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THE PRESID2NT'S MESSAGE _Agnin we meet to talk things over together, to recall things accomplished in the yen.r just closed, to look. forward to a new one potential with possibilities. "The Year 1916 has an ASA ring about it" was sa;i.d in the message that went out on Ne\v Year's »ay. It was a remarkable one in many, many ways, but principally j.n the strange, strong ties that it forged between members, between the Council, The Alumn~e and the Unde~g aduates. During all her wide and lengthy experience, your National President d.o'e s not re1.1all any other sorority or fraternity that within a few months suffered so severe tests, or that passed through such anxiety. and deep sorrow . Three of the Council we re stricken, one lingering long in the Shadow } the other passing quickly at sunset. Yet, in spite of all the untoward events, the Sorority is stronger today than ever before, stronger than many another in Hallas with a far longer chapter roll and a far larger incone ·. The yee.r has demonstrated nost clearly that a sorority's strength consists not in the length of its roll, but in the firmness of the fraternal bond. The interest and sympathy that the individual member has shovvn in every other, an interest and sympathy sq ready,. so warm and so abundaht --as to include , not only membersr~. but the families of members, have revealed a quality in Alpha Sigma Alpha that marks it a s distinctly human. MrM . Reed's death, · though in itself n calamity that the Sorority can not recover from ~or many a long d~y) has show.1 more clearly than anything else perhaps could h ave done, how very close, how strangely sweet, is the tie that binds the membership together . . . It had been our hope to devote this first iss~~e of the New Year, the first published after her death, to a Memorial Nmnber for Elva Doyle Reed, but the photographer vrho has the commission £or a likeness from which a half-tone may be nade ~as disappointed us, and so the Memorial Number• l:as been postponed until later in the month. Your National President, ho~ever, has not been content that this Memorial Ntimber should be the f'inal and only expression of the membership's a.lJpree'il<i~tb:rhon of the great work done by Mrs. Reed . A call has been sent out for suggestions from the Staff and from the membership generally . Many have _already pledged their personal loyalty to the 11 PH$ENIX 11 , which is so largely a monument to Mrs. ReedVs devotion, but also their readin9ss to do everyU1ing in their power to make it a success both now and in the ye ars ahead . Still, to your Uational Pres~ d 8nt, spl 3ndid a s may b e a ll thi s work for th e "PHO::::I:NIX" 1 it has seerae d that the Sorority might well , through its general membership 1 undertake to gr:-ng into being something that has never before existed , Several ideas Lave sugecst ed thems elves in this connection, but the one that has maie the .greatest appeal to date is a~ organization to be knovm as the SUlEUSE CLUB . There are sunsh~ne Clubs, establi sh e d for th e purpos e of brip~ ing chee r to thos e in
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darkness, and there are Sunset Clubs, composed of elderly people who are banded to?ether for the pu~pose of getting the last drop of .weet · ness out of llfe, but, so fc.r as your National President knows, ther e has never been a SUNRISE CLUB. The admits of two internretaticns. It might be made to refer to life, and therefore be a ,club for very little people, too young for campfire or boy sccut membership, and yet old enough to kno,: the difference between a amile and a fro,vn . such Sunrise Clubs would be established by A3As in charge of the lower gbades, and could be spread by them to othe1~ schools. t:r.e other hand, the · word SUNRISE might be made a synonym fo:r H0PE, and in sucl1 event a club could b~ made ~p of either old or young women, the main aim of the club bel~g to 1nspire hope in the heart of the discouraged. The two types of clubs would need very different treatment, and before taking r..1.y steps, your National President has deemed it the part of wisdom to :i."efer the matter to the general membership wi t.h a view to learni41i.'. for which 1-cind of' club ther'e would seem to be the greater need. She awaits, therefore, an expression of opinion from the membership gene j_ · · ally. · In this .. connection it. may be well to call your attention to the fe.ct that the 1 phoeniz ' is the symbol of the rising sun, renewing itself at stated intervals a:rter a period of apparent death.
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THE PHOENIX The Year. 1916 saw 85 issues of the magazine published ; 13 of Volume II and 12 ol Volume I!I . The number of printed pages sent out in the name of the PHOE!:'IX :tb.ot.alled 136, bu-t. there were quite 50 more that accompanied the regl.llur issues and acquainted the A.lum ~ nae vri th the work being done in and for the Cho.pters. As the PHOENI:: page is equal to 1 1/4 pu.ge·s of the usual Hellenic magazine, it transpires that Alpha Sir;ma Alpha has really printed for general distribution the eCiui v.:-.lent of 225 pages. , This is far more than some sororities with twice t:1e roll atter.1pt, so Alpha Sigma Alpha may well be proud of the what ha.s been done in the publication line during 1916. ·In addition to a~ this~ however, the Central Office has undertalcen in · spare time the r·vprL'lt of certain important pages in Volumes I and II, novr out of print, in order tl:at the initiates of this and succeeding yea.rs may ha.ve an ol?por t uni ty to become gamiliar with both the vital and the charming thinr;s in Alph::t Sigma Alpha. Be .. i'ore the close of 1916 there h ac1 alreJ.dy been reprinted 35 sheets altogether~ 12 sheets of Goncs 1 8 of the :Cing ASl~ legend~ 8 of the Gonstitution, By-Laws and Reculations of Alpha Sigma Alpha, e.nd 7 of the History a.nc~ Oonsti tution of tho Association of Pedagogical Sororities . It is hoped~ of cour se., that sometime it may be possible to have all these varj.ous things in tb.e from of li t t lo booldets, but it has to date see;,1e ~m,.,ise to cJ.o t~:.at .for se•reral reasons . The pass'a ge of time shovn:: the necessit y fe r frequent changes in the laws of the Sorority, so it is bette r to puJ.:. off the greater expense until such time as the CrJnvent~on sh2.ll h v.ve mot and decided a. t;reat many ques ·.. tions concerrnn" the best disposition o:' wh ich the Council a.nd C~1a pta~s are as yet undecided. Delay will,moreover, g1ve us ~1me 1n which to a rr a.nr;e t he legends in the best possible shape, and to collect a representative group o· soncs :rom every Chapter, as we ll B£ to acquire a lare;er bc:mJ.\: balance, one that wi 11 not so easily f eel the strain that publications v..t tl1e pr e sent monelht wculd put up-on what Alpha. Sigma. Al t ha hz.s _·w·.r credl ted to it . ,
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53. THE BUDGET SYSTEM Alpha_Sigma Alpha, as all but the nf'n initiates know, has in force nha~ J.s knorrn as the Budget System. Under this system, every dollar.of J.ncome has its allotted channel of distribution and ~ay n?t,be dJ.v~rte~ to ?-ny other use. When Alpha Sigma Alpha uas a · hybrJ.d organJ.zatJ.on, J.. e . a society rti th a mixed roll of normal school, col~ege and fi~ishing school, the Sorority spent its income ~s fast as J. t rras re?eJ. ved. Consequently, uhen the time· for re5rgan-· J.zation on a pedagogJ.cal basis, Alpha Sigma Alpha faced an empty · National Tr~asury . . A!l,_therefore, that it has to its credit today , and the sum J.s not J.l:'lcosJ.derable, has been accumulat ed n ithin tr:o school Y~ars •. Belie:yi~g that every member Hill be deeply interested ~.the fJ.nanc:-al condJ.tJ.on of the Sorority, as u ell as the uses to 1ThJ.ch the varJ.ous funds are put, your National President has decided to devo~e a · number of pages to a financial statement prepared by the NatJ.onal Treasurer and covering the years 191~-15 and 1915-16. · Alpha Sigma Alpha requires of each active member Annual Dues of $~. The income received from this source is ap~ortioned as follor.·s: -~~1 to Running Expense~, $1 to ConventioU, Fund, $1 to Chapter Development, $~ to tho PHOENIX , There rrould bo for each of these four purpoees, therefore, ~~1 from each of the active members, and consequently the number of dollars credited to any one fund in any one year rrould be the same as the number of active member-s for that same year. In the follo i-ring paragraphs the amounts for both years-191~-15 and 1915-16--are ~Prried side by side. RUNNING EXPENSES $75 ~ $l~S = $221 The above record shor:s that there rrere 75 aetive members in 1911--15 and 1~6 in 1915-16 . In other rrords, the active inembcrship during the year of reorga~izati on r:as almost doubled during the year that folln ed . This came to pass in ti-ro u ays. The mem . r:as increased by the addition of torr nerr chapters, Colorado and Olclahoma, and it rras also increased by the initiation of largqr dele- · g.(1tions. This later increase betokens · greatre strength on the part o'f, each chapter, and eamo as a result of n. more suc.cessfu1 rushing ae·a.sdm. During the ~ear 1.914-15 the activo membership had arralcenrJ to ~ · realization of the rrorthrrhileness of their Sorority. Not onl:r did ·t pey have more to .offer a rushee, but they rre re deeply conscic..Js of that.. fact, and so rrere able to talk more convincingly and to n in from their rimls. · ~· i· ·.. But to return to RLnning Expenses . Under this head are includ~~r supplies for National Workers, the Council and staff, telegrams, expr.e~s, postage. Of the ~~221 ther e· .n as spe:(lt. in the tr:o year!! ~f,fll. 3f.3"; thus l eaving a balance of ~~139. 62 . It J.s from this fund, in all probability, that nill be taken the money to pay for the contempla.ted J)ire<".tory . Right hero it may be ne ll to cal~ the attention of; the ~embership to the fact that this Direc.tory 1nll be the PHOElTIX .di:ailing List, a~ the names on that list a re tmonly ones about -,ihich ther e can be absolutley certainty. The PH('ENIX sent out in th~ · early Fall y e llp\7 slips to all knoYm members, and aaked for eert'a in iTi t~l statistics. Where th€se have been returned th e C~i"nt:r-~. 1 Offi ce feel s pos ttive ab out the addresses given~ but 1 1h~r• t:p;,·y have not b e Em r c•tume d, there is no certainty uhatever concerning· .. , ·.tnc ··; -Hh'TE' a betr~s of the mi s sing individual . ~.
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The c.bove sL~ms a re, of course, t h same in a.mount as those collected for Ru11nin~ Expe;.1scs. Tho national Treasu:i.~er puts tho money received fo::..· this Fund in t~1e ban]{ at int e rest imine. diately. up?n . r ·eceipt. 1n an earlier PHOEl I.tC, it ua s pointed out t . . 1at the MJ.am~ ?onvention h aC. expo cte cJ. that the amount raised by 1916 uould be suffJ.CJ.ent to defray the expenses of a rational Convention in that ~ea~, but the divj~ion· of 1221 i~ t~ ten equal par~ s , -allou ing for sJ.x chapters and four nationa.l off icer s 1 ·.:ould mean only ~~22 aPiece, vhich amount r;ot.~ld be rrho lly ~ . nadequa te, v.nl 0ss suppJ.e:nented l>y the individual chapters. In vi err of t.he fact that the amount uas · inadequate, that three national officers could not be in attendancein 1916, that there ua s nothi~ g pres s ing fo:c im:nediate decision 1 that ma~ters could be put to vote by mail quite as ~el l before ns at a Convention, the Council and the Ca.binet voted 1-1. postponement to a mbre . suitable time, n:!'l en su:Lficient funds Hould have been collect0d . THE
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This Fund is looked upon as a reserve ·to bB call e d upon in emergency, or 1:hen there arises some special need for unusual expenditures; such as might be imperatively necessary, or that r;ould help markedly in the strengthening of the chapters . It is this Fund that meets the expense ~f Voucher Bool;;:s 1 Filing Cards 1 Ini tiation Record Books, Treasurers' Books~ and ·che expenses incidental to Inspection and Insta lla tion . No nen chapt e r ever P'-"Y 3 .Ln full the e~penses incurred by it s i:1stallati on , and there is alrrays this ?Und to dra·.r from , no matter hou unusual me.y be the installation expense. It is from this Fund t ha1J. ·:ril l come the monny to pay for any nec ,ssary inspection trip. I~ is ;£•om this Fund that is be7 ing taken this year the expense connected r;i th the reprint of the Songs, ·the Legends and the Consti t.utions, ·;hi ch are presented to eac.L1 nerr member upon her initi a tion into the Sorority, The tot£~. 1 outlay for tno · years rras $97 1 leaving a balance of ~512~ at the c lo se of the School Year o~ 19lo . THE PHOEEIX
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When th e PHOENIX ua s . f'irst project ed 1 the rentra l Office rrould hav8 been rre ll content n ith 100 subscribers, estimatine: that this number could be disposed of to the 15 unde rr;r aduate nemb ers a ct. to at J.ea:1t 25 of the a lumn ae " Mr'i . RGecl. beca.me so interestc·.· in the 1 ;ork o..s it progress that she :Jecureet over 1 00 subscript i ons frcm t.h ~ a lwnn.J.e of the ICirksville Chapter alone. The year follu-u-
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i~g.thG PHOENIX had most of these uguin u s subscri ·be rs and in ad dl. t.1.on the large crop of ini tin. tes, ur·1 ong ~7hom ·.·ere inciuded some a~umnu~ 0 ~ the nen Colorado un~ Ok l ahoma ~hupters. For the present year 1.t l.S the hope of th e Cen~ral Offi ce to hold the 355 subscribers · of l916 > for . these t?gether 1:i th the 50 or 60 initiates of the neir ~chool ~ear ..uould ra1.se the s~bscr'iption list to the neighborhood of rOO, ~h1.ch ,,ouJ.d seem ~o be tL1e very lm ;est limit at rrhich ·,.:e can ~op~ ~o make the mugaz1.ne a succes s finunc i ~l ly in the present volume . J. t 1.s sommrhat. of ?- question 1ihether the ~~,;.o o really ·.:ill meet expense~ of publ1cat1on for 25 issu es; th r:=- nur:1brJr that h as boen our goa l each year so far. Every litt~ '~ ile there is an increas e in thE" co.st Of materials . It is therefore imperu tive that every effort snould be mad? to secure a subscriPtion from every one ·:rho h a s ever bee~ on t.he l~st. Otherr;ise, it may be necessary to s uspend publie.atlan at a t1.me nhen \ie should least to do so. THE ALUMNAE DEVELOPMEUT FUN[
$14 6 ~ $209 ~ $355 All Alumnae are expected, in o.ddition to th~ PHOENIX subscription, to contribute ~~1 annuully to· the Alumna e 7'evelopment Fund. This is the Fund that met the ~~60 outlay for the Mimeograph, the machine on ;;hich the PHOENIX is printed, o.s rrel l o.e1 the outlay for the Installation Trunk, ilhich sn.me n.mounted to $50 . The se rmre the only demands made upon thisFund during the first trro year i:l, BO there no.s u bo.lance on hand i~ September, 1916, amounting to $2,1-5 · INCOME FROH INITIAT2S Every . Initiate pay~ $4 into the Nationo.l Treasury.. This amount is apportioned as f'ollous: -~~1 for $hingle, ~~ 1 for Nandbook, $1 for Genern.l Endo rnnent, and $1 for 1'1!WENI X Endonment . As· there uere 33 Initiates in the yen.r :1. 9 1·:--1 .5 , n.nd 116 in 1915-16, both of these endonment funds had $ 1~9 credited to them at the close of the second School year. . Both of these funds have been deposit e d in sn.vings bcmks, und n.re n~m drauing interest. Since at the time of the c~eation of these funds it \ras decided that the principal in each case could paver be touch ed , but the inter est only used, neither of these funds have as yet been a souree of definit e income of any conside:co.ble n.mount . The P!HJ~NIX, for instance, could drarr on one of these for the interest that hn.s accumulated, but your National President ·,;ould very much prefer to ullo\: th e fund to increase a t compound interest aguinst the time r:h en the Sorority shull hn.ve o. print G and bound magazine, on r:hich occo.sion ther e Hill quite no. turn.l~y be unusual expenses incidental to the making of cove r pl a t e s o.nd lllu~ tro.tions. If the PHOENIX co.n have a fund o..t interest from uhich it c.::tn have en.ch yeo.r- o. certain st u t ed sum for illustra ti ons, the problem of' f1no..ncing a. credi to.ble printed and illustrated neel{ly u ill be made v8ry much simpler. The printed and bound mo.gn.zine is the goal to~n~d '~ ich the Centro. l Office has set its h en.rt o.t len.st by the time tho. t the FIFTII Volum e i s publishe~ . The present a rrangeme nt · is very so.. tisfe.ctory f'or the present, ~ :hil<J the Sor?ri t:y i s so smo..ll, but a greatly ine.reas nd r o ll ·.;ould make o..nothe r lnnd 1mpera-
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.. ,., ··At the ?Pening of t ho present School Year, A lph ~ Sigma. Alpha. h~"d the follnrn.hg llmounts t o its crcdi t . The ~mount · tha.t are sto..rred o.re th o ones t ha t a.re n0t a.vc. il ~ble for uso, exc ept in eo far o.s they bear intere s t . '~ PHOEFIX '~GENERAL
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This Bcmk Fk .. l .:mc e is one tha t Alph~ Sigm~:. · Alpha. mo.y rroll be proud of after t rro ye o.rs of re~rgo.niz o. tion. Thoro is prob ably no other in the f'od,agogica.!l: Field tha.t cc.n m~tch it in a ny nay . Assuredly no other h as . .:.n Endmrmont Fund, r:hilo Alpha Sigmc. fl.lpha. rrill no doubt have touched tho ~~500 mo.rk by tho close of tho present scholastic year. It is such a ccumulo. ti ons o. s those that gi ve solidarity to o.ny Sorority . Pr o.ctic iJ. lly a ll tho Congress Sororities ho.vo ondol®ont fund s , a.nd so ho.vo most of tho men's orde rs, but thor o aro still quito a. fen tho. t Alpha. Sigmo. 1\.lph~ h o. s c.lroc.dy po.ssod in this respect, since s ome h o.v o strated their funds only very recently . Tho PHOENIX :--.nd Gon o r ~ l Endor:mont Funtls o.r o inviolo.ble 1 a.s ho..s o.lroo.dy boon st.:'.. tod, but tho othe r ::-.mounts rii ll flu ctuo.to from time o.s dcmc.nds a rc mc.dc u pon them . When tho Conv e nti on is held the :;hole amount r;ill be ~ :ipod off the nl o. to, of c ourse, .:mc1 certain exigencies ma.y ~ rise t o cut int o tho others. If Mrs. R u~d, or Mrs~ Mo.rtin, could h.:t.Vo t ~kc n the inspection trip tho. t n c.s p l .:mn orJ for last Spring, thor o lrould hQVC boon fo.r l e ss in tho Tro~sury than thoro is at the ~r esent moment, but it should b e a grc ~t s a t isf a cti on t o every memb e r of Alpha Sigma. 1\.lpha. t o kno'\ r that th o So r o rity is ir. a. position t o do thinss th ~ t rrill c. dv cmco the r:e l f c.ro of tho or gar..i-· zation , One of the mos t imp o rt ~nt prob l ums a t tho p r esent momrJ ·t is tha.t of EXTENSION This problem is on e that Hrs. Re e d .....nd Hrs. Mar tin ho..d expected t o c onccntrato up on dur inr; the y o.--.r 1 0 17 . Tho d eath of Hrs. Reed ~nd tho ·r<ost ri c t i nf1i:3. lo.id upon J our N~ti o na l Preside nt by her physici.:m \.-ill inC..lcc i r,1p o s::.: i b l c 2..ny of the pr ojec t e d p l a ns, hut there are mo.ny cnthu:.3i o.stic ;-;orlwrs ·,-rho [l..r e trying t o t o..l· e up th e Ho rk that h c.d to be dropped oo summarily. l-Ii a mi 1 lCirlcs vill e a.n ci. Oltlahoma Ch apte rs a.r e o.lro;'..dy vi tally interest e d i11 s i t. uati rms in th e ir 0\.'11 or ne~rby st~ tos, s o it probo..ble tho.t c r.rw l d0r c..bl e ·,-rill bo o.ccomplishod bef or e th e cl o se of the ye ~r .
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THE MAIL POUCH .• rr' A~l th~ Christma.s C~lebro..tions pla.nned by the Cho.pters ,,ere c1.ve~ up 1.~0d1.~to1y upon receiving nerrs of Mrs. Reed's der\th, so there l.B. noth1ng 1.n. the socio..l line to report a.s hD..s been customo.r~' here~ofore 1.n the eo.rl1.er Janua.ry · Issues. There -r;ere severc.l sociD..l o.ffo.1rs that took plo.ce in ln.te November r:hich did not get int o the PHOENIX, a.nd runong these uo.s the Sto.te Meet a.nd InitiD..tion held by the Miami Cho.pter. Alpho. Alpha. initio.ted c.ll its pledge~ a.na c.lso c. neH honoro.r~ member, Miss Hartho., ~Iolynenux, riho is to serve c.s the Cha.pter AdvJ.ser. .L\fter tl1e initio. tion there ·;:n.s a. ba.nquet o. t the 11 Choco~a. t~ Shop" • TI:e to.ble decor c. tiona rrere in yelloY; o.nd r;hi te. Th? prl.nCJ.po.l decora.t1ons nere three brn.ss jc.rdinieres filled r:ith nh:Lte chrys~nthemums, the jo.rdiniers beine; connected r:i th strnnds of yellon rJ.bbon. The plo..ce ec.rds nere rthi te booklets orna.mented rii th A. S .A. in gold o.nd conta.ining the menu o.nd the toa.st progra.m . The nut cups . ··:ere paper chrysanthemums · tho. t the girls ha.d mo. de themsolves. 'l'he o.ttra.ct:i_ve yellow candle shades n ere a.lso the nork of the girls. The too.stmistross r:c..s Ho~tense Berkheimer, rrho ho.d o.rrn.nged a. most pleo.sing progro.m u.,der the follo u ing -he:>.ds, -The Peo.rl, The Ctwrm, The Sta.r, The Phoenix, Hermee, The Pc.lm . The . 1:>-st toa.st ua.s given by Miss Norris, the nerr nen.n of Women. Th9 Alumno.e b<:!.ck for the occa.sion a.nd for the rreekend D..s n ell rrere Helen Boggess, Dorothy Olo.son, Eloise Everett, Glo.dys Fent .. n, Helen King o.nd Ruth Sloneker. Nor-o.. Moser D..nd Chloe Edgo.r, rih o are fillinf' posi tiona in the University uer. of course, present a.lso. The Sidney AlumnD..e Associo.tion held its first business meeting of the yea.r on December 13th. Ruth Wyo.tt Y:o. s elected President, a.nd Eli:za.beth Neuha.ll Secretn;ry-Trea.surer . Beta. Beta. ho.d plo.nned o. ShoY:er f or the house, but n one of the pa.cka.gee nel'e opened or:ing to the receipt of the nerrs of Mrs. need's deo.th. There rrill be 0. quiet go.thering a.t the opening of the ne-rr te;nn. The .Cho.pter reports a. nen pa.troness, Dr. To-rrn~., ,-: ho is ver¥ much interested in the hea.lth of the Greeley girls. There rrere eeverD..l a.ffa.irs given in Dr. Torma 1 a honor, so a. s to introduce he:r to the members a.nd their friends. The nihe]!>ledges r:ere ini tia.te .:i. o.t a. ve't'y pretty service o.nd q. nerr girl r:a.s pledged , Mc..rga.re-t Dupee . Adc. Bo.ker 0.nd VerD.. Gillett, r.rho c..re .in the G~ee Club c.nd theref ore o.ccompa.nied it on its tour, report a. most delightful trip. When th e Club ~a.ched Pueblo, Eloise Oa.rlson entertc.ifted the ASA girls, o.nd a.t Montrose Gl~dys LeMa.ster did the so.me . The girls sa.id this kindness on the part of the o.lumna.e 'made them feel go o d f or dc.ys' . Gammo. G~a report$ o. lD..rge enrolment a.t t he opening of · the ninter qua.rter.One of the things over uhich th e Chapter is fe81ing very proud is tha.t Alpha. Sigma. Alpha. hc.d the highest o.v~ro.ges for ·sorority girls. The Senior p1o.y, 11 The District Att orney 11 rso.s c. gre:>.t success in every r:D..y a.nd Go.mmo. Gnmmo. is n o end pr oud of the fa. c · 't.ht',t its President Ruth I~enda.il ha.d the l e ading role. Ada Ti tl.lJ po.lyed the p~rt of'one of the tnin sisters and covere d he rself o.nd ,.. Alpha. Sigma. Alpha. uith glorty o.lS'o. Alpha Beto. reports the return rf roes t of its girls r or the uint.er qua.rter. Anne Bre-rrington~ hm::eve r, h~.s left t o d o ,-;ork a. t the Uni ve~i ty of Chic c~go , . a.nd Mo.rl. e S1.mm::n ~ dld n ot r e tu~n bftco.use she ho..d a very e nt icing offer to teo.ch 1.n t he st. Lou1.s sctto_ol : 3he r:ill oo found o..t th e G ~rfie ld Sc]j.o ol.
5n . The Pittsburgh Associ~ti o n go..ve up its Christmo.. s Luncheon on ~ccount . . of the de:'..t.h. of i~r·::::. • Reed, but it held a. brief business m?etH'l[!; c:.t t..he For-t Pitt E')tcl on J'nnu c..r~r 6th,· nhen it decided t 11 subscr~be to the Grech.: Exchc:.r.ge" .:'.1!1 ·;:.c ~1 > ld ~ Vo..lentine Pc:.rty on Febru~ry. 1?th. o..t th~ home of Ele C', nc r Lo·.:ry , On this oceo..si on the Assoc1~, t1on 1·:111, H1 th Coun ..; j.l per1ni asi on, initiate Mrs. M~bel He. Lc..u_gh11n Cox, rrho ho..s been prevented by the o..rri vo.l of c.. little dc..ughter from returning .. ~0 I:cr o..lmo.. m.::.te r for regular ini tio..tion by Alpha Grunrna. The ':ssoc1 o. t1 c n o..nnou.n.ce s the engr'..goment of Ma.by Alice Watson to Glen ~er· . us on, bro ther of Cl c-.ro. Fergus on, one of the Alpha Gc..mmo.. ~ctive memb e rs. The K~ns C'.. s C:i. ty Associc..ti c.n held its J :.:muo..ry Mee ting nith Mrs. O~ivia. Hill Oost 0loi1 . The electi on of off icers resulted in the follo-rring choice,-Presidcnt, Hrs. Cos ~olor;, socrBto.ry, M~be l Anderson1Treo.surer, Mrs. Myrtlo Kellogg. Alphc.. Bet0. estt:..blished long o..go a. very pretty custom for !:ts brides, -the plc..cing of o.. fi vo year subscripti on to the PHOENIX . The Central Office often · roceives theso before the official c..nnouncoments, for the custom c..lso hc..s the c..dded precedent of sending the $5 on the bridc..l morning . The most recent c..dditions to the groning list of Alpha Betc.. o..re Virginio.. Spo..rling, norr Mrs . W.T .Reeves, a. Christmc.s Eve bride, and Frc..nkie Westfall, non Mrs. Olin IC. Moo re of Perry, Mo . , Yrho 17a.s mo.rri ed on the morning of J o.nuo.ry 3rd .Mrs. Moore, ~s Frc..nkie Westf~ll, ~nd her ro omm~te · Floy Wolfenberger won distincti on in the Fa.ll Qu~rter, uhen b oth mo.de five 11 Es" in their scho l~stice nork, the highest possible rec-:>rd t o bo m~de. Miss Jenett r:ri tes thr..t the others in the Chr..pter mr..de pretty good re·cords to o , \:'.1 tho there nere feu that cc,rried such heo..vy uork ~s Floy o.nd Fro.nkie. Trro others rrho se shola.stic records nere pn.rticulc..rly northy of mention a.re Anne Brer:ington, n on o..t Chicago University und •~le Zeller, President of the Chapter . Miss Jenett hc..s very kindly offered t o ta.ke over Mrs. Reed 1 s 1-:orlt ::".s he~d of the Board of Examine'. tions, so all the papers rrill be sent to her. The Instr..lln.ti on · outfit hr..s been entrusted to the cr..re o.f the Kirksville Alumnc-.e Associo.tion, being stored o.t the h ome of Mrs. Hr..rry Allen, one of the members of the Art Committee. The .1\.ssocintion a.re to m~ke additi onal gorrns for the trunk, c..s Mrs . Re ed hc..d found ~he first supply insufficient in the co..se of a large group / such ~s she found o.t both Greeley o.nd Alva. . The Kirksville Associc.tion ho.s been discussing a. suito.ble memoria.! for Elva. Doyle· Reed, but ha.s ~s yet r~a.cbd no decisi on . lunong the things suggested rrere c.. scholc..rship, o. shola.rship trophy, o.n Alpho.. Sigm~ Alpha emblem tha.t could be given to the chr..pter or the girl tho.t should give the greatest service to the Sorority dur- • ing the yec.r. In this connection it might be stc..t &d tha.t there h a.s been designed o. very n.ttro.ctive p~ece of ASA jetrelry. It is o.. ~iny gold crorm, the four points of ·:rhl.ch support pe?-rls. The Counc1.l rrc..s un<Wle to come to nny decis1 on o.s to h orr th1s should be used, s o the mc..tter. ho.s been put to vote in the o.c~ive chc..pters .. The sn.rople ho..s been o.t Virginia., is noW' c.t Pennsyi·..,;:m1r.., o.nd tben ~nll go the rounds vi.:~. Mic..mi, Missouri, Colorado c..nd Oklc..homa. Vo.r1 ous uses ha.ve been suggested, such o..s . a. Mo thers' pin, a. Po..troness ~in, a.n Kono~ . ~ pin for No. tt on~l ·workers, a.n H.onor . p~n f o r unC.e rgro.duc.tes . The f1.n ... J vote is n ·:J t 0xpected bef :J r e the end of Februa.t'y. ,