Asa phoenix vol 9 no 1 nov 1923

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THE PHOENIX

NOVEMBER, 1923

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NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, A and AA, 5 Cobden St., Boston, 19, Mass.

Vice-President-Minnie M. Shockley, GG, 704 Church St., Alva, Okla.

Secretary-Adda Anderson, EE, 706 Union St., Emporia, Kans.

Treasurer-Grace F. Fultz, DD, Rushville, Ohio.

Registrar-\1\Tilma Wilson, ZZ, 1405 Hardy, Independence, Mo. Historian-Mrs. H. S. Toms, BB, 1222 N. Sutter St., Stockton, Calif.

Ritualist-Ruth Duffey, AA, 1425 Spring Garden, Lakewood, Ohio.

Editor-Gertrude D. Halbritter, 速速, 1 Lindsey St., Dorchester, Mass.

BOARD OF ADVISERS Alpha A lpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, "The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Miss Ethel Hook, 602 So. Franklin Street, Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta..:_____Miss Vera Campbell, 1709 lOth Ave., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Miss Minnie M. Shockley, Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Miss Elizabeth Garber, Box 215, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Catherine E. Strouse, Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. O rlo R. Nattinger, 405 So . Holden St., vVarrensburg, Mo. Eta E ta-M iss E ulalia E. Roseberry, 1610 So. Olive St., Pittsburg, Kans .

Theta Theta-Mrs. Wm. Holmes Martin, 5 Cobden St., Boston, Mass.

Iota Iota-Mrs. vV. F. Barr, 2842 Rutland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mrs. Sherman H. Doyle, 1811 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Mr . E leanor H. Percival, 1142 Grandv iew Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Alumnae-Edna McCullough, 1017 Rural St., Emporia, Kans.

Art-Carol Pierce, 84 Pre cott St., Bromley Ct., Cambridge, Mass.

Chapter Activities-Dorothy Yelton, High t., Butler, Ky. ExtensionMembership-Rosamond Root, Apt. 502, 509 W . 121 St., New York City.

Music-Josephine Dixon, 616 'VI/ . L exington St., Independence, Mo. Scholarsh ip-Christina S. L ittle, 154 Circuit Rd., Winthrop, Mass.

Sorority Stud y-Sue Edwards, Box 354, Alva, Okla .

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha-Miami University, Oxford, Oh io.

Alpha Beta-State Teachers' Coll ege, Kirksvill e, Mo. Beta Beta-State Teache rs' College, Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-State Teachers' College, Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Ep ilon Epsilon-State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-State Teachers' Coll ege, Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-State Teachers' College, Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Theta-Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Iota Iota-Drake Un iversity, Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Temple .University, Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ohi o State Un iversity, Columbus, Ohio.

COLLEGE CHAPTER SECRETARIES Alpha Alpha-Rachel Kellar, 43 Hepburn Hall, Oxford, O hio.

Alpha Beta-Virginia Roman s, 225 E. Jefferson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Eclris \i\Tarner, 1214 Nineteenth t., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Mary Fraizer, 1002 Sixth St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Lauretta Suntheimer, Li ndley Hall, Athens, Ohio.

Ep ilon Epsi lon-Margaret Peters, Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Hattie Schooley, 201 Broad St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-J essie Hisle, 1302 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, Kans.

Theta Theta-Hazel Peterson, 11 E . Newton St., Boston, /[ass.

Iota Iota-Grace Davis, 817 35th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Margaret Bache, 314 Clifton Ave. , Collingdale, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ruth Blenkn er, 201 E. Tompkins St., Columbus, O hio.

EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTER SECRET ARIES A lpha Alpha-Ruth Duffey, 1425 Spring Garden, Lakewood, O hi o.

Alpha Beta-Jean McKinley, U nionville, Mo .

Alpha Gamma-Elea nor D. Lowry, 6029 Stanton \ve., E. E., P ittsburgh, Pa. Beta Beta-J essie M. Autrey, 9 10 11th St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-M rs. Jam es A. Lane, 801 Centre St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Helen H ud son, 路w orthington, O hio.

Epsilon Eps il on-Ruth Jeremy, 404 Water St., Stevens Po int, Wis. Zeta Zeta-Mrs. E dgar A. Kibbe, California, Mo. Eta Eta-Maude Laney, P ittsburg, Kans.

Theta T heta-Caroline G. Wa gatt, 346 Lookout Ave., Hackensack, N. ].

Iota Iota-Leona W ilcox, 1165 23rd St., Des i[oines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-I rene Pa rker, 112 W illiam St., Salisbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-

ASSIST ANT EX-COLLEGIO SECRET ARIES Alpha AlphaAlpha Beta-Elizabeth Romans, Linneus, Mo. Gamma Gamma-Lucelle Chew, 829 Church St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Emma Helsel, St. Mary's, O hio.

Epsilon Ep ilon-Lois Koontz, 1222 Rural St., Empo ria, Kans.

CITY ASSOCIATION S ECRETARIES Alva, O kla.-Belle Rackley, 1002 W . Barnes St., Alva.

Bo ton, Mass.-Chri stina S. L ittle, 154 Circuit R d., W inthrop, Mass.

Cehrokee, O kla .-Edna Dail, Cherokee.

Chicago- Hazel Strahan, 1212 East 54th St., Chicago, Ill. Clevela nd, O hio-Esther Kenney, 12700 E uclid, Cleveland.

Columbus, O hi o- Helen l\I illikin, 77 E ldon Ave., Colu mbus.

Des Moines, I owa-Marga ret Meek, 11 23 26th St., Des Maine .

E mpori a, Kans. -M rs. vVayne D. Patterson, Empo ria.

Greeley, Colo.- E th elyne Rhin er, 1533 N inth Ave., Greeley.

K ansas City, Mo.-Lucille Chri stopher, 204 N . R iver Blvd ., Independence. , Moberly, Mo.-Mae M idd leton, 205 Hagood t. , Moberl y.

P ittsburg, K ans.-Lorena L aney, 71 7 E . 7th, P ittsburg.

P ittsb urgh, Pa . -Mabel L. Byers. 373 L a rimer Ave., Turtle Creek, P a.

New York, N . Y.-Rosamond Root, Apt. 502, 509 Vl. 12 1st St.. ew Yo rk City.

U nionville, l\Io.-Nettie B. Dickerson, U nionville, Mo . \iVarrensburg, Mo .-M rs. L esli e A . McMeekin , East Gay St., VVarrensburg.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman-Miss Maude Mo rris, ~~ A, School of M ines, Rapid City, S. D. Secreta ry-Mr.. A. J. Hathaway, Jr ., ~~~ ' Weiland, O nta rio.

Trea urer-l\Iiss M innie S hockley, A::SA, 704 Church St., Alva, Okla.

D irector of Local P anh ell enics- M iss Anne W ilke, IlK~ , 709 Church St., Alva, O kla .

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-chief

Gertrude D. Halbritter, 1 Lindsey St., Dorchester, Mass.

Chapter Editors

Alpha Alpha-Marjorie Martin, 29 Hepburn Hall, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Lettie Merrick, 210 E. Fillmore St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Rispah A. Wh itlow, 1124 Thirteenth St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Mrs. Verna Morgan, 710 Church St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Frances Gray, Lindley Hall, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Catherine Brower, 706 Union St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Christine Basham, 216 South St., Warrensburg, Mo. Eta Eta-Frances Hull, 1010 S. Olive St., Pittsburg, Kans .

Theta Theta-Esther Tyler, 124 Forest St., Medford, Mass.

Iota Iota-Catherine Corbett, 1324 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mildred Sherwood, 1815 N. Borad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Lillian Branch, 533 City Park Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

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1Ju flrmnrinm EDITH A. WEBB Hon orary !I f ember of Ga nLina Gamma Cha pte路r

\tV HEREAS, It has pleased th e omn iscient F ather 111 Hi love to take our beloved Edith A . W ebb to elwell with H im in th e heavenly home ; and

\tVHEREAS, In the death of E dith W ebb, not only has Gamma Gamma chapter suffered th e loss of one of its stars, but the So rority as a whole has been dep ri ved of a mo st fa ithful and ea rnest worker ; be it th erefore

RESOLVED, T hat vve, th e members o f Gamm a Gamm a chapter, express our so rrow and ex tend our loving sympath y to her bereaved parents, and th at we also extend to our l\Irs. l\Ia rtin our sincere condolence fo r the loss o f one who has been . o nea r and dea r to her ; and, be it f urther

RESOLVED, T hat a copy of these resolutions be sent to the parents of our beloved E di th A. 路w ebb, a copy to :\Irs. Ida Shaw Ma rtin . a copy to T rm PHOENIX fo r publi cati on, and a copy ente red upon th e recor ds of thi 路 chapte r. :M ay the God of all mercies give to all the ri ch condolence o f H is grace.

L E JQRE SH. \ FER,

Secretary of Gam 111 a Gam 111 a Chaptrr.

IDA SI-IA w MARTIN

THE PHOENIX NOVEMBER, 1923 CONSERVING TIME IN CHAPTER MEETINGS In order that no time need be lost in Chapter 1\Ieetings, parliamentary procedure should be fo llowed clo ely. The Secretary should have ready for quick reference a copy of Robert's Rules of Order, or some similar book, so as to be able at a moment's notice to furnish the accepted course of procedure. As much work as po sible should be put in the hands of committee , and as many minor de,tails as possible should be settled at Cabinet Meetings made up of all the Chapter Officers. ny member wh o has a special point to bring up for discussion, and every committee that has anything to report, should have the matter set down clearly and concisely in writing. The following rules should be observed at all times.

1. There should be a definite time for the hapter Meeting, which should Jbe opened promptly, if only two officers are present.

2. There should be at every business meeting a formal opening consisting of ( 1) Devotional Exercises by the Chaplain, (2) Roll Call, ( 3) Reading of the Minutes by the Secretary, and ( 4) Approval or Correction of the Minutes.

3. No one may enter during the devotional exercises, or during roll call.

4. Those arriving late may be permitted to enter after roll call, but must be counted tardy.

5. Two unexcused absences during one semester debar a member from holding any office in the Chapter, or representing it at any inter-sorority affairs given by other organizations.

6. All discussion must be timed by the Registrar. If discussion on a given subject is not finished when the allotted time is up, the matter must be dropped and the next matter presented.

When the order of business has been covered, a return may be made to unfinished discussions.

7. The President should exercise her power to cut off any

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one not speaking directly to the question, but, as she has no power to call for a question so long as any member is talking to said question, and th e matter is vvithin th e time limit, th e members should take care that there is no repetition of points already mentioned, and should call for the question, if some one insists on repetition.

8. Not more than ten minutes should be given to the discussion of any one rushee. The Rushing Captain should have at hand all available information, so that no time is wasted in speculation. Members are at liberty to suggest new names for the rushing list, but the Rushing Captain must investigate and present the name regqlarly.

9. Private conversations and whisperings are to be regarded as acts of discourtesy, and should call for a reprimand from the presiding officer. A repetition of the offence will force the President to r equest the offender to retire from th e meeti:1g. Such enforced retirement shall be counted as an unexcused absence.

10. No member shall be permitted to leave the meeting before adjournment.

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To spreads shall be permitted during business se sions.

SCHEDULE FOR BUSINESS MEETING S I. II.

III.

Formal Opening. 10 minutes.

Reports of Officers. 10 minutes.

1. Since the Vice-President superintends the sponso ring and the training of all pledges and new initiate , there will usually be a report from thi s officer.

2. The ec retary should rea d all letter s of general interest, or such as call for di scussion . All letters written by order of the Chapter or the President should be mentioned.

3. T he Treasurer should repo rt on all special matters of finance. The nam es of any who fail to pay th eir dues may be read in the meeting, and voting privileges may be taken from those who have no sufficient excuse to offer .

Comm ittee Report . 1.1 minutes.

1. "No report should take more than ten minute , including the discussion. If more time is needed. as in the case of

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a ru shing party, or a big social affair, some one houlcl ma ke a motion to postpone further di cu ion un ti l all other busine s has been transacted.

2. The general nature of parties should be decided m Chapter meetings, but all plans and detail should be left to the Standing Committees.

New Business. 15 minutes.

In many cases new business will mean the appointing of committees. Time should not be taken by the President during the session for such appointment . It is better to postpone the appointments until later and until after a conference with the Secretary, who will have a li st of all committee ass ignments.

U nfini shed Business. 10 minutes.

Chapter Registrar.

Official Time-Keeper.

A FRATERNITY CODE OF ETHICS l\Iy standards shall have in them a note of sympathy for our common humanity, and my aspirations and their atta inment shall always cause me to take into consideration my highest duties as a member of society. In every re ponsibility that comes before m e, it shall be my aim to fulfill that responsibili ty and discharge that duty so when I have ended each of them.

I shall have lifted my own and all humanity's level of ideals and achievements to a higher degree. In view of this, it IS my duty, as a fraternity member1. To consider my fraternity worthy, and as affording me di stinct opportunity to better myself so th at I may serve mankind.

2. To let the principles of my fraternity be peak them selves in my personal co nduct.

3. To help to adjust myself to society by accepting the deci sion of the majority a nd to work in harmony with them.

4. To accept all duties and responsibiliti es in fraternity and to fulfill them to the best of my capabilities.

5. To r ecognize that through my fr iend s will I atta in much of my success, therefore I will strive to live in love and friendship with my sister s in fraternity, and g ive f reely of myself to them.

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6. To know that the ideals of a fraternity are more sacred when kept secret, and a fraternian will not unethically reveal any secrets of his group.

7. Nor to pry into the affairs of another fraternity, thus respecting them as I would have them respect my organization.

8. To realize that in belonging to a fraternity I have been more fortunate than others and should not flaunt it before them nor shall I consider that my fraternity membership gives me precedence over non-fraternity members.

9. To give the benefit of my fraternity training to the world at large.

10. To be always grateful to my fraternity, even after I have attained success in life, and to ever serve her in any way I am able.

RuTH SELBY, A . B. A PROGRAM FOR PLEDGES

Instilling Alpha Sigma Alpha spirit into a new girl is a wonderful thing, not only for the new girls but the instiller as well. Before this year, we were content to allow the pledges' examination do this and the spirit was often miserably slipshod and hazy. To better this condition, we carried out the following program thi s winter. The meetings were held at the same time of chapter meetings; each pledge brought a notebook and pencil, and a senior girl was in charge.

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Learning of Important A. S. A. songs, In charge of Song Leader.

What You Should Mean to the Sorority and What It Should Mean to You , Conducted by Vice-President and Sponsor followed by round-table discussion.

Material Given and Discussed for Examinations, The Vice-President presiding.

Study and Review Period. a. Songs learned and sung b. Examination material discussed and learned, Led by Vice-President.

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At the end of four weeks \Ve were very proud to initiate girls with such glorious A. S. A. spirit as they had acquired.

Of course truer and deeper sorority spirit comes from living it from clay to day, but our seven new pilgrims had surely started on the right road.

MABLE HuTCHISON, A. B.

EFFICIENCY REPORT Officers' Ranking

A 11nnal Exantination

Gamma Gamma . . . . . . . . . 1 Eta Eta .. .. ..... . ...... 2 Kappa Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lambda Lambda .' ...... . 4 Theta Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alpha Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Zeta Zeta .............. 7 Alpha Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Iota Iota ...... . .. .. .... 9 Beta Beta .............. 10 Delta Delta .... . ... . . . .. 11 Epsilon Epsilon .. .. .. . .. 12

Gamma Gamma . . . . . . . . . 1 Alpha Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Zeta Zeta ............... 3 Epsilon Epsilon . . . . . . . . . 4 Kappa Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alpha Alpha . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Theta Theta . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beta Beta ..... . ........ 8 Delta Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Iota I ota ............ . .. 10 Lambda Lambda ....... . 11 Eta Eta ................ 12

General Efficiency

1. Gamma Gamma 2. Alpha 路 Beta 3. Kappa Kappa 4. Theta Theta 5. Eta Eta 6. Lambda Lambda 7. Zeta Zeta 8. Alpha Alpha 9. Iota Iota 10. Epsilon Epsilon 11. Beta Beta 12. Delta Delta

rJUJ( CJI/IP:Zl?_8 ALPHA ALPHA Alpha Alpha's one big social function of the year, our pring formal dance, took place in April. Vve held it in the McGuffey auditorium, which was just large enough to give plenty of room without being crowded. We had about thirteen alumnce back, and seven or eight guests besides our chapter actives . Vve wanted to use chrysanthemums. This gave Gene Converse, chairman of the decoration committee, the idea of having a Japanese affair. 'vVe used tvvo hundred Japanese lanterns, the ones which were usually used for campus illumination during Commencement, and strung them from the balcony to the top of the stage platform. A round the walls, flat against them, we hung lattice work of black crepe paper and twined it with cherry blossoms. The platform had a heavy green curtain draped before it, and on this were pasted all colors of butterflies, and at the base were placed four or five fern s. Peeking out from these were two desk lights . the bulbs of which were covered with yello;v crepe paper to look like chrysanthemums. Then, of course, we had fl oo r lights, big comfortable chai rs from the fraternity houses, and pillows everywhere. Vve also had a sort of cozy corner fitted for our chaperones, over which hung big electric lights covered with gayly colored Japanese lanterns. 'vVe had the wide hall fi xed up attractively with a rug, furniture, cherry bios om. , etc. Ba kets of huge yellow chrysanthemum s were all around where they were needed to compl ete the effect. There was a great deal of fun connected with the mak ing of the chrysanthemums. The orche tra came from Dayton and was splendid. \ \Te had two favo r dances, a nd gave the men black leather bill-folds, and th e girl s little gay bottles of different color ed perfumes. Green frozen punch and gold cake with palm green icing were se rved as refreshments. little J apanese maid did the se rving.

The first Sunday in May we had an ea rly breakfa st out in the country. Did we eat? l\Iy, what a fooli h question! Later two f our patrone es, l\Ir . Clark and M rs. Brill, gave us a charming tea at the home of M rs. Clark.

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O ne of the most important events at l\Iiami this sp ring ,,-a th e "Style Revue" given by the Home Economics Department.

The garments were made and displayed by the girls in that department. They were divided into seven groups as follows: party frocks, work dresses, children's dre ses, a fternoon frocks, middy suits, sport suits, and evening wear. The Alpha S igs chosen as models were: Viola Warren, Dorothy Yelton. Mildred Perkins, and Juanita Wolfe, who had charge of the sport costume .

One of our girls, Carmen Richard, paid us a vi it recently.

Carmen has been singing with several opera companies in the last two years. Her latest role was in " Robin Hood'' put on by th e Valentine Company. She was with us several weeks and during that time many parties were given in her honor. Ca rmen is very talented and has a beautiful voice. She will sing with the Ridpath Company during the summer.

Helen Stepelton has returned to us after completing her teaching in Springfield. Velma Hu ton also returned for a short tim e in order to take her examinati ons, covering the work she mi ssed during her illn ess.

It has been our mi sfo rtune to receive a resignati on from one of our patronesses, l\f rs. Cla rk. She has so many interest that her health is forcing her to drop several of them. \11/e are very so rry to have to give her up.

In the last issue of TI-IE PHOENIX we noticed th e name of the author and playwright, Percy McKaye. We are proud to say that thi s noted person lives here in Ox ford and has his studio on our Miami camp us. He has various clubs among our tudents. It is interesting to knovv that his daughter, A rvi a, who was a student at 1\fiami last year, is a sculptress of no little fame in New York.

Last Saturday night, as guests of M iss l\fyers, all the A lpha S igma Alph as grabbed a blanket and bathing uit and journeyed to the banks of the Tallawanda. A delicious supp er, a swim, a big fire with cards and music followed. Then, oh then, a sleep fiat on the ground und er the stars. The next morning, du e to crows and caws and bugs, we awoke at four o'clock, and ate about six. Another wim a nd back to town after haYing one

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of the best times of the year. M iss Amy Swisher could not remain for the night, but had breakfast with us.

O n Saturday evening, June ninth, our Campus Illuminati on took place. This was beautiful. The campus is entirely lighted with hundreds of Japanese lanterns. V arious groups walk here and there, playing instrum ents and singing. This lasts until about ten o'clock, and then all the fraternities and sororities have their alumni gatherings. O n the followin g Monday morning was our Commencement.

J ean Converse, Maud M urphy and M ildred Perkins were at M iami summ er school for six weeks, and as M iss Swisher and Miss Myers were also her e for a short time, th e Alpha S igs enj oyed many parties and picnics togeth er.

During the summer vacation Florence King entertained w ith a house party. The Alpha Sigs路 present were: Esth er E hrhard , Margaret Duncan, Ethel Barnett, and Georganna Robinson. lVI iss Svvisher spent a wonderful vacation at Columbia U niversity, during whi ch time she was present at a tea given by M i. s Ida J ewett . and M iss Rosamond Root.

Cupid seems to have been play ing hi s part thi s summer with A. S. H elen Ruth Robinson was married to 路w illiam H. Ri ese in June, and they are liv ing at Lorain, O hio. M ildred Loudon was marri ed to Hugh McPhee. They are making their home at Struther, Ohio, at the present time. Eli zab eth Spivey was marri ed to Owen R. Bangs on T hursday, Jun e twenty-eighth a.t Bluffton. Indiana. T hey will live at \1\Tarren, India na. Catherine P rud ent and Albe rt \ 1\1 olf were married on June thirtyfir st . at Chi cago, Illinois. T hey are at home in Fo rt Vlayne. Indiana. I sis W illi ams ma rried J ohn K. Roberts on June fo urteenth, at Greenville, Ohio. They a re at home in Clevela nd , O hi o.

Vil e also wish to ann ounce the birth of E a rl R ober ts R ader, son of M r. and M rs. Ea rl J. Racier (Anne Roberts), and again .

J ane Alice Sauer to M r. and M rs. E dwa rd A. Sauer (Alice O ttman ).

T hree of our girls are doing practice teaching for ni ne weeks.

T hey a re Rachael K ella r, teaching at Dayton ; Lucile Ilout at Ham il ton; and Jo Annis R udder at M iddletown. Vle certainl v mi s them and will be very glad when they are with us again ..

O ur chapter has ju t closed a ve ry successful ru sh season.

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We are indeed proud of our pledges, for we feel that we have pledged worth-while girls, who will always work sincerely to uphold the standards and ideals of our dear Alpha Sigma Alpha.

We had our rush parties at the home of Miss Swisher, and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth White, who are living in Oxford at this time. We greatly appreciate their generous hospitality during the rush season. On Monday evening we entertained our rushees at a lovely banquet at the Spinning Wh~el.

Our pledges are: Erma Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio; Helen McKinley, Mansfield, Ohio; Frances Shannon, Mansfield, Ohio; Maxine Herron, 路Wellsville, Ohio; Betty Bates, Sidney, Ohio; Sophia McSherry, Oxford, Ohio; Lucile Chick, Portsmouth, Ohio; Perlina Albright, Utica, Ohio; Helen Jones, Lima, Ohio; Jean Probasco, Harrisburg, Illinois.

P ledge duties have begun, so the freshmen are kept very busy most of the time. ' Last June sixteen Alpha Alpha chapter girls graduated.

They were-Ethel Barnett, Mary L. Barrett, Bernice Berry, Gertrude Brandstetter, Marie Brandstetter, Gene Converse, Laura Donaldson, Esther Ehrhard, Margaret Ehrhard, Marguerite Krein, Maude Murphy, :Mildred Perkins, Helen Stepelton, Viola Warren, Juanita Wolfe, Dorothy Yelton. Pauline Tyroler left to teach in the Beechwood School at Jenkin Town, Pennsylvania.

The following girls have returned to college this year: Gene Converse, Lucile Hout, Velma Houston, Rachel Kellar, Florence King, Marjorie Martin, Ruth Neff, Marion Roberts, Georgeana Robinson, Annis Rudder, Emily Yelton, Mary Zeck. This makes our number twelve and includes those three girls who are just now practice teaching, but who wi ll be with us soon again.

Georgeana Robinson is our president.

ALPHA BETA A lpha Beta enjoyed the Spring term immensely. No rushing was done, and we bid only one sister, Virginia Romans. We have become so much better acquainted with one another and enjoyed some hikes and inspiring programs. One of these good times was a dance given at the home of Mrs. Laughlin by Mrs. Laughlin, one of our patronesses, and Mrs. Lena Norris, a good friend of ours and an aunt to an Alpha Beta, Edna Deuel.

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O ur annual May breakfast was held Sun day morning, ::\J ay 13. VVe left town at fi ve o 'clock and hiked to Ow nsbey L ake. \ Ve returned home in ord er to attend the l\lother's Day services in a body.

For our Hermes I rogram R uth Motley told us the He rmes .:\Iyth and V irginia Sparling R eeves talked to us on 路'How 'vVe Can Live up to th e I deals Given Us in the Hermes Myth.'' ::\Ia rgaret Seton spoke on "J ust Between O urselves."

VVe have pledged our new Spon or, M iss Hook, and also initi ated M iss Hook, Virgini a Romans, a nd Rachel V iollette. l\I iss Bra ndenburg entertained us in her apartm ent one Sunday evening to help the girl s become acquainted vvith our new spo nsor, M iss Hook.

T he summer term of college opened on May 28 with th e la rgest enrollment ever kno wn in the college. T he new O phelia Parri sh building is completed and now in use. T he John R. K irk is expected to be compl eted during thi s quarter. T he huge auditorium, whi ch has a seating capacity of 2,500 will prove a great advantage to the rapidly increasing number of students.

Alpha Beta was extremely lucky in securing th e T heta Psi house for its home during the summer. The girls seemed quite at home as this has been our home in previous years. T he sixteen girls in the house were delighted with their house mother, l\lrs. \ i\T ells, who was always willing to do her part in moth ering them. The girls in the summer chapter were as follows: Ruth Bailey, H elen Barnett, Margaret Barnett, Gladys Carmen, Helen Cypher, O rene Fagg, E li zabeth Fair, E mm a H uckstep, Gladys R. H utchinson, Helen J ohnson, Grace Jones, D orothy J\Ia rtin, Ru th Motley, Nellie V . Mudd , Cla ra M udra, Olive M udra, L aura Newby, Ruth P hillips, Inez P ierce, E va Riggins, Margaret Seaton, R uth Selby, V irginia Shouse, Katherin e Stephenson, Maryalice Stewart, Rachel V iolette, Bernice 路w ebb, and Mabel \ i\T illtams.

O ur new faculty adviser, M iss E thel Hook, gave th e girls a very helpful and impressive talk. She has taken the work w ith enthusiasm and we feel that with her help we shall be able to uphold the standa rds and ideals of Alpha S igma Alpha.

An afternoo n tea was given June ninth at our house in honor of our faculty adviser, :rviiss H ook, and our house moth er, M rs.

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Wells. Invitations were issued to the town alumnce, patrone se . member of the faculty, and active member of Sigma Sigma Sigma and Delta Sigma Epsilon. On the evening of the ame date a house dance was given for the active members.

The following members have returned to college this fall: Marguerite Barnett, Christine Chapman, Esther Clark, Eub Conner, Hertha Cornish, Billie Crow, Elizabeth Fair, Ruth Gardner, Violet Garrett, Emma Huckstep, Lettie Merrick, Nada Reddish, Elizabeth Romans, Virginia Romans, V irginia Reeves, Isabel Howell.

Six girls were graduated this year and are teaching: Mabel Hutchison, teaching in Kirksville; Mellie Mucic\, in Burlington, Iowa; Gladys Hutchison, in Maplewood, Missouri; Eva Riggin s, in Macon, Missouri; Gladys Carmen, in Unionville, Missouri ; and Gene McKinl~y, in Unionville, Missouri.

Other girls that have left college to teach are: Ruth Bailey in Edina, Orene Fagg in Gorin, Dorothy Martin in Hannibal, Ruth Motley in Bowling, Clara and Olive Mudra in Hannibal, Laura Newby in Memphis, Ruth Phillips in Downing, Eva Riggins in Macon, Margaret Seaton in Hannibal, Ruth Selby in LaBelle, Virginia Shouse in Shelbina, Bess Shouse and Katherine Stephenson {n Salisbury, Bernice Webb in Paris, Mabel Vlilliams in La Plata. All happen to be teaching in the state of Missoun.

Vve also have two marriages to report. Helen Johnson married 路warren Griffith, and Grace Jones marri ed Ian Hibbs. Both 路weddings took place on August third.

VIe are sorry to lose Rachel Violette who has moved from Kirksville.

Among our alunm;:e we find that Ann Brewingeon has resumed her position in the Department of Commerce of the University of Chicago. Isabel Robinson is attending Columbia University this winter, majoring in fine arts and physical education.

Lucile Nickell will teach again this year in Union, West Virginia.

She spent the summer visiting in Unionville, Missouri. N ada Reddish will teach in the Demonstration School at Kirksville.

Lucy Reddish will teach in the normal school at Willamintic, Connecticut.

Other alumnae will teach in the following places : Mabel Wil-

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son, Staunton, V irginia ; E dna Deuel and L ela Dawson in La P lata ; F lorence Sublette, Sapulpa, Oklahoma ; Ruby Wells and Ho rtense Stauder, O kmulgee, O klahom a ; Dora Murphy r eturns to M innesota; Esther Robinson returns to Superior, vVisconsin ; Julia Briggs Caldwell teaches in Nov inger, M issouri .

1\f rs. Louise Sublette Perry lives near Asheville, No rth Carolina, in a charming new bungalow. Her husband is writing whil e he regains his health in the invigorating climate of Asheville.

Ed ith Gambl e, our fo rmer National Secr etary, is teaching in Oakland, California, in one of the best junior hi gh schools in the city.

L enore Simmons spent the winter in New Yo rk City, leaving there in June fo r M inneapolis and the vvestern Nati onal parks and the Pacific coast. She has a good position as traveling sales agent for an educative desk.

Lola Brandenburg was married on T hursday, June twentyeighth to Harry K ennington L eedh am. M rs. Leedh am will live in St. Loui s, M issouri .

After the close of th e summer term at Columbia, Rosamond Root spent a week in southern Indiana lecturing, and then went to M is ouri. Ida Jewett visited Washington, Kirksville, Mo., and Grand Rapids. O n the return trip Miss R oot and /[ iss J ewett visited schools in Detroit and Buffal o, and spent a day at N iaga ra Falls.

A most enj oyable a nnual r eunion was that held by these college room-mates of th e year 19 15-16 : Lucy Reddish, Lilian \ Vhaley Duncan, L ena Newmeyer Jones, Ethel Iewmeyer Alexander, Helen Pfeiffer Cummings. This year the house party was at Bobby Newmeyer's home. Next summer H elen Pfeiffer will be the hostess.

E lizabeth U he F uller has completely recovered from her serious accident of the last year when she fractured her ankle. H er husband is pro perin g in his business and E lizabeth thinks her two baby daughters the fin est ever. She urges all A . S. A .'s who ;- isit Buffalo to come to see them and her.

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BETA BETA Our spring dance was given the third week in May. It was held at the Training School, which was decorated to represent a Japanese garden. Refreshments were served from a tea hou e at one side of the hall. Vve had two favor dances. A tiny Jap presented each man with a silver pocket comb, engraved with the so rority letters. The girls were given parasols for the other dance, during which a confetti snowstorm drifted clown from the second floor.

Of course we enjoyed the dance, but our annual house-party is a hallowed memory. We left Wednesday afternoon in a truck, twenty-two of us, including active and alumn;:e girls, Mildred Guiles of Zeta Zeta, Mrs. Broman, and Hilclrecl Struck, president-elect of our Y. W. C. A ., and her mother and siste r from Iowa. Hikes were made to Bear Lake, Loch Vale, Long's Peak Inn, th e Y . l\1. grounds and Estes Parle We were marooned from Sunday until the following Tuesday on account of ftoocl s.

We felt last spring that we had reached the "peak of prosperity" at election time. Our president, Geraldine Rundell, was appointed Editor of The Mirr01', our school paper. Kathryn Mayer, one of our rep resentatives to the Booster' s Club, was elected treasurer. Lorna McGinnis is secretary and Marjorie Masters is treasurer of Y. W. C. A. Geraldine Rundell and Grace Forward are chairmen of committees.

We have just begun our term, but it looks as if Alpha Sigma Alpha will be very strong on this campus this year. We have eighteen girls in the chapter: Grace Forward, Kathryn Gormley, Mildred Hotchkiss, Ruby Kavich, Marjorie Masters, Kathryn Mayer, Lorna McGinnis, Ida Jane Reeder, Geraldine Rundell, Bella Jane Rackley of Alva, Helen Sprinkle, Melva Shady, Lola Sickles, Mildred Schaefer, Ouita Smith, Edris Warner, Virginia vVuod, Rispah Whitlow.

Just at present we have but three patronesses. Mrs. Jean is to be on the faculty so she will take Miss Putske's place as Faculty Adviser. We will fill the others after rush week, which lasts from October fir st to seventeenth.

We are making individual rushing most important. One formal party is given in turn by each sorority beginning on October

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tenth.. O urs is October eleventh. The Panhellen ic dance for all sorority members and guests for rush week is October eighth .

O n October tenth Panhellenic gives a tea fo r the entire school.

On \i\' eclnesday, October seventeenth, we will g ive a mountain party. This has become a traditional form fo r our informal party. The place will be fi xed as a gypsy camp. Vl/e have twenty prospective rushees and they a re fine material.

M iss Ed na \i\Telch, our former Faculty Adv ise r, has returned to Berkeley, Cali fo rni a, again. M iss E dna McCa rty is in E lgin, Illinois, as Industrial Secretary fo r the E lg in Young \i\Tomen's Christian Association.

GAMMA GAMMA \ i\Then President Battenberg returned from Oklahoma City last l\Iarch, he brought orne joyful tidings 路with him for S . T . C. They we re so good, in fa ct, that he called a special chapel at the second hour on Monday to tell us of the appreciation that O kl ahoma had set aside for Northwestern. \i\Te a re to have a new building, a more adequate allowance for the summer school, and a substantial addition to the salaries of the mu ch deserving faculty members.

A few late Spring notes from Gamma Gamma are as follows: Bernice McCready fini shed her life certificate work last term , and has returned to her home in Lambert. Cla ra F uzell is teaching at Jett. Grace Montell J ohnson had a son born on M arch twentyfirst.

Roberta Camp made a scholarship grade of which we are very proud . Her average for the last term was 94~ per cent. It was the highest grade made in the school. She made second average on last year's wo rk, and we a re hoping th at she makes fir st thi s year.

During the sum mer term Alpha Sigma Alpha had to g ive over its rooms to classes. The summer school was very successful. We enj oyed a r eal reuni on with th e following members in chool: V ivian Chandler, V iola Burt, Hazel Simon, V irginia Perker, Mary D'Artley, Irene McGlasson, L enore Shafer, tlary Shirkey, W ilma Arm strong, Verna Morgan, Floris Patterson, I\Iary Frazier, Roberta Camp, Ruby I sbell , Lora Patterson , E lla Isbell, T helma Halstead, Helen Graham, Elberta Patterson, Vella

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Frazee, Bertha F razee, Bess E lliott, Esther Delzell, vVildea Truax, Emma McClellan, Ruth Foster, Helen F rancis, Bibeanna Backe , Ethel F rance, ::-Iiss Shattuck and Miss Shockley.

O ur guests to th e number of thirty found our door open in welcome one F riday night in June. As they tepped into the softly lighted realm of music and laughter, everyone forgot the past week of lessons and examinations and thoroughly enj oyed herself.

On Monday evening, July second, the girls attended the Chautauqua en masse, and saw ''Cousin :M ary." Then again we spent a delightful evening at the home of Helen Grantham and our hostess served us with refreshments that were in keeping with the "good old summ er time."

O n July sixteenth the spacious lawn at the home of Ethel France presented <f scene of gayety, when Gamma Gamma entertained the nine alumnae girls who were spending their vacations in thi s city, and also a number of friends who were attending summer school. A n interesting program had been arranged for the occasion, consisting of inst rumental music, mass games, etc.

Seven girls have return ed to college thi s Fall. All except two of these girls are seniors, and certainly intend to enjoy this our last year at college. O ne of th e . even, Thelma Halstead, has gone to Shawnee to teach music, but is continuing her school work.

Several of the girls who live in town cleaned up the fraternit r room and had it all r eady for the fir st clay of college. Vve have replaced the yellow curtain draperies with some of deep rose, and the room which is sa id to be the pretti est on th e campu , now has a real " homey" appea rance.

O n Monday evening, October fir st, we initiated E mogene Cox, who had been pledged for some time. vVe also pledged eleven new girls who, I am sure, will help to keep up our standards. Three more were pledged on th e following Monday even mg.

Of the four Scroll members in school, two are Alpha S igs, koberta Camp and Helen Graham, and two more a re eligible.

Bess Elliott and Verna Morgan. Roberta Camp is also president of the Girls' Debating Club. Bess Elliott is vice-pre iclent of the Senior class and Verna is secretary.

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T he seven members who have returned are: Roberta Camp, Bess E lliott, Mary F raizer, Helen Graham, Verna Morgan, Faye Cook and E mogene Cox. O ur alumme are teachi ng in the fo llow ing places: N ina Cook, Cherokee; Marguer ite Cr aig, Chickaska; O ra F irebaugh, Fairview; Eva Cooper F razier, Carmen ; Irene Wella, Fairview; M rs.

R uth Foster, Cherokee; Irene McGlasson, Ingersoll ; Clari ce M iller, \tVichita, Kansas; V irginia Parker, \tVooclward ; Lenore Shafer, Cleo Springs; Ma ry Shirkey Clift, Shattuck ; l one Clark, Dacoma; E lberta Patterson, Cherokee.

T he fo llowing are teaching in Alva: Lucelle Chew, E thel F rance, Sue E dwards, L orinda L ane, Bernice M cCready, Fe rne Clifton, Luella Har zman, Bess Davis.

Some of the other girls will be in other places near. V ivian Chand ler in Supply, V iola Burt in Q uinl an, Hazel L imon in Cap ron, V irginia Pa rker in Woodward , Mary T rueax D 'Artley in Pond Cr eek, Belle J ane R ackley in No rman, E lla I sbell in Lindsborg, K ansas, Ruby I sbell, Cherokee, and E mma McClellan m Lamont.

A few new notes have arrived.

Juanita Brown has moved to Ponca City wher e her husband has accepted a position on the Security State Bank. T hey have a five room bungalow not far from the bank.

J enni e V in son F isk was honored by being asked to give th e dedicatory r ecital at the installation of the new pipe organ in her old home church in Alva.

Sympath y -is extended to our beloved Iva Dean Myers, Exona Mayfield, and E dith Case in the loss o f their father, W . A. Mayfi eld, in June.

I cyl Baldwin and L enore Shafer have had the unusual experience of spending some time in a hospital. Both are recovering ni cely.

Iva Dean Myers is the editor of T he Kansas City B1tsincss Woman, a monthly _magazine publi shed by the Kansas City Business \iVoman's Club. lone Clark, L uella Ha rzman, E lberta Patterson, and Mary T rueax D'A rtley r eceived th e bachelor's degr ee from Northwestern during the past year. T wice as many A . S. A .'s have received this honor, as any other group on the campus.

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Thelma Halstead was given a scholarship in the O klahoma Baptist U niversity, at Shaw nee, O kl ahoma, and went there at the close of the first week of school.

T here a re several marri ages to be announced.

Ruth Long of W oodward was marri ed to J ohn B. Folk, of Goodwell, O klahoma.

Mary Trueas and George B. D' A rtley of Pond Creek, Oklahoma, were married in March.

Mae O ttinger was married in June to Walte r J. Ailinge r, and will make her home in Denver, Colorado.

There are seve ral births to be announced.

Kent Mauntel J ohnson, son of Mr. and M rs. K ent J ohnson, (Grace J ohn son ) was born on March twenty-first.

A dau ghter, Ruth , has arrived in th e home of M r. and M rs.

John H yde, (Frances Snow ). l\Ir. and l rs. A. C. 1artz (Maud Sunderl and) an nounce the birth of J eanne Max ine on May eighteenth.

DELTA DELTA T he month of l\ Iay was fill ed to the brim with inte re~t in g events. T he busiest day of the month fo r the Alpha Sigs was May twenty-sixth. on which clay we held our initiation and Spring dance. At six-thirty we initiated fou r girls, l\largar et Keener, F lorence R ennel, Gladys J ones, an d Glenna Do ri s. It was a very impressive initiati on. Afterwa rds l\liss Ga rber, our facu lty advi ser gave us a most delightful break fast at the 路w indsor Tea Room .

O ur Spring dance was a success all the way roun d. It was held in th e Students' U nion and the music was furni shed by an orch estra from Dayton . O ur guests all decla red that it was one of the best dances o f the yea r. Vle had many out-of-town guests .

A.mong our alumnce -vvho we re back were : Ferne Gooley, Esther Berkshire, Lucile R ea, l\la ry Taylor, Pearl Mace, Bernice Alda ker, and Helen M iliken.

O ne of the interesting events to th e tuclents of O hio was the opening of th e M u S io-ma P i house on Park P lace. It is a beautiful old colonial type of house.

Delta Delta planned a big se renad e th e last week of school.

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Eve ryone was asked to come out each eveni ng at six-thirty to practice for one half hour.

O ur rush seaso n opened with a dance and a tea at Mrs. J ennings' home. Tuesday evening we planned a party in the fraternity home. F ri day evening we had a fudge party at M rs.

Rupp's home, and on Saturday morning there wa a hike to "Hobo Land." vVe gave each girl a long stick with her lunch tied up in a bandanna.

O n Wed nesday evening, th e closing clay of the rushing season, we gave a little musical affa ir. Different girls impersonated vari ous opera stars, and for favors we gave little toy musical instruments with the evening's program attached. O ne thing we have tried to ca rry out has been never to allow a ru shee to leave a party without a favor. Dean Davidson was our rushing captain and never before has rushin g been so well organ; zed and so cleverl y carried out.

As a resul t of ru shing we have eleven pledges : Laura F i her, F rankport, O hio; Ruth Green, Mt. Vernon, O hio; Ruth Hollinger, Massilon, O hio; Anna Mae Jeffri es, Lancaster. O hio: Thelma Mercer, Mary l\'I ercer, Marth a l\Ie rcer, New Cumberland, vVest V irginia : H elen McL aA in , \i\Ta keman, O hio; Anna Lois Saum, St. Mary's, O hio: Katherin e vVebb, Glendale, O hio; Helen Wi lliams, 1 ew P hiladelphia, O hio.

The following girl s returned to college this Fall: Dean Davidson, Glenna Davis, Mable Dorsey, Maud Dorsey, 1arga ret Dunken, Ga rn et Goo ley, F rances Gray. Esth er K enney, Sara Long, Ethel Lowe, F lorence Rannells, \i\T ini fred Rosino, Lauretta Suntheimer, Pearl Swain.

Sara Williams is teachin g in Glouster, O hi o; L ois Culp in Well ville, Oh io; and Helen Taylor in Powell, O hi o.

On June 28 Helen l\Iilliken was ma rri ed to Donald l\f. \ Vebb of Columbus. Their new home is to be in the Indianola Apartments, North High Street, Colu mbus, O hio.

Pea rl Price was married to Donald Swaim of Athens, O hio.

They are living in Athens, and we ar e very glad to have Pearl back in school completing her senior yea r.

Zelia W illis wa married to Harry K. Armstrong of ~ e\\路 Holland, O hi o. on September 24. l\ Ir. and :\irs. Armstrono- are

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living in Decatur, Illinois, where he is manage r of a la rge Rexall Drug Store.

We are happy to have Margaret Duncan from Alpha lpha chapter with us this year. She is a very talented gi rl and we feel that she will add a great deal to our chapter.

Lauretta Suntheimer, who was initiated the yea r before Ia t, has returned to us, after having spent Ia t year in \t\Tooster U niversity. Delta Delta is delighted to welcome her.

Dean Davidson and Sara Long attended the Y. W. C. A. conference at Eagle's Mere, Pennsylvania, and L ake Geneva, \Visconsin, thi s summer.

Marjorie Davis is teaching music in the public schools in Shawnee, O hio. E llen Gibben is also teaching in Shaw nee.

Margaret Keener is enrolled n O hi o State University m Columbus, O hio.

Mary Margaret' Nye is teaching in Lancaster, O hio .

Helen Clem Ruse has a daughter, Margaret Gene, born on Ap ril tenth.

Myrtl e Fairmon married Howard \t\Tarner on June twentieth.

They live in 路w orthington and J\!Iyrtle is teaching a first grade th er e thi s year.

EPSILON EPSILON Epsilon Epsilon held its annu al outing on the Fou rth of July at the hom e of Mrs . Hunter, one of our patronesses, who lives about ten mil es from E mp ori a. Twenty-six girls made the trip.

As guests we took Clarice l\II iller from Alva, O klahoma, and Ruth Chronan from P ittsburg.

Fourteen of our girl s have ret urn ed to college: Adela Anderson, Helen Drickell , Catherine Brower, O live Clark, Add ie Dellenback, Irene O live E llis, Do rothea Gufler, V iolet Hassler, Emma Jensen, Mari e Klievver, Paulin e l\finick, Ma rga ret Peters.

Esther Taylor, and P hon John son. \ t\Te have recently closed, what we think, a mo t successfu l rush season, and school has really commenced. Vve have pledged twelve g irls. Three of them only are Empori a girls, and the others a re from various parts of the state. \ t\1 e have organi zed the freshmen, who have their own president and secreta ry. They hold their weekly meetings at the same

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time as that o f the active chapter, and no upper classman enters their meeting. At the close of the business meeting, the two groups combine, and have a joint meeting at which various announcements are made. When the fre shmen enter our meeting the secretary reads the minutes of their meeting, and in this way we learn of what they are doing. I think in this way a closer friendship is formed between the pledges and the active girls.

Panhellenic forbids initiation before the close of the semester.

On September twenty-ninth the mothers and patronesses gave a dinner at the Country Club for the active girls and pledges.

Every out-of-town girl has a woman from this group assigned to be her adopted mother, and in that way someone takes a special interest in each girl, and no one is slighted. We have twentysix in the chapter, so you see we had quite a party. They are planning to have some kind of an entertainment for us each month, and often the alumn<.e will be included.

Next month we will have a "N utting party" about six miles out in the country at the home of one of our patronesses. The nuts which we gather will be saved for a taffy pull the following month. In December the active chapter will give their big Christmas party, inviting the alumn<.e, patronesses, mothers, and pledges. During the following months there will be a tea, a hike, and perhaps for the final event another dinner.

This term we have already initiated Violet Hassler and Pauline 1\Iinick. \Ne now have thirteen active girls and thirteen pledges.

Some of our recent g raduates are teaching in the following places: A ura Anderson, \iVellington, Kansas; Grace Curren.

Atchison; Marie Purely, Hutchinson; Violet Randolph, Atchison; Lillian Richardson, Newton ; Gladys Thomas, Winfield; Vera 路west, Reading; 1\Iary Frances \ iVoodwa rd , Winfield. ::\[aurine Smith and l\[arie Pierson studied in Chicago during the summ er, and will open a studio somewhere in Texas this Fall.

Edna l\IcCullough spent the summ er in California, and has returned to Emporia to be head of the Physical Training Department.

Ada Shearer has been married to James Frost, and lives in Escanaba . ::\Iichigan. Her hu band is an attorney in that town.

Adela Anderson pent a most interesting ummer this year.

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l"or the fir st eight days she attended the Denver Labor Coll ege Summer School at Strontia Springs in the P latte canyon. T hen along w ith some others she went back to Denver as a poor working girl and hunted a job. She worked for two weeks in the Shirley Savoy Hotel there as a chambermaid . Not finding the industri al problem there that she wanted to study, she took work in a laundry. At the end she wrote a detailed report of her work.

V ictor T ru sler, husband of Ann Nanninga Trusler, ha been elected as assistant coach at K. S . T. C. fo r the coming year . He will be head coach in basketball and baseball.

Ethel Ireland was ma rri ed to M r. Marshall Randel on July fifth. A fter two weeks in Manitou, Colorado, she will live at 1020 \iVashington treet, E mpori a. l\Ir. Randel is employed by the Rorabaugh- Paxton Dry Goods Company.

ZETA ZETA Zeta Zeta gave a "Circus'' party to the rushees on l\Ionclay evening, June eighteenth . The party was g iven in the sorority rooms which were decorated to rep resent the circu s tent and grounds. Some of the amusing features of the evening included the animal parade, the fortune teller, the clowns, and the side shows. O ne o f the interesting sights was the King T ut Tomb.

Frances Broyles represented King Tut. Favors representing the treasures found in the King's tomb were given to the ru shees.

To make the circus even more real, a reel lemonade stand, a hotdog stand, and a soda pop stand kept the purse or the bean sack drained most of the evening.

The fir st social event of the summer was a reunion of all alumnce, patronesses, and active members at the beautiful suburban home of Mrs. N . M . Bradley. With M rs. Bradley and M iss Hatz as hostesses nothing was omitted to make the occasion one of the greatest enjoyment for all. A color scheme of red and white was carried out in the decorations a nd refreshments. As a surprise the hostesse presented Mrs. E. A. Kibbe to the astonished g uests.

Zeta Zeta initiated two new girls during the sp rin g. F lossie Lee Arnold of Bunceton, and An nabel Reynold s of Leeton .

A well appointed breakfast carrying out a reel and white

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color scheme was served after the pledge ervice for Theodora Cheatham of Ode sa, l\Iinnie :Murphy of Sedalia, and Mary Buckner of Fredericktown. Because of the critical illness of her mother Mary Buckner was compelled to leave school before her initiation. The new girls presented the chapter with a flower bovvl, two wall vases, and a tray as an expression of appreciation of the privilege of becoming A. S. A.'s.

Oul\ annual camp at Pertle Springs was the huge success it always is . On Friday night we had our usual dance at the pavilion, and several alumme were on hand during the entire camp to lend th eir enthusiasm to our general good time. Camp is a great time for a reunion.

V.,T e had two assistants on the faculty this summer, Flossie Lee A rnold in biology, and Ernestine Thomson in violin.

Coline Crosswhite was elected to two honorary sororities on the campus, Phi Delta Delta, the senior honor group, and Kappa Omicron Phi, the Home Economics sorority. The latter sorority is a new one on the campus, and our Miss Hatz is a charter member.

The active chapter returned five girls this Fall: Christine Basham, May Freund, Anna Belle Reynolds, Hattie Schooley, and Ernestine Thomson.

The following is a list . of the graduates of the Spring and Summer terms and their teaching places: Flossie Lee Arnold, Vall ey City, N . Dakota; Zelma Bishop, at home in Peculiar, Missouri; Gladys DeMoss, Independence, i\Iissouri ; Lyda Hale, Harrisonville, M issouri ; 路 Louellen Husman, Odessa, Missouri; ~I uriel Keller, Roswell. N e-vv Mexico; Gladys Rice, Independence, Missouri; and Vivian Schwald, Laurel, Iowa.

Among our alumme we find th e following items: Josephine Dixon has recently been appointed National Supervisor of Music .

O ne of the most delightful meetings of the year with the \Varren burg Ex-collegia group was the drive to Nellie Mayes Hunt at Leeton, Missouri.

Susan Gregory will spent the winter with her aunt at 916 So. Kentucky, Sedalia, Missouri.

Oleta and i\Iabel Lobban are located at 1905 North Wahsatch, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Cora Mae Cook and L orene David made a western trip to the coast this su mmer.

Last yea r the following girls were in niversities: Hazel Strahan, Chicago University; F lora Duffenclack, \i\ i con in University; l\Iargaret Prunty, Margery Byram, and Ruth Barton, Missouri U niversity . During the summer :i\Iary ~ria on \i\ ilson and I\Iildred W il son were enrolled at Columbia Univer ity.

Marie Campbell is teaching in Jacksonville, F lorida; Mamie I\IcDonald in \ i\Ta rrensburg, M issouri ; Edna Ball in Garden City, , I\Iissouri; and Margaret P runty in Ottawa, Kan sas. \i\lho shall say that our patron Saint Valentine has not been watching over Zeta Zeta when we r ecord the following marriages? Ruth Roberts was married to \i\Tilliam Rissler. They will live in Hughsville, l\1issouri. Ann Ieely was married to John B. Kennedy. T hey are at home at 4240 North Marsalis, Dallas, Texas. Rut11 Engel, Edy the Stone, Ruth Clifton, E unice F ulton, M ildred Payne, Lodelle W illiams have a! o joined the group of Zeta Zeta matrons.

Two additions to our Cradle Roll are worth mentioning: Patsy Deane Magee, born May twenty-fifth (a r eal Hermes baby) to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Magee. W ith a mother (Jack H utchens) , who was the first president of the XX Club and Natio nal Supervisor of scholarship, vve predict that Patsy Deane will be an ardent booster for A. S. A. Mary F rances Heberling was born to M r. and Mrs. Otto Heberling of Warrensburg, l\Io. She, too, will swell the chapter roll o f Zeta Zeta in 1941.

J\Iiss I\Iaud Iattinge r, who spent last yea r at Co rn ell U niversity working on her Master's degree is the new Faculty Advise r of Zeta Zeta.

M rs. F . L. Hendricks is accompa nying P resident Hend ri cks on hi s trip abroad during a leave of absence.

-;...riss Grace Moberly is as isting in the Phy ical Ed ucation Department.

Miss Ruth Fitzgerald has r eturned to C. l\1. S. T. C. afte r a year路s leave of absence at l\1issouri U niversity. ::\I iss Almeda Jann ey is teaching history in the high school at Toledo, O hio.

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::\lis Julia Hatz attended the national convention of Home Econom ics teachers in Chicago this summer. l\lrs. E. A. K ibbe (Bess Carter ) of California, Missouri, is Zeta Zeta's new Ex-collegia secretary. Send your new addresses a nd all news of interest to her. W ill every married Zeta Zeta send her new name, addr ess and the elate of h er wedcling to ::\1 rs. Kibbee?

ETA ETA Fou rteen of the leading organizations of K. S. T. C. helped to make the stunt fest given on March 28 one of the best which has ever been witnessed during the history of the school. Eta Eta contributed her share by presenting the "Snow Queen's Co urt. " Max ine Smalley gave a beautiful solo dance and was followed by a dance of the snowmen. The falling snow lent a soften ing and pleasing tone to the entire scene. A lpha Sigma Alpha was rewarded for her efforts by receiving the greatest number of votes as the most effective stunt, and took the first pnze.

Hobo Day this yea r was ve ry success ful. After a parade clown Broadway with their packs on their ragged shoulders, the hoboes were arranged and sentenced at a formal court session. At noon they received a " hand out," and in the afternoon participated in the interclass contests held in the Gymnasium.

Mary Alice Lance was presented with a fiv e-dollar bill for being the best hoboess.

In Ap ril the A rd en players presented a comedy, "The Charm School,' ' at Carney Hall. It was considered one of the "big hits" of the season. The succe s was partially clue to the fact that the cast was an all star group. Alpha Sigma Alph a wa represented by lice Montgomery, Ma rgaret Hart, Lorena Long, and Marga ret \ ,Y alker.

T he Polymni a Club gave evening concerts during April at Columbus, Oswego, McCune, a nd M ul berry. At Oswego, Alice Montgomery gave a dinner to the members of the club. The seniors held a reception for them after the program.

K. . T. C. i working hard to raise a fund for a new stadium. In pril the fund went over the $21,500 mark. Pledge. from five dollars to a hundred were taken by the students. l\rar-

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jorie McFa rland and Alice Montgomery helped on the floor committee at the large mass meeting. Vle are proud to say that Alpha Sigma Alpha went one hundred per cent.

We wish to announce that Fay E mm ert was married to Marion Nation on March 23 at Fay's home in Fairland, Oklahoma.

M r. Nation is an alumnus of the college, and was president of the degree class of 1920. A fter leaving school, he first taught in Pitcher, O klahoma, and later at Arcad ia. At present he is superintendent o f th e Summ erfield School.

May was a busy month endi ng with the closing of the Spring term. During Commencement week two o f our girls, Dorothy Bolick and Alice Montgomery were in a piano recital. Vv e sent the girls lovely corsages. The stage was beautifully decorated in palms and ferns, and with the girls in evening dress , it made a very pretty scene; We regret that neither Alice nor Dorothy will return in the fall. \ N e will miss them both, especially lice at rushing time, for whenever we sent Alice after a girl, she never failed to get results.

O n the evening befo re Comm encement came th e public speaking program. Following this affair, six of us attended a Shriner's Circus, and then had a slumber party. We all got ready for bed . then congregated in one room and talked and talked . \ Ne planned our future sorority home, made arrangements fo r next year's rush season, and discussed the pros and cons of sorority life in general. By two-thirty we decided to retire to our respective beds, but it was daylight and the birds were singing before all of us were asleep.

In th e afternoon of Commencement Day we held initi atio n services for three mothers. \ Ve served gold punch and wafers, and presented them with gold fl owers.

This year we motored to J oplin, M is ouri, and gave our Spring formal dinner in the gold room of the Hotel Conn er. Joplin is about two hours drive from Pittsburg. The scenery is always beautiful, for it is almost in the Ozarks, but it was especially pretty that evening, because th e spring rains had turned everything to a vivid green. Afte r th e dinner we went to Ruth F leischaker's hom e in Joplin, and gave a formal program.

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terminated in an informal din ner at Miss Ca rroll's home. Our invitations told us to bring thimbles. After the dinner, Mi s F leeson distribu ted a dozen and a half linen napkins and a lunch cloth all ready to be be hemstitched. Iris worked out a monogram to be emtroidered in the corners.

K. S . T. C. had a tremendously large enrollment for the summer school, so mething over three thousand students. Tvventytwo Eta Eta gi rl s were attending summer school, and also one girl for Epsilon Epsilon. Besides these there were fifteen Eta Eta girl s living in town.

O ur Frances Herron is still in th e Egyptian Sudan. She had a birthday in July, so each one of the girl whom she had never seen, sent her a description of herself.

Several marri ages are to be announced. O n May 27, Mabel Marshall was mar ried to Daniel Boone. Mabel is a charter member a nd was vice-president of our chapter th e yea r before last.

Mabel received her degree in the Spring, but Dan is attending summ er school. Th ey intend to move to Ingalls, Kan as. and Mabel is planning to do Reel Cross nutrition work th ere. Other marriages a re: Thressa Canfield to Sumn er H. Commack, and E ul adell Wyman to 0. R. Far ris. E ulaclell will live near No rwich, Kansas .

M iss Ro seberry spent a portion of h er A ugust vacation as recreational director of th e Y. W. C. . at Palmer Lake. Colorado.

Over 1400 have enroll ed for the fall sen1este r at K. S. T. C. N ine active Eta Etas returned thi s fa ll and with our M iss Roseberry, include Bertha Bachtel, Louise Carlton, Alice Cronin, Opal F ilkel, J essie H isle, F rances H ull. Beth Marsh, l\Ia rjorie l\IcFarland , and V iolet Lawrence. Ed ith 1arsh, 1922 alumnu s. is with us taking post-graduate work. \ Ve have one pl edge, Lottie Vehl ow, who ha not been initiated yet. and after ru. h week we confidently expect to pledge our sha re of new g irls. Th ere i'S to be no formal ru shing before )Jovembe r. but we a re di scovering some promi ing ()'iri s, with personality-plus, and the competition for elig ible ru shees has more than begun. so we are planning and having all sorts of joll y little pa r ties during the interval between now and rush week.

Five gi rl grad uated last May. Lucy Clinkenbeard i. teaching in "0Jeoclesha. Kan sas. Charlotte Doty in \ Vichita . :\'Iilclred I

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Hammers in Coffeyville, Iris Taber in Okmu lgee, Oklahoma, and Mabel Marshall Boone, who will live in Ingalls, Kan a .

Several of the girls have left to teach: O rpha Stockton has a position in San Antonio, Texas; Ruby Bachtel in Granite City.

Illinois; Vera King in B ron augh , M issouri; Erma Peters in O kmulgee, O klah oma ; Margie Goodw in in Augu sta, Kan a ; l\Iuriel J ohnson in Joplin, M issouri; and Mary Lance in Neodesha.

Kansas . . n informal supper in M i ·s Roseberry's room at the College was our first "all-togeth er" of the summer. V•le were fo rty. It was great to be back again, especially for tho e of us who had not attended K. S. T. C. durin g the yea r. Vve found the new girls tru e-to-type Alpha Sigs.

M rs. S. J. Pease, one of our patronesses, honored our Lola Brandenburg Leedl1am one evening. Japanese lantern s lighted the lawn where a miscellaneou shower ·was cleverly featured.

Guests additional to the sorority were l\Irs. Brandenburg. and patronesses, M rs. G. Vv. vVeede, M rs. C. F. Spencer, M iss Alice Lanyon, M iss Jane Car roll , a nd ::\1iss E li zabeth F leeson. After refreshments of ice cream and cake we had a so ng fest. l\[rs.

Pease is a charming hostess.

O n Saturd ay, July 14, we celeb rated our chapter ann iver ary ,,·ith a banquet at Hotel Stillman. 'vVe planned Eta Eta' · birthday banquet weeks ahead and made it the climax of the whole yea r . Before the last toast was given, the birthday cake was presented to our M iss Ro eberry, sponsor and fir t ini tiate of Eta Eta . Afte r her toa t, the program was concluded with a brief add r ess by P resident Hrandenburg. Folders vvith Alpha Sigma . lpha "Pep'' so ngs made it easy for everyone to join in on the songs. A color scheme of palm green and gold wa used and whi te candles were a rranged in gr oup s of four fo r illumination. \ 71/e had made frilly li ttle nut baskets of crepe and tin y place ma rkers were attached to narrow ribbon streamers tied in bows at the handle.

O ne of our customs is to meet for a qu iet afternoon on th e Sunday following the banquet, and this meeting was held at the I erm an '., the home of our Ruth and our Grace.

One summer eYening we had a picnic and melon feast on the college campus, and after this we went through the new do rmi-

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tory. This was the last time our Miss Fleeson was with us, a she has severed her connections with the college. We are sorry to lose her as a patroness.

A large membership was active on the campus all during the summer. O ur president was not in school, and so Ruth Iserman. president for 192 1-22, presided at the summer business meetings.

THETA THETA O ne event which stand s out clearly from last spring was th e house party over the week-end of May tenth. About eighteen girl were there at Forge Valley, Mass. On Friday evening we left by means of a R eo truck and a seven passenger Packard for the Valley. As we passed Vera's house, her mother hand ed us an American chop suey which she had made, and so we had a hot supper right on board. The weather man was rather against us, fo r it rain ed practically all the time we were there, but in spite of everything we had loads of fun. O n Saturday evening the juniors gave the dinner to the seniors. The table and food showed as much originality as possible. Sunday we did hav e a chance to take some pictures, and we made the best of th e opportunity. Earl y Monday morning we left to return to Boston again by truck.

D uring the summer we had a chance to have a couple of little get-togethers. The fir st was on th e occasion of the visit of Miss Alice Sw isher in July . Some of us had met her before and vvere glad to welcome her back again.

Aga in in ugu st ''"e gathered at Mrs. Ma rtin 's home to honor Miss Shockley, who was making a two week's visit in Boston a a guest of ~Irs. ::\Iartin.

Vl/e have settled down again to a strenuou s program of ru shing which we hope to fini sh very soon now. Having no other Ed ucati onal Sororiti e on the campus we are not bound by any panhellenic rulings, and may ru sh and pledge at will. I expect that some of you envy us our position. O n Saturdays we have been taking the new girl s on hikes and picnics. Then on Sundays we ha ve been condu cting sight-seeing tours around historic Boston and Ca mbridge. This has kept us fairly busy . O n Saturday.

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We invited nine ru shee . T he beach with its huge rock afford an excell ent place for climbing, and many took advantage of thi .

A sudden shower, however, drove us all to the porch. \Ye returned home before dark.

Other chapters will envy us, I know, when we tell them that we had our fo rm al rush party at the home of Mrs. J\Iartin, our Nation al Pre ident. 'vVe decided on a Japanese dinner party.

T he living room was decorated with wild cherry boughs and wisteria, with the tinkly J apanese hangers providing the mu ic for the scene. The seniors were dres eel in Japane e costume, and served the dinner. It was a real Japanese dinner con isting of chicken soup with rice and spaghetti, chop suey, shrim p salad, beets roll , r eal Japanese tea, cake and rice wafers in which was the ri sing sun. A sketch called the "Doll Shop" rep resenting different kinds of dolls, was given by the seniors. Some doll s danced, other s sang, 'in fact each had its particular duty. Eve rybody was given a gift, but in order to receive thi gift, she had to do some stunt to ea rn it.

At our first formal busine s meeting this semester we renewed our vows to A lph a Sigma A lpha, and initiated our pledge of last spring, Cha rlotte Adams .

Twelve g irls have returned to college, Ed ith Anderson, Cla rissa Brown, Hazel Grader, Hazel Killam, Vera Libby, Mae MacCiain, Hazel Peterson, Edith Turner, Esther Tyler, Geneva Smith , and Charlotte Adams.

O ur graduates are teaching in the following places: Ethel Birrell, State No rmal School, Danbury, Conn ecticut ; Ruth Cameron, in Boston; Esther J\Ianson, Solon, J\Ia ine; Ruth Powers, Framingham, Mass.; Josep hin e Ray, Essex, Mass.; Ca roline Wasgatt, Hac ken ack, New Jersey.

There is an increase of t路welve per cent in the enrollm ent of the Schools of Education. In add ition to the regul ar students, there are 650 taking special courses.

Boston U niversity will celeb rate its go lden jubilee during the week of October twenty-second. Confer ences will take place in all the departments. O n October twenty-sixth, the Un iversity Concovation will take place at ymphony Hall as the climax of the program. GO\路ernor Cox and President l\Iurlin will deliver th e addresses .

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Boston U niversity will also start its drive for four million dollars the fir st week in November. This is the first time the university has appealed to the public for help during its campaign of three years.

IOT A IOTA Iota Iota held its initiation this year on Ap ril sixth at the home of one of our patronesses, Mrs . Peale Gladys Fairchild, Pisgah, Iowa ; Pauline Womeldorff, Zearing, Iowa; M ildred l\IcElderry, Pasadena, Calif. ; Lyda Larson, Clarion, Iowa; and Isabel Deihl, of Des Moines were initiated. This was followed by a lovely buffet luncheon made more lovely by being adorned with yellow jonquils and ferns.

O ur initiation dance was held at th e Hoyt-Sherman place on Ap ril twentieth. It was a success in every way. O ur programs were of white leather with a gold shield and Phoenix on the front.

On Monday evening, the twenty-first of May we invited a few outside girls and with them enjoyed a steak fry at Greenwood Log Cabin, Greenwood Park.

F rid ay night, the twenty-fifth of May, the alumnc:e entertained the acti"es and pledges and a few guests at Mildred Voiland's pleasant home on Beaver Avenue. vVe had dancing, singing, games and refreshments during th e evening.

O n May twenty-sixth the alumnc:e entertained us at a banquet at the vVoodland in honor of Hermes Day. Mi s Lillian Heathersha w acted as toast-mistress and Louise Boller respond ed with an interesting talk on the significance of Hermes Day. V.,Te " 路ere given beautiful cor ages o f sweet peas and lilies of the valley. Needle s to say we appreciated them very much and enjoyed the novelty of having our banquet at The vVoodland, which is a large, old fa hi oned hom e with many beautiful and interesting things in its spacious rooms. \Ve have all been proud to be at Drake University thi s yea r because of the many football record s which have been scored thi s past yea r. Vve feel equally 1 roud, however, of our co-eels who have won first place in th e National Track Meet and are glad of the fact that . . S. r\. was rep resented in it through Fae -:\I cCl ung, Christine Co rbett, and I sa bel Deihl.

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A nother honor came to us when Fae McClung was voted the "best all-around sport'' on the campus. To be thus cho en i one of the highes t honors an ath letic gi rl may receive. It mean that she ha shown marked ability in athletics, and true port manship, that her perso nality is pleasing, and that earnestnes and si ncerity characterize her undertakings. Fae also received a beautiful silver cup for having won the most points in the Athletic Association, as well as being one of the fir st two girls to receive a "D" sweater.

On June second we initiated two new patronesses, M rs. Coe, the wife of D r. Coe of the Education College, and Mrs. Wu lpton, a prominent club woman, Drake alu mna, and the wife of a Des Moines physician. Seven mothers also took the degree. Mrs. Barr entertained us in her lovely home.

V1/e also initiated Dorothy Battershell and Zylpha Walker on this day. T hey were so pleased and will make splendid sisters.

We ended their pledge clay by a sp read at Fae l\IcCl ung路s home, where they had a chance to show their abi lity in va ri ous lines.

They passed with merit.

The following are the girls who have retu rn ed this Fall to college: Dorothy Battershell , Leola Byers (pledge), Catherine Corbett, Christine Corbett, Grace Davis, Isabel Diehl, Glady Horney (pledge ), Clare Lockhart, Fae McClung, M ildred McE lderr y, Lora Shipley, Leona W ilcox, Pauline Womelclorff.

Two of our girls g rad uated last June. Dorothy Curtis will teach in Tabor, Iowa, and Gladys Fairchil d will be in Meri den, Iowa.

Zypha 路walker left college because she plan s to marry in a year and wants to be at home this year.

Lycla Larson left college to teach in Langdon, South Dakota . and l\Iary H ughes left to teach in Greenfield, Iowa.

KAPPA KAPPA Kappa Kappa's big event in by was the second Panhelleni c dance on May eleventh. This was ve ry successful and A lpha Sigma Alpha was especially well represented . O ur one other important function was the May celebration. We were entertained by one of our members, Josephine Coyle, at her home in Oak Lane, Pennsylvania.

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The Y. W. C. A. organi zatio n of Temple Un iver sity sent delegate to the National Conference held at Eagle mere, Pennsylvani a, the latter part of June. Among these delegates were three Alph a Sig girls, l\fa ry Wagner, l\Iarion Kinbach, and Mildred Sherwood. They were on the alert for so rority pins and one day discovered two A. S. A . girls. They were Sara Long and Dean Davidson of Delta Delta chapter. You can imagine how glad they were to meet them. That same evening a conference was held that lasted until the wee hours.

So fa r we are just making our plans for rushing, fo r our seaon does not begin until just befo re Thanksgiving. There are so many sweet freshmen girls this yea r. that it is going to be hard to choose ou r number.

Vve have received announcements of the marriage of two of ou r gi rls: J es ie F ra nces Atkins to vVilliam Leroy Duffy, on September twenty-second, and Helen Ludrop to Cha rles vVoocl on June twenty-seventh.

The following are the graduates of last June and their teaching places: Betty Barry, Oxfo rd , Penn. ; Helen Elias, V ineland, T. J.; Ma ry Brenholtz, Torthampton, Penn. ; Ma ry Lawrence, New J ersey; Mary Parson, Baltimore ; A delaide Zearfoss, B ri stol, Va. We have a goodly number returning with Beulah John ston as president. They are as follows: M ildred A ngl e, Margaret Bache, Irene Benner, Edna Bowen, F reda Bunting, 1\Iildred Cri stman , Helen Co rey, J osephine Coyle, Helen E dwards, Ma rgaret F isher, 1\Iarion K imback, Mabel i(arshall, F lorence Runlinger, M ildred Sherwood, Helen Stranahan, Hermione Traub, Mary Wagner, Cordelia Weller, Ethel W illiams, Hazel Winkler.

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Lambda L ambda begins her chapter news this time on l\Iarch ninth, when the chapter spent a delightful evening at the home of Louise Kette rer, an alumna.

On Sunday, l\Iarch eighteenth the clan again gathered at the home of Betty l\lcCloud , for the pledging of Lorene H ull. Following the service, plans fo r a dance were di scussed, and after much ar ranging and rearranging, l\fargaret Liggett succeeded in tak ing everal group snapshots.

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Then followed a tea at the home of M rs. Percival in GrandVIew. It was the most en joyable we had ever attended. The guests we re, Mrs. Boyd F. Bode, l\-Irs. George F. Arps, Mrs. J oseph V. Denney, M rs. Alfred Viv ian, Miss Oli ve Jones, Miss Mary Ross, and the actives and pledges of Lambda Lambda .

M r. Perciva l entertained us with several beautiful piano selections, a nd M r. Bode stopped for a few moments chat.

O n F riday, April twenty-seventh, we held our Spring dance, a sem i-formal, at the V irginia Hotel. During the favor dance the g irls found tiny paper parasols suspended from the spokes of a large open umbrell a. To these were attached tiny tissue paper streamers, at the end of which were silver "beltograms" for th e men, each engraved with an initial. P rofesso r and Mrs. M ilton Percival and Professo r and Mrs. Louis Ander on were chaper ons.

Two more of our g irls have been elected to membership in P i Lambda Theta, Frances Hennin g, and Lillian Brauch, making a total of fo ur.

E leanor Wright was a member of the Girl ' Glee Club and accompanied the club on its trip to Cincinnati .

O ur Spring dance took place on May twenty-n in th at th e Columbu s Cano~ Club. Mr. and Mrs. Bode and Mr. and Mrs. Percival chapero ned . Helen l\1illiken and Iona Baldwin of Delta Delta were our only guests.

On the following day, which was a holiday, we went out to Betty's for a picnic, and held initiation for Charlotte Knauss m the morn ing.

In order to bring up our finances we have had a candy sale at the Deshler Hotel, and a rummage sale. Each girl pledged herself to earn five dollars for A. S. A. during the summer.

Lambda Lambda has secured a chapter hou se. It was furnished and ready fo r the girls at the beginning of the college year. T he ten days rushing included a J apanese tea, a spread ,a party at Keith's, a ca rd party, a Southern breakfast, a wiener roast, a fudge party, and a dinner at the l\Ia rama, the nicest tearoom r estaurant in Columbus.

Cla ra Fenn is teaching Home Economics and E nglish in the Seville Junior and Senior High Schools.

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Accord ingly TI-IE PI-IOE IX has a definite plan for this year. You will readily discover that thi s issue is a connecting link between last spring and this fall. A ll news possible has been collected.

The January number will be devoted to pledges and initiates.

All articles are to be o f benefit to these new member s, and some will be written by them. It is to be a "welcome" number. Any articles which alumnce write will be gratefully r eceived for this ISSUe .

The March number will be given over to th e alumnce. Here is yo ur chance, Alumnce, to show what you can do, and what you would like to see in your magazine. The Editor mu st have material to make it interesting. L et us have some write-ups of alumnce doing good and noteworthy ·work. Reports from City Associations and Ex-Collegia groups will also be printed in this ISS Ue.

After a careful survey, the Ed itor found that a ru bing num-· ber would be most welcome in the month of May, and so the Ia t issue will be a veritable rushing manual, giving hints on how to ru sh, the kind of girl to rush, suggestions for parties, and a comparison of rushing methods. Vole should like a rticles from experienced alumnce on rushing.

A rticles are clue on or before the following elates: for January, December first; for l\Iarch, February fir t; for Iay, l\1arch fifteenth.

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THE INVENTION OF THE CADUC EUS Many of us do not know that in the Musee du Luxembourg there is a statue named "Mercury Invents the Caduceus."

It is the work of A. Idrac. The statue shows the god Mercury on bended knee, supporting himself on a tree stump, and picking up two snakes with a stick. The reptiles have curled them elves about the sticks in such a way as to make the emblem which became l\!Iercury's.

"Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need ; Somebody sa ng a beautiful ong ; Somebody ' smiled the whole clay long ; Somebody thought, ' 'Tis sweet to live;' Somebody said, 'I'm glad to give;' Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right. vVas that somebody you? '' J

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