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The National Council Wishes You All a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Published thrice yearly by the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority

National Council ..... . .. . . . . ..... . ... ... .

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Educated Woma n's Place in a Cha nging Econ omic World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sixt h Biennial Conventi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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My Country 'Tis of Thee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Mothers' Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Celebration

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Iota 's H ouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Central City N ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Founders' Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Eleanor Bader- H omecoming Queen . . . . . . . .

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Unguarded H ours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alumnre, United for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sorority Sta tus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Building ... .. .. . .. .

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Just Dumb .... .. . .. . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . ... .

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For Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Nationa l T obacco Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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R eport of Examination Committee . . . . . . . . .

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Report of Awa rds Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alumnre Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Directory ... . ... .. . . . .. . . ... .. . .. . .. .. . . .

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Ll'/1, tu p I u boll om: Mr . u lr Lucke, chaplain an I hist rian: E lith Paul. Yicehumann, vi c- prc· iclent. pre!>iclent; 1 r . lara '1'1/lt·r, lop lo bottom: fr -. Carrie W. tachl , president; [r.. Bula -' [c::\cill. \"1 <' pre~id •nt; Mrs. Mar Loui c Do lc, editor; Lr. . Perle Dahl, vice- pre;;ic\ent. l<iJ!, hl, lop l u bull om: lar • Jane lanrhester, sccrc l a r~ ; frs. l•II'Cndol) n Ridderhof. t n·a ~ urer; J•:dil h 1fanscll, 1\.l•:.s. repn'::.entat ivc.

THE ANCHOR OF ALPHA SIGMA TAU Educated Woman's Place in a Changing Economic World

By Ruth Forsht, Attorney

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N LOOKIN G for the meaning of your organization, Alpha Sigma Tau , I find the purpose listed is to promote cultural, ethical, and social development of its members. That is a very fine purpose and if carried out, make of all the members of your group, potential leaders. It is a fine thing to develop the cultural and social side of life while we are securing our education. After all , as we go out into the business world , it is very nece sary that we associate with our fellow beings. The good mixers, even though they do not have the highest amount of knowledge, are usually the ones who succeed in life. Also, the need for something within your self is much greater as your cares increase, .whether it is in the business world , the social world, in your own homes, or wherever your "lot" may be cast.

The development of the cultural and social part of your life gives you that omething which soothes your tired nerves and sets you apart and makes of you an individual seeking the good of all rather than the narrow selfishness of eeking only his or her greatness.

My subject today is the " Educated Woman 's Place in a Changing Economic World. " In order to appreciate that change, we must look back into hi tory. Just what has been woman 's position in the past? Back in antiquity, long before Biblical times, in Greece and other nations, women were not educated in any way unless they were for public life, and then they were highly educated in learning, in music, ancl'in the dance, in poetry, in literature, in philosophy, even in statesmanship. At that time ignorance and modesty were associated ideas. We will start with the first woman, Eve. She was created to be the companion and equal of man and then she sinned and was punished. The Bible reveals a higher station to womanhood in the ancient I sraelitish days than in any other oriental land ; and from the beginning of the old Testament to the end of it, there is no limitation to a woman's rights, her functions , and to her position. Only in Corinthians and in the writings of Paul to Timothy do you find any limitations made.

Knowing full well what that sentiment was Paul said , " Suffer not a woman to teach in your assemblies, let your women keep silence. " Why? Because

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all in that corrupt public sentiment, looking upon intelligent teachers in the Christian church, would have gone away and said, "It is all done of licentiousness, women are teaching" and in the public sentiment that a sodated intelligence and immorality, it is not strange that prudently and temporarily women were restricted. But, that has all gone. Women have risen not only in intelligence, but are the universal teachers. Let us take a look at the history of ours, particularly as it relates to women, and first we must think of that early American tradition, that pioneer tradition, of which we are all so proud. We all know its general outlines; we know it took initiative, daring, and perseverance to tame our wilderness. Men and women worked together in that job. Together they went West in the covered wagons, traversed the great deserts, fo ught off the Indian , cleared the land fo r their log cabins. Together they struggled to create a home secure shelter, food, and clothing for themselves and their babies; literally carving all these things out of wilderness. Everyone had to have courage to face the daily dangers of their life and had to work all the time. T here was no time to think about equality between the sexes . Equality was a fact ; to work hard, to live dangerously, to die young.

As a matter of fact, the rights of man did appear to include the riahts of women. Also, as a matter of American tradition, the arne conclusion might appear to follow, but this conclusion did not follow. Women were not included. A new facto r had entered in: law and tradition, which we had inherited from England with all its feudal implications. At first it was a very rough and ready affair, but as communities became establi hed, law and order became increasingly important. This law vYas largely imported from England, the so-called " common law. " Back in the old days most everyone followed Blackstone's Commentaries of the Law. He did not have much respect for women and according to the law, when a man married, according to Black tone, he became owner of practically all his wife's property at the very moment when he was saying "with all my worldly goods, I thee endow. " He wa actually taking every cent she possessed. In addition, he could chastise her with a stick no bigger than the wedding ring, he could lock her up, he could do as he pleased with the children, fo r as Blackstone says " a Mother is entitled to no power, only reverence. " He thus put woman in her place and set man over her as her Lord and Master. And then in order to justify hi con cience , he sought to justify it all by ayi ng "it i all designed for women' protection."

It was soon obvious, however, that the feudal idea as in England \Ya not uited to our temperament and existina economic condition . And o a a coroll ary of the Doctrine of Ri ghts of Men penned by Thomas J efferson in 177 6, the Rights of the Doctrine of Women was born although it wa not until 1 48 that a little group of determined \\ Omen, amona them Lucretia ifott, and Elizabeth tanton and Lucy tone and join d four y ar later by u an B. Anthony, 1 ennecl our fa mou charter for lib rties f w m n at en ca Fall , w ork.

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history of mankind is a history of injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having as direct object, the establishing of absolute tyranny over her. He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable rights to franchi se. He has taken from her all rights in property, even to the wages she earns ; he has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education ; he has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women; he has absolutely taken the prerogatives of Jehovah himself claiming as his right to assign to her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and her God. After that sweeping proclamation, the ladies who signed it, resolved among other things,-that woman has too long rested, satisfied in the subscribed limit that had been marked out for her, and that it was time that he should move in the sphere that her great creator had assigned to her.

However, these women were practical. They decided to concentrate first on the matter of franchise, so that from 1848 to 1920 they worked very hard fo r the right to vote. In 192 0, for the first time, women in the whole United States had the right to vote.

We were then on the threshold of the industrial revolution . The effect of that revolution upon women can scarcely be exaggerated. Machines were invented which over night destroyed household industry, household arts.

It was not o much that women came out of their kitchens as they were thrown out of them by the loss of their time honored kitchen job. The makincr of clothing and house furnishings left the home perhaps forever; so, too, did the processing and manufacturing of foods. These had always been women's jobs. T hey are now largely carried on in large factories . Little but the fin al cooking of food s is now done in the home, and less and less of that as we tend to eat more and more out of tin cans.

T he repercussions were not limited to the field of industry, but extended into many other fi elds as well. Women, thrown out of their kitchens and fo rced to find means to buy the things they had formerly produced for themselves, tended to follow their former vocation into the factorie s. Other women, less pinched financially but equally with enforced leisure on their hands, ought occupation in the pro fessions. The professions implied higher education, so in the SO 's and 60's, the pressure for higher education for wo men began. o the modern woman was born. The vote, equal property rights, equal custody of children, equal educational opportunities; these things the woman's rights movement sought to obtain. We all know something about the progress of that battle. Equality was the watchword- rights equal to the rights of man. When we think of the word equality, we can only think of it in relation to its changing economic context. When we speak of equality, we must take into consideration whether we still have a competitive era and freedom of opportunity and action. But today our world has changed and today we must change our ideas.

So much history teaches us.

What are we up against today? What are the present world forces that we must contend against and how can we best meet them in this

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country? Do we want to go back to conditions as they are in Germany and Italy with the movement of women back to the kitchen? In Italy women have practically been eliminated from industry. In Russia women's position is entirely different again. Here she has absolute equality with man and as a result of this equality there is no longer any home life for the children.

In Germany and Italy women are being fo rced to become party to the ambitions of their countries-to their country's desperate economic plight.

Likewise in this country we are beginning to notice signs, for in tance Section 213 of the Federal Economic Act of 1932, of driving married women out of the Federal Civil Service. Public sentiment is behind this action .

The popular impression is abroad that married women should not work if their husbands work; that they are taking jobs away from men who ought to have them and, that their husbands ought to be able to support them anyway. That might be a tenable argument if the jobs were given and taken away on the basis of need. But statistics show that in the field of Civil Service at least that is not the case that the tendency is not to fire the higher paid workers with pecial skills, but to concentrate on the lower unskilled workers who are easily replaced and it is precisely these low paid women who are working because they have to, because their husbands' wages are so pitifully small that the wife must work also in order to make both ends meet.

Another principle enters in the controversy. The principle that jobs should be opened to the best qualified person whether male or female.

This law cuts the range of choice in that respect almost in two . The worst of it is that the idea does not stop at women whose husbands have jobs, nor even at married women . It tends to turn, as the experience of other countries shows, into a general attack upon all women holding jobs.

It is not easy to create a planned society, but at least women should undertake and help in this task. Women did it once, more or less unconsciously, at the dawn of civilization; again when this country was settled ; and again in 1848. Perhaps we may do it again. We at least can plan along with men as we did in the pioneer days- to carve out a new world, an economic world this time, not a physical one. First, 路what shall we plan in this world? There should be equality, where equality attains the meaning that wa read into it originally by Thomas J efferson and usan B. Anthony, " Equality of opportunity for all, men and women alike. " Also, in this arne society equality contains the impli cation of ecurity a well. o much for the background and history of 路women.

Vve are now at the crossroads . It is time fo r us to decide what we want from life. Do we want to go ahead and continue with the advancement of women in the bu iness world fighting for equal rights and no di crimination against women, or do we want to go back into the home a the women of Germany and Italy, or on the other side, do we want a go ernment like Ru ia with women work ing side by sid with men and with no h m li f f r childr n?

Worn n, and sr ecially colleae worn n, an b plac d in fi e roup::;.

Th fir 路t grou1 , w will lassify as th gr U] of girls who , a th y go through

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school and college, have only one interest in mind and that is men, and the thought of marriage. They have no desire to work in any way; except to have their own home, they are not interested in the good of the community, nor in the affairs of their college. The second group is a group that is also interested in marriage and uses a job or position merely as a stepping stone to marriage. They are not interested in bettering themselves in their position ; they are not interested in any more study than they absolutely have to do to get through school, and they do not add anything in the bu iness world as they in no way improve it in so far as women's place in the business world is concerned . The third group is the group that is interested in a career and also marriage, if the right man comes along. This group is serious, take their jobs seriously, try to make good, are ambitious, and if they marry, give their husbands a square deal. They are usually interested in the community affairs after marriage and some of them continue on in their careers. The fourth group are the really ambitious girls, who graduate from college with high ideals, continue their studies and education whether in school or out, and always intend to get married, but somehow or other never find a man who comes up to their expectations.

The fifth group are the women who absolutely care nothing about the opposite ex, have no intention of ever marrying, never had any intention.

In one of these groups you belong. You yourself know which one.

It is up to you to find your particular niche in your community. If you marry, take your place in your community as a leader. You have been given unusual advantages. Are you going to bury your one talent or are you aoin g to increase it by three or five? Are you going to profit by the history of the pa t and continue on or are you going to let life pass you by?

Women ' place in the future is entirely up to the younger generation.

There has always been antagonism between women in the homes and women in the business world. It is a peculiar situation and arises from the psychology in that we want what we do not have ; so there are lots of women in the business world who prefer to be at home and women in the home who prefer to be in business; and so arises antagonism . It is one of the reasons women have never been able to accomplish much . Women in the business world are there because they have to work, have to earn their livelihood. Some of them are married and their husbands do not make enough to support them. Women will never get anywhere in the business and professional world until they overcome petty jealousy of their own sex.

There are not many women who have the desire to attain the top of their profession or their business or their job. As a rule women are not ambitious along those lines. They are not physically constituted to spend the long hours of work that is necessary to place them at the top of their profession. Perhaps it is a good thing for humanity that they are not constituted that way.

Where will women accomplish the most for the betterment of mankind ; in the home; in the business world; or both?

The world is changing just as much today as it did in the past when we went from the stone age to the iron age; from the iron age to the

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tee! age; and from the agriculture age to the manufacturing age to the industrial age. What today will be called will only be kno·wn as hi tory is written. It is certainly changing. When I was a young girl if a girl smoked a cigarette or took a drink she was considered an outcast to society.

Refined girls would not be allo·wed to associate with her, but today it is the accepted thing . Whether women will advance with it or go back to their former place depends entirely upon what women want from it.

Society will have to realize sometime that it mu t adapt its method of work to women . It is useless to insist that the vocationally trainerl woman will give up her expensive preparation after a very few years of practical application in order to become a home maker.

Women are not taking the place of men and never will. Each has their own particular way of doing their work and in some in tances a man can do it better than a woman; in other in stances a woman can do the job better than a man. It is not a question of superiority with either but rather the two together putting their shoulders to the wheel.

Of course, women today are actively interested in economic and the maintenance and improvement of our eco nomic and social structure. Women realize that society as it exists today is the joint production of both men and women; that they cannot afford to confine their interest to their own little circle.

Even our form of government seems changing. We have a group of people who would like to see the Constitution changed; another oroup who think it should remain " as i ." vVe have the Republican party changing from national tendency to states rights ; a Democratic party changing from states rights to national tendency. We have Communists, Fascist , Liberalists, Nazi , and other groups including ' 'left wingers" and ' right wingers."

We have watched in the last three or four years the many attempts to change our type of government; acts passed by Congress and held un constitutional by Supreme Court ; the regimentation of business by government.

We have watched conquests in Europe and today a government being overthrown in Spain. In the evening over our radios we hear Lowell Thomas and other news commentators tell of war clouds gathering in Europe and other notes of interest.

What part are you ooing to take in this changing ·world ? Certainly your college work and your study of history and literature has given you many ideas. How practical your ideas are, time alone will tell. Your preparation of today and the part you take in your community life will ftt you for the part you will play tomorrow. Dr. v\ olf a noted p ychiatrU, wrote the book, " Woman' Best Year " wherein he said women 's be t year: · w re after forty, but what you are after forty will depend entirely with what you do with your elf before forty. It will mean nothing to you if . ou d not Lak care of yourself. Health i on of th be t as ets to enjo at an ag . :om wh re 1 r ad a 1itt1 quotation '' Bear in mind that th reading habit v r h ulcl b r garcl cl as a dut , a task r burd n · ahvays it . h uld a deli ght , a z :;!ful pursuit , a restful r ration.

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Recently I heard a panel discussion on " Security for Women and How Best Obtained." This discussion was taken part in by ten outstanding business and professional women. A doctor spoke on the health as conducive to securing the above ; a woman educator on education ; a lawyer on legislation ; a governor 's wife on public policies; a business executive on organization; an insurance woman on insurance ; a newspaper woman on publicity ; a government official on public position ; and a personnel director on personality. This discussion was very interesting, each one bringing out the outstanding phases of their own particular subject. I was particularly interested in the personnel director 's talk. She said personality was the leading thing needed for the security of women. She gave as her point: personality is physical fitness, mental alertness, emotional control , and sartorial smartness . She said the funny look was passing out, and that a good executive had 1 per cent ability and 99 per cent PO\路ver to get along with other people. It certainly gave one real food for thought. It showed among a class of high business executives and professional women the difference of opinion in how we are to arrive at this economic security.

An outstanding professional woman has layed down the following three rules which she would prescribe for young women interested in a career.

(1) Give full time to your profession ; do one job and do it well. (2) Play as hard as you work and find fun in both. ( 3) Most important of allretain your sense of humor.

Kipling has sung his prophecy of the ideal state in the lines, " and no one shall work for money and no one shall work for fame , but each for the joy of working. " Since, however, the prophecy is still unfulfilled and most of us work for various reasons other than the joy of working, it behooves us to find what joy we can out of our wage earning hours.

Philosophers have told us that true culture began when one has acquired a hunger for knowledge, not for the sake of acquiring facts, but to add to the joy of understanding.

It will be interesting 2 5 years from now to look back and see what place women will take. " Tis b etter to have tried in vain, Sincerely striving for a goal, Than to have lived upon the plain An idle and a timid soul.

'Tis better to have fou ght and spent, Your courage missing all applause, Than to have lived in smug content And never ventured for a cause.

For he who tries and fails may be The found er of a better day; Though never his the victory From his shall others learn the way."- AuTHOR

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EotToR' s NoTE: The above article is taken from the address given by Miss F orsht at the Sixth Biennial Convention of Alpha Sigma Tau.

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The Sixth Biennial Convention o~ Alpha Sigma Tau MAGI E yourself for a moment in the spacious lobby of the Hotel Schenley, Pittsburgh, at about ten o'clock on the morning of Wedne day August 2 6. You will find yourself in the midst of a group of attractive girls- some blonde, others brunette or red-haired- all eagerly chatting and talking with one another. You will hear a soft southern accent, a middlewestern drawl, and the clipped phra es of Northerners. There is one imilarity, however, about all of them. If you look closely you will notice a lovely pearl-mounted badge on the dress of each. Yes, they are Alpha Sigma Tau girls ready fo r the ixth Biennial Convention of Alpha igma Tau. For those of us who had the privilege of attending, the initial ses ion held a special thrill . In the Spanish P atio Room just off the lobby, the Johnstown Alumme girls, Evelyn Livin gstone, Edith Paul , Gladys Knauber, and Dorothy Risch were busy welcoming and regi tering the large number of visitors. It became increasingly evident as the room gradually filled that this would be a truly great convention. It must have been a particularly satisfying and pleasing occasion fo r Mrs. Staehle when she announced the opening of the Sixth Biennial Conclave; since there were more than one hundred A.S.T.'s registered in all! The enthusiastic and peppy gathering included 14 collegiate delegates, 15 alumn<e chapter delegates, 7 alumn;:e representatives, 5 faculty members, 7 national chairman, and our 7 national Council members. Besides these we counted several score visitors and guests from both collegiate and alumn;:e chapters throughout the country.

Indicative of the real loyalty and interest shown at thi conclave was the fact that there were more members present at the last meeting than at the first.

There can be little doubt in the minds of those participating in the business meetings in Pitt burgh that A.S.T. is destined fo r more far-reaching and progressive expansion during the next three years than ever before.

Our new three-year plan of organization as suggested by the National Council was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted by the delegates.

The principal points in this program may be grouped as follows: First- the division of collegiate and alumn;:e chapters into fo ur districts - western, central , southern , and eastern. The chairman of each region has the three-fold duty of being a national vice-president, president of her region, and organizer fo r the section. econd- it was voted to inaugurate a three-year plan havin g eli trict meetings the fir t year ( 193 7) ; chapter inspection the second ( 19" 8); and national convention the third year (1939).

Third- th ational ouncil wa increased to ten member to includ th fo ur el i trict Vice-presidents, and a ha pla in-Hi torian.

Fourth- T he number of tanding committee wa incr a ed to ix adding t th pr viou one , a ongb ok and F uncl r ' Da. ar up .

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Fifth- Three issues of TI-IE ANCHOR instead of two will be published annually on these dates: December 1, March 1, and June 1.

Sixth- Life membership fee of twenty-five dollars was made compulsory in collegiate chapters. For a special two-year period it was voted to reduce the fee to $12.50 for members initiated before September, 1936. This reduction was made to encourage alumnre to continue national interest and active participation in A.S.T. Seventh- Perhaps most significant was the establishment of a central office in charge of the national president. This central office, which is already functioning , combines the duties of national president and alumnre secretary, is a distribution center for supplies, and a clearing house for general information.

There were, of course, other items of business discussed; and reports filed. The principal work of the business sessions was the discussion and adoption of the aforementioned points. " Sorority-wi se" delegates, however, carefully noted plans and procedures ; problems and questions, of other alumnre and collegiate chapters as revealed in the reports during the first two business sessions.

A new feature of this convention vvas the round-table meetings on Thursday morning. Alumn re and collegiate adjourned to separate rooms for a consideration of problems affecting their own groups. Since most delegates had been instructed , by their home chapters, to discuss particular problems at the convention ; this offered an excellent opportunity for a pooling of ideas and solutions.

Another opportunity for becoming better acquainted with our sorority and each other was offered through attendance at the special committee meetings held in " spare" moments at the convention. While definite members were appointed as members of each committee , the meetings were open to any visitor interested in discussing the topic of that committee. Among others were THE ANCHOR, Finance, Exhibits, Resolutions, Development and Nominating groups.

On Thursday morning the convention heard a stimulating address by Miss Ruth Forsht, prominent Pittsburgh attorney, on the topic " Woman's Place in the Changing Economic World. " You will find her address in this issue of THE ANCI-IOR. All of you who read it will appreciate the reason for our busy pencils and note-taking during her speech ; and the enthusiastic reception we accorded her. The idea of a guest speaker was also new this year. We thank Josephine Paul and Florence Strayer for bringing her to us.

Everyone at the convention found that the time sped by with lightninglike rapidity. If there was one regret at the close of the convention it was a sigh for the shortness of time which we had to enjoy the charming contacts with lovely girls; and to transact interesting and vital legislation. For those reasons the suggestion of having a four-day convention under our new plan seems particularly appropriate.

The impression must not be gained , however, that our time was solely occupied with business meetings and serious topics. For those of us who had been present in Cleveland, the social cratherings were a time of

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real enjoyment as we renewed old contacts and made new. For tho 路e who were experiencing their first national conclave the well-rounded program of social events meant many cherished memories and happenings to carry home. To the efficient chairman, Josephine Paul and her capable committees go a carload of "orchids" for their extensive, well-planned, and successful program.

The first evening of the convention we were entertained at an informal mixer and party in the Hotel Schenley French Room. Members of the Williamsport Alumnce were hostesses, with Helen Dittmar a general chairman. After exhibiting our talents at " jacks," " cootie," " bingo" and autograph-hunting, we enjoyed light refreshments together. Wood~n bracelets painted by the Williamsport girls were given as favor .

Thursday afternoon the girls of Pittsburah Alumnce, under the chairmanship, of Florence Priddey, were in charge of a bu excursion around Pittsburgh; and later hostesse at a tea at the Webster Hall Hotel. The bus trip took us through the residential and park region of the city a well as giving us a taste of the hills which Pittsburghers must negotiate in their daily travel. We ended by touring the Heinz factory, an education in itself. During the tea in the plea ant open court-yard of Webster Hall we were entertained with vocal music.

Probably the most impressive social event, and the one toward which we all looked with greatest anticipation , was the Formal Banquet on Thursday evening. This was held in the magnificent ballroom on the main floor. One hundred twelve members were present. Miss Sara Wilson, delegate from Altoona Alumnce, was chairman, assisted by other Altoona members.

The table in the shape of an anchor was decorated with bowls of flowers in the sorority colors and candelabra. Favors, the gifts of Burr, Patterson and Auld Company, were telephone and adclre s books mounted with the sorority seal. (Burr, Patterson maintained a display table in the lobby for the duration of the convention ) : Miss Margaret Dorries, the attractive toastmistress, introduced the program which consisted of a welcome by Sara Wilson ; vocal selection by Mrs. Blanche Smink ; presentation of Scholarship Award Cup by Mrs. R. S. MacDougal to Omicron chapter ; and awards for prize-winning Scrapbooks by Miss Eleanor Brinkman to Zeta Tau Collegiate and Buffalo Alumnce Chapters. The Exhibit table in the convention room, incidentally, was very prai eworthy this year. Practically every chapter contributed to it with Scrapbooks, Invitations, Favors, and Scholarship Cups. The chief speaker at the banquet wa Mi s Edith Mansell repre entative to the A.E.S. , and president for 1935-37. Her topic wa the work and accomplishments of the a sociation to date, and their plan for the future. The girls of Zeta chapter were ho tesse at a Bridge Party following the dinner. Miss Mary St. Clair King presented Jo ephine Paul with a mall gift in appreciation of her work a convention chairman.

Friday afternoon following in tallation of new offic r and adjournment of th convention Delta chapter pre ented a model initiation rvic .

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the convention. A Farewell Tea on the Hotel Schenley Terrace was the final appropriate event of a most memorable three-day conclave.

Whether one left Pittsburgh immediately following the tea, later that evening, or the next day, every delegate carried with her a new and stronger sense of national responsibility and national-mindedness. As a convention assembled we had adopted these two aims reported by the Development 路Committee: 1. Our aim should be to develop a strong feeling of national consciousness by promoting the requirement of life membership in each collegiate and alumnre chapter, and by the sending of letters to and from the central office each month.

2. That development of a more complete national understanding be promoted through definite efforts.

There can be little doubt remaining that this convention, insofar as the delegates themselves were concerned, did accomplish both of those aims ..

It now remains for the 112 girls present at the Pittsburgh gathering, to encourage and promote both of those aims through activities and ideals suggested at the convention.

Beatrice Armstrong, the Pittsburgh delegate, said recently in a letter to the Central Office: " I want you to know that we Pittsburgh girls enjoyed the convention in all its aspects. We did appreciate the impressiveness of both business and social contacts. I think we have a clan of really lovable girls whose personality, efficiency and sartorial smartness score ace high towards the prominence of a sorority. " I would add to Beatrice's impressions that we also "score ace high" toward the national development and growth for which we are now aiming.

It is a long time until the next convention, yet the time will pass quickly, and it is not too early to be planning for it. As Betty Weaver, Delta, wrote after the last convention: "Girls, Alpha Sigma Taus from everywhere, be convention-minded and national-minded in your own inimitable A.S.T. fashion ."

BEVERLY Y. BoLLARD Sigma Alumnce R epresentativ e

My Country 'Tis of Thee HE reports of bloodshed in war-torn Spain, political upheaval in France and the despotic governments of Italy and Germany bring to mind this question- how many of us truly appreciate the privilege of calling the United States our home?

The European mind is trained from birth to have a passionate love of country. Patriotism is kept at fever heat ; for at any moment, a European must be in a frame of mind to fight for his fatherland.

The citizens of the United States enjoy peace and security with their

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neighbors. We need not be always on the alert for agre ion from our borderlands. But do we appreciate that blessed privilege? We take it for granted. Our very security makes us lax, and our children grow up with practically no training in national pride. True, they are taught to salute our flag and say the opening passages of the Declaration of Independence; but did you ever hear any fire of en thu iasm in the e renditions?

As citizens of the United States we enjoy the privilege of free speech.

Or do we enjoy it? When we are pleased, atisfied and happy, we ay nothing. When things go wrong, the heavens re ound with our vituperation - very bad publicity.

Our ancestors migrated to this country for religious freedom and that freedom became a part of our national policy. Should our government proclaim, "There will be no more public worship. If you must pay attention to God, do it at home," our public would rise to immediate rebellion, yet thousands of us rarely pass within the doors of a church. We abuse our privilege of doing as we please by doing nothing at all.

Along comes election year. Two courageous men are cho en to lead the opposing camps to battle. When the fog of complaint , accusations and counter-accusations clear away, we should take stock and thank heaven for the able leaders we possess and the tability of our government. During election year 路we are so busy looking for tree lice that we can't see the forest.

America is proud of her educational sy tern , and well she may be. But our schools are failing to teach our children to appreciate and put to their best use the privileges of American citizenship.

As a nation, we have the habit of raising our voices to sing only a lament. Let us count our blessings and recount to see how well we employ those blessings. Then when we sing "My Country 'Tis of Thee," let it rin g out as a hymn of praise and thanksgiving.

AuDREY LucKE, N u 1lumnre

Mothers' Clubs BELIEVE that a well-organized Mother ' Club is a eli tinct a set to any chapter. In the fir t place, the !Jother ' Club helps to keep the girl together in the difficult breach from the collegiate to the alumnre chapter. .

While an Alpha Sigma Tau is in chool , the sorority i kept always before her. She ha many interests in common with her sisters, but when he graduates, leaves college to find employment, there i a period of aclju tment during which he sometimes becomes too busy to devote much time to her sorority. Then, a few year later, he realize what he has missed by neglecting her sorority. uch an occurrence would be much les likely if the girl's mother w r al o interest d in the sorority. ncl , conversely, if we work to get our mother interested m lpha , igma Tau w will our.elve., b om m r int r st cl.

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In addition to promoting the unity of a chapter, the Mothers' Club can also be of financial assistance. One Mo thers' Club of which I have heard gives bridge parties to raise money for the collegiate chapter, and supports the chapter in every enterprise.

And still a third, less selfish, consideration is this; Our mothers will get a great deal of enjoyment out of such association.

The St. Louis Alumnc:e, of which I am a member, has had a Mothers' Day dinner each year until this event has become an established tradition, and our mothers are very enthusiastic about the affair. They no lonaer wait politely for their invitations- they start asking us weeks in advance " Where is the dinner going to be this year? " We spend as much time and energy on this affair as we do on a rush party, and our mothers are certainly the most appreciative of guests. We design invitations that are as clever as we can make them ; we have a favo r for each guest, something pretty but inexpensive such as a lace handkerchief, a bouttonniere, or a small plant in a fancy flower-pot. We plan a short program , usually about two musical selections. Then we devote the remainder of the evening to some game such as lotto, bunco, or flea. (Did you ever play flea ? Our mothers really enjoyed that. ) One year we had a casino party- one of our most successful. We provided each guest with a bag of money which we had made from gold and silver paper. Then we played various games such as card roul ette, and hor e racing. Each guest was allowed to play each ga me fo r a specified length of time, and at the end of the evening we awarded prizes to the mothers who had won the most money.

That's one excellent way of getting the mothers acquainted preparatory to oraanizing a mothers' club. Have a few lively parties for them, and you will have a firm foundation on which to organize the club .

I haven 't mentioned our mothers' pin. You have all seen it, I'm sure.

I 'm ure that owning one of these lovely pins would make any mother more sorority-minded. Think about this suggestion for a Christmas or birthday gift, or, even more appropriately, for a Mothers' Day gift.

LuCILLE Mmus, St. Louis Alu11'tnce

"True friend hips are most valuable of earthl y possessions, more precious than gold , more enduring than marble palaces, more im po rtant tha n路 fame. "

- J usncE LAMAR "H ating pays the poorest dividends of anything in this life, but there's no way to keep some folks from ma king poor investments.''

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The United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Celebration Essential Features of the Nation-Wide Celebration THE COMMISSION

HE United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission was established by an Act of Congress on August 23, 1935. It is composed of 18 members: The President of the United States; the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officio ; five Senators; five Representatives; and five persons appointed by the President. The President of the United States is chairman of the Commi ion ; Senator Ashurst is vice chairman, and Representative Bloom is director general.

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The celebration will begin September 17, 1937, the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States.

It will continue through the anniversary of ratification, and the organization of the National Government, to the inauguration of President Washington , April30, 1939.

PuRPOSE

The purpose of the celebration is to create a quickening of interest in the Constitution and its essential relation to the history of the Nation.

The historical background and origins of the Constitution will be studied, and the struggle for ratification, the triumphant organization of the National Government, and the constitutional phases of it later development.

PLACE

Every state, city, and town; every institution and organization; every home and individual in the Nation 路will be given the opportunity to participate and pay tribute to the Constitution, for the Constitution Sesquicentennial Celebration is to be a nation-wide commemoration. Each group is free to arrange its own program and carry out its own observance, with the cooperation and assistance of the United tates Constitution e quicentennial Comm ission.

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living in first one house and then another, meeting the di appointments of moving and the handicap of not owning our own hou e, collegiate member , alumnc:e, advi ers, and patrones e went on a house search in the sprina of 1926.

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story brick and frame structure. The basement affords a room for our house boy. On the first floor is our chapter room , which is about 15' x 30'.

From that are two doors leading to a porch which encircles it, and which affords extra space during rush week and for open house which is held annually for all the fraternities. Off the chapter room is the housemother's room, closet and hall. Her room is also used for guests' wraps during small parties. The dining room accommodates thirty at the table. Between it and the kitchen is a butler's pantry housing linens and dishes. The kitchen has a large stove with a double oven, complete work table and service space.

It connects with a large storage closet and a back porch. On the porch is more service space for desserts and salads. Enclosed from it is the household's cleaning equipment closet.

The second floor consists of five bedrooms, a bath, and a large sleeping porch which accommodates four double decked beds. The girls are responsible for the en tire care of the second floor. The third floor is used for storage of trunks, robes, and others things not in continuous use. Later we hope to have the house insulated and make a part of this floor into a large study room.

We purchased the house in 19 26 at the peak of real estate prices for $16, 500. The payments were to be made at the rate of $125 per month. In 1931 when pledges weren 't so plentiful , and rents were reduced, our payments were reduced to $100 per month and for only the first ten months of the year. The Kansas Legislature voted in 1933 that fraternal organizations should be taxed. That was a new problem, and the valuation of property had taken a huge drop. The trustees and advisers negotiated a new contract with the mortgage holder, and started the final lap of payments with an indebtedness of only $5 ,000, which was to be met in $50 per month payments for 10 months of the year. .

Taxes, insurance, and general upkeep 路on the house average about $320 per year. We always try to leave a balance of $300 to $400 each year to care for these needs and to finance the beginning of the school year. This fall, with our surplus of funds, we are purchasing two new divans and a rug for the chapter room , also an electric refrigerator for the kitchen. Last fall and this spring our efforts were directed toward the beautifying of the yard. 1945 should see us able to burn the old mortgage and be the unincumbered owners of our own house.

The 路first four years we averaged twenty girls in the house. This enabled us to keep up payments, repairs, and pay for the complete furni shings. Divans, rugs, beds, etc., were no small expense when added to our regular house payments. The last six years we have averaged about 15 girls in the house, but our expenses have been less. Four summers the house was kept open and we rented rooms to non-members also. We averaged twenty girls then. Other summers we've rented it to faculty members or to married alumnce. This year we boarded and roomed eighteen high school girls who were attending a state music camp on the campus.

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We have had two excellent cooks. The last one has been with u eight years. Due to her resourcefulne s and the >veil planned meals, we have been able to make a profit on the meals as a source of income.

In the beginning, the girls shared in the general care of the house with the aiel of a boy, who received his meals to care for the furnace. The last five years we have had a colored house boy who has his room in the ba ement. He does the cleaning, helps with dishes, and serves the meals. For this he receives his room and meals. Previously one of the girl had received her meals for serving the table. The house boy is a much more satisfactory arrangement. At first, two Home Economics majors planned the meals , but for the last eight years the housemother and cook have cooperated in doing this. They have a budget allowance for it and do the ordering also. w 路e have always tried to have a housemother who was poised , cultured , refined, and had the other admirable traits that we try to develop in our girls as they live their college clays at the hou, e. Mrs. Pearl Finbiner, our present housemother, is really a " find. " She insti1ls pride in the girls and a desire to become an all-round college girl, a gracious hostess, and one who will have the ideals set forth by Alpha Sigma Tau. he manages the house with equal ease.

The dinner parties, dances, and teas given at Iota 's house are alway mentioned for their beauty, as well as clelightfulnes . Grace is always sung, and between courses everyone joins in singing Alpha Sigma Tau songs, and other songs written by members and pledges. This is one of the most pleasant moments of the meal. As we arise from the table the Alpha Sigma Tau Hymn is sung. It has become a tradition with us to do the thing each day in our home living that we would do for guests. The girls always dress for dinner in the evening. Each fall for a month, table and house etiquette is discussed . Then we begin entertaining. One night a week we have guest from the faculty members and from the other fraternal organizations.

Another night we have girls whom we are desirou of having as members.

Sunday guests usually include members of families, or out-of-town friend s who are visiting. Many of our girl have said that one main reason they pledged Alpha Sigma Tau was because of the graciousness of each member, the feeling of hospitality that permeated the house, and the attention paid to our table service and general decorum. The many gifts to the hou e by pon ors, patronesses, and alumnre of a tea service china monogramed ilver table decorations and linens have helped to beautify our entertaining.

Some of the other traditions of our house are: that girls may smoke only in their own rooms- never in the chapter room ; that house rule be kept through respect to the organization rather than by force; that boy may be invited in any afternoon from 4 :30 to 5: 30 for dancin g ; that each evenina after dinner the girls have a social period from 7:00 until :00 for clancin a and other diver ions; that we attend church in a group on unclay mornin g ; that pledges each . ear before initiation 1 resent a gift to th e hou e; that we have a family ChrLtma_ party; that birthda) _ b lebral cl on a month with a special cake h norin g tho wh hav had birthd ays th a t month ; that th airL a_ mbl in th chapt r r m b f r

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dinner is announced; that each girl keep her per onal credit, and the organization's credit in good standing in the town and on the campus.

The ideal sorority house develops character and adjusts us to living in a large family , affords us an opportunity for social life that we receive in no other way at college. Social life development is one of the greatest needs of each individual. As our girls write back, it is always with a tinge of pride for the ideals furthered there, a homesickness for the good times and the happy memories spent in the house, of " Whitty," our solace as well as cook, and happiness derived from the friendships made there.

PERLE DALL , Iota Alumnce R epresentative

Central City Nights ~LL

roads in Colorado led to Central City on Saturday night, July 18, 1936, for the opening of the fifth glamorous play festival, "The Gondoliers" at the Central City Opera House.

Again the comfortable old Teller House was made ready to welcome its guests . It was here that President Grant once walked from the stagecoach to the entrance on a pavement of silver bricks. In one suite is furniture that belonged to " Baby Doe" Tabor (of Silver Dollar fame) as a young bride.

Central City is a place unique in our America of rapid change, as ageless and timeless as the old theater itself. Here a visitor to the city enters the life of another age, a life whose pattern is woven on a background of sprightly dance hall tunes, the clump of booted feet, and the rumble of ore wagons.

A more picturesque setting for a revival of these play festivals would be hard to imagine. The Opera House itself was built in 1878 by a popular ubscription among the gold seekers. Its walls are four feet thick. They are of solid rock taken from the mountain that encloses Central City. The interior has been restored to all of its original beauty. The walls are gay with frescoes, huge crystal chandeliers grace the ceiling and the floors are carpeted in rich crimson.

In the past such immortals of the drama as Booth, Bernhardt, Barrett, and a host of others have trod upon its stage. Since the Opera House has opened it is not owned by the University of Denver. The sponsors have scoured the country for talent compared with past tradition.

In 1932 Lillian Gish created a superb "Camille. " At the second festival the glorious voices of Gladys Swarthout and Richard Bonelli were heard in the glamorous "Merry Widow. " " The Gondoliers," produced this year was a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. Members of its cast included such names as Edward Kane and Grace Panvini, star of "The Barber of Seville."

It is really a privilege to attend a play festival in such a traditional theater in a little mining town in the heart of the Colorado Rockies.

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Founders' Day-A Proclamation WHEREAS, Alpha Sigma Tau was founded at the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan, on the fourth day of ovember, in the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine; and WHEREAS, The sorority has added many chapters to its roll and has sent members to every state of our country; and WHEREAS, The ideals conceived by our founders have been an inspiration to many; now Th erefor e, Be it known that I, Carrie W. Staehle, by the power vested in me as national president of the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, do proclaim that ovember 4, 1936 be set aside and observed as Founders' Day in memory of our eight Founders whose work will endure forever.

Given under my hand and seal on this the twenty-fifth day of Sep~ ember A.D . 1936, at Toledo, Ohio.

(Signed) CARRIE W. STAEHLE, National President, Alpha Sigma Tau (Seal)

Dear Sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau: HE Founders' Day committee wishes to extend its thanks and express its appreciation to every chapter for the splendid and willing cooperation in carrying out the program for our first nationally celebrated Founders' Day. Truly we have many traditions, both local and national- all splendid, all necessary- but it is true also that our Founders' Day should top the list. It is not only our most important day but one on which we should pause and remember with gratitude those who gave us our start. On this day we should take inventory of our own chapter, our own attitude, our loyalty, to see if we are keeping our torch burning brightly or just blowing on it enough to keep a feeble light aglow.

This year a general plan for celebrating was sent to every chapter.

This plan was not elaborate to be sure, but it contained suggestions that the committee felt could be adapted in some fo rm to every chapter. Back of every suggestion , however, the committee tried to stress one main idea, nationalism. What better time than on Founders' Day is there to stress national ideals?

The celebrations generally took the form of banquets. Most chapters decided to make it quite an elegant affair and o had a formal. All chapters used the sorority color . Many used autumn flowers while many were true to our own emblem , the yellow rose. Many tables were in the form of the anchor, an idea used before only by a few chapters. Just an anchor but again a national symbol !

The girl wrote many delightful things about the candlelight ervice. " It really i very impre sive" and " It simplicity adds much to it charm. ' It was ugge ted for Founders' Day as a uniform service. The committee a ked that alumnce and collegiate join in thi , as many in the alumnce had never before witne sed it.

Th I rogram were very impl . It wa sugcre ted to have them pin-

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shaped and some were very artistic. Emerald with gold lettering and tied with gold cords. One set was emerald with lovely gold paper just peeping out to form a gold edge, one delightful one had old fashioned ladies painted in colors on the cover and all had the years 1899-1936.

In most chapters the alumnc.e representative gave a short talk on nationalism. It is impossible to go into detail and tell how each representative handled this rather large subject but from all accounts all did a splendid job.

One representative started to tell about the convention and her enthusiasm fairly bubbled over. And well it might, because the convention was indeed very satisfactory and no representative could help carrying home with her enough national spirit to supply her whole chapter. Another told of the sorority aims and others of the new central office, how it seems to tie all of the chapters together and act as a clearing house. The committee could almost continue indefinitely telling of the many happy incidents of Founders' Day celebrations, but space will not permit, but they do want to thank the alumnc.e representatives for their help and to say that they are one of the strongest links in our national chain.

And so the banquets ended and those who attended undoubtedly caught much of the national spirit. Keep it, polish it with real loyalty, defend it and spread it and it will shine and grow and bring its reward not only to your sorority but to you!

Fraternally, DOROTHY LUDWIG

Progressing-or Just Drifting?

DEAR ALUMNA': SISTERS:

S YOUR alumnc.e chapter just drifting along from meeting to meeting as ours has done? Has it lost its power to hold its members due to the lack of interest? Do the younger alumnc.e refuse to attend regularly?

That was our problem until a new inspiration was gained at the Pittsburgh Convention. We had been thinking of these things, but had done nothing about it ! We were merely drifting along. Since the convention we have decided to make our alumnc.e a worth while contact for the girls instead of another monthly meeting. The other was fun for some of us, but we weren't getting the girls who should have been with us each time.

We now plan book reviews, personality studies, etiquette, dress appreciation, interior decorating, song fetes, radio program discussions, travelogs, common mispronunciations, and many other things.

We want to progress and look forward to the next meeting. Would you like to progress also? Perhaps you are already doing many of these things. If so, I think we can help each other. We welcome any ideas you may have. Write us!

BunNADINE WoMACK, Nu Alumnce

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Reigns at Homecoming ISS Eleanor Bader was elected fall homecoming queen at Kent State University.

She is a popular senior and president of Cardinal Key, a women's honorary society.

Eleanor has starred in many dramatic productions, and has been re-elected president of Eta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau this year.

On the afternoon of November 7, the queen was presented to the captains of the Kent and Marietta football teams and to the crovvd. iis Bader aid a few words through the loudspeaker system and was then driven around the field. At the dance she was crowned before the bigge t crowd to ever gather at Kent's gymnasium.

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Eta Chapter Hom ecoming Queen

Un gu ard ed Hours OT long ago I read a story that impressed me profoundly. It told of a young man and his wife who were mis ionaries in China, teaching in a mission school. One of their pupils, Ru-Tan , 路was an amiable, pleasant girl, but she seemed too stupid to learn anything that her teachers tried to teach her. She could not learn to read or write satisfactorily, nor could she remember even the fundamentals of the religion with which the missionaries tried to inspire her.

But, though she seemed unable to assimilate any of the education presented to her, she remembered clearly the kindness and love displayed by these two missionaries, and the story bows how her life was influenced ever after by her memories of the beautiful affection and trust between this young man and woman. When she left the school and returned home to marry the man to whom her father had promised her, she carried with her these ideals, and founded her home upon them. Through her influence, her hu band became kind and considerate, and her life wa happy and serene.

Her teacher never knew how much they had influenced her life. And o it happen with us. When we are conscious of the surveillance of others, we try to be our mo t graciou selves. But what of our unguarded hours?

What of the times when 路we think no one is watching?

Let u endeavor to make our personalities so sincerely graciou that tho who notice our unguarded hours will be rea ur d by the xample of ur liv s.

L CILLE l\Im f. Louis . llum11tc

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NE of the chief purposes of the Convention was to provide for a solid backing of united alumnce members, and it is for this reason that the next two years will be devoted to bringing every alumna into active organization as a life member.

Special inducements are being offered, therefore, to get each girl who was ever in an acti ve chapter to ally herself firmly with the organized alumnce fo r the furtherance of Alpha Sigma Tau, and to substantiate her pledge by payment of a Life Membership fee.

We who have graduated from college in the last few years can scarcely imagine "carrying on" without an active interest in so rority affairs. Ours were the days of alumnce organizing, but as is the case with most movements, it could scarcely be retroactive. The girls vvho were already out of chool, perhaps in so me other city, naturally considered so rority life ended with their college days.

Student chapters have paid us the compliment of asking for our support.

Flourishing alumnce chapters have proved their worth and in many cases can hardly be improved upon. However, there are still a great many girls who have not yet been reached. T hey can be brought back into the organization and kept in touch with surrounding chapters by means of Life Membership in the national organization whi ch includes subscription to TH E

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Student and alumnce repre entati ves brought back the news of the strenuous efforts which will be made to solidify alumme forces before eptember 1, 1938 . While certain concessions have been made fo r those gi rls still in school, they are not the ones whom we are seeking to reach in this drive, however much we need thei r enthusiasm. Girls just graduated or still in college have been habituated to the idea of " nat ional," for some time. However, the girl s whose so rority ties we re seve red by graduation are tho e to whom our effo rts are being directed primaril y.

Bargain prices are not being offered because a cheaper arade of merchandi. e is being offered. Specially attractive rates are being offered now because now, and at no other period probably in our development, it is necessary to know definitely the exten t to whi ch Alpha Sigma Tau has the backing_ of a loyal alumn re. By September 1938 we should know fairly well upon how many we can really count, as sorority expansion is partially dependent upon the cooperation of former members.

Delegates to the Convention are fully informed concerning the attempt to make all alumnce Life Members. The Life Membership chairman will be glad to answer promptly and full y any inquiries received as to rates and methods of payment. The inducements now offered cann ot continue past the stipulated period , so astute business women will come in under the reduced rates and profit by giving their support, for life, to Alpha Sigma Tau. MAXINE Mmus, St. Louis Alumnce

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Sorority Status UST as a state is no better than its citizens, so it follows that a sorority is no better than its members. Therefore, if a sorority would choose to improve or maintain its campus status, the best way is to take inventory of its membership.

A social organization should never allow itself to become pigeon-holed as representative of one phase of college life. The mo t popular student on any campus are those who are most versatile or in collegiate terminology "they get around. " Likewise sorority members hould " get around. " They should be well represented in such student function s as the college publications, dramatics, student government, and social life.

In choosing new members it is wise to think of what the prospectives can do for the sorority, not what the sorority can do for them. After all the sorority 's name is only what the sorority girls make it. A rush party, or dance, or any other undertakings of the group is successful only because everyone cooperates by doing her a!!signed bit. Cooperation also serves to develop a strong bond of friend ship between members because they are all striving to attain the same end.

A sorority whose members represent many field s ha no need to worry about its status.

R u TH M E RRI CK , Eta

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Loyalty NDOUBTEDLY loyalty is a virtue- one that we admire in others and should try honestly to cultivate. Without it we lack the ability to cooperate with others, to share the common interests of our as ociates, and to make friends. But loyalty may be sadly misunderstood. It should not be interpreted as a habi t of sanctioning the doings of our friends, regardless of what they do. Very often the proper enforcement of municipal, county and even state laws are seriously hampered by individuals who deliberately conceal information about the crimes of their friends or families that should be revealed for the good of the majority. The same situation is often found in schools when the better students fail to report infraction of rules because they wish to remain " loyal " to the offenders, forgetting that their own high ideal and those of others hould first be preserved.

Punishment should never be meted out as a result of an individual' desire , for personal revenge or for selfi h or jealous reason . But, if the ca e is one that affects the welfare of the group one should pledge hi loyalty to the preservation of law and the highe t po sible standard of conduct. He mu t learn to 1 ublicly denounce all acts affecting the hiah ideals to which hi loyalty i pl dged.

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Top, left: Emporia Alumnre home from the convention: Helen Garman, Berle Dall, and LeRoyce Downing. Center: Mellie Cassel, president Welch Alumnre of Omicron.

Right: Buffalo Alumnre Babies: Rose Anne Obrien, Tommy Obrien, Dick Wilkins, Bobby Wilkins, Donald Black.

Center: Bluefield Alumnre Bottom, left: Le Royce Downing vacationing in Colorado. Right: Alma Ashley in New Orleans harbor.

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Building "Give me wide walls to build my house of Life.

The north shall be of Love, against the wa lls of fate.

The so uth shall be of Tolerance, that I may outreach hate.

The east of Faith that rises clean and new each day.

The wes t of Hope that e'en dies a glorious way .

The Threshold 'neath my feet shall be of Humility.

The Roof- the very sky itself- Infinity.

Give me wide walls to build my house of Life."

AUTHOR UNKNOWK

f1 S I read this bit of poetry I wondered if so rority affiliations r \ be one very strong-walled room in our house of life.

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Certainly one part of this wall shall be of love. A sorority helps one to learn to love people because we know that affection does exist between so rority members. Don't we say with a different expression in our voices, "She 's a sorority sister of mine! " "The south shall be of Tolerance . . . . " Many, many times we must endure hardships, but if we have someone to whom we are "bound by ties that naught can sever," things do not seem o complex. " Faith that rises clear and new each day ... " Sorority life trains one in loyalty. Members of a sorority are usually characterized by a mutual "stick- to-it-iveness."

The strongest part of this wall formed by soro rity contacts should be humility- the willingness to do things for the good of the group, then the willingness to stand back and let each person in the sorority receive an equal share of the glory.

Then I am sure the Roof will be taken care of by the inspiration we receive through associations with others of similar interests. These inspirations will drive us to unlimited heights, and our achievements should be immeasurable.

In the future let each of us have as her aim to try to develop those qualities which are to make the walls of the room of sorority affiliations within our house of life.

R uTH CRUISE, Omicron

Just Dumb HI S is the story of Little Lulu, or Little Audrey, or maybe it's Little 路 Miss Blank, a pictured in a current magazine. That perpetual innocent wa seen next to a tin-cup beggar from whose neck hung the ign DE:-\F ND DU 'IB. Did it bother the little girl ? Not at all路 on her tender che t reposed the placard JUST DUMB. I for one, would not have the temerity t boa tin thi mann r of mv own short omings, unle dre, _ing for a ma, querade- and with th _tri 路t und r tanding that it was a mask!

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There is always the remote chance, however, that in our mugness lies our risk. We advertise in many ways other than print, and some of them are far more effective. Except to the actress these notifications are apt to be natural: spontaneous and oh! so truthful. We get in the well known rut and never worry until the jolts become sharp dumps. Local chapters go serenely on their ways, enjoying their prestige as an ordained gift. In â&#x20AC;˘ most cases the slump comes gradually. Then an especially humiliating jolt calls for serious thought, and we wonder how it could have happened to u .

All social fraternities suffer from such misfortunes- so me more than others. Girls with a little foresight can ward off too sharp a fluctuation.

It is my opinion that the sorority "specializing" in one type of girl is in the most danger. The sign JUST DUMB hangs in plain view.

Visit any campus. You will be shown the houses; you will see the inmates. The chance is you will be told that Alpha prefers brains (the inference being book-toters) while Omega goes in for the snobbish set.

Or it may be literary yearnings, or music, or perhaps physical culture.

Birds of a feather will congregate, and we are pleased to believe we are bettered by it. The fact that we might learn a little something from another group never enters our busy minds. The truth is that there are interesting souls in all groups. It doesn t take a great deal of ferreting to find the girls who would bring new outlooks to the chapter and still remain congenial. ., Sheer laziness won 't do it; neither will a guilty postponement. I grant that the easier course is to pick prospects in your own image, but some day your august type may prove tiring. In fact , your great talents may not prove to be as indispensable as you so fondly believed. The chapter's vaunted prestige will fall, and you will begin to have headaches.

And when the pleasant school days are over, my clears, a speaking acquaintance with more than one type will do much to widen your friendship . Not only that, but it will also give you more genuine pleasure than you may be willing at present to believe. You may have no dramatic talents whatsoever, yet an acquaintance with the stage could not fail to fascinate.

You may never be an active sportswoman, yet even the dress shops are recognizing the value of "spectator" sports. Wherever you go, the greater the number of your interests the more pleasure you will get out of living.

The JUST DUMB person misses much in life.

EMPORIA

AL UMN .4':

COURTESY How sweet and gracious, even in common speed Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!

Wholesome as air and genial as light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends , And gives its owner passport round the globe.

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For Parents

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OVE and kindness are essenti al to a happy home; not the mistaken love and foolish kindness which gives way to every selfish whim of childhood, but the patient far-seeing virtues that look beyond the present to the child 's future and hereafter.

Children, particularly boys, need to be studied and understood. They need to be treated justly but kindly. The toleran t father and mother who try to understand their children are too few. T hey want to drive them.

It is of little use for paren ts to p reach virtues to children while they themselves disregard them.

If you would have your children be just, kind , well-manne red, and truthful, be all these things yourself, fir t. T hese virtues practiced by the parents and insisted upon kindly but firmly from the children , are wha t go to make up that which may truly be called "a good home."

Do not expect the teacher to train your children in the virtues which you yourself do not practice.

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VERO ICA WILKINS,

Buffalo Alum.ncc

What Is the True Sorority Spirit?

/1 S STUDE ITS in college, we try to adj ust ourselves to the various r \ phases of college life and activities, bereft, many of us for the first time, from the influences of home and parents. Thus, it is natural that we turn to a girl or groups of girls for close companionship and common interests. The sorority is a means of " tying up" and uni ting more intimately those girls who meet these needs most satisfactorily. The sorority on the campus more nearly takes the place of fami ly life than any other organization. What, then, should be our attitude toward our sorority? Should we become so absorbed in our own intere ts and sisters that we fail to cooperate with and appreciate the value of other phases of campus life- most of all, gai ning friendships with non-sorority girls?

Fortunately, we do not hold such a biased conception of our duty as sorority girls. We consider our membership a challenge to greater achievements in broader phases of college life. We have ideals for which to strive and realize that "snootiness," flauntin g our "sorority-ship" in forms of superiority are too little and meagre to fit in with these. We strive to maintain, now and throughout our lifetime, that we should not only have become bigger and better by having joined A ...., T, but that we as individual members have enriched our Sorority.

PATTIE } EFFREYS, Zeta Tau

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Recipe For a Thriving Sorority

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O EACH Alpha Sigma Tau chapter, add one good set of officers , including a good leader as a president, an accurate secretary, a careful treasurer, and a good committee chairman. Mix thoroughly until smooth and evenly grained. Then add a generous amount of congeniality, a dash of wit, two ounces of courtesy and a small amount of ginger. Sweeten with equal amounts of cheerfulness, kindness, and charitable thoughts. Work well together, then add a handful each of pep, and patience for each member. Keep mixture at an even temperature ; no steaming, boiling, or stewing necessary. When done, sprinkle generously with willingness and the product will be ready to serve and will grace any chapter of A. S. T. MARGARET WALLIS , Pi chapter

What an Alumnae Chapter Can Do

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E THINK our alumnre are simply grand. We certainly did appreciate the help they gave us during rush week. They helped us plan the activities, suggested girls for us to rush, gave a benefit bridge to help us financially, and drove to Greeley from Denver, a distance of fifty miles each way, twice during the week to be with us and help us rush.

Such loyalty and cooperation makes us all eager to be a part, when we graduate, of that faithful group of friends who are carrying on ideals of Alpha Sigma Tau and are continuing to be a part of the collegiate chapter and help it grow.

Nu CHAPTER

"Balancing the Budget"

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I CHAPTER sent two thrifty delegates (both former treasurers) to Pittsburgh. Being very familiar with the status of " the books," these "Pis" plotted together to repair such damages as their trip might have done to the treasury.

This is how they did it. They bought back two of those lovely bracelets from Burr, Patterson and Auld's display, and raffled one of them in the active chapter and the other in the alumnre chapter. The chances were all sold in one meeting. These delegates not only made their expenses, but made a bit more for their much cherished treasury.

HELEN AuBURN, Pi chapter

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The

National Tobacco Festival

NE of our own Zeta Taus, Frankie Bryan, along with seventy-four other princesses attended Miss Eve Mark-Wardlaw, queen of the N ational Tobacco Festival, in South Boston, September 10, 11 , 12.

Frankie was selected by the popular vote to represent her home town, Crewe, Virginia. From talking to Frankie, we find that she was royally entertained. Upon arriving at South Boston, she was escorted to a private home where she found the real Southern hospitality. There were over seventy-five floats. The first three carried the queen and her court. The other floats represented various tobacco companies. The prize was awarded to the Camel Company float. Camels and many beautiful girls smoking Camel cigarettes made up the float. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians furnished the music for the ball the night of the twelfth. Each princess was announced by Mr. Lombardo as they walked into the beautiful ballroom. Frankie says that this was one of the most thrilling times in all of her life and we Zeta Taus are very proud of her.

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Report of the Examination Committee for the Year Closing June 1936 Collegiate Chapters

Numb er of Av erage for Pledge Pledge Examinations Examinations

Alpha .... .. . .. . . . .... 1 Delta .... ... ... . ... ... 15 Zeta . ............. .. . 24 Eta ... ... . .. . . ....... 16 Theta . ..... . .. . ...... 18 Iota . ..... . . ....... . none Lambda . . . . ... . . .. .. . 2 Nu ....... ... . .... .. none Omicron .............. 37 Pi ............ .... ... 16 Rho . ... .. ... ... ... ... 24 Sigma .. . ..... ... ..... 22 Upsilon ... .. ....... . .. 8 Zeta Tau .... . . . . .... .. 16

B

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Number of Active Examinations

Average fur Activ e Examinations

4 28 9 29 22 11 3 none 33 16 none 12 24 21

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CARMEN S. DELANEY Examination Committee Chairman

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Report of Awards Committee for the Year Closing June 1936 Chapter Average Omicron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.094 Delta .. .. .... .. .... ... . . . . ... .. . ... .. .. 2.193 Zeta ....... . ..... . . . . .. . . . ....... . . .... 2.203 Lambda .. . . .. .. ........ . . . . . . .. ... ... . . 2.233 Theta .. .. . . ... . . . .. .. ... . . . .... . .. .. . . . 2.414 Zeta Tau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.443 Pi .. ... .. . . . .. . . . .. . ... .... ...... .. . . .. 2.482 Upsilon .. .. .. ..... . . .. . ...... . .. . .. .... 2.488 Sigma ...... . ........ . ... . . ... .... .. . . . . 2.649 Eta ....... ... .. ... .. .. ... .... . .... . . . .. 2.697 Iota .... . . .. .... . ... . . . . . .......... .... 2.721 Nu .. ....... .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. Incomplete Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Report Alpha . . .. . .. . . . . ..... . .. .. . . ...... No Report Respectfully submitted MR S. R . S. M ACDOUGALL MISS VIOLET SANDERS MR S. CARM EN D E LANEY

Courtesy Makes Character 1 ET us take heed of the habits, tastes, and even hobbies of those around

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us, in order not to cross them in anything, especially our superiors and our kinsfolk. There are a thousand minute details of manner and conduct, insignificant in themselves, but to which some, especially elderly and nervous people, attach so much importance that a slight negligence with regard to one of these little points puts them in a bad humor for a whole day. There is a question of shutting a door, of making a little too much noise upstairs, of being punctual, of playing one game rather than another or of listening to a story we have heard a hundred times before. A thoughtless person or an overbearing one will despise such petty matters as mere trifles and in doing so will spoil the comfort of one to whom he owes gratitude and respect. A more pliant and amiable person will, for virtues sake, submit to what is required of him and will thus please God and endear himself to his fellowmen.

V E RONI CA WILKIN S, Buffalo Alumnce

CHAPTER NEWS ALPHA CHAPTER Ruth Voice is teaching at Bath, Michigan, near Lansing, and has joined the Lansing Symphony Orchestra as first violinist.

Lucille Disenroth is back on campus and is again an active member.

She was a member of the new Lansing alumnre chapter.

Lovina Jibson, who formerly taught at Muskegon, is also on campus this term. While she does not feel that she can be active, she i very interested and plans to be with us occasionally.

October 10 fo und seventeen girls seated cozily around the fireplace at the VandenBelt home. We entertained seven rushees by making fudge , popping corn, and roasting marshmallows. Scottie dog pins were the favor .

We have three girls joining this term , Darline Friday, Mary Pellegrom, and Ruth Goot.

Mrs. Rolland Bates entertained the actives and alumnre of Ypsilanti at a tea in honor of Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Wilber, and Mrs. VandenBelt, our new patroness. Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. Wilber are former Alpha Sigma Tau members.

A Foun ders' Day luncheon was held at Charles McKenny Hall, on November 7.

L UCILLE DI SENROTH

DELTA 'S DOINGS September 17- Ideas from the Convention , plans in the air for the coming year, renewing old acquain tances, finding new friends, especially among the freshmen- all this helped start the new year with enthusiasm.

September 26- Panhellenic tea- Deltas had charge of the music. Met and discu sed Taus-to-be- maybe!

September 27- Bacon, waffles, and hot coffee- Yes, it was the Tau at Rustic bright and early Sunday morning- back just in time for church.

October l - In the Activities House we girls heard Mi Kimball our new assi tant clean , Ribbon service was held for Jane and Jean . Coffee cakes, and nuts were erved.

October 15- Fault night- Can we Taus take it ? They ay it takes your best fri ends to tell you your wor t faults, therefore we turned to our si ters. Of cour e, they told u our good qualities too. We al o had pin ervice. oe, ctober 30- Ma ks, queer co tume goblins, and witche - Ii n of ur patrone s s, had a Hallowe n party for us at h r apartm nt.

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November 4-Today the Taus are all dressed m white for Founders' Day. November 14-Founders' Day banquet at Rustic Lodge. Alumnre are back-An impressive candle service was performed.

November 19- 0u.r own prima donnas and pianists entertained us in the Activities House.

ETA CHAPTER Eta chapter has moved! We are having lots of fun planning new furnishings for our house. Our fir st move has been to fix up a study. We bought drapes, a studio couch, book cases, and so on. At the present time we are investigating rugs and radios. Our advisers have made some much appreciated contributions. Many pieces of furniture are being donated by girl living in the house as well a those living elsewhere.

Four Alpha Sigma Taus living a short distance from the sorority decided to become known as the Tau Annex House. They erected a sign which remained there overnight. Someone else wanted to hide their identity.

Homecominrr was November 7. Eta chapter planned some clever decorations for the chapter house in its hopes to win the award offered for the most attractive decorations. Ada Swan , chairman of the committee, was assisted by Helen Strouse, Marjorie Keppler, Ruth Merrick, Dorothy Season , and Randa Tozer.

Our first rush party is going to be very clever we think. We are carrying out a circus idea with side shows, hot dog stands, sawdust, clowns, and fortune tellers. Our refreshments will be very gay as well as delicious.

We are having checkerboard bread, pink lemonade, and popcorn balls.

Eight of last semester 's pledges were initiated October 11 , formal exercises were held at the sorority house. Margaret Lawrence, Mary Alice Morrow, Peg Moore, Delores McGrath , Virginia Schantz, Vera Wallis, Helen Jane Pierce, and Mary Watson are our new girls. A dinner was held at the Captain Brady immediately following the exercises for the new actives.

Eleanor Bader, our president, is one of the three candidates for homecoming queen. Election is to be held Tuesday the third . A political rally was held on Thursday the twenty-ninth . We had a parade, cars and all. We made signs ((A Bader Vote is a Better Vote." Speeches were held opposite the college, notable campus leaders campaigned for Miss Bader. She has the distinction of being the only student on the campus who has been honored in the American Student's Who 's Who. H ARRIET TE D EW EESE

THETA CHAPTER Theta chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau experienced an unusual round of activity this season. Heading the list were a series of rushing partie~. including a tea at Moinets, a waffle roast for which Ruth Heilman's spaciou"

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home was generously donated, and a third party at the Sorority Apartment. This last one was in the nature of a "Country Skule" with the members and guests dressed as kids. In keeping with the spirit of the evening a comedy on school life was presented. Luncheon was served in the form of packed boxes.

Although not pre-arranged as such, this party also served as a housewarming in the newly decorated apartment. Fresh paint glistened from stern to stern, most of it applied by the girls themselves.

Completing the parties for the time being are formal pledging, and Founders' Day. As a diversion (also with the hope of gaining a little newspaper publicity) the girls decided to outfit some Goodfellow dolls for Christmas distribution, whereupon the chapter was deluged with a carload. Our intention of learning how accomplished in sewing the girls were was thwarted, inasmuch as the dolls were taken home, and we can guess who did the sewing there. Incidentally, it was discovered that girls at least, do not prefer blondes. First in order of preference came the dark-haired dolls, then the brownettes and the blondes were left for late-comers.

Our sponsors, Miss Edith Mansell and Dr. Gertha Williams deserve a special vote of thanks for their presence and cooperation at the various meetings; also, the alumnc.e, whose gifts so enhanced the chapter apartment.

JEANNE SMITH

lOT A CHAPTER Our sorority has purchased beautiful new chapter room furnishings this year. A full length, dark-green rug covers the floor. Two new brown and gold-trimmed divans, a matching chair, a white leather occasional chair, a coffee table, an end table, two white table lamps, and one large white, indirect-lighted floor lamp complete the room.

Mrs. Glenn G. Finkbiner has returned to resume her chapter hostess duties for the fourth year.

RusH WEEK A Dutch bridge began Iota's rush week this fall. The guests were entertained with bridge and hearts. At the close of the evening, a Dutch lunch was served.

On Tuesday evening a dance in the form of a Co-ed Revue was given.

The girls danced during the evening, and a tap dance was given by Peggy Wells, a juvenile tap dancer.

Wednesday evening, the guests played "Bingo" at a Monterey party.

The chapter house was decorated with curios from Old Monterey. At the close, prizes were given for "Bingo," and as the climax of the evening a Mexican lunch consisting of hot dogs, soda pop, and coffee wa erved over a mock bar.

The ru h week activitie were brought to a close on Thur day eninoFALL

Above: Rho. Center, left: A. S. T . House Party at Virginia Beach, Va. Right: Zeta Tau. First row: Margaret Pittard. S econd, Merwin Gathright, LeNoir Hubbard . Third, Gay Dtieffen, Cassie Boswell.

Below: Members of Zeta Tau : First row: Frankie Bryan. Second row: Mable Burton, Pattie J effrys, "Boo" Speake, Doris Isbel. Third row : Frances Williams, Adelaide Dressler, Virginia Winston Smith, Mary Ethel Barnes, Frances Thomas. Fourth Row: LeNoir Hubbard, Margaret Carroll, "Musse'' Hoyer.

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with the annual "Yellow Rose" dinner. Soft piano music was played during the evening.

PLEDGE PARTY, NoVEMBE R 7, 1936 A " Collegiate Swing" ! Doesn't that sound interesting? That's the way we pledges of Alpha Sigma Tau entertained our dates, the actives and their dates, and our sponsors.

We gave the party at the Emporia Country Club. With Jacko Phillip ' twelve piece dance band playing from one side of the room, banners gaily fluttering and balloons, confetti , and serpentine in evidence, we managed to obtain the real collegiate atmosphere.

Our dance programs were clever little booklet written up in such a manner as to resemble text books. Within was the dance proaram featurin g twelve dances and our " favor " dance.

Our favors were little paddles painted green and had the letters "A 2. T " printed in gold .

WHo's WHo Delores Honer, our president, who was honored by being chosen as one of the five girls representi.ng the ideal college girl, is also president of Panhellenic, an enthusiastic member of Primary Kinderaarten Club, a member of the President's Council , and the Y.W.C.A. Virginia Lois Briggs is our vice-president, and she was a hard-working, peppy rush captain this year. Virginia Lois was selected a one of the twelve candidates for the all-round college girl, Peggy Pedagog. She is a member of the commerce club.

Lucretia Peqcock, our editor and custodian, was also an admirable assistant rush captain. She was asked to teach a college class of preparatory English this year.

Myrel Yost is corresponding secretary. She is a member of the Gilson Players, a dramatic organization , Chairman of the New Citizenship Commission of the Y.W.C.A. Winifred Vignernon is our economical treasurer. She i a member of the Commerce Club and also the French club. She is captain of the varsity basketball squad.

Pledges Marie Bogue is secretary and treasurer of the physical education club and a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, girls' pep organization.

Mable King is one of our music majors taking piano , organ, voice and violin. She is a member of the madrigalians, symphonic chorus, glee club and chorus.

Treva Thompson i another one of our music majors taking piano and organ. She i a member of the orche tra and chorus.

Miriam Walters i majoring in instrumental mu ic with iolin-c llo her major. he is a member of the piano trio faculty ensembl orch ~ tr choru , gl club, and ymphonic chon1 .

H\ ZEL R RI K

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NU CHAPTER Rushing on our campus began immediately this fall , with preference teas given by each sorority during Freshman Week, and formal rushing the next week.

Alpha Sigma Tau's first rush activity was a mountain party. We all went together in a school bus, singing sorority songs and other pep songs all the way. When we got there, we went hiking, and then lunch was served to us in the lovely rustic dining room of a cozy cabin. " The Gay Nineties" was the theme of our formal rush dance. Appropriate pictures were hung about the wall, representing " that old gang of mine," " mother 's old boy friends" and many others. Our floor show included gay " bowery " dances, and a minuet. The orchestra entered into the spirit also, by giving us some old numbers and real old-fashioned fiddling, as well as modern dance music. Eleven of our alumnce were here that night.

An old spinning wheel by the open fire , soft light from little spinning wheel lamps, and little hostesses (our patronesses' little girls) dressed in colonial costume provided the atmosphere for the lovely colonial party which our patronesses gave us. There was also a musical program , consisting of piano, violin and harp solo .

After pledge services for our four new girls we had a dinner at the chapter house, and the next week a tea honoring them an-d our housemother.

Halloween house dance, with one of the fraternities as our guests, provided an evening of much fun and hilarity.

Our Founders' Day luncheon and program was held at the Shirleyavoy hotel in Denver, together with our alumnce.

LOG OF THE "OMICRON" In the year 1923 , a peaceful year, radiant with hope, cheer, and joyous promise, the good ship Omicron with a crew of four college girls of Concord State Teachers College stood at anchor on the wharf at the college campus, determined to oraanize a sorority. Thus a local sorority, Beta Theta, was organized.

But in 1930 came the gala year in the history of Beta Theta, later Omicron chapter. Many people gazed upon it in wonder as thirteen actives and pledges, headed by Jessie Worley, stepped aboard. It was rumored that they were about to set sail on new and untried waters in a quest for an everlasting bond of sisterhood.

It was in this year that Beta Theta ceased to exist and Omicron chapter, claiming high scholastic standing, was established on the campus at Concora College.

Before the ship got underway September came again with only one member, Lillian Moses, on the campus. It would make the log too long to tell the story of this eventful voyage, for Captain Moses did wonders.

Twelve new members were added to the crew.

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to the crew of the good ship Omicron. 1932 brought seventeen new members to aid in the voyage.

In 1933 A.S.T. felt the need for a faculty adviser. Miss Mae R . Hunter was taken on board to keep the crew in shape.

Alpha Sigs came and went. Some landed at their ports, some dived into the sea of matrimony, while others arrived at their long-visioned destination. 1933 found us with a new president, Mellie Cassell, who took into her crew ten new recruits.

1934, Ferne Shumate took hold of the tiller, rode the angry waves, and secured fifteen members to accompany us on our trip.

In 1935 Louise Anderson with her personality and charm led us to victory as we sailed forward over stormy seas. This year will be remembered long as Omicron chapter received the national scholarship cup as well as the local one.

1936 finds Helen Bradley at the helm. Nineteen of us have embarked on another school year with high hopes of reaching our destination carrying away honors.

We have as our faithful captains Miss Mae R. Hunter, M rs. Bula McNeill, and Helen Bradley with the following crew: Carabell Honaker, Marcella Whitlock, Virginia Cushman, Josephine Lily, Josephine McCorkle, Kathleen McCorkle, Ruth Cruise, Mildred Johnson, Julia Dalton, Lallah Collier, Mildred Whitehead , Eveline Brown , Dorothy Klingensmith, Madeline McNeill, Bernice Gunnoe Meadows, and Mary Martha Poling.

MILDRED J m-INSO '

PI CHAPTER PI CALENDAR- J UNE TO SEPTEMBER JuNE 11-Graduation A big night for Pi chapter. Eight girls graduated .

J uNE 13-15- Week-end Party Another annual week-end at Cathryn Matthews' Club- and who said two could sleep on one cot?

J uNE 23- Moonlight Excursion Our second annual excursion on the Steamer President, down the lovely Mississippi.

J uLY 7-Summer Meeting Meeting at Gladdy 's to discuss September rushing.

AUGUST- Convention Need we say more ?

EPTEMBER 7- School Opens School opened again and all Alpha Sigs haunted the hall to o路et a glimp e of the new freshmen and greet the Freshmen II ' .

EPTEMBER 7- Evening Initiation beautiful formal initiation for ni ta Barr and Harri t Mar ch utz. 路

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SEPTEMBER 18-Rush Party Our first rush party at the home of Vera Bartman. A clever International Party with lots of individual games and cunning gum-drop favors.

SEPTEMBER 26-Rush Party A Collegiate Breakfast was our second rush party. It was held at lovely Osage Hills Country Club. The favors were slender green eversharps with Alpha Sigma Tau engraved in gold.

CATHRYN MATTHEWS

SIGMA'S FIRST RUSH PARTY Sigma chapter launched the fall rysh season on September 28, setting sail with a shipload of eager rushees for the Land of Fun and Fellowship.

Fair weather allowed nautical games to be played on deck (don't take us too literally) , as soon as the guests had acquired their sea legs. Life savers, edible and otherwise, encouraged the timid. The captain 's red, white, and blue dinner was a fitting climax to the nautical (but nice) flavor of the cruise. Each guest disembarked with a tiny "bon voyage" bouquet of gum drops.

The Good Ship Sigma, upon closer inspection, proved to be the attractive home of Mary Harsch, one of our alumnce sisters. The crew was under the direction of Muriel Porter and Elizabeth Prohaska.

SIGMA FoRMAL RusH On Tuesday evening, October 20, the sorority entertained seven rushees around the cozy hearth at the Wanakah Country Club. This was our second fireside dinner, and marked the establishment of a new Alpha Sigma Tau tradition.

Probably the fireside atmosphere was responsible for recalling all the old songs and inspiring the rendition of the new favorites. Those who preferred to listen occupied themselves with bridge. This still doesn't account for those who went out to gaze at the moon. It.really was a beautiful moon.

Almeda Hoskinson and Doris Tober were chairmen. A feature of the evening was the use of our brand new A.S.T. candlesticks.

ELIZABETH PROHASKA

RHO CHAPTER SociAL DOINGS Our social activities were started off this fall with a picnic supper and handkerchief shower, given in honor of our two faculty advisers, Miss Mildred Riling, and Miss Irene Scrivener. Miss Scrivener has returned from Los Angeles where she has been for the past year working on her doctor's degree at the University of Southern California. We are very happy to have her with us again.

Top: Pi. Ct•n/ er, lrft : Rho . Ri.~hl : Pi Plcdrv Boll om: mi ron .

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October 2 was given to the Alpha Sigs for their ru h partie , and we rushed from 4:30P .M . to 8 o'clock A.M., with a tea, cocktail party, yellow rose banquet, theater party, midnight smack, slumber party, and a clunker's breakfast. Our rushing must have done us some good, as we now have eighteen of the most desirable girls for pledges!

October 27 we honored our new pledges with a Halloween dinner. The Halloween motif was carried out in decorations. Guests were seated at card tables, and sorority songs were sung throughout the meal.

ZETA TAU CHAPTER CHAPTER DOINGS

In eptember the Zeta Tau chapter 路welcomed two alumnre back into its activities, Gay Stieffin and Margaret Bailey. They returned to the college to complete their college courses.

Informal rushing for the old girls was held the first week in April and the third week in October. The rushees were entertained by having several old girl take them down town or to the chapter room to listen to the radio and play games. We pledged four airls in the spring and one in the fallDorothy Bagby, "Boo" Speake, Cassie Boswell, and Mary Anness Harper, our spring pledges, and Agnes Thompson, our fall pledge.

Fall Cotillion went over as a huge success. It was held in the State Teachers College gym, October 31. The gaily be-decked couples tripped the li(Yht fantastic toe to the syncopated rhythms of the University of Virginia orchestra. The Alpha Sigma Tau dates were easily recognized by the yellow rose boutonniere. During the intermission punch and cakes were served in the chapter room. Many of our alumnre returned for the occasion.

On the evening of October 30, gold figures, 1899-1936, shone proudly from emerald shields- and just as proudly shone the names of alumnre, faculty advisers, active members, and pledges. You see! We were celebrating Homecoming Day and Founders' Day together, with a banquet.

Yellow flowers and green candles carried out the color scheme and helped make everyone have a fine time- for where can friends be quite so friendly a around an attractive dinner table?

L E Nom H uBBA RD

"This world Lhat we'er a-living in Is mighty hard to beat; You get a thorn with every roseBut ain't the roses sweet?"

-FRANK STANTON

ALUMNAE CHAPTERS ALTOONA ALUMNJE On Saturday noon, November 7, the Altoona alumnre met at the Penn Alto Hotel for lunch in celebration of Founders' Day. MARGARET DoRRIES

BUFFALO ALUMNJE FouNDERs' DAY

Tables arranged in the form of an anchor, yellow chrysanthemums, and programs in the shape of pins, with old fashioned girls decorating them greeted us at our Founders' Day banquet. After being seated the banquet was opened in a very impressive manner with the candle service accompanied by soft music. Lillian Zdarsky played a violin solo. Gilberta Morran acted as toastmistress. Miss Chapman gave a short speech and then Beverly Bollard spoke on "Developing the National Spirit." At the conclusion of this speech we sang " Emerald and Gold " and then held a joint meeting of the alumnre and collegiate chapters to discuss the problems of the two organizations in relation to each other.

GREELEY -DENVER ALUM NJE The first fall meeting was held in September at the home of Opal Wilson Gish. Plans to assist the active chapter were made.

Ruth Ewer entertained at the October meeting. Plans were made to provide a definite program at each meeting.

The second annual Benefit-Bridge party held in Public Service club rooms was again a huge success due to the untiring work of Pauline Allen.

Through her assistance a delightful trio of Denver University musician rendered instrumental music during the program. Ruth Ewer again provided a lovely menu. Proceeds of the party were sent to the active chapter to as ist in their rushing.

About thirty active and alumnre Nus observed Founders' Day at a banquet at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel November 5. Edna Romans provided a very appropriate program which consisted of toasts, songs, and convention new .

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EMPORIA ALUMNJE Drizzlina rain ! What an ideal September afternoon to ao fishina! In rain-drenched clothes our group attended Ethel Beck and J Zaji ft shing party- in Ethel 's ba em nt.

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With miniature walnut ships and globes as a setting for the October party given by Le Royce Downing and Inez Boy, our alumnce set sail for a life membership drive for Alpha Sigma Tau. If we have as much persistence and faith as Columbus, vve will have just as success ful voyage as he in 1492.

Elephants and donkeys. Ballots and a pre-election vote! These were the decorations and entertainment of Perle Dall and Mrs. Whitaker 's pre-election party given on Saturday, October 29, at Perle's home.

The married girls have not neglected their husbands this fall. Doctor and Mrs. Shebilsky entertained the Alpha Sigma Tau husbands and wives with the first " family " party. A speckled roaster was presented to Ester and Fred Griffith, who held high score.

An October husband and wives' party was given by Ethel Beck and Jessie Zajic. A large family-sized roast, the first prize, was awarded to Lee and Ida Wayman.

INE Z M. BoY

JOHNSTOWN ALUMNJE The Johnstown chapter of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority did not meet for several months following the flood of March 17 , which was so eloquently written up in the May ANCHOR. During the summer, however, Dorothy Risch and Evelyn Livingstone entertained with showers for Ruth Henninger Biddle and Betty DeFrehn McClintock, recent brides. In the late summer Josephine and Edith Paul returned to their home, which they were compelled to leave at the time of the flood , and which has now been completely renovated. The group met at the home of Florence Strayer in October, and in November the girls enjoyed a most delightful dinner party which was the closing event for the year 1936.

LANSING ALUMNJE Last fall a few girls met at the home of Florence Baker and made plans for organizing an alumnce chapter in Lansing. After a few meetings we had sixteen members to be installed, fourteen of whom are Alpha graduates.

On Saturday, May 23, 1936, Clara Schumann (National Alumnce Secretary) , Emily Fitzgerald (Alpha Alumnce Representative) , Eleanor Brinkman (Theta Alumnce Representative), and seven Detroit Alumnce came to Lansing. We had luncheon at the Olds Hotel, then drove to Marion Bailey Harris's home at East Lansing for installation ceremonies.

Florence Schmid Baker takes an active part in church, school, and club work in Lansing and East Lansing.

Ellen Brandel manages to keep very busy socially as well as to help her sister, Emily Brandel Kane, in the care of Emily's baby son.

Lucille Disenroth has left us for Ypsilanti , where she has enrolled at Michigan State Normal College. We shall miss her, but the Alpha girls will gain an enthusiastic member.

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Dorothy Martin is the artistic member of our group. She teaches at Walter French High School. Dorothy patiently and willingly makes the grandest place cards for our various function , and this fall she de igned and executed our attractive program booklets.

Mary Walton is one of our most faithful members. She never misses a meeting although she must drive from Dimondale to be with us. Mary is principal of Dimondale High School.

Lenore Davis and Myrtle Byrum live on farms near Mason, Michigan. vVe all wish they could be with us more often. Myrtle's charming daughter is studying at Michigan State Normal College this year.

Willow Wood Cameron is a Beta alumna. She is very active in musical circles and devotes much time to her talented daughter, Jean, who is a promising young pianist, and to her son, Jack. Mr. Cameron i a Lansing attorney.

Margaret Taylor Craddock finds that teaching and her husband keep her time very much occupied.

Allura Custer has a charming five year old daughter, Carolyn. Allura does social service work in Ingham County.

Hazel Eaegle, our delegate to the convention at Pittsburgh, brought back a splendid report. She has one daughter, Georgia. Her husband is a druggist.

Helen Hoffmeyer and Maxine Springer are our brides. Helen assi ts in the dispensary and does first aid work at the Fisher Body plant. Maxine teaches second grade in one of the Lansing schools.

Marion Harris's husband is an M.D.; consequently she is busy with Hospital Guild work. Parent Teacher and Girl Scout work claim much of her time also. Her two young daughters are adorable- long black curls, big brown eyes, and in addition charming per analities.

Gertrude Kimmich devotes her leisure to reading and various social clubs. She is to review " Gone with the Wind " for us soon. Her husband is a pharmacist.

Myrtle Gates is employed in the office of the Auditor General of Michigan.

In September we started our year's programs with a business and social meeting at the home of Ellen Brandel. A report of the National Convention was given by Hazel Eaegle and our program for the year was planned.

A committee was appointed to contact Alpha chapter to ee if we could help them with their problems.

Our October meeting was a membership coffee at Marion s home. The guests who attended we hope later to make members of our group. We were 路 given our very attractive year books. Bridge filled the remainder of the evening.

Founders' Day wa celebrated in Iovember by a dinner party at Willo" Cameron 's home.

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PITTSBURGH NEWS DEAR SISTERS OF ALPHA SIGM A T Au:

Our Pittsburgh alumnre chapter is on the mend again. Our meeting have been fairly well attended , especially by the charter members. An alumnre chapter in its embryonic stage is a discouraging thing. It takes perseverance and cooperation in addition to able and willing leadership.

We in Pittsburgh are somewhat handicapped by the diversity of our interests as well as the location of our homes. However, it is astonishing, in view of these facts, the number of members who live within a forty mile radius of the city and yet never miss a meeting. If you live near Pittsburgh, why not attend our meetings? They are held the second Saturday in each month at tauffers on Wood Street.

And now something of our activities : On July 16 twelve charter members were formally initiated at a delightfully impressive ceremony held at the home of Beatrice Armstrong in Bellevue. Refreshments and the social gathering which followed acquainted new members with Betty Weaver of Ford City, who installed the chapter.

A group of us rented a cottage at Geneve-On-The-Lake, the second week in August, and if you think we didn 't have an enjoyable time, just ask Bea Armstrong, Peg Guckert, Kit Kramer, Mid Cadzow, Louise Johnson , and Louise Wherry. Their ravings are comparable in fervor to the new father or complacent mother over an only child.

There is a possibility that all convention reactions will contain a certain degree of similarity, but even though that may be so, perhaps you may find one original idea or at least some free advice in what little we have left to say-"Alumnre of Alpha Sigma Tau, try to attend the next convention. " The association with a group of girls, the renewed friendships , and the new friend s made, rekindles that dormant feeling which one is apt to have at this stage of the game, that feeling of half-hearted interest in the Taus and what they are doing. That old feeling of " oneness" is recaptured .

And now our last bit of news concerns Founders' Day, our first Founders' Day to be exact, and therefore a most important event in the life of an infant chapter. Stauffers again provided the locale of our banquet, a charming revival of old friends and ideals. A theater party followed.

The moral of our ramblings is this : Don 't lose track of your sisters.

Their friend ship is far too valuable, their association too precious to be carelessly thrown aside. Renew the old bonds and ties, and you'll be the happier for it. Don 't let commencement be the ending. Make it a joining day of the old and new. Take it from us Pittsburgh Taus for " Experience" has been our most wise teacher.

LouisE WHERRY B E ATRICE ARMSTRONG

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WELCH ALUMNJE vACATION STORIES

Most of the alumnc:e certainly " did their vacations up brown" this summer. Excluding the married ladies who stayed home to look out for hubby's wants, the rest of the girls exchanged their pedagogical duties for "happy days. " Helen Bero looked Michigan over, Julia White enthused over Duke University, Lilian Crockett, Lois Knapp and Ruth Bevins combined business and pleasure at Concord.

The rest of the girls just lazed here and there through the long clays, getting pepped up for the year's work.

FALL STORIES

The girls are starting out strong this fall. Two meetings have been held so far. Five new members joined the group. Everyone has promi eel faithful attendance, so here's hoping for a big year.

The sectional vice-president, the alumnc:e representative, and the president of the active college chapter, to keep in touch with our alumnc:e, journeyed down to one of the meetings. We like their spirit and cooperation.

It keeps us interested.

To-B E STORIES

Best of all the to-be stories is the one that 11 of our alumnc:e have promised to lay away a little sum each month toward that life membership.

Won't it be fine when we are all life members? We are trying to make that story true by spring.

We shall support our college chapter more vigorously by attending their functions and paying our clues. We shall have at least one get-together a year with the other two alumnc:e chapters. } ULIA WHITE

WICHITA ALUMNJE CHAPTER NEWS

Last summer, during the worst heat of the year, Hildred Dungan was subpoenaed as a witness in the Federal Grand Jury investigation of Marketing Practices of Major Oil Companies at Madison, Wisconsin. She made this a combined business and pleasure trip . From Madi on she went to Milwaukee and on to Chicago where she enjoyed a visit with Mabel Yearout Traxler. 路 路 Mary Bess Hannah, our Rho member, surprised us by announcing that she wa married recently.

Mo t of u are getting settled after our summer vacation . Helen Pfanschmid t is furni bing a new apartment; Helen Renfro poi ling J acki lma hley pecking the typewriter; Evelyn lphin Helen t 1 . N ra Forrest r wen Killion are all teaching again . lair B u insi. ts , h L btL)'

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keeping her two boys in chool. Mildred Chamberlin uses her home economics training by supervising special banquets for her church.

Wichita held a Kansas Diamond Jubilee celebrating the 75th anniversary of the state. One of the features of this was an outdoor pageant " Four Centuries Marching" reviewing the development of this territory from the time of Cortez until the present. Wilda Woods was one of the assistant directors of this.

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WILLIAMSPORT ALUMNIE CHAPTER NEWS

Zeta alumnre chapter has completed its program fo r fall and winter activities. Something different and interesting is planned for each month.

October 21 a Halloween party and guest night was held at Hi-Vu cabin near alladsburg. Helen Dittmar and Blanch Smink were the hostesses .

A tureen supper was enjoyed, followed by an evening of games and ghost tories.

Zeta collegiate chapter from Lock Haven Teachers College and Zeta alumnre chapter observed Founders' Day together at a cabin party on Iovember 4.

A dance was held in the ewberry Community Hall as a Founders' Day celebration on November 20.

MUSES In the chalice of the sunset In the gleam of the moonlight In the sound of water lapping In the lilt of naiad's music I wo uld stand amazed at man's ineptitude In the stately rime of words In the hues of autumn 's gardens In the chant of adoration In the silver art of nature's songs I can stand in awe of man's obtuseness In the subtle film of vapor In the thin sound of the wind In the galaxy of stars In th e glory of the sun We can find no room for malice, pettiness or strife

Ln"LIAN VocT, St. Louis Alumnre

PERSONALS MARRIAGES Eta Billie Streine to Jay Miller, June 6, 1936.

Eunice Hines to Ray Nesbit.

Sula Neale to B. L. McBee, October 11 , 1936.

Lucille Jacobs to Delbert Cline, August 14, 1936 .

Omicron Helen M. McNeer to Noel G. Gunnoe, November 30, 1935.

Bernice Gunnoe to Azel Meadows, July 5, 1936.

Virginia Marinelle to Amaday Amici, February 1936.

Rho Maurine Newsome to Milton Coalson, October 24, 1936.

Buffalo Alumnce Dorothy Brumly Newman to Arthur Pautler.

Doris Constable to John An tener.

Betty Kennedy to Harry Wright.

D etroit Alunmce Helen Frostic to Neil Warren, June 1936.

Eleanor Devlin to Delmar Matthieu, Ap ril 11 , 1936.

Emporia Alumnce Lois Beck to Maurice Barricklow, September 20, 1936.

Leta Swisher to Clark Ulrich, June 1936.

Jolmstown Alumnce Ruth Henninger to Myron Biddle, June 1936.

Betty DeFrehn to William McClintock, June 1936.

Welch Alumnce Mayme Marshall to Bernard Watkins, July 14, 1936.

Lois Foy to Herbert L. Knapp, August 8, 1936.

Myra Hurt to H. L. Reynolds, August 11 , 193o.

Wichita Alumnce Mary Bess Hannah to Cline M. Burnam, October 1, 19:'o.

Beckley Alurnnce Marjorie Lilly to Lawrence H . Ma on July 8 19.,6.

H Iva Farl y to Earl McVey May 25, 1936.

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Zeta Alumnce Elizabeth DeFrehn to William McClintock, June 10, 1936.

Edith Morrison to Charles Wright, July 4, 1936.

Elva Williams to William Grier, late summer 1936.

Mary Mowrer to Fred Strine Keiser, October 10, 1936.

Elizabeth Spotts to Henry Peploski , November 5, 1936.

BIRTHS Rho Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Newell Wright (Melba Garrett) , a daughter, Patricia AIlea, August 7, 193 6.

To Mr. and Mrs. David Colbert (Loui se Taylor) , a daughter, Dorothy Lou, October 5, 1936.

Z eta Tau Alumnre To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hawkins (Jac Morton Hawkins) , a son , Harold Franklin , October 4, 1936.

B eckley Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Auburn Baumgartner (Lillian Moses) , a daughter, Rita Adele, August 12 , 1936.

Buffalo Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Holdsworth (Marion Thomas) , a daughter, Mildred Ella, October 3, 1936.

Emp01路ia Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Renfro (Helen Logan) , a daughter, Jacqueline C., June 30, 1936.

To Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Slotts (Helen Campbell) , a daughter, August 24, 1936.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cleadus Miller (Gladys Converse) , a son, eil Dean, August 23 , 1936.

To Mr. and Mrs. Marion Fall (Helen Norri s) , a son, Marion Gregory, July 17, 1936.

St. Louis Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. S. Carl Robin son (Dorothy Bennett) , a son , Dallas, eptember 30, 1936.

Z eta A lumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Matchett (Martha Dice), a son , Earl Dice, July 7, 1936.

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kintzing (Lenore Sharp) , a son, Frank Reese, October 17, 1936.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL Presiden t . .. . ... . . . . . .... . ... . ... . . . ..... . .. .... .. . Mrs. Carrie W. Staehle (Alpha ) 2838 H olyo ke Dr., Toledo, Ohi o Vice-Presidents in Charge of Organizing: Mrs. F . J. Schumann , 90.J. E. Grand Blvd ., Detroit , M ich . . . ...... (Theta) Miss Edit h Paul, 106 Lincoln St., J ohnstown, Pa . ... . .............. (Zeta) Mrs. H oward Dall, 1114 Exchange St. , E mporia, Kan ... . . ....... . (Iota) Mrs. Meade Me eill , Athens, W.Va . ....... . . . .... . . .. . . ...... (Omicron) A.E.S . R epresentative ... . ... . ...... . .... . ... . . .. . . .. . . . Miss Edith Mansell (Beta) 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park , M ich.

Secretary ... . ... . .. . .. . . . ... . .... . . .. . .... .. . . . Miss Mary J ane Ma nchester (Eta) 1020 S. U ni ve r~i t y, Ann Arbor , M ich.

T reasurer ...... . ............. . ......... . .......... M rs. Adrian Ridderhof (Zeta) 16502 Blackstone, Detroit , Mich.

Editor ............. . .. . .... .. .. . ... . . . .. . ...... . . . .. . . Mrs. J . G. Doyle (Theta) Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill , N .Y. Chaplain and H istorian .... . ...... . ......... . . .. ...... . .. . M rs. Royal Lucke (Nu) H enderson, Colo.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES Scholarship Awards ..... . . . .. ... . .. . . . . ... . ........ . M rs. R . S. MacDougall (Zeta) College Glen Dr., Lock H aven, Pa. Examination . . .......... . ..... . ... . . . ......... . ... M rs. W. Ralph Delaney (Theta) 15341 Alden Ave., Detroit, M ich.

Scholarship L oan Fund . . .. . .......... . . . .. . . .. M iss Margaret MacDonald (Sigma) 673 Richmond Ave. , Buffalo, N.Y. L ife Members hip ....... . .... . .. . . ... . . .. .... . .. ...... . . . M iss Maxine Mirus (Pi ) 3636 Connecticut, St. Louis, M o.

Song- B ook . . .. . .. . . .... ....... . .... . ........... . . .... Mrs. R obert Smink (Zeta) 708 2nd Ave., Williamsport, Pa. Founders' Day . . . .............. . .. . .... .. . . . . .. . .... M rs. Alm ore Ludwig (Sigma) 150 Saranac, Buffalo, N.Y. ASSOCIATION OF E DUCATION SORORITIES Chairman . ..... . .. . .................... . . . ... . .... . ... Miss Edith Mansell , A.S.T .

161 Highla nd Ave., Highland Park , M ich.

Secretary ... ....... ...... . ...... . ... . .. . .. . ........ Miss M abel Lee Walton, S.S.S. Drawer 27 1, Woodstock, Va. T reasurer . .. .. .. . ........... . . . ...... . .......... . . ....... Mrs. Fred Sharp, A.S.A. 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo .

Director of L ocal Panhellenics .... . ... . .... . ... . ..... . ... . Mrs. C. P . eidig, P .K.S. 3632 Paxton Rd ., Cincinnati, Ohio Direct or of City Panhellenics . . . . ......... . ..... . . ...... . ... . Mrs. Orley See, D .S.E. 48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif.

Chairman of Eligibilit y and Nationalization .............. Miss Carrie E . Walter, T.S .U. 381 5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Chairman of Pu blicity . . ... . ..... . . . ..... . . . . . ........ Miss Lula M cPherson, P .D .T .

Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kan.

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COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS AND CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES ALPHA-Michigan State Normal College .... . ... . .... . ... . .... ... ... Ypsilanti, Mich.

Lucille Disenroth, 61 3 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

DELTA-State Teachers College ... . ..... . . ... .. . .. . ... . ... . ...... . .. . .. Indiana, Pa. Marion Weaver, 1235 4th Ave. , Ford City, Pa. ZETA-Lock Haven State Teachers College . ... . ............ . .... . . Lock Haven, Pa. Pauline Barrows, cj o A.S.T ., S.T.C. , Lock Haven, Pa. ETA-Kent State College .... . ............ . ..... .. .... .. . . .... . .... . ... Kent, Ohio Verna Siegfried, 270 Columbus St., Kent, Ohio THETA-Wayne University . . . .. .. . . .............. . . . ........ . ... . . . Detroit, Mich .

Ruth Heilman, 311 W. Montana, Detroit, Mich.

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

Myrel Yost, R .F.D. #1 , Emporia, Kan .

LAMBDA- Temple University .... . . . .. . ... .... . . .. ..... .. . .. . .... Philadelphia, Pa. Mary Jane Greeninger, 703 Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. Nu-Colorado State College of Education . . . . .... ... . . . . . . .. . ... .... Greeley, Colo.

Zina Beck, 1805 12th Ave. , Greeley, Colo.

OMICRON- Concord State Teachers College ............ .. . . . .. ..... .. Athens, W.Va. Madeline Me eill, Athens, W.Va. PI-Harris Teachers College ... . . .. . ... . ........ . .. .. . .. . ...... .. .. .. St. Louis, Mo. Dorothy Fleming, 61-W Lucille, St. Louis, Mo. RHo-Southeastern Teachers College .... . .. . . . ..... . .. . .. . . .. ... ... .. Durant, Okla.

Kathleen Kelchner, 61 7 W. Elm St., Durant, Okla.

SIGMA- State Teachers College ......... . ........ . .......... . ... . . ... Buffalo, N .Y .

Marjorie Milius, Buffalo, N .Y. ZETA TAu- State Teachers College .. ... . .. . .. . .. .. ... ... ........ .... Farmville, Va. Margaret Bailey, Box 167 , S.T.C., Farmville, Va. UPSILON- State Teachers College . .. ... . ..... . ......... . .. . . . ..... . . Conway, Ark. Eugenia Keith, Van Buren, Ark. ALUMNJE CHAPTERS AND CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES ALTOONA- Helen Frisch, 1003 2nd Ave., Altoona, Pa. BECKLEY-Dessie Sarrett, Beckley, W.Va. BLUEFIELD- Thelma Bailey, 1808 Jefferson St., Bluefield, W.Va. Bu FFALo- Marion Holdsworth , H Hoover Ave., Kenmore, T.Y. DENVER-GREELEY- Ruth Magneson Ewer, 1145 Clayton St., Denver, Colo.

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

EMPORIA- Mrs. Lee Wayman, 91 8 Peyton, Emporia, Kan .

JoHNSTOWN- Margaret Kyler, Cox St., Johnstown , Pa. LANSING- Ellen Brandel, 310 W. Lenawee St., Lansing, Mich .

NoRFOLK-PORTSMOUTH- Alberta Collings, 532 Shirley Ave., Norfolk , Va. PITTSBURGH- Margaret Guckert, 719 Orchard Ave., Bellevue, Pa. ST. LoUis-Madolyn Kehl, 7400 Florissant Rd ., St. Louis County, Mo .

WELCH- Lillian Wolstencroft, War, W.Va. WrcHTTA- Helen Renfro, 1206 Fairview, Wichita, Kan .

WiLLIAMSPORT- Helen Dittmar, 1558 Scott St. , Williamsport, Pa. Yo uNGSTOW N-Ca roline Phillips, M yron St., Hubbard , Ohio .

ALUMNJE REPRESE TATIVES ........................................ . .. .... Mrs. Emily Fitzgerald 523 0 Audubon , Detroit, Mich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. D nald Baxter 1533 0 Forrer Ave ., Detroit , Mich.

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DELTA .. . ..... . ....................... ....... ....... .. . ..... Miss Betty Weaver 1235 4th Ave., Ford City, Pa. ZETA .. ......... ...... . ........ . .. . . .. . . .. .. ........... ..... . Mrs. Blanche Smink 708 Second Ave., Williamsport, Pa. ETA ....... .... .... . . ...... . .. . ........ . . . ....... . ... .. .... .. . .. Miss Helen Sext 373 1 W. Park Rd ., Cleveland, Ohio THETA ............. . . ..... .... ... . .. . . ................... Miss Eleanor Brinkman 3326 Maybury Grand, Detroit, Mich. f . .. . . ...................... . ......... ... ........ . .......... Miss Inez Boy

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... Miss Le Roy ce Downing 114 Exchange St., Emporia , Mich.

LAMBDA ....... . .... .. .. ... .... ........ .. .. . . ... ..... .. . Mrs. Anne Warren Troth 104 Park Ave., Westmont, N .J. Nu . ... ... .. ...... ....... .. ... .... ... ... ..... .. ..... . ..... Miss J oanna Eberhart Hudson, Colo.

OJ\nCRO ' .. . ................ . .... .. ....................... . Miss Romaine Ka node Athens, W.Va. Pr ...... ... .. .... .. . .. ......... . .. . . . . . . ... .... .... .. . . ... ... Miss Virginia Ruby 3439 Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo. RHo .................. ... .... . . .... . . ... . . . . . ... . ........ Mrs. Pauline M cQueen 424 N. 2nd, Durant, Okla.

SIGMA ...... . ....... ..... ............. ......... . .......... Miss Beverly Bollard 323 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. ZETA TAu .......... . . . .. . . ... .. .. ....... . . ... . .. . . . . . ... . ... . Miss Mary Nichols 410 Beech St., Farmville, Va .

PSI LON ............. . ....... . .. . .. ... .................... .... Mrs. Mary Hughes 243 Conway Blvd., Conway, Ark. INACTIVES BETA . .............. . . . ............. .. ...... .. . .. ........ . Mrs. Claude Larzelere 405 High St., Mt. Pleasant, Mich .

XI ..... . ...... . .. . .... . .. ........... .. .............. .. .. . Miss Mildred LeMaster 246 S. Third, Montrose, Colo.

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

KAPPA .... ............ . . . ... ... . ........ ........ .. ......... . Miss Isabel Finkbine Oxford, Ohio ADVISORY BOARD ALPHA .................. . .. . .... M rs. 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 Edna Bottorf, 215 E. Walnut St. , Lock Haven, Pa. ETA ............. .. .......... .... .. Miss Laura Hill , 417 E. Main St. , Kent, Ohio Miss Harriet Adams, 23 7 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio THETA . . . .... ... ....... .. Miss Edith L. Mansell , 161 Highland , Highland Park , Mich.

Dr. Gertha Williams, 630 Merrick, Detroit, Mich .

Miss J ane B. Welling, 630 Merrick, 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, 1703 lOth Ave. , Greeley, Colo .

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OMICRON ...... . ............. . ............ .. . . Miss Mae R . Hunter , Athens, W .Va. Pr. . ........ ... ........ .. ........ Miss Edith Glatfelter, 4720 N . 20th, St. Louis, Mo. RHo ....... . . ..... . ... . ..... . ... Miss Mildred Riling, 624 W. Elm, Durant, Okla.

Miss Irene Scrivener, 624 W. Elm, Durant, Okla.

SIGMA .. . ... . .... . ......... . Miss Luella Chapman, 916 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, .Y. Miss Ruth McLean, 10 Claremont, Buffalo, N.Y. ZETA TAu .............. .. . ... . . . . . . . . Miss Virginia Bedford , S.T.C., Farmville, Va. UPSILON . . .... .... ..... .. ....... Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, 730 Donaghey, Conway, Ark. CHAPTER EDITORS ALPHA . ..... . . . . ... . ... . . . Lucille Disenroth , 613 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

DELTA .. ... .. ... . . . . . . ......... . ...... Anne Davis, 429 Keysto ne Ave., Creson, Pa. ZETA . ..... ... ..... . .... ... .. . . . . . ... . . .... E llen Harding, S.T.C ., Lock Haven , Pa. ETA .. .. .. . . . . .. . . . . .... . ....... . ... Dorothy Seaso n, 33 4 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio THETA . ... . . . . . .... . ....... .. . . . . ... Willie Dawkin , 2912 Vicksburg, Detroit, Mich. lorA . . .. ... . . . .. ... .. .. .. . ..... Lucretia P eacock, 1006 Constitution, Emporia, K a n.

Nu... . ... .. . . .... . . . . ..... ... .. . Lillian Griffith, 1723 7th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

OMICRON . ... . . . .. ........ . . . . .... .. Dorothy Klingensm ith , Box 176 Athens, W .Va. PI. ........ . ...... . . . .. .. . . ....... .. . J anice Wrausmann , 4324 L ee, St. Louis, Mo. RHo . ....... . ... .. .. . . .... .. . . . . ... Kathleen K elchner, 617 W . Elm , Durant, Okla.

SIGMA ...... . .. . ... .. ..... . . ...... . . ... Doris Tober, 190 Keysto ne St., B uffa lo, N .Y. ZETA TA u .. .. . . .. . .... . . .. . . . .. . .. Le Ioir Hubbard, Box 136, S.T.C., F a rmville, Va. ALTOONA .. . .... . . ..... . . . .. . ..... . .. . Margaret Dorries, 1805 1st Ave., Altoona, Pa. BECKLEY .... . . . . . .... . . ... .. . ........... . . .. Dorcie Shumate, Glen Daniel, W .Va. BLUEFIELD ..... . .. ... . . . ... ... . ..... . .. . . .. . .. . Frances Graves, Montcalm, W .Va. BuFFALO ................ .. . . . ......... Mary Whiting, 424 Dodge St. , Buffalo, .Y. DENVER-GREELEY . .. ..... . ... . .. Burnadine Womack , 234 S. 3rd St., Brighton , Colo.

DETROIT .. . .. . . . . .. . ... . ... ... . . ........ . . Grace Myers, 7830 Prai ri e, Detroit, Mich .

EMPORIA .. . ....... . ... . ........ . .. .. ....... . ..... . ... Inez M. Boy, Strawn, Kan .

J OHNSTOWN . . ..... . . . . . .. . . . . ....... . ..... . ...... . Dorothy Risch, D avid ville, Pa. L ANSING .............. Mrs. Hazel Geo rgia Eaegle, 411 S. Butler Blvd., La nsing, Mich.

NoRFOLK-PORTSMOUTH ...... Mrs. Frank Thomson, 626 Douglas Ave., Portsmouth , Va. PITTSBURGH . . ....... . Mary Eber, 202 S. Braddock Ave., East End, Pittsburgh , Pa. Sr. Lours .. .. ................. . . . Dorothea Schaberg, 5104 Wabada, St. Louis, Mo. WELCH ...... . . . .. . ........... . .... . . . ... . . .. ..... . Julia White, Eckman , W.Va. WICHITA ... . .... .. . . . . . .. . . ... Mildred Chamberlin, 305 W. E levent h, Wichita, Ka n.

WILLIAMSPORT .. . . ...... . ...... . Ma rtha Matchett, 25 02 W . 4th St., Williamsport, Pa.

A ReminderThat clue to our new policy of publishing THE AN CHOR three times a yea r, material for the nex t i sue (March ) will be clue not la ter than February 1, 19 7.

THE EDITOR