!

We've got some other mighty fine officers too. Ruth Miller Sutherland is our vice-president, and to her go the laurels for the construction of the project that was diplayed at Convention.

Kay Davies will read our minutes, and let it be understood, that no one will miss a minute with Kay's captivating personality behind the notebook.

Gretchen Way Bickerstaff (Mrs. Glenn) will handle our finances. Did you notice that Gretchen has taken on a new name, and is now living in a new home in Coraopolis, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Bertha Motz is now Mrs. Carl Catterall and is suburbing in Brentwood.

We are all very happy over the return of Sally Baxter to our vicinity, for she won the hearts of all of us the short year she lived in Pittsburgh. But Sally isn't Baxter anymore.

She is now Mrs. John Horter of 219 Third Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Just one thing more. Last June, while visiting the Mauntels in Alva, Oklahoma, I attended a very fine party that was given by the Active and Alumn;:e chapters of Gamma Gamma. The girls were all so cordial and I did enjoy the evening to the fullest. Miss Shockley, as usual; entertained us with a dinner party. My, how fortunate are Gamma Gammas, to have with them one whose entire life is spent in the service of others. To love is to serve, and to serve brings happiness, unexcelled.

M ARY L AWREN CE MAUNTEL.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI The St. Louis Alumn;:e chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha is starting the 1938-39 season with a large and enthusiastic group of members.

Twenty girls were present at the first meeting, held Saturday, October r. We were very happy to welcome as new members Mary Jane Leber, of Zeta Zeta, who teaches at Pacific, Missouri, Ruth Triplett, of Alpha Beta, teaching at Normandy, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and Jean Gorham Johnson, of Omicron Omicron, who has come to Webster Groves to live, as her husband is now located here. We found that we had representatives from seven chapters, Alpha Beta, Beta Beta, Zeta Zeta, Eta Eta, Iota Iota, Omicron Omicron, and Phi Phi! We have several other girls on our list who expect to be with us at the next meeting, so we have every reason to believe that this will be a very successful year.

Our first meeting was held at the home of our last year's president, Helen Johnson Griffith, with Nell Blackwell and Louise Cosby as assistant hostesses. A delicious dessert luncheon was served from an attractive table, carrying out the color scheme of pink and green. As soon as she could subdue the chattering, our new president, Karol Oliphant Greeson, called the meeting to order and proceeded to dispose of the items of business in a very efficient manner.

The program for the year was discussed and a committee was appointed to prepare a yearbook.

We are very fortunate in having Georgia Schulte, who was National Convention Chairman, living near enough to come and lend us the inspiration of her enthusiasm and charm .

She gave us a very interesting account of the Convention at Yellowstone, at this meeting.

We are hoping that she will be able to attend quite often this year.

We shall be very happy to have other alumn;:e living in this vicinity join us. We expect to meet on the first Saturday of each month, except in January, when the meeting will be held on the second Saturday. The November meeting will be at the home of Louise Barnes Moore, 4528 Durant, St. Louis. Call or write the hostess or one of the officers if you can be present. Our officers for this year are: President, Karol Oliphant Greeson, 5370 Pershin<T, St. Louis; vice-president, Betty Dodson Carpe~-

37 ter, 3815 Magnolia, St. Louis; secretary, Ruth Bryant, 5617 Enright, St. Louis; treasurer, Louise Cosby, s6r7 Enright, St. Louis; PHOENIX correspondent, Elizabeth Romans Woody, 322 Arbor Lane, Webster Groves, Missouri.

ELIZABETH WoooY.

TULSA, OJ{LAHOMA Our fall meetings of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Alumn;e chapter opened with a one o'clock luncheon, Saturday, October first, in a downtown tea room. Several invitations were mailed out in and about Tulsa to which seven responded with a great deal of enthusiasm. Rena

WICHITA, KANSAS Here we are into the middle of October and still having summer weather out here in Kansas.

Wichita alumn;e started the year with a Tea held in the home of our president, Francis Putman. This tea was in honor of our four new members this fall. They are: Margaret and Ruth Abilgaard from Emporia, Margaret works in our City Library and Ruth is one of our new Kindergarten teachers this year.

Elizabeth Dryden is also a new Kindergarten teacher from Emporia.

Juanda Hawkins from Kirksville, Missouri, is one of our high school teachers.

Eleanor Molz from Alva, Oklahoma, is here and attending Wichita University.

We are glad to have these lovely new girls JOin US.

MRS. CLINE L. CHAMBERLAIN

Our October meeting, a Steak Fry, in Gladys Carrs back yard on her new "oven" was a great success. The men were in on this. They were a great help keeping the fire going and frying the steaks.

Our Margaret Harmon was married Sunday, October 9th, at a very pretty home wedding to Horace B. Van Campen. After a wedding trip to California, we hope they decide to live here.

We are all excited for we just had a letter from our own Wilma Wilson Sharp saying she would be here Saturday, October 22nd. She is to speak at a Regional Meeting of Sigma Sigma Sigma, but she belongs to us and we are making plans to have a "get together" whenever we can get her away from her meeting. This is an event for Wichita alumn;e for we have never had a National visitor before.

Pres ident Tulsa Oklahoma Alumnae Chapte r MARY ALI CE LA NC E H AMILTO N .

Mae 'L ong who spent the summer in the hospital has returned to us and is anxiously awaiting the next l)leeting. Those present at the luncheon were: Mary Lewis Darby, Julia Christie, Edna Chamberlain and Lora Patterson of Tulsa, and Velma Vanhorn of Tulsa and Tahlequah who is now teaching in Vinita and Mary Stevens of Muskogee and Tahlequah who is teaching at Hanna. Plans for coming meeting included a tea Saturday afternoon, Novem' ber fifth, at the home of Lora Patterson and a Founder's Day celebration at Tahlequah. Many plan to motor to Tahlequah at that time.

LORA PATTERSON.

YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Ypsilanti alumn<e have been turning their attention this fall to raising money to finance this year's work. On Saturday, October first, we held a benefit bridge party in the Formal Lounge of Charles McKenny Hall, Ypsilanti.

Both auction and contract bridge were in progress during the afternoon. Although the attendance was much smaller than the officers had hoped for, everyone who attended seemed to have a most enjoyable time. What was lost in financial benefit was more or less compensated for by the opportunity thus afforded to remi-

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nisce with sister Alpha Sig's and to become acquainted with their friends.

Our next venture is the selling of Christmas cards. We are hoping for more success financially from this project, because our treasury, like most others these days, is in serious need of reimbursement.

A number of alumn;:e girls are planning to return to Ypsilanti for the Homecoming celebration, October 14 to r6. Following the game on Saturday afternoon, the active chapter is entertaining at a chocolate. We are looking forward to this opportunity to chat with fe llow alumn;:e and to strengthen our contact with the active chapter.

Our next regular m eeting will be held on the second Saturday in November. At that time plans for meetings and activities for the rest of the year will be discussed, and a tentative program will be set up.

Since its organization in 1934, our little alumn;:e group has been struggling hard to survive, but we who are vitally interested in keeping it alive are certain that eventually it will become firmly established. We are hoping that the end of the year will find us well along the way. We k now that our hope will be realized if each one of us who is interested will do everything in her power to make the dream a reality.

FR ANCES E DwA RDS MoR LEY .

Alpha Sigma Alpha Summary of Annual Efficiency Report, 1937-1938 Chapter Rating

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News Letters-College Chapters ALPHA State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia

Well, here we are back at school after a perfectly wonderful summer. Alpha Chapter had its house party at Virginia Beach the last week in June and over half the girls were present. We really had a marvelous time. In fact we've decided that nothing will do but to have next year's house party last two weeks instead of one.

Now summer is over and we're settling down to the 路 good old grind. Under the rush rules of the Panhellenl.c Council we rush only former students in October. Rushing for freshmen isn't until after Christmas, but there's no rule against visiting the new girls and getting to know them, that's what we spend all our spare time doing. This year we're lucky in having four little sisters among the freshmen.

We're really lucky, too, because all four of them are perfectly darling girls.

We lost an unusually large number of girls last year and not one of our graduates failed to get a position. There are now twenty-one members and one pledge in the chapter, but these numbers should be considerably changed by the next time the PHoENIX comes out.

Things are really getting under way now.

Miss Moran, our adviser has promised us one of her picnics and hers are the kind you dream about.

There are big plans on foot for fall cotillion, too. A large number of the old girls are planning to come back. Cotillion week-end is always loads of fun. There's so much excitement in seeing our old girls and talking old times.

Then you always have to catch up on all that's happened and that's when we have our best bull sessions.

Speaking of bull sessions, you should have heard Kitty telling us about the convention.

Our only regret is that we couldn't all be there.

paid tribute to his service to education in Newport News, Virginia, and in the nation, by having his portrait painted by the noted artist, Albert Sterner. The portrait-unveiled by Miss Jane Saunders, a daughter of Dr. Saunders and a member of Alpha chapter- hangs in the library of the Newport News High School.

ALPHA BETA State Teache_rs College, Kirksville, Missouri

Alpha Beta's annual breakfast dance in honor of our graduating seniors was held at 5 :oo a. m., May 7 in Sociability Hall. Yellow roses were used as center pieces on small tables set in the women's parlor. Music was furnished

by James Parcell's Sophisticated Swing.

This summer the chapter was unofficially organized and an over night outing at Chariton River and a picnic swim party at Baring Lake were some of the social activities of the term. A gteat many of the former members of Alpha Beta were in school and attended the good times.

Since May several of the pledge group have been initiated into the chapter. At the beginning of the fall quarter Benjie Briggs was elected registrar and June Western, editor, to fill the offices of two who did not return.

J uNE WEsTERN.

ALPHA GAMMA State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania

At our first meeting this year I presented an informal chat on convention and my general impre~sions. I tried my best to answer the questions the girls asked me and in that way we covered much ground. In fact we covered so much ground that last night 路 when I was supposed to present my report there wasn't much left to say. We did have Miss Mahacheks colored movies and they were, oh so lovely. It did bring Yellowstone back with one grand rush. I am only sorry that everyone MARY A. MAHONE. that was at convention cannot see them. The Joseph H. Saunders lake, geysers and even the lone bear are so real superintendent of the Newport News, Virginia, and life-like. As an extra special feature we , public schools and chairman of the Board of had a shower for Amy Alvord who is to be Trustees of the National Education Association, married November 5th and to say we succeeded was recently honored by the Newport News in surprising her is putting it mildly! She did Educational Association, which recognized and receive lovely and very practical gifts ... We

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are planning on calling on her sometime in a sign of old age-but we often reminisce of an unforgetable party party at Luella Harzmanns, body and see if she has all the towels in use!

We have so planned our meetings for this one of our alumna:. Those who could brought year that we will have only two business meet- their Mothers and maybe you think we didn't ings a month and then one special as well as enjoy every minute. Here's to another good one professional meeting each month. It will summer for Gamma Gamma girls.

However, ever so often our group is hit be something new for us and we are hoping for its success. We feel that it will help to hold hard by the "orange blossom call" and this the pledges and actives more closely together. summer it seemed it was worse than ever. We Our Founders Day celebration will either really were surprised to get a card from our be on November 12th or 19th so that is our beloved Katherine Lowther, now teaching, annext social event coming up. We are to have nouncing her marriage. But then the same day two rush parties a year so our first will be Lenore Belknap, who had been initiated with December 2nd so we have that to plan for. her and the two were always together, was Our rush season is an open one and it is great married-and neither knew of the others' marexcitement to get our freshies rounded up for riage. Quite a coincidence, shall we say. Vivian the various affairs. We are also trying out a Chew, one of our liveliest members and one freshmen file this year. . whom we thought never took anything seriI can really think of nothing more so it is ously fooled us. Then just since school started time to close. In the next issue you can expect Jadeena Leeper, our secretary for some time, AI ph a Gamma to fill page after page! took the vows we had so long been expecting.

Sincerely in A. S. A., Here's to you girls and may we be as faithful Ye substitute editor, as you were. Then three girls who are out ADA ST. CLAIR. teaching and who we also miss are Pauline Haworth, Ramona Baker and Ruth Ricker. May GAMMA GAMMA you be as successful teaching as you were in Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Oklahoma college.

However, we have six new initiates this year Hello Sorority Sisters everywhere! Yes, Gamma Gamma girls are back, with the excep- to help fill the places of those gone. We are tion of a few who felt the call of the orange so glad to have them and from the looks of blossoms or those few who are now out teach- things they are really filling the places in royal ing the three r's, and we are all here pulling fashion. and working and looking forward to a bigger Rushing and better year than ever before. But thenFifteen rahs for old Northwestern and then how could we keep from it with such a presi. off we went to a college night party for our dent. You girls all remember her at convenrushees.

Lots of fun, good games, dancing, tion- that good natured, plump, vivacious girl we all love-Erl Lene Cline. Yes, Gamma popcorn, p路eanuts and coney islands characterGamma girls are awfully proud of her and the ized the evening's entertainment. Pennants on work she is doing and with such a president the wall and a football goal at one end of the room- really collegiate don't you think. AnyGamma Gamma girls are really going places.

But enough of that. Most of our girls are way we all had a grand time and had a nice back telling us about their various experiences bunch of rushees. and trips through the summer. Some went east, Then for our afternoon party, Mrs. Nall some west, while others of us who were-shall turned her house over to us. And we had a we say less fortunate-either stayed in summer regular "cowboy" party. Even the sorority girls school or at home getting acquainted with the were decked out in their "cow-girl" outfits and family again. We who stayed in Alva-and the idea was very cleverly carried out even to there were about thirty-five actives and alum- the f~vors that were pop-guns. Might try it nee-had some grand times together. None of sometime for a lot of fun. us will forget the delightful picnic at Hatfield But our formal really was the occasion.

Park-and the eats! Then too-they say its a Gamma Gamma girls this year tried a new

NovEMBER, 1938 idea a Black Diamond Dinner with the black diamond of our sorority pin furnishing the main theme. Everything was carried out in black and gold: nut cups, programs, place cards, etc. Gold candles tied with large black bows and vases of yellow flowers centered the dinner tables. The sorority shield was hung above the center table. It really was lovely and very impressive. After a short program we all went back to the sorority room and there entertained the rushees at a carnival with bingo, fortune telling, pink lemonade, and dancing.

Our Black Diamond Dinner was a success and from now on Gamma Gamma girls are looking forward to it as an annual affair.

Then until time for oids to be given out we really worked, for we aren't without competition on our campus. We were more than pleased with the results and were at last able to enjoy the luncheon served our new pledges.

These new pledges are grand girls and ones whom we are proud to have wear the sorority pin-the pin which is ever reminding us to Seek -Aspire- Attain!

EPSILON EPSILON State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas

No one likes to spend a dull moment unless they cannot avoid it, and so, that is why the Emporia Alpha Sigs were always on their toes last summer. The days were spent having line parties to theaters, breakfast picnics, steak fries and the like. The steak fry is quite memorable insomuch as the onions which relished the steak were never to be forgotten, (especially by certain people whom we were with later in the evening) . Some of the Emporia girls who were planning to attend college this semester were our guests on the picnic which was held on the campus picnic grounds. After we had more than satisfied our appetites we sat around the campfire and sang songs familiar to the group.

The next big item to come was Reunion.

Plans for this event were started long before school was out in the spring. Reunion, July 29th, was quite a success from the luncheon at the Country Club including the buffet supper at the sorority house. Plans for rush week were made and names of the rushees were distributed to the actives who were supposed to communicate with the rushees.

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The summer drew to a close with enrollment and rush week beginning the fall term of school. Informal rushing in the sororities took place during the first week with formal rushing following in the next week. Our rush week was a grand success. Tuesday evening was spent playing bridge. The tables were arranged so that a trip around the world was taken as the couple with high score advanced from one table to another. After refreshments were served, the active members grouped themselves around the piano and sang for the rushees.

Wednesday evening our entertainment was called "Club Comique" when all varieties of games were played. Each girl was presented with a number when she won a game and at the close of the evening she received one of the many gifts which were stacked on the mantel.

The gift she received had a number attached to a long string which corresponded with the number she received.

The program was dancing for Thursday evening followed by a very unique floor show consisting of an acrobatic number; "The Shag," performed by a small boy and girl, and a solo tap dance.

Friday night was the zenith of our rush week, our "Hearts Win" preferential dinner.

This year we held it at the Student Union in one of the private dining rooms. The decorations as well as the girls were lovely.

The following Sunday we serenaded the future pledges, after which we pledged them and then departed for church. Our fourteen grand pledges were honored with a luncheon at the house followed by an informal afternoon "bull session." One girl was unable to attend pledging service Sunday, therefore she was pledged the following Wednesday.

Parties are in full swing! On Saturday, October first and eighth, we held open house for the fraternities. On Monday, October third, was our annual "Hayrack-ride." Everyone looks forward to this affair. We rented four hayracks, clamored aboard, and we were off for a joyous evening. Our destination was a spot northeast of town in a large clearing in the midst of a large wooded area. We built fires where we roasted wieners and marshmallows.

At the close of the evening, the girls and their guests gathered around one big fire and sang

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At our last meeting Nola Newton, our president, gave a summary of h~r very enjoyable trip to the National Convent10n._ ~he brou&"ht back glad tidings in that our exh1b1t _won th1rd prize. The girls voted that the pnze mo~ey should go toward some article for the soronty house.

WrNNI JoNEs.

ZETA ZETA Central Missouri State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Missouri

We came back early this fall to fix up our new house to be ready for the opening of school and rush season. We painted, cleaned furniture and rugs, hung pictures, and, in general, cleaned house.

Wednesday, September 7, our sorority activities began with the opening of rush season. In accordance with local Panhellenic rules we held two informal parties and one formal party.

Our first informal party was a dinner party held at the DeVault Hotel. The dinner was served family style and was a very lively affair.

After the dinner we sang sorority songs, then went to the house. Totem polq were distributed as favors.

The next Saturday we held a breakfast at the home of our chapter president, Annie McDonald. Oranges, bacon, eggs, jelly and coffee were served. The girls were dressed in slacks and jodphurs and went hiking after breakfast.

Breakfast was served to the girls as they were seated around the fireplace.

Our formal dinner was the last party of the season. We had our annual progressive dinner, keeping our destinations secret from our rushees. Cocktails were served at the country home of Mrs. Nick Bradley and there our patronesses acted as hostesses. The main course was served at Riggle's with our alumna:_as hostesses. Country ham, corn, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes were served. Favors of shells which opened to display a glass bowl of fish were given to the girls. The ice cream, cake and coffee were served at our new home with the active members as hostesses. There, in spite of the formal attire, the party became very informal and the evening ended very hilariously.

Our informal rush activities were carried out very intensively. Each girl took a special

set of girls and made it her job to see that they were kept occupied. At specified times we met each other and the group went together.

September 30 the active members gave a dance in the Little Gymnasium for our ten new pledges. About eighteen couples were present and the evening was a great success.

Wednesday, October 5, Millie Hopkins of Hickman Mills was initiated into our group.

Sunday, October 9, we held Open House to show off our lovely new home and our very special house parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Robinson. Our guest list included our patronesses, alumna: both in town and surrounding districts, and the college faculty. We received various gifts from the campus fraternities and sororities. Eight-five people signed our guest book.

Since the last issue of the PHoENIX two of Zeta Zeta's girls have taken on new lifetime jobs. Helen Hanners became Mrs. Robert Clark and Ruth Sanford became Mrs. Robert K. Grudde.

Zeta Zeta is now making plans to set her new pledges along the .right track and take it from us that is a full time job. They are a lively peppy bunch of girls who enter enthusiasticaly into every plan. We are very proud of them.

Sincerely yours in A. S. A., GENE SMITH.

ETA ETA State Teachers College, Pittsburgh, 路Kansas

Happenings since May, 1938! Well, let's see-out comes the thinking cap or, according to our Psychology Prof., the retention vestibule.

School wasn't out until June the second; so, we've a spring formal to conjure up for you all to see. Naturally, the time of year had a good deal to do with the success of our formal, because "In the spring a young man's fancy .. " ; but, it was the decorations which really swung our formal to the top of the heap. Managed by the Clift sisters and Nadine Hirni (they are art majors of whom we are justly proud), they transformed the park auditorium into a twinkling courtyard. When we came dashing in out of the rain-yes, it rained in June, .. we skidded onto a glassy floor reflecting the shining, multi-colored chandeliers-they were hexagon-shaped, cellophane-papered lamp globes which hung from the rafters and which we had from the week before, when we sponsored the all-school party. When we looked around and

NovEMBER, 1938 up, our child-like, rounded eyes were caught by millions of tiny golden and silver stars, then, along the balcony, by the sparkling of glittering, intricate designs, and, at last, by our Greek letters flaming from a myriad maze of tiny jewel-like stars, centered in front of the orchestra platform. No doubt you would like to know how The Clever Three concocted this glowing fairyland. Here's the secret: These stars and designs were made of broken mirrors glued an backgrounds of yellow and silver cardboard. You see? Its althogether simple and effective. What we are trying to say is that our formal was definitely up to par.

Of course, we carried on bi-monthly meetings all summer, after We saw our four seniors in cap and gow.n walk down the aisle on commencement day. However, the next thing of importance besides Wally, our prexy, buzzing around getting ready for convention, was our mid-summer homecoming, July the fifteenth and sixteenth. We had a series of three affairs.

First, was our Friday night informal supper which we staged at Sagamont Inn. That means that we swam, ate, and danced with our dates and the alumn<E's dates or husbands, as the case turned out to be. The next day, Saturday, we had a formal business meeting followed by bridge. That night we all came to the hotel for our banquet. Since quite a few of our alumn<E were present, we had a happy get-together.

Every year informal rushing starts earlier, or so it seems. This year we started with a bridge luncheon at the Country Club to which we invited the town prospects. This started our rushing with a bang, or so we thought because we all had scads of fun; and, we continued right on up to silence week. In the meantime, Wally and Virginia Martin, our last year's Kanza Queen, went to convention with all of of us wishing we could go with them. When they finally got back, we kept them tied up in "bull sessions" so that they didn't have time to catch up on their sleep before school started.

You are right, school did start; but, instead of with the proverbial bang, it started in a weeklong downpour of rain. We didn't bring the weather up because we haven't anything else ' to write about but because we had to alter most of our cleverest party-ideas, among them the annual Treasure Hunt in which we send

43 the rushees to the frat houses to procure articles, and in which they must count the windows in the library-they 路find out how well-lighted that building is. Finally, after constant rushing we came to formal rush week.

But before you read about it, you must know how very much fun we had taking formal invitations around to the girls. We all staggered-from the effects of early risinginto the sorority house at five a. m. Once assembled, we all dashed into our cars and .played follow-the-leader all over town. Every time we came to a girl's house, we would honk and honk; of course our horns clashed and sounded like the worst tympany in the United States.

Then we would all leap from our vehicles and streak upon the porches. Once there, we calmed down long enough to sing "Alpha Sigma" and "We Want You For a Pal of Ours." If the girl was hard to wake, we broke into our reserve of "Every Alpha Sig." After giving her the invitation, we bid her good morning, galloped to our modernized jalloppies and after struggling for 路first place, continued our hilarIOus rampage.

Now, for formal rush week. This year, because of the request of some of the weaker financial sororities, Panhellenic limited us to two formal rush affairs. We didn't like this but made the best of it by "going Hollywood."

First came our formal tea. Seeing the Stars, which was in full swing from four until six at the home of one of our patronesses. The girls were greeted and taken into the rosecentered tea table where they were greeted by our spon~or who poured, serving the guests hot tea, small colored sandwiches, delicate candies . and assorted nuts. When "they were seated, the style show or, as we preferred to call it, he Parade of Stars began~ Actives were dressed to represent Elaine Barrymore, Betty Davies, Sonja Henie, Priscilla Lane, a Sheikess, and any movie star. Three of the patronesses' children were dressed to portray Shirley Temple, Virginia Weidler, and any sweet little movie star. During the tea, one of our alumn<E played the piano for us. In fact, the alumn<E gave us the tea.

Naturally, our formal was our crowning event. It was a "Hollywood Premier." As each rushee swept up to the door of the room in which we created our premier, she was greeted

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44 as a movie star coming along the run-wa.y of the Carthay Circle. Then, she .was. p~rmltted to enter the Swedish room, wh1eh 1s JUSt finished here in the hotel where we always have our formal banquets. It is done, primarily, in blues reds and white. Swedish murals relieve the basic white of the walls, and a beautiful multi-striped rug covers the floor. Tiny candid camera shots pointed out to the rushees where she was to sit. When she was seated, she found before her a wrapped perfume bar-in this, all the actives envied the rushees. The main event of the program was the showing of moving pictures taken during the first two weeks of school.

When we had finished with the program, we all went to another of our patronesses houses . where we talked and talked-you can imagine what about-and had coffee and chocolate milk .

We, according to the Panhellenic rules, had to have the rushees home before twelve o'clock.

So, we rushed them home with a minute to spare; and then flocked to the house where we had our annual bull fest and, consequently, the final voting. After staying up half the remaining night, we had to make good; therefore, we adjourned downtown to the Bee Hive for hot chocolates. Then came silence week and worry week and rest week- all in three days.

After these days of suspense, we learned the glad tidings from the Dean of Women that we, in our opinion, had gained eighteen peppy, intelligent girls who are now in the throes of learning how to "respect an active."

Rushing over, but we haven't stopped. Last week Pittsburg held its annual Coal Festival and we entered a float. There weren't any prizes offered but if there had been, we would have won.

Next week-end is homecoming for our 路college. That means that we will decorate our house and compete for the Chamber of Commerce prize. We play Wichita and hope that we beat them-which reminds me, we all wore giant chrysanthemums to our first football game which the team won .

Just as long as we are corresponding for correspondence sake, we'd like to know if you Tahlequah Alphas got your school to fix your attic sorority rooms.

CoRA MoNTGOMERY.

THETA THETA Boston Unive路r sity, Boston, Massachusetts

There's nothing like hurricanes to stir up some excitement. What a share we had of 1t when it passed our way! For many of us it left things off abruptly, since we were unable to get to college. .

After having had the ocean m my ~r?nt yard anything seems possible. Norm~l hvmg had just returned for many of us, smce we reverted to great grandmother's day as far as having electricity and telephones are concerned.

Since we are only five in number we have been mak~ng plans for increasing our membership. An acquaintance tea for all women students is the first thing on our calendar. Here we plan to look over possible candidates for the commg year.

Glenna Gibson and Florence Mullins are our fortunate members as far as getting jobs are concerned.

At the present we are looking forward to the coming year with a great deal of enthusiasm GRACE EAsTo~. and hope.

KAPPA KAPPA Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

School's started again. Kappa Kappa began the new year with more than a bang. Registration barely completed, the alums poured in on us for the week-end. Friday night, October I, the actives staged a pajama party with much gabbing and gossiping on the part of the alums.

On Saturday we all went out to the stadium to watch Pitt gallop down the field versus Temple.

Saturday night found the house jammed for a dance. Alum week-end ended rather quietly with a tea on Sunday.

With the alums out of town (also out of our beds) we hastily prepared a rush party for Tuesday night. Our guest of honor was Miss Mona Doss, transfer student from Egypt, who spoke most entertainingly of her native country.

We shall have a second rush party, a house dance, on October 28. This will complete our fall rushing season.

But there's news about the actives. Marv Messner and Margaretta Schenbecker dashed out to convention this summer. Alvadee Hutton, editor of the 1938-~9 Handbook, worked on the Grace Lines and made five Caribbean cruises. Emily Grove and Ruth Watkins were

45 counselors at Y. W. C. A. camps. Your editor spent six week's practice teaching and enjoyed it lots., Irma Fredericks left our ranks to become a student at U. C. L.A. where we know she'll make a good Alpha Sig. Greetings to you, Irma, from the Kappa Kaps. 路 As usual Kappa Kappa rules the Temple campus. Libby Landes is president of the Magnet Senior Honor Society. Margaretta Schenbecker and Lynn Davis are also members.

Christine Knoblauch is vice-president of the Panhellenic Association. Alvadee Hutton is secretary of the Student Commission. Evelyn Wolf is also a member. Dottie Dodd is on the Big Ten Committee of Boosters, an organization sponsoring school spirit. Dottie is also a member of Orchesis, honorary modern dance group.

But this is enough boasting for one issue.

We are looking forward to a big year. At least we know it's going to be a success in one way.

We have our very swell housemother, Mrs. Clark, back with us this year.

The members of the Kappa chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha wish to announce that their new adviser is: Miss Helen Corey, 6vo Sherwood Avenue, Overbrook, Pennsylvania.

More about Temple and Kappa Kappa in February.

MARYLYN DAvrs,

Editor.

MUMU Michigan State No,r mal CoHege, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Isn't it grand to be back in school again after all those weeks of summer vacation ?

Everyone has so much to talk about and there is so much to do getting started that the time just flies by with lightening speed.

Here's just a few of the things that we Mu Mu's did with our vacations. Elsie Navy, our good little Girl Scout, spent seven weeks as counselor at a Campfire Girl's camp. She came back to school with a beautiful tan and just bubbling over with pep and enthusiasm.

Charlotte Larsen, Fay Willer, and Lyla Stenzel spent six weeks in good old "Ypsi" in summer school.

Lois Reilly took a tour of the South and East with her mother and father.

1 Dorothy Beach spent a quiet summer at home and, best of all, went to the Alpha Sigma Alpha Convention.

Gladys Harer spent her vacation at home, too, but worked industriously on a Home Economics project.

Y e editor spent her summer working at a summer resort on beautiful Paw Paw Lake. ( Oh boy! I could write a book.)

But summer is just a memory now, autumn is here now, and we are all making plans for the winter's work.

One of the first things we did this fall was to install our new president, Lois Reilly. She replaces Lyla Stenzel who is in charge of Morrison House this year. This is a cooperative house for Freshmen women. We think Lyla has a snap-her freshies do all the work and she has all the fun.

My, my, I couldn't forget this scoop Vivian Gowdy returned to school this Fall as Mrs. Clio Esterline. It happened one night in July-the first to be exact. Muriel Bremer did the same thing. Phil Hadderil was the lucky man. Perhaps you have heard about their "Hitchhiking Honeymoon." It was in all the papers. Katie Deming followed suit in August by marrying Tom Galloway.

October 14, 15 and 16 is our Homecoming week-end. It seems to have sneaked up on us all of a sudden, but we are going to be ready for it. Our committees are working on plans for a float for the parade and a tea after the biggest football game of the year. We can hardly wait to see our alums who are out teaching for the first time this year. It's going to be another big week-end arid are we going to enjoy it? We are!

The following week-end, October 29, we are entertaining our mothers and patronesses at luncheon at Charles McKenny Hall. The committee, led by Marjorie Delaforce, says it's going to be a gala affair all done up in Fall surprises.

Marjorie Delaforce is back on campus this year. Last year she took work at Cleary's Business College. Now she is finishing up her Commercial Course.

The first few days of this term everyone was talking about the exciting news that at last our Normal is to have a dormitory. It will have room for about two hundred girls. Construction has already started and it will be ready by next year at least. But that isn't all-we are getting a new health clinic and an enlarged staff to go with it. Work on our new Rockham

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school for Special Education is progressing.

That will be opened probably in the Spring.

Besides all this, our enrollment has increased by three hundred. It is larger now than before depression days.

The Panhellenic Association has ruled out all Fall term rushing. Although we won't be having any rushing parties we are getting acquainted with a lot of nice Freshmen girls.

I think I should tell you that Lois Reilly now has office hours - three to four every day in the Woman's League office. Won't you call on her some day? As vice-president of the Woman's League, Lois is president of the House President's Council-therefore the office hours. 路 Wishing all Alpha Sigs best of luck in every endeavor, IsABELLE VoLAY.

NUNU Drexel Institute of Technology, P hiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Radio Stars! Executives! Campus Beauties!

Scholastic Honors! All these have found their way into Nu Nu's scrapbook since last May. Our big thrill came when our own Betty Towner was chosen by Larry Clinton to sing on the Drexel Night program of his R. C. A. broadcast last spring. We were as excited as Betty was and our thrills increased when she said "Hello, Alpha Sigma Alpha," just before she sang "Rock 'n Roll" in the true Towner manner. She modestly called herself "Star for a Day" but we know she'll keep right on climbing. . . Spring at Drexel presented new opportunities for Alpha Sigs to show their executive ability and extra-curricular activity. Helen Buck was cho~en president of WSGA for 1938-39.

Betty Wmg was elected president of the Wo~en's Dorm an~ El~anor Butcher became presIde?t of t?e DietetlCs Club. Hope Morrison, besides bemg Nu Nu's lovely and exuberant president, was also elected leader of the Women's Atheltic Association.

Dartmouth College decisions for Drexel's Campus Beauty Contest chose our charmina and talented Sally Hall as one of Drexel's fou~ most beautiful women. Sally's iust one of those people who are lucky enouah to have both ~ beauty and brains!

Institute Day Scholastic honors galore! Institute Day found Alpha Sigs wearing a path down the aisle in the auditorium when annual awards were presented. Betty Grigg received the award for the student in the Home Economics graduating class having the highest scholastic average. Betts also tucked under her arm the Key and Triangle award.

Georgia Marlor was honored in a similar manner by achieving the award for the highest scholastic standing in the Commercial Teaching course along with the J. Peterson Ryder award. Being an outstanding future commercial teacher, Georgie also carried off the Beta 路 Sigma Tau award.

Jinny Bounds, our "you all" gal from below the Mason-Dixon line, received the Charles E. Etting scholarship which is presented to the woman having worthy character, proficiency in studies and who participates in student activities.

Dot Ritchie was given the J. Peterson Ryder scholarship which honors the woman in the Junior class of worthy merit. Betty Denlinaer received an award for the sophomore hav~g the highest average in the School of Home Economics.

Senior Farewells

Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! As off to work we go!

So sang the seniors at the Farewell Dinner given them at the Ingle-Neuk Tea Room last spring. Jinny Bounds was in charge of the program and dinner. Toasts, songs and speeches filled the evening. Some tears were shed but we weren't too sad because the bond of A. S. A. will never weaken and associations will never be forgotten.

The Farewell Dance was held at the Drexel Lodge and Betty ~ose saw to it that everybody had a marvelous time. Just one of those thin as one never forgets! ~ Sorority Week-Ends

Everybody had such a swell time at the shore last spring, thanks to Eleanor Butcher who was the Big Chief, that we have decided to have another week-end this fall. And now Nu Nu's actives and pledges are off for a weekend of 拢un at the Drexel Lodge on the West-

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chester Pike. Hope, Adelaide, Jane and Helen are going to pour our anxious ears full of conventio~ doings and experiences. The pledges are gomg to do the cooking-here's hoping we all come through unscathed!

MARGARET PEELING.

XI XI University of California at Los Angeles

With the rush season now in full swina the :x;i Xi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha ~ showing promise of surpassing by far its last year's enrollment. To date four enthusiastic rush parties have been given with more rushees than have been enjoyed in the local chapter in former years.

The new spirit brought back from the Convention by our delegates has been an incentive to work for an even more successful year than we had last.

The rush season was opened at the beautiful home of our past president, Miss Doniece Rose.

An enjoyable evening of swimming, followed by games and bridge-, was enjoyed by all and served not only as a rush party but as a farewell party to Miss Rose, who leaves soon to take a position in one of our southern schools.

Quickly following our initial party was the formal tea given at the Xi Xi house on the Westwood campus. The color motif of pink and white was carried out beautifully with sweet peas and asters forming a colorful table center.

Blending campus life and sorority life, the football dinner was highly entertaining for guests and members alike. The spirit of football was carried out in every way. Traditional U. C. L. A. flags with the Alpha Sigma Alpha emblems were used as place cards. Flowers of pom-poms, miniature players and tiny footballs were presented to all. Sorority songs and every good old fashioned football song was sung after delicious dinner and rounds of getacquainted games. The spirit shown at this affair serves as a criterion of the spirit that will carry the Xi Xi's to national prominence in future years.

The Xi Xi's went Hawaiian in their final party before preference night. Leis and hula skirts were predominant. Entertainment was given by hula dancers and singers in their native costumes. Misses Leola Hetzler and Juanita

Hemperley, two of our pledges, served iced pineapples as the main refreshment. This marked the last of the rush parties, and preparations are now in full swing for preference dinner, to be held at one of the most prominent hotels of Hollywood, the Knickerbocker.

The active Xi Xi's are pleased to note the presence of so many alumn<e at every rush affair. The chapter feels well satisfied and anticipates a successful and happy semester.

ANGELE SIMPSO N .

PI PI Buffalo State Teachers College, Buffalo, New York

There is quite a gap, it seems between the last Spring issue and the first Fall issue of the PHoENIX, and the trusty typewriter is even now trembling at the task before it. Pi Pi's, like other Alpha Sigs have been very very busy lo these five months.

We broke camp last summer by having our annual and hilarious house party. Bev Fisher scurried about and got for us our favorite cottage at Wide Beach, on the American shore of Lake Erie, and thirty-six of us caravaned our way out there, our cars well ballasted with cots, bedding and clothing for whatever weather might await us. It turned out to be rather cool, but we, Trojans that we are, got in our daily swim with little more than a squeal.

The party the first night was handsomely planned by Peg McEntire. The seniors were honored guests, with Dorie Wyatt, our summer bride as specially honored guest.

The era of curlers began the following night (Friday) at sundown, and continued for twenty-four hours approaching-aye-date night.

Then did we Alpha Sigs scatter, in our formerly abandoned dresses, to return at a sleepy hour. Arising the next morning was a bit difficult, and we packed somberly, said regretful goodbyes, and made tracks for home.

Our first fall meeting was held at the college in our newly decorated Social Center.

Trying not to bounce in the colorful chrome and leather chairs, we made last preparations for our .informal rush party. That took place Monday, September 26, and . under the direction of Muriel Sullivan, was rare sport for all.

For a few hours, sixty-nine of us-members, rushees, alumn<e, and special alumna Ev Bell joined in a great westward movement-at our

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Dude Ranch party. Leather invitations, wooden signs to bunk house, mess hall, and corral; and horses whose spirit far transcended their paper bag and saw horse makeup contributed to an almost authentic atmosphere.

Games, favors, brands, and costumes were all quite Texan, and three of us did our best in a western serial drama, episode one! Phyllis Line made us happy with luscious barbecue sandwiches, and we finished the evening singing western songs, and yes, Alpha Sigma Sweetheart in front of the open fire.

Next will come our formal dinner on October 25. Invitations have gone out to twentyfour rushees and several other guests, and it is our humble hope, as chairman, that it will compare somewhat favorably with the most magnificent Rodeo.

JANE GILLIAT .

SIGMA SIGMA Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado

We have all had such a glorious summer, and hope that all of you will be able to report the same. Besides the trips that were taken by individuals, our sorority as a whole had one glorious time.

One of the summer's highlights was a cabin party given to us by our alumna: chapter.

We are sorry to lose Nona Newby and Anita Allen from our active chapter but wish them. both a very happy life due to their recent marnages.

Plans for rush parties are well on their way- the effectiveness of which can be told at a later date. However, there are so many grand freshmen girls this year that we know we won't fail in having a good pledge class.

At the last regular meeting the active chapter gave a cabin party for the alumns and in the last week birthday parties were given for Phyllis Yewell and Mildred Evans. . Each Tuesday evening our chapter goes to dmner as a group and we believe this is turning out to be a very effective rushino- measure for it seems to impress the rushees~:~as to the S cooperation in our sorority. B ETTY

WEITZER.

TAU TAU Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas

Tau Tau chapter has been quite active since last May. First there was the local convention on July

16, at which many of the alumna: and actives were present.

Both of the rush parties at the beginning of the fall term were successful. The informal rush party was a Dude Ra~ch Party which was held in the country w1th a large s1gn A. S. A. Dude Ranch, over the gate.

The formal party was a progressive dinner at the homes of two of our patronesses and the Lamer Hotel. Lovely compacts were given as favors .

On September 16, Hazel Oshant, Florence Truan and Jane Issacks were formerly initiated.

Pledging services were held September ~7路 Monday, October 3, the girls enjoyed a piCnic at the State Park.

Many of the girls assisted at the Community Sing October 4, by playing in the band or singing in the glee club. .

The next big event will be Homecommg October 22, and all the girls are eagerly looking forward to it.

Community Sing

Many of the Tau Tau girls participated in the community sing here October 4路 The event attracted a crowd of nearly five thousand. It was dedicated to the late Henry Edwards Malloy of our college for his aim while living was to set western Kansas singing.

Dr. Rudolph Anfinson, director of music was master of ceremonies and kept up a lively spirit. Governor Huxman spoke and the Phi Mu Alpha German Band added much to the entertainment.

News Items Enid Baldwin and Helen Irwin have been chosen by the Pep Club to be mascots of the football team. They are to wear Tiger costumes and clown at the games.

Tau Tau chapter is going to decorate a float with the other four sororities on the campus this. year instead of having one of their . own as m prev10us years.

We are so happy to know that our adviser Miss Mary Mae Paul has been re-elected to her national office as registrar. We feel this is a very great compliment.

BETTY WALLERSTEDT.

NovEMBER, 1938 PHI PHI Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri

Informal Rush Parties Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha entertained their rushees at informal BonVoyage Progressive parties. The rushees traveled to the various countries aboard the Normandie, Queen Elizabe h, Queen Mary, Empress of China, and Catalonia.

The invitations sent to the rushees were passports which entitled them to enter Hawaii, Mexico, South Seas, France, South America, England, China, and Germany. The refreshments, entertainment, and favors were typical of the various countries.

Formal Rush Party The rushees of Phi Phi chapter were entertained at a formal rush party at the A. S. A. Dude Ranch.

The decorations lended a western atmosphere. There was a corral fence and in the background were cacti. The rushees upon arrival were taken into a log ranch house where they registered as guests of A. S. A. The actives, dressed as Cowboys and Cowgirls, and the rushees were led in community singing by a real Cowboy. There was square dancing and a special tap dance by a Cowboy and Cowgirl.

Favors including hobby horses, cowboy pins, bandana handkerchiefs, and cowboy paper weights and cactus plants were distributed by a tiny cowgirl.

Refreshments of barbecue sandwiches, potatoe chips, coffee, and cherrio's, were served in true western style with only lanterns for light.

Intra-Mural Champions The Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha's Baseball Team won the intra-mural tournament sponsored by the W. A. A. Pledge Initiation Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held pledge services for nine women Wednesday evening, September 28, 1938. Pledging services were in charge of Mary Turner, President of Phi Phi chapter.

Formal Initiation Phi Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held initi2tion for the new patroness of the chapter,

49 Mrs. J. W. Jones, Sunday, September 19, at 3 :oo o'clock at the home of Mrs. Albert Kuchs.

Mary Turner, President of the chapter led the serv1ces.

Alpha Sigma Alpha, sorority, held formal initiation for six women Sunday, September 19, at 2 :oo o'clock at the home of Mrs. Albert Kuchs.

PSI PSI Louisiana State Normal, Natchitoches, Louisiana

Another year's rushing season has passed and Psi Psi chapter has added twenty-two new pledges to her enrollment. Pledging service for the new pledges were held in two services.

On Friday, September I, there were seventeen girls pledged, and on the following Tuesd2y, the remaining five girls were pledged.

Psi Psi's first rush party of the season was a Progressive supper of real southern styled food.

The first stop was at the home of France Mae Fournet where a mint julep was served by their negro cook. The dining room table was centered with a realistic negro scene. The negroes were fishing in a pond on one side, while on the other side there was a small negro cabin with a negro mammy and her pickaninny. These figures were made by the members out of pipe cleaners and afterward given to the rushees.

The next stop was at the home of Isabelle Williams, incidently one of the oldest homes in the city. Here we were served with real southern creamed chicken on biscuit and pickled peaches. After eating we were entertained with a selection of songs and readings.

The final stop was at the Tarleton home where Jo served us with ice cream and cakes.

After feasting we all joined in singing the sorority songs.

Our more formal party was given the following Wednesday in the upper story of the colleae Social Hall. The rushees were escorted l::l up the stairs by the members dressed as Dutch girls. The lower end of the hall pres~nted . a typical Dutch scene. There was a wmdm1ll surrounded on three sides by a flower market.

It was from this market that the rushees were presented with corsages by a little Dutch girl, Miss Emily Mae Fredericks. In each of the windows there were boxes of many hued flowers.

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so Each table for four was covered with a flower covered cloth and centered with a pot of make-believe tulips. The place of each girl was marked with a small wooden shoe, her name engraved on the side. A folder, presenting a typical Dutch scene, contained the menu and program.

The program consisted of a song, "Tulip Time" given by the Barrileoux sisters, Bonnie and Velma; a Dutch dance by Emily Mae Fredericks; "A Dutch Romance" using the names of the members; a song, "We Love Thee Truly" by Joe Jo Tucker during which time she presented each rushee with a gift; a number, "Zuyder Zee Stomp"; "Alpha Sigma Sweetheart" sung by Alma Fluitt; and dancing during intervals.

The menu consisted of Dutchtine, Tulip Salad, Spam, Limburger Sandwiches, Dutch "Beer," and Dutch Treat. This was served by the Dutch girls.

At the close of the party each member sang softly to her rushee date "Goodnight Little Alpha Sig Rushee" with Joe Jo Tucker singing it at the end. We then gathered in a circle around the piano as someone softly played "Taps."

Besides the rushees and their dates there were present, Mrs. A. A. Fredericks, wife of the college president and one of the first girls to be initiated into Psi Psi chapter; Miss Miriam Nelken, our former faculty adviser; and Miss Clio Allen, our present adviser.

On Friday, September 23, 1938, Psi Psi held initiation services.

CLAIRE HARGIS.

CHI CHI Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana

Chi Chi set the school year off to a flying start socially with a white-banner rush week.

It was a gay, mad whirl for actives as well as rushees. With the result that six sweet little rushees were swept right off their feet into the waiting arms of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Rush week, beginning with a lovely Aster Tea at the home of one of our sorority patronesses, Mrs. M. E. Studebaker, where each guest was given a darling little aster nosegay, had no less an ending than a lively cabin party at Rose Park where everyone tried to eat the most hot dogs and marshmallows. A theatre party and a clever nautical breakfast at tl1e Delaware

Hotel gave Chi Chi girls an opportunity to meet-and look over-prospective pledges.

We are glad this strenuous week of rush parties has passed for another year' bu_t we can see it has set a fast pace for the commg year路 Another gala affair, which h~s h~~dly had time to grow cold yet, was Chl Chl s homecoming banquet for the alumna:. The lovely banquet for Chi Chi alumna: at the Hotel_D~la颅 ware Saturday, October 8, put the fimshmg touches on a homecoming that rampaged on Ball State campus over two gra~d d~ys. The banquet brought all the s~ronty s1sters too-ether a aain and what fun 1t was.1 It would be erron~ous to say there were no heart-.aches at the close of that banquet. Our pres1dent, Marjorie Hutchens, gave the alumna:, mem- . bers, and pledges a delightful account of her trip to Convention at Yello~ston~ Park. ~fte~ hearing about sue~ a glonou_s tlme, Ch1 Ch1 girls were very envwus of the1r fortunate president. 路 Leaving the best 'til last, Chi Chi ~ishes. to give her sisters an acco~nt of her lovebest dmner as taken from the Muncie Star, Sunday, September r8: The Indianapolis alurr1:na: chapter of the Alpha Sigma Alpha soronty enter~ tained members, pledges and guests of the Ch1 Chi chapter of Ball State College and six Indianapolis alumna: members with a formal dinner last evening at the Delaware .Country Club.

A Hawaiian theme was cleverly carried out in the table decorations and appointments, and in the program.

As the guests entered the entertaining rooms, they were greeted with "Aloha," and presented with gaily colored leis. Decorating the dining tables were miniature palm trees arranged in groups to represent the eight Hawaiian Islands. In accordance with the appointments, hula dancing dolls and tropical fruits added to the colorful table setting. Places were marked with hand-painted booklets adorned with palm trees and the Greek letters for Alpha Sigma Alpha. The booklets contained Hawaiian songs which were sung by t e group, accompanied by a ukelele. Also in keeping with the arrangements for the occasion, shredded cocoanuts was served in half shells of cocoanut. Hawaiian music was played softly during the dinner. A Hawaiian harmony orchestra was featured by the college

NovEMBER, 1938 girls. A stellar feature of the evening was a hula dance given by one of the Indianapolis memb~rs, who was attired in an imported Hawauan costume. Closing the dinner the group sang, "Aloha Oe."

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freshman representative to the student aoverni~g bod~. Then, there is Virginia Wells, our VICe-president, who is the Student Council's secretary-treasurer, and of whom we are really proud. (She was elected over candidates from ?oth the other national sororities on the campus m an all-school election.)

Northeastern State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Pledging

Beta Gamma chapter started this year off with colors flying high, and we're still going plenty strong.

Take for instance the pre-school rush luncheon held in a near-by city-it was a knock-out.

The color scheme was crimson and white. The appointments and decorations were carried out in the pennant motif. (Small pennants representing each of the Greek letter organizations on the campus were placed at various points on the table while a huge pennant with the letters A. S. A. formed the centerpiece.) Such foodwe've often been told that that is the way to reach a man's heart, and I believe rushees like the idea, too.

The scene for our regular rush party should have been laid in Chinatown, but since Tahlequah is rather a small place, one of the local hotels had to suffice. Again crimson and white were the predominating colors with just a few touches of green. Small red lanterns were the nut-cups and place cards combined. Handpainted chop-suey sticks were favors. Small wristlet corsages were sent to each of our rushees prior to the party.

During the three course dinner, the menus for which were written in Chinese, the Alpha Sigs, both alumn~ and active members "shifted" so that we could all talk to each rushee. At the close of the hour Bernice Bradley, our representative to the Panhellenic Association, sang Alpha Sigma Sweetheart, while the rest of us "hummed" it. (It was really effective-try it some time.)

Class Elections Elections for class officers were held on Wednesday, September 2r, and did we win!

Two senior girls, Bernice Bradley and Gertrude Carney, were elected to fill the offices of Student Council Representative and SecretaryTreasurer, respectively.

Faye Levy is the Secretary-Treasurer from the sophomore class, and Faye Martin is the

We held informal pledging at the home of Mrs. T. F. Watson, one of our patronesses, on Saturday evening, September 17. We pledged eleven wonderful girls-and that word wonderful is spelled with a capital "W." For an example, there's Treva Davidson, who ranked third in a recent national oratorical contest.

Treva's good work is not all past history either for she's already been selected as one of th~ three school "cheer leaders." Then there is Anna Lee Howard, who was a high school football queen last year, or Elizabeth Ann Pinkard who brings with her all the grace and charm which one could attain. We pledged Inez Brock, who tells us many interesting experiences she has had in travelina路 b> Maxine Schuler, who really "rates"; Virginia Croman, a sophomore, who has the world's loveliest eyes; Ruth Plank, a talented musician; and four "little sisters," Betty Levy, Frankie Pascoe, Faye Martin, and Nettie Neal.

Formal pledging was held on Tuesday night, September 27. Nine were pledged and the others will be soon. Afterwards, we had a "line party" at the "Redman Shoppe," just to show our girls off.

Pow-Wow

But our "biggest" news is yet to come. It's the first dance of the season-an Indian dance.

Norine Garrett is in charge of the decorations, aand she's running everyone crazy asking for extension cords, and Indian blankets. Gertrude Carney is making the invitations and programs.

They are simply extraordinary. They are made in various colors. An Indian Chieftain (a little brother happens to be an artist) with gay colored feathers (real feathers too) in his hair, adorns the front. On the back sheet are the names of the pledges-or papooses; the members-or squaws; and the chief-Miss Helene Henderson, faculty alumn~ adviser. The invitations are also hand painted and are something like this:

THE PHOENIX Ooo--Ooo--Oooo!!

Chase 'em Scalp 'em Any way to capture 'em Heap big chief (or squaw) for 'urn ALPHA SIG POW-WOW October 15 8:oop.m.

Northeastern Stomping Ground We're o-oino- to have camp-fires and a huge kettle at tl~e side of the dance floor. Punch will be served from the kettle by two pledges dressed like Indian princesses. The Varsity Orchestra will furnish the music and its members will also be arrayed like Indian Chieftains.

We are sure that it will be a success, because everyone is working hard, and someone told us that is what it takes.

Post Scripts On Tuesday evening, September 20, we elected Ruth Martin as Chaplain to fill the vacancy left by Mary Alice Lee of Alta.mont, Kansas who did not return to school th1s fall.

And now for a word about our president, Freda Marie James. Talking in football terms, she's about the "bestest" coach a team could have. Seldom seen in action, she's always there on the sidelines "agging" us on, just trying her best to make her "Alpha Sigs" a success. And to show the world that she's proud of us, she wears one of these cute little "Sig" blouses with all our names on it.

We get "cards" every once in a while 'from our alumnce members. They're all secured good positions which makes us truly proud of them as A. S. A.'s. For surely they have fulfilled our open motto "Aspire-Seek-Attain."

Alpha Sigma Alpha Fellowship Loan Fund SIGMA ALPHA's Fellowship Loan ALPHA Fund was established in 1926 by the National Convention. The Fund has grown from its original $64 to its present balance of $4,649.36. Seventy-two loans have been made to Alpha Sigma Alpha members and pledges.

Twenty-nine loans have been paid in full. Fortythree loans, totaling $4,274 are now outstanding. This revolving Fund has loaned $9,135.50 to members of Alpha Sigma Alpha in twelve years.

No member holding a loan has been obliged to default, every girl has met her obligation to Alpha Sigma Alpha. The promissory notes for the loans are made for one year with the option of full payment or partial payment and renewal at the end of that time. The notes are co-signed by a property owner, usually a family member. An applicant must have recommendations from the Dean of Women, the Chapter Adviser and one other person. Applications and recommendations for loans are received by the Fellowship Chairman.

Our Constitution says: "The Fellowship Fund shall consist of an annual tax of $ro levied upon each college and alumnce chapter and such other monies as the sorority shall receive for that purpose or such monies as the National Convention shall determine. Loans

not in excess of $200 may be made to members to meet college expenses. Pledges needing financial aid for initiation may receive a loan not in excess of $40 from this Fund. These loans will be paid to the applicant upon the approval of the chairman of the Fellowship Fund and the National Council. The applicant shall give to the NationaL Treasurer a promissory note payable without interest for two years after the applicant has left school to the National Treasurer, after which time a rate of 3 per cent interest annually shall be charged."

Alpha Sigma Alpha is proud of her Fellowship Loan Fund and the service it has rendered her members, proud of this Fund built up from voluntary chapter contributions.

Mrs. Clinton A. Berry, 187 Wapello Lane, Altadena, California, has recently been appointed National Fellowship Loan Chairman.

All inquiries and applications for loans should go direct to Mrs. Berry.

To the following chairmen goes appreciation for their careful administration: , Minnie Shockley . . . Gamma Gamma, Mary Wagner ......... Kappa Kappa, Polly Schlosser . . .. Beta Beta, Esther Bucher . . . . . . . . . . . . Et a E ta, Marie Brunsman Berry .. .. Alpha Beta,

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PROCEEDINGS of the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha - Yellowstone National Park, August 22-26, 1938 FIRST BUSINESS SESSION

NATIONAL CoMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

The opening session of the biennial Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority was called to order by the National President, Miss Evelyn G. Bell, at 9:30a . m., August 23, I938, irl. Lake Hotel, Yellowstone National Park.

Opening e;xercises were conducted by the National Chaplain, Miss Louise N. Stewart, which were followed by the singing of the hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," led by Miss Helen McClafllin, Omicron Omicron, National Songbook Chairman.

members members

COLLEGE CHAPTER ADVISERS

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Beta Beta .............. ........ Miss Elizabeth Lehr Xi Xi .... Miss Dorothy Linden

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ALUMNAE CHAPTER DELEGATES

The National President called for a report of the Credentials Committee. Miss Mary Mae Paul, National Registrar and Chairman of Credential Committee submitted the following report: REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE The credentials committee reports that the credentials of the following members are correct and these delegates have registered and are entitled to vote:

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COLLEGE CHAPTER DELEGATES Alpha ................... . . Katherine Roberts Alpha Beta .... .. . . .... . ..... Mary Margaret Shoush Alpha Gamma . . .... . 路... Ada E. St. Clair Beta Beta ........... . ............ .. Patrica Meehan Gamma Gamma . . ... ...... Erl Lene Cline Epsilon Epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Nola Newton Zeta Zeta . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .... .. .... Mary Jordan Eta Eta ......... . ............. Waldine Cavanagh Theta Theta . . ......... Mary S. Angus Kappa Kappa . . . Margaretta Schenbecker Mu Mu .. . . . . . . . . . ... Dorothy F. Beach Nu Nu . . ....... .. . . .... . ....... Hope Morrison Xi Xi . . .................. Loree Denton Omicron Omicron . . . . . . . . . . ..... Marjory Dunfee Pi Pi ...... .... ... ................ Marion Thomas Rho Rho ... . ............... . Adrienne L. Anderson Sigma Sigma . . .... ....... ... Mary Kay Yoklavich Tau Tau ........ . ...... ....... . Flora Lee Cochran Phi Phi ................ ... .. ..... ... . Mary Turner Chi Chi ........ . ......... , ... . . Marjorie Hutchens Psi Psi .......... . ................. La Verne Killen Omega Omega .. . ..... . . .... ...... Madeline Taylor Beta Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . .. Virginia L. Wells Beta Delta . . ..... . . ...... . Ruthie Martin

The National President introduced: Miss Elizabeth Bird Small, former Finance Chairman Miss Elizabeth Lehr . . .. Beta Beta Adviser Miss Georgia Schulte, ational Convention Chairman Miss Helen Bradley ..... National Alumn;e Chairman Miss Ethel Tobin ... National Philanthropic Chairman Miss Joy Mahachek ... National Scholarship Chairman Miss Thelma Stortz, National Sorority Examination Chairman

National Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (entitled to I vote each) National Committee Chairmen . . . . . . . . . 6 (entitled to Yz vote each) College Chapters . . . . .......... . ... 24 (entitled to I vote each) Alumn;e Chapters ... .. ............... I3 (entitled to Yz vote each) 路 Chapter Advisers 2 (entitled to Yz vote each)

Convention . . ... Miss Georgia Schulte Songbook .... . .. . ............ Miss Helen McClaflin Alumn;e . . . ....... Mrs. Helen Bradley Philanthropic ........ . . .. . ..... Miss Ethel E . Tobin Scholarship .............. . .... . . Miss Joy Mahachek Sorority Examination . . . Miss Thelma L. Stortz

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NATIONAL Cou NCIL National President . . .......... Miss Evelyn G. Bell National Vice-President Mrs. Dorothy Williamson Crook National Secretary .. Miss Esther Bucher . Mrs. Polly Schlosser National Treasurer . .

National Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Mary Mae Paul National Chaplain . . ... Miss Louise N. Stewart National Editor . . . ..... Mrs. Genevieve Steele Leib National Extension Officer . . . . . Miss S. June Smith National Finance Chairman Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp

Boston ........ .. .............. Miss Edith Howlett Buffalo .... Miss Margaret Houston Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Berdein Schumacher Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Miss Ethel Llewellyn Denver ........... Mrs. Za E. Lawrenson Des Moines . . .... Mrs. Albertine Geist Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... Miss Louise Baird ... Mrs. Marie W. Rice Indianapolis Kansas City, Missouri . . .. Mrs. Laura Sherman Los Angeles . . . . . ..... . .. Miss Barbara Held Muncie . Miss Virginia McCarty New York City .. .... . . ... . .. Miss Gladys L. Young Pittsburg . . . ....... 路.. Mrs. Edith M. Simpson Respectfully submitted,_ MARY MAE PAuL, Chairman, Credentials Committee.

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54 Flora Lee Cochran, Tau Tau, moved that the report of the Credentials Committee be accepted . The motion was seconded and passed.

The National President called for the program of the convention. Miss Georgia Schulte, Phi Phi, National Convention Chairman, presented the following program : CONVENTION PROGRAM MoNDAY, AuGUST 22 Luncheon at Cody Inn Sight-seeing trip through Shoshone Canyon, Sylvan Pass and over Cody Road . . . s:oo- 6:oo Registration at Lake Hotel .. .6:30 Sectional Dinner .8:oo Ranch Round-Up TuEsDAY, AuGusT 23 Pledge Service ........... . . TOO Breakfast-Lake Hotel ........ · · T45 Opening Business Session . . . 9 :oo- I :oo Special Western Luncheon . . ... I :oo Round Table Discussions . . . .. 2:00- s:oo Rush Party Dinner . .............. . 6:30 Alpha Sigma Alpha Dance .

9:00 WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 24 Business Session National Council Luncheon .

Business Session Memorial Service Round Table Discussion .

College Night Dinner .

Model Initiation

.. 9:00- I2:00 . . 12:30 . 2:00- 3:00 ·3:00- 3:30 ·3:30- s:oo .. 6:30 ·9:00

THuRSDAY, AuGusT 25 . . ..... 8:oo Breakfast Lake Hotel Leave Lake Hotel for sight-seeing trip Luncheon-Grand Canyon Hotel Sightseeing tour to Norris and Upper and Lower Geyser Basins . TOO Formal Banquet-Old Faithful Hotel .

FRIDAY, AuG usT 26 Closing Business Session .

Installation of Officers .

Boots and Saddle Luncheon .

Presentation of Awards Departure-West Yellowstone

. . . 9 :00 - I I : 00 . . I I :00- I2:00 . ... .. . I:oo .... .. s:oo

Mrs. Genevieve Leib, National Editor, moved that the program as presented be adopted . The motion was seconded and passed.

The roll of official delegates was called by the National Secretary. Twenty-four official college delegates and thirteen official alumna: delegates answered present. During the roll each college chapter delegate responded by hanging her chapter shield and giving a formal biennial chapter report. Alumna: chapter delegates, also, presented biennial reports, and reports from the following alumna: chapters were read by Miss Thelma Stortz, Miss June Smith, Mrs. Dorothy

Crook; Eastern Pennsylvania Alumn<e Cha~ter; Ce~­ tral Pennsylvania Alumn<e Chapter; and Ph1ladelph1a Alumn<e Chapter. All reports were filed with the National Secretary.

Miss Helen McClaflin led in the singing of sorority songs. . .

The National President, the National VIce-President, the National Secretary, the Nati?nal Treasur~r, the National Registrar, and the Nauonal Chaplam presented reports of their work during t~e past two years and filed such reports w1th the NatiOnal Secretary.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Any outline of the progress which has been made since our last convention, and any report on the general welfare and the condition of our sorority must be prefaced by my personal thanks and gratitude for the support which you have given me . Wit~wut the cooperation of individual members, of adv1sers, of college and of alumn<e chapters the plans we made would have fallen short of fruition. Yet with the cooperation of these forces, and with the understanding assistance of National Council members, it is possible to report that prograss has been made in small but permanent ways. · Later each Council member will set forth the particulars of her individual office. In some instances the progress has been almost spectacular. In others, it is enough that the duties have been carried out with efficiency and dispatch. It is indeed gratifying to be able to report that our sorority finances are in a sound cond ition . Then let me draw your attention to the report of our National Vice-President. The remarkable growth of alumn<e interest speaks for the success of our alumn<e program. Today we have thirtysix chapters promoting the aims and interests of our sorority.

To make our sorority a vital, living influence in the life of each member has long been an aim of Alpha Sigma Alpha. To give more members an opportunity to become actively acquainted with the workings of our National organization and through them to bring each unit of our sorority closer together-such became the practical aim which your National Council sought to realize. Towards this end we vested greater responsibilities in our National Committee Chairmen and they measured up to our expectations. The prolific correspondence carried on by our Alumn<e Chairman resulted in the Alumn<e section of the PHOENIX. Under the supervision of our Philanthropic Chairman Alpha Sigma Alpha sponsored a camp in California in cooperation with the Assistance League of that states was A. S. A.'s serving as councilors. The new type of study program developed for our college chapters was the work of a National Committee Chairman, and so too was the compilation and mimeographing of our A. S. A. songbook. To our Scholarship Chairman goes credit for the development of a

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rating system whereby a fair comparison of chapters may now be made, and last but by no means least, let me mention our Convention Chairman. This is the first time in Alpha Sigma Alpha's recent history that a convention has been managed by a lay member and not by a Councilor.

Since we last met in convention Alpha Sigma Alpha has added three new chapters to her roll. Our National Extension Officer will give you a detailed analysis of this phase of our sorority. However, I feel it is especially interesting to note that through alumn<£ interest Chi Chi chapter was re-established. Your National President and Editor installed the chapter at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie, Indiana, in the fall of 1936. A . S. A. is the first national sorority admitted to this campus. A year later Beta Gamma chapter was installed at Northeastern State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma by our National Treasurer and Secretary. In May, 1938, Alpha Sigma Alpha became an official part of the campus of the State Teachers College at Hattiesburg, Mississippi when the National Treasurer installed Beta Delta chapter. We welcome these new chapters and especially welcome their delegates to this, their first convention. We count it our privilege to help you develop every potentiality of your chapter, and we urge you to seek our counsel freely.

It is with regret that we note the loss of our Alpha Alpha Chapter at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Due to a change in the curriculum and policy at the University, it became advisable to withdraw our charter. After being an integral part of A. S. A . for twentyfour years it was difficult for Alpha Alpha to sever her connection but we are looking to the many loyal alumn<£ of that chapter for continued interest 'and support.

On the thirty-fifth anniversary of her founding Alpha Sigma Alpha erected a memorial to the five founders of the sorority on the campus of the State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia. The presentation of the marble bench and bird bath was made by your President to Dr. Jarman, President of the college.

The ceremony was witnessed by two of the sorority's founders as well as by the college faculty and friends of the local chapter. The occasion was one which .prompted the entire sorority membership to pause in grateful thanks for such a heritage while pledging anew their own vows of fidelity.

In August, 1937, your National Council convened for four days in Chicago. At these meetings the progress of the preceding year was carefully checked, while detailed plans for the year ahead were mapped out.

The National Council likewise took special note of weaknesses in national as well as chapt~r organization and adopted specific plans to counteract them.

In the interests of extending Alpha Sigma Alpha's field of activities your National President visited the Wilson State Teachers College in Washington, D. C., as well as the State Teachers Colleges at Kalamazoo, Michigan and Whitewater, Wisconsin. Inspections were made of the College chapters at Kent, Ohio and Buffalo, New York. It was also my privilege to be

55 a visitor at the A . E. S. meetings in ew York City in October, 1937.

It is a pleasure to report that the business relations of Alpha Sigma Alpha with the L. G. Balfour Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts are pleasant and harmonious. The Nicholson Printing Company has continued its helpful, cooperative service, while we have maintained our usual subscriptions to Bantas Greek Exchange and Fraternity Month.

An analysis of Alpha Sigma Alpha's place in the fraternal world must take into consideration the changes which have been made in that world. As Greek letter organizations have grown in size and in number, the scope of their activities has likewi se grown. Colleges have expanded and the demands which Administrations made of sororities are in direct proportion to the place of importance which sororities themselves desire. If we are to measure up to these demands, if we are to justify our position on the college campuses, then we must not devote ourselves to wishful thinking, but to acts of realization. We must organize ourselves to do the job intelligently, efficiently and with constancy of purpose.

Let us first look to our own chapter organizations.

Does your chapter present a strong, united front? Is each member an active, working Alpha Sigma? Is your chapter proceeding to go fo rward, or perpetually postponing progress?

Your National organization has maintained a close watch on the changes which have been made in college curriculum, and is working towards a constructive program of cooperation with college administrators.

Your chapter, your unit, must first be strong and steadfast in purpose if Alpha Sigma Alpha is to maintain her place in the fraternal world. There can be no struggling. Progress depends upon going forward unitedly, eagerly, and with a never fa iling constancy of purpose. . d, Respect f uII y su bmltte EvELYN

G.

BELL,

National President.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: During the past two years the work of the National Vice-President has been concerned with . the responsibilities as set forth in the National Constitution.

ALUMNAE ORGANIZATION:

The 1936 Convention report of the National VicePresident showed the existence of twenty-ope chartered Alumn<£ Chapters. Since that time charters have been granted to fifteen petitioning alumn<£ groups, as follows: Ypsilanti, Michigan; San Diego, California; Johnstown, Pennsylvnia; Cleveland, Ohio; Hampton Roads Area, Virginia; Canton, Ohio; Charlestown, West Virginia; Muncie, Indiana; New York City, New York; Delaware; Shreveport, Louisiana; Toledo, Ohio; St. Louis, Missiouri; Tulsa Oklahoma; Kirksville, Missouri; making a total of thirty-six chartered Alumn<£ chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

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Contacts have been established in Washington, D. C.; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Hutchinson, Kansas; Leesville, Louisiana; Detroit, Michigan; Warrensburg, Missouri; Athens, Dayton, Middletown, and Bucyrus, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Lexington and Richmond, Virginia. There is a definite desire for organization in these localities and alumna: chapters should be established in at least four districts in the early fall.

In 1936 the Convention body was informed of the existence of nine sub rosa alumna: organizations. Three of those groups have become affiliated with the national organization. Progress has not been made with the sub rosa groups in Gunnison and Montrose, Colorado; Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Youngstown, Ohio.

Pittsburg, Kansas and Dayton, Ohio have indicated an interest in charter grants.

By means of general letters, annual reports and personal notes the National Vice-President has tried to maintain unity between the national and alumna: organization. Officers inspecting college chapters during the past two years have endeavored to contact nearby alumna: chapters. It is the opinion of the National Vice-President that a plan should be devised to insure definite personal contacts with our alumna: chapters in the interim between conventions.

Four hundred form letters were sent out by 路 the National Vice-President during the last two years with a threefold purpose: ( r) to introduce a sample copy of the PHOENIX to non-subscribing alumna:, (2) to arouse the interest of alumna: in the organization of alumna: chapters in localities where such groups were non-existent, (3) to contact the college graduates of the current year.

In cooperation with the National Editor, form letters were sent to 360 members of chartered Alumna: Chapters who were not PHOENIX subscribers.

In accordance with the recommendations of Alumna: Delegates to the 1936 National Convention, Study Sheets pertaining to sorority services and publications were issued in September, 1937 to Alumna: Chapters.

These sheets were compiled under the direction of the National Editor with the cooperation of the National Chaplain, National Registrar and National Constitution Chairman. Suggestions for alumna: meetings were issued in the Fall of 1937 at the request of Alumna: Chapters.

It is the opinion of the National Vice-President that special attention should be given to the problems of small alumna: groups with a scattered membership dunng the succeeding biennium. . During 1936-38, $8r4.05 toward Life Memberships ?as been ~ollected by Alumna: Chapters and placed m the Natwnal Convention Fund. This money helped to defray hotel expenses of alumna: delegates to conve?tion. It . is hoped that the alumna: delegates to thts conventiOn wtll take some action to insure the continuance of the plan.

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC WoRK: . During 1936-37, eighteen Alumna: Chapters contnbuted a total ot $r85 to the Fellowship Fund and

during 1937-38, fourteen Alumna: Chapters contributed a total of $135. In addition, many Alumna: Chapters did philanthropic work in their own communities . This was in accordance with the sorority policy in existence during the past four years. Through the National Philanthropic Chairman, the College Chapters received general suggestions for philanthropic work. Reports of such college chapter activities were submitted to the National Vice-President by Chapter Vice-Presidents.

CoLLEGE CHAPTER VIcE-PRESIDENTs: By means of general and personal letters, the National Vice-President endeavored to train her understudies, ( r) to work in close cooperation with chapter presidents and the national organization, ( 2) to understand the functions of the college chapter, (3) to promote a feeling of goodwill between college and alumna: members. Chapter Vice-Presidents deserve special commendation for the excellent work accomplished with alumna: chapter organization projects.

The National Vice-President is grateful for the close cooperation of National Officers, alumna: and college members.

Respectfully submitted, DoROTHY WILLIAMSON CRooK, National Vice President.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SECRETARY To the 1938 Convention Body: During the past two years, the work of the National Secretary, in the main, has been the supervision of training of chapter secretaries, in their official duties and activities. During the efficiency year, monthly contact with chapter secretaries has been maintained through letters and special reports . Blank forms for reporting minutes of business meetings were provided, and the chapter secretaries sent in the filled out forms to the National Secretary once each month during the school year. Following a definite schedule of requirements as outlined at the beginning of the effiCiency year, letters and repor~s at regular intervals formed a part of the responsibilities of the chapter secretaries: The National Secretary has placed emphasis upon the Importance of keeping accurate a nd detailed :ecords of business carried on in chapter business meetmgs, and the maintaining of chapter files, as well as the complete fulfillment by chapter secretaries of the duties as set out in the Constitution.

At the end of each efficiency year, the National Secretary h~s compiled the national sorority efficiency rep~rt. Thts report consisted of the grades of each ~atwnal CounCilor for her corresponding understudy m each chapter, the annual sorority exam ination average of each chapter, as compiled by the National Chairman of Sorority Examinations, and the ge neral average of each chapter.

The following chapters achieved a general average the upper twenty-five percent of the group as follows: .

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1937-38 ·97·87 r. Eta Eta . . . ... 97·38 2. Pi Pi .. ·92·68 2. Alpha Gamma .. 96.6o 3· Tau Tau 97.60 3· Tau Tau .. 96.50 4· Kappa Kappa .. 97.16 4· Pi Pi ........... 96.4o 5· Beta Beta . 96.72 5· Nu Uu 96.31 6. Alpha . . . . 95 .83 6. Kappa Kappa ... 96.24 A report has been made by the National Secretary, to arrive at a general average for each chapter based upon chapter effici~ ncy, sorority examination averages, PHOENIX contributions, scholarship percentages as compiled by the National Scholarship Chairman, and college activities as rated by the National Extension Officer, for the two-year period since the last National Convention. This more extensive report is made for the purpose of procuring a gauge of the attainments of the chapters and individual officers in a broader way than is shown by the general average of officers' ratings and examination grades. It is difficult to measure chapter development by means of numerical grades, but it appears to be the most feasible method of comparing the activities of the chapters.

The following six chapters form the upper twentyfive percent in the activities grading : r. Nu Nu ...

r. Nu Nu

.... 98 .15 4· Tau Tau . .... . ·95·77 2. Kappa Kappa .. 97·75 5· Alpha Gamma .. 94·56 3· Pi Pi . . 97·38 6. Eta Eta .. ..

94·44 Copies of these reports may be found on the Convention bulletin board.

The National Secretary has cared for all sorority correspondence of a general nature which has been directed to the office, and has sent out announcements of the initiation of our two new chapters, Beta Gamma and Beta Delta.

In March, 1938, the National Secretary inspected Epsilon Epsilon chapter at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. A report of the inspection was compiled.

With a view to improvement of the work of the sorority as a whole, and of the office of the National Secretary, the following suggestions are made: r. That further emphasis be placed upon the continuity of office. The officers are to be commended upon their efforts to bring about continuity in files of letters, forms, instruction, and suggestions to pass along to successors.

2. That greater emphasis be placed upon the value of complete, accurate and detailed permanent records.

Respectfully submitted, EsTHER BucHER, National Secretary.

REPORT OF NATIONAL TREASURER To the 1938 Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: During the past two years the duties of the National Treasurer have been in accordance with those set forth in the Constitution and in their performance the work entailed has been: All monies received were deposited in the banks approved by the National Council.

Disbursements from the National Treasury have

57 been made only upon the written order of the National President.

An accurate account of all receipts and disbursements has been kept and submitted for auditing.

Examinations have been made on June 30 of each year of the books of the National Treasurer by the firm of Ernst and E;nst, Audits and Systems, Denver, Colorado. Copies of the audits have been placed in the files of the National Council members.

A detailed report of receipts and disbursements is made to the National Council each month.

A report of detailed receipts and disburse111ents of sorority funds is to be made to the Convention body of 1938, also a tentative budget for 1938-41 has been prepared with the aid of the National Council and is ready to be submitted to the Convention.

A list of pledges and newly initiated members has been submitted to the National Registrar each month for checking certificate orders.

Membership cards were typed for all new pledges and payments of fees were recorded on membership cards. Cards in the alumn<e file have been kept up to date as to changes of address and marriages.

The promissory notes of members who have received loans from the Fellowship Fund are in posessian of the National Treasurer.

Reports showing receipts and loans of the Fellowship Loan Fund were sent periodically to the National Council and to the National Fellowship Chairman.

In 1936-37 contributions were made to the Fund by twenty. college chapters and eighteen alumn<e chapters.

In 1937-38 contributions were made by nineteen college chapters and fourteen alumn<e chapters.

With the assistance of the National Fellowship Loan Chairman and the National Council Committee on the Approval of Fellowship Loans, nineteen loans were made to members and pledges representing twelve chapters. Payments were made on many loans and ten loans were paid in full .

The stock of sorority supplies, including official stationery, which is held by the Nicholson Printing Company, Richmond, Indiana, has been replenished by orders approved by the National President and all orders for these supplies have had prompt attention.

Orders for official sorority jewelry were carefully checked and sent to the L. G . Balfour Company, Attleboro, Massachusetts, our official jeweler.' The jewelry so ordered is as follows: 124 181 177 31 20 2

pearl set badges plain badges pledges pins guards Mother Patroness pins recognition pins

122 197 222 27 5 83

pearl set badges plain badges pledges pins guards Mother Patroness pins recognition pins

National dues were collected with the aid of college chapter treasurers and the alumn<e chapter treasurers.

Chapter understudies were supervised by means of letters and reports.

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ss As the constitution places a requirement on an annual budget and an annual audit for each college chapter, stress is placed upon the importance of these two reports.

Twenty-two annual budget reports and twenty-one annual audit reports were received in 1936-37.

Twenty-two annual budget reports and eighteen annual audit reports were received in 1937-38.

The chapter treasurer is required to give the chapter a financial report once a month and also send a duplicate copy to the National Treasurer. Complete and consistent reports were received from twenty-two chapters with seventeen chapters sending in a summary report at the close of the school year in 1936-37, twenty-two chapters sent reports and eighteen chapters sent in summaries in 1937-38.

A ledger for standardized bookkeeping was compiled and is available to the chapters. Eighteen college chapters are now using the new ledgers. The central supply purchased is estimated to meet the needs of twenty-five chapters for six years.

As an aid to study for the sorority examinations and a. sourc~ _of information on Alpha Sigma Alpha financial policies and facts, a series of four study sheets were compiled on the following subjects: Fellowship Loan F~nd, Alumn~ Dues, College Dues and Insignia.

Copies of the Study Sheet Series have been mailed to the Alumn~ chapter presidents with the suggestion that these be used as the basis for discussion of sorority policies.

Contacts have been made with the alumn~ chapter tr~asu.rers through the payment of the Fellowship contnbutwns and the remittance of Life Membership dues collected within the chapter.

The Alumn~ Dues Study Sheet was sent with a letter urging payments on Life Membership dues to the college graduates of 1936 and 1937 and to all former loans holders who had not completed payment of Life Membership dues.

Because of the rec.ogniti?n which is being given membe.rs who are actively mterested in meeting the ?bhgatwn of Alumn~ dues, a list of all members makmg payments toward Alumn~ dues since August 30 1936, is given by chapters. ' ALPHA Margaret Bradford Lucile Wright Eberwine Julia Derr Lillie Everett Hurff Elizabeth Batten Johnson Dorothy Batten Kitchen Elizabeth Clements Smith Virginia Guy Steigler Gertrude Sugden Florrie Batten Webster ALPHA ALPHA Catherine Lando!ÂŁ ALPHA BETA Mabel Wilson Switzer Hortense Stauder Mears

Louise Cosby Helen Johnson Griffith Morea Bailey ALPHA GAMMA Marjorie Sullivan Mildred Webber Marion Cox IoTA IoTA Julia Douglass Elizabeth Dodson Carpenter BETA BETA Margaret Sanders Bedford Grace Belwood Glaphy Gillan Brown Martha Chestnutt

Vera Campbell Mildred Harding Duweese Elizabeth Foote Laurene Grant Helen Hay Helen Harvat Irene Gregg Holland Za Lawrenson Margaret Phelps Langham Edna Welsh Mann Nadine Giffey Miller Maurine Schmitt McMullin Barbara Oxley Marian W eirman Thornton Eleanor Tupper Mildred Trupp Esther Wheaton Helen Wiscombe Peggy Oches Watson Marie Snydal Jean Young Esther White Van Aiken Garna veeve Beeson Roberts GAMMA GAMMA Mae Ailinger Ottinger Emogene Cox Edna Donley Helen Johnson Wilton ETA ETA Laura Bucher Sherman THETA THETA Mary McAuley Alfa Guyer Hazle Crane Jones Martha Levis Esther Smith KAPPA KAPPA Dorothy Cardwell Norma Nyce Heberling Alva Hellman Kathryn Deitrich Anna Grimm Woolley Eleanor Carpenter Mary Kirlin Thelma Stortz Helen Poser Heckert Mu Mu Marjorie Delaforce Nu Nu Katherine Masland McCoy Jane Large Margaret Yarnall Margaret Kirk Sail y Baxter Pfieffer Jean Mueller Rosite Welcome Mary Rasmussen

OMICRON 0MICRO~ Marie Lengs W oolcott Berdein Schumacher PI PI Sylvia Arendt Janet Benedict Florence Nevins Burns Margaret Burns Mary Christiansen Virginia Donnigan Jane Eggleston Madeline Falkner Dorothy Fricke Alice Gregor Alice Hanley Dorothy Potter Holmlund Margaret Houston Ruth Heddon Mildred Weil Holser Dorothy Hess Kathryn Johnson Ruth Lies Katheryn Lenehan Anna Lou Marks Dorothy Marley Louise McCracken Lowe Catherine Moore .Marjorie Moreland Betty Murphy Zita Oliver Doris Palmer Betty Stratemeier Lynette Terry Edith Yesser Gladys Young Dorothy Kuhn York Margaret Zoller RHo RHo Myrle Patterson Barbara Held Ethel Tobin SIGMA SIGMA Jewell Kennedy Burnett Elizabeth Johnston Frantz Fern Parvin Lawrence Lucy Beth Spicer TAu TAu Louise Baird PHI PHI Georgia Schulte Karol Greeson Oliphant Irene Smith Margaret Sutton CHI CHI Mary Turner Gallagher Anna Marie Yates Mildred Hartman

59 Maurine Brown Margaret Dinsmore Betty Kidwell Soland Geraldine Hutton Anne Ferne

Virginia McCarty

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRAR

BETA GAMMA Julia Christie Helene Henderson

To the National Convention: During the past two years the work of the National Registrar of Alpha Sigma Alpha has been concerned with the responsibilities as set forth in the National Constitution.

Thirty of these members have completed payment on the Life Membership dues of $25 and are now added to the Life Membership roll in the sorority. The list follows: ALPHA ALPHA Catherine Landolf BETA BETA Grace Bel wood Za Lawrenson

XI XI Barbara Held Ethel Tobin

PI PI Virginia Donnigan Alice Gregor GAMMA GAMMA Ruth Heddon Emogene Cox Margaret Houston Kathryn Lenehan ETA ETA Marjorie Moreland Laura Bucher Sherman • Doris Palmer THETA THETA Edith Yesser Hazle Crane Jones PHI PHI Martha P. Levis Georgia Schulte Esther P. Smith CHI CHI KAPPA KAPPA Mary Turner Gallegher Thelma Stortz Anna Marie Yates Mildred Hartman Nu Nu Virginia McCarty Margaret Yarnall BETA GAMMA TAu TAu Julia Christie Louise Baird Helene Henderson It was the pleasure of the National Treasurer to officiate in the ceremonies for the installation of Beta Gamma chapter at Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Beta Delta chapter at Hattiesburg, Mississippi as well as to visit college chapters at Hays," Kansas, Gunnison, Colorado, Alva, Oklahoma and Greeley, Colorado.

Let members of Alpha Sigma Alpha take pride in their splendid Endowment Fund built up by loyal members over a period of years to give our organization financial stability.

Let members keep themselves informed on Alpha Sigma Alpha's financial policies that they may talk intelligently of their national organization.

An organization such as Alpha Sigma Alpha must have funds to carry on the program set forth by its members, let college and alumna: members alike thoughtfully reflect upon the use to which their dues are put and the services they make possible to the end that the financial records of college members can be more nearly perfect and that alumna: members will feel more strongly the obligation to pay alumna: Life Membership dues.

Respectfully submitted, PoLLY ScHLOSSER, National T1·easurer.

PLEDGES AND INITIATES: • Membership Records for pledges have been received as follows: 1936-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·35° .. . .... 390 1937-38 The number of initiates in Alpha Sigma Alpha for the two-year period is: ..... . . .. . ..... . 300 1936-37 ........... ·317 1937-38 These figures include the initiates of our two recently installed chapters: Beta Gamma, 41 pledges and 35 initiates; Beta Delta, 21 pledges and twenty-two initiates. Advisers are counted as initiates and not as pledges.

MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES: Membership certificates were issued for 332 members in 1936-37 and for 323 members in 1937-38.

ALUMNAE CHARTERS: Fifteen alumna: charters have been issued.

TRANSFERS: Four transfer letters were issued during 1936-38.

CHAPTER RUSHING: Rushing Etiquette was presented through form letters to all registrars.

PLEDGE TRAINING: A six weeks' study plan was sent to each registrar.

Pledge manuals have been supplied each chapter.

CHAPTER CHARTERS: Three chapter charters have been issued: Beta Gamma, Tahlequah, Oklahoma Beta Delta, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Chi Chi, Muncie, Indiana NATIONAL AND CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP RECORDS: In an effort to maintain accurate membership files, form letters have been sent to married members and to early members for whom names only are in the permanent files. .

Respectfully submitted, MARY MAE PAUL, National Registrar.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL CHAPLAIN FRoM AuGusT 21, 1936 to AuGusT 22, 1938 To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: The specified duty of the National Chaplain is to supervise the devotional and ritualistic work of the sorority. Her, work during the past two years may be outlined as follows:

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6o r. CoNTACTS WITH CHAPTER CHAPLAINS: . a. From the National Chaplain. 1936-37-Mtmeographed form letters were sent in Septe~ber and January and editions of Chaplain Chatter m De.cember, February and April. ( Chaflain Chauer, , wh1ch had begun in the previous year, ts a ~haplams .news sh~et compiled from letters of the acti ve chaplams and mcluding an nouncement~ and messages fron: the National Cha plain . Its am; has been to provtde an. attention-getting device fo r important 1tems and t? stimulate newsy letter writing by the chapter chaplam~.)

1937-38-In early September, the fi~st Alpha SJgm.a Alpha Chaplain's H andbook was dtstnbuted. Th1s mimeographed booklet containe~ a cal~ndar of .the year's requirements, five pages of mstructlon and hmts for efficient performance o.f the duties of ch~pter c.haplain, an outline of devotwns for the year. s bus.mess meetings, work sheets for planmng the vanous ntu~l­ istic services, and report blanks fo r the year. Chapla~n Chatter was issued in D ecember, February and Apnl.

In both years, personal letters were written whenever time permitted. b. From the Chapter Chaplains.-In each year a minimum of five personal letters, a picture of the chapter officer, and three reports. were required . . Reports consisted of a paraphern~lta ~n ventory and Rttual Study Sheet in October, contnbutlons for the Book of Devotions in February, and a copy of the year's summary report to the chapter and a Log of Se~vices in April. Promptness and qualtty were rated etght per cent on the 100 per cent efficiency grade. The general average for chaplains in 1936-37 was 89 .24 per cent and in 1937-38, 85 .13 per cent. However, the 1937-38 median was 100 per cent although that in 1936-37 was 99 per cent.

which was placed on t?e. c~mpus of State Tea~hers College, Farmville, Virgtma, m honor of Alpha Stgma Alpha's Founders.

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5 . SoRORITY ExAMINATIONS: From January until June, I937, t~e Natlonal.Chaplain acted as National Sorority Examt~atwn Chatrman.

A separate report, filed with. the Nauonal Secretary at the National CounCil meetmg of August, I937, describes this activity.

A summary of the biennium's work prompts the following suggestions. . r. That the Chaplain's Handbook be contmued. It seems probable that the one distributed last fall ~ay be brought to date by the addition of current matenal and the removal of that pertaining only to I937-38, for the binding is loose-leaf. Although chapter carelessness and unexepected changes in officers ~ere arguments against distribution of the yea r's matenal 'at the opening of college, the advantage of the chapter officer having all material in compact form and t~e decreased labor by the national officer balances the dtsadvantage.

2. That each chapter guard its Ritual more carefully. The tendency to m isplace or lose the paperbound copies of services for various officers is too prevalent.

3· That an effort be ma.de to hol? fewer but lovelier Sanctuary Degree serv1ces . It JS suggested that not more than one such service be held each qua rter or semester and that the t.i me a nd thought expendeti on several services be concentrated on one.

4· That the Consecration Service be given at the first fall session as specified by the Ritual.

5· That the National C haplain have contacts wi~h her understudies by personal notes at least once m every two month s.

Respectfully submitted, 2. THE BooK oF DEvoTioNs: L omsE N . STEWART, National Chaplain From material submitted by the chapters selections were made for additions to the Alpha Sigma Book of Announcements were made by Mrs. Helen BradD evotions. Thirteen pages were distributed in I936-37 ley, National Alun;ma: Chairman, and Miss Thelma and nine in I937-38 . Add itional selections received Stortz, National Examinations Chai rma n in charge of during the past year are ready fo r mimeographing.

Convention Exhibits.

3· PARAPHERNALIA: Miss Helen McClaAin, National Songbook ChairThe two-year period has seen a gratifying increase man, moved that the Convention adjourn to meet in attention to paraphernalia. Chapters known to have again at 9 o'clock, the morning of August 24. The added to or renovated paraphernalia are: new head- motion was seconded and passed . The opening busibands, 7; gong hammer, I; cords fo r robes, r; signa- ness session closed at I2:45 p.m. ture books, 2; white Bible, I; blind folds, I; sheets and EsTHER BucHER, National Secretary muslin, 2; satin altar cloths, 2; candlesti cks, 2; robes, 2; EvELYN G . BELL, National President palm branches, 3; gong, I; crown repair, 2; pen and pencil set, I; altar cloth repair, I. Patterns were sent SECOND BUSINESS SESSION to three chapters. In several cases, the new paraphernalia was a gift from an alumna: chapter or individual.

The second business session of the Alpha Sigma With the assistance of the National Editor, para- Alph a National Convention was called to order by the phernalia was assembled for Chi Chi Chapter at Mun- National President, Miss Evelyn G. Bell, at 9:I5 a.m ., cie, Indi ana. Chests were also prepared fo r Beta Wednesday, A ugust 24, I938.

Gamma and Delta Delta chapters. Staple items are in Miss Louise Stewart, National C haplai n, introduced readiness fo r the next new chapter.

Margaret Messner, Alpha Gamma, w ho led in devotional services, followed by the singing of "A merica 4· FARMVILLE MEMORIAL: the Beautiful," led by Miss Helen McClaffiin.

The ational Chaplain was chai rman of the committee which ordered the stone bench and bird bath The roll of official delegates was called by the Na-

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tional Secretary. Fifty-four answered present: twentyfour chapter delegates, thirteen alumna: delegates, two chapter advisers, six national committee chairmen, and nine national council members.

The minutes of the previous business session was read by the National Secretary, and approved .

Additional greetings received, were read by the National Secretary.

The following reports were presented and filed with the National Secretary: REPORT OF THE NATIONAL EDITOR AucusT, 1938 To the National Convention: The work of the National Editor during the past two years has fallen into four divisions; namely, 1 . The editing of our quarterly magazine, THE PHOENIX. 2. Contracting alumna: in soliciting annual subscriptions and attempting to locate lost members.

3· Contributing o the intrafraternity magazines; Bantas Greek Exchange and The Fraternity Month.

4· Organization, installation and inspection of Chi Chi chapter. r. The

editing of our quarterly magazine, THE PHOENIX: As the National Council voted to have the November, 1936, issue of the PHOENIX carry the minutes and proceedings of the 1936 National Convention, this was made a closed issue and was sent only to members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It also contained the Convention picture and carried one hundred fifty-six pages.

The total cost was $847 .58.

The January issue cost cost $466.66, the March PHOENIX, $500.40 and the May issue $477.73 This made the total cost of preparing and mailing the PHOENIX, $2,292.37 for the year 1936-37. A total of 5,623 copies were printed which made the average cost of printing · and mailing each copy a fraction over forty cents. For that year there were seventy-four annual subscriptions.

As a result of decisions made at our National Council Meeting in August, 1937, and following suggestions offered at a National Fraternity and Sorority Editors' meeting at the same time, changes were made in the cover design, type size, and format of the PHoENIX for the year 1937-38.

These issues cost: November, 1937 ... $552.98 January, 1938 709.95 March, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.29 May, 1938 571 .92 making a total cost of $2>482.14 for the 5,840 copies which were printed; or an average of 42.5 cents per copy. For this year there were 102 annual subscriptions. A detailed invoice of publication costs is attached to this report and posted on the bulletin board.

During the past two years PHoENIX contributions have improved in both quantity and quality, for which

the editor wishes to express her appreciation. In addition to ~ur regular subscriptions, fifty sample copies of each 1ssue were sent to non-subscriber members of t~e sorority, hoping to stimulate their interest in Alpha SI_gma f\lpha and _in subscribing to the magazine.

Fifty copies of each 1ssue are reserved for binding, and each chapter is supplied with the bound volume at the close of each biennium.

Contacting alumna: in soliciting annual subscriptions and attempting to locate lost members; In an attempt to locate lost members, the list was sent to each alumna: chapter president, each alumna: chapter editor, published in the PHOENIX and many personal letters written . The editor also prepared and had blanks printed for use in notifying the national organization of change of addresses, marriages, and births. Each chapter has a supply of such blanks and their regular use would be of invaluable service in keeping our files up-to-date. During the past two years, our lost members list has been cut in half. The present list is appended to this report and on the bulletin board and your help is solicited in tracing them.

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3· Contributing to the interfraternity magazines: Bantas Greek Exchange and The Fmternity Month: The National Editor has contributed regularly to Bantas Greek Exchange and The Fraternity Month, sending cuts and articles for both publications. She also prepared a history of Alpha Sigma Alpha for use in a future issue of The Fraternity Month.

4· Organization, installation and inspection of Chi Chi chapter.

During the fall and winter months of 1936, the National Editor gave much time to the organization, assembling paraphernalia and installation of Chi Chi chapter. In 1937 she assisted with the organization of the Muncie Alumna: chapter and in the spring of 1938 inspected Chi Chi chapter.

Your National Editor cannot close her report without acknowledging the splendid assistance given her, in soliciting and editing alumna: material, in locating lost members, and in soliciting annual subscriptions; by the National Alumna: Chairman, Mrs. Helen Bradley.

Respectfully submitted, GENEVIEVE S. LEIB, National Editor.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL EXTENSION OFFICER To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: As determined by the National By-Laws of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Article 1, Section 8, the duties of the National Extension Officer are divided into definite general activities : First, To maintain chapter contacts through the supervision of the Collegiate Representatives. Four form letters relative to the major duties of that office were sent to each officer. These letters emphasized the importance of Alpha Sigma Alpha members representing good citizenship on the campus by active par-

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ticipation in college activities. Good standing in scholarship ratings were encouraged and local Panhellenic Associations were analyzed and evalua~ed. secon d ' "The National Extension Officer shall " Th f h h rou~ make plans for the inspect~on o c apt.ers. the cooperation of the Natwnal C:o~~ol the usual mspection program was arr~nged dtvtdmg the r~sponst颅 bility of Chapter inspectiOn . To keep .travelmg expenses at a minimum each counolor m~pected the nearest chapters. During the two year penod twentyone chapters were inspected, reports exchanged and filed among the Council members and a copy sent to the chapter inspected.

The following is a summary of inspections: Tau Tau, Beta Beta (2), Gamma Gamma, Sigma Sigma (2), by Mrs. Polly Schlosser.

Alpha Beta, Zeta Zeta, Mu Mu (2), by Mrs. Helen Bradley.

Epsilon Epsilon, by Miss Ether Bucher.

Alpha Gamma, Nu Nu, Theta Theta, Rho Rho (2), by Miss June Smith.

Chi Chi, by Mrs. Genevieve Leib.

Eta Eta, by Miss Mary Mae Paul.

Omicron Omicron, Pi Pi, by Miss Evelyn Bell.

Kappa Kappa, by Mrs. Dorothy Crook.

Xi Xi, by Mrs. Marie Bausman Berry.

It might be interesting to note that during the two year period 1934-36 only nine inspection visits we~e made as compared with twenty-two made dunng thts biennium.

Third, "The National Extension Officer shall investigate fields where possible chapters may be located." The following campuses have been contacted

by National Councilors or representative campus groups have written for information: Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Fairmount State Teachers College, Fairmount, W. Va. Whitewater State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis. Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, La . ' Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Susquehana University, Selinsgrove, Pa. Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Mo. La Crosse State Teachers College, La Crosse, Wis. Wilson Teachers College, Washington, D. C. Washington College, Chestertown, Md. Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, Ark. West Texas State Teachers College, Canyon, Tex. New Jersey State Teachers College, Newark, N . J. New Jersey State Teachers College, Montclair, N.J. Wisconsin State Teachers College Central, Stevens Point, Wis. In addition to the advent of Chi Chi chapter which was officially welcomed at the 1936 Convention, two other chapters have been added to our roll. Beta Gamma chapter was installed at Tahlequah, Oklahoma on November 27, 1937, under the guidance of Mrs.

Schlosser, our National Treasurer and Miss Bucher our National Secretary. . .

On December II, I937, the Natwnal Ext~nswn Officer received a request from a local ..soront~ ~t Hattiesburg, Mississippi fo.r a formal petltlon to )~Ill Alpha Sigma Alpha. Agatn under the capable gutdance of our National Treasurer, Mrs. Schlosser, Be~a Delta was installed on Saturday, May 21, 1938. It ts with pleasure and pride that we. welcome .our new Alpha Sigma Alpha ch~pters to thts conve?twn. bod~.

In the light of expenences and observatwns m thts office it is suggested that in the fut':lre- .

1 . The chapter visitations and mspectt?n by National Officers be expanded and developed mto a personnel program that will forward the usefulness and value of sorority affiliation. The ~readth of such a program having potentialities f?~ ratsmg the standard of National Greek-letter soronttes to an unexcelled level. .

2. That National Council inspections officially tnclude Alumna: chapters which may be active in the area of the college chapter visited . And that such programs and plans specify alumna: conferences as well as college chapter conferences.

3路 That college and al.um~a: melT'bers be enco':lraged to continue cooperatiOn tn the field ?f soronty expansion by interesting friends w~o are. m ~oll~ges not on the Alpha Sigma Alpha roll m natwnahzatwn .

Respectfully submitted, S. JuNE SMITH, National Extension 0 fficer.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FINANCE CHAIRMAN To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Eight years ago, an emergent condition in the financial well being of the sorority made advisable the creation of a Board of Trustees. The Chairman of the Board was appointed in 1930 by the National President. In 1932 the duties of the Board of Trustees were set forth in the constitution, as revised by the 1932 convention.

By 1934, the need for emergency measures and organization had lessened to such a marked degree, that the Board of Trustees was reduced to one person designated as the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Council. Duties and responsibilities which in 1930 were carried by the Board of Trustees, were delegated to the entire Council in 1934. In this transition the Chairman of Finance was left with only one duty assigned her by the constitution; the approval of all loans from the Fellowship Fund. My predecessor, Elizabeth Bird Small, pointed out this situation to the convention of 1936 when she opened her biennial report with this statement: "Since the constitution and by-laws as revised by the National Convention of 1934 delegated no specific duties to the National Finance Chairman, the activities of that office continued to be concerned with certain departments of the finances of the sorority." During the past two

years, from the vantage point of looking back on critical situations your present Finance Chairman has become increasingly appreciative of the invaluable services rendered by Elizabeth Bird Small from 193036 when she acted as Chairman of Board of Trustees and as Finance Chairman. With such efficiency and minute care did she perform her duties that she left her office with the sorority's financial interest secure and safeguarded, and with sound financial procedures in operation.

So this report can do nothing more than to follow her report to last convention and direct the thinking of the 1938 Convention to the following financial facts: 1. The bond of the National Treasurer in amount of $15,ooo was renewed in both 1937 and 1938 with the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company.

The bond is issued in behalf of Ollie S. Schlosser, Treasurer of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It is held in safe keeping by the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, New York. The bond must, according to the sorority 's constitution, be accepted by the National Council.

2 . The depositories for the Sorority Funds are named in the annual audit for the years ending June 30, 1937 and June 30, 1938. These four banking institutions must maintain the standards they possessed when the National Council selected them as depositories . Every year, after an investigation the Council re-approves each bank as a depository for the sorority's funds in amounts not ot exceed $s,ooo.

3· The firm of Ernest and Ernst, Audits and Systems, was selected by the National Council to audit the National Treasurer's Accounts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1937, and June 30, 1938.

4· All loans made from the Fellowship Loan Fund have been approved by Finance Chairmen, the National President and the Nati9nal Treasurer, who have had authorization to act for the Council in this capacity.

5· The Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, New York, has been continued the past two years as the safekeeping agent for Alpha 'Sigma Alpha. The United States Treasury bonds of the Endowment Fund are held in this account which is maintained at an annual cost of $3o .oo. The bonds are described in the report of the National Treasurer and in the annual audit. There have been no bond purchases or exchanges since last convention. No changes have been made in the regulations governing the safe keeping account. No individual national Councilor has access to the bonds. They may be delivered only upon joint signature of the National President and Finance Chairman. Annual income realized from interest on the bonds is placed in the sorority fund or funds designated by vote of the National Council.

Due to changes in the constitution and the present stable financial condition of the sorority, the following recommendations are submitted for the consideration of the 1938 Convention: I. That the office of Finance Chairman be discontinued.

2. That the Finance Committee of the National Council be composed of the National President, the National Treasurer and one other Council member appointed by the National President.

3· That this committee, acting for the National Council, carry on the routine financial matters which have been the concern of the Finance Chairman.

In addition to the general duties of a National Councilor, the Finance Chairman cared for the following special matters which were assigned to her: 1. Represented Alpha Sigma Alpha at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers Colleges and the National Association of Deans of Women m 1937.

2 . Formulated plans in cooperation with the Assistance League of Southern California for Xi Xi's Camp project.

3· Inspected groups at State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the interest of extension.

4· Served ~s Alpha Sigma Alpha's representative to the Association of Education Sororities. A separate report will be made of this last activity.

Respectfully submitted, WILMA WILSO N SHARP,

National Finance Chairman.

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL TREASURER To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Examinations of the books and records of the National Treasurer were made by the firm of Ernst and Ernst, Auditors, Denver, Colorado, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1937 and June 30, 1938. Detailed statements covering these reports are herewith sub mitt~d: CONDENSED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS Balance in Treasu ry, July 1, 1936.. . . . . . . . . $88,644 .06 R eceipts for fiscal year ended June 30, 1937 $12,457.72 Disbursem ents for fiscal year ended June 30, 1937 ...... . .. .. . ........ .... . ......... 13,761.45 Balance in Treasury, July 1, 1937.. .. ......

85,340.33 R eceipts for fiscal year ended June 30, 1938. 12,131.55 Disbursements for fiscal year ended June 30, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,973.06 Excess of r eceipts over disbursements for 2year period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

854.82 Balance in Treasury, July 1, 1938.. . . . . . . .

$87,498.82

DISTRIBUTION OF SORORITY FUNDS Checking Account-First N ational Bank, D enver, Colo. $ Savings Account-U. S. National Bank, Denver, Colo...

Savings Account-U. S. National Bank, Denver, Colo..

Savings Acct-International Trust Co., De nver, Colo. . . .

Savings Account-First National Bank, K enmore, N .Y. Notes R eceivable--Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

United States Treasu r y Bonds-Registered in the name of Alpha Sigma Alpha. (Held by the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, N ew York): 2% per cent Treasury Bonds ...... . ... . . $26,200.00 per cent Treasury bonds............ 3,700 .00 3 3"4 per cent Treasury bonds .. . .. . .. . ... 33,150.00 2:Y. per cent Treasur y bonds...... . . .. . . 3,000.00

5,783.46 1,401.89 423.86 2,500.00 5,000.00 4,204.00

$66,050.00 At recorded cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,185 .61 The Market value June 30, 1938 was $70,721.04.

Total funds as of June 30, 1938 ............ .. ..... . .. $87,498.82

THE PHOENIX INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT BALANCE IN TREASURY, JULY 1, 1936: Endowment Fund .. . . . .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .$ 6 ~·m · ~~ Fellowship Fund · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · '· · · · · · · · 2' 614.56 Co nv.ent~on Fund · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ' · · · · · · · '210:45 Pubhcatwn Fund · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 11 860.25

~~~:ra~. ~.u.~~.::: ·.:::::::::::::::: ::::::::: :: :: :::: ::$86:644.06

RECEIPTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED J UNE 30, 1937 F ellowship Fund Contribution from College and Alumnre chapters ........ . ................ · .... $ 400.00 Interest from loans and savings accou nt .. . .

15.84 Total ........... . ........ . . .. .. . ....... . . - - - - $

Publication Fund

~~~~ii~~·..~~·O·E·~~~.: :::::::: : ::::: :: ::: : : : $ 415.84

Convention Fund Returning college m embers .. .. ...••.. .• . . .

920.16 College initiation s ..... ...... .... ..... .. . . 1,192.00 Alumnre Life Membersh ip dues ......... .. . .

402.00 Interest U. S . Bonds . ............. . . . .. . .

538.68 R efund 1936 Convention expense . . . ... . . .. .

171.55 Total ... . ..... .. ....... . . .... . ... .... . • . . - - - - $ 3,224.39 Publication Fund Returning College members ...... .. . ... • . ..

230.66 College initiations .... . ..... . ...... . . . ... .

291.00 Annual subscription s .. . .. .. .. .... • .. . . . ..

71.00 Advertising, Balfour in PHOENIX . ...... ... .

80.00 Interest, U. S . Bonds . . .. ............ · .... · 1,485.44 Miscellaneous .. . ... . . .. .... .. . .. .. . . . . . . . .50 T otal .. ..... . ..... . .. . ... .. .. . ..• . . . .. . .. - - - - $ 2,158.60 General Fund Returning college members ..........•. .. .. $ 692.50 College initiations ..... . .......... . ..... . . 1,144.65 Pledges ....... . ................ · · · · · · · · · · 1,820.00 Officia l jewelry ....... ... . . . .•.. ..... .. ... 2, 766.10 Royalty ..... . ......... . .. . .. . ... .. . ... .. · 23 .60 Interest, savings accounts .. . ... . .. .. . . ... .

136.37 Miscellaneous ............. .. .. .. ..... . ... .

75.67 Total .... . .. . ... . .. . ...... . .. . .... . : .. .. . - - - - $ 6,658.89 Total R eceipts . . . . . . .. .. .. . ............. .

DISBURSEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1937 Convention Fund Trans poration ...... . ................•.... $ 2,167.39 Station ery a nd Supplies . . . . ......•. .. . .. .

76.42 Awa~s . . ........ .. . ..... ... ..• . ... •.... .

28.72 Miscellan eous .. .... . .... ... . . .•. . . . .•....

137.98 T otal .......... . ... . . . . . . .. . . •.. ..• . ..... - - - Publication Fund Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,282.98 Postage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . .

10.43 Total ..... . ... . .... . ... . .....•...... . .. .. - - - General F und Administration, Office rent . . . ...•.. . .• • ..

135.00 Alumnre development . ... ...... . .. . .. . .. .

30.60 Association expense, A. E. S .... .... . .• . . ..

131.58 Certifi cates ........ . .............. . ..•...

209.02 Conventi on , 1936 hotel expen ses ......•.. ... 2,347. 77 Inspection . . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . . . . . . .. ... .

360.00 In stallation . ... . .. . ..... . ..... ... ....... .

172.15 Jewelry ........ . ........ . . .. .. ........ . . 2,316 .21 Mi scellaneous ..... .. ..... .. . .. ... . ... . .. .

304.83 Memorial to Founders ..... . •... .. ..

459.52 Paraphernalia ....... ...... . ....... . .... . .

42.95 Postage . ........ .. ... .......... . . .. . .... .

402 .59 Secr etaria l Allowance, National Council. .. . 1,415.00 Stationery and supplies ................... .

662 .98 Telep hone and T elegraph . .... .. .. .. . ..... .

67.33 Total ................. ... ...... . .. . . ...... - - -T otal Disbursem ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Excess of Disbursem ents over R eceipts.....

General Fund R eturning college m ember s .. ·· • • · · · · · · · • · · 777.00 College initiates . .. . .... ... . . .. .. .. · · · · · · · 1,042.30 Pledges ..... . ..... ... ........ . .. • . . . . . . . . 1,852.00 Official j ewelry . .. . ... .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2,6~::~~ R oyalty . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · 129.88 Inter est, Savin gs accounts ...... • .. . . . . . . .

111.09 Miscellaneous · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · - - - - $ 6,640.09 12,131.55 T otal · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · T otal Receipts . .. ............. · · .. · · · · · · ·

$12,457.72

2,4 82.14

$ 2,482.14

General F und 195.00 Administration ...... · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · • · · 26.20 Alumnre developmen t . .. ...... .. · · · · · • • · · · 188.99 Association expen se, A. E. S ..... .. · · · · · · · · 179.42 Certificates . .. ...... . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · 48.05 Extension ...... . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 276.42 Inspect ion ... . .. •... · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 584.78 Installation .....•.... · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · J ewelry . ....... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · 2,402.67 204 .13 Miscellan eous ....... . . · · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · 542.60 N a tiona l ·Council Conference . .. .. · · · · · · · · · · 350.00 N a tional Phila n t hropic Project . . . ···••···· · 106.17 Paraphernalia .. . ........ . ..... · · · · · · · · · · · 438.48 Postage . . ~ .... .. ..... . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Secretarial Allowances .. . ....•. . · · • • • · · · · · 1,495.00 Statione ry and Supplies ... . .. .. .. . . .... . · · 385.52 67 .59 T elep h one and T elegraph ......... · • · · · · · · · Total ... . . . . . .. . ............ . . . ........ .. - - - - $ 7,490.92 9,973.06, T otal Disbursem ents . . .................. · · 2,158.49 Excess of r eceipts over disbursem en ts ..... .

Total excess of Receipts over Disbu r sem ents, 854.76 two years ..... . ........... · · · · · ·. · · · · · BALANCE IN TREASU RY, J UNE 30, 1938 Endowment Fund .... . .......................... . ... $68,090 .17 Fellows~ip Fund ..... · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · : · m:~g ConventiOn Fund · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ' 1 00 Publication Fund · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · 6.79 General Fund .... . .. . ..•.......• .. . . ........... · · · · · 8 , 31 · $87,498.82 FELLOWSHIP LOAN FUND July 1, 1936Cash in Fund ... . ...... . ... . .. . ................... $ 106.63 Notes R eceiva ble ...... . . ...•..•........•. . ....... 3,762 .00 T otal ...... . ......... . ...... . .. . .. . . . ........... .

$ 2,410 .51

$ 2,293.41

3,868.63

Activities for two-year period: Eighteen n ew loan totaling .. .. ....•. .. ........ . . . $ 2,305 .00 Payment totaling ....... . ... .. . . . .... . ....... . . . . 1,865.00 Inte r est on loan s a nd sav ings . ...••. ... . ... .•. . . . . .

34.23 Contributions ... . .. .......... . ...... ... .... . •... · 725 .00 July 1, 1938Cash in Fund ..... .. . .. .. . . . . . ......•.... . . . . ..... $ 423.8 6 N otes R eceivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 4,204.00 T otal . . . ...... ..... ....... .. ... , . ... . ............ . .. $ 4,627.86 R espectfully s ubmitted, POLLY SCHLOSSER, National Treasurer.

Mrs. Wilma Sharp, AES Representative, read a report of her work, which report was filed with the National Secretary. $ 9,057.53 $13,761.4 5 1,303.73

BALANCE IN TREASURY J ULY 1, 1937 Endowm ent Fund ... . ... . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..... . .. . .... $68,090.17 Fellowsh ip Fund ......... . ............. . •... . , . . . . . . 4,284.47 Con vention .. ....... .. . . ..•..... ... , . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 3,428.44 Publi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75 .64 General Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,461.6 1 T otal ... ........ . .. . ..... . .. . .. .. ... . ......... . ..... $85,340.33 RECEIPTS FOR F ISCA L YEAR ENDED J UNE 30, 1938 Fellowship Fund Contribution from College and A lumn re chapters ..... . ........... . ..... .. ... . . $ 325.00 Interest from loan s and savi ngs accou nt. ...

18.39 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 343.39 Convention Fund R eturning college m embers ..... . ....•..... 1,033.32 College initiations ................ . . •. .... 1,122.00 Alumnre Life Member s hip dues ....... . .... .

340.55 Interest, U. S. Bonds ..................... .

538.69 Total .. . .... . ...................... .. .... - - - - $ 3,034.56

REPORT OF AES REPRESENTATIVE To 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Alpha Sigma's representative to · the Association of Education Sororities held the office of treasurer in that association from 1935 until October, 1937, when the duties of secretary rotated upon her. In addition she has served on a special committee for the revision of A. E. S. booklet-Social Precedent and Sorority Ethics.

The important and difficult task of preparing a folde r of information regarding the purposes and function, of AES has also been delegated to Alpha Sigma Alpha. Of greatest moment has been A . S. A.'s representation and work for the past several years on a committee on sorority field. In 1935 this committee composed of Mable Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Chairman, Mrs. Orley See, Delta Sigma

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Epsilon and your representative became a join committee working with a similar committee from the National Panhellenic Congress. This committee is now known as the NPC-AES committee on field. Mrs. Irving Brown, Alpha Chi Omega, is chairman of NPC committee. Much has been done through this joint committee to establish cooperation and mutual understanding between the two organizations. Upon invitation from NPC, the Association of Education Sororities held its last conference at the same time and in the same city that National Panhellenic Congress met-New York, October, 1937. One evening, upon invitation from N . P. C . the two groups met for an informal and very enlightening discussion. All A. E . S. representatives were invited to attend the N. P. C . formal banquet held in Beekman Tower.

Alpha Sigma had two members at the banquet, the National President and the A. E . S. representative.

The joint meeting of NPC~AES is reported as follows in the minutes of the Twelfth Conference of the Association of Education Sororities : JOINT MEETING OF N.P.C.- A.E.S. At Beekman Tower, 8:oo p.m., October 14, 1937 At the request of Mrs. Brown, N. P. C. Chairman of Eligibility and Nationalization of Social Groups, A. E. S. prepared a plan for the formation of a federation of women's Greek-letter societies.

This was presented by Miss Walton, A . E . S. Chairman of Field, as follows: The Association of Education Sororities is interested in a "national affiliation of all academic sororities-Professional Honorary and Social"- to be advisory not governing in nature. vVe have been asked to give our idea for the structure of such an affiliation.

As an aid to its establishment A . E . S. submits the following: The organization of a central committee to be composed of a specified number of officers from member organization To study matters of m utual interest.

To arrange for joint conferences on current trends and policies affecting member organizations.

At a regular business session N. P. C . passed a motion that steps be taken toward working out an affiliation or federation of all academic Greek-letter groups. Evidence of the spirit of cooperation existing between NPC and AES is shown by a letter from the Secretary of the Headquarters of Panhellenic Association, November 9, 1937· A paragraph from it is quoted: "The Panhellenic House Association is delighted to extend its congratulations to the members of Alpha Sigma Alpha and the other educational sororities on their affiliation with the National Panhellenic Congress and desires to offer to them the facilities of their headquarters, Beekman Tower (Panhellenic House) when in New York."

Respectfully submitted, WILMA WILSON SHARP, A. E . S. Representative.

Mrs. Geraldine Holton of Indianapolis read a report of the National Constitution Chairman, Mrs. Hazle Crane Jones, together with the recommendations accompanying the report, and the report and recommendations were filed with the National Secretary.

REPORT OF CONSTITUTION CHAIRMAN To the National Convention: In 1937 a letter was sent to each Chapter President asking for a copy of the Chapter By-Laws for permanent filing. Twelve chapters replied to the first request.

A follow up letter was sent to the "silent" chapters after a time interval of three months. Six chapters replied to this second request.

A third letter to the remaining five chapters failed to bring a single reply .

At the close of the 1937 year a study sheet in Outline form of the Constitution was prepared by the Chairman and sent to each Alumna: and Active chapter by the National Council.

In 1938 a letter in the form of a questionnaire for possible amendments to the Constitution to be presented at the National Convention, was sent to each Active chapter each Alumna: chapter and each National Council member. Eighteen replies were received to the more than sixty requests, from which the enclosed recommendations were gleaned.

Respectfully submitted, HAZLE CRANE JoNES, Constitution Chairman .

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA 1. It is recommended that the National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha be changed to the three-year plan. Namely, National Convention, Province Convention and Inspection.

2. It is recommended that Chapter Inspection be held every other year in Teacher's Colleges.

3· It is recommended that Alpha Sigma Alpha shall have a full time paid officer who could give full time to furthering Sorority interest and values. Perhaps a National Inspector.

4· It is recommended Philanthropic Chairmen work for the centralization of a large national philanthropy to which all chapters should contribute.

5· It is recommended that there be a highly active Publicity Committee with Chairmen from the North the South the East and the West to represent each section of the country.

6. It is recommended that National Convention recommend to the A. E. S. Convention that an eighty average is not necessary after initiation .

7· It is recommended that examinations dealing with etiquette be etiquette of Sorority life; also that questions pertaining to Parliamentary procedure be added .

Respectfully submitted, HAZLE CRANE JoNEs, Constitution Chairman.

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66 Reports were read by the . following committee chairmen and filed with the National Secretary:_ Esth~r Bucher, Fellowship Chairman; Miss Ethel Tobm, Philanthropic Chairman; Miss Joy Mahach~k, Scholarship Chairman; Mrs. Helen Bradley, NatiOnal Alun:na: Chairman· Miss Thelma Stortz, National Examinations Chairman; and, Miss Helen McClaflin, Nat!onal Songbook Chairman. The report of the Nauonal Historian, Mrs. Hattie Kelly Thomas was read by Miss Lois McDonald.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP CHAIRMAN To the I938 National Convention: The Chairman of the Fellowship Loan Fund has investigated twenty-one applications for loans from members and pledges of Alpha Sigma Alpha since the National Convention of I936. Recommendations that the applications be accepted, after ~ue investigation, were made to the National Council Committee on Approval of Fellowship Loans. The Committee approved all recommendations. .

The financial report of the Fellowship Loan Fund is included in the report of the National Treasurer.

Of the twenty-one loans made since the I936 Convention, five loans are for the maximum amount lent to members, or $2oo; one is for $I8I; one is for $I7S; one is for $I6o; one is for $I so; seven are for $100 each; three are for $so each; and two are for amounts less than $40. The total number of loans outstanding at this time is forty, totaling $4,4SS· The total amount of loans made since the beginning of Fund in I926, is $9,I3S·SO. Chapters to whose members loans have been made, with the totals to each chapter, covering loans now outstanding, are as follows: Alpha, three loans. _.... . ........... Total $440 Alpha Alpha, three loans . . .. Total 220 Alpha Gamma, one loan .... . ..... . . . . Total I7S Alpha Beta, two loans . . . . ......... Total 6s Beta Beta, one loan . . ..... .. .. Total ISO Gamma Gamma, two loans .. . .. . . . ... ... . Total 260 Eta Eta, one loan ..... _. . . . . . . . . . . . . Total 200 Kappa Kappa, three loans . . ....... Total 420 Mu Mu, one loan . . . ... Total 6o Nu Nu, two loans . . .. . . . . .. . Total 400 Omicron Omicron, seven loans . . . ... Total 720 Pi Pi, three loans .. . .. . . . . . _. . . . . . . . Total 330 . . Total 6oo Sigma Sigma, five loans .

Phi Phi, two loans . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. ..... Total I 8o Iota Iota, one loan . . .. ........ . _.. Total I6o Lambda Lambda, one loan . .. .... . ....... Total 3S Beta Gamma, one loan . . .... Total 40 There are no applications for loans on file at present. It will be noted from the report of the National Treasurer that there is a balance of only $I84.36 in the Fellowship Loan Fund at this time.

The Chairman of the Fellowship Loan Fund has maintained contact will all persons who have loans from the Fund, and has reminded, by letter, those whose loans have been due so that they might make

arrangements with the National Treasurer for payment or renewal of their notes.

RECOMMENDATIONS: It is recommended that the Fellowship Loan Fund be increased by additional contributions by individuals and college and alumna: chapters in or~er that the Fund be made available to more Alpha Sigma Alpha members and pledges needing financial assistance _to continue their schooling in colleges where the soronty has chapters.

Respectfully submitted, EsTHER BucHER,

Chairman Fellowship Loan Fund.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PHILANTROPIC CHAIRMAN To the I938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: It is with a great deal of pleasure that th~ Nation~!

Philanthropic Chairman reports th_at_ the _ph_Ilanthropic work of our college chapters is gammg Ill Importance and interest after several years of inactivity caused mainly by national economic conditions. .

The following is a digest of the reports on the philanthropic activities of the college chapters for I936 to I938 .

I. Ten chapters have . definite local philanthropic projects. . .

2. Thirteen chapters contnbute money for philanthropic work.

3· Fourteen chapters give services in carrying on a philanthropic enterprise.

4· Twelve chapters have Panhellenics who sponsor philanthropic activities.

S· Sixteen chapters would be interested in a national project.

Many chapters feel that they have found a definite project in their own community other than the usual holiday baskets and community chest drives. Tau Tau girls roll bandages for two Hays hospitals. Mu Mu helps a young music student. Xi Xi has sponsored a camp for underprivileged girls. Rho Rho helps with a big Charity Ball. Psi Psi helps feed the children in the training school. Alpha chapter feels a definite need for a library in the Prince Edward country school.

It is the sincere wish of the chairman that philanthropic work will continue to gain in importance among our college chapters and that alumna: chapters will also become more interested so that Alpha Sigma Alpha as an educational sorority may have a national project which will not only have a welfare aspect but will also be of social and educational value to our members.

Through a survey conducted by the philanthropic chairman it was found that definite advantages can be offered to the members of Alpha Sigma Alpha througll the sponsorship of a philanthropic enterprise. A national project offers: , I. Strength for Alpha Sigma Alpha on our local campuses.

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2. Increased knowledge of latest social, economic and educational trends.

3· Increased professional training.

4· Widened social contacts.

5· Preparation for social and club work.

6. Unification of all members in a national interest.

The philanthropic chairman tried to increase interest in welfare or philanthropic work along the social and educational trends during the past two years through articles in the PHOENIX under "Our Professional Outlook" and through a Christmas letter urging group participation in some philanthropic enterprise.

The philanthropic report was also changed to find the attitude of the chapters toward a national project.

Suggestions of the Philanthropic Chairman to the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The National Philanthropic Chairman suggests: I. That the constitution be revised, if necessary, so that the philanthropic activity reports will be sent out by the philanthropic chairman rather than by the vice-president.

2. That Alpha Sigma Alpha conduct a survey of national sororities as a basis upon which to plan a national philanthropic project.

3· That the two projects, Xi Xi's camp and Alpha's country library be considered along with other chapter suggestions as possible national philanthropic enterpnses.

Respectfully submitted, ETHEL E. ToBIN, National P hilanthmpic C haiTman.

ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA SCHOLARSHIP REPORT 1936- 1938 Because various colleges have different systems of grading and because it seemed an unnecessary burden for the chapters to send individual grades to the Scholarship Chairman it was decided at the 1936 Convention to simplify the scholarship reports.

During the last two years each chapter has been asked to fill out a blank each term giving the total number of members and the total number inactive because of low grades. (A sample blank is attached. to this report.) This should have been a reasonably easy report to make since each chapter mus~ kn?w early in the term which of its members are macttve and therefore ineligible to hold office or to attend social affairs.

Not all of the chapters have the same number of members nor has any one chapter the same membership for successive terms. In .order t? compare percentages an arbitrary membership of thirty was ch~sen.

The proportional number of inactives was det~rmmed and the per cent of actives found on th~t basts .. The percentage rankings proved to be very mterestmg.

The following seven chapters had roo per cent active membership during the two years and are to be highly commended: Omicron Omicron Beta Gamma Sigma Sigma Epsilon Epsilon Chi Chi Kappa Kappa Theta Theta

The remainder of the chapters which sent in complete records ranked as follows Gamma Gamma . 99.2 % Phi Phi . . .... 98.2 % Mu Mu .. ,. . . .98.r % Alpha Beta 97.8 % Beta Beta ·97·3 %

Xi Xi.. . . . .. ·97·3 % Pi Pi . . . . . . . . . . 97·3 % Eta Eta ......... ·94·7 % Tau Tau ..... ... ·93·7 % Alpha Gamma .... 86.o % Respectfully submitted, JOY MAHACHEK, Scholarship Chairman.

REPORT OF NATIONAL ALUMNAE CHAIRMAN To the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha: Because of the nature of the duties as set forth in the National Constitution the Alumna: Chairman has to a great extent worked under the direction and guidance of Alpha Sigma Alpha's _National Ed.itor: The responsibilities as set forth m the ConstitutiOn "to collect regularly from each Alumna: Chapter Editor news of interest and compile this alumna: news and send it to the National Editor for publication in the PHOENIX have been faithfully discharged. In fulfilling these duties your Alumna: Chairman has set as her goal the securing of both a News Letter and other articles from each alumna: chapter for each PHOENIX issue. Though this goal was not at all times realized it is satisfying to note that alumna: interest in, and contributions to, our sorority magazine have increased .

In addition to the foregoing various special artiCles and write-ups for the PHOENIX were solicited from our alumna: both through the Alumna: Correspondents and through personal letters to individuals. By means of these contacts, it was the desire of your Alumna: Chairman not only to secure news of the activities of our alumna: but to also create a greater interest in the PHOENIX and stimulate interest in our alumna: organization.

All "leads" for possible news articles or contributions of interest, supplied by both the National Co~r:­ cilors and our alumna: membership, have been dtltgently followed up with gratifying results.

At the request of the National Editor your Alumna: Chairman assisted with the following: I. Mailing Renewal Notices to those whose PHOENIX subscriptions had expired.

2. Soliciting new subscriptions to our sorority magazine by means of a. A form letter entitled "For three cents a week" which was mailed to all alumna: chapters and was also printed in one of the . issues of the PHOENIX. b. Letters addressed to both the Alumna: Chapter Presidents and Correspondents suggesting that during each meetini? some ti~e be ?ev~ted to the discussion of their chapters contnbuuons to the PHOENIX as well as solicitation of new subscriptions.

3· Endeavoring to secure correct addresses for

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68 those whose names appear on the "List of Missing Addresses," and 4路 Compiling articles from various exchange magazines for the Exchange Section of our PHoENIX. Acting upon a suggestion, the Alumnff Chairman contacted several of the artists amqng our alumna: membership with a view to obtaining sketches for headings for several of the more permanent sections of the PHoENIX. Drawings received by the Alumna: Chairman were submitted to the National Council at their meeting in August, 1937, with the result that subsequent issues of the PHOENIX have carried the several "embellishments" so cleverly executed and graciously furnished by Margaret Houston.

With the approval of the National Editor, questionnaires were mailed to all Alumna: Chapter Presidents, requesting suggestions for the type of alumna: PHOENIX material desired by their members. Suggestions made by those chapters returning the questionnaires resulted in the incorporation of two new features in several issues of our magazine, these being entitled "Council Column" and "Ideas That Have Clicked." It should perhaps be stated here that the requests for a greater number of pictures were compiled with to such degree as our National Editor felt was permitted by the PHOENIX budget.

Cooperating with the National Vice-President, your Alumna: Chairman contacted all newly chartered alumna: chapters in an endeavor to have each such group make its debut in the PHoENIX in the section especially conducted for this purpose, namely "News Behind the News."

Though apart from duties pertaining to the PHOENIX, your Alumna: Chairman was happy to be of service to the National Council and at their request visited Mu Mu chapter at Ypsilanti, Alpha Beta at Kirksville and Zeta Zeta at Warrensburg for the purpose of Inspection. Contacts were also made with the A. S. A. alumna: in each of these college towns at the time of such visits.

I~ ~ubmitting this report I wish to express my appreciatiOn to the many alumna: whose contributions made possible the growth of the alumna: section of the PHOENIX and to each and all chapter correspondents for their willing cooperation. I wish to give special recognition to those chapters whose faithful Correspondents contributed to each of the eight issues of our magazine during the past two years, namely: Alva Boston Buffalo Chicago

Denver Des Moines Eastern Pennsylvania

Hays Indianapolis Kansas City Philadelphia

To the National Council for their assistance and the privilege and pleasure of working with them and serving Alpha Sigma, I am truly grateful.

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REPORT OF SORORITY EXAMINATIONS September 1937 to June 1938 To the National Council of 1938: Through the National President, estimates of the number of examinations required by each chapter were obtained, and from her office, letters were sent to the advisers telling of the newly appointed Examination Chairman.

The dates set for examination were from November the fifteenth to December the fifteenth, 1937.

Before this period all chapters were contacted with a letter explaining to them that a study booklet would be sent to them to be used prior to examinations. The purpose of these booklets was to promote a desire among all college members to learn more about their sorority, regardless of examinations. All college members received a booklet, and each chapter president received a booklet with a key. A suggestion was made that a few minutes of each meeting be given to the questions in the booklet, in the form of quiz programs, or any other inten;sting study program. The booklet contained six parts, made up of questions on history, finances, alumna: chapters, PHOENIX, and general sorority activities.

In constructing the examinations the following references were used: "Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority Study" "The Symbolism" "Pledge Manual" "The A. E. S. Constitution" "The Book of Ritual" "Social Precedents and Sorority Ethics" "The Constitution of Alpha Sigma Alpha" There were two examinations, termed "Pledge" and "First Year."

A Letter was sent to all chapter presidents before the examinations were sent out, asking her to have the chapter registrar take care of the examinations in her chapter. This was done in order to relieve the chapter adviser from this duty. After receiving a letter from all chapter registrars introducing themselves, a letter was sent to them asking them to notify me as to exactly how many examinations were needed in their chapters, and to return all papers to the Chairman of Examinations to be corrected.

All necessary examination papers were sent to all chapters before the fifteenth of November. Because of re-examinations and misunderstandings some papers were not returned for correction until April. As soon as the papers were corrected each chapter was notified of th~ pl~dge and first year examination grades. Reexammatwns were required of all girls who did not make a grade of ninety or above. . In July a rec~rd ?f all girls taking either Pledge or First Y:ar exammatwns and their grades was sent to the NatiOnal Secretary for computation.

Respectfully submitted,

Respectfully submitted,

HELEN BRADLEY, National Alumnce Chairman.

THELMA H. STORTZ National Examin~tion Chairman.

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REPORT OF NATIONAL SONGBOOK CHAIRMAN To the 1938 Alpha Sigma Alpha Convention: Prior to the 1936 Convention efforts were made to assemble an Alpha Sigma Alpha songbook. Because of the very small number of original songs presented by the college chapters, the National Council thought it unwise to undertake such a costly project.

At the 1936 Convention the chapter delegates selected a group of so11gs which they thought all chapters should know . During the year 1936-37, the songbook chairman had those songs and the original numbers by Helen Selvage assembled in a leaflet and distributed to all college and alumni chapters. As it was impossible to secure the music for many of the numbers, mimeographed copies were enclosed. Early in 1938 a form letter was sent to each chapter urging the girls to emphasize singing so that we might have a more unified convention body.

The songbook chairman recommends- that all college and alumni delegates make an effort to interest their musical members in submitting original songs so that we might have the material as well as the desire to publish an Alpha Sigma Alpha songbook-a book of which we might all be proud.

Respectfully submitted, HELEN McCLAFLIN, National Songbook Chairman .

REPORT OF NATIONAL HISTORIAN To National Convention: The Completed History of Alpha Sigma Alpha, from founding to the year 1924, is ready to be turned in. The history from I924 to I934 is nearing completion.

Respectfully submitted, H ATTIE KELLY THoMAS (MRs. R. McC) National Historian As old business, the National President asked the National Secretary to read the minutes of a special meeting of the 1936 Convention Body, as follows: "A special meeting of the I936 Convention Body of Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority was called by the President, Evelyn G. Bell, at 3:I5 p.m. on August 2I, I936. Miss Elizabeth Bird Small made a motion that after the proper legal procedure, the sum of twelve hundred dollars now in the treasury of Alpha Sigma Alpha, representing the uncollected salary of the National President, as authorized at the I930 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha, be presented to Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp in the form of registered United States Government bonds. The motion was seconded, voted upon and carried unanimously. Edna Donley moved that the meeting be adjourned . The motion was seconded, voted upon and carried unanimously ."

Miss Elizabeth Bird Small reported that the motion just read had not been acted upon, inasmuch as Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp had refused to accept the

uncollected salary authorized paid by the 1936 Convention. Miss Margaret Houston, moved that Miss Small's statement be incorporated in the minutes of the I938 Convention. The motion was seconded and carried.

The National President asked the National Secretary to read the recommendations submitted by the Constitution Chairman, one at a time.

The first recommendation read was: "It is recommended that the National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha be changed to the three-year plan. Namely, National Convention, province convention and inspection."

Hope Morrison, Nu Nu, made a motion that the recommendation be adopted. The motion was seconded, and carried.

Inasmuch as the second recommendation was not consistent with the adoption of the first recommendation, it was not read.

The third recommendation as read by the National Secretary, was: "It is recommended that Alpha Sigma Alpha shall 路 have a full time paid officer who could give full time to furthering sorority interests and values. Perhaps a National Inspector."

Hope Morrison made a motion that the recommendation be accepted. The motion was seconded.

After discussion, the motion was voted upon and carried unanimously.

The fourth and fifth recommendations were not read since the National President pointed out that they were covered by the third recommendation.

The seventh recommendation was read by the National Secretary, as follows: "It is recommended that National Convention recommend to the AES Convention that an eighty average is not necessary after initiation."

It was suggested by the National President that this recommendation be held until discussion in college round table discussion, which suggestion was made, also, for the seventh recommendation : "It is recommended that examinations dealing with etiquette be etiquette of sorority life; also that questions pertaining to parliamentary procedure be added."

Mrs. Wilma Wilsori Sharp presented a request from Alpha Alpha chapter that Alpha Sigma Alpha make a contribution to a fund to perpetuate the name of Alpha Sigma Alpha on the campus of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Miss Louise Stewart made a motion that the National organization of Alpha Sigma Alpha give $so to Alpha Alpha chapter toward the establishment of a fund from which there would be awarded an annual prize to an outstanding freshman girl in the School of Education . The motion was seconded and passed .

Miss Paul made a motion that the meeting adjourn until 2:oo p. m. The motion was seconded and passed . The second business meeting ended at I I :45 a.m.

EsTHER BucHER, National Secretary EvELYN G. BELL, National P1路esident

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THIRD BUSINESS SESSION The third business session of the National Convention was called to order by the National President, Miss Evelyn G . Bell, at 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, 1938.

The meeting was opened with the singing of a song led by the National Songbook Chairman, Miss Helen McClaflin.

The roll of official delegates was called by the N"ational Secretary, Miss Esther Bucher. Fifty-four delegates were present.

The National President called for a report 1 from the Nominating Committee. Ada St. Clair, Alpha Gamma, member of the Nominating Committee, asked permission to withhold filing the report until the business meeting on Friday, due to possible consolidation of offices.

The National President appointed the following committee to write resolutions to present at the business session on Friday: Miss Elizabeth Lehr, Beta Beta; Miss Barbara Held, Los Angeles alumn<.e delegate, and Miss Mary Angus, Theta Theta.

Motion was made by Miss Helen McClaffiin that the meeting adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m., Friday, August 26. The motion was seconded and passed .

EsTHER BucHER, National Secretary EvELYN G. BELL, National P1·esident

FOURTH BUSINESS SESSION The fourth business session of the National Convention was called to order by the National President, Miss Evelyn G. Bell, at 9:30 am ., Friday, August 26, 1938, at Old Faithful Lodge, Yellowstone National Park.

Miss Louise Stewart, National Chaplain led the devotional service.

The roll was called by the National Secretary.

Fifty-four delegates were present.

Minutes of the third business session were read by the National Secretary, and approved.

The National President called for a report from the alumn;.e round table discussion, which was presented

by Gladys Young, Pi Pi, alumn;.e representative from New York City. Recommendations were presented as follow s: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ALUMNAE CHAPTERS To the National Convention: The Alumn;.e delegates and members meeting in the round table discussion wish to make the following recommendations to the National Convention. r. That each active chapter send the teaching addresses of June graduates to nearest alumn<.e presidents in the fall of each year.

2. That all alumn<.e changes of address be sent to the National Vice-President.

3· That all alumn<.e chapters be further urged to carry out the recommendation to the 1936 National Convention that at least one yearly news letter be edited by each alumn<.e chapter.

4· That alumn<.e be urged to recommend by letter possible rushees to college chapters.

5· That the page dimensions of the PHoENIX be enlarged; that the PHOENIX be issued three times each year; that the custom of sending bound copies of the PHOENIX to college chapters be abolished.

6. That visits of National Officers to alumn<.e chapters be included in the national inspection program .

7· That alumn<.e chapters be urged to increase contributions to the Fellowship Fund.

8. That the field be surveyed for a possible national philanthropic project.

9· That a minimum of three letters a year be written by each alumn<.e president to the National VicePresident.

10 . That the National Council be given the responsibility of making plans for the part payment of expenses of alumn<.e delegates to the next convention.

Respectfully submitted, The Alum nee Delegates, EmTH HowLETT, Theta Theta GLADYS yOUNG, Pi Pi Miss Paul made the motion that the recommendations be considered separately. Motion was seconded and carried.

Motion was made by Miss Stewart that the fi rst recommendation be accepted as read . Motion was seconded and carried.

Mary Kay Yoklavich, Sigma Sigma made a motion that the second recommendation be accepted as read .

Motion was seconded and carried.

Miss Tobin, Xi Xi, made a motion that the third recommendation be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried.

Mary Angus, Theta Theta, made a motion that the fourth recommendation be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried.

Berdein Schumacher, Omicron Omicron, Canton alumn;.e representative, made a motion that the first section of the fifth recommendation, as follows : "That the page dimensions of the PHOENIX be enlarged," be accepted. Motion was seconded and carried .

Mary Kay Yoklavich made a motion that the second section of the fifth recommendation: "That the PHo~NIX be issued three times each year" be accepted.

MotiOn was seconded and carried.

Hope Morrison, Nu Nu, made a motion that the third section of the fifth recommendation: "That the custom of sending bound copies of the PHOENIX to college chapters be abolished," be accepted. Motion was seconded and carried.

Mary ~argaret Shoush, Alpha Beta, made a motion that. the Sixth recommendation be accepted as read.

Motion seconded and carried.

Margaretta Schenbecker, Kappa Kappa, made a

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motion that the seventh recommendation be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried .

Patricia Meehan, Beta Beta, made a motion that the eighth recommendation be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried.

Mrs. Albertine Geist, Iota Iota, Des Moines alumna: representative, made a motion that the ninth recommendation be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried.

Miss Ethel Llewellyn, Upsilon Upsilon, Chicago alumna: representative, made a motion that the tenth recommendation be accepted as read. The motion was seconded and carried.

The National President asked for recommendations from the college round table discussion, which were read by Margaretta Schenbecker, Kappa Kappa, and filed with the National Secretary: "r . That the expense incurred in binding of the PHoENIX shall not be charged to National.

"2 . That we accept Mrs. Leib's suggestion that the size of the PHOENIX be enlarged and that the PHOENIX be issued three times a year.

"3. That we approve the present method of computing scholarship standards of each chapter."

Miss Lehr, Beta Beta, made a motion that the college recommendations be accepted as a whole. Motion was seconded and carried.

The report of the Resolutions Committee was presented by Miss Lehr and filed with the National Secretary.

COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS The Committee on Resolutions for the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha presents the following resolution: I. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to Georgia Ann Schulte, convention chairman for the splendid organization of this very successful convention.

II. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to the Denver Alumna: chapter and to Mrs. Polly Schlosser for the many things that they did to make this convention enjoyable.

III. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to Mr. Brown, Manager of Yellowstone Park, and to the managements of Lake Hotel and Old Faithful Inn for the many courtesies extended to this organization.

IV. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to the orchestra of Lake Hotel for its assistance and cooperation in making this convention more enjoyable.

V. That Alpha Sigma Alpha extend its appreciation to the numerous chairmen and their assisting committees who have helped in many activities to make this convention more successful.

VI. That Alpha Sigma Alpha thank Carol Pierce, transportation chairman, for her cooperative servtces.

7I VII. That Alpha Sigma Alpha extend a vote of thanks to Genevieve S. Leib, Editor; Helen Bradley, Assistant Editor, and the staff of Alpha Sigma Antics for their untiring efforts in publishing the Alpha Sigma Alpha Convention newspaper.

VIII. That Alpha Sigma Alpha thank Mr. Householder and Mr. Goodsill, representatives of the Northern Pacific Line, and Mr. Owen and Mr. Walsh, representatives of the Burlington Line, for their assistance and courtesies.

IX. That Alpha Sigma Alpha thank L. G . Balfour Company for their cooperative services and all courtesies extended.

X. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to Miss Amy Swisher, faculty adviser, and to Alpha Alpha chapter, for their splendid plan to perpetuate the name of Alpha Sigma Alpha on the campus of Miami University.

XI. That Alpha Sigma Alpha welcome Beta Gamma chapter of Northeastern State Teachers College of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Beta Delta chapter of State Teachers College of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and extend best wishes for a most happy and profitable future.

XII. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to the National Council for making it possible Alumna: delegates to attend the 1938 Convention.

XIII. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to the National Council for the way in which the convention has been planned, providing a smoothly running and varied program with ample opportunity for discussion and participation by the delegates.

XIV. That Alpha Sigma Alpha express its appreciation to the three outgoing officers: Mrs. Dorothy Williamson Crook, Miss S. June Smith, who have each served four years on the National Council, and Miss Louise N . Stewart, who has served eight years on the National Council, for their faithful and loyal services.

RESOLVED: That a copy of these resolution be placed in the minutes of the Convention and a copy sent to each of the above mentioned.

Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH LEHR, Beta Beta, Chairman MARY S. ANGUS, Theta Theta BARBARA HELD, Xi Xi Miss Joy Machachek, Alpha Gamma, made a motion that the resolutions be accepted as read and a copy sent to each of the persons mentioned, by the National Secretary. Motion was seconded and carried . Mrs. Polly Schlosser, National Treasurer, presented a tentative national budget from June 30, 1938 to June 30, 1941, which was filed with the National Secretary.

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TENTATIVE NATIONAL BUDGET June 30, 1938 to June 30, 1941 ENDOWMENT FuND: No change FELLOWSHIP Fu D: No change CoNVENTION FuND: Income: . ....... ..... $ 4,200.00 I050 college dues at $4 .

4,200.00 1050 initiations at $4 ...

I,3)0 .00 90 Alumna: chapters at $r5 .

Expense: Convention, each third year .

Regional conferences

$9,7)0.00 .... $ 7,000.00

Miss Helen McClaflin, Omicron Omicron, made a motion that the tentative national budget be accepted as read. Motion was seconded and carried.

Because of the necessity of presenting amendments to the Constitution by reason of recommendations accepted by the convention body, the National President appointed Miss June Smith and Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp to draw up the proposed amendments.

Recommendations for changing the National Constitution and By-Laws was presented by Miss Smith, as follows: NATIONAL CONSTITUTION

PuBLICATION FuND: $8,soo.oo Income: Advertising, Balfour .. . ..... . . . . .. . . . $ 120.00 Annual subscriptions 37).00 College members . . . .. ... .

2,IOO.OO PHOENIX Endowment, interest .

I,644·00 Interest from Government bonds ........ .

I,ooo.oo

THAT ART. IV, SEc. I be amended by striking out "two years" and inserting "three years."

Miss Lehr made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously.

$5, 239.00

THAT ART. I, be amended to read: "The National Council shall be composed of seven members who shall be elected at each National Convention in accordance with the constitution and subject to the national bylaws."

Mary Margaret Shoush, Alpha Beta, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted . The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously .

Expense:

Nine issues of PHoENIX at $550 .. ... .. ..... $4,950.00 GENERAL FuND: Income: 1050 college dues at $3 ... . . . . . ... . .

1050 initiates at $4 . .

I275 pledge fees Jewelry and badges . . . . . . . ... . .

Six installations at $75 . . . . .. .. .. . .. . .

Interest from Government bonds .. .

Interest on savings . . .. . . . . . . ... . .. .

4,200.00 6,375·00 9,000.00 450.00 3,428.oo 225.00

$26,828.oo Expense: A . E.S . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 75·00 Alumna: development ....... .

90.00 Certificates, Constitutions, Pledge Manuals .

400.00 Inspections and Extension .

3,000.00 Installations, six chapters .

900.00 ... . . ... .. .

Jewelry 7,500.00 National Council Conference (one) .

6oo.oo Office rent ............. . . .. . .

540.00 Paraphernalia, six chapters .. . ..... . . .

6oo.oo Salary of full time officer .

6,ooo.oo Secretarial Allowance . .

5,610.00 Stationery, supplies, postage . . ... . .... . . 2,400.00 Surety Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .

I I2.50 Telephone and Telegraph ........ . .

225.00 Trust Co. fees and legal fees ..

3I5.00 Income Convention . . . . $ 9,750.00 Publication . . . . . . . .

5,239.00 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,828.oo

$28,367·50 Expense $ 8,5oo.oo 4·950.00 28,367·50

$4I,8r7.oo $4r,8r7.50 Respectfully submitted, PoLLY ScHLOSSER, National Treasurer

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THAT ART. III, SEc. 2, be amended to read: "The National Vice-President shall perform the duties of the National President in the event of the absence or disability of the National President. She shall have general supervision over the alumna: chapter presidents and college chapter vice-presidents."

Mrs. Leib, National Editor, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted . The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously .

THAT ART. III, be amended to delete sections six and eight, section seven to be called section six.

Hope Morrison, Nu Nu, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously.

THAT ART. III, SEc. 7, be amended to read: "The Educational Director shall be a full time paid officer, elected by the convention body at a salary provided fo~ by the adoption of the National Budget. The detatls of a contract agreement shall be determined by the National Council. The duties of this officer shall be to promote chapter development, to supervise college ir:spections and alumna: chapter visits, to act as extensiOn officer. She shall maintain supervision of the college. chapter offices of collegiate representative and chaplam. She shaH investigate and recommend the philanthropic activities of the sorority. She shall a_ct as Association of Educational Sororities representative and represent the sorority at other fraternal and educational conferences."

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Dorothy Beach, Mu Mu, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously.

THAT ART. IV., SEc. 6, be amended to omit the word "chairman" and insert the word "editor."

Marjorie Dunfee, Omicron Omicron, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously.

THAT ART. IV, SEc. 7, be amended to read: "Alumna:: Organizer shall supervise the establishment of new alumna:: chapters and shall work with the National Vice-President and Educational Director in promoting the general alumna:: welfare.

Miss Joy Mahachek, Alpha Gamma, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

THAT ART. V, PART C, SEc. r, be amended by striking out the word "two" and inserting "three."

Margaretta Schenbecker, Kappa Kappa, made a motion that the amendments be adopted as submitted .

Motion was seconded and passed unanimous! y.

THAT ART. VI, SEc. r, be amended by striking out the word "biennially" and inserting "every third year"; and, that Section 6 be amended by striking out the word "two" and inserting "three."

Mary Margaret Shoush, Alpha Beta, made a motion that the amendments be adopted as submitted .

Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

THAT ART. XI, be amended to read: "Every college chapter shall be inspected under the supervision of the Educational Director."

Patricia Meehan, Beta Beta, made a motion that the amendment be adopted as submitted. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Ada路 St. Clair, Alpha Gamma, made a motion that Art . VII, Sec. 2 of the National By-Laws, be clarified by a letter from the National President to the college chap~ers. Motion was seconded and carried .

Miss Stewart, National Chaplain, made a motion that the alumna:: consecration be made a part of the Book of Ritual. Motion was seconded and carried.

Mrs. Helen Bradley, Pi Pi, made a motion that the National Council be instructed to write the L. G. Balfour Company regarding complaints received from some of the college chapters. Motion was seconded and carried.

Ada St. Clair, Alpha Gamma, submitted the following report in behalf of the Nominating Committee: Since there have been several amendments to the Constitution affecting Council officers, the Nominating Committee would like to present this slate of officers: National President. . . . .. .. Miss Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi National Vice-President .. Miss Esther Bucher, Eta Eta National Secretary, Miss Thelma Stortz, Kappa Kappa

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Treasurer . . Mrs. Polly Schlosser, Beta Beta Registrar .... Miss Mary Mae Paul, Tau Tau Editor . . ... . . Mrs. Genevieve Leib, Chi Chi Educational Director, Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta Respectfully submitted, ADA E. ST. CLAIR, Member Nominating Committee

At the close of the report of the nominating committee, the National President stated that the election of National officers would proceed in the order presented by the nominating committee. The National Vice-President was called to the chair to conduct the election for National President.

Mrs. Dorothy Crook, the National Vice-President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National President. No nominations were made. Miss Helen McClaffiin, Omicron Omicron, made a motion that nominations for National President be closed, and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Miss Evelyn G. Bell for National President. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Vice-President. No nominations were made. Miss Mary Kay Yoklavich, Sigma Sigma, made a motion that nominations cease and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Miss Esther Bucher for National Vice-President. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously .

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Secretary. No nominations were made. Miss路 Marjorie Dunfee, Omicron Omicron, made a motion that nominations cease and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Miss Thelma Stortz for National Secretary. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Treasurer.

No nominations were made. Miss Lehr, Beta Beta, made a motion that nominations cease and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Mrs. Polly Schlosser, for National Treasurer.

The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Registrar. No nominations were made. Miss Ada St. Clair, Alpha Gamma, made a motion that nominations cease and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Miss Mary Mae Paul for National Registrar. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Editor. No nominations were made. Miss Hope Morrison, Nu Nil, made a motion that nominations cease and that the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Mrs. Genevieve Leib for the office of Na-

74 tiona! Editor. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The National President called for nominations from the floor for the office of National Educational Director. No nominations were made. Miss Mary Turner, Phi Phi, made a motion that the nominations cease and the National Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Mrs. Wilma Wilson Sharp for the office of National Educational Director. The motion was seconded and passed unanimous! y.

Miss Flora Lee Cochran, Tau Tau, made a motion that the National Council be empowered to draw up a contract agreement with the National Educational Director. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

With no further business to come before the convention, Miss Mary Mae Paul, National Registrar, made a motion that the business session be adjourned until 3 p.m. when the convention body would convene for installation of officers. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Following the installation of National Officers, Margaret Houston, Pi Pi, made a motion that the 1938 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha be adjourned. The motion was seconded and passed.

EsTHER BucHER, National Secretary EvELYN G. BELL, National President MINUTES OF NATIONAL CoNVENTION APPROVED: The minutes of the first, second, and third business sessions were approved by the National Convention Body.

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The minutes of the fourth business session were approved by a committee appointed by the National President as follows: (Signed) EvELYN G. BELL, National President.

(Signed) GENEVIEVE S. LEIB, National Editor.

(Signed) WILMA WILSON SHARP, Nat'l Educational Dh路ector.

VISITING MEMBERS A lpha Beta . . . Marie Brunsman Berry Alpha Gamma. . ...... . ..... . . Margaret Messner Gamma Gamma . . .. . ... . ....... Carol D. Pierce Delta Delta . . ...... . . . . . . Hyla McClaflin Eta Eta . . . . Betty Jo Coulter, Virginia Martin Kappa Kappa . . . . ... . Mary Messner Mu M u . . Mary Margaret Schroer Nu Nu . ... Helen Albert, Jane Pryse, Adelaide Mason Xi Xi . . . . ... . ... Lois McDonald, Betty Latimer Pi Pi- Betty J. Murphy, Doris S. Palmer, Elizabeth Bird Small, Dorothy Fricke, Elizabeth J. Stratemeier, Alice Greger, H. Virginia Donnigan, Anna Lou Marks.

Sigma Sigma . . .. Dona K. Donahue, Betty Creel Chi Chi . . . Geraldine Holton, June Wilkinson Psi Psi . . ..... Clara Belle Ducos Gourgues

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Announcements ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA PLEDGES FOR 1937-1938 (Continued from May)

ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA INITIATES FOR 1937-1938 (Continued from May)

Alpha Gamma

Alpha

Alice Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Indiana Janet Gayle Walker ....... .. ........ West Middlesex Jean Estell e Leddicoat . . . . . . Frackville Helen Vi vi an Strassner .. .... . .... .. .. .... . . Indiana Alice Margaret Murdock .. . .. . . ............. Carlisle Gertrude June Wilgus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansdale Ruth Evelyn Taylor .. .. . ... ..... . . . ... .... Reading Winifred Eitneier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ephrata

Ethel McAlister Carr ... .. .. . . . .......... Richmond Roberta Fulton Latture .... . .. ... . . .. ... .. Lexington

Barbara Maxine Hedges. . . . . . . . . . . . . .... Vici Maxine Mary Brown . ........... . Lamont Julia Racine Spicer . . .. Columbia, Mo.

Xi Xi Juanita Mae Hemperley ..... . ..... . . ..... . . Downey Helen Resto . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. .... . .. Santa Monica Dorothy Mae Proctor .......... ... Huntington Beach

Alpha Gamma

Beta Beta Mary Margaret Dee! .

Mary Ann Christensen .

Margaret Dunn Doris Eugenia Stream .

Helen Maxine Hibbs ..

Gertrude Gustafson .

. .. . Golden . .Fowler ... Longmont . .. ..... . ...... La Veta .Keensburg . . McDonald, Kans.

Gamma Gamma

Pi Pi Virg inia E. Blake .. ........ . ........... . . . . Buffalo

Sigma Sig路m a

Elsie Mildred Converse . . .... .. ... Vici .Alva Pauline Dee Hawarth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vada Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... Seiling

Epsilon EpsiLon . . Buena Vista

Chi Chi Della Pauline Bennett .

Marilynn Olice Prohl .

. .. Memphis . .Milan

Amy Porter Alvord ........................ Indiana Clemence Elizabeth Sarouy . . Indiana

Gamma Gamma

Mary Mildred Evans .

Alpha Beta Benjie Cox Briggs.

Betty Sue Thompson .

. ..... Tipton . .... . Hammond

Psi Psi

Roma June Ozenberger ... . ... .... . . . .. .. . . . Eureka . ... . ......... ... Atchinson Ellen Jo Richmond .

Hila Beth Burt . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... Eureka Cartha Caroline Decker . . . . . . . . . . . Burr Oak Winifred Louise Jones . . . . .. .. . . ..... Emporia Henrietta Louise Mendenhall . . ..... Wellington Mary May Shull . . ........... Eureka Helen Elysabeth Tubbs . . . . . . . . . .. .. . Washington

Clio Allen

Eta Eta Beta路 Delta Evelyn Mary Garner . . .. New Hebron Geneva Stubbs . . .... . . Magee Yvonne Brantley . . . .. . . . .......... . . . . .... Madden Margaret Ruth Martin . . Picayune Mary Louise Barksdale . . .. . . Morton Mary Sue Cox . . ... ... . . . ... .. Hattiesburg Emilie Barnes Kemp . . . . . . . . . . . Hattiesburg Mai Flowers Pace . . ............... Canton Thelma Okle Williamson . . . Columbia Joyce Newcomb . . . . . . . .. .. . . . ...... . Richton Esther Louise Saxton . . . . . . ..... . . ... .. .... Benton Dorothy Brantley . ... . . .. ........ . . .... ... Madden Helen May Jones .... . . .. . .. ... .. ..... Norton Helen Elizabeth Kynes . . . . . . . . . . ... . Picayune Lena Clarice Ice . . .. . ... . ... Memphis Elizabeth Sarah Majure ... ... . . . ...... . ... . Madden Mary Alice Pickel . . . . Hattiesburg

Carolyn June Cockerill .... . . . . ... . .. ..... Pittsburg Marjorie M. Leaman . . . .. Monmouth Dolores Sheward . .... . .. . . . . . . . . Pittsburg

Theta Theta Myra Louise Chick . ........ . .. . . Westbrook Eleanor Mary Clancy . . . . .. Newburyport Cleone Arline Cummings . . . . . . . . . . . .. Roslindale Alice Marie Maguire . . . . ..... ..... . ... Cambridge

Kappa Kappa Bette Belle Bowman . . . .. . ...... Williamsport Helen Ernestine Goodspeed Dudley .. . .. Philadelphia Edna Sentman Waddell.. . . ... .. . Westville, N. J. Dorothy Alcorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .

Marjorie Irene Block. . .......... Upper Darby Marylyn Powel Davis . . ........... Newtown Dorothy Allegra Stone . . .. Washington, D. C.

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Beta Delta

Mu Mu Helen Virginia Berger . . . .. ... .... .. . . Fremont Charlotte Roberta Larsen .... . . . ..... . .. . . . Dearborn Fay Willer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Pontiac

Xi Xi Florence Oberc Catherine Edith Balzer ..

Eleanor Patricia Bohn .... . ..... .

. Los Angeles . Los Angeles .Los Angeles

Omicron Omicron .. . Cuyahoga Falls

Janet Louise Petty.

Pi Pi Virginia E. Blake .

.. . . . .......... . ... . . Buffalo

Sigma Sigma .Eads Betty Jane Sweitzer .. . ... . . . .

Nono Merle Newby . . . . Mt. Harris Clyta Marina Solomon .. Saguache Eleanor Pricco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ouray Celia Frances Rescoila ........... . . . Almont Phyllis Marjorie Yewell . .. . . . ... . . Fowler Margaret Edith Hammond . ... . .... . . . . .. Saguache Elizabeth Welborn . . . . . . . . . . . .. Telluride Alice Lorene Shanks . . . ..... . . ....... . . Fowler Helen Ruth Wilcoxen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hotchkiss Margaret May Keller . . .... Penrose Betty Jane Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gunnison

Tau Tau Doris Rachel Swanson .

Ruth Angell . .

Betty Lee W allerstedt .

Geraldine Mable Chittenden ..

.. Hays . Portis .Hays . . Hays

Phi Phi . . . Bedford, Iowa Virginia Mary Page . .Mount Ayr, Iowa Mary Loui se Rusk . . Pasadena, Calif.

Jane Hutton . . . Maryville Octa Berniece Owens .. . . .... Oregon Helen Madeleine Smith ... . .. . .. . . . .

Chi Chi Louise Elizabeth Murphy . . . . .. ... . Carmel Jeanne Phyllis McCarty. . . . Pennville Mary Jane Howard . . . . . . . .. Summitville Betty Irene Miller . . . . . . .... . . . .. ... ... . . . . . Bryant Bernice Marian Mundy . . ..... .. . . . .. ... Otterbein

Psi Psi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haynesville Alma Fluitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shreveport Evelyn Yvonne Jones . .. ... . ........... Harmon Bonnie Barrilleaux

Beta Gamma Kathryn Lorene Pysher . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tahlequah Marguerite Plank Williams . . . . Tahlequah Mary Fern DeLois Pascoe . . . . . ... . . .. .... Tahlequah Il a Ruth Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wagoner Florence Norine Garrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Tulsa Sylvia E. Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muldrow

.. . ...... New Hebron Evelyn Mary Garner . .Richton Joyce Newcomb . ... ..... . .. . . ... Benton Esther Louise Saxton . .. Magee Geneva Stubbs .. . .. . . . . ... . . .

Madden Dorothy Brantley ..... .Madden Yvonne Brantley Helen May Jones . ........ . .. . Morton . Picayune Margaret Ruth Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mary Louise Barksdale . . . . . . ...... Morton Helen Elizabeth Kynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Picayune Mary Sue Cox . ........... . ... Hattiesburg Lena Clarice Ince . . . . . . .. Hattiesburg Emilie Barnes Komp . . . . Hattiesburg Sarah Elizabeth Majure . . .. . . . . Madden . . .. . . Canton Mai Flowers Pace . . . Hattiesburg Mary Alice Pickel . . .Columbia Thelma Okle Williamson ..

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEME NTS

Alpha Beta Emily Smith to W. Boyd King, April 17, 1938.

M. Marie Wheatcraft to James J. Dougherty, Jr., August r6, 1936.

Marion Penick to Stark E . Flinelyraugh, August r6, 1936.

Florence Rolstin to Ulysses C. Gramsch, July 6, 1936.

Anna Margaret Munch. to Albert George Viola, June 28, 1937路 Margaret Johnson to Edward Thomas Gallagher, October 30, 1937 .

Alpha Gamma Virginia Hile to Edward J. Bracken, June 30, 1936.

Gamma Gamma Jadeena Leeper to Durward Brown, September 17, 1938.

Katherine Lowther to Horace Nunnelee, July r8, 1938.

Elizabeth Green to Fred Sweeney, July 14, 1938.

Vivian Chew to Leonard Reed, September 3, 1938.

Lenora Belknap to Max H. Dunning, July r8, 1938.

Amata Camp to Bill Bunker, April 15, 1938.

Eunice Metcalf to Donald Kent, July 31, 1938.

Marjorie Mote to Paul Darden, August 21, 1938.

Theta Donley to E. R. Musgrove, March 20, 1938.

Vera Leeper to Jess Orville Cullison, December 25, 1937路 Roberta Camp to Dale B. Mann, June 5, 1938 .

Delta Delta June Riggle to John Richard Da Hinden, September 19> 1935路 Eleanor Loyd to Paul E. Davis, July 3, 1937.

Pauli,ne Lamp to Russell E. Ford, June 30, 1934.

Epsilon Epsilon Beth Mott to Kenneth 0. Beighie, January r, 1938.

Verna B. Barrett to Drury Robinson Brown, June 23, 1937路

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Mary Lewis to H. S. Darby, December 25, 1936.

Juanita Nicholson to Lyle G . Belden, September r, I938.

Frances Steele to Cecil D. Cook, June 15, I938.

Zeta Zeta

Sigma Sigma

Christine Basham to Edgar Dixon Davis, May 25, 1 934·

Ada Jane lngledew to Cha rles 0. Melien, May I4, 1937.

Phyllis Coles to Harold Edward Jaroch, January 16, I938.

Eta Eta Lynette Beasley to Cli fford C. Breithaupt, June 2I, 1936.

Helen Brandenburg to Edward Lyle Carney, Jul y 3, I937·

Kappa Kappa Eli zabeth Wilson to Alvin Rost, June, 1938.

Freeda Bunding to George James Kasisky, September I9, 1938.

Jean MacDonald to Wallace M. Nelson, June 12, I937· Jean Kerr to John Herman Elfman, June 20, 1936.

Rho Rho

Tau Tau Bertha Washichek to Cecil Vernon Longsine, Jul y 31, I937· Margaret DeShazo to Donald William Emmott, March 7, 1937· Alma Bauguess to George Henry Kitzke, May 10, 1937.

Shirley Baird to R. J. Frahm, June, 1938.

Mildrey Murry to Harry Jay Older, September 4, 1938.

Jean Fuller to Robert Richards, July 3, 1938.

U psi!on U psi!on Pauline Pitts to James H. Scott, March 6, 1937·

Lambda Lambda

Phi Phi

Gladys Anita Kennedy to Harold E. Burnside, July I9, I935· Ann Catherine Kinney to Royce Burton Hooper, March I?, 1938.

Margaret Turney to Ross Stephens, October 29, 1937.

Louise Smith to Willard Glen Gillis, June I6, 1937.

Vada Cliser to Robert Lawrence Linville, September 10, I936.

Mu Mu

Chi Chi

Lelia J. Holt to H arold Albert Wilson, March 20, 1937·

Helen Grace Selvage to William F. Noblitt, June 26, I938 .

Marjorie Nell Harper to La Verne M. Harader, July IS, I938.

Nu Nu Marjorie Temple Chambers to Robert M. Seeley, Jr., June 2r, I938.

Frances Humes Saylor to Jackson Stewart Lawrance, June 25, I938.

Gretchen Bissett Way to Glenn Arthur Bickerstaff, July 30, I938.

Psi Psi Lodi Tucker to Robert Allen Bryant, July I, 1937.

Ruth Estelle Alcock to Raymon J. Normand, September q, I938 .

Rosemary Thomas to Robert Easley, June I, 1938.

Omicron Omicron Peggy A. Spencer to Richard Owen Balich, December 28, 1937.

Velma Kauffman to Robert Stanford De Tchon, January IO, I937·

Pi Pi Gretchen Holderbaum to Edward Frederick Knothe, June 30, I938.

Ruth Katherine Daggett to Burge Wesley Crocker, October I, I938 .

Kathryn Johnston to John Harper Carrico, May, 1937.

Dorothy Alice Marley to Thomas Renda! Gilmore, April I6, I938 .

Louise M. Wolf to Dr. Guy Caterina, July I?, 1937.

Helen Lazer to Norman Todd, August 7, 1937· Lucy Messner to Carleton Vernier, June 26, I~3 ? · Doris Gertrude Wyatt to George Ralph Sherne, August 25, 1938.

Dorothy Kuhn to Arthur Carl York, August 24, I937· Ruth Brems to Thomas Lee Holden, September I, I937·

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Alpha Beta To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brown Armstrong (Annabelle Wayland), a son, James Edison, January 17, I937· To Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Viola (Anna Margaret Munch), a daughter, Dori Kay, June 14, I938.

Alpha Gamma To Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Bracken (Virginia Hile) , a son, Donald, December 30, I937· To Mr. and Mrs. William W. Kittelberger (Phyllis Glasgow), a daughter, Elsa Lee, April I6, 1938.

Beta Beta To Mr. and Mrs. George L. Otness (Gretchen Matthews), a son, Harold Matthews, August 20, 1938.

Gamma Gamma To Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Paris (Naomi Warren), a son, Stanley Norman, February 25, 1938.

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Epsilon Epsilon

Omicron Omicron

To Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Darby (Mary Lewis), a daughter, Elizabeth Irene, February I3, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Jarvin (Lois Koontz), a daughter, June 3, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lester Karl (Dorothea GuRer), a son, September 6, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCue (Marguerite Rowland), a son, James Lloyd, June 2, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. DeBauge (Virginia Begerhause) a son, Richard Allen, April 27, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanford DeTchon (Velma Kauffman), a son, Robert Sanford, Jr., March I, 1938.

Pi Pi

Zeta Zeta

To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Holden (Ruth Brems), a son, Thomas Joseph on August 2, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moench (Laura Hall), a daughter, June 28, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oberdorf (Ella Coleman), a son, June, 1938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Davis (Christine Basham), a son, John Dixon, December 6, I936.

Rho Rho

Eta Eta

To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCallister (Lucille Shoup), a daughter, Kendra Lucille, October ro, I937路

To Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Boenisch (Hertha Plagans), a son Jimmy, January 8, I938.

Theta Theta To Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fletcher (Ruth Newcomb), a daughter, Carol Louise, March 9, I938.

Mu Mu To Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Roberts (Vera M. Pearce), a son, Michael Harold, June 6, I937路

Nu Nu To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Squires (Virginia Gluck), a daughter, Gretchen, August I6, I938.

Lambda Lambda To Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Burnside (Gladys Anita Kennedy), a son, Lynn K., January II, 1938.

To Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones (Lilliam Laycock), a son, Ned Arthur, October 24, 1933, and a daughter, Jaqueline Gay, December r5, 1936.

Tau Tau To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ward (Mildred Lee), a son, Paul Ray, July 13, 1938.

Chi Chi To Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Huber (Katherine Hass), a son, Thomas Edward, July r5, 1938.

To Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Soland (Elizabeth Kidwell), a daughter, Gretchen Ann, April 9, I938.

Psi Psi To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walter Hardee, Jr. (Eulalia Tucker), a son, Thomas Walter 3rd, July 3, I938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Bryant (Lodi Tucker), a daughter, Julia Katherine, April 26, 1938.

To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Theodore Hangii (Ollie Virginia Haygood), a daughter, Virginia Lee, March ro, 1937.

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1938

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Directory National Council 1938-1941 President-Miss Evelyn G. Bell, 767 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, New York.

Vice-President-Miss Esther Bucher, 4134 Eaton, Kansas City, Kansas.

Secretary-Miss Thelma Stortz, Laurel, Delaware.

Treasurer-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 28oo Dexter Street, Denver, Colorado.

Registrar-Miss Mary Mae Paul, 413\rl West Sixth Street, Hays, Kansas .

Editor-Mrs. B. F . Leib, 3540 North Pennsylvania Street, Apartment "T", Indianapolis, Indiana.

Educational Direct01路-Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy Avenue, Independence, Missouri .

National Chairmen Alumna: Edit01路- Mrs. John Horter, 219 East Third Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Constitution-Mrs . Albert Kuchs, 614 North Market Street, Maryville, Missouri.

Fellowship-Mrs . Clinton Berry, 197 Wapello Lane, Altadena, California.

Scholarship- Miss Joy Mahacheck, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Officers of Association of Education Sororities Chairman-Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma, P. 0. Drawer 108, Clermont, Florida.

Secretary-Mrs. Fred Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha, 1405 Hardy Avenue, Independence, Missouri.

Treasurer- Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma, 3632 Paxton Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Director of Local Panhellenics-Mrs . Orley See, Delta Sigma Epsilon, 48 Wildwood A venue, Piedmont, California.

Director of City Panhellenics-Miss Carrie E. Walter, Theta Sigma Upsilon, 3815 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Chai1路man of Eligibility and Nationalization- Miss Edith Mansell, Alpha Sigma Tau, 161 Highland Avenue, Highland Park, Michigan .

Chairman ofPublicity-Dr. Reba N . Perkins, Pi Delta Theta, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Staff MRs. B. F. LEIB, National Editor, 3540 North Pennsylvania Street, Apartment "T", Indianapolis, Ind. Alpha - Mary A. Malone, State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia.

Alpha Beta-June Western, Kirkville State Teachers College, Kirkville, Missouri.

Alpha Gamma- Ada St. Clair, Sutton Hall, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Beta Beta-Greeley, Colorado.

Gamma Gamma-Phyllis Card, .728 Seventh Street, Alva, Oklahoma.

Epsilon Epsilon-Winnie Jones, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Gene Smith, Central Missouri State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Missouri.

Eta Eta-Cora Montgomery, 104 West Washington Street, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Theta Theta-Grace Easton, College of Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Kappa Kappa - Marylyn Davis, 1917 Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mu Mu-lsabelle Volay, Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Nu Nu-Margaret Peeling, 3320 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Xi Xi - Argele Simpson, I 817 Selby Ave~ ue, Los Angeles, California.

Omicron Omicron- Marge McNab, 112 Sherman Street, Kent, Ohio.

Pi Pi-Jane Gilliat, Buffalo State Teachers College, Buffalo, New York.

Rho Rho-Pauline Conley, Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia.

Sigma Sigma- Betty Sweitzer, Gunnison, Colorado.

Tau Tau-Betty Wallerstedt, H ays, Kansas.

Phi Phi-Dorothy Lasell, Residence H all, Maryville, Missouri .

Psi Psi-Claire Hargis, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Chi Chi- Mary Marjoree Powlen, Lucina Hall, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana.

Omega Omega- Marie Daze, 1729 Twenty-ninth Street, San Diego, California.

Beta Gamma - Faye Fletcher, Wilson Hall, State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Beta Delta-Mary Alice Pickel, '1606 West Seventh Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

MRs. JoHN HoRTER, Alumna: Editor, 219 East Third Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania.

A lva, Oklahoma- Emogene Cox, 227 Center Street, Alva, Oklahoma.

Boston, Massachusetts-Grace M. Gowen, 29 Fairfield Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Buffalo, New York- Betty Murphy, 120 St. James Place, Buffalo, New York.

Canton, Ohio- Mrs. Mary Louise Carfagna, R. D. No. 7, North Canton, Ohio.

Central Pennsylvania- Mrs. W m. Bishop, Albright Court Apartments, Reading Park, Pennsylvania, 1430 North Thirteenth Street.

8o Charleston, West VirginiaChicago, Illinois- Dorothy Masters, 7252 Bennett Avenue, Chicago Illinois.

Cleveland, OhioColumbus, Ohio-Mrs. Loren G. Windon, Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

DelawareDenver, Colorado-Miss Elizabeth Foote, 2650 Ash Street, Denver, Colorado.

Des Moines, Iowa-Mrs. E. N. Jacobson, 1317 Morton A venue, Des Moines, Iowa.

Eastern PennsylvaniaEmporia, Kansas-Laurent De Bauge, 215 East Seventh Street, Emporia, Kansas.

Greeley, ColoradoHampton Roads Area, VirginiaHays, Kansas-Lucille Rowland, Hays, Kansas.

Huntington, West Virginia-Helen Jean Osbourne, 121 Twenty-sixth Street, Huntington, West Virgtma.

Indianapolis, Indiana-Mrs. Ralph T. Holton, 47 West Thirty-second Street, Apt. 4, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Johnstown, PennsylvaniaKansas City, Missouri-Miss Mary Hamlin, 2029 Swift Street, North Kansas City, Missouri.

Kent, Ohio-Mildred Bowers, 306 Woodard Avenue, Kent, Ohio.

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Kirksville, MissouriLos Angeles, California-Virginia Bundren, 956 South Clela A venue, Los Angeles, California.

Maryville, Missouri-Elizabeth Planck, 503Y2 West Third Street, Maryville, Missouri.

Muncie, Indiana-Mrs. Max Montgomery, 1625 University Ave., Muncie, Indiana.

New York City-Mrs. J. Donald Peterson, 2954 East 196th Street, New York City, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Jean Mueller, 719 East Butler Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-Mrs. C. I. Mauntel, 4213 Greensburg, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg, KansasSt. Louis, Missouri-Mrs. Kennerly Woody, 322 Arbor Lane, Webster Grove, Missouri.

San Diego, CaliforniaShreveport, LouisianaToledo , Ohio-Mrs. Glen M. Osmine, 3924 Revere Drive, Toledo, Ohio.

Tulsa, Oklahoma-Lora Patterson, 1227 S. Evanston, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Wichita, Kansas-Mrs. C. E. Hamilton, 3015 East Orme, Wichita, Kansas.

Ypsilanti, Michigan-Mrs. D. E. Morley, 185 West Camlowme, Ferndale, Michigan.

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Only $2.50 20425 HEART LOCKET for old fashioned senti ment. Gold filled. $4.00

A WARDS for chapter activities. New Scholarship plaque and key shown on inside back cover of 1939 BLUE BOOK. Also pamphlet to describe new scholarship plan. Write :!'or your copy.

PAPER PRODUCTS. New styles at new low prices. Representatives call regularly at your chapter.

Stationery Programs Invitations Xmas Cards Samples are sent when you specify your particular needs.

SPECIAL GIFT CATALOG FOR ALUMNI -Unmounted Gifts-

GIFT NEWS The 1939 BLUE BOOK shows these gifts as well as many other exciting new gifts for men and women-all mounted with your own crest.

Mail Coupon for YOUR FREE COPY!

To meet the demands from Alumni and Old Grads, we are proud to present a choice selection of unmounted GIFTSsuitable for every event and occasion.

Alumni are invited to write for FREE COPY!

Official Jeweler to Alpha Sigma Alpha

L.

G.

BALFOUR

ATTLEBORO,

COMPANY MASSACHUSETTS

In Canada-Call or write your nearest Birk's Store.

MAIL COUPON BELOW TODAY L. G. Balfour Co., Attleboro, Mass.

Kindly send the following: 0 1939 Blue Book of Gifts-with-the-Crest 0 Xmas Card Samples 0 Stationery Samples 0 Program Samples 0 Invitation Samples 0 Gift Catalog-Unmounted Gifts Only

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