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The Association ot~Pedugogical So roriti es nnd incidentullv Alpha Sigi?n_Alphu and Sigma Sigm Sigma, has oeen getting c. great d e~. l·· of 2-dve::t 1s 1ng lately. ?he "Greek Exchange'·' quoted in its en t ir c ty the nrt1cle on the ,Associntion•s uims thu.t H <"'.t S Sf?nt out quite generr~ l ~:1. to the Grer.::k Press, end ~h ich vms given to our ovm membership in th ._ ~HOENIX of Novemb~r 8th. A number of Gree~ ECitors hqv e comment e d on the nrticle, so in this uay the cttcntion of thous~nds of Greek-Letter men and women has ~en called to the existence of sororities in ~e Pedagogical Field. The Editor of the Trident hc.s among its ec~ ito ric.l : the follo~ing parcgrnph:The renson '.7hy 'l'ri Deltas should be particul!':.rly interested in the notice is because one of our oBn Founders, Mrs. Hc..r'tin, is ut the head of this movement. She is too broad-minded a woman to rest on p ast laurels, while there are still other worlds to conquer, and we see her here using her ingenuity and wonderful resources to a ssist in pl r..c ing these ~e a~ gogic a l sororities on a solid and clearly marked plane of their or-rn. The Sororities are fortunate beyond measure in havlng secured such c..:.n a dvisor and leader _~or nll their plans and ambitions. The TRID'SNT vii shes the ner1 Asso·c iation, its officers and its indiviC:.ual mem- · bars the ful~ · realization of all their u~pir a tions. THE INSIGN!h BQhRD Four wonderfully beo.utiful designs were sent out by 1he InBoard to the Chapters a s s·u ggestions for use in connection v,r ith decorations at the St. Vclentine Celebrations. The PHOENIX wishes that it 'had the ·power to reproduc·e these for the benefit of the dist ant AlUmnae, but, since this is quite iQpossible . it has asked the · Chapters to preserve these designs for lnter inspection by such Alumnae as nre so fortunate as to get back to their ~~a Muter. One of the ~esign~ v7as the most unique ever seP.n by the Central o·f fice, and that 1s s ay 1ng a good deal, because the Oentra l Office hcs se en some -wonderfully attractive decorations in the eourse of n ·qnc.rter century 1 s e~ r:ie nee ir; sorority life.
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THE RUSS1LlJ BELLET The Rnsr;i . . ,.n ·:Bc.llet, vvhich cre n teC\ such a furore in rTeH York end Boston art circles ~$aged a most wonderful representation of wh ut it c 2.llec RAR CIStSE, a ?berrte Hy-~llolo e; ic:_ue. 'i:he '[l erforu.1e.n ce '~ e c-.1 ~ ni·ch the · G:;:ec i nn r,nrth of U2. rci s ~ue c.n r. re present·ec the b eeti i ul y o1.nh as surron.:J.C.el1 1,;)7. a '.Je v..., of charming mai C\ ens, a ll enam0u reG. of ~1 i s c; re nt 'Jean·~ 7 · !..t.Jene; ·Gher.,"•·cs -r;he lcvel :r n;yu.1~)h, Echo , '''h? fade<:. <.tW~- Y f ~ r l €1-V'. of Narcissus ' un~i l on l v. h~r vojce was l eft. Nc rc1s sus, s~e1n~ a... r. o·fle c tion e f him3 el :.L t n z.. c) o l S:J:t ing, trie c~ in e very way t ,... '!ln a c. Jill.r. £c i on fr • r.1 tho im~~; e . r::~haus t e c1 'Qy hiS e :.C'forts , he sanh ·,:;.o e a rth an d !rem ?.liS r:emains ·~ here s· ~ ..cang 1J ~) a t cmce 2 . beautiful fla;:r~r that beru s
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his name ever afterwards. The Centrnl Office did n ot se e NARCISSE9 or any other of . the ball~ts_for that matter , but the da il pa pers all gave much spece to descr1pt1ons of the different periormances and it is thought that the membership generally ~ill be interested i~ the el aborate staging of ~ myth that holds so much of chamm for every ASA. OUR RED LETTER DAYS • A most valuable sugges~i o n has been ronde concerning the celebrat1on of our FOUR Red Letter Days and this suggestion is passed on at this time with a view to having the Active nnd Ass ociation mem~ership consider ·1t.£rom a~l sides. The Minmi Convention ruled thnt there should be four required celebrati ons, (1) Founders' Duy, (2) Chapter Day, . (3) St. Vo.lentine 1 s day and '(4) Alumnae Day. It w§s f ur ther ·ruled that Pounders 1 Day ~houl-d. be celebra·ted as near as possibl to November 15th that Chapter ;Day should be observed as near the Foundation date of each chapter, ·1:;hat St. Valentine's should be celebrated on or near ~ebruary 14th, while Al~nae Day should be held on 0r mear ~cy 25th. · · Experience has shown that it is not al~cys p ossible to hnve elaborate Qelebrations on the days specified, so it is getting to be rather the custom to have a big celebration some time in N·ovember, another in February and a third in May. Chapter Day has thus far meant very little to the S orority, and, of course, in the case .o:f Alpha Chapter, the date would be identical with F ouriders' Day, so this Chapter would · not · carry out Convention Rulings c •JnBerning the FOUR celobruti n!:: The suggestion h 'a s been made, since the different gr oups have n ot made special efforts to celebrate Chapter Day that some particular season shall be selected, when the whole Sorority can unite for s ome special observance. Since the Christme.s celebrations held by the chapters were such a success., at.td si.nce they gave our membership the first and only apportunity to ac~~ groups in thoughtful consideration of others, the suggwstion wa{f n\ade that Chapter Day hereafter be · interpreted not as an observance o:f the date Hhen any chapter was installed, but as · the time when our groups ~~. as individuaJ. 6hapters shall indicate that ASJl..~ liyes not alone for itself, but· for oth.;,rtL Such a decis1on woul<l mew that each one of our FOUR celebrations would really ~e held in honor o·f our FOUR EXEMPLARS. The 11SA calendar, would, then )e arranged as follows,-st. Valentine~s Day, Hermes Day, King Ase.ls Day and Christm~s.- Sueh an arrangement would make the rouR special A S!~ feasts succeed ehe another in the ·exact ordsr in- which uhe :lims of th~; Sorority are li*ted.in the Constitution; eaoh Exemplar •cing e model for some one particular phase of our ~our-fold aim. viz. the physical , intellectual, social, and spiritual development of the membership.
THE OKLAHCML PETITION ASA is in receipt of a formal petition from the SORDSIS CLUB o:f the State normal School at .ii.lva, Okla. All Council members and all Chapters have been supplied with literature concerning the school with a 'history of the organization and \7ith copies of re-~.~ mendations. It is thought, however, tha t the ex-scholarmembership will be interested in certain particulars, so the Central Office is sending the~e out via this issue of the PHOLNIX. The SOROSIS CLUB was founded in 1907 by n number mf young ladies at the Northwestern State Uormal School, who felt that they mtght, thru an organization, exert o. stronger influence for go~d amon g their fellow students. Every member admitted to the Club had to ·pledge hers elf to be loyal. to North\v6'Stern, fai th.ful to the sisterho.od
SP. a~~ earnest s~ekers after truth and purity in ~11 things. Tho memb e r~nl.p ~a~_at f1rst_li~ite ~ t0 - 5 , bu t in 1 914 this uas extended to 20 . . iembersn1p is by mv1. tat1.on onJ y · but a girl must do good class Vlork belore being considered eligible for rnembe~ship 9 Good moral chara ct e r is a sine qua no~ for membership. SOROSIS £LTimhNAE &re n a turally quit ~ numerous after n1.ne ~ears of ex1.stence. The petition is signed by five alumnae, in addition to fifteen unde~grud1:ates, but it is expect e~-~ that many more graduates -vwulC. 'be glnd o:P. affiJ iation with a NATIONJ'.. L. The recommendations are f'Xcellent. President Grumbine tc r·tifies to the care with v,rh ich the group has u~.nays sele.Jteu its mem'h . 1. · tt its loyalty for the schiliol, to the 1r~e-prouoLA-·o:.e cbal'acter of the membership, to the church affil:i a· c~.on of all ·i;he g"l ~ls. una Profe8s : speaks of the girls as possessing· ·gooa ::Lra:!.ns, good br o?edu)g nr~ d g" '-'' looks· Another characterizes them as many-s iced, earnest. zaaJ.0u'"' . loyal, patriotic, brainy. as leaders in ~11 :3cllool actiY"i tias. l'::l3 1;2 titian is now before the Council, and a decision \Jill probab l y be reached in the very near future. Your national Pres-ident ha s asked for certain further assurnnces from President Grumbine. Upon rece ipt of these, she has practically pledged herself to vote affirmatively. The group, and Dr. Gru~bine as P ell, are very anxious to be installe d r1hile IJirs. Reed is in the \"lest for the installation of Beta Beta Chaft• at Colorado State Teachers College. If the a ssur~ces raent ioned abov~: are received in time, arrangeme nts vrill be made to send Mrs. Reed and the Installation Trunk into Oklahoma. THE MI'" IL POUGH A letter from one of the Sidney girls brings P ard that Elizabeth Nev-1hall was elected j3res iden t and -:Ia rriet V/ilson S ecretary-Treas urer of the Associu tion recently formed u t Sidney. This same letter spmJte of a house party at which Ruth Hyatt -r1ould enterta in the Association, as ~ ell as the following members of t h e Springfield Club,-Helen Lincoln, Lou Leedom, Jessie Cheno~ ith and Georgia Turner. Mrs .. M. D. Campbell, s patroness of L.lpha Betq, gave a large reception recently, at l·? hich I.·I~ rion nGardner, Janette Hovrell, Rita Husted and Lenna Hallaacted. as cup-bearers. J~ ll fi.J.~ -~i rls we re in pink, in harmony · with t he eo lor scheme o:f the din~~_ j7.'i ·~~m.. · Three Alpha Beta alumnae , lvirs. \ Jm ~ Bondurant, t•rs . Paul Rig--be~ and I-Trs. Harry /. . llen, gave a series of large parties last VJeek anu. :nvited tae Chapter in u body. ~lpha Beta rrrites of its pre~arutions for the ~reat event on Februa ry 12th, ~-,hich is to include an Initi a tion of ten p_;l.edges, a tl7o-act comedy, "Cup id a t College". to be stugec by ten of t he girl s and a dnnce to vrhich Kirksville fru·~e rnit y men a r e to be invited. On Febn:.a r ~r 11th the Home :L: conomics Dcpartmen t ml:ll be ass is ted in servint: a b anque t to t F o hundred guests by a number Al pha Betc. g irls. Is&bcl Robinson, AB, is a member of the Student Senate and is the :~ep r esenta tive for the Cmnp Fire Gir ls. :~Irs . Reec. \-7ri tes tha t s"!-le exp ects thot V::-.nda 1U tche ll, on a lumna of the :: irksville Chc.j?ter, 11h o v7 ent ba ck for initia.tion in D8cember, a na. ""ho is noYJ a resident of Denver, \7il l be presen t a t the :::.-r• stallation of Beta Beta Ch ~ pt e r. Miss Jerrett sen~ rr ord that s cholarsh ip rat in gs sbow that F.ubv V/ells won first place \"J ith four E s dur i ng the Fo.l l Q"t:&rter , that r!eita :3rm-.rfora. 2.nd Vi:fs L li<::. Victor tied fol~ se cond nith three =::s ani cne G each. :.~ iss Jeeett commend s po.Tticularly IIcz el \'lhi tlock as hnv5.ll: n.c:: de steady i mp :-ovement.
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The Eighth Edition of Bcird's "Uanual of American College has come from the Press. ~he price iR $ 3. The book may be purchased of ''The College Fraternity Publishing Company, 363 West 20th Street, New York Sity. It .nill be recalled that in the PHO:cltiX 2~th there was a reprint of -the article on ASL,. furnished by your Natlonal President. Your Uationr.l President fully expected that Ur. Baird would print the article exactly ~s stated, but for some reason a · other this was not done. All the essential facts are given, but it woul.d: seem as tho Mr. Baird had rearranged the do.tn, or else that his assisto.nt \Vrote to ·s ome one of the chapters o.nd got in that ur.y a slightly different crrnngement. There is no specit1.J. introdu.ctcry statement concerning ?e0.· . agogioal Sororities. t ..Slt and SSS nre s·iiDI>lY listed ns Norm:.). Socie-· ties for Women in ' tbe midst of v. :tiling list of professionnJ orders. fhe ASA aooount is a~out a half dozen lines longer ·thari that of sss. In the case· .sf ASA all chapters installed at the ti.me. of publication are rnen~ioned, but the three lutest chapters of S~~ are missing from t ·he -list, so .it iS cred.ited . \7ith 8 active chapters, six inactive chapt _e rs an<l a total membership o:f 399. In the list of eight chapte:rs accredited to the sorority are Union University ct Jackson, Tenn •• and Peabody Normal College nt Nashville. · Tho letter, . acQording to a statement . from the S"SS Uational President, did exist s~me years back, but is. no . longer. in existence. The Chapter at Union University has_ l~ng petittone~ Delta Delta Delta, but hns not o.s yet been accepte·d , because the coilege does not meet with the requirements of that fr.aternity as yet • . · This le. aves Sigmo. Sigm S igmo. l7ith the follouing list of Pedagogical chapters:1r~ternities
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.,irginia State Normal School Buffalo Normal School Miami Univerai·ty Norm6.1 Depurtr.lent Ohio University Normal S~hool (Athens) Colorado Teo.che-rs College Penn. St~te Normo.l School, Ind, Mo. State Normal Sohool (Kirksvil.le) Mo: State Normal Sohool (Wo. rren.sbur~) Okla~ Stnte Uomal School (Alva}
It is stated that there are alumnae Qssooiations at ~amp ton, Vn., Nashville, Tenn., Buffalo, N. y., Cinc·inna.ti, Q., Greeley, Cplo.; an~ Riobmond, Vc. Conventions are mentioned as having been held at Farmville Va., 1904; Lewisbur, U. vn-; 1,9V5; Old Point Comfort, Va. 1906, · 19~7; Lynchbu~g. Va. 1908; Chattanooga, Tenn. 1909; Ric~I~: va~ 1911; Buffalo, N. Y. 1913; Cincinnati, o. 1915. , · . The nccount goes on to say that ·.a magaztne, called the Tri -· angl~. · has been published set:~i-annually · since 1905, that a song-bo ok app e ~ TeQ in 1906 and a· ~irectory in 19@9, 1912 an~ 1914. The badge i ' cr e3c:.~i"!Jed us o. triangle displo.ying o. skull und crossed bones and the .: .e -:: -~.c-cs SSS (in the Greek) . The flo.g is of purple with n diagenal ·u2,nd o { nhi t e d isplnying the l ·e tters in purple. above the bend a whtt~e; <-' r .c'. b ~l o w a v;bite circle. The fluwer is the purple violet. The .~c 1 ~ 1·s c:.re purple and white.