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THE PHOE.NIX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA

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Convention

VOLUME XXXIV

Convention Song Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NUMBER 1

Tulsa Entertains Wilma Wilson Sharp ............. 6 A~A

Philanthropic Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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New Ideas for Careers

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Historical Natchitoches

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New Alumnae Chapters

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News Letters-Alumnae Chapters News Letters-College Chapters .

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Announcements

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Directory .....

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''House Party'' Convention at Gratiot Inn Will you join us August 22, 1949, for four glorious days at attractive Gratiot lnn on the shore of Lake Huron? We are looking forward to a wonderful time with our Alpha Sigma sisters.

Who May Come?

College members, Pledges, Alumnae, Advisers, Patronesses, Mother Patronesses, Mothers, Fathers, Husbands, Sisters, Brothers; Friends, Yes and even the Children .

Where Will I Stay?

Gratiot Inn of course but a few cabins are available recommended by the AAA. These reservations must be made well in advance .

What Is There Of Interest For My Family?

A beach and delightful swi"mming in Lake Huron (lrfe guard on duty), boating, golf, bicycling, tennis, fishing , dancing, also Arthur Murray dance instruction (expense on your own).

What Clothes Would I Need? 路 Spectator sport, cottons, slacks, shorts or dungarees for active sports . Evening dress for formal banquet (informal for men). White dress for Initiation Service . A jacket for the cool breezes that come from the lake after sundown and of cou rse swimming togs .

路 What Is There To See? Many lovely side trips may be taken before or after convention-such as Detroit, Dearborn, Mackinac Island, or a trip to Hamilton or Toronto, Canada .

Interested?

Watch for further information and details as to transportation in the May Phoenix .

Be Seeing You? . . . Hope So! HELEN COREY, Convention Chairman

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It's Your Convention路!

Do YOU have a matter of A~A business you would like the convention body to consider?

Do YOU have fraternity hopes and plans to share with all our members?

Write to the National President: Mrs . Fred M . Sharp 1405 Hardy Avenue Independence, Missouri Do YOU wish to suggest Alpha Sigmas for elective or appointive National Offices?

Send their names a.nd qualifications to Chairman of the Nominating Committee: Mrs. Reinard Schlosser 2800 Dexter Street Denver 7, Colorado The supreme governing power of the fraternity is the National Convention where official delegates from college and alumnae chapters ",enact regulations, elect off icers, promote the welfare of the fraternity . " 路 To be sure, the duly elected official delegates wil路l represent the entire fraternity membership and, in accordance with democratic pract ices, they will reflect your opinions and your judgments. Yet YOU and all A"f..A's are invited to participate directly in planning our 1949 National Convention.

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Convention Song Contest for Alpha $igs Only .

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We re Searching for the 1949 Convention Song We Want A Good One 路oRIGINAL WORDS

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The song adjudged best will be printed in the May Phoenix, in the Convention Songbook and will be the featured song at convention.

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April 10 1949 1

Send all entries to : MRS . A . L. HELLRICH 76 Genesee New Hartford, N. Y.

In this issue of the Phoenix we are printing a new Alpha Sigma Alpha Song. Learn it and sing it. The music was written by Marjorie R. Denaro and the words by Catherine E. Giles of our Boston Alumnae Chapter. These girls have also written a Friendship Song. Helen Selvage Noblitt and Florence Morris Lull of the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter have written Dream Song. Verna Gilbert of Beta Theta contributed The Happy Song. All of these will be published in 路 our (lew Convention Song Book.

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Tulsa Entertains Our National President

Standing-left to right : Althea Herring Franklin, Moxine Line, Belle Byers Beck, Dorothy Bartlett Neal, Jennie Vinso n Fi sk, Morcette Hobson Homm, Isabelle Key Reeve, Nell Neal Ki s ner, Helen Christy Solomon, Jane Osborn Mill s, Nadine Hirni Por k, Louise Howell Reynolds, Lora Patterson Sipes. Seated-left to right : Edith Joy ner Toff, Helen Hooper Malone, Isabelle Howell Holladay, Wilma Wilson Sharp, Jackie Phillips Corso n, Sis Caraway Brewer.

"Every cloud has a silver lining" seems to be a theme song now of our A~A Alumnae in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for, as we were recovering from our skids and spills to and from our daily tasks during our recent unparalleled snow storm, we stood on the station platform under gray and rainy skies and in came a ray of sunshine, our own National President Wilma Wilson Sharp of lndep'e ndence, Missouri.

Isabelle Key Reeve returned from the regional meeting last spring all aglow with reports of our unusual national officers and how charming they were . Of course seeing is believing and just one look at our president convinced us Isabelle was not exaggerating even a little . After this too brief meet ing with Mrs. Sharp, we regret we were not all present at the convention.

After a short tour of a few places of interest she was escorted by the committee to the home of Isabelle Reeve where she was a house guest. At six-thirty we all met at the home of Sis Caraway Brewer for a delicious chicken dinner, Helen. Hooper Malone assisting . After a group picture we gathered around, eagerly listening to our Mrs. Sharp.

She not only brought us up to date on N .P.C. and other sorority affairs, but permitted us to ask questions which she so generously answered . We didn 't limit them to organiza-

tion alone however, for there were many concerning her home town's most famous citizens.

By the end of the evening we felt as if we had known her always, and were greatly blessed.

Saturday morning at 8 :30 Isabelle Reeve entertained the group in her home with a breakfast, and a sumptous meal it was. Also, it was another happy hour of visiting with Mrs. Sharp. Then through a pouring rain we all went to Philbrook Art Center, the former home of Waite Phillips, where we were co-hostesses with Delta Delta Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta at a 10 :30 coffee. How proud we were when the Panhellen ic president asked our Jenny Vinson f:isk, a past President of Panhellenic, to introduce our National President.

We glowed even more after Mrs . Sharp's short talk; for her attractiveness, charm of personality, and ease and intelligence with which she spoke, made every one present want to meet her personally. We were also proud of our attractive chapter president, Isabelle Howell Halladay, who presided at the coffee table.

After making a tour of the Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Paintings in the galleries, we reluctantly accompanied Mrs. Sharp back to her train, hoping to have the pleasure of another visit in the near future or reunite at a convention.

Lora Patterson Sipes

P ortra1ts

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ALPHA BET A TRIO Mrs. Jean Leach Miss Pat Parsons Miss Norma Shearer

Virginia Moore Epsi Ion Epsi Ion Mary Beth Tanner Eta Eta

CAMPUS BEAUTY QUEEN Marilyn Chelgren Alpha Gamma

WHO'S WHO Pat Ford Epsilon Epsilon SWEETHEART Kathleen Krause Phi Phi

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A:EA Philanthropic Proiects BETA ZETA AND BETA SIGMA CHAPTERS SPONSOR CAMPUS DRIVES

-Photo by Fogleman

Left to right: Marguerite Richard, Irene Boudreaux, Betty Jean Moseley, Gloria Simon, Lily B. Stoehling , Lydic Patin, Jessica Cozine, Jean Nebel, Lois Owens of Beta Zeta Chapter .

AND THE DIMES MARCH ON!

putting it over, Mary Lombousy, a present alumnae, suggested that Beta Zeta Chapter On one January day of each year, it is not make the project on annual one . The girls at all unusual to see every Alpha Sig at South- . were enthused over the ideo, so the March of western Louisiana Institute walking around Dimes become the chapter's adopted child . with a milk bottle in her hand . In fact, one Every year since then, Beta Zeta chapter might even think that some local dairy hod hit upon a new ideo for advertisement. When has always been able to turn in a worthwhile the day begins, the bottles ore always empty, campus contribution. This year the chapter, but by sundown they ore olwa.Ys full, some- through the time and effort o{ all the girls, times not for the first time . For, you see, those added $275 to the parish fund . Besides the bottles ore used to collect pennies, dimes, and day that was set aside as "collection day," the quarters that help boost the March of Dimes girls also collected contributions at the annual Camel io Pageant and one of the big basketin the parish .

In 1943 , the executive committee of the boll games.

March of Dimes in Lafayette, La., was lookAnother part of the drive which is not coning for some one to handle the campus drive sidered "campus activity," but in which the that year. President Joel Fletcher suggested Alpha Sigs also participate, is the theaterthat the Alpha Sigs sponsor it, and the girls collections. This year, in addition to the comthemse lves recognized a wonderful opportun- pus contributions, Beta Zeta chapter accumuity for philanthropic work. Since the drive lated $125 at one of the local movie houses . went over so well and the girls hod such fun Besides the enjoyment achieved from the

MARCH, 1949: work done in connection with the March of Dimes Drive, the chapter also received inspiration . You see, the Alpha Sigs in Beta Zeta chapter always feel that they may be helping to save the life of a future Alpha Sig. With that thought in everyone's mind, the Dimes March On! CANCER DRIVE AT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE

Left to right: Martha Morgan , Amelia Zuchell i, June Routh, Joan Hughes, Betty Turner, Rosie Follin.

For one week in November every Alpha Sigma Alpha on Campus carried a ·cancer Drive Can. We also established a booth in the Administration Building, and literally tripped everyone that walked by and gave them enough literature to last for quite a long time! Before the week was history, we had the Cancer Drive Cans filled several times, and all of us felt that we had given time to a worthy project-the fight against the greatest killer-Cancer.

This year our philanthropic work was extended to. the March of Dimes Campaign . A collection was taken up thrice daily at a downtown theater by the Beta Sigma girls of Alpha Sigma Alpha .

"DO UNTO OTHERS"

The plight of an eleven year old boy came recently to the attention of the Sigma Rho Chi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha here in this city . The boy, a resident of near by Detroit needed an operation; urgently and immediately. Gradually losing his hearing through infected tonsi Is and adenoids, · the doctor consulted felt that there was great danger of his loss being permanent and that time would

9 work against him. With neither parent working, other younger children at home, and an uncle in service (the only other relative) the boy's case was turned over to the Social agen cies in the area . These agencies "ran into a brick wall" as it were, because of county boundary lines and hospital restrictions . Not living within the city's limits and not being a county ward; city, county, and state officials were handicapped and helpless.

The A~A girls took the matter into their own. hands and a collection, given freely and spontaneously by the girls, was sent to the doctor who agreed to do the operation without charge . The money covered the hospital expenses and th~ anesthetic and now the girls are proud to report that the boy is almost completely well and that his hearing has returned to normal. Congratulations on your good and speedy thinking, girls.

PI PI'S ASSIST AT THE BUFFALO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Have you ever spent an afternoon in ·a children's ward of a large hospital? Not visiting the usual tonsillectomy cases, but talking ¥c:ith the children who have been there so long, that they can't quite remember Iiving at home.

Some of us in Pi Pi had had several experiences like this, and felt that an organization might be able to Iighten the nurses' work and at the same time provide a change for some · of these children . Our Philanthropic Committee , organized in the fall, under the chairmanship of Dorothea Elliott investigated various hospitals, and found that a critical need for additional help existed at the Buffalo Children's Hospital. ' We are particularly glad to be of assistance here because it is not a true charity hospital.

Most of the patients represent a group who often find it difficult or impossible to pay hospital expenses in spite of th.e ir conscientious efforts. This, of course, limits the number of full-time employees, and creates a demand for volunteer work.

Now, Tuesday evenings, we have an activ. ity suitable for people with teacher-training .

We spend two hours in the wards with the children who have been bedridden for many months. Their ages range from 5 to 12 years and include boys and girls. The younger children are thrilled to have someone play games or read stories to them, while the older ones delight in having an audience to watch their card tricks, share a "coke/' play cards, or as

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they say "just fool around and talk for awhile ." When we realize that playing Chinese Checkers, or even picking up a pencil may be a major obstacle to some of these children in casts and wheel-chairs, it makes our undertaking even more worthwhile .

The nurses are excellent with the children.

They stress manners, cooperation and thoughtfulness similar to home training; but two nurses for three large wards ore not able to provide these growing children with the companionship which they need . We hope to learn more fully the tastes and needs of these children as our visits continue .

Another phase of our hospital activities is conducted by Pi Pi members who ore particularly interested in children's literature. They are responsible for arranging the book rocks, and taking them through the wards . Their guidance in book selection is intended to stimulate and develop a balanced reading program.

Many of the group welcomed the opportunity to work in the hospital laboratories and offices . Each Saturday morning, many simple tasks ore taken over by the Pi Pi's such as ~abeling test tubes, filing cards, and typing records. This leaves additional time for the nurses to perform more technical duties.

In addition to these activities, some of the girls have been helping in the waiting rooms of the vaccination clinics, since many mothers bring more than one child at a time .

The Occupational Therapy. Director at the Hospital was pleased to receive the toys which we collected at our Christmas meeting. She has Sl,Jggested that some of the toys be given to the more needy children when they leave the hospital.

The clothing which we collected has also been turned over to the hospital authorities, because they ore in a position to know where help is urgently needed .

Pi Pi has welcomed this chance to be of service, and as our year progresses, we sincerely hope t~at our activities will continue to grow in helpfulness at this Hospital.

ABOUT FRAN Detroit's Frances Vredenburg needs no introduction to many of you because she was on hand in Estes Park for the National Convention and attended the Detroit Regional, but we want to tell you mor~ about this Alpha Sigma Alpha who has given so much to our sorority.

Ever since the day Fran became an Alpha she has "given full measure ." She has always been one of the most active members of the Detroit Alumnae chapter, was president in 1947, became a Life Member that year, laid all the ground work for the active Rho Chi chapter which was installed at Wayne University in Detroit in September, 1947, and was resident officer in charge of its installation .

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It has always seemed that Fran's days contained more than the usual twenty-four hours, for along with being physical education director at Brady School in Detroit, and directing teacher training for Wayne University, she has developed more hobbies than several people ordinarily would have time for. She enioy5 all sports, collects coins, knits, and while at Wayne did dance demonstration work.

Last Christmas season Mrs . Sharp wrote the college chaplains about this loyal member, and with her permission we are quoting the following from her letter.

"Frances Vredenburg's A"2.A enthusiasm and interest has been contagious ! She has always hod plenty of time for her sorority activit ies in spite of her busy life as a teacher in the physical education deportment of the Detroit public schools; as a homemaker; as a friend assum ing her shore of social and community responsibilities and pleasures. It was A"2.A's loss that some time ago, Fran hod to curtail her sorority and all other activities because she was stricken with lote~ol sclerosis. But there is no dimming of her light and love for A"2.A. The sorority is still her vital concern. On the table beside her choir is a photograph of the girls of Rho Chi Chapter. She fol lows all soro rity news with the some eager interest. To all of us who know her, she is on inspiration, a light that has its shore in lighting the whole A"2.A world. Through this letter, I send its gleams on to you ."

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Some 'Ne.w Ideas for Careers TEACHING THE CARDIAC CLASS OF BETHLEHEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS The City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has the honor of having the only public school system Cardiac Class in its state, and privileged to be its teacher is Carol Frazee Swayne (IIII) . This service is only one of the public schools system's contribution to the city's exceptional 路children, for an orthopedic cla$s, sight-saving class, and several opportunity classes are also maintained .

Those children, whose hearts, impaired by organic or functional disorders, prevent them from participating in a normal classroom situation, are carried by a special bus to the Higbee School. There they enter into a school routine especially geared to their ability as it is limited by their physical condition. At' present the class enrollment numbers fifteen; these children range in grade level from one to nine . Teqching them is challenging and fun!

Carol has her hands full from the moment of the children's arrival at 9 o'clock until their departure at 2 o'clock. These younsters, having been confined to bed at home or in the hospital at various times for various lengths of time, cannot be tucked conveniently into a regular grade level. Their previous illnes,? and subsequent irregular learning situations have much advanced their skills and interests in some fields, greatly hindered them in others .

Their academic needs are discovered and approached in a manner, Carol hopes, which brings them without pres?ure or any emotion other than satisfaction, to ever-advancing levels of .achievement.

A full-time nurse is on duty in Higbee School which also houses the class for the Orthopedically Handicapped . Morning and afternoon, Mrs. Simons takes the temperature and pulse of the Cardiac pupils, watching, continually, their progress, and daily, their physical ability to enter into the day's learning situations. Cots in the room are provided for rest periods, and leisure activities at recess periods and after lunch, consist of crafts and quiet games.

Membership in this class is for as long as the child's condition warrants it. Eventual transfer to the regular schools of the city

system is the educational system's constant hope and aim . Much as each child's presence is enjoyed in the Cardiac Class, all connected with it are sincerely thankful when the doctor's verdict is "Ready to try regular school," for recuperation from rheumatic fever, or from the effects of a heart operation, is a serious and time-consuming process, not without its heartbreaks. Carol loves her work with these children, while regretting the necessity for such a class.

DENTAL HYGIENE One of the Alpha Sig Alumnae of the chapter here in Huntington is a dental hygienist.

Due to the great field and small knowledge of its existence we hope this article might help someone choose their field of work .

Dental hygiene is a highly technical course and there are only fifteen schools in the United States which offer this course . A State Board Examination has to be passed in the state in which the applicant desires to practice.

There is good pay and a wide open field.

The pay in a private office is set up on a commission 路 basis . Usually it is fifty percent which ayerages from $270 to $350 per month .

Positions in this field are open even in Alaska, Hawaii, and the cana.l zone.

The work consists principally of cleaning teeth and taking X-rays . .A dental hygienist's work also consists of assisting the dentist, doing lab. work and some bookkeeping .

Besides working in a private office you also have the choice of working in institutions.

Not only do you have certain required subjects to take such as chemistry, histology, pathology~ etc., but you have actual practice in the clinic . The things that you would do in clinic practice is cleaning, X-ray work, mouth exam, and dental assisting in surgery.

This article has been written for the benefit of the active girls on the college campus who have not decided as yet what field to enter. We hope that some people decide to take up this profession after reading this article .

If anyone would like to know more about this, you can 路contact Helen Clovis through the Huntington Alumnae Chapter.

Ruth Fisher

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Alpha Sigs in Historical Natchitoches

FUTURE ALPHA SIGS-Shown above are members of the local alumnae of Alpha Sigma Alpha, social sorority, and their families as they appeared recently at a family picnic which was held in the lovely back yard of the George Himel home on Washington street. The picnic is an annual affair and one that is enjoyed by many former members of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and their families .

There is perhaps no mare glamorous spot in the country from the standpoint of hi?tory than the little town of Natchitoches, situated along calm Cone River Lake-once the main channel of turbulent Red River until the floods of the 1840's cut it off from river traffic . The oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase, being founded four years earlier than the fabulous city of New Orleans, Nachitoches (pronounced Nakatosh) once was a thriving center of eastwest and north-south trade. Here French nobility and Spanish grandees met. Here riverboats docked with goods from the old country and mule-packs loaded for the overland trek to Texas and Mexico . Here the dandy St. Denis, whose wealth consisted of trunks laden with velvets and satin clothing created in his native France, ruled Indians and white settlers with an iron hand . Here the largest Catholic Church in new France raised its spires to the sky. Here, in the late years of the Confed- 路 eracy, rich river planters came up from their white columned plantations to load the barges with bales of cotton bound for England via New Orleans, to gossip in the cafes, to place

their daughters in the care of the good Sisters of the Sacred Heart in the Convent on the hill overlooking the city, to send their sons to France to study.

And then the River changed; the Civil War came and went; the Convent closed; the railroad which promised new hope to the stricken town charted its way fourteen miles to the west; and Natchitoches was in danger of becc1ming another of the forgotten cities of the old South .

But there were many progressive citizens left in Natchitoches who were not content to see their city die . An enterprising group was able to get the state to locate the newly formed Louisiana State Normal School-now Northwestern State College-on the old Convent property; a branch line of the railway, which later became the main line, came through Natchitoches; a cotton oil mill located here; and by the beginning of the twentieth century the old-world city began to take on a new life .

Today Natchitoches, a town of some ten thousand people, is an interesting blend of the old and the new . On Front Street, facing calm

MARCH, 1949 Cane River Lake, old iron lace work still decorates the balconies above modern thriving department stores and specialty shops; old French type homes, their shuttered windows flush with the sidewalks, sit beside modern brick bungalows; beautiful fan- Iight doorways open to let out a blare of the latest "hit" tune; behind one store a matchless circular stairway rises from a heap of rubble; at the end of Front Street the bowing bronze statue of a faithful old Negro servant attests to the kindly feeling existing between the colored and the white population.

The greatest change has come on the old Convent Hill where great brick structures house a growing college . Here, too, one finds the blending of the old and the new. In the academic court on East campus stand three vine-clad columns, remains of the old Bullard mansion ; and symbols of t~e old Normal School and the Convent which preceded it. In the central part of the campus are the women's dormitories, the Student Center, the great Fine Arts Building, and the Natatorium . In west campus is Sorority Row, now being encrouched on by a new building program which threatens to shift the campus center farther west and engulf the small white sorority houses.

In spite of the modern spirit of the place, there is legend which clings about the campus today which endears it .to the student body.

One particular legend has been much in the mind of many students and Natchitocheans during the last few weeks. It is told that during the Civil War a young girl whose lover was reported lost became a nun . When the lover returned,, she committed suicide. Her ghost still haunts the hill, always living in the oldest building on the campus. Poor restless ghost!

Building has been going on so rapidly on the campus that she has been disturbed many times in recent years . In January the old Religious Building was torn down to make way for a new student religious center. In the dead of night, the ghost prepared to move .

Someone got wind of it, however, for at midnight the sirens on the campus began to shriek, pajama-clad co-eds began to scream, and the chase was on . She was able to secret herself in Caldwell Hall Administration

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Building on the campus. May she rest long in peace!

It was in the midst of such surroundings as these that Psi Psi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha was born twenty years ago, and on such a campus that she constructed the first of three houses which serve the sororities. It was from such a background as this that the Natchitoches Alumnae Chapter grew. Within the town today there are some thirty young matrons and business women, who in the midst of rearing children, taking care of attractive homes and gardens, attending clubs, teaching in schools or Sunday Schools, or going to the office .daily, yet find time to keep up the old spirit of sisterhood begun on the campus.

Once a month they meet to transact a Iittle business; talk about their children-there is always one on the way or one. just arrived; play bridge or rummy; and admire and enjoy the culinary art of the hostess. Most enjoyable of these meetings is the annual family picnic, when husbands and children come along with the mothers, and those girls who don't have any children borrow one for the occasion . (We haven ' t heard of anybody's borrowing a husband yet!)

Clio Allen

EDUCATION BULLETIN Prepared by the Education Committee of the National Panhellenic Conference and submitted in its entirety by Alpha Sigma Alpha for the information of路 its members .

It is important that every educated person be aware of pending legislation affecting the welfare. and education of all children and young . people . The Education Digest of the Washington Bureau has listed the following legislation which educators, social workers, parents and welfare officials will ask the new Congress to approve.

The National Education Association will reintroduce its federal-aid-to-education bill. The American Public Welfare Association will ask for Social Security Act revisions fo r children, calling for increases in federal payments to needy children . The American Parents Committee will ask Congress for a nation-wide public-school survey and aid to school construe-

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The National Child Labor Committee will ask for complete outlawry of child labor in factories, shops, fields, and on the streets. The American Library Association will ask for federal aid to public libraries to help them demonstrate library services in rural communities.

The Council of Chief State School Officers will ask for more money for federal school lunches.

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress for Industrial Organizations will ask for a workers' extension service bureau in the Labor Department. The Association of LandGrant Colleges and Universities will ask for federal funds to help colleges build armories, storage space, classrooms, and drill fields for ROTC instruct ion. The Conference of Southern Governors will push anew ~ ts bill to create reg ional schools and colleges for profess ional and subprofessional training . The legislati on

will again call for separate schools for white and Negro students, a point which killed a similar bill in the Senate lost year.

Meanwhile Government officials are drafting proposed legislation on the some lines.

The Federal Security Agency is writing on unprecedented compulsory health insurance bill and proposals for a new Depart_ment of Health, 路 Security and Education . Experts in the Office of the President ore putting finishing touches on a new National Science Foundation bill. The Federal Works Agency will ask for r;n0ney to help school districts and other public authorities draw advance blueprints for schools and recreational facilities .

The Labor Department will seek the return of the U. S. Employment Service (it is now in the Federal Security Agency) so that " we may . strengthen it and make it an agency to serve all job-seekers, espec ially young workers who need guidance and job-counsell ing services."

TRANSFER MEMBERS TO

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Naomi Hartman . . . . . .... ... . . . .. ... .. . Central Pennsylvania . .. ... 路 Philadelphia Po .

Evelyn Shrock Lattamus .. . . ... . ... . ..... Central Pennsylvania . . .. . . Philadelphia, Po .

Nancy Gundrum Poust (Mrs. Geo.) ..... .... Central Pennsylvania ...... Philadelphia, Po .

Betty Urban Walleck (Mrs. Phil.) . ... . .. .. . Central Pennsylvania . . . . . Warrensburg, Mo. 0arguerite 路 Rheinhardt Pfeiffer (Mrs . Carl) . . . New York City . . ...... .. Buffalo, New York Edna Louise Turner Miller ..... . . .... .... New York City . . ..... .. .. Emporia, Kansas Marjorie Dickie . . ... .... . . ... ... . .. ... . Richmond, Virginia . . . ... Harrisonburg, Vo .

Georgia Oldham ... ... ...... .. ... . ..... New York City . .. .. .. .. . . Kansas City, Mo. Ruth Fleischaker . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . ... .. .. . Pittsburg, Kar.1, sos . . . . . . . . Kansas c路t 1 y, M o.

Norma Miller . . ... . . . ... . . . .... . .. . . .. . New York City Lois Phelps Cooley (Mrs . David) .. . .. . . . . .. . . Suffolk, Virginia Joyce Harr is Payne (Mrs . Geo .) . . . .. ... . . .. Chicago, Illinois Erva Montgomery . . . .. .. ... . . . .. ... . .... Chicago, Illinois Martha Stuckey . ...... . .. . ........ . . . .. Muncie, Indiana .. ...... . South Bend, Ind. Opal Maddox Beverly (Mrs . Walter) . .. . . . . . Richmond, Virginia ... . .. Radford , Virginia Mae Wender . . ..... . . .. ...... . .. .. . ... Richmond, Virginia Mary Louise Hodges .. . . . ... .. ... . .. . . .. Richmond, Virginia ... . ... Radford, Virginia Carol Tibbal ~ (Mrs. Ralph ) . . . . . .. : .. ... . . Cleveland, Ohio . ... ..... .. Columbus, Ohio

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IT'S IN THE AIR!

WE'RE EVERYWHERE!

WELCOME Honolulu, T. H.

Triple Cities, New York

Tucson, Arizona

Niagara Falls, New York

Joplin, Missouri

Roanoke, Virginia

"HUI HOOLAULEA" (Pleasant Gathering) ALUMNA CHAPTER OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA HONOLULU, T. H.

Members pictured-Back row, (left to right): Mrs : R. Roley (Xi Xi), Mrs. Ray Brown (Pi Pil, Miss Edna Bergman (Epsilon Epsilon ), Mrs. Jac k Forrister (Eta Eta ). Front row, (left to right): Mrs. Earl Ho lmer (Sigma Sigma , Mrs. Elizabeth Abrams (Xi Xi), Mrs . Kenneth Pratt (Theta Theta ), Capt. Gladys Spring (Mu Mu l, Mil dred Koch (Beta Kappa).

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA ALUMNAE CHAPTER ORGANIZED IN HAWAII! Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha met at the home of Mrs路. Ray E. Brown, 377-C Launiu St., Honolulu, T. H., November 11, to organize an Alumnae Chapter in the Hawaiian Islands.

Those present at the meeting decided to add an Hawaiian touch to .the organization by calling the Alumnae Chapter here "Hui .Hoolaulea" meaning "pleasant gathering" for surely we will spend many pleasant hours together. Our chapter will not only include Alpha Sigs living in Honolulu and on the Island of Oahu but also those living on the other four main .islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Molokai .

Officers elected to serve one year are as follows : Mrs. AI ice Brown, President; Mrs. Eloise Proleyn, Vice-President; Mrs. El i2!abeth Abrams, Treasurer; Edna Bergman, Secretary and "Phoenix" Correspondent. It was decided to combine the last two offices. AI ice Brown is from the Pi Pi Chapter at Buffalo State Teachers College, Buffalo, New York; Eloise' Proleyn attended UCLA at Los Angeles, California (Xi Xi Chapter), Mrs. Elizabeth Abrams is also of the Xi Xi Chapter, and Edna Bergman is from the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.

Future meetings planned are a Sunday breakfast at the exclusive Outrigger Canoe Club, December 19, 1948; a Valentine's Day Luncheon at the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel, February 14, 1949; and a Lei Day (May Day in the United States) Tea at the home of Mrs. El i,?:abeth Abrams in the beautiful residential district of Kohala, May 1, 1949 .

At our next meeting, December 19, we plan to have a photographer take a truly Hawaiian picture of our group on the beach at Waikiki.

We have publicized our activities in the newspapers and hope, in this way, to contact all members of Alpha Sigma Alpha now living in Hawa ii. Any Alpha Sig who knows of someone living in the Hawaiian Islands, please contact our President here or either the National President or Alumnae Secretary!

Alumnae members of Alpha Sigma Alpha who will be aff iliated with the chapter here are : Mrs . Elizabeth Abrams, 20SC Portlock Road, Honolulu , T. H. (Xi Xi ); Mrs . Ray Brown, 377C Launiu, Honolulu, T. H. (Pi Pi );

Mrs. Ralph Geiser, 6180 Makaniolu St., Honolulu, T. H. (Sigma Sigma); Mrs. Earl Holmes, 21 OS Kamehameha Ave ., Honolulu, T . H. (Sigma Sigma); Edna Bergman, c/o The Coleman Co., Inc., Ltd ., Honolulu, T. H. 9 (Epsilon Epsilon); Mildred Kock, 407 A Kaiolu, Honolulu, T. H. (Beta Kappa); Mrs. Kenneth Pratt, 1552 Thurston Ave ., Honolulu, T. H. (Theta Theta); Mrs. R. W. Proleyn, 3547 Edna St., Honolulu, T. H. (Xi Xi); Mrs. R. Roley, Ewa Marine Corps Station, Ewa, Oahu, T. H. (Xi Xi).

We are all enthused about our organization here, and look forward to many happy times together! 路 Edna Bergman

TUCSON, ARIZONA Not long ago a spirited Alpha Sig, Em Frost (Pi Pi), arrived in Tucson . In o short time she found six other sisters from various parts of the country, and on November 15, Founders' Day, we met together, signed petitions, elected officer's, talked about everything, found mutual friends, drank cider, ate doughnuts, and had a wonderful time .

KATHRYN YOUNG, Presi dent

The officers and members of this new alum ~ nae chapter are: Kathryn E. Young, Zeta Zeta, President; Mary Myers Kindergan (Mrs. Joseph), Phi Phi, Secretary; Virginia Myers Callison (Mrs. W. D.), Phi Phi, Treasurer; Margaret Abildgaard Sparks (Mrs. George), Epsilon Epsilon, Phoenix Correspondent; Lyda Hale Wade (Mrs. Robert L.), Zeta Zeta ; Josephine Hutchfield Ambacher (Mrs . William M.), Lambda Lambda; Emma Coleman Frost (Mrs . Donald), Pi Pi .

Mrs. E. L. Hendricks, long time friend and patroness of Zeta Zeta chapter, was with us

MARCH, 1949 at our first meeting. Mrs . Hendricks' husband was a former president of Central Missouri State College at Warrensburg.

Our president, Kathryn Young, is head of the girls' Physical Education Department at the Tucson Senior High School. She moved into her charming new home just in time for us to have our meeting there .

Lyda Wade, a resident of Tucson for the past five years, is active in many local organizations and is state treasurer for AAU.W .

Emma Frost is National Alumnae Organizer, so no wonder she whipped us into shape so quickly. She came to Tucson from New York City, and that chapter is sure to be missing her.

Josephine Ambacher came here over a year ago from Columbus, Ohio, where she was active in the alumnae chapter . She has a son twelve years old .

The Meyers sisters from Missouri, Virginia Callison and Mary Kindergan, are recent arrivals in the Old Pueblo. Mary has bought a home and plans to stay, but Virginia has moments when she yearns for Missouri.

As for me, I have Iived in Tucson for two years and I love the sunshine, the mountains and the .desert . My husband teaches here at the University of Arizona .

In true spirit of Alpha Sigma Alpha these seven members decided immediately to. do something for someone else . At our next meeting, December 15, we plan to work on clothing for the women at the state hospital who are in need.

Marga ret A Sparks

TRIPLE CITIES, NEW YORK Chapter Members

Mary O'Connor Gates (Mrs. Herbert), Gamma Clio; Grace Martin Hanley (Mrs. Loftus) , Pi Pi; Peg Hanford, Pi Pi; Gloria Howland, Pi Pi; Mary Martini Spencer (Mrs. Robert), Pi Pi; Dorothy Glover Walker, Gamma Clio; Carol Wiltsie Phillips, Gamma Clio; Evelyn Benson Westling, Pi Pi. Officers

President, Mary Martini Spencer; Vice-President, Peg Hanford; Secretary, Evelyn Benson Westling; Treasurer, Grace Martini Hanley; Correspondent, Gloria Howland.

17 The ideals, goals, and acti vities of sorority do not cease upon graduati on. They con ti nue on through community, educational, home and social life . Indicative of this belief is the formation of the Triple Cities Alumnae Chapter by eight Alpha Sigs from Endicott, Johnson City, and Binghamton.

The aims of this group are to c路ontrive the policies of Alpha i)igma Alpha by contributing to civic affairs, educational projects, and keeping interest in A~A alive within the Tri Cities community.

Plans for the next meeting center around invitations and favors preparatious for the tea to be given to high school girls who will enter colleges with A~A chapters next year.

The Triple Cities Alumnae Chapter wishes to add more Alpha Sig members to its nucleus from the vicinity of Endicott, Johnson City, and Binghamton. If anyone knows of an alumna in this locality, please notify one of the members.

Gloria Howland

JOPLIN, MISSOURI At last Joplin has an A:SA Alumnae Association . We've wanted one for ages, but it took Nelle Amrein Gerwert to get things started .

We met for the first time December 1st in Nelle Amrein Gerwert's home . Six of u~ attended the first meeting. Plans were discussed informally and it was decided to elect officers at the next meeting. The first Wednesday of each month was chosen for our meeting date.

Charter Members

Ida Moe Dunnill, Eta Eta; Ann Ackerson (Mrs. Dolton E. Linder), Eta Eta ; Ann Prell (Mrs. Francis A Lindley), Eta Eta;Doris lrey (Mrs. Ben H. Patterson), Eta Eta ; Virginia Martin (Mrs. C. 0. Smith, Jr.), Eta Eta; Nellie Amrein (Mrs. Victor J . Gerwert) , Eta Eta; Sara Frances Montee (Mrs. George Carroll), Eta Eta; Sue Bales (Mrs . James Nutz) , Eta Eta .

On January 5th, we met in the home of Anne Prell Linden. Again there were six attended . Officers were elected as follows : President, Nelle Amrein Gerwert; Vice-President, Anne Prell Linden; Secretary, Ida Mae Dunnill; Treasurer, Sue Bales Nutz . Cards followed the business hour.

The February meeting was held the 2nd in the home of Virginia 路Martin Smith with seven

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18 girls attending . The meeting ended with a social hour.

All of our girls are members of HH Chapter .

Jeanette Gardner Foster comes over from Carthage and Ida Mae Dunnill comes from Galena , Kansas, for our meetings. We enjoy gett ing together so much . It's fun talking aga in of our "College Days." We're looking forward having the Pittsburg and Springfield Alumnae Chapters over in the near future .

Within a radius of twenty miles there are fourteen girls eligible for membership in our chapter. We are putting forth every effort to contact these girls . Ten girls have been contacted so far and are interested in affiliating with us .

Virginia Martin Smith

NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK

Alice Wincenc, Pi Pi; Rosamond Olief (Mrs .

Harry Abate) , Pi Pi; Marion Passage, Pi Pi ; Patricia McCormick, Pi Pi ; Helen C. Rodas, Pi Pi ; Geraldine Jemison (Mrs . Harry Keating ), Pi Pi; Norma Reeves (Mrs . Harry Latomer), Pi Pi ; Eleanor McKenna (Mrs. Henry Loewer), Pi Pi .

As an introduction to our president, Ann, we can say she is a graduate of Buffalo State Teacher's College, '44, and is an active teacher of the third grade here in the Falls . Together, our treasurer, Olga, and Ann are contemplating summer weddings upon receiving their rings during the Christmas holidays.

It has been through much of Ann's efforts that our group has held together and is now taking this step of organization. We are looking forward to a pleasant year of Alpha Sig alumnae activities.

A iice Wincenc

ROANOKE, VIRGIN lA Charter Members:

Cecelia Arthur Gordon (Mrs. E. B., Jr.), Alpha; Catherine Ammen Stoner, Alpha; Helen Jackson Willis (Mrs . L. A , Jr.), Alpha; Harriet Moomaw Leek (Mrs. Norman Leek), Alpha; Frances Washington Thigpen (Mrs. L. L.), Beta Epsilson; Nancy Scott Cheek (Mrs .

0 . A , Jr.), Beta Iota; Dorothy Sue Simmons, Alpha; Juaniata Dawn Brewer, Beta Epsilon; Mary Stull Watts (Mrs. E. N.), Beta Epsilon;

ANN McGUTH , President

The birth of the Niagara Falls Alumnae Chapter can be credited to a Christmas supper party held at the charming home of Mrs .

Harry Abate on December 17. It was then that this spirited group of Alpha Sigs decided to become a new chapter and promptly elected their competent officers : President, Ann McGuth; V ice-President, Charlotte Miller; Secretary, Marcella Wozniak; Treasurer, Olga Parenti ; Phoeni x Correspondent, Alice Wincenc .

Charter Members

Ann McGuth , Pi Pi ; Charlotte Miller Pi Pi 路 Marcella Wozniak, Pi P.i; Olga Parenti: Pi Pi;

DOROTHY 0 . HUBBARD, President

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MARCH , 1949 Dorothy Owen Hubbard (Mrs. Alpha .

H. J ., Jr .),

Officers:

President, Dorothy Hubbard; Vice-President, Dorothy Sue Simmons; Secretary, Mary Watts; Treasurer, Helen Willis; Correspondent, Cecelia Gordon.

The Alpha Sigma Alpha members of Roanoke, Virginia , and neighboring communities took their first step towards organizing an active Alumnae Chapter at the home of Mrs .

Harriet M. Leek, Thursday evening, January 20, 1949. Many Alpha Sigs turned out that we hadn ' t seen for years, and, of course, there were several that were new to each other-so naturally, we were quite some t ime getting 路 down to business . After becoming ac.qua inted and exchanging all the latest news, the group

settled down in a friendly A~A atmosphere to elect officers and discuss plans for the future.

It was agreed that we would have four regular business meetings annually, and additional social gatherings. We also began making preparations for joint meetings with the Lynchburg, Virginia, Chapter.

Our thanks to Dot Hubbard, Dawn Brewer and Harriet Leek for their combined efforts in making the meeting possible and successful.

Dawn donated her artistic abil ity by making the invitations in the form of old fashioned Alpha Sigma Alpha girls .

As this was our first meeting, we are anticipating a flourishing Alumnae Chapter, and cordially invite any A~A sisters within commuting distance to contact our president at R.F.D . No. 4, Roanoke, Virginia .

COME TO GRATIOT INN PORT HURON, MICHIGAN

Cecelia Gordon

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NEWS LETTERSAlumnae Chapters ALVA, OI<LAHOMA

AKRON, OHIO Dear Alpha Sigs: Christmas is now just a pleasant memory to most of us, but the Alpha Sigs of Akron ore still talking about the lovely party at Lil Greer's home. Even with all the fun we hod over our own gift exchange and bridge, each girl hod a tastefully wrapped gift for a child at the Summit County Children's Home.

The Akron Alumnae received on invitation to join the Akron Ponhellenic Association. Gwen Speers, our president and Beth Washko, Ponhellenic representative, attended the Boord meeting. Several of our girls come to the Membership Bridge following each meeting.

At our January mee ting, the girls voted to continue our philanthropic work with Region II by send ing a box containing cords, soap, toothpaste, etc., to Mrs. Richard Rice, Indianapoli s, Indiana, for distribution in Veterans' hospitals.

We're all agog with wonderful plans for the annual Ponhellenic donee and teo. More about this later.

Love, Beth Washko

ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM Greetings, Alpha Sigs! Many thanks for all the lovely Christmas greetings we enjoyed receiving from so many alumnae and college chapters! We all hope that 1949's arrival ushered in with it much happiness and joyous progress for you a II. Our chapter met at Carol Swayne's in January. (She hod on emborossing few moments when Carol Williams and Billie Arbogast arrived first, for she'd forgotten the dote of the meeting 1) President Carol Williams brought with her, for us all to work on, some cotton dusting mitts, knitted by the Bethlehem Blind Association. Our job was to put on the yarn fringe. It turned into quite a race with Billie Arbogast's clever fingers leaving the rest of us behind.

We've begun selling very attractive assorted greeting cords, dote IDooks and address books to our friends -and neighbors, to earn some money for the Fellowship Fund.

Talk of our coming Notional Convention in August was recurrent throughout the evening . Hopes ore high that some of us will be able to join our Alpha Sig sisters there - certainly it is high on the list of prospective summer plans!

An A'!i.A Sweetheart Luncheon on February 12th, at the Hotel Bethlehem, is next on our schedule . Beside our eight charter members we hove hope of several more Alpha Sigs discovered in Easton. We ore so anxious to gather all our nearby sorority members together to join rn our monthly meetings. We hove so much fun now but we're ever so ready to enjoy some more Alpha Sigs!

Sincerely yours in A'!i.A, Carol Frazee Swayne

Greetings to All A~A's: 1 949-o new year-a new beginning-on unusual opportunity to make A~A the center of the sorority system of our college world. What shall the lost day of the year tell?

It is up to all alumnae to a id in making us the best of all the N.P. C. Will you do your part? Here, I pledge Gamma Gamma to its part in furthering the influence of our beloved A~A. As to recent activities of this group I con soy: It is wide awoke and has splendid plans for the year. Just now everyone is hampered by the weather. So is every group.

Oklahoma thinks it has hod very much discomfort, but nothing to what the groups in Kansas and the Dakotas hove hod. True, we hove hod every type of weather, even dust storms, but no portciulor place has s uffered as has those in the northern states.

So we shall go along our way tryi~g to meet every opportunity to keep our colors flying.

Minnie Shockley '

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

HelloSome "notes" scribbled on the bock of on old check stub, remind me that we were at Betty Hamlin's home on ' October 19, 1948. We tried to absorb what Natalie Troescher from Hengerer's Interior becoroting Deportment told us about the latest trends in slip covers, wallpapers, and draperies. Some of those start ling new color schemes hod us involved in "wishful thinking," but we come down to earth after her talk and asked for practical suggestions for our own homes. Away with the budget, and everyone left with on urge to redecorate.

Dot Ferrand hod arranged the dessert preceding the program, and afterwards, President Mary Blackstone called a short meeting. Most important was the appointment of new members for our philanthropic committee to assist Dodo Elliott. Sandy Broun, Revo Kahn, Dorie Paxton, Harriet Smith and I promised to help organize a program immediately. (See Feature Article) The November Director's meeting was completely token up with the plans for Founders' Day. We were at Evelyn Bell's and stopped talking only because she served a delicious lemon ice-box pie.

Our Luncheon was held at the Sheraton Hotel on November 13, 1 948. We were seated at tables decorated with red candles and red metallic starred programs, and the high-light was rubbing elbows with our college pols from the Rochester and Niagara Fall s Alum groups.

We hod long looked forward to a three-way meeting and Founders' Day was the perfect time.

While we were scanning out new Directories, presented by Beo Nies, "cigarette girls" (Connie Batt Joan Steinmrller, and Betty Corkery) sold wrapping ~oper, cords and drshcloths. The proceeds helped to supplement the three Thanksgiving baskets which we filled with staples and conned goods.

MARCH, 1949 Our Program opened with greetings from Mary, and then General Chairman , Dorie Fisher, thanked Dot York, Sue Taylor, and Louise Abrams for their assistance.

Dorie's light touch in telling that Mary hod given her a little push instead of a pot to get the plans underway, must hove inspired Betty Laubenstein, President of Rochester to threaten a sixty minute speech and then calmly turn her time over to Ruth Pui s, who called in Dorie again to give a brief history of their group. Ann McGuth, President of Niagara Falls, (and wearing a beautiful new diamond ) amazed us with the quantity of work which they ore undertaking this yecr.

Our beautiful inspirational ceremony was arranged by Dorie, and then Evelyn Bell gave us a special feeling of closeness in her talk, "Alpha Sigs around th e United States." As she spoke, we called to mind our sisters in other ports of the country who were also joining in the theme, "Let Your Light So Shine ."

And to hove Rose Abate ploy the piano was a real treat. We're happy that she con be with the Falls group, but we couldn't help thinking how much we miss her musical contributions in ou路r Buffalo meetings. She also accompanied Pot O'Shea who song "Thine Alone" as a fitting conclusion to our program .

Among those who were making the most of the "news" time, we sow Nicki Morrison, Debby O'Hogen , Ruth Swenson, June Hagstrom, Ele Dombr6wski, Joan Moore, Mel Holzman, Jean Whiting, Arline Guenther, and Helen Rados. We were also happy to meet Louise Waldron and Bernice Boybutt from Oneonta . In the s pecial news deportment, we heard that our Ex-Officio Kay has a brand new daughter, Koree Dee Strickland.

Beo Nies entertained the Directors on December 6th at the home of her sister, Corrine Kuhn. Corrine's little girl , Cindy, seemed to enjoy the meeting especially from her seat on Aunt Sea's lop . Our business was halted with the good news from Rita Lawler, Big Sister, for she reported that the active chapter has 27 new pledges.

Our congratulations to all of them!

As for the Christmas Party at Marion Clock's home on Dec. 29th , leave it to Sue Morvin to organize a hilarious program . "Professor Sue Quiz, " in felt hot, glosses and furs, offered thousands of dollars worth of prizes from Groce Sweonnie's hood . (Worn backwards, of course.) There were Chippendale choirs, refrigerators, and Bendix woshers-1 do hope there were enough doll houses around to hold all the loot! And "Sister Hush" really stopped the show . . . it took ages to f ig ure out that Joy Sandy Glover was the mystery gal.

After Christmas carols, sung around the fireplace , Santo "Swonnie" appeared on the sce ne-but what happened to th"e stuffing, we never did find out! She delivered the exchange presents for everyone, ond needless to odd, we won't forget that party. Let's hope that the children who receive the toys left under the tree will enjoy them all year long.

Our "Happy New Year" Director's meeting was at Bunny Klute's home, where we all compared vocation "doze." In the line of business, we started the plans for a cord party at the Kenmore Y.W .C.A. in late sp ring.

Connie, our ever-active Ways and M ea ns Chairman, hod a se ll-out on some of those luscious imported paper napkins. She al so hod the good news that we hove $1 0 profit from the so le of printed postal cords. While eating Bunny's ice box coke, we heard that Pot O' Shea is now Mrs. Jacobi, and that Mary Beal s is all se ttled in a brand new apartment.

Gig Finn opened her home for about 50 of us on January 1 8 for a wonderful evening with our friend Dr.

21 Robert Albright, head of the Sociology Depo rtm ent at the college . Hi s infor mal talk about the st ructure of the United Notions with enlargement on the Assembly, International Court of Justice and Security Council was most enlightening. He gave us ample opportunity to ask questions about political and economic problems of the day. He's a real Alpha Sig father, and we were so happy to hear that his daughter Ruth Leslie is now settled in Albany路.

The seco nd port of our prog ram was a delightful surprise. A former eighth grade pupil of Morg Leinert gave us two piano selections, " Deep Purple," and "Habanera." She was most enthusiastically recei~ed.

Marion Thomas and Dor ie Sherrie hod st rawberry cokes for us to eat while we caught up on the news and signed up for work at the Children' s Hospital. We closed our meeting, reminisce nt of college days with Bunny accompanying us in all our favorite Alpha Sig songs .

Anno Lou Anderson was well prepared for the Directors on February 6th, and we just stuffed ourselves on brownies and a frozen lemon dessert . During the meeting , Dot Krow reported that the June Newsletter is well under way. We've hod so many requests from "out-of-towners" that the number of copies is up to 300 o[reody. The report that Gig Finn and Sandy Broun, our City Penhellenic representatives, ore enjoying the meetings so much mode us all wish we could sneak in for a visit. W e adjourned about 11 o'clock after covering reams of business.

Our next meeting is at Ruth Swenson's on March 1st , but we ' ll hope to see many other Alums recapturing the carefree ways of a "Campus Sweetheart" at the Active's Annual Dance on February 12 .

More about that next time .

Love in A'X.A, Marjorie F. Suggs

CANTON, OHIO Dear Alpha Sigs : Are we excited! As you know Canton is the home of Timken Roller Bearings. Recently the Tim ken Foundation donated 't o the city of Canton, the Iorge Timken Home of 40 rooms, surrounded by beautiful grounds, swimming pool, etc. The hom e is to be used for Educational or Civic improvements. This to be decided upon by the Timken Foundation and the City. Fathers. 'For some time there has been agitation for a college in Canton. This seems to be a near realization of the dream . Anyway, we ore keeping our fingers crossed, ol)d we Alpha Sig Alumno,e in the area will be in there pitching, if and when a college is forthcoming .

Our January meeting was he ld in the home of Mary Loui se Carfagno . We hod ou r annual White Elephant Sole and collected over ten dollars. It's amazing the things we to ke-and what we bring home. Two of our members hove bee n basking in the Florida sun . Mary Mill er was in Sarasota during November. Sue Campbell and her family hove dese rted us for a couple of months in fav or of St. Pete. Margie Crawford has return ed to her fir st love . She is teaching fifth grade at Plain Cen te r School. Her Cub Scouts presented on excel lent Minstrel Show lost month. In addition Morg. is Alumnae Secret路ary to 00. Dott ie Oeffinger says she has telephoniti s.

She is chairman of the telephone committee for the Town Gord en Club. Dottie has enlisted the aid of our President Janice Marsh, so now their lines ore always busy. Jani ce and Betty Horner ore to be hostesses for the April meeting of the Town Gord en Club . Betty is t o give a talk on "Polio" at the February meeting. She

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22 says it's not t hat she is well informed on the subject, it's because there's a Doctor in the House! Emmy Calhoun is our February Hostess. She is the new Financial Secretary for Trirosis. Emmy informs us she is kept busy dodging the baton her young "Penny" is avidly learning to twirl. Martha Young is teaching again this year in Massillon. June Do Hinden and Kay Giltz are unusually quiet about their activities, but we know they are busy with their families and the P.T.A. Dottie Roth is another quiet gal-until you start her talking about babies in general-and young Richa-rd in particular.

We discuss the convention at every meeting . Many of us are hoping to go. Will we see you there?

Betty Harner

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Once again the time has come for a sisterly check up of activities and exchange of ideas. Our alumnae group had a most pleasant pre-Thanksgiving treat at our November twentieth meeting . Mary Aungst, our hostess, served a delicious luncheon . As a matter of fact, we were quite slow in leaving the table to formally discuss the business at hand . But then, great plans are frequently conceived at the lunch table, are they not?

And we had a wonderful time "Catching up" with old friends . It was a real treat 路to have Ann Slifer and "Peg" Brenholtz Gohn visit with us. Both are teaching health education in secondary schools. Life memberships and the status of each member with respect to membership was discussed during our meeting . Betty Wallick has planned to write to National for our present status.

From this point we are planning to work toward one hundred per cent life membership within our group .

The report to the Public Relations Director was discussed. It was felt that one of our great responsibilities, in as much as we are scattered throughout several communities, is to seek those newcomers and returning graduates who come into our community, and to help them in every way we can to become happily established.

We were extremely happy to learn that Naomi Hartman is working in Harrisburg for the Department of Health .

We're loo ki ng forward to Naomi 's joining us at our next meeting.

And now for some of that "catching up" . . . Nancy Herr Hershey is the proud mamma of a four month old daughter. June Smith is very comfortably located in her new home which is on the Lincoln Highway, west of Lancaster. " Teb " Schrach Lattamous was unable to attend our last meeting because the nineteenth wa路s their big moving day. We' re sure by now all are happily sett led .

Hester S. Null

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA A table, beautifully appoi nted in the Christmas th eme formed the center of the Charlesto n, West Virginia , Alumna Chapter December meeting. The hostesses were Mrs. H. H. Smallridge, Mrs. Louise Carper, and Mrs. Martin Bowles . We were glad to have with us some very distinguished guests-Margaret Fulwider and Lucille Holler of the Huntington, West Virginia, Alumna Chapter; Nadine LeCle re, president of the Chi Chi Chapter; and Janell Haworth , formerly of the Beta Beta Chapter, now with us.

Jeanne Wilson entertained the group in January.

The chief order of business was a "white elephant" auction sale, the proceeds of which are to be divided between Rho Rho Chapter in Huntington and the fund

for the delegate to the convention. During the business meeting which followed the candidates for the Wilma Wilson Sharp award were discussed.

Our next meeting is to be held in the home of Lillian Maynard and we will honor St. Valentine.

Eloise Keller

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS On January 15th two Evanstonians, Gladys Schabinger and Doris Gaskins, entertained the Chicagoland A"'):.A's at a luncheon in Gladys' home. We were glad to have the opportunity to meet one of Gladys' twin daughters, Jane, who was visiting at home at the time.

Plans were discussed for sending articles to veterans in the Indianapolis hospital and we agreed to each bring something to every meeting until a box is filled.

On January 29th Mary Weinberg and Henry Hohe were married in the Faith Presbyterian Church in Oak Park.

Mary was a beautiful bride in white satin and was attended by Al ice Jones, who will also become a bride herself in March . After the ceremony a reception was held in the church parlors. After refreshments had been served movies were taken of Mary and Hank cutting the gorgeous wedding cake. Joyce Harris Payne, Ervo Montgomery, Norma Brown, Jeanne Ramsey and Dorothy Masters represented the Alpha Sig's at the festivities.

One of our regulars, Mary Sue Purvin, will not be with us for several months as her husband is taking 路 military training in West Virginia, near Mary Sue's home. We will be glad when they return to Chicago as we miss her a great deal.

Erva Montgomery has given up the thrills of flying to become a newspaperwoman . She is now in the ad taking department of the Chicago Tribune.

Nelle Raney ar:~d her husband, Dick, spent three days in New Orleans recently on a short winter vacation. _ Dorothy Masters

CLEVELAND, OHIO Many new faces have appeared at our Cleveland meetings this year. We have tried to make a special effort to interest more of our fifty-five members in regular attendance, and have succeeded in part. Since there are no College Chapters in or near Cleveland now, there is no "young blood" to add fresh ideas, but some of the long-absent-from-meeting members are providing the "shot-in-the-arm" we needed.

At our October meeting Naomi Caldwell, Delta Delta , Isis Roberts and Ruth Yocum, Alpha Alpha, joined us.

The separate East and West side group meetings are a hit with some of the members; we have he ld two, beginning with the October rally, the second one in December. Two more are scheduled for this year. The October East Side group was entertained by Bernie DaTchon, and the West Side by Ruth Duffy. The Founder's Day Luncheon in November was a joint effort. The only troubl e with separate meetings is that you only hear half the gossip! Involves a lot of ex tra phone calls to bring everyone up to date . But everyone was brought up to date in November. Katherine Landolt, Alpha Alpha, was elected Presidert, and Helen Swart the Secretary-Treasurer at this meeting. Mrs. Albert Kiss, Eta Eta, and Le ila Wallace, Alpha Alpha, were the welcome new faces . The December East and West Side Meetings were devoted to a collection of gifts for the Thomas Mary Rest Home in Cleveland . This has been our Christmas Project for two years. Ruth Duffy first

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became interested in this Home for the Aged, and her enthusiasm caught the attention of the Chapter. The gifts were comfort articles attractively wrapped with Chri stmas €heer. Isis Roberts entertained the East Side Group, and Ruth Duffy the West Siders.

The A-:iA Calendar called for a Theater Party in January. Husbands and guests were invited for the event. Your correspondent came down with a flu bug about that time, but those who attended said the event was a success. The party got under way with dinner at our Women's City Club, then progressed to the theater to see The Red Shoes. When it comes to your town, don ' t miss it, say the critics! Cold Springs Hospital in Indianapolis will cloim time at the February Meetings.

Region II Chairman Betty Rice has asked us for a number of items that we hope to collect in great numbers.

Hostesses will be Gladys Steeb for the West Side, and Virginia Carpetner for the East Side .

Virginia Carpenter

COLORADO SPRINGS, ·COLORADO Interesting highlights of the A-:iA Regional Convention held in Denver October 30 and 31 were given at our November meeting. Lois Borst, our president, was our official delegate; Grace Lloyd and Lois Brush also attended. We met in the new home of the Chester Trumans for a house warming and covered dish supper.

After a business meeting an evening of cards was enjoyed. In order to raise some money it was decided that a prize would be given each meeting . Each one pays a dime apiece for a chance to draw the lucky number. The winner furnishes the prize for the next meeting .

Our husbands enjoyed the Christ mas party with us which was a supper with the Lester Hays' , preceded by eggnogs at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shoup. After a delicious su pper and short session of bridge, Santa distributed gifts from under a lovely tree and we all enjoyed a lot of laughs and a good tim e.

Our January meeting was held with Mildred Harmon .

We enjoyed loo king at the Christ mas cards that had been received from the other chapters, and plans were made for our Valentine party. Mrs. Ma x ine Vance Timmons was a guest and we hope will become our thirteenth member. Bridge and refreshments completed the evening.

Six of our group enjoyed Mollie Beresford of Denver reading the two-act play, "The Winslow Boy," at the Panhellenic benefit given at our beautiful Art Center on January 29th . The proceeds are used to help worthy girls complete their se ni or yea r in high sc hool. Thi s was our first participation in Panhellenic and was much enjoyed .

Mrs. Lois Brush

COLUMBUS, OHIO Dear Alpha Sigs: Instead of a resume of meeting activities, thi s time I'm going to tuck in as many notes on individual Lambda Lambdas a s space allows. We hope that hap py day will come when we have correct addresses for every A-:iA member, and when every A-:iA will receive the Phoenix (maybe Convention will help on the Iotter problem ).

A nice note from Jo Hutchfield Ambacher reveals they are building a new home in Tucso n, Arizona . Jo's s ister, Thelma Hutchfield Potts (1 931 ) has changed her address from Mexico City to Phoenix, Arizona. At last report, Vi Ginder Roush was sti ll in Maywood, California.

How's the weather, Vi? Mary Helen Lew is (1931) is teaching in Rawlins, Wyoming . Address, 702 W. Pine Street. Lois Wuichet Beathard has moved back to Columbus, we are happy to say, and they have the same place at 1625 Primrose Place. Two nice children, too.

Mary Rader Heffner (1933) may be addressed at Route 2 , Laurel, Maryland . She is teaching in Montgomery County there. Henrietta Haas Woodruff, after a vacation in Florida , is back in Lima, Ohio. Neva Ketcham Butler is living in Riverside, California . She has a boy, over 12, who shows artistic talent. Pearl Holkko Sloat ( 1931 ) is with Internal Revenue in Chicago. She has a daughter in High School.

Helen Hirscher Alge owns the Yarncraft Shop in Findlay, Ohio. She has two boys, Tommy 9 , and Billy soon-to-be-6. Mary Short Cahall (1934) writes suc h an interesting letter from Greenwood, Delaware . They have 36 acres near town, own a drug store, and Stanley Jr. is in third grade. Jo Britton Pulliam (1928) lives in Georgetown, Ohio. I had quite a time getting an answer from Jo, but kept bombarding the place with post cards.

Finally an answer came-they had been quarantined for scarlet fever! Mabel Shilling Blanchard's baby (boy) will be a year and a half old this April 3. They live in Cleveland. Still teaching. Evelyn Whetzel Bryan's baby (Sara Joann ) was born last September 30 . Their home is in Port Arthur, Texas. Bernice Lincicome Galloway (1928), whose specialty is teaching arts and ski lls in Veterans' Hospitals, lives in Marblehead, Massac husetts .

Another easterner is Gertrude Durr Calvert (1928) , at West Newton 65 , Massachusetts . Ed it h Miller Simpson ( 1928) is at Alfred, New York, where Haro ld is on the staff of Alfred University. Son Alan is a handsome lad!

Catherine Stofer ( 1 930 ) is an administ rative a ssistant at the graduate center, Wright-Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio. Ruth Ludwig Roth (1 932 ) writes from Kingsport, Tennessee, that Susan is now 1 3 months old, and Martho is in the second grade . Ruth is active in P.T.A. and A.A.U.W. Karelisa Dorothy (fo r me!l Voelker, daughter of Elsie Schneider Voel ke r ( 1929), will be 6 on March 5 , at Cheste rtown , Maryland . There yo u are, kidsthat's the news of 20 Lambda Lam bdas, scattered all over the United States, and this is the signature of your scatterbrained humble correspondent, Dorothy Porter Cummings

DENVER, COLORADO Dear Alpha Sigs : Such a busy bunch as we Denver Alums have been .

Of course you've oil heard about our Regional Convention through our news letter and know what a grand time we had . In November, we met at Polly Schlosser's and had a pre-Christmas workshop. Th is combined many activities such as: need lewor k for guild, Christmas cards, news letters, se nding out of programs, and decorations to be prepared for our Christmas Party. We were spurred on with our work by refreshing rootbeer floats and cookies. The meeting was closed with the insp iring Founde rs Day Ceremonial for this year. Wednesday, December 29th our annual bridge benefit party was held at the beautiful Kappa Delta house (thanks to Irene Hol land ). Decorations were pretty, refreshments "yummy" and white e lephants ridicul ous and fun . Last week we all gathered at Naomi Stone's for a Smorgasboord and book review. The variety of food was "out of this world" and Grace Davi es gave an exce ll ent review of the book, " Mexican Village," by Josephine Nigli. February 1Oth we are planning a dinner dance at the Broadm oor Country Club. The theme will be

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24 centered around Valentine's Day. Every husband is expected to be a "gallant Romeo" and rewin his "lady fair ." Sa with this very pleasant expectation in mind I will leave you until the next issue.

Loyally in A""2,A, Martha Eskridge

DES MOINES, IOWA Dear Alpha Sig Sisters Wherever you are: Dorothy Battershell Pryor w9s hostess for the Des Moines Alumnae Christmas party. How nice it was to hear from so many .of you at that time . You were indeed with us at that gathering. Albertine Geist, our president, asked each one here to write to several of our most particular friends and bring the replies to the party. And that is how we learned that Pauline Fairchild Seabury (Mrs. Edwin D.), Pisgah, Iowa, has a daughter, Linda Lee, nine years old. Pauline has been breeding Iris for the past 12 year~, and has a do ll collection far up into the hundreds now. She often exhibits the dolls and gives talks about them. Her sister Gladys (Mrs. Allen Muir) lives in Onawa, Iowa, where her husband is head of the Onawa State Bank. She has a son Gary who is a junior in High School and plays basketball, and a daughter Colleen who is in the first grade. Gladys recalled happy times with Alpha Sigs and mentioned a week end that Grace Davis (Carver) spent with her in Harlan. Alberta Williams Lambeth lives in Richland, Iowa . Lora Shipley is librarian in her home town, Sheldon, Iowa. This winter she has been living in a "cute little cottage" but must look for an apartment or a house for April 1st. Good luck, Lora! On her way home from Des Moines last summer, Lo ra stopped in Sac City and called on Lyda Larson McBride. She said, "They have a nice big white house located on a corner.

It has a lovely big porch with such a pretty view. We enjoyed sitting there and chatting about old times."

(Don't suppose they recalled days and nights at the A""2,A house on 26th Street when it was next to the ATO's!) Lyda's daughter Marilyn is making a name for herself in musical circles . She is a senior in High School this year. Clair Lockhart Weissinger lives in Scarsdale, New York . When they were in D.:s Moines on their way to the Minnesota lakes last summer, her boy and gi rl found Foe Shawhan's boy and girl fasc inating company.

Foe has been honored by election to the Academy of Science and was honored at Drake this fall for her 25 years on the faculty. The Science department is moving into the new Harvey Ingham Science Building on 28th Street near Forest this spring and that bulding is the latest in every way. We are glad far Foe to have such a modern setting for her work. My father and mather celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on Christmas (they look very little alder than when you last saw them l. Ralph , his wife, san and I had a surprise open house for them. And I had a surprise too. Ethel McCormick Hansen and her husband, son and daughter were spending Christmas with Peg and Pat Dailey and Ralph invited th e m for the party. It was so goad to see th e m. They live in Racine, Wisconsin . New Year's day Nelle Rainey was in town for her mother's eightyfifth birthday. Nelle and her brother Jack's wife, who is my cousin , dropped in for a short call. Edith Burr is enj oying her year at the University of Pennsylvania.

She is co-edltof of the Annual far her class. Albertine was not with us far the Christmas party. She had been called to Chicago because of the death of her daughter's ma ther- in-law. But s~e did send a letter and some

pictures which Ruth Musmaker McGlothlin's san Allan had sent her. Allan is studying art at the State University of Iowa now. He was in the army and overseas during the war. It was goad to see Rita Selvy iJnd Myrna Treimer Hutchinson at the party. Julia Douglass Butler is the owner of Julia's Cafe at East 14th and Grand, Des Moines. June Douglass Owen's husband, Dr. Owen, was elected Coronor of Polk County in the November elections. Marian Hamlin has been doing volunteer work, teaching in Des Moines' Cerebral Palsy school.

Lillian Jacobson and Leona Wilcox are ever the same loyal A""2,A's.

Snow is on the ground, but spring is in our hearts.

It's time to be planning those gardens and tending those dreams. Truly it IS a wonderful world. There never was a better time to be alive and I'm happy to be an Alpha Sig . Aren't you?

Yours as ever, Florence Harley

DETROIT, MICHIGAN We're quite proud of our attendance records at this year's meetings-especially since we meet on Saturday and must compete all fall with U. of M. football games at Ann Arbor. And speaking of attendance, our November meeting was at Kathryn Bucltinger's in Grosse Pointe Farms. We east siders had given fair warning to those of the west s ide (they far outnumber us!) and they made a fine showing! It was a crisp fall day, Kathryn started a fire in the fireplace; we enjoyed pumpkin pie and coffee, then gathered 'round for business and visiting.

Helen Rapson ha d baked a coffee cake which we raffled. (We're finding this a dandy way to add to our treasury. The winner brings the baked item to be raffled at the next meeting, etc.l We decided at this meeting to purchase a record player for Fran Vredenburg . Latest reports are that Fran is enjoying it a lot.

Isabelle Butterfield told of her visit with Evelyn Bell who had been in Detroit for a ra""utine inspection of active Rho Chi chapter at Wayne. Miss Bell is well known to all of us and we were only . sorry that time did not permit our whole chapter meeting with her.

On Sunday evening, November 14th, the Rho Chi actives and alums and we Delta Phis held a Founder's Day Dinner which the Rho Chi girls had arranged at the Wardell-Sheraton Hotel. Our chapter presented a red and white decorated cake for this forty-seventh anniversary, and Sara Jane Bumgardner, Louise MacArthur, Kathryn Buchinger, Kathleen Schwab and Isabelle Butterfield took part in the impressive program. A fine evening of fellowship followed the dinner.

Twenty of us were at the December meeting at Ambrosia Ford's . Helen Hartung was co-hostess . Each of us was presented with a pretty little corsage of red winter flowers and evergreen, and they looked lovely on the assorted fall colors in the girls' suits and dresses.

We enjoyed welcoming Mary Ann Robertson of Beta Nu (Murray, Kentucky) to our chapter. Mary Ann is living in Highland Park now. We raffled a loaf of nut bread which Kathleen Schwab brought (Sara Jane was in New York!), and Louise Stirtan was the lucky winner. This meeting was hightlighted by Fran Vredenburg ' s stopping in for a few minutes. Fran has not been well , and we've all missed her so much . Between hands of bridge, we looked at the chapter scrapbook.

We planned to meet at Flossie Boening ' s in January, but her doctor took her off to Harper Hospital that week, so chapter presidents being what they are, we showed

MARCH, 1949 up at Kathleen Schwab's instead . Then Sora Jane Bumgardner found herself on ·the some floor at Harper with Flossie and if we'd not been so hasty they declare we might a s well hove met at the hospital! Sora Jane ·wants Gladys Spring to know she mi ssed all those special little di shes she used to fix for he r on previ ous sta ys -at Harper. Gladys lives in Hono lulu now and is a member of the Alpha Sig alumnae chapter there! Helen Robinson hod just return ed from Albuquerque, New .Mexico, where she hod spent Christ mas with her so n and small grandchild . Katherine Buchinger hod antici pated sunny skies in Missouri where she spent Chri stma s -but instead encountered 4 below and snow while we here in Michigan hod the sunny snowless holiday! De--troit Ponhellenic has invited us to become associate members, and Kathleen is attending their February luncheon to become acquainted. Louise Stirton is enter--taining us in a couple of weeks. Norma Aliber is cohostess. Each of us is to toke some small gift for the Veteran's Hospital in Indianapolis to help Mrs. Rice further her fine work there.

Sincerely, Charlotte Jorgensen

25 As you know, to buy a house tokes money and quite a lot of it. We olumns have been busy with pro jects to rai se money. Last spring so meone thought of a good ideo. Each meeting one alum brings a surpri se-maybe a plant or a coke or mittens -then we buy chances at ten cents apiece and each chance has a numbe r. The lucky number drown wins the prize. The first time we tried it I won a pair of hand -k nit socks for my husba nd .

It's a lot of fun and the money goes for a very good fund-our house fund. Try it sometime.

Early last fall the Alumnae, with the help of the active chapter; sold tickets to the show, " Beyond Glory." The show was good and the ticket sole quite profitable.

Our Alpha Sig house mother, Mrs. Rose West, pieced a quilt and the alumnae hod it quilted. Then we sold chances to people here in town at twenty-five cents a chance. The quilt was perfectly beautiful and the sole helped boost our fund.

We Eps ilon Epsilon Alumns ore always looking for ways of making money, so if any of you hove new ideas, send them along to us. Until next time, Love in A:f.A, Marty Larkin

GREELEY, COLORADO DETROIT, MICHIGAN-RHO CHI :Heor ye, hear ye!

The time has come again to let all of you gal s in on -<Jur very special doings. It's fun to read about our sisters all over the country, isn't it?· Do you wonderful people know about our winter -weather in Michigan? Two brief week ends of snow <(and sparsely) is the extent of our boosting. The area ~ s dry and brown, disappo inting if surprising! Come to ..Michigan for that winter vocation!

Since the lost bit of news come out in the November iss ue, we, _os a chapter, hove hod a bong-up Halloween ·meeting, a Founder's Day dinner, ond a Christmas party.· The Halloween party, a joint get-together with our -active chapter, Rho Chi, was a huge success with so me forty "kids" prese nt; complete with block cots, cider, ·doughnuts, pumpkins, and witches, and in Shirley Hornke's "rec" room.

Our Founder's Day dinner, held on the 14th of No--ve mber at our Sheraton Hotel, included several of us from the three groups here in Detroit. Our dinner was good, our program was good, and our coke ('specially mode and decorated ) was good.

Such a time of hilarity and shouting prevailed at a bingo gome at our regular November meeting , and gave Esto Finney the grand prize-a dressed chicken!

At Christmas time the home of Jean Turner took us -all in and we certainly proved to be a crowd. Yours 'truly was a Christmas tree before the evening was spe nt -all decked out in green crepe paper . Mr. ond Mrs. Claus were represe nted and we exchanged inexpensive -gifts. Everything from calendars to "tub-sies"! A box of toys and books, brought on this evening, were token to the children at the Hermon Kiefer hospital he re most of them TB patients; they delight in the little ·things that k.eep them busy through their hospital doys .

As this bit of news goes to press our January meeting •is a recent memory of pink ice cream and coke .

Bobs Dickieson

EMPORIA, KANSAS \Dear Alpha Sigs: Unless I om mistaken, you hove not heard from our ..:~lumnoe chapter this past fall , so hope to "catch you <Up" on what we've been doing.

The ready words on everyone's lips these da ys ore, "Will spring ever come?" Well they may be, for it seems we've been snowed in for six months. Our January meeting was to hove been held during the worst of the blizzards. The best my small son and I cou ld do was to keep entertained watching the cars get stuck and dug out in front of our house . Years ago-anyway, before Christmas-Gloria Scrogin kept herse lf and her fifth grade class busy making , and finally showing , with their puppets. They hod several shows at school and one at the Greeley Public Library. We're quite proud of our Gloria and her fruitful efforts. As of this minute, our olumn group is awaiting the arrival of two future Alpha Sigs or Alpha Sig dote material . The next minute may be news! We're planning a Pot Luc k Supper for our next meeting and I know we will all need extra exercising afterwords . Especially so after our lost meeting when our hostesses, Bonnie Wampler and Emma Lou Aiken, served us apple sauce coke and peanut brittle of their own making. Ah! Enough of this frozen chatter; by April we'll be thawed out and able to just let our pen flow along, and hope our efforts will be better.

Sincerely, Loydeon Kelly

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA Greetings, fellow Alpha Sigs: Since this is my first a ssig nment at reporting I om at a loss at how to begin. This see ms to be as good a place as any. Wh e n we alumnae here in the loca l chapter read the extremely long letters from New York and Philadelphia we wonder if we could ever do as much here . We hod our fir st meet ing after New Year's and as always it is very enjoyable to get together for awhile.

Thi s meeting was held a the home of Fl orence Davi s who is the sponsor of Rho Rho chapter ot Marshall College . The dotes for the active chapter's activities were brought up and all the alumnae were invited to attend. One of the biggest things we did at the meeting was to di scuss the possibility of getting more life members. We decided to make a vo luntary remittance to the trea surer of fifty cents at each meeting until it amounted to five dollars a year and send it in once a

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26 year for everyone. This way it wouldn't be too much of a financial strain on anyone. Maybe some of the other alumnae chapters might wont to do this too.

We believe it to be a good investment if it con be followed through . Our policy is a Phoenix in every alumnae's home . We ore all looking forward to the notional convention and meeting all the active and alumnae Alpha Sig's. We ore all planning on having a big time. Florence served punch and cookies and we hod a big gob session after the meeting . Everyone is looking forward to the next meeting for a big get-together. 路 This is the Huntington Alumnae Chapter signing off for now.

Ruth Fisher

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Alpha .Sigs, Everywhere : It's been a long time since we've read each other's News Letters-remember way bock in November? I'm anxious to read what you hove been doing, and to tell you of our activities. Yes, we've been a busy group.

First, let me report on our contacts with the Indianapolis Ponhellenic Association. Jane McDavitt and Jean McCommon ore our efficient representatives-and they do us proud! The Ponhellenic hod a .Scholarship dinner at the Marrett Hotel, November the fifteenth, with Dr. W. Norwood Brigance of Wabash College as the speaker for the evening . Fourteen of our group attended. We enjoyed seeing our friends of other sororities and the contacts with new friends . The Indianapolis Ponhellenic Association is having a cord party at Ayres, March the fifth. We ore taking several tables. As you con see, we ore putting our best foot forward and enjoying the fellowship with the other sorority chapters .

November the third was a red letter day for us . Our Mother's Club entertained our group with a Harvest Dinner at the Indiana Notional Branch Social Room.

As always our mothers brought enjoyment to all. Gwendolyn $herring Strohl, a former Chi Chi , now living in Gree nfi e ld, Oh io, was a welcome guest .

Our Chri stmas Party was held in the home of Sue Anne Messing . The first of the program included the Founder 's Day message which was adopted to the Christmas sea so n by Florence Lull and read by Frances Shaw and Frances Rose. It truly fitted in with the spirit of Christmas. It was followed by a sing in which we were directed by Helen Groce Noblitt and Evelyn Hall.

Ge nev ieve Le ib was the star contributor. The rest of the evening was spent in games and fellowship and food. Each of us left Sue's wit h a feeling of good will.

February the first, we met at Jul io Gerlach's for a dinner meeting . Um-m-m-m. What cooks ! But let me tell you of the surpri se, and I do mean surpri se! We were doing what comes naturally when we arri ved , talking . Suddenly we heard music. Co nversation ceased, or did it? " What is that so ng ?" " That sounds li ke Helen Groce singing." " It's the Dream Song ." Eyes immediately went to He le n Groce, who was grinning like a Cheshire Cot. Yes! At long lost Hel e n hod a record mode of her two compositions, " Drea m Song ," and "Hail to Alpha Sig ." We really were silent and li stened.

Personally, I think He len has much talent and has written so me beautifu l song s for A'i:.A . Don't you thrill to " Hymn of Alpha Sigma Alpha"? I do! Wait till you hear " Dream Song ." I think it wi ll be one of your favorites . Now, bock to our meeting . We were glad to welcome Margaret Runnels to our group. She hails from Greeley, Colorado. Her husband is in schoo l here. Hove you planned your convention fund? We de-

cided that each indiv idual should keep a Convention Bonk and drop a penny in it doily until August. That will be no hardship, and it really will swell the fund .

The program ended with on informal talk by Eloise Proctor on her experiences as a Consultant in the Schools.

Until May, EIo ise P rector

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI "0, suns and skies and clouds of June And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather."

Helen Hunt Jackson must hove been anticipating October 23rd, 1 948 , when she wrote these lines of praise, for it was indeed a typical fall day when we assembled at the home of Virgini<;J Edwards in Overland Pork, Kansas , for our Gadget Sole. Mary Jeanne Willyard , Frances Burt, and Mildred Trenchard hod assisted Virginia in decorating her Iorge recreation room in keeping with the Halloween season . Each guest brought a gadget and our capable auctioneer, Mildred Hanthorn Trenchard, maneuvered a substantial increase in our treasury through the sole of the gadgets. The purchases solved many Christmas worries, so two birds were killed with one stone.

Some people like to observe November 20th as the day Vasco do Gomo soiled around the Cope of Good Hope and some like to recall that Thomas Chatterton ' was born on that dote, but to Kansas City alumnae it meant our Founder's Day luncheon . The hostesses, Hildred Fitz, Phon Johnson, Jo Wody, and Frances Raine, reserved the Pine Room at the Union Station for the occasion and the tables were beautifully appointed with chrysanthemum centerpieces and white topers . The de votionals were given by Vella McKeon and the Notional Founde r's Day Program was presented by the group with Dophene Copenhaver serving as toastmistress. The songs used in the service were recorded by Dorothy Kreek at the piano and David, her six year old son, with the xylophone. The place cords with the A'i:.A crest were a farewell gift of Mary Kay Reiff when she left us to move to Fort Worth, Texas. In a spirit of Thanksgiving we contributed to a s ilver offering which our Philanthropic Chairman , Marion Fischer, presented to the Mercy Hospital, a hospital for children in Kansa s City.

Dece mber 12th was the day fo r Kansas City Alumnae to meet with old Santo . We met at the home of Vella Mc Keon, with Esther Bucher, Evolyn Evans, and Mary Moo res a s a ss istant hostesses . We went down to Vella 's r;creoti on room, which hod been visited by Santo, leaving our gifts to be exchanged under a beautiful Christmas tre e. Evol yn Evans gave the devotions. After a short business mee t ing, Esther Buche r played Santo and gave each girl her gift. Much fun was hod in showing off our love ly g ifts, each one beautifully wrapped. Afte r 路 much chatting and looking , we all were token upstairs to be se rved delicious teo , co kes, cookies, and all the ot her nice things hod at a teo. For our Philanthropic Project we each took old felt hots, which ore given to the Rehabilitation Center, where flowers, afghans, etc., ore mod e of them .

The Kansas City Star definitely knew what it was talking about when it sa id, " The cold wove will. hover over Kansas Ci ty through tonight and th e mercury will dip to zero ea rl y tomorrow," but in spite of the intense cold twelve hardy Alpha Sigs sli pped and s lid to Peg Bryant's beaut iful new home Saturday, January 29th .

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Peg and her co-hostesses, Daphene Copenhaver and Beth Mager, had a lovely dessert luncheon waiting for us and the spring flowers on the table helped us to forget the icy blasts of winter. · During the afternoon two of Peg's friends, Mrs. Owen McCarty and Mrs. John Murray of Kansas City, Kansas, showed us movies of trips they had made to Alaska and Cuba . The films were both educational and entertaining , so we all left feeling the meeting hod been well . worth the efforts expended in attending.

Tuesday, November 23rd, at nine o'clock in the morning , Phon Johnson became the bride of Mr. John Emmett Gillespie in the Visitation Church of Kansas City. We alums were all invited and it might be said that as usual Phon was very pretty in her blue dress and accessories. On December 26th in Chillicothe, Missouri, another Alpha Sig was married. Frances Yelton became the bride of Whetchel D. McKinney. Ruth Evelyn Clark has announced her engagement to James Michael Graham of Warrensburg, Missouri. The wedding is planned for the early part of August. Betty Vance has a future Alpha Sig in her new daughter, Amanda Jill.

With old man Winter practically behind us, and a busy, busy Spring to l.ook forward to, we alumns of Kansas City plan to keep ourselves well employed and entertained during the coming months.

Dorothy (Propst) Clifton

our president, Betty Miller. Since we just have one business meeting and two social meetings we have more social time and we're learning to play some new $JOmes such a s "Blackout Bridge" and "Crazy Bridge." They're both loads of fun! Our next meeting in February will be at the home of Anna Marie Bull and it will be a business meeting .

We've enjoyed working more with the undergraduates.

We helped them with one of their rush parties and their rummage sale. We ore planning to have a Benefit Bridge together sometime before spring and are hoping to have o style show presented to us by one of the Muncie stores. Chi Chi chapter always has a representative at our meetings and we are learning niore of their activities. • Martha Stuckey has been with us since September. She has been attending Ball State and gets to attend bath the college and the alumnae meetings.

She plans to leave in March though, to go to the University of Colorado to work on her Masters Degree.

Our March meeting · will be at the home of Elinor Keller and in April we will have a tea in honor of the A"£A graduates of Ball State. This seems to round out some of the news of the Muncie Alums and gives a little inkling of our future events.

Velma Thresher

MARYVILLE, MISSOURI

The New York alumnae fall sea son began with two meetings ot Wyn Allen's apartment. Clare Ross, vicepresident, took over in Billie Barrett's place . Jane Livingstone became program director, and Jackie Brackhiser of Milford, Connecticut, was the guest of honor at the November meeting . On Sunday, December 12, Olive Watkinson entertained the chapter at a very lovel y tea in her home at Baldwin, Long Is land . About twenty girls were present and brought small Christ mas prese nts to exchange. Olive 's home and wonderful hospitality were greatly appreciated . It was a real treat, too, to see Billie Barrett again and to know that she was living in Montclair and would be able to attend meetings . It was encouraging to hear from Em Frost at Tucso n, Arizona , and to know that she has had a baby-a baby A;i.A alum chapter! Good luc k, Em! Several Clio alums attended the tea and were guests of honor that afternoon .

On Saturday, January 15, f ifteen members met for luncheon at the Dickens Restaurant in New York. We were pleased to meet these new Alpha Sigs: Ed ie Lou Miller from Emporia , Kansas, whose husband has been an accou~t executive with Merrill Anderson since August. Edie lives at 24-42 Crescent Street, Long Is land City. Norma M iller, a 1945 Drexe l Nu Nu, is liv ing at 141 Hall of Fame Terrace in the Bronx, and her husband is taking an aeronautical engineering course at N. Y. U. Georgia Oldham comes from Kansas City and has been teaching in the home economics department at Pratt Institute since Septe mber. She lives at 220 Willoughby, Brook lyn. After the luncheon, the group met ot Wyn Allen 's apartment for a long business meeting.

Billie Barrett's marriage to Len Cousins was announced for February 5 at Montclai r, New Jersey. Billie, we wish you the best in the years to come, and we trust that Len doesn't lose oil of his domestic talents when yo u become Mrs. Cousins. Since the last Phoenix, we can report the following news: Mary Lutz Boll is li ving ot Peekskill where she is a library trustee, an adult schpo l teacher and does substitute teaching in the schools.

We started our fall season with a meeting at the home of Frances Phares. Our speaker was Gertrude Wray Tindall, a charter member of Phi Phi who has been living in Germany. Her subject was "Women in Germany."

This year we celebrated Founder's Day and Homecoming together. The attendance was excellent,, the progra m beautiful.

We are happy to have Dona lda Mor riso n of Mu Mu chapter, Upsilanti, Michigan , and Ma xine Miller of Zeta Zeta chapter, Warrensburg, Missou ri , who are livi.ng in Maryville and attending our meetings.

Last spring our college started a new custom-that of asking one of its organizations to take charge of the arrangements for the alumni banquet. Which one do you su ppose was called an first- the, Alpha Sigma Alpha Alumnae! We worked very hard to make it a success. The decorations were lovely and eve ryone said it was the best alumni banquet the college has ever had.

Love in A"£A, Shirley Job

MUNCIE, INDIANA Hello A"£A's: Since we have our alumnae meetings every month we wonder now how we got along before just having them every two or three months. We have much more interest toward our sorority and also there is a better attendance at our meetings. We hav e ou r hostesses made out for the year and meetings are held the third Saturday of each month. During some of the "good weather months" we have gone to o member's home outside of Muncie . In September we traveled to Lorraine Lewel len's home near Marion and in November to Marjorie Scott's home in New Castle. In Dece mber we were back in Muncie at Grace Rankin's hom e. This was our Chri st mas party. Also at this meeting we brought food for a Chri stmas basket which was given to a needy family. In January we met at the home of

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28 Ruth Hallas Es rich of the Cortland Gamma Clio chapter was married during the summer and went to Florida on her honeymoon . She is now teaching in the Junior High School at Springdale, Pennsylvania , and has a brand new home-address: Dan's Toilier Court, Cheswick Box 233 Pennsy lvania . We also heard from Carolyn Wosgott ~ut in Hackensack, New Jersey, who recommends very highly the Chino Institute course she took at Montclair State Teachers College this post summer. Rumor has it that you speak Chinese and eat with chopsticks when the course is over. Is this quite true, Carolyn:> Martha Morse wrote us that she spent · two weeks in Massachusetts and New Hampshire during the s ummer . Ruth Zopp is engaged to Theodore Ellis Lide, Jr., of Greenville, South Ca rolina. Ted will be graduated fr om Annapolis on the third of June and he and Ruth will be married the next day. After a month's honeymoon , , Ruth will become a real Navy housewife wherever Ted is stationed. Let's not blow up any more pressure cookers, Ruth ! The New York alums received on invitation to attend the November meeting of the Notional Ponhellenic Society in New York. Lynn Davis spent the ·Christmas vocation in Florida with her folks and her Kodak Bantam .

The New York alums ore lookin.g forward to a big week end in March when we will be guests of the Philly alums. It will be great fun to renew acquaintances mode lost year at Wyn Allen's apartment, Ruth Zopp's home in Montcleoir, and Em Frost's Pork School of Cookery. Thank you, Philadelphia!

Lynn Davis

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 'Hello A~A's!

I' ve just hod to re-read my lost newsletter to see where I left off lost time. So much has been taking place these post few months that I would not wont to be guilty of forgetting something or repeating something already said. Winter has at lost come to this Philadelphia area but it seems it would much rather not stay with us for the snow of three days ago is now just so much mud and slush . In fact, lost week flowers were starting to open on bushes in our side yard . Nancy K. Miller tells me that her little daffodils and tulips which s he planted so lovingly lost November ore all poking their leaves through the ground. Special note to our California and Southern chapters! But long before Old Man Winter become the "Man of the Hour" and the " Conversati on Piece" of the notion , Alpha Sigs in Philodelphia were causing excitement with their plans and programs each month . Way bock in October we hod our installation of officers at a very lovely ceremony in t he New Century Club in Philadelphia . Helen Corey conducted the se rvice in her usual charming manner.

Two weeks later the group ventured forth to delve into the field of a stronomy. How? By v is iting the famous Fe ls Planetarium in Philadelphia .

November found us enjoying a de lightful luncheon at Elean or Walsh J ordon' s (K KJ apartment. Prexy Jean Re imet was t horoughly surprised when Eleanor come into the room with a big bi rthday coke for he r. Then come t hat month of months -Dece mbe r. In spite of all the bust ling b usy-ness in which everyone found herse lf engu lfed , a Iorge group of A~A's were see n sc urrying toward the New Ce ntury Clu b again for the annual Chr istmas party. What fu n we hod exchanging Chr ist mas greetings and gifts and pla yi ng games amidst lovely seasonal decorations. There for the fi rst time we met

THE PHOENIX Martha Anderson (Eta Eta ) from Pittsburg, Kansas, who has recently come into contact with our group since she ond her husband and three children moved to Philo delphia. Of course much news was exchanged-one of the most unusual items being the unique manner in which Helen Corey learned of the birth of Alvodee Hutton Adams' (KKl daughter. Alvodee, now living in Alexandria, Virginia, is married to John Adams, radio commentator and news reporter attached to the White House staff. Seems that John Adams won many bets as a result of the recent presidential election, by predicting the Truman victory. But he lost a bet to the some Mr. Truman when his second daughter, Abogoil Adams, was born recently. All this Helen heard while listening to Wolter Winchell one evening . A decidedly different birth announcement-indeed !

January found us lunching at Gladys Turner Schlanger's (NNJ lovely apartment in Germantown. After a wonderful lunch Janet Siebert (NN l trapped us all into spending many pennies on a novel White Elephant Sole.

Treasurer Nancy Miller was like a kid at Christmas as she counted the pennies-about fifteen dollars worthall profit for the treasury-even though she hod to carry them home to deposit in the bonk. But she was no more burdened than I, carrying Jean Reimet's frying pan and conned sweet potatoes. The penalty for living in the some town as the Prexy! Moe Sweeten (NNl was with us that afternoon for a short time . We only too willingly excused her when her fiance, Dr. Robert Buckwalter, called for her. At thot time they were in the midst of planning for their wedding which has since token place. February S•h they center oisled-ond will be in Chicago in the very near future . Gladys Schlanger and Ruth Zopp (NNl were two of Moe's bridal attendants. We certainly wish Moe and Bob the most happiness. In about 1 0 days I hope to see the group at my apartment for lunch and the afternoon , but I'll tell you more about that the next letter.

Now for just a few notes at ; ondom . About this point in the writing of this column I feel like the marriage license bureau and recorder of births. Over the holidays we learned of several marriages, post and future . Christmas eve Virginia Wright (KKl, Temple University's May Queen, 1947, become the bride of Andy Moreland. Virginia Ried (KKJ was one of the bridesma ids while Margie Wright Cook (KKJ was the matron of honor. Ginny and Andy ore living in Atlantic City (where Ginny is teochi !;lg l while Andy finishes his college wor k at Trenton State College. At lost I heard from Pot Detrow (KKJ and her good news. In June she expects to become Mrs. Wayne Byers . Pot is finishing her Mo ster's work at Syracuse University. From up there in New York too, I heard from Carol Zohn (KKJ who says she too is engaged . Only she forgot to tell me "to whom ." Ruth Zopp (NNl has June plans also, when she'll soy "I do" to Midshipman Ted Lide of Annapo li s after graduation in June. This news is a little late but unheard by many, I' m sure. Virginia Clark (KKJ an nounced her engagement to Geo rge M . Leedom , Jr., on June 1 8 , 1948, and plans to be married during Jul y, 1949. Two other future brides ore Marion Fisc her (NN l and Anno Lefferts (NN l. Marion will become Mrs. J ohn Meyer, while Anno will become Mrs. John Enell. Inte rest ing note about Anna-she and Eleanor Longacre Cassel (NN J were the first two women CPA's in Philo delphia . Once again these A~A 's lead the way. Now for the stork deportment. Shirley Mains Tr ice (NN l now has a daughter, Pamela Dione, to keep so n Doug compony. Pam arrived Octobe r 30, 1 948 . lise Groen z

MARCH, 1949 Schwarz now has a daughter, Susan Chri stine, to keep her busy since November 7, 1948. Those Williams sisters, Grace and Ruth (Billie)-both KK's-surely do things ali ke. Both had sons first, now both have daughters; Lynn Mye r W eaver (KK J became the proud mother of a daughter Donalynn in Dece mbe r. From where I sit it looks a s if the future for A'J:.A is mighty rosy with all these promising "1966" members .

After a brief pause to glance through my notes collected since October on the most wierd asso rtment of papers you could ever hope to see asse mbled on one spot, I find that only a few things more are to be added which might interest you (if you've managed to stick with me this long) . Jane Price Ehlers has returned to Philadelphia and is certainly welcomed by this alum group. I found an A'J:.A teaching in the same school as I am-Ruth Stewart Cramer (KKl. She's married to Ed Cramer, brother of Mildred Cramer (Mrs. J . Barnes), past president of Kappa Kappa . Doing a little predicting, I see a good week end coming up when the New York Alums visit us in March. Then in May we're sponsoring a card party and fashion show in Phila delphia at Strawbridge and Clothier's Department Store -to raise money for that wonderful convention in August. I wish you all could hear Helen Corey describe the plans. It's no wonder we're all so anx ious to go.

One final plea . If any KK's who read this and know that their nam e is not in the Alumnae file for this chapter or who have any information concerning any other KK's as to their whereabouts, I would appreciate it very much if you would drop me a card with such addresses and information on them . Send th e m to Mrs. John Anderson, 33 East Second Street, Moorestown, New Jersey. Thanks so much . But now I must stop and get this mailed, can't put it off 'til tomorrow night, for then we are going to hear a concert which is being prese nted in connection with the Philadelp hia Fellowship House. KK's own Vy Stuart Richmond has written a choral number which is being presented and which she will be conducting. We don't want to miss it.

Until next time . . . Love in A'J:.A, Isabe l Scott Anderson

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Dear Sister Sigs: We here in Pittsburgh had an ext ra spec ial fine opening meeting on Octobe r twenty -third. It seemed a s though every sister showed up that day. It was held at the home of Mrs. Haze l Craig . Mrs. Craig's home is on the campus of the Schoo l for the Deaf in Edgewood, Pennsylvania. We had a delicious, delectable luncheon (fo r which Hazel is famous) being a former home ec. su perv iso r, and the auth or of several books on the subject. Yes, Alpha Sigs, we in Pittsb urgh are very proud to have Hazel as one of our members. She is one of our famou s ones! The most interesting part of the day was the conducted tour through the school, of which Hazel's husband is Supervi sor. The purpose of the school is to give the deaf children of Western Pennsy lvania inst ruction in academic and vocational subjects.

December eleventh, Alpha Sigs swa rmed into the College Club to Marian Wilson's Chri stmas party. Only illness would keep us away from this party. Marian always has everything from soup to nuts-and I do mean NUTS. The girls hope Marian will put up a few of her hats for bridge prizes-you should see her Lily Dache 's!

(It certainly would make us better bridge pla ye rs ).

St. Valentines Party will · be February fifth at the

Univers ity Club. Mabel Byers, Marian Burchfield, He len· Theoph ilus and Mary Lou Marshall are hostesses . We are going for lunch , and after being too well fed, will attempt to play a few rubbers of bridge . It's fun and we love it.

Since we only meet every other month this year, you should hear our tongues going. We see m to have so· much to say to each other in one afternoon . Our presi dent for the past three years, Janet Bennidict, is now Mrs. William Welch . Janet was married thi s past summer. We were pleasantly surprised and gave her all our blessings and well wishes at our October meeting .

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI : Attention Ann Vi o la.

Ann , the girls here in Pittsburgh think of you often and read about your activities in the Phoeni x. We're glad you're so active and enjoy your chapter. rlope· you can visit us soon.

We are looking forward to a very successful and happy year. Alpha Sigs that visit our (smokeless) city (honest), please look us up and come to a meeting if possible.

Sincerely yours in A'J:.A, Iva Arnold Rochez

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA In December in place of our meeting we held our annual Chri stmas social in the form of a dinner party at the Glenwood Country Club . With festive decorations, a good time was had by all prese nt.

Our new president, (Mrs.) Jean R. Grady, took over at our January meeting, which was held with (Mrs.) Grace Wallace Roper in her new apartment on Kensington Avenue . At this business meeting we decided to investigate through clubs and/ or organizations to find a family in desperate need that we could adopt to help· during this yea r. We had a Valentine party at the home of our new president in February.

We hope each of you has a successful year.

Joscel yn Gillum

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Dear Alums : This is probably the first Alumnae letter written by a man for a sorority magazine . My husba nd is se nding thi s in because I am temporarily ill.

Following a suggesti on made by our neighbor-the Chicago Alums, who have much experience-we hold meetings every month at a definite time hoping to have a re prese ntative attendance . Last year we tried to adjust our meetings with the plans of ou r scattered members hip . This resu lted in on ly three meetings for the year-and low attendance . The resu lts of our new plan justify the change. We have mu ch interest, good attendance and constant activity.

On December the e ighth, we held our annual Christmas Party with Naomi Pe hrson. Mary Houghton was elected president to succeed Bet,ty Mathews . Naomi Pehrso n became our Philanthropic chairman . Our program was arranged by the hostess and the unique arrangem e nts included games and singi ng . We had a lot of fun. We thoroughly enjoyed wrapping the Christmas pac kages which were to be included with a large basket of food for a deserving family who were unfortunate victims of circumstance . We feel that we enjoyed it more than they did .

On January the twenty-second we had a wonderful meeting at the home of Marj orie Stafford Le Hayne.

Fran Miller, who has been delegated to organize a new alumnae chapter in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was our guest.

THE PHOENIX

30 Something very amusing happened at this meeting. Our Betty Mathews, whom we love, wanted to record on film the happenings of the evening. Betty is an excellent photographer but in her excitement forgot to make the necessary adjust ments on her camera and " blanked " all the film . "We'll try again," says Betty. A novel method of building our treasury last year proved successful for we so ld plastic aprons-so we decided to carry on in the same vein. This year we are selling a clever new rubber indoor clothes line which requires the avoidance af clothes pins. A letter from Mrs. Rice was read and plans made for cooperating with our Region 's Philanthropic program.

Sincerely yours, Mildred Warner Zoss per A. Z.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI With Mrs. W . A. Quick (nee Louise Cosby, Alpha Beta ) our chapter hos launched a philanthropic work this year in connection with the Boord of Religious Organization of this city. To begin with, this organization is the only kind of its sort that we know of, cons isting of women from all protestant faiths. Their sole purpose is in doing charitable work .. They. maintain o home, maintain a toy shop, and support a number of homes within the city each year. The St. Louis chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha contributed a basket of clothes in November ond again in December we filled stockings with toys, to be distributed to children . The Board suggested that our next effort be to make cross word puzzles that can be used by patients in hospitals . So this will no doubt be the dominant theme of a later meeting .

This year we have had two new members join us.

Mrs . Kenneth Campbell who was a member of the Tau Tau chapter at Hays, Kansas. Mrs. Edward Worth , from the Buffalo Alumnae chapter is now living in St. Louis ond has met with our grl,)up. She hos been teaching in California before she and her husband came here . Mr. McDonald has o position with McDonald Aircraft. Lorin and Hope Blaine (nee Hope Green ) are s ponsoring the college age group at the St. John's Methodist Church this year. Hope came from Alpha Beta . Mrs. Lola Leedom's home was cheered this Christmas when their daughter Eleanor spent the Christmas vacation with her parents. Eleanor is attending Iowa University in Iowa City. Lola came from Alpha Beta .

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Green, from Arizona , spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Blaine (nee Hope Green >. Our chapter is united in their love for Louise Moore (Mrs. Cliarles) who has been ill. If our united affection can help, she will soon be bright a s spring itse lf. Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Gramsch and daughter Margaret motored to New Orleans in October and spent a few days there. One of the highlights of the trip was a boat excursion on the S.S. President. They took movies of the trip both going down and coming back as well as the boat trip. They went via Natchez and Vickesburg . Mrs. Gramsch was Florence Rolston from Alpha Beta .

Mrs. Florence Gramsch

SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA Dear Alpha Sigs: The days whirl by so fast that last issue' s deadline slipped past me before I realized it was time to let you all hear some news from down Suffolk way, so now there 's a big gap which shovld be filled in. August found us visiting Paula Ballard in her lovely apartment where we spent a great part of the evening admiring

her lovely antique tea service acquired at an auction sale. However, we did manage to make our plans for the coming year.

In September we met at the Dairy Bar, a spot which has become extremely popular here as a meeting place for various organizations. At this time, Frances Beaton Hewitt was installed as our new president in a very impressive candlelight ceremony. Our new year books were distributed and we inaugurated a plan of auctioning off a gift at each meeting . At every meeting since, hopes are high that each of us will be the . lucky winner.

We were delighted to welcome at this meeting a new member, Lois ' Cooley, who is now one of our "Faithful" comers. Lois was really needed since one of our older "faithfuls," Myra Aaron, has left us to teach school in Santa Anna , California .

When October rolled around, there was little pressing business to occupy us so we helped Mully Bugg chri sten her brand new Ford on a drive to Portsmouth where we ended up at a drive-in for hamburgers and coffee .

Just before Christmas we all gathered at Viola Surring Roher's and put in a hard evening of work making tray favors and filling them with candy. These were distributed to the patients in all three hospitals on Cliristmas morning. Later in the evening, after we had enjoyed Viola's wonderful tipsy cake, we exchanged Christmas gifts and read the greetings sent us by other Alpha Sigs. During the holidays, Ev Bell had all the Alpha Sigs in this area over to her sister's home in Norfolk for the loveliest tea. It was wonderful seeing so many of the girls we hadn't seen for a long while, meeting new A"2.A's and, of course, seeing Ev was just best of all. The invitations Ev sent out were just darling -do wish you might all see how clever they were.

The January meeting was with yours truly at which time we were delighted to have Dorothy Batten Kitchen meet with us. Dorothy is always interested in all we do but her busy life as a school pTincipal and keeping house for her son, Bill, usually prevents her attending our meetings. My four-year-old son had been properly put to bed beforehand, but he just couldn't resist coming down to see all the "girls." At this time we made plans for our joint meeting with other A"2.A's from Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News . This will be a luncheon meeting and we are working hard to get a large crowd to attend. Well, this seems to about bring me up to date. So long unti I next time .

Love in A"2.A, Harriett B. Johnson

TOPEKA, KANSAS Our group chose what we believe to be a worthwhile project for this year. At each meeting we busy our fingers making tray favors for the twenty patients at our local Tuberculosis Sanitarium . The holidays of each month provide inspiration for our ideas. This small project has brought many surprises and much joy to the patients, as well a s to the girls who are on the creative end of the project. Our expenses have been small as the favors are made out of paper. We have in our chapter an accomplished musician, Mrs. Robert Rue. She directed a city-wide annual musicale at our Trinity Methodist Church in December besides taking part in the program with her "magic violin." We combined our Christmas gift exchange with a Stork Shower for Mrs. Kenneth Ressler.

Sincerely, Mrs. Kenneth Murrow

MARCH, 1949

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TRIPLE CITIES, NEW YORK

TULSA, OKLAHOMA

Dear Alpha Sigs:

Dear Alpha Sigs: Again, it's time for more news from the Tulsa Alum Chapter. It's been some time s ince we last wrote, so guess I had better bring you up to date.

To begin with, our Founder's Day Tea was held November 1 3 at the home of Lora Sipes, with Helen Solomon as co-hostess. Various philanthropic projects, including ou r Christ mas needy famil y project, were discussed. Several committees were appointed to investigate and report fully at the next meeting. Some of the new members who were present were: Althea Fran klin, Ma xi ne Line, Jean Magoon, and Kay Halfield.

Our next meet ing, which incide ntly was our Chri stmas meeting , was a Chri stmas tea at the home of Elaine Eitel with yours truly a s co-hostess. The tea table was decorated ta rese mble a huge Christ mas package, red ribbon and all. About twenty members were present.

During the business meeting it was decided unanimously to invite Mrs. Sharp, our National president, dawn to our January meeting . After this decis ion , eve ryo ne excitedly made plans for her visit. Imagine our excitement when Mrs. Sharp accepted our invitation and that is when things began to buzz. On Friday evening, 路January 14, "Sis" Brewer and Helen Malone were hostesses at a sp hagetti dinner honoring Mrs. Sharp. We all had a lovely time getting acquainted again with Mrs. Sharp.

Everyone was quickly at home with our wonderful president. Saturday morning, January 15, Isabelle Reeve entertain"ed Mrs. Sharp and Tulsa Alum officers at her home with a breakfast. After such delicious food-, a few managed to go out to Philbrook where Alpha Sigma Alpha was hostess with Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Delta Delta to a P.anhellenic coffee .

Wanda Chronister

Since 1779, the villages af Union, Endicott, Johnson City, Endwell and Binghamptan hav e prog ress ively grawn to form the region known as the Triple Cities. They are known for their great industries such as International Business Machines, Endicott-Johnso n Shoes and Ansco Films. They are equally progressive in ci.vic affairs, educational and recreational projects . True to the tradition. of the community and the philosophy of Alpha Sigma Alpha, eight girls in this area have formed a new chapter, the Triple Cit ies Alumnae Chapter.

On January 1 1, Peg Hanford, Pi Pi, '4 8 ; Evelyn Benson Westling, Pi Pi , '46; Mary Martini Spencer, Pi Pi, '29; Grace Martini Hanley, Pi Pi, '3 0; Mary O' Conner Gates, Gamma Clio, '4 8; and Gloria Howland, Pi Pi , ' 48, met at the home of Grace Hanley to form the chapter and plan our activities and aims. Absent petitioners were Carol Wittsie Phillips, Gamma Clio, '48, and Dorothy Glover Walker, Gamma Clio, '46. Officers elected this eventful eve were: Mary Spencer, pres ident; Peg Hanford, vice-president; Evelyn Westling, secretary; Grace Hanley, treasurer; and Gloria Howland, Phoenix correspondent. The program for the remainder of the year will include sti mulating sorority interest in prospective teacher's college students, aid in girls' clubs, welcoming Alpha Sigma Alpha newcome r's in the Triple Cities area, and to help needy families in the community.

Our members a re active in home and community.

Pres ident Mary Spencer is teaching a night class in home economics . She has recently won a prize in des igning a dress. As if thi s were'nt enough, she has darling twin girls, five years old. Her sister, Grace Hanley, keeps busy with five lovely children, all under the ages of ten. Evelyn Westling teaches art in Johnson City High Schoo l. Mary Gates, science and hi story of grades seven and eight in Endicott, is stil l in a rosy dream, being the bride of just a few weeks, specifically since December 28. Peg Hanford, not having enougl:t to do teaching art in grades five through eight in Endicott, has taken the noble job of nurses's aid, Saturdays, in Endicott's Ideal Hospital. Another memb.er familiar with Ideal Hospital, in quite a different role, is Dorothy Walker, who gave birth to a fine seven pound boy, January fifteenth. Carol Phillips lives in Binghampton and is also in the mother category, "expecting" this spring.

Gloria Howland TUCSO~,

ARIZONA

Dear Alpha Sigma Alphas : The Tucson Alpha Sigma Alpha Alums have been together for two monthly meetings since I last wrote. We have been sewing on used clothing to be sent to women in the state mental hospital. Three boxes have been sent and the nurse who distributed the clothing writes that' our small contributions have been much appreciated and were desperately needed . At prese nt we hope to continue the project. Last night the Kindergens, the Frosts and the Sparks were dancing at the Bailie des las Flores Tucson's annual charity ball. While there Em Frost ' told me she had found anoth er Tucson Alpha Sigma . I did not get her name, so I will report on that next time. I wanted you to know that our small group is growing.

Best wishes to you each and every one.

Margaret A. Sparks

WASHINGTON, D. C. Greetings from the Nation's Capital-where history is being made-not only on the Hill , but every time the Alpha Sig alums get together. Her posit ion with th.e government called our president, Helen Lortz, to Pans in December. She expects to be gone two years and we hated to see her go, but we know it will be a grand experience. Bettie Purdy has taken over her job as president. We also had to bid farewell to Naomi MacAllen Branson whose Navy officer husband was transferred to New London, Connecticut. We have had many delightful and interesting meetings since yo u last heard from the Washington alums. In October we went over to Clara Teller's in Alexandria , Virginia . There a large group discussed, among ot her things, plans to se ll stationery to increase our treasury. Then our annual Consecration Service was held . Betty Purdy was our hostess in November at which time Founder's Day was observed . In December we gathered around the "wassail bowl" at Mary Foyd Appleton's in Arlington, Virginia.

Our husbands and boy friend s were included and a social time was enjoyed in the true Chri stmas spirit.

Irma Anderson and Katherine t/loore entertained us out at Ta ko ma P.ark, Maryland, in January. Probably by now you are wondering why the Washington 路 chapter has members in Virginia and Maryland . Well, the Washington, D. C. , alumnae chapter includes Alpha Sigs in the Greater Washington area which includes the District, Arlington, Alexa ndria, Takoma Park and other adjacent communities. 'Nuff said, until next time.

Best wishes from the Washington, D. C. , alumnae chapter.

Mary Foyd Appleton

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NEWS LETTERS College Chapters

ALPHA State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia Dear Alpha Sigs: The redecoration of our chapter room that you have heard so much about has finally been completed for this year. Of course we are expecting to add a few new lamps and other fixtures in the yeors to come. It is really a beautiful room now. The walls, ceiling, and woodwork are a light grey. We have grey draper1es trimmed with rose fringe and two of the chairs ore covered in grey with rose fringe trim. Our sofa and another chair are covered in a floral material with yellow as the predominating color. We wish that all of you could visit us in our new home.

On November 2 we pledged Lou1se Taylor and Jackie Moody. We are mighty proud to have them as A"2.A's an our campus .

On November 15 our Founder's Day Banquet was held. Betty L. Shank was in charge, and she did a splendid bit of work because the banquet was a huge success. We certainly did enjoy it. Our program was led by Jane Taylor . The theme was "Let Your Light Shine."

We were fortunate to have Mrs. Sharp, our national president, with us for a few days in November. We gave a tea in her honor on November 1 6, and she met many of our friends and faculty members. Mrs. Sharp talked to us about our affiliation with National Panhellenic Conference and how it affects our chapter. She 路 suggested that we go to church in a group. We had almost our entire membership at church in a group a few Sundays later. It is a wonderful idea.

When Christmas rolled around everyone was having parties. We decided to have a New Year's party instead, and really were glad that we did this 'cause it gave us a chance to hear about all the Christmas holiday experiences.

On January 1 1, 1949, Dr. Lancaster, president of our college, was at our meeting to accept our sorority's contribution to the Jarman Organ fund. Jackie Wright presented the check of $400 to him.

Love in A"2.A , Betty Anne Barker

ALPHA BETA Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville, Missouri Alpha Beta is now happy to have ten new members and four new pledges in its family. The Gypsy Dance and Jama Breakfast were well attended and proved very profitable . Our homecoming float was planned and decorated by our new pledges. Although an Alpha girl was not homecoming queen on our campus, Alpha Sigs were well represented by four of the eight candidates.

The attendents were Beverly Hull, Carol Funk, Norma Shearer and Jeanne Jones, wearers of red and white.

The K. S. T. C. Carnival was a huge success this year. The Alphas were in charge of a "confetti well."

The profit went to the student council for aid to the year book fund. The Alpha Trio, well known in Kirksville, sang two numbers in the skit program. The trio is composed of Mrs. Jean Leach, Miss Pat Parsons, and Miss Norma Shearer. The trio also sang at the Gypsy路 Rush Dance. We were all very proud of our candidate for Carnival Queen, Miss Azalea Belt.

The Valentine Dance, better known to us as the Sweetheart Dance, is uppermost in our minds. We know it will be a glorious evening to remember.

Alpha Beta has three newly engaged girls. Congratulations to Mary Mil Cornish, Beverly Hull, and Kay Brummell!

Excitement about the National Convention keeps th:'!

Alphas at K. S. T. C. watching their pennies so' we can be there. We hope to see you all at Gratiot this summer.

Love in A"2.A, Ann King

ALPHA GAMMA State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania Dear Alpha Sigs: Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha has really been busy since you last heard from us. The biggest project has, of course, been rushing. The usual breakfasts and dinners, coke parties, informal get-togethers, and friendly greetings kept us busy. As the theme of our annual informal rush party we chose an old-time circus, complete with elephants, side shows, clowns, popcorn, pink lemonade, confetti, and all the other circus trimmings. Our thirty rushees all seemed to have a wonderful time. They're really a marvelous group of girls.

February 2nd and 3rd were the 路d ates Qf the annual all-school review, "It's Laughter We're After." All campus organizations were asked to participate, so we Alpha Sigs put our heads together and produced a pretty slick dance routine. We didn't win the cup, but had a lot of fun practicing and putting on our part of the show.

This was also the night for the crowning of the Campus Queen . Our own Marilyn Chelgren was selected from among a large group of entrants to have this. honor. You will remember that Marilyn was also chosen as the Rose of Sigma Tau at Homecoming. We're really proud of her! Three other of our girls were in the Queen's court, so you see we really had quite a representation!

Formal initiation was held on January 27, at which time we welcomed seven new members into our sisterhood. The service was impressive as always, and was. held in the Activities Cottage.

We are now making plans for the annual Panhellenic formal dance to be held on February 26. After that will come our formal rush party, and rushing season will come to a close with bidding on March 17.

That's all for now .

Love in A"2.A, Jean Strawcutter

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BETA BETA Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, . Colorado

Hi, Alpha Sigs: "Schoo l Daze, " a skit, brought. us the Forensic cup last fall, to our delight. The Phoenix was just going to press when we mentioned being one of the six Greek organizations chose n for the Forensic Foll ies.

Right now we'r.e perplexed with this "younger generation." Stern though we be, dur delightful new pledges won't wipe the smiles off their faces for long . But we wouldn't trade them for anything .

Our biggest undertaking this year has been the March of Dimes dance. We were pleased with its success as we turned $1 04 over to the drive .

Four especially bright · eyed girls are trying to study these days. The pinning of Dawn Babcock, the engagements of Bonnie Van Laningham and Charlotte Hoefs, and the marriage of Beverly Coon have been announced .

Bev Coon Long was also selected for Who's Who along with yours truly.

Vl/e are happy and fortunate to have Mrs . Welby Wolfe as our new assistant faculty sponsor. Sponsors mean a lot to our chapters, don 't they gals? We must do the work and keep A'2.A up where it should be, but the backing and encouragement of our sponsor certainly helps spur us on.

Love in A'2.A, Rose Ann Alexander

EPSILON EPSILON Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas

Dear Alpha Sig Sisters: Since I wrote you last we've been really busy. We won . five marvelous new pledges, ones which we can really be proud of as they were "tops" on the campus all fall. They are : Jackie Cripps, June Lee Shannon, Marilyn Hornbaker, Mary Jean Robbins, dnd Marilyn Patterson .

Also, our "Who's Who" list was published and we're proud of both Virginia Moore and Pat Ford whose names appeared on it. They are both seniors who have really done thi[lgs in their four years in school.

Our Snowball Formal was wonderful this year as our pledges really out-did them.selves with their beautiful decorations. The Mother's Christmas Party was something special too, as we even had a Santa Claus. Helen Ballentine did a good job of it. Our special present was the new gas stove which abides in our kitchen, thanks to our moth ers and alums.

We are planning a Mother's Day Teo, a Fother_Daughte r pinner, and our spring formal at present.

They keep us busy, but what would our college memories be without them?

Guess I'll close for now by wishing you all much success and happiness in A'2.A! Nodine Ridenour

ZETA ZETA Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, Missouri

Dear Alpha Sigs: Hello again! Lots of excit ing things have happened to the Zeta Zetas. At the Scholarship T ea we found that the Scholarship Cup was ours for the second consecutive year; we ore working hard and keeping our fingers crossed thot next year it will be ours for kee ps.

For that extra money that comes in handy around rushing time we hod a bake sale which was a success.

Finally the time we hod all been anticipating rolled

around, and on December the sixth rush week began.

We had the usual coke dotes and parties, with Alpha Sig Fashion Salon a s the theme of our big party. The entertainment came out of a large hat box in •one corner of the room, fashion posters, scarfs, jewelry, hats, etc., bedecked the room. Soft music was played all during the party. The guests were seated at candle-lit tables and each girl received a small bottle of Foberge Cologne .

We all held our breath until the Prefe rential Dinner invitations were accepted; then bids were sent out, and on December the fifteenth we were happy to hove sixteen girls become our little sisters.

We come bock from Christmas vocation and were caught immediately in the whirl of getting ready for our formal donee, " The Alpha Sig Snow-Boll ." A Iorge mirror snowball revolved from the ceiling, snowmen, white trees wi.th cellophane icicles, spruce, and artificial snow bonked the room, while snowflakes sparkled from the ceiling. · We are now making plans for our philontropic project, Song Fete, and on informal party. Bet you're working hard, too!

Love in A'2.A, . Ellen Louise Buck

ETA ETA Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas

Dear Alpha Sigs: An Alpha Sig's the only girl for you-at least that is what the Homecoming Queen judges seemed to think.

The Queen, Mary Beth Tonner, and her two attendants, Jane Stroup and Carol Cushman , ore Alpha Sig sweethearts. We might add that · our house decorations, with the theme, "A Recipe for a Successful Homecoming," won second prize in the house decorations. Our pledges so ld approx imately 300 'mums for the Homecoming celebrations : Nice little pledges!

Homecoming leads to cheerleaders, and cheerleaders to our three Alphas, Mary Louise Conny, Fayanne Pol;ton, and Molly Jo Woods . There's not peppier trio anywhere.

A picnic was next for Eta Eta pledges. Each act ive brought enough food for herself and her little sister.

Everyone hod lots of fun sitt ing around the fire and singing good old Alpha Sig songs.

Eta Eta entertained the other three social so rorities on the campus with a "Coke-toil" party at the Alpha house lost se mester. All the sorority gals hod o good time-never heard so much talk in all my life. It's a good way to get to know all the other sorority girls on the campus. .

On Tuesday night after a busy day of lost minute dusting , scrubbing, polishing, and decorating , we were reoEly to greet the faculty, parents, sorority and fraternity members at ou r annual open house. We love having company at our house.

The Alpha Sig pledges entertained the actives with o " Come-As-You- Are" party in January, at the Alpha house. Special entertainment included a radio program presented by seve ral of the pledges and brief interpretations of the Greek alphabet given by several of the actives. Popcorn bolls and cokes were se rved .

At a special meeting Monday, January 1 0 , the Pittsburg, Kansas, Alumnae Chapter presented the Eulalia Roseberry Award to Miss Pat Scalet, a senior, and president of our chapter. Thi s award is given in honor of Miss Roseberry who was the first sponsor of Eta Eta Chapte r and is now sponso r of the Alumnae Group. It is given annually to an Alpha who is outstanding in

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34 the fields of scholarship, activities, and leadership. The Alumnae Chapter presented Miss Scalet with a bracelet bearing the Greek letters, A'2.A. The all important time for the pledges came February 1, when they became active members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Following the initiation, each active presented her " little s is" with a gift. A luncheon was served by Dr. Jane Carroll and Mrs. Hughes, our sponsors.

Two of our patronesses, Mrs. Clay DeFord and Mrs. Ernest Mohan, presented the Chapter with white leather ritual books at our meeting January 1 8 . They were used for the first time during initiation . A welcome gift, which we certainly appreciated .

That's all for now.

Love in A'2.A, Joan Babcock

THETA THETA Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Sisters: Hello once again from Baston. Right now, for most of us senio rs , thoughts ore towards jobs and so 路 far four of us are all set for next year. The rest? Well, they still have their fingers crossed.

Our chapter recently lost the adviser who has been :with us for so many years-Miss Kimball . One af the stipulations herebouts is that the adviser has to be connected with the University. Thus we had quite o task to find just" the right person who was Alpha Sig conscious. We hated to see Miss Kimball go but in her place we have a person whom we think is just grand , and that is Mrs. Gay. She is the mother of one of our transfers from Madison and everyone just heartily ,approves her! As yet she hasn't been initiated but now that exams are over it's about the first thing on the list.

A lot of our Alpha Sigs are seniors and we are going to have a hard job replacing them. So we're going ahead full steam to take in girls that are truly Alpha Sigs.

Added to our Hall of Fame is Marie McKeever-she is the only Alpha Sig to make Who's Who in American colleges and universities.

Tomorrow night we're having a Valentine Dance .

It's one of our first ventures into our all-university function and we are hoping it's a success.

That's the story from Boston. See you all in the next issue.

Betty Michelini

Alumnae Flash Mr. and Mrs. Wilson C. Bartley of Main Street, Holden Massachusetts, announce the engagement of their daughter, Em ily, to Peter Stewart Sinclair, of Fishers Island, New York, and Stuart, Florida, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Sinclair of Fishers Island, New York. Miss Bartley attended Boston University. 路 Her sorority is Alpha Sigma Alpha . Mr. Sinclair attended Brown University. His fraternity is Delta Ups ilon. Miss Bartley is a member of the faculty of the Fi shers Island High School , Fishers Island, New York.

KAPPA KAPPA Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Alpha Sigs : We Kappa Kappas are certainly eating candy these days. We have a tradition that says each girl who becomes engaged must bring a pound of candy to our next meeting . Shirley Robinson is engaged to Donald Mann; Doris Rogers to Ned Steele, so the calories are high at our meetings.

The University girl's hockey team finished the season as an undefeated team this year; and Kappa Kappas are all proud of Irene White, the team's captain. An undefeated team is very rare at Temple and "Whitey" proved to be quite a field marshall.

One of the nicest balls sponsored by a fraternity was held last month on our campus. Mildred Holtz was selected as the "Sweetheart of Sigma Pi" at their annual orchid ball.

Of course, we're all thinking about and planning <for Alpha Sigma Alpha's c~nvention in August and plans are under way for a rummage sale to raise funds. Also on March fifth, Alpha Sigs are sponsoring a booth at the University Carnival, an evening of fun and dancing to raise funds for various charities as well a s for the sorority. Each booth is to represent a fairy tale . Amid displays of Snow White, Punch and Judy, and Little Red Riding Hood, Kappa Kappas will sell food and sponsor games of penny-tossing and apple-bobbing .

The Ponhellenic tea is being heJd February 19th, and Kappa Kappas are all happy to have an opportunity to m~et all the girls of the University as well as new Greek pledges. June Mclaughlin will play the piano and a wonderful time for all is being planned.

The biggest campus event of the year is Temple's Greek Week-End which includes a "Greek Sing ," a song contest in which all sororities and fraternities compete, a Greek banquet,. and an evening "open house" when Alpha Sigs open their house to other campus Greeks.

The whole festivities are climaxed by a formal Gre~k Ball. Charlie Spivak is going to play for us this yecir and KK's are working hard on a variety of committees to make the week errd the best ever.

And so with best wishes to all Alpha Sigs, I'll close with Love, Hope Polishuk

NU NU Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hi Sisters: Nu Nu chapter has a new adviser. We want to welcome Mi ss Lois Hellman.

The sororities at Drexel now have a Panhellenic House . It has been named the Marjorie Sims Panhellenic House in honor of Miss Marjorie Sims who was so generous in helping to make it a reality for us.

Mrs. Jensen, our ex-sorority adviser is the proud Mama of a baby boy. George Jensen, Jr., was born on October 22, 1 948 . The new mother and her son are spending a short vacation in Florida at the present.

We Alphas here at Drexel would like to give a big hand to our sisters who participated in the Annual Pi Kappa Phi fraternity show. Congratulations to Cherry Locher, Marie Kelly, Shirley Thompson, and Grace Stanton.

Our president, Barbara Mack, came back from the Christmas holidays with a beautiful engagement ring.

Lots of luck and happiness to you Barbara .

We had our first rush party on January 27. We think it was a terrific success. Our theme was the opening of the rose room, and a bouquet of roses should go to Marge McCool (the M .C.) who did a grand job for her sisters. We are making big plans now for our next rush party which will be an Valentine's Day. The girls are working very hard on it, and we all hope it will be as successful as the last.

Love in A'2.A, Betty Proctor

MARCH, 1949 XI XI University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Dear Sisters: The Xi Xi Chapter of A~A commemorated the founding of the soror ity with a Founder's Day Dinner on November 14 which was held at Clifton's Cafeteria in Los Angeles. It is well known for its picturesque ~ur­ roundings. After a delicious dinner, many plans concerning the future growth of the sorority at the UCLA campus were discussed. Discuss ion of the poss ibility of the acquisition of a house on campus was one of the liveliest topics of conversation among the girls and the alumnae attending the dinner. Mario n Barnes, our former editor and hi stori an, announced her forthcoming morripge to her childhood sweetheart from Pe nnsy lvania .

The football sea son at UCLA was climaxed by the traditional contest with our cross-town rival s, USC. After an exciting game in which ou r team, although defeated , was not outfoug ht, a group of the girls whose appetites had not been dimini shed had a wonderful spaghetti dinner at the home of Elaine Mirsky. The re the girls joined in the traditional school fight so ngs and yells and had a good time di sc uss ing the various a spects of tne game . Late r, the girl s went on to th e movies.

On November 26 a s lum be r party was he ld ot the home of Marguerite Grey. There the gir ls had a delicious dinn e r and then they spe nt the evening knitting, making toy animals for the children's hospital , and tal king about school affairs. The n the act ives put on some skits for the pledges, who in turn furnished their share of the entertainment. Due to the efforts of our gracious hostess, Mrs. Grey, the party was a huge success and the girls are looking forward to more such good times .

At our reg ular meetings Lucy Co lovi n, ou r president, and The.da Case, ou r secretary, the delegates to the regional conventi on held in Co lorado, told of the wonderful time they had while there. They brought us back many new songs and ideas and all the news from fellow chapters in the West.

On Sunday, December 5, in a friendly atmosphere, the Xi Xi Chapter held its annual Mothe r and Daughter Tea at the lovely home of Pat Tralle . There the mothers and the girls were able to become better acquainted while having tea served with delicious cookies and cakes .

The refreshments and very effective table decorations were planned by a committee of the pledges directed

by Norma Duke . The girls were also plea sed because many alumr'lae and their mothers returned for thi s event.

On Dece mb e r 17, the joint active-alumnae Chri st mas party was held at Elaine Mirsky's home. Presents were exchanged and we sang all the traditional carols and sorority so ngs. Everyone present agreed that the party was a grand success and a gay prelude to the Christmas holidays. . .

During the first few weeks of January and during finals, textbooks and lecture notes token from their neglected corners, were very much in evidence . To celebrate the ~n d of finals the girls planned a theater party. They went a s a group and thoroughly. enjoyed themselves.

Soft lights and music set the sce ne for the St. Volentine's Day formal dinner dance. It was held on Friday, February 11, in the Park view Room in Los Angeles. This dance was the most important social event of the season

35 thus far and the girls hope that it will become an annual affair.

I shall be looking. forward to telling yo u of Xi Xi's future activities which we all hope will be even better than those of the post.

Sincerely in A~A, Cornelia J. Bosman

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Dear Alpha Sigs : The whirl of activities which go with a new semester is now in full swi ng on the Buffalo State campus with the red jackets of Alpha Sig leading the parade.

New Membe rs Initiation Banquet , January, 1949.

Hats were pledge presents.

Our rush seaso n exceeded our greatest ex pectations, as we now have twenty-seven wonderful neophytes swelling the ranks of the "girls in red ." Can't you just imagine their smi les and gay chatter when they were each presented with an Alpha Sig hat at our initiation banquet! That was a day that none of us will ever forget . Jeanie Castle, with the able assi stance of " Marj'' Mullenhoff, did a marvelous job of arranging f,or our impressive initiation ceremony and the scrumptous banquet which was held again this year at the Par k Lane on Sunday aftern oon, January J.6th . It see med so nice to see once more the faces of those practice teachers and alums who haven ' t been with us for quite some time.

Did I sa y somethi ng about the Alpha Sigs leading ' the pa rade? Well, they cer.tainly were last Friday night when A ~A sponsored our basketball game ·with Gannon Co llege. During half-time, fifteen of the girls, forming a drill team, presented a high -stepping act which featured a baton twirling solo by you rs truly. Thanks to Phy l Schlehr, the chairman of this activity, the audience received our performance with a great deal of e nthusi asm. Incidentally, the girls did eve rything from forming a "G" and and "S" to spelling out Alpha Sigma.

In the coming events department is our traditional A~A Sweetheart Dance which will be he ld Saturday evening, February 12th. Co-cha irmen Pat Canavan and Eileen Joyce are working and planning for a memorable evening . Th e big moment of th e dance will arrive with the announcement of the Alpha Sig "Sweetheart Couple for 1949." Who the couple wi ll be, we don ' t know.

Until ne.xt time it's Love in A~A, Juli e Hoga n

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36 RHO RHO Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia

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Dear Alpha Sigs: Here we are sta rting another se mester with plenty of news about A'2.A activities. Our social activities planned here on the Marshall Campus are going to be a lot of fun. It's fun planning them, too. There is going to be a big Valentine party on February 12, and everyone is planning to go and have a wonderful time.

Then we ha ve our big Spring formal on April 23 . This is really going to be a big event. Everyone is working towa rd ma ki ng it the best dance of the season .

Since thi s is the beginning of the second semester we are busy with our rush parties. The Panhellenic tea is planned for February 20, and the individual sorority's parties are a week later. Our party is on February 28 .

We are confident we will have many new pledges to join our happy family this semester. We have qu ite a few pledges and all the Alpha Sigs here will be glad to receive them as full members of Alpha Sigma Alpha .

We' ll sign off with Love in A'2.A, Joan Hood

TAU TAU Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas

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Dear Alpha Sigs : A Mex ican Fiesta was the theme of a rush party we -gove in the fall semester. Six girls became pledges .

M rs. Archie Harmon became an adoring mother to a baby born December 1 4 . He was named Conrad Henry and was a sweet Chri stmas present.

Two of our girls, Ma ry Lee James and Marilyn Slayton, are candidates for our annual Sweetheart Queen.

The ball will be he ld soon.

A dramatic fraternity was organized on our campus this year. Shirl ey Tharp is one of the charter members.

One of the atte ndants to our Reveille Queen this year was Marilyn Slayton .

Mrs. Eleanor Stuppy, our president, is th e associate ed itor of our annual , the Reveille.

Sincere ly, Gloria Buck

PHI PHI Northwest Missouri State College, Maryville, Missouri

Dear Sister Alpha Sigs: Here we are in the last part of the wi nter quarter a nd wha t a busy one it has been!

Just before Chri stmas vacation, Phi Phi chapter he ld thei r annual Mother-Daughter tea at the home of Mi ss Ann Curnutt. We decorated the house throughout to match the season; it looked very pretty. Th is year we gave our mothers tiny gold compacts with the crest on the lid . They see med ve ry pleased with them . Also we started our si lve r offe rin g which is to go toward a future A'2.A home here at M.S.T .C. We are now in the mi dst of preparation for our Sweetheart Dance-which is February 12 at the Country Club. Our decorations center around Valentine's Da y and everything will be done in our beloved red and white. Our Sweetheart of 1 949 is Miss Kathleen Krause, president of Phi Phi chapter. She has just announced her coming marriage on March 5 . We are happy for he r and wish her the best of luck .

Phi Phi is eagerly looking forward to the visit of Mrs. Sharp, national president, on our campus sometime in March . We are redecorating our chapter roam and

are working feverishly to have it completed and in tip-top shape before her arrival.

The "new loo k" on the campus will have competition as soon as the white sweatshirts lettered in red with our crest on the front and the "little-boy" beanies arri ve. These outfits will really make A'2.A's stand out.

After our Sweetheart Dance is over, we will start planning for the All-Greek Dance and our own Spring Formal , so it looks as though the chapter will be quite busy!

Love in A'2.A, Pat Smith

CHI CHI Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana

Dear A'2.A's: We've had an addition to our Chi Chi famil y! We were fortunate enough to enlarge our chapter tiy thirtythree members during rush . Celebrations were in order.

It certainly made our annual Christmas party a still happier occasi on .

Eva Kiewitt and Kathy Wible made a trip to Earlham to help make arrangements for a Red Crass Unit. W e hope to begin work soon .

Congratulations are in order for Kathy and Ann Hutchins, who are flashing diamonds, and stars in their eyes .

The Student Executive Council sponsored a rally for the new Student Union Building . Sororities chose girls to sell bricks for admission . Teckla Chiaravalle did all right.

Our fraterniti~s have chosen candidates for the Blue Key Sweetheart. We're betting on Flossie Amtsbuechler.

She is being sponsored by the Sig Tau's.

Love in A'2.A, Marty Worster

PSI PSI Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana .

Dear Alpha Sigs : Since you last heard from us, we Psi Psis have accomplished loads. After fall rush ing came pledgingand then keeping the pledges busy. Every Monday our ki tchen becomes a " mad house," with tuna fish and cheese sandwiches being made to se ll in the dormitories - do you know a better way to help a struggling treasury out of the red?

After t he cold Christmas hol ida ys our house seemed to need a house -warming, so Phi Phi's daughters brought back gifts of chinaware, a sh t ra ys, pots and pans, table scarfs, etc. Tonight we will put these into use because our house, a s well as we girls, must look the very best - 'cause we are hoping to ma ke "permanent friends" with some new rushees !

We are ve ry proud of our pre tty and talented Dorothy Tullos who was named " Sweetheart" of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Nu Fraternity, here at Northwestern State. Dorot hy has also been chosen to compete in our annual beauty se le ction . We are equally as proud of Dot Olivia, one of ou r pledges, for her "superior" grades.

Excitement is reigning high now as we plan for the future . Next week b rings initiation for our fal l pledges, and soon there will be pledging again. Following this comes our spring formal and the mother-daughter banquet. We want to ma ke these more wonderful than ever before, so that every Psi Psi ' s heart will th rill at the memories of Alpha Sigma Alpha-Spring, 1949!

Lave in A'2.A, Marilyn Finley

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Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Dear Alpha Sigs: Now that semester exams are aver and everyone has emerged again from underneath stacks and stacks of books, we are busy making plans far open bidding . It see ms like only yesterday that we were rushing our newest siste rs ! Our fall ru sh party with its traditional Cafe Society theme was a big success, and we were rewarded with so me wonderful new pledges . . In November, our Founder's Day celebration was highlighted with a visit from our national president.

We BE's were very proud and impressed to have Mrs. · Sharp deliver her Founder's Day speech in person at the banquet that evening.

We are looking forward to a visit from some of our sisters of Alpha Chapter, at Farmvi lie State Teachers College, in the Spring . As they do not have a house of their own, we want them to see how wonderful and what fun our Carter House can be. A definite date for their visit has nat yet been set, but we are hoping they will be able to come soan .

Last year we invested in a floor model radio-phonograph combination that is really a dilly, and now we are waiting hopefully far the College to provide some funds for redecorating the House . We want everything to be perfect for our sisters' visit !

Love in A"£A, Pat Ingram

BETA ZETA Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana Dear Sisters: Hello everyone and greetings again from . !;leta Zeta.

We have really had a full year of activities and are proud of all our sisters in Beta Zeta who helped to let people know that the Alpha Sigs rate high on the Southwestern Campus. At · this paint I would like to mention several of them . Let's start with none ather than our president, Gloria Simon, who was maid of honor for the Annual Cornelia Pageant. Lenore Parkerson and Jean Huger reigned as queens in carnival balls for the Mardi Gras season here ·in the deep South . Out of six beauties selected to app,e ar in the 1949 yearbook, three of them were Alpha Sigs. They were Janet Armstrong , Betty Jane Mosel y and Lydia Patin . Out of a tota l of twenty-four ' beauties and favorites se lected, eight of them were A"£A's. We are mighty proud of our sisters.

The March of Dimes drive that we sponso red on the campus was a great success. The sorority succeeded in collecting three hundred and fifty dollars.

At our next meeting the pledges are planning to give the members an " Ambition Party." Everyone is to come dressed a s their ambition dictates. I am looking forward to it and I know it will be a novel party with fun for a.ll .

At the end of first semester we sa [d good bye to seve ral of our members who graduated. We would like to sa y Good Luck to Irene Baudrau, Lila Lewis and Wanda Nolan .

We enjoy meeting you in the Phoenix. Be see ing you in the next iss ue.

Love in A"£A, Rosina Landry

Dear Alpha Sigs: Here we are aga in at the beginning of a new ter m with many exciting plans for dances, pl edging, in it iati on , our spring house party, and the national convention in the coming months.

We Alpha Sigs finished the fall term with a sca venger dance with the Tau Alpha Upsi ion fraternity. After searching through Mt. Pleasant for the many weird things we returned to the Pari sh House for the dance and refreshments. Some of th e othe r activities of the fall term were a Chri stmas pa rty at Me la nie Benford ~ s house and a sorori ty-fraternity get-together in the college den .

The Beta Thetas have more to look forward for in the coming term. Two Alpha Sigs, Audrey Thaye r Scott and Dot Philp, are returning after a term out of school.

Plans for Tillie's Blind Pig, our sprin,g rushing party, and for our spring formal at the country club are now in order. We have found the Blind Pig idea so effective with its can-can dance and barber-shop quartet that we have used it for all our rush parties and it has almost become a tradition .

The wedding bells will be ringing for an Alpha Sig .

Ruthie McKenzie is going to be married February the twelfth in Mt. Pleasant, followed by a reception in Detroit that evening.

We leave you now hoping you are all in high spirits with plans for this coming semester.

Love in A"£A, Frances Huszarik

BETA IOTA Radford College, Radford, Virginia Dear Alpha Sigs : So many exciting things have happened to the Beta Iotas since the last Phoenix was published that I hardly know where to begin.

First of all , bac k in November w,e were honored with a visit from Mrs . Sharp. It wa s the fir st time in several years that she had visited Beta Iota , and we certainly did enjoy having her with us. We felt especially privileged because she was here for our Founder's Da y banquet, and was guest speaker on that occasion. ·Just before the Chri stmas ho lidays we had a party in the chapter room, and instead of exchanging gifts a s we usually do, we all b rought prese nts to be se nt to the Veteran's Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. We felt that sharing our Ch ristmas with the disabled veterans reflected the spirit of the season more than giving prese nts to each other would have.

Rushi ng headed the list of activiti es for January, and what a grand rush party we did hav e! The theme was " Gay Nineties," and the invitati ons were in the form of shape ly chorus girls dressed in red and wh ite. The ru shees were e ntertain ed in the "A"£A Tavern," which was complete with a ma ke-be li eve bar, tables covered with checked tablecloths, and everything to impart a Gay Nineties atmosphere. Candles an th e tables and lanterns in the windows furni shed the light. Entertainment included th e re nditi on of several so ngs by the A"£A barbershop quartet (with handl ebar mustaches ); a hi larious monol og ue by " Butch" . Renz; a solo by "Irish Tenor" Betty Anne Hamilton; a skit by May be lling

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38 Choate and her little "pickinanny" Lois Reich; songs by the singing waiters; and since no tavern is complete without a chorus line, you may be sure that the one featured in the A}:.A Tavern was the very best! June Ratcliffe was Mistress of Ceremonies, and did a grand job. Almost forgot to tell )IOU, we had the ever famous villian with us that night-Dot F:'ace, and with the black cape, hat and mustache she looked like she had just stepped out of an old-tim.e melodrama . We also had cigarette girls who were dressed in red and white costumes. The guests were met at the door by our prexy, Mary Jane Dudley, and our sponsor, Mrs. William Einstein . We feel that the rush party was a huge success because everyone present seemed to have a grand time during their visit at the A}:.A Tavern.

We're mighty proud to say that Beta Iota has fourteen of the cutest pledges you ever saw. We had pledging Tuesday night, February 8, and the following girls are going to be our new sisters: Gilda Beamer, Danny Fugate, Betty Jewell Furrow, Peggy Giesler, Freda Harmon, Jane -J ackson, Betty Martin, Martha Mitchell , Jean Murray, Nancy Repass, Betty Roberts, Nancy Rose, Harriet Rudman, and Frances Sinker. After the service we hod a party in the chapter room in honor of the pledges.

We are still working on re-decorating ou1 room . All our furniture is covered in red and white, and the room r.ef lects that good ol' Alpha spirit from the time you walk in 'til you leave. Recently we bought two new end tables, and we're mighty proud of them.

We've started having a party twice a month in the chapter room after the business- meeting, and are very pleased with the new plan . Different girls furnish the refreshments each time; we play bridge, and in gener,al have a wonderful time .

Beta Iota proudly hails its members who were selected outstanding senio rs and those who will represent Radford College in Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. The Bl's selected as outstanding seniors Mary Jane Dudley, Jean Sewell , Dorothy Pace, and Isabelle Mottesheard . Those listed in Who's Who are Miriam Dorman and Dorothy> Pace.

The Beta Iotas were deeply grieved to learn of the death of Nadine Blevins Smith, one of the Alumna members of Bl. She died on January 6 , 1949. We had an impressive memorial service by candlelight in her honor. We plan to dedicate our page in the Bee Hive, the college annual , to Nadine.

The first" week in March will find us sponsoring the Red Cross drive on the Radford campus. We've chosen this as one of our social service projects for the year. ' Nuff said for this time.

Love in A}:.A, Sarah Noell

BETA KAPPA Western State College, Macomb, Illinois

Greetings : Today we had a personality and campus leader election . Quite a few Alpha Sigs were on the ballot. We don't know the outcome as yet, but we're quite confident they made it.

Tonight Analu Winte is starring in a drama in the college auditorium . The play was written by one of the students. She gav~ two performances already and it was a complete success. We certainly are proud of Annie.

Our little ol' five footer Joan Linly went and got her-

self engaged to a big six footer. She's happy as can be and we are too.

Saturday is a big night for us . We're having our dinner dance at the country club and are we excited!

The girls of the college ore in the process of a basketball tournament. Our team played three games. We're sorry to admit we lost two and tied one. However, there are three games left and we're hoping we'll win at least one. I'm positive we will.

You wouldn't believe it but a number of us ore going around with terrific sunburns. Pat Longford and I are heading the list, with the reddest faces . No, we haven't been south, but we hove been under' sun lamps.

A}:.Afully yours, Mary Reilly

BETA LAMBDA Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, Arkansas

Dear Alpha Sigs : The Christmas season found us on our annual caroling trip and afterwards we went to the Commons' for Christmas breakfast. Our annual Alpha Sig Christmas party was held in the sorority room. A decorated tree and carolers singing by candlelight added to the festivities.

A large red and white valentine with smaller ones sufroundin~ it marked the Valentine Party that the pledges gave for the members. Little candy hearts made a deli~htful favor.

On the more serious side we have two debaters, Margaret Plemmons and Sybil Simmons, who will be entered in the Midsouth Debate Tournament to be held here this week end. You can bet the Alpha Sigs are backing them! 路 Music enters the picture with Carolyn Reid, Jean Ray McPherson, Annadell Barger, and Betty Ayers singing with the choir in the Brahm's Music Festival .'

More honors come to our presid~?nt, Marion Shuster, when she was elected president of Bernard Hall . We're proud of all our active, alert Beta Lambdas.

Until next time, Betty Barnett

BETA MU Henderson State Teachers College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Dear Alpha Sigs : With spring coming soon we ore planning an Alpha Sig week end . Yes, girls, we ore anxiously looking forward to Friday evening when all the alumnae, whom we missed this year, will start arriving for the gay week end. Friday will be a social time for renewing friendships and hearing news about the members who have left school. The pledges will be initiated Friday, also, at our meeting. Our pledges have been working hard, so we think they deserve the banquet we are giving in their honor Saturday night. We plan to hove it at the Colonial Tavern . It will be decked with red and white, our colors and the Volentine theme. After the banquet a social hour will follow. Card playing, chat sessions, and dancing will provide fun for all . We will all go to church together Sunday morning to complete a perfect . week end. After dinner in the cafeteria it will be sad to some of our group, but we shall always remember the fun we had together at our Alpha Sig week end . We will be looking forward to another one in the future.

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MARCH, 1949 Some of you other chapters would really enjoy a week end of fun . Why don't you plan one for a week end soon? It's wonderful.

Our song bird, Irene Calloway, has carried off anather honor. She was elected Kappa Sigma Kappa sweetheart at their formal dance.

Another honor we are proud of is Mrs. Saralou Felts (nee Ross) as the new R.O.T.C. sponsor. Saralou is an inactive member now that she has · a husband and a year-old baby to take care of, besides her school work, but she will always be an Alpha Sig to us .

We sure did hate to see Phena Daniel, our president for the past two years, leave us. A farewell party was given in her honor at the Tavern, January 24. Individual cakes and cokes were served . The cakes were red and white with Phena written across each one.

Phena is teaching speech now at Gould, Arkansas, but she is demonstrating leadership ability. We will all miss her, but in our hearts she will always be with us.

Lorraine Larson is now president of Beta Mu chapter and Connie Cox was elected to fill Laurie's old p::,st as vice-president. ·W e think we have two very able leaders in these two girls.

Love in A'£A, Elizabeth Day

GAMMA CLIO State Teachers College, Cortland, New York

Dear Alpha Sigs: Since you last heard from us we've been as busy as bees. We closed the month of October with a Halloween party for the orphans from the Children's Home. We're still trying to decLde who had the better time. Ducking for apples, hunting for candy and peeping in and out from behind weird masks were all part of the fun .

In November we held a card party for the faculty from school and the townspeople. The admission fee ,· a donation of fifty cents, helped us make the final payment on our new rug .

Just when everyone was excited about going home for Thanksgiving, tragedy struck the school. The Arethusa Sorority house was damaged by fire and three girls lost their lives. For those who remained there was a serious problem of adequate housing . So all residence houses which weren't full took in some of the girls . We now have two, Ann Ryder and Dorothy Bowden, living with us and everyone loves them. We call them "Alphathuras."

The sadness of Thanksgiving was followed by the hope which the Yuletide Season brings. Our Christmas Party had tHe warmth of the gathering together of close friends .

The New Year brought refreshing new ideas for our Rush Parties and thirteen wonderful pledges.

In preparation for our first Rush Party ' we invaded all the stables in town collecting saddles; boots, leopard skins, and moose heads to provide a western setting for our guests. The entertainment was an original western skit with Hop-Along Cassidy, Flora Dora Girls, twanging guitars and tinny piano music.

The atmosph~re of the wild and woolly west was replaced by candlelight and dignity for the Coffee Hour which was our second Rush Party.

On Tuesday evening, February 8, we solemnly pledged thirteen girls to the Clionian Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha .

Love in A'£A, Mary Smythe

BETA NU Murray State Teachers College, Murray, Kentucky

Dear Alpha Sigs: The year 1 948 is gone, but fond memories of happy times in A'£A stay with us always. ' We are so proud of our five new members . Their enthusiasm is catching, and they have brought a new spirit into our meetings which is indeed invigorating .

Our "Mistletoe Ball" was the red-letter night on Beta Nu's calendar last year. Bunches of Kentucky mistletoe and silver stars were "hung with care." A giant cotton snow-man greeted couples at the door. A ga'y Christmas tree beamed brightly upon the merry dancers. The height of the evening was the presentation of "Miss Murray State" and the "Campus Favorites." To add luster to an already shining evening, Billy Shelton's Orchestra ended the dance by playing our own "Sweetheart Song ."

Beta Nu has scored again. Our own Mary Lou King has been chosen Prom Queen, giving Alpha Sig a monopoly on the beauty market. (Beta Nu's Barbara Bigham presided as Queen last year.)

Our president, Ann Lowry, has gone on to greater glory in the drama world. Ann had a leading role in the comedy play, "John Loves Mary," in which she turned out another spectacular "Lowry performance ."

We have lost three of our- dearest members. Mary Lou Simons, Jane Woad, and Joyce Wynn have gone the way all good graduates go. Patsy Clover, Letricia Outland, and yours truly have been elected to temporarily fill the. offices they left vacant.

To all of the A'£A Chapters I want to extend a belated "Happy New Year." We Beta Nu's are planning big things for A'£A in 1949. I know that similar great plans are being laid in every Chapter. We are anx ious to hear of them.

Love in A'£A, Donna Graves

RHO CHI Wayne University, Detroit,

~ichigan

Dear Alpha Sigs: Once more if's Phoenix time, when we have the chance to tell all about our chapter activities. It seems like a long time since I've reported what' s what in Detroit. So I'll just recount the most important things.

For example, rush parties. As for our once a year rushing at Wayne, all I can say is so far so good. We have already had two parties and are now looking forward to our third which will be on February 20th .

You might like to hear about the theme .we used for the last party which was held in November at Wayne's own Student Center. The theme was a Kiddies' Party.

All of the Alpha Sigs had bows in their hair and everyone present was wearing a red or white felt name tag.

Some had birds, some fish, and others little elephants pinned on their lapels. The invitations were pipe-cleaner dolls dressed in cotton prints with paper invitations in their hands. Entertainment included games and a skit by one of ou~ Alums, Margaret Sauter. Refreshments were box lunches On . a bag).

Another social function we all enjoyed was our New Year's Party which was held by the Rho Chi's for the alums. A bridge party with refreshme nts and prizes provided fun for all .

We in Detroit are looking forward to hearing about all of you in the Phoenix. We all send Love in A'£A, Jacqueline Joly

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40 BETA PI Concord College, Athens, West Virginia

Dear Sisters in LA: Th is is Beta Pi's first news letter of the year. We would li ke to review our activiti es for you.

The first thing that faced us upon returning to sc hool was to find ourselves a new adviser. We were luc ky to find Mrs . Virg inia Alrutz . We then hod initiation for our new adviser and a new member, Nancy Jo Smith.

Although we didn't win a prize for homecoming decorations this year, the two attendants to the Varsity Queen, who were presented to the student body at that time, were ALA's, Doris Witten and Florence Purtee .

The next event was on Founder's Day. Mrs. Kenneth Honey, our patroness, honored us with a teo at which time our Founder' s Day program was presented .

We hod a successful rushing sea so n. Our first party was the " Mex ican Night Club," to which approx imately thirty girls were invited. Golden earrings were given a s favors. The formal rush party was. given at Oliver's .

The dinner consisted of chicken-in-the-basket and all the t rimmings. Compacts were given a s â&#x20AC;˘ ovors to our guests.

On the day we received our list of pledges, another patroness, Mrs. Virginia Gerold, invited us to her home for a party .

The next event was pledging. We gained ten sisters : Phy llis Holliday, Pauline McCown, Katherine Mayhew, Pot Urbina, Peggy Hambrick, Pansy Howell, Kathleen Cos ima, Cloro Taylor, Margaret Tonner, and Louise Magyar. Another member, Dono Farley, is yet to be pledged .

This brings us around to Christmas at which time Mrs. A. A Hadden gave our annual Christmas party for both actives and pledges.

Plans for our Candy Cone Formal, which is to be given March 12th, by our preps and brother fraternity preps, Phi Sigma Phi , ore keeping us buzzing, but we love it.

We will try to see that Beta Pi has a letter in every iss ue from now on .

Love in ALA, Shirley Wriston

BETA RHO Northern Illinois State Teachers College, DeKalb, Illinois

Dear Alpha Sigs : Whiz, Zoom, Swish, ore the most ,appropriate terms I can th in k of to describe the busy, swift moving girls of Beta Rho since the lost Phoenix Magazine was issued .

Installation , rush week, parti es, dinners, and more parties ore a ll port of what has ke pt Beta Rhos busy and happy for the lost seve ral months.

Initiotion took place here in the Iotter port of December, and six new girls become our sisters. All of them ore wonderful additions to our gro up.

Quickly following initiation was Rush Week, when Beta Rho gave as their first party a "Coke Clutch ."

Nex t was another informpl party having Christmas a s its theme, and old St. Nick as the guest of honor. He presented all who were present with a little token to remember him by. So pleased was everyone with their vis it from Santo that on the return from Chr istmas vocation a formal dinner was held at the Rice Hotel.

On January 13, the following girls were pledged : Virginia Brown, Morna Shuster, Jane Johnson, Joan Mort, J oan Crabb, and Carol Kremor.

January also crowded into its thirty-one short days the annual Winter Carnival here at N. I. Beta Rho spo nso red a fish pond concession which was a d e lightful success and contributed much to the gala affair.

February has arrived and already has seen two happy events toke place . On Feb ruary 5, Beta Rho sponsored a ring toss concessio n at the World Student Service Fund Carni val. The proceeds were donated to this worthy cause. On February 7, Beta Rho celebrated its fi rst birthday as a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Birthday co ke and coffee were enjoyed by all members and pledges.

Plans for sponsoring the DeKolb area Cancer Drive ore now being discussed, and we ore determined to break our three hundred dollar record of last year.

Two of our members, Barbaro Botwell and Martha Self, received beautiful sparkling diamonds for Christmas, and we ore wishing them all the happiness in the world .

Love in ALA, Mylroe Rundle

BETA SIGMA Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, Missouri

Dear A'i:A Sisters: '/Veil , it is time to catch our .breath . It just seems like the ALA girls at SMS are always busy.

Our biggest event is a dinner dance on February 26 at Riverside. All January we looked forward to it but as you all know we hod enough ice here to refrigerate Alaska for years, so we postponed it and ore trying again . It is going to be formal.

Spring dances are in our minds, tao: as ours comes on the first of April. More worry, but what fun! This is to be at Half-A-Hill with a dance band from Kansas City-we hope .

Lost month we were so very busy collecting dimes for the March of Dimes campaign at a downtown theater. Four girls hod their pictures token for the city paper-Amelia Zuchelli, Betty Turner, Betty Boker, and yours truly. Next month comes the Cancer Drive and more collecting. We feel we are really helping, so ore wi lling workers.

Volentine's Day will find us issuing heart invitations to a dozen campus leaders we hope to make our pledges.

By the way, we hove three new actives-Mary Lou Broke, Betty Boker, and Betty Turner.

Ju ne Routh was our candidate for Homecoming Queen; Mary Jean Shoffner on attendan t to the Sig Tau Rose; and Betty Bo ke r, our candidate for Miss Merry Christmas, and was chose n as "J udy" of Springfield for the " Dote wit h Judy" program. Aren't our Beta Sigmas active?

Ou r pledges for lost term gave us a wonderful party for Ch rist mas, including presents and delicious refreshments. l~itiotion se rvices were held at First and Calvary Presbyterian Church and a fterwords junior actives and senior actives hod coffee together at Harmon's.

We also hove a new alumnae adviser, Jane Berghous, and a new patroness, M iss Pauline Defriese. Both ore grand to work with, and will odd lots of enthusiasm to our chapter activities.

Until next time, Love in ALA, Martha Mongan

HOTEL RESERVATION BLANK EIGHTEENTH NATIONAL CONVENTION ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA Gratiot Inn Port Huron, Michigan August 22-26, 1949 I will attend the "House Party" Convention .

Name : _ _ _ _ _ _College :

Chapter : Home Address :

As a delegate from: or As a visitor from: I wish to room with : Home Address : College Address, if any:

<;ONVENTION EXPENSES: American Plan Two in a room-many rooms connecting which gives a "home" atmosphere .

Four days' hotel expenses @ $9 .00 per day plus 10 % tip : .. . . , . ... . .... . . $39 .60 Registration Fee : ... . . ... . ... . ... . ..... ..... ... . 路. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 This fee includes Convention newspaper, banquet, use of sports equipment Toto ~ expenses .. . ..... ... ... . .. .. ... . . . ........ . . . ............. . $44 .60 Early reservations will be g iven room preference .

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Elizabeth Tucker to Dr. David Edgar McGaw on August 4, 1945 . At home R. F. D. 1, Sanbornville, New Hampshire.

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Weaver to Arthur Galnett on September 4, 1948.

At home 4400 Pine Street, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania . · MARRIAGES ~ Detwiler to Sherwood Ritz, Jr ., on October 31, .

ALPHA 1 948 . At home 1 15 First Avenue, State College, Margaret Cabaniss to Earl Wendell Andrews on July 24, Pennsylvania.

1 948 . At home V.P. I. Blacksburg, Virginia, P. 0 . ~belle Miller to Upsher Berkley Ellis on August 28, Box 5082 .

1948 . At home 2526 Coral Street, Philadelphia, Anne Pettis to James Preston Fisher, Jr., on June 26, Pennsylvania.

1 948 · At home 1 608 Nattsway Avenue, Richmond, ~renee Ch am b ers t o Alb er t J ac k son on J une · l2 , 1 948 .

Virginia.

A t home 617 Tenth Avenue, Prospect Park, PennsyiMartha Halloway to Charles Dromgoole Trunb_ull, Jr., on vania . · November 1 1 1 948 At home 800 Baldwm Avenue,~ ances Steeley to Richard Lowe on August 28, 1 948 . · . : .

N or f o lk , V 1rgm1a.

At home 128 West 7th Street, Conshohocken, PennDorothy Lewis Owen to Harvey Johnson Hubbard, Jr., on .

December 23 1947. At home Route 4, Box 293, ? Y1vanla .

Roanoke, Vir~inia. \lf'leanor Walsh to William· Jordan on June 12, 1948.

Helen Jackson to Luther Allen Willis, Jr.,· on December At home 112 East Durham Street, Philadelphia, Penn17, 1948. At home 1207 13th Street, S.W ., Roanoke, _/iYivania.

Virginia.

0oann Tyson to Rev. Paul Weber on June 26, 1948 . At home Lafayette, Indiana, care of Lutheran Campus ...,-Pastor.

ALPHA BETA Mary Quinn to Stanley Sadich on December 20, 1948 . ""Hester Louise Snyder to George E. Null on March 20, At home Woodriver, Illinois .

1948. At home 17 North Russell, York, Pennsylvania. \.)Gne Evelyn Houseknecht to Robert E. Kelhart on January 29, 1948. At home 119 W . West, Allentown , ALPHA GAMMA Pennsylvania. vMartha Louise Perry to Clarence Robert Martin on July 10, 1 948. At home 1332 West Alleghany Avenue, ~I Eugenia Barrett to Leonard Cousins on February 5 , 1949. ·At home One the Crescent, Montclair, New Philadelphia 32, Pennsylvania. ¥ Jersey. ~ne Shaffer to Ralph E." Peters on June 12, 1948. At home 312 West College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania.

NU NU vLllian McFadden to Burke W . Jay on October 18, 1946.

At home 335 West School House La ., Philadelphia , c/fna Lou Conklin to Willard Huffman Hilton on July 11, ~ 4, Pennsylvania .

1948. At home Box 57, Matfield Green, Kansas. ~orothy Hutton to James B. Kase on October 16, 1948 . v1(i !een How~ll to Harry W . Barnett on April 11, 1941 .

At home F3, Staunton Court, Sprague and Horlter At home 1520 Washington, Emporia, Kansas.

Street, Philadelphia 19, Pennsylvania .

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~ncy Gundrum to Dr. George Poust on June 19, 1948 .

At home 1401 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PennMildred Hauthorn to Leonard Ambrose Trenchard on / sylvania.. · August 7, 1948 . At home 626 North Delaware, In- \IFl elen M. Hutchinson to Allan Geiser on June 26, 1948 . dependence, Missouri.

At home 380 Conklin Avenue, Binghampton, New / York.

ETA ETA \/Betty Shan~ to Robert Dodge on June 19, 1948 . At Mary Elizabeth Anderson to Ernest A. Justice on March home 48 East Cleveland Avenue, Norwood, Pennsyl28, 1 948. At home 231 8 Upham Street, Madison 4 , / vania.

Wisconsin.

V Eiaine Kelly to Frederick J . Naramore on September 4, 1948. At home 44 Crestline Road, Strafford Village, THETA THETA J Wayne, Pennsylvania .

Leslie Elterich to Harold A. .Goolishian on August 24, V Mary Bowman to Jack Harvey Cleland on June 19, 1 948 . At home P. 0 . Box 242, East Lansing, Michi1 948 . At home 249 Revere Road, Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania . gan.

42 XI XI Mary Jane Aitkin to Harold Charles Mitchell an August 6, 1 948. At home 4046 Ohio Street, San Diego 4, California .

THE PHOENIX Dorothy Glover to Richard C. Walker on April 3, 1948.

At home 2302 East Main, Endicott, New York Mary O'Connor to Herbert Gates, Jr., on December 28 , 1 948 . At home 414 West Wendell Street, Endicott, New York.

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BETA XI Beatrice Gay to John W . Persohn, Jr., on August 7, ./.: 路 .

1948. At home Box 5001 , College Station, Texas. V Sue Ann Wetzler to Donald M. G1bbs on September 5, . b H C 路 D J h D L h J t b 1948. At home 1023 E. State Street, lthica, New urt1n to r. o n . ync , r., on 0 c o er y k El 1za et ) or 路 l , 9, 1948. At home 592 West Ferry Street, Buffalo, New York. \;Volborg l'lickel to Richard Willklm Henry an October 29, 1948. At home 221 East Main Street, Mt. Kisco, Shirley Conve rse to E. Lud Williams on June 26, 1948.

New York.

At home 1562 Neilson Street, Utica 3, New York.

Helen Marie Schraeder to Richard Gerrie on July 3, 1 948 . At home 1 3 Pierce Avenue, Hamburg, New BIRTHS York.

Virginia Tomic to William Congreve Jackson, Jr, on ALPHA October 6, 1948. At home 471 West 83rd Street, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Friend, Jr. (Barbara Tripp), a son, Miami, Florida .

Roger Hartley, on June 2, 1948.

PHI PHI Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. King (Shirley McCalley), a son, Marelyn Partridge to Robert Mark Barrett on June 3, Mark Anderson on August 9, 1948.

1948 . At home King City, Missouri.

Patti Bosch to Robert John Bixl~r on Septemb~r 5, 1 948 .

ALPHA BETA At home 721 Stevens, Geneva, Illinois.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hedgers (Dorothy Hutchison), a daughter, Teresa Jean, on August 19, 1948.

CHI CHI Mr. and Mrs. George Golden (Marian Epperson), a son, Marjorie Stafford to Claren~e LaHayne on May 22, James Robert, on October 2, 1 948 .

1 948 . At home 713 Rex Street, South Bend, Indiana .

Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Rohweder Uane Givens), a daughter, Rosalie Glesing to Edward Honey on June 19, 1 948 .

Sandra Jane, by adoption.

At home Route 1, Selma, Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. W . G. Bondurant (Ruth Mulford ), a son, David William, on June 8, 1948.

BETA EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Estes (Mary Margaret Shoush), a Evelyn MacDonald to Carroll Daniel Rea on June 19, son, Glenn H., on July 28, 1948 .

1945. At home 3128 Willow Road, Grove Park, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Davis (Clara Mallincordtl, a son, Roanoke, Virginia. 路 Patrick Erwin, on August 11, 1 948.

Lois Leigh Phelps to D. Harlee Cooley on August 30, 1948 . At home 227 Clay Street, Suffolk, Virginia.

ALPHA GAMMA Margaret Hoggard to Thomas Whitehurst Peterson on Mr. and Mrs. John G. Caber (Thelma Trusall, a daughAugust 14, 1948. At home R.F.D. 3, Richmond, Virter, Linda Jane, on September 15, 1948. ginia.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown (Mildred Weber), a daughter, Betty Way Myers to George Richard Hedrick on June Pamela, on September 24, 1 948 .

19, 1 948 . At home 13 Monroe Apartment, Brandon Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia .

BETA BETA BETA ETA Mr. and Mrs. Neils Glock (Gertrude Crone), o son, Gregory 1\!eils, on September 15, 1948.

Georgine Tillquist to Robert Anner on August 29, 1948.

At home 1401 Fillmore Avenue, Denver 6, Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hansen (Doris Stream) o son, David Lawrence, on October 31, 1 948. ' Julia Armstrong to Eugene M. Anderson on June 16, 1 948. At home Matt, North Dakota.

Mr. and Mrs. Glendon McEwen (Betty Barnes), o daughter, Peggy Lynn, on October 3, 1947 .

BETA KAPPA DELTA DELTA Mary Weinberg to Henry Hoke on January 29, 1949.

At home 1636 Home Avenue, Berwyn, Illinois.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haile, Jr. (Pauline Lamp), a daughter, Nancy Ellen, on December 18, 1948 .

BETA LAMBDA GAMMA GAMMA Bettye Freeman to J . W . Fullerton on August 15, 1948.

At home 1508 Battery, Little Rock, Arkansas.

GAMMA CLIO Ruth Hallas to William John Esrich on June 27 , 1948 .

At home Davi s Trailer Pork, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, P. 0 . Box 233 .

Mr. and Mrs . Quentin Hadwiger (Meredith Donley), a daughter, Joy Lee, on June 25, 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs . Kenneth L. Wilson (Isla Ricks) a son Allen Lee, on March 17, 1948 . ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Poovey (Ethel Green), a son, Waldo Deck, on October 6, 1948 .

MARCH, 1949 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Paris (Naomi Warren ), a son, Philip Alvin, on June 9, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gentry Uonnie Lane), a son, William Byron, on January 23, 1949.

EPSILON EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. William C. Letchfi e ld (Joan Calhoun), a daughte r, Helen Ann, on September 10, 1 948 .

Mr. and Mrs . Kenneth West (Mary Margaret Woodmansee), a son , William Kimberly, on Septe mber 14, 1948.

THETA THETA Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 0 . Pickering (Louise C. Musgrove), a daughter, Jean Musgrove, on May 6, 1 945 .

Dr. and Mrs. David Edgar McGaw (Elizabeth Tuc ker), a son, Douglas Bruce, on October 15, 1946, and Eric Malcolm on October 4, 1948 .

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Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. Smith <J ean M itchell), a son , Malcolm Mitchell , on June 25 , 1948 . New address, 233 Orchard Drive, Kenmore 17, New Yor k.

Dr. and Mrs . Stanley Widger (Lois Jane Terry), a daugh ter, Nancy Jane, on October 17 , 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Strickland (Catherine Myers), o daughter, Ke rry Dee, on November 7, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs . Casey Forrest (Caryl M . Bre nnan ), a son, Gary Thomas, on November 28 , 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs. William Herdle (Mary Zerby), a son, Jeffrey Clark, on November 12, 1 948 .

CHI CHI Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lewellen (Lorraine Reibl ing ), a daughter, Patricia Ann, on June 13 , 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harrington <Jeanne McCarthy), a son, Patr ick Edwin, on July 15, 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs. George Turnail , a so n, Charl es Douglas,. on May 5, 1948. Patroness of XX.

Mr. and Mrs . William English (Marie Bauele), a son, Stephen Gretz , on August 1, 1 948 .

Mr. and Mrs . K. George Laquer (Mary Detwiler), a daughte r, Eri ka Jane, on January 6, 1 948 .

Mr. and Mrs. La yton Righter (Christine Knobloch ), a son, Layton, Jr., in June, 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy (Lauretta Weimer), a daughter, Ellen Kathryn, on July 17, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. William Bender (Mildred Boss) , a daughter, Barbara Loui se, on Decem ber 3, 1947 . New addre s~ , Ce nterville, Michigan .

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Mr. and Mrs. Foster P. Bryan (Evelyn Whetsel) , a daugh ter, Sara joann, on September 30, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gorrell (Margaret Shelby), a son, on June 24, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Goodall (Penn y Halper), a son, Lawrence Michael, on September 5 , 1948 .

NU NU Mr. and Mrs. Perry Trice (Shirley Maines), a daughter, Pamela Diane, on October 31, 1 948 .

Mr. and Mrs . William Schwarze (Jisie C. Graetz), a daughter, Susan Christine, on November 7, 1948.

PI PI Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wedekindt (Frances Cumm ins), a daughter, Linda Carol , on October 4 , 1 948 .

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kai ser (Gladys Young ), a son, Robert Robson, on August 7, 1948 . Address, 30 Fairway East, "Sayville, Long Island, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Peterson (Ethel Schutt), a son, Gary Lance, on August 6, 1948.

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Mr. and Mrs . Kenneth Howe, a daughter, Katherine Louise, on May 4, 1 948 . Patroness df XX .

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Emery (Margaret Schofield), a daughter, Sue Ann, on Juiy 2, 1948 .

BETA EPSILON Mr. and Mrs. Latham L. Thigpin, Jr., (Frances Warren ), a daughter, Margaret Smith, onMarch 27 , 1947.

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Loving, Jr. (Geraldine Ailstoc k), a son, John Farnsworth, on October 5 , 1 946 .

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Mr. and /l(trs. Leonce Richard (Stella Dreye r) , a daughter, Nevelyn Ann, on July 15, 1948 .

Mr. and Mrs. S. A Anderson (Lo lita Wat k ins), a dough. ter, Georgia Lqvina , on May 28 , 1 948 .

BETA IOTA Mr. and M rs. Walter Egbert Beve rly (Opal Mattox), o son, Walter Bryant, on January 1S, 194 9 .

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin (Alberta Ackler), a son, V Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Zachow (Mary Schmidt), a dough John Michael , on October 12, 1 948 . ter, She rida Ann, on December 27, 1948 .

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tDirectory 1948-1949 Alpha Gamma- Jean Strowcutter, 1039 Washington St. , Indiana, Pennsy lvania.

Beta Beta-Rose Ann Alexander, Snyder Hall , Greeley, Colorado .

Epsi lon Epsilon Nodine Ridenour, 626 Arundel , Emporia , Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Ellen Buck, Yeater Hall , Warrensburg, Missouri.

National Council President Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy Ave. , Independe nce, Missouri .

Vice-President-Miss Virginia Carpenter, 13605 Shaker Blvd. , Cleve land 20, 0.

Secretory-Miss He len Corey, 631 0 Sherwood Rood, Overbrook, P.h ilodelphio , 31 , Pennsylvania .

Treasurer-Miss Esther Bucher, Suite 226 , 1025 Grand Ave. , Kansas City 6 , Mo .

Registrar-Miss Marion S. Powell , 13715 Terrace Rood, East Cleveland 12, Ohio .

Alumnae Directo r - Miss Evel yn G. Bell , 767 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo 9, New York.

Editor-Mrs. B. F. Leib, 3540 N. Pennsylvania Street, Apartment T, Indianapoli s 5, Indiana.

Louisiana.

Alumnae Editor- Miss Eloise Proctor, 3 110 North Delaware Street, Ind ionopolis 5 , Indiana .

College Ed ito r-Miss Joan Steinmiller, 89 Keswick Rood, Eggertsville 21 , N. Y. Alumnae Organizer-Mrs. Donald Frost, 1020 N. Campbell Ave,., Tucson, Ariz .

Publ ic Relations Director- Mrs. Leonard Cousi ns, No . 1 The Crescent, Montclair , New Jersey.

Constitution-Mrs. J. E. Gillespie, 221 E. 46th St. , Kansas City 2, Missouri .

Fellows hip Mrs. Snead Camden , Chatham , Virginia.

Scholarship-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 2800 Dexter St., Denve r 7, Colorado .

Historian Miss Louise Stewart, 1330 Blue Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio.

Co nvention Miss Hel e n Corey, 6310 Sherwood Rood, Overbrook, Ph iladel phia 3 1, Pennsylvania.

Art Mrs. Ro bert J . Wolf, 1021 Argo Blvd., Schenectady, N. Y. Music-Mrs. Arthur L. Hellrich , 76 W .

Genesee St. , Apt. 4 , New Hartford, New York.

Founders ' Day-Mrs. Harriett B. Johnson , 137 N. Saratoga St ., Suffolk, Virginia .

Panhellenic

Muncie, Indiana.

Psi Psi-Marilyn Finley, Box 958 Northwestern State College, Natchitoches,

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Eta Eta-Joan Babcock-412 W. 7th St., Pittsburg , Kansas .

Theta Theta-Betty Michelini , 63 Beal s St. , Brookline, Massachusetts.

Kappa Kappa-Hope Polishuk, 1938 .N. Park Ave. , Philadelphia, Pennsy lvan ia .

Nu Nu-Betty Proctor, 2654 S. Doggett St., Ph iladelphia 42, Pennsylvomo .

Xi Xi-Cornelia Bosman , 245 Monterey, South Pasadena , California .

Pi Pi-Julio Hogan, N. Y. State College for Teachers, Buffalo , N . Y. Rho Rho-J oan Hood , Laidley Hall , Huntington, West Virginia.

Sigma Sigma Lido Milliken, Chipeto Hall , Gunni son , Colorado .

Tau Tau Lois Bell , Custer Hall , Hays, Kansas.

Phi Phi Pot Smith, 316 S. Fillmore, Maryville, Missouri .

Chi Chi-Martha Worster, 509 N. Colvert,

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Cha irman-Miss L. Pearl e Green, 302 Fall Creek Drive, Ithaca, New York.

ASA Delegate Mrs . Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy Ave ., Independence, Mo.

(ditorial Staff NATIONAL EDITOR Mrs . B. F. Leib, 3540 N. Pennsy lvan ia St., Apt . T. , Indianapolis 5, Indiana .

COLLEGE EDITOR-Miss Joan Steinm iller, 89 Keswi ck Road, Eggertsville 21, N.Y. Alpha-Betty Ann Barker, State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia .

Alpha Beta-Ann King, 610 S. Marion, Kirksville, Missouri.

Beta Delta-Peggy Johnson, Mississippi Southern College, Hattiesburg , Miss.

Beta Epsilon-Patricio Ingram , Madison College , Box 552, Harrisonburg, Vo .

Beta Zeta-Resina Landry, 515 Congress, Lafayette , Louisiana .

Beta Theta-Francis Huszarik, 224 Barnard Hall , Mt. Pleasant , Michigan .

Beta Iota-Sarah Noell, Box 123 , Rodford College, Radford , Virginia .

Beta Ka ppa-Mary Reilly, 717 W. Adams, Macomb, Illinois .

Beta Lambda- Betty Barnett, A.S .T.C. , Box 529, Conway, Arkansas.

Beta Mu El izabeth Day, Box 487, H.S.T.C. , Arkadelphia, Arkansas .

Gamma Clio Mary Smythe, 22 West Court St. , Cortland, N. Y. Beta Nu-Donno Groves, College Station, Murray, Kentucky.

Rho Chi - Jacqueline Joly, 4810 Three Mile Drive, Detroit, Michigan.

Beta Pi-Shirley Wriston, Box 98 , Athens, West Virginia.

Beta Rho-M yl roe Lone Rundle, 710 N. Fourth St., DeKolb, Illinoi s.

Beta Sig ma Martha Mongan , 1622 North Cloy, Springfield, Missouri.

ALUMNAE EDITOR-Miss El oise Proctor, 3110 N. Delaware St ., Indianapolis 5, Ind iana .

Akron , Ohio-Mrs. Joseph Washko, 1441 Redwood Ave ., Akron, Oh io.

Allentown- Bethlehem Mrs . Kenneth Swayne, 1418 W. Market St., Bethlehem , Po. Al va , Oklahoma-Miss Minnie Schockley, 520 Center St., Alva , Okl ahoma .

Boston, Massachusetts Miss Marie Ro vesi , 856 Main St ., Molden, Moss.

Buffalo, New York-Mrs . Will iam Suggs, 179 St . James Place, Buffalo 9 , N . Y. Canton, Ohio-Mrs. Ronald Horner, 306 37th St. N. W. , Canton , Ohio.

Cent ral Pennsyl vania-Hester S. Null, 17 N. Russel St ., York, Pennsylvania .

Charleston , West Virgini a Miss Eloi se Keller, 321 22nd St. S. E., Charleston , West Virginia.

Chicago Illinois-Mi ss Dorothy Masters, Eo stg~te Hotel , 162 E. Ontario , Chicago , Illinois.

Clevel and , Ohio-Miss Virginia Carpenter, 13605 Shaker Blvd. , Clevel and 20, 0.

Col orado Springs , Colorado-M rs. Zenas Brush. 1917 W . Colored) Ave., Colorado Springs, Col orado.

Columbus Ohio-Mrs. Charles Cummings, 63 Ard~n Rood , Co lumbus, Ohio .

Denve r, Colorode> - Mrs. John Es kridge, 2606 S. Milwaukee, Denver 10, Col o.

Des Moines, Iowa-Mi ss Fl orence Harl ey, 900 36th St ., Des Moines, Iowa.

Detro it, Michigan-Mrs. Charlotte Jor9ensen, 1001 Beaconsfield, Grosse Pomte, Michigan .

Detro it , Michigan (Rho Chi)-Mi ss Bobs Dickieson, 9660 Burnette, Detro1t 4 , Michigan.

Emporia , Kansas-Mrs. Jock Larkin , Student Union No . 6 , K.S.T.C., Empono , Kansas.

Greeley, Col o rado-Mrs . Loydeon Kelly, 2514 1Oth Ave . Court, Greeley, Colo .

Harrisonburg , Virginia-Mrs. Warren T. White, Jr., 358 Monticello Ave. , Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Houma Louisiana-Mrs. Raymond Thibodeau~, 524 Gobosse, Houma, Louisiana.

Hui Hoolouleo-Miss Edna Bergman, c j o The Coleman Co . Inc. Ltd ., Honolulu , T. H. 9

Huntington , West Virginia --:- Miss Ruth Fisher, 634 4th St., Hunt1ngton, West Virginia .

Indiana po lis Indiana-Miss Eloise Proctor, 3110 N. 'Delaware St., Indianapolis 5 , Ind iana.

Joplin, Missouri-Mrs . C. 0 .. Smith , Jr ., 710 N . Jocksol), Galena , M1ssoun .

Kansas City, Missouri-Mrs . E. R.. Clifton, 503 Word Parkway, Kansas C1ty, Mo. Kirksville Missouri-Mrs. Emily King, 111 E. Pott~rson , Kirksville, Missouri .

Lafayette Lo u isi ana-Mrs . Bil ly Bolton , 708 Lafayette, Lafayette, Lou is iana .

Little Rock, Arkansas-Mrs. T. L. Cole, 2012 South Blvd., Conway, Arkansas.

Maryville, M issouri Mrs . Harold Job , 1202 N. Ma in , Marysville, Missouri.

Muncie, Ind iono-Mrs . Everett Thresher, 1314 E. Adams St., Muncie, Indiana .

Natchitoches, Lou isi ana-M iss Cl io Allen , 120 Behan, Natchitoches, Lou isiana.

New York, New York-Miss Lynn Davis , 1 7 Frankl yn Place, Maplewood , New Jersey.

Niagara Falls, New York Miss Alice Wincenc, 317 Main St ., Niagara Falls, New York .

Ph iladelph ia , Pennsylvan ia Mrs. John W. Anderson, 33 East 2nd St ., Moorestown, New Jersey.

Pittsburg, Kansas-Mrs. Margaret Pennock, 502 W . Fourth , Pittsburg, Kon .

Pittsburgh, Pen nsylvania Mrs . Joseph Rochez, 1930 Ardmore Blvd., Pittsburgh 21 , Pennsylvania.

Richmond, Virg inia-Miss Joscelyn Gillum , 3300 North Ave. , Richmond 22 , Vo .

Rochester, New York-Mrs . Allan Coleman, 345 Lake Ave., Eddy Apts ., Rochester, New York .

Roano ke, Virgin ia-Mrs. E. B. Gordon , Jr ., 1610 Westover Ave ., Roanoke, Virginia .

Sout h Bend , Ind iana Mrs. Abe Zoss, 1234 Clover St., South Bend , Indiana .

St. Louis, Missouri-Mrs. V. C. Gromsch, 3905 Utah, St . Lou is, Missouri.

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Suffolk, Virginia-Mrs. Donald M Johnson, 137 N. Saratoga St., Suffolk, Virginia.

Topeka, Kansas-Mrs . Robert Rue, 612 Medford St. , Topeka, Kansas .

Triple Cities-Miss Gloria Howland, 207 E. Edward Ave., Endicott, New York .

Tucson, Arizona Mrs. George Sparks, R. R. 9, Box 464, Tucson, Arizona.

Tulsa, Oklahoma-Miss Wanda Chronis- 路 ter, 1522Y2 S. Gillette, Tulsa, Okla .

Washington , D. C.-Mrs. M. L. Appleton , Jr., 3430- B S. Utah St., Fairlington, Arlington, Virginia.

Wichita , Kansas- Mrs. William Wright, 5212 E. Central , Wichita , Kansas. *New Editor

Chapter Alumnae Secretaries Alpha-Miss Mary St. Clair Bugg, 303 W. Main Street, Suffolk, Virginia.

Alpha Beta-Mrs. Ralph Vorhees, P. 0.

Box 356, Kirksville, Missouri.

Alpha Gamma - .Mrs. Philip Meyer, 233 Third St reet, Aspinwell, Pennsylvania.

Beta Beta-Mrs. Reinard Schlosser, 2800 Dexter Street, Denver 7, Colorado .

Gamma Gamma-Mrs . Joseph Bozzacco, 760 Sherwood Ave. , Youngstown, Ohio .

Epsilon Epsilon Mrs. E. D. Fish, 811 State Street, Emporia, Kansas.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs . Irving Sparks, 815 Col lege, Columbia , Missouri .

Eta Eta-Miss Mary Reiff, Box 121 , La Cygne, Kansas.

Theta Theta-Mrs. Loui se Fletcher, 141 Marked Tree Road, Needham, Mass .

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. John W . Anderson, 33 E. 2nd St. , Moorestown, N. J .

Nu Nu-Mrs. William Crook , 2936 Berkley Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

Xi Xi Mrs . Wi llard Anderson , 2371 Dav idson Ave., San Bernardino, Calif.

Pi Pi-Miss Marion G. Thomas, 220 E. Delevan Ave. , Buffalo 8 , New York .

Rho Rho-Mrs. Jack Heller, 1443 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington , West Va .

Sigma Sigma-Mrs. Delmar Zeiger, 906 S. Main St., Lamar, Colorado .

Tau Ta u-Mrs. John Renning , 505 East 11th St. , Ellis , Kansas .

Phi Phi-Mrs. Bohm Townsend , 219 West 2nd St., Maryville, M issouri .

Chi Chi-Mrs. Harold Bull, 317 Ashland Ave., Muncie, Indiana.

Psi Psi-Mrs. Joe Hutch Brewer , 1726 S. Victor, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Beta Gamma-Mrs. Albert Goodall , 1404 Callahan St. , Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Beta Delta - Miss Marie Scan lon, 1701 Indiana , LaPorte, Indiana.

Beta Epsilon-Mrs. Robert Grady, 2400 Swartout Ave. , Wood_land Hills, Richmond, Va.

Beta Zeta-Mrs . Walter F. Carnal, Jr. , Lecompte, Louisiana .

Beta Theta-Mrs . J . D. Rose, Jr., 5454 Haverford, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Beta Eta-Miss Leila Woods, State Teachers College, Dickinson, North Dakota .

Beta Iota-Mrs. Sam Scruggs, 918 First Street, Radford, Virginia.

Beta Kappa Mrs. Henry Hohe, 1 636 Home Ave., Berwyn, Ill inois.

Bet~ Lambda-Miss Ruth Worm , 2600 W. Markhans, Little Rock, Arkansas .

Beta Mu-Mrs . Frances C. Mclean , 1224 Eleventh St. , Arkadelphia , Arkansas .

Beta Nu-Miss Sarah Rhodes, 409 Huntington St. , Lex ington , Tennessee .

Gamma Clio-Mrs. William Esrich , Dan's Trailer Park, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 233.

Beta Xi Mrs. A. Paul Lisy, Jr., 34 Donelson St ., Providence, R. I. Alpha Alpha-Mrs. Ralph E. Woods, 4215 Verne Ave., Cincinnati 9, Ohio.

Delta Delta-Mrs. Helen Miller, 77 Eldon St., Columbus, Ohio .

Lambda Lambda Mrs. Charles Cummings , 63 Arden Rd. , Columbus 2, 0.

Mu Mu-Mrs. Otto. Kress, 1 21 0 Pearl, Ypsilanti , Michigan .

Omicron Omicron-Mrs. Paul Crawford, Plain Center Rd ., R.F.D . 2, Canton, 0.

Chi Chi (Butler)-Mrs . William Kingdon, 910 E. Kessler Blvd., Ind ianapolis, Ind .

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