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~eta. Beta ce~ebrated 1 ts King As a !).a.y on Octobe r 30 th o:· gi v 1ng a Tea l.n honor o:f 1. ts new Faculty idviser, 1 ti. ss Helen ::>a~·ne . T'v' louse lo?ked lovely ?~this occa3icn , a~th9 t he d e cora tions we re v ry 1Dlple, 1n kGeping -vv1tJ.1. a new college regulati on that ~he di.""e ' ·c 3h c..ll be not be elaborate, or the refreshJTients ex·)eP-si ve I:2 tl1er·e i a.n orchestra, it is e.=:pected that it shall be 3mall . Bete. Betc:-. C.id no t :t' ... nd it necessary to have any outside :ausical talent, hecaune i t s ov>h ,3irls couJ)d furnish all kinds of Ltusica1 entertainmen t . The re ceptim room wa.s bright with yello '~ chrys anthemums, t he dining room Hi ti.1 r Gd roses Our guest s included 1-:rs. Crabb, v•ife of t he President ; ~Irs. G1lp1n-Brown, the Dean of D'omen, our many charming Pat1·onesses, <1nd a.ll the Greel~ -Letter organize. tiona in the co l lege . Colorado Teach ers Colle.::;e , lil;:e a ll the o t her h i ghe r ins titution::; of t he country ; 1"" e.d e. big c~_ri ve on t o rai ":8 its quot e:. of -;,_l-'_8 Y.H.C.A. D'und , ITe we:.,e e~pected t o co~1t r i bute but ~ 1 2"100, ':mt we r aised fr~o oo fr om the student body and faculty . There was a bi g j("llifice.t i0n afterwards, a bonfire , s:;>eeche Ei and songs and ye lls . In &dditioh to this work, the girls of the college a r e pledged t o give a c rtr.in amount of tine to the Red Cress . The Do;nestic Science Department has turned over i ts rooms for t he ~ur p o r; e, and different groups are assi gm d to different do.ys . A. s .A . .. la. s Saturday morninc;s t he r e 1 but even our regular bus ines s me etings find us occupie d in sewing on little r;arment s for the cl:.ildren of the stricken l c:mds . Beta. Beta has found t ime 1 however ; t o tr!c ~": in a few jolly uurs t.. oget~8r. November 11th was r.:iriam Po:1er oy ' s birthday, so He had a s~ oc i&l dinner for her . We had some difficulty in keepin~ out ot Miriam's way 1 or rathElrr of keeping her ou ~ of ours. The follorTing ~1day, one of our Batronesses, Mrs. Smith, gave us a dinner. f~ t er wards wo sat in f'ront of the big fireplace and sang songs. I t was 8. great treat for us. The jolliest college aff <'l.ir g i von this Full wo.s tho " Gypsy gandango", presented under the auspices of the Act Club. The re we r e fortune tellers , of co~rse, vcude villo- a n s, Spani sh dancers, a ~ight ning sketch artist and Ha;waiia.n singers, as ·,Te ll as an orchest ra for dancing. Cider, doughnuts, anima l crac}:ers, a nd a.pp l e:J were the rE:freshments . Habel Crittenden had a busy ev ni n g a s the Policewo:nan . ~ 1r1&rl Smith and Frances Scott also contri ~uted largel~r to the succes c of the evening. A goodly sum was realized f or the Re d Cro s s . Veny soon the College Glee Club wl l1 stan. on its t our of the State. Our Ada Baker has been a me::1ber of this f'or three years, so ·.as he.d many an oppor·::.uni ty to meet AS . . s. One of' our p ledges, Carrie :ae Diggs has been fo:-tunate enough to make th e Club, so she is also ~o have this pleaoant trip . Spehkin0 of ~ ledge s re~ mnds mo that our are coming to the House every Tuesday evening, to get acquainted . d incidentally to study for their Pledge E xami~ations. They are o very earnest about the way in ~h ich they are taking hold of their
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aorority_study that we ~eel s~e that they are going to nake onde ~v l members ~n the near future. ~r upperclass girls a~e holding their own too. Lena Mayer was recently elected to the presidency of th3 story Tellers League. At the same time she holds the leadership of the College Bible Class in the ·ethodist Church . Beta Beta has sustained a great loss in the death of Hazel Kauffman, who died quite suddenly in Denver on November J.l th. The circuastance was particularly sad, as Hazel was one of~rve children to die within a few years. Hazel was born December 21, 1090, in Greeley, and received all her education in the city, having attained the Pd.B. degree in 1913 . The year after graduation she taught near Butte, Montana, but for the last three years she had second grade in the Riverside Scbool in Pueblo, where she loved dearly the work with the little foreign children of the district. The funeral service v;as a very simple one, and was held at the Unitarian Church in Greeley . The flowers were wonderful, great banks of roses and lilies. Beta Beta sent a pillow of pale pink carnations and shasta daisies. There was only one song, " A Perfect Day", but 1 t seemed to be exact~..y in harmony with the lovely life that had winged its way to the stars. Unassuming and gentle, yet strong of purpose and with a courageous and o~timistic outlook on lite, Hazel was one who endeared herself to all with whom her helpful spirit came in contact. Ada Baker, Historian. ATHENS Delta Delta has found November a most interesting month. There has been considerable soci a l life in tho U~rsity, tho it has all be en of a very simple kind, in line vri th the idea of conservation that everybody is observing. Heretofore it has always been ~1ec e ss~l when campus organizations gave a dance, to hire a h a ll in the t own. President Ellis, ho\rever, has finally decided to permit us to use · the university gymnasium for all suCh a£faara, following a petition from Panhellenic. Delta Delta will hold its de,nce on December seventh, when it hopes to have Hiss Jewett present. Everything just now seems to hinge on four vtords, -"\7hen Miss Jewett come a " . I.e are so excited and so pleaaed,-excited bocause we ~ant her to f ind an ideal Chapter , and pleased to think that we are going to be so fortunate as to be able to present another National Officer to the college world in Athens . v:e shall be the .envy of evory oth~~ organization on the campus, for this will be our third ~h ance to present a cou~cillor 1 and in less than eight months! limv aren't you a. ll envious. Vlhen it came time to celeb::."'ate ~Cing As a Day, we could thinl{ of nothing more appropriate tho.n to hold an initiation for some of our rushees . Accordi~y the beautii'ul Servi ce ''as given early on the 84th for Reba a!ld Ruby Care~T, Helen Gooc".all , Sara Long and l.~ar ie Richter. Helen Clom, Thelma G:i.~oome, I:Q.na Cshcr and Eva Uatkins returned for the occasion. Then Ruth Donnelly , AJ... , rrh o has sponsored t"!. s since f:!.rst we heard of' Alpha Sigme. J l pha, wa s able to be he re t oo. \.'e vmre ~ic;hty glad to have her, and her praise of our initiation outfit sounded very sweet in our oars . .tli'ter lunc:!:lGon together on I ~ing _\sa Day, the active s and e.lumnae wont in a bod~· to visit our Patronesses, returni-:.~g in time for a del:.ghtf'ul dinner in one of' tho private lining rooms of Lindle ~·
57. ~ere 1: ere t\7o tables. li g_l-lt. Rd h~· ellow shaded candl3a in sc:uare crys~al llolC:ers . The ver'· at ·r~cti •:e place ca:d? were the 1:or:{ vf our art:::..st, Ilil da Spies. .ti'~ e r ct:.nne r our renaa1.m.ng pled~es ~~'3 2nd told us how out in the cold t b ey f'e l t, so whet could we do bu ... ~~l{e t::.eo to ~he r. ovie shoP at t h raj a s t i c., The Gle~ Club gave its -a.n~1t..:::... l ? a :l Conce rt r e c ently. A.: . A. a large part J.n the success of the af fair , :Lor r-J., i e ~i cht~r i s th.::. pianist, while Sara Long ar:d He:!.en 1 al~i cin bo t h had pro::~.ine r!t 2-s iJinnts. A little later the first college pl a y wa. s glvE~ n . " Ge t :::ich allingfnrd"was staged and r 8ll prese!"!ted . So mai.1:r of t he u~i v rR i ty students are here for the 1't..~ ll f'our year courses, so there is al\7ay .; db talent to use in drama t ics. · Altho the "U 11 n ill have but e. b:::--i ef ::-ecess e.t Thr.nks gj_ vi ng lta Delta will be dispersed durin~ that time . T:le season this ya.2..r 11 take on unusual sj.gnifican0e, for, in addition to indivi dual r e :for thanlcfulness, there wil~- b3 the deep sense of grati t ud.e th-=rt tf1a Sigma Alpha has come into our lives. Vie can n "'t be g1 r~ tr ' ox~:;.~ 2-: our appreciation of what the Sorority has meant to e very on e ~f u s -L-.. the :few short :nonths that i'Te ha':"'3 been privile.:;ed to h old n ernt-? r srir: _ Naomi Caldwe ll, Hist r iaL .
all, our beauti:ful new dormi to::-y.
ALVA Gamma Ga.n:m<.1 llc.s selclon be o:"l e o:co en t:1.us i a s t ic ove r a n:; tl:i ng than it was over the ~poria Install~tion. Ev e ry one of us wa~te d to so with Miss Shockley o.nd "Cl".e bunch that \7n. s fortuna t e enough to ta!ce the trip, but four of the actives and tv;o ox-scllOla members we::1t ove r . The rost of us had to content ourselves wi t h se e ing them off on t he train. Ue can hardl:r v;ai t for their return, so eag er are He to r .ea::the p~rticulars . Gamma Gamma has asked President Fue. l ~<ne r fo r a n evT so r or ity rcorr, and h e has pro::nis8d to see what can be do:1e a b ou t the mat 'i:.C'r . The one that we have had is rathor sm~ ll fv r ou~ pur? ose, so e v e ry chanco ne get we try ~o hold our meetings a t the hoiW a of memb e rs . On o ot our new girls, Flo:-ence lvi r.so~, had ,_,_ s at h e r h orre r e c e ntly, a nc. as she lives in the country, the business me e ting was a l most in tho natur e ot a treat . Before v.; e tool-: up bu.siness mat te rs, _h ow~wer, u e h e l f1. tho ~1 dfo Serv ice ~or a very cha~ing gi~l, Ruth A~~olj e r . -~ t e r tro .., ~tin[;, F lorence served a C'.elicious suppe:.. . ~·1rs. ~ un son, St a t"' S 0-retary, Yias a.ble to be vd th us n.ftor much ·mndorine; a'h out vi s iting o.f rolo.ti ·.;c c: and serving on programs of ·1mme n' s clubs , s o v;e wer: e :'ortunate enough to got nc-:.rs of mc:.ny peo p le in whom wo are interest e d . At another me e ting rm \'lel"e tho guests of' n, rec ent inj_t iat e, Lo i.s M00m ·n . .!ost oi' the time was s.?ent in propa.ration for our Founders Da y b anqu et, ·;lhich vm a :-e giving late th:.s year, in order that- our ox-·sch ola Ii:lembe:,s 111ay ha.,re an oppor~uni ty to attend . Lois treat e d us roy a lly . 'ihr 1 of cou:!:'se, :!.s tha doroi.nant thou ght i n our minds a ll "t'1e t.ime. T·;To of our boys, home o:"l furlough, le ctu:,eC. in c~~~l c ?l'1 ccrni nG -.~. fe ir:;. tn , se rv i c.e, Then one of t:1.e tovv!lsPorncl1 pro s on t/\ 'ds rn tlt somo r ry intere sting relico. One •7as a Bri ti :Jll flag s~ved froo a Brit is:1 mP.r. -o~,·-1, o. r that w<..ws bu~~ned :.n tho har:>or o:: 1'. c apul cc , i.le x ico, _in 1 90fL 11 _t:L f·t .-..r; ~s a1re~".6S in ~os;_t:ton beside 01 G l or~r" on t h e v1aJl o:f the aOl'le.rn t-:..;,- H o. ~l . .\. third. \7ill SO:)n be p~ cd '"Ti th th~ t ho Tri Color of .-..t'2 nco, pr cocnt. o d by ~he sophomore claas . But 11 ror t h vTest e r n " i o 3J.l0Hi:lp: its ~atrioti sr.n. in o'!:.her ways. Three of t h e cla ss e s h o.v e pu.r-
ased.Liberty Bmnds, and ~av£ presented the~ c.ross .~•ssoc1"'" · ~ to the -Re\.4 11 !.or.. , ~o the Uorthwl3stern;' A":.'hletic Associe.tion and to the r,lu.n"12. L~.H. iatJ..on. The e~:: c ·:I::B:::ts : -,_,::1d3 cf' ~h.eoe ·c!>_ree · tvl~n=· +.h"-'r _ organ:.ze J -ore, have been decicleclJ.y the gainers. The Lyce~-"..Il ::;ov.:£·e·) ~-s pa:.'t·· ~uJ.arly good tr..is winter. A r·ec~nt speaker was tne H011. Frar.; -: ;is Neil:Jon of the Briti:Bh P:J.r:.ia;.Jent, ~d for fifteen years the J_eader a.mo.ng the adva.'l'lced. Liberals in fl-j_'·e at r1ta1n. \'!'e had looked f'o:r-wD.rd with much interest to h::..s co;:Iing, 1 or t was said t~t there w~s no name , not e ·ven t!1at of' Lloyd George, etter known J.n the BritJ.sh ~sles. He v:ere not disa•moint ed fur bis .. ... :f rce:ful, ' 1 ac t ure on "P . resJ.. d en t Til. lson and \iorld Pee.~e :: \7as r.:ost 2..nd ooming, as l.~ did f'ro::u so famous an author, editor and ·:)t.,_blicist , carried oonvictJ.on ~nth it. 11 "Northwestern ends 1 ts Fall C!,uarter the day bef'ol"·e Tho.nl'::sglri.ng, S) college and student lif'e starts all over again . A r1ew rushseason will soon open for Ga~a Garnna, c..nd we shall have all t he lls, as well as the lit t le ~~ieties incidental to the consideration of the new material that the School may offer . May E. Dyer, _ Historian. KIRRSVILLE Alpha Beta was given a most delightful surprise not long a go ;
Wben Miss Jewett invited us to her room for the business meeting 1 and ave us a spread~ She had been home and had brought with her the very
oest kinds of home 'eats : , - chicken salad, piclcles , jelly and other delicious things. Of course, we are glad to spare our Hiss Jewec t to you Easterners _f'or a month, but somehow we can 1 t seem to thiru of the School or the Chapter without her. P[iss Jewett h ws told us that it is a poor leader that makes himself so indispensable that lle can no t rithdr ~n f ~ r a while ; if necessary. That rathe r )ut s it up t o us does i ·L notj f or A great number of our old girls were back for Rural Conferenc , ro you can imagine just how ~ine a time ~e nad together those few days. On one afternoon we held an initiation for Jewell DUncan, elen Gardner, Thelma Kramer and Pearl Nolen. I r.rrilediate ly afterwards we served a delicious supper for all tho girls . 'l'he follo·aing a:ftoroon ue ha.d a jolly tine together at a danc e. The r e was only one regret. ITe Shall never bo satisfi ed, of course, until v;e can pull aut at least no% of our ex-schola members! All our interest tho last few days ho.s been centred in tho .u.o.A. C!.rive. Tie were prepf'.rod f'or it by talks from our faculty 1 and by members of the student body. OUr last year s football captai~, bow at Camp Funston, came back and spoke to us on the wo rk of the "'.1:. C.A. a.s shown right there in camp. Ins piring s peecl• es were made b~· · prOl.llinont Y.M. and Y. n. leaders, so when t ho call e~me the response shmved a total of $2750, an average of about $9 )piece. In the aillour:·:_ ra.iacd in Uissouri colleges, Kirksville was seconc. nnly t o t lle Stat e University. Alpha Beta did not give as a group , in .:.···. ii cl.ividually contributed $155, an average of $13 apiece . It me a nt sacrifice, of course but we for,.,.ot the sacrifice in tho joy of servicu. Nor:- '.7G :. c.J.· e e.li hunting 'j~bs 1 ~nd rmrking enthusiastic£-.ll:r t o ~"'ais e the mone~-- , h:T"h£'.1'B slbme of tho chapters will b e intorest~d in hearing ho:y yre suc Of3'1dCd in raising part of our money for the LJ.b e rty Bonds .!e gav e a ".li.Jscri:;_:>tion dance, tho first evet givel"l in t mm foJ> 2. _p atriotic :~:r:l r pose. As ovor forty couples attended., tho af:fair was a success f1:..1an-
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allJ, as nelll as socially. Hiss Jewett brought UE\ back such an interesting picture of the installation of the Emporia Chapter . ·:~e fe.3l. al.:nost a 13 t.l... o "7e hal '::Jeen on the ground ourselves, so vivid and complete were L.Uss Je ,7ett' ~ des•riptions of all the events. \'e are more than pleased over tl18 cotln~ct1ng link between Alpha Beta and 3pilon I:pei lon, t:1ro G:-a.;e M:dGin-:ll e whom we had known in high school days, and \7hom we had fully exp13<.ted. to have as a member of our ffi1apter. Epsilun ~ptiilon seems vlcse for another reason,-because of the sponsoring of [lale Zeller our last ,.ar'8 Chapter President. Be hope that there will be m~ny more ties between us in the years ahead . Ever since we learned of ~~e selection of Dr. Faulkne~ as Pres..a iert of "Northweatern 11 , and of the selection of Mr s. Faul.lcne!' as a Patroness of Gamma Gamma, we have felt bound to them by unusual ties, tor Mrs. Faulkner was once a resident of Kirksville, and is a very daar friend of the mother of our Janet and Virginia Howell, How very small the world is after all~ Kirk sville has just introduced the student supervisor system in our Practi~e School. The Faculty certainly must have a good opinion of A.s.~., for it has appointed three of our girls to the position, Edith Gamble, Nada ReddiSh and Frances Flowers. ~Ci rksville has closed,-to reopen after the Tb.anksgiving Receao , of course, only with a new Quarter, which means anothe.r registratiOJ;·l ot new students and the usual rushing season. Alpha Beta is quite anxious to see the new girls and to find out whether there are many worthy of memb ership in t... s.A . He are expecting rome of our former members to enroll, and among them some of the mar1~ied girls, whose husbands are now in the service. There is no better place than Kirl-::sville ~n which to spend the time while the dear lads are at the front, and Alpha Beta has a warm fireside for all who may return. Nada Reddish, Historian. PENNSYLVANIA A five days Tha.nltsGiving va cation and then Miss Jewett~ Can yo\1 imar;ine a nicer combj.nation? ne think that we are 1r..i ghty fortunate to come toward tho end of her trip, bec11u s e she will be ab le to toll us so ~~ about all you other pe ople that she will have seen before st~ting for "Indic.~a ". Our A lu.~nae a.re qui tr; as excited over her coming as we, it seems, for the Pittsburgh Association io planning a reception for her on the way herq, and tha Johnstown Assoc~at~o~ for a dinner ao she pasEes thro the 'Flood City' on her way to V1rg1nla, provided of course, that she over succeeds in bre aking away from us! 11 Indiana" has had the inost exciting Fa ll in its history, for ' our football team has been covering itso]::l!: n i th glory . It sen~ our orm Hn.nofield team down to defeat and it ha s just dealt a crutnng blon to the t(lfa.m from the Nonnal School at :<nlo.mazoo, Mich. This Hichie:an team has the reputation of a wi~nur , and e v e ~ybody expected to see th ~ 11 Indiana 11 team licked but it rolled up a sc ore of 4 0 to 0 by the end )f the ~qne. The wi~ing of this game gives our S?hool the Nationa ~ Ch~piot4i~in the Nonr:al Field. Tho tor;n as HEll as ~he Schoo l wen~ \IJ l a. nith exci tement, and we hD.ve been so thri l led tha"t we have been JUs t walking on a~. r . II Indiana 11 has 0.. splendid r:ierd:t ga l Club this year. It gave a. conce1,t recently c.t the First Pre'~terian Church in ai d of tho R0 d Orocs. outside t o.!.ont was brought in, 7/fullio.m Rhodes, the faLJilius t. eno·"
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The concert prov~dm popular that tickets we~e solG at the end '~or standing room only~ It is yet too early to repor~ on the proceeds, but there munt have been a large s~ realized. 7~~ ushering was done by students in Rod Cross un:i.t·tJoms. ~other rath~r jolly occasion was the p lay given by tho ·~c nian Socl.cty, which l.s also knov:n :1s Al pha Kappa Phi, and ,._.hi ~h has chapters in Nen York Normal Schools. The p l ay is an annual custom, and is the way that the sorority takes to entertain its 'friends. Invitations were extended to all the sororities and fraternities in the School_ and i?cluded ' a friend 1 • "'Je took our rushees along, and had a glor1.ous t1me both at the play, and at the pi1~~ tea afterwards . The play,nTho Betty \1r..lcs Girls and Hr. Kidd" , lent itsolf beautiful!.· to tho occasion, because it calls for so u1any gir ls ibn the cast, and of those we always h e-we a plenty at " In::lin.na" both without an d v:i thi: the sororities. Katherine Froelich, Historian. FARMVILLE
Rushing at Farmville -r.ook on a businesslike tone durint; l:ovon bor. Alpha has been going o.:fter her rushees in e. very systemati c mannor. ~.7e ~ranged a sort of schedule by which eve ry rushees nas do. ted up with a:n ASA for as mn.ny aft ernoons n. week ..as provell posAiblo . In this ',7ay -rvc wore n.blo to keep tho girls vic YTanto d rli th us a l most constm1tly. · · Of course, sono of our nf tcrnoons togoth r have been of the groyp varie ty. l~ rs. Eason, y;ife of the p~ofossor of oathonatics , gavo us an o ld-time candy ~:)U ll on Novcmbc:- S'th. Things nero so informal and homelike that tho afternoon will al~s st~nd out as nor haps our most enjoyable ono this year. The most elab or ate function was our dinner dance on Nov o~ be~ 23d. This took on a Rod Cross flav or, fo~ the tabilla ~a s in the for~ f tho cross, rod stro~ors passing fr on oach c orner to tho centr~l chandelier, which YTas shaded u ith red . ~he r o n ero tnent~ -::.hree at the dinner, and it wa s certainly e.. :?i.. ct t y sight. The pla ce co.rd s Sho~ed the head of a Red Cross nurse ~t tho t op of a cross. The favoro vmrc cute littlo U:'lclo san hato. Oyst e r c o cktail '.7ith saltine ' o. delicious salad c 0urso , Tii th n.r.ibrosia f or dosoort , f ollowed by a dcLitaoso and ~ ints , wo re the r of r cshoents effered. P£ter dinner we danced till the wee small h ours, and even then were loath to go. On the 26th r1as gi v on our las t rush party . Katherlne Wat~ins placed bar home at oa r disposal . There were delicious refre shmen t.s, quail-on·-toast , cle.lcry stuffed with pi tn3rd:.v choe s o , hot "olil.:i;cui t, mints and coffee. The r e was some ta:l. l h ut ling to get the. :rusJ.1 ees back to School by six o'clock , in accordanc e with panhollenlc ru ling that no runhee was to be spolHm to from six o'c l ock tl1at eve nint: . until after the bids, sent ou t the re xt d ay, -vrere accepted or retur!l;t At last the fateful O.ay passed , a nd Al _9ha knew that it could feel more than reY:arded. by tbe Gix s "!} :.en di.. d gi r l s that came to us so gl=tdly to don the colors. 11?e here v:ri -~h pres Em~ the ·Lr n~me s, a~d in Clcing so ·,-re lcnJVT that v1e a:::-e introduclnB tho .::! L'~ b e st p ~adges. L'l_ t i:e fkh•:o}., - Ka.thsriue \::;hes~errnan, : . Ial 'Y_Lojt;h , _~r an~.;os Qua:_- J..es, V1r gJ..nJ" ~ c r,;:• i "':,h.' Grace stevens aP.d I mogene Vi rlgh t. . -"' won t be J.fiTig bef<:r8 !I L ., Je~·;ctt is lH~re , but ·:l8 can J:la.r·C:ly v.ai'~ f(_)r_h~ : t o come , so an=:1ous aJf• we to S"10•l her· ti1e se youngetli of the V1r g1 n~a St. st ~ rs. . _ . Eulda."h Daru.el, 31 storum.
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VJhen Alpha. Alpha learned that Misa Jevrett could ~e here :for the t1 rat of Decembe~, tlle Chapter decided to ·;)ostpone its ini tiati 0Ll nnd b:mquet until that da~e. It had not occu~red to us that ~{iss Jewett would ha\7e t11a In'bl:.allation T~ with her, so you cc:.n a..L.i. 1m~g1.ne our delight nhen we discovered th9.t it \7as to be placed at our d~sposal. O:f co~rsa, it goes witLout sayi~g that th~ SP.rvicP was '..lr:ll~ally impresgive with such quantities of lovely th:!.ngs to work vri '!-.1-).: but we do believe that Alpha Alpha wa s able to ~Ldd TT\Uch to the beauty o:f the ce:-en:ony thro the violin musi ~ fur!'li..:he:: by 0'..lr o·.m Pauline Good, who TI"as accompanied on the pia.no by Be:.:··t.La. ~u:..,t· a:1. The Ban1uet at the Green Tree Inn folloned t:i. E· Ir' ·, +,:u.· t.i.nu. It was unquestionably the finest that Alpha Alpha has ever held. Tho menu, a five course affair, was exceptionally good, and the teats that came afterwards were all that could beddesired. Lo:-:-1~ Du~<:e erved as Toastmisjress and introduced th0 topics and the speakers. Ruth Crawford spoke on "SEEK" after one o:f the initiates, Marjorie stier, had talked on h ASPIRE", and then an Alumna, Ruth Donnell:', took 11 ATTAIN" for her subject . Miss Jewett taD~e d on the National Viewpoint, while our Patroness, Mrs. Clark, touched on the "Service or the sorority Girl" . · The banquet table loolted lovely with ita wealth of yellorr chrysanthemums, one bunch at either end and an enormous centeepiece ot individual bouquets that were distributed to the nine initiates at tho conclusion of the Banquet. There were several regrets, for Ruth Duf£ey, whom we had expected up to the very last minute, met with an accident and eas prevented from coming, \1hi le Helen Boggess, uhom ue had also hop:d to se~ was pr-e vented from being presents on account of the condition o:f her mother's he a lth. Another disappointment was th~ absence of our Adviser, Mi ss Mollyneaux, because of illness. The hlumnae who did get back, and all of v;hom we we re mighty glad to see, \7ere Catherine Arb~gast, Ruth Donnelly, Kathryn Ford, Helen Hahne, Irene Goodall, Lelah Proxmire, and Isis liilliams. Eloise Everett, who has made it her practice to spend her week ends at Mia.t::Ji all this school year, is lilre one of us, s o we do not list her among the 'returning' members. sunday e~ening was spent at the homo of Mrs. Clark. She gave the girls the freedom of her kitchen, and they prepared a delicious supper of turkey sanduiches, cake and coffee. ~~ter the refreshments Mrs. Clark sho·.1ed us her TI"onde rful collection of beads , gathered from -all parts of tho uorld, and told us many ~ascinating storieo connected uith her favorite strands. Time passed only too quickly, in spite of the fact that Miss Hamilton had given us permisaion to remain out until 10 o'cloc~. Monday afternoon 1,1iss Jetl8tt ga-ue given an opportunity to meet many of the college peop;!..e at a Tea in the parlorel of B:ishop Hall. Representati ve s were p~esent from all the gi rls' or~anizatio ~J a. a well a s frcm tht- n~n· so r' Od. ty group . l1.l l the heads of 'i(; rart.mente vere invited . ';Je th v~:te;I: t the rooms looked unusual ly love l:1. There was a crc:.ck, ir:g fir8 .Ln t11e big f ireplace , -;ri th bar..ks cf f er r. . s i.Jn Ai ther side au.d ta:i.:L ch.:: y ::;·t:.hanthamuos i n fr · ·1t n~ '( h e f .~s n ) i.l 15.nr;oHs. AT. erl.i of tl1e r0um r1a.s the se1·ving table, br-i[;ht ·1.75 1 y0llo\r shaded ca~ HL'.e s ar·.d ,gc.::'.aen chrysthanbhemuma. and sparl{:...~nb ·ll j t .1.1 luvGly china, crystal aud si~.Yer pJaced a.t our disposa. 1 by ;rs. CJ.r.rk rrbo is ever 0ur fairy godmother. ' Just at the laGt moment it looked as tho ITe we re in fo r a
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62. sa,ppci'ltmcnt. It had seem d to us that quite the nicest '..1U£:ic that could have · on thi3 gal~ occasion •culd b e ti1o string q tart ettc o~ eta ':'beta Pi· Imat:;ine our di sr::ay 77hen the bo:,·s -:1e re sudcl.cnl:· '-nd ur.o_x:x. ctodly called for :1ili ta~cy duty . ·-:b.~ t .:'inally h ailpc 11ed, ·:...~o, 11 show you the splendid spir:: t th..:.: r e i::: at :.!ic..Ji ar.:ons the s rcrl tles. Two members of Delta Delta Delta and one ~e~be r of Chi O~cga 1unteered their talent and their tiQe, so roe ~ad our stri n 0 ~urrt3·~ att er all, for our Pauline Gor d -.:as ablG to assist then by plc;. ~·n:c the. do11n, nhile the other threo played guitars and banjos. The r.:usic na lovely. 11o were all oo sorry that .~ iss J c.ro tt could no t stay ctth U.J longer, but when she shonod us that schedule of hers \ le ~-= no ; that it useless to ask, tho we did tease her to sto:1 on her W'fl"'J ba l.: to the \lo st frOm Boston, for wo do \1ant so :TIUch to mar all o.bout the o er chapters visited. It was nice to have h~:.J r r':nsT , bt.t ·::o re a 1ze only too well all that we arc m iosi ~~ by ge ttin 0 in ahead of the others on the trip. Miss Jewett did alpha .'..lpha a lot of t;oo d . Not only was it an inspiration to meo~ :::one one fron anothe r chapt e r , lllld eapec:jally one sc vre ll kno~m as our Vice President, but ,Flis s Je·:;ett had many helpful suggo stion3 to maJte , and Al:rha l l pha v!ill r.uroly be much stronger bocauce of her comins . ·~1o do :::;o hope that she liked us just a little bit, for u e LO\~D her. Lorna Dulte, Historian. EUPORIA :.11en our attention -rras first calle d to fl.lpha Sigma /1 l pha, we simply thought how pleasant i t would b e to belong t o a Hationa l , and how much such affiliation mi ght help us in noet i n[; the othe r nationals on the campus. Then r!e Jmev1 that ou!' "~e ti tion -..ras .:;rant ed, we juot natunally f e lt a thrill of satisfaction that our 3 0al ~ad been reached. It was not until Yie had our first study meetinc .:i th Blanche stevenson that the thou ,.,.ht \7as borne hone to us that b elonring to a National was much more serious than b elonginG to a local. But a a yet we did not even drean \'ihat YTas in store for us . 11e ne r e so busy i'Ti th our plans for our guests, for the social affairs that 11e intended to give, that v:e joked a nd chatt ered ri ght up t o the moJJent ot initiation. The service wa s such a revelation that we c an no~ even recall it now n i thout a strange feeling of mm and r everence stealing over us. Along -vrith the consciousness, tho , t hat Alphc. Sigma :.l pha is a llied to the ct,ernal thingc, to a ll that ;na ces l.ife wnrth tho li-.zing, t he r e i::::; now darminc upo!l 1: s the convic tion thCJ.t our sorority is a mi 3hty force that c an be turned into charu~els cf power Pnd light and beauty. The happy days togeltllb.er hu.vc ;?a;:::o_c'l,-:they cov. ld. not last forever-but mi ngled ni th t :1e I egrets over t:lG :- r passinG a::-e the joyouo recoll e ct1ons of hour s s~1ont m th sist e r:::: ::'ro:-: other places, of new, wann, enduring ties forme d rrith t hes c ravi.vL'c rept".;::lertatives from o t he!' Chapt.ers. Yet, p reci ous ao ar r'"':::;" :<;r:or:.oc , tho don ino.:ttllb. thous ht in our hc::~.rts mu ::Jt o.l -:eyc be c. d e c _. .J8n:Jo of ~.:-rntitudc t1evt Alflha SiGna Alpga i'"' ours, forcve:c u.nri. e ··l C'l, ·e.1 unto tho end of Tine . 11 Hi@l tllouc;ilts and noble in all lands Ee l p mo; :1y soul io fo d on such. But, al-;.~ t~o t ouch of li ps n.n d h~nds, The huuan touct:! ·:.· arm. r:i. tal, clo'JO, lifo' o ...,ymbols cl.ear- Thcso nood I n:ost-- and non n.nd h oro." J...
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Uhen ~iss Green decided to re~i ~n h9r position on the facul t · COl~~ado Tea~ern College , She also deemed it best to withdrau from Nat1onal Oouncil,_in order thut RGme vne more intimately a so~itod uith Beta Beta m1ght hold the office . The Chapter accordingly elected Uary .. A. Paden ~o the office. · Miss Paden holr:·s both the Pd.B. the Pd.M. from Colorad~ Teahcers College , having secured th~ latt& a.st June. She is not teaching this year, honev.e r, but is living at heme in Carr~ . Colo., . which is but fm.,ty mi les :'rom Grae ley, and so sbetreqnrmtly ge:ts over to Greeley to visit the Cho.pter, j n which she hae a a1 ster, Graee Paden, ·who is serving this yea!' as C!1apter P.egi strar. sorority extends a most cordial welcome to t~is neu member of the c11 and aw&i.te ' with eagerness the added insp jra~i on that is to be en to ~e ~ork of intensive organization in Alpga Sigma Alpha.
THE STATE SECRETARIES several changes have occurred in the list of state seeretarl a, owing to various reasons, but principally because of the chan&e at residence. The st~te secretary Roll is as follow.s:-
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PIJHSYLVANIA VIRGINIA
Vera Campbell, 832 Mairi st., li'anon City , Colo. Nell M. Grant , 1102 Commerc.ial st., Emp(') ria ~ Yans. CarmEm. Fisher, Cairo, J..[o . Mrs. Paul Howard, Tioodsto ck , Ohio. Mrs. Frank G. 1:unson, College Hill , Alva, Okla. Marga!'et Veil, scalp Leve l, Penn . Mildred Hoore, 414 Olney Road, Norfolk , Va.
This is the first t i me that IW\TSAS has been represented on our state secretary Roll, due, of course, to the installation of the n w r-hapter a.t Empo~ia and the Ions li s t of alumnae thr:..t the Kappa ~~lta Theta group broU5ht into A .s. ~ . Miss Grant lives in the house With the girls of Epsilon Epsi lon, and i s acting as Assis tant supervisor of Primary Music at the school. Miso Grant is as cap<:b~e as e is enthusiastic, and the interest s of A. s . A. in Kansas va ll be looked after most c arefully . Missouri ASAo vdll be s orry to lose llarion Gardner Bl ackwell from tho service a s s t a t e secretnry, for she has been al l that one rould deaire in that important office. The remova l of the B lackwe ~l : t<' Texas however made n e ce n s a r y the change . carmen Fisher, -riho 1 o nnw in charge of {u ssouri, i s -v:ell kno'.m to Mis souri ASAs and as State secretary can scarcely add any more laure ls to the ?rown ~r . ~~: r nreciation and love in which she is a lready h e ld by the s~rls 0- n~ Bete,, yet we are expecting great thing s from Carmen in her iVOrk f o:tht· rational. 1Irs. Paul Hoia"d is junt our lovc.ble and capab l e Helen Lin·~ ~ t:::-annf::>rmEd . There \7as a love ly v;eddinr i~ecently in -.7oodetocl , · ' - ·ttlf'l b,.., lde in crepe me teor an d t h o b.ci rle::;:t"oon in oli vc drab, for F3.U~ itJ ,~ :mldier l ad , .!."lOW l.Jca t :J d in C::~.mp She:.."'!lan. It -.:-;as an ·~~s \ :-ed~.:_ ~ ' ~ · tho the:ce -rras only one otl~e r J..SA there, .Cloi se :C:verett, ? r1 n~ ..:c._ ~- l fr~":; 1 h~a.l~h of J.Ir:J ~ ::..incol n. T~1e ..\S..\. colora v:e ro c£.rj_"'led o 1t 2a the ue(l_j::'.:.r[ ::;u ppe r, evon to o.. r ed star in tho ico?rcan. ~he doubL.. r1';1.t:; ccro:1ony wao U:J v c1 , and the ir engraJlln[; b('lre 111. addi tlon to the
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names and dat~, the A. S.A . watchwo rd--i.:izpah-- ;1 Go d wat t".h b ~ twe ~ n l.heP d me, while wo _are absent, one from the other". lliZPAH, as you wi ~l recall, was a fortress built by Kin~ Asa in commemoration of his crea~ victory over King Baa.sho., nho had laid sie ~e to the City of David . I' was this comma.ndi~ position, five miles northwest of Jerusa lem1 that the British troops took from the TUrks recen t ly . The t own i n which the f ortress stands is called En-Nebi Samwil , and contai ns wi thi n a mosque the reputed tomb of the Prophet s amuel. This ancient se~r '-':-:d Iane Asa were very closely associated, you see thro the buildinG ,. . ~ l.iizpah, and now one of :ring Asa' s lads is t o be~ the mar;ic word . ,,- o battle under the banm:;.l"a of Uncle SaJI' - May the word spe ll VI CTOR-.t ~ :i. t did in ancient Hebrew times. Mrs. Frank G. Munson, state secretary of Oklahci>ma., i s the on l r o~o 'mo has held the office. her appointment dating from t h e i nstalla.f;ion of Gamma Gamma. Shf · needil no introdu ction to t he ASAs of 01{ n.?_J.oma, or to the Sorority a'C large, for she h a s b e come v1e ll lcnom s ir. .-2 her initi a tion. The chanee in Pennsylvania comes a a r esul t of t he mar r i ar;P recent ly mentioned of Frederica Furman to Henr y Juni u s L i t s ~y, and ,~ her contemplated change of residenc e . He r successor, Mar gare t Vei l, is a r;rad.Uate of "Indiana" in the cla ss of 19 1 3 . She knew the ones who orr;ani zed the ~roup that later became ou r Al pha Gamma Chap t er, and her frequent Visits to her alma mater h aVA made he r Yl'3ll acquai nted VIi th th9 r;irls that came later. Marr,ar et i s a most ' enthusi A-sti c member of the Johnstovm Association . The chanGe in the Vir~ inia secretaryshi p a lso comes as an af termath of a pretty churt:h we ddin8 , one so lemnized a t t h e u e t hodi st hurch of Martinsville, Va . , on Novemb er 24th between Mildr ed Booker and Dr. Geor r;e Penn Dillard, a memb er of t h e Phi De lt a Hedica l Fr ate rnity. The pr e sent secretary, Mi ldre d Moore, nas in the 8roup that re~rcanized A.S. A. She i s now a very a ctive memb er of the Norf olk .asociation. "PEACE , GOOD \IILL" This is the last issue of the PHOENI X unti l mid J anuary , so your National President take s t hi s opportuni ty to \7ish you al l a ho liday oonoon fr ee from anxi e ty artd full of c ood che e r. It i s t oo much to expect of course , that world peace will be vri th u s at t hi s Chri st · mastide, but there is a pea ce t h at may be had fo r the a skinr; , the'p ea ~ that pa.ssoth understanding. . 'Peace on e a rth rroodvvill to men ' na s the mes sar;e that the an eels broucht the ~~ cht th~t a s t ar stood above a lo~ly man er in Beth lehem of Judea. The comin~ of the Ch r ist Child Y~ as the pl edce of a 'nerr heavens and a nev1 earth'. Bu t the Christ Chi l d , c rovm t o }o.,nhnod, po1jnt e d out the ONLY nay by -rrhi ch that p~o~i~ed l and_ cou l d be reached -the way of the Croos, t h e wn.y of sacr ~f ~ cl.a l s e rv ~.c e. ' The 80lden ace of a Christi an Ylo:;:· ld i s not the T!topi a of t~-: Clrearner. ·,-;e need not wmn.de r f orty year s in t he desert 1n s 8arch '")~ it, for i t is that particul ar spot i n which you and I d':el l, and_ uh1 c:r IF ~ IE HILL, we can transform into sone t h inr; far surpassl.nG anythJ.nG that the world has ever lcnO\·m . . God works thro man t o a ccor:J.pl ish Ris purpo se. He ha s p o1nt c ' t the Truth He has shmm us t he -.la y , He has si ven u s t h o Li r;ht . A ·;J1o a re Foilowers of the star may not doubt, n ay not he si tat ~, ;:~ a.j t t urn from the path tho it l e ad to a Cross. The l ~ a s te r [,Ul dOE. only would we foll~w, for His is alone the Li cht t hat ha~ never