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KIRKSVILLE Alpha Beta _has returned nine girls this Quarter.

This number seems very small to us, especially in comparison with the large Chapter we had du::•ing the SUmmer S&ssimJ, yet we expect to do great things for A.S.A . , for have we not with un two National Officers, Ida Jewett and E~i th G~ble?

With the help and inspirat:..on they can give us _, comb~ned WLth the unusual abiJity of our Chapter President, Gladys Rowey, w~ know our boasts are n0t idle ones.

The School erJiolrn&nt this nuarter is less than it has been .for some time, being only sli[;htly over ~400. Of' cour·se we notice most the vacant chairs where the boys tlsed to sit. It is needless to say how munh the boys are missed, yet wo ara proud of those vacant chairs.

We glory in the number of' men tha~ Kirksville has sent and take great Pride in all the former stueents who are now under the colors, from the youngest private to Major General Pershing.

Alpha Beta has not neglected its patriotic duties, for thA first Red Cross Unit in towr1 was orgauized by our Graduate Chapter. $aturdayo arA regular A.S.A. days at the Red Cross Headquarters . . We BPAnt our very first Saturday there nj_th our rushees . This occas1on :fUrnished an opportunity f'or the returning .P.SAs and the ladies of the GradUate Chapter to bec-ome acquainted again, as well as giving us all a ehanee to have a share in the Red Cross work.

Ou Sehool has recently suffered a great loss through the deatb or Professor Settle, who was Dean 0f the Faculty and Professor of English.

In addition to being an excelent teacher in his chosen subject~ h~ was a true friend to us all and will be greatly missed .

The first party of the year was given by the ¥.W.C.A. Every one of us went and took our rushees along .

We had a most delightful time. The following Friday we again had dates with the rushees for the Faculty Reception.

Af'jtervmrds our bunch went to the "Palace".

We know that yrgu are all anxious to hear what our Chapter has been doing since it got back to Kirksville, and we are just as anxious to tell you.

First of all. for it won't k eep any longer, we must tell you that w~ have already worn our colors 1n honor of' three dear pledge~ Mann Elms, Frances Flowers and Thelma Kramer.

We are delighted, but the Tri Sigs are not, for their bids were turned down for ours.

We are rushing s~veral other attractive girls, whom we hope to tell you about later.

Alpha Beta's first social stunt was a 'kid' party at the home of Janette abd Virginia Howell.

Whatffin it wa s to get into short dress~s again!

Not everyone wnre dresses, however, for we thought the party might be dull without a few boys, so some of' the girls dressed to suit that part.

Miss Jewett made a charm1ng DUtch Boy. We had refrA shments suitable for 'kids',- candy, chewing gum and ice cream cones VlA played 'kid' games until it was almost time to leave for home. ,..

Then we just had to be grown up enough to dance a little.

Nothing could have been much nicer than the marshmallow roast had at the Lake last Friday night . We built a big camp fire ahd

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sat around it toasting the marshmallows, eating apples _and signing songs·.

By the nay, let ne toll you rit;ht non that ~·,re are developtn~; into a singing chapter.

There arc sooo splendid voices in the bunch, and those of' us vrho r>~ not so good at the art can't help trying -r:hen . so some f 1ne o 1 d A.S.A.J\~ stn~ted~ . . _ · Snother tine We Tdll tell YOU abOUt tho sarden plrty that is scheduled for next Saturday, and our dance, nhich is to be given October 13th, and at Wh1Eh we hope to have a number of our out-of -to-rm girls baclt.

Alpha Beta is trying to uphold the honor of Alpha Si~a .lpha here at ICirksville thro the various members r:ho are representinG it ::.n diff'erent capaci t~-es.

Edith Gc.mble is President of the Local Panhe~. lenic, while Ruth Early is th~ Chapter Delegate .

Lucile Nicl'::ell represents us in the Student Senate, and Gladys Hov,rey and Virg inia: HowoJ.. J in tho School paper.

Follovdng is a list of our girls Who returned this Fall,Esther Harrison and Gladys Hovrey in the 120 Class, Lucile Nickell and Edith Gamble in the 90 Hour Class, Ruth Bryan , Ruth Early, Rita Hus~~ ted and Nada Reddish in the 60 Hour Class, and Virginia Honell in the 30 Hour Class.

Nada Reddish, Historian .

ATHENS li'hen the "\70cen students rcturnod to "OHIO" this Fall, they found oany inprovenonts and innovationo.

The handsoneot addition to the caopus ·io tho now woncn's dor.nitory, Lindley Hall, ~hich was built o.t a ~oat of $120,000. and which is said to be the finest college residence in the State.

It accommodates 120 girls, t~o in a room . Not only has every personal confort been provided for, but the plans made possible three kitchenettes, so that the girls may have spreads . A St)cond campus innovation · is the John Hancoclc High School~ in which tho otudcnts who arc preparing to teach in high ochools n ay have the actual training that is so essential to success.

Under Panhellcnic ruling, thoro wore no Greek-letter badges worn during tho first wee:m of college.

Only one formal affa~r was o.llowod after runhing really began.

Delta Delta gave a recept1on at the hoco of Prof. and Hrs. M:J.Ualsh, folloued by a dinner at the ColonialHotel ~ In the receiving line Pere the patronesses,. Mrs. 1~1 . J · Ualsh, Mro. 17.E.Petere~,- Hrs. Ralph:. P.Jcnnings, Miss Eugen1a M.LJ.ston, Miss Elizabeth Garber, Chapter Adviser, Miss Eleanor LmJry, National Registrar, Naomi Caldwell, Chapter President and Edna Usher , an< !tlUa }f na, Covers vrere la1 d for twenty-fi VP "'t the Colonial , th~ro bei11..g thirteen rushoos in addition to the active chapter and those already m~ntioned . .The High School Quartette furnished r.1usic during the ent1re evening .

The flowers used were large vrhite asters and the lighting was fron white candles in crystal holners. · Delta Delta. has been very fortunate in the nunber of vinitor s 1 t has had sinc!3 college opened. . Eleanor Lm7ry nas here one weclc-end and was of the greatest possible aid to uo in tho rushing .

Ue can not enough appreciate her talcing the lons journey necessary to be ni th us at our Formal. ~~other visitor a ~ittle l a ter uas Ruth Donnelly of ·~he Hi ani Chapter, who 11as hero twice last yoo.r, ooo ·to choo s e t h e t;roup Hith the help of our Deans and then at Installation . . She is Plannino to be vli th us again the l::1ot of October, \'/hen the South~-.; tern Ohio Teachero Association neets in Athens.

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to l1ave every oue of our ~"..lw:mae bac,..:, &1.d, in aP-ticipation of ch event we are plarmi:1.g a jolly got -toz;e the ·.:" for that vreek-er:.d. 'ltlis wi~ our ~anksgiving Initiation and our Christmas Reunion ough".::. to make 1t poss1ble for acti~es and alumnae to get to kno~ each othe r pretty intimately .

As this was our i..... frst rush season and we were new at the busi.ness, besides being up agahist some of the Congress Soro!'i ties that oovet girls in Teachers College and Get there to change their courses, we were not quite sure what our success would iJe, but now that the smoke of battle has cleared away, we are so jubilant over our e;ains that we can scarcely keep our feet on ea:::'th . You see we have eleven pledge~, and SSS got only four~ And SSS n anted the girls v7e got too, and trl.ed hard for them~ Incidentally we reight me~1tion that we secured more members than Pi Beta Phi, which :r. . as b~en on the campus for almost thirty years .

Here they are, 'the best bunch of pledges i~ the U"', as some of our faculty _g>ut it,-Goldie Adams, the "Carey Twins", a s everybody calls them, Helen Goodall, cousin of Irene Goodall of our Miami Chapter, Ada Hard, Ruth Har.tmann, Helen Hoffent, Sara. Long , Flol1artin, Marie Richter and Hilda Spies, sister of our Lola.

The girls are not only most lovable, but they are talented.

Marie Richter is already acting as Choir Diredor at the Christian Church.

As our Al!.wi:,q er, Miss Garber, holds a similar position a t the Methodist Church, and as four of our members sing in the Presbyterian Church Choir,Delta Delta is very much in evidence the full seven days of the week.

17e mean that this shall al ~vays be true of Delta Delta, for we are going out for the various 11 U11 activities with a definite view to making the Chapt~:-:-- a real force in college, in student life . t1e are expecting great thi!lbs from :-Ii lda Spies, for .she has very unusual ability along artistic lines, hav~ng already won considerable fame in her home to\vn.

There is just one thing that we have not done, and that is the furnishing of our Chapter Room, but we shall have leisure for that now that the rushing is over.

It is very important here at Athens to have an attractive room .

Our rushing Pould h ave been so much easier this year, if we !lad had one, bu.t 'He made up for our laclc of it by good hard worlc, and that brought results.

There's one other thing that we want to get straightened out .

Our Teachers ColleEe offe rs a two year course and a four years course, the latt e r meaning the Bachu lor f'&gl"ae . in Education .

The congress Sororiti e s ne re forbidd'311 to take girls in the No~al Co~rses, but they h ave been interpreting that as meaning only the students in the two year course.

So they h av e felt free to take a girl regist e red for the A. 3.in Education, even tho she might not come to coll ege f or more than a year or t wo. The Dean of our Teachers College is very jealous of the ri ghts of his students, so we think that we can have that m~tter s e ttled by ano the r year . Bet.;ides it is only just to the Teachers College gi rls in the four yea!' course, fo r membenship in Alpha Si gma Alpha can mean r.10 re to them tr1an me;nbe rship in the Congress sorori ti e.s!

Tha t goe s wi thout saying , of course, but then we fe e l so much better for sayj_ng it just the same.

Rather recently we hai ~ p~easant surpri se.

It was jolly t,et ting to meet so mcmy o:f the Miam?.g.irls, a1:1d the n to have El eanor {Pnr:r rralce us acouainted ;·ri th our Pennsy lvani a Chap t e r, besides te llir.g us a ll 2.bout -her visit v1i th L.irs. i..fc:.rtin, b11t 'Vie thought tha t sure:il.• ·on lu end our onportunities a long that line, b·.1t it didn't, for or:e c~ay \TO suddenly - discovered. t.hat P:iss J 8nett's roommat e: Mi ss Pattsrsvr', a:a in torm visi tine; he r c:1i Om3gr. Cha:')ter Gn rout e t0 e. year a.t Co l •..:t w

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Miss Patterson had lived in the ASA House with Miss JeY1ett and eo Bhe knew the Alpha Beta girls intimately.

She had brought pictures o-r the Kirltsville girls along with her,- and she told us much about our splendid National Vice President and about our very capable National Secretary.

Alpha Beta, she got us so inspired that we too are determined that we nill not lose a girl to SSS . Hy, but it seemed good to hear about you ~.:i s sRMri people and nhat you are doing to make the name ot A.S.A. favorablyA"R~ only in Kirksville itself but thoughout your State.

11.11 tliese meetings v1i th outside ASAs have made us realize our nationalism as nothing else could.

In these few months ot our existence ue have seen more of outside members than all the sororities on the campus put together ~ The follovdng returned to nthens this Fall,-Naomi Caldwell , who will receive her B.s. in Education next June, Ruth Baker and Helen Hudson who are in the Ele~entary Education Course, Helen Millikin and Lola Spies who are enrolled for the course in Public School Music .

Three girls that were expected back , Thelma Groome, Ada Haun and Edna Usher, all had very fine schools offered to them, so felt they ought not reject the goods provided by the gods . 路:ie surely hope to see them back another year, however .

NaomiaCaldwell, President.

MISSOURI MEETS ALPHA BETA vdll be at home to all visiting members during the Rural Life Conferenca which meets in Kirksville November 1-3 . Owing to the number of Alumnae who will be in attendance at this meeting , 'and to the fact that many of the Chapter will be away from tovrn on the Soror1ty 1 s Birthday, November 15th, ALPHA BETA plans to make this 路 affair her KING ASA DAY celebration.

Ex-President Taft will speak at the Normal SChool Auditoriun November 3d , and that is expected to draw a crowd.

All ASAs are asked to write Miss Jewett before they come, in order that plans may be arranged in accordance .

ALPHA BETA will hold its annual meet in Kansas C:fty this year at the State Teachers' Association .

The Association dates are Novem路.... ber 15-17, and all Alpha Betas in attendance are urged to make plans to eat dinner together at the Mue~lbach Hotel Thursday evening November 15th .

This will be an opportunity for you to celebrate KING ASA DAY in company with many girls whom you have not seen for months . You have to eat while in ICansas City, so why not eat with a jolly crowd and celebrate at the same time one of the well-beloved days in Alpha Sigma Alpha?

If you are planning to visit friends during your stay at the Association, ask them to excuse you ror that one 路 evening . They willappreciate your desire to be with your college chums .

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Alpha Gamma has returned eight girls ,-Sara Campbell, Ruth Dempsey , Johnanna Frasier, Katherine Froelich , Miriam McKee, Elea~or 1U tchell , Lovell Rebhun and Hargaret Rose.

Two others or our Spr1ng initiates , Zdna Noble and Sara Gough, had enough credits so that they need t.o rA -Gurn for only one term, so they are teaching until then . .uOUiso Mill'3r, another initiate, is staying at home . .

The matter of chiefest moment with Alpha Gamma this year 1s that Pledge Day has been pushed up one Term and so comes at Christrnn~ time inatead of at Easter as for so many years . ~e arc very glad

19. indeed to ha~e this shorter rushing season, for, not only does it lessen the stra1n and the expense, but it will give us our girls for train1.ng nvhole Term soo:.-.:.er.

Under the old .way, what with vacations and examina.tions) the initiates could not have more than a week or su of Chapter life before Commencement.

Panhellenic decided that the rushiug affairs must be simple, so that too has been a we lcome change.

So fo.r we have had. nothing but li tile informal feeds, such a.s b::ceakfast and luncheons, or wienie roasts out in the open after a hi:~e.

In spite of all this simplicity, however, the rushin6 is not g~ing to be so very easy this year, because there seems to be a dearth of desirable rna terial, and then, too, we have so many ri va.1s, more, I thinkJ than any other chapter in the sorority. In the Ol,der of their establishment these sororities are, -Phi 1<appa Pi, a local rea.L.y but claiming that it is a branch of a New York sorority, Pi I<appa S:l.gma ) here Etince 1909, Alpha Kappa Phi, a branch of the Agonian sorority of New York State and here since 1910, Sigma Sigma Sigma, wh ich followed us by a fen months, o.nd Phi Delta Phi, a local, here since 1910: Delta Sigma Epsilon, established in 1916, as were Alpha Sigma Pi, a local) and Alpha Sigma Tau, v1hich has one other chapter, at Ypsilanti, Mi ch.

Our Alumnae have been~lendid about coming back to see us.

Sara Gough was here one week-end and Margaret Hummel the next.

On the fifth of October, we expect to initiate one of the old Gamma Pi Deta group, Anna Schade, and that will bring back Eleanor Lowry, Clara Ferguson, Beatrice Jeffries and Margaret Veil. ne c a~ hardly wait路 fer: Eleanor to get here, so anxious are vve to hear about her Boston trip and hor conferences ni th Hrs. M:artin. Still another occasion when the ~lumnae and smme of the actives expect to get together is the weddin~ of IC:-ttherine Brown, who is to be married on October lOth to Herman RodkeY. of Punxsutawney.

Her cousin in the active Chapter, Katherine Froelich, vvill sing, rrhi le an Alumna, Mary Neely, vvill play the '>7eddilg march.

Katherine has found time, in spite of h.er vredding preparations} to get back to see us. She is a 路wonderful girl and we are so glad for this happiness of hers.

Our new President, Dr. Keith, has won all our hearts. He ~as some splendid plans for ole. "I NDIANA", better salaries for the facu..1.ty, more extensive courses and possibly work leading toward degrees. Soon after School opened, the former members of the faculty gave a rece ~颅 tion for Dr. and Mrs . Keith and the nevver members of the faculty. T~E.: vrhole student body attended.

It was really quite a brilliant affalr , for the trustees and wives and the tvron minist ers and wives were also present.

Our Recreation Hall is aluays attractive, but it took on extra charm that evening because it VTas furnished quite sumptuous!~ with rugs and divans, and beautifully decorated v!ith wi ld flowers 1.n great profusion.

School Life is in full swi:.1g .

The football season opened on september 29th and that alnays cures the homesickness of tre new girls, so we wel~ome ita arrival for that reason q1.!i te apart from the fa.scination it holds for u.s .

On Ostober fj_rst there will be the Color Rush, which always a:""'ouses the greatest enthusiasm , Fol~oning this . \1111 be the Senior Hav Rid8 out to the Park, where a str1nged orches -c:ra will furniSh music fo; c;.ll dey c'l.arcing. _ "!Tnen we tell our A].UJ?nae tha~ Mrs . McLean is to have c:!.1.a~:路ge of the 1 eats: , we knov1 that. the1.r moutho \'Till water, for they are f'r.1rnil1.ar with her delictous cook1.ng. The Saturday evening dance8 wt~h t~e boya of the School have begun~ but we l.:'..re nretty scarce of men in this ne3hborhood al~ays, but espec1.ally since the war.

ICa~he:o."ine :rroeli ell: Historian.

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Alpha Alpha has returned ten girls 1 -:-Alice Anderson , Ruth Crr.H'ord, pauline Good,Ethe L Pfeiffer, Bertha Runyn.n and Elizabeth Sp:i.. ve::, rho are s ophomo!'es in the Teachers College courses , Hel :;n ~\'i;,7ards, a 1enior in Home Economics, Flor9- and Lorna Dulc e, \ ho a:·e j11n1 or~ J.r.. ~e same course, and Catherine Prudent , who is a sophamuve thergjn ,and Llso Isis Williams , a sophor.1ore in Teachers College.

Pau li ne Dc.vis T&S prevented by illness from returning.

Four others failei to r· ry~urn ,ecause they secured excellent positioU,s,-Miriam Oswalt, Le l ar_ Pro:::UPI:::-·e, tva Starr and Neva Unglesby. fle shall hope to have them: wj. -~h ·-:':-) ~nother year.

Althp we are rather few in numbers, we are expe ctir~ auecess in rushing.

Rushing has been difficult, because the enrolment is l ar ~e and so it is not very o~sy to get acquainted VTi th tho nov1 g~rls. ·r hcy got lost in tho crowds. Then,too,it is confusing to have both the reBehcrs College and the Liberal Arts College on the oame c u~pus .

It takes time to place each girl.

To add to the confusion, therg are ~ arious Congress and Pedagogical Sororities, both national and loca l, ~ 11 rushing at fhe same time .

To date we have nine pledges, all of them rushed by our rivals and mmst of them bid by them. The only reaeon they we re not all bid by rivals was because vr e didn't allow· our friends the enemy to get anywhere nar them.

Yle sha ll probably bid others after the first excitement is over and we have time to look a round.

Hearing as the rush season is,tho, we would not have it dif.C ercnt, for the experience is most exhilarating.

One can not be a 'dead one' VTho has ever been to Miami .

One gets v1alced up for all time. ~7e had ten pledges, but one thought best to chango her colloge, so transfe~r~d t0 the University of Illinois, uhorc she received bids at once to Kn.ppa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi. She chose the l atter. i1ll but t no of our other fre : shmen made Arion Choir and one made the orchestra, so they are starting out vl811 .

Another place on the Studont Council has come to us thro the election of Elizabth Spivey to the Presidency of the ?iorian Literary Society.

Pauline Good , Secre tary .

ALVA Gamma Gacrma h a s returned six girls, five initiates, May Grim Dyor Nellie CQ)lo, !mnabcl Harris, Luella Harzman, Crrace Maun-i:.el, and one pledge, Haud·e Sunderland.

One of our recent graduates, Louis e Hi lll'3r, is taking vmrk at the University of Okl ahoma. Our sma ll g~,oup has made rushing a bigger problem than usual, but it has thro~ a ~ot of responsibility on every one of the girls and that has had 1ts o.ctva ~ tages in increased enthuaasm.

Under panhellenic ruling there rras no r ushing for severai .

Vl'J1'3kFJ( 'I'hi s ga ·ve us time to study the ne~r ci rls unde r norm~~ .':'?11~1 tions, n.n arrangement vrhi ch proved very sa. t 1 sfa ct ory to our t1nnl.1.ll[, · .11 nf our Girls ~ere rU3hed ~Y the 6t~ er8 ~~d ~ os t of them aecurJ~ ·l i-.~R. r'e did not lose a sinr;le bid. r;e got the largest delcgatJ.cn ~ 1 :11c campus . \'le did not have to rush against SSS this Term . f:Jr 'LJ:: rs ~:1c1I'ter had incurred the rTatl1. of its l.:fationr.l Cct:ncil and so \-as _. e -' .J.l.i Z~cl by be ing forbidden to fUSh or pledge t;irls until_ lat el' in Gh~ .. " 7 ~~r SSS likes us better than it does the others , so 1t con£ra uUlb e 1 L~ s Or! our success, vrhi ch was rather nic:e of it .

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There was the usual round of rushing parties .

Our Formal was a Dinner at the home o~ one of our Patronesses . The decorations were in the national colors and everything had a patriotic flavor The place cards and score cards were little flags .

The evening was sp ent in music ana games. Our Patronesses turned out en masse and were of the greatest possible help to us. ~e are glad they likeuLs well enough to stand back of us so splendidly at all times. n e are also glEtd of the kindly feeling that the faculty has tov;ard us.

Quite a few of them have told us that they can tell an ASA girl at once, because she is always dignified on or off the campus .

Alva has a new President, Dr. Faulkner, 11ho comes from one of the other No~l Schools in the state. ~e found his ~ife so charming that we invitea~£o become a Patroness of Gamma Gamma.

You may i magine 1 our joy '.7hen she accepted.

7e are hoping that she will grow· to like us as mueh as our other Patronesses.

Annabel Lee Harris, Secretary.

FAIDWILLE Alpha returned one junior, Martha Spencer, and ten seniors,Iaabel Chandler, Huldah Daniel, Anno Gregory, Inza Lea, Elizabeth Le w i ~ ·Marie Price, Frances Robertson, susie Snead, Julio. Stover and Katherine \iatkins.

Rebecca Darden, vrho did not return, is teaching.

Rushing is in full suing. 1\t our first meeting, on September 2~th, the program vras mapped out and the campaign started. Miss Peck, our Chapter Adviser, has plac ed her room at our disposal for the meetings, so all our troubles in that regard are at an end . 1\s soon as things ar e under vJay a little better, we shall havemore. to tell you about Alpha .

Isabel Chandler, Secretary.

GREELEY Beta Beta has returned ten girls, -£1iriam Smith, who received h er Haster' s degree last Juno, but who is back again specializing in art.

Edith Rams ay, who received her Bachelor's de gr e e in June, bttt y;ho i s back f or he r Master's degree, Ada Bak er, Lilian Criswell, Helen Hay , Lenm. .. Mayer , Grace Paden, Miriam Pomeroy, Lois Tuttle and Esther ~Tnj_ t o· Thrre girls nho 11erc expected did not return, Ruth Crisrrell, r.rho is t ea ch ing music and enjoying it im."!lonsely, ttargueri te Dupuy, nh o is n. l s ~; teaching , and Gln.phy Gillin, -rho has entered a business college.

College opened on October first, so t ltings are not yet in f ull sHing, for this is October second that I am rrriting . There is to '1e a P::mhellenic Tea tomorrm1 at ·~.rhich no pins arc to be rrorn and to '.lhich en'l"J'body is to go in school clothes.

Palli"le ll enic rules, made last Spring~ restrict us to throe "'Vcni ng parties Clnd tvro afternoon parti e s , the 1.hole expanse to be 1 11·chin $flO ..Te have decided for the first n eelc on a J apanese 'I'ea ' ·i i n cardo o..nd f or the evening party an informal dance, a buffet lun ch , 1-; o.r c.i.::: uh cl ::1. li ne pa rty . 1:-'or t :i1 . c ®COnd >m ck our pl an s include a '· i e~1i o roa .:;t &r_.,. aft~rno~n, r,r i tl1 a truck ride, a slumber pa rt y :m el. a ghost par ty on t ho ci de a s the evening aff a ir .

Our belov e d f a culty Advi se r , J E'Jtr,y Lind Gr 'en , (.U d not re:.nr:; t 4t 1-;.::r e.Q l"'Y this Fall. ·::a have elect e d Dr . Tovm, 2.. .:::> a t l~b~e ss in :i. Je :c 1"l o..ce Ada A. rlaker , Secr e t ary .

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Mabel Vn.ughn, AB, Ylaz narril3d on June fifth to J.B.Uilson of Molino, Mo. Busy as She was on her w3dcing morn, she found ti~e to s d her greetings to the PHO&~IX and her ~ive ye~r subscription.

Zola Christy, now Mrs. Osborn, is another AB bride who remembered the PHOENIX. She is li vine; in the home town, Revere, after a honeymoon trip that included Niagara Fall, New York City and ot:1.er interesting places in the East. TJe wish she might have come as far as :· Boston.

- · OI:a Uiley, nov: Mrs. "i1m.H.Ualsn:_:.~f UP.iontiDwm~ Pa. and an AG girl, follwu6d the bridal custom started by Llpha Beta girls and copied by the Alpha Gamma brides.

One of the prettiest ASA weddings in June was ~hat of MC~.ry Ali c e tla.tson, AG, to Glenn IIoward Ferguson, a brother of Clara Fergut."Jn also of the Pennsylvania Chapter, Mary Alice wore a frock of white satin and silk tulle and carried a shower bouquet of roses and valley lilies.

Clara Ferguson, mata of honor, was in pink satin and silver lace, and carried pink roses.

A little niece of the bride served as flower girl.

Alpha Gamma girls present at the ntlptials were Eleanor Lowry, Isabelle Saxman and Gula Sechler.

Mary Alice has a lovely home at 912 gest St,, Uilkinsburg, Penn.

The engagement of Katheryn Brown, AG, whose wedding will t ake ~la ce on October lOth, was announDd very prettily at a Punxsutawney ryarty in June.

Her little niece was brought into the room in a tiny oxpress wagon filled with parasols.

When the little parasols were opened after presentation by the baby,they disclosed the name of Kather)n a.nd that of :Mr. Herman Rodkey of .?unxsuttrM1ey.

The Kirksville ASAs who were once Kappa Theta Psis, will be interested to learn o~ the wedd.ing of Margaret Perry, dau ghter of Judgo Perry of Shelbyville, to Hr. John H. Digby, Wes t ern Freight Agent of the Pacific Railroad w!th hoa dquarter3 at Seattle.

Mr~.and Mrs. R.B.Turner have announced the marriage of their daughter, Frances Ruth, to Mr.Leon E. Tansil of LaPlata, Mo . on July eleventh.

Ruth saw to it that the Alpha Beta brida l custom was not forgotten. !1r . and Mrs. J. 0. ':!:nomas innour-ced the marriage of their daughter, Jane Oakley, to Mr. Joseph F.r.. M~ rrison of Pine Bluff, Ark. on July the 22nd.

They nro at home at 502 East Second st.

Alpha Beta h a o announced the ma rriage of Esther McCUne on August 9th to Professor Charles !}.. Epperson of the Kirksville Faculty, Prof. Epperson is a brilliant mathematician and is a member of the Sigma Xi homorary society. He has volunteered his services to the govorn~ont and is now in the army .

THE MAIL POUCH Mabe l E. Anderson, AB, of the Kansas City Asso ci a tion, ~-:ill wimer in California . · Ethe l P:feiffer, a May initiate of Alpha Alpha, is House Chai.1: of one of the I!iruni dormitories this ye m .. .

Ruth Young, AG, took a summer cou~s e at one of the schooi~ ·"vr phyoical training in Chtcago, and :-;aS' s.J ·r:ell liked that et ·e '.-ra F . . r'f Grcd a poGi tio~ on the t'avul ty <'.r.d -~vill tel:l.&h tr.e re :.his w j r~ t 8:..' .

Mary Stouppe w2.s supervibso r' of a Playground tld s s U!'.n..e -..:-, but found time to visit Ruth Ritct.oy also o=:' tho Pennsylvanv:, C:i.1apt er .

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3ennne Uillet, AB, is Principal of the High SChool at Bd[ua, o., and Mildred Nulton, AB, is teaching English and Ma:s:;·c in the s9.I!le ohool.

Mildred is extremely happy to be a~gociated w1 th Jea..'"IDe .

Lena Newmyer and Lucy Reddish, who are teaching in the same town, La Plata, Mo.} having grown tired of the ordinary boarding house restr:ktions, are trying an interesting experiment. In· company with a Jounger sister, who is attending high school, and three other teachers, two of' them SSS, they have rented a five room furnished cottage and are doing their ovm. housekeeping .

They are finding it heaps of fun . s-e Shall watch their experiment vnth the deepest interest, for if two ASAs and two SSSs can make a suceess of the venture, surely a half dozGn ASAs teaching in the same town would have an even happier time, and a dozen ASAs could have a house and a housemother.

Your National Pr.~61dent has looked forward for years to the time when sorority women ght find it possible to have real homes together after they no longer ad homes of their own, owing to the death of parents and the scattering of' the home people.

A PETITION Miss .Jewett, who is in charge of extension this year, writes that the Kappa Delta Theta group of the State Normal School at Emporia , :~ana. has placed a petition before . Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The group was started as a social club in 1901 and took on its present name when it combined with another social group in the School.

It is therefore the oldest organization on the campus and has nearly 100 alumnae.

Many prominent ASAs have been interested in this gr.oap~ Mrs , Paul Higbee, head of our Art Co~~ittee, has a sister,Grace McGinnis , in it.

Miss Shockley has had her ' attention called to it thro one of her girls, Blanche stevenson, who has recently transferred from Alva to Emporia . Miss Jewett has received letters from both Miss McGinnis, Whom she knows personally, and frorr:. Blanche Stevenson.

Kappa Delta !beta has never thought of affiliation with a national society until this ye.a.r, when it finds itself facing two that entered recently, - SSS and DSE. The Central Office is so :f'ar away from the scene.. of ac-· tion that it has not .yet received all the data, but Miss Jewett writes that the Dean of nomen at Emporia, Miss Wlaitney, speaks very highly of them .

DELTA SIGMA EPSILON'S SHIELD The "Shield 11 of Delta Sigma Epsilon has just been received at the Central Office .

It is a 32 page affatr, but there are many blank pages, and quite a few half blank pages, while the margins are enom~ally wide.

As the Central Office is always concerned about the number of PHOENIX pages that it can send out for one_cent po~tage , t vras quite natttnali"y interested in the amount of materJ.al publJ.shed

by DSE .

It took the trouble to count the number of letters in the "Shield" and in the issue of the PHOENIX that was sent out last week .

J.t found that the first issue of this year contained just TWICE as uch reading matter, letter for letter, as the "Shield".

The "Shield" · ~a quarterly, so the DSE peop~e are paying 25 p for ~hat the_PHOENI X furnishes to ~SAs for 7¢. Some difference!

Delta SJ.gma Eps1lon had only two copies of the"Shield 11 last year, or the equivalent of 11- PHOENIX pages .

How many did the ASAs get?

It is a mere matter of arithetj.c to demonstrate how much stronger ASA ought to be than DSE .

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I KNOW A LITTLE GARDEN FAIR '

Words and Music

by Ida Shaw MartiL