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AWARD WINNER S . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 55 . . . .

LOOK AHEAD WITH ASPIRA TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 APPEN DIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 NATION AL OFFICE RS OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 NATION AL CONVE NTIONS AND CHAIRM EN 62 . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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of journal, is published in the fall, winter, spring and summer THE PHOEN IX OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA , an educational The . sorority the for rs publishe official 63103, St. Louis, Mo. each year at Eden Publishing House, 1724 Chouteau Avenue, subscrip tion price is $1.50 a year.

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PREFACE Alpha Sigma Alpha wishes to acknowledge with pride the fifty-year edition of our history , The Years Behind Us, published in 1952 and written by Louise N. Stewart. The supplement (1951-1976) presented here follows that edition and owes its compilation to the work and research of the following historians: Louise N. Stewart , Upsilon Upsilon Anne Rhodes Hamilton , Beta Nu Charlotte Adams Johnson , Theta Theta Shirley Pallatto Bone, Alpha Alpha Nancy Martin Williams, Chi Chi Lillie M. Greer, Delta Delta

1938-58 1958-61 1961-64 1964-70 1970-72 1972-74

We are especially grateful to Shirley Bone, Alpha Alpha, who was responsible for the actual writing of the material covering the years 1952-70; to Paula Keyes, Gamma Psi, who recorded the next three years (1970-73); and to Debra Bukas, Gamma Lambda, who produced the last three years (1973-76). Special recognition for separate sections is made throughout the issue, and much appreciation is deserved by the staff of National Headquarters for furnishing the appendix information. Furthermore, we were blessed to have the presence of Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta, President Emerita; her contributions were numerous, and her support was invaluable .

The above names are but a few ; the supplement is indebted to countless others. It has been, indeed, a rewarding endeavor of many for the pleasure of all in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Beta Epsilon, National Historian

THE YEARS BEHIND US A HISTORY OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA

Supplement 1951-1976

Life is held in the hand of time, and time is . . . y esterday, today, and tomorrow.

Yesterday, we dreamed; today, we are; tomorrow, we can only anticipate.

Dedicated lovingly and gratefully to WILMA WILSON SHARP

who has devoted her very being in loyal and sustaining service to our sorority and whose life is, in itself, an inspirational creed for all who share sisterhood in the bonds of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The Creed of Alpha Sigma Alpha To fill my days with satisfyi ng activity , To find domina nt beauty in art, literatur e, nature, and friendsh ips, To know the peace and serenity of a Divine faith, To love life and joyousl y live each day to its ultimate good This is my creed in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

EARLY ALPHA CHAPTER Back Row, left to right: Virginia Lee Boyd, Lillie Everett, Calva Hamlet Watson , Luriphene Everett, Margaret Patterson, Georgia Ward Newby.

Second Row: Hattie Kelly , Juliette Jefferson Hundley.

Front Row: Margaret Stephens, Louise Burks Cox, Bessie Ferguson.

lrstrrhng Many y esterdays ago, our beloved Founders had a dream. They envisioned a beautiful sisterhood of love and service not only for y esterday but for today and tomorrow not only for themselves but for every Alpha Sigma Alpha. With humility and gratitude, Virginia Boyd Noell

Louise Cox Carper

we pay loving tribute to our Founders - we rem ember the precious gift of our yesterday.

Ju liette Hundley Gilliam

Calua Watson Wootton

Mary Williamson Hundley

Clock Tower, Longwood College

College Room of Hattie Kelly and Angela Tinsley at Farmville

Early Badge

Virginia Lee Boyd First Chapter President

The Rotunda, Longwood College

LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE sors in the colleges of the state and consequently, familiar with the fraternity idea. It is not surprising that within one year three Greek-letter local sororities appeared on this campus : Kappa Delta, founded October, 1897; Sigma Sigma Sigma, April, 1898; and Zeta Tau Alpha, October, 1898.

Tum back the Alpha Sigma Alpha years to the autumn of 1901 . . . Travel to the state of Virginia known as "the Cradle of the Republic," the home of great American patriots and presidents . .. Walk in the southern charm of the small town of Farmville . . . Suddenly you are there on the campus of historic State Female Normal School ... Pompadours with hair bows, crisp shirt waists, and long full skirts are high fashion on the campus. Sounds of college !ife float on the gentle fall air: lovely southern voices lifted in college songs or hymns, the hum of classroom activities, the exchange of cordial greetings with inimitable southern accent. You may be intrigued by the swish of those long full skirts as girls walk close to the white picket fence to dart bewitching glances at some handsome young men who just happened along from nearby Hampden-Sydney College. Most important are the sounds from snatches of whispered conversations or the excited talks behind closed doors between five delightful college students. They are devoted friends. After weeks of serious planning, they are ready to embark on a high adventure, the founding of a college sorority to be known as Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Among the students enrolled at Farmville in the momentous fall of 1901 were five extraordinary girls who had more than academic courses on their minds. Their names were Virginia Lee Bqyd, Louise Burks Cox, Juliette Jefferson Hundley, Mary Williamson Hundley, and Calva Hamlet Watson. They were most desirable as prospective sorority members.

Rather than accept individual membership in different sororities, the five Virginia girls preferred to strengthen their mutual ties of friendship by forming a sisterhood of their own. They founded Alpha Sigma Alpha on November 15, 1901. It was to be a national sorority.

On its first birthday, Alpha Sigma Alpha was announced to the public when its founders appeared on campus wearing beautiful jeweled badges in the shape of a shield. Three months later, February 13, 1903, Alpha Sigma Alpha was chartered in the Circuit Court of Prince Edward County, Virginia. Its statement of purpose read in part: "to cultivate friendship among its members ... to perform such deeds and to mould such opinions as will tend to elevate and enoble womanhood in the world." Such lofty aims just had to be shared! By late October, 1905, five chapters had been installed. All were in southern schools: Lewisburg ¡Female Institute, Lewisburg, West Virginia; College for Women, Columbia, South Carolina; Mary Baldwin Seminary, Staunton, Virginia; Fauquier Institute, Warrenton, Virginia; Fairmont Seminary, Washington, D.C.

It was a wonderful time and place for a national sorority to have its beginning. Of the early nineteen hundreds, American historians tell us "the outstanding quality was energy, energy physical, intellectual, and spiritual." The United States was entering a new and dramatic era in its national history. The Commonwealth of Virginia had a rich background for the new era. The college at Farmville was a young, brave pioneer in education for women in the state of Virginia. It was the first Virginia state school to admit women to advanced study. It was the first state college for teacher training in Virginia and one of the first of its kind in the South. Chartered as the State Female Normal School, the college opened in October, 1884, with an enrollment of one hundred ten students. Until the advent of Randolph Macon Woman's College in 1893, Farmville afforded the only opportunity to Virginia women for collegiate work. Its high educational standards and professional aims were nourished in the atmosphere of a girls' finishing school. Therefore, Farmville attracted superior students. Many of them were daughters of profes-

The first National Convention was held Thanksgiving weekend in 1905 at Hotel Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. Only three chapters, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, sent representatives. The other three were prevented from doing so by protective school authorities. An important item of business concerned the publication of a quarterly magazine. The Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine made its appearance in May, 1906. The most popular entertainment at Convention was the football game between V.P.I. and V.M.I. after which "The young ladies were entertained at the Academy ." It was a successful National Convention.

In December, 1905, Eta Chapter was chartered at Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tennessee. During the next eight years, Alpha Sigma Alpha strengthened various phases of its National Program. Chapters were placed in both two-year and senior colleges. Then unforeseen troubles came. A strong wave of anti-Greek sentiment swept southern states. Alpha Sigma suffered a loss of

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chapters through anti-sorority legislation passed by college faculties or trustees. General antagonism to "secret orders" was reflected in low chapter membership or lack of returning members in some chapters. Alpha Sigma Alpha was not alone in this sorrowful state of affairs. Other national sororities were l<>:5ing charters in southern institutions, especially those of seminary and junior-college rank. It was becoming apparent that the sorority could not continue to thrive in colleges of different classification.

Moreover, in 1905 , the Inter-sororit y Conference (now known as National Panhellenic Conference) had set standards of admission which limited its activities to four-year colleges. As a result of this action, Kappa Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha released their mother chapters at Farmville. The three Alpha Sigma Alpha chapters in liberal-arts colleges found it increasingly difficult to maintain their high standards in competition with NPC chapters. Eventually, the chapter at Randolph Macon was released to Pi Beta Phi, and the ones at Brenau and Mt. Union, to Delta Delta Delta.

colors were changed to crimson and white , and the flowers , to the aster and narcissus. The sorority publication was named Th e Phoenix of A lpha Sigma Alpha . A constitution was adopted.

Alpha Sigma's immediate progress in its chosen sphere was marked by the unusual initiative of its National Officers and the enthusiastic support of its members. Close inter-chapter and national contacts were maintained . The Phoenix was issued weekly in mimeographed form from November 1, 1914, to October, 1918 . The early establishment of an endowment fund became the foundation for the financial stability of the sorority. With Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigma Alpha organized the Association of Education Sororities in 1915 . For thirty-two years, this organization served its member fraternities in the education field .

Alpha Sigma Alpha's chapter roll lengthened with the addition of many fine, accredited senior colleges. Its services increased , and its members, true to their teachings , brought distinction to the sorority.

During this time of crisis, Alpha Chapter, loyal to However, Alpha Sigma Alpha was not destined to the traditions that surrounded the college of its function indefinitely in a restricted field. Gradual founding, gallantly determined to limit its charters to changes and developments in the college world reteachers' colleges and colleges of education in univer- sulted in the affiliation of Alpha Sigma Alpha and sities. In its extremity, Alpha Sigma Alpha sought other A.E.S. fraternities with National Panhellenic advice from Mrs. William Holmes Martin of Boston, Conference in 194 7. The NPC Manual of InformaMassachusetts. Mrs. Martin was well-known in the tion, Ninth Edition , described it as "the merging of fraternity world as the editor of The Sorority Hand- two national Panhellenics serving women's fratertook first published in 1905. There were many sub- nities. The Association of Education Sororities had sequent editions which were widely circulated on col- served exclusively Teaching Education Colleges until lege campuses. Ida Shaw Martin was to play an im- the growing trend toward general Liberal Arts Instiportant role in Alpha Sigma Alpha for fourteen years. tutions resulted in overlapping field, thus the 194 7 merger."

In May, 1913 , a strong local sorority in the NorAs Alpha Sigma Alpha approached its fiftieth mal Department of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, , its members had just cause to "look back birthday Sigma Alpha had been installed as Pi Tau Chapter of over a half century of sisterhood and pride" with underChapter Miami the with Chapter Alpha Alpha. of achievements in various kinds record Its service. took the reorganizatio n of the sorority. The eighth was a distinguished one. Alendeavor sorority of was one, nal National Convention, a reorganizatio held Thanksgiving weekend of 1914 at Miami Uni- ready well-known for its interfraterni ty activities, in versity. Delegates from state normal colleges at Kirks- Alpha Sigma Alpha had taken a creditable place the all, of Most Conference.

Panhellenic National were , Pennsylvania ville , Missouri, and Indiana, present to pledge their local organizations to Alpha principles upon which the sorority was founded had Sigma Alpha and to be initiated. It was an exciting remained relevant through all change, war and peace, weekend, great in accomplishm ent and dedication. problems and solutions. Within the bonds of a lasting chalIt was decided that each of the four chapters would sisterhood, Alpha Sigma Alpha had steadfastly its to day each live joyously "to members its lenged Alpha Alpha, : carry the letter Alpha in its name Alpha, Alpha Beta, and Alpha Gamma. The sorority ultimate good."

Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta President Emerita

Historian's Note: The Years Behind Us - A History of Alpha Sigma Alpha includes the first fifty years of our history in a chronological narrative of five chapters. Therefore, the history supplement of the years 1951-1976 begins with Chapter VI.

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Susy Knox BY helps Glen Home child open his gift.

Fort Wayne alumnae entertain at Holiday Tea.

TODAY

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For us, there is today. It is richly endowed with our heritage, with the dreams of the past, with the wisdom and foresight of our Founders, and it has been entrusted to our care. What a privilege to have today! It is ours to hold within the bonds of friendship; it is ours to ¡give in worthwhile service; and it

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Field Representatives for 1970-71

Site of Diamond Jubilee Convention

Evelyn Bell and Wilma Sharp cut the Fiftieth Birthday Cake.

Efficiency A ward '72 was accepted

by Bonnie Oswald for Gamma Xi.

Closing the '58 Freedom Banquet was the narration of "The House I Live In." Convention 1974

Phi Phi's Fortieth Anniversary Celebration

Helen L. Corey

Members of 1951 Alpha Chapter

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Kay Sexton BZ accepts the School Spirit Trophy.

Phoenix Golden Anniversary

Fifty-Year Members at '72 Convention, from left, Lillian McMeckin, Ethel Barnes, and Gladys Magee

\ Field Representatives for 1968-69

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CHAPTER VI 1951-1958

Our history states, " The golden cover of the November , 1951 , Pho enix proclaimed it a very special issue, for did it not announce to the world that Alpha Sigma Alpha was now fifty years old? It was also proud to present to the membership the pictures of the five Founders, all of them living. Richmond , Virginia, Alumnae were fortunate in having both Juliette Hundley Gilliam and Mary Williamson Hundley as guests in their celebration. Founders' Day events all over the country began the year-long celebration of this very important birthday ."

The long dreamed of, long awaited, Golden Anniversary Convention came at last. Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, was the locale . Gold predominated , even in the dresses of some of the delegates.

The outside of the Convention Program folder was the nearest to gold which the printer could furnish in glossy paper. On its cover, a replica of the plain badge with "Golden Anniversary Convention" for the guard filled the upper left hand corner from which a historical border stemmed. Silhouettes representing the heads of the five Founders began the history which was shown through the years, ending with the modern girl with baggage and auto.

Jean Raup Grady , National Registrar, and the Virginia collegiate and alumnae members served as hostesses for the week and graciously welcomed all delegates and visitors to the first official day of Convention, August 19, 1952. An invocation by Amy Swisher, former adviser of Alpha Alpha, opened the first business session. Wilma Wilson Sharp, National President, presided at all business sessions, and her first order of business was to introduce the four Founders present at the session. Virginia Boyd Noell, Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Mary Williamson Hundley , and Louise Burks Cox honored us with their presence as did Edna Elcan Jones , our first National President.

Founders and early members were honored guests at the initiation ceremony held during the evening.

The Pine Room was an excellent setting for this beautiful service. Initiates were Margot Lesley PX, Charlene Lynn BX, and Elizabeth Bowden, a member of Delta Sigma Chi, the interim local of Alpha Chapter before reinstatement.

The important activities of this Convention included the many workshops where collegiate and alumnae members exchanged ideas among themselves and their National Officers. Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster, President of Longwood College, gave a scholarly address on "Our American Heritage" following a luncheon. Members were further treated to the viewing of a choric drama written by Marilyn Stahlka titled "Friendship is a Gift So Rare." An afternoon was devoted to a picturesque tour of Lexington and the Natural Bridge. At Lexington, the traditional Memorial Service was held in the chapel of Washing-

ton and Lee University. The service conducted was one of the loveliest in Alpha Sigma Alpha memories.

The presentation of awards came after the final business session on Friday afternoon . Genevieve Steele Leib , National Editor, presented Hiwana Cupp BE with the Elizabeth Bird Small Award and Jeanne Murphy BZ with the Frost Fidelity Award . Hazel Thompson Craig NN , a member of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alumnae Chapter, received the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Beta Nu Chapter received the Council Trophy given for the highest active-chapter efficiency rating, scholarship, and campus participation for the past three years. Following the awards presentation was the traditional installation of newly-elected officers with Mrs. Sharp as installing officer. Installed for the triennium were Evelyn G. Bell, President ; Virginia Carpenter, Vice President; Helen L. Corey, Secretary ; Jean Carmichael Richard, Treasurer ; Jean Baldwin McCammon , Registrar ; Zelma Sargeant Kah, Alumnae Director ; and Esther Bucher, Editor. Mrs. Sharp was named Alpha Sigma Alpha's representative to the National Panhellenic Conference.

The culminating event of this Golden Anniversary Convention was the beautiful Formal Banquet. The alumnae chapters of Indianapolis, Indiana; Roanoke , and Richmond , Virginia; were in charge of the banquet, and Eloise Proctor acted as Toastmistress. The Beta Epsilon girls opened the program with a cake walk. The beautiful birthday cake had a layer for each decade. As the candles were lighted, wishes were given: "Loyalty" by Juliette Hundley Gilliam, "Vision" by Naomi Hartman, "Sincerity" by Catherine Davis, "Heritage Appreciation" by Margaret Dunn, and "Happiness" by Ardith Weber. The historic cake was cut by the retiring and new ?residents, Wilma Wilson Sharp and Evelyn G. Bell. The inspirational theme "Golden Dreams" was projected by the speakers in their topics, "The Dreams Ahead ," "Golden Dreams of Our Founders," "Golden Days in College," "Golden Years in Friendship," and the final speech, "Golden Opportunities of the Future,"

by Mrs. Sharp.

- The golden days had to end, and end they did with a buffet breakfast on Saturday morning. There were souvenirs for the girls back home , and more than one stay-at-home would receive the tiny gold compact with the coat-of-arms and be able to visualize how lovely the banquet had been with its goldwrapped favors , the white candles, brass candlesticks, and the beautiful cake .

FOUNDERS' PROCLAMATION One of the memorable events of the day at Roanoke was receipt of the "Founders' Proclamation."

It was signed by the four Founders present.

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FOUR FOUNDERS AT GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION From left: Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Mary Williamson Hundley, Louise Cox Carper, and Virginia Boyd Noell

"To the Convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha , 1952 : The four Founders of Alpha Sigma Alpha who have the joy of being present at this GOLDEN ANNIVERSAR Y are devoutly thankful for the great accomplishmen ts that have been achieved by those who are carrying on the purpose of FRIE DSHIP for which we banded ourselves together in that year of long ago. They have broadened our outlook into wide fields of service. This service is necessarily being felt in more or less degree throughout our entire nation , and is over-flowing into other lands.

To the leaders of the sorority, from our gracious Wilma Sharp , down through the list of those who have worked long and joyously to

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make pleasant our stay at this convention we are eternally grateful. And to the many young creatures who are in themselves visions of loveliness, we say that their sweetness to us, and their loyalty to Alpha Sigma Alpha have given us an experience that will be cherished down deep in our hearts."

Among the major acts of the 1952 Convention was the reactivation of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine Agency . It was decided that all profits would be deposited in the National Philanthrnpic Fund , and the ational Magazine Chairmanship was also reactivated .

Chapters welcomed as installed since the 1949 Convention were Beta Tau , ew York State College for Teachers, Oswego , New York ; Beta Upsilon, Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute , Indiana ; Beta Phi, The Stout Institute, Menomonie , Wisconsin ;

hoir give drama, "Friend hip Is Gift So Rare " which portrayed pa t lpha igma lpha event .

"We Knew You Were Coming So We Baked A Cake" was the greeting at the Golden Anniversary Banquet.

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and Alpha Alpha, Miami University , Oxford , Ohio, which had been reactivated .

On September 20, 1952, the group which had been colonized and pledged before the Golden Anniversary Convention was officially installed by Emma Coleman Frost as Beta Chi. Assisting Mrs. Frost were Patricia Doyle XX, colonizer, and members of the Phoenix and Tucson Alumnae Chapters.

On April 19, 1953 , the colony at Western College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, was installed as Beta Psi Chapter. This group had been colonized by Dorothy Trempel XX and was pledged on March 15 by Virginia Carpenter. Many National Officers and collegiatechapter members were present for the installation.

There had been a thrill before Christmas when, on December 6, 1952, Miami University named the former South Hall, newest of the women's residences, "Frances Gibson Richard Hall." Mrs. Richard had been an adviser and a patroness of Alpha Sigma Alpha in the early days of Alpha Alpha Chapter at Miami. She was an assistant professor of English at the time of the Normal School's origin in 1902 and remained on the faculty until 1936 when she became professor emerita. In the preparations for the historic 1914 Alpha Sigma Alpha National Convention at Oxford, she had given unlimited help. Her daughter, Carmen, later became a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha. The dedication of this residence hall was an appropriate part of the observance of fifty years of teacher education at Miami. It was also appropriate that one of the suites allotted to women' s Greek-letter social organizations in this dormitory should be that of our Alpha Alpha Chapter.

In July, 1953, the National Council, meeting at Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan, formulated plans for nine area leadership conferences, adopted a new pledge-training program , and instituted a chairmanship of rushing, and one to supervise collegiate chaplains, as well as one for work with alumnae secretaries. Details for the graduate fellowship were discussed. New chairmen appointed were Anne Petree, Alumnae Editor ; Dorothy Whitmore Kreek , Alumnae Organizer; Genevieve Steel Leib (former National Editor), Alumnae Secretary; Betty Sue Choate, College Chaplain; Eleanor Smith Thomas, Founders' Day; and Dorothy Trempel, College Rushing.

The 1953 Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award went to Amy M. Swisher , Alpha Alpha's beloved adviser emerita. Winner of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award was Grace Elaine Matz BE, and Mary Hayden BT received the Frost Fidelity Award.

On October 24, 1953 , Beta Omega Chapter was installed at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The group had been known locally as Phi Alpha Pi. The spring of 1953 was memorable for Silver Anniversary celebrations of Phi Phi on the weekend of May 15 and of Alpha Gamma on April 26. Mrs. Sharp, who had been installing officer for Phi Phi, was an honored guest in Maryville. Tribute was paid to Nell Martindale Kuchs, first adviser, and to two patronesses of more than twenty years of service, Mrs. Clun Price and Mrs. F. M. Townsend. The celebration at Indiana was especially interesting as the

four groups which had been installed at the same time in 1928 jointly received in the recreation hall at the college. Participating with Alpha Sigma Alpha were Alpha Sigma Tau , Delta Sigma Epsilon , and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Evelyn G. Bell, National President, represented Alpha Sigma Alpha at this event.

Beginning with the November , 1953 , Phoenix , all who had become Life Members prior to 1930 were given a life subscription .

At the Golden Anniversary of the National Panhellenic Conference, celebrated November 3-7 , 1953, at Hotel Huntington in Pasadena, California, Alpha Sigma Alpha was represented by Mrs. Sharp, our NPC Delegate, and Miss Bell. Other Alpha Sigma Alphas from the Pasadena area were in attendance at open sessions. The invocation at the opening session was given by Mrs. Sharp , and she closed with the following prayer: "Our Father, we pray that our meditation has been acceptable in Thy sight . We ask that it be regarded not as a moment of pause in acknowledgement of Thee , but rather as an earnest petition that Thy love may guide and enable us throughout this Conference and in all our undertakings. Without Thee 'Our striving would be losing.' Amen ."

A Silver Anniversary was celebrated on October 24 , 1953 , when Tau Tau gave a tea on the Hays campus.

1954 brought the usual list of State Days. For Michigan, Central Michigan College at Mount Pleasant was the scene with the active chapter as hostess. Alpha Sigma Alphas of Illinois met in Macomb on March 27 at Western Illinois State College. Ohioans congregated in Dayton with the Dayton Alumnae as hostesses. Other State Days were Virginia at Staunton, Indiana at Terre Haute, Missouri-Kansas at Kansas City, and Oklahoma at Tahlequah.

Early in 1954 , the resignation of Mrs. Kah as Director of Alumnae was received , and Helen Boggess Swart, Dayton alumna , was appointed to complete her term of office.

Among the alumnae charters granted in 1953-54 were Syracuse, New York ; Long Beach, California ; and Florida-West Coast . " The Lights of Stained Glass Windows," written

by Dorothy Whitmore Kreek, with setting arran~ed

by Edith Gaupp Wolf, was the suggested Founders' Day Program for the fifty-third birthday of Alpha Sigma Alpha in 1954.

Award winners in 1954 were as follows: Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award , Frances Morton Holbrook Illl ; Elizabeth Bird Small Award , Donna Maurine Morrison BB ; and Frost Fidelity Award , Elizabeth Anne McClung A. Marilyn Rose Cox AA was granted the Amy M. Swisher Fellowship .

The action of the Trustees of the State University of New York on October 8, 1953, was but the beginning of much heartache for Alpha Sigma Alpha. At their meeting on this date , the trustees ordered all recognized social organizations at state-operated colleges to withdraw national fraternal connections and to eliminate any " artifi cial criteria" such as discrimination on the basis of race or religion in selec-

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tion of members. It was charged that three examples of alleged discrimination had been found. The Board's action was upon the recommendation of the University President William S. Carlson . On June 8, 1954, three Federal judges decided unanimously that the State University had the right to ban national fraternities from its campuses. Strangely enough, the university admitted that there was no reason why a local organization should not take into its membership those whom it wished and bar those it did not want.

In November, in spite of an appeal by fraternity leaders, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to lift the state's ban . Although not guilty of Dr. Carlson's charges, Alpha Sigma Alpha suffered the loss of all its New York state university chapters: Gamma Clio at Cortland , Pi Pi at Buffalo, Beta Xi at Oneonta , Beta Tau at Oswego.

On the weekend of May 6-8, 1955 , Gamma Alpha Chapter was installed at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha alumnae helped the installing team , Mrs. Sharp, Miss Bell, and Miss Bucher, with arrangements and activities.

The May , 1955, Phoenix featured the song by Betty and William Barre, "Under the Heart," which was to be heard so often at the Biloxi Convention.

The Hotel Buena Vista was the setting for our next Convention.

companions gathered around the table in the porchdining room . With each meal , the table increased in length, until on the night of the Fourth, there was a "T'' formation reminiscent of State Days. Jean Carmichael Richard and Jean Baldwin McCammon were in charge at the registration desk during Tuesday morning. While the latter checked credentials, the former collected fees .

Following the opening luncheon, delegates gathered together for the first business session. With our National President, Evelyn G. Bell, presiding, the meeting came to order. The invocation was given by Mrs. Robert Easley, Psi Psi adviser. This was followed by the singing of the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians by Foriana Manno KK. This Convention will be remembered for the gracious southern hospitality extended by the Mississippi and Louisiana alumnae and for the delightful seafood meals and souvenirs of the Southland. There was a songfest on the hotel roof and a moonlight boat ride included in the many activities during the week. Beta Zeta members shared a film of their prize winning Stunt Night presentation titled "Eternal Triumph," a dance interpretation of the triumph of good over evil.

Due to the varied means of transportation by which people were able to get from one place to another, Alpha Sigma Alphas arrived at all hours on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday although the 1955 Convention was advertised to begin officially with the luncheon on Tuesday , July 5. By luncheon on Sunday, more than a dozen National Officers and their

The Guest Day Luncheon was a "Creole Dejeuner" and had been planned by Hilda Giraud Hebert and the New Orleans alumnae. Presiding at the luncheon was Mrs. Sharp, our NPC Delegate. Guests were administrators of nearby Alpha Sigma Alpha colleges and NPC officials. Dr. Ethel J. Alpenfels BB, internationally known anthropologist from New York University's education faculty, was guest speaker.

Dr. Alpenfels is the first member of Alpha Sigma Alpha to receive our Recognition of Eminence Award. She spoke on "The Responsibility of the Educated Woman in a Time of C.hange." At this time the presentation of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award was made by President Evelyn Bell.

Conventioneers are registered by, rtght to left, Jean Richard, Helen Swart, and Jean~cCammon.

Wilma Wilson Sharp speaks with Mrs. Wilbur Stout, NPC delegate of Delta Sigma Epsilon.

BILOXI CONVENTION 1955

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Jean Richard, center, congratulates Shirley Allen TI, at right, on her initiation. Phyllis Watkins, at left, was the sponsor.

Gen's General Store is ably operated by Genevieve Leib, center. Left of her is Polly Schlosser.

A silver tray was given to Jessie Keep Gimbel BZ for her outstanding services to sorority, community, and her profession. Mrs. Gimbel was Beta Zeta's loyal adviser for many years. Following the luncheon, the group adjourned to a Panhellenic discussion at which Mrs. Wilbur W. Stout, NPC delegate of Delta Sigma Epsilon, was a speaker. Also participating was Rebecca Fizer A who told about the Panhellenic Workshop in Virginia. Workshops and meetings filled the days so that virtually every minute was productive and wellspent.

The traditional Initiation Service was conducted Thursday evening, and Shirley Allen of Tau Tau was initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha. Immediately following the service, members of the National Council and National Chairmen led the Convention group into the Magnolia Ceremonial Dinner. Dorothy Whitmore Kreek, National Alumnae Organizer and Founders' Day Chairman, made arrangement s for the lovely candlelight banquet indigenous to the region. Following dinner, a program involving the symbolism of Alpha Sigma Alpha was presented.

Friday came all too soon. Delegates tried to hold on to the days, but they slipped away all too fast.

The list of those remembered at the evening Memorial Service seemed very long and emphasized that Alpha Sigma Alpha had become both older and more extensive. Heading the list was the name of Virginia Boyd Noell, one of the five Founders and first president of Alpha Chapter, whose death occurred in Roanoke, Virginia, on November 16, 1954. As one gazed at the row of white tapers on the Alpha Sigma Alpha alter and watched their flicker among the palm branches, it was easy to remember that a mere three years ago, when the sorority had celebrated its fiftieth birthday, Virginia Noell had been sitting with the other Founders in the group of early Alphas at initiation and how proudly the four Founders present had boasted that their circle as yet was unbroken. Also honored were five parents of National Officers who had encouraged and helped their daugh-

ters in the performance of Alpha Sigma Alpha duties since the time of their initiation.

During the final business session, election of officers was held. All members of the National Council were re-elected except Mrs. McCammon, who felt it impossible to continue. In her place, Anne Petree Niemeyer was elected. Genevieve Steele Leib acted as installing officer at a ceremony immediately following the adjournment . Although the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award had been presented at the guest luncheon to Mrs. Gimbel, there still remained other awards which were presented after the installation service by Esther Bucher, National Editor. The Frost Fidelity Award went to Lou Ann Schepers B\J! ; the Elizabeth Bird Small Award to Clara White Bn ; and the Council Trophy for Chapter Efficiency in the past triennium to Beta Epsilon.

Climaxing the four days was the "formal," the beautiful "Plantation Garden Dinner" arranged by Miss Carpenter and Mrs. Niemeyer. The program was "The Alpha Sigma Alpha Garden" with Miss Carpenter as gardener. She called upon The Narcissus, Sue Hadley, The Palm, Mary Lou Bills, and The Aster, Wilma Wilson Sharp, to symbolize the joys and obligations of membership in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Perhaps this banquet should go down in history as that in which petticoats were prevalent. It was no exaggeration that the banqueters "filled" the room, for crinoline does not fit into small spaces. Favors were gold-link bracelets with heart and key and a dangling coat-of-arms. Wrapped in gold and white striped paper, beside the gold and white place cards bearing a large replica of the badge, and the white candles, they made the table very festive. Husbands and children were proudly introduced and appeared for most meals.

New appointment s for National Chairmanships were Doris Jean Snodgrass Klein, Alumnae Editor; Jacqueline Phillips Carson, Philanthropi c Chairman; and Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Scholarship Chairman.

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Stevens Point on fellowships, etc., and the community has arranged an adoption system whereby these students have close contact with one American family while they are in the States. Included in our Alpha Sigma Alpha pledge class is Syng Ai Lee, niece of President Rhee of Korea. She is a very attractive person and very popular with faculty and students.

This is her second year in the USA and her fiance arrived this veaI and is also at Stevens Point."

Charter grants to alumnae chapters in 1955-56 included Lake Charles, Louisiana; Paducah, Kentucky; Fox Valley (Aurora-Elgin), Illinois ; Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; and Houston, Texas.

Alpha Sigma Alpha was pleased to carry an article in the May, 1956, Phoenix concerning a new dormitory for women at Fort Hays State College to be named Agnew Hall in honor of its retired Dean of Women, Elizabeth Jane Agnew. In 1910, Miss Agnew established the home economics department of the college and a few yeais later became the first dean of women, a position she held until her retirement in 1943. Miss Agnew was a charter member of Tau Tau Chapter at Hays and its adviser until her acceptance of the deanship. At eighty-six, Miss Agnew was still functioning on committees and was said never to miss a social function, a public entertainment, or a gala occasion of any kind at the college.

In the same magazine describing the honor which came to Miss Agnew, Alpha Sigma Alphas read the news of the death of Eulalia Roseberry, first adviser of Eta Eta Chapter, who died on January 24, 1956, at the age of eighty-six. For many years she had been head of the geography department 'at Kansas State College, Pittsburg, and after her retirement returned to direct classes in weather observation during World War II. Both Miss Agnew and Miss Roseberry had been significant figuies at the 1930 National Convention in Boston.

In October, 1956, it was announced that Louise McAithur and Dorothy Whitmore Kreek had resigned as National Paraphernalia Chairman and National Alumnae Organizer, respectively. Mary Emerson Blackstone replaced Miss McArthur, and Hilda Giraud Hebert and Ruth Eddy Voetsch took over the alumnae position. At the same time the publication of two revisions was announced: The Alpha Sigma Alpha Songbook and The Pledge Manual. Other news included that of the appointment of Wilma Wilson Sharp as Chairman of the Joint NPC-NAWDC Committee - Mrs. Shaip had acted as chairman at the Spring Convention of NAWDC in Cincinnati.

The 1956 Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award winner was Polly Schmeiser Schlosser BB. To Patricia Swiercinsky EE went the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, and to Mary Ann Rose XX, the Frost Fidelity Awaid . Frances Collver Loder BT received the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship to work for her M.S. degree in psychology at the University of Miami.

Albuquerque, New Mexico , and Zanja, California, received alumnae chaiters as did Anderson, Indiana.

A chaiter member of Alpha Alpha present at the 1914 Convention and long the mainstay of the Alpha Alphas, Elizabeth Newhall Johnston , was hon-

Unless it be overlooked that Alpha Sigma Alphas are many-sided, Mrs. Crompton, in the November, 1955, issue of The Phoenix, presented a summary of Mrs. Schlosser's reports on campus achievements.

It was pointed out that forty-six were listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for the previous year, and over two hundred, in honorary societies. It should be remembered, also, that all campuses do not have such listings. Straight "A" averages and "A's" in student teaching were also significantly numerous. First in campus scholastic rating were Theta Theta, Beta Delta, Psi Psi, Rho Chi, and Beta Pi. Discussing scholarship, Virginia Carpenter wrote, "No sorority chapter program would be complete, and no lifetime can be completely enjoyed, without the ability to learn. Through knowledge comes understanding of human problems, and the ability to meet and bring to a successful conclusion the problems facing every adult in a democracy. Therefore, high scholarship is high on the list of attainments set for every chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha."

In charting the course of the sorority for the next three years, in the same issue of The Phoenix, Evelyn G. Bell wrote, "Lofty aspirations are empty unless followed by equally high attainments. . . . Let us strive to develop the potentialities of each individual, mindful of the fact that as we help others we help ourselves. So, together let us ASPIRE - SEEK ATTAIN ."

The inspirational service used at the Magnolia Ceremonial Dinner at Biloxi was sent to all chapters for the 1955 Founders' Day celebration.

"The greatest joy of joys Shall be the joy of going together Not alone, but together Leading, not being led."

In January, 1956, the National Officers were notified that a petition had been received from Psi Beta Psi at State Teachers' College, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It was reported by Miss Bell that twentysix girls had signed the petition and that one more would be initiated at installation. Also , the formal petition included a charter from the State of Wisconsin. Installation services were held on March 10 and 11 . Gamma Beta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha became the first national sorority chapter on the Stevens Point campus. Miss Bell headed the installation team. Five patronesses, two advisers, and twentyeight college members received full initiation, while fourteen girls were pledged. Writing of the installation , Miss Bell recalled , "All day Saturday there were a few "flurries" but nothing bad . However, when we left the Student Union at five to dress for the banquet, it was coming down with real force , and by the time we started for the Sky Top, it was wicked.

By the time the banquet was over, it was necessary for the cars to be shoveled out and then to form lines to make the tiip back three miles to Stevens Point. Frankly, I never knew three miles could be so long! Over nine inches of snow fell and had it not been for snowplows, etc. , we would never have reached the city . . . . Many foreign students attended

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ored by selection of the Miami University students as their "Mother of the Year."

State Days were held as usual in 1956. Illinois Alpha Sigma Alphas went to the Fargo Hotel in Sycamore on April 14. Michigan members went to the Western Michigan campus at Kalamazoo on March 10, while the Rho Rho girls and the Huntington alumnae entertained their West Virginia sisters on April 14. On the same day , Licking-Muskingum alumnae proudly displayed the new Zanesville High School to the Ohio group and listened to Dr. Emily Leatherman Stogdill discuss "The Atomic-Powere d Sorority." Also gathering on that day were the Oklahoma women at the Harvard Club in Tulsa.

The Missouri and Kansas sisters included the Nebraska members this year on April 21 at Kansas City. The eight collegiate chapters involved presented a musical program. Beta Epsilon and the Harrisonburg alumnae entertained the Virginians at Belle Meade in Harrisonburg on April 28 .

In May, 19 5 7, the Alpha Sigma Alpha Bewillkummet (Convention) was announced for Galen Hall, Wernersville , Pennsylvania, June 29-July 3, 1958. Helen L. Corey, Convention Manager, urged all Alpha Sigma Alphas to "Come once for sure."

October 19 and 20, 1957 , were the installation dates for Gamma Delta Chapter, formerly Sigma Delta Chi, at Queens College, Flushing, Long Island.

The group had been pledged on September 27 by Miss Corey and a team of college girls from Kappa Kappa and Nu Nu. Also on October 19,theMiami, Florida, alumnae were presenting the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award to Jean Baldwin McCammon XX. Other award winners were Pat Kincannon, BN, Elizabeth Bird Small Award; and Judy Bachman KK, and Helen Diehl Bn, Frost Fidelity Award.

At the left is Edna Elcan Jones, first National President, with her daughter, Mary H. Jones.

the five Founders of Alpha Sigma Alpha. On this fiftysixth anniversary of the founding of our sorority in the State Female Normal School, we see the past in retrospect , we are more keenly conscious of the present, and we look toward the future with its even greater opportunities for service.

"Fifty-six years is not a very long time in the life of an organization, but it is sufficient time for any group to test the strength of its foundation and to justify its right to continued life and service. We, of Alpha Sigma Alpha, can pay no greater tribute to the Founders of our sorority than our tribute of fifty-six years of memorable history which they made possible.

"They founded Alpha Sigma Alpha on ideals which were inspiring; they founded Alpha Sigma Alpha on standards which were timeless ; they foundMEMORIAL PRESENTED ed Alpha Sigma Alpha with a purpose which was challenging ; and years, fifty-six years, have proved earlier had Alpha Sigma Although Alpha honored its Founders by placing a stone bench on the campus of Longwood College, on November 16, 1957, Miss Corey went to Farmville to present a bronze plaque for placement in the rotunda of Longwood. Similar plaques had been placed by the others of the Farmville Quartet: Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Kappa Delta. The celebration combined State Day and a Panhellenic celebration.

Special guests were Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Founder, and Edna Elcan Jones, first National President.

Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Scholarship Chairman, and Gail Dixon Dickson, 1954 Alpha president, were also in attendance. The celebration opened with the Founders' Day banquet on the fifteenth. On the following day, the ninth annual Virginia State Day was held with a luncheon being served at Longwood Estate. At four o'clock, the unveiling and dedication of the plaque were held in the Rotunda. Mrs. Gilliam reaffirmed the high ideals and aspirations on which Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded. In presenting the plaque to the college president, Dr. Francis G. Lankford, Helen Corey said as follows: "It is with feelings of deep humility and reverence Shown with the plaque in the Rotunda are Helen Corey, Juliette Hundley Gilliam, and Hiwana Cupp Crompton. that I share in the dedication of the plaque honoring

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the strength of that foundation.

"But what of our right to continued life and service? The history of civilization is replete with evidence of the fact that what is useful lives and what is not useful dies, or simply decays through disuse. It is our firm conviction that fraternal organizations will continue to be a vital force of usefulness and service.

One of our Founders wrote, 'I conceive that a sorority is more than a collegiate boarding house. It has a definite work to perform throughout the lives of its members, and through them, a great influence upon society at large.' With such a purpose the work of a fraternal organization can never be finished, but rather will continue to challenge each succeeding generation to a more useful life.

"Today as we meet here to honor the five girls who were responsible for the founding of Alpha Sigma Alpha, we would also pay tribute to the Alma Mater of our Alpha Chapter for whom we have a deep and abiding affection. It is significant that Longwood College, officially known as the mother of the teachers' college, should also be the birthplace of four national sororities. We are proud indeed to be one of the four, and we are grateful beyond power of expression to the college administration and to Dr. Lankford for the interest, cooperation and faith in our capacity for service, they have shown.

"So, on behalf of Alpha Sigma Alpha, we dedicate tlus plaque to the Founders of our sorority, to Virginia Lee Boyd, Juliette Jefferson Hundley, Mary Williamson Hundley, Louise Burks Cox., and Calva Hamlet Watson.

"We would also rededicate ourselves to carry forward in the spirit of our Founders that Alpha Sigma Alpha may continue to live and grow in meaning and in service to its members and to society as a whole.

"We present this commemorative plaque to Dr. Lankford, president of Longwood College, with the hope it may symbolize Alpha Sigma Alpha's ever present desire to keep faith with her Founders as well as with the place of our founding."

The plaque was unveiled by Master William Bidgood Wall, Jr., great-nephew of Virginia L. Wall, beloved adviser of Alpha .

Wilma Wilson Sharp, second from left, presents The Fraternity Month trophy to the University of North Dakota Panhellenic President, Gretchen Worden, Kappa Alpha Theta.

NAWDC Committee and the Award Committee but as Alpha Sigma Alpha's Panhellenic Delegate. It marked the end of thirty-five years of active service to Alpha Sigma Alpha and the Greek world. Mrs. Sharp also retired as NPC's representative to the Law Committee of IRAC. During 1957, San Diego, California; Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Bluefield, West Virginia, organized alumnae chapters which were chartered.

Announced in the fall of 19 5 7 was the resignation of Virginia Carpenter as National Vice President.

Major Carpenter, who had served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, was a member of the Marine Corps Reserve maintaining active status and Public Relations Director for Halle Brothers, one of Cleveland's largest department stores. She felt that these duties made it impossible for her to continue her office in Alpha Sigma Alpha. Replacing her was Mary Emerson Blackstone, known to many Alpha Sigma Alphas because of her service in alumnae chapters in the various localities in which she had lived. Viola Caraway Brewer replaced Sue Choate Key as Chairman of Ritual. Mrs. Brewer was well-known to southern members as one of a family long _active in Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Ohio members were saddened when death came on October 2, 1957, to Edith Sniffen. A former member of the English department of Ohio University, Miss Sniffen was adviser of the Ohio State Chapter and assisted at ritualistic services in several Ohio chapters.

Various philanthropic activities were summarized in the May, 1958, Phoenix. Among them were making monkey dolls for a children's home; staging a NPC DECLARATION FOR FREEDOM variety show and party over the local radio station; baskets and clothing to needy families; leadership of The thirty-fifth session of the National Panhellenic the campus Red Cross drive; assistance with the mailConference, meeting November 4-8, 1957, at the ing of TB seal letters; parties for needy children; cash French-Lick Sheraton Hotel in French Lick, Indiana, donations to drives; monthly boxes and visits to a vicwas notable for its adoption of the NPC Declaration tim of Fredericks' disease; award of scholarships; for Freedom. The statement of three paragraphs decoration of sugar eggs to sell for philanthropy ; closes with the following one (revised): making of scrapbooks for children; assistance in a community "Tidy Up" campaign by washing winWe, the member of PC, agree that we have a dows of vacant stores ; assistance in the Heart Fund, re ponsibility to contribute to accurate and thorough March of Dimes, World University Service, Care, knowledge of the freedom guaranteed by the Conand other fund campaigns ; production of articles titution of the United States and the Bill of Rights, and o f the force , organizations and ideologies defor use in teaching mentally retarded children . In tructive to the e freedom s and to our country. summary, it was obvious that Alpha Sigma Alphas everywhere were helping to meet community needs At this conference, Wilma Wilson Sharp retired and to give of themselves and substance in "full no t only as chairman of both the important NPC¡ measure."

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CHAPTER VII 1958-1964 The 1958 National Convention was held at Galen Hall Hotel and Country Club in Wernersville, Pennsyl­ vania. Registration was held on Sunday morning as the hostess chapters of Pennsylvania welcomed the conventioneers. The Convention festivities opened with a buffet luncheon. At the opening business session with Miss Bell's presiding, the processional of college and alumnae delegates was featured. Recrea­ tion followed, and the beautiful Forest Glades pool provided a pleasant means of relaxation for many.

That evening everyone looked forward to the unusual Pennsylvania Dutch Dinner. The Pennsylvania host­ esses, under the guidance of Lois Meadowcraft Baker, provided each guest with an Amish apron and prayer cap as she entered the dining room. The tables were gaily decorated, and at each place were a canape tray and a cookie cutter with a book of Pennsylvania Dutch recipes attached. A talk on the customs and traditions of the Amish people was given, and the hostesses modeled costumes. The Officers' Reception following dinner completed the first day.

The usual business session and workshops were interrupted one afternoon when buses took the Con­ vention group to Valley Forge and the Freedom Foundation. The traditional Memorial Service was held in the exquisite Gothic chapel at Valley Forge.

The trip back was made with a feeling of anticipation for the Awards Dinner that evening. With Hiwana Cupp Crompton's presiding, the 1958 awards were announced as follows: Wilma Wilson Sh rp Alumna Award to Dr. Emily Leatherman Stogd·� AA, Pro­ fessor of Psychology at Ohio State Unive sity; Eliza­ beth Bird Small Award to Sandra Harlan ZZ; Frost Fidelity Award to Suzanne McGinnis BK\ Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship to Jayne Weible Urban YY; National Council Trophy to Beta, Epsilon; Convention Scholarship Awards to Beta Lambda, Beta Beta, Sigma Sigma, and Kappa Kapplt. Imme­ diately following the dinner, a beautiful initiation ceremony was performed in the lower ballroom under

Hostesses for the Pennsylvania Dutch Dinner

the direction of Viola Caraway Brewer and her committee.

One of the important decisions reached at this Convention was to strengthen our philanthropic program. Jacquelyn Phillips Carson, National Phil­ anthropic Chairman, proposed that the principal aim of our philanthropic work be aid to the mentally­ retarded child. The Convention adopted this sugges­ tion and initiated a provision for scholarships to train personnel in the teaching of the exceptional child.

The newly elected officers for the next triennium were installed after the last business session was adjourned. The office of National President was now filled by Jean Raup Grady. Reelected to office were Mary Emerson Blackstone, Vice President; Helen L. Corey, Secretary; Jean Carmichael Richard, Treas­ urer; and Anne Petree Niemeyer, Membership Direc­ tor. Nancy Gibson Mathisen assumed the post of Alumnae Director, and Hiwana Cupp Crompton was elected Editor. The new Council led the Convention body to the final "Freedom Banquet" where Dr. S. June Smith acted as Toastmistress. The keynote speech was given by Dr. William Tomlinson, Vice President of Temple University, who spoke on "The Steward­ ship of Beauty." At the conclusion of Dr. Tomlin­ son's address, the lights were dimmed, and the Central Pennsylvania alumnae narrated "The House I Live In" with living pictures of The Spirit of '76 and the Statue of Liberty spotlighted. Conventioneers would always retain memories of this lovely banquet along with the tangible souvenirs: the red, white, and blue drums and the firecrackers, which helped convey the "Freedom Banquet" theme, and a beautiful sil­ ver necklace bearing the sorority letters.

In the presidential report, it was noted that there had been greater centralization of office and business procedures in the past three years. Among significant changes in The Constitution were the following: "A chapter or any member shall not make innovation or instigate any policy which may affect the entire

Dr. S. June Smith with keynote speaker, Dr. William Tomlinson

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sorority"; "members of Alpha Sigma Alpha shall abide by the agreements stated in the National Panhellenic Conference Compact and Standards of Ethical Conduct" ; "a proposed amendment shalJ be presented to the National Constitution Chairman at least 90 days prior to the Convention which is to act upon the amendment." Permission was given to adopt by-laws for a state or area organization provided certain provisions were met. A change was made in Convention financing making possible the contribution of monies to the Convention Fund by alumnae groups having the problem of I 00% Life Membership.

With our young and vivacious new President to lead us, Alpha Sigmas looked forward with confidence to the future . Shortly after Convention, new committee chairmen were announced as follows: Constitution Chairman, Juanita Hodnett Chandler; Fellowship Chairman, Marie Scanlan Brown; Historian, Anne Rhodes; Magazine Chairman, Helen Hooper Malone; Rush Chairman, Madalene Marshall Groh; and Scholarship Chairman, Gail Dixon Dickson.

Rush Chairman was a newly formed office, and the offices of Paraphernalia and Ritual were combined with Mrs. Brewer's continuing as Ritual Chairman.

tion speech by Mrs. Grady was titled "Let Us Be Builders and Planters." She concluded her presentation with this lovely thought, "By planting in the garden of life shrubs of loyalty , unselfishness, and generosity, the foliage will grow and wax strong. As a plant grows from sunshine and rain, we can grow by acquiring wisdom and knowledge and through spiritual guidance." Honored guests were Edna Elcan Jones, our first National President; Mrs. R. W. Catlin, president of the Farmville Alumnae Association; and Mrs. Grady.

Esther Bucher was our official Delegate to the National Panhellenic Conference meeting in the fall of 1958. Seventy-four persons were registered for this meeting which was held at the Sheraton-Bla ckstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Grady attended as our First Alternate Delegate, and Mrs. Blackstone was our Second Alternate Delegate. Miss Bucher was to serve as a member of the Citizenship and Education Committee and also served on the Courtesy Committee.

More new alumnae chapters were organizing across the country. Indiana-Ken tucky Chapter held its charter meeting in October of 1957. Lafayette, Louisiana, reorganized early in 1958, and other chapters organized that year were Murray, Kentucky; Menomonie, Wisconsin; Waukegan , Illinois; Queens, New York ; Monroe, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; MEMORIAL GARDEN Beckley, West Virginia ; Hays, Kansas; and Norfolk, WNGWOOD COLLEGE Virginia.

It is a great thrill to receive a new college chapter The November, 1958, Founders' Day celebration was a very special one, for the Alpha Chapter, as the into our National Organization. On October 25, 1958, place of our sorority's founding, was honored once the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha was installed in Milwaukee on the campus of the Uniagain. The presentation of a Memorial Garden to Longwood College was made by our National Presiversity of Wisconsin. Mrs. Blackstone, Mrs. Richard, dent. Mrs. Grady recalled our founding with these and Mrs. Brown were present to conduct the instalwords, "How very fortunate, fifty-seven years ago, lation. five young girls decided to join together in unity with Alpha Sigma Alpha's educational standards were a common purpose. On that strong foundation , built exemplified during the year by two members who on basic ideals, our heritage has been strengthened were given outstanding awards. Gertrude Hawkins and continued through the years. We are grateful to Walker was named Indiana, Pennsylvania's, "Teacher those girls for giving us a nobleness of purpose." of the Year" by the Junior Women's Civic Club. Mrs. Dr. Francis G. Lankford , President of Longwood Col- Walker, a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College, lege, accepted a spray of evergreens symbolic of those was a member of Alpha Gamma Chapter. She was to be planted in the Memorial Garden. The presenta- also a charter member of the Indiana Alumnae Chapter. She taught kindergarten school children for over twenty-eight years. Edna Donley rr was named National Teacher of the Year by McCall's Magazine.

She served the Alva , Oklahoma, high-school faculty for over thirty years, teaching mathematics. Miss Donley, an affiliate of the Oklahoma City Alumnae Chapter, was named Alpha Sigma Alpha's Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award winner in 1960. The award was presented to Miss Donley by Helen Hooper Malone.

One of our most respected members, Evelyn G. Bell, was honored on Founders' Day by Pi Pi members in Buffalo, New York. Over one hundred of Miss Bell's friends came from far and near to wish her well and express their gratitude for her twenty-eight years of devoted service and loyalty to our sororitv .

The Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award (1959) was presented to Virginia Carpenter 00 , a past National Officer. Mardelle Bruning of Beta Kappa was the recipient of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award. Patricia Jean Raup Grady and Edna Elcan Jones Sue Strider ZZ and Bette Siefried rA shared the

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Pennsylvania , Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia also had successful meetings.

Another eventful National Council meeting was held in Kenmore , New York. The prevailing thought during all the meetings and gatherings was the Convention the following year at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island . While Alpha Sigmas, everywhere, were looking forward to the next Convention, new alumnae chapters were established. Delaware Valley,.

Pennsylvania ; Chicago-South Suburban ; Bux-Mont, Pennsylvania ; Kalamazoo , Michigan ; Chicago-North Suburban; Chicago-West Suburban; Richmond, Indiana ; Rock River Valley, Illinois ; Topeka, Kansas ; Elkhart, Indiana ; Grand Valley, Michigan; Mississippi Gulf Coast ; and Natchitoches , Louisiana, all announced the organization and chartering of their chapters. Houston , Texas, was reorganized.

Frost Fidelity A ward, and Betty Taylor XX received the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship. New officers appointed during the National Council meeting were Betty Barber Barre, Founders' Day Chairman; Betty Phillips Hall, Magazine Chairman; Martha Green Dimond, NPC Delegate; and Ruth Newcomb Fletcher and Freida Mae Phillips, who assumed the newly appointed posts of Awards Chairman and State Day Chairman, respectively.

WILMA WILSON SHARP PRESIDENT EMERITA It was the privilege of the National Council to

honor Wilma Wilson Sharp in July of 1959. For her distinguished service and devotion to Alpha Sigma Alpha, the honorary title of President Emerita was bestowed upon her. Mrs. Sharp had been a guiding light and great source of strength and wisdom since her first term as National President in the l 930's.

The National Panhellenic Conference session held at Boca Raton, Florida, received our attention and support.

The fall Phoenix of 1960 carried a "Salute to Our Founders." The tribute to Virginia Boyd Noell, Louise Cox Carper, Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Mary Williamson Hundley, and Calva Hamlet Watson Wootton read as follows : "Alpha Sigma Alpha, the first national sorority to be founded in the twentieth century, came into being as the result of a desire of five young girls, a circle of true friends, who wanted to preserve their close association and organize it into a nationwide sorority - a sisterhood of friendship , service to others, and individual developmen t." Pictures of the five women were placed in a circle, and in the center was a stamp of our crest.

That year the Elizabeth Bird Small Award went to Mary Camblin, a BB, and the Frost Fidelity Award was received by Carol Sundell BP. Helen Hooper Malone was appointed National Philanthropi c Chairman.

GRAND HOTEL 1961

The setting for our twenty-third Convention and sixtieth birthday was indeed unique. Everyone arrived via ferry , for the Grand Hotel is located on Mackinac Island in Lake Michigan. "Grand" is the word to describe this Convention from the official opening at 8 : 30 A.M. on July 5 to the last farewell July 9. Delegates and other members were welcomed at the registration desk by Jean Carmichael Richard in charge of registration and Anne Petree Niemeyer in charge of credentials. The program opened in the evening at dinner in the beautiful Terrace Room with the Michigan and Wisconsin alumnae serving as hostesses. Dinner was followed by the first business session of the Convention. Jean Raup Grady called the meeting to order, and Helen L. Corey, Convention Chairman, presented the Convention Program.

Betty Barber Barre, National Founders' Day Chairman, delivered a thought-provoking speech which she called "The Paradox We Face." The Founders' Day ceremony to be used that fall was presented by Mrs. Barre and her committee. An informal reception given by the National Officers followed.

GOURMET'S GUIDE PUBLISHED An announceme nt of a new project for Alpha Sigma Alpha , the publication of a cook book, was made by the committee chairmen, Helen L. Corey and Marie Scanlan Brown. The cook book was to be known as the Gourmet's Guide, and it would contain more than two hundred fifty recipes all submitted by women of the sorority. The red and white plasticbound book sold for two dollars and proved to be a huge success. A second printing was done in 1964 due to the great demand for this book. The new edition contained over five hundred recipes and sold for three dollars.

The tradition of State Days continued in the spring of 1960. Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska combined forces at Creighton University in Omaha.

The Mississippi State Day attendants were lucky to have Jean Richard as their speaker, and Illinois members were equally fortunate to hear Marie Brown.

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Sixtieth Birthday Cake

Thursday morning found members involved in the second business session, which included reports of the collegiate delegates and National Officers.

The first of several valuable workshops followed the business session. Strictly business yielded to sheer enjoyment with the Guest Day Luncheon program which carried the theme of "Womanpower. " An amusing skit showing how women can exert their power to solve today's problems was presented by a group led by Shirley Ainsworth Hellrich, our National Music Chairman . There followed an inspirational talk given by Dean D. Louise Sharp of Central Michigan University on "New Frontiers of the Sixties," presenting the challenge to women that lies ahead of us.

The Indiana collegiate and alumnae chapters were the hostesses for this lively luncheon. That afternoon a carriage tour, only slightly marred by showers, took the guests all over the historic island of Mackinac. At dinner that night, new rush party ideas were presented by our National Rush Chairman, Marni Marshall Groh.

The climax of the evening was the "ALA's EntertainFun for All" party.

The Awards Dinner, under the direction of Ruth Newcomb Fletcher, National Awards Chairman, found all the sisters looking very lovely in white. The very special Recognition of Eminence Award was presented to Gertrude Nyce KK. The Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award was given to Edna McCullough EE; the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, to Cherry Gorham A ; and the Frost Fidelity Award , to Charlotte Soules B\JI. Carolyn A. Mulford AB, received the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship. Immediately following the dinner, the formal Initiation and Memorial Services were held at The Little Stone Church, the first place of worship on the Island.

Viola Caraway Brewer presented a lovely initiation and impressive memorial service with candlelight and soft music.

Our last afternoon saw the installation of our National Officers, followed by the Formal Banquet.

In commemoration of our sixtieth anniversary, The History of Alpha Sigma Alpha in the fashions of the six decades was presented by the Chicago alumnae.

The Grand Hotel with its excellent convention facilities and the beauty and historic interest of Mackinac Island added much to the success of Alpha Sigma Alpha's 1961 National Convention, as did the thorough and skillful planning of Miss Corey and her committee. The members who attended will never forget the grand time they had at Mackinac.

Alpha Sigma Alpha could be proud of her fine new Council headed by Mary Emerson Blackstone, National President. Marie Scanlan Brown was elected Vice President, Helen Hooper Malone became our Membership Director, and Mary C. Goeke was our Editor. New committee chairmen were Shirley Pallatto Bone Alumnae Editor; Pauline Smith Olson, College Editor; Bonnie Payne Koenemann, Fellowship Chairman; Mary K. Reiff, Magazine Chairman; Charlotte L. Adams, Historian ; and Anne Petree iemeyer, Scholarship Chairman . A finance committee and a central office committee were established for the first time to make recommendatio ns concerning the two facets of the sorority.

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Edi Wolf, second from right, helps girls prepaie scrapbooks and display aiticles.

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Linda Lirnbird and Saiah Shugait are ready for bicyclerickshaw ride on Mackinac.

From left, Helen Snyder and Dorothy Scott of Akron enjoy the alumnae displays.

Joyce Russin plugs Alpha Sigma Alpha cookbook, "Gourmet's Guide," in Fun Nite skit.

Our Gamma Zeta Chapter was installed at Arkansas A & M College, College Heights, Arkansas, on October 21 , 1961 . The Gamma Zetas had the distinction of becoming the first national sorority on the A & M campus .

Another successful session of the National Panhellenic Conference convened at Chandler, Arizona.

Alpha Sigma Alpha National Officers were in attendance.

National recognition was given to Louise Abrams Abbott nn, a social studies teacher in the Buffalo Public School System. Nominated by her principal for the Valley Forge Classroom Teachers Medal, she became one of two hundred teachers throughout the country to receive this award from the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge.

May 5, 1962, was a proud and happy day for the fifty-three members of Gamma Eta as their chapter was installed at Pennsylvania State University. Mrs. Blackstone installed the chapter.

Our Founders' Day observance was a time for remembering our founding and for sadness over the death of one of our beloved Founders, Calva Hamlet Watson Wootton. Sixty-one years after she helped lay the foundation of our sorority, we mourned her passing and once again felt a deep gratitude to her and the other four women who incorporated their high ideals and standards into this organization .

Another great loss that year was felt by all Alpha Sigma Alphas when Virginia Carpenter passed away.

Miss Carpenter served as National Editor from 194043 and as National Vice President from 1946-57. Her loyalty and service were recognized in 1959 when she became the recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award.

The 1962 National Council convened in Kenmore, New York, on July 13. For some , it was the first opportunity to visit the new Central Office building located in Kenmore. The move was made to acquire more space for our expanding files and supplies.

Two National Chairmen were appointed at this time: Patricia Talla , Constitution Chairman; and Sharon Chapman, State Day Chairman. Jo Ann Warring Barnes later accepted the position of Rush Chairman.

Ten years after the death of Beta Delta's first adviser, Mary Pulley, The University of Southern Mississippi dedicated a new women's dormitory in her name . In the lobby of Pulley Hall hangs an oil painting of Miss Pulley, who gave thirty-three years of service to the college and welcome counsel to the women of Beta Delta.

Alumnae chapters continued to grow and progress, and new chapters were organized constantly. We welcomed Charleston, West Virginia; Lafayette, lndiana; Bristol, Virginia; Fox River Valley, Wisconsin; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Central Louisiana into the fold .

An outstanding contribution to philanthropy was made by the Philadelphia Bux-Mont alumnae. A great financial effort was made by this newly-established group to aid the Rehabilitatio n Center at Philadelphia. The result of this effort was a room at the Center which was furnished and dedicated in the name of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Award winners for 1963 were announced in the

fall Phoe,n ix . The Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award went to our past President, Evelyn G. Bell 00, who served Alpha Sigma Alpha devotedly since her college days. Freddie Sue Johnson BM was the recipient of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award , and Lynda Sue Gudde ZZ received the Frost Fidelity Award. A new award established by the National Council was The Ideal Pledge Award. This award stressed the following criteria: 1) spirit and attitude during pledging period, 2) willingness to take responsibility and to accept constructive criticism, 3) evidence of growth in maturity , 4) ability to work within pledging group and with sorority sisters, 5) awareness of sorority obligations and traditions, and 6) potential leadership qualities for service to sorority, college, and community. Patricia Jones BB had the honor of being the first winner of the Ideal Pledge Award.

Jean Carmichael Richard offered her resignation as National Treasurer and Central Office Executive after many years of service in this important position.

Margaret Hammond Nelson was appointed by the National Council to fill Mrs. Richard's unexpired term of office. Council also announced that Sue Henderson King would serve as National Magazine Chairman relieving Mary K. Reiff of that office. Miss Reiff had assumed the duties of National Alumnae Organizer and Chapter Alumnae Secretary.

An innovation of the traditional State Day conventions was started in Arkansas the weekend of October 4. This was the first State Day program to be organized in Arkansas and the first time for any Alpha Sigma Alpha group to extend the meeting for a duration of three days. Members of the area collegiate chapters in Arkansas and alumnae from all over the state attended the meetings, discussion groups, and workshops on the Arkansas State Teachers College campus in Conway and also participated in several planned social activities. All participants greatly enjoyed this successful new State Day program which proved to be the forerunner of future leadership training conferences.

TRAVELING SECRETARY APPOINTED Another "first" for Alpha Sigma Alpha was the appointment of a Traveling Secretary. The National Council selected Judy Matthews to be our first field secretary . Her assignment consisted of traveling throughout the country visiting collegiate chapters offering counsel, guidance, and inspiration in promoting our sorority's goals and ideals, This was a real step forward for the sorority and more evidence of the continuing growth and progress of our organization.

The thirty-eighth session of the National Panhellenic Conference was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas, November 17, 1963. Alpha Sigma Alphas present at this conference were Mrs. Blackstone, Mrs. Nelson, Miss Goeke , Mrs. Malone, and Mrs. Hall, our NPC Delegate. Mrs. Jerry Cash , president of the Arkansas State Teachers College Panhellenic, and Sandra Appleby, president of the Southwest Missouri State College Panhellenic, were active participants.

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CHAPTER VIII 1964-1970

The years pass by quickly, and Convention time is always here before we know it. As Alpha Sigmas made their way up the winding mountain side to the majestic Grove Park Inn, they prepared themselves for a too short, but memorable stay, in "The Land of the Sky." The delegates coming to Asheville, North Carolina, by plane were met by Lois Meadowcraft Baker, adviser of Nu Nu, and several other women who had volunteered to join the reception committee she had formed. Waiting at the reception desk at the Inn were Margaret Hammond Nelson and Helen Hooper Malone in charge of registrations. Meanwhile, the North Carolina alumnae and the Alpha and Beta Iota Chapters were supervising the lovely luncheon on the terrace provided for the arriving delegates.

The 1964 National Convention was officially opened the afternoon of July 6 with the roll call given by Helen L. Corey, National Secretary. Mrs. Malone introduced the collegiate delegates, and Nancy Gibson Mathisen introduced each alumna delegate. That evening dinner was held in the Plantation Room which had been decorated in red, white, and blue. In honor of two other conventions being held that year, the tables had place cards of cute little donkeys and elephants. Shirley Ainsworth Hellrich led the group in songs following the meal. Miss Corey was chairman of this delightful dinner.

Mrs. Blackstone presided at the first business meeting which was held Monday evening. A model Consecration Service was presented by Viola Caraway Brewer and her committee. This was the first of several revised rituals observed by the delegates throughout the Convention. Miss Corey presented the Convention Program. At this time, two fifty-year members were recognized. The entire Convention body rose to honor Mary Turner Gallagher XX and Elizabeth Newhall Johnston AA. An Officers' Reception was held in the Green Room immediately following the business session.

The Convention theme, "A Changing Time," was explored by one of our guest speakers, Dr. Ralph T. Woods, President of Murray State College. Dr. Wood's speech, "Changing Times and Re-discovery of Values" emphasized the sorority woman's heritage of feminine traits and qualities which should remain constant in a changing world. The guest speaker for our NPC Luncheon, Mrs. Ellen Hofstead of Kappa Alpha Theta, stressed the traditions of high ideals and standards which fraternities and sororities have maintained in the past and will continue to maintain regardless of change on today's campuses.

A group trip to Cherokee, North Carolina, provided fun and relaxation for everyone. Upon arrival in Cherokee, the first event was a shopping expedition through the many Indian shops lining the streets.

A box supper was enjoyed by all in a picnic area near the theater. The highlight of the day was attending the historic drama, "Unto These Hills," a pageant performed in an outdoor theater with the Smoky Mountains providing the natural backdrop. This

The 1964 National Convention was held in Grove Park Inn at Asheville North Carolina.

At the NPC Luncheon, from left, are Lil Greer, Mary Blackstone, guest Ellen Hofstead, and Betty Hall.

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Dr. Ralph Woods stands with, from left, Nancy Shaw, Pauline Olson, Mrs. R. L. Peterson, and Waynette Doran.

National Council Trophy for Efficiency is presented by Helen Corey to Carolyn Wiltshire for Phi Phi Chapter.

Beta Kappas, Jan Robinson, Pat Benes, and Gail Ward, display their "most original" centerpiece.

poignant story of the Cherokee Nation was a thrilling play which deeply impressed everyone.

In spite of all the activity, entertainment, and accomplishments experienced so far, the best was yet to come on Thursday, the last day of Convention. A wonderful surprise was in store for two of our most loyal and loved members. The Mother-Patroness Crown Degree was bestowed upon Mrs. Blackstone and Miss Corey in appreciation of their many years of service.

The final business session was consistent with our theme of changing times. Certainly, the decisive changes voted into The Constitution that afternoon were to have far-reaching effects and would denote the beginning of new growth for Alpha Sigma Alpha.

It was agreed that the National Council would include an Extension Director who would hold voting privileges. The offices of Editor, Central Office Director, and National Panhellenic Delegate were to be nonvoting posts. Furthermore, Central Office Executive and Treasurer were to be separate positions. Other significant changes were the establishment of alumnae dues, compulsory life subscription to the Phoenix, and authorization to grant additional scholarships for the training of teachers for the mentally retarded.

The revised rituals were approved as presented.

The beautiful Plantation Room was a breathtaking sight the night of the Awards Dinner. Ruth Newcomb Fletcher, National Awards Chairman, was Toastmistress and introduced each officer who, in turn, presented the awards. Esther Bucher HH, a member of the Kansas City Alumnae Chapter and a past National Officer, was the recipient of the treasured Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Karen W. Rasnic ZZ received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, and Sandra Locke Ar was winner of the Frost Fidel-

ity Award . Mary Irene Bavetta r~ was presented with the Ideal Pledge Award. The Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship went to Kathleen Geib AA. Friday morning the 1964 Convention was officially closed. As the guests readied themselves for the journey home, the lovely pearl bracelet with gold crest was seen on every wrist, a treasured remembrance of another fine Convention.

Our National Council was a group of capable and thoroughly dedicated young women. Our new President, Mary C. Goeke, exemplified the vitality, drive, and foresight which all the officers were bringing to their individual posts. The newly installed Council was composed of Miss Goeke, President; Helen Hooper Malone, Vice President; Viola Caraway Brewer, Secretary; Rose Marie Fellin, Treasurer; Judy Matthews, Membership Director; Nancy Gibson Mathisen, Alumnae Director; Bonnie Payne Koenemann, Editor; Marie Scanlan Brown, Extension Director; and Juanita Roberts Rowe, Central Office Executive.

With high hopes for the future, these women were eager to initiate new programs and plans for the sorority, but they never hesitated to call upon the advice and wisdom of past National Officers. The Phoenix carried a moving tribute to the three retiring officers, Mary Emerson Blackstone, Helen L. Corey, and Margaret Hammond Nelson, as follows: "To these loyal members of Alpha Sigma Alpha who have given 'full measure' to their sorority we give our humble thanks. Their untiring efforts and sincere devotion have been an inspiration to those who have had the privilege of working with them." New chairmanship appointments were Betty Phillips Hall, first Chairman of the official Alpha Sigma Alpha Store; Lonna McComas Hendren, Alumnae Editor; Barbara Kerls Maddex, College Editor; Sidney Gremillion Allen, Fellowship and Philanthropic Chairman; Jeannie Roetto Redmond, Rush Chairman; Shirley Pallatto Bone, Historian; Jean Raup Grady, Constitution Chairman; and Pauline Smith Olson, Ritual Chairman.

Echoing the Convention theme in her first Founders' Day Proclamation, Miss Goeke stated, "Throughout the years, many changes have occurred in most aspects of our sorority. The 1964 Convention theme, "A Changing Time," focused our attention upon the fact that change is constant and necessary to assure

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survival in a changing world. As such, it is evident that one of the most valuable legacies that the Founders of Alpha Sigma Alpha could have bestowed upon its future members was a base or foundation broad but firm enough to encompass whatever changes might occur. Fortunately, this is precisely what those five women did leave to us; and it is for this reason that all members pause once each year to pay tribute to them."

As shining proof of the pace we had set for ourselves, Alpha Sigma Alpha announced the installation of four new collegiate chapters in the past year!

Gamma Theta Chapter at Syracuse University and Gamma Iota Chapter at the Rochester Institute of Technology were both installed in the spring. Mrs. Brown was in charge of the Gamma Theta installation, and Miss Bell presented the charter to Gamma Iota. Loyola University in Chicago received the Gamma Lambda Chapter on its campus in September.

Mrs. Blackstone , former National President, supervised the installation. The members of Kappa Chi Kappa at Glenville State College , West Virginia, were installed into Alpha Sigma Alpha and became members of the Gamma Kappa Chapter in December. Miss Goeke and Mrs. Brown conducted the installation ceremony.

through reorganizatio n of old facilities and the purchasing of new ones, including a multilith machine.

In 1966 a truly significant step was taken . The National Council voted to purchase a house which would be the new home of the Central Office. The move was made in September:, and the spacious residence at I 201 East Walnut Street officially became the Alpha Sigma Alpha National Headquarters.

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PHOENIX ANNNERSARY

Shortly after Convention, the Central Office relocated in Springfield, Missouri. It was felt that a more centrally-situ ated office would facilitate better and quicker service to all members. The "history" of our Central Office had really begun after the Golden Anniversary Convention when the incoming National Council decided upon a centralizatio n agency for all records. Prior to that time, files and cards had been kept by individual officers. Then, in 1952, the Central Office was established, and the National Treasurer was designated as the Officer in Charge of the Central Office. The immediate past Convention saw the duties of these two officers separated, and now, in addition to a National Treasurer, there was also a Central Office Executive. In the next few years , the Central Office in Springfield became more streamlined

The Golden Anniversary Edition of The Phoenix was published in the winter of 1964. The first article to be found between the yellow-gold covers of this fifty-year magazine was a history of its publication.

It was noted that Genevieve Steele Leib Foltz of Indianapolis became Editor in 1934 and held that post for eighteen consecutive years. In reflecting back on her years as Editor, Mrs. F9ltz recalls, "It was a long and happy time." Other past editors had similar recollections . Ida A. Jewett said, "I have only pleasurable memories of my time as Editor." Julia E. Lancaster stated , "When I was Editor, we were a much smaller sorority. . . . The Phoenix needed to flap its wings vigorously." Esther Bucher expressed the wish that The Phoenix have as glorious next half century as the past fifty years. On her duties as Editor, she commented , "It is a challenging experience, and I'm happy I had the opportunity to be associated with Th e Phoen ix." Hiwana Cupp Crompton considered the post to be "a privileged experience " while Mary C. Goeke said, " .. . it is truly a rewarding experience to be able to claim a kinship with our great Editors of the past and our promising Editors of the present and future ."

The National Association of Women Deans and Counselors convened in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the spring of 1965 . Helen L. Corey was in attendance as a nominee for the office of vice president. Mary Goeke and Marie Brown were present, also. The theme for the convention was "Perspective s for Tomorrow."

Deserving honors were received by many Alpha Sigma women that year. Dr. Ethel J . Alpenfels received the third annual " Award for Distinguished Service to Humanity" given by the Women's Auxil-

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The recipient of numerous outstanding awards, Dr. Alpenfels's contributions to the field of anthropology have received world-wide recognition. Beta Beta Chapter is proud to claim her as an alumna. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce presented the "Citizen of the Year" award to Adelene Ponti Pearson in gratitude for her many services. Mrs. Pearson was a charter member of the Xi Xi Chapter at U.C.L.A. where she first began to cultivate the fourfold aim of her sorority . Barbara Sloan Swabb Br was named "Outstanding Young Educator" by the Jr. Chamber of Commerce of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was one of sixteen nominees from a faculty of 350 teachers. Beatrice J acquart received an outstanding achievement award from her alma mater, Fort Hayes State College. The title of her commencement address was "Stand Tall - You Are a Kansan." Miss Jacquart served her state as a legislator and participated extensively in community projects. Beta Sigmas were unable to contain their pride and pleasure when their lovely sorority sister, Lesley Fleenor, was named "Miss Missouri" in the national Miss America contest.

The annual Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award was bestowed upon Helen J. Frame Snyder 00 of Akron , Ohio. Mrs. Snyder had made significant contributions to the field of mental retardation and was a willing and loyal worker in her community and sorority. Patricia Goodwin XX received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, and Susan Low re was winner of the Frost Fidelity Award. Michelle Anne Heck BY was named the Ideal Pledge.

In October, National Officers traveled to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, for the purpose of attending the National Panhellenic Conference. The Alpha Sigma Alpha delegation included Miss Goeke, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Koenemann, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Malone, and Carole Dawson representing Alpha Chapter at Farmville, Virginia.

The Panhellenic Council at the University of Wisconsin elected Mary Ellen Hickey "Sorority Woman of the Year." A staunch advocate of the fraternity system, Mary Ellen served her chapter well and is typical of the caliber of collegiate women Alpha Sigma Alpha may claim.

Beta Zeta celebrated its twenty-fifth Silver Anniversary in November of 1965. Nine of the thirty-nine charter members were able to attend the Founders' Day banquet. Members were proud to look back on twenty-five years of active service on the University of Southwestern Louisiana campus. A fabulous new sorority house for the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter was a longstanding dream come true. The reality of the dream was made possible only through hard work by the members and generous contributions of the alumnae.

Newly installed alumnae chapters gave us an even stronger alumnae representation. The DeKalb, Illinois, Chapter was organized and concentrated their main efforts toward helping the Beta Rho Chapter at Northern Illinois University. Milwaukee, Wisconsin , Beta Chapter organized as a smaller group from the original Milwaukee Chapter. Glenville, West Virginia, Chapter was organized in 1965 as was the

Illinois Fox Valley and the Des Moines, Iowa, Chapters. Central New York, Indiana-Kentucky, Southeast Louisiana, and Charleston, West Virginia, all received their charters in 1966. Columbus, Ohio, alumnae organized at the 1967 Ohio State Day.

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES In her annual Founders' Day Message, our National President announced plans for Alpha Sigma Alpha's first Leadership Training School. The pilot program was to be held in August of 1966 on the Southwest Missouri State College Campus. The program was carefully planned and conducted by the National Officers with an eye toward all phases of training.

Delegates from eleven mid-western collegiate chapters were received by the Beta Sigma members at their chapter house. The weekend sessions included lessons on finances , national procedures, voting, membership, rush , National Panhellenic, pledge training, social graces, and adviser-alumnae relationships. There was even time left for fun and socializing in these few busy days. After the initial Leadership Conference, many more were to follow. The next one was held in Huntington, West Virginia, at Marshall University . This type of training was an invaluable aid to the collegiate members, who responded with great enthusiasm.

The collegiate chapters continued to grow and become stronger in number and spirit. Newly installed chapters were welcomed with joy and pride. Gamma Mu Chapter at Adrian College in Michigan was installed in the spring of 1965. Gamma Xi Chapter was added to our roster a year later. Twenty girls were initiated into Alpha Sigma Alpha as charter members of the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Chapter. Still another installation was performed in the spring of 1967. Gamma Omicron at Clarion State College, Clarion, Pennsylvania, became our newest chapter.

Several changes in office were taking place due to necessary resignations. Lynn Peters Fountaine accepted the position of Constitution Chairman when Mrs. Grady found she could no longer continue her post. Mrs. Mathisen found it necessary to resign, and Mrs. Allen, our Fellowship and Philanthropic Chairman, consented to fill the unexpired term of her office. Mrs. Rowe, our Central Office Director, moved to Arizona leaving her post vacant temporarily, and Mrs. Hellrich moved to Ohio where the demands of her work forced her to resign as Music Chairman.

Alpha Sigma Alpha had been invited to participate in the Southeastern Panhellenic Conference, a regional convention of southern colleges. Mrs. Brown attended the 1964 Conference with collegiate representatives from Beta Nu , Beta Mu, Beta Zeta, and Beta Delta. The 1966 Conference was held at the University of Kentucky . We were represented by Miss Goeke, Mrs. Bone, and members of Beta Nu and Beta Zeta. The informative speakers, the workshops, and the fellowship among National Officers, deans and counselors, and college members fostered a better understanding of panhellenic activity .

With sadness, we paused to commemorate the passing of a beloved sister. Dorothy Williamson Crook died on April 17, 1965 . A moving tribute to her was written by Wilma Wilson Sharp expressing love for a dear friend and devoted sorority ¡sister. The sudden death of Charlotte Kriebel Fischer on May 7, 1966, was a great shock to all who knew her. In her memory, the Bux-Mont Alumnae Chapter established the Charlotte Kriebel Fischer Memorial Award to be given annually to an undergraduate member at Temple University and at Drexel Institute. A memorial contribution was made to The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in her name. Alpha Alpha members and alumnae, indeed all Ohio members, grieved over the death of Elizabeth Newhall Johnston on February 5, 1967. That year also marked the passing of Edna Elcan Jones, our first National President.

The 1966 award winners were announced in the fall Phoenix. Loraine Nienow Hentschel rE was the recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award.

The Elizabeth Bird Small Award went to Merle Anne May BE, and the Frost Fidelity Award was given to Juana Roque BZ. Peggy Lee Dwyer BN was named the Ideal Pledge. Mary Ellen Walton rA received the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship that year.

Beta Beta celebrated its fiftieth anniversary November 13-19, 1966, on the Colorado State College campus. The entire college observed Alpha Sigma Alpha week beginning with the candlelight ceremony held in the city park followed by a week full of activities. Mary C. Goeke arrived in time for the dedication ceremony for a set of Loeb Classic books presented to the college library. Later, a reception was held in Miss Goeke's honor. Beta Theta and Beta Eta both celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary that year. Alpha Beta and Alpha Gamma had also observed the passing of fifty years and were officially recognized and presented with awards during the 1967 Convention.

ST. LOUIS CONVENTION 1967

"The Spirit of A''EA" prevailed in St. Louis during our twenty-fifth National Convention. Anne Petree Niemeyer and Lynn Peters Fountaine greeted the delegates and guests who registered for the Convention on the opening day . The first business session saw President, Mary C. Goeke , officiating. The National Officers were introduced as were the collegiate delegates, alumnae delegates, and advisers.

Helen Corey presented the Convention Program. A reception for the National Officers was held before dinner. Miss Goeke spoke to the delegation that evening reviewing the progress and achievements of Alpha Sigma Alpha over the past triennium.

The days that followed were productive. Mrs. Karl B. Miller, Chairman of the National Panhellenic Conference , spoke to a large group assembled for the NPC Luncheon. Many St. Louis Panhellenic officers were present for the occasion. Mrs. Miller discussed the strength NPC sororities derive from the standards

Pauline Olson, Mary Goeke, Mary K. Reiff, and Helen Lortz are seated for the traditional White Dinner.

which they uphold and the benefits received from working toward a common goal. The traditional White Dinner followed an impressive Ritual Service conducted by Pauline Smith Olson. The speaker for the evening was Washington, D.C. alumna, Helen B. Lortz HH. Miss Lortz has worked for the United States State Department in conjunction with the Food for Freedom Program. She showed a series of slides which depicted her work in Latin America.

Later in the Convention, Miss Lortz became the recipient of the Recognition of Eminence Award.

The Formal Banquet was the culminating event of a series of events that ranged from studious workshops to a slapstick "Fun Night." Many important awards were presented the night of the banquet.

Gamma Alpha Collegiate Chapter and Akron, Ohio, Alumnae Chapter received the Philanthropic Service Awards. The Scholastic Achievement Award went to Beta Beta. Beta Theta received the Scholastic Improvement Award. Carol Ann Seager rM received the Amy M. Swisher Graduate Fellowship. Philanthropic Fund Scholarships went to Dianne Lutrick B.1 and Stephanie J. Bennett Be. The Ideal Pledge A ward was bestowed upon J oAnn Laugel BT. Linda Homar r.1 was recipient of the Frost Fidelity Award.

Gail Grodoski r A received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, and Dr. Joy E. Mahachek Ar received the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Dr. Mahachek, professor emerita of the faculty of the Indiana

Viola Brewer presents the Officer Efficiency Award to Linda Evaul for Beta Epsilon Chapter.

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University of Indiana, Pennsylvania, has been a loyal Alpha Sigma for over thirty-five years.

An announcem ent was made during Conventio n that Mary Turner Gallagher had endowed a new philanthro pic scholarship for Alpha Sigma Alpha collegiates . Mrs. Gallagher, who was the first initiate of the Chi Chi Chapter, has been an active member for over fifty years. She was the first recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Hiwana Cupp Crompton presented the slate of officers for the National Council at the last business session, and the officers were elected unanimous ly. The new Councilors received by delegates and guests were Mary C. Goeke, President ; Helen Hooper Malone, Vice President and NPC Delegate; Viola Caraway Brewer, Secretary; Juanita Roberts Rowe, Treasurer; Lynn Peters Fountaine , Extension Director; Sidney Gremillion Allen, Alumnae Director; Anne Petree Niemeyer, Membership Director; Bonnie Payne Koeneman n, Editor; and Rose Marie Fellin, Head 7 quarters Executive. Deep appreciatio n was expressed to the retiring councilors, Marie Scanlan Brown and Judy Matthews Trowell.

Several new chairmanships were filled. After many years service as Art Chairman, Edith Gaupp Wolf resigned her post. Esther Kauffman Gatseos assumed the duties of Constituti on Chairman, and Susan Ross Pease was the new Music Chairman. The post of Ritual Chairman was taken by Mary Ann Sidehamer Linton when Pauline Smith Olson was appointed Scholarship Chairman. Nancy Martin Williams was named Rush Chairman, and Judy DeMasters Winter became the new Philanthro pic Chairman. Jean Moore Weaver was appointed College Editor. Another editor joined the Phoenix Staff when Beulah Wooten Schleker took the newly-created job of Spotlight Editor. Hiwana Cupp Crompton became the first National Standards Chairman. It was her responsibility to co-ordinat e the developme nt of a Standards Program by working with the chapter Standards Chairmen and their Standards Boards. Ruth Resinger AB and Barbara Kinney NN represente d Alpha Sigma Alpha as Traveling Secretaries for the year 1967-1968 .

The following year, Elaine Rahaim B~ and Judy Holman 88 were hired to fill these positions. A title change was voted during the 1968 National Council meeting so that the position of Traveling Secretary could be called Field Representative.

Sad news came to Alpha Sigma Alpha shortly after the National Convention. Mary Williamson Hundley died on August 31 in Richmond , Virginia.

There will always be a place in the heart of Alpha Sigma Alpha for "May" Hundley - not only because she was one of the Founders of this sorority but because of her ideals, warmth, and contagious zest for life.

Another devoted sorority sister, Marie Brunsman Berry AB, passed away in the spring of 1968 in Pasadena, California. Marie's contributio ns to Alpha Sigma Alpha were invaluable, including the five-year period she served on the National Council.

The fact that colleges and universities were experiencing a rapid growth in enrollmen t opened up many possibilities for extension work. Lynn Peters Foun-

taine took advantage of this opportuni ty and worked very hard to achieve an astounding number of installations in the next triennium. The first new collegiate chapter to be installed during this period was Gamma Pi on September 29 , 1967, at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri. Marie Scanlan Brown, who had recently retired from the National Council, was on hand to help install this chapter, which she had colonized in preparatio n for initiation into Alpha Sigma Alpha. The new chapters that followed were Gamma Rho, East Stroudsbu rg State College, East Stroudsbu rg, Pennsylvania; Gamma Sigma, Nicholls State College, Thibodaux , Louisiana ; Gamma Upsilon, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico ; Gamma Tau, C. W. Post College, Long Island, New York; Gamma Phi, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York; Gamma Psi, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania ; Gamma Omega, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois ; Delta Alpha, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida; Delta Beta, Tennessee Technological University , Cookeville , Tennessee ; and Delta Gamma , West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Along with the excitemen t of receiving new members were some poignant reminders of the loyalty and devotion of older members. Beta Nu Chapter and Murray, Kentucky, alumnae paid a beautiful tribute to Evelyn Linn. When school convened in the fall of 1967, Miss Linn had been serving Beta Nu as its adviser for twenty years - ever since the chapter organized on the campus of Murray State College.

A portrait of Miss Linn, painted by alumna Bobbie Jo Parks, was placed in the Alpha Sigma Alpha room as an expression of appreciatio n for all the help and interest she had given each individual member over the years.

An example of one person's contributio n to mental health is shown by the work of Lu Ann Casey West BN. Mrs. West helped found the MayfieldGraves County, Kentucky, Association for Retarded Children in 1963 and helped plan the Nursery School for Retarded Children in 1964. She worked with the school board in establishing special-education classes for retarded children within the city and county schools. She was instrumen tal in planning a multipledisciplinary center in Mayfield which serves as a daycare center for pre-school children, vocationalguidance clinic for retarded and handicapped adults, and a general mental-health service center. In 1967 Mrs. West was selected as the Graves County, Kentucky, Woman of the Year by the Graves County Young Democrats Club.

FORTIETH SESSION OF NPC The fortieth session of National Panhellenic Conference was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1-5 , 1967. Alpha Sigma Alpha's delegates were Mary C. Goeke, Helen Hooper Malone, Sidney Gremillion Allen , Bonnie Payne Koeneman n, Lynn Peters Fountaine , Rose Marie Fellin, and Diane Nedelcu, Panhellenic President at Northern Illinois University. The Editors' Conference elected Mrs.

National Officers and stu路 dents attend Regional Lead路 ership Conference at the University of Southern Mis路 sissippi. From left, seated, are: Kathleen Blackburn and Sidney Allen; standing, Holly Almond, Viola Brew路 er, Helen Malone, and Rose Marie Fellin.

Koenema nn to the office of secretary-treasurer. The Theta, Gamma Delta, Gamma Tau, Gamma Rho, Editors had chosen four articles from a brochure Gamma Eta, Nu Nu, and Kappa Kappa for a Leadertitled "Operati on Brass Tacks" to be used in their ship Conferen ce in the fall of 1968. Four more sorority magazines. "Operati on Brass Tacks" was Regional Leadership Conferen ces were held the originated by the Editors' Conference in 1963 to following spring. Hostesses were Rho Rho Chapter broaden the scope of informat ion available for in Huntingt on, West Virginia; Beta Psi Chapter in publicati on on matters of mutual concern and inter- Kalamazo o, Michigan; Beta Sigma Chapter in Springest to the readership. The National Panhellenic field, Missouri; and Beta Delta Chapter in HattiesConference appointed Mary C. Goeke as their six- burg, Mississippi. year delegate to the lnterfrate rnity Research and Advisory Council.

Alpha Sigma Alpha proudly presented the 1968 FIFTIET H ANNIVERSARY award winners in the fall issue of The Phoenix.

ZETA ZETA CHAPTER Elizabeth Dodson Carpente r II was the worthy recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award .

Zeta Zeta Chapter observed its G9lden AnniverMrs. Carpente r devoted forty-one years to teaching sary April 19, 1969. National Officers, Mother at the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis. Her Patronesses, alumnae, and members gathered on the dedicated service to blind and partially-sighted stu- Central Missouri State College Campus to celebrate dents distinguished her professional life while her the event. Wilma Wilson Sharp, President Emerita and involvement in her commun ity and loyalty to her Zeta Zeta alumna, was the honored guest speaker for sorority characterized her outstandi ng qualities. Sue the celebratio n banquet. A year later, Eta Eta ChapRuessman Goluback , an outstandi ng leader and ter at Kansas State College observed fifty years with a scholar at Western Michigan University, received the fitting celebrati on.

Elizabeth Bird Small Award. The Frost Fidelity Our beloved Wilma Wilson Sharp received the Award was presented to Donna Daly Perkins A. Matrix A ward from Theta Sigma Phi, professional Leslie Rod Haese rE was named Ideal Pledge for woman's journalis m society, on April 12, 1969. The 1968. annual Matrix Table Banquet honored eight women Four scholarships were granted that year. It was of achievem ent in various fields of endeavor. Mrs. decided at the 1967 National Conventi on that col- Sharp was recognized for her work in the fields of legiate and alumnae chapters could nominate candi- education and religion having been a public-school dates for the National Alpha Sigma Alpha Special- teacher at one time and then a Sunday-S chool teacher Educatio n Scholarships. Gamma Xi nominate d most of her adult life.

Mrs. Sharp has served her Roland Barry Vandeland who became the recipient of commun ity of Independ ence, Missouri, in many a philanthr opic scholarship under this new program. ways, and her contribut ions have shown that she Leslie Kay Langdon BZ received a National Philan- truly "gives full measure. " thropic Scholarship to further her education toward Another leader in the field of education , Perva a masters degree in special education . The first Mary Goodwin Hughes HH, became the recipient of the Turner Gallagher Scholarship was granted to Jane 1969 Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Mrs. Ellen Barker 81', and the Amy M. Swisher Scholar- Hughes, a professor of educatio n at Kansas State ship was awarded to Marilyn Schuldt B'I! .

College, was named outstandi ng woman educator by Collegiates from Gamma Theta Chapter at Syra- the Pittsburg , Kansas, Women's Committ ee of the cuse , New York , invited representatives from Theta Chamber of Commerc e. She bas received the Aero-

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space Education Leadership Award for outstanding service to the country and unusual contributions to the field of aerospace education. She was named Kansas Master Teacher.

Other outstanding Alpha Sigmas receiving sorority honors that year were Jo Anne Sterbenz BZ, a student of high caliber at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, winner of the Elizabeth Bird Small Award; Carol Diane Dinsmore BI, worthy recipient of the Frost Fidelity Award; and Leah Martin Chambers BLl, the Ideal Pledge for 1969. Scholarships for study in the field of education were granted, and the Mary Turner Gallagher and Amy M. Swisher Scholarships were presented to deserving recipients, Linda Wyrick XX and Mary Elizabeth Daniels f'K. Alpha Sigma Alpha had four charming and capable Field Representatives traveling across the country at this time . Ethel Schmitz, a theater arts major, graduated from Dickinson State College in North Dakota. Judith Hartman left Indiana State with a degree in education. Marieanne Abney graduated from Marshall University in West Virginia with a music background, and Ellen Funk majored in speech and drama at the State College of Arkansas. An officer vacancy was filled when Elaine Rahaim Shiverdecker was appointed Art Chairman.

Farrar, Chairman, Phon Johnson Gillespie, Martha Boynor Wiseman, Verneal Meyer Newhouse, Martha Ray Sweeney, Judy DeMasters Winter, Doris Snodgrass Klein, and Rose Marie Fellin. The tiers of red and white ribbon at the front door were cut by Miss Goeke , representing the Natinal Officers, Mrs. Gillespie of Kansas City representing the alumnae, and Vickie Bellman of Beta Sigma representing the collegiates. At this time , upstairs, Miss Goeke unveiled a portrait of Wilma Wilson Sharp which was presented as a gift from the National Officers. The portrait was placed over the fireplace of the second-floor conference room where it hangs as a constant reminder of all Mrs. Sharp has done for, and been to , Alpha Sigma Alpha - her service, her devotion, her inspiration. Preceding the presentation, Hiwana Cupp Crompton read , as a loving tribute to Mrs. Sharp from every member of our sisterhood, the poem which she had written for this occasion.

Sonnet to Wilma Wilson Sharp Ah youth! with heart so rapturous and so sweet, When gay, light thoughts float in from day to day , 'Twas th en that you became an ASA And gave to each and all a joy complete.

Your life brought strength supreme to rise and greet A sisterhood that in its full array Did seek and then aspire along the way To reach attainment fine in every fe at.

Ah age! where faith and goodness have had time To form a beauty so truly sublim eOne edged with thoughtfulness, blended with care, And in this realm, you are beyond compare.

Thus, do receive, dear Wilma, all else above, Our deepest gratitude and dearest love.

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS DEDICATION June 29 , 1969, was a very important day for Alpha Sigma Alpha. The National Headquarters, a spacious eleven-room house, was formally dedicated .

This was the culmination of much foresight on the part of the Councilors who secured the house and much work and planning on the part of many members who sought to make this a beautiful, gracious home for Alpha Sigma Alpha and an efficient, orderly place to work. Rose Marie Fellin presided over the dedication ceremonies, welcoming the many Alpha Sigma Alphas from across the country who traveled to Springfield, Missouri, to be present at this historic event. Wilma Wilson Sharp, who was also celebrating her fiftieth anniversary as a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha , was Guest of Honor. Helen Hooper Malone gave the invocation: Our Heavenly Father, we thank thee for our Sorority and for her heritage. We thank thee, too, for this day when a dream is realized for all Alpha Sigma Alphas. We ask thy blessing on this facility , our National Headquarters. We know the past is ours to share now and in the years to come because our National Headquarters will give this continuity. Bless our Sorority in her new home. Let us look to this day and the realities of our existence, the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. For yesterday was but a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Amen.

Following this moving prayer, Mary C. Goeke gave the Dedicatory Address. She introduced the Headquarters Decorating Committee : Maurine Harra

A lovely reception arranged by the Springfield alumnae followed; National Officers served at the tea table.

After the dedication weekend , all the National Councilors remained in Springfield for the 1969 Council Meeting. They were joined the first day by the National Chairmen who had been present for the ceremonies.

Rose Marie Fellin, seated, and Maurine Farrar in the foyer

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Rose Fel.lin. Wilma Sharp. and Mary Backsman awai1 ceremony.

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Wilma Sharp, Muy Backsman, and Rose Fellin grecl gucsu.

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Mary Goeke Backsman, National President, unveils portrait of Wilma Wilson Sharp, President Emerita, gift of the 196 7-1970 National Officers.

Mrs. Sharp cuts her Fiftieth ASA Anniversary cake.

A reception followed the dedication ceremony.

Alph a Sigma Alpha National Archives in the Conference Room

Evelyn G. Bell, left, receives the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Buffalo State University College from Dr. E. K. Fretwell, Jr.

Representative; and Denise Corriero rT of C. W. Post College. A new phase of the Conference was implemented during this meeting when College Panhellenics were invited to send two representatives to the Undergraduate Session of the Conference. One hundred twenty-seven collegians along with advisers, non-fraternity deans, and visitors attended. Miss Rose Marie Fellin was elected to serve as secretarytreasurer of the Central Office Executives for the 1969-71 biennium.

Four collegiate chapters, alumnae, and National Officers participated in the sixty-eighth Founders' Day celebration at the Delta Gamma Chapter of West Chester State College in Pennsylvania. Lynn Peters Fountaine, representing the National Council, presented gifts to the new chapter at the White Luncheon.

Alpha Sigma Alpha was happy to announce the establishment of the following new alumnae chapters : Pine Bluff, Arkansas , on January 22, 1970 ; Butler County, Ohio, on March 18, 1970; and Columbia, Missouri, on March 15 , 1970.

As the new academic year began, Barbara Ruth Boehner BB of Colorado State College and Kathleen Sue Anderson BG of Central Michigan University received National Special Education Scholarships.

Jane Ellen Giloso BK of Western Illinois University was also awarded a National Philanthropic Scholarship. The winner of the 1968-69 Annual Magazine Trophy was Alpha Alpha Chapter for its outstanding performance. Akron Alumnae Chapter remains the leader for alumnae chapters in sales. Evelyn Bell, National President from 1936-41 and 1952-58, was the 1969 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Buffalo State University College where she was cited for " outstanding professional services" at the college's ninety-eighth commencement.

The Hotel Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida, served as the setting for the National Panhellenic Conference, October 22-25 , 1969. Representing Alpha Sigma Alpha were Mary C. Goeke , National President ; Helen H. Malone, National Vice President ; Rose Marie Fellin, Executive Secretary; Bonnie Koenemann, National Editor; Judy Hartman, Field

Representing Alpha Sigma Alpha at NPC, from left, Denise Corriero, Rose Marie Fellin Bonnie Koenemann, Mary Backsrnan , Helen Malone, and Judy Hartman. '

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CHAPTER IX 1970 - 1976

Sisters came from across the country to the seaside resort of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for National Convention. From June 28 - July 2, 1970, at The Cavalier Hotel, members gathered full of enthusiasm to meet new acquaintances and renew old friendships. "Set Your Sights on the Seventies," organized

by Convention Chairman Helen Corey and Registration Chairman Rose Marie Fellin, is now a part of history. National President Mary G. Backsman presided at the opening business session. National Officers were introduced, followed by a processional of collegiate and alumnae delegates. This was followed by the National Officers' Reception on the glass-enclosed porch and a buffet dinner in the Pocahontas Room. The evening's entertainment was held under the stars of the Beach and Cabana Club.

Collegiate workshops included standards, rush and Greek unity, and campus protest. Alumnae met to talk over the privileges, responsibilities, and oppor-

Secretary; and Bonnie Payne Koenemann, Treasurer.

Non-voting members appointed were Mary Goeke Backsman, NPC Delegate, Judith A. Holman, Editor, and Rose Marie Fellin , Headquarters Executive.

Wilma Wilson Sharp officiated at the installation of officers while Viola C. Brewer represented the alumnae, and Lynda Hudson rH represented the collegiates.

Mistress of Ceremonies Ruth N. Fletcher, National Awards Chairman, announced the Convention awards at the Formal Banquet: Beta Delta Chapter, collegiate chapter with largest delegation; Ginny Garrett, collegiate non-delegate from greatest distance; Akron Alumnae Chapter, alumnae chapter with largest delegation; Mrs. R. T. Naylor, alumnae non-delegate from greatest distance - Casper, Wyoming; Phi Phi Ch..r,ter, scholastic achievement; Beta Theta Chapter, scholastic improvement.

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Guest of honor at the NPC Luncheon was Mrs. Carl A. Frische, at left, NPC Executive Chairman. With her are Mary Goeke, center, and Helen Malone.

Jan McKee, at left, accepted a Scholarship Award for Phi Phi Chapter while Shari Rondo, at right, accepted a Scholarship Award for Beta Theta Chapter.

tunities as applied to State Days, magazine sales, and chapter organizations.

Other activities included the Ritual Service, traditional White Dinner, and Memorial Service which paid tribute to those members who had died during the past triennium. The Formal Banquet was held in the Cavalier Room with the Cincinnati Alumnae as hostess. Mary Goeke Backsman acted as Toastmistress and gave the main address.

Council members for the 197 0-72 biennium included MaryAnn Sidehamer Linton, President; Lynn Peters Fountaine, Executive Vice President; Esther Kauffman Gatseos, Vice President of Development; Ethel Schmitz Keeley, Vice President of Collegiate Program; Judy DeMasters Winter, Vice President of Alumnae Program; Jean Moore Weaver,

AA shared the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award for 1970. Nancy Sue Martin Bl: received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award while Marilyn Manion BB was awarded the Frost Fidelity Award. Ideal Pled~e Award winner was Suzanne Alice Whitlock BE, and Linda Susan La1.ier XX received the Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship. The Amy M. Swisher Scholarship went to Jo Ann Klein B~, and Patricia Anne Goeke AB became the first recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship. Other scholarship winners included Linda Ellen Parsons BI, National Philanthropic Scholarship, and Judi Darlene Hoggard BA and Deborah Lynn Turzan riJr, National Special Education Scholarships.

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leave the state of our founding.

Collegiate installations included Delta Epsilon at Mansfield State College, Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and Delta Zeta at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Mrs. Linton presided over the February 6, 1971 , Delta Zeta installation. The formation of the Las Vegas, New Mexico, Alumnae Chapter was also announced.

In 1971 the highest alumnae honor, the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award, went to Lora Patterson Sipes rr, a fifty-year member of the sorority. Lora is also a charter member of the Tulsa Alumnae Chapter. Other 1971 awards went to Rebecca E. Monroe B.!l who was chosen to receive the sorority's highest collegiate honor, the Elizabeth Bird Small A ward ; Alice Leiblong BA, Frost Fidelity Award ; and Veronica Hill rM, the Ideal Pledge Award.

Scholastic scholarships went to Jeanette Kelch rB, winner of the Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship, and Valerie Lynn Vella rT, winner of the Amy M. Swisher Scholarship. The Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship went to Leah Michelle Hill B.!l while Rhonda Kay Brennan Bn received the National Philanthropi c Scholarship. Two Special Education Scholarships were awarded to Carol Ann Soma Ar and Jean Cook BA Alice Montgomery Petitt HH was honored by the Greater Kansas City professional chapter of Theta Sigma Phi for her contribution s to the field of community service. Alice is a member of the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Chapter. Another member of that chapter, Mary K. Reiff HH , past National Officer , was installed as president of the Kansas City Altrusa Club.

May 15 , 1971, served as the date of the Delta Eta Chapter installation at DePaul University in Chicago . MaryAnn Sidehamer Linton presided . Also, in 1971 , Alpha Sigma Alpha proudly announced the formation of the Greater Dallas Area Alumnae Chapter.

"Facing Today's Realities - A Challenge," served as the theme of the National Panhellenic Conference's forty-second session, November 5-10, 1971 , in Scottsdale , Arizona. Delegates were challenged to develop new and decisive patterns of action to fit the realities of today's campus and to serve the changing needs of collegiate and alumnae members. Alpha Sigma Alphas attending the NPC meeting were Judith Holman, National Editor; Mary Backsman, NPC Delegate ; Esther Gatseos, Vice President of Development; MaryAnn Linton, National President ; Rose Marie Fellin, Headquarters Executive ; Barbara Johnston, Field Representative ; Loyce Gambrel IT; Betsy Harris BI ; Maryanne Herbst BT; and Carolyn Talbot

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The sixth Illinois chapter, Delta Theta of Southern Illinois University, was installed May 13 , 1972.

Esther Gatseos, National Vice President of Development, represented the National Officers. Other chapters installed were Delta Iota at the University of Delaware, April of 1972, and Delta Kappa at Indiana State University in Evansville, May 6, 1972.

A tribute was paid to Louise Neeley Stewart, much loved and respected past National Officer,

who died during the spring. Miss Stewart served as National Historian for many years and edited our first history, The Years Behind Us. She took great pride, and rightly so, in presenting that edition at the Golden Anniversary Convention in 1952. Her loyalty to the Newark-Zanesville Alumnae Chapter was evident always, and she devoted to that group service in abundance.

SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION 1972

The theme of "Involvemen t" characterized the 1972 Convention in Springfield, Missouri, June 21-26, 1972. Southwest Missouri State College served as the setting for the exchange of ideas and friendships, and Convention Chairman Juanita Rowe made all of the dreams come true.

Following the National Officers' Reception in the Billsborough Lounge, Mary Ann Sidehamer Linton, National President, convened the opening business session. Marieanne Abney Cordle, National Ritual Chairman, planned the Initiation Service, and Mrs. Kent R. Morgan, Pi Beta Phi, served as the guest speaker at the White Dinner. Nominaf g Committee Chairman Georgia Jaglinski Calvert presented the slate of officers: MaryAnn Sidehamer Linton, President; Geraldine Vang Cox, Executive Vice President ; Esther Kauffman Gatseos, Vice President of Development ; Ethel Schmitz Keeley, Vice President of Collegiate Program, Judy DeMasters Winter, Vice President of Alumnae Program ; Frances Jobson Francis, Secretary; and Margaret Angelcyk Neff, Treasurer.

Non-voting members of the National Council were Mary Goeke Backsman, NPC Delegate; Judith A. Holman, Editor; and Rose Marie Fellin, Headquarter s Executive.

The patio at the Riverside Inn in Ozark, Missouri, provided a beautiful setting for the installation of the National Council and the Formal Awards Banquet, hostessed by the Springfield, Missouri, Alumnae Chapter. Wilma Wilson Sharp, President Emerita, presided over the installation ceremony, and she was assisted by Helen Corey, former Convention Chairman, and Marieanne Cordle. Marl~ Jarrett White was the Mistress of Ceremonies at the banquet, and the following award winners were announced : Marie Scanlan Brown, Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award ; Silvana Filippello Richardson r A, Elizabeth Bird Small Award ; Ann T. Starcher rK, Frost Fidelity Award ; Bernadine Bielecki ro, Ideal Pledge Award.

Beta Beta and Gamma Eta received Scholastic Achievement Awards while Gamma Kappa received the Scholastic Improvemen t Award . Other scholarship winners included Mona E. Guidry BZ, Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship ; Mary Lynn Augustine ZZ, Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship . Diaae Van Laningham BT, National Philanthropi c Scholarship ; and Sharon A. Schmitz .!lK and Barbara A. Wettstein, nominated by Delta Zeta Chapter, Special Education Scholarships.

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Fall again brought new growth to Alpha Sigma Alpha with the formation of the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Alumnae Chapter in September. National Council also announced the formation of the Moraine, Pennsylvania, Alumnae Chapter and the Greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Alumnae Chapter in November.

INDMDUAL HONORS

Philanthropic Awards were presented to Beta Epsilon Chapter, Chris Joyce accepting, and Central Pennsylvania Alumnae Chapter, Jane Peters accepting.

Mary Jedrzejewski as their term came to an end.

Spring of 1973 brought new growth to Alpha Sigma Alpha as the National Council announced the formation of five new alumnae chapters. In March, 1973, the Chicago Metro Alumnae Chapter was chartered. April saw the formation of the Adrian, Michigan, Alumnae Chapter; Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Alumnae Chapter; and the Southwest Arkansas Alumnae Chapter. The Central North Dakota Alumnae Chapter was chartered in May. Letha Heckman Gaskins XX received the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award. Mrs. Gaskin, a professional artist and the recipient of many art awards, volunteered her services to numerous philanthropic causes through many years. Kim Ramsey BB received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award, and Pamela L. Stewart BT was presented the Frost Fidelity Award.

Nancy Schnake BK was named Ideal Pledge.

National scholarships were awarded to deserving young women. The Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship went to Marlene A. Gregory rK while Janet Lee Hauser ~I ~eceived the Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship. The Amy M. Swisher Scholarship was presented to Susan A. Schwartz ~e, and the National Philanthropic Scholarship went to Rosemary Carucci BO. The two Special Education Scholarships, open to non-members, were given to Kathleen Donahue of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, nominated by Alpha Gamma, and Ruth Ann Kester of East Stroudsburg State College, nominated by Gamma Rho .

In June , National Council convened at National Headquarters. Sorority needs were discussed and acted upon as well as plans for the 197 4 Convention in Pittsburgh. Two Alpha Sigma Alphas were chosen as Field Representatives for the 1973-7 4 school year.

Debra D. Bukas rA, serving for her second year, and Rebecca Sink rz traveled throughout the country representing the National Organization to collegiate chapters.

Many outstanding Alpha Sigma Alphas were honored during the year. Helen B. Lortz HH , Food for Peace Officer for Latin America, was presented a Superior Honor Award by Food for Peace Coordinator Irwin R. Hedges. Mildred Hanthorn Trenchard ZZ was elected president of the Women's Council-University of Missouri-Kansas City. After a thirty-five-year teaching career, Ruth Bryant Pennell ZZ, chairman of the pilot program "Crime Prevention Against Older Americans" in Independence, Missouri, received the key to the city from Mayor Phil K. Weeks. Karen Torme Olson rA was named Outstanding Young Professional Woman in St. Louis, Missouri. Three of Louisiana's "first ladies" were presented in The Phoenix. Sidney Gremillion Allen '¥'¥, wife of Dr. John H. Allen, president of Centenary College; Juanita Cardozier Kilpatrick '¥'¥, wife of Dr. Arnold Kilpatrick, president of Northwest State University; and Mary Ellen Neal Walker '¥'¥ , wife of Dr. George T. Walker, president of Northeast State University, were featured. All three women were cited for their work with Alpha Sigma Alpha and their volunteer activities within the state and their local communities. In the same year, Christine Covani Vogel Bn published a book, How to Convert the Metric System into the U.S. System and Vice Versa , considered a significant authority in the metric system.

The forty-third session of the National Panhellenic Conference was held in Memphis, Tennessee, during October. Alpha Sigma Alpha was represented

by National Panhellenic Conference Delegate Mary Goeke Backsman and First Alternate Delegate Esther Gatseos. Judith Holman, National Editor, attended the Editors' Conference, and Rose Marie Fellin, National Headquarters Executive, attended the Central Office Executives' Conference. An important action taken by the Conference was to amend the Panhellenic Compact so that pledges of a chapter whose charter has been rescinded or relinquished would be eligible to pledge another fraternity immediately following the official release of the pledges by the fraternity.

Collegiate chapters at this time, while feeling the brunt of anti-Greek attitudes on campuses, utilized open rush techniques to increase membership. Philanthropies flourished, and Beta Epsilon Chapter was recognized for outstanding work. Camp Virginia Jaycee, a summer program for retarded and physically-handicapped children, had been adopted as the philanthropic project by Beta Epsilon in the fall of 1970. At the end of the year, Beta Epsilon, with financial backing from other collegiate chapters, was able to secure at the camp a park and playground

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which the Jaycees named "ALA Park." The park remains as a permanent reminder of the love and friendship experienced by the chapters that shared in this goal. Individual collegiate members represented Alpha Sigma Alpha in numerous honorary organizations such as Homecoming Courts, campus honors, and Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.

Collegians from Beta Iota, Beta Epsilon, and Beta Pi Chapters helped welcome Alpha Sigma Alpha's newest members at the installation of Delta Lambda Chapter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in April. Installing the newest chapter were Frances Francis, National Secretary; Marlys White, National Chairman of Colonies; Lynne Chambers, Province IV Director; and Debra Bukas, Field Representative. Alumnae growth was seen as the Peninsula, Virginia, Alumnae Chapter was added to the alumnae-chapter roster in February. State College, Pennsylvania, Alumnae Chapter was added in April, and in May, the Southern Illinois Alumnae Chapter and the Columbus, Indiana, Alumnae Chapter were chartered while the Boston Alumnae Chapter was reorganized.

WILLIAM PENN HOTEL 1974

Under the direction of Mary Kay Collier Kuno, Convention Chairman, the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted the 1974 National Convention June 18-22. Accommodations were arranged by Laurel King, Registration Chairman, while Hospitality Chairman Michele Delverny Yasinsky helped delegates and visitors feel "at home" in Pittsburgh. After delegates checked in, an Officers' Reception was held so that all could meet and talk with the National Officers. Mary Ann Linton, National President, presided at the daily business sessions.

At the opening session, Mrs. Linton presented the National Officers. Ethel Keeley, National Vice President of Collegiate Program, presented the collegiate delegates, and Judy Winter, National Vice President of Alumnae Program, presented the alumnae delegates. Province Directors were presented by Gerry Cox, Executive Vice President, and advisers were presented by Sidney Allen, National Chairman of Chapter Advisers.

In her opening speech, Mrs. Linton emphasized the Convention theme "As I Live, I Affect" when she spoke of the losses, the growth, the purposes, the ideals and future of Alpha Sigma Alpha. It was met with thunderous applause by the Convention delegates. Through the efforts of Barbara Johnston, Convention Workshop Chairman, workshops on leadership, group dynamics, collegiate/alumnae relations, Panhellenic, pledging, and standards also emphasized the Convention theme . Rush workshops, a rush banquet , and sample rush parties were organized by Elaine Shiverdecker, National Rush Chairman.

Alumnae workshops were held by Judy Winter, National Vice President of Alumnae.

Guest speakers at Convention included Dr. John H. Allen, President of Centenary College, and Dr. James H. Wright of the Westinghouse Electric Com-

pany. A most moving aspect of Convention was the speech given by Wilma Wilson Sharp at the Scholarship Luncheon. Speaking of past Conventions and her experiences in Alpha Sigma Alpha, Mrs. Sharp brought tears to the eyes of all who listened and the conviction that as one lives, one does indeed affect.

Officers were elected at the final business session.

Mrs. Sharp installed the new National Council which included Mary Ann Linton, National President; Gerry Cox, Executive Vice President; Margaret Neff, Vice President of Alumnae; Elaine Shiverdecker, Vice President of Collegiate Program; Esther Gatseos, Vice President of Development; Frances Francis, Secretary; and Juanita Rowe, Treasurer. To complete the Council, Helen Hooper Malone was appointed NPC Delegate; Rose Marie Fellin, Headquarters Executive; and Betty Urban Wallick, Editor.

National Chairmen for the biennium were appointed: Chairman of Advisers, Judy Vance Morris; Chairman of Colonies, Marlys Jarrett White; Constitution Chairman, Mary Kay Collier Kuno; Housing Chairman, Linda Wyrick Lineback; Music Chairman, Nere2 Cooper; Philanthropic Chairman, Sidney Allen; Program Chairman, Mary Jedrzejewski; Ritual Chairman, Silvana Filippello Richardson; Rush Chairman, Paula Cyrus; Scholarship Chairman, Paula Halfast; Standards Chairman, Janice Hinrichs Haydel; Alumnae Editor, Lillian Ford; Collegiate Editor, Debra Bukas; Feature Editor, Paula Keyes; Art Director, Mary Jedrzejewski; and Historian, Hiwana Cupp Crompton.

Wilma Wilson Sharp and Helen Corey Helen re:eived the Wilma Wilson Sharp AJumna Award.

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Province Directors Viola Hudak Walters, Marti Manion Stratton, Lynne Rachal Chambers, Peggy Schalk Hull, Pat O'Toole, Merrilyn Lindley Burris, Barbara Johnston, Helenmarie Herbert Hofman, Marcia Gross Harris, Bonnee Crosswhite Griggs, Jane Shaffer Peters, Rhetta Nesbitt Robinson, Diana Pyle, June Smith, and Ethel Keeley were also appointed.

National awards were presented at the Awards Banquet. Helen L. Corey KK personally received the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna A ward from Mrs. Sharp. A fifty-year member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Miss Corey served as Kappa Kappa adviser for thirtyfive years, as Convention Chairman from 1941-70, and as National Secretary from 1944-64. That is a total of eighty-four years in the service of Alpha Sigma Alpha. The Elizabeth Bird Small A ward went to Nancy Hoagland EE. Patricia Hines Ar and her parents attended the Awards Banquet where Patty received the Frost Fidelity Award. Jennifer Wiles <I><I> received the Ideal Pledge A ward. Collegiate chapters Beta Pi, Beta Rho , and Beta Sigma celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary. Scholarship winners included Jana Forster XX, Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship; Holly Bressler BB, Amy M. Swisher Scholarship; Teresa Darnell <I><I>, Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship; Alisa Munze_B~, National Philanthropic Scholarship; Special Education Scholarships, Celeste Howard EE and Patricia Ann Bakmaz nominated by Gamma Xi. On August 8, Alpha Sigma Alpha sustained a great loss with the death of Mary Turner Gallagher. A devoted Alpha Sigma Alpha, Mrs. Gallagher had been the first recipient of the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna A ward in 1943. In 1967 her husband established a national scholarship in her name from which many Alpha Sigma Alphas have benefitted. Her love for Alpha Sigma Alpha continued throughout her life, and her memory will be a lasting reminder of all that is beautiful in our sorority.

Two new Field Representatives were appointed for the 1974-75 school year. Diane Yencic HH held many collegiate offices prior to traveling, and Marcia Oliverio NN had been chapter president.

The fall of 1974 and spring of 1975 brought more alumnae growth as alumnae chapters were established in Murray, Kentucky; Des Moines, Iowa; Sun City, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina ; Joplin, Missouri: Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Flint, Michigan; and Lexington, Kentucky.

Individual alumnae were active and honored throughout the country. The Retarded Children's Day Care Services of Lancaster County, Inc., announced its new name, The S. June Smith Center, after Dr. S. June Smith. The William Watson Woollen School of Indianapolis dedicated its new media center to Helen S. Noblitt XX, the composer of "Hymn to Alpha Sigma Alpha." In honor of Edna McCullough's EE tremendous contributions to physical education for women throughout Kansas and the nation, Kansas State College-Emporia dedicated the new Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletic Center to her. Patricia Murphy Simmons B~ published a book of devotions, Between You and Me,

God. Dr. Alpha Mayfield was given an award for fifty years of dedicated service to opera by the National Federation of Music Clubs.

May brought the installation of Delta Nu Chapter at General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan.

Collegians from Beta Theta, Beta Psi, and Gamma Mu assisted National Officers, Esther Gatseos, Silvana Richardson, Barbara Johnston, and F ield Representatives Diane Yencic and Marcia Oliverio, with the installation.

The 1975 awards were announced in The Phoenix .

The Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award went to Mary K. Reiff HH, who held many national offices including National Assistant Treasurer, Collegiate Editor, Alumnae Organizer, and Magazine Chairman. She was involved in many community activities and instrumental in forming Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska State Day. Donna Gnau AB received the Elizabeth Bird Small Award while Sally A'rmstrong BK received the Frost Fidelity Award. The Ideal Pledge Award went to Cindy Boulton BN. Donna Dilalla t::.A received the Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship while Deborah Thompson Bt::. received the Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship. The Amy M. Swisher Scholarship went to Louise Ordayne Monger BI. Cherie Jeanne Reynolds B<I> received the National Philanthropic Scholarship, and Special Education Scholarships went to Lili Marlene Byers BE and Kathy Ann Noll of Southwest Missouri State University.

The National Council met at National Headquarters in June. At the meeting, plans were made to carry out a National Officer/Chapter Involvement program in the place of Field Representative visits.

Chapters were reviewed in specific detail, and individual letters were sent to each chapter to communicate what the Council defined as each chapter's needs for 1975-76. The report of the Aims and Objectives Committee was presented for evaluation, and action was authorized in the areas of finance , The Phoenix , leadership, pledge education, communications, and public relations.

Dallas Baptist College, Dallas, Texas, was the site of Delta Xi Chapter installation. Alumnae from Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa helped with installation preparation and joined Mary Ann Linton, Esther Gatseos, Helen Malone, Marti Stratton, and Rhetta Robinson in welcoming our first Texas chapter in September.

In October the forty-fourth session of the National Panhellenic Conference was held in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alpha Sigma Alpha was represented by Helen Malone with MaryAnn Linton as First Alternate and Esther Gatseos as Second Alternate. Mrs. Malone was appointed to the Extension Committee ; Mrs. Linton, to the Housing Committee; and Mrs. Gatseos, to the College Panhellenics Committee. Betty Wallick was a delegate to the Editors' Conference, and Rose Marie Fellin, a delegate to the Central Office Executives' Conference.

Geraldine Vang Cox, National Executive Vice President, was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Women of America for 1975. Dr. Cox is technical coordinator of Environmental Program for Raytheon Oceanographic and Environmental Services. Her honor was made in Washington, D.C.

Virginia Hostesses for the Diamond Jubilee Convention

A beautiful red, white, and blue cover on the spring issue of The Phoenix depicted our seventyfifth birthday in the year '76. The magazine carried a hearty welcome to our anniversary Convention and announced the planned activities.

DIAMOND JUBILEE CONVENTION 1976

"Come Home to Virginia," the theme of Alpha Sigma Alpha's Diamond Jubilee Convention at the Hospitality House in Williamsburg, Virginia, June 27July I, reflected upon the historic founding of the sorority at Longwood College on November 15, 190 I.

Attended by the largest Convention delegation in the history of the sorority, past presidents and fiftyyear members joined National Officers and alumnae and collegiate members from across the United States in reviewing nostalgic memories and outlining goals.

The Convention began on Sunday afternoon with a lovely reception. Richmond , Virginia, alumnae were hostesses for the welcoming affair, and it was followed by the opening session. The National Officers' Buffet was held in the Empire Room, and MaryAnn Linton's after-dinner address brought the day to a beautifully effective close.

Monday produced, in addition . to the business sessions, a series of workshops, the Rush Luncheon, and a special evening program. "The Years Behind Us" dinner was unique in that it had almost fifty years of its past leadership present. President Emerita Wilma Wilson Sharp and past National Presidents Evelyn G. Bell, Jean Raup Grady, Mary Emerson Blackstone, Helen B. Lortz, Toastmistress, on behalf of Mary Goeke Backsman, and present National President MaryAnn Linton stood before the Convention body and guests to relive in words the events of the sorority and the world during their terms of office.

Collegiate and alumnae members boarded buses early Tuesday morning for the journey to Farmville, Virginia. A tour of the campus, hosted by Alpha Chapter, included a visit to Alpha's chapter room, the Alpha Sigma Alpha Garden, and the Rotunda.

After the tour, everyone assembled in the dining hall for the White Luncheon. Dr. Henry I. Willett, Jr., President of Longwood College, spoke on "The Role of Sororities on the College Campus." The luncheon concluded with the special presentation of a check by Mary Ann Linton to Dr. Willett. This money , given by Alpha Sigma Alpha in honor of our seventy-fifth anniversary, is to be used for the purchase of books for the library . The initiation of one Alpha pledge and a Memorial Service concluded the visit to Longwood.

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Past National Presidents at the Awards Banquet

In evidence all day Wednesday were collegiate workshops. The late-afternoon installation of officers, conducted by Wilma Wilson Sharp, took place in the Courtyard . The following officers were installed for the 1976-78 biennium: Betty Urban Wallick, President ; Rhetta Nesbitt Robinson, Executive Vice President; Paula Cyrus, Vice President of Development ; Elaine Rahaim Shiverdecker, Vice President of Collegiate Program ; Sidney Gremillion Allen, Vice President of Alumnae Program ; Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Secretary; Marilyn Ramsey Gar bee, Treasurer ; MaryAnn Sidehamer Linton, NPC Delegate ; Helenmarie Herbert Hofman, Editor ; and Rose Marie Fellin, Headquarters Executive.

The Awards Banquet closed the Convention on Wednesday evening. Award winners for 1976 were as follows: Elizabeth Bird Small Award, Teri Sue Ritchie BE; Frost Fidelity Award , Lindsey Thompson BB ; Ideal Pledge Award , Sue Johnson BK; and the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award, Mary Emerson Blackstone Ar. The following were scholarship winners : Carol Ann VanDeVoort LlN, Amy M. Swisher Scholarship ; Mary Sara McDonald BK, Mary Turner Gallagher Scholarship ; Paula Shea Sarver BI: , Wilma Wilson Sharp Scholarship ; Vicki Sue Vaughn HH, National Philanthropic Scholarship; and Suzanne Elizabeth Becher B<I> and Audrey-Michale Brush, sponsored by Kappa Kappa, National Special Education Scholarships. A special presentation was the awarding of five Diamond Jubilee Scholarships.

These were given in commemoration of our seventyfifth anniversary and were received by Pamela S. Darnell <I><I>, Suzanne Marie Hillis EE, Linda Kay Hobble EE, Melanie Ann Lanyi LlN, and Denice Cheryl Marsh BI. A highlight of the Convention was the acceptance of service in the field of Special Olympics as the National Philanthropic Project. The purpose of the Special Olympics is to contribute to the physical,

social, and psychological development of mentallyretarded individuals. For many years sorority members have participated in projects which have contributed to the welfare of the mentally retarded. Now they will also become involved in Special Olympics activities on the community, state, and national levels with the primary objective of educating the public about the program.

Our Diamond Jubilee had come to an end and with it the passing of another quarter century. We left behind the Convention, as well as the period of time , with happy memories, the satisfaction of accomplishment, and anticipation of some other anniversary.

Three Presidents cut the Anniversaiy Cake.

Margaret Neff helps deliver gifts for foster children in the Phoenix area.

Huntington alumnae, Madeline Dial, Ann Buchannon, Carol LeffingweU, and Kathy White, work on bazaar.

Denver fifty¡year members are from left: seated, Grace Davies, Florence Wolf; standing, Mary Kretschmer, Morea Bailey, Helen Hay, and Naomi Stone.

South Bend alumnae entertain Elkhart alumnae.

Chicago¡North Suburban alumnae prepare placemats for Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. They are, from left: Delores Puchi, Terse Norgaard, Shari Gruits, and Rosejean Felcan.

Central Pennsylvania alumnae meet in the spring.

OUR ALUMNAE ORGANIZATION

By Judy DeMasters Winter, Zeta Zeta

Not much in the seventies is the same as before!

To put it another way , all phases of our lives are changing so fast , it is hard to keep up with the trend.

Fifty-five years ago , twenty-three per cent of the female population was in the labor force. Today that figure has nearly doubled . More and more alumnae are working outside the home , and it is not uncommon for them to be handling two, and sometimes three, careers. As these changes have evolved, the roll of alumnae in Alpha Sigma Alpha has become even more important.

Chapters have not been passive refuges. They have helped our members to have a more meaningful sisterhood - to be more understanding of all human beings. Each member realizes she may be an alumna for more than half a century, far longer than the relatively short time spent as a collegian.

Very little is required of an alumnae chapter. It is a potpourri, for members come in all sizes, shapes, and ages with varying interests and aspirations. Each chapter is similar and yet different. The ages of alumnae range from the early twenties upward from the recent collegian to the great grandmothers.

Most of Sun City's membership is retired alumnae who have moved to the warm Arizona sunshine, while Pine Bluff is predominately under thirty-five.

"The old and young working together can move with the times, innovating and stabilizing each other." St. Louis and Indianapolis have found this statement to be true, for they have all ages represented in their chapters, and they would have it no other way. They have found no generation gap!

Friendship continues to be the basic commodity in all chapters, for each one offers the opportunity to continue the good times experienced when a collegian.

Alpha Sigma Alpha alumnae are mobile. There is a feeling of security to be graciously received by an established chapter and its individual members.

On the other hand, members may find there is no chapter in their new home, as a group in Minot, North Dakota, discovered when their husbands were transferred there. These members took the initiative and contacted the Vice President of Development, who was able to help them organize a chapter. Five fully initiated members in an area, who are no longer students, may establish a chapter. Each member may have her degree, or she may have left her educational institution before completing the requirements for a degree. All chapters are under the supervision of one member of the National Council, the Vice President of Alumnae Program, who directs their activities.

Local dues vary, for each chapter establishes its own, and they range from three to twelve dollars per year. Annual national fees are paid by each

alumna, whether or not she is a member of an alumnae chapter.

Distance and climate often control how chapters are organized and when they are able to meet. The prairie winters dictate the Twin Cities (St . PaulMinneapolis) meetings, for their area covers about thirty-five kilometers in diameter, and some of their members live beyond that limit. In 1975 Central Pennsylvania Chapter, which also covers a large area, celebrated its fortieth anniversary and is looking forward to its next forty years. The 1952 alumnaechapter roll listed Chicago with one chapter. Distance became a factor, and today there are five chapters in that area : Chicago, Chicago North Suburban, Chicago South Suburban , Chicago West Suburban, Chicago Metro. The Greater Kansas City Chapter draws members from a wide area also. In 1968 the Chapter divided into the East and West Groups, hoping to gain more members and solve the distance problem. Six years later, though, the groups went back to their original one chapter, and the attendance has more than tripled . Again, it proves that each chapter is different and that not all chapters can attain success in the same manner.

There is no magic formula for making a chapter succeed. Each one must find what will work best for it. Since the first alumnae chapter was petitioned in 1910, not all have survived. All alumnae chapters have encountered the major problem of trying to interest new members. Every new method is employed to keep a chapter from going inactive, but the National Organization can do only so much, for the basic spark and determination must come from within the local chapter and each of its members.

Perhaps the success of a chapter is the result of pride that each member has in herself, in her sisters, and in her chapter. When this pride is lost by even one member, a problem has set in which can ultimately lead to the demise of that chapter. Regardless, chapters continue to multiply, and reactivation is not an unusual happening. Mt. Pleasant and Harrisburg are examples of chapters that have been reborn!

The Province Directors have played a key role in this area of growth. In 1970 the United States was divided into thirteen provinces, with one director's serving each province. Today, the Province Directors work with both alumnae and collegians, but during their first two years of existence, their main purpose was specifically in the area of alumnae, with the main goal of reactivating or organizing alumnae chapters.

The number of meetings our chapters hold each year ranges from a high of twelve to the minimal requirement of four, with the majority of chapters meeting monthly. The average membership is eighteen per chapter, and the average attendance per meeting is twelve. There are some chapters with an

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active membership of more than fifty , but there are many with the minimal membership who have just as much fun as the larger chapters. Evansville's Chapter is small, but it is a closely knit group , and the members will be the first to agree that size is not a factor . San Diego is also small and relatively isolated from either a collegiate or another alumnae chapter, but it continues to enjoy its sisterhood.

Most chapters hold meetings in members' homes.

Each chapter strives to meet the varied interests of its membership through planned programs. At the 1970 Convention, alumnae delegates felt chapters should be of more help to each other. With this idea and with the cooperation of all the chapters, the Vice President of Alumnae Program sends each chapter an annual supplement which is filled with ideas that have been successful in other chapters.

This idea has proved beneficial to all chapters.

Many chapters have special groups, for what is more special than having fun with sisters! Omaha is one such chapter, for it has groups for bridge, art, reading, knitting, and gourmets. Chapters who have special groups report they have attracted members of all ages, and they have proved to be successful!

These groups meet in addition to their general meetings.

Alumnae are a vital force in their respective communities through their City Panhellenic, and the majority of chapters are affiliated. Panhellenic is as important to an alumna as it is to the collegian.

Alumnae have found that Panhellenic spirit runs wide and deep when they meet other Greeks from other schools and states. Our chapter delegates do an excellent job of representing Alpha Sigma Alpha, and they have received recognition and a responsive attitude through respect. The delegates have served on various committees and have taken their turn serving on their Panhellenic Board, usually on a rotation basis. Richmond, Dayton, Tulsa, Calumet Region, Toledo, Indianapolis, Topeka, Anderson, St. Louis, Charleston, and Greater Kansas City are only a few chapters whose delegates have served as their Panhellenic president in the last five years. An alumna living in an area where there is no organized alumnae chapter can represent Alpha Sigma Alpha in the City Panhellenic in her area. In this way, she is able to keep informed on all pertinent information.

Many chapters' primary goal is to help the nearest collegiate chapter and to strengthen the ties between them. Muncie, Lafayette, Maryville, Emporia, Springfield, and Te"e Haute are some chapters that fall into this category. Indianapolis helps not one but the three collegiate chapters in Indiana. Alumnae play an important role in extension of new collegiate chapters. The question most often asked the Vice President of Development is, " What is your alumnae strength in our area?" The Wilmington Chapter was an enthusiastic group when a local at the University of Delaware colonized Alpha Sigma Alpha . By sending invaluable recommendations for prospective rushees, alumnae have taken into their own hands more responsibility for finding potential members, for they realize Alpha Sigma Alpha is a self-perpetuating organization. However, an alumna does not

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have to be a member of an organized chapter to help collegians, for by being available to share her own experiences with her younger sisters, she helps to profess what she believes.

In 1958 members saw the beginning of the National Philanthropic Project, the retarded child.

When possible, alumnae chapters have worked in this area , for many chapters' main area of concentration is the philanthropic program. We cannot help but be proud of the generous gifts of time, money, and talents members have contributed to charitable organizations throughout the country and to the national philanthrophy. Annually, each chapter contributes a minimum of ten dollars to the National Philanthropic Fund, which is used to further the national project. Money is also derived from profit from the national magazine project. Ten chapters picked at random give approximately six hundred dollars annually in subscriptions. Like many chapters, Kirksville joins forces with its collegians, the Alpha Betas, for a project. Valley of the Sun (Phoenix) gives parties throughout the year for the Tempe Day Care Center, which is a pre-school for retarded children. Elkhart-Goshen makes "educational" vests for students at Aux Chandelles, a school for the mentally retarded . Cincinnati supports Longview State Children's Unit School with a scholarship. TriCity, Florida, is able to show its concern by holding an annual Halloween party for the Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Children.

Alumnae everywhere are COIJllllg to realize that State Day is one way to provide members of all ages the opportunity to continue to develop to their fullest potential as educated women. Milwaukee has helped to co-sponsor Wisconsin State Day. Texas is a big state, but the distance was not too great for Houston to hostess the first Texas State Day in 1971, and now Dallas shares in this annual meeting.

It is evident that alumnae have not forsaken their primary objective - the idea of making sisterhood more meaningful for every member. This is evident in Ohio, for in 1976 they held their twenty-sixth annual State Day. This has been made possible through the dedicated efforts of alumnae from Butler County, Akron, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Newark-Zanesville, and Columbus, plus the Alpha Alpha collegians. In fact, the Columbus Chapter organizational meeting took place at Ohio State Day, March 4 , 1967. Members met between sessions, elected officers, and decided to host State Day the following year.

All alumnae are grateful to Marieanne Abney Cordle, PP, for in 1973 she wrote two impressive ceremonies for alumnae - one to honor fifty-year members and the other for the anniversary of a chapter.

Sisters do care. In 1974 Cincinnati was hit by a series of tornadoes. Fortunately, no alumnae were involved in this tragedy. At that time, the Pittsburgh Alumnae were involved with their plans for Convention, which would be held in their city in a few short weeks, but they took time from their busy schedule to send the Cincinnati Alumnae a check to help the victims of this disaster. Cincinnati sent tbe check,

along with a check of their own, to the Red Cross.

Since that time, all Ohio Alumnae Chapters have sent a contribution to the tornado-disaster area closest to them.

Personal fulfillment , gmng and sharing, working together for a common goal - that is the essence of sisterhood . That is what alumnae membership in Alpha Sigma Alpha means!

Jane Shaffer Peters, left, presents a charter for the Greater Harrisburg Area Alumnae Chapter.

ALUMNAE CHAPTERS 1976 Adrian, Michigan Akron, Ohio Anderson, Indiana Bartlesville, Oklahoma Boston, Massachusetts Buffalo, New York Butler County, Ohio Calumet Region, Indiana Central Pennsylvania Charleston, West Virginia Charlotte, North Carolina Chicago, Illinois Chicago Metro Chicago North Chicago South Chicago West Cincinnati, Ohio Columbus, Indiana Col um bus, Ohio Dallas, Texas Dayton, Ohio Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Denver, Colorado Detroit Delta Phi Detroit Sigma Rho Chi Dickinson, North Dakota Elkhart Goshen, Indiana

Emporia, Kansas Flint, Michigan Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Wayne, Indiana Grand Rapids, Michigan Greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Greater Kansas City Greater St. Joseph Hattiesburg, Mississippi Houston, Texas Huntington, West Virginia Indiana-Kentucky (Evansville) Indianapolis, Indiana Jackson, Mississippi ,. Joplin, Missouri Kalamazoo, Michigan Kirksville, Missouri Lafayette, Louisiana Lexington, Kentucky Maryville, Missouri Milwaukee, Wisconsin Moraine, Pennsylvania Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Muncie, Indiana Murray, Kentucky Newark-Zanesville, Ohio Norfolk, Virginia

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Northern Virginia Omaha, Nebraska Peninsula, Virginia Phoenix, Arizona Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pittsburg, Kansas Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Richmond, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia Rochester, New York St. Louis, Missouri San Diego, California Scranton, Pennsylvania South Bend, Indiana Southeast Arkansas Springfield, Missouri State College, Pennsylvania Sun City, Arizona Terre Haute, Indiana Toledo, Ohio Topeka, Kansas Tri-City, Florida Tulsa, Oklahoma Twin City, Minnesota Warrensburg, Missouri Washington, D.C. Wilinington, Delaware

THE PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM

By Sidney Gremillion Allen , Psi Psi During the postwar years and into the early fifties, Alpha Sigma Alpha continued its philanthropic work in the area of veterans' needs and concentrated most of its effort in veterans' hospitals. The country was divided regionally, and equipment and volunteer services were provided by collegiate and alumnae chapters in the different regions . As this need began to diminish and while survey procedures were being conducted to determine a new national endeavor, our services found their way to fund drives such as Cancer, The March of Dimes, and other local charities.

The 1958 Convention selected services to Mental Retardation as its Philanthropic Project. Collegians and alumnae have supported this project wholeheartedly . They have shared abundantly with it, in every conceivable area, their time and their efforts.

Items of all descriptions have been made for schools and centers; children have been provided with summer camping experiences ; and volunteer services have been rendered by the hour in countless communities. Contributions of money over recent years have made possible a financial-assistance program in this field while helping to enlarge the general scholarship program, and these programs deserve to be explained more fully.

The Philanthropic Fund, actually established by the sorority in 1926, provides the basis for the program as it has evolved to the present time, and today it is maintained not only through individual contributions but by annual contributions from each collegiate and alumnae chapter, as well as income from the sale of magazines. During a period from the l 940's through the early l 960's, a loan program for Alpha Sigma Alpha members was in effect . Loans were made from this fund , repayable after graduation , interest-free if repaid within the specified time. In 1967 the loan program was discontinued , and the scholarship program was revised and enlarged.

This action was taken at the National Convention held in St. Louis, Missouri, and now financial assistance is provided annually to qualified collegiate and

alumnae scholars, as well as to non-members.

Two types of scholarships are offered. SpecialEducation Scholarships are available to members and non-members pursuing graduate or undergraduate work in the field of special education. Four other scholarships are specifically for Alpha Sigma Alphas who may be pursuing work in any approved field, graduate or undergraduate, and they are as follows: AMY M. SWISHER SCHOLARSHIP is for graduate work . It was established in 1952 by Miss Swisher, professor of art-education emerita, Miami University, and for many years adviser of Alpha Alpha .

MARY TURNER GALLAGHER SCHOLARSHIP is for undergraduate work . It was established in 1967 by Mrs. Gallagher, first initiate and former adviser of Chi Chi Chapter.

WILMA WILSON SHARP SCHOLARSHIP is for undergraduate work. This scholarship was initiated by the Greater Kansas City, Missouri, alumnae in 1968 and established in 1970 in honor of Mrs. Sharp, President Emerita of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

NATIONAL PHILANTHRO PIC SCHOLARSHIP is for graduate or undergraduate work . It was established in 1967 in honor of the National Organization.

Contributors to the Philanthropic Fund may designate their gifts to the scholarships of their choice. The program is administered by the National Philanthropic Chairman, who is appointed by the National Councilors. She receives and acknowledges the gifts to the fund. A special committee works with her in the selection of the recipients. Under the leadership of dedicated chairmen , the program has grown in scope and direction . The philosophy of the scholarship program is a very simple one : "Help others to help others."

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Alpha Sigma Alpha teacher with her Special Education class NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC SCHOLARSHIP

AMY M. SWISHER SCHOLARSHIP 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1964 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Marilyn Rose Cox, Alpha Alpha Frances Colver Loder, Beta Theta Anne Rhodes, Beta Nu Jayne Weible Urban, Upsilon Upsilon Betty Taylor, Chi Chi Carolyn Mulford, Alpha Beta Janet Petry, Chi Chi Kathleen Geib,Alpha Alpha Mary Elizabeth Daniels, Gamma Rho Valerie Lynn Vella, Gamma Tau Beckie Jane McAllister, Phi Phi Susan A. Schwartz, Delta Tau Holly Bressler, Beta Beta Louise Ordayne Monger, Beta Iota Carol Ann VanDeVoort, Delta Nu

1971 1973 1974 1975 1976

NATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP 1971 Carol Ann Soma,A lpha Gamma Jean Cook, Beta Lambda 1972 Barbara Wettstein (sponsored by Delta Zeta) Sharon Alane Schmitz , Delta Kappa 1973 Ruth Ann Kester (sponsored by Gamma Rho) Kathleen Ann Donahue (sponsored by Alpha Gamma) 1974 Celeste E. Howard (sponsored by Epsilon Epsilon) Patricia A. Bakmaz (sponsored by Gamma Xi) 1975 Lili Marlene Byers, Beta Epsilon Kathy Ann Noll, Beta Sigma 1976 Suzanne Elizabeth Becher, Beta Phi Audrey-Michale Brush (sponsored by Kappa Kappa)

MARY TURNER GALLAGHER SCHOLARSHIP 1971 1972 1973 1974 197 5 1976

Jeanette Kelch, Gamma Beta Mona Elizabeth Guidry, Beta Zeta Marlene Anna Gregory, Gamma Kappa Jana P. Forster, Chi Chi Donna Dilalla, Delta Lambda Mary Sara McDonald, Beta Kappa

DIAMOND JUBILEE SCHOLARSHIP Five scholarships were awarded in honor of The Diamond Jubilee Convention.

WILMA WILSON SHARP SCHOLARSHIP 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Rhonda Kay Brennan , Beta Pi Rosemary Carucci, Beta Pi Alisa Munze, Beta Sigma Cherie Jeanne Reynolds, Beta Phi Vicki Sue Vaughn, Eta Eta

Leah Michelle Hill, Beta Delta Mary Lynn Augustine, Zeta Zeta Janet Lee Hauser, Delta Iota Teresa L. Darnell, Phi Phi Deborah Thompson, Beta Delta Paula Shea Sarver, Beta Sigma

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Pamela S. Darnell, Phi Phi Suzanne Marie Hillis, Epsilon Epsilon Linda Kay Hobble, Epsilon Epsilon Melanie Ann Lanyi, Delta Nu Denice Cheryl Marsh, Beta Iota

MEMBERSHIP NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE

By Helen Hooper Malone, Beta Gamma

Alpha Sigma Alpha became affiliated with National Panhellenic Conference in 194 7. That was the year when NPC extended individual membership to the six national sororities which formerly comprised the Association of Education Sororities. The NPC Manual of Information, Ninth Edition, records this important action as follows: In 194 7 the six member-groups of the Association of Education Sororities, which had been organized in 1915, affiliated with National Panhellenic, thus merg· ing two national Panhellenics serving women's frater· nities. The Association of Education Sororities had served exclusively Teacher Education colleges until the growing trend toward general Liberal Arts Institutions resulted in overlapping field ....

The merger imposed its requirements and subsequent adjustments. Prior to 194 7, it was possible for a young woman to hold dual membership by virtue of attending the college of education in a university where she joined an AES sorority and also was to be affiliated with an NPC sorority on campus. This often pertained in cases of campus transfers. Some Alpha Sigma Alphas had to make a choice in sorority membership because, obviously , dual membership was no longer permitted.

Wilma Wilson Sharp, who Jong had served on the NPC-AES joint field committee, was Alpha Sigma Alpha 's first NPC Delegate, 1947-57, and was instrumental in making the transition a smooth one. Others serving as Alpha Sigma Alpha's NPC Delegate have been Evelyn G. Bell nn, 1957-58 ; Esther L. Bucher HH, 1958-59 ; Martha Green Dimond AA, 1959-61; Betty Phillips Hall AB, 1961-64; Helen Hooper Malone Br, 1964-70, 1974-76 ; and Mary Goeke Backsman AA , 1970-74.

National Panhellenic Conference functions as a

National Officers at NPC in J951

conference, not as a convention, and meets biennially in regular session. Each fraternity selects one official delegate to represent it at the biennial or any other NPC meeting. She casts the fraternity's vote and acts as liaison between her fraternity and the other NPC groups. In addition, she serves on a standing committee during each biennium. Through the years Alpha Sigma Alpha delegates have held chairmanship of some important committees.

The object of National Panhellenic Conference is to maintain on a high plane fraternity life and interfraternity relationships, to cooperate with college authorities in their effort to maintain high social and scholarship standards throughout the whole college, and to be a forum for the discussion of questions of interest to the college and the fraternity world.

While the fraternity system faced many problems during the decades of the forties, fifties, and sixties, National Panhellenic Conference adhered to its object. Programs were instituted to "reach out" to young women - the system matured - and as of the 1973-7 5 biennium there was evidence of renewed interest in sororities and fraternities. By June I, 197 5, women's fraternity membership reached 1,658,834, with 95,016 new members added during the period 1973-75 . College chapters totaled 2,321 and alumnae chapters totaled 5,561 among the ·twenty-six NPC member groups. There are more than three hundred Alumnae (City) Panhellenics.

In 1976 as Alpha Sigma Alpha celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary, the fraternity system is celebrating its two-hundredth year of existence. Fraternities remain effective, voluntary, social associations because fraternity officers, collegians, and alumnae care.

National Officen at NPC in 1975

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ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA AWARDS The National Council recognizes outstanding members through the presentation of three collegiate and two alumnae awards.

The Elizabeth Bird Small A ward is given annually in memory of Elizabeth Bird Small TITI, former National Councilor and adviser of Pi Pi Chapter. It is the highest honor the sorority can bestow upon an undergraduate member and recognizes outstanding leadership within the chapter and on the campus, high scholarship, and personality .

The Frost Fidelity A ward is based on intangible fraternity values including exceptional loyalty and unusual service to Alpha Sigma Alpha. This annual award was established through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frost (Emma Coleman TITI).

The Ideal Pledge A ward is given every year, and the recipient has demonstrated certain qualities of spirit and enthusiasm during her pledge period inELIZABEIB BIRD SMALL AWARD

1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Doris Fox David, Kappa Kappa Evelyn Merrifield Carnall, Beta Zeta Henriette Stolper Goodall, Beta Gamma Betty Lance Binkley, Eta Eta Laura Fultz Mauney, Beta Epsilon Olga Michaels Yuschak, Nu Nu Jean Pevehouse Leach, Alpha Beta Doris Snodgrass Klein, Zeta Zeta Jean Carter, Rho Chi Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Beta Epsilon Grace E. Matz, Beta Epsilon Donna Morrison Cinnamon, Beta Beta Clara White McCullough, Beta Pi Patricia Swiercinski, Epsilon Epsilon Patricia Sue Kincannon, Beta Nu Sandra Harlan Cockriel, Zeta Zeta Mardelle Bruning, Beta Kappa Mary Camblin, Beta Beta Cherry Gorham, Alpha Thelma Lou Gerdes, Phi Phi Freddie Sue Johnson, Beta Mu Karen W. Rasnic, Zeta Zeta Patricia Goodwin, Chi Chi Merle Anne Kay, Beta Epsilon Gail Grodoski, Gamma Lambda Sue Ruessman Golubock, Beta Psi Joanne Sterbenz, Beta Zeta Nancy Sue Martin, Beta Sigma Alice Leiblong, Beta Lambda Silvana F. Richardson, Gamma Lambda Kim Ramsey, Beta Beta Nancy Hoagland, Epsilon Epsilon Donna Gnau, Alpha Beta Teri Sue Ritchie, Beta Epsilon FROST FIDELITY AWARD

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Mary Harpole Brockwell, Eta Eta Betty Alles, Beta Beta Jeanne Murphy Kennedy , Beta Xi Mary Hayden, Beta Tau Elizabeth McClung Grigg, Alpha Lou Ann Schepers Boone, Beta Psi

eluding a willingness to accept responsibility, awareness of sorority obligations and traditions, and potential leadership .

The Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna A ward is presented in the name of Wilma Wilson Sharp ZZ, President Emerita. This award recognizes an alumna member who has distinguished herself through service to her community and to her profession, has shown outstanding qualities of leadership, and has evidenced her continued loyalty to Alpha Sigma Alpha.

The Recognition of Eminen ce A ward, while similar to the Wilma Wilson Sharp Alumna Award , is designed to honor those alumnae whose professional or community achievements have attracted recognition far beyond the circle of Alpha Sigma Alpha membership . It was created in celebration of the sorority's fiftieth anniversary and is awarded at the discretion of the National Council.

1956 Mary Anna Rose, Chi Chi 1957 Judith Ann Bachman , Kappa Kappa Helen Diehl Marlowe, Beta Pi

1958 Suzanne McGinnis, Beta Kappa 1959 Patricia Strider Vandiver, Zeta Zeta 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

1945 1946 1947 1948

Bette Siefried, Gamma Delta Carol Sundell, Beta Rho Charlotte Soules, Beta Psi Linda Limbird, Beta Lambda Lynda Sue. Gudde, Zeta Zeta Sandra Locke, Alpha Gamma Susan Low, Gamma Theta Juana Roque, Beta Zeta Linda Homan, Gamma Delta Donna Daly Perkins, Alpha Carol Diane Dinsmore, Beta Iota Marilyn Manion Stratton, Beta Beta Alice Leiblong, Beta Lambda Ann T. Starcher, Gamma Kappa Pamela L. Steward, Beta Upsilon Patricia Hines, Alpha Gamma Sally Armstrong, Beta Kappa Lindsey Thompson, Beta Beta

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

IDEAL PLEDGE AWARD

1966

Patricia Jones, Beta Beta Mary Irene Bavetta, Gamma Delta Michelle Anne Heck, Beta Upsilon Peggy Lee Dwyer, Beta Nu Joann Laugel, Beta Upsilon Leslie Rod Haese, Gamma Epsilon Leah M. Chambers, Beta Delta Suzanne Alice Whitlock, Beta Epsilon Veronica Hill, Gamma Mu Bernadine Bielecki, Gamma Omicron Nancy Schnake, Beta Kappa Jennifer Wiles, Phi Phi Cindy Boulton, Beta Nu SueJohnson, BetaKappa

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WILMA WILSON SHARP ALUMNA AWARD

1943 Mary Turner Gallagher, Chi Chi 1944 June Smith, Kappa Kappa

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Emma Coleman Frost, Pi Pi Carrie Christian Eason, Alpha Sara Grim Wimp, Alpha Beta Dorothy Porter Cummings, l.Ambda Lambda Ida A. Jewett, Alpha Beta Nell Ru ssell McMahan, Alpha Gamma Alice Montgomery Petitt, Eta Eta Hazel Thompson Craig, Nu Nu Amy M. Swisher, Alpha Alpha Frances Morton Holbrook, Pi Pi Jessie Keep Gimbel, Beta Zeta Polly Smelser Schlosser, Beta Beta Jean Baldwin McCammon, Chi Chi Emily Leatherman Stogdill, l.Ambda Lambda Virginia Carpenter, Omicron Omicron Edna Donley, Gamma Gamma Edna McCullough, Epsilon Epsilon Ruth Hoskins Van Tine, Sigma Sigma Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi Esther Bucher, Eta Eta Helen J. Frame Snyder, Omicron Omicron Loraine Heinow Hentschel, Gamma Epsilon Dr. Joy E. Mahachek, Alpha Gamma Elizabeth Dodson Carpenter, Iota Iota Perva Goodwin Hughes, Eta Eta Phon Johnson Gillespie, Epsilon Epsilon Ruth Neff Petree, Alpha Alpha Lora P. Sipes, Gamma Gamma Marie Scanlan Brown, Beta Delta Letha H. Gaskins, Chi Chi Helen L. Corey, Kappa Kappa Mary K. Reiff, Eta Eta Mary E. Blackstone, Alpha Gamma

RECOGNITION OF EMINENCE AWARD

1952 Dr. Ethel J. Alpenfels, Beta Beta 1961 Gertrude S. Nyce, Kappa Kappa 1967 Helen B. Lortz, Eta Eta

FOUNDERS'DAY MESSAGES WHEREAS, Alpha Sigma Alpha has known the joy of friendship and the satisfaction of service for fifty, fruitful years, AND WHEREAS, membership in our national sorority is to be regarded as but another manifestation of the blessings and obligations of liberty in a free land, AND WHEREAS, the golden anniversary of Alpha Sigma Alpha shall be a treasured celebration made "rich with much remembering," ....

Wilma Wilson Sharp

National President

Dear Alpha Sigma Alphas, In charting our course for the next three years, I am reminded of George Eliot's statement, "we are apt to measure ourselves by our aspirations instead of our performanc e." Lofty aspirations are empty unless followed by equally high attainments •••• Evelyn G. Bell National President As we pause once again to pay tribute to those who have had a vital part in the founding of our sorority, let us be ever mindful of the many privileges and pleasures that have been afforded us through our affiliation with Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Let us reaffirm the pledge of our sisterhood so that the rich and abounding heritage that has been so graciously preserved for us will continue. May we faithfully execute our trust ....

- Jean R. Grady, National President.

To those five founders of Alpha Sigma Alpha, who more than 60 years ago, merged their know· ledge, gave of themselves Full Measure to set the foundation and erect the structure of an enduring organization, we offer timely and warm hearted recognition.. . .

Mary E. Blackstone National President

Founders' Day! To Alpha Sigma Alpha these two words evo ke an immediate connotation, and are accepted and acknowledged in much the ame way that a national holiday is taken for granted. How many of us though actually take the time to think about the origin and signifi-

cance of these words. Let us pause now for a few moments and try to reconstruct the ev~nts which led to the founding of our sorority and to the subsequent commemorati on of the women who played a part in it....

MARY C. GOEKE National President

'People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors."

Edmund Burke What better wa to focu on o ur seventy-fifth Diamond Anniversary ear, than to pause and ref! ct n the dream of Virginia Lee Bo d, Juliette Jefferson Hundley, Mar \ illiamson Hundley, Loui e Burks Cox, and Calva Hamlet Watson: Alpha Sigma Alpha . . . .

MaryAnn S. Linton National Preside nt (F i rst Coat·of· Arm1 shown above)

EVELYN G. BELL 1952-1958

WILMA WILSON SHARP 1941-1952

JEAN RAUP GRADY 1958-1961

Past National Presidents

MARYANN S. LINTON 1970-1976

MARY E. BLACKSTONE 1961-1964

MARY G . BACKSMAN 1964-1970

=oMORROW The tomorrows are yet to come. They are, indeed, an unknown, but they do fall within the realm of choice - we have the inherent privilege of deciding what they will be. Our tomorrows were dreamed yesterday, and to that we give thanks. They depend on today, and for that we are responsible. They are our future, and in that we shall have to abide.

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LOOK AHEAD WITH ASPIRATION The Diamond Jubilee Convention which honored seventy-five years of Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority is a beautiful memory , and our past is to be cherished as one cherishes the memory of a loved one. However, if Alpha Sigma Alpha is to continue as a vigorous , fruitful organization, we must think of her once again as an infant and look to the future with aspirations of great accomplishment in a long lifetime ahead. The past is to be remembered - the future is to be lived .

This is a time to renew old vows and to recall that when we pledged our love and loyalty to Alpha Sigma Alpha, it was for a lifetime. The goals of our beloved sorority will be met only as each individual gives full measure. Alpha Sigma Alpha is not a few National Officers, Chairmen , or Province Directors; it is the essence of all the women who have pledged to the sorority. This is an exciting time to be a sorority woman because the sorority is an avenue of commitment and fulfillment. It is gratifying to realize that within our membership are so many capable women willing to take on the responsibilities of sorority work. As you have read the history of Alpha Sigma Alpha, you realize the many accomplishments ; you feel that the dreams of those five women in Farmville, Virginia, have long been surpassed. There is always another dream, another ideal to be accomplished. Envision the expansion of the sorority in collegiate chapters and alumnae chapters and in total membership. Dare to believe that many more scholarships will be established through the sorority as was done most recently by Martha Green Dimond to commemorate the Diamond Anniversary Convention.

Think of the satisfaction that will come as Alpha Sigma Alpha women become personally involved in Special Olympics Projects. Eunice Kennedy Shriver in a letter to all members of Alpha Sigma Alpha said, "Special Olympics is an exciting program created to give retarded children the opportunity to develop physically and psychologically through sports training and to know the thrills of competing with their peers for awards and recognition. A large part of the credit for the success of this program goes to concerned organizations like Alpha Sigma Alpha. Without the monetary contributions, the moral encouragement, and the hours of dedicated efforts that are given, this vital program cannot achieve its goals."

We are on the brink of an exciting philanthropic program, encouragement of the attainment of knowledge through a continuing scholarship program, and plans for the expansion of Alpha Sigma Alpha. There will have to be changes in the way some things of the past have been done in order to keep pace with today's woman and today's society, but working together as sisters we can effect only those changes deemed best for our sorority. Some of the goals should be in the area of individual guidance for the young woman of today . We need to provide for her leadership training, group dynamics, training for the woman of the future, while we are also instilling the sisterhood and friendship of sorority membership that endures forever. The cover on the 1975 summer issue of The Phoenix can stand as each member's individual goal - "Move to Develop." You have a choice as a woman to decide to what degree you want to further develop yourself. The option to move for development is a way of growing and continually participating in our sorority. The future of Alpha Sigma Alpha is Your Move .

Betty Urban Wallick, Zeta Zeta National President

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APPENDIX NATIONAL OFFICERS OF ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA The membership of Alpha Sigma Alpha wishes to express an abiding gratitude to those faithful officers listed below and to countless unnamed, loyal sisters who have added direction and depth to the building of our beloved sisterhood through hours and years of devoted service. May their compensation of self-satisfaction be abundant and rewarding for always.

National Presidents 1905-08 Edna V. Elcan, Alpha 1908-12 Lina Wakefield Mattison, Gamma 1914-30 Ida Shaw Martin 1930-36 Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta 1936-41 Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi 1941-52 Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta 1952-58 Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi 1958-61 Jean Raup Grady, Beta Epsilon 1961-64 Mary Emerson Blackstone, Alpha Gamma 1964-70 Mary Goeke Backsman, Alpha Alpha 1970-76 MaryAnn Sidehamer Linton, Gamma Eta National Vice Presidents 1905-06 Jeanne D. Pelham, Gamma 1906-08 Jane Birthisel, Beta 1908-09 Mary C. Ashe, Gamma 1909-10 Mary Rose Finn, Delta 1910-12 Hattie Kelly, Alpha 1917-22 Ida A. Jewett, Alpha Beta 1922-30 Minnie M. Shockley, Gamma Gamma 1930-34 Mary A. Wagner, Kappa Kappa 1934-36 Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi 1936-38 Dorothy Williamson Crook, Nu Nu 1938-41 Esther Bucher, Eta Eta 1941-46 Polly Smelser Schlosser, Beta Beta 1946-57 Virginia Carpenter, Omicron Omicron 1957-61 Mary Emerson Blackstone, Alpha Gamma 1961-64 Marie Scanlan Brown, Beta Delta 1964-70 Helen Hooper Malone, Beta Gamma National Executive Vice Presidents 1970-71 Lynn Peters Fountaine, Beta Epsilon 1972-76 Geraldine Vang Cox, Nu Nu National Vice Presidents of Development 1970-76 Esther Kauffman Gatseos, Beta Beta

National Vice Presidents of Collegiate Program 1970-74 Ethel Schmitz Keeley, Beta Eta 1974-76 Elaine Rahaim Shiverdecker, Beta Delta National Vice Presidents of Alumnae Program 1970-74 Judy DeMasters Winter, Zeta Zeta 1974-76 Margaret Angelcyk Neff, Eta Eta

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National Secretaries 1905-06 1906-08 1908-11 1911-12 1914-17 1918-22 1922-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-30 1928-30 1930-36 1936-38 1938-41 1941-43 1943-44 1944-64 1964-70 1970-72 1972-76

Effie C. Mealy, Beta Fredree C. Ansel, Gamma Bessie Ferguson Cary, Alpha Elva Doyle, Alpha Beta Edith Gamble, Alpha Beta Margaret Veil, Alpha Gamma Adda Anderson, Epsilon Epsilon Adda Anderson, Epsilon Epsilon (called Undergraduate Secretary) Carol D. Pierce, Gamma Gamma (called Undergraduate Secretary) Leona Wilcox, Iota Iota (called Undergraduate Secretary) Katherine B. Nevius, Eta Eta (called Graduate Secretary) Leona Wilcox, Iota Iota Esther Bucher, Eta Eta Thelma Stortz Moyer, Kappa Kappa Esther Bucher, Eta Eta Thelma Stortz Moyer, Kappa Kappa Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa Viola C. Brewer, Psi Psi Jean M. Weaver, Beta Nu Frances J. Francis, Beta Epsilon

National Treasurers 1906-08 Business Manager, Mary Henly Spence, Alpha 1908-10 Bessie Ferguson Cary, Alpha Business Manager, Julia G. Jones, Sigma Phi Epsilon 1910-11 Bessie Ferguson Cary, Alpha

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Business Manager, Nannie D. Lee, Gamma Beta Sigma Arney Robinson, Gamma Business Manager, Nannie D. Lee, Gamma Beta Sigma Ruth Duffey, Alpha Alpha Grace G. Fult~ Delta Delta Polly Smelser Schlosser, Beta Beta Katherine Hale, Theta Theta Grace G. Cogswell, Theta Theta Esther Bucher, Eta Eta Jean Charmichael Vedder Richard, Pi Pi Margaret H. Nelson, Pi Pi Rose Marie Fellin, Beta Sigma Juanita R. Rowe, Beta Sigma Bonnie Payne Koenemann, Zeta Zeta Margaret A. Neff, Eta Eta Juanita Rowe, Beta Sigma Marilyn Garbee, Beta Sigma National Editors

The Alpha Sigma Alpha Magazine 1905-06 Martha A. Wilson, Gamma 1906-08 Martha A. Wilson, Gamma Helen St. Clair Scott, Gamma The Aegis 1905-06 Jessie Scott, Gamma 1910-11 Mary C. Shuford, Gamma Beta Sigma PUB LI CA TIO NS 1914-18 Dorothy Batten, Alpha Ruth Duffey, Alpha Alpha The Phoenix 1918-20 Ida Shaw Martin 1921-22 Ida A. Jewett, Alpha Beta 1923-30 Gertrude D. Halbritter, Theta Theta 1930-34 Julia E. Lancaster, Theta Theta 1934-52 Genevieve Steele Leib, Chi Chi 1952-58 Esther Bucher, Eta Eta 1958-61 Hiwana Cupp Crompton, Beta Epsilon 1961-64 Mary Goeke Backsman, Alpha Alpha

From lert: E.,tt,er Bucher, Helen Corey, Wilma Shasp, ViJginia Carpenter, Genevieve Leib, Jean Grady, and Evelyn Bell

1964-70 Bonnie Payne Koenemann, Zeta Zeta 1970-74 Judith Holman, Theta Theta 1974-76 Betty Urban Wallick, Zeta Zeta

National Headquarters Headquarters Executives 1952-61 Jean Carmichael Vedder Richard, Pi Pi, 372 Argonne Drive, Kenmore, New York 1961-63 Jean Carmichael Vedder Richard, Pi Pi, Suite #206, 285 2 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore, New York 1963-64 Margaret Hammond Nelson, Pi Pi, Suite #206 , 2852 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore, New York 1964-66 Juanita Roberts Rowe, Beta Sigma, 314-C East Pershing,

Springfield, Missouri 1967-76 Rose Marie Fellin, Beta Sigma, 1201 East Walnut Street, Springfield, Missouri

National Panhellenic Conference Delegates 1947-57 Wilma Wilson Sharp, Zeta Zeta 1957-58 Evelyn G. Bell, Pi Pi 1958-59 Esther Bucher, Eta Eta 1959-61 Martha Green Dimond, Alpha Alpha 1961-64 Betty Phillips Hall, Eta Eta 1964-70 Helen Hooper Malone, Beta Gamma 1970-74 Mary Goeke Backsman, Alpha Alpha 1974-76 Helen Hooper Malone, Beta Gamma

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Field Representative s 1963-64 Judy Matthews, Beta Mu 1967-68 Ruth Resinger, Alpha Beta Barbara Kinney, Nu Nu 1968-69 Elaine Rahaim, Beta Delta Judy Holman, Theta Theta 1969-70 Ethel Schmitz, Beta Eta Marieanne Abney , Rho Rho Judy Hartman, Beta Upsilon Ellen Funk, Beta Lambda 1970-71 Linda Wyrick, Chi Chi Paula Cyrus, Rho Rho Barbara Johnston, Beta Psi 1971-72 Barbara Johnston, Beta Psi Sally Ward, Gamma Omicron Mary Jedrzejew ki, Beta Phi 1972-73 Debbie Bukas, Gamma Lambda Diane Pyle, Beta Lambda 1973-74 Debbie Bukas, Gamma Lambda Rebecca Sink, Gamma Zeta 1974-75 MarciaOliver io,NuNu Diane Yencic, Eta Eta

NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND CHAIRMEN 1905 November 29-30, Richmond Hotel, Richmond, Virginia.

1906 November 29-30, Charleston, South Carolina.

1909 January 1-3, The Manor, Asheville, North Carolina.

1909 June 10-12, Natural Bridge Hotel, Natural Bridge, Virginia.

House, Swampscott, Massachusetts, and Hotel Statler, Boston, Massachusetts; Gertrude D. Halbritter, Theta Theta.

oke, Roanoke, Virginia ; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1932 August 26-29, The Chalets, Estes Park, Colorado ; Mary A. Wagner, Kappa Kappa.

1934 August 22-26 , New Chamber\

1955 July 5-9, Hotel Buena Vista, Biloxi, Mississippi ; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1958 June 29-July 3, Galen Hall Hotel and Country Club, Wernersville, Pennsylvania; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

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1910 June 9-11 , Stafford, Baltimore, Maryland.

1911 June 21-23, "Tenth Anniversary Convention," Toxaway Inn, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina; Arney Robinson, Gamma.

1912 June, Monticello Hotel, Norfollc, Virginia.

1914 November 27-28, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Miami Chapter.

1918 Easter Weekend, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois; Ruth Duffey, Alpha Alpha and Eleanor Lowry, Alpha Gamma.

1921 November 23-27, "Twentieth Anniversary Convention," Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Missouri.

1926 August 24-27 , Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois; Gertrude D. Halbritter, Theta Theta.

1930 June 30-July 3, New Ocean

lain Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Virginia ; Hattie Kelly Thomas, Alpha.

1936 August 17-21, Breezy Point Lodge, Pequot, Minnesota; Georgie Ann Schulte, Phi Phi. 1938 August 22-26, Lake Hotel, Canyon Hotel, and Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1941 August 4-8, "Fortieth Anniversary Convention, " Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1946 August 22-26, Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado ; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1949 August 22-26, Gratoit Inn, Port Huron, Michigan ; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1952 August 19-23, "Golden Anniversary Convention," Hotel Roan-

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1961 July 5-9, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1964 July 6-10, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1967 June 26-30, The Chase-Park Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1970 June 28-July 2, The Cavalier, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Helen Corey, Kappa Kappa.

1972 June 21-26, Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, Missouri; Juanita Rowe, Beta Sigma.

1974 June 18-22, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mary Kay Kuno, Alpha Gamma.

1976 June 27-July 1, "Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Convention," Hospitality House, Williamsburg, Virginia; Juanita Hodnett Chandler, Beta Epsilon.

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COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS

Alpha Longwood College Farmville, Virginia ovember 15, 1901 (e i ted a local Delta igma Chi from 1919 to 1933) CHARTER MEMBERS· Virginia Lee Boyd, Louise Burks Cox, Juliette Jefferson Hundley, Mary Williamson Hundley, and Calva Hamlet Watson.

Beta Lewisburg Female In titute Lewisburg, West Virginia November 30, 1903-1907 CHARTER MEMBERS - Marguerite Beirne, Effie Mealy, Annie Brown, Evelyn Dixon, and Prue Colcord.

Gamma College for Women Columbia, South CaroUna May 9, 1904-1910 CHARTER MEMBERS - Fredree Ansel, Julia Brown, Violet Officer, Helen Scott, Jessie Scott, and Martha Wilson.

Henderson, Erma McClung, Mary Poling, Lena Reinhardt, and Annie Sumpter.

CHARTER MEMBERS - Caroline Clay, Margaret Cunningham , Mary Finn, Elizabeth Grimes, and Julia Williams.

Ep ilon auquier In titute \ arrenton, Virginia Marc h, 1905-1907

Ward Seminary a hviUe, Tenne ee December 15 , 1905-1909 CHARTER MEMBERS - Jency Hawkins, Annie Hawkins, Elizabeth Herring , Cathryn Pinkerton, and Sophia Price.

Iota Randolph Macon Woman' College Lynchburg, Virginia May, 1908-1913 CHARTER MEMBERS - Clara Barton, Georgia Foster, Lucetta Badgett , Kathryn Nowlin, and Perdie Orr. Sigma Phi Epsilon Brenau College Gainesville, Georgia February 28, 1909-1914 CHA RTER MEMBERS - Information is no longer available.

Gamma Beta Sigma St. Mary's School Raleigh, orth Carolina May 27, 1909-1911 CHARTER MEMBERS - Louise Venable, Lizzie Lee, Annie Wood, Ida Rogerson, Minnie Leary, Sarah Thomas, Mary Shuford, Mary Bourne, Joanna Rogers, Rebecca Wood, Marie Thomas, Sallie Battle, Fannie Haughton , and Mary Gilliam.

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CH RTER MEMBERS - Suzanne Sandell, Je ie Baugh, K tharine Fergu5son, Jane Graves, Mary Humes, Margaret Hume , and Marguerite Kemper.

Mt. nion ollege lliance Ohio June 5, 1909-1914

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CH RTER MEMBERS - Hazel Cunard, Charlotte Battles, Martha Henry, Elizabeth Rich, Elizabeth Rippel, Ruth Butcher, Ruby Culp, and Lois Hull. u

H RT R MEMBER - hry Alley, ar line J rdon , Bappie HIIJ, Louise

CHARTER MEMBERS - Grace Harri, Sarah Holt , Martha Hunter, Inez Parker, and Fannie Pendley.

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Delta Mary Baldwin eminary taunton , Virginia February , 1905-1 908

ovember 24, 191~1912

horter ollege Rome, Georgia

Chi Iota Hamilton chool Wa hington, D. .

December 11 , 1911-191CHARTER MEMBERS Pauline Boyle, Liza Cruce, Irma John on, Orra Kinchloe, Laura Noel, Pearl Parks, Chaille Payne, Delia Phillips, Margaret Trimble, and Ann Turmann.

Alpha Alpha Miami Univer ity Oxford, Ohio May, 1913 (in talle a Pi Tau;changed to Alpha Alpha on November 27, 1914 ; went inactive 193 8-1950 due to univer ity policy ; and wa rein tated December 9, 1950) CHARTER MEMBERS (1913) - Ruth Duffey, Helen Lincoln, Kathleen McClenghan, Katherine Schultz, Ruth Wyatt, Helen Sexaner, Jessie Chenowith, Elizabeth Schaeffer, Dorothy Clason, Lucinda Leedom, Harriet Smith, Helen Boggess, Catherine Prudent, and Ruth Stephenson.

CHARTER MEMBERS (1950) - Anne Petree, Marilyn Liston, Mary Haight, Mary Hughey, Beverly Scott, Irene Cortelletti, Joyce Parish, Marilyn Sherrick, Janet Black, Rita Campbell, and Marjorie Heyman.

Alpha Beta Northea t Mi ori State Univer ity Kirksville, Mi ouri December 12, 1914 CHARTER MEMBERS - Marian Gardner, Julia Sparks, Gladys Fowler, Rita Husted, Janette Howell, Hazel Whitelock, and Elizabeth Uhe. AJpha Gamma Indiana niversity of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pennsylvania December, 1914 (went inactive in 1919 due to "democratic wave" and wa rechartered March 17, 1928) CHARTER MEMBERS (1914) - Loil Be nick, Helen Hartsook , Beatrice

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Jeffries, Bernadette McN elis, Ruth Ritchey, Isabel Saxman, Sara Campbell, Mary Watson, Ruth Young, Katharyn Brown, Julia Cruthers, Clara Ferguson, Katherine Froelick, and Winifred Robinson.

CHARTER MEMBERS (1928) - Ethel Belden, Josephine Buchanan, Mary E merson , Phyllis Glasgow, Virginia Kinney, Mary McColly, Irene Mertz, Burdella Nease, Mildred Ohmit, Violet Ralston, Mary Rickert, Ruth Rink , Nell Russell, Marion Schnabel, Anna Schaffer, Ethel Sleighter, Eleanor Smedley, Thelma Sterling, Viola Sullivan, Ruth Tilton, Dorothea Uber, Margaret Wilkins, and Ella Wilson.

Beta Beta University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado February 19, 1916 CHARTER MEMBERS - Sue Mitchell, Miriam Van Sickle, Ada Miner, Hertz, Frances Woodbury, Clara Blanche Bradfield, Anna Given, Jessie Brunton, Jennie Green, Edna Caverly, Beulah Flowers, Rebecca Berry , Vera Campbell, Bess Greedy, Edith McMurtry, Gladys Moser, Eileen Shideler , Grace Paden, Edith Ramsey, Elvira Murphy, Mary Steward, Marian Davis, Irene Sherrill, Iva Watson, Hazel White, Florence Riddick, Edith Taylor, Mabel Owens, and Frances Turner.

Gamma Gamma Northwestern State College Alva, Oklahoma February 22, 1916-1952 CHARTER MEMBERS - Minnie M. Shockley, Helen Fitzgerald, Mrs. Frank Munson, Ada Smith, Ruth Kendall, Ethel Feese, Ruth Pettit, Blanche Woolman, Louis Miller, Belle Chestnut, et al.

Delta Delta Ohio University A thens, Olfio April 20, 1917-1932 CHARTER MEMBERS - Cecelia Adam, Helen Clem, Elsie Ritter, Wilda Stuber, Grace Fultz, Eva Watkins, Inez Upp, Naomi Caldwell, Ruth Baker, Helen Hudson, Helen Millikin, Lola Spies, Thelma Groome, Ada Haun, and Edna Usher.

CHARTER MEMBERS - Janet Atkin· son, Erma Brown, Margaret Ramseyer, Vaughnie Waynick, Maude Barrigar, Hazel Brown, Rebecca Ott, Harriet Hover, Bertha Brady, Ann Nanninga, Helen Anderson, Madge Brown, Aileen Ellis, Avis Jenkins, Lois Kootz, Mary Lewis, Grace McGinnis, Frances Morrow, Gladys Pratt, Elizabeth Smith, Rosalie Brigham, Mary Forde, Nell Grant, Lida Hardy, Hazel Harris, Ethel Ireland, Ruth Jeremy, Margaret Pughe, and Ruth Scott.

drews, Louise Boller, Lillian Hethershaw, Margaret Meek, Edna Parsons, Mabel Payne, Mayfred Stone, Leona Wilcox, Norma Adkins , Inga Tesdahl, Edith Cain, Florence Harley, Grace Davis, Margaret Bork, Elizabeth Dodson, Arline Elliott, Zela Hyten, Albertine Ringrose, Stella Schalk, Lela Stringer, Leona Welch, Myrtle Wolford, and Cleo Brown.

Kappa Kappa Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 17, 1922

Zeta Zeta Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, Missouri April, 1919 CHARTER MEMBERS - Bess Carter, Letha Berry, Frances Brady, Margery Byram, Lerene David, Josephine Dixon, Emma Greer, Gladys Hutchens, Oleta Lobban, Mildred Morrow, Anne Neely, Mary Wilson, Ida Russell, Eleanor Wisner, Ada Campbell, Marie Campbell, Ruth Engel, Marie Moore, Mildred Payne, Margaret Prunty, Hazel Strahan, Ethel Warnick, Mildred Wilson, and Wilma Wilson.

Eta Eta Kansas State College of Pittsburg Pittsburg, Kansas July 8-9, 1920 CHARTER MEMBERS - Eulalia Roseberry, Gladys Adamson, Esther Cable, Frances Herron, Ruth Iserman, Maude Laney, Mable Marshall, Pearl Nicholson, Ann Opdyke, Marguerite Pohek, Helen Schwartz, and Evelyn Smith.

Theta Theta Bosto n University Boston, Massachusetts November 12, 1921-1971 CHARTER .MEMBERS - Gertrude Halbritter, Christine Little, Harriet Norcross, Mildred Whittier, Alma Wolfe, Florence Durgin, Gertrude Forge, Margaret Gearan, Laura Holland, Florence Haley , Mildred Henderson, Carmel Rose, Marian Lantz, Geneva Smith, Josephine Ray, Jennie Hendricks, Hazel Tanner, Maude Wheeler, Ethel Birrell, Ruth Cameron, Hazle Crane, Priscilla Drake, Charlotte Glenfield, Elsie Larkin, Gladys Lermond, Esther Manson, Marjorie Luxton, Caroline Wasgatt, and Harriet Clark.

CHARTER MEMBERS - Helen Lutes, Hester Sexton, Helen Lewdrop, Elizabeth Montague, Irene Parker, Mary Brenholtz, Elizabeth Harsch, Mildred Strunk, Alice Garrettson, Thelma Nall, Frances Atkins, Leona McLain, Dorothy Bough, Irene Brenner, Edna Bowen, Florence Remlinger, Mary Laurence, Mary Parsons, Adelaide Zearfross, Freda Bunting, Margaret Chamblin, Dorothea Beach, Helen Edwards, Mary Shallcross, and Mrs. Sherman Doyle.

Lambda. Lambda Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio December 9, 1922-1934 CHARTER MEMBERS - Elizabeth Conrad, Louise Ketterer, Sophia Roess, Clara Fenn, Eva Lamon, Marguarite Liggett, Sara Long, Dorothy Porter, Mildred Dolt, Lillian Braunch, Cornelia Jones, Doris Kiner, Maxine Mathews, Elizabeth McCloud, Eleanor Purpus, Rachel Van Hook, Eleanor Wright, Ruth Blenkner, Helen Camp· bell, Martha Van Tilburg, and Eleanor Percival.

Mu Mu· Michigan State Normal Ypsilanti, Michigan January 19, 1924-1943 .CHARTER MEMBERS - Jennie Dar· ling, Margaret Ch,;lrters, Gladys Lackie, Bernice Phelps, Winifred Welch, Car· lotta Corpron, Ruth Marvin, Donalda Morrison, Lois Schilds, Frieda Smith, Ruth Bayler, Doris Betzner, Virginia Blue, Estel Feldkamp, Frances Fuller, Margaret Gotts, Mildred Gray, Mary Humphrey, Clemelia Kehoe, Florence Gee, Helen Mitchell, Florence Nehil, Margaret Campbell, Violet Rau, Viola Rau, Janet Randolph , Beatrice Riggs, and Martha Wickstrom.

Iota Iota Epsilon Epsilon Emporia Kansas State College Emporia, Kansas November 16-17, 1917

Drake University Des Moines, Iowa January 13, 1922-1936 CHARTER MEMBERS - Bonnie An-

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Nu Nu Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 13 , 1925

CHARTER MEMBERS Mildred Burd ett , Fran ces Macintyre, Marjorie Bull, Margaret Sc hwab , Eli zabeth Loughery, Ruth MacCullock , Ha zel Thomp on, Marian Bull, Helen Lindenmuth, Florence Brierley, Eliz.a beth Haine , Alice Kay, Edi th Hetheringto n , Mary Darlingt o n. Ellen Johnston, Doro thy Oakes, Sarah Parshall, Dorothy Chitterling, Sa rah Thompson, and Evelyn Brindell.

CH RTER MEMBERS - E thel Davis, Blanche Bice, Doris Feeley, Zara Garrett , Cecilia Hibner, Dorothy Williams, Margaret Woodward, Audra Abel, Ethel Ca tze n, Eva Beckette, Dora White, Ruth Gammon, Wilsie Malone, Dorothy Callicoa t, Ca pitola Bartlett, Emily Mayfield, Elizabeth Mc eill, Dorcas Gant, Bess Lewi , Ruth Meyers, ina Robertson , Eloise Carroll, Muriel Rhude , Effie Sadler. Ona Shafer, Imogene Toney, and Kathryn Witt.

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XiXi Sigma Sigma niver ity of alifomia Lo ngele • alifomia Marc h, 1926-1951 CHART E R MEMBERS - Elizabeth fe llow , Be ie Whipple, Ruby Bellmard , Hattie Kozlowski, Adelene Ponti , Orrell He ter , Jessica Harris, Viola Gill , Sarah Howard , Mildred Baker, Evelyn Wilmont, Josephine Gallegos, Katherine Birch, Miriam Brinsan, Altha rcher , Bianca Smith, Nell Nonamaker , and Mattie Van Heukelon.

Teachers College of lndian apoli lndianapoli , Indiana June 2, 1928-1933

We tern tate College Gunnison, o lorado May 25, 1927- 197 1 CHART E R MEMBERS - Lucy Spicer, Cy nthia Buck, Letha Givens, Lamorah Anderson, Lupie Blake, Ruth Bull, Rosalie Ca rey , Virginia Caywood, Vesta Crawford, Leona Hiruicks, Ruth Hoskins, Elizabeth Johnston , Jean McKee, Avis Peck , Grace Reed , Esther Roberts, Dorothy Romig , Mildred Stevens, and Leone Zollinger.

Omicron Omicron Tau Tau Kent tate niver ity Kent , Ohio April 9-10, 1926- 1939 CHART E R MEMBERS - Marguerite Co ndron , Margaret Davis, Margaret Hughes, Mary Hopton, Esther Johnso n, Marie Lengs, Ethel McMaste , Ruth Winter, Louise Brownell, Ruth felt, Jeanette Geiger , Mildred Poto, Virginia Skelly, Miriam Seese, Hazel Keener, Alice Young , Hilda Bachman, Eli zabe th Kist, Helen Murphy, Margaret Stage, Henrietta Beechy , Jean Borham, aomi Joh nson , Rosalind Hathaway, and Ada Hyatt .

Fort Hay tate Teacher College Hay , Kan a March 17, 1928-1958 CHARTER MEMBERS - Elizabeth Agnew, Rosa Giess, Lucile Wright , Josephine Rupfer, Florence Wallace, Mildred King , Marjorie Reinecke, May belle Schaefer, Tivila Schaefer , Pricilla Wilson, Eleanor Chittenden, Gladys Hayes, Dorothy King , Frances Reiff, Ruby Dews, Ruth McReynolds , Gretta Lewick, Dorothy Morrison , Geraldine Reinecke, Maurine Speer, Sue Chittenden , Marjorie Mullen , Catherine Lewis, Mildred Reed, Rosina Albert, and Freda Brooks.

Pi Pi tate nive r ity ollege Buffalo, ew York Jun e 5, 1926- 1953

CHARTER MEMBERS - Gladys Cris· well, Dorothy Russell , Mary J o ne , Vada Cliser, Katherine Gray, Mary Peck, Marjorie Brown , Ruth Lawrence, Margaret Putnam, Ruth Harding, Wave Duncan , Juanita Marsh, Carol 011· phant , Gwenevere Wiley, Beatrice Stewart, Evalyn Evans, Louise Smith, Noreen White, Hildred Fitz, Alyce Hastings, and Gertrude Wray.

Upsilon Upsilon Denison Univer ity Granville, Ohio May 5, 1928-1930

CHARTER MEMBERS - Margaret Henry , Vivian Rowe, Dorothy Darrough , Helen Emick, Anna fern, Jane Foltz, Letha Gaskins, Berenice Lamb , Adelaide McCarty, Vera Gordon , Eloise Proctor, Marie Kingdon, Genevieve Leib, Dorothy Morrow, Marie Rice, Helen Selvage, Mary Turner, Geneva Beam, Frances Bone , Lucille Brown, Eleanor Burton , Mary Greyer, Katherine Haas, Evelyn Hall , Lois Herring, Thyra Marvel, Alice Myer , Harriet Pollock , Dorothy Ramsey , Helen Ryan , Mary Wilhoit, and Wilma Wolf.

Chi Chi Ball State Univer ity Mun cie, Indiana Dece mbe r 12, 1936 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Whitcraft, June Wilkerso n, Velma Thresher, Helen Reed, Martha Stuckey , Grace Richey, Margaret Work, Ruth Bickel, Kathleen Darrow, · Irma Greive, Florence Howe, Edna Quivey , Marjorie Harper, Delores Karr, Marjorie Hutchens, Maribel Marshall , Thelma Waltz, Margaret Allen, Jane Baker, Vera Hughes, Betty Huston, Jean Mit chell , Mildrc: d Teany, Dorothy Wiley, Anna Yates, and Mildred Hartman .

CHARTER MEMBERS - Elizabeth Bird Small . Evelyn Bell , Helen Wei , Lau ra Buerger, Lois Bell , Ruth Berner , Helen Block, May Brill, Lorene Bulla rd , Ila Coleman, Emma Coleman , Lela ooper, Elizabeth Cu rran , Kathe rine Daw, Eleano r Holmwood , Mary Houghton , Hildegarde Laun pach, lien eunde r. Flo ren ce evis, Gra ce Olief, Rosamond Olief, Do ro th y Potter , Wilm Schwalenst ocker , Betty Sco tt , Ru t h Vawter, Mild red Weil, lice Weinheimer , and Loui e Wolf.

CHART E R MEMBERS - Clara Shaw, Marie Hawes, Eli zabe th Wood, Thelma ep tune , Florence Kile , Mary Ral ston, Mary Bu ell, Lillian Dallman, Maxine Go rd on, Carolyn Scho pp , Isabelle Smock, Geraldin e Stone, Ann Wright , Mary Cowa n, J anet Fal treau , Mary Gienger , Miriam Hildreth, Eth el Llewellyn , Mary Pigman, Ruth Sterling, Louise Stewart , Mildred euwi rth , Mar th a Tom, and Jayn e Weible.

CHART E R MEMBERS - Mary White, Bessie Horn, Louise Buffington, Alice Hood, Ile ne Flennik en, Lora Mayes, Lula Inabnet , Leona Ale ander. Eloise Smart, Ruth Higgin , Helen ain, Mabel So rey , Minnie Law, et al.

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CHARTER MEM BERS - Gertrud e Bell , Margaret Basinger, Ellen Christenson, Lucile Zeveck, Virginia Driscoll, Marion Hammond, Fleta Jones , Doris Cota, Bernice St. Clair, Ruth Bradley, Ann Powell, Corinne Heller , Geraldine Cunningham, Ione Wright , Bernice Brand , Betty Elliot, Lorenne Laub amyer, Audrey Peterson, and Cleo Tilton.

Beta Gamma Northeas tern Oklahoma State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma November 20, 1937 CHARTER MEMBERS - Lois Hall , Julia Christie, Helen Henderson, Bernice Bradley , Gertrude Carney, Dessie Dickinson, Fay Fletcher, Mary Lee, Maxine Line, Ruby Neal, Hazel Phillips, Maxine Pickering, Opal Ramer, Hazel Rennie, Marion Spraker, Mary Stevens, Vilma Van Horn, Virginia Wells, and Margaret Stringer.

Beta Delta University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi May 21, 1938 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Pulley, Mary Barksdale, Dorothy Brantley, Yvonne Brantley , Delores Crane, Mary Cox, Evelyn Garner, Clarice Ice, Helen Jones, Betsy Majure, Helen Kynes, Ruth Martin, Lois Nelson, Joyce Newcomb, Emile Komp, Mai Pace, ~ary Pickel, Esther Saxton, Nancy Shivers, Geneva Stubs, Edwina Turner, and Thelma Williamson.

Beta Epsilon Madison College Harrisonburg, Virginia May 13, 1939 CHARTER MEMBERS - Ellen Fairlamb, Geraldine Ailstock , Frances Barnard, Jean Collier, Norma Forrest, Almeda Greyard, Mary Kaiser, Katherine Lester, Rugh McLain, Winifred Rew Rosa Scott, Eleanor Shorts, Clar~ Soter, Margaret Young, Maxine Calfee Marilee Henkle, Anne Ireland , Katha;ine Ketron, Dorothy Phillips, Gwen Trueheart, Fannie Warden, Frances Beaton, Mary Bur_ger, Elizab~th Catterton, Anne Cowling, Katharine Curling, Peggy Delp, Frances Drew~ey, Naomi McAllen , Elizabeth Neale, Ehzabeth Ogburn, Margaret Parsons, Shirley Rawles, Annette Rogers, and Mary Utley.

CHARTER MEMBERS - Jessie Keep, Bolivar Hait, Ethel Bergeron, Gladys Buller, Mae Daigle, Beryl Dutsch, Christine Dyer, Thelma Girior, Erin LeBlanc, Yvonne Toups, Merrell Tuckker , Sydney Beauxis, Barbara Darnall, Phyllis Dixon, Fabiola Dupuy, Caroline Elliott, Virginia Fields, Evelyn Frost, Sibyl Glaser , Margarite Hail , Oliver Hitter, Mary Hudson, Josephine Joseph , Alice Judice , Daphne Kerrison , Ouida La Maire, Emma Mendoza , Noella Ogeron , Lillian Paine, Hazel Rebstock, Geneva Richard , Lois Richey, Evelyn Songe , Mildred Songe, Hazel Theriot, Evelyn Toups, Lolita Watkins, Barbara Wild, and Dorothy Wild.

CHART ER MEMBERS - Mary Wein berg, Alice Jon es Norma Brown, Ea rline Lanterman, Velma Duvendack, Dorothy Binder, Betty Lawless, Joyce Staples, Marion Hazalleaf, Margie Miner , Stella Pletkovich, Ruth Pletkovich, Florence Robinson , Erva Montgomery, Phyllis Young , Louise Shinkevich, Helen Sowder, Jean McManus, Margie Irish, Marge Yarde, Mary Lyons, Betty Lyon, Mary Nelson, Frieda Sowers, Gladys Norstrum, Merna Painter, Carolyn Morrison Betty Wheeler, Margaret Sloan , and Helen Thomas.

Beta Lambda

Beta Eta Dickinson State College Dickinson, North Dakota May 17, 1941 CHARTER MEMBERS - Leila Woods, Mary Alguire, Julia Armstrong, Gwendolyn Bell, Marjorie Berdahl, Elizabeth Bruvold, Marian Carlson, Mary German , Helen Hoeger, Muriel Marklund, Mary Meulemanns, Evelyn Moreland , Frances Morrell, Betty Page, Alice Peterson , Clara Pierce, Lucile Pintler, Marjorie Sadler, Helen Sloan, Mavis Thompson, Hattie Tiegs, Ardyce Zempel, Grace Williams, and Hattie Parker.

Beta Theta Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan November 15, 1941 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Kenny, Sally Consaul, Leonora Lehman, Rosemary McGuire, Nora Sheehy, Virginia Hosley, Nan McNamara, Henrietta Breitzke, Jane Francis, Mary Hileman, Donna Martineau, Betty Megarah, Jane Orr, Betty Read , Barbara Stout, and Helen Achenbach.

Beta Iota Radford College Radford, Virginia May 8-10, 1942 CHARTER MEMBERS - Joella Akin, Lois Akers, Virginia Boatwright, Alice Brown, Louise Clement, Mickey Clement, Lucille Cox, Ruth Dudley, Mary East, Clara Hines, Kitty Karnes, Rebecca Lowman , Sarah McDonald, Maxine Miller, Ella Monday , Jane Mullen, Nancy Scott, Sylvia Sublett , Ruth Williams, Elise Wright , and Georgie Zebedee.

Beta Zeta University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana November 2-3, 1940

Macomb, Ill inois October 24 , 1943

Beta Kappa Western Illinois University

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University of Ce ntral Arkansas Conway, Arkansas March 4, 1944 CHARTER MEMBERS - Florence Lull, Christine Calvert, Mary Gist, Wanda Green, Emmadell High, Ernestine Peters, Ruby Shambarger, Barbara Shuffield , Harriet Umstead, Georgiana White, Polly White, Marie Schichtl , Doris Powell, Faydene Carroll, Vivienne Clifton, LaNelle Siegel, Ida Parker, Elizabeth Mills, Frances Burkett, Peggy Hime, Virginia Brooks, Jea'l Baker, Marjorie Brown, Marian Cooper , Hilda E idson, Jean Frazier, Martha Goode, Dorothy Hall , Norma Henderson, Betty Joyce, Joyce Lively, Frances McGinnis, Glenna Phillips, Jean Trice, Glennie Trimble, Dorothy Wilkerson, and Ruth Worm.

Beta Mu Henderso n State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas May 4 , 1946 CHARTER MEMBERS Beulah Thompson, Frances McLean , Lea Sweatt , Joy Wilson, Mary Steed , Betty Huddleston, Lorraine Larsen, Ola Barbaree, Elizabeth_ Black, Hazel C~ambers, Charley Dickey , Dorothy Hildebrand , Jackie Hill , Lula Silliman , Sarah Bissell, Corrinne Cox, Phena Daniel, Helen Downs, . Lenelle Goza, Dorothy Rich , Saralou Ross, Martha Westbrook , Jo Ann Mills, and Daisilee Berry.

Gamma Clio New York State College Cortland, New York May 4, 1946-195 3 CHARTER MEMBERS - Nadine Teter, Winifred F uller , Betty Clancy, Grace Kleinsang , Helen Hunger, Helen Pierce, Carol Whittaker, Jean Cross, Dorothy Glover, Ruth Hallas, Eleanor Hewitt , Alma Houghton, Mary Lane, Antoinette Michaud, Helen Pallotta,

Patricia Power , Jo Ann Root , Dorothy Todd , Doris Donaldson, Margaret Ferree , Ca therine Ryan, Antoinette Sposito, Mildred Sudman, Shirley Young, Dolores Behul, Anna Carro, Lorraine Cook, Rita Cronin , Clara D'Agnostino, Helen lsaf, Janet Leonard, Mary O'Connor, Esther Palumbo, Sonia Portchmouth, Jill Priester, Carole Wilsey, Helen Johnston , Margaret Laver, Katherine O Brien , Evelyn Ridick, Ann Roesch, Sarah Shipton, and Jean Tuthill.

Beta Nu Murray State University Murray, Kentucky May 18, 1946 CHARTER MEMBERS - Evelyn Linn, Sarah Rhodes , Vivian Bell, Dorothy Smith, Gene Grant, Barbara Bigham, Betty Jones, Mary Nutter, Mable Allen, Cordelia Burkeen, Martha Byassee, Mildred Chapman, Eris Lichtenberger, Levonne Smith, Ruth Vannerson , Linda Callis, Sue Cunningham, Aleda Farmer, Anna Ford, Mary Huie, Mary Munal, Mary Utterbach, Helen Adams , Betty Breckenridge, Reba Ca they, Peggy Cox, Patty Glover, Elizabeth Grimes, Anna Heater, Donna Hubbs, Lettie Jones, Bonnie Kingins, Carolyn Nelso n, Marian Phillips, Euleen Ramage, Mary Simons, Sunshine Wilfred, and Jane Wood.

Beta Xi New York State College for Teacher Oneonta, New York May 18, 1946-1953

Joly, June Fisk, Kay Helllar, Marilyn Conley, Phyllis Inwood, Lyla Mathiak , Mary Busck, et al.

Beta Pi Concord College A thens, West Virginia September 27, 1947 CHARTER MEMBERS - Carmel Aucellio, Betty Lilly, Doris Witten, Nellie Ellison, Jean Luck, Jewell Wright, Barbara Guy, Mary Dollinger, and Ca therine Mathews.

Beta Rho Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois February 7, 1948 CHARTER MEMBERS - Dorothy Johnson , Rose Huber, Joyce Street , Mary Spickerman, Constance Perino , Audrey McGarry, Wallace Wesley, Jean Lewis, Audrey Mighell, Lupe Ponce, Mylrae Lane, Charlene Valkers, Marilyn Miller, Madeline Maynard, Darlene Ray, Delores Gan shirt, Rose Johnston, Antoinette DeBartolo, and Leila Mariotti.

Beta Sigma Southwest Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri November 1, 1947 CHARTER MEMBERS - Lena Arndt , Jackie Barton, Patricia Baugher, Jeanette Bell , Harriet Blair, Irene Coonrod, Frances Davis, Mary Donnell, Ruby Findley, Edwina Lee, Peggy Little, Sally Potter, Mary Shoffner, Mary Thomas, Frances Van Wagn , and Maurine Harra Farrar.

CHARTE R MEMBERS - Helen Bundy , Gladys Gilbert, Shirley Armstrong, Jean Atkins, Ruth Bresee, Juanita Cole, J ea n DeGolyer, Helen Dinnel, Florence Ge rrish , Evelyn Dox, Marion Hulse, Rosamond Hall, Glo ria Lloyd, Emily Loudo n, Ge raldine Westphal, Sue Wetzler, Ela in e Ackel, Beverly Beta Tau Barlow, Claire Co nover, Doris Green, Mary Kearns, Mary McBride, Valborg State University Nickel, Evelyn Sher, Louise Waldro n, O wego New York Dalene Bush, ons tance Coo per, Max- October 13, 1951-1953 ine Fieg, Mary Hendee, Ma ry Pendleton, J eanie Hughes, Be tt y La rkin , Lor- CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Co nelei Miller , Ma rgaret Myer, Mary don, Gloria DeJ o hn , Alfreda OiBella, Parker, Bar ba ra Shaffer, Alice Sieg- Margaret Fren ch , Mary Garde, Roberta wart , Ina lark , Virginia Duffy, Kath - Horowitz, Louise J o hnson, Jane Kahn, leen Duncan, Elizabeth Fagan , Lillian Anna Lee, Pauline Neville, Elizabeth ergu on, Marjorie Hart, Eva Mahoney, Schaeffer, Janet Miller, Ei lee n Cowley, Mildred Mahoney , Clar Ross, Mary J acqueli ne Meyer, Ann Skelly, Mary chmid t , Phyllis Traudt, Madeline Hansen, Harriet Griswold, Joa n Ga lvin , Varrichio, and O live Watkinso n.

Ruth Alton , Mary Breitenberg, Ca rol Canale, June Carlso n , Joan Coe, Bernadine Cordean , Ma rgie Lauber, Mary Rho hl Luebert, Margaret Martin, Elizabeth McCloskey, Margaret McDermott, ayne niver ity Claire Morehou e, Viola Norman , RoseDe tro it, Mi higan mary O'Leary , Marilyn 0 1 en, Marie S t. Phillips, Elizabeth Rath, Joan Reilepternber 14, 19 7-1 958 ly, Georgia Roseman , Maur een Doyle Edi th Dube, Ka ren En terlin e, Sau ; H RTER M MBER J cqueliae Evans, Josephine Finlay, Joan Gese le,

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Mary Hayden, Marion Johnson, Nancy Kelly, Susanne Knopfke, Susan Smith, Barbara Stern, Wilma Spinks, Mary Thomson, Martha Wilbur, Nancy Wilson, Jean Wise, Mrs. Barton Siebers, Mrs. Erik Hansen, and Mrs. James Hastings.

Beta Upsilon Indiana State Univer ity Terre Haute, Indiana October 6, 1951 CHARTER MEMBERS - Verna Foos, Beverly Fuson, Ca.rol Summerlot , Carol Marshall, Mary Palenik, Barbara Kirkham, Louise Devereoux, Mary Smith , Paula Sierp, Esther McCarty, Deloris Barnes, Paulita Martin, Virginia Berrett , Gayle Comoford, Janice Stelle , Bonnie Qualkinbush , Ruby East, Virginia Workman, Joan Toeppe, Mary Schwab , Dorothy Henry, Murlea Webb, Myrna Wild, Janet Raines, Verla Flick, Carolyn Eder, Margaret Best, and Mary Doyle.

Beta Phl University of Wi sconsin - Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin April 26, 1952 CHARTER MEMBERS - Winifred Hinkley, Karen Anderson, Nancy Ceaglske, Joan Christensen, Jane Davies, Joyce De Vries, Marilyn Eckstein, Edna Gaffron , Marjorie Hedberg, Jacquelyn Kling, Ruby Larson, Ruth Larson, Grace Laudon, Ann Rit zinger, Frances Soulek, Ardith Weber, Betty Worthington, Clarice Zarling, and Louise Zirbel. ¡ Beta Chi Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona September 20, 1952-64 CHARTE R MEMBERS - Laura Thomas, Carolyn Cayia, Patricia Darling, Nancy McGill, Edith Rugenstein, J anet Moore, Donna Hoyt , Patricia Talia, Patricia Doyle, J oa n Gregan, Maxine Stocks, Marilyn Larson , Yvonne Kirkham, Jean Moore, Jean McMasters, Temple Pound , Charlene Lynn, and Rose Licosati.

Beta P .i We tern Michigan niversity Kalamazoo, Michigan pril 18, 1953-1976 CHARTER MEMBERS - Barbara Wilkinson, Pat Fried ly, Ann Hendenon, Pat Doppel, Lou Sc heper , Jean Lucas, Joanne Haslam , Pat Wei denb eck, Mary Woodard , Janice Gregerso n, Marilyn

Maier, Doris Keith, Donna Curtiss, Peggy Brabb, Wanda Jubb, Ann Williamson, Catherine Reid, Jeanne Strand, Marilyn DeVries, Barbara Place, Phyllis Alspach, Claudine Pier, Janice Rivard, Charlene Nielson, Jane Lesnic, Agnes Stevens, Patricia Bodie, Janet Soper, Mary Gilding, and Dorothy Wright.

Dorothy Bracco , Helen Williams, Monica Rompf, Barbara Morgan, Barbara Miller, Katherin Frank, Barbara Banakus, Marie Patti, Aline Euler, Virginia Piccolo , Geraldine Jordan, Margaret McGoldrick, Eleanor Monaco, Florence D'Asaro, Helene Pascual, Marilyn Ma cchia, Beatrice Brodrick, Betty Klepac , Norma Cella, Gloria Catalano, Maureen O'Connor, Ann Pietrafesa, and Marie Law.

Beta Omega Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania October 24, 1953-1965 CHARTER MEMBERS - Ann Sutton, Dail Miller, Bette Kinzie, Louise Kinzie, Eleanor Bonom, Lois Cullen, Barbara Hodgkins, Saundra Wanderman, Martha Burd, Ruthmary Ragsdale, Mary Boessneck, Susanne Hall, Anna Peterson, Nancy Schatz, Celia Johnson, Barbara North, Joan Ayers, and Grace Schlegel.

Gamma Alpha Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska May 7, 1955-1971 CHARTER MEMBERS- Janice Wurth, Rose Greco, Rosemarie Saitta, Angela Pettinger, Rita Brennan , Pat Potthoff, Carleen Hess, Erma Pettinger, Elly Peter, Janet Sheridan, Mary Head, Lois Leibel, Pat Graham, Mary Clear, and Mary Bremenkamp.

Gamma Beta University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wisconsin March 10, 1957 CHARTER MEMBERS - June Mar tens, Mary Puwalowski, Joyce Hannemann, Marge Kiefer, Lenore Gaylord, Geri Beyerstedt, Dorothy Omernik, Mary Bloczynski, Suzanne Muck, Judy Heintz, Rosemary Axtell , Nancy Coon, Rosemary Kreidler, Joyce Scheelk, Susan Maynard, Marlene LeMere, Daphne Porter, Mary Lucas, Lily Sturkol, Janice Scheidegger, Phyllis Schwab, Janus Schellin , Janet Madison, Treive Mac Anderson, Carole Fabich, Margaret Bloom, Elaine Nelson, and Virginia Jensen.

Gamma Delta Queent College Flushing, New York October 19, 1957-1971 CHARTER MEMBERS - Carol Kopsay, Phyllis Perretta, Bette Seifried, June Petry, Elizabeth Linne kin, Christine Peet, Marie Rosetta, Mary O'Brien,

Gamma Epsilon University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwauk ee, Wisconsin , October 25, 1958-1973 CHARTER MEMBERS - Joan Derse, Lynn Good, Judith Zahn , Anita Nelson, Helen Daubl, Ellen Bulin, Nancy Wackowski, Constance Bjorklund, Rose Conte, Barbara Huntington , Urusla Worzer , Nancy Stefanovic, Carole Bashem, Janet Nielson, Sharon Gibbons, Karen Clark, Hilda Schaeffer, Kathy Zajicek, Barbara Goniu, Judith Maronek, Elaine Olm, and Dorothy Bussey.

Gamma Zeta University of Arkansas-Monticello College Heights, Arkansas October 21, 1961 CHARTER MEMBERS Martha Chambless, Barbara Bonnette, Jo Ann Dew, Carol Wilbanks, Jamie Buswell, Carol Alvis, Mary Brooks, Jerrilyn Brown, Diane Davis, Carol Hankins, Linda Harrod, Carolyn Hibbs, Connie Quimby, Mary Ryburn, and Nancy Smith.

Gamma Theta Syracuse University Syracuse, New York March 14 , 1964-1970 CHARTER MEMBERS - Sandra Hines, Joanne Condraski, Ellen MacDonald, Jane Sterback , Margot Flaherty, Lana Badertscher , Susan Low, Kathleen Gonsiorowski, Carol Young, Sue Slater, Judith Porte, Gloria DeSisto, Patricia Brown, Marjorie Crannell, Jane Holleran , Harriette Peters, Elizabeth Preston , Mitzi Sturgeon , Carol Jantz, and Carol Thorp.

Gamma Iota Ro chester Institute of Technology Roch ester, New York May 23, 1964 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Archer, Susan Gray, Jonna Gane , Suzanne Drost , Donna Hurd, Dorothy Peek, Diane Mercomes, Dorothy Lewis, Wynn Weaver, Carla Carson, Nancy Caves, Elaine Grabowski, Angelica Pilato, Mary Latosi, Judith Rogers, Barbara Goodman, Bronwyn Jones , Susan Bland , Joanne England, Jeanne Kentner , Marilyn Oftendahl , Barbara Popp, Jolene Sankowski , Carmen Spofford, Patricia Cheney , Sandra Donatucci, Marilyn Gershen, Charleen Graupman , Kathleen Mccann , Jeannine Packer, Linda Salvati, Marlene Sieczek, Noel Anderson , Shirley Baker , Regina Crowe, Helen Hickman, Harriet Pearson, and Elizabeth Poyzer.

Gamma Kappa Glenville State College Glenville, West Virginia December 5 , 1964-1975

Gamma Eta Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania May 5, 1962 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Meluskey (adviser), Judith Saleme, Carol Rupp , Sandra Cummins, Cynthia Menza, Dona Carpenter, Joyce Owen, Sara Biever, Ronna Bean, Nancy Goebel, Dianne Lamb, Patricia Osborne, Katherine Horner, Carol Silcox, Gertrude Barth, Lois Berry, Pamela Enander, Nancy Gorman, Pauline Knowles, Linda Morgan, Phyllis Vignevic, Louanne Hopkins, Marilyn Bishop, Martha Albl, Jane Allardice, Helen Baily, Marian Abowitz, Joan Wright, Gwen Mccahan, Patricia Mac Kinney, Joan Erdman, Susan Brown, Mary Gallagher, Diane Gething, Barbara Kist , Elena Koch, Roberta Lennox , Betsy O'Hara, MaryAnn Sidehamer, Elaine Spreckelsen, Mary Taylor, Sally Taylor, Katherine Ward, Joan Weisbein, Dorothy De Bolt, Ann DiFelice, Lois Yeakel, Barbara Fortunes, Ester McLaughlin, Susan Thurber, Karen Wagner, Barbara Edmunds, and Barbara Hall.

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CHARTER MEMBERS - Martha Hornor, Victoria Reale, Betty Ward, Sandra Salyers, Patricia Brown, Lois Stukey, Ruth Conrad, Diana Camp, Johanna Coleman, Judith Cottrill, Marilyn Ward, Sandra LeGrande, Martha Deel, Mary Barry, Marjorie Burke, Christine Bush, Louise Byrd, Lou Rhodes , and Sally White. ¡

Gamma Lambda Loyola University Chicago, Illinois September 26, 1964 CHARTER MEMBERS Virginia Meares, Joan Steinbrecher, Mary Corr, Karen Torme, Gail Grodoski, Mary Kiedrowski , Frances Subaitis, Alice Pirelli, Joan Mills, Mary Bigongiari, Marilyn Faford, Mary Hinderscheid, Mary Michiels, Barbara Judkiewicz, Kathleen Walsh, Virginia Bagnuolo, Mary Brooks, Georgiann Butvilas, Lila

Canning, Kathleen Cleary, nne Oona· hue, Marion Ourkan , Dawn Engle, Elaine Gon ior, Marlene Giusti, Sharee Hannah, Chri tine Hosek, Judith Ivin , Rosemary Kenny, Kathleen Koranda, Jeanne Lawlor, Sheila Lynch, Noreen My yk, Bonnie O'Shea, Sharon Panfil, ancy Piechnik, Margaret Schneider, Ro emarie Sochor, Elizabeth Sund· berg, Cynthia Tiechner, Mary Waldron, Pauline Ziemba, Adeline Lambros, Margaret Hippler, Oathleen Swieton, atalie Ruffolo, aomi Sidell, Valentine Valient , and Sandra Van Goethem .

Gamma Mu drian College Adrian, Michigan March 6, 1964 CHARTER MEMBERS - Mary Ander· son, Carol Barnes, Jane Bowles, Jane Bra iota, Kathryn DeLong, Isabelle Fo rrest , Nancy Glasgo, Donna Hoff· man , Margaret Hummel, Linda Nation, Kathryn eumann , and Martha Schroer.

Gamma Xi lippery Rock late College lippery Rock , Penn ylvania pril 30, 1966 CHARTER MEMBERS - Ca rrie Dan· kowsky, Antonia LaRosa, Lorraine Wilson. Rebecca Mellor, Ruth Zokvic, Carol Shiner, Kathleen Anderson, Diane Graham, Che ryl Kornrumpf, Donna Ripple, Beverly Kornido, Mil dred Kratz. Gera ldine Krupa, Eva Macesich, and Carol Penney.

Gamma Omicron larion tat e College larion , Pe nn ylvania Ma y 6, 1967 CH RTER MEMBERS - Barbara Greo, Karen Radaker , Ellen Vaile, Christine orn, Sharone Walsh, Alana Ga ze! ki , Joyce Hawk, Laurel King , Patricia Oerikar t , Kathleen Trella, There a Rohal, Marcia Stamm, Lynn rnold, Karen Beck, Joyce Boch, Jane Hodge, Linda McKiernan , Ca rol Reign.rd , Linda Bracco, Karen Fitz· immons, and Dorothy ornes.

Gamma Pi

H RT E R M MBERS Deb o ra h Ooylt. ne e mold . n van , P tricia German , B rb ra Gro hart, Marilyn Johnston. Deann Keller , lie Scott. Phyli hipp , Lynn tamper. K thy V nee, ncy Young , nd lizabeth llen .

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Jamai a, New York February 8, 1969-1972

CHARTER MEMBERS - Jeanne Meyer, Jacqueline Palma, Pamela ndron· ici, Charlene Attinello, Susan Belt, Linda Blake, Linda Chambers, Ellen Cressman, Stephanie Dean, Jane Fink, ancy Fisher, Janet Froehner, Jane Funk, Carol Gilbert, Linda Gruver, Ann Hart , Barbara Hibbs, Marie Jordan, Susan Kressler, Gerri Loeffler, Constance Logan, Kathryn Mackow, Dianne Miller, Danette eal, Christine Petermann, Sandra Possinger, Sharon Purvis, Jun e Repyneck, Karen Roberts, Nancy Shaffer, Renee Updegrove, Jane Vuksta, Kay Wanger, Sharon Weber, Kathleen Whitley, Marlene Yutz, and Grace Cuprys.

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CHARTER MEMBERS Barbara Morris, Marguerite Bagarozzi, Bonnie Baklini, Barbara Baranowski, Jane Bienkowski, Deni e Bourgeois, Maureen Bruckner, Ginny Camlek, Mary Cavanagh Constance Cockerham, her yl Crusco, Helen OeWald, Joan Gallagher, Roselynn Venovese, Mary Hauck, Margaret LaRosa, Jeanne Lite· plo, Maureen Miller, Mary Palmieri, Linda Petersen, Louise Proce, Karla Renzulli, Ellen Russell, Anita Sancetta, Aurelia Santolla, Nancy Sohl, Eileen Stapleton, Kathi Vogal, Gloria Garger, and Theresa OropalJo.

Gamma Psi

Gamma Sigma ichoU Stale College Thibodaux , Loui iana Oc tober 19 1968-1974 CHARTER MEMBERS Theresa Howard, Joan Barrios, Kathleen Cham· pagne, Janelee Guidry, Linda Hughes, Cla ra Hutchinson , Laurette LaBarre, Nancy Oden , Linda Olivier, Nancy Redden, Jill Rogers, Barbara Schneller, and Drucilla Schifani.

Gamma Tau C. W. Post ollege Long I land Univer ity Greenvale, ew York November 9, 1968-1974 CHARTER MEMBERS - Ginger Barbara, Sherry Anderson, Sophie Aneson, Pamela Calvert , Linda DeBiasio, Christine Dindy, Susan Freedland, Marissa Gans, Kathie Gyore, Carolyn Jones, Celeste Kaplan, Ca ndi Kessler, Mary Bruno, Diana Klein, Peggy Migneco, Consuelo in , Barbara Stein, Judith Wilcox, and Barbara Young.

Gamma Upsilon ew Mexico Highland Univer ity La Vegas, ew Me ico ovember 9, 1968-1974 CH RTER MEMBERS - Mary Campbell, Valerie h Sing , Joy Oanelowicz , Sandy Daws, Lice Dominguez, Rita Gomez, Lina Gonzales , Barbara Haggerty , Kathleen Kimbrell, Renato Kramer, Wendy Kuenchenmeister, Sid ney Lamkin, Stella Montoya, Judy Rominger, Linda Rekart, arol Terry, Di n Valdei, and Martha Williams.

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Edinboro State College Edinboro, Penn ylvania February 22, 1969 CHARTER MEMBERS - Suzanne Williams, Emma Aiken, Donna Baker, Candace Bates, Kaye Bennett, Patricia Carney, Carol Cole, Barbara Craig, Joyce Fendya, Mary Ferrara, Jeanne Fittante, Ann Harvey, Ann Houk, Sharon Illig , Mary Kubera, Lane Min, Linda Mockel, Kathleen Muir, Julie Murphy, Jane Newton , Lucile O'Donnell, Francine Pych , Pamela Ramsey, Carol Reichart, Donna Romano, Mary Trageser, Terry Trageser, Patricia Viola, Deborah Vogt, Shirley Gombert, eneva Jones, and Ada Kuhns.

Gamma Omega Ea tern lllinoi Univer ity Charle ton , lllinoi May 10, 1969 CHART ER MEMBERS - Jacqueline Jaques , Lauren Babcock , Elaine Barry , Patricia Bohling, Earlene olussl, Kath · leen Oembski, Cheryl Fundel, Bonnie Hoffman, Lynn Kleber, Judy Longtin, Karen Onea l, Rose Pilipowski, Patricia Roberts, Linda Shryock, Paula Smith, Kathleen Toman, Mary Williams, Robin Young, Judith Graves, Louise Lar on, Inez Livingston, and Mary Stillion .

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nandez, Era Henderson, Barbara Kanaszka, Mary Kelley, Margaret Mclane, Laura Pullara, Kathleen Roy, Jean Saylor, Marian Simmons, and Joy Williams.

Delta Beta Tennessee Technologic al University Cookeville, Tennessee October 11 , 1969-1971 Judith CHARTER MEMBERS Cruise, Patricia Eggleston, Carol Ford, Linda Gunther, Helen Hayes, Roseland Melton, Kaye Randolph, Judy Taylor, Brenda White, and Chrissa Wendt.

Janet Merkley, Mary Schapker, Sharon Linda Schnautz, Diana Schmitz, Schroeder, Kathleen Schutte, Linda Sloat, and Cathy Williams.

Delta Eta DePaul University Chicago, Illinois May 15 , 1971 CHARTER MEMBERS - Anita Mahoney , Patricia Marciniak, Alice Kearnes, Marilyn Natiello, Mary Grescheck, Peggy Kudla, Karen Krupa, Ellen O'Brien, Gail Arrigoni, Carol Blaschke, Patricia Derrig, Mary Dolan, Michele Gualdoni, Claudia Jaworski , Ruth Kraman , Marlene Krupa, Mary Marc, Elaine Modelski, Barbara Pedtke, Pamela Pedtke, Joan Rave, Nancy Schmalz, and Susan Schwartz.

Delta Theta Delta Gamma West Chester State College West Chester, Pennsylvani a November 15 , 1969-1973 Patricia CHARTER MEMBERS Christy, Susan Graham, Lucy Jones, Marjorie Madiera, and Vicki Miller.

Delta Epsilon Mansfield State College Mansfield, Pennsylvani a May 16, 1970 Patricia CHARTER MEMBERS Adams, Teresa Adams, Nancy Applin, Deborah Bauman, Denise Camoni, Linda Chemelli, Denise Hitz, Mary Hufnagle, Marlene Jones, Susan Klinger, Donna Kozich, Dathleen Krapotnick, Susan Lessick, Joan McKittrick, Elizabeth Miller, Janet Molzhan, Jeanne Rentschler, Donna Ronchi, Beverly Sadavage, Rebecca Tonjes, Joanne Trufant, Susan Yartymyk, Margaret Livermore, and Nora Mahoney.

Delta Zeta University of Wisconsin-W hitewater Whitewater, Wisconsin February 6, 1971-1976 Patricia CHARTER MEMBERS Blunt , Rose Bakos, Darnell Bradford , Elaine Dirwelis, Claudia Jutrzonka, Donna Kjin, Rita Maconia, Veronica Scaife, Linda Suchorski, Carol Whiting, and Pattylynn Yanulis.

Sou them Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois May 13 , 1972 CHARTER MEMBERS - Jane Corzine, Barbara Cushing, Susan DeMeo, Cynthia Fowley, Lucinda Harms, Mary Komaniecki , Cynthia Koscher, Patricia Leimgruber, Susan Schwartz, Sharon Stanko , Nancy Hansen, Sandra Miller , Mary Jacus , Joan McDonald, Barbara Pinaire, Adriane Schultz, Evelyn Zimmermann, and Donna Capron.

Delta Iota University of Delaware Newark, Delaware April 22, 1972 CHARTER MEMBERS - Susan Melson , Marilyn Grafton, Sally Chardavoyne, Kathleen Dugan, Frances, Fonner, Donna Fucci, Janet Hauser, Debra McNeal, Deborah Noland, Linda Bonine , Sharon Clark, Sally Hauser, Donna Lovett, and Marian Machman.

Delta Kappa Indiana State University-E vansville Evansville, Indiana May 6, 1972 CHARTER MEMBERS - Rita Johnson, Chris Bippus, Bonnie Bush, Diana Fedrick, Barbara Fisher, Lana Gee, Karen Gill, Linda Hatfield, Teresa Johnson, Mary Kaster, Janet Meador,

Delta Lambda Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia April27 , 1974 CHARTER MEMBERS - Sandra Blosser, Patricia Burke, Rhonda Coor, Sandra Crowell, Donna Dilalla , Donna Gilmore, Mary Hege, Carmen Valdivieso, Susan Walker, Margaret Wingo, Carol Bertolki , Lisa Cain, Lynne Dobler, Dorothy Lukens, Catherine Merrell, Lisa O'Rear, Cindy Richardson, and Patricia Curren.

Delta Nu General Motors Institute Flint, Michigan May 10, 1975 Deborah CHARTER MEMBERS Rough, Kathryn Deane, Sharon Friend, Patricia Hughey, Melanie Lanyi, Rebecca Mitchell, Michele Pawlowski, Suzanne Peters, Cynthia Peterson, Pamela Petta, Shirley Smith , Patricia Clawson, Julia Knight, Robin Lyon, Carol Tozer, Joellyn Weaver, Saundra Huelsman, Cynthia Chamiok, Julie Beauchamp, Jayne Fleming, Maryellen Keil, Deborah Rindfuss, and Carol Van De Voort.

Delta Xi Dallas Baptist College Dallas, Tex as September 20, 1975 CHARTER MEMBERS - LuAnn Carter, Carla Clerihew, Claudia Deck, Kathy Elmer, Charyse Gabehart, Linda Goforth, Nicky Gonder, Tana Kreiter, Pam McClellan, Jeanette McGoldrick , Tam McRae, Martha McVay, Cathy Nobis, Linda Robertson, Robin Robertson, Elaine Vaugn, Sheila Winslett, Kathy Burden, Susan Carter, June Easley, Cynthia Morris, Debbie McCoy, Donna Popejoy, Carla Russell, Suzette Taylor, Anna Vargas, and Marilyn Watson.

persons. Great The facts contained herein have been researched and compiled from available sources by many up-to-date. If and correct history our keep to made, be to continue should effort every and taken, care has been HeadNational the incorrect material has been printed or if you have additional information , please contact both quarters and the present National Historian.

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ALUMNAE ROLL Chapter Li ted in The Years Behind Us, 1952

Arizona Phoenix Tu con Arkansas Little Rock Californi a ngele Lo San Diego Colorado Colorado Spring Denver Greeley Gunni on Connecti cut Hartford Delaware Wilmingt on District of Columbia Wahingt on

Terre Haute outh Bend

Mississippi Hattie burg

Iowa

Missowi

De Moine

Greater Kan as City Joplin Kirksville Maryville St. Loui Springfie ld Warren burg (Wilma Wilson Sharp Chapter)

Kansas Emporia Grea ter Kansas City Hay Pitt burg Topeka Wi chita Kentucky

New Jersey

Kentu ckiana (Louisville Area) Murray

Northern New Jer ey Southern New J ersey New York

Louisiana

Buffalo Cortland New York Ci ty New York State Capitol Di trict Niagara Fall Olean Rocheste r Triple Cit ies

Houma Lafayette Natchitoc he New Orleans Muyland Baltimore Cumberla nd

Hawaii Honolulu

Massachu setts

North Dakota

Bo ton

Queen Ci ty

lllinois hicago Macomb Peoria Indiana Ft. Wayne lndianapoU Lafayette Muncie

Michigan

Ohio

Detroit (Delta Ph i) Detroit (Sigma Rho Chi) Kalamazo o Tri-Ci tie

Akron Canton Cincinna ti Cleveland Columbu Dayton Licking-Mu kingum Middleto wn

Minnesot a Twin Ci tie

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Oklahom a Alva Mu kogee Oklahom a City Tahlequa h Tula Oregon Portland Pennsylv ania Allentow n-Bethleh em Central Erie Indiana John town Philadelp hia Pitt burgh Texas Dallas Hou ton Ft. Worth Virginia Charlotte sville Hampton Harri onburg Longwoo d (Farmvill e) Lynchbu rg rqorfolk- Port mouth Radford Richmon d Roanoke Suffolk West Virginia Charle ton Huntingt on

ALUMNAE ROLL Chapters Chartered 1951-1976 *Reorganized Chapters Alabama Mobile - May 8, 1961 Arizona Phoenix - November, 1951 *Tucson - July 1 7, 196 8 Sun City - January 17, 1975 Arkansas Greater Little Rock - August 23, 1963 Pine Bluff - January 22, 1970 Southeast Arkansas - April 13 , 1973 California San Diego - June, 1951 Long Beach - 1953-54 Zanja - May, 1956 *San Diego - August, 1957 Connecticut Hartford - 1951 Florida Miami Area - November 30, 1954 Florida-West Coast - 1953-54 *Tri-Cities of Florida - June 25, 1966 Illinois Macomb - November 11, 1951 Fox Valley - March 8, 1955 Chicago, South Suburban - October 25, 1959 Waukegan - May 14, 1957 Chicago, North Suburban - March 21, 1960 Rockford - April 4, 1960 Chicago, West Suburban - April 6, 1960 *Fox Valley - October 2, 1963 DeKalb - 1964 Chicago Metro - March 19, 1973 Southern Illinois - April 28, 1974 Indiana Terre Haute - 1951 Anderson - January 22, 1956 Richmond - May 17, 1960 Elkhart - January 25, 1961 Calumet Region - September 14, 1961 *Lafayette - March 14, 1962 Columbus - May 18, 1974 Iowa Des Moines - October 30, 1965 Kansas *Hays - December 9, 1958 *Topeka - April 26, 1960

Kentucky

Queens - June 22, 1957

Kentuckiana - November 15, 1951 Paducah - March 7, 1955 *Murray - January 28, 1957 Indiana-Kentucky - October 29, 1957 *Indiana-Kentucky - January 29, 1966 Louisville - May 24 , 1966 Louisiana

North Carolina Charlotte - January 29, 1975 North Dakota *Dickinson - August 19, 1959 Central North Dakota - May 25, 1973 Ohio

Shreveport - November 11, 1952 Lake Charles - February 8, 1955 *Lafayette - January, 1957 Monroe - August, 1957 *Natchitoches - February 8, 1961 *Lafayette - October 7, 1962 *Shreveport - July 19, 1963 Central Louisiana - February 15, 1964 *Southeast Louisiana - December 1, 1966

*Middletown - 1951 Cincinnati - March 2, 1951 Hamilton-Middletown-Oxford January 27 , 1959 *Columbu s - March 4, 1967 Butler County - March 18, 1970 Oklahoma Bartlesville - June 25, 1957 Oregon

Michigan Kalamazoo - February 13 , 1952 *Kalamazoo - November 20, 1959 Mt. Pleasant - May 18, 1957 *Mt. Pleasant - 1958 Grand Valley - February 13, 1961 Pontiac - September 22, 1961 Tri-City - June 11 , 1966 Adrian - April 14, 1973 Flint - March 19, 1975 Minnesota Twin City - April 9, 1951 *Twin City - May 22, 1973 Mississippi Jackson - September 13, 1958 Mississippi Gulf Coast - March 2, 1961

Portland - 19 51 Pennsylvania Erie - February 12, 1952 Johnstown - June 13, 1952 Delaware Valley - May 5, 1959 Bux-Mont - February 12, 1960 Philadelphia - October 18, 1967 Moraine - November 14, 1973 Greater Harrisburg - May 15, 1973 State College - April 25, 1974 Scranton Area - February 18, 1975 Texas Dallas - 1955-56 Houston - 1955-56 *Houston - September 26, 1959 *Houston - 1970 *Dallas - 197 2

Missouri

Virginia

*Warrensburg - April 16, 1966 Columbia - March 15, 1970 Greater St. Joseph - July 11, 1971

Radford - March 7, 1950 Farmville - January, 1951 Northern Virginia - 1952 *Norfolk-Portsmouth - October 8, 1958 Peninsula - February 7, 1974

Nebraska Omaha - April, 1955

West Virginia

New Jersey Northern New Jersey - 1951 New Mexico Albuquerque - March 25, 1956 Las Vegas - March 5, 1971 New York Syracuse - 1953-54 Central New York - October 4, 1966

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Bluefield - March 13, 1957 Beckley - November 5, 1958 Charleston - October 24, 1961 Glenville - January 16, 1965 Wisconsin Menomonie - January 29, 1957 Milwaukee - April, 1957 Madison - September 13, 1962 Milwaukee, Beta - 1964

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