OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA
SPRING
1962
OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA
VOLUME
47
SPRING,
1962
NUMBER
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CONTENTS A~A STATE DAYS , 1962 ....... .... . NATIONAL H EAD Q UARTE RS OF A~;~~-~ -·s·;~~-~ - "A~·,:~~ ··········· · ··· ···
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FREE DOM F ou NDATION AwARD TO LomsE Anso rr .. :: ............... .. .... .. .. .... ........ .... .... .. .
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Yo u R PROJECT! ..... ... . . ..... ... . .... . .. . .. . ... . ... . . ... .. .. . ........ ........ .. ... ........ .. . . . . ....... . .. .... .. ....
BENEDICITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALUMNAE IN AcT ION ..... .. .. .. . .. ...................................... . .. .... . ... ......... ... . ......... ... ..... . .. . ..... Two A~A PARTIES ............... .. .... ...... .. ... . ...... ............ ....... ....... .... .............. ..... ... .. . .. .. .... ... . ScHOLARSH IP S AwARD ED .......... .. .. ............. .... ................ .. ........ .... .. ... ... .... . ... . .... .. . ...... .... . INDECISION .... .. .......... . ......... . ....... ... .. ...................................... . ........... .. ........ ... . . .............. MY MosT PREcrous Gwr ... . . . ...... .. . .... ... ... ............ . . ..... .. . .. .. ............... .. ......... .. . .. ..... .. .....
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THEY'RE ATHLETES ...... ... . . .. .... . . ... . ... . ......... ....... . . ... .. ..... . . . .. ..... . ....... . .... .. ... .. .. ...... . ........ . AND THEY' RE BEAUTIES . . ............. ........... ....... .. .. .. . . .. . . ... ............ . .... .. . ........ .. . ...... . ..... .. . .
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·ALPHA Sros ARE LEADERs ..... . ........... .. ... . ............. .. . .. ... ..... . .. . .. ...... .. ... .. . .. .. ......... . .. . ... . ... .
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THEY'RE TRAVELERS .... .. ............ ..... ........ ... .... .... ......... .... .. .. ...... . . .. ............ . ..... .. ...... . : ... ....
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ALUMNAE NEWS LETTERS ..................... ... .............. ... .. .. .... . ............ . ...... .........................
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RECOMMENDATION BLANK . . ..... ....... . ...... ... . . ... . .. ... .............. ... . . .. .. ... . . . .... ... ......... . ........... . .
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AND THEv'RE AcTRESSEs . ...... .. ............ . . .. .... . ..... .. .. ..... .. .. .... .. . ........... ... .. ...... . .. .............. MERCIA GRAs s r, H uMAN DvNAl\to ........ . .............. .. ... .. ... .... . . . .... . .. ....... .. ....... .. ............. .. ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA SPOTLIGHT ........ . ... .. ......... ....... ............................. .......... .. ...........
ALPHA . SIGMA ALPHA DIRECTORY .. .... . .. ......... .. ......... . .... .. ......... .... ........ . ........ ..... .. ......... 5~ ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA O FFICERS' CALE NDAR ...... ........................................ .. ............ ....
ALUMNAE EDITOR SHIRLEY P. BONE
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EDITOR
COLLEGE EDITOR
MARY C . GOEKE
PAULINE S. OLSON
THE PHO ENIX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA is published in the fall , winter, spring, and summer of each year at 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul 14, Minnesota, by Leland Publishers, Inc . (Th e Fraternity Press) , officia l publi shers for the sorority. The subscription price is $1 a yea r . Se nd change of add ress and business correspondence to Alpha Sigma Alph a en trol Office. Suite :\'o. 206, 2852 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore 17, New York. Address all corre> ponden cc o f a n editori al nature to th e editor, Miss Mary C. Gocke, 1473 O ak Knoll D rive, Cincinnati 24, Ohio . Seco nd-class postage paid a t St. Pa ul, Minnesota. Poslmast r r : S nd Form 3579 to Alph a Sigma Alpha. Suite No . 206, 2852 Del"wa r·c Ave nu e, Kenmore 17, New York.
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ALA STATE DAYS, 1962 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN KALAMAZOO, M ICH IGAN
GUNNISON,
COLORADO -.r--------.._~-HE RSHEY, PENNSYL V ANI:\
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA
MARYVILLE . MISSOURI
HATT I ESBURG ' M ISS ISS IPPI
ARIZONA-COLORADO- ORTH DAKOTA DATE- April 14 PLACE- Western State College Gunnison, Colorado THEME- " Aspire- Seek- Attain" CHA IRM AN- Miss Holly H arrington RESERVATIONS: Miss Mary Ellen Reynolds Alpha Sigma Alpha Western State College Gunnison, Colorado
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ILLINOIS DATE- May 11, 12, 13 PLACE- Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois THEME- "Mardi Gras'' CHA IRMEN- Miss Ei leen DeMichaels Miss Sue Narten RESERVATIONS: Miss Be,路 Wa lden 217 Williston Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois
INDIANA
OKLAHOMA
i>ATE-April 7 PLACE-Park Place Church of God Anderson, Indiana THEME- "Unpack Your Past" CHAIRMAN AND RESERVATION S: Mrs. Keith McLaughlin Box 343 Daleville, Indiana
UATE- April 14 PLACE- YWCA, 417 S. Johnstone Bartlesvi ll e, Oklahoma THEME- '' Patriotism" CHAIRMAN AND RESERVATIONS: Miss Lois Beers P.O. Box 145 Bartlesville, Oklahoma
KANSAS-MISSOURI-NEBRASKA 1
DATE-March 31 PLACE- Northwest Missouri State College Maryville, Missouri THEME-"Standing in Sisterhood" CIIAIRMAN AND RESERVATION S : Miss Joyce Owens 623 North Main Street Maryville, Missouri
PENNSYLVANIA DATE- April 7 PLACE- Hershey Hotel H ershey, Pennsylvania SPEAKER- Miss Gertrude Nyce A:SA Award of Eminence Winner RESERVATIONS: Mrs. Phillip Wallick 676 Park Avenue York, Pennsylvania
VIRGINIA MICHIGAN DATE- March 10 PLACE- Western Michigan University Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan CJ-IATRMAN AND RESERVATION S: Miss Judith Ann Schafer ::It Davis Hall Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan
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DATE - March 24 I'LACf: -Mississippi Southern Student U nion Hattiesburg, Mississippi CHAIRMAN - Mrs. John H . Allen RESERVATION : A:SA Alumnae Chapter P.O. Box 1 Hattiesbmg, Mi ssissippi
DATE- April 14 PLACE- The J efferson Hotel Richmond, Virginia CHAIRMAN AND RESERVATIONS: Mrs. Maurice A. Long 6433 Hibbling Avenue Springfie ld. Virginia
WISCONSIN DATE- March 17 t•L.ACE- Un iv. of Wis. - Milw . U nion 2200 E. K enwood Blvd. Milwaukee, Wisconsin THEMF.- ··Li,·e Each Day to Its U ltim ate Good" CHA IRM EN AND RESERVATI ONS: Miss Grace Miller 296::1 A. . 24th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin Miss Carol Sohrweide :1 19 . 69th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin
OHIO DATE- April 14 PLACE - Lincoln Lodge Columbu s, Ohio CHAIRMAN AND RESERVATIONS: Mrs. Charles West 236 Darbyhurst Rd. Columbus 4, Ohio
All Stat e Day plans werr not complete w hen THE PHOENIX wen/. to press and I here may bl' pos ible changes in th e inforrr:ation g~v e n above. For confirmation or furth er mformatwn. con/act the person listed under th e Stal e Day in w hich you may be interested.
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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA OuR address isn't 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. '"' e do not have a cute Caroline running around, but occasionally, Peter and Gretchen do stop in to see Nana. Just what is a National Headquarters? It is the hub of the wheel, the wheel being the sorority. The spokes which radiate from the hub are each a component part of the sorority. The ational Council, Nationa l Committee Chairmen, College Members, Alumnae Members, are just a few of the names that diverge from this hub . Our organization is housed in a new headquarters and has been since March 1, 1961. The former quarters lacked the space that was needed. The office building which houses the Central Office is located at 2852 Delaware Avenue, Suite 206, Kenmore 17, New York. Many ask-where is Kenmore? Are you near ew York City? For you , who do not know New York State, may we say that Buffalo and K enmore are divided by one street. We are at the eastern end of Lake Erie, and about 20 miles from those wonderful iagara Falls. Kenmore is a village of about 20,000 population. The first room that we enter is the mail room.
Storage cabinets line the walls, but one would never suspect the quantity of things that are kept therein. The office consists of three spacious rooms. Won 't you come in? The windows are all on the north side of the bui lding. The rooms are light to work in, and we never have to close the drapes to keep out the sun. It is a most cheerfu l p lace. The walls are painted a warm beige, co lorful drapes are at the windows, and the floors arr covered with a brown and white tweed carpet. We are most fortunate to have such a fine staff working for us. They are not clock watchers and are most conscientious in their work. As we enter the next room to meet and talk with the staff, we see Linda Wolf busily engaged in her work of the day. She is the youngest member of our staff. At the other two desks in the room, we see Mrs. Knickerbocker and Mrs. Telson working. Mrs. Knickerbocker works with the alumnae record , life membership payments, changes of names and/ or addresses, and answers many of the questions pertaining to alumnae. Mrs. Nelson, a graduate of State Teachers College at Buffalo, and a member of Pi Pi Chapter, works almost entirely with
Shown on one of thelr nsua.l busy days at the Central Office are, left to right, Mrs. Leroy JJ. Knickerbocker, Mrs. Clayton A. Richard, and :Mrs. Harry P. Nelson.
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Miss Linda l\1. Wolf, left, office assistant, checks a letter with Mrs. Clayton A. Richard, National Treasurer and Central Office Executive.
the college group. She is constantly checking records, recording college fees, and doing whatever the day calls for, as the others do. She is the mother of three growing children and a few years ago served as President of the Buffalo City Panh:!llenic. Files line two sides of this office, making easily accessible the necessary records and file cards for daily use. As we leave this room, we enter the office of the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Richard. She is a graduate of State Teachers College at Buffalo, and a member of Pi Pi Chapter. She has served as a local and state officer in various civic and fraternal groups. At one time she was President of the Alumni Association of Buffalo State and her name is listed in Who's Who in American Women. She is the mother of two sons, both graduates of the University of Buffalo, and a grandmother of two, soon to be three. She also serves as National Treasurer, therefore, all financial transactions are handled in the Central Office. Mrs. Richard manages to keep busy dictating answers to the many letters that arrive in her office, and checking all financial, statistical, and membership reports. Staff meetings are also held in her office. Supplies are constantly being shipped from this address to those requesting them. Duplicating for national officers is done at the Central Office when desired. All financial and membership records are kept in the Central Office. Sometimes we feel that we should have all of the information contained in the "Book of Knowledge" at our finger tips to be able to answer all of the questions that are put upon us. The problems that arrive here to be solved are varied and have a great range.
Ofttimes, a degree in engineering would come in handy for some of the tasks that we perform. We are not the glorified secretaries that you see in the movies or on television. One of the questions that is often put to us is "How do you manage to keep busy all day working in a sorority office?" Well, four of us do, and we never seem to be caught up. You would not be able to appreciate what goes on if you were to just drop in. If you were around for several days, you would soon find out that the Central Office of any sorority is "big business" and that there aren't many dull moments. This is YOUR office and the entire Central Office Staff would be more than happy to have you stop by and see us anytime.- JEAN C. RrcHARD
Miss Wolf and Mrs. Uichard discuss some sorority w01路k that must be done.
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FREEDOM FOUNDATION AWARD TO LOUISE ABRAMS ABBOTT LOUISE ABRAMS ABBOTT (Mrs. Merritt ) rrrr, a Social Studies teacher for thirty-four years in Buffalo Public School No. 31, was one of the two hundred teachers from a ll over the United States singled out for recognition by the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. Her Principal nominated Mrs. Abbott for the Valley Forge Classroom Teachers medal for her teaching of good citizenship and the meaning of Americanism through history classes. The announcement of the Valley Forge Classroom Teachers Medal winners represents a continuing program by the Freedom Foundation to seek out and recognize those classroom teachers who have realized the importance of laying a firm foundation for youth in the fundamental concepts of American freedom. Certainly through careful planning and preparation, Mrs. Abbott has built a strong history program for thousands of boys and girls who have been in her classes. She has, in a practical way through daily example, furthered the cause of responsible citizenship, patriotism, and a greater understanding and appreciation of the American way of life. She has inspired her pupils to become hard working, law abiding citizens. She has also impressed upon each pupil the fact that he can make a real contribution to his community.
LOUISE ABBOTT In announcing the award, Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, President of the Freedom Foundation. said, "There is no calling in America today more important or vital to our country's future than forthright teaching of the verities of our spiritually based Constitutional Republic, now under assault by world communism. By virtue of your selection, Freedom Foundation is delighted to bestow this proper recognition on you for your outstanding service beyond the call of duty in helping our young people to a better understanding and knowledge of their rights and responsibilities in this land of God and freedom." Mrs. Abbott has been a source of inspiration to her pupils and many former pupils come back
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year after year to thank her for teaching them how to get along with other persons. " My fundamental principle has been that we are lucky to be Americans," explained Mrs. Abbott. "For every right we enjoy, we have a corresponding duty. Think of the duties first and the rights will take care of themselves." Alpha Sigma Alpha can well be proud of this honor that has come to Louise Abbott. The many Alpha Sigmas who have benefited by her loyalty and devotion to her sorority through the years hail this national honor as one richly deserved.EvELYN G. BELL
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL of
ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA announces the pledging of
GAMMA ETA CHAPTER at
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA on the eleventh of March nineteen hundred and sixty-two
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PARLIAMENTARY PEPPER-UPPER This 10 minute drill is taken from "p;imer in Parliame-ntary Proce-dure-" with the permission of the author, Mrs. W. Glenn Suthers of Chicago路, a Gamma Phi Beta. Mrs. A. Howard Hall, National Constrrution Chairman
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M.ORE NATIONAL OFFICERS PRESIDENT EMERITUS AFTER more than four decades of Alpha Sigma l Alpha living and working, WILMA WILSON SHARP I ZZ proudly wears the title of President Emeritus. Her retirement as AlA's Delegate to National Pan1 hellenic Conference in 1957 marked the end of 1 active office holding, but it by no means marked "the end of a love or a season" or of her work for AlA. In 1952 when the sorority regretfully released Mrs. Sharp from the duties of the national presidency, Alpha Sigma Alpha bestowed many loving tributes upon her. One which Mrs. Sharp espe cially prizes is a golden, hand-lettered certificate which expresses appreciation for her leadership "along paths of scholarship and service." From her vantage . point of long time experience in AlA and interfraternity work, Mrs. Sharp states: "Scholarship and Service are unfailing absolutes that constantly call sorority members to ever higher goals. Seriously undertaken by a chapter, they provide a bulwark against doubt and adverse criticism of the fraternity system. Scholarship and Service within the framework of the national fraternity, embrace the past and dare inquiring minds and vital efforts to project into the future. Most of all the present, the precious gift of TODAY, belongs to the person of any age level who acquires knowledge and who serves. Un limited by
WILMA SHARP a careless, thoughtless approach to life , unhampered by selfish desires, the happy one who studies and serves is free 'to joyously live each day to its ultimate good'."
ALUMNAE ORGANIZER HILDA GIRAUD HEBERT (Mrs. Leonard B., Jr.) BZ has served as Alumnae Organizer the past five
years. A graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana with a B.S. in Home Economics Education, she has taught, done research, and worked in the home service field. Presently she serves as "the homemaker" in the N ew Orleans Home Economics C lub (professiona l) . Hilda is a lumnae secretary for Beta Zeta chapter, a charter member of the New Orleans Alumnae chapter, and was its first president.
HILDA HEBERT
At home she is the wife of the executive president of one of N ew Orleans' leading engineering and general contracting firms, the mother of Suzanne ( 14 ), Andre ( 11), Yvette, the vivacious 4-year-old.
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PHILANTHROPIC CHAIRMAN L. GERALDINE SMITH KK, who is serving as Philanthropic Chairman, was initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha at Temple University. Later she transferred to New York University where she received a B.S. in Music Education, and later, a Master's degree. At present she is Director of Vocal and Instrumental Music in the Lancaster City Public Schools. A charter member. and past president of the Central Pennsylvania Alumnae chapter, she is also active in the Lancaster County Panhellenic Association, having served as President in 1958. Gerry devotes much of her spare time to civic activities and is a member of the Symphony Board, Soroptimist Club, Community Council, and Delta Kappa Gamma. The rest of her time she delights in fixing up her home, entertaining, traveling, and shopping.
GERRY SMITH
RITUAL CHAIRMAN VroLA (Srs ) CARAWAY BREWER (Mrs. Joe H. ) IJtiJt is serving her sixth year as Ritual Chairman.
Sis received a B.S. degree in Chemistry and Physics from Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana, where she served two terms as President of Psi Psi chapter. She was Chapter Alumnae Secretary of Psi Psi chapter for eleven years, and has also served as President of the Tulsa Alumnae chapter. At present she is active in the Wichita Alumnae chapter.
SIS BREWER
Sis and her husband, a C .P.A. with Thunderbird Drilling, Inc., are the parents of two teenaged daughters, Julie ( 14) and Beckie ( 13) . Sis enjoys sewing, bridge, bowling, fishing, and church work, but devotes most of her time to her family and to her two pekes, Mink and Chen.
RUSH CHAIRMAN MARNI MARSHALL GRoH (Mrs. M. Madalene ) IIII is the National Rush Chairman and has served in this office since 1958 when she initiated and set up this position. A graduate of Buffalo State Teachers' College, she was the "Alpha" girl of Pi Pi chapter. She has been active in the Buffalo Alumnae chapter, serving two terms as President, and in the Buffalo Panhellenic Association. At present Marni is Membership Secretary of The AlbrightKnow Art Gallery in Buffalo, the membership of which has increased by five hundred members since last September when Marni took the position. Marni's greatest enthusiasms are "her wonderfully uncomplicated, thoroughly nice children, Jim (15), Barbara (13 ) , and Steven (11); her home, and Brahms, Beethoven, and Cezanne."
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MUSIC CHAIRMAN SHIRLEY AINSWORTH HELLRICH (Mrs. Arthur L. ) HH has served as National Music Chairman since 1946. She became an Alpha Sig at Kansas State College of Pittsburg and later transferred to the E astman School of Music in Rochester, N. Y., where she received a Bachelor of Music degree. Shirley taugh t at the University of Wichita and at the Emma Willard School of Music in Troy, N. Y. As the wife of an I.B.M. salesman, she has moved eleven times in fifteen years, and has been active in alumnae chapters in Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, and Northern New J ersey. As a concert and oratorio singer, Shirley has appeared as soloist in the Mid-West and New York State. Shirley, her husband, and two daughters, Karen ( 13) and Lisa (10 ) live in G len Rock, N ew J ersey.
SHIRLEY HELLRICH
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"With A Song In My Heart" but none to publish in the Alpha Sigma Alpha Songbook, your National Music Chairman is sending out the annual plea for new sorority songs. We want only original words and music. NOrepeat-NO PARODIES. Anyone is eligible to enter this annual contest. The winner will receive an engraved plaque and the pride of seeing her contribution published.
Send all entries to: Mrs. Arthur Hellrich National Music Chairman 27 Abbington Terrace Glen Rock, New Jersey The deadline is June 1, 1962
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A NEW HOUSE FOR BlfA BPS/tON house at Madison since the fall of 1940. The property and house were purchased by the school in 1921 because there were insufficient dormitory facilities. The eleven-room house was remodeled, a nd a new porch was built. Twenty students were housed in the home. In 1923, the house was officially named for J ames G . Carter, who was Commissioner of Education for M assachusetts in the early nineteenth century. Carter was an advocate of professional tra ining for the teacher. On May 13, 1939, sorority chapters were first insta lled a t Madison, a nd the nex t fall A~A moved into Carter House. A present move was necessary as the college plans to remove Carter House and two other sorority houses. Future plans for a new Fine Arts building in that area will necessitate the destruction of the three houses.- BETTY EDWARDS 路T he new Alpha Sigma Alpha House at Madison College.
"No MORE falling plaster and cracked walls!we' re moving." That was the shout of the Beta Epsilons in J a nuary when they learned they were getting a new home. The chapter moved out of their white fram e hou se and into the red brick house across the street on January 12. ' The house, which is known as Baker, will replace Carter as the home of the sorority at Madison College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Baker Hou se is on M a in St. nex t door to the AnthonySeegar Campus School. The house has three bedrooms upstairs, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, and a small bedroom downstairs. The living room is the width .of the front of the house. French doors lead onto :a p artia lly enclosed front porch. At one end of t h e living room th ere is a fireplace with bookcases on each side. The living room h as new furnishings, including a brown leather sofa and cha ir, a green chair, a nd a beige rug. There is a small porch off of one of the upsta irs bed rooms, and a screened-in back porch. Eight Alph a Sigs will be able to li ve in the house at one time. Baker House is named for the family who lived in it before the school purchased it last year. When the sorority learned of the purchase and the vacancy, its members asked if the sorority could have it. Carter House had been the Alpha Sigma Alpha
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Moving da.y found these four Alpha Sigs lending a willing hand. Left to right are Judy Foster, Janie Simms, Kathy Nagle, and Mary Katherine Neale.
"Derby Day Qu een" of Sigma Ch i
Norma Butler BX "Crescent Girl" of Lambda Chi Alpha
Sharon Kirkpatrick BP 4-H Queen Bureau County, Illinois
CAMPUS QUEENS Joan Shoesmith B'l' "Carnation Queen'' of Delta Sigma Phi
Sandy Laudon B<l> "R.ose Queen" of Sigma Tau Gamma
Phyllis Dupuis BZ AFROTC Blue Darling
Nancy Lee Lively BIT Snow Flake Quee n
B ev Walden BP Winter Car路niva.l Queen
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THE ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA MAGAZINE AGENCY NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
ALL PROFITS from the Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency are used for the Sorority's National Philanthropic Project, the providing of scholarships and/or fellowships at the graduate level for train. ing teachers and personnel for work w.ith the mentally retarded child.
Everyt-ime you order a magazine subscription use the Sorority's Magazine Agency. Place your orders through your Chapter's Magazine Chairman or if you are not a member of an alumnae chapter send your orders directly to the National Magazine Chairman.
ALL SPECIAL OFFERS made by Publishers are met if the special offer card accompanies your order.
Send your orders with check or money order made payable to Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency to:
ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA MAGAZINE AGENCY
cfo Miss Mary K. Reiff 219 East 46th St., Apt. 2-W Kansas City 12, Missouri
Fot your convenience an order blank appears on page 55.
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IT'S YOUR PROJECT! WELL KNOWN to all Alpha Sigma Alpha members, both college and alumnae, is our Philanthropic project for the next three years. Just as well known should be the field of activity where emphasis is to be placed. Qualified, dedicated persons, male or female, whose financial means is limited, will be aided by scholarships to initiate, or continue, advanced study in how to help mentally retarded children. Great need for trained personnel exists-in fact so few people are engaged in the task of fulfilling the demands in this field, that years will pass before the supply of available teachers can remotely meet it. Key persons in Alpha Sigma Alpha researched many . areas wherein Philanthropic work, as evidenced by the expenditure of a limited number of dollars, could produce the greatest amount of good for the longest period of time. When the results of the research indicated that some teachers, if they had the money, would take up advanced study in order to qualify themselves for efficient training in the field of mentally retarded children, the decision was made to make the money available to them. As of now some of these teachers-men and women-have been able to pursue advanced study. Within a year from the time you read this, they will be putting new skills and knowledge to work. Even before they begin actively to practice what they have learned, other people, just as interested, just as dedicated, and just as much in need of financial assistance, will be offered scholarships to follow the lead of the first group. It should be mentioned that Alpha Sigma Alpha members as well as other students can be considered for these scholarships. This is a continuous project- quite likely it may extend many years into 路 the future. How does it affect any specific member of Alpha Sigma Alpha? 'First of all it is OUR program. Each of us shares in the good that comes- we are all in it together. Only when all of us-each one individually- do our share, can the degree of success that we hope for be attained. No greater joy can one feel than to know that by her own small effort the life of another is made easier. Our sisterhood is strengthened in the knowledge that we as a group are helping to develop qualified people who can do for others what we personally with our own skills may not be able to accomplish.
Our individual contribution may be made as a member of a college or alumnae chapter. And it is so easy-possibly too easy! Spelled out, it can take the form of one magazine subscription per year by each member, whether for herself or as a gift, placed with the magazine chairman. This will mean that several thousand dollars can be allocated specifically to the scholarship fund. The need is NOW! In order to show immediate progress the following suggestion is advanced: let the actives lead the way by having each chapter president put the magazine project on the agenda of the first sorority meeting following publication of this message. Place the project on both old and new business. At the meeting the magazine chairman can take one subscription from each member. You may be assured that alumnae groups will follow the lead. With this dynamic approach success must become a fact. MARY E. BLACKSTONE National President
BENEDICITE by Mrs. Helen Stabbert Editor's Not e: This po em was originally published in 芦Children Limited," a publication of the National A ssociation for R etarded Children. I held her hand, and always took great care To keep her close. She must not get away, I thought. And then one day she wasn't there. But it was I who somehow lost the way. She wanders in a place I do not knowAn endless world of childhood's fears and joys And fantasies, from which she'll never grow She looks so lonely, lost among the toys. I can't go back, and she will never change, And none of us can ever touch her heart. The law that makes it so seems cruel and strange ... And yet perhaps she has the better part: Her cloister is unseen, but she belongs To God alone. For him she sings her songs.
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ALUMNAE IN ACTION IN addition to selling magazine subscriptions to support the National Philanthropic project of Alpha Sigma Alpha, many of the College and Alumnae chapters support various kinds of local Philanthropic projects. While many of these reflect the National Proj ect- that of aid to the mentally retarded child-others, often because of limited opportunities in their locality for aid to the mentally retarded, find other worthy causes to which they give their support. AKRON, 0Hro, alumnae, in addition to donating funds to the Summit County Council for the Retarded Child Building Fund, make knitted balls for use in retarded children's classes. ANDERSON, INDIANA, alumnae continued this year to give aid to the Eldorado School for the handicapped. They made a $50.00 donation toward the purchase of an opaque projector for the school, and also gave a subscription to a children's magazine. As a new project this year, they have adopted a forgotten child at one of the state hospitals, and are sending the child gifts, cards, or letters during each month of the year. The CALUMET REGION, INDIANA, chapter, being just newly organized, plans to work in the Pediatrics ward of St. Margaret's Hospital, Hammond, entertaining the children and presenting them with small gifts. Cancer bandages have been made by the CHICAGO alumnae, who also plan to contribute educational aids, toys, and clothing to the State Hospital for Retarded Children. CINCINNATI, OHIO, alumnae, take the retarded children from the Cerebral Palsy Center on a trip to the Zoo in the Spring, and also supply various items the Center requests such as clothing, scrapbooks, and toys. They also contribute financially to the Hamilton County Diagnostic Clinic, and to the Hamilton County Council for Retarded Children, Inc., and are discussing the possibility of volunteer work at the Diagnostic Clinic. The alumnae of DAYTON, OHIO, also support the Council for Retarded Children of Montgomery County by making donations toward their Tuition Fund. In previous years the members have done volunteer work for the Council also. The members of the DENVER CoLORADO alumnae chapter, help Sewell House' for Crippled Children by typing, checking the card files for correct addresses, and counting money from Easter Seals.
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Mrs. Janet Smith BX is on the Sewell House Board and thus keeps the Denver Alumnae informed as to the needs of the children. The Alumnae also have donated pillow cases and diapers to the Needlework Guild. DETROIT DELTA PHIS contribute to the Aid to Retarded Children Fund, and this year also contributed to the Michigan Crippled Children Society, thus insuring for several children a two-weeks' stay at the Society's summer camp. The INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, alumnae bring gifts to their Christmas dinner, and in turn present these gifts to the Mental Health Association to be given as Christmas presents to the mental patients. For the past several years, the MuNCIE, INDIANA, alumnae have been sending gifts each month to a girl in the New Castle State Hospital. The NoRTHERN VIRGINIA alumnae help Holly Hall, a small private school in Vienna, Virginia, for mentally retarded children. They have contributed financially, and also plan to do individual volunteer work. Members of the PITTSBURG, KANSAS, alumnae give food and money to Mrs. Alena Bray who then helps the needy families of Pittsburg. The RocKFORD, ILLINOIS, alumnae contribute money to the local School of Hope, and the ST. Lours, MISSOURI, alumnae members give financial aid to the nursery school program of the St. Louis Association for Retarded Children. A food basket was contributed by the SPRINGFIELD, MissouRI, alumnae to a needy family. The alumnae from SouTH BEND, INDIANA, have been making a variety of stuffed animals for the children at the Logan School for retarded children. They also make financial contributions to the school which in past years have been used to provide transportation for those children living in out-lying districts. The SouTHERN NEw jERSEY alumnae have "adopted" the retarded children's class at the Zane-North Public School in Collingswood, and have contributed toys, books, holiday favors and treats, and scrapbooks to the children. They are at present making teaching aids and have made "musical instruments" from oatmeal boxes and gourds. The WASHINGTON, D. C., chapter has donated a record player and records to a school for underprivileged and retarded children, and has also made scrapbooks and teaching aids for the school. They also donate money for school lunches, holiday parties, and miscellaneous school needs.
. TWO ASA PARTIES The College chapters also have a variety of Philanthropic projects in which they participate, and from which they derive much satisfaction and pleasure. Two of the chapters that gave Christmas parties for underprivileged or retarded children were PHI PHI and BETA OM EGA, and the following excerpts from letters from the two chapters indicate that the college girls probably enjoyed the parties as much as the children did, if 1not more so. "S unday, D ecember 10, was the long awaited day for the PHI PHI-TAu KAPPA EPSILON frater1 nity Christmas party for the children from the Noyes Home. The children arrived about 10 A.M. and we escorted our young charges to church for one of the most interesting and amusing services of the year! Then our group separated. The boys went to the TKE house for dinner, while we ushered the girls to the ]. W . Jones Union C afeteria. The party began at 2 P.M. A movie series was firs t shown. Then a comedy reading, "The Grinch," was given by D ennis Rhodes, followed by "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Julia I Elmore. The group of children entertained us with a choral reading. The climax of the afternoon began with ]. C. Combs leading the group in Christmas carols. While everyone was concentrating on singing, Santa Claus made an early appearance with presents and candy for all the children. It was truly a wonderful experience to see their bright eyes twinkle as they "oh'd" and "ah'd" when they unwrapped their presents.
Santa Claus dis tributes prese nts at the Phi Phi Christmas party for the children from Noyes Home , St. Joseph, Missouri.
And then the party was over. Each of us felt a warm glow from within. About a week's time elapsed, and we were again rewarded for each child wrote a letter of thank-you to us all. The following letters are two wonderful examples. <D ear Friends, Thank you f or th e lovely time I had at Maryville. I t was fun. W e had a very nice time. I like the candy we got . I enjoyed the ride, the chu rch, and the food. I hope I can come n ext year. I liked the film too . Thank you for the present and thank Santa Claus too. I wore my new gloves outside in the snow today. They certainly felt nice and warm. Thank you again for everything. Your friend, JoE RrcE' <D ear Friends, I wan t to thank you for the won derful dinn er and th e presents also. I want to thank the girls for sho wing m e aroun d. It was very nice of all of you to think of our family . The candy was delicious too . May God bless and keep every one of you. Your friend, MARTHA WEST' W e had a very merry Christmas indeed . CARY HOLST, PHI PHI EDITOR" "THE BETA OMEGAS gave a surprise Christmas party for the M entally retarded children with whom we have been working this year. Working at night, after the children had gone home, several girls decora ted the school which the children attend. The next day, with the help of a Sigma Alpha Epsilon who played Santa, gifts were distributed to the children . These gifts had been purchased after each child had drawn a picture of what he wanted the most for Christmas. The assortment ranged from red wagons and batons to stuffed dogs and cameras. The children were not the on ly ones who were surprised though. La ter, at the Alpha Sig C hristmas party, Jill Barlow, who had worked closely with th e children, presented us with a huge 24" by 36" Christmas card which the children had made and given to Jill for safekeeping. Needless to say, it was the highlight of our Christmas party, and made everything tha t we had done for the children seem truly worthwhile. MARLENE KRESGE, BETA OMEGA EDITOR"
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TWO ASA SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS THE awarding of two of the scholarships established by Alpha Sigma Alpha has been announced by the George Peabody College for Teachers. Both of the awardees have been outstanding students, and b(j)th have shown an avid interest in the field of mental retardation. The caliber and qualifications of the scholarship winners are shown in the following excerpts from letters from them to Dr. S. June Smith, National Philanthropic Committee Chairman. "First of all let me say that I am not a graduate student, though I wish I were. Since Dr. Lucito tells me that he has had some correspondence with you on the possibility of using the 路m oney for undergraduate work, I hope this will not diminish your joy at my being awarded a scholarship from funds given by Alpha Sigma Alpha. I was born in 1926 in Tampa, Florida. ENEIDA RODRIGUEZ When I graduated from Hillsborough High School at the age of sixteen, I was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Tampa. I had completed a year's work when my fiance was called to the Armed Forces. Though I was a Dean's List student we decided to marry so that we could be together while he remained in this country. The Dean made a verbal agreement with me to let me continue my work whenever I chose to return to school. When my husband was. sent overseas the following year I returned to the U niversity to find my verbal agreement worthless-a new dean had arisen who knew me not. Since I already had one child (a boy ) and another one on the way (this one turned out to be a girl ) I was not overly concerned at the loss of my scholarship. My husband was released from the army in November of '45 and our third child (a girl ) was born in March of '4 7.
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Eneida Rodriguez with her family.
The following year Rod, my husband, decided to enter the ministry of the Presbyterian church. All five of us attended Columbia Seminary in Decatur, Ga. , for three years. Even the children learned to conjugate Hebrew verbs. In 1951 we accepted a call to the church in Blackshear, Ga. Our fourth child was born during the first of our five years there. This rounded out the family-two boys and two girls. For the past three years we have been in Nashville and I have been attending Peabody College. As of the end of this quarter, I will have enough hours to graduate, 198; however, if I am fully certified when they let me out in August with 230 hours, I will consider myself fortunate indeed. My interests and hobbies include swimming and gardening, good music, languages-! can speak two, read five, poetry-which I write sporadically, art and astronomy. I was asked to participate in the Honors Program in this my senior year. The money for tuition means a great deal to all of us. I know the family would want me to th~nk you on their behalf as well as on my own. W1th deep appreciation, I remain,
Sincerely yours, (MRs.) ENEIDA RoDRIGUEZ"
"I am happy to have the opportunity to thank you for making the scholarship award possible. I shall try to give you a picture of myself and my plans. I am 28 years old, born and educated in New York City. I have an AB degree from Hunter College, majored in psychology and elementary education. I have taught second grade in Nashville Elementary Schools. I am presently enrolled at George Peabody College for Teachers in the graduate program in teaching mentally retarded children. I am also a graduate assistant in the Psychology Dept. at Peabody. I plan to teach mentally retarded children. Some personal data: Married-two children, Lisa, 7, and David, 5 years of age. My husband has taught classes for the mentally retarded for many years. He is Professor of Education (Mental Retardation) presently on leave of absence from the State University of New York, College of Education at Buffalo. Here is the source of my connection and interest in the field of Special Education. I hope that with training and experience in the teaching of mentally retarded children, I can in the future augment my teaching activities with participation in educational research in the field of mental retardation. Sincerely yours>
(MRs.) DoROTHY S. SEMMEL))
INDECISION by Linda Wilson, Gamma Beta I've walked for days this circular path I've crossed once more this slivered bridge, on jagged stone, up rugged crest through brambles of thought, rivers of doubt. Until, by delay, all perishedall except a fulcrum, myself, and an endless pit.
MY MOST PRECIOUS GIFT by Margaret Jean Kalif, Beta Delta Alpha Sig is by far the best; In this sorority I have found great rest. I want to give, yet not receive; For God has led me to Alpha Sig. I have no expressions within my thought; Only rewarding love which is in my heart. My gratitude is to AlA; And for my sisters I shall always pray.
NIXIE CARDS COST MONEY NIXIE CARDS are the notices sent by the post offi.ce giving changes of address and removals since second-class matter is not forwardable . A postage due charge is made路 for each card returned.
If you will send address changes to the Central Office, Suite No. 206, 2852 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore 17, New York, immediately, whether you are on the regular PHOENIX mailing list or only on the alumnae issue list, you will save A~A's treasury the cost of the nixie cards, as well as the cost af remailing THE PHOENIX to your new address. The "Have You Married or Moved" blank is included in each issue of the magazine for your convenience. Please use it so that Central Office will have no "Lost Lambs."
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EvERYONE likes a person who is natural, friendly, and has a winning way that puts one at ease. Just this person is Holly Harrington of Sigma Sigma chapter, a senior at Western State College majoring in History and Political Science. Holly, who was president of her pledge class, was also president of Junior Panhellenic Council during her freshman year. That year she was also voted Miss Personality attendant and Kappa Delta Mu Sweetheart attendant. By attending schoo l for two summers Holly combined her sophomore and junior years, and yet still found time during that year for many extra-curricular activities as evidenced by her election as Greek Ball Queen, Kappa Delta Mu Sweetheart, Theta Chi Dreamgirl, Miss Personality attendant, and Vice President of the Young Democrats. This year, as a senior, Holly was chosen as a Homecoming Queen attendant, is a counselor in Tomichi Hall Dormitory, is on the Executive Board of the Young D emocrats, is a representative to Student Council, and serves Sigma Sigma chapter as Vice President and Rush Chairman. It is no wonder that Holly Harrington, who is admired by everyone, has been selected to be in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. - -SANDI ScHIPMAN
GEORGIA ANN CLARK Ar
GEORGIA ANN CLARK, president of Alpha Gamma chapter at Indiana State T eachers Co llege, has brought a sparkling personality and great initiative to her job. Georgia Ann's interests are many and wellrounded. She has one of the highest scholastic averages in her department, which is mathematics, and was recently initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity. Musica lly inclined, Georgia was a member of women's chorus for two years, participating in tours of Western Pennsy lvania, and in a concert at Carnegie Music H all in Pittsburgh. She has also played the organ in a city church for several years. She was a member of the first place A~A volleyball team, and also plays basketball. She also enjoys tennis and knitting, and is a m ember of the math club and the math honor club. She was Alpha Gamma's delegate to the N ational Convention at Mackinac last summer. During her term "George" has brought many improvements to the chapter. H er enthusiasm and concern for all the sisters help to make us a close-knit group . She is truly an All-American Alpha Sig sister! - DIANA KUHL 21
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LONNA HENDRON AB
LoNNA HENDRON, Alpha Beta, is one of the most active, popular and outstanding girls on the Northeast Missouri College campus. A physical education major, she has received the Sheryl Fullerton Grim Memorial Scholarship and the W.A.A. Sportmanship Trophy given to the outstanding player of the year. Lonna, who has been listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, has also served as President of W.A.A., secretary of the Alpha Beta chapter, vice-president of the Pem C lub, and secretary of Alpha Phi Sigma. In addition she has been on the Dean's Honor Roll every quarter since she was a Freshman. It is no wonder that the Alpha Betas are proud to call Lonna "a sister." - BARB FREISE
SANDRA STEELMAN BY
SANDRA STEELMAN, president of Beta Upsilon chapter at Indiana State College, has won seven championship trophies for bowling, two of which are NCAA trophies. She also spends much of her spare time skating, another of her favorite sports. Sandy, a senior ~ocial Studies major, transferred to Indiana State College from Central Wisconsin State College where she was a member of the Gamma Beta chapter, and she brought many ideas from the Gamma Beta chapter with her. Her hard work and her undying interest in the Beta Upsilon chapter have helped the chapter, and her sisters, recognizing her accomplishments, honored her by choosing her as their "Ideal Sorority Woman" at the Crystal! Ball. -NORINE MILLER
JOAN WINTERBERGER BI
JoAN WINTERBERGER, president of Beta Iota chapter at Radford College, was recently elected by her class as one of the ten most Outstanding Seniors on campus. Joan, a physical education major, has been active in the athletic clubs on campus, and last year was elected president of the Aquamaids, a swimming club. She was also property chairman of the German Club, one of the dance clubs on campus, and furthermore wrote a column for the Grapurchat, the school newspaper. Beta Iota chapter is proud of Joan, and they showed their love and respect for her by choosing her as the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sweetheart at their Founders' Day Banquet. -CAROL DELAND
ELIZABETH SEAMAN B.6.
ELIZABETH SEAMAN of Beta Delta chapter, known to 路all on Mississippi Southern's campus as "Ish", is a definite example of beauty and ability. A senior majoring in management, she has recently been elected "Miss M.S.C.", an indication of the love and respect that her schoolmates feel for her. Ish serves as President of three groups on campus. In addition to being Beta Delta's president, she also holds that office in Phi Chi The'ta, women's national business profession al fraternity which she helped to organize in 1960. She was elected to her office in M arch of 1961 as a charter member, and in May, 1961 , she was re-elected. In 1961 also, Ish was elected president of Jones Dormitory, and she later received the award for being the outstanding woman in commerce. She is an excellent example of eager energy and confident ability. Ish is also active in Newman Club and on the Women's Affairs Board. Her efforts at Southern have been rewarded by her selection for membership in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Beta Delta is proud to have such a member and outstanding citizen. - LINDA HANNON
NINA CLAIRE BREAUX BZ
THERE will be many unhappy faces at the end of the coming summer session as Nina Claire Breaux, president of Beta Zeta chapter at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, graduates with a degree in Accounting that has taken her only three years instead of the usual four to achieve. ina Claire, who will be a maid in the Annual Camellia Pageant in Lafayette, Louisiana, has an amazing amount of energy that never seems to cease. H er potentia l showed up early, and upon graduation from high schoo l, she was voted Most Likely to Succeed, Most Intelligent, and Best All Around . She was Valedictorian of her class and was awarded the American Legion Award. In college, Nina Claire is a Student Council representative, Newman Club vice-president, secretary-treasurer of the Co llege of Commerce's Honor Society, and secretary of the Accounting Forum. She has been chosen as candidate for favorite in the L ' Acadien yearbook contest by the Accounting Forum, and is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Nina Claire is a remarkable example of brains, leadership, charm, beauty, and personality. Who can blame us for being unhappy to see her go? - CHARLOTTE WALKER
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AsPIRE, SEEK, ATTAIN-our motto and an excellent three-step success formula for Anne Tobey, Theta Theta chapter president and campus leader, who has recently been selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
JEANNE KURTZ r A WHEN a new chapter is installed it takes time, work, energy, and especially leadership to make it a success. Getting it on its feet is one thing, and this, once accomplished, leaves the task of making it a success to the girls who will follow . Chapters grow and attain their aims by the everyday hard work of their members and leaders. Gamma Alpha chapter at Creighton University has found its leader in Jeanne Kurtz. Her hard work, patience with actives and pledges, and work in many other university organizations has made Jeanne an integral part of Gamma Alpha. Jeanne, a junior in Nersing, was Gamma Alpha's president in 1960-61, after the chapter lost all but nine actives to graduation. The responsibility for the actives and the thirty pledges fell on the sho.ulders of a sophomore. Gamma Alpha grew and made great strides during that year. Meanwhile, Jeanne was also Treasurer of the Nursing Club, Treasurer of the Women's Recreation Association, and a member of the Dean's List. Jeanne is currently Secretary of the Panhellenic Council, and was recently elected to Gamma Pi Epsilon, National Jesuit Honor Society for women. Although it is indeed hard for a chapter to express thanks to one of its members, maybe now we can tell Jeanne just how much Gamma Alpha respects, loves, and appreciates her truly "sorority" sister. -MARJORIE BowMAN
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Anne was a member of the Student Council during her first three years at Boston University. In her sophomore and junior years, she was her school's delegate to the Student Faculty Assembly, which is the highest student governing body_ in the University. As a reward for her outstandmg social and academic achievements in the School of Education, Anne was tapped for membership into "Torch", the school' s honorary activities society. Theta Theta's favorite "Who's Who" is also active in the student government of her dormitory. In her sophomore year she was social chairman in her dorm as well as being a member of the House Council and sitting on the Judiciary Board of the dorm. Though school and dorm ;:tctivlties play a vital part in Anne's college life, Alpha Sigma Alpha takes first place when she is asked to list her favorite activity. Anne has served Theta Theta as vice-president, and panhellenic delegate, in addition to serving on many sorority committees. In aspiring to become a leader, in seeking out leadership opportunities, and then, in finally attaining many important leadership positions, Anne has climbed and reclimbed the three-stepped ladder to success. For her, the "Aspire, Seek, Attain" motto of Alpha Sigma Alpha has been a guiding light, and she has been a true exemplification of its meaning. We are very proud of our president and consider the honor of her inclusion in the Who's Who listing a deserving reward for her work and dedication in Alpha Sigma Alpha and University activities.· - MARY ANNE MAGIERA
NANCY MINNAERT, treasurer of Beta Kappa chapter, is an Assistant Editor of the Western Illinois University Yearbook. Nancy, a senior intermediate major, has previously served as Sales Manager and Business Manager of the yearbook, and has been elected a member of Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalism fraternity in recognition of her journalistic ability. Nancy, who has been selected for Who's Who in American Colleges and Univ ersities, has also been on the Dorm Council, and last year was the Junior Class representative on Student Government. She is also a member of Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity, and of the Student Union Board. - CHERYL WATKINS
NANCY MINNAERT BK GRACE MILLER, vice-president of Gamma Epsilon chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has made her chapter proud of h er by her achievements in the journalistic field. From the time Grace, who is now a JUnior, majoring in chemistry, pledged Alpha Sigma Alpha, she has always been very loyal and giving of herself to the chapter. She was president of her pledge class, and elected Pledge of the Year. This year she is Sports Editor for the UW-M Post, and is a member of Pi Delta Epsilon, national journalism honorary. Last November, Grace was a delegate to the Collegiate Press conference in Florida. - MARY BETH BoRDSEN
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PAT GRAHAM BK
PAT GRAHAM, Editor, is a familiar word combination on the W estern Illinois University campus. Pa t, a senior majoring in English, served Beta K appa chapter as edi tor, was a copy editor on the yearbook staff, and at present in an Assistant Editor of the Yearbook. Even though her editorial chores would seem to keep h er busy, she still finds time to be on the Student Union Board, in Student Government, and in the Canterbury C lub. She is president of Sigma T au D elta, honorary English fra ternity, and secretary of Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary Journalism fraternity. Pat, who has also been a Cheerleader, was recently honored by her selection as a member of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. - CHERYL WATKINS
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SUE IMMEL BP
HELGA WINKER BP
"THROUGH the experience of meeting people from various countries and understanding how they feel about things, one is then able to understand why countries have developed the way they have. European students are highly regarded by everyone; they are extremely interested in their own field and a lso in the political affairs of their times." These were the reactions of Sue Immel, a Beta Rho at Northern Illinois University, one of eleven American students who attended the meeting of the International Young Christian Students at the University of Mainz in Germany last summer. The primary purpose of the meeting was to determine the student role in the world affairs of today.
HELGA WINKER, a Beta Rho senior education major, had the exciting experience of travelling to Germany to be in her cousin's wedding last summer. Her family accompanied her on the sixweek trip, which included touring Germany extensively, as well as sightseeing in France, Austria, and Switzerland.
The delegation also visited France, Monaco, Italy, Austria, Belgium, and Holland to complete their European travel. Sue, sports chairman of Alpha Sigma Alpha, is a member of the Young Republicans Club, Psychology Club, Sociology-Anthropology Club, Newman Club, Synchronized Swim Club, A WS, WRA, and SEA. A senior from Chicago majoring in elementary education, Sue also served as social chairman of Williston Hall for two years. -Jo SPENCER
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One of Helga's desires on this trip was to see how Europeans live, and she accomplished this desire by visiting with families in the various countries and by learning their opinions and customs, something that the average tourist does not usually have the opportunity to do. As a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Helga has served as assistant pledge trainer, and as delegate to the Panhellenic Council. She has also been an asset to her chapter by participating in many campus activities such as Newman Club, ACE, SEA, and WRA. She also takes an active part in her dormitory activities, and served as dorm representative to the A WS Council. Helga hopes that after her graduation this year, she will soon be able to continue her travels throughout the world .. -Jo SPENCER
KAREN FOSTER BII
SANDRA SUE DEONIER Br
BETA Pr chapter at Concord College has developed into an avid group of theater-goers since their beloved president, Karen Foster, has taken up the art of acting. Karen, a junior majoring in Home Economics and Speech, whose home is in Oak Hill, West Virginia, appeared last summer in "Honey in the Rock", West Virginia's historical drama.
WEBSTER defines ideal as "conforming to a standard of perfection" and that's exactly what Beta Gamma's actress, Sandra Sue Deonier, is! Our 5' 3", 92 pound asset, a junior majoring in speech and elementary education, has participated in four major college productions, having roles in Rhoda, The Bad Seed, Myrtle Mae, and Harvey. In her spare time she gives private drama lessons to high school students.
This was not Karen's first stage appearance, however, for she has been an active member of the Concord College Theatre for several years, and has appeared in several productions on campus. Karen has not devoted all of her time to acting though, for she has been an active and devoted member of the Beta Pi chapter. While a pledge she acted as Song Leader of her class, and last year she served as Chaplain of the chapter. She has also been active on various other committees in Alpha Sigma Alpha, and her leadership abilities were recognized when she was elected president of the chapter. Karen also is active in other organizations on campus including the Home Economics Club and the Cardinal Key, but everyone recognizes her one foremost ability, that of acting. - SANDRA GooDALL
During her college career at Northeastern State College, Sandy has been listed on the Dean's Honor Role for four consecutive semesters, and has also been busy with many extra-curricular activities. She is secretary-treasurer of Alpha Psi Omega, secretary-treasurer of Au Ger Du Lo Players, Junior Class representative to the Student Organizations Committee, Panhellenic representative, and a member of the English Club and the Baptist Student Union. She is also a devoted m ember of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and has served as its chaplain and vicepresident. She is an inspiration to us and truly portrays the ideal Alpha Sig in our four-fold aim - physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual. - URA LEE STUMBAUGH
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MERCIA GRASSI~ HUMAN DYNAMO LIFE is certainly worth living, especially when it generates warmth, excitement, variety and color. All of these play a vital part in the life of a young Alpha Sig Alumna, Mercia Grassi, from our Nu Nu Chapter in Philadelphia. Since her graduation in 1956 from Drexel Institute of Technology, she has distinguished herself in the fields of fashion , public relations and has traveled half way 'round the world. At the tender age of twenty-two, Mercia copped one of Philadelphia's leading fashion positions, that of fashion co-ordinator for the John Wanamaker Store. She was no stranger to fashion circles. Her astounding success at such a young age parodies that of a female Horatio Alger. She began modeling for John Wanamaker's Teen Club at the age of thirteen. Her interest was then sharpened into trying out for the fashion board. After keen competition (among 2,000 teen-agers from the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas), she won one of the board's spots which she kept through her four years of high school. During this time she gained experience in merchandising, marketing, writing publicity, and staging and co-ordinating fashion shows. Mercia pioneered a monthly club newspaper, christening it "The Eaglette" (after the store's famous bronze EAGLE), and started out by interviewing celebrities for her own column. She enjoyed meeting people from all walks of life and presented the story behind their rise to fame; this included sports, entertainment, government and other professions. At the age of fifteen, she was given the privilege of commentating the store's major back-to-school teen show, starring recording artist, Johnny Ray. She still recalls that she was informed five minutes before intermission that she would have to interview the "Cry" star. She laughingly cites that no one really heard what went on anyway for the shrills and squeals of 3,000 avid fans drowned out all semblances of conversation. When she was old enough to have her first job (betv:een ju~ior and senior years of high school ), Merc1a sold m the Teen Department and assisted the buyer in all merchandising phases. Here she was given the opportunity to travel into the New
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MERCIA GRASSI York markets with the buyer and to look over the salesmen's lines in the store. This served a twofold purpose : giving the buyer the teen's immediate reaction to an item, and educating Mercia to the intricacies of market operation. Mercia continued with her modeling career during high school and became one of the city's most popular teen models ... in newspapers, magazines, and on TV. Upon graduation, she was voted the club's most valuable member, was presented honorary membership on the board, and won a threeday trip to New York as winner of their Teen Queen contest. Her suggestions for the club's charity projects were accepted, among them the sponsoring of an Indian teen-ager to a college education in music, and the adopting of Philadelphia General Hospital's Children's Ward. Her active
''Saturdays at the club" did not hinder her extracurricular activities in high school. As a student of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart in Melrose Academy, she was elected class president for three years, president of the student council, served as chairman of junior and senior proms, vice president of the debate club, art editor of the yearbook, sports editor of the newspaper, hockey manager, and was active in dramat~cs. She sang with the g lee club and played varsity basketball and soft-ball. Upon graduation she was voted "most representative student on campus" and received the medal for perfect attendance and punctuality during her four years. She followed this up by winning a competitive scholarship to Drexel Institute of Technology for two years. Since Drexel specializes in the cooperative plan of education, which means that the student gains the practical as well as theoretical side of their course, she knew she could finance the remainder of her education from income received from her "co-op" jobs. She continued working at Wanamakers on Saturdays .. . then she was offered the position of advisor to the Teen Club on a part-time basis, if she thought she could do it. "I jumped at the chance," she says, "because it was a chance to do everything I wanted ; a chance to help guide the teenagers of a big city into choosing proper clothes, hair styles, and a chance to help them develop poise and personality which make tomorrow's citizens." Here she co-ordinated, commentated and wrote the script for all the teen fashion shows; selected all the models and fashions路, fitted the models路' edited their newspaper; met regularly with the fashion board; conducted weekly meetings for the entire club membership; planned and supervised all club programs; and consulted with the buyers on coming teen trends ... a fashion consultant at the ripe old age of 18! Her only "free" summer (after freshman year at Drexel) was devoted to serving as a member of the John Wanamaker COLLEGE Fashion Board. It was then that she spotted the invitation of MADEMOISELLE Magazine to enter their College Board Contest . . . so she tried, won a spot on the board and kept it for the following two years. Autumn of her junior year found Mercia . on her first "co-op" job . .. as a receptionist and interviewer in Personnel at W anamakers. "We were opening a new branch store," Mercia recalls, "and accepting as many as five hundred applications a day ... the peak season of Christmas was on top
of us too." This really gave her an insight into ~hat makes people "tick." Her second "co-op" JOb was ~ head of stock in the Lingerie Department dunng the Spring season (just in time for th~ Ea~ter and Mother's Day buying and Gradu~tiOn gifts ) . On her third job, she became a SectiOn. Manager in Housefurnishings during the Chnstmas season. "This really domesticated me " she laughs, "my family always threatened to se~d me to .Drexel for another four years, this time to enroll m the Home Economics course." Bes.ides "working her way through college," Mercia always found time to be an active leader on campus. At Drexel, she was elected president o~ the women's senior class, president of Eta Mu PI ~national honorary retailing fraternity ) and president of International Club (of which she was one of the founders ) . She was also voted to the hon.orary. Who's .Who in American Colleges and Unw ersttus, received a senior award for her service to the school which made her a member of the American Association of University Women, served as secre~ary ?f Panhellenic Council, vice president and social directoress of the Newman Club social chairman and rush chairman of Nu Nu ~hapter of A~A, and was made an honorary member of the National John Henry Newman Honor Society. The Alphas also voted her "Alpha Sig Sweetheart" and conferred upon her their highest honor, that of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award nomination for scholarship and leadership. She was chose~ N ewman Sweetheart for two years, and was a member of the Interfraternity Queen's Court. Following graduation from Drexel, Mercia took a trip to Europe with her surplus earnings. On a sunny day in July, the "Castel Felice" pulled out of Montreal, filled with 800 college students bound for a long continental journey. With fifteen co-eds and a Franciscan chaplain, she covered over 10,000 miles through England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, France and Spain. Her ship developed engine trouble on the way home, forcing them ashore for a few days in the Azore Islands. Mercia made it a special point to visit the leading department stores and specialty shops in all of the countries. She also made many friends among the market representatives in London, Florence and Paris. "My biggest thrill was the excitement of Monaco, followed by Givenchy's showing in Paris. My most cherished moment was the audience with the Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, at his summer residence near Rome, Castel Gondolfo. My most exciting experiences took place in Italy . .. a magnificent land of romance, music, art and laughing people. I felt as though I had been there before, and hope to return again
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someday soon for another visit. Just to make sure, I tossed three coins in the Trevi Fountain in Rome." In the Fall of '56, Mercia began full time work at Wanamakers as an assistant to the vice president in charge of sales promotion. This gave her a chance to work with publicity, advertising and display. Each dawn brought a new day full of exciting things, and she seemed to thrive on the unexpected. Several months later she was appointed Direct Mail Advertising Manager, and shortly afterwards she became Fashion Coordinator, the youngest in the store's history. In this position she wrote, produced and commentated all of the store's fashion shows路 delivered radio and television commercials on ail Philadelphia's networks, and released all fashion publicity. She also spearheaded a fashion good-will tour of Philadelphia manufacturers to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where she was feted by the Mayoress of the city and appeared on the major television and radio programs on the island. In this position she came in close contact with the women's clubs and professional organizations of the country. This led to her next rung on the ladder. Two years later she became the social directoress and sales representative for one of the world's most exclusive hotels, the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia. Here 路she introduced a series of cocktail fashion showings in the elegant "Stratford Gardens," bringing world famous designers to the City of Brotherly Love. She also consulted with the Maitre D' on arrangements for all of the leading Philadelphia society balls, luncheons and banquets, and was on hand to greet celebrities from the theatre, sports and politics. She also did a hi~ of traveling, making contacts to bring conventwns to the Bellevue.
The widening field of public relations led her to accept a post with an investment-securities finn where she passed the state exams and became a licensed registered representative. Last Fall, Mercia returned to her ahna mater, Drexel, where she is now an instructor and secretary to the Dean of the College of Busililess Administration. Here she hopes to work on her master's degree in Business and pass on to her students her experiences in the many facets of her young life. Believe it or not, Mercia does find time for relaxation. Her hobbies include music, damcing, sports and the theatre. She is also an avid student of languages with a working knowledge 0f Frelilch, and she is currently studying Italian and Spanish. Her many travels have enabled her to ge.in friends from far and wide with whom she keeps in contact through a vast correspondence. Mercia is truly a credit to Alpha Sigma Alpha and a pleasure to know.
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SPOTLIGHT ~ Florence Morris Lull XX has taught in the field of Religious Educahon for the past twelve years. She is currently Director of Kindergarten and Christian Education for the Bethel Methodist Church and for the Forest Manor Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has taught braille to blind children, worked as Program Director of the YWCA, and served as Counselor and Kindergarten Laboratory Teacher at Earlham College and for the Church Federation of Methodist Churches. Two of her articles have been accepted for publication. Her most recent article, "It's a Turtle Egg, Teacher" is to appear in the Child Guidance and Christian Living publication. Florence is a member of the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter. She and her husband. William Lull, have three boys and an adopted daughter.
FLORENCE MORRIS LULL
• Beulah Poulter rB has recently been elected treasurer of the Wisconsin United Council of State College Governments. Beulah, a junior at Wisconsin State College, was a class vice-president and has been a member of the student council during her freshman, sophomore, and junior years. She pledged Alpha Sigma Alpha her freshman year. was president of her pledge class, and is now president of the Gamma Beta chapter. She also represented her chapter at the National Convention at Mackinac Island. A member of the campus Intersorority Council. Beulah has also supervised a booth for the 1961 freshman activities assembly, and acted as mistress of ceremonies for a preintersorority formal banquet. On campus she has participated in debate and received a freshman scholarship. BEULAH POULTER
• Louise George Holt ®® is a dedicated first grade teacher at the Grace School in Akron. Ohio. Louise has bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the University of Akron. She has been active in a variety of community activities, and currently is serving as chairman of the education subcommittee of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Akron Juvenile Court. It is her hope that through her teaching and court work. she can contribute to molding children into "well-adjusted. law-abiding citizens." Louise is the past president of the Akron alumnae chapter and has also served as representative to Panhellenic where she held the office of Historian.
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Longwood College Farmville, Virginia CHRISTMAS festivities at Longwood brought opportunity for both hard work and fun. The Al:A gals did plenty of the first and had lots of the last. . . The sorority room was decorated with the traditional christmas tree which was put up and decorated by the girls the Friday night before the Senior Dance. Several members made candle and greenery arrangements from very basic materials, and these did muc~ to _add t? ~he yule mood. The room was opened durmg mterm1ss10n of the dance the next night ; and, as usual, the Al:A's had a big group of visitors. The door was dedicated to the senior members. , Christmas music, presents, and lots of Alpha members made the season's party a big success. The girls presented monogramed wallets and key cases to Mrs. Kathleen Cover and Miss Virginia Wall, the sponsors. The chapter fill ed stockings and bought boxes of food for a Farmville family to make th eir Christmas a more full one. Betty Ann Rex and Bobbi Loth swam in the annual Christmas water pageant put on by the H ,O Club. The numbers this year were based on music from The Nut cracker Suite. Tri-chairmen of the school's Christmas pageant all hailed from the Al:A room. Mary Beth Olson wrote the script and co-directed the pageant with Roberta Coldiron. Betty Ann Rex was in charge of the music for the presentation. Our grand group of pledges have been worki.n g hard in scholastic end eavors and in sorority activities. They keep the room in tip-top shape and bought all new Christmas decorations for the tree. They have a lso been doing th eir share of the hospital work here in Farmville. Other gifts presented to the chapter were a silver dish from the seniors, a brass waste paper basket from the junior members, and a dried floral arrangement from the sophomores.-EVELYN GRAY
our monthly spaghetti dinner, our Christmas party, and our annual suite warming party into one enjoyable evening. Santa was present, in the person ?f our t_reasurer, J ulie Jones and she handed out the g1fts, wh1ch were ' quickly opened and were followed by many "h t an k you.-I how-did-you-knows!" Sunday, January 7, was the day of the Faculty Tea, given each year by the pledge class. This enables the student to know her professors in a social as well as a classroom atmosphere. Our numerous guests presented us with a stimulating and intellectual afternoon . Presently Alpha Alpha is in the midst of preparing ~or final exams. The suite is now being used for study With the exception of weekend evenings. We have an Exam Blues Party planned for the weekend preceding finals, to which we will all wear blue. Following semester break our rush plans will once more materialize, followed by Starlight Week and activation of our Fall pledge class. The Miami University Panhellenic Council is presently discussing the possibility of sorority houses on our campus. We would appreciate the opinions of other chapters on their sorority housing arangements. And now, a little delinquent, may we of Alpha Alpha wish our sister chapters a very prosperous and successful new year in Alpha Sigma Alpha!-BETSI McKINLEY
Alpha Beta State Teachers College Kirksville, Missouri THE ALPHAS celebrated the Christmas holidays with a party before going home. We first went caroling to all of the dormitories, fraternity houses, and hospitals. Our pledges furnished the refreshments and provided a skit for entertainment. We presented our adviser, Mrs. Wimp, with a lovely poinsettia.
Alpha Alpha Miami University Oxford, Ohio THE m embers of Alpha Alpha teased the pledges for one week with anonymous notes and symbolic poems until we received our Big and Little Sisters on November 20. W e m et in the Student Center at 7:00 A.M. to surprise the pledges with gifts and wishes of success. Because this is an exceptionally busy tim e of year at Miami, we have tried to limit our activities so that th e sisters might complete their preparation for exams and a ttend the Holiday functions on campus. We combined
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Rushees were "in chains" at the "Alpba.-Traz" rush party given by the Alpha Betas.
Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity. Past President Joy Doverspike is one of the four nominees from Indiana for the Harvard Fellowship. We were represented in the outstanding Christmas program, " The Divine Mystery," by Ros emary Dennis. The sisters spent an enjoyable evening before Christmas, caroling at the homes of our alums. Small gifts were distributed to their children, and although there was no snow, the Christmas spirit was present. Some parties for our week of formal rush included a red and white party, and beatnik, cave man, flapper, 'round the world, western, and oriental parties. Everyone enjoyed dressing up in their secret personalitycowboys, Charleston fans, or a mysterious oriental dancing girl.
A "southern belle" takes refreshments at Alpha Beta's "Southern Array with A~A" formal rush party. We are very proud of Nancy Harding, who was recently initiated as a member of Alpha Phi Gamma, a journalistic fraternity, and Elaine Cunningham, who was chosen as a member of Sigma Zeta. Our annual Sweetheart Dance was held in February and was a huge success. Our dates received a gob let with the Alpha crest on it. We crowned our queen and sang "Alpha Sweetheart" to her. For our philanthropic project, we have been working at the Mentally Retarded school in Kirksville. The children are anywhere from four to nineteen years old. They look forward to the girls visiting them, and it seems to help them a great deal to meet new people. We gave them a Christmas party and presen ted each girl with a gift. Suzie Hanna dressed as Santa and distributed the gifts. Pat Duffey, our vice president, is in charge of the project and sets up the schedule for the time our girls attend the school. All chapters may not be as fortunate as we are to actually be able to work with th ese children. It has been a wonderful experience and a privilege for us. The girls are looking forward to h elping at the school again next year.-BARB FREISE
Our volleyball team surprised even themselves and became champions of the sorority league. Plans are set for a basketball team also. -DIANA KuHL
Beta Beta Colorado State College Greeley, Colorado THE COLD, snowy weather of winter quarter did not dampen the spirits of the Beta Betas. Winter rush started with Open House on January 7 and 8. Our party themes were "Roman Toga" and "Hawaiian." Initiation ceremony for the new pledges is to be held January 22. Saturday, January 20, will be the annual Military Ball. Beta Betas Linda Cornish and Sharon Palmer are candidates for queen . Sharon Palmer is the new Angel Flight Commander. Beta Beta has held this office for three consecutive years. The Beta Betas won the Sigma Chi Derby Day trophy for the third consecutive year which entitled us to keep th e traveling trophy. Also
Alpha Gamma Indiana State Teachers College Indiana, Pennsylvania THE ALPHA GAMMAS have started on a program of redecoration of our suite. W e spent two paint-splattered days changing the color and falling off ladders. The suite is now a soft off-white with a gray ceiling. To furth er enhance our m eeting place, our cou ch was reupholstered and a new end-piece constructed. N ew drapes and built-in shelves are under consideration to add the final touch. The television set was repaired for the benefit of late movie fans. Our fall pledge class consisted of three outstanding sophomores. They are Gretchen Helwig, Mary Ann Oklamchak, and Kitty McCann. These three and Sally Fergason were initiated December 7. After the ceremony many of the sisters enjoyed the fellowsh ip of a late, late dinner at a local restaurant. Two of our officers have received honors this year. They are President Georgia Ann C lark and Vi ce President Jane Robbins. They were initiated into Kappa
Beta Betas prepare for the Sig路ma Chi Derby D>ay parade. Derby Day Queen, Beta Beta Lana Woods, is in foreground in striped outfit.
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for the third consecutive year, a Beta Beta was crowned queen of Derby Day. This year Lana Woods was crowned queen. The Beta Betas are anxiously awaiting national visitation on February 15, 16 and 17. Our new officers will be elected prior to the visitation.
EE 's annual Christmas project is making scrapbooks containing colored pictures .for the children at the Kansas State Training School at Parsons. Twenty scrapbooks were sent this year. We also contributed fo od to the Salvation Army for distribution in its Christmas baskets to the needy.
Girls of Beta Beta were recipients of many honors. Cheryl Knowlton was named "Spur of the Moment" at the annual Intercollegiate Knights Carnival. Marlys Jarrett was chairman of the regional A WS convention held at Colorado State College. Beta Beta is proud to have four candidates for Miss Cache LaPoudre, yearbook queen. The candidates are Marilyn Giem, Marlys Jarrett, Leila Lewis and Sharon Palmer.
Many intramural honors have been captured by Alpha Sigs this year. Charlotte Fox placed first in tennis singles ; Mickey Holt and Sharon Smith placed second in tennis doubles ; Margie Yeager placed third in the golf tournament ; Alpha Sig team 1 placed second in volleyball; •B etty Stainbrook and Charlotte Fox placed second in badminton doubles. Betty Stainbrook was recently elected by the Women's Recreation Association to attend the regional convention at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Winter quarter is ·filled with many activities and the Beta Betas are looking forward to the many events. On Valenti·ne's Day, the Beta Betas will serenade all the Greek houses and present them with a Valentine of candy. The major· activity of this quarter will be the Greek Follies which will be held March 2 and 3.-GAIL H ANAMURA
A new all-school pep club was formed this fall. At the first meeting, November 28, two of our girls captured top offices. Diane Hunt was elected president and Martha Collins was elected vice president. This is the first time for several years that Emporia State has had a n organized Pep Club. We are all anxious to see how it will develop. So far, the response has been good. Suzy Dozier is our candidate for Sunflower queen, the yearbook qu een, a nd was also recently elected song leader for second semester. Carol McGee was elected social cha irman, since the present one, Norma Huston, will graduate this semester. Rush week will begin January 25, so we are busy making plans for what we hope will be another successful rush. -KARE N SwARTZ
Epsilon Epsilon Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia Emporia, Kansas WE of Epsilon Evsilon chapter ended the old year with a feeling of accomplishment, and have started the new year with many plans. "The Roaring Twenties" was the theme of th e pledge informal, November 17. Costumes depicting the flappers of th e Twenties were worn. D ecorations centered around red-and-white checkered tabl ecloths and waxed bottles with candles. Enterta inment, given by the pledges, included a cha rl eston by the entire group and a record pantomime by Nancy W a lker to " Looking for a Boy. " "Winter Fantasy" was the theme of our winter formal, D ecember 16, with decorations being carried out in blue and silver. A false ceiling of light blue was hi ghlighted by blue lights a nd silver glitter. San ta's sleigh with eight reindeer was the center of attraction. Entertainment, presented by the pledges, was composed of a humorous skit entitled " Twas the Night Before Christmas," which was well-received. Nancy Walker sang " The Christmas Song," and Laurie Niedens, Patsy Brammel, and Judy Dirks pa ntomimed "Th e Chipmunk Song. " All in all, the evening was a success. Carol M cGee was chairman of the food committee, and Karen Swartz was chairman of the decorations. Sunday, D ecember 17, was the date of our annual "Big and Little Sister" Christmas party. After caroling at th e two hospitals an d the homes of Mrs. Otis Thornton facul ty adviser, and Miss Catherine Strouse who hold~ pin No. 1 in EE chapter, we returned t~ the house where Sa nta Claus was waiting. After he had distributed the gifts, and they were opened, we sang carols around the tree. This party is one of the highlights of the year.
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Zeta Zeta Central Missouri State College Warrensburg, Missouri " Ru sh, rush, rush," seems to be the motto of the Zeta Zetas this time of the year. We are rushing around m a king plans for Central Missouri State College's most popular girl contest, "Miss Cemo"; rushing to get our annua l Sweeth ear t Forma l preparations under way; and particularly rushing to get to know the girls that will be our new sisters in the future. Winter rush this year contradicted the wea therman wi th an " I sle of Paradise" party. W e picked up our rushees in new cad illacs, greeted them in our "mumus," entertained them in an atmosphere of the tropi cal islands, an d surprised them with genuin e leis from Hawaii (some were even orchids!), thanks to our sister, Nancy Yamonte, in H awaii. We are happy to announce that Sydney Smith was vo ted Winter Sports Queen by the physical education club, that Virginia Taggart was chosen to be Sigma Sigma Sigm a's Carnival Queen, and that Jody Kennedy a nd Janice Neil were nominated for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Zeta Zetas are also happy to have Miss Jane Chambers of the English Department as one of our new advisers. -JODY KENNEDY
Theta Theta Boston University Boston, Massachusetts
have given us many helpful suggestions, and we thank them once again for their invaluable assistance.-MARIE PORRECCA
FIRST SEMESTER is over and a new semester brings with it Formal rush at the University. Theta Theta has been preparing for this important Greek World activity at a steady pace. On December 8 we had a very successful rush workshop at the a partment of our chapter president, Anne Tobey. A blending of an A2:A brand of fun and work produced entertainment, refreshment, and theme plans that should bring us a successful rush. Formal rush begins with a Panhellenic tea on February 4. The partying begins February 12 and runs through to March 3 when bids will be distributed . The first week includes a series of one-hour parties without themes. But themes are allowed for the parties of the two weeks to follow. All the decorations and other incidentals that will be needed for these parties will be made at another rush workshop set for January
25. Though formal rush is fast approaching, we also have another very important function on our calendar. The Theta Theta's have unanimously voted to make Mrs. Newton, the mother of our Pledge Trainer and Chaplain, Sally Newton, a 路Mother Patroness. Mrs. Newton has been a valuable and helpful part of our chapter and its activities for the past few years. She has done much to warrant this honor. The ceremony will take place February 6.-MARY ANNE MAGIERA
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Rho Rho Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia TH E sun had shone brightly all week, but on the morning of our winter formal it began snowing. It was a dream-come-true and a perfect setting for our dance, the theme of which was "Winter Wonderland ." We danced till two to the music of the Collegiates in a winter wonderland of snowmen and candy canes. At intermission our new pledge class entertained us with several pledge songs, and our "Dischords" (Rosie Morris, Sug Crabtree, and Jackie Long) sang Winter Wonderland . When we came back to school after the holidays, our chapter house-to our surprise--was spotless and everything was in order. Apparently our pledge class did more than loaf during Christmas vacation. The campus Panhellenic Council recently began a "sister sorority" program which is intended to promote better and closer rela tions among the sororities on campus. Each sorority is assigned a different sorority every month. This month Rho Rhos are "sisters" with Delta Zeta, a nd this month we will go to their house for a slumber party. Our pledge class is inviting the Delta Zeta pledge class to our chapter house for a coke party. Finals are over a nd second semester is beginning. Rho Rhos are beginning definit e plans for rush .- JANE McGAN N
Drexel Institute of Technology Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ON Founders' D ay, November 15, we of Nu Nu commemorated the occasion at a banquet. All of the sisters and pledges attended, as well as Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Baker, our advisers, and many alumnae. After a delicious dinner, Pat Barbera, Linda Paulison, Marge Fletcher, and Carol Zaderozny participated in a beautiful and inspiring ceremony which had been presented at the National Convention last summer. Ros emary O'Brien, last year's sweetheart, then turned over h er position to Jeanette Burtnett, our present sweetheart. J eanne Haack, "president of Nu Nu, has been selected for Key and Triangle, Drexel's Women's Honorary. The girls are chosen for membership from the junior and senior classes on the basis of scholarship, loyalty, achievement leadership and other characteristics. We all feel that Jeanne, wh~ is consistently on the Dean's List, and who is active in Student Senate, varsity hockey and lacrosse and in the Drexel Home Economics Association, is truly' deserving of this honor. We have fin ally completed our rush party plans. The party will be h eld on Tuesday, January 30, at 7: 30 P.M. in the main living room of the dormitory. Our theme will be "Alice in Alphaland." The Kappa Kappas of Temple, who used the same theme for their fall rush,
Up on the roof-top a few Rho Rho pledges b eg路in spring house-cleaning. Left to right are Linda Rans on, Jane Fowler, Aru1 Donahoe, and J{athy Ferguson.
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Sigma Sigma Western State College Gunnison, Colorado SIGMA SIGMA pledges started their sorority life by celebrating Founders' D ay. On November 15, they were taken to dinner at the Western Restaurant where all, the pledges, alumnae, and members, enjoyed a F~unders' Day banquet. After dinner everyon_e was enterta~ned b_y a talk and the movies taken at Natwnal Conventwn this summer. L ater that evening we had our formal pledge initiation to which the alumnae were invited. During open rush this winter, Sigma Sigma decid ed to have a different type rush party. On December 10, at 6: 30 in the morning we had a surprise come-as-youare-breakfast for our present pledges and our prospective pledges . The breakfast was held at the home of ~rs. H arrie t Lake, an alumna. The members gave a Chnstmas skit for entertainment. This party turned out to be one of the highlights of our rush activities of the year. Instead of exchanging gifts for Christmas, the girls each donated the money used in regularly buying the gifts to buy a Christmas food basket for a needy family in Gunnison. On December 11, the Alphas and the Kappa Delta Mu fraternity went caroling around the campus. Afterwards we had hot chocolate and donuts at the Geology Building. Everyone had loads of fun . To start the new year off, we took the five new girls that pledged during open rush to dinner. That same night, January 3, we had their formal initiation. Sigma Sigma is very pleased with their twelve new pledges and is planning an interesting calendar containing worthwhile projects and more fun. - SANDI ScHIPMAN
Phi Phi Northwe5t Missouri State College Maryville, Missouri
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THELMA LOU GERDES
leading Captain. Both are also members of the Student Senate. While things seem to be calm on the home front now a whirlwind of activities is scheduled. State Day is t~ be held on our campus this year; Tower queen elections are coming soon; and our .A~A Sweetheart dance and Spring formal will follow.-CARY HoLST
Chi Chi Ball State Teachers College Munde, Indiana WITH the remembrance of the gay Christmas season still with us, we, the Chi Chis, are enthusiastically engaged in rush parties, teas, and song practices. The two weeks before Christmas vacation and quarter break were filled with Christmastime activity. We decorated the suite-Christmas tree and all-and had a "tweefie" party at the home of one of our sponsors, Mrs. Robert Primmer. Tweefies, inexpensive but significant gifts, were exchanged, games played, and songs sung.
THE CHRISTMAS holidays were filled with happiness and bounding spirit from the Phi Phi sisters. "Rudeena, the Independent Reindeer," found herself in the midst of our Christmas party. She was cast in a skit presented by the pledge class. While Christmas carols were being sung, a surprise "modern-type" Santa Claus bounded in with presents for all. The pledges gave their mothers an .A~.A cup and saucer set, while mothers presented their daughters with .A~.A pajamas. J ackie Burger and Karlene Hendrix were all-over chairmen.
Following our success in selling Christmas wrapping paper we began work on other money-making projects. To help support our National Philanthropy we are selling magazines. As a greater incentive the seniors have challenged the sophomores and juniors combined on the number of subscriptions sold.
A Christmas party was held for the children of Noyes Home from St. Joseph, Missouri, with Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Chi Chis won the volleyball championship in the Women's Recreational Association intramurals. Carey Matson is the Chi Chi W.R.A. representative.
We would like to announce that we have three new sisters. They are Barbara Combs, Clearman t, Missouri; Caye Cross, Bedford, Iowa ; and Pat Thompson, Maryville, Missouri. Phi Phis are also proud of two of their members, Thelma Lou Gerdes and Martha Gray, who have been recognized as leaders on campus. Thelma Lou is the Editor of the school Year book, while Martha is Cheer-
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As a philanthropic project the Chi Chis helped wrap gifts for mentally ill children under the direction of the United Building Fund.
Elected to the Association of Women's Residence Halls Senate was Pat Brady. Nancy McCarron and Becky Williams were named for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Now we are in the midst of rush. The teas have been given. Still on the calendar for the near future are our costume and formal parties. This year the theme of our costume party is Breakfast at Tiffany's with the rushees coming dressed as jewels.
So with the fun and satisfaction we find in sorority we are wor,king hard in the anticipation of sharing these things with new pledges.-GRETCHEN KRUGHOFF
Beta Gamma Northeastern State College Tahlequah, Oklahoma FouNDERs' DAY was a most enjoyable one in 1961 for the Beta Gammas. A banquet was h eld and over fifty members and alums were present. It was certainly an extra opportunity for us to visit and "compare notes" with out alums. Next, we experienced the excitement and susp ense of Christmas with our annual party. There was an exchange of gifts between the big and little sisters, adding even more fun. A wonderful time was enjoyed by all before parting for the Christmas vacation. Second semester rush is now under way, and we have chosen as our rush party theme, "At the Corner of Hollywood and Vine." Each member is to portray h er favorite or most disliked movie star. A comical skit is on the program for entertainment. This is a big time in sorority life at Northeastern , and a chance to really "grow," both in quantity and in quality. Alpha Sigs certainly came out on top when the 196162 Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities slate was announced . We had six out of the twenty-one named! Among those were three seniors : J o Nell Condren, Gloria Graham, and Janet Pugh ; and three juniors: Sandy D eonier, Shirley Littlefield, and Ura L ee Stumbaugh. Beta Gammas are quite proud and thrilled at such i;J. large representation! As Spring rolls around, many queen titles become vacant. The first one that candidates h ave been nominated for is the Tsa La Gi or yearbook queen. We have chosen Dottie Hooser, Pat Roberts, Ann Lynn Bowles, all juniors; and Carol Eichlin g, sophomore. Alpha Sigs are very confident that one of these "beauti es" will add th is to our list of queens for the 1961-62 school year. During March we will have our annual spring formal. Plans are well underway for this big event. This school year has been full of events so far and a ll of the Alpha Sigs here at Northeastern are looking forward to a successful coming semester.-URA LEE STUMBAUGH
Beta Delta University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA continues to attain higher goals at the University of Southern Mississippi. Beta Delta chose December 1 as the date for the annual Christmas Dance. Hattiesburg's Holiday Inn was the site of the gay festivities of dancing, refreshments, and the presenting of gifts to each g irl's date. Dress was semi-formal, and attitudes were bright. Following the Christmas Dance, on Sunday afternoon , December 3 Beta D elta members had an informal Christmas party in the sorority room. Big sisters and little sisters exchan ged gifts, and special recognition was g iven
to those whose birthdays fe ll during our Christmas school vacation . We enjoyed refreshments-cokes and cookies -and fellowship in an appropriately decorated setting. After many days of long prac tice, Beta Delta entered the Chi Omega Song F est, and we are proud to announce that we were awarded second p lace ! The sorority sang "Our Very Own" and "Here Comes Santa Claus," and each girl was attired in a white pleated skirt and blouse, red corduroy wesket monogrammed with the letters "A2:A," and black heels. Special mention must be given to Carolyn McLean, our song leader, without whose h elp a nd encouragement we should have failed. After three glorious weeks of Christmas vacation, we came back to school to begin a new quarter. Several days later we received a letter from Dr. M cCain, president of the college, that our sorority had maintained the highest grade average on campus for the third consecutive quarter. Congratulations, Alpha Sig's!! During the coming week, Beta D elta will hold intiation for a number of her pledges; we are also busy selecting candidates for cam pus elections. Look for the results in the nex t edition of the PHOE NIX !-LINDA HA NNON
Beta Epsilon Madison College Harrisonburg, Virginia THE PAST few months have been a time for rejoicing for Beta Epsilons, for they have received eleven new members as well as a new home. On January 12 the chapter moved into the red brick home across the street from the white frame house that Alpha Sigma Alpha has had since 1942. Ba ker, as the new home will be called, was bought by the school last year. At the request of Beta Epsi lon members, it was given to the sorority to replace the older house it then occupied. On the night of the moving the sorority was given a surprise housewarming party by the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Z eta T a u Alpha sorority, Beta Epsilon's new next-door neighbors. A few weeks earlier on D ecember 14, the eleven pledges of fa ll rush were initiated into the sisterhood of A2:A. On J anuary 3 after the Christmas vacation, the sorority had a party for the new members. As a Christmas project, th e Beta Epsilon Chapter provided food and toys for a family with three children. The annual Christmas party was given by the pledges. The story of the birth of Christ was portrayed in pageant form. The high light of the second part of the program was the visit of Santa Claus who was escorted by eight tiny reindeer led, no less, by Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. R efreshments included three red and white cakes made in the shape of our Greek letters- A2:A. Also, in November, five Beta Epsilons, Lyn Cox, Linda Carver, Betty Edwards, Dawn Marston, and Bonnie Tipton were tapped for m embership in Kappa Delta Pi, a n honor society in education. -BETTY EowARPS, BETTY CoGHILL
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Beta Zeta University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana HoMECOMING, parties, and the Christmas holidays ~re over for another year. The Beta Zetas are busy studymg for final exams. For Homecoming, we used the idea of a " Bulldog Demoteria." We made 4 washers and dryers out of chicken wire stuffed with white paper. Behind the machines, we had a football player nine feet tall operating the machines. We held the annual Pledge Workshop in December followed by a wiener roast in Girard Park. We had as guests our dates, our adviser, and all the people that helped us with Homecoming decorations. Nina Claire Breaux has been chosen to take part in the annual Camellia Pageant. Out of 50 U.S .L. students chosen for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, Beta Zeta has 3 representatives. They are Nina Claire Breaux, Mary Ann Gill, and Claire Fuselier. We have two representatives for favorites in the L' Acadien yearbook con test chosen by other organizations. They are Phyllis Dupis chosen by Lambda Chi Alpha, social fraternity, and Nina Claire Breaux chosen by the Accounting Forum. The candidate chosen by Beta Zeta is Claire Fuselier. Two Beta Zetas have taken part in debutante balls. Glenda Thibodeaux was a debutante in the Crowley Debutante Ball for 1961-62. Madeline Bounchard took part in Le Bal De Noel for 196 2 at which she was made a member of Les Belles de Noel. The Beta Zetas are planning for Spring Rush. The pledges are eagerly looking forward to initiation in the spring.-CHARLOTTE WALKER
With-Wool Contest, Bonnie Zelesky is a cheerleader, and Sharon Honeymen is an active 4H'er. This pledge class will almost double our membership and will most certainly add much to our chapter. Beta Eta is also justly proud of its president, Nancy Van Mill, who was among thirteen from our college elected to be represented in Who's Who in American Colleges and Uni versities. Besides being an outstanding student and social leader, Nancy is tops as Beta Eta's president. The Spring will be just as busy as the winter. Our formal is in February; our Philanthropic project is pending; a State Day with the girls in Colorado is becoming more than just a dream ; National Inspection is slated for March; a retreat to the Badlands for a weekend is being planned; and of course, our Newsletter will be published, tying, we hope, this school year into a neat packet to be filed away in our memories for future use.-KAREN STAY
Beta Theta Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Now THAT we have finally recovered from the Christmas season and our longed for vacations, we are once more rushing headlong into final examinations and spring rush. Our annual Christmas party was held on the Tuesday before vacation started, December 12, at the home of one of our Mother Patronesses, Mrs. Margaret Maccardini. The fall pledge class h eld their pledge party December 6, and they put on a most unusual version of the Three Bears. They were initiated on December 10.
Beta Eta Dickinson State Teachers College Di~;:kinson, North Dakota BETA ETA begins the new year with many activities and thoughts to keep us busy. But we can look back over the busy days of last year. In November we had a general Rush party for all girls interested in our sorority. "Hil1billies" were the hostesses and "Hillbillies" starred in the entertainment. About fifty girls joined us in doughnuts and cider and the Beta Etas really got to know more of the interested girls. December found us busy with a new quarter and the prospect of a long Christmas vacation. Our annual Christmas party followed initiation of three new sisters. We opened our gifts, then had a party with the Alumnae Chapter in Dickinson. Christmas cheer and joy abounded as we ate many varieties of Christmas goodies and sang the beloved carols of that season. One of our sisters was married after Christmas and another took a teaching position. They were a loss but early in January we pledged fourteen girls. What a thrill it was to have such a large and fin e group. Lola DeFoe is an active member of the Student Council, Jane ZunBrunnen was a state winner in the Make-It-
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Beta Theta's new members and their 路b ig sisters are, kneeling, left to rig ht, Darlene Carson, Toby Richmond, Penny Snogren, Dody Wolfford, and Sue \Villiruns, new members; and standing, left to right, J ean Osborn, Sue McQuaid, Lynda Gainor, Mary Slowinski, and Jane Dalton, their big sisters.
We Beta Theta's here at Central Michigan are all busy on plans that will enable us to have a house. There is only one other sorority house on campus so we hope to become the second house by next fall.
Three BK's were in the Western spotlight. Nancy Minnaert and Pat Graham were selected to Who's Who ln American Universities and Colleges. Grace McKone was voted in an allschool election as a Sophomore Class Personality.
Our annual Snow Sculpture Contest is Saturday, March . 3, and the ideas that have come in already point toward a most successful and fun~filled contest. We make the main sculpture that ties all the other sculpture into one general theme.
Chocolate turtles were sold before Christmas to earn money for our "house painting" this Spring. The alums have also helped us with our paint fund.
Spring rush starts Monday, February 12, so we are deep in rush party plans as of now. So far our year has been very active an d our future plans point to a most active group.-MARY ELLEN MACAULAY
Beta Iota Radford College Radford, Virginia LEADERSHIP, beauty, and popularity are three qualities that are apparent in Beta Iota . Carolyn McPherson was installed as first Vice President of the student body and Billie Hailer and Pat Pepper took over their duties as representatives to their class. Alice Applegate and Kitty Barton were elected as candidates for the queen of Campus Carn ival. This is a gala event sponsored by the YWCA. Popularity was shown by five of our seniors who were chosen as Outstanding Seniors of their class. They are Judy Blackburn, Anne Bryant, Liz King, Judy Weaver, and Joan Winterberger. Jane King was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. As their Philanthropic Proj ect, the pledge class made stationery boxes for the Greenlawn Home of Radford. The gifts were painted black cigar boxes with designs on them. The class supplied entertainment and joy for the patients. Plans are still being made to redecorate the sor01ity room. The newest article added is a big red rug! We hope to have the room finished by the beginning of February.-CAROL D ELAND
Beta Kappa Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois CHRISTMAS was so nice, especially when Santa brought us twenty lovely pledges on December 19 after formal rush. The following Sunday the "Mothers" took their "Daughters" to our traditional breakfast and group church attendance. The approaching Best Dressed Girl Contest will find several Alpha Sigs vying for the title. Gail Ward has a part in the forthcoming play Bernarda Alba, and Fran J a novetz and Grace McKone will be in the musical production, West Side Story. Tammy Pulver received a $400.00 scholarship from Alpha D elta Kappa which is given to a Kindergarten-Primary major with a high scholastic average.
GRACE Mci<:ONE
Beta Kappas joined voices with several fraternities for caroling during Christmas. The pledge class this year is going through a very "constructive" period. Since this is the time that they learn how to be an Alpha Sig, they are already starting to promote good relations with fellow Greek organizations. First on their calendar is to serve the D elta Sigma Phi fraternity a Saturday morning breakfast. Next will be a coffee hour with the pledges from the other sororities as their g uests. They are all looking forward to the day that they will become members, especially before we get our second pledge class Spring Quarter. BK's still have a very busy year ahead of them with exchanges, Greek Ba ll, Sigma Sing, Greek Week, AllSchool Picnic, and the Winter Carnival. Foremost in our minds, however, is Informal Rush.-CHERYL WATKINS
Beta Lambda Arkansas State Teachers College Conway, Arkansas 'BETA LAMBDA celebrated Alpha Sigma Alpha's 60th anniversary with a candlelight ceremony in the home of Mrs. Sue Cummings of Conway. Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded at the Arkansas State Teachers College in 1944. The A~A ' s who took part in the traditional Student Christian Association cand lelighting ceremony on Thursd ay, December 14, were Shirley Deslauriers, Joan Bender, Sue Cummings, Kay Glenn, Lou VanSickle, and Suzy Rogers. This was the religious program which is held each year following the Christmas dance. A joint meeting was held with Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity to plan the Christmas Carol singing and the winter convention which was held in Little Rock Later, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams held an Open House for the sorority and the fraternity on December 12. On December 13, after we had a ll serenaded the dormitori es with Christmas Carols and cries for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, the Beta Lambdas and the Phi Sigma Epsilons met for a party. We all sang while a Phi Sigma Epsilon pledge played his guitar. One of our sponsors, Miss Calvert, served Russian Tea to help warm us from the rain and sleet drizzle in which we had been singing. We in Beta Lambda chapter have a long range plan for improving our sorority room. We have been setting asi de money for several months and now the work is beginning. We are going to build a cabinet the entire
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Beta Pi Concord College Athens, West Virginia . THE MUSIC stopped, the dancers stood still, and everyone waited. T路h en it was announced! Nancy Lively was Snow Flake Queen! Reigning over the Christmas form a l Nancy was the pride and joy of every Alpha Sigma.' Besid es being Snow Flake Queen, Nancy is treasurer of Cardinal K ey, vice president of Panhellenic, an d a Justice on our Stud ent Court. "Jingle Bell Rock" was the theme of the Alpha Sigs and Sig T a u's Mountain Lion dance. The Fairlanes provided the music, and it turned out to he another successful Alpha Sigma affair.
Beta Lambdas and the Phi Sigma Epsilons combine for a party. width of our sorority room to house our ritual robes and other materials we 路have collected from dances, floats, and rush parties. The center of the cabinet will contain a series of drawers. Each officer will have her own drawer for all of h er materials. The cabinet will be closed with louvered doors like the ones with which we are replacing our drapes. We are selling our present furniture and putting in corner couches and other chairs. To cover the floor we propose wall-to-wall carpeting and, of course, we are going to repaint the entire room. Pictures of our progress will follow in later issues of THE PHOE NIX. Plans for our sprir.g rush have begun, and our committees are enthusiastically at work on programs and themes. We also have visitation plans for all the freshmen dormitories. Polly Blair was selected to represent Alpha Sigma Alpha in the Most Beautiful contest sponsored by the Scroll staff which makes up our yearbook. -Suzy RoGERS
Beta Nu Murray State College Murray, Kentucky BETA Nu is looking forward to spring this year after all the ac tivity of the holidays. We started the new year off right when we played football in the "Powder Puff Bowl" and won! These games are played among the different sororities on Murray State's campus and the winner takes home a beautiful trophy. We are helping a needy family this year. They were assigned . to us by the Red Cross. We sent them a Christmas basket containing canned goods and fresh fruit and we are now collecting clothing. We are going to begin rush again for the second semester. The freshmen girls will be able to go out for rush. We have already started planning for our rush party. We want to make this the best year we have ever had.-PEGGY KlPP
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W e really rocked it up with our brother fraternity and other guests at the annual Twin Twirl. The couples danced to the music of the Fairlanes surrounded by very impressive decorations. The ceiling was covered with a white parachute, and the walls in blue crepe paper. Favors were given by the Sig Taus. Plans for the spring formal have not been made yet. During our Mountain Lion dance, the Alpha's appeared in their official uniforms of red plaid kilts, white blouses and blazers, red knee socks and white sneakers. We certainly were the talk of the campus. Beta Pi is very proud to have two Alpha Sigs in Who's Who in Amuican Colleges and Universities. They are Janice Ford and Peggy Thomas. Action is getting underway for our second semester rush. The tentative theme is "A~A Showboat." The entertainment will present different phases of showboat life, and the decorations, favors and refreshments will a lso follow this theme.-SANDRA GooDALL
Beta Rho Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois BETA RHo held its annual all-Greek Christmas dance the evening of December 3 in Still Gym. The bids this year were brown gingerbread houses with multi-colored glitter trim. Entertainment was provided by our own pledges and by some of the other Greek organizations on campus. A Patroness Tea was held December 11, in the Central Unit of Neptune Dormitory. The patronesses of all the sororities on campus were honored at the tea. We are presently in the midst of Winter Carnival W eek at NIU. Because of the great deal of snow, the snow sculpturing contest was held for the first time in four years! A skating party on the lagoon, a jam session, and an informal dance are also being held this week. We are happy to say that two of our chapter members, Joa n Schwarz and Bev Walden, have been nominated for Winter Carnival Queen. On Sunday, January 7, our semi-annual pledge banquet was held at the Cabin in downtown DeKalb. Mary Vollman was awarded the best pledge award for the fall pledge class.
participation in social functions must be equal to the overall grade point of the chapter the previous term. This will be enforced until a suitable chapter grade point average is reached. June Lynn Skaggs has the lead in the winter term play, "The Imaginary lnvalid."-KATHY LENT SPENCE
Beta Upsilon Indiana State Teachers College Terre Haute, Indiana \
Beta Rho's pledge class includes, left to right; first row: Chris Donnelly, Nancy Johnson, and Barb Beutell; second row: Judy Laskowski, Martha Guilfoyle, Bette Davis, Diane Palmer, and Kathy Burkwest; third row: Pat Deshong, Barb Phippard, Sharon Lamb, Pat Finch, Mary Vollman, and Judi Johnsen.
Because the pledge class, with Pat Deshong as chairman, plans the yearly informal dance, we do not know what the decorations will be like! All we do know is that the dance is being held Saturday, January 13 at the Log Lodge in Rockford , and that we'll have a good time-we always do! Another honor was bestowed upon two of our chapter members-Linda Ness and Diane Jones were hostesses at a recent Theta Chi open house. Spring rush is almost upon us-February 10 is the date for the open houses. The theme for our formal parties will be "Mardi Gras" and our favors will be red garters and masks.-Jo SPE NCER
Beta Sigma Southwest Missouri State College Springfield, Missouri BETA SIGMA's are happy to welcome Miss Wanda Gorczynski as our new faculty adviser. Miss Gorczynski is assistant professor of Latin and Greek and Latin Word Elements at SMS.路 Mrs. Joe H. Brewer and Mrs. Stewart Koenemann visited Beta Sigma J anuary 12-14 for our chapter inspection. We were very pleased to welcome these National Chairmen and we enjoyed their visit thoroughly. They were a great help to the members of Beta Sigma. During the visit, we held formal initiation and installation of officers. Six new members were initiated into the sisterhood of Alpha Sigma Alpha. We have two new pledges this term, filling our quota of forty girls. Kay Roberts, Scholarship Chairman, has initiated a new scholastic program. The grade point for members'
ON THE wonderful day of December 11, Beta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha took seven pledges. Of course, we were more than thrilled to have Doris Lautner, our rush counseller, come back to us. Doris is from Tell City, Indiana. She is a junior and an Elementary major. We are planning a coke party in Open Rush for prospective pledges. We are busy planning and campaigning for Mary Cay Roach, who is Queen Candidate for the Delta Sigma Pi Business Honorary. She is a sophomore, English major, and from Bedford, Indiana. Mary Cay is our newly installed secretary for the chapter. She is very active in the extra-curricular activities. We are sure that she has a good chance and we are waiting anxiously for the results. MARY CAY ROACH Our installation of officers was held January 10, and we were all very impressed with the lovely installation service. We were very excited about the Crystal Ball which was held J anuary 13. This was a formal dance honoring all Panhellenic Greeks on the Indiana State Campus. Every sorority votes for the Ideal Sorority Woman of their sorority. While our Ideal Sorority Woman was being presented, we sang the "Sweetheart Song" and presented her with yellow roses in her honor. We were very proud to have Karin Shoemaker as chairman of decorations for the Crystal Ball. Karin is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and our newly installed Vice-President. She IS a sophomore and majoring in Special Education. Our money-making projects have been bubble bath and Heath candy. Our next money-making project was selling sugar-shelled, heart-shaped Valentines for Valentine's D ay. Enclosed in th e Valentine was chocolate candy. Last spring we sold sugar-shelled Easter eggs with Easter candy inside. This was something new and sold very well. We are working very hard on money-making projects, because next year we will be having and furnishing a new suite for our chapter. Finals are coming up, and we are all studying very hard to raise those indexes. We are also anxiously awaiting the new semester with new pledges, trade parties, Song Festival, and new money-making projects. We are certain that this will be a prosperous year.NoRINE MILLER
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select for an officer in the Stout Student Association elections.
Stout State College Menomonie, Wisconsin
Beta Phi's are working hard under various chairmen in anticipation of another successful year during the final semester.-SHARON WYss
THE BETA P HI's on Stout's campus continued their active participation during December. We point with pride to our two members, Gloria Dallman and Shar~n Wyss, who were selected to represent o_ur ~c~路wol m Who's Who in American Colleges and Unwersztzes. The Alpha Sias were aaain honored with another Queen, our 0 0 ' Sandy Laudon was crowned Sigma Tau Gamma s Rose Queen at the annual R ose Ball. Our new members set us in the Christmas spirit with a surprise party. Each old member received a red velvet pin cushion trimmed in white braid. Alpha Sigs were well represented at the All-Greek Caroling as they joined other campus gro ups in singing at hom es of the President and faculty members. Once aaain the Alpha Sigs brought the true spirit of Christmas t; the residents of the Dunn County Hospital for the mentally ill as they presented gifts and songs for those less fortunate. Ten Beta Phi's were well-received as representatives of Alpha Sigma Alpha by a local chapter, K appa Phi Chi, on Northern Michigan University's campus. First semester is drawing to a close, but the Alpha Sigs are busy preparing for a full slate of events including Winter Carnival festivities. We plan to recapture our two consecutive victories in the tug-of-war as well as participate in th e ice carvings an d jalopy races. National Inspection will be February 8 through 10, followed by our A~A sponsored Sadi e Hawkins Week sparked with serenading, a candy sale, a Valentine's Tea, and the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance! During early February we will be accepting Freshman pledges for the first tim e on our campus. New pledges and members alike will be working hard to keep up our 1st place title in the Phi Omega Beta " Stunt Nite" and campaigning for the candidate we
Beta Chi Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona BETA CHIS and our dates were at the Mountain Shadows in Phoenix for our Christmas formal. The theme "Winter Enchantment" was chosen by the pleda~s. The pledges also handled the decorations and refre~hments. A "Mr. Enchantment" was selected from the dates. He was Robert Yee. In supporting the National Philanthropic Project, the .,.iris served at a Christmas party given for the mentally ;etarded children in the Valley of the Sun. We wore our new red skirts and white blazers and acted as hostesses. We also donated presents and paper cups. All the girls agree it was a worthwhile experience. We are now planning on helping with other activities. Before Christmas the chapter had a pizza party exchange with the Theta Chi' s. Fledges of both groups provided the entertainment. Norma Butler, chaplain of the sorority, was chosen "Crescent Girl" at the Lambda Chi Alpha Christmas formal. She received a dozen white roses. With exams coming soon we' re planning our annual Steak and Beans dinner. This contest between members and pledges ensures fun for everyon~ . The group with the highest grades eats steak, wh!le the others eat beans and get the job of preparing the food. Another traditional activity is underway. In February we are having our annual Father-Da ughter banquet. Pledges are getting anxious as preparation begins for their initiation. The committee h as been chosen to set up " H elp Week". During this week the pledges must ca rry their goodie boxes and do favors for. the members. Other duties will be set by the committee. It seems like th e year just began, but here we are planning the installation of new officers for 1962-63. LI NDA CARNOWSKI
Beta P si Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan
B eta Phi Dogpatchers advertise their annual Alpha Sig Sadie Hawkins Dance at a basketball game.
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THE WINTER season found the Alpha Sigs once more in the spotlight on W. M. U. campus. Jo Polakowski and Dave Peebles were honored as Campus Couple; while Joan Shoesm ith was recognized as the Carnation Queen by Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Sue Modderman, Cathy O verholt, an d Marlene Dykstra attended the Honorary Sophomore Chocolate sponsored by Arista. Assistant Director of the student written, produced, and directed, "Fantasy", was Sue Dean.
Thrilling to every pledge was the Panhellenic Banquet and Ball )leld in her honor this past weekend. Beta Psi presented fifteen vivacious pledges to the campus at the Greek dance. To complete the pledge class of 1961-1962 the Alpha Sigs will take part in Spring informal rush which begins in March. Already exciting activities are underway for the new Spring semester. Tunes from "My Fair Lady" are running through the mind of every Beta Psi girl. Preparation for Sorority Sing on Mother's Day Weekend is not taken lightly by an Alpha Sig. Other plans in the making are for State Day which will be held on Western's campus on March 10. A'midst all this hustle and bustle our sisters are busily planning and ordering attractive outfits for the entire sorority. A red and white houndstooth pleated skirt with a matching jacket will become a distinguishing trademark, as well as a versatile suit in an Alpha Sig's wardrobe.-JUDY SCHAFER
Beta Omega Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania WITH the writing of this article, Beta Omegas of Bucknell are deep in work preparing for both finals and formal rush. With so much ahead of us, it is difficult to look back and take stock of the past two months. Those two months went quickly, and with two vacations within that time period, little time was spent at school. Most of our activities were centered about the festivities of the Christmas season. Early in December, the Bucknell Mixed Chorus presented the "Theresa Mass", or "Mass in B Flat". Nancy Jacobus and Janet Wells sang in the Chorus, and Barbara Gross and Adrian Axtell played in the orchestra. Next on the agenda was our annual Alpha Sig Christmas party. Several days before this event, a tree was obtained, and the next d ays were .fill ed with trimming it and with d ecorating packages to place beneath it. In accordance with custom, each girl presented one of her sisters with a funny gift and an appropriate, selfwritten poem. The gifts were th en displayed a nd the poems read aloud for all to enjoy. With the end of th e Christmas festivities on campus, everyone headed home for a peaceful, restful holiday. Upon return to campus, however, the rush set in as preparation for fin als began. With the end of the semester in sight, several elections took place. Two Alpha Sig's were elected to posts in the Baptist Student Fellowship. Marcia Ingols was elected president, and J0an Katagiri was elected secretary. Both girls are sophomores. Marlene Kresge was initiated into Pi Mu Epsilon, th e national mathmeatics honorary. Our congratulations go to Adrian Axtell, also. She earned the honor of playing first chair, first clarinet as a result of the recent Bison Band tryouts for concert season. Looking ahead a bit, January 25 to 29, Adrian Axtell, Barg Gross, Carol Blanchard, and Peggy Pine will accompany the Women's Glee Club on their annual tour. The tour this year will range over a wide area which includes Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. MARLENE KRESGE
Gamma Alpha Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska As EACH year passes, Gamma Alpha is oecoming more talented as float builders on campus. This year, with the December 8 Homecoming theme, Legendary Heros, Gamma Alpha set out with Iota Kappa Epsilon, athletic service fraternity, to build "St. George and the Dragon ." Many hours went into making the oversized green dragon and other characters on the float. In place of the regular meeting before the parade, we met at the float site to get all members interested in the proj ec t. Pledges and members were required to spend at least seven hours on it. Although we didn't win a prize, everyone was very pleased with the final colorful effect. It made a very good showing in the parade. Not only were we busy with the float, but we were also backing our two princesses in the Homecoming Court. Sharon Doyle and Joanne Schindler were chosen by popular vote of the Student Body. Homecoming over, we turned to the Christmas season and to two parties given by the pledges. The first informal party was held at the home of one of the pledges and was for members and pledges only. Girls were dressed casua lly, and presents were exchanged between members and little sisters. The following week the formal party was held at Omaha's Sheraton Fontenelle. It was a date affair with dancing and refreshments. The band was provided by the members, and everything else by the pledges. Both parties were great successes and added greatly to the bond of friendship between members and pledges. For a pledge project, Gamma Alpha's pledges work for Creighton's development office stuffing envelopes .for alumni mailings. The series of three mailings consumed quite a bit of time and greatly contributed to the numb er of points held by the pledges. With semester finals directly before us both members and pledges have turned to the books and their grad es . Early in February second semester rush will begin and our present pledges will activate. Gamma Alpha is looking forward to initiating their new sisters.- MARJORI E BowMAN
Gamma Beta Wisconsin State College Stevens Point, Wisconsin THE LAST month of the old year found Gamma Beta members making use of their varied talents. We aided the mentally handicapped by making yarn octupuses for retarded children . Th ey were Christmas presents for the children at Northern Colony in Chippewa Falls. On D ecember 18, Gamma Beta went to River Pines, a sanatorium, and presented a program ranging from the playing of instruments to singing, reading, and acting. Both performers and audien ce enjoyed themselves. The annual Christmas party was held in the Union Lounge on D ecember 19. Mistress of Ceremonies, Mary Moltzan, headed a program presenting both the serious and the light sides of the holiday season. The program was concluded with the singing of Christmas carols by the whole group and the exchanging of gifts.
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Preparations are well under way for the second annual WSC Winter Carnival. This year's festivities, which will be held January 29-February 4, are in honor of the college's president. In keeping with the theme of the carnival, "Winter Magic", Gamma Beta's ice sculpture will be "Frosty Does the Twist. " Many other events to be entered include the poster contest, games, and the king and queen contest. We are happy to have two Gamma Beta members competing for the honor of being Winter Carnival Queen. Our sorority is sponsoring Sharon Moesch, a senior, and Dick Kalata for king and queen. A local fraternity has chosen Liola Cherne!, a pretty sophomore, as a running mate for one of their members, Bob Marks. Among the offices on campus held by Gamma Beta members are Henrietta Bunczak, vice-president of Home Economics Club; Cheryl Winkler, president of Home Economics Club; Jean Droeger, reporter of Home Economics Club; 路B eulah Poulter, , secretary-treasurer of the Wisconsin United Council of State College Governments. Other honors held by Gamma Betas include Liola Cherne!, the pl路e dge with the highest grade point; Bonnie Dupuis, Faith Bidgood, and Joan Dahl, members of Alpha Kappa Rho, a local honorary music fraternity; Faye Lightfuss and Rita Stingle, members of Sigma Zeta, a na tiona! science fraternity ; and Jean Droeger, a pledge of Sigma Tau Delta, a national English Fraternity.-BARBARA WILMOT
Gamma Delta Queens College Flushing, New York GAMMA DELTA's official pledge season ended when our wonderful pledges performed a satire on "the twist" on Pledge Day. The girls had worked very hard and gave a fine show. Our annual Coronation Ball was a great success. One of the highlights of the evening was a Twist Contest which was won by Pat Jones, Gamma Delta' s membership director, and Walter Morely from Pipe and Bowl fraternity. Our Winter Formal was held December 23 in honor of our pledges. At this dance we also announced the best pledge award, which was awarded to Carol Campbell . We selected a philanthropic project also which entailed the adoption of a family. It centered mainly around the Christmas season but will continue for some time afterward. Looking forward to Intercession, Gamma Delta's are planning a skiing trip to Jug End Barn, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. There we will ski (we hope !) , go horseback-riding, skating, and enjoy dances and hay rides. This semester has indeed been one of the most memorable and enjoyable for New York Alpha Sigs.BARBARA PAULSEN
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is at its very busiest. Beginning with formal rush in February, we were quite busy. The theme of our third function was "Under the Sea". Appropriate decorations, and a darling skit helped to make the evening very enjoyable. No sooner was rush over than the chapter was thrown into preparation for our State Day. Beta Phi chapter from Stout State College, Menomonie, Wisconsin, and Gamma Beta chapter from Stevens Point, spent the day with us here at UW-M. Parent's Tea was held on Sunday, March 25. This is an annual event, designed to get the parents of the girls better acquainted. Plans are now underway for the all-school Campus Carnival, which will be held the first Saturday in May.MARY BETH BORDSEN
Gamma Zeta Arkansas A. & M. College College Heights, Arkansas WE ARE still excited about our good fortune in the Fall Rush. There were only 13 girls eligible for rush, and we issued nine bids and pledged nine girls! We think our fine record in rushing can be attributed to our rush week activities. We had a Get-Acquainted Party, a Come-As-You-Are Breakfast, a Mixer with our brother fraternity, and a Dinner at which members of this fraternity put on an hilarious program. On February 1, we will have our formal initiation service for our nine new pledges. These girls are all very attractive, talented, and we believe will make a fine contribution to A2:A.
On December 18 we had our Christmas Formal with the college ballroom decorated in a beautiful Blue Wonderland theme. On December 19 1 we were entertained at dinner by our chapter adviser, Mrs. Liz Chandler, in her home, and we presented a Christmas gift to our adviser and to our sponsor, Mrs. Carra Nell Tilley. Our members continue to receive high honors on the campus and they are active in campus and community activities. In November we had six members and two pledges competing in the A. & M. Beauty Pageant, as follows: Martha Chambless, Carolyn Hibbs, Mary Brooks, Carol Wilbanks, Connie Quimby, and Faye Harrod, members, and pledges Anne Reaves and Barbara Hornaday. Faye and Carol were in the top five winners and and will be featured in the Beauty Section of the College Annual. Four of our members were maids to the Homecoming Queen: Nancy Smith, Connie Quimby, Carol Wilbanks, and Jo Ann Dew. Martha Chambless was initiated to Junior membership in Alpha Chi, national honor fraternity, and Mary Brooks was promoted to senior membership. Mary was also elected Treasurer and National Council member.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Carolyn Hibbs made a straight "A" average for the first nine weeks of the Fall term, and Faye Harrod and Mary Brooks were on the Dean's List.
NoT ONLY does the arrival of Spring herald the beginning of the cycle of the seasons, but Gamma Epsilon
We are enthusiastic over our first semester in A2:A, and we are looking forward to a wonderful future.FAYE HARROD
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ALUMNAE CHAPTERS AKRON, O HIO'
BOST O N, MASSACHUSETTS
OuR high spot at our Christmas party was having two Miami sisters attending, Mary Frances Fox AA and Linda Glascock, a pledge from Dayton. We were sorry Carol Kleffman AA was unable to attend. W e were happy to have that short contact with our college sisters. We met at the home of Lillie Greer D.D. . A gift of $25.00 was presented to the Summit County Council for the Retarded Child toward their building fund. W e hope to have a new school for the children here.
OuR Chri·s tmas sale, h eld at L a ura Mcquide's in Wellesley, netted a good sum which was divided between Ellen D a ly and L eona Fredericks for their social work.
Our January meeting at ffh e home of June Western Cowan AB was 'bridge for the Children's Home Benefit. Louise George Holt ee is hard at work with the Akron Panhellenic Bridge and Raffie. Then, it will be the Tea Dance which is just for fun-no money raising project.-RHEA YoDER
ANDERSO N, IN DIANA MEMBERS and friends braved sub-zero weather to attend a tupperware party at our January meeting at the home of ·Phyllis Weir Norris, B'I'. In February we will join with the Muncie Alums for our annual dinner for ~he Active Seniors. We are looking forward to playing host to the Indiana Alpha Sigs and guests a t our Annual State D ay on Apri l 7. "Unpack Your Past" is the Theme and Park Place Churoh of God (at the edge of Anderson College Campus) is t·he place.- MARTHA STUC KEY GLENTZER
Charlotte Adams was called upon to fill four chinks in ~he Trave l Notebook of Priscilla Fortescue's program over th e CBS network, Station WEEI, Boston. "Gharlie" gave four four-minut e talks on g limpses of France, Austria, Switzerland, ending on D ecember 24 with "Christmas in a French Orphanage." In January, we met for lunoh at La Cantina in Boston's picturesque North End. We fill ed up on pizza, spaghetti, cacciatore, spumoni, and other delicacies. The movie we saw was just the right climax to a happy afternoon. February will be a busy month for the Alpha Sigs of Boston. W e expect to have a theater party to see "La Plume de Ma Tante. " W e are to have another initiation a t the home of .SaHy S elesznick who lives with her doctor fath er in the Veterans Hospital in Roxbury. Then we want to see the handiwork of one of our college chapter dram a majors, Gloria Fricki e, at the Boston University Fine Arts Theater. The Fine Arts majors are very fortunate in having the direc tion of Broadway experts for their perform ances, and consequently their shows are quite profes·s ional. We are looking forward to tJhis one, as our Gloria is very gifted in scene and costume design. We were dismayed to learn that Arlene Hoffman Ar would be leaving us when her minister husband 'leaves for •his new pas·torate in D es Moines, Iowa. W e have a lso lost Beth Hager who has retired from her hectic life as a music supervisor and gone to N ew J ersey. If only these gals would spend their "permanent vacations" with us instead of going to parts unknown! Kay Barclay, our chapter president, was recently honored by ·the Morgan M emo ri a l Church of All Nations where her husband is pastor. In appreciation of her fin e work, she was made a life member af the Women's Society for Christian Service. Ruth Scallan has made a fin e recovery from foot surgery at tlhe Peter Bent Brig ham Hospital in Boston . She spent Christmas there with King Ibn Saud of Sa udi Arabia (on the floor direc tly beneatJh his quarter, however.) Too bad she missed receiving the gift tJhe King left for every patient, a leather address book. Ruth was discharged just before th e King left!
Shown packing candy Easter eggs JIUlde by the Anderson Alumnae are, left to right, Martha Stuckey Glentzer, Philwnthropic Chairman; Jean Ann Ketner Huffman, Rose Kaiser Baden, and Lola Erne Sparks.
The Boston University N ews L etter published the following, "A Sponsor's plaque honoring loyal a:lumni who generous ly contrib ute $500 or more to the School of Education Building Fund will be placed in a prominent location in tJhe lobby of the new sdhool," and, " It is interesting to note that Alpha Sigma Alpha was one of the first to pledge $500 or more to the Building Fund ." So A~A will have double pride in viewing the first hig'h-rise building on our campus beside the Charles Riv er.-CHARLOTTE LouiSE ADAMS
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK AFTER touring New York plays and musicals this winter Miss Nina Goosen discussed "Trends in Contempo;ary New York Theater" at the January Alumnae meeting. Miss Goosen is well known in bhe Buffalo area as a drama teacher, coaoh and one of the originators of the "readers' theater." The program was held at New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo with Sylvia Kowa l as chairman . She was assiste d wivh arra ngements and refreshments by Kathleen R yan Vantine, Barbara and Carol Eddy and Judy Dingeldey, 195 7 Alpha Sig president and presently assistant Dean of Women at the College.-SvLVIA KowAL
We have been having a gift raffie every month. The monvhly hostess buys a two-dollar gift and members pay twenty...five cents if they plan to play. This little raffle has been one of our ways of building up our treasury. We are eagerly working on our directory to National which is in the shape of an Acorn. The idea depicts the saying-FROM LITTLE AC ORNS, BIG OAKS GROW - as we hope our group will.- CATHERINE SLANAC WESLEY
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ON December 2, Ru th T aylor Birnstock Ar and Kay Deisher Baver Ar were hostesses for a most unusual Chinese Luncheo n. Immediately following the luncheon, Jane Shaffer Peters, president, and J ean Rost Sohenck KK , secretary, presented a most impressive candlelight co nsecration service. 11he business session was primarily devoted to the discussion of future projects to add to our philanthropic scholarship fund. Members were reminded to continu e magazine subscriptions and selling of cook books.-BETTY URBAN WALLICK
Buffalo Alumnae members chat after one of their re.cent meetings.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FRANCES NELSON W EEGAR IIII and Bess Wallwork Petersen BN were co-hostesses for th e Christmas party at Bess's home. Husbands were included and a fine time was had by a ll. The J anuary meeting was held at the home of Eleanor Smith Thomas KK. Due to more snow, attendance was not as good as usual. Betty Phillips Hall AB reported that our sale of " Kri spy-Kans," a money making project, had added to our treasury. Sh '" also gave a report from the Chicago City Panhellenic and told about recent trips she had made for Alpha Sigma Alpha. Our Chicago group is very proud to have Betty as the National P anhellenic Conference D elegate.-MARY SuE PALMER PARVIN
Miss Nina Goosen, right, speaker at a recent Buffalo Alumnae meeting, talk s with Marni Groh, national Rush Chairman of Alpha Sigma Al pha.
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CALUMET RE'GION, INDIANA SINCE our charter was issued on September 14 1961 we have added two members to our group. They ar~ Leola Stidman Daniels AB and Ramah Stidman McCabe AB. Ram a h McCabe will serve our group as Philanthropic Chairman. Pl ans have been made for a Valentine' s Party for members and their spouses and d ates. The party will be held at the home of Ramah McCabe on February 10. We are all looking forward to this event. Barbara Shanner Conaway XX and Cabherine Slanac Wesley XX plan to join the Hammond Panhellenic.
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O u R annual Christmas party was h eld at the Terrace Restaurant in Elmhurst, Illinois. A lovely dinner was en joyed by all. Audrey Herbert Gedart BP made the favors, and Rose Marie Huber Sawasko BP did the name tags. ~r. Ned Locke, a TV weatherman, gave a very stimulatmg presentation on Civil Defense at our J anuary meeting. Lorraine Mosher Griffiths Be was hostess for this occasion, which was held at .Shel-ters Inc Lombard, Illinois. Mr. Locke is presid ent of Shelte~'s, Inc., and was the former Director of Aeronautics for the state of Iowa. He is also Chairman of the T echnical Sciences Commission and Vice President of National Association of State Aviation Officials.
Miss Dorothy _Grove BK and Sue Henderson King BK recently made a trip to Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois, to help the Beta Kappas wibh thei; formal rush.
be Carol Tobin Sowder AA, Martha Smelker AA, Helen Steepleton Goodwin AA, and Jane Thompson Oakes AA. -VIRGINIA HAGA BLACK
. Lots of luck to Sue Henderson King for her new positions as Secretary of the Riverside Panhellenic Council, and Ways and Means Chairman of the Chicago City Panhellenic.-FLORENCE McCARTHY
DELAWARE VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA ON November 6 our President Ruth Pike Fooskas KK
CINCINNATI, OHIO
at~ended an evening reception at Temple U niversity hononng Gertrude Nyce KK, winner of the 1961 A~A Na-
tional Council Recognition of Eminence Award at The National Convention. Margaret Yarnell Harris NN was hostess at her home in .Swarthmore on November 15. A short Founder's Day program was given by Loretta Franks Johnson EE , Donna Davie Winters Bn, and Anne Ristin e Thomas NN. The speaker for the evening was Dr. William Cohen of the D evereaux School who gave a very interesting talk on Mental R etardation . In spite of the cold weather several members of our chapter attended the annual Lucia Fest at the museum in Philadelphia on D ecember 9, given by the Women's Auxiliary of the American Swedis•h Historical Museum. The February meeting was held at the home of Pat Rushy Young KK in Haverford, Pa. A color slide program "New Rooms for Old" was presented by Loretta Johnson and Rut·h Fooskas. Fourteen members braved the snow and ice to attend , and a lovely, friendly social time was held after the program.-GLADYS CLEMENT SLAM ER A~A
WE were all looking forward to our Christmas Luncheon at bhe Wig Warn Restaurant, only to have it cancelled because of bad weather. Ohio weather does this to us at least once a year, but we never fail to be disappointed. We were especially sorry to have missed seeing many of the Alpha Alpha girls from Miami University who had planned to come down for the occasion. However, we have promised the girls we will treat them to another luncheon sometime in the Spring. Our J an uary meeting also coincided whh bad weather, but 18 of us braved the icy roads (in many cases being chauffeured by our husbands) to meet at the home of Mary Goeke AA. We heard a very interesting talk given by Dr. Jack H. Rubenstein, director of the Hamilton County Diagnostic Clinic. Dr. Rub enstein led a discussion on The Retarded Child , and showed related slides. We thank Berbha Runyon McFarlan AA, our philanthropic chairman , for bringing us this fine speaker. At this meeting, we were happy to welcome Phoebe Petry XX. Phoebe is teaching near Cincinnati. Our bridge enthusiasts have gotten together for the purpose of socializing-and playing bridge. Lynn Peters Fountaine BE and her husband, Steve, initiated the first party at their house in December. Peggy Whitley Hawley PP and her husband, Bud , were the hosts in February.-SHIRLEY PALLATTO BoNE
DAYTON, OHIO IN my last news letter I promised to tell you the results of our last money-making venture and wish I had good news, but the Dayton chapter found that selling rummage through an auction house is th e hard way to make money, but every little bit h elps and the chapter will put it to good use. The weather cooperated with us for the first time in years and we were ab le to have a Christmas meeting. Lucille Shively H erbert "f"f opened her lovely new home to us and we had a nice attendance for the busy holiday season. A talent · sale was held and assorted baked goods and hand-made articles were donated by ~he members. Many of us were not aware of the " hidden" talent in our chapter and were eager to buy these articles. The money from the sale gave our treasury a nice boost. Hazel Pundt Markey AA was to be our hostess in January but the date conflicted with her daughter's wedding day and as it is impossible to find alternate meeting days our president, Thelma Butterfield Brown AA, decided to cancel the meeting. After a month of holiday activities most of us were grateful for an extra evening at home. We will be looking forward to seeing eaoh o~her again at our next meeting at Rikes dining room on Saturday February 3 wh en our hostesses will
DENVER, COLORADO THE D enver alumnae have been very busy with money-making projects. We had an annual rummage sale to earn money for the Needle Work Guild . We also had a Brunch and Bake Sale at the home of Kay Wheeler BB. Our profits went to our convention fund. In December, in spite of very cold weather, seventeen members came to a "Way Out Beat-Nik Party," at the home of Lois Stott BB. Our Janu ary meeting will be at th e home of Dorothy .Johnson BB. We will have a talk and discussion of high school sororities.- ZA E. BROWNYARD
DETROIT, MICHIGAN-DELTA PHI W E started our 1962 schedule with a January meeting at the Birmingham apartment of Esther Bryant Sprague ~<I>. Owing to ice-covered highways, reservations from su•burban Grosse Pointe and Ypsilanti, Mic-higan were canceled, nevertheless the attendance was large enough for us to conclude a successful business session. In February, we go to the Detroit home of R eba Carey Fries ~~ for our monthly luncheon and business meeting. Sybil Landry ~<I> will assist her. On that day President Louise McArthur ~<I> will take reservations for the Pan·hellenic Conference to be held at Women's City Club of Detroit on February 13. The President, Mrs. Costello, will be the speaker. I hope to give you the highlights of her talk at a later date. Louise will also mention the approaching Panhe llenic spring-luncheon, an affair in whi ch our group is always well represented.
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To remind us that we are not to forget the community-needs, scheduled on the afternoo~'s agenda is our sewing project: the making of medical pads for Detroit hospitals.-EsTHER BRYANT SPRAGUE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN-DELTA RHO THE Delta Rho group has had many activities during the past holiday season. A Christmas Tree Tour was held before Christmas during which the members visited the .homes of Jean Rosenbalm Fanson PX, Helen R ahmann Cain PX, Betty Moberg Schuck ee, Dorothy Phillips Stoner PX, ~nd Joan Baxter Hamilton PX. At each home some hght refreshments were served. At the last home a midnight dinner was enjoyed by the group. Several projects are in the planning stage. A visit to the Awrey Bakery plant has been scheduled for Febr~ ary 19. In January, the group will tour the DetrOit Institute of Arts and stop for refreshments. The chapter is investigating the possibilities of having a "testing-tasting-sampling" party sponsored by an outside organization and giving a financial gain to our group. One successful project still progressing since last year is the raffling of an item at each meeting. "Chances" are twenty-five cents per girl. The money is included in the Ways and Means Committee budget for the year. - GwENYTH FIELDING AsHE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN-SIGMA RHO CHI O u R chapter is completing plans for an elaborate Smorgasbord in place of our February meeting. This is a mixed affair and really appeals to the husbands or boy friends. A white elephant sale is to be held after our March business meeting. This is a lways a real fun night when our Betty Sowell is the auctioneer-she could sell a trunk to an elephant! In addition to Dad's unwanted Christmas ties and junior's unused games, we can always count on several fresh , home-baked loaves of bread from our Mary Ellen Busch. We really make money the easy way with this activity. We ·hope to send at least five members to State Day this spring. It will be held in Kalamazoo with the Beta Psi chapter as hosts.-JEANNE TYLER TuRNER
Dolores Janeczek Watson BK and Sally Weyler Constantinou XX have been very active in the Panhellenic Association with Dolores becoming the rush chairman. Sally is also very busy with many teacher organizations. With our meetings coming so close to the end of the month we missed our December meeting but we are lookin~ forward to a full schedule from now until summer. My crystal ball foresees for us many ·pleasures and more members derived from hard work and some fun, too. May it be a good year for all of you, too.-JAN ScHuRR HAssEL
GRAND VALLEY, MICHIGAN THE Gra nd Rapids Alums enjoyed our Christmas meeting early in December. Our hostess was Mary Lee Baker Pischner. Miss Ruth Glerum, a local high school student, enlightened the group on life in. Nigeria. Miss Glerum lived in Nigeria several years with her parents who are missionaries in Africa. In January, Carolyn Johnson entertained us in her home. After the business · meeting, Carolyn gave a musical program based on folk music in Northern America. We all enjoyed the program very much. She not only gave us background on the music, but she also sang many humorous folk songs.-SALLY BLACKNEY CALHOUN
INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA IN November, the Alpha Sigs turned their thoughts southward to again do honor to the founding sisters from Longwood College at Farmville, Virginia. Founders' Day was .o bserved that afternoon with a tea in the sorority room at ISC. The climax of the fall season for Indiana, Pennsylvania, alumnae came December 4 when Betty Clawson Luke entertained at dinner. The Lewis Tea Room where this Christmas feast wa~ served provided a homelike holiday atmosphere and every member was present to enjoy it. Although this was Betty's party, she did have as aides Clair Cressman McVitty, Ruth Rink, and Anna Shaffer Maurer. A seasonal floral arrange· ment was presented to Joy Mahachek in appreciation of her constant work for the college and alumnae chapters. Before leaving for Christmas vacation, the A~A college girls spent an evening caroling at the homes of alumnae. This happy rapport between the chapters contributes much to the pleasure of being an Alpha Sig in this community.-ANNA SHAFFER MAURER
ELKHART, INDIANA WE had our small but impressive dedication service for our Founders' Day meeting. After the service, we re-learned about our sorority in a game based on the television &how "Concentra tion." Need I say that the girls not so long out of college did circles around us "older" ones? It made us realize just how much has been forgotten or maybe just pushed back too far. We decided to sell Christmas corsages to round out our budget. The corsages went like ".hot cakes" and with little work. We all either teach, have young families, or both, so we have to budget time as well as money.
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA THE Panhellenic Association of Indianapolis provides a ready made program for A~A's in January. On Janu· ary 22, Mrs. LeRoy G. Shelton of Glencoe, Illinois, the director of a lumnae for Alpha Phi Sorority, will be the guest speaker at the "City Wide Night with Panhellenic." She will speak on "Understanding a Fraternity." More than 400 women, representing alumnae of all sororities with membership in the national Panhel are expected to attend. The Outstanding Senior Award will be pre· sented to Judy Horst, an Alpha Chi Omega.
On February 10, the Panhellenic will be hostess for a reception for senior high school girls of Indianapolis and surrounding areas. A!:A's look forward to this event because we have an opportunity to display our jewelry and talk-up Alpha Sig to potential rushees. On April 6, our chapter will join other members of the Panhellenic in a joint Benefit Card Party which is our one big annual effort to secure money for' the scholarships awarded by Panhel. The hostesses for our annual Christmas dinner succeeded in giving us a lovely party at The Hawthorn Room. Kathy Kah Sandberg AA, chairman, and Ina Van Hoy Van Duyn XX handled arrangements with the maitre d'hotel, and received 25 reservations. J ane Wilkinson Widmeyer XX skillfully set the proper atmosphere for our party by making two lovely artificial Christmas trees for the table center-pieces. One was blue and silver and the other was white with red ornaments. We do not exchange gifts, but each one brings one or more items beautifully wrapped which are presented to the Mental Health Association as Christmas gifts for mental patients. Mona Woodard BT arranged a very nice program. Three senior high school boys called the Tri-Lads of Tech, sang Christmas Folks Songs accompanied by the guitar. We closed the evening by joining them in singing Old-Fashioned Christmas Carols. In closing with these words in mind ASPIRE SEEK ATTAIN, it seems fitting to mention' the achi~vement~ of the following: Mary Ann Kessler rE, a recent newcomer to Indianapolis, is Director of R ecreation for the YWCA. Letha Heckman Gaskins XX is serving on the Publicity and Prize Fund Committee for the 29th Annual Exhibit of Indiana Artists Club, Inc. Letha is an accomp lished Indiana artist and has exhibited much of her work. Paula Sierp McKay BT was a delegate to the Study Conference of the Association of Childhood Education h eld in Omaha, Nebraska, this past summer. Frances Sh aw XX, Eloise Proc tor XX , and Berni ce 路L amb Martin XX will be in charge of serving on committees for the 1962 ACE Conference whi ch will be h eld in Indianapolis. Judith Adams Elder XX is assistant Program Chairman for the Indianapolis Association of Childhood Education. And last but not least, Florence Morris Lull BA received a graduate scholarship to Scarrett College, University Center, Nashville, T enn essee, this past summer. -DOROTHY THOMPSON WILLIAMS
MUNCIE, INDIANA O uR December meeting was at the V a n-Orman Roberts Hotel. We at~ out and had a good gab fest. Sh~rl ey lsenbarger had the J anuary meeting. We are planning in F ebruary to have a pledge party for the new pledges of the chapter at Ball State in the sorority suit. Also, we are having our annual Senior dinner in February for the girls who will be leaving Ball State this year. Virginia Reber is hostessing this party at her new home- the former LaFallotte home on Tillotson Avenue. Our money making project was selling Christmas cards, paper and ribbon. Also we are planning another bake sale at the party for the pledges. Then we will be looking forward to State Day at Anderson.-VELMA THRESHER
NORTHERN VIRGINIA I N December we enjoyed playing bridge and canasta at the home of Ruth Fulmer BI. At that time we made plans for a spaghetti dinner to be held at the home of Molly Kennette Cosby BE. Plans were also made for State Day, which is to be held in Richmond with other Virginia alumnae chapters and our college chapters at Madison and Radford. We are sorry to be losing Marilyn Carr who has gone to England.-LYNDA LEWIS McCoNNELL
PHOENIX, ARIZONA A:cnvE participation and a variety of fund ralSlng proJects have kept the alumnae in the Valley of the Sun busy this year. The Arizona Ranch House Inn was the scene of our Founders' Day Banquet this year. We were greatly honored in having five national officers with us. These included Mrs. Blackstone, Mrs. Richards, Miss Mary Goeke, Mrs. Howard Hall, and Mrs. John Dimond. Roberta Helmecka Janning and Georgia Farnsworth Shouse were guest speakers along with Mrs. Blackstone. The visit and interest in our chapter by the national officers were both welcomed and appreciated. Ea rly rising alums fought the whims for Saturday sleeping and gave forth their effort in having a profitable and successful rummage sale. Also, they held a toy party prior to the Christmas season as another successful fund raising project. Due to th e effort of Marsha Hill Pipla BX, we all enjoyed a delightful dinner and pleasant evening at the Venetian T errace for our Christmas party. Gifts were exchanged and the evening was grea tly enjoyed by all. Along with their fund-raisin g projects, the girls found tim e to partici pate in " Dress a Living Doll" proj ect for Christmas. Also some were able to give aid to the Beta Chi chapter with th eir retarded children's Christmas party. Now as the New Year is in, many activities are being planned. The chapter is looking forward to th eir next meeting when J acqueline Wisherd BX will share her visit to Europe with us by sharing her slides taken on th e trip . Plans are afoot for the Annual Beta Chi Senior party also, along with more fund-raising an d philanthropic activities.-lvv SuE ANDERSON
PITTSBURG, KANSAS THE Pittsburg, Kansas, alumnae chapter spent a lot of tim e, mon ey an d effort on th e active chapter house this past summer and fall. N ew living-room furniture, consisting of a sectional divan, matching chair, coffee tabl e, three pole lamps and a few accessories, was purchased. The living room and hallway were cleaned and painted, and other odd jobs were done by alumnae and their husbands.
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This Spring a scholarship will be given to the outsta nding Junior and a banquet will be held in honor of the Seniors, with a Senior award presented then. W e have been busy working on magazine subscriptions this year, and contributing food and money to needy families of Pittsburg.-MRs. LEONARD OEHME
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS IN December, we entertained our husbands and dates at a Christmas Potluck in the horne of Jane Fransen BP. At our January meeting, we worked on smocks for the children of the School of Hope. We a lso broug·ht the books we have collected for the school. In April, we will help &ponsor the Panhellenic Rush Party for the Senior girls from the area high schools. We are planning a Senior' s Alumnae Service Induction and Tea a t Beta Rho Chapter, DeKalb, Illinois, in May in conjunction with the chapter from Chicago.CLARIBEL ALMQUIST
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Fou NDERs' DAY was observed with a tea at the horne of Frances Pointer Crews BT, with Bonnie Payne Koeneman ZZ and Marjorie Moreland Worth rrrr, assisting. Those participating in the program were Jean Moore Weaver BN, Marjorie Moreland Worth, Mary Ann Vogel Fitchett ZZ, and Judy Strom Brombolich AB. A Christmas auction sale was held following the meeting, the proceeds to be used for our philanthropic project. The money was given to the nursery school program of the St. Louis Association for Retarded Children.- FRANCES PoiNTER CREWS
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Since the last letter to you from South Bend we have been very busy. In December we met in the home of Marie Scanlon Brown Bd for our annual Christmas party. Velva Bere Gay XX assisted with the party. Plans were discussed for making stuffed animals for the Logan School for retarded children. We also made net Christmas trees for decorative centerpieces. Our January meeting was held in the home of Barbara Etchison Pearce XX. Joan Nielsen Williams XI was co-hostess for the evening. We had a wonderful time sewing and stuffing adorable little animals for our Philanthropic project. These are to be given to the Logan School along with our yearly contribution to a truly worthy cause. Plans for our February meeting will include our "better halves." A Valentine gift dinner is being planned at a local eating place on February 1. Hopin& to hear from all of you in the next issue of THE PHOE NIX.-BARBARA A. MECHLING BEEHLER
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY CoLD but clear weather allowed a good turnout for the January meeting at the home of Marge McCool Denham NN, in Pennsauken. We welcomed a new member this month, Sue Patton Telessen NN. We completed the scrapbooks for the retarded children's class at the Zane~North Public School in Col· lingswood. These books with pictures of food, animals, and transportation were requested by the teachers. Nancy Gingrich Riti KK, introduced our next project, cloth booklets which will have examples of clothing fasteners such as zippers, buttons and buttonholes, hooks and eyes, gripper snaps, and shoelaces. Such simple things to us, but so complicated for these children. Instead of a regular meeting in February, we will have a theatre party in Philadelphia. Ruth Stewart Cramer KK, is in charge of arrangements.-DoTTY JoNEs HARRIS
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI DECEMBER was a busy month as usual and we had a very interesting meeting. We contributed a food basket and clothes to a needy family, and enjoyed a ta lk by a hair stylist.
St. Louis Alumnae shown at their Founders' Day Tea are, front row, left to right, Frances Pointer Orews, Carol Hayes Roman, Jean Doris Findlaiy Fleisch, Jean Moore Weaver, •a nd Lola Brandenberg Leedham; back row, left to right, Marjorie Moreland Worth, Judy Sti'Om Brombolich, Martha Ray Sweeney, Ma.r y Ann Fitchett, Valoria Severance Ferber, and Helen Cudworth Mitchell.
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In January, our group was taken on a tour of our Springfield Art Museum.-PAT GosLEE
TOLEDO, OHIO IT was wonderful to have with us at our Ghristmll meeting, Yvonne Russell and Judy Shafer, actives at Western Michigan University, as well as Sue Gagnon
from Miami University who is now teaching at Erie, Michigan. .Harriet Eckles Harper of Napolean, Ohio, was also able to be with us at this time at Helen Klag Osmun's. Once again this year, we sold Christmas cards. This is our biggest source of income.-HELEN KLAG OsMUN
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Dottie Cook Hook ZZ who has been a member of our chapter for six years, was honored at a coffee at the home of Sis Brewer in January. Dottie and Ernie have moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dottie has diligently served in various capacities in our chapter. She has been president and was our delegate to National Convention this summer. It is with much regret that we lose Dottie to Kalamazoo. However, we wish her and her family continued happiness and success and hope that she will return to visit us at an early date.
OuR December meeting was a Christmas Luncheon held in one of our most outstanding restaurants. Not only were the holiday decorations festive and artistic, but the food delicious. We were happy to have several new members attend this luncheon. We were also delighted to have Amy Ayres Rosebery AB, who was in Washington visiting her sister Martha Ayres AB, who is now serving as Secretary-Treasurer of our chapter.
Our regular January meeting was held at the lovely home of Gladis Sitton Carr EE, with Mirna Jennings BI' as co-hostess. The evening was a successful one financially in that we played bingo and used as prizes for the lucky winners cleverly wrapped white elephants, some of which were rare and unique. We were happy to have as our guests and to welcome into our chapter, Ruth Ann Barrett HH, Vickie Kilcoyne EE and Connie Ring Smith EE.
In January we shall meet with Georgeanna Newby
I Page A for a business meeting and dessert party. We are hoping several new Alpha Sigs will attend and become active members. We are also looking forward to welcoming back Helen Lortz EE, from Madrid, Spain. Our chapter president, Martha Green Dimond AA, attended the National Panhellenic Council meeting in Chandler, Arizona. She served as an A1pha Sigma Alpha delegate.-GEORGEANNA NEWBY PAGE
I WlCHIT A, K ANS AS IN December of each year, we entertain our husbands with a Christmas dinner party. This year sixteen of us met at the home of Hutch and Viola (Sis) Caraway Brewer '1''1' for a social hour preceding the dinner at I the Hickory House. The evening was a fine one for reaquainting ourselves with our guests and was celebrated with the traditional Christmas spirit.
Sadly, we report the death of Jimmy Leeder m December. Jimmy, for many years, has been the philanthropic project of our chapter. We have remembered him monthly with small gifts, on his 路birthday and at Christmas each year. At his death, he was 25 years old, having suffered with Frederick's disease since the age of 10. He had been a patient at the Winnfield State Training School for over fifteen years. Jimmy was always an inspiration to our group because of his cheerful and confident outlook on life in spite of his handicaps and long suffering. At the present time, we are working with our Wichita Panhellenic Association in preparation for the annual Panhellenic style show to be held in March. Our Panhellenic representative, Catherine Green Colberg EE, has been serving our chapter well in Panhellenic this year. She will hold the office of secretary in that organization next year. This annual style show is Panhellenic's moneymaking project for the year. The money derived from it is used to give a scholarship to a graduating senior girl from each of the six Wichita high schools.-S1s CARAWAY BREWER
I Wichita Alumnae enJoying their Christmas dinner at the Hickory House are, left to right, Barbara Doan, Sis Brewer, Hutch Brewe1路, Donna Manda, Roger Manda, Clinton Litsey, Pat Litsey, Joann I Huggins, Maynard Eaves, Glenna Nimmo, Larry Nimmo, Mary Chestnut, Lois Hull, Bill Chestnut, and Brian Hull.
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,.....-----ALUMNA RECOMMENDATION---FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA MAIL TO ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA CENTRAL OFFICE, SUITE 206, 2852 DELAWARE AVENUE, KENMORE 23, NEW YORK Full name of girL-- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - Add res&-- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Candidate plans to attend__ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ________________________,College Father's name_ ________________ Address__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~--------Relatives in Alpha Sigma Alpha (state relationship and chapter) - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -
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Activities During High School Course: Underscore the ones in which the candidate participated. In space below list special recognition. Student Council; Glee Club; Dramatic Club; Class Officer; Orchestra; YWCA; School Band; Art Groups; Athletic Teams ; Literary Clubs; Honor Societies; Service Clubs; 4-H Group; School Publications _ _ _ _ _____
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DIREC TOR Y FOUNDERS Mrs. W. B. Carper (•L ouis Cox), 505 Montrose Dr:t South Charleston, W . Va . Mrs. H . E . uilliam (Jul\ette Hundley), Gresham Court Apts., Richmond, Va. Miss Mary Williamson Hundley, Gresham Court Apts., Richmond, Va. Mrs. John Walton Noell (Virginia Boyd ), (deceased) . Mrs. P. W. Wootton (Calva Hamlet Watson), 2020 Matrax Ave., Petersburg, Va .
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President EmtTitu.s-Mrs. Fred M . Sharp (Wilma Wilson), 1405 Hardy, Independence , Mo. President- Mrs. W. Lawson Blackstone (Mary Emerson). 1740 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. V ice-President- Mrs. Harold C. Brown ! Marie Scanlan ) , 3105 R exford Dr ., South Bend 15, Ind. Secretary-Miss Helen L. Corey, 6310 Sherwood Rd. , Philadelphia 51, Penna. Treasurer- Mrs . Clayton A . Richard (Jean Carmichael Vedder ) , 2852 D ela\\'are 1h e .. Suite 206, K enmore 17. :-lew York. M emb ership Director-Mrs. George .T . Malone, Jr . (Helen Hooper) , 2614 S. Vandalia , Tulsa 14. Okla.
Editor- Miss M ary C. Knoll Dr. , Cincinnati Alumnae Director-Mrs. (Nancy Gibson ), 2453 heim, Calif.
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NATIONAL CHAIRMEN Alumt.ae Editor-Mrs. Kendall F . Bone (Shirley Pallatto), 3263 Vittmer Ave ., Cinci nnati 38, 0 . Alumnae Organizer-Mrs . Leonard B. Hebert , Jr. (Hilda Giraud ), 5519 Charlotte Dr ., New Orleans 22, La. A rt-Mrs. Robert J. Wolf (Edith Gaupp ), R .R . No. 1, Rexford, N. Y. Aw ards~Mrs . Louis E. Fletcher (Ruth Newcomb), 141 Marked Tree Rd. , Needham, Mass. Chapter Alumnae Secretary-Mrs. John J. Dimond (M artha Gree n ), 4028 ~Oth St. N .E. , Washington 18, D. C. College Editor- Mrs. Donald D . Olson ( Pauline Smith ), 8632 Pringle D r., Cincinnati 31, 0 . Constitution- Mrs. A. Howard Hall (Betty Phillips), 342-D Higgins Rd., Pa rk Ridge , Ill.
Convention-Miss Helen L . Corey, 6310 Sherwood Rd., Philadelphia 51, Penna. Fellowship-Mrs. Stewart W. Koeneman n (Bo nnie Payne ), 1230 Hoyt Dr., St. Louis 37, Mo. Founders' Day-Mrs. William B. Barre (Betty Barber}. 395 Hopkins Rd . ' Williamsville 21, N. Y. Historian- Miss Charlotte L. Adams, 29 Ca rver Road , Wa tertown 72, 1\fass. Housin11- Mrs . W . Lawson Blackstone (Mary Emerson), 1740 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Ma11azine-M iss Marv K . Reiff . 219 East 46th St., Apt. 2-W, Kansas City 12, Mo. Music- Mrs. Arthur L . Hellricb (Slllrley Ainsworth}, 27 Ahbington Terrace, Glen Rock, N. J . Philanthropic-Miss L. Geraldine Smith. 207 N. Lim e St., Lancaster , Pa . Ritual-Mrs. Joe H . Brewer (Viola Caraway). 6214 E. Murdock , Wichita 8, Kan . Rush~Mrs . M. Madalene Groh (Madalene Marshall ), 108 Fleetwood Terrace, Williamsville 21, N . Y. Scholarship-Mrs. William B. Niemeyer (Anne Petree}, 19 Country Lan e, Milford , 0. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE Al ph a Sigm a Al pha Delegate-M rs. A. Howard H a ll , 342-D Higgins Rd ., Park Ridge, Ill .
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September 15 O ctober 10 November 10
Personal L etter Fall Rushi ng Holiday Plans Copy of C hapter Consti tution a nd By-Laws to Na ti onal Constituti on Chairma n
D ecember January February
March April May
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10 June 10 July September 10
Philanthropic Activities Campus and Comm unity Activities Chapter Check-Up R eport Form Material on Elizabeth Bird Small Award and Frost Fidelity Award to National Awards Chairma n: Mrs. Louis E. F letcher, 141 M arked T ree Road , Need ham, Massachusetts Chapter Scholarship Pla n Annual R eport Form Personal Introductory Le tter from NEW Chapter President Directory of NEW Chapter Officers Summer Vacation Plans Report of Chapter's Summer Activities Plans for Fall Activities
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Conde n>ed monthly report of cha pter meetings C:Dndenscd mouthly report Letter Condensed monthly report Letter Condensed monthly report for meetings sinre Dec. 10 Condensed monthly report Condensed monthly report FORM n Special report introducing new recordink ~ecre tar y
FOLLOWING ELECTIONS-Letter from the NEW sec. retary
Condensed monthly report to be sent following YOUR last chapter meeting
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Letter e\'aluating the chapter's Scholarship Program
Short article about o utstanding chapter achvttJes a nd pe rsona lities for the Alumna Bulletin to the National Coll ege Editor
May
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May
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