Asa phoenix vol 9 no 3 mar 1924

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MARCH , 1924

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Published in November, January, March and May of each year at No. 30 North inth Street, Richmond, Indiana, by the Nicholson Printing Company, for the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority having headquarters at No. 1 Lindsey Street.

Dorchester, Mass. Business correspondence may be addressed to either office, but matter for pub lication and correspondence concerning the same should be addressed to Gertrude D . Ha lbritte r , Editor, 1 L indsey Street, Dorchester, Mass.

Entered as second-class matter September 4, 1923, at the post office at Richmond, Ind., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage prov ided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 4, 1923.

Sub scription pr ice o ne dollar per yea r.

NATIONAL COUNCIL

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

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

Secretary-Adda Anderson, EE, 1018 Commercial St., Emporia, Kans: Treasurer-Grace G. Fultz, b..b.., Rushville, Ohio.

Registrar-Wilma Wilson, ZZ, 1405 Hardy Ave., R. R. 6, 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 Alpha-Miss Amy M. Swisher, "The Tallawanda," Oxford, Ohio.

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

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

Delta Delta-Mi s Elizabeth Garber, Box 215, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Miss Catharine E. Strouse, Emporia, Kan .

Zeta Zeta-Mrs . Orlo R. Nattinger, 405 So. Holden St., Warren burg, Mo. Eta Eta-Mis Eulalia E. Roseberry, 1610 So. Olive St., Pitt burg, Kans.

Theta Theta-Mr . vVm. Holmes Martin, 5 Cobden t., Boston Mass.

Iota Iota-Mrs. \V. F. Barr, 2842 Rutland Ave., De Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Mr .

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Lambda Lambda-Mrs. Eleanor H. Percival, 1142 Grandview Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-M i Jennie Darling, 218 Maple St., Yp ilanti, fich.

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

Art-Carol P ierce, 24 Bromley Court, 84 Prescott St., Cambridge, Mass.

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

Music-Josephine Dixon, 616 W. Lexington St., Independence, Mo .

Scholarshi p-Chri stina S. L ittle, 154 Circuit Rd., Winthrop, Mass.

Sorority Study-Sue Edwards, Box 354, Alva, Okla.

ROLL OF COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha A lpha-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

A lpha Beta-State Teachers' College, Kirksvi lle, Mo. Beta Beta-State Teachers' College, Greeley, Colo.

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

Delta Delta-Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

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

Zeta Zeta-State Teachers' College, War rensburg, Mo .

Eta Eta-State Teachers' College, Pittsburg, Kans .

Theta Theta-Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Iota Iota-Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

Kappa Kappa-Temple University, Phi ladelphia, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Michigan State Normal College, Yp ilanti, Mich.

COLLEGE CHAPTER SECRETARIES

Alpha Alpha-Rachel Kellar, 43 Hepburn Hall, Oxford, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Virginia Romans, 225 E. Jefferson St., Kirksville, Mo. Beta Beta-Edris Warner, 1214 ineteenth St., Greeley, Colo.

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

Delta Delta-Lauretta Suntheimer, Lindley Hall, Athens, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Margaret Peters, 706 Union St., Emporia, Kans.

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

Theta Theta- Hazel Peterson, 11 E . Newton St., Boston, Mass .

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

Kappa Kappa- Margaret Bache, 314 Clifton Ave., Collingdale, Pa. Lambda Lambda-Ruth Blenkner, 201 E. Tompkins St., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Violet Rau, 503 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTER SECRET ARIES

Alpha Alpha-Ruth Duffey, 1425 Spring Garden, Lakewood, Ohio.

Alpha Beta-Jean McKinley, Unionville, Mo. Alpha Gamma-Mrs. Glenn H. Ferguson, 7511 Hutchinson Ave., Swissvale, Pa. Beta Beta-Jessie M. Autrey, 910 11th St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Mrs. James A. Lane, 801 Centre St., Alva, Okla.

Delta Delta-Helen Hudson, Plain City, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon- Mrs. Marshall Randel, 1020 Washington St., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Mrs. Edgar A. Kibbe, California, Mo. Eta Eta-Katie B. Nevius, Vilas, Kans .

Theta Theta-Caroline G. Wasgatt, 346 Lookout Ave., Hackensack, N . J .

Iota Iota-Leona Wilcox, 1165 23rd St., Des Moines, Iowa .

Kappa Kappa-Irene Parker, 112 William St., Salisbury, Md. Lambda Lambda-Mrs. Paul E. Frederick, 3428 Oak Park Ave., Berwyn, Ill.

ASSISTANT EX-COLLEGIO SECRETARIES Alpha Beta-Elizabeth Roman , 210 Filmore t., Kirk ville, Mo. Gamma Gamma-Lucel le Chew, 829 Church t., Alva, Ida. Delta Delta-Emma Helsel, St. Mary's, Ohio.

Epsilon Epsilon-Lois Koontz, 1222 Rural t., Emporia, Kans.

Zeta Zeta-Mary Mason Wilson, 1233 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

CITY ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES Alva, Okla.-Ethel France, 211 Barnes Ave., Alva.

Boston, Mass.-Christina S. Little, 154 Circuit Rd., Winthrop, Mass.

Cherokee, Okla.-Elberta Patterson, Cherokee.

Chicago-Mildred ulton, Box 735, Riverside, Ill. Cleveland, Ohio-Esther Kenney, 12700 Euclid, Cleveland.

Des Moines, Iowa-Nellie Gabrielson, 1530 28th St., Des Moines.

Emporia, Kans.-Mrs, Mars hall Randel, 1020 Washington St., Emporia.

Greeley, Colo.-Ethelyne Rhiner, 1533 N inth Ave., Greeley.

Kansas City, Mo .-Lucille Christopher, 204 N. River Blvd., Independence.

Moberly, Mo.-Mae Middleton, 205 Hagood t., Moberly.

Pittsburg, Kans.-Helena Van Gastel, 1803 N. Locust St., Pittsburg.

Pittsburgh, Pa.- Anna E. Schado, 617 Walnut St., Irwin.

New York, N. Y.-Rosamond Root, Apt. 502, 509 W . 121st St., New York City.

Unionville, Mo. -Nettie B. Dickerson, Unionville, Mo. Warrensburg, Mo.-Mrs. Leslie A. McMeekin, East Gay St., Warrensburg.

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SORORITIES Chairman-Miss Maude Morris, t.~E, School of Mines, Rapid City, S. D. Secretary-Mrs. A. J. Hathaway, Jr., ~~~. Weiland, Ontario.

Treasurer-Miss Minnie Shockley, A~A, 704 Church St., Alva, Okla.

Director of Local Panhellenics-Miss Anne Wilke, IlK~, 709 Church St., Alva, Okla.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-Chief

Gertrude D. Halbritter, 1 Lindsey St., Dorchester, Ma s.

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. Whitlow, 1124 Thirteenth St., Greeley, Colo.

Gamma Gamma-Vera Jones, 909 Barnes Ave., 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 delphia, Pa.

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Lambda Lambda-Lillian Brauch, 533 City Park Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

Mu Mu-Martha Wickstrom, 503 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

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THE PHOENIX MARCH '1924 MICHIGAN STATE NORMAL COLLEGE The Normal College is located at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Ypsilanti is on the main line of the Michigan Central Railroad over which it is readily accessible from all points on the various divisions of the Michigan Central System. The D. J. & C. Electric Line passes through the College Campus, giving communication every hour with Detroit, Jackson, Ann Arbor; and intermediate points.

The Institution stands for three essentials in the preparation of the teacher : 1-A high grade of scholarship.

2-The study of education as a science.

3-Practice in teaching under expert superviSion and criticism.

The Michigan State Normal School was the sixth State Normal School in the United States, and the first west of the Allegheney Mountains . The law establishing it was enacted in 1849, and its first class was graduated in 1854. The enrollment has increased considerably from yea r to year. The notable increase in attendance since 1900, is due largel y to increased attendance in summer school. The enrollment for the year closing 1923 was 2317. Another notable gain has been in the better preparation of students . The school for a number of years has been doing work of collegiate grade, and the Legislature of 1897, in recognition of the fact, authorized the State Board of Education to designate the school in the courses leading to life certificates and degrees, by the name of Michigan State Normal College. Under the action of the Legislature of 1903, the State Board of Education 路organized courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Education.

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The original site cho en contained a little le than six acre , situated on hig h g round overlooking the city, which lie in the Huron Valley. This was increased by something over an acre in 1893, when a piece of ground lying to the south wa purchased for the location of the Gymna ium. In 1895, the City of Ypsilanti purchased and presented to the Coll ege about five acre adjoining on the north.

The original building, erected in 1852, was destroyed by fire in 1859 and immediately rebuilt. This second buil ding now stands as the central part of the mai n building. The main building contains over sixty rooms, including cia s rooms of variou departments, the library, the offices and the high school department.

In 1915, the College dedicated the Frederick H. Pea e Auditorium. This is a beautiful building of the classic order of architecture. It has a seating capacity of two thousand and has all the conveniences and appliances of a most modern concert hall. The auditorium was named for P rofes or Pease, who for thirty-five years was director of th e conservatory and gave it an extended and honorable reputation.

The Administration Building is located ju t south of the main hall. Thi s structure contains various offi ces, class rooms and a well lighted picture gallery.

Science Hall is a modern type of bui lding with specious class rooms and laboratories.

Health Cottage is the name g iven to the College Hosp ital.

The building is in charge of a trained nurse and is free to students.

The Training School building furni shes accommodations for a kindergarten department, the eig ht g rades of the elementary scho ol and an open air room for children of delicate phy ical constitution. It also contains rooms for the Home Economics Department.

Starkvveather Hall, the g ift of Mrs . Ma ry Starkweather, is a substantial and beautiful stone building, used freely a a social center for students of the College. The building contains the offices of th e Youn g Men's and Young \"!omen's Christian ssociat ions, a large unny living room wit h a table of current magaz ines, a rest room, a kitchen and an as embl y hall.

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The following is a li t of the various organizations on the campus: Commercial Teachers' Club, Chemistry Club, Natural Science Club, Kindergarten-Primary Club, Minerva Literary Society, Portia Literary Society, Laonian Dramatic Society, History Club, Sodalitas Latina, Home Economics Club, Crafts Club, Public chool Music Club, Normal Art Club, "Willard Debating Club, Camp Fire Girls, Varsity Club, Tli,e Normal College News, The Woman's League, Young Women's Christian Association, Young Men's Christian Association, Men's Union, Catholic Students' Club, College Eastern Star.

The Sororities include: Pi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Theta Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Nu Phi, Alpha Sigma Tau, Kappa P i, Theta Chi, Delta Phi, Theta Lambda Sigma, Kappa Gamma Phi, Kappa Mu Delta, Harmonious Mystics.

The Fraternities include : Phi Delta Pi, Arm of Honor, Kappa Phi Alpha, Alpha Tau Delta, Chi Delta.

INSTALLATION OF MU MU CH AP TER

Another link was added to Alpha Sigma Alpha's chain of Chapters when Mu Mu Chapter came into existence on Saturday, January the nineteenth, at the Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan. It was an excited group of twentyeight girls that gathered on that afternoon in the Episcopal Church House, where the installation was to take place. The room on the second floor was decorated artistically with large potted palms, ferns, a huge bouquet of narcissus, and our candles. Everything had been planned splendidly by our installing officers, Miss Grace Fultz, of Rushville, Ohio, Miss my Swisher, of Oxford, Ohio, Mrs. Eleanor H. Percival, of Columbus, Ohio, Miss Mabel I. Payne, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Helen Cypher, of Kirksville, Mo., and M. Ruth Early of Detroit, Mich. We were impressed with the simple dignity and wonder of the service. We really felt that we were stepping out into a new world of joy, love and usefulness, making our lives fuller, richer and more worth while.

After the installation service, which lasted about three hours, we had a delicious banquet served for us by the ladies of the church. Our pre ident, Winifred \iVelch, acted as toa tmi tre s,

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but all our toasts were quite informal. During the banquet Margaret Campbell and Florence Gee entertained with vocal and violin solos. Everybody seemed so radiantly happy and o proud to wear the badge of Alpha Sigma lpha. 'vVe were delighted to have Miss Alperman with us at the banquet. !though we are very fortunate to have Mi s Jennie Darling, who is all her name implies, as faculty adviser, we are sorry to lose Miss Alperman, who has served us so efficiently as faculty adviser up to this time.

Mu Mu Chapter was formerly Zeta Tau Alpha. It was founded in December, 1910, and had a total membership of one hundred and sixty-six members.

OUR NEW SISTERS Jennie Darling, an alumnae and our "Darling" faculty adviser. She is KD.II, and as a student of the Michigan State Normal College has won other honors. She is the critic in the Modern Language Department of the Normal High School.

Gladys Lackie, a dark slender maid, another alumnae who has given us aid.

Bernice Phelps, quiet and sweet, and as an alumnae stands by us staunchly.

Winifred Welch, KD.II, oriental eyes, dark hair and oval face, a Japanese study. Senior.

Carlotta Corpron, another artist who was born and educated in India. Junior.

Ruth Marvin, KD.II, one of those physical educationists"capable of meeting any situation." She has a will and a way.

Junior.

Donalda Morrison, Home Economics Student, who served as a trained nurse during the war. The stenographer of the "Aurora" college arinual. Junior.

Lois Schilds, a very serious minded, pleasure despising art student. Junior.

Frieda Smith, a dainty miniature of girlhood, wearing two dark brown wheels of hair over each ear. Junior.

Ruth Bayler, an English shark. She smiles at the teacher and pulls "A" for a mark. Sophomore.

I. Virginia Blue, 2. Donalda Morri on, 3. Florence l'lehil. 4. Ruth Gray, 6. Helen Mitchell, 7. Ca rlotta Corp ron, 8. Winifred Welch.

10. Jennie Darling, II. Margaret harters, 12. Viola R au, 13. Doris Rau, 15. Mary Humphrey, 16. Estel Feldkamp, 17. Frieda Smith, 19. Loi chi Id s .

Bayler, 5. Mildred 9. Margaret Gotts, Betzner, 14. Violet 18. lemelia Keho,

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Doris Betzner, hy, little, but if you want any train met, ask Doris. She's alway on tim e. ophomore.

Virginia Blue, Of course she ha big, blue eye and nea rl y always wears her name color. If you want Virginia, look for Florence Nehil. Sophomore.

Margaret Charters, wax doll effect yet never broken.

Estel Feldkamp, a timid, retiring brown-eyed maid ; a highl y charged money magnet, as Sorority Treasurer. Sophomore.

Frances Fuller, one of those lithe willowy creatures with large sea green eyes. Sophomore.

Margaret Gotts, a conscientious, little old fa shioned Corresponding Secretary. Sophomore.

Mildred Gray, demure; but oh my! There 1s power in her smile. Sophomore.

Mary Humphrey, a very modest member of K~II, IlK~, President of Women's League; Stoics (Honorary Sophomore Fraternity). A leader in all she does.

Clemelia Kehoe, a buxom Home Economic student from Bay City, Mich., and she's proud of it too. Sophomore.

Helen Mitchell, a merry, lively, chattering magpie who won a scholarship for one year at Mt. Saint Joseph College in Cincinnati. Sophomore.

Florence Nehil, short, healthy young minx, who could make a stone bench chuckle; just elected to honorary sophomore fraternity (Stoics) Sophomore.

Violet Rau, just like her double, only a little more so, half inch taller. Sophomore.

Viola Rau, the twin with the gold tooth and the dimple in her left cheek. ee it when she smi les! Sophomore.

Margaret Campbell, a 路western \iVarbler from Arizona. She can sing you to laughter and then, playing her own violin obligato win you to tears. Freshman.

Florence Gee, auburn haired violinist with an artistic temperament. Freshman.

Janet Randolph, a stately brusque artist, whose ambition is to find some individual over whom she cannot tower her head.

Freshman.

Beatrice Riggs, with her snappy brown eyes, her cheery smile and her flippant air. Freshman.

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Edmarie Schrauder, an alumnae who wa pledged to .... A who will be initiated later.

Martha Wickstrom, a bobbed blond, capable and ever ready, a physical education student, most physically fit. ophomore.

OUR NEED IN ASA 路w hat do we need in AlA? We need a deeper, fuller, richer, understanding of the vows we solemnly took when united with this great sisterhood. We need to live closer together in each others' heart and come face to face with the "Golden Rule." vVe should be proud that we have been chosen for membership and be worthy of the badge we wear. We must forget self and render service to others, keeping Love uppermost in our mind and heart.

We need Charity and Understanding to enable us to believe in our sisterhood. We need Loyalty to self, for if to ourselves we are true, it follows that we can not be false to others. We need to be more appreciative of the beautiful in life. We need to radiate the spirit of AlA until others may feel its influence.

The true spirit of AlA should dominate in our lives so that we may have a more abundant life.

Life is a capacity for the highest things. Let us make it a pursuit of the highest-to seek to grow in charity toward all with whom we associate; to comprehend and adhere to the virtues-Love, Purity and Truth-that through us the spirit of AlA may grow and be glorified.

MIN IE SHOCKLEY, National Vice-Presid ent.

ALUMNAE FINANCES Each year the collecting of alumnae dues becomes a greater problem to the Alumnae Secretaries as well as the National Treasurer, since the girls seem to forget all the by-laws of our constitution as soon as they leave college. Think of all the time and energy wasted through carelessness and ignorance of a few important facts.

All alumnae dues are to be paid one year in advance and hould be in the hands of the ational Treasurer by October eighth of the fiscal year. How many of you alumnae have

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paid your 1923-1924 dues which should have been paid Ia t October?

Again all alumnae who fail to pay their alumnae dues for two consecutive years are dropped from the active roll and must forfeit all sorority privileges, both locally and nationally. Notices are sent out by the National Treasurer on April first of the fiscal year as a warning to each girl in arrears with her dues .

Then the following October, in case the April notice has been ignored, the girl will receive a notice that she has been dropped from the active roll for non-payment of national dues.

After an alumna has been dropped she must take out her life membership at $50.00 in order to be reinstated unless National sees fit to grant a special dispensation in her case.

All girls initiated since May 1922 must take out their life membership the first two years after leaving college.

Quite a few of us cannot understand why we receive no Phoenix copies when ' we have paid our dues. Are you sure you have sent your change in address to National? Also have yon notified National in case you have recently changed your name? These items seem very small to the individual, but when you take time to think of all the different records that must be kept to date it means real work for someone.

Let us see if we can't start the new year right by helping to make our local路 chapter one hundred per cent before May twenty-fifth, the end of our fiscal year. Zeta Zeta Chapter leads in the race now with Delta Delta a close second. What chapter is going to end first?

GRACE FuLTZ, National Treasu?'er.

BY THEIR RECORD SHEETS WE SHALL KNOW THEM Greetings and best wishes to the Alumnae of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Since this is your special edition of the Phoenix, I am grateful for an opportunity of discussing with you a task which is common to each of us; the accomplishment of which means much for the welfare of our sisterhood.

A~A is making such strides in growth that the keeping of her records in an accurate and up-to-date manner is imperative.

Upon each A lumnae falls the responsibility of her own record.

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Do you a ume this responsibility? Is your page in the National Registration of your Chapter blank in place where there should be detailed information?

My professional Alpha Sigma, have you sent your latest address and teaching position, that it may be written upon your record sheet? Has your recent schooling or the date of your last degree found its way to yo"ur page? In justice to you, each of these things should be placed upon the records of your sorority, for your membership record sheets form an outline of your biography, extremely brief but none the le s accurate and valuable, if you wish it so.

My married Alpha Sig, are you not proud of your husband?

Surely his name, the day and place that wonderful experience occurred are worth entering upon your record. By your record sheets, the husbands of some of you have no given names, no occupations and you have no date for a wedding anniversary!

Is not this deplorable when the facts are so very contradictory?

And lovely Alpha Sigma Alpha babies! Some of your mothers have denied me the peculiar joy I experience when I record your birthdays and your names. They have not truly intended to do such a very thoughtless act. \i\Till you please whisper quite politely to your mother that you rightly claim a part of her A~A Record Sheet?

And thus upon each A lpha Sigma Alumnae rests this definite responsibility of keeping her record in all possible completeness.

Regard it as an obligation to your Sorority, your family, yourself. A white blank space on your record, proclaims your neglect or your indifference-to the National Registrar, in unguarded moments, it shouts discouragement. 路 Through Alpha Sigma's Membership Record Books, I have learned to know many of you by name and by the consideration which you have given your record page. As I make entries in the books and intere tedly look upon their pages- some so neglected, others so well cared for-wise King Asa ever bids me remember : "By their record sheets ye shall know them."

WI L!\.I A

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ALUMNAE WEEK FOR EVERY CHAPTER Get the interest of your alumnae.

Keep the interest of your alumnae.

1. They are valuable from a social standpoint.

Usually alumnae have some social prestige in a community, which is very valuable to the college chapter.

2. They are valuable from a financial standpoint.

The national organization needs their support.

3. They are valuable from a traditional standpoint.

Sororities which are as young as A~A must build tradition and solidarity as rapidly and firmly as possible. The strengthening of alumnae organizations will help to do this.

4. They appreciate the interest and friendship of the college girl. Alumnae members really like to visit the chapter, and to help the active organization, but they must be kept in touch with it, or they forget in the rush and many interests of family or professional life.

Therefore, to the end of strengthening the alumnae organi路路 zation of each chapter and so in turn of the national organization, let every college chapter plan to have a week or part of a week set aside near the end of the school year, preferably commencement week, for the special entertainment of alumnae.

Notify every alumnae member of your chapter of the meeting, but make it clear that only those in good standing are expected.

Make alumnae week a big thing for your chapter of actives and alumnae.

I would like for every college chapter to notify me of the intention and general plans by April fifteenth.

PLANS FOR ALUMNAE WEEK Alumnae with families, positions and those of limited means must hear of the meeting far enough ahead that they can make plans .

Therefore: March 1. Send a letter of explanation and invitation.

April 1. Send a schedule of definite plans for entertainment.

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April 15 or May 1. end a letter asking for: Date of arrival.

Time of arrival.

Length of stay.

Preference of room, at the house or with town alumnae.

Enclose a list of names of those whom you know will be present.

If there is a city association in the college town, let it assume the responsibility of the plans for a successful week, of course with the ready co-operation of the active girls.

These letters should go to every alumnae. It should be made clear that necessarily only those in good standing may come.

To those who are not in good standing, write a special letter, and a special urge for their active membership.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR ALUMNAE WEEK I.

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Afternoon.

Reception and tea at the Sorority House, to give everyone a chance to see the others and to know who 1s commg.

1. All alumnae of the city should be present to see and talk to all the "old girls ."

2. The active girls should be present to meet the alumnae.

If they would see to the tea service it would give the alumnae a chance to visit with their old friends.

3. The mothers and patronesses should be present to meet the alumnae, to add dignity to the meeting and to preside at the tea tables . (Post a list of alumnae who will be present at some time during week.)

Evening of same day. (a) Initiation-Will freshen the interest and bring back to alumnae the ideal of her sorority. (b) Stunts by : 1. Pledge 2. Actives 3. Alumnae 4. Mother-Patrone ses (c) Review of year.

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Luncheon for alumnae only, plu Pre ident of cti,路es, plu President of Mother-Patrones es organization and sponsors. Hermes Day program.

Story of Hermes and application to A~A. Music. (More detailed plan under "Symboli m" ).

Reception to other sororities.

Note-This is only a suggested program and can easily be rearranged to suit the individual chapters.

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SYMBOLISM WITH SOCIAL A CTIVITIES

There are limitless possibilities in the arranging of programs and parties relative to our four celebrations. The combination of color, flower and symbolical meaning is most fascinating. , Below are a few suggestions, which were sent to the city associations this fall. They have been slightly revised. They are mere outlines. I hope that they have been helpful in carrying out some of your meetings. Your alumnae supervisor is most interested in receiving a letter regarding their working out in your group .

Each one of the four celebrations seems to fall very naturally to one of the four groups of A~A. I. Founders day, the fall of the year and season of fruition seems to belong to our Mother-patroness group.

The Mothers' color being gold, the yellow chrysanthemum, a type of our own aster lends itself to the decorations.

The program should include the history of the founding of A~A and the story of the Life of King Asa and the application of his ideas to A~A (The Phoenix, Volumes V-VI, Page 28, Feb. 1919).

If the active chapter entertains the Mothers the combination of red, active color, is very effective as it gives the autumn touch . If the alumnae entertain the Mothers, the combination should be with green, alumnae color. If the Mothers are entertaining the pledges the yellow should be combined with white, pledge color.

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Your color combinations are then the regular Christmas colors, red and green and the gold of the white candle flame.

Since the red and green will be the predominating color. the actives and alumnae together should do most of the planning and arranging for the party. The program should be typically that of Christmas with the singing of Christmas carols and the story of the birth of Christ and emphasis of His meaning to AlA.

III.

St. Valentine's Day with its flaming happy hearts seems to belong to the active and pledge groups. That leaves red and white of active and pledges for decorations which is always associated with Valentines' Day. The entertainment should of course be a dance. If, for any reason a dance is not given, the program should include the story of St. Valentine, Page 6, Feb. 1919, Phoenix, Vol. V and VI.

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Hermes Day, spring reunion for alumnae members and the finish of the school year, should be one of the biggest celebrations of the year.

The decoration colors should be mostly green, alumnae and spring colors. These may be combined with the yellow and white narcissus. The program hould include the story of Hermes (Phoenix, Vol. V. and VI., Pg. 21, Feb., 1919). The explanation of the palm (Phoenix, Vol. V. and VI., Pg. 27, Nov. 1918). The meaning of the narcissus (Phoenix, Pg. 6, March 1919).

Since Hermes was such a devotee of music, the program should have several mu ical numbers, and since his mother was Maia, the goddess of the May, a May pole for decoration or entertainment would be in harmony with AlA.

To make the above suggestions more definite would take the joy of planning and making out your program, away from you.

EDNA

McCuLLOUGH, Sup ervisM of A lumnae.

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ALUMNAE INTEREST Dear Active Chapters: In order to enjoy the support which comes from an interested association of alumnae, the active chapter must keep them in touch with the activities of the sorority.

Won't you take this as a personal letter sugge ting that you appoint an active girl to work with an alumna in your town whose definite responsibility it is to see that a new letter i gotten out each year or twice a year and sent to every alumna who was ever in your chapter. Keep the interest of your active alumnae and strive to regain the interest of your "lost" alumnae.

As you know, alumnae delinquent in dues cannot receive a Phoenix, so this letter wi ll be your only hold on all alumnae.

Let them know how you would appreciate their support and association.

EoNA McCuLLOUGH, Secrefm'y of Alu111nae.

ALUMNAE QUESTIONNAIRE Alumnae, who have left college halls behind, what are you g iving to your sorority? Are you living today the ideal of service-real, defin ite and concrete? Have you paid back to A~A any of the abi lity the sorority developed in you? vVere you a chapter officer? Then write a letter of encouragement to the one who now holds your place. Are you musicall y inclined? Write a new A~A song. Do you dabble in a rt? Send the active chapter models of place cards, menus, dance programs, invitations, and souvenirs based upon our symbolism. Have you literary talent? Help plan banquet programs, programs for sorority meetings of all kinds, and contribute articles to the Phoenix. Are you clever with the needle?

Speed t he success of your chapter bazaar or add to her initiation paraphernalia. Have you attended clever and original parties? Tell the active chapter about them. How many chapter reunions do you attend each year? When too far away to be t here in person do you always send a greeting? Have you been reasonab ly successful financially? Give of your means to the sorority treasury.

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Are you a help and inspiration to your ex-collegio secretary?

Do you send your national due promptly or expect her to p nd postage reminding you of your obligation ? Do you notify her immediately of all changes of address? Do you send her uggestions for reunion , and devices for keeping路 all alumnae interested and at work? Are you a working member of your octave? How many letters do you write each year to other alumnae? Are you out of touch with your sorority? 路whose fault is it? When some A~A officer, active, alumna, or national performs some one task well do you take time to send your word of appreciation? Are you affiliated and working with your city association, attending all meetings, and encouraging its officers in every way?

Have you a vision for A~A nationally? Have you offered your services to our national officers? How many workers has your Chapter contributed to the National Council, Board of Supervisers and Board of Faculty Advisers? Are you one of them? How many years have you been in A~A? What did you give to the Sorority each year? Is there not some big work you are fitted to do? Are you growing like the palm tree of old?

Fill out this questionnaire in detail and then act accordingly.

BESS CARTER KIBBE,

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IDEALS I like to think of life as one long journey with little sign posts here and there marked with our ideals something like this: "This road leads to Understanding," "Success just ahead" or perhaps "Danger, detour" like guiding stars lighting the difficult ways.

Our ideals lead us onward toward the city of "Heart's De ire," far above this earthly clime bathed in the light of enchantment and above which the mi ts of fancy cluster. It i in this fair region that from a dazzling throne Success and Happiness rule and it is this place we fain would climb. But unaided we cannot reach that plane, only by means of a ladder of love and friend hip may we ascend.

Ideal

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reach ; and those that burn forever from afar-unattainable but acting as a powerful magnet leading us onward.

When life is well ordered and running moothly, it is comparatively easy to keep our ideals unl owered. But when sorrow and disappointment come, when our standards seem too high for ordinary living-then is the test. If th ey really be a part of us, if they have influenced our actions, then the cloud will be quickly dispersed and the road will reappear, winding and precipitous perhaps, but lighted by the steady beam of our ideals.

In all the days of our lives whether they be fl ooded with sunshine, or wrapt in gloom, let us never lose sigh t of those glowing lights that will lead us away from all that is not good and bring us each day nearer to the treasured pearls of vi rtue.

Each morning when we put on our sorority pin, its precious gems may remind u,s of that goal.

Alpha Sigma Alpha is like a ship of which the individual members are the crew. The ship, however, goes only to a certain port and there each one must board a smaller vessel, and be her own pilot. This small craft will be tossed about each following a different course-a1.:1-d in time they may lose track of one another. As each pilot steers her craft in the course mapped out for it, she will find new responsibilities thrust upon her which she must face alone-but if she keeps her eyes on the Light House of Noble Ideals ahead, her bark cannot go far astray and sooner or later it will find itself with sails furl ed m the peaceful harbor of Eternity.

LOUIS E M. BOLLEN, II.

HELP FOR THE ACTIVE CHAPTER Zeta Zeta has used three banquet programs at various times that might be used by other chapters. The May 1919 Phoe-ni,1: contains one based upon the Phoenix, while our magazine of June 1922 contains a plan for a combined Moth er's D ay and Hermes Day celebration including a banquet program. This fall at our Founder's Day Banquet we used a program of toasts worked out by Wilma Wilson which could be adapted to any

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chapter. It was prefaced with a short A~A hi tory by the toas~ mistress, and was as follows: Toast To The Commander-in-Chief of A~A Our National President ZZ's First Faculty Adviser ZZ's Pioneer General The Alumnae The Loyal Minute-Men The Patronesses Our Honorable Aides Present Faculty Adviser and The Captain Courageous and Active Chapter the Company of 1923 The Babies Our Imperial Infantry Our most successful way of raising funds has been our annual Christmas Bazaar, of which we have had five. Practically all alumnae send in articles, and as the Christmas season is the psychological time for sales, and we have them in our own sorority rooms, the expenses are nil, and we usually clear from $100 to $150.

The bazaar is only one way the alumnae use in helping the active chapter. Sometimes help is sent in the form of twocent stamps sent in a shower. This year, since our chapter will be five years old on April fourth, we are to have a Chapter Birthday Party and each alumna will bring or send gifts of initiation paraphernalia, silver, linen and other needed articles.

The first two years of chapter's existence, the alumnae sent gifts to the chapter at Christmas time, when they were put under our Christmas tree and presented to the chapter by a real live Santa Claus, who read the jingles accompanying each gift. These gifts were made both individually and by octave groups.

Octave Twelve has contributed help to the active chapter this year by making an Entertainment Scrap-Book and sending it as a Valentine Gift to the chapter. Though the girls in this octave were scattered in New Mexico, North Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri, they all sent clippings of interesting and practicable parties to one of their number who made a loose-leaf book, indexed it, left blank pages for future additions, and sent it to the active chapter. vVe heartily recommend the octave system of co-operation to all other chapters. It is an easy way of lending material and inspirational aid to the younger sisters.

ZETA ZETA.

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ALUMNA SALAD RECIPE You have hea rd of fruit salads and vegetable salads, but here's one that beats them all-an Alumna alad, campo ed of the following ingredients: A quart of devotion, a peck of love, a half-bu he! of un elfishness, a bushel of willingnes -to-serve, and an ocean of loyalty.

Mix these together and season on top with just a speck of rascali ty, and you wi ll have a dish suitable for all sorority occasions. Give full measure, pressed down and running over.

LILLIAN FoRD McMEEKI ,

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THE EVOLUTION OF AN ALUMNA A little, little ru shee went timidly on her way to a big, big party. There was really no reason for her fri g ht-but she didn't know that ; she only, knew that to-night she'd be on trial, and she was shaking in her boots. That's usually the way with ru shees -they don't realize that the chapter girls are really the ones on trial, and she is the judge. This rushee had a nice timeafter she quit shaking-and managed to live some way until her invitation came to join-the Alpha Sigs, of course. Didn't you understand that she was a nice rushee?

Being a pledge was fun , even if it did include a good man y ser vices that the active members pushed off on her. The sorority exam was the bug-bear of our pledge's life-but th en you remember how you felt when you couldn't think what date Hermes Day comes on; nor wh ere on ea rth the last chapter had been installed .

All things must end, even pledge days, and, all of a sudden Peggy had ridden the goat and was a full fl edged initiate with grades to keep up, new g irls to meet, meetings to attend, plans to perfect-ever ybody busy as could be, just like a squirrel in his cage. There's one thing she learned though-that good AlA's hump themselves and stay ahead of the other g roup s.

No chapter lets another sorority beat it, because-well, you know, it isn't being done this season.

It's fun to be an alumna and get nice fat octave letters, telling just exactl y how many spankings little Johns and Henrys had, and it's fun to go back home and look at the act ive chapter

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"carrying on." Sometimes one is led to remark, in rather a superior fashion, that the initiation robes look a little dingy and the altar cloth has tallow on it,-but-you're not quite o uperior when a circular letter comes with a request for 5.00, "to renew our paraphernalia." You let yourself in for it, and, anyway-eventually, why not now? Beside it's fun to be a loyal alumna and who'd want to be the other kind?

GLADYS HuTcHINS MAGEE,

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A TOAST TO OUR LOYAL MINUTE-MEN The gratitude we feel toward anyone who ha given wholehearted service is never easily expressed in words. Consequently, we girls of the active chapters of A~A believe the love and respect we have for our loyal minute-men, the alumnae, is a matter for feeling rather than speaking.

Like the famous men of old they are ready at a minute's notice to defend their路 cause. We of the active chapters look upon our alumnae as a "responsive reserve" upon which we may draw at any time, confident that they will do their utmost to help, that they will "give full measure." With the alumnae helping there is nothing we cannot do. So here's to A~A's alumnae-her loyal minute-men! May they ever be true to the trust we place in them and give of themselves freely-freely to others.

MAY FREUND, ZZ, President.

<9UJ{ C/I.IIP:MR_8 ALP HA ALPHA Saturday, D ecember 15-Viola Warren, Juanita 路wolf and Jean Converse entertained at the Golden Butterfly Tea Room with a lovely shower in honor of Grace Marvin.

Monday, December 17-Miss Swisher entertained the Alpha Sigma Alpha g irls with an informal Christmas party at her home. The g irls spent a delightful evening telling stories and singing Alpha Sigma A lpha songs. During the evening dainty refreshments were served to the g uests.

Thursday, December 27-Grace Marv in wa married at her home in Hamilton. It was one of the most elabo rate home weddings of the Cllristmas season. Helen Stepleton played the wedding march and Florence King sang several lovely songs.

Ruth Neff was also a g uest at the wedd ing. Grace is a darling g irl and A lpha Alph a Chapter wishes her mu ch future joy and happiness and an abundance of success.

We have recently pledged a new g irl-Grace Ca rey-a very sweet girl and we think she will make one of our best g irl s.

M ARJORIE MARTIN .

MIDD LE TOWN A LU MN AE ASSOCIATIO N

The Middletown Association girls got together for the fir t time this Fall when we r esponded to the fo llowing invitation: Miss Grace Marvin, at home to A'2.A Two P.M. 9 Dick Ave., Hamilton, Oh io ovember the tenth The a fternoon was pleasantly spent in dancing, talking over coll ege days, and best of all, in look ing at the many pretty things Grace has prepa red for her future home in Cincinnat i. Her wedding to Donald A .

All en of Cincinnati took place D ecember 27.

Those who enj oyed the afternoon were: H elen Step leton, Dayton, Ohio; Mi ldred Cockrell, Mary Helen Clark and Zelm a Sargeant, Middletown, Ohio; Georgeana Robinson, Lucil e H out, Velma Huston, Ruth Neff Annis Rudder, Florence King, Maxine H erron, Marian Roberts, Lucile Chick, Helen McKinley, Miss Alice Swisher and Amy Swisher, our adviser fro m the Active Chapter, Oxford, Ohio.

William Berry was born to Mr. and Mrs. William A. Junker (Nell e Berry) of St. Paul, Minn., on January fifteenth.

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ALPHA BETA The new members of Alpha Beta gave a breakfa t bridge party for the Chapter at the Stephenson Hotel before Thank g1vmg. The tables were beautiful, everything was artistically planned and our new girls were uch charming hostesses, that everyone had an enjoyable time. vVe old girls were quite proud of them and realized that they had already made great progress toward developing socially.

We returned after our Thanksgiving Vacation ready to begin a new quarter's work and very glad that most of us were to be together the rest of the winter. We are all located with Mrs. Luther Jones at 210 E. Filmore treet. Probably Alpha Beta will recognize her more readily as our Katherine Sens Jones, and know how happy we are to be with her.

We were unfortunate in losing our President and Vice-President. Hertha Cornish returned to the position in the Kansas City schools, and Violet Garrett accepted a position in the Macon schools. vVe are indeed fortunate, however, in having Nada Reddish and Marguerite Barnett to take their places.

Under Nada's skillful leadership we are going right on without any apparent break in our year's plans.

This is the formal rush season for Alpha Beta and we are busy as can be. We have two rush parties allowed us and will soon know how successful we have been in our efforts to win the girls we want for Alpha Sigmas.

Our first party was a bridge party given at Mrs. Harry Stills, aunt of our Billy Crow. There were five tables of bridge and all the girls seemed to enjoy the afternoon, but the most unique part of the party was the luncheon and dining table decorations. The centerpiece consisted of dolls dressed to reoresent various cards. The "Queen of Hearts" stood in the middle surrounded by a fence of diamonds guarded by the "King of Diamonds" holding a club. Then red and black streamers from each place card were attached to spades, within the fence, filled with diamond shaped rock candy with which to sweeten the coffee.

Our next rush party was a Christmas Ru h Dance given at the Elks' Hall.

We wi h to introduce our new patroness, Mrs. Frank Norris.

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Upon finishing high school, Mrs. Norri went immediately into the business world where she is most succe sful at the present time. With her husband, she has for about ten year , conducted the Colleg1e Book Store and together they have made it seem almost a part of our college. Mrs. orri ha always taken a very special interest in Alpha Sigma lpha.

This tie was strengthened when her niece became an A~A and now we rejoice that we can really make her one of us.

You have perhaps heard by this time of the calamity that has befallen our college. Our two oldest bui ldings, including our Library of between thirty and forty thousand volumes, were completely destroyed by fire on Monday, January twentyeighth. With what seems marvelous, organization on the part of the administration, school went on Tuesday without a break in the program. We had a great mass meeting the morning after the fire and the spirit with which the faculty and student body met the situation was splendid.

Our new members are: Annabelle Wayland, Moberly, Mo.; Isabel Boker, Kansas City; Lucy Wanamaker, Chillicothe; Louise Howell, Kirksville; Lorna Wattenbarger, Kirksville; Ethelyn Simmons, Lancaster; Viola Briley, Kirksville.

LETTIE

/[ERRICK.

ALPHA BETA ALUMNAE Lenore Lindsey is teaching Home Economics in the State Normal School at 'Wayne, Nebraska. She has been there since Christmas.

Mrs. E ustace Valentine, whose husband teaches music in Marshalltown, Iowa, spent Christmas with her parents in Unionville, Missouri.

Mae Middleton is teaching Art in one of the high schools at St. Joseph, Missouri.

Celeste Noel, who is teaching in Ponca City, Okla ., was thrown and dragged about thirty feet by a car, during the month of December, but was not seriously injured. However, it was quite a nervous shock and she was compelled to be in bed for some time. She is now back at work.

Nellie Mudd is teaching Teacher Training in the high school at Burlington, Iowa.

Elizabeth Rippey is teaching at St. Charles, Mo. Mors. Luther Jones (Katherine Sens) has made her home Alpha Beta's this winter. Many of the girls room there and the meetings have all been h eld there.

Gladys Hutchinson is teaching Art in Maplewood, Mi ouri this yea r . She received her B.S. deg,ree in Education last summer.

Mrs. Lester Rhoades (Willie George) is living in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Her husband is employed in the lumber business there and they have recently built a lovely new home.

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Mi s Nettie Dickerson is head of the Home Economic Dept. in the high school at Cameron, Mo. Mildred ulton is Supervisor of Music in the public schools at Riverside, Ill. Mrs. Ian Hibbs (Grace Jones) and Gladys Carman, both of whom are teaching in Unionville, Mo., entertained in honor of some Unionville Alpha Sigma girls, in Grace's newly furnished home.

Esther Clark has finished her requirements for a hundred-twenty hour diploma and will receive her degree at the end of the winter quarter. She is now at her home in Unionville.

Anna Collett is taking a bu iness course in Quincy, Ill., this winter.

Our prominent Alumnae are: Ida A. Jewett, Rosamond Root; and Anna Brewington. Miss Root and Miss Jewett are teaching in Columbia University and Anna Brewington is teaching in Chicago Univer ity.

BETA BETA January 2-'vVe registered by the new system, first suggested

by Marjorie Masters in a Mirror Editorial. Marjorie and Geraldine Rundell returned from the tudent Volunteer Convention at Indianapolis. C. T. C. sent ten delegates, two faculty members, and two student pastors.

January 4--The Faculty entertained the student at 'the usual quarterly reception at the Club House. We, all rejoiced at the remodeling of the Grotto-the old playroom-for now we can decorate without having to center the entire scheme around a sham for the walls.

Dr. Crabbe was unable to return to school as he had planned.

He has been seriously ill with heart trouble since Thanksgiving.

January 5-We played basketball with Colorado College.

Teachers show good form, but C. C. wins.

January 7-The fir t meeting of the new year was held at the Sorority House. Everybody returned but Grace Forward, who was married on New Year's Day to a young Greeley attorney, Roy Briggs. We adjourned after the usual busine s meeting to hear Paul Althouse.

January 11-12-Helen Sprinkle and Margaret Culver ang with Girls' Octette at a program given by the Conservatory.

January 13-'v\ e had a Mah Jong tea at the orority House.

Grace Mabie was our guest.

January 14--Ruby Kavich was elected as Vice-Pre ident to fill the vacancy left by the marriage of Grace Forward.

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for the Spring Quarter were published in the Mirror. Rejoice!

Alpha Sigma Alp ha leads .

January 18--vVe played games with Colorado Aggies and Colorado University and won both games. fter the Aggie game A~A had line party to see "B lack Oxen."

January 22-We pledged Grace Mabie of Sioux City, Iowa.

J anuary 2~0ur Spring Dance schedul ed for this day wa postponed because of Dr. Crabb e's serious cond ition.

January 27-Greeley P hilharmonic Orchestra gives concert.

Our patroness, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her hu band are member .

January 28-The worthy football warriors received sweater .

They paraded across th e stage, so that every g irl could decide which one would fit her if, perhaps, she should decide to exercise her right on L eap Year.

J anuary 30-0ur beloved President and fri end died .

February 1-We paid last tribute in a body to Dr. Crabbe.

The students formed a guard of hon or on both sides of the walk between the President's Home and the Adm inistration Building, through which the procession passed.

Our grief cannot be exp ressed in words. Dr. Crabbe gave his life to the advancement of education and Christian ity. H is great desire was to make our college, second to none in the training of teachers, and he saw it almost to this goal. VVe are sorry that he could not have lived to see it completed.

February 2-3-Hundreds of the alumnae spent the week end at th e Sorority House; Lois Greer from Estes Park ; Inez Nicholson from Ft. Morgan; Ruth Carr from Hillrose; Grace Harris, Cora Sickles, and Mrs. Dave Evans of Johnstown.

February 5-vVe had initiation for Grace Mabie and Irma Gilbert and then, looking like Sweet Girl Graduates in December, went to the Struble Apa rtments to pay our respects to Grace Forward Briggs. We had a wonderful time g iving her a pair of ham mered sil ver salt and pepper shakers, which matched her candle stick s, and, hearing about the oatmeal they had for breakfast a nd eating th e ice-cream, her hu band happened to have hidden somew here.

February 9-The Dean said that we could have our dance on February twenty-ninth . VVe prepared to be rushed as usual

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by the .\T and ~'It fraterniti es. They seemed to be unwillin g to let the girls have ome fun even on Leap Year.

RI PAH

H.

WHITLOW.

BETA BETA ALUMNAE The Greeley City Association has onl y six members in Gr eeley this yea r. They are Mrs. Sterling Mino r (Ada Baker), J ess ie Autrey, Ethelyn Rhiner, Ve ra Campbell, Ollie Smelser and Mrs. C. Leslie Bawdlea r (formerly V ivian Walther of A lpha Beta, recentl y of Denver. Mr. Bowdlear is Ath letic Director a t the Coll ege Training School.) Our g roup holds regular monthly meetings and there are usuall y several homeco ming alumna:: g uests . A Christmas party was given at the home of Mrs. Sterling Minor for all th e actives and alumnae in Greeley for the holidays . A gift of a set of card tabl e covers was presented to the Active Chapter at Christmas time.

T we nty- s ix members of A lpha Sigma Alpha attended the dinner given at the Audito rium Hotel in Denver on October nineteenth, during the State Teachers' Conventi on. F ollowing a delici ous four course dinner, repr esentati ve members of Beta Beta Chapter, the Denver Alumnae Association a nd the Gr eeley A lumnae Associati on told the girl s of the work being done by their respective g roups . Yellow and white chrys anthemums decorated th e tab les, attractive place cards displayed the same embl em.

The guests were H ester Caldwell, Helen Hoy, Margaret Phelps, Neoma E rickson , Elvira Bjork, Florence Tyrell a nd Ruby Worley of D env er, Morna Beebe, M elva Shady, Ve ra Campbell , Mrs. A. T. Carter, a patroness, E mma Ca rter, Ethelyne Rhiner, and Ollie Smelser of Greeley, Flo rence Wolfe, Mildred Larson, Mildred Kirkpatrick, Lois Greer, Esther McConnell, Myrtl e Mcintyre, Irene Gregg, Hazel White, Ruth Carr. Lillian Richart, L ena Moyer, Inez Nicholson.

The following. are members of Beta Beta who are teaching in Colorado thi s year: Mary White, Fowl er ; Clarice Potter, D enver ; Es the r Wheaton. D enver; Irene Gregg, Wheatridge; Ruth Carr, Hillrose; Myrtle Mcintyre, Wray; Cora Sickles, Grace Harris, Irene McWho rter Evans, Johnstown; Inez Nicholson, St. Mo rgan; Mildred Kirkpatrick, Mildred Larson, F ern Elam J ohn son, Pi erce; L ois Greer, Esther McConnell , Es tes Park; Miriam Smith, St. Colline; E thelyne Rhiner, Greeley; Lura Lynch, Louisville; Gertrude Snow, Hudson; F lo rence Wolfe, St. Lupton; Lena Mayer, Las Animas; Hazel White, Sterling; Lillia n R ichart, Longmont; Anna Wheaton A llmon, Hudson; Ollie Smelser, Hazelton Demonstration School , Greeley.

Those teaching in other states a r e: Florence Mason, Phoenix, Ari z. ; Dorothy Calli s, Los Angeles, California; Es ther Palmer, Mountain Home, Idaho; Edna Welsh, Berkeley, Ca lifo rni a.

Edna McCarty is in E lgin, Illinois. Acting Industrial Secretary for the E lg in Young Women's Chri stian Association.

Sophia Johnson is a sa le lady for a Chicago Distributing Company. S he is located in Gra nd Rapids, Michigan.

Rubye Wo rl ey is doing stenographi c work in Denver.

Mildred Guiles is doing stenographi c wo rk in San Francisco, California.

V ive Bjork is attending the Unive r s ity of Denver.

Marguerite Syp i at her home in Lamar.

Grace Bradfo rd, who suffered a erious accident last summer whi le on a t rip en route to Ye ll owstone Park, is at her home in Keota this winter.

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Cupid ha s shot arrows into the hearts of several of our member thi past ye~ r. Irene ~cWI~orter was marri ed to Dave Evan Ia t spring. Mr. Evans JS completmg h1 s four yea r course at C. T. C. Mr. Evans i teaching in Johnstown, Colorado.

Fern E lam was mar ri ed to Ll oyd Johnson last May. Mr. and Mr .

Johnson a re teaching in Pierce, Colorado.

Eva Bartlett was marri ed to Mr. Rosencrans last May. They are at home in Longmont, Colorado.

Clara Turner was marri ed to Mr. D. L. Zyve on September tenth.

For the past two yea rs Mr. Zyve has been a member of the Coll ege Faculty in the Physics D epa rtment. Mr. and Mrs. Zyve are thi year attending Leland Stanford University. Mr. Zyve is tudying for hi D octor's Degree and Mrs. Zyve is studying fo r her Masters' Degree.

Grace F o rward was ma rri ed to Roy M. Bri ggs, January first. They will be at home in Greeley after F ebrua ry first.

We wish to announce the birth of Lura Frances A llmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A llmon (Anna Wheaton.)

A lso Margaret Given, daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. Fred Given (Rae Bromon) of Shoshone, Idaho.

Also Kenneth Forword, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Arthur Forword of New York City.

GAMMA GAMMA January 2-The Northwestern State Teachers' College is growing quite rapidly. The first semester, the enrollment was about six hundred, but with the beginning of the second semester, the enrollment increased practically two hundred and we expect an enrollment of a thousand in the Spring Term. However, in spite of the increased enrollment, we find no Alpha Sigma Alpha members have returned. O f the Pledges made during the school year, several have been initiated: Opal and Verna Trevor, May Travor, Vera J ones, Faye Ward, Bernadine Mills, Dorothy Hartlengerger, Lucille Moore and Amata Camp.

Roberta Camp, vice-president of Gamma Gamma left school at the close of the first semester to accept a position in the high school of Byron, Oklahoma. Roberta will receive her degree at the end of the coming summer term of school.

Alice Wells has taken Roberta 's office as vice-president of Gamma Gamma Chapter. May Traver is now Chapter Historian and Vera Jones, Chapter Editor.

During the first part of January, we had the pleasure of hearing the Soule Quartette, which proved to be one of the best courses of the season. The instruments used were piano, violin,

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'cello and harp, chief of which was the harp. The harpi t, Mi oule, was an excellent and truly accompli hed artist.

January 10-Aipha igma Alpha enjoyed a lovely luncheon served by one of their faculty advisers, Miss hattuck, assisted

by Mrs. Myrtle Lewter and Mrs. Kate Bilyou.

January 14. At our regular meeting Miss Stevning, the instructor of physical education for girls, gave a splendid talk on Physical Education in all its phases. The talk was not only interesting but very practical, and one which any member of an educational sorority might well appreciate.

One of the finest things Gamma Gamma has accomplished is the addition of a Nelson Piano to the furnishings of the room.

This was effected through the splendid business ability of Mis Shockley and the co-operation of the girls. This is a very decided addition to the room and is something which was truly needed by Gamma Gamma.

January 2~Northwestern won a splendid basketball game from Tonkawa Preparatory School to the score of 35 to 12.

January 25-The N. S. N. Debate Club and the Philerian Girls' Debate Club of N. S. T. C. are featuring a play at the Liberty Theater and Gamma Gamma is surely represented. All of the ladies of the cast, four in number, are members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. During February, the A~A expects to present a short play on two evenings at the theater and efforts are being made for the success of the play.

Miss Shockley has received a commission from Gov. Trapy of Oklahoma, making her a member of the State Illiteracy Commission. The Oklahoma Federation of \1\Tomen have pledged themselves to this slogan: "No Illiteracy in Oklahoma in 1926."

V era V . Jones.

GAMM.A GAMMA ALUMNAE

Gamma Gamma gave a Christmas Bazaar to which each girl was asked to contribute one dollar's worth o f material made up ready to sell. The Alva Ex-Coll egio Chapter helped by giving to this bazaar.

During the pas t two weeks the active Chapter has purchased a piano.

The Gamma Gamma Alumnae are helping to pay for it.

A t present we have s ix A~A's in the Alva Hi gh School Faculty.

They a re ue Edwards, Mrs. L orinda Lane, F ern Clifton Bess Davis Luell a Harzman and Lucell e Ch ew. All of th e e girl s wer~ active mem~ be rs during school year of 1919-20 and 1920-21.

Our annua l ho_mecoming day wa s during the ~e a cher's M eeting in ovember. Sometimes the A ctive Chapter entertam s w ith a luncheon

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in the room, but this last November we dined together at a prominent hotel. We also plan to always have a get together meeting at Oklahoma City during the State Teacher's Meeting there in February.

So far this year the Alva Alumnae meetings have been of a social nature. Each girl entertains or helps entertain the others in turn. A very pleasant event was spent at the home of Miss Sue Edwards on January eighth. The main feature of the evening was a progressive game of A'2.A in which the A'2.A colors were painted on two cubes. Our combinations counted but all other colors or certain doubles discounted.

The girls who had high score at the end of the evening were the best Alpha Sigma and vice versa. At a late hour burnt-sugar cake, date pudding with whipped cream and hot lemonade were served.

DELTA DELTA January 7-Delta Delta of Alpha Sigma Alpha enters the new year of nineteen twenty-four with all the enthusiasm and pep, gathered together while at home during the holidays.

Dean Davidson visited Sara Long in Mt. Vernon and both arrived in Athens about noon today. Sunny came in this afternoon with her hair bobbed! After this we are prepared for anything.

January 8-Lil Green and Katherine vVebb came in from Columbus a half day late for classes. But we were so busy admiring Lil's new fur coat, whicr she claims Santa Claus brought to her, that we forgot to say anything about their late arrival.

January 10-This evening we had a little farewell party for Miss Garber, our faculty adviser, who leaves in the morning for the Mansfield General Hospital, where she will undergo an operation. Sara Long, our president, presented her with a box of Francis Willard's Chocolates and the evening was spent singing our sorority songs.

January 12-Alpha Sigma Alpha was very well represented at the Alpha Delta Pi dance this evening. Dean Davidson was the representative and the other five went as guests.

January 14--Delta Delta of Alpha Sigma Alpha met in regular session. The New Years' resolutions were read and the Preps received orders keeping them in their rooms from seven o'clock on every evening until the examination period is over.

Esther Kinney gave a little talk on our two new pictures, "The Garden of Allah" and "Evening," by Maxwell Parish.

Final plans for the dance were made.

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derful succe . vVe had " base路 Collegiate"' orche tra and two little girl about sixteen, dre ed in black dre e with white cap and aprons, erved the punch between dance . Dean Davidson and Bill Herbert led the grand march.

The hall was decorated with large floor vase of flower ; ferns and palms were around the orchestra. The place wa softly lighted by lamp . There were about sixty couples there.

This dance was planned very simply with the expectation of making our pring dance the big dance of the year.

January 20-This morning the Alpha Sig went in a body to the Presbyterian Church . There were quite a few of the Alumnae back and several chapter guests . They are a follow : Margaret Keener, lone Baldwin, and Martha Peter on from Columbus; Dorothy Ballinger, Ma silon; Marjory Davi , Shawnee; Pearl Muse, Chillicothe; Florence Rannells, Me rthur; Fern Gooley, New Holland; Esther Berk hire, Parkersburg; Mary Margaret Nye, Ruth Markwood, Lancaster. Quite a few of these girls went to church this morning, helping to fill some of the vacancies of our own girls who were unable to be there. ara Long spoke in the Methodist Church on the Convention in Indianapolis.

January 21-Meeting tonight. This is the last meeting of the first semester. The local Panhellenic Council voted that the women of Ohio University should conduct no more meeting until after exams. The "Preps" recited their lesson for the active and they pronounced the verdict as being terrible! If they could not do better than that, they could never hope to ri e to the level of their most honorable sisters. Poor Preps.

January 27-In the thickest of the fight, everyone is working hard and trying to tell how much more they have to do. No inspiration to write any more tonight.

January 30-Back to normal life once more. Exani are all over and everyone came through with flying colors and everyone is in a much better humor. Thank goodness thi week is over.

Quite a few of the girl have gone home, some are vi iting other girl and some are pending the few days between semester here in then .

February 4--The first day of regi tration and a new semester facing us. To the Delta Delta girl of lpha 1gma lpha it

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means bigger hop es, higher aspirations and fi r me r re olu tion of a service more un selfi sh and democrati c toward other outside of our own group.

F R ANCES GR.\Y .

DELTA DELTA EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTER

Personals April 10, 1923- Mr. and Mrs . A. E dwa rd Sa uer (A li ce O ttm an) anno unce th e arrival of Margaret Ge ne.

Jun e 4, 1923- A daug hter, Phylli s J ean, was bo rn to Mr. a nd Mr .

T. Park Fri es (Reba Cor ey). Th eir home is in P ort Huron, M ich.

June 19, 1923- Ruth Goodall and Harold Miller wer e ma rri ed. M r.

Mill e r, a fo rmer H eid elburg man, is Superintendent of the Con t ruct ion D epartment of the Detroit Cast Stone Co. Th eir address is 1469 W. Grand Boulevard, D etroit, Mi ch.

June 21, 1923- 0live Culp wa s marri ed to Fred R. Baker . They a re living in Cleveland, Ohio.

July 7, 1923- Inez Upp and Syl. D. D eVoss wer e marri ed a t Rainsbor a, Ohio. Mr. D eVos s is Secretary and Orchard Manage r of The Grand River Orchards Co., Inc. H e is a farm er student of M~ a mi. Th eir addres s is Rural Route 3, Geneva, Ohio.

August 11 , 1923-Ruby Carey wa s marri ed to R. H. Ball. They are living at 11321 H essler Road, Cl eveland, Ohi o.

November 10, 1923- Ruth Hartman was marri ed to D. H. P lacier.

Th ey are living in Chillicothe, but soon expect to ma ke Buffalo their home.

November 28, 1923-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Us her a nn ounce the marriage of th eir daug hter, Edna Loui se, to James W . H ook a t Parkersburg, W. Va . Mr. and Mrs. H ook ha ve mad e 104 E . Lakev iew, Columbus, Ohio, their new home.

Marga ret and Alice Larkin have been serious ly ill with typhoid fev er since September. They are expectin g to r esum e their work in Cleveland in F ebruary.

Ruth Baker Shindl er is in ill health. Two years a go she was operated on for appendicitis and peritoniti s. Eig ht months la ter she had her second operation and soon expects to und ergo a third. She is ch eerful though, but thinks she is a very uninteres ting person just at present.

Grace Fultz is supervi sing the Mu sic in As hville, Ohi o, also has cha rge of Pi ckawa y County Gl ee Clubs a nd O rche tra wo rk. H er message to all of us is, "Take out your Life M ember ship."

Eva Watkin s-"Jimm y" is th e A rt T eache r in W es t Juni or Hi gh a t Warren, Ohi o. Jimmy say she likes her pos iti on, but is workin g t he L eap Year hard.

Emma H elzel is h ead of th e Comme rci a l D epartment in one of th e largest hi gh schools in Lima, Ohio.

E mma J a nes' life has been saddened by the trag ic death of her older si ster Blanche, in an automobil e accid ent on May 14, 1923. W e express our sorrow and extend to her our lov ing sympa thy.

Thes e D elta Delta g irl s are tea ching in Cl eveland : Naomi Cald well, Ada Haun , Hazel M cG rew, R ebecca a nd Mildred E isenbrey, H elen Her h ey, Eth el T oddard, Ada H o rd. Margaret and A lice L a rkin.

Thelma Groome and M yrtl e Fairman W a rner are tea ching in W as hington Trade School.

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Helen Hud on is li ving at home thi s year a nd teaching in a Centrali zed School five mil es from town. She was transferred from grade to Engli sh and History in the High School and enjoys her work a g,reat deal more.

EPSILON EPSILON February 2-A big day for us. vVe held initiation for seven of our g irl s. vVe u ed the new ritual; we think it much more impressive than the old.

The day was full up to the brim. At nine in the morning we went to the house to rehearse our new service. From onethirty to two-thirty was the hour for the girls who just accepted our bid to call at the house. At three-thirty, all came to the house for initiation. Then at seven o'clock, we went to th e Broadview Hotel for our Initiation Banquet. The mothers, patronesses and alumnae were our guests, also the three new girls who accepted our bids. The banquet was lovely in every way. Miss Strouse gave a short talk and one of the initiates gave a toas t. vVe had a very happy day and I am sure it wa one that the initiates will long remember.

February 3-This afternoon we are having a tea for the new girls and for two rushees. Later we are going to dinner together. vVe have all been very busy lately. First, there were th e final examinations, with everyone becoming quite frantic at the last moment, and becom ing convinced that she would fail in everything. Then came enrollment, with the trials of standing in long lines awaiting our turn, and then being sent back to someone for something. Following immediately upon thi s hectic expe rience came Rushing, and at the same time going to our new classes and trying to become adju ted.

Now vve must all settl e down and study a great deal. That will be hard, I 'm afraid, if th e weather continues to be as pleasant as it is now. It seems like Spring, and we all have pringfever.

CATHERINE BROWER

EPSILON EPSILON EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTER

The meetings of th e Ex-Coll egio Chapter of Eps il on Eps ilon have been mostly social in nature. The A lumnae of other sororiti es in Emporia a re quite env iou of the ize and congeniality of our o rgan iza tion. There seems to be ve ry littl e that we can do except deepen o ur fri end hi ps by com ing togeth er in a social way. However, once a yea r

THE PHOENIX we add service to our program and trim a Ch ri stmas tree for the same family that receive a dinner from the active chapter. Then Ia t winter we entirely outfitted a thirteen year old gi rl who was very much in need of help.

Our program for the yea r was planned to a certa in extent before Miss Edna McCullough's outline came, but she is with us all the time and we will try to make our sp rin g meetings follow her id eas .

We ha ve had several ve ry ha ppy times w ith the active chapter thi s fall. First, we attended the rushing parties and helped to give one of them. Just before Christmas, the chapter gave a lovely dance with the alumnae as their g.uests. The ni ght before school closed for the holida ys, we had our annual Christmas party with the pledges, actives, alumnae and Mothers all together. As soon as ou r initiation and Spring dance are over , we a! umna e plan to g ive a bridge tea for the active chapter at th e home of Pearl Foncannon . We hope to be able to bring together more often the pledge, active, alumnae and Mother-Patroness groups and in that mann er strengthen th e bonds of Epsi lon Epsi lon.

Last winter, we sta rted the Round Robins among the a lumnae and some of the birds are fl yin g around quite swiftly and they a re most enjoyable. Others have di sappeared entirely and so we will soon r earrange the g roups and take a n ew start.

One mann er in whi ch we are helping the active chapter is by each alumnae giving, two dollars a year more than is needed to finance ou r organization. This mon ey is inv ested in the hopes that some day we may help make a payment on a house for th e Epsilon Eps il on. Some of the out- of-t own alumnae have also added to this fund. The present chapter ca n derive no benefit from this but we hope some day to see the r esult of o ur small beginning.

Mary F orde and a friend have opened a cafeteria in L ongv iew, Washington. We hope her new enterpri se will soon outgrow the new city so she will com e back to this, part of th e world.

Ada Shearer Frost has been delegated to help in sta ll the new Chapt er a t Yps ilanti, Michi gan.

A t Christmas tim e thi s year, Ruth Payne Nilssen sent several of the alumnae member s a supply of mistletoe that she had gathered in her own yard. It was ve ry much appreciated.

Mary Elizabeth Hill, who came to our Ex-Collegio Chapter from Kirksville Normal, has been sick for some time and is taking a treatm ent in Kansas City. Th e repo rt comes to us that she is much better and we hope s he will soon be ab le to attend our meetings.

Adah Wade was called home from New Yo rk by the serious illness of her moth er. Mrs. Wade is much better but Ada h plans to stay in E mpori a for the rest of the winter and is teaching a few classes at the Hi gh School.

Ruth Jeremy came from Stevens Point, W iscons in , to v isit her moth er at Chri stmas time, a nd Hazel Harris visited Ethel Randel a few days on her way from her s iste r Ve ri's wedding. While they were both here, the a lumnae met with Adah Wade a nd Ethel Corbett and had a sp lend id visit together. Then just before Ruth left, Mrs. W. W. Parker ha d us all at her home.

Ada h Wade and June Ebey studi ed in Columbi a Unive rs ity this past summer and report that they met many fine A'2.A g irls fro m other Chapters.

Marie Pierson and Maurine Smith studi ed in Ch icago this summer and have now opened a studi o in Fort Worth, T exas.

E li zabeth Smith is spending this winter in New York continuing her studi es at Columbia.

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Geo rgia Snyder Peterson ha gone with her mother to California for the winter.

Among th e marriages during the last summer and fall were the following: Ada Shearer to Jack Frost.

Lorita Luce to Leslie Thomas.

Irene Loren to L ea Pierson.

Hel en Travis to L. C. 0 borne.

Ethel Ireland to Marshall Randel.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Everett have a new daughter, Joann .

E MPORIA CITY ASSOCIATION

The a lumnae of Emporia City Association have had very pleasant association with the active girls this fall. During rush week we assisted the Mother-Patroness organization in the giving of a picnic supper. Christmas time we were the guests of the active chapter at their dance. Many of us were at the house Christmas party and enjoyed a nice plump "Santy," alias Doris West. The Mothers brought the sacks of candy and the most wonderful popcorn balls.

W e do appreciate and enjoy th ese meetings with the active girls.

Our chapter is most fortunate in having such a helpful and peppy MotherPatroness group.

ZETA ZETA Zeta Zeta has bought a Mah Jong Set and several afternoon after classes, we have invited our friends to share it with us.

In this way we are getting acquainted with many new girl .

All of the Campus Sororities are planning an interesting program to be given in the College Auditorium on March seventeenth. This is a money making scheme, which we think will be very successful. Thi will be one of the most interesting and original entertainments worked out this year. Our program is as follows: "Porceleine de Saxe"-dance; Vocal Duet ( dramatic) ; " Parade of the \i\1 ooden Soldier"; In trumental Number -Violin Solo; Cello Duet; Violin Trio; Cintermi ion) "Katrinka"-Russian Polka; L ight Opera-variou choruses; Dramatic umber; a playlet; " Night at the Yard ."

Erne tine Thorn on, one of our loyal lpha Sigma' , i to be pre ented by the Music Department in a recital oon . \Ve are proud of her.

On February ixth , we held initiation services for arah Louise.

We are studying at pre ent for our annual orority examination .

CHRISTINE B.\ II .\M.

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We consider our A'2.A octave plan un surpassed in keeping alumnae interested. Our chapter now has twelve real live octaves including every girl s ince the chapter was in sta ll ed . We a l o have a robin composed of all our keynotes of octaves, our ex- co ll egia secretary, our national Registrar and Supervisor of Music. This robin adds incalculab le in spiration a nd eff iciency to the ex-coll egia g roup.

Thi s yea r, since no national directo ry is printed, we prepared an in expensive fo ld er of present a lumnae addresses, and sent one to each alumna with a request that she obse rve St. Valentine's Day by writing four newsy letter s to other ZZ's with whom she ha been out of touch.

The ex -collegia secreta ry has appointed two helpers besides her efficient assistant Ma ry Mason Wilson. They are a Marriage Recorde r, Lillian Fo rd McMeekin, and a Cradl e Ro ll Recorder, Ethel Warnick, who w ill keep card indi ces of info rma ti on to be used late r in our chapter hi story. We have been working on th is hi story since insta ll ation, savin g cuts from our coll ege annua l "The Rhetor," r ecords of student activities, ZZ parties. initi a ti ons, r eunions and other material suitable for a printed chapter hi sto ry.

We have had two s uccessful reunions at our A lma Mater this fall.

The first was a lunch eon at wh ich th e active chapter was hos tess during our District T eachers' Association. The second was our Founders' Day Banquet planned and executed by th e Warrensburg. City Association under the capable lea der ship of Mildred Morrow Burks and compl ete in eve ry" detail of A'2.A symbo li sm and in s ig nia. E nthu sia sm was a t hi g hes t p itch with the fo llow in g "among those present"-our nati onal Registra r and Supervisor of Mus ic, facul ty advise r , ex-coll egia secretary and assistant secreta ry, the first chapter president, first chapte r ad路 路iser , pres id ent of the Kansas City Association, patronesses, the entire War r ensburg ex-coll egia group, and every m ember .of the active chapter. These with other loyal alumn ae fr om out-of-town cr eated an un ri va ll ed atmosphe re of good fe ll ows hi p.

Our Annual State Teacher s' Association, which alternates between Ka nsas City a nd St. Loui s, is another occasion of r eunion and of fellowship w ith A lpha Beta and g irl s from other chap ters who are teaching in Missouri .

A n a nnual home-com ing, which we cherish, is our Summer Camp at Pertl e Springs which always comes some week- end during the summ er sess ion and affords th e opportunity for actives and alumnae to know each other in an informa l way, and g ives alumnae the chance to renew old ties .

DIRECTORY OF ZZ KEYNOTES

Mrs. R. D. Magee, 1125 N. J efferson, Springfield, Mo. Mrs . Marion Parke r, RR 2, Warrensburg, M o.

Mrs. J. B. Kennedy, 2020 W. lOth, Dallas, T exas.

Wilma Wi lson, 1405 Hardy, Independence, Mo. Mab el L obban, 1905 N . Wa hsatch, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Mrs. L. A. McMeekin, 321 E. Gay, Warrensburg, Mo. Mrs. Otto H eberling, 320 E . Gay, W a rrensburg, Mo. May Freund, 420 So. Holden, Warrensburg, M o.

Mary Ma son W il son, 1233 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Paulin e Jaqua, 118 N . Pacific, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Margaret Wagner, Odessa, Mo. Chri stine Bas ham, 216 S outh St., Warrensburg, Mo.

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Susan Gregory Burriss, Bixby, Okla.

Mildred Payne D owney. E mmett, Idaho.

Eunice Fulton Jarvis, 4414 Montgall, Kansas City, Mo. Ruth Clifton John s, Pl ea sant Hi ll, Mo. A nn Neely Kennedy, 2020 W. lOth, Dallas, T exas.

Letha Stone May, lOS So. Seneca. Bartlesville, Okla.

Ruth E ngel Monroe, Orange Grove Ave., H ollywood, Calif.

Lodelle Williams, Rissler, R. R. 4, Sedalia, Mo. E dythe Stone Stivers, Stockton, Kansas.

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Mabel Lobban, who has been in Colorado Springs, is coming back to Warrensburg to live with her aunt.

Bess Carte r Kibbe and Dr. Kibbe of California, Mi ssouri , attended the dedication of the Memorial Pipe Organ here January 11.

A large number of Zeta Zeta alumnae attended the Teachers' meeting here in the fall. They were entertained at a luncheon by the active g irl s.

Annabel Reynolds is now one of our alumnae. She had to stop school because of th e illness of her mother. We welcome her into our group.

We are slowly one by one, adding to our married li st, Susan Gregory, I believe, being the last victim.

Among the out-of-town gi rl s who attended the banquet are the following: Mary Ma son Wi lson of Kansas City; Ernestine Bennett of Green Ridge, Mo.; Ethel Phillips of Eldorado Springs, Mo.; Wilma Wi lson of Independence, Mo.; Bess Carter Kibbe of California, Mo. ; Frances Broyles, L ouellan Russman and Margaret Wagner of Odess a.

Mo.; and Jo. Dixon and Mildred Wilson, who live in Warren burg, but who t each in the Kansas City schools .

Fl oss ie L ee Arnold who teaches at Valley City, North Dakota, was ill with scarl et fever , and was not able to go to h er home for Chri stmas.

Lillian Ford McM eekin, Our Sedalia Alumnae met together during Thanksgiving at the home of Gertrude Glassburn, where they sewed on articles for the Chri tmas Bazaar around the blazing logs of the fire place. Some day we hope to have a Sedalia City Association.

Mrs. B. B. D owney (Mildred Payne) is teaching Commercial work in the Hig-h School at Emmett, Idaho.

Mrs. G. M. Jarvis (Eunice Fulton) has moved to 4414 Montgall St., Kan as City, Mo. Oleta Lobban, who i in Colorado Springs, is r egai ning her health rapidly.

Mary E li zabeth Hil l is much improved after a stay at the Resea rch Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.

ETA ETA January 7-Everyone back in school after vacation. Ne\\' epidemic of bobbed hair and hing les. Our g irl all exposed, but no new cases.

THE PHOE IX January 8-Regular meeting this evening. Committee announced for Pan-Hellenic Party to women of the Faculty Feb. 1. Y. M. and Y. W. held a joint meeting this morning to hear the reports from the Student Volunteer Convention at Indianapoli s.

January 9-Folks are getting back to normal again after the holidays. The alarm clock sounded more natural this morn mg.

January 10-See now how th e Kampus Kats and the Goril las have been scurrying and bounding around so lately. They put on some snappy stunts in chapel today that sure ought to rouse enthusiasm for the games Friday and Saturday.

January 11-Manuals played Ottawas' basketball men on our court tonight. Score 25-21 in our favo r. Gee, this is great!

January 12-Another home game. We lost this time. 0 well-they're happy.

January 14-Gertrude Robinson's hair bobbed . That leave Margie, Violet, Mayme and this one who have still to go through the routine of " the thirty-six hairpins."

January 15-We had a real spread at Miss Roseber ry 's room this evening with the most del\cious edibles and lots of th emwhipped cream. Opal Filkel's folks must have an awful nice cow. It would take a whole page to jot down all the goodies we had. I'm too sleepy. The five pledges had supper next door. We had invited them to entertain us after dinner and they seemed to think they'd better be a ll ready. So after their entertainment, we adjourned for business meeting and left the pledges washing dishes. Edith Marsh was there. She plans to resume her post-graduate work the coming semester.

January 16-The Leap Year Party to be given by the Seniors Friday is occasioning no little comment.

January 18- ot a single lesson for tomorrow and oh excitement-a L eap Year Party !

January 23-0nly two more days in this Semester. "Oh them Exams!" everybody's saying it.

January 24-M ore Exams .

January 25-"0h boy-ain't it a grand and gloriou feeling to have them examinations over with?"

January 28-The Faculty worked like the Dickens getting

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us all enrolled today. \ hile we pati ently and impat iently wa ited in line and lo t our num bers a nd \>vent throug h the usua l emot ions of regi trati on day. E mpo ria chedul ed to play Ma nua l tonig ht and tomorrow.

J anua ry 29-Chapter upper again at Mi s Ro eberry' roo m.

Ma rga ret Ha rt is back in chool again . M innie Rosebury i no longe r in our midst hav ing accepted a position in Coffeyv ille.

J anua ry 30- ew face -old faces-new classes-more tu dy - ame old story.

J a nua ry 31- The P rofs. don't seem to have any trouble thinking what to assig n for th e next week 's lesso n .

Feb ruary 1-Five days since I dispensed with the thirty-six ha irpins. T omorrow th e D eni shawn .

February 2-The appearance of th e D eni hawn D ancers in the Ca rney Hall A uditorium this evening wa the cl imax of th e seaso ns' enterta inments at K . . T. C. uppose the next fad will be snapp ing one's fin ge rs and stamping th e heel 111 th e ma nner of M r. Shaw n.

FR. \ NCES PuRLA HuLL.

KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE S eptembe r 1923 fo und abo ut t wenty-five A lpha S ig mas in K an sas City a nd Independence, Mi ssouri, r ead y fo r th e yea r's wo rk.

A defi nite orga ni zati on was establi shed in October a nd a few enjoyab le affa irs have been held. We are looking forwa rd to some love ly t imes thi s yea r 1924.

J an ua ry thirteenth th e g irl s met to di scuss a pla n proposed by our Pres ident, M a ry Mason Wilson. The proposed pl a n was a dopted a nd we imm edi ately set it wo rkin g. O ur g rou p of abo ut thir ty member s was d iv ided, so tha t a committee of five g irl have cha rge o f each month's mee ting . The Ja nu a r y g.roup, composed of A ug usta S himfes sel, Cora M ae Cook, Luc ill e Chri stoph er, Gla dys R ice a nd Florence B reece, as ked us out to Indepe nde nce to a party at Aug usta's home.

No sooner ha d t he g rou ps been a ss ig ned their res pective month s a nd t he meeting adj ourned until F ebrua ry, when th e g irl s we nt into a n adjo ining room and plans fo r S t. V al entine's D ay we re fo rmul ated. On F eb rua ry s ix teent h we we re invited to th e home of R uth Crooksha nk Gri gsby, 4202 Ches tnut S treet. R uth was ass isted by H e rtha Co rni h, S ue B. Pa rr, M urrell Eva ns a nd Bess F eely.

Letha Be rry, W il ma W il son, Gla dys D eM oss, Josep hine Di xon and Lo rene D avid w ill play hoste ses in M a rch. eva Grim e Moo re, wh has a home a t 4001 Ha rrison Street, will extend hospita lity in Ap ril.

Et hel Phi lli ps, M ild red W il son, Nell We ll s a nd E ll a ea le will be a sis ta nts. Gayle S howen, Mrs. Iva D ean M yers, Exona Mayfield, Laura Bucher, Catherin e Co llin , Ma ry M aso n W il son a nd Mrs. Ray mond Frye will be ho te se in M ay.

O ur Alumnae wi ll be glad to see or hea r f rom a ny A lpha S ig ma lphas who may be comi ng to or throug h Ka nsas City, Misso uri at a ny tim e. If there a re a ny g irl s in Kansas C ity o r t he adj o inin g town

THE PI-IOEf\IX who have not yet come in contact with the A lumnae Organization, they may do so by calling the Secretary, Gayle Showen at 2918 Benton Blvd. Telephone Linwood 4195.

KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE PERSONALS

Hertha Cornish spent last summer as Junior Supervisor fo r the White Myers Chautauqua through the States of Mi souri , Wiscon in , Iowa, South Dakota, Illinoi s and Kan sas. La st Fall she attended school at Kirksville, where she made an excell ent record a a stud ent and also filled the position as Pres ident of A lpha Beta mo t effi cientl y. She is now teaching second grade at the Hyd e Park School and is studying Expression at the Horner Institute of Fine Arts.

Su e B. Parr vi s ited her s ister in Tampico, M ex ico last summ er and tell s of a delightful time. Sue B. is teaching in E mer son School where she has forty children of fo reign born parent started on their way to American citizenship.

Mrs. Iva D ean Myers is edito r o f the "B usin ess Woman." the official o rgan of "The Kansas City Business Woman's Clu b." Her ister, Miss Exona Mayfi eld, is with her thi s year and teaches in Kansas City, Kan sas.

Our Alumnae are proud to have one member of the National Council.

Wilma Wilson, National R egistrar, is teaching in Northeast Juni or Hi gh School this year.

Ethel Phillips spent •the summer in Chicago and took some wo rk at the University. She is teaching at W estport Junior Hi gh School.

Mildred Wilson and Mary Mason Wils on had a trip through the East after having- taken some work in Columbi a University, New Yo rk.

Loren e David and Cora Mae Cook attended school at Berkeley, California and had a trip through the Canadian Rockies.

E ll a N ea le and Nelle Wells spent part of the summer in California.

Th e Kansas City Association cpnsists of the foll ow ing g,irl s: Zeta Zet-Letha Berry, Florence Breece, Marge ry Byram, Lucil< Christophe r, Catha rine Collin s, Cora Mae Cook. Lorene David, J o Dixon, Mrs . Hugh Moor e, Ethel Phillips , Gladys Rice. Augusta Shimfessel, Mary Mason Wilson, Mildred Wilson, Wilma Wil son, Gladys D eMoss.

Alpha Beta-Gale Showen, Sue B. Parr. H ertha Cornish, Nell Wells, Carmen Fish er, Bess F eely, E ll a Neale, Mrs. Grigsby.

Epsi lon Epsi lon-Mrs. Dorothy Frye, Merl e Kranz.

Gamma Gamma-Iva Dean My er s and her s iste r.

Eta Eta-Laura Beecher.

THE CITY ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS

The City Association of A'2.A of Pittsburg. Kansas, has held its required number of meetings this year with the fol lowin g new officers : Pres ident-Lorene Lan ey.

Vice-Pres id ent- Hazel Gilbreath.

Secretary-Treasurer-Helena Van Gastel.

Bes id es co-operating with th e Ac tive Chapter during Ru h Week, we gave our assistance to the City Charity and Human e Society. Durin g the Christmas holidays our association sponsored a line party at the Colonial Th eatre, aftet· which the entire crowd proceeded to Gray's Pharmacy for refres hments. The following alumnae attended: L eona Anderson, Chicago; Ruth Iserman , Erie, Kansas; Grace Iserman, Isabell e, Kansas ; Mary Lance, eodes ha, Kansas; Maro-ie Goodwin.

Augusta, Kansas; Iris Tabor, Okmulga, Okla.

Th e Green Lantern, a new tea room, offers a clever place for our Spring Party.

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THETA THETA Theta Theta held initiation service for Ingeborg orling on January econd. 'vVe are happy to have Ingeborg-a real lpha Sigma.

January meetings were postponed because we were tudying for our final examinations.

After a week's vacation, we have tarted back to college to begin a new semester, a semester which for many of u will be our Ia t.

IOTA IOTA January 1-New Year's Day-Most of the girls were home.

Those of us in the city went to various parties and dances.

January 2-Still having vacation. The University Council voted to give us an extra holiday for which we were thankful.

January 3-Back to school. It seemed good to g et back and see all the girls. We gathered in the corridors and told each other what we received for Christmas and about the good times we had during vacation. Evelyn "Wyland is wearing a new diamond on her left hand. It happened during Chri tmas vacation.

January 4--Kathryn Timmons had her hair bobbed.

January S-In the evening we went to the basketball game.

Drake vs. Washington. We were defeated 15 to 10, but the Alpha Sigs' spirits could not be squelched.

January 6--Sunday. All the Alpha Sigs went to church in the morning.

January 7-Sent flowers to Mildred MacEldery' mother, who has been ill since before Thanksgiving.

January 8--Regular meeting at 7:30 P . M. at the home of our patroness, Mr . W. F. Barr.

January 9-vVednesclay evening the study club of the various departments of the Uni\ er ity met, which u ually keep u bu y throughout the evening.

January 10- group of the lpha Sigs went to the library in the evening. \Ve are beginning to worry about our final exams.

January 11-Had an exciting time in chapel thi morning at 10 o'clock to decide "' hether or not the student wanted to

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publish the "Quax," our year book. All of us Alpha tg went together and some of us took part in the discussion.

January 12-Saturday-nothing exciting happened.

January 13-Sunday. It snowed all day. Most of the girl stayed in their respective rooms, but the telephones were kept busy.

January 14--Had a good chapel service. Two of the prominent men of the city debated upon the "Bok Peace Plan." All the students were given ballots and asked to vote on the plan.

The Alpha Sigs had some heated arguments.

January 15-Had A~A meeting in Dean Barr's office at the University Building. Christine Corbett, president, drilled the pledges in Psychology, while the rest of us studied preparatory to our final exams.

January 16-Some of the Alpha Sigs were on various committees for the "Edu~ation Reception" to be held tomorrow evening and everyone is busy getting their evening dresses ready for the big event.

January 17-Education Chapel in the morning, which affected most of us. All the Education Students marched in the chapel and the four year senior ~lass, of which Grace Davis and Christine and Catherine Corbett are members, were presented with red roses. Henry Turner Bailey, of the Cleveland School of Art, gave the address of the morning, which was most excellent.

In the evening was the Education Reception, which all the Alpha Sigs attended. The receiving line, consi ting of about 250 education students, broke up about 9 :30 and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. This is one of the big events of the year for A~A, as all of us are education students.

About 600 people attended the reception, which was held at Hoyt Sherman Place.

January 18-Catherine Corbett, Lora Shipley and Leona vVilcox were initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary education fraternity, in the evening at the home of Dean and Mrs. W. F. Barr.

January 19-All of us were tired, as this has been rather an eventful week.

January 20-Sunday.

January 21-The pledges met with Dr. Coe, professor of

THE PHOENIX secondary education, for drill in Psychology. Final are drawing near.

January 22-Meeting at 7:30 at Mrs. Barr's. Resumed our tudy for Alpha Sig examination .

January 23-\Ve have no time to visit in the halls thi week.

We all want to get good grades.

January 24-v\ e are all working on notebook , which must be turned in before examinations.

January 25-Grade standards at the University have raised this year and good grades are hard to get. More tudy!

January 26-No dates this week end. Grades are the all important object.

January 27-Pauline \iVomeldorf has the measles! Consequently she will not be able to take her final examinations, which will mean a great deal of make-up work.

January 28--The fatal week! Finals started!

January 29-Pauline is pretty sick. Her mother came from Zearing, Ia. More finals! Each exam. is two hours long. \\ e are all nervous wrecks.

January 30-Catherine Corbett wa sent by her Psychology Professor to the Children's Home to give some mental te ts to a few of the children.

January 31-vVe believe we are doing well in our examinations.

February 1-La t day of exams. I othing to do thi week end, as second seme ter tarts fonday. The work for thi eme ter i finished and we are starting the second seme ter with a clean slate.

What a grand and glorious feeling to have exams. over with !

February 8--The Alumnae ctive and Pledges joined in their annual Valentine Dance, which was given at Kathryn King' Studio, hops Building. Feature dances took the form of an Elimination Balloon Dance and Fla h Light Tag. Dr. and Mrs. George Allen Coe and Mr. and Mrs. . E. 1cGlothen acted a chaperones. The programs were in the shape of small envelope inside of which were letter telling about the dances.

I ota Iota wishes to announce the pledging of Velma Redmon of \\' inner, outh Dakota. Velma i enrolled in the Phy i-

THE PI-IOE IX cal Education Department and is one of the athletic tar of the University.

A number of ru h partie are 1 eing planned for the opening of the second semester.

CATHER!

E CORBETT.

DES MOINES CITY ASSOCIATION The Des Moines Association of Alpha Sigma Alpha this year has been holding the regular monthly meetings on the econd Saturday of each month. Last year we held our meetings down town at the variou tea-rooms, in the form of a luncheon, but this year we are meeting at the homes of the different members. Each contributes the sum u ually paid for a luncheon to the spoon fund. By the "spoon fund," we mean that we give a set of teaspoons, King Albert pattern, engraved with the insignia of the fraternity, to each girl when she is married.

We have started this year, a house fund , taking out of our treasury a certain amount per member.

We have edited a year book which includes the names of the officers for the year, chairmen of standing committees, a li st of the members with addresses and telephone numbers, the year's program, including the time and the hostess and the name of the member giving a book review, and the chairmen for special celebrations . The booklet was made in two of the colors of the fraternity, yellow and green.

We celebrated Founder's Day by entertaining the actives and pledges and patronesses at a formal dinner at Hotel Commodore. A toast program in keeping with the occasion was presided over by Lillian Hethershaw. Favors of wrist bouquets, made by Florence Harley, were given to each of the guests.

Our Christmas celebration was ih the form of a buffet supper at the home of Mildred Voi land, with an exchange of gifts. Mildred's little brother acted as Santa Claus. We were very happy to have with us M'rs. Lloyd Cummins, of Colo, Iowa, of the Alpha Beta Chapter at Kirksville, Missouri.

Both the Alumnae and Actives are joining in giv ing a dance February eighth at a down town studio in celebration of St. Valentine.

In our year's work we are striving to live up and carry out the ideals of Alpha Sigma Alpha, both. professionally and socially. We have taken up the study of professional works and have divided our reading.s into four groups, fiction, drama, history and educational works . At each meeting one member gives a book review of one or more books, which have been assigned to her.

Another specific aim has been to be of service to the active chapter on the Campus. We have an Alumnae Adviser who attends the regular meetings of the active chapter and endeavors to help whenever her services are needed. Ruth Hooks is our Alumnae Adviser this year.

There is an excell ent spirit of co-operation among the Alumnae and a willingness to help with any worthy movement which is taken up. Each 路 desires to liv e a ri cher and fuller life.

PERSONALS Mrs. E. E. Adkins is again teaching in the grades at the Jefferson Building in the Des Moines Public School system.

Louise Boller is teaching third grade in the Phillips School at Des Moines.

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Nellie Gabrielson is teaching mus ic at the Greenwood school in Des {oines.

Florence Harley left the latter part of January to teach cience in the Hi g.h School at Delta, Iowa.

Lillian Hethershaw ha s been as i tant to Dean \V. F . Barr of the College of E ducati on at Drake University.

Ruth Hooks 路is teaching second g rad e at the Whittier Building tn Des Moine .

Ruth Musmaker McG lothlen is keeping house thi s year.

Laurel Pascoe is teaching at Luther, Iowa.

A lbert ine Ringrose Geist is both teaching and keep ing house.

Mayfred Stone is teaching third g rade at Adel, I owa . La st summer she attended the University of Iowa.

Mildred Voiland is stenographer for the Des Moines Stove Company.

Mary Hug hes teaches at Greenfield, Iowa.

Grace Archer teaches a t Casper, Wyoming. She spent las t summer m Yellowstone Park.

Margaret Bock is teaching at Gowrie, Iowa.

Edith Cain is teaching in the Hi g h School at Manning, I owa.

Elizabeth Dodso n taught in D es Moines until Thanksgiving tim e.

Now she is attending the Kirksville Normal School.

Arl ine Elliott teaches at Bozeman, Montana.

Ruth Grant teaches again at Madi son, South Dakota.

Maud Harvey was marri ed la st summe r and is li ving 111 St. Louis and is no w Mrs. Monds.

Zela H yten is living in California and is teaching at San Bernardino.

Neva Kriner was ma rried last September and is now living at 2506 Troast Avenue, Kansas City. She is no w Mrs. W. D. Irons .

Ethel McCormick is teaching in a Vocational school in Mi lwaukee, Wi sconsin.

Hazel McLaug hlin Miller lives in Geneva, Iowa. Her husband is Superintendent of the school system there.

Marga ret Meek is taking a year's leave of absence fr om teaching, du e to ill health. At the present writing, Marga ret reports that she has about recover ed her health. Her home town is Leon, Iowa.

Edna Parsons teaches at Si oux City, Iowa. Edna has departmental work in th e grades.

Lela Stringer teaches primary at Stuart, Iowa.

Inga T esdahl spent the summer in Colorado at Boulder, attending the University. She is teaching at ] erome, Idaho, thi s year.

L eona Welch is again teaching mathematics in the Junior High Schoo l at Knoxville, Iowa.

Myrtle Walford is teaching again a t Manning, Iowa, Myrtle and Edith Cain room together.

Cleo Brown is teachin g in A lbia, I owa. Cleo was marri ed D ecember 24th to Malino S. Patton.

D orothy Curtis teaches at Tabor, Iowa.

Gladys Fairchild is teaching at Meridan, Iowa .

Lida Larson teaches at Langford, South Dakota, and is li ving with her s ister. Lida spent the Christmas H olidays in Iowa.

Zylpha Walker is taying at home thi s year, in Clinton, Iowa.

We are ve ry proud of th e members of our g roup rep resenting. us in Honorary Fraternit ies . Those who are member s of Kappa D elta Pi are Edith Cain, Nellie Gar~ielson, Lillian H ethershaw, Ruth Hooks, Mabel Payne and Leona W1lcox.

Kappa Delta Pi is the National Honorary Fraternity of the Colleg.e of Educati on. We are ve ry proud to have so many of our g irl s

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members of this fraternity which not on ly stand for scholarship but th e furthering of educati ona l interests.

Phi Beta Kappa was install ed at Drake University in May, 1923.

W e are very happy to be represented in this fraternity by Li llian H ethershaw.

W e find many of our member s car rying out the professional idea ls of the fraternity in their chosen life work. We are proud to have members qualified to teach in a large city school sy tern. Louise Boll er, Nellie Gabrielson, Albertine Ringrose Ge ist, R uth Hooks and M r . E .

Adkins are teaching in the D es Moin es school system.

Edith Cain graduated from Drake Un iversity in 192 1. Now Ed ith is hea d of the Normal Training Department of the Manning High School. Last summer Ed ith taught in the summer school in the Norma l Training D epa rtm ent at Drake University.

Mabl e Payne had three yea r s of her college work at Drake University, and got her d eg,r ce fr om the Univers~ty of Michi gan at Ann Arbor in 1920. F or about two years she taught in East High School in Des Moines. Now Mabel is private sec retary to the Dean of the College of Dental Surgery at th e University of Michigan. Mabel is also secretary-treasurer of th e Nati onal Council of the Honorary Fraternity of Kappa D elta Pi. At present Mabel is working hard for this fraternity as it holds its Convocation in Chicago the latter part of February. 1924.

Leona Wilcox is takin g a yea r's leave of absence from teaching in the D es Moines schools and is getting her B.A. D egr ee.

Lillian Hethershaw finish ed college in the class of 1920. F or two years Lillian taught Sci ence in the High School at Ana mosa, Iowa.

During the winter of 1922-23, she and members of her family spent the winter travelin g in the south. Th ey motored fr om D e Moines , Iowa, as far south as Miami, Florida, and visited many places in the South which are histori cally noted.

The first semester of this year she has been assistant to D ean Barr.

This semester she is t eaching at the, University in the Grade Department of the College of Education.

Bonnie Andrews who was head of the Grade D epartment at Drake University has been for the pa st two yea rs at th e University of Ca lifornia at Berkeley, getting h er Ph.D. D egree. She will return to the Un iversity n ext September and r esum e her same position.

KAPPA KAPPA Friday, Dec. 14--Several Alpha Sigma girl spent the evening with Mary Seltzer, who is now teaching in Camden, N. J. The party consisted of Edna Bowen, Irene Benner, Freida Bunting, Margaret Brenholtz, Dorothea Bishop, Marion Kinback, and Mildred Sherwood. We spent the evening talking over old times, discuss ing new times and dancing. Time for leaving came only too soon and after eating th e delicious salad , chocolate and sandwiches Mary prepared for us, we took our leave. Mary is a very good cook and her skill will be put to use in a very short time.

Thursday, Dec. 20-'0le held our regular meeting and m connection had our Christmas celebration. It was a rather

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informal party held in our regular place of meet in o-. \\ e ang Chri tmas carol and our lpha ig ong . Elizabeth Eby, who i now taking a cour e in E locution wa prepared to give "The ther \ Vi e Man" by Henry Van Dyke, but clue to so me unavo idabl e circumstance, it was not deli vered.

Thursday , January 10-Pledging Day-The ervtce ' ent off beautifull y. The red lights casting hadow over every one dre ed in white made a most stunning background for "When it comes to th e end of a Pledging Day," sung by Heromine Traub, soprano and Ethel Williams, alto.

Friday, January 11-Several A lpha Sig Gir l had a rath er impromptu th eater party. We saw Bert Lyten in "The Meane t /[an in the vVorld." After the show, we all bought ice cream and returned to our room s and ate ice cream and played bridge.

MILDRED

HERWOOD.

KAPPA KAPPA EX-COLLEGIO CHAPTE R

Th e ex-collegio chapter of Kappa Kappa is only a year old and since most of the gir ls live at a di stance from Philadelphia we can only plan for an annual meeting. Thi s meeting is held in F eb ruary at the time of the formal init iation fo r the new members into th e active chapter. Th e alumnae are now planning fo r a meeting on February th e ninth at which time we expect to di scuss the plans for rai sing money for a chapter house for th e Kappa Kappa Chapter.

N ow we wi ll tell you where each a lumna is located.

Frances Atkins was marri ed to William Leroy Duffy on ep temb cr twenty-second, and is still fulfil lin g her duty a s kind ergarten teacher at Palisades, New Jersey.

Mrs . Charles Wood Jr., who was H elen L ewdrop before her ma r riage in June refi lled her position in the D epartment of H ome Economics in one of the public schools in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

H este r Sexton is teachin g at D eals Island, Md. Thelma all, our s ister fr om Fl orida . ha s return ed to the orth as kinderga rten teach er at Midval e, New J ersey.

D orothy Bough is connected with th e Public L edger, Philadelphia's lea ding newspaper.

Alice Garretson and Helen Kelly are living at th eir re pective homes.

Mary Shallcross is as i tant kinderga rten teacher in one of the publi c schoo ls in Atlantic City.

Mary eltze r is now teaching in Camden, N. ]., but we don't know for how long because she expects to be marri ed in February.

Other gi rl s who a re teaching are: Mary Lawrence, Claymont, D el.; Helen E lia s, ineland, . J.; Mary Parsons, Snow Hill, Md.; Betty Barry, Oxford. Pa . ; Mary B renholtz, orthampwn, .!:'a.; Adelaid e Zeorpo s, Bristol, Va. Irene P a rker is teaching in the D epartm ent o f Home Economics in the High School in a li sbury, Md .

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LAMBDA LAMBDA

December 16-Two days before the dreaded Final . Our girls gathered early at the house. Our President, Eleanor Wright, finished the story of "The Other \iVise Man." Then in the light of the candles of our little Chri tma tree, we ang all the old Christmas Carols and a Few A.S.A. songs. Then came the presentation or announcements of gifts to the guest of honor "The House." A rose and gold bridge lamp, curtains, draperies, an A~A shingle and telephone table and tancl were among the things rained upon our house during the shower in its honor.

This was our last meeting of the quarter. The ever obliging Mr. and Mrs. Van Hook had been busy in the kitchen making fudge and popcorn, so the evening wound up with "eats" and dancing. A few who left early, had the pleasure of joining the carolers of the campus peneath the great living Christmas tree, ablaze with lights near Long Walk, and of helping to erenade beneath the window of President Thompson.

December 22-The "town girls" conducted a profitable rummage sale and sold out before noon.

January 2-Meeting. \file c11mpleted plans tonight for our dance, a semi-formal to be held at the Elks' Country Club on February fifteenth.

January 7-Meeting. Vle've purchased more new furnittu路e-a tan and blue overstuffed divan and chair for the parlor, this time.

January 13-"J ohnnie" Jones entertained the Chapter at her home this afternoon with a tea and a shower in honor of our Helen-now Mrs. Shibler. Mr . Percival has gone to Ypsilanti to help install Mu Mu. Congratulations to the new chapter. May it love, and live, and grow in A~A as we have.

January 17-Bridge party at the house.

January 23-Spread at the house tonight. Rushed some very attractive girls.

January 28-Meeting. At the suggestion of Mrs. Percival, Lambda Lambda has begun a Christmas Savings account at one of our banks.

January 31. Last rushing party. General good time at the house this evening.

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February 1- lA and Phi Omega Pi put on a tunt at the "Mixer" tonight, entitled "Rain, Rain!" Our pledge executed a "slickers and golo hes" dance.

February 4-We pledged Lucille \ alter tonight at one of the most impressive pledge service I've attended. Lucille made quite a picture. he was so sweetly olemn, a she repeated the ribbon pledge and o pretty, with her mas e of amber-tinted brown hair! \1\ e like our home on Thirteenth Avenue. Ethel traw Frances Henning, Eleanor Purpu , Dorothy Porter, Mr Peck, our house mother or chaperon, and Eleanor VVright are living there now. We hope Iris Hull and Claribel Davi can be in the house next quarter.

February 15-Then, we are all enthusiastic about our Valentine dance. It is to be a formal dance at the Elks' Country Club. \Ne hall dance from nine to one. vVe have such attractive Gray Leather Carel Case Program , bearing our coat of arms in gold.

LILLIA

BRAUCH.

NOTICE A Los Angeles City Chapter could be organized if all lpha Sigma lphas living within a radious of twenty miles would communicate with Nell Grant, 221 Horizon ve., emce, alifornia.

Nell Grant entertained several E. E. Sisters with a beach party at her home in Venice last Augu t. Tho e invited were Edna McCullough, Dorothy Hooser, Loi Koontz, Marjorie Thomas, and Marie Jensen Chri tansen.