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• This issue is ded i"cated to the officers of the Association of Education Sororities.

• Published twice yearly by the Alpha Sigma Tau Fraternity

CONTENTS Page Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Carry On ... .. .. ... . . .. ... ...... . ....... .

The Thrill of Competitive Swimming . . . . . . .

6 8 Opportunity for the Physicall y Handicapped .

Trailing Westward ..... . . .. ....... .... ... .

9 The Passion Play of Oberammergau ... . ... . 10 The Center Theater ......... . ....... . ... . 11 Temple's Experiment ... . . . . . ............. . 12 Pepys and th e Ladies .. ............. . ..... . 13 On Shelley's Skylark and West Wind .. . ... . . 1Trials of a Municipal College Student . ..... . . 16 Old Eco nomy .. ... . ... . ... .. . . ..... . . . .. . 17 Who Is the Ideal College Girl? .... .. .. . ... . 18 The Importance of Rushing .. . ... . . . . . .... . 19 It's F un to be Fooled . . . . .. . ............ . . . 20 20 The Book in t he Classroom The Medieval Uni t . .... . . . .... . . ....... . . 21 Sisterhood ..... .. . . . . ... . . . ........ . .... . 22 How the Sorority Girl Dresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 23 Indian Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Are Sororities Worth While? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-l Carnegie Free Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zStuart Chase .... . . . .. . . ..... ~- . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Yeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~i Association of Ed ucation Sororities . . . . . . . . . 28 Collegiate Chapter News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Alumn re Chapter News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Vital Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 1 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

ALPHA SIGMA TAU

announces

th e installation of

UPSILON CHAPTER

at

State T eachen College

Conway, Arkansas

on

April Thirteenth

Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-five

ALPHA SIGMA TAU

announces

the petition of

ZETA TAU CHAPTER

at

State T eachers College

Farmville, Virginia

to be installed

M cty Eighteenth

Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-five

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Above, left: Margaret M . Macdonald, Scholar hip Loan Fund : right: Mr . R . . 1acDouga ll , Scholarship Award Committee; lower, left: Maxine Miru , Life Membership ommittee; right: Mrs. armen . Delaney, Examination Committee.

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'Life" 1 am but a stone Cast by m y maker Int o the wat ers of Life's Sea, And the size of the first ripple I make Is determined by the siz e of m eAnd the f orce with which This rock was thro wn .

R u TH D AL E D uNCAN

UR sororities are judged by the number of activities they represent on the campus. To make a chapter outstanding requires individual interests in each other, and from there to encourage each to make their contribution to the sorority and to the school. What are YOU individually contributing and absorbing from the personality of your sorority sisters, pledges and associates?

Each girl has in her personality something which distinguishes her from others. Perhaps music is her hobby and attainment. Again art, literary talents, or dramatic art reveal other personalities.

Let us see the other side of our own personalities. Are we sometimes just ::'. little selfish individually? By that I mean do we always give " the other person " a chance to reveal their talents to us? Or do we want to be the " big show" ourselves, and crush the first move a new, little pledge, or shy sorority sister makes while she is trying to enlarge her personality and charm through our association?

A gracious hostess lets others exploit their charm at her party. For the occasion the hostess is a lovely background for the gaiety of the occasion .

Do each of us as sorority hostesses give our new members an equal chance ?

Of course we often find girls who are " too anxious" to exploit their wares.

It is up to us to soften and mould such extremes, not to crush that personality. That is the part each of us as sorority sisters has as our greatest problem. ' "i l 1 Do we always give the modest, little girl a chance? Perhaps at home she has always played the part of a quiet, capable, reserved hostess in her own charming way. She may be even clever and more capable than you and I are. Yet we criticize her because she is not as " rowdy" as some of us

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think she should be. Just as a lovely, charming rose develops daily so in her you might find an ideal member and friend. Her deeds and talents gradually unfold. Let's not destroy her loveliness by unjust criticism and ridicule because she doesn't care to engage in the activities that you do care to.

How many pledges and members have we let slip through our fingers, and when she makes her contribution to society after leaving college you say in awe and surprise, " I never dreamed . . . had such a lovely personality.

I learned so much from her, but what did I give her in return? I'm afraid my contribution was very little. I didn't give her a chance becau e of my own selfishness to be popular with the girls. ' Ah , but that is too late my dears- she has slipped through your fingers and you cannot claim her now. Her interests were wider, broader and deeper than yours ever were . She 's found her place in society. Yes, she 's one of your sorority sisters, but she feels that you didn't give her the encouragement that she needed when she was one of you.

It 's just a suggestion sorority sisters, near and far. Can't you profit by mistakes made in others when after all we're all interested in the same things and in each other? Let's give each a chance. I'm certain it will make life richer and fuller for each of you. Let 's make our inventory of ourselves now.

A sister from u Alumnre, B u RNADI E W oMACK

The Thrill of Competitive Swimming WIMMING has not only proved an excellent form of recreation and exercise, but it has provided thrills with which nothing can compare.

What is there to match the feeling of having defeated a close rival , or of having been defeated when you know you have given your best? The thrill of sitting on the side-lines with other swimmers as ten se as you, all attempting to be nonchalant ; but each undoubtedly experiencing the same feeling of almost fear when his event is called. Next comes the awful moment between the " Judges and timers ready? " and the " Take your marks!"

Somehow the brief period between the " Take your marks !" and the firin g of the gun is never so terrifying. Of course this is speaking for myself, and I cannot be sure of how other swimmers feel , but once you strike the water, the feeling of fear is gone. It is now a battle of wits and ability. Yes, you have to use your brains to swim a good race. Once in the water the unconscious dislike for your competitors is gone. A swimmer gives his best , but when he is defeated , he realizes he has met someone better than himself, and he accepts his defeat graceiully ; but resolves to " turn the tables" next time.

Also there is the thrill of swimming in the same meet with the really great swimmers of the world. What is there to surpa s the thrill received from

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WAS very much interested in the article in the ANCHOR entitled "Back to Prosperity. " This was due partly to its sincerity and truthfulness but mainly because I believe that every chapter at some time passes through just such a period of true depression. Shall I say not only this financial depression which has been with us all , but worse still a depression of so rority ' spirit. Of the two, tbe latter seems to me the far more dangerous, because with the right sorority spirit the financial emergencies can be overcome.

I do not wish to go into the financial problem in this article. I really believe that a little work, or call it cooperation, can take care of that in each chapter, but I do want to repeat a few ideas from a very interesting article in a recent Saturday Evening Post. The article was written by Fred H . Turner, dean of men at the University of Illinois, and entitled "Students of the Depression ." Perhaps many of you saw it.

Mr. Turner told of the students of that large university during the depression. He showed that the number of students in actual want is surpri singly small. aturally there was a great increase in the number working, many who prepared their own meals and many who had to live with other students, and of course many of the extravagancies of pre-depression years were curtailed .

However, the point that was of greatest interest to me in thi s excellent article was of course the one about the fraternities. Naturally all of them were not run the same as in pre-depression days, and a few groups did " fade out," but all were not in such straits as many people thought. To use Mr. Turner 's own words will dispel that idea. He says, " Some people, ... would have us believe that the fraternity system as a whole is sitting with the wolf just outside and the last screw in the doorlock barely hangi ng by one thread" and he continues to say that "not one of the old guard fraterniti es was included in the 'fade-out ' picture."

Of course many of the fraternities had to make a real job of cutting.

Where once they had dances at five dollars a couple they now probably have a radi o dance with coffee and sandwiches for refreshments. They have Sunday ni ght gatherings. They depended on friendships rather than show and extravagance.

My purpose in all this is to ask if we might not profit by their example.

Might we not gather into our sorority a group of girls who are interested in friendships, in economy, in Alpha Sigma Tau and its aims? If " Old Man Depression" has dealt unkindly with any group, if some of us have been working without pay or for warrants with little or no backing or if for any reason things are not so bright as they might be, never, I repeat it, never let things of that sort interfere with the meeting together of the girls of each chapter, the kindly associations, and the good times even if our " banquet" does consist of "sandwiches and coffee. " It is the spirit that counts and the determination to " carry on" to greater and greater successes as times improve, as we know they surely will.

DoROTHY LunwrG, Sigma

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Opportunity for the Physically Handicapped HE orthopedic (crippled) child has been with us always, therefore the problem of the crippled child is as old as the human family.

Perhaps the most significant aspect in the history of the care, education and rehabilitation of the physically handicapped is the changed attitude toward the crippled child. From extermination in the early centuries, through the ages of exploitation and Court entertainment, as depicted in much of the Victorian literature, through a period of belief in reincarnation which led to the belief that there was a moral obligation, and the Church began to assume some responsibility, and , at about the same time, private institutions were organized and maintained by philanthropic individuals. And now, through a process of gradual evolution , society is accepting the responsibility, as is manifested throughout the wo rld in the various sectarian , non-sectarian, fraternal, state, national, and international organizations.

The development has been greatest during the las t thirty years, but not all sections of the country have developed at the same rate. Some sections of the country have far surpassed other countries or sections of the same country.

From what source is money derived to carry out a program designed to educate and rehabilitate the physically handicapped ? Laws pertaining to this matter differ somewhat in the different States. In Michigan the work with crippled children is subsidized . The State reimburses the local Boards of Education up to $2 00 for each child enrolled in Orthopedic Classes. In the spring of 193.4 the International Society for Crippled Children initiated the ation-Wide Easter Seal sale of which SO of the proceeds is used to furthur the work in the local communities, 20 % goes to the International Society for Crippled Children and 30 % to the State Society for Crippled Children. The proceeds from the President's Ball which has become an annual affair are given, and many philanthropic individuals give generously of their time, talent and money. A repercussion of the depression has been a slowing-up of the development of the work in many communities, but with improved economic conditions, we have every reason to expect a greater expansion of the work with crippled children.

The psychology of the crippled child differs from that of the normal child, to the degree that he is cognizant of his condition in relation to the life of a normal child . Children vary greatly in their reactions to their particular conditions. A few children feel sorry for themselves and expect much to be done for them, but most of them accept their condition as being unavoidable, and proceed to place emphasis upon the things in life which they are capable of doing, and they go about it with a determination to succeed, and with an attitude that would challenge physically normal individuals. They ask no favors of anyone, and resent any inference to their inability to perform almost any task. Many instances may be cited where phy icall y handicapped individuals have reached the optimum of succe .

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School System, the purpose of which is to maintain an integrated program of coordinated activities, planned to meet the physical, educational, and psychological needs of each individual.

MRs. GERTRUDE FLINT, Alpha Faculty Adviser

Trailing Westward I was asked to write a story of my motor trip out west, But that is a difficult task for anyone to request.

So I'll compose a little sing-song of the trip from day to day And of the many different sigbts we saw along the way.

We left Johnstown, Pennsylvania in the Fall of '3 4 Journeyed westward over trails we had never seen before.

In Ohio we had a puncture caused by a pesky little screw.

Through Indiana nothing especially happened, so across it we simply flew.

Illinois' greeting was showers the day we motored through More rain in Missouri where we crossed the Missipp In a corner of Kansas a miniature blizzard was our gyp.

Oklahoma was much brighter so we stayed here half a day Visiting a great uncle who kindly bid us stay.

On to Pecos in big Texas where we spent a chilly night Then El Paso, where the desert comes into sight, here miles and miles of open range appears on left and right.

The shacks one sees are ranch houses And this is an awful start for when we see them on the screen they're dressed up very smart.

New Mexico more dry country, lonely and bare And if it were not for the Carlsbad Caves I would advise not stopping there.

Arizona, what a country, here we found some real old west Considering all the land we saw, I like this land the best.

Winding roads that climb high mountains that look over desert sands.

Here we find the masterpiece of nature, the canyon which is GRAND. At last we reach California in the land of the Golden West Where everything they have or grow, they tell you it is the best.

It is a great country having a variety which is rare So many people who go out decide to settle there.

CLARE CovER ,

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The Passion Play of Oberammergau 1 AST summer, while spending some time in Germany, I had the great privilege of attending a performance of the " Passion Play" at Oberammergau. This tiny Bavarian village is situated on the Ammer River and surrounded by towering mountains. The name "Oberammergau" translated literally means "Over-the-Ammer-valley. " Its quaint houses, ornamented with religious paintings are most picturesque. The inhabitants of the village, plain kindly folk, are mostly wood carvers and potters. It was an interesting sight to see young men with full grown beards, and young boys with hair grown almost to their shoulders, walking about the village streets. These, we discovered, were performers in the Passion Play.

We arrived at Oberammergau in the pouring rain by bus from Munich.

Our raincapes and umbrellas which we had carried with us ever since we left home, were still packed in our large suitcases which we were obliged to leave at Munich until our return. We were assigned by two's and three 's to homes of the villagers. My friend and myself were escorted to the home where we were to stay, by a little old man with a snow-white beard who was pulling a small hand cart, which he had brought along for our "gepack" (baggage).

After a plain, but appetizing supper, we were shown to our room which was very neat and spotless, characteristic of German homes, and we certainly enjoyed a good night's sleep under our huge feather beds, which are a special feature of beds in Germany.

In the morning, we followed the custom of the villagers and those who take part in the play, and went to early church services before going to the "Passion Play." Our hostess gave us each a blanket to take with us to the play and we found that it was a very desirable thing to have, as the air was still quite damp and chilly.

At the boom of a cannon at 8 A.M., the performance began and continued until a two hour intermission at noon. We returned to our seats after dinner and the performance ended about 5:30 P.M. In spite of the great length of the play, it held our interest every single minute. It opens with a prologue given by Anton Lang, who formerly played the part of the Christ, but who because of his age, has had to give up that strenuous part. Behind him is a chorus of about fifty men and women dressed in flowing grey robes, who sing appropriate music. Between the acts, are tableauxs of old testament stories, so beautifully arranged that they give one the effect of huge oil paintings.

The lines are spoken in German, but we had purchased an English 路 text of the play, and were able to follow it word for word . The setting and richly colored costumes were superb. The story of the Passion of Christ from his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem to His Crucifixation and Resurrection is presented with the profoundest feeling and reverence.

The auditorium of the theatre, which seats about 5,3 00 spectator i covered, but the stage is in the open, so that during parts of the performance

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the players were in the pouring rain . I have been told that they have two sets of costumes, the older of which is worn on rainy days. T he play was given, rain or shine, twice a week from May to September.

The 1934 performance commemorated the 300th anniversary of the presentation of the Passion Play. In the year 1633, the village of Oberammergau was afflicted by a dreadful plague, which took dozens of lives.

Finally, the remaining villagers gathered together and .made a solemn pledge that if they would be delivered from this scourge of the plague, they would give a portrayal of the Passion of Christ every ten years. F rom that very day not another inhabitant died of the plague.

True to their vow, the following year, 1634, the villagers gave the first presentation <Of the Passion Play. Thereafter, once in every decade, these people have kept their faith .

EVELYN GRAMPP , Sigma

The Center Theater URING my visit to ew York City to attend the Tenth Annual Spring Conference of The Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers, where I found that more than anything else a teacher should have a developed, growing, and integrated philosophy of living, I went to the Center Theater in Rockefeller Center to see the " Great Waltz."

It is the smaller of the two theaters in the Center and the charm and beauty of its interior design and furnishings are unsurpassed by any theater in the world. The Foyer, on the street level, is lighted by five large exterior windows of opaque glass etched in relief. The soft color and texture of the walls are continued in the carpet, furniture and draperies and are accented by the vermilion auditorium entrance doors.

At the far end of the Foyer a broad, curved stairway leads up to the Mezzanine. Beneath this stairway, a similar stair gives access to the Lounge.

The lighting is very simple yet rather fascinating, the entire illumination coming from tiny holes in the ceilings. The Ladies Lounge, fini shed in delicate colors and beautiful modernistic furniture carries the theme of the accomplishments of women aviators in its glass murals while the Gentlemen 's Lounge, so I have been told, is very strong in color and is decorated by photomurals carrying the aviation theme also. In the simple yet marvelous Auditorium there is the world's largest chandelier, twenty-five feet in diameter and weighing six tons.

It is not, perhaps, generally known that Johann Strauss, Senior, was as famous a composer of waltz music in his day as his son Johann Strauss Junior, who wrote the imperishable " Blue Danube." Because of this fact Hassard Short found a story for a musical play in which there is a struggle for popularity between the younger and elder Strauss. The play was very fascinating, the costumes lovely, and the entire performance, including the miraculous turn-table stage, was spectacular.

SALLY ANGEL, D elta

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Temple's Experiment HREE years ago, an experiment known as the "X Group" was inaugurated at Temple University. Each year forty supposedly superior and talented students who expect to enter the field of Secondary Education are selected by means of a competitive examination to be the " Guinea Pigs" for this experiment. These students are permitted to take unlimited cuts but the authorities request that the time be used to some advantage.

There are no actual grades given, but, each student is rated in relation to the other members of the class and is told whether or not his work is satisfactory. There are very few examinations given, the student 's work being graded almost entirely from his ability to do research work.

During the first two years, the course is rather general, the purpose being to create a background of general culture. The work during this time is divided into four major fields- the social environment; the physical environment; the media of expression; and the study of self. In studying the social environment, the student is given courses in European History, Sociology, Political Science, and Economics. The physical environment is presented in courses in Physics and Biology. The part played in the curriculum by the media of expression is perhaps the most unique thing about the entire "X Group" course. in addition to studying English and at least one foreign language, these students also take courses in several of the fine arts; those generally studied are music, sculpturing, wood carving, painting in oils and pastels and eurhythmy. The fourth field , the study of self, is covered by courses in Psychology.

At the end of two years, the students take a comprehensive examination over all the work covered ; this is the most important factor in determining whether or not he continues as a member of the "X Group." The other factor is the quality of a rather extensive piece of research work which the students work on during the Sophomore year. If the examination and the research project are not satisfactory the student is requested to leave the "X Group" and then follows the regular Secondary Education curriculum.

Those students who remain in the class spend the last two years of their college life specializing in those subjects which they want to prepare to teach. They are also encouraged to continue with at least one of the fine arts with which they came in contact during the first two years.

It cannot be said, as yet, whether or not the experiment will prove successful , but, vvith the changes that are constantly being made in the curriculum, I believe they will eventually arrive at a very advantageous . course of tudy. Even now, from the contact which I , as a student in the second group have had, I believe that the "X Group'' course creates a better background of general culture and prepares the student to meet his problems more competently than does the usual course of study. iARY } ANE GREENINGER Lambda

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Pepys and the Ladies

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HE combination of spring, blue skies above, and a good di gestion seldom fails to bring up thoughts of love, and the loves of famous public characters are ever good copy. Such a famou s man was Samuel Pepys in the turbid days of the Restoration, and rare indeed is the record of philanderings so complete as that in his well-known J oumal.

Seamstresses, lace venders, neighbors, friends, actresses, courtesans, chambermaids, innkeepers' daughters, barmaids, ladies of quality, and hi s wife, are the women in Samuel Pepys' life. The one unfailing source of interest to Pepys throughout the Diary is women, and though sometimes deploring the abandon of the court in laxity of morals, any scruples he may have had on the subject are easily swept aside by the mere entrance upon the scene of a pretty girl.

There can be no doubt that Pepys early marriage was distinctly a lovematch. Elizabeth St. Michel had no dowry whatsoever, but Samuel Pepys was quite well satisfied with her lively French beauty, and ready to overlook even her dependent and shiftless family. This was in marked contrast to the usual Pepys marriages, when they haggled over the last cent or路 dowry, and shopped around for the best propositions.

His relations with his wife seem to b ~ rather less harmonious, on the whole, than the ideal of marital happiness. Pepys had a violent temper which he made no effort to control at home, and could not conceal his impatience at some of his wife's blunders in dress or household management. However, their lives became better adjusted , as we read , " Lay long with pleasure talking with my wife, in whom I never had greater content, clessed be God! than now, she continuing with the same care and thrift and innocence so long as I keep her from occasions of being otherwise, as ever she was in her life, and keeps the house as well.'' 1 The above is a very graphic statement of Pepys ideal of wifely duty.

His jealousy was not only of other men , but he was always watchful and suspicious lest his wife come under the influence of some other women who mi ght encourage her to greater independence and self-assertion , unbecoming ?. submissive spouse. His lon g list of amours is no reflection on hi s wife, for as he could not be faithful to her, he could never be true for long to any of hi s numerous mistresses.

The other ladies of the Diarv were recruited from all walks of life with which Pepys came in contact. With characteristic candour, Pepys presents them as they appear, in hovel , on the stage, in the shops, and whether he meets a rebuff or a ready response. However, when hi s actions become too far involved, we find a queer mixture in recording them of French, Latin , Italian, and c>. kind of baby talk. A Freudian could probably find a variety of suppressed desires and subconscious motives for this, but it seems to me that the honesty and attention to detail in describing all events both 'Diary, November 2, 1662.

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great and small evident in the rest of the Diary, are warring against equally strong inhibitions against calling a spade a spade.

A succession of flirtations, some transitory, a few more lasting, brightened Pepys daily life, and as each day was met as a new adventure, and Pepys had no compunction beyond a fear of too much publicity, the smallest occurrence involving a pretty girl was enough to tinge the hours with a rosy hue. He admired Nell Gwynn, both for her fine acting and dancing, and for the fact that she was a favorite of Charles II, and we find , " Knipp made us stay in a box and see the dancing preparatory to tomorrow which was pretty and so away thence, pleased with this sight also, and specially ki ssing of Nell. m Such entires as, " thence to the Swan, and there drank and did baiser la fille there," 3 and the short notice, " to Duck Lane, and there kissed bookseller's wife and bought Legend" 4 indicate that for Pepys business and pleasure were easily mixed.

Betty Michell 's affair with Pepys flouri shed intermittently for several years, as he always knew when her husband would be out of town, and was not slow to avail himself of opportunities. Also, as long as he had to go to Deptford on business in any case, how much more plea ant to be sure of a welcome from Bagnell 's pretty wife.

A gruesome incident that certainly was enjoyed by Pepys without a shudder occurred when at Westminister Abby Pepys and his family saw the body of Queen Katherine of Valois "and I had the upper part of her body in my hands, and I did kiss her mouth, reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queen, and that this was my birthday, thirty-six years old, that I did just kiss a Queen."

The climax of Pepys' amours, however, and almost the climactic point in the entire Diary, is the affair of Deb Willett. As usual, Pepys began by meaning no harm at all, but the inevitable happened when Mrs. Pepys came upon him embracing the girl. The pent-up recriminations of years of suspicions were loosed, and once having attained the upper hand, she would not easily relinquish it.

Pepys repentance was no doubt sincere, and his resolutions noble, as they are reiterated again and again in the Diary in his despair of having been caught. With the final dawn of domestic peace, one might end by saying it was probably all for the best, and he had learned his lesson, except that all evidence shows nothing of the kind . Within a couple of months Pepys resumed his old habits, Mrs. Pepys her old distrust, and the maids of London must again beware!

Pepys has been characterized as a " famous old tattler," and Lenick . says that he is cherished today chiefly because he "kissed and told ."5 However, even this was not absolutely necessary, for on more than one occasion ' Diary, J anuary 23, 1667 .

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he told without having kissed. As actual romance wa a necessity of everyday life, vicarious romance was also satisfactory , and the subj ect of his greatest romancing was nobody less than the Kin g's mistress. Every appearance of the radiant Countess of Castlemaine is carefully described, and his feeling for her was almost a romance, for although Bryant ays he puritanically disapproved of their association , he was sorry when she was out of favor with Charles, and glad when she was restored to her old position.(; Not only his adoration of the famou s beauty, but that graphi c description that can convey to us a vivid picture in a few words, is apparent in the entry on the day the Queen came to town from Hampton Court.

Pepys describes the pageantry of the barges and boats attending her, but the thing that pleased him bes t was that Lady Castlemaine stood opposite him by White Hall , " where I glutted myself with looking at her. m M AX I NE MIR us, Pi Alumnce

On Shelley's Skylark and West Wind HAT is wrong with the world? Is a poet powerful enough to help the situation? Shelley feel s the need of appealing to the song of the skylark and the strength of the west wind for inspiration. Why ?

The skylark has no difficulty in expressing his thoughts. He can sing about both nature and love. There has never been heard clearer or more impressive tones. The skylark's happiness is not fleeting because he neither looks before nor after, but thinks of true and deep things. Some of our sincerest songs have been written while we were the saddest, while we were worrying about the past or future . Consequently the poet should adopt the happy mood of the skylark. The poet should spread such harmonious tones that the world will stop and listen.

The west wind astonishes us with its power. It preserves; the world is glad. It destroys, and the world shudders and is afraid . A poet needs the strength of the wind . He needs the power to arouse all our emotionssorrow, joy. A poet's thoughts should be strong enough to extend over the whole earth and bring sparks of hope to mankind . " If winter comes, can spring be far behind? " In thi s quotation we find Shelley's idea of a poet's most important mission . His poems must be able to give hope for the future - an awakening of social justice and equality.

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Trials of a Municipal College Student HE young person who lives in a big city, or near one, and attends a municipal college, must face a peculiar problem. We at Wayne University find ourselves in rather a sorrowful predicament, what with having to live in such a large, though splendid city, as Detroit.

Let's consider a typical student and discover what his problem may be.

William Smith is a studious young man. He likes his Chemistry and English classes immensely, and does considerable work for his other subjects.

He's comparatively happy in his carefree youthful existence. There's only one dark cloud. He lives at home with his parents and two sisters, who do not always realize how much time the university work requires. Every time Bill gets settled down to do some real hard studying, something always interrupts him. It isn't that he can't concentrate, but just that they won't let him.

Tuesday night it was the radio of the man next door. He got to playing it so loud, the Smiths' pet canary was alarmed. William just gave up trying to compete with them. Wednesday night it was so quiet William just couldn't believe his ears, when in walked his mother's best friend s, who " just had to have a fourth at bridge," and "Willie could do that bothersome college work some other time," and " My, that boy is getting to a surly age !" when Bill said he had work to do. Of course big sister Jean was not around, so William complied.

The final straw broke on Thursday night when little sister wanted a roller skate mended; Mother thought " a big boy like Bill could do something around the house, if it was only taking the ashes out," and Father said , "You'll have to come to earth, young man, and be decent"- when Bill started to rave that " every professor thought his was the only course for which any preparation was needed and yet this darn family never gave you a chance to get to it." He was going to run away to a desert island and theythe professors and family, could . A door slammed and William, a badly abused young man, stalked out, leaving a much harassed family.

Seriously, of course there is the family 's side to the story as well as William 's, but the municipal college student does need time and quiet for his work. If he were away at college, he 'd live in a dormitory where the students set a time for study, and peace reigns. You may say that he 'd have to make the adjustment when he arrived home to a job and a family.

Perhaps so, but even that adjustment would not be quite so tryin g a the situation at present.

If you have a son or daughter, brother or sister, in a municipal university recognize the problem and remember that the youths increasing obligation at his college must be honored by the famil y even as the student must retain his home responsibilities. The young men and women who do not live at home are really unfortunate, that 's true- -if we make it true.

B E TTY MARSH Th eta

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T WAS early winter. In the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains the first snow had fallen. The snow, like a cat, curled quietly around the hills, there to remain, white, soft, and content. Half-hidden by the snow and guarded by the kindly hills nestled a little town which my grandmother loved. It was the little town of Economy.

The quaint arrangement of the homes made it evident that thi s was no ordinary village. All the back doors opened into one large garden. In the middle of the garden was a white pavilion encircled by a moat. On warm summer evenings, when the air was moist and scented with flowers,路 the villagers gathered in the garden to listen to music from the pavilion . Now the pavilion was covered with snow ; the encircling moat frozen ; and the air still, except for the twittering of many sparrows, which gathered in excited groups on snow-plumed branches and nervously chirped like silly old women.

All the houses which encircled the garden were alike. The walls of the houses were trellised by grape vines that in summer veiled the windows.

They were of strictly Colonial architecture with an amiable white door and brass knocker. Inside, the wide-silled windows glowed with lovely primroses.

A fire burned slowly on a hearth.

Before the fire sat " Basa," childish Franz, and grandmother. It was Sunday and Basa read in a peaceful voice the beautiful S on g of Solomo n.

Franz, poor fooli sh Franz, who never knew how old he was, wove crooked baskets with fumbling fin gers- old Franz, bent Franz, whom all the children loved. Grandmother nodded, overcome by the warmth of a pleasant fire.

She dreamed of the rich autumn sun and the heavy vineyards where the whole town gathered to pluck the plump and purple fruit. When the sun reached the top of the tall linden tree the party rested in a cool spot to take its lunch of sausage and wine. The women , removing their curious broadbrimmed bonnets of hand-plaited straw, talked. The men conversed over congenial wine. Caressed by a mellow sun and lulled by the monotonous drone of autumn 's insects, grandmother dropped to sleep.

When the light from the small paned windows faded into grey and the pleated linen curtains framed a darkened sky tinged with winter gold, Basa put her massive Bible in its reverend place. Slobbering Franz laid down his lop-sided baskets. Grandmother awoke and smoothed her starched apron.

Lighting the lanterns, Basa, grandmother, and Franz sat down to the evening meal of cold ham , potatoes, and wine. When the simple repast was ended Basa moved the lantern close to her and read the evening prayer.

Franz then made his shuffling way up the stairs. With horny fingers he found a scripture verse which, letter for letter, he spelled and read- poor simple Franz- and with clumsy fingers crudely traced the words upon a child's slate and upon a child 's heart. By nine o'clock the whole town slept and the stars came out to look down through infinite space in quiet grandeur upon the world, even upon a little village nestled in the hills. Those stars gave a blessing of happiness to the simplicity of pure hearts.

V E RA K U DSE ' Pi

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Who Is the Ideal College Girl? f1 S FUTURE

school teachers, we all have some more or less definite ideals and goals for which we as sorority girls, teachers, and women are aiming. In twos and threes Thetas had been discussing this but getting nowhere, so after a short bu iness meeting one Tuesday night we called in the pledges and engaged in a general discussion on " What We Think the Ideal Sorority or College Girl Should Be. ' We decided that first of all she must know herself, and hinging clo ely on that, she must be honest with herself- no matter what kind of a 'front " she may feel called upon to wear, with herself there must be no dissembling.

From this we became a little general and said she must be loyal. Having to choose between two or more loyalties brought out that she must have intelligence, or the ability to think things through. Another essential asset is good health, which entails cheerfulness and patience as well as good personal habits. She must be able to assert herself and yet not push. Consideration for others, honesty in her associations, and cleanliness in thought and action round out our list obtained from the discussion held that night.

However, we felt that many things had been left unsaid, and planned to carry out a program which might prove highly beneficial to us.

The following is an excerpt from the Sorority News of " The Detroit Collegian": " Alpha Sigma Tau 'went Overstreet' the other night with a jury panel on Th e Ideal College Girl. Dennis Cooper, who has studied under Dr. Harry Overstreet, and who has had considerable experience along those lines, acted as chairman of the panel. Members of the panel consisted of R obert Jones, president of the Student Council and the Interfraternity Council ; Harvey Berkey, president of the senior class of the College of Liberal Arts; Edward Shea, former athlete from Denby High School and at present a freshman in the College of Engineering ; Phil Resnack, art student in the College of Education (and good friend of the president of the sorority, Miss Marsh) ; Eric Bellingall , private secretary to the President of the Michigan Automobile Club. The discussion proved to be, 路without doubt, the most enlightening one held in the A.S.T. House this year. All seemed to agree that intelligence, both general and social, was an essential characteristic of the ideal college girl. Ability to enter di scussions patiently was listed as Point A under Intelligence. A real sense of humor, understanding, and a sense of proportion were al so considered very important. Getting down to specific problems, there was general agreement that a ' Dutch treat ' is permissible when the parties know each other well: circumstances have to justify companionate marriages or similar relationships; physical attractiveness but not flashine s is desirable. " SHIRLEY TE I AS and OREE CooPER Th eta

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Importance of Rushing

USHII G is becoming more important than ever befo re because man y girls, entering college without a great deal of money to take them through, think sororities a luxury and unnecessary expense. A girl does not usuall y realize the value of the friendship and contacts she receives as a sorority gi rl until she has joined a Greek organi zation.

A number of chapters recen tly have been reduced to so few members as to be practically inactive and so they find it very hard to compete with the stronger sororities on the campus in securin g new girls. Even with the help of an alumna it is diffi cul t to im press a group of rushees with four or five members- not even enough to fi ll the offices. T his only emphasizes th e importance of rushing well and keeping the numbe r of actives up to its quota.

There is a danger, however, in rushing to secure number, to neglect scholarship an d character, whi ch should be the first requisites of a prospective member. Quality is always better than quantity. It is un fa ir to the whole sorori ty fo r one chapter to in itiate girls who will lower the schola tic average and weaken the chapter. Usually, there are enough fi ne girls on the campus, who, if rushed well, will be eager to join your sorority.

Good rushing requires tact and a knowledge of social graces. You must be able to make the girl feel at ease- as if she's li ked and wanted- without too obviously pursuing her.

Another warning about new girls is not to rush a girl with the intention of remaking her because of some li ttle things that are not up to standard.

Mos t girls would resent your plan and even if you t ry to do it unobtrusively, the results are seldom worth the trouble it requires. It is much better to expend the energy on good rushing of some other al ready worth-while girl.

ELIZ ABETH WIL SON , Pi

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Fa r from t he noise o f the city In th e river's qui et way Time met eterni ty And etern ity did stay.

There in God 's own sti llness U nder a quiet sky, I wa rred with God and his love An d he woul d not let me by.

F or his love is in t he fl owerlet And his love is in the sea And I shall joy in it forever T o a ll eterni ty !

V ERA K NUDSEN ,

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It's Fun to Be Fooled GET a thrill out of powdering my nose with a French-named creation which is super-sifted, dull-finished, will make my skin appear flawless, and is scented with a diabolical Oriental perfume guaranteed to captivate a man at any distance less than five feet. Tow I know, the manufacturers know, and the dermatologists know that the whole thing is thoroughly impossible at $.89 a box, but would it make him any happier to have the advertisement state in plain words and with no lovely lady to endorse the product that this powder is made from a starch base and will probably take the shine off the skin for a few minutes with no permanent damage to the tissues?

My tooth paste will make my teeth ten shades whiter every time I use it, is deodorizing, and is cheap enough to allow me to furnish a spare bedroom with what I save. What the manufacturer could truthfully have said was that it gives your teeth a sporting chance to get clean, but, if he had, I would have switched to the kind that lets me enjoy soft foods without danger.

Have you a mattress which erases wrinkles out of your face and ea es kinks out of your spine? I have. It is the same kind that Mrs. John Asterpost has in her Blue Room. And, really, if you are dead tired, it lets you sleep.

There is something exhilarating about a good line, but the compromising attitude annoys me. Take the soap that is 99 and 44 / 100% pure. The 56/ 100 % is clearly an attack of conscience or admission of guilt. o firstrater would stop at anything less than 100 % purity. Then there's the cigarette that advertised itself as a sure way to keep slim and then turned sissy and said that all it did was to take up time when you might otherwise be eating candy. The important thing is to give the whole lie and nothing but the lie. It satisfies, and it gives you a lift.

ALICE WILK ,

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The Book in the Classroom ITH the crowded living conditions in our cities today has come the lack of opportunity for children to have actual experiences with nature. Many of our teachers have, therefore, limited their teaching efforts to having their classes "learn" books.

Books are not intended to supplant contact with nature ; rather they should supplement these contacts. Let the book be a guiding light to greater living, not the living itself.

The very young child learns by actual manipulation and handling of things. As the child grows, he will read of scientific di coveries and historic events of long ago. When properly guided he will try to interpret his own life in the terms of these experiences of the race.

Let u as the future teachers, attempt to use the book in the choolroom o as to enrich the child's interpretation of life. Let us not reaard the textbook as a Third Estate in its own right.

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The Medieval Unit

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ECAUSE. our sorority is, on the whole, interested in this great profession of teachmg, I am sure that telling about this piece of integrated work will be quite apropos. Just as this sixth grade of Horace Mann School in Indiana, Pa., has been living in the medieval ages for the past two or three weeks, so, I hope, will you glance back in your memory books. The Middle Ages? What do they suggest? All manner of glamorous and romantic terms: chivalry, knights and their ladies, minstrels, troubadours.

As I am teaching music in the grade, I shall begin with the music phase.

When we introduced the unit, a great number of books were handed to the children; they examined them for songs that they thought came from medieval times. A committee was appointed- the members of which took the lists to the piano, played over the songs, and the following day handed to me a selected list of songs which they thought best for the whole class to learn . We had already discussed the kinds of songs which would date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the composers to look for, and the choice the children made was a most representative one. They had chosen some old chants of the Catholic church, some "nonsense song ," some composed songs, and a number of minstrel and troubadour songs. In addition to learning the songs, the girls and boys have studied about the origin of scales and notation, the general status of music, and the contributions that music of that period have made to the development of music. The children also have made for their exhibit a harp and a lute.

However, the correlation is not with music alone, but with every part of their school work. All about their rooms are designs for small blocks of stained glass. The children also designed suitable costumes for knights and ladies, and pictures of their work are on display. They are working on an illuminated manuscript which they are copying from a facsimile of an old one. They avidly look for any material they can find on old medieval castles and bring to class pictures found in magazines and other sources.

Since the particular group with which I am working is presenting, as a culmination of their study, a monastery scene for the Parents Teachers Association, we have devoted some time to learning a number of the old church chants in Latin. We are also doing some lovely three-part numbers

by Praetorius and Palestrina. The children have written the play themselves under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Reece. In it they have included what they have learned about how the monks worked and lived, how each monk had his own tasks and duties, how some wrote books and treatises, how some copied manuscripts, how others worked at the beautiful tained glass. The whole thing is really very instructive since it gives all these details in a very interesting form.

In our rhythm work we have been building toward a slow, quiet, dignified form of movement in our walk or the way that we would lift a basket of fruit and vegetables, or carry in a book to show the Father Superior. It i hard to imagine sixth-graders doing anything with slow, quiet manner, but

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actually, they are infused with the spirit of the times, the play, and the music.

It has been a very valuable educational experience, watching these children as they develop and work out the unit. Their interest and industry, and their ability to capture the mood of the medieval time are inspiring.

B E TTY WEAVE R , D elta

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ITH strength and beauty and character as our aim, we will remain always- Sisters. Friendships that live through rain as well as sunshine; these are the kind fostered by Alpha Sigma Tau. Big tasks are reduced to mere nothingness when vve have someone backing us up, and ready to lend a helping hand when we feel in capable of carrying the load alone. We have more to give other people and more to receive from them.

The ideal sister is one with whom you love to be, because out of your companionship comes restfulness, helpfulness, good cheer and courage, and these qualitie added together stren athen life. If we weave into our life threads of worthwhile contacts no thoughtful person will be willing to destroy the more perfect garment of friend ship by hurtina his companion, by destroying the peace of mind- or by doing anything that will mar the beauty of their lives. A thoughtful act, a kind word , a cour tesy shown , may enlarge, enrich and brighten another 's life.

To the girls who aren 't fortunate enough to have a sister of their own . joining a sorority means realizing for the first time, the love of those who are willing to give their best and count no cost. The ordinary per on proba bly does not realize that each individual is made up of a larl!e bundle of habits. Habit enters so largely into man's daily activities that it would be impossible for him to exist without it. Since many of our habits are already formed , we should face our habits to a mirror and see what kind we po ses .

We must realize that through our habits we make our personality , choose our friends ; almost everything we live for depends in some way on our habits. We are continually forming new ones. although ''"e are probably not aware of the fact. Everyday actions and habits of Alpha igma Tau sisters are vitally important and in that one of the biggest assets is found in sisterhood and companionship. v\ hat is a sorority sister for if not to help others ? Certainly we cannot build our friend ships- our lives, on an untrue and cheap pattern- a pattern which must shrink and shrivel with the coming years. Ought we not have the b est , the true. t in life ? Then , if so, our patterns must have the best threads, the threads of truth , for their found ::t- . tions. \VILMA HoR T O ,

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How the Sorority Girl Dresses

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EARLY every campus boasts what it terms a " best-dressed girl," and in nearly every case that girl belongs to a sorority. She i not the best-dressed girl because her sorority sisters have worked to secure votes for her, but because sororities a a whole champion careful dressing.

The sorority girl find s it necessary to be well dressed. She has an impression to make and a standard to keep up. Of course, every girl, whether a Greek or not, has a personal standard which should be hi gh enough to urge her to be well groomed, but many are a li ttle slack.

Especially at the rushing season should the sorority girl be concerned about her appearance, because her appearance is the rushee 's first impression - and first impressions are lasting unless something very extraordinary is done to replace them. Other girls, especially, are always impressed by clothes, particularly if they are the proper kind for the occasion .

Then there are numerous little things which , taken together, make a world of difference. For instance, such thin gs as care of the nail s, hair and skin are as important as neat and well-kept clothes. A faulty impression made by one girl can lower the standards of a sorority in the opinion of the whole campus and this fact makes it vi tally necessary for every girl to be concerned abou t her appearance and do everything she can to improve it.

ELIZ ABETH WIL SO

Indian Pipe India n Pi pe- pale, exotic, fl ower Ghost of red men's d reams, Why hide yo u so in da rk recesses By the cool, 5low-moving, stream?

Can yo u not stand the sunshine And unseeing whi te men's eye?

Hide, hide, little fl ower , Hide, or else you die.

Once I kn ew a little fl ower With fin gers pale as yo u, And when she came into l he sunl ight She slipped away, like morning dew .

V ERA K NU DSE ' ,

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Are Sororities Worth While?

ROBABLY one of the most discussed questions in our colleges at the present time is " Should we have sororities?" The people who say that we should not, argue that sororities are undemocratic, that they form social cliques that are undesirable. I will not try to refute this statement, because it is all too true. When rushing season comes around those girls who do not get invitation to the teas, parties, and so forth, feel as though they were on the outside of thing . The girls who are invited stick together, hold conferences, and compare notes on their conclusion . After rushing is over and the girls become members, the secrecy and air of excitement makes the non-sorority girls feel as though there were something the matter with them socially. This is the ca e, disagreeable as it may be to admit it.

On the other hand, the sororities bear the brunt of the criticism, when there are other organizations in school equally deserving of similar criticism.

For are they not secret, and do they not exclude those people for whom they do not care?

But to come back to sororities, they have a very definite value. For those girls who are away from home, many for the first time, the intimacy of a similar minded group of girls and the cheerful comradeship of a common group, coupled with the sane advice and help of the patroness or faculty adviser, do much to take away that hollow and detached feeling. The privilege of " being at home" in the rooms helps to make up for the lack of such a meeting place in the school.

The sorority provides an incentive for a higher grade of work on the part of the students, that could scarcely be provided for by any other organization. To get into the sorority, a girl must have a fairly high scholarship average, regardless of her other qualities, and if her work drops down to a degree below the average stipulated by her sorority, she is temporarily suspended until her work improves, and if it doesn't improve, she is dropped.

If you have ever noticed it, you will see that the leaders among the students are almost invariably members of a sorority. Such an organization has responsible duties connected with it that develops the powers of a girl so that she is more prepared to lead others, which any one will admit, i an asset to any school.

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The Thrill of Competitive Swimming ( Continued from pa ge 6)

watching Degener execute hi almost perfect dives or Medica churning up the water to establish a new record? To sum up--competitive swimming afford opportunities for exercise, character buildina, and fun . Certainly no one could find cleaner fun anywhere!

RuTH HEILMA , Th eta pledue* *Note- A star swimmer.

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Carnegie Free Library

A ITER serving a number of years in various libraries, it was my privilege r \ to be elected as Librarian of the Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 1921 , assuming duties on January 2, 1922.

When I took charge of the library, it was found to be in a very dilapi dated condition, due to lack of money and a small staff. In becoming responsible for this position, it was my determination to build the library to higher standards, so with the help of my two assistants, Miss N ewlin and Miss Hopke, we launched out to sell the library to the people. The first three or four years we found many difficulties, but perseverance resulted in our work increasing, so that by 1932 the work in all departments had tripled.

The library has a readable catalogue, showing author, title and subject matter and is catalogued according to the Dewey Decimal Classification and Cutter system. At the present time we have 33,419 books in the library.

Since 1922 nearly 20,000 new books have been catalogued and 3000 books re-catalogued.

The circulation in 1922 was 39,019 and from that time on, the circulation gradually grew until in 1932 it reached 129,03 2 and there was a total of over 160,000 people who used the library, thus showing that there has been an upward trend.

We have gradually added to our reference department until we have over 1000 books, including a number of sets of encyclopedias, bound magazines and other reference material. An average of 20,000 persons make use of this department each year.

During my stay, the story hour for children has been established, and Children's Book Week is observed each year in November. A short course in library training, for girls contemplating library work, is conducted as vacancies occur.

In the year 1901 , the Woman 's Club of McKeesport were instrumental in interesting Mr. Andrew Carnegie to donate money for a library. A splendid site bordering on three streets was donated by Mr. James Evans, one of McKeesport's leading citizens and in 1902 a stone structure was erected with the money donated.

ARAMINTA M. McLA E, Epsilon

A.E.S . BIENNIAL CONVENTION When? August 25- 27.

Where? Niagara Falls- Canadian Side.

Who? All members of A.E .S. Sororities are invited to attend.

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Stuart Chase's "My Great Great Grandfather and I" H UMANLY interesting treatise on economic changes during the past century is Stuart Chase's, " My Great Great Grandfather and I. " It is a true epitome of life in 1800 and life today as affected by social and economic conditions. There is one unit of this treatise that would hold an interest, I believe, for Alpha Sigma Taus- both those of us who are in school and also graduates. It is Chase's conclusion that our standard of living today- in terms of vital intellectual values- is little better, if at all better, than the standard a century ago. Some of you may, on first thought, consider this a bitter di sillusionment, but perhaps, after con idering some of the writer's reactions which I shall mention, you will succumb to hi s reasoning as I did.

Stuar t Chase admits that there has been a stupendous gain in technology- control over the forces of nature- but a ks what we who live to see it today get out of it. I myself detest maudlin references to " the good old clays," but I cannot help agreeing that the mental lives of a century ago are not equaled today. I was especially won to Chase's reference to himself and wife as " two highly specialized automatons gathering pollen with incredible di spatch from a hundred flowers " (" and when the cultural debauch is ended, there is so little opportunity to distill honey for future joy" ). This aroused for me familiar realities. Do you, sisters, ever feel that you are living "on the surface" ? I confess that I haven't sufficient time for the artistic expressions that I crave. Chase says that living today is a matter of dollars and cents. I agree. Perhaps I have a materialistic complex.

Perhaps I am too frank!

The author further explains how we, on the whole, today- in contrast to the 19th century populace- haven 't time for that rest that is enjoyment.

In truth , because working hours are shorter, we have more leisure than our ancestors had, but we don 't seem to have acquired the knack of using it. We rush continually, and we haven 't time to do many of the things we would like to do. Our mental lives today are twirling like the machines that are making nails a hundred times faster than a blacksmith used to make them. Sometimes in the whirl of it all, I think of thi s quotation , though crude it may be: "0 see the happy moron , He doesn't give a damn ; I wish I were a moron, .M y God ! perhaps I am' " - British Eugenic Journal Stuart Chase is a wise and witty observer of life. Read him, girls ; you will , I believe, find him a genuine writer ! I shall not forget his sincere view on one of the most difficult problems confronting our generation- social adjustment to changed economic conditions.

Jo s EPHI NE PAuL, Johnstown rllumnce

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HEN the boundaries of our narrow world begin to close in upon us, it is poetry that pushes them apart that we might breathe once more.

Just so do we of the city catch gratefully at the essence of Irish countryside which is so integral a part of the work of her poets. And what healing do we find in this of Yeats ' :

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"And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a-glimmer and noon a purple glow, And evening full of linnet's wings."

It's bred in him, this beauty and tranquillity, he lived with it for years and can conjure it up at will, no matter where he may be.

All through Yeats' poetry, but particularly the earlier, runs a poignancy, a faint flavor of regret, found in all great poetry, that makes it seem half reminiscence.

"My spirit rocked in evening light, the rushes round my knees. " And it is Yeats who has expressed so happily the spontaneity of the Irish, a wisdom that seems to grow and flower naturally, not the wisdom of musty libraries, but the wisdom that comes of prolonged contact with beauty.

"An aimless joy is pure joy- " "And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey- " We have all felt at one time or another this mood: " The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told ;- " " I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart-" What else does the poet do? He takes our misshapen experiences and emotions and fuses them into articulate and lovely expression, building them anew.

The pure lyrical suggestiveness of Yeats' early poetry, particularly these : "The wind blows out of the gates of day , The wind blows over the lonely of heart, And the lonely of heart is withered away- "

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"Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid ills face amid a crowd of stars- " grows into maturity and develops into keen , intellectual expression.

To catch the flavor of the Irish temper, its lyric beauty and childlike wisdom, read her poets.

R UTH B EEBEE, Sigma

A. E. S. Introducing Our A. E . S. Representatives*

CARRIE E. WALTER ..... .. ....... Theta Sigma Upsilon

Chairman EDITH L. MA SELL ... . .... .. . . .. . .. Alpha Sigma Tau

Secretary MABEL LEE WALTON ............. . Sigma Sigma Sigma

Treasurer WILMA WILSON SHARP ............ . Alpha Sigma Alpha

Director of Local Panlzellenics RuTH SoRIN NEIDIG ...... . ...... .. .. Pi Kappa Sigma

Director of City Panhellenics ADELINE F. SEE .... . . . .......... Delta Sigma Epsilon

Chairman of Eligibility and Nationalization LuLA McPHERSON ...... .. .. . ......... Pi Delta Theta

Chairman of Publicity

*Compiled by Lois Stansell, Editor II K 2:. Joy Walt ers Estey, Alumnce Editor~~~-

( JoTE. This A. E. S. article appeared simultaneously in the March issues of " The Laurel " of Pi Kappa Sigma and Sigma igma Sigma' "Triangle." It is due to the splendid cooperation of our A. E . . Representatives that this article has been made possible.)

CARRIE E. WALTER Theta Sigma Upsilon Chairman

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1"1.. of E duca tion Sororities I shall state a few of the objectives of the organization at the present time.

The Association of Education Sororities is striving to develop and strengthen individual sororities in their organ ization, and to make each one felt as a vital force in the teachers colleges of this country ; to g ive training to the individual members of the sororities in social behavior and ethical conduct ; through the panhellenic organizations to bind together the various soro rities in a truly fraternal union so that projects in the colleges may be carried out and so that soror ity women may be conscious of the larger educational movements of our nati onal li fe; and finally through a committee working jointly with the National P an hell enic Cong ress to defin e the field of the education soror ities a nd effect a close a nd harmonious relationship among a ll sorority women.

My own connection with the A ssocia tion o f Education Sororities as secretary and now as chairman has meant to me much what sorority life in college means to a sorority girl. I have made many friends and have learned to ad mire and love the members of the Council.

I ha ve developed my own abi lities because of the activity in organi zing and planning which the responsibility of the office demands.

When I joined Gamma Chapter of Theta Sigma Upsilon at Temple University in 1925 and acted as their faculty adviser, I had my first exper ience in sorority life, as sororities had not been permitted in the college which I attended. The association with the girls of Theta Sigma Upsilon has been a real privilege to me.

When we consider the aims of our individual sororities and of the Association of Education S ororities, may we follow this thought of E merson : "If a man advances confidently in the direction of hi s dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imag ined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

NOTE: Miss Walter is an instructor of English in the Teachers Colle ge at Temple University. She received her M.A. from Columbia and has done graduate work at Harvard.

(i EDITH L. MANSELL Alpha Sigma Tau Secretary AT the 1934 convention of Alpha Sigma Tau the r e was some reorganization of offices, and as a result I found myself not only vice president, but also the sorority representative to the Association of Education Sororities. The work of this Association is not entirely new to me, for I have had the good fortune to be present at two of its meetings and have met several of the members . As secretary it is my duty to keep a record of the Association proceedings at biennial meetings, and in the interim between such meetings to send notices, motions, and any necessary mformation to the members.

My daily bread is earned by teaching history in the Junior College at Highland Park, Michigan, a city of around sixty thousand, which is entirely surrounded by north-end Detroit. Like most other people I manage to keep fairly busy outside of working hours.

For twelve years I have been an adviser to the Theta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau at Wayne University; act as faculty adviser to our college Y.W.C.A.; always work in and just now am president of a Circle of King's Daughters, a philanthropic organization. What time is left I devote to my particular hobby, a five-year-old nephew with whose family I live, and because of whom I keep quite up-to-date on literature for children and the latest in modern toys. Contract is my chief diversion; the movies attract me only occasionally, but a good concert, lecture, play, or trip makes me enthusiastic about living, even during the last few years. My philosophy is, I believe, that .in order to get the most out of life our interests need to be broad, our friends of different types, and we ourselves ready to go at least half way in mixing with those with whom we come in contact.

MABEL LEE WALTON Sigma Sigma Sigma Treasurer OLDER than A.E.S. itself is the interest and activity of Mabel Lee Walton in the organization. Back in Cincinnati on July 10, 1915, Miss Walton presided over the tentative conference of organizing with Alpha Sigma Alpha the Association of Pedagogical Sororities.

The name of this organization was changed in 1919 to the satisfaction of all concerned. Eleven years after the first meeting Miss Walton took over the chairmanship of A.E.S. to fill the unexpired term of Ruth Callahan Hathaway, who had served faithfully as Tri Sigma's representative for nearly ten years-faithful until death.

During the fo llowing years M iss Walton has served by rotation of office as Director of City Panhellenics, Director of Local Panhellenics, and is now Treasurer of the Association. The objects of this post are two fold-to collect the dollars and to guard them well.

Miss Walton has been National President of Tri Sigma since 1913 and when no t away on official business may be fo und in the central office of the sorority at Woodstock, Virginia. The central office, a brick building of colonial origin, is steeped in family history and Southern romance. Mabel Lee, as she is affectionately called by the en tire sorority, lives with her father and her sister Beall, also a Tri Sigma. She comes from a family of lawyers, which heritage is manifest in her ability to think clea rly and to deal with all problems fairly. She has known but the one home which has housed the Walton Clan. When it comes to home and life there in the beautifully inspiring Shenandoah Valley, no one, claims Mabel Lee, has ever had both more abundantly.

Walking is her chief form of exercise. Hobbies include books on living close to nature, a deep interest in the great outdoors, flowers and people.

How well we know, people always interest and are attracted to this specializer in friendship, Mabel Lee Walton, Tri Sigma's A.E.S. R epresentative.

WILMA WILSON SHARP Alpha Sigma Alpha Director of Local Panhellenics I SHALL always remember my attendance at the Association of Education Sororities Conference held in Denver, Colorado, August 1931, as my A.E.S. debut. Miss Minnie Shockley, who had long been Alpha Sigma Alpha's official A.E.S. representative, presented me to the distinguished conferees.

It was through Miss hockley's faithful services and deep interest in the Association of Education Sororities that I received my A.E.S. consciousness and training. So I was not entirely a stranger at the Denver conference. Moreover, a very grac ious chairman, Ruth S. Neidig, IlK~ . presided ove r the conference.

In order to make me feel a member of the "body corporate" she appointed me on a committee for revision of A.E.S. Constitution.

Mabel Lee Walton, ~~:::. was committee chairman. I now heartily recommend service on a constitution revision committee as the basis for a perfect friendship!

It was the D enver conference that voted "to compile a blue book on etiquette for the use of member sororiti es" Zoe Davis Gose, ~~~ . wa the hard working capable chairman of the committee that compiled the book. Whatever may have been my contribution to A.E.S.'s publication, Social Precedents and Sorority Ethics, my associati ons with Zoe Gose and Lula 1\IcPher on, rr~e . the other committee member s, were pleasing proof of the "breadth and benefit of fraternity."

Since I have been a member of the A.E.S. Council, I have served in the Council offices which have rotated upon me-director of city panhellenics and my present office of director of local panhellenics. There is now under way a survey to determ ine the strengths and weaknesses of our local panhellenics. It is hoped that this survey will aid in promoting a program of activity for panhellenics. As sorority members we must show our alertnes to present conditions and our ability to make ad justments so that our organizations will adequately fi ll a need on college campuses. Local panhellenics that hold within them the combined standa rds and ideals of all the sororities represented, mu t take the initiative in demonstrating the actual worth of sorority membership.

RUTH SORIN NEIDIG Pi Kappa Sigma Director of City Panhellenics IN the ten years that I have devoted my time to Pi Kappa Sigma and the Association of Education Sororities, this is the first time I have written about myself, and I am sure this is the hardest task I have had, but I am doing so in the hope that all of you will know me better as a sorority sister and not just as a national officer.

I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Queen City of the West, and attended the Cincinnati public schools. I attended Simmons College, Boston, and the University of Cincinnati, from which I was graduated in 1918 from the School of Household Administration. It was at the University of Cincinnati that I was initiated into Theta Chapter of Pi Kappa Sigma, an occasion that I shall never forget, for it has brought me much happiness and joy in the contacts and friendships which I have made. Following my graduation I taught home economics in High School at Carey, Ohio, for three years, when I resigned to ma rry Clarence P a ul Neidig, N ovember 3, 1921. Besides my husband I have a Boston terrier, Tipsy Girl, who often gets quite angry with me when I spend so much time doing sorority work instead of playing with her.

In the summer of 1925 I attended my second Pi Kappa Sigma convention.

I went as a visitor and was much surprised at being elected national treasurer of my sorority. At the 1927 convention I was elected national president and have thrO'Ilgh unanimous election held that office since that time. It was at the 1927 convention that I assumed my duties on the A.E.S. council, for the president of Pi Kappa Sigma also holds an office in the A.E.S. From 1927 to 1929 I was secretary for A.E.S. Two meetings were held during that time, one in May 1929, at Detroit, Michigan, and the other in August 1929, a t D enver, Colorado. From 1929 to 1931 I was chairman. These four years I believe were the most trying that A.E.S . has on record, but A.E.S . weathered this storm because of the loyalty, friendship and cooperation of its members. These trying days brought us closer together and made us a stronger and fin er organ iza-

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tion. In February, 1930, Miss Mabel Lee Walton and I represented A.E.S. at the N.P.C. conference in Denver, and in April, 1931 I went to Athens, Ohio, as A.E.S. representative to a panhellenic conclave. From 1931 until 1933 I was chairman of eligibility and nationalization and am now holding the office of director of city panhellenics. During the years I have been on the A.E.S. council I have inspected many A.E.S. panhellenics and visited many campuses where the A.E.S. sororities have chapters. I have served on many committees and each piece of work I have done for the A.E.S. has been a pleasure, for nowhere have I found a more sincere, a more earnest, or a more loyal body of people than in the members of the A.E.S. Besides my offices in Pi Kappa Sigma and the Association of Education Sororities, I am a member of the Cincinnati Women's Club, the American Association of University Women, National Education Association, and the National Home Economics Association. I am interested in all of these organizations and at different times have held minor offices. I have been a substitute teacher in home economics in the Cincinnati public schools, but at present have little time for teaching. I try to maintain a home for my husband and entertain my friends. Mr. Neidig and I love to travel, of which we have done a great deal. We like all kinds of sports and try to see some football, basketball and baseball games. This season we have enjoyed some coasting and ice skating, but we have very little of this in Cincinnati. I have very little time for recreation, although I have found all these things that I do a recreation, for I enjoy them. If I have any hobbies I suppose they are my husband, my dog, Pi Kappa Sigma and the Association of Education Sororities, for they are all that I seem to have much time for, and after all they are what I love most.

The A.E.S. I believe has a future in the teachers' college and in the education field at large, but we must prove this. Fraternities in America are to a degree on trial, and those that prosper must give to their membership something worthwhile. Man does not need fraternity, so it is the fundamental principles which appeal to the best of manhood that must be kept in mind as our chief concern if we are to continue to grow and achieve an even higher place. Indeed they must be maintained as our chief concern if we are to survive. We must realize that our greatest opportunity comes through service and the real test of any organization is the service it performs. To visualize the future is a challenge. It suggests new opportunities, it is characterized by a comparison of past performances, by the making of new estimates and new resolutions.

When we look into the future we cross the threshold of a new era-that era which gives the opportunity to improve conditions and make our fraternities better. I believe the A.E.S. will cross this threshold and meet this challenge, for after all a humble and contrite heart still remains the true and ancient ¡ sacrifice; and obedience to ideals and standards, acts of kindness and everlasting friendship, still remain the great fundamentals of any fraternity, and the A.E.S. has upheld these ideals and standards throughout its existence.

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AD E LINE F . SEE Delta Sigma Epsilon Director of Eligibility and Nationalization SINCE May, 1924, it has been my privilege to serve on the A.E.S. Council, and at present my honor to be senior member in years of service. My introduction to this work was through the chairmanship and had it not been for the experience and counsel of two members who had served many years previously, Mrs. Ruth Hathaway of Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Miss Minnie Shockley of Alpha Sigma Alpha, the work would have been difficult indeed. Having filled the intervening offices, it was again my honor to preside over the 1933 conference.

During these eleven yea rs the cooperation of the various sorority representatives has been remarkable. Difference of opinion is inevitable and advisable, but the chief aim of the Council has been mutual benefit. We believe that only by serving the greater interest of the combined groups are we able to best serve our own group.

Accomplishments of these years are-a strengthened and en larged constitution; a workable code of ethics; intimate contact between the Council and local panhellenics; better understanding and relat ionship between college administrations and the A.E.S.; average initia tion cost; uniform rush rules; educational program and officer installation service for local panhellenics; social service wo rk netting many gif ts of cl othing, food, toys, and personal service in community dr ives, and health prog rams ; problems studied towa rd the further development and usefulness of our g roups to the college, stressing record attendance at college activities; and a growing fee ling of sisterhood among the Council members, resu lting in greater campus harmony.

The Association program is effective in refuting the prejudiced idea that sororities cannot abide amicably together and that their chief characteristic is class distinction. The record of A .E.S. is one of which every member may be j ustly proud.

Your writer has brown hair, grey eyes, height about five feet, weight slightly over one hundred pounds. Her hobbies are women's clubs, music and young people. Since Mr. See i conductor of th e Oakland Symphony Orchestra of

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seventy-five members, an organization made up largely of young people lately out of high school, the romances among these young people and their life ambitions are among her chief interests. Attendance at rehearsals is a ritual and much time is spent assisting the various details of the concerts. Aside from sorority work, membersh ip in many local organizations and the o rdinary home tasks afford full occupation.

As director of nationali zation little work is possible at this time since expansion in the sorority world in generally awaiting more prosperous days, but if there are isolated locals in colleges already served by the seven education sororities, which desire to join others in forming a new sorority, your director is anxious to aid.

As a thought for the spring days and the steady r eleasing from the winter of depression the following lines are submitted: Today a blossom bursts Long anticipated With loving care surrounded.

It is not vain to hope, to tend and 'wait life's bright fulfillment.

Don't have too much respect for truth that you are afraid to come close to it.

It's great to be great, but it's greater to be human."

- WILL ROGERS

LULA McPHERSON Pi Delta Theta Chairman of Publicity IT is a pleasure to be a part of the organization of A.E.S. sororities.

As representative of Pi Delta Theta Sorority, I wish to express appreciation for the strength and assistance that has come to our sorority through its association with A.E.S. I have been asked to say something about myself. My position is that of teacher of American History and American Government at Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas; I find college students interesting and inspiring.

My hobbies, I should say, are sororiti es and the histo ry f rate rnity, Phi Alpha Th eta, of which I am na ti onal hi storian.

It is with interest that I have watched the growth and stabilization of sororities in our colleges.

They are no longer in the stage of infancy. We have a right to expect more of them today than we did ten years ago. All should have a constructive program to offer. It should please all of us that more colleges are opening their doors to A .E .S. sororities. We should not disappoint them.

I feel that my work as publicity director of A.E.S. is greatly assisted by you girls. I can see that articles appear in The Fraternity Month, Banta's Greek Exchange and that Baird's Manual has our directory, but you girls determine the standing of sororities. You do the advertising. Are you convincing your college presidents, deans, and professors that sororities are making a real contribution to college life? Are you interested in the activities of the entire college?

The fact that sororities have something to offer will cause them to outlive the depression. If they had nothing, they would have passed out of the picture before now.

I extend best wishes and congratulations to each A.E.S. sorority.

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES January.- Back to classes with new enthusiasm. One formal Rushing Party; a Commuters' Dinner; cocktails at the chapter house· Dinner of Walkers, and Desert and Treasure Hunt in Ann Arbor where our secretary, Mary Jane Manchester is in the University.

February.- No rushing or individual activities allowed by Panhellenic Association. The largest social affair of the year- Panhellenic Ball saw two Alphas as committee chairmen and our president in the receiving line. Panhellenic also sponsored a tea for Freshman ·w omen. Our representative headed the committee and we were very proud .

March- Campus visited by Miss Elizabeth Osborne, New York Beauty Authority. Panhellenic sponsored one of the meetings which proved to be highly interesting and educational. Mrs. Staehle and Mrs. Emily Fitzgerald visited our chapter. We had a very pleasant but too short visit from them .

We look forward to a longer visit in June.

April- Spring term brings " informal rushing" without expenditure of any sort. Roller skating, hikes and pot luck steak roasts occupy each Wednesday. Alpha's devote each Wednesday to informal rushing.

May- The annual Home Economic Club Homecoming was on Saturday the 4th . Two of our girls, Eleanor Newman and Jane Addams Groh were in charge. Again Alpha came forth to the front. Ruth Voice is now a member of the College String Quartet and are we proud. May 11 marked the biggest social event of the year for us. Each active invited a prospective pledgee as a guest. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald (our alumme representative ) stood in receiving line with Mrs. Flint and our president. Many of the alums were back . ~ e are starting another new Alpha Alumme group.

SMILE If I smile, and you

Smile back to meOh happy, happy, Shall I be!

But if I smile, and you Smile not back to meOh fie ! I cannot waste M y life on thee!

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DELTA DOINGS The Taus went West at their first rush party of the season . The invitations, in the form of ten gallon hats, bid the rushees to a rodeo. The hostesses, garbed in riding clothes, directed the horse races, booked the bets, and rewarded the champion marksman and horseshoe pitchers. Round and square dancing provided further entertainment, and of course the chuck wagon received its due share of attention.

Alpha Sigma Tau entertained a group of Freshman girls at a formal dinner-dance at Rustic Lodge on Saturday, February 9. The tables were attractive, with yellow roses in crystal bowls, and green and yellow candles providing the lighting. Interesting and novel games were played between courses. Following dinner , Park Lytle 's orchestra furni shed dance music.

Mrs. Carrie W. Staehle, our National President, was the guest of Delta chapter February 20, 21 and 22. During thi s time Mrs. Staehle interviewed each girl in the sorority and gave many interesting suggestions gathered from her visits to other chapters.

Wednesday afternoon, February 21, the sorority entertained at tea in the Activities House in honor of Mrs. Staehle. Other guests included presidents and sponsors of the other sororities and patronesses. At six o'clock the sorority and its guests had dinner together in the college dining room.

Friday Mrs. Staehle was entertained at luncheon by Mrs. Walsh.

At the impressive formal initiation service Thursday evening March 21 , the following girls became sisters of Delta: Jane Gillespie, Jean Eckles, Gladys Harvey, Ruth Johnson , Dorothy Roberts, and Eleanore Murphy.

The initiation banquet, held two weeks later, was an unforgettable occasion.

Officers for the following year were installed after the dinner. The party for the Seniors at the Activities House closed Delta's social calendar for this year, and a most successful year too.

WITH DELTAS The following Taus belong to the local chapter of Kappa D elta Pi: Sally Angel , Dorothy Roberts, Carolyn Simpson , Betty Weaver.

Jean Eckels, Eleanor Green, Eleanore Murphy, and Dorothy Roberts are members of the Life Saving Club.

Eleanore Murphy is a member of Pi Omega Pi , honorary Business Education fraternity.

Eleanore Jane Hunter is the local Panhellenic President for the coming year. " Rite" Yoos is a member of the Student Council.

Eleanore Green is Treasurer of Leonard Literary Society.

GRADUATING ZETAS Jean Kopenhaver Winifred Heim

Kathryn Smith Evelyn Cu ter Marianna Tallman

Althea Troxell all

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES February 8-An informal dinner at the Dutch Inn in honor of Mrs. Carrie Staehle, after which the girls returned to the sorority roo ms where the pledging service was performed for Mrs. Staehle.

February 9-Miss Himes entertained the girls and members of the faculty at a tea given in honor of Mrs. Staehle.

February 20-Rushing season opened with an old fashioned tea held upon the stage in the college auditorium. Coal oil lamps, checkered lunch cloths, an old parlor stove, quaint old dishes and silverware gave atmosphere to the delightful tea. Little old fashioned girls which served as napkinholders were presented to the guests.

February 23- The second event of the rushing season began with a spaghetti supper served in the newly re-decorated sorority rooms, after which the girls were transported by bus to Williamsport where we were entertained by the Alumnre Chapter at the Village Inn Tea Room. The evening was spent in dancing and visiting with the Alumni£. Tap dancing and clever vocal selections were also enjoyed. Tasty refreshments were served at the conclusion of the evening and each girl was given a lovely favor.

March 7- World Cruise party held in the demonstration room of the Training school, as the last of the rushing parties. The room was transformed to resemble a ship's deck, with its customary smoke stack, gang plank, deck chairs, ship's lanterns and compass. Bon Voyage packages and corsages were presented to the guests amid the hustle and bustle of getting aboard the ship. A delicious chicken dinner was served, after which the girls played shuffleboard, dartball, checkers and other games.

March 25- A progressive spider party was given by a group of the pledges in the dormitory of the college. After untangling a huge web in one of the pledges rooms, each girl found a clever soap animal at the end of her string. After enjoying refreshments, served in the progressive manner, the girls proceeded to the sorority rooms , where stories and riddles were told.

March 29- The girls had a surprise party for Polly Barkhuff in honor of her twentieth birthday. It took the form of a New England dinner served in the sorority rooms.

April 2-A kid party held at the home of Gladys Shaffer was enjoyed by the girls who were all dressed in the latest style kids dresses. The evening was spent in playing games after which delicious refreshments were served and each girl was given a toy.

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RESUME OF DOINGS SINCE DECEMBER November 22- This evening the A.S.T. hou e was tran ferred into a Cocktail Lounge. A bar was placed in the dining room where fruit juice and tiny green and yellow sandwiche were served. This was our econd " Rush Party" of the season. It was a big success.

December 14-The Active chapter gave a sport dance at Moulton Hall for those rushees who have accepted our bids.

December 18- Pledge Services were held at the Captain Brady after a delightful dinner. Twenty-six girls took the pledo-e oath. The entire group went Christmas Caroling.

March 1- This ·was the night the Actives really got the break. The pledge chapter gave a formal dance at the Akron Woman's City Club in their honor.

March 11- Beginning of " Pledge Week" for the pledges.

March 16-This was the day that the pledges really worked for the actives. It was rough initiation .

March 17- Fifteen girls became active members this morning. The sorority had dinner at the Robin Hood.

April 23- We presented our stunt, " The Musical ·w edding," for the first judging in the " Pop Entertainment." We are still in the contest and hope to win first prize.

April 30- 0nce more "The Musical Wedding" was produced. This time for the enti re student body. Every girl in the sorority appeared in the cast.

May 4-Another dance but this time the girl bought the boutonniere and the refreshments after the dance. For the first time in the history of this institution the boyfriends had to keep rules. All these things had to be because this was a Golddigger's Dance.

BEA HAWKINS

COMING E\ ENTS Congress Lake Country Club has been selected as the place for our annual Spring Formal on May 25. After a delicious four course dinner Eta Taus will dance to the music of Wick Mackey and his Loganbrook Orchestra. Black leather cigarrette cases edged in silver and bearing the sorority crest will be presented to the guests as favors. Thi colorful event is one of the biggest spring social affairs to be held on Kent Campus and is being anticipated by the eligible young men of the colleo-e as well as the Tau .

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B01 VOYAGE "What did Alice wonder in Wonderland?" puzzled both rushees and members at the Mad Hatter's Tea given by Theta Chapter. The atmosphere of Wonderland was created by the members' wearing hair ribbons and the walls' adornment with murals and paintings of the real Alice in Wonderland . No one saw the Mad Hatter but we were sure he was somewhere in hiding ; maybe he was embarrassed among so many jolly girls and ran to hide his sulky disposition.

After having such a delightful visit in Wonderland, the girls continued travelling in fantasy until they reached Bohemia. They became real artists dressed in flashy smocks and berets. All these artists met at a supper in a typical Bohemia art studio. The candles in bottles offered only a dim light which made the numerous drawings and paintings on the walls assume grotesque, whimsical, and even queer characteristics. The checkered tablecloths needed no explanation and the entertainment was as carefree and joyful as the artists ' should be.

And then-a breath o' heather tied with the Royal Stuart Plaid ribbon on our invitations became our passports to Scotland. So the entire group of rushees and members landed in that bonny land. Being in Scotland, can you guess what the entertainment would be? Courtwhist, of course! Those of us who were newcomers had great fun learning to play while the Scotchwomen enjoyed teaching us. To reward us for our efforts, real Scotch food was served.

So far our trip had taken us through Wonderland, proceeded to Bohemia, then Scotland, an~ gradually we were drawing near home. Having reached the United States, everyone decided to continue travelling ; so a Progressive Supper was planned. A trip to one's girl's home started us with fruit cocktails; the second supplied the salad; and before the evening was over the whole meal was completed and for the time being, our delightful trip with our rushees was ended.

CECILIA BALLU ' AS, Theta

" When 1 hate, I take something from myself. When I love , I become richer by what I Jove."

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A TRIBUTE TO ALPHA TAU At the Alpha Tau House, one of the biggest events of the year Was the arrival of Mrs. Staehle, and having her with us here.

To celebrate the honor and do the things up right, We have a formal dinner and the Alumnre did invite.

I represent the pledges in saying this true thingOur praises for Mrs. Staehle through our house will always ring.

She helped us in our meeting and showed the National spirit.

We were greatly helped and honored and all were glad to hear it.

The significance of being National and mending erring ways Will always be with us through all our coming days.

We have another privilege- for with us here to dine, Are our trusted loving Alumnre, whom we all praise and know are fine.

They helped with all the rushing to make the Sorority grow , They 're the finest lot of Alumnre that we could ever hope to know.

We understand why, in previous years, the Sorority was the bestThey carried high Alpha Tau ideals, and you all know the rest.

We pledges thank you deeply for all you've done for us, You carry things off smoothly with never any fuss.

And now we come to sponsors, the finest in the landMiss Garmen takes the lead in guiding our true band.

In housemothers that are fine, we have a lovely oneMother Finkbiner is the best when all is said and done.

Our active sisters , though the last, could never be the least.

Without them here tonight we would never have had this feast.

For honors we have gained, or fine things that we do , · We take no part of the credit, but hand it down to you.

No matter how busy or hurried, or how much trouble to you, You watch and guide our footsteps and tell us what to do.

To all our sisters and loved ones we have with us tonight.

We pledges pay you tribute and say that YOU'RE ALL RIGHT !

GRACE GRIFFITH

Success depends to a large extent on self-reliance.

Have you ever noticed that when a speech is boiled down it isn't dry?

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PANHELLENIC TEA The second semester rush season was formally opened by the tea given by the Panhellenic Association to acquaint the Freshmen and non-sorority girls with the so rorities on the campus. The program included a few short speeches on the meaning of sorority life, several sorority songs and humorous recitations. Despite the rather formal atmosphere, we learned to know many interesting, new girls.

RUSH PARTIES Our first rush party was semi-formal dance given in Mitten Hall, our recreation building. All the girls were given very pretty wrist corsages of yellow roses. In order for the rushees to became better acquainted with the actives and with each other, we had several novelty dances including a Paul Jones, a shoe dance, and a lucky number dance. After the dance, everyone went to the apartment of our adviser, Mrs. Kirby, for refreshments.

The second rush party, a bridge held at one of Philadelphia's most popular "hangouts," was equally successful. The amusing thing about the socalled bridge party was that pinochle, hearts, and "pig" were played as well as bridge. Prizes were awarded for the highest and lowest scores at bridge and for the highest of each of the other games. Judging from facial expressions and remarks, I should say that everyone seemed to have had a marvelous time.

PANHELLENIC BALL We have no definite plans for the immediate future, but we are all eagerly looking forward to the big social event of the season in which all the sororities here at Temple participate- the Panhellenic Ball. This dance is open only to sorority members, pledges, and alumnce, and affords the alumnce an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with their ne\>,7er and younger sisters.

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OUR RUSH PARTY Sherlock Holmes used finger-prints to solve mysteries, but it would not take the skillful wiles of the great Sherlock Holmes to discover that Nu Chapter was entertaining rushees and escorts at a dance and old fashioned taffy-pull at the chapter house on January eighteenth. By the number of finger-prints on doors, windows and furniture, the house seemed more like a detectives' paradise than a sorority house.

Under soft blue lights ten couples danced to dreamy waltzes. Slowly, from the kitchen, an aroma of boiling vinegar and sugar began to waft itself throughout the house. This aroma, though faint at first, gradually grew stronger and stronger and finally reached the sensitive nostrils of the dancers, halted the dance and caused a grand rush for the kitchen. Mid shouts of laughter and buckets of lard, the couples pulled taffy until every bit of the syrup was in the form of queer figures , setting on the back porch trying to cool.

The taffy itself was not to blame for all the finger-prints that graced every bit of glass and furniture. Nor was it to blame because some young lady thought that it would be much nicer to use the taffy as a hair decoration instead of eating it. When the party broke up at midnight, everyone proclaimed it one of the best rush parties ever given. " PIE DA ICE" Our ideas for novel house dances were getting rather old and worn out as the Spring Quarter began at Colorado State College of Education. We wanted to hold a house dance but every idea seemed to be exhausted. Everyone was trying to think of an idea, when some bright member, who thought more of eating than she did of a dance, expressed the wish that she was hungry for a piece of nice, juicy, apple pie. Ah, there was the solution of our problem. Apple pie.

Each girl brought a home-made apple pie. Tho e girls who were away from home nad another member bake her one for which she cheerfully paid.

Who wouldn 't be glad to do this? Home-made apple pie are few and far between in college, e pecially if the girl is not livina at home.

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LILLIAN CROCKETT CROWNED VARSITY QUEEN Miss Lillian Crockett, '3 6, was chosen 193 5 Varsity Queen at the annual Varsity Ball held in the college gym last Friday evening under the auspices of the Varsit'y Club.

Miss Varsity Queen is a member of the Alpha Sigma Tau, national educational sorority. At the beginning of the present school year she assisted the Blue Key in its freshman program by acting in the capacity of cheer leader until the present ones were chosen. Miss Crockett is one of the most popular young women on the campus, as evidenced by her being the choice of the college athletes as their queen.

The ball was largely attended, the music grand, and the crowd orderly.

LILLIAN CROCKETT

ALPHA SIGMA TAU WI IS PANHELLE IC GRADE TROPHY Alpha Sigma Tau, national educational sorority, will receive the Panhellenic Scholastic Trophy of 1934 for maintaining the highest scholastic average for the first semester at the Awards Chapel to be held the latter part of May, it was announced at the bimonthly meeting of the Panhellenic Council Tuesday evening, March 12 , in the office of Dean Dillard.

Delta Sigma Epsilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma, national educational sororities, followed with second and third place honors, respectively, while the four local fraternities followed in close pursuit.

The Panhellenic Council voted this year to count all active and pledge grades in the scholastic average for the first semester while last year the actives' grades counted only. The council last year adopted the policy of awarding a trophy or loving cup to the organization making the highest average, that cup to remain the property of the Greek letter organization winning it.

The average of Alpha Sigma Tau was 1. 7390 while that of Delta Sigma Epsilon was 1.5673.

CHAPTER DOINGS December 10- Preferentiallists were released to presidents of organizations. Alpha Sigma Tau led in bidding among sororities.

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December 10- Mrs. H. A. Mel eer was hostess to members and rushees of Alpha Sigma Tau. December 18- Romaine Kanode was elected society editor of the Concordian, our college paper.

January 16- Members of Alpha Sigma Tau were entertained with a party given in their honor by pledges in the college ocial room.

February 14--Mrs. J. Frank Marsh entertained at her home in honor of Mrs. Staehle with an informal party.

February 16-The sorority entertained with a tea in the social room from 2:30 to 4:00 P.M. in honor of Mrs. Staehle.

February 19- Mrs. Staehle of Detroit, Michigan, nati onal president of Alpha Sigma Tau, who spent the last week-end inspecting Omicron Chapter, was honored at a series of partes.

March 16-Five new members were initiated into Alpha igma Tau. April 5- Alpha Sigma Tau inaugurated formal season for Greek organizations, with the opening of their spring formal.

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ON FOR GREEK

The rafters of the Bluefield Country Club echoed Friday night the rhythmic strain played by Jack Dishman and hi orchestra for the lpha i!ffi'la Tau Spring Formal.

Early in the evening a delicious baked ham dinner was er ed to ixt couples in the dimly lighted, artistically decorated ballroom.

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After everyone had found his place Miss Rae R. Hunter, faculty adviser, asked the blessing, Miss Ferne Shumate, president, extended the welcome to the guests and alumnre, Miss Mellie Cassell, president in 193334, responded to the welcome. An original toast was given by Eloise Fry. Mary Martha Poling was presented with a lovely sorority bracelet a recognition of the best pledge. In conclusion the actives, pledges, and alumnre sang "I 'll Be Faithful."

The programs were squares of white kid embossed with the coat of arms, and the favors were brown leather envelope holders.

The romantic atmosphere and the harmonious strains of the orchestra presented an ideal background for the lovely gowns and sparkling jewels of the girls and formal black of the men.

Vari-colored balloons released from the balcony floated over the actives, pledges and alumnre of the sorority, their partners and guests.

OMICRON VISITS CHINA TOWN Contrary to the notion that you should leave your shoes at the door when going into the Chinese home the Alpha Sigs forgot the old custom when they walked into the hom e of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Fry in Princeton.

The Fry home was the scene of a formal chop suey dinner last Wednesday ni'ght when Mrs. Fry and her daughter, Eloise, entertained .

The color scheme, red and black, was carried out in the candles, in the placecards which were written in Chinese symbols and in the menu.

Unexpected entertainment was provided by the pledge "Sis" Crocket when she was requested to eat with red chopsticks.

Following the dinner the regular sorority meeting was held.

HELEN LOUISE BERO

A PRAYER OF ALPHA SI GMA TAU A ]mighty Lord, L ead and help us to be P raiseworthy.

H elp each and every A S T lo be united in S isterhood true, I n all things, G reat and M inor things of dear A lpha Sigma Tau .

T rustworthy, help us to be, A nd may we be forever U nited in dear old A S T. Omicron

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SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMESTER Pi's began the social season with their annual Christmas dance for actives and alumnre, December 26. They had a formal dinner dance at the beautiful Salle Royal of Hotel Jefferson . early every active and a large number of alums were present, practically fillin g the petit dimly lighted dance floor, decorated to present a holiday atmosphere. Everyone had a wonderful time and agreed that it was the crowning success of the social season.

The next night the actives entertained the alums with a slumber party at Maxine Steven's. Had it not been for Jerre Rube, the whole party would have been asleep, but she proved herself very enterprising in suggesting games to keep most of them awake. Everyone, however, enjoyed the party, if only because of the delicious toast and coffee for breakfast.

December 28, the alums reciprocated with an "Eulenhorst," or Owl 's Nest party at the German House. The Owl's Jest had been turned into a casino with numerous games of chance and skill around the room. A liberal bank provided gold and silver paper for money and later redeemed the same money for lovely prizes.

In January, Pi 's gave a benefit bridge in the lovely Old English Tea Room at Stix-Baer and Fuller. With the loyal support of the alumnre, this affair continued the success of former affairs.

After finals , Alice Judd had a breakfast meeting, which was the most enjoyable meeting of the year. Juddy 's biscuits were so good the meeting lasted until 2:00P.M. without anyone even thinking of food .

With the beginning of the next semester, Pi's settled down to a siege of hard studying not letting up until the visit of Mrs. Staehle in April, bringing ideas and news of other chapters.

The next affair on the social calendar is to be the annual Mother's Day Tea at the College Club.

In June, after exams, Pi 's are planning a private dance at Vera Knudsen's lovely Colonial home on Hawthorne Boulevard, to close the social season.

PI'S ABOUT SCHOOL Pretty Grace Feeney was elected by the Junior II Class to be a maid at the College May Fete. So were the Schroeder twins and they of cour e will look adorable together. At the beauty contest held by Torch, the Alpha Sigs walked away with most of the awards. Vera Bartman was elected the girl with the most beautiful eyes ; large dark ones (ask Charles); \era Knudsen has the best looking nose, and Wilma, tiny Wilma, has the friend-

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liest and sunniest smile in all Harris. Cathryn Matthews was chosen the best dressed girl, for her clothes are always in perfect taste.

At the class elections, Lois Hoynck was elected Vice-President of the Senior II Class ; Alice Wilk, President of the Senior I's; Vera Bartman, Vicepresident of the Junior II Class; Vera Knudsen, Secretary and Treasurer of the Junior II's. Alice Wilk 's literary ability has been given a chance to manifest itself in her office as Assistant Editor of T ote It (the year book ), Wilma Nowotny was elected Assistant Business Manager of the college paper and Vera Knudsen was chosen Associate Editor of that publication.

Alice Wilk became a member of Kappa Delta Pi, honorary educational fraternity, and Vera Knudsen pledged Sigma Tau Delta, honorary English fraternity. So it is very easy to see how we Pi's keep ourselves steeped in work and out of mischief- but we love it.

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small rustic cabin in the woods endeared in the heart of every Tau because of the many associations and pleasant memories of past experiences ther路e.

ON THE COUNTENANCE OF OUR SCRAP BOOK A comfy chair, a shaded lamp, a footstool , and the Eta scrapbook- ho hum, such a nice way to spend an evening at home. Almost all of the school year passes in review as I turn the pages. There 's all the clippings from the convention- must have been swell, wish I could have been there. Homecoming queen pictures and write ups- will I ever forget that-gosh no, not after all those campaign speeches and parades. " Rushing" how could I ever forget that for a minute- all those mad , hectic days and all the plans for unusual parties and then, happy day when twenty six acceptances came in.

I'm getting, ho hum, kinda sleepy- but let's see- pictures! Pledge week, rough and formal initiation , weren't those pledges a scream on those scooters and in those wild looking hats. Here's a program from the gold diggers dance-the fellows certainly got a treat that night what with getting bachelor button boutonniers sent to their respective " frat" houses and homes, and then all we Eta's driving out of the house, in our own cars ; and was I scared when I knocked timidly at the front door of the fraternity house and asked if my date was ready and horrors the tables were turned , I had to wait a half hour. Hum, I never want to be a boy after carrying his handkerchief, keys and what not, and my own doo dads too- and then at the Cap'n Brady I plunked down a dime and said " I'm having a lemon coc, what flavor you having?" After we drank our cocs I looked at the clock- five minutes of one - I rushed the poor bewildered mate out to the car and home- that's one night when the fellas had to keep rules at Kent.

ELENOR B ADER

RHO Above, left: Irene Scrivener and Mildred Riling, pon 路or of Rho 路 right: Kathl en Kelchner, President of Rho. Center: Rho Alumnre- Pauline (Wilson) McQueen and 1ary June au! .

B elow , left: Rho's Offic rs; right: Acti\路c.s and Pledge of Rho.

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SORORITY DIN ER Members and pledges of Alpha Sigma Tau, together with their escorts, were guests Monday, April 1, of Miss Mary Boyd Abbott at a dinner at the Durant Country Club. Followi ng the dinner the evening was spent at dancing and bridge.

RHO'S DANCE On the evening of Friday, March 29, Alpha Sigma Tau, social sorority of Southeastern, entertained with a dance in the college library.

Spring flowers in green and gold were used for the decorations. AI Hamilton and his orchestra of Colgate furnished the music.

I ITIATION Rho Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau held initiation for eight members during the Mid-term rush week at the home of the sponsors, Misses Irene Scrivener and Mildred Riling, at 116 West Elm Street. Tho e initiated were Misses J o Ellen Harrison, Luree Milburn, J ean Saul s, Inez Ingram , Sarah Hughey, Juanita Denison, Kathleen Kelchner, and Juanita Laymance.

E. CLAIRE SCHOOLER AND BILLY EDWARDS ARE MUSICAL TEAM E . Claire Schooler faced her first audience at the age of nine with a violin , and Billy Edwards at the age of three with a song. When the two faced an audience together, Billy had the instrument (in thi s case, a piano ) and E. Claire, the song. The audience was a radio audience, the station , WFAA. If you were a part of the audience and do not know E. Claire, and since television is not yet " out," permit a description. E. Clai re is a slender blonde, just a bit below average height. She has striking blue eyes, heavily lashed , and wears her hair in a short bob. Her smile is a wistful one that only curls up one corner of her mouth, and her poise is " something to write home about." On the stage she is completely at ease.

E . Claire has quite a collection of medals whi ch she won as representatives in music at track meets during her hi gh school day . Most of her medals were won in violin.

Miss Schooler is a member of the A Cappella choir, and personality gi rl of the Southeastern dance orchestra. She is also Vice-President of Alpha Sigma Tau.

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SIGMA DOINGS Initiation Dinner- December 9, at the Hotel Statler. Initiation services were held beforehand in a suite of rooms engaged for that purpose. The pledges initiated were, Ruth Beebee, Dorothea Fletcher, Margaret Kane, Edith Manter and Hazel Mapes.

Mrs. Staehles' Visit- February 5-7, Mrs. Staehle went through the books of each officer and conferred with each active member and each pledge, and witnessed a mock Initiation Service and a business meeting, discussing our problems with us.

Dance-"Emerald Escapade"- March 15, held at the college, Bill Russell's orchestra supplied the music, and our Adviser, Miss Luella Chapman, and other members of the faculty chaperoned. " SIGMA CHAPTER'S COMING EVENTS" May 1- Annual Rose Sale of Sigma Chapter held at the college.

May 5- Initiation Breakfast for pledges unable to enter in the Fall.

May 13- Panhellenic Day held at the college.

House Party- date indefinite.

IF (with all due Apologies ) If you can keep your mind on work

When beyond you in the park the others walk ; If you can practice-teach and never shirk,

And listen to professor's boring talk ; If you can make yourself forget it's Spring

When bright blue skies and flowers are in view; If you can smother yawns and gaily sing

And study for "exams" so close to you; If you can do these things, you'll be the brightest "grind" there ever wasBut we're all good A Z T's- and no one ever does !

LOTs Fox , Sigma

ATTENTION SIGMAS !

The A.E .S. Biennial Convention will be held August 25-27 at iaga ra Fall (Canadian Side). If interested, write Miss Edith Mamell , N ational ice-Pre ident.

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HISTORY In April, 1933, the Beta Phi Gamma sorority was organized at Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, Arkansas. There were fifteen charter members, and soon afterward nine pledges were taken in. Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, was elected faculty sponsor. The colors were scarlet and cream, and the rose was the Marechal Niel. Five of the charter members became charter members of Alpha Sigma Tau. They are: Alphia Mills, Maxine Mills, Woodrow Sanders, Mary Worley, and Margie Perkins. Since we were so late getting started, we did not accomplish much that year; also, we lost a good many members who were seniors.

The next year we got off to a big start and soon had many members.

We were active in both social and school affairs. One term we had the highest grade among the sororities. One of our members was chosen for campus queen; others were football maids for Homecoming. This year the sorority has an officer in each class.

We continued to grow. Finally we decided to petition a national sorority to be admitted as a chapter. Naturally we selected the best and now we are going on to still bigger and better things.

INSTALLATION The installation of Beta Phi Gamma, Arkansas State Teachers College sorority, into the national sorority, Alpha Sigma Tau, was completed Saturday, April 13, at the Apartment Dormitory, with Mrs. Carrie W. Staehle of Detroit, Michigan, national president, presiding.

The installation of the local chapter, which will be known as the Upsilon Chapter began Thursday night, April 11 , with the ribbon pledging.

This was followed by the pin pledging ceremony Friday and final initiation Saturday.

Many social affairs were given by the Sorority and friends of the sorority in honor of the occasion. The Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, newly installed national group at Teachers College, entertained with a tea Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Hope Harrin. Thursday night a dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cordrey for Mrs. Staehle, Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, faculty adviser, Dean Ida Waldron, and officers of the sorority. Mrs. Staehle was entertained at luncheon Thursday by Miss Thelma Hamilton at McAlister Hall and Friday at the home of Dr. Harvey, sponsor. Friday evening a picnic supper was held at Dixie Inn for all members and Mrs. Staehle.

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Saturday night, after final initiation, Dr. Harvey entertained at her home with a dinner, which was followed by a theater party.

The following officers were elected for Alpha Sigma Tau: Mary Worl ey, president ; Bernice Beasley, vice-president; Mary Sharrock, recording secretary ; Louise Cordrey, treasurer; Thelma Hamilton, corresponding secretary; Wenonah Fay Baughn , historian; Doris Wood , custodian ; Lily Kirten, chaplain; and Alphia Mills, editor.

The following are members: Misses F rances Coxsey, Mary Sharrock , Caroline Armitage, Doris Wood, Bernice Beasley, Margaret Carter, Faye Jones, Eva Lois Oates, Mary Worley, Louise Cordrey, Alphia M ills, France5.

Garrett, Wenonah Fay Baughn, Thelma Hamilton, Elizabeth Holtzendorff, Hazel Swindler, Lily Kirten , Lois Henry, Christine Coffman, Eugenia Keith , Audrey Fuller, Vi rginia Williams, Anna Reeves, and Bernice Sporm. Alumme: Misses Maxine Mills, Dorothy Starr, Woodrow Sanders, and Margie Perkins.

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Franc es Coxsey- Junior: Alpha Chi ; classical club ; president , Le Cercle Francaise; assistant physical educati on director.

Mary Worley- Senior : Y.W.C.A. cabi net ; Little Theater secretary, 193 1-32; Alpha Psi Omega; Marshal , Beta Psi Gamma, '33; Founders' Day queen for A.S.T.C., '34; president of Beta Phi Gamma and Alpha Sigma Tau, '34-'35; vice-president, Senior class, '35.

Doris Wood- Junior: Y.W.C.A. cabinet ; Alpha Psi Omega ; Debate Team , '34-'35 ; Beta Phi Gamma ; custodian, Alpha Sigma Tau. Thelma Hamilton- Senior: President, Classical Club , '34- '35 ; Alpha Chi '33 , '34, '3 5; French Club ; corresponding secretary, Alpha Sigma Tau. Ben~Lice B easley- Senior: reporter, Alpha Chi ; treasurer, Y.W.C.A.; Echo staff; In tersorori ty council ; vice-president, Beta Phi Gamma and Alpha Sigma Tau, '34-35 .

Caroline Armitage- Sophomore: Y.W.C.A. ; Beta Phi Gamma; Alpha Sigme. Tau .

Louise C 01·drey- Junior: Treasurer, ·Alpha Sigma Tau '3 5 ; treasurer, Alpha Chi , '35; president, Phi Alpha Theta, '35; secretary, '3 4, cabinet, '35 , Y.W.C.A.; treasurer, Alpha Beta Mu, '34 ; violin ensemble ; assistant editor Echo, '35.

Mm·y Shanock- Senior: Historian '34, secretary, '34- '3 5, Beta Phi Gamma; secretary, Alpha Sigma Tau, '35 Wenonah Fay Baug/m- Sophomore: secretary, Y.W.C.A. '35 ; violin ensemble; Alpha Beta Mu ; histod;ftn, Alpha Sigma Tau '35 ; president , Alpha. Psi Omega, '35 . , Lily Ki1·ten- Senior : Secretary,':Alpha Beta Mu, '35 ; Chaplain , Alpha Sigma Tau, '35. · Margaret Carte1•- Seni or: vice-president, Sigma Beta Lambda, '35 ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Lois H enry- Senior: Sigma Beta Lambda ; Alpha Sigma Tau.

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Alphia Mills- Senior: Y.W.C.A. ; Echo staff, '34 ; assistant editor Scroll '34; Classical club ; Beta Phi Gamma, '33-'34-'35 ; chapter editor, Alpha Sigma Tau ANCHOR, '35.

Christine Coffman- Senior: Phi Alpha Theta; Alpha Beta Mu ; Elementary Club; choral club ; Art club ; Y.W.C.A. cabinet ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Virginia Williams- Freshman: Pre-Med Club; Alpha Sigma Tau. Anna R eeves- Freshman: Choral club ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Eugenia K eith- Freshman : Treasurer, Freshman class, '35 ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Haz el Swindler- Junior : Sigma Beta Lambda ; Alpha Sigma Tau ; Beta Phi Gamma.

Eva Lois Gates- Sophomore: Sigma Beta Lambda ; Beta Phi Gamma ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Faye Jones- Sophomore: vice-president, Little Theater, '34; Alpha Psi Omega ; Beta Phi Gamma ; Echo Staff, '34-'35 ; Classical club secretary, '35 ; Royal Rooters; Alpha Sigma Tau. Audrey Fuller- Freshman: Sigma Beta Lambda ; Y.W.C.A.; Beta Phi ; Gamma.

Frances Ganett- Junior: Y.W.C.A.; Beta Phi Gamma.

Bernice Spann- Freshman: Y.W.C.A. ; Beta Phi Gamma.

Elizab eth Holtzendor!J- Sophomore: Beta Phi Gamma ; Alpha Sigma Tau. Miss Harv ey-State President American Association of University Women; A.B. , Occidental College (Calif. ); M.A. , University of Chicago; National University of Mexico ; University of Paris ; Ph.D ., New York University, 1932 .

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That dance is still the talk of those who attended. About the middle of the evening, when everyone was beginning to tire, we served home-made apple pie, topped with great big helpings of vanilla ice-cream. It was something new and different to serve " apple pie a la mode" at a house dance, but the idea seemed to go over big (especially with the escorts.)

We hope to repeat our so called " pie dance" again soon, only we shall replace the apple pie with some other kind of fruit pie.

On April 26, u Chapter was given a most deli ghtful afternoon party by the patronesses. The party was held at the chapter house and beautiful spring flowers and decorations carried out the theme of pring. Rushee were invited to this party and we hope that we may be able to well our numbers when we send out bids.

ALTOONA ALUMNAE PAST TENSE With our summer vacations only a few weeks away and work piling up at a terrific rate for us teachers, I must pause a moment to see what the Altoona Alumnre of Alpha Sigma Tau has done this year.

Our rather informal meetings have been newsy get-togethers at the homes of members, concluding with bridge and delightful luncheons. Perhaps the only constructive bit that we have done this year was to make a few families happier with Christmas baskets, which were made up at Helen Frisch's father's store. What fun it was to bedeck the baskets in full holiday attire and to deliver them personally! (Each girl chose a needy family that she knew.)

We had a Christmas party ourselves at Peg Farwell Brenneman's lovely new apartment. It was a ,gala affair! The luncheon , the bride's handiwork, was delicious. We enjoyed those drop cakes, Peg. Mrs. Staehle's visit! It is impossible to say just what that meant to each one of us. She brought so much personal enthusiasm with her that it was utterly impossible to keep from " catching" it. I think that whether we realized it or not, the thing that each of us missed most in our sorority life as members of an Alumnre Chapter was the lack of ritual- the tie that binds us. Now that Alumnre Chapters have a ritual of their own, I believe we wiii have a much more definite feeling of kinship.

Our rummage sale came to naught-Altoona has been " rummaged" to death in the last few months. Next fall we hope to start out with a few money-raising schemes. Our treasury is slim- is there one that is not?

SARA E. WILSO FUTURE TENSE Our visit to Johnstown Alumnre is still ahead of us. How we are looking forward to it! Whether or not we shall go this spring is not determined. We have been planning it ever so long. Since both Altoona and Johnstown Alumnre Chapters are made up of Delta and Zeta girls, there wiii be much chatter over the tea cups.

Peg Farwell Brenneman 's home is being pressed into service for a bridge party this month. We seem to be taking advantage of our bride's good nature - but she is a lovely hostess and we can't resist.

SARAH E. WILSO NEWS Our past chapter treasure, Alice Kunes Miller, has gone to Connecticut to join her husband, who is working there. Alice we miss you.

"Shorty" Long was visiting in the southland last month.

BECKLEY ALUMNJE Above, left: Helen Moses; right: Lillian Baumgartner.

Center, left: Dessie Sarrett; right: Margaret Mo es.

B elow , left : Marjorie Lilly; right: J e ie Worley.

BLUEFIELD ALUMNAE (Bluefield, West Virginia) In the year of 1933 -34 a small group of Omicron Alumnre met together once each month. The girls wanted very much to organize a real alumnre chapter.

This last fall Mrs. Bula McNeill, Omicron's national alumnre representative divided the Omicron Alumnre into three groups. Two of these groups have materialized into official alumnre chapters. Thus the Beckley, W.Va. , and Bluefield, W.Va., Alumnre organizations were installed February 16, 1935 by Mrs. Carrie Staehle when she came to visit the Omicron collegiate chapter.

The Bluefield Chapter, of which I am a member has thirteen members and we meet the second Saturday afternoon of each month.

Here are some of the important things that we have done and are going to do before school closes.

We presented to the collegiate chapter a beautiful shield (without a doubt it is the best looking one on the campus). For the lack of space I will not describe it but you will find a picture of it in this ANCHOR. The girls are very proud of this shield and as alumnre we feel that it is a gift really worth something to them.

Virginia Bailey, president of the Bluefield Alumnre, Miss Mae Hunter, Omicron's Faculty Adviser, and I gave a formal tea in honor of our twentyone new pledges.

Mrs. Me eill plans to organize another chapter in the latter part of May which will be known as the Welch Alumnre, Welch, W.Va. The other important events: We have planned (the Bluefield Alumnre) on May 25 to sponsor an all day picnic to be held at Lake Shawnee near Princeton , W.Va. The Beckley Chapter, the Collegiate Chapter, all alumnre who do not belong to either alumnre group, the patronesses and faculty adviser will be invited.

We hope that everyone who will attend will have such a grand and glorious time that we can make it an annual affair and call it the Spring Reunion of the Omicron Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau. BuLA McNEILL

Wisdom is the ability to decide it's a mistake before you find it out.

What's needed today is a way to get a thrill out of being good.

A postage stamp sticks to just one thing-and succeeds.

BLUEFIELD A D DEN TER ALUMN.-E Top row, left: Il va Thornton, Bluefield ; center: Pauline Allen, Denver at her home; right: Ruth Wynne, Bluefield.

Center row, left: Evelyn Burchfield Chamber and Carolyn, eighteen month , D m路er ; center: Virginia Bailey, President of Bluefield Alumnre; right : laudine pang! , Bluefteld .

Bottom, left: Denver Alumnre with Mr . tachle; right: D nv r lumn at a swimming pool.

DENVER ALUMNAE THE HISTORY OF THE DENVER ALUMr lE In 1933 two years after most of our group had graduated from the Colorado State College of Education we met at the home of one of the girl and voted to renew the old friendships and arrange to have regular meetings.

The first purpose of these meetings was entirely a social one.

After spending a few years out of school the girls began to think more seriously on how valuable these old friend ships were. Everyone was so happy and excited about seeing each other that we decided to meet more often .

Mrs. Laura Serafini Blake was at this meeting and was the instigator of the fine spirit that was shown there.

We have met once a month for the last two years. At first we had showers for several of the gi rls then in the fall we had our first annual luncheon when the Colorado Education Association held their convention in our city.

Then began a series of bridge parties, luncheons, parties in season to which we invited the girls' husbands and friends, last summer we had a swimming party, a house party at Estes Park, and the group spent one evening at the theater at Elitches Gardens.

This year we have done much the same thing with a Hallowe'en party and the annual luncheon in the fall, a very lovely wedding during the Christmas Holidays, a Valentine party, a bridge party, and a luncheon this spring.

Besides having these social activities, we have helped the local chapter in Greeley with their rushing by making the favors for them once, providing entertainment for a rush party another time, and attending as many of their affairs as it was possible for us to attend.

There are three groups of alumnre in the state so we have planned to hold our annual meeting together in the fall during the Education Association 's Convention. At this meeting we elected a state alumnre representative whose duty it has been to keep the three groups informed.

Our local chapter is young, our Denver group is just newly organized but if we are patient but persistent this can be one of the strong alumnre chapters, perhaps not soon can we be a separate group. We can be stronger as a state organization for the present but as our numbers increase we should be able to set our aim just a little bit higher.

Mrs. received Lambda research

CAREER Marguerite Juchem , our mo t brilliant and gifted alumnce . who her Masters Degree in science, a member of Kappa Delta Pi and Sigma Tau honorary fraternities, has been giving lectures on her work in science and on the exp~riences she encountered during the ( Continued on page 69 )

JOHNSTOWN ALUMNAE January-Our monthly meeting was held at the home of Helen Lear on January 21. As we had not met in December everyone was ju t bubbling over' with news of the holidays.

February-With Mrs. Carrie Staehle a our guest of honor, the chapter held a very interesti ng meeting on February 18 at the home of Edith and Jo Paul. Our national president related to us bits of news from the collegiate and alumnre chapters she had visited. We enjoyed our chat with Mrs. Staehle and are grateful for her kind suggestions.

March-Are we Irish? Well just ask Peg Wilson what kind of Irishmen attended her party on March 13. If our low scores on Irish names and Irish games indicated a lack of knowledge then our hearty appetite scored high in favor of an Irish luncheon.

April-On April15, we drove to Davidsville fo r our meeting at the home of Dottie Risch, our president. Spring activities were discussed despite the blustery, snowy weather out doors.

PLANS May-May 20 will mark the date of our monthly meeting to be held at the home of Geraldine Beas. Plans for our annual dinner party are to be discussed and committees appointed to arrange for this affair in June.

June- We had such a lovely dinner party last June that the girls are quite enthusiastic about another. We hope our Collegiate sisters spending their vacations in Johnstown will join us in making this dinner a festive occasion.

July- Meeting! Eats ! Heaps of fun! That's our program fo r July when we will go a-picnicking at Betty De Frehn 's cottage near Everett. Johnstown Alumnre Chapter activities would not be complete without this excursion for it has become an annual event.

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say "Thank you." think kindly of your associates. be orderly and neat. hold yo ur tongue. smile when yo u meet your friends . take orders cheerfully. thank God for each day's blessings.

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ST. LOUIS ALUMNAE The St. Louis Alumnce have had a vigorous and enjoyable six months.

During Christmas week a party was given the active chapter. The motif was an imitation of a gambling casino. Roulette was played and bets were placed on the outcome of various games. Tremendous amounts of money, which were bits of cardboard, colored copper and silver, passed through our hands. Excitement ran high and the holder of the largest amount of money at the end of the evening received a prize. After the nervous tension a substantial lunch proved most welcome.

In February it was decided to raffle a silk quilt in order to raise funds.

The quilt was purchased for eight dollars. Chances were sold for ten cents apiece or three for twenty-five cents. At the present time approximately twenty dollars profit has been realized. The raffle will be held on April 25 at the home of Mardel Marcks.

We were very much pleased and excited to receive a visit in March from our National President, Mrs. Staehle. Although some of us had not met Mrs. Staehle before, we all had the feeling of welcoming an old and dear friend whom we had unfortunately not seen for a long time. Our feeling of personal friendship with our national officers, we feel , tends to prove: our integration as a national sorority. The alumnce had dinner with Mrs. Staehle at the Castlereagh Hotel after which we adjourned to the home of Madolyn Kehl for the purpose of holding a meeting.

At the present time we are planning our annual Mother's Day Dinner and party, hoping that it will culminate in the formation of a permanent Mother's Club.

LILLIAN VOGT

SUCCESS Success is a combination of two things- brains and personality. A pleasing personality can be developed in part by attention to the followin g rules: 1. Like people; don't be a critic.

2. Let your friends do their fair share of talking.

3. Enjoy fun even though you can 't be a wit.

4. Be courteously thoughtful of the little comforts of your friends.

5. Develop convictions and get action.

- W . W . CHARTERS

SIGMA ALUMNAE RESUME OF EVE TS SINCE FOUNDERS' DAY Friday, ovember 23- Social meeting at the home of Catherine SmithEvent of the evening- Bridge.

Monday, December 10- Business meeting at the home of Margaret MacDonald. 路 Thursday, December 27- Christmas Bridge Breakfast.

Monday, January 14- Supper meeting and election of offcers, at the home of Marion Holsworth.

Saturday, January 26- Men 's Nite Frolic- Husbands and Boy-friends of members were our guests.

Monday, February 4- Supper meeting,.at home of Margaret MacDonald-our guest of honor- Mrs. Carrie Staehle.

Thursday, February 14-Annual Formal Valentine Dance, held at Statler Hotel, Buffalo, at which 22 members were present- Dancing and supper was held in the Main Dining Room.

Monday, March 11- Business supper meeting at the home of Evelyn Grampp- Miss Beverly Bollard was affiliated with the Alumnre Chapter and Evelyn Grampp gave an account of her European Tour, taking us with her from Montreal, to Scotland, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria. At a later meeting she will complete her talk.

Friday, March 22- Social meeting at the home of Veva Olmstead- We brought sewing and knitting and had a regular talk-out.

Monday, April 8- Joint meeting with Collegiate Chapter. 30 members were present. After a delicious chicken dinner, we adjourned to our respective rooms for our meetings. Plans were made for the next Social meeting April 26 at the home of Eileen O'Day. ME 'S NIGHT FROLIC On Saturday evening, January 26, 1935, our annual Men's Night Frolic was held. This is an event long anticipated by everyone, because of the good time we always have. This year it was held at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harsch (Mary Douglass) of Deerhurst Road , Kenmore,

N.Y. Upon arrival , everyone of the fourteen couples went on a tour of inspection of Mary and Fred's new home, and there were many " Oh s" and " Ah's" heard . Later in the evening, bridge and pedro were played- followed by a delicious lunch consisting of a great variety of cold cut , chee e pickles, olives, coffee and cake. Mary 's pet parrot afforded much amu ement, during the evening, with his ' Polly wants a cracker.'

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10째 below outside) - but we finally started- but not before promises were made that we would all meet again on Men's Night next year.

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Plans were made for our Affiliation Service which will be held May 13 at the State Teacher's College, as that is Panhellenic Day. The committee to have charge of the Membership Tea and Baby T ea party is appointed and headed by Miss Madge Stamp.

Our usual House Party will be held the week-end of June 7 at Crystal Beach, and we have already had an invitation to spend it at the home of Mrs. Blackman , which we have accepted.

June 10-A steak roast, closing activities for the summer season. '

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years she spent in Costa Rica. One of Mrs. Juchem 's daughters graduates from high school this spring. She is the first child of one of our members to to do this.

PLA IS FOR THIS SPRING The May meeting will be a dinner-dance to be held the opening night at Elitches Gardens. This is the annual collegiate dance to which all of the colleges in the Rocky Mountain Region are invited.

The girls in Denver will attend the rush tea given in May fo r the rushees and the patronesses.

TRAVEL Miss Pauline Allen plans to spend her summer vacation in Palm Springs, California, while there she will attend the Exposition in San Diego.

Miss Elsa Fallberg will spend her vacation seeing California going directly to Los Angeles.

Miss Edna Romans will be in Denver for the National Education Convention and sail for Honolulu July 1Z to spend seven weeks in the Islands.

One of our members wrote us a new Sweetheart Song: (Tune : Smiles) Sweethearts are of a ll descriptions; there a re never two the same ; Some keep living in the same old fashion while some others seek after fam e.

They have eyes and ha ir of different color, to be very nice they kn ow just how; But the best of all the sweethearts eve r is the sweetheart of Sigma Tau .

J EANETTE CADY,

Sigm.a

WILLIAMSPORT ALUMNAE PERSONALS Marjory Bastian- Marjory teaches in the Abraham Lincoln school of Williamsport.

Mary Dietrick- "Lovie" teaches in the elementary school in South Williamsport. Beside her teaching duties, "Lovie" finds time to take bridge and her new car very seriously.

Helen Dittmar- Helen teaches sewing in the Curtin Junior High. Besides sewing Helen finds a great deal of pleasure in painting. And she does some fine work too!

Evelyn (Hinkleman) Evertts- Keeping house is Evelyn's hobby.

Elizabeth Heim- Elizabeth is to be married sometime this spring. She has not told us just when yet.

Martha (Dice) Matchet- Martha has a young son to occupy much of her time.

Mildred Sechrist- Teaches just outside of Williamsport, Pa. Violet Sanders-Violet teaches in Farrensville, Pa. She is close to the collegiate chapter and so keeps in close touch with all the activities.

Eleanor (Little) Shirey- A husband and a home keep Eleanor busy too.

Blanche (Swope) Smink- Zeta's Alumnce Representative.

Helen Thomas- Luck was with Helen for she was out of school just a short time in February when she was elected to teach in Emporium, Pa. Helen likes teaching very much.

Zelma (Newcomer) Wolfe- A fourth grade in the Andrew Jackson School holds.Zelma's interest.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE In the near future Zeta Alumnre Chapter will hold a benefit card party the proceeds of which will be given to the collegiate chapter. They in turn, will turn the money over to the National Scholarship Committee as their contribution to the Scholarship Fund.

Men's Night is to be observed in May. Plans for this have not been completed but it promises to be an interesting party.

ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST ISSUE Zeta Alumnre at Williamsport, Pa. , entertained the members of the collegiate chapter from Lock Haven Teachers College and their rushees at a formal dance at the Village Tea Room, March 23. The girls came to Williamsl?ort by bus, forty-five strong. A novelty program , linen sport handkerchiefs and refreshments completed the enjoyable occa ion.

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Nu On January 14 Emily Gustafson announced her engagement to Clifton Ellis by passing the traditional five pounds of candy. The couple plan to be married in the early summer.

Z eta Elizabeth Heim's engagement to Carl Ely has recently been announced.

Elizabeth graduated from Lock Haven Teachers College in 1932 . The wedding will take place some time during late spring or early summer.

MARRIAGES Omicron Geneva Huffman, to Henry Lindsey, November 26, 1934, at Pearisburgh, Virginia. Miss Huffman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. 0.

Huffman of Hinton, W.Va. Margaret Davis, to Tracey Moses, on March 29, 1935.

Lillian Moses, to Arnold Baumgartner, December 31, 1934.

Nu One of the loveliest weddings of any of the members of u Chapter was held December 2 7, 1934 in St. Dominic Church, Denver, Colo. Miss Marie Ferrero, 1931 graduate, was the beautiful bride. She is Mrs. Anthony Cosmi now. The young couple took the two weeks vacation for their honeymoon and went to the Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico also extending their trip into old Mexico. They have a home at Welby, a suburb of Denver.

Miss Irene Schmidt, who graduated in 1930, was married to Mr. Wess Ratterree in August, 1934. They live in Paonia, Colo., where Mr. Ratterree is the coach in the high school.

Delta Betty Sturm to Arthur Weaver, D ecember 27, 1934. They are living in York, Pa. Eta Recently the announcement of the marriage of Miss Ella Walker of Masury, Ohio, and Walter H . Hagerdon of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was announced. The wedding was solemnized in New Cumberland, W.Va., April 15, 1934.

The bride who is an alumna member of Eta was graduated from Kent State College in 1933.

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On iarch 4, 1935 Eta Chapter received the announcement of the marriage of Kay Kenney to C. Victor Kendall of Columbus, Ohio. The marriage was solemnized at the Methodist Episcopal church in St. Mary's, W.Va., on February 16, 1935.

The bride, an alumna member was a former president of this chapter and was awarded the Womanhood Pin for outstanding work at Kent State College upon her graduation last June. Since her graduation she has been an investigator for Portage County Relief administration.

The couple are making their home in Zanesville, Ohio, for the present.

B. KRAMER BIRTH Lambda A baby was born to Alice Carlson Mostillu sometime in December.

Sorry, but we do not know whether it i a son or a daughter.

Sigma Mr. and Mrs. Fred Havens announce the birth of a daughter, Gail.

Little Franklin Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ellis, ha a new baby brother, John William.

D enver Alumnce Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll Strelesky has a beautiful daughter born in August, 1934. Mrs. Strelesky was president of the Ju Chapter in Greeley in 1930. They live in Boulder, Colorado, where Mr. Strelesky attends the Colorado University.

Bluefi eld Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Croye, January 28, 1935, a son , Robert Lee. Mrs. Croye was Pansye Holt.

A son, Gerald Conrad, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Stauffer, 1 ovember 24, 1934. Mrs. Stauffer was Allie Whitlow.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Toney E. Cline, July 7, 1934, a son, Toney D"vain. Mrs. Cline was formerly Clarice Oakes.

DEATHS Omicron Pauline Kincaid Overholt died in January in the Terra Alta sanitarium from tuberculosis.

In M emoriam The Omicron Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau recently lost a very dear member, Pauline Overholt Kincaid. Pauline had been ill for sometime. he became a member of Alpha Sigma Tau November 21 , 1931. After graduation she taught for one semester in the Bluefield, West Virginia, school then she became too ill to teach and had to re_i gn. She will alway be remembered for her sweet disposition and charming personality.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL President .. .. . ........ . .. .............. . . .. .. ...... Mrs. Carrie W. Staehle (Alpha) 2997 Harding, Detroit , Michigan Vice-President and A. E . S . R epresentative .... . ... . ...... . M iss Ed ith Mansell (Beta) 64 Monterey, Highland Park, Michigan Organiz er . ....... . ............ .. . .. ... ..... ..... Miss Mary St. Clair Kiner (Delta ) 134 S. 7th St. , Indiana , Pennsylvania S ecretary . .. ........ ............ .. ............ . Miss Mary Jane Manchester (Eta) 1020 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan T reasurer . . . . .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. ........ . .... . ..... Mrs. Gwendolyn Ridderhof (Zeta) 15810 Cheyenne, Detroit, Michigan Editor of THE ANCHOR and Historian ... . . . . .. ... . Mrs. Mary Louise Doyle (Theta) Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill , New York Alumnre S ecretary . . ........ .... . ................... Mrs. Clara Schumann (Theta) 904 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit , Michigan COMMITTEES Scholarship A wards . ... .. .... . ............... . .. . .. . .... . . Mrs. R. S. MacDou~a ll 124 . F airview St. , Lock Haven, Pa. Examination . . . ... ... . .. .......... . . ..... . ..... ....... .... . Mrs. Carmen Delaney 493 Hancock Ave. , Detroit, Mich .

Scholarship Loan Fund . ..... . . .. ... . . ... ................ Miss Margaret MacDonald 673 Richmond Ave ., Buffalo, N .Y. Life M embers hip . ....... . ............. .. ......... . .... ........ Miss Maxine Mirus 3636 Connecticut, St. Louis, Mo. ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SORORITIES Chairman . .......... . ... . .... . .. .. . ..... ... ... .. . . Mrs. Carrie E. Walter, T .S.U. 3815 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. S ecretary .. ... . ... . . ........ ... .... . . ... . .. . .... . . . ... Miss Ed:th Ma nsell , A.S.T. 64 Monterey, Highland Park , Mich .

Treasurer . .. .. ... .. ....... .. .... .................. Miss Mabel Lee Walton, S.S.S. Drawer 27 1, Woodstock, Va. Director of Local Panhellenics ....... . .. ........ ...... Mrs. Fred M . Sharp, A.S.A. 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo. Director of City Panhellenics ...... . ............. .. ... . .. . Mrs. C. P. Neidig, P .K .S. 3632 Paxton Road , Cincinnati , Ohio Chairman of Eligibility and Nationalization . ............... . M rs. Orley See, D .S.E. 48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont , Calif.

Chairman of Publicit y ... ... . . .... . ..... .. .......... . Miss Lulu McPherson , P .D.T. Kansas State T eachers College, Pittsburg, Kan. COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS AND CORRESPOND! G SECRETARIES ALPHA- M ichigan State Normal College .......... . .... . ...... .. . . . . Ypsilanti, Mich .

Clara Walker, 955 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti , Mich.

DELTA- State Teachers College ....................... . . .. . . . ... . . . ... . Indiana, Pa. Alberta Zerbe, Zerbe, Pa.

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ZETA- Lock Haven State Teachers College ... .... ............. . . . . Lock Haven, Pa .

Wilma Losch ETA- Kent State College ... ..... . . . .. . ...... . . .... . ............. .. .... Kent, Ohio Billie Streiene, 525 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio THETA-Wayne University ............ . ....... . ... ... . . ............ Detroit, Mich.

Sylvia Sorola, 15496 Northlawn Ave. , Detroit , Mich .

IoTA- Kansas State Teachers College .. .. . ........... .. ... ... ...... .. Emporia, Kan .

Madeline Cook, 831 Commercial , Emporia, Kan .

LAMBDA-Temple University .... .. . ... ........... .... .. . ........ Philadelphia, Pa. Mary Hulse, 45 W. Walnut Ave., Merchantville, N .J. Nu- State Teachers College .. .. ... . .. .. .. .. . . .. ... .. ... ... .. . .. ... .. Greeley, Colo .

Juanita Emerick , 1611 8th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

OMICRON-Concord State Teachers College . ... ...... ....... ... .. . . . . Athens, W.Va. Phyllis Lilly, S. T. C., Concord, W.Va. PI-Harris Teachers College . ...... ...... . ... . ... .. .... . . .. .......... St. Louis, Mo. Virginia Schroeder, 4271 Ashland Ave., St. Louis, Mo. RHo-Southeastern Teachers College ......... . .... .... ....... . .. .. ... Durant, Okla.

Kathleen Kelchner, Southeastern T.C., Durant, Okla.

SIGMA-State Teachers College .... .. ......... . . ..... . ... .... ........ Buffalo, N.Y. Dorothea Fletcher, 18 Montclair Ave. , Buffalo , N.Y. UPSILON- State Teachers College .. . . ... . ... ........ .. ........ ...... Conway, Ark. Thelma Hamilton ALUMNJE CHAPTERS AND CORRESPOND! G SECRETARIES ALTOONA-Reba Franklin , 406 Howard Ave., Altoona, Pa. BECKLEY-Dessie Sarrett, 56 3rd Ave., Beckley, W.Va. BLUEFIELD-Thelma Bailey, 1808 Jefferson St., Bluefield, W.Va. BuFFALO-Marion Holdsworth , 24 Hoover Ave., Kenmore, .Y. DENVER- Betty Vincent, 2327 Vine St., Denver, Colo.

DETROIT-Dorothy Connelly, 4535 Vancouver, Detroit, Mich .

DuRANT-Mrs. Pauline McQueen, 822 W. Elm St., Durant, Okla .

EMPORIA- Mrs. Perle Dall, 1114 Exchange St., Emporia, Kan .

GREELEY- Joanna Eberhart, Hudson, Colo.

JoHNSTOWN-Mrs. Margaret Wilson, 139 Strayer St., Johnstown, Pa. LITTLE RocK-Miss Mary Sharrock, 243 Conway Blvd. , Conway, Ark. PITTSBURGH-Katherine Kramer, 712 12th Ave., Munhall , Pa. ST. Loms- Helen Chlanda, 5204 Loughborough, St. Louis, Mo. TOPEKA-Mrs. Leland Richardsen, 320 Woodlawn , Topeka, Kan. WILLIAMSPORT- Helen Dittmar, 1558 Scott St. , Williamsport, Pa. YouNGSTOWN- Mrs. Dale Burrows, 235 E. Auburndale, Youngstown , Ohio ALUMNJE REPR ESENTATIVES ALPHA .. . .... .. . ..... . ... .. .. . . ..................... .. . . .. Mrs. Emily Firzgerald 5230 Audubon, Detroit, Mich .

DELTA . ... .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. . ..... . . . ......... . ..... ..... . .. . . . Miss Marjorie Jeffries 718 Second St., Brownsville, Pa. ZETA ..... . . . . .. . ......... .. .. .. . . ... .... ....... ..... .... ... . Mr . Blanche Smink 708 Second Ave., Williamsport, Pa. ETA ............ . .. . .......... . . . ...... .. ... . .... . ........... Miss Mildred Pyle 619 S. Water St. , Kent, Ohio THETA ... . .. . ............ .. ....... . ........ .... .. . ...... . Mi Eleanor Brinkman 3 26 Maybury Grand, Detroit, Mich .

IOTA ... .. .. ... ........ . ............... ........ ... ... .. ......... . Mrs. Perle Dall 1114 Exchange, Emporia, Kan .

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LAMBDA .... .. . ... . . .......... ... · .. . ..... . .. . ........... Mrs. Anne Warren Troth 104 Park Ave., Westmont, N .J. Nu . . · · · ... . . .. . ... . . . ....... . .. . . . ..... .. ..... .......... . .... Mrs. Laura Blake 706 N. Albany Ave., Yuma, Colo.

OMICRON· ... . .... . .... . . .. ......... . ........ . ... . ...... . ..... Mrs. B ula MeN eill Athens, W.Va. PI ... . . . ... . .... . ............... . .... ........... . . . . ........ . Miss Virginia Ruby 3439 Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. RHo ........ . . . .. . . ..... . . . ..... . . . .... ... . .............. . Mrs. Pauline McQueen 822 West Elm St., Durant, Okla.

SIGMA .... .. .. . . . ... ... . . ........ ..... . .................... Mrs. D orothy Ludwig 150 Saranac Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. UPSILON ... . .. . .... .. .... . . ... . . .............. . . . .......... . Miss Mary Sharrock 243 Conway Blvd ., Conway, Ark .

INACTIVES BETA ..... .. . . . .............. .... ... . .. . .. . ..... . . ........ Mrs. Claude Larzelere 405 High St., Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Xr ... .... . . ....... . ... . .......... .... ............. . .. . . Mrs. Mildred Lee Master 246 S. Third , Montrose, Colo.

GAMMA ...... . ..... ... ........ . ......... .. . ..... .. . .... . ....... . Mrs. Leona Hay 3019 Harding Ave., Detroit, Mich.

EPSILON ...... ..... . . . . ....... ..... .. ....... . ............. Miss Araminta McLane Carnegie Library, McKeesport, Pa. KAPPA .... . . . .... . . . ..... . ......... . ........................ Miss Isabel Finkbine Oxford, Ohio ADVISORY BOARD ALPHA ......... . . . . ... . . ..... . . . Mrs. Gertrude Flint, 914 Congress, Ypsilanti , Mich.

DELTA ... . . . .... . . .. .. .. . . .. . . Miss Mary St. Clair King, 134 S. 7th St., Indiana, Pa. Mrs. M . J. Walsh , 282 S. 7th St., Indiana, Pa. Miss Alma Gaslander , 911 School St. , Indiana, Pa. ZETA . ... . ........... Miss Jessie Scott Himes, 42 Susquehanna Ave., Lock Haven, Pa. Mrs. R. S. MacDougall , 124 Fairview St., Lock Haven, Pa. ETA ... .. . . . . . . . ... .... ... .... . ... . . Miss La ura Hill , 417 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio Miss Harriet Adams, 308 S. Lincoln , Kent, Ohio THETA .. . .. . . . . . . . ... . Miss Edith L . Mansell , 64 Monterey Ave., Highland Park , Mich.

Dr. Gertha Williams, 25 E. Palmer Ave. , Detroit, Mich.

Miss Jane B. Welling, 25 E. Palmer Ave. , Detroit, Mich.

IoTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... Miss H elen R. Garman, 105 W. 12th , Emporia, Kan. LAMBDA . . . ..... . . . .. . ... Mrs. Ethel H . Kirby, 1901 N. Park Ave. , Philadelphia, Pa. Nu .... .. .. . . . .... .. . . . . . .... Mrs. Catherine Gibert, 18250 11th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

OMICRO N . . . .. .. .. ..... . .............. .. . ..... Miss Mae R. Hunter, Athens, W .Va. Pr. ... . ...... . ........ . . . .. . .. . .. Miss Edith Glatfelter, 4720 N. 20th , St. Louis, Mo. RHo . .. .. . . .. . . . .. . .. .. .... .. .. . Miss Mildred Riling, 1116 W. Elm , Durant, Okla.

Miss Irene Scrivener, 1116 W. Elm , Durant , Okla .

SIGMA ........ . . . . . . ... .. . .. Miss Luela Chapman, 916 Delawa re· Ave., Buffalo, J Y. Miss Ruth McLean , 10 Cla remont , Buffalo, N.Y .

UPSILON . . . . . . Dr. Ada J ane Ha rvey, 730 Donaghey, Conway, Ark. CHAPTER EDITORS ALPHA . . . . . . .. ......... ..... Laura H ornbeck , 603 W. Cross, Ypsilanti , Mich .

DELTA . . . . ...... Dorothy Roberts, 233 7 Los Angeles Ave., Pittsb urgh , Pa. ZETA ...... . . . ... . . . . ... .. .. . Pauline Barkhuff, Lock Haven S.T .C., Lock H aven, Pa .

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ETA . . .... . ...................... . ........ . Helen Sixt, 525 E . Main St., Kent Ohio THETA . . . . .. .. ........ . . . .. .. .... To reen Cooper , 61 i8 Cooper Ave., Detroit, Mich .

IOTA ......... . . . .... .... ....... .. . La Von Smith , 1006 Constitution, Emporia, Kan. LAMBDA .......... .. ... . . Mary J ane Greeninger , i03 Oak Lane Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. u . ........ . ......... . . . .. .. . ....... Leo na Hickma n , 15 22 8th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

OMICRON . . ..... . .... . ............... .. . H elen Louise Berto , S .T.C., Co nco rd , W.Va. Pr .. .... ..... . ... .. . .. â&#x20AC;˘ ... . . ... Vera Knudsen , 3 1-15 Hawthorne Blvd., St. Louis, Mo .

R HO SIGMA .... . ... . . .. .......... . ..... . . Ru th Beebee, 123 Eugene Ave., Kenmore , N.Y. UPSILON . . . . . ........... . . .......... . . . .. . ..... Alphia Mi lls, S.T.C., Con way, Ark .

ALTOONA .. ........... . .. . .. . . . . .... . . . ... Sara Wilso n, 1000 20th Ave., Altoona, Pa. BECKLEY . ........ . .... . .... . . . ....... . . Dessie Sar rett, 56 3rd Ave., Beckley, W.Va .

BLUEFIELD . .... . ............. . ... . ... . ... . . .. ... . . . .. Bula McNei ll , At hens, W.Va. D ENVER .. .. .......... .. . . ...... . ... Evely n Cha mbers, 3831 R ace St., Denver, Colo.

JOH NSTOWN . . ...... . .. . .. . ......... Gera ldine Beas, 183 Spr ing St., J o hnstow n , Pa. ST. Lours ...... . ........ ..... ... ........ . .. J anis Dale, 510-1 Wabada, St. Louis, Mo. BuFFALO . . ..... . . ... . . ...... Vero ni ca Wilkins, 39 Call odin e Ave., Eggertsville, N.Y. WILLIAMSPORT ......... .. .. .. ....... E lea nor Shirey, 406 High St., Williamsport, Pa.