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The National Council exte nd s s1ncere greetings and best wi shes to all Alpha Sigma

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Tau s for a joyous holiday season.

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Entered as second class matter November 25, 1937, at the pos t office at Menasha, Wiscon stn, under the Act of August 24, 191 2. THE A NCHOR of Alpha Sigma T au is publi shed during the m onth s of October, D ecember, Marc h , and June. Sub scription price $2.00 per year. Publica tion office, George Banta Publishing Co., 450-454 Ahnaip St., Menasha, Wis. Editoria l office: Mrs. Justin G. Doyle, Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill, N .Y.

Page A Sorority Mother Speaks for Sororities . . . . . .

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Ricctava in Java . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Theories of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Charity ........ . ... . .... . .. .. . . ......... .

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Rush Season at Pi Chapter

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Exhibition Coal Mine

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Are YOU Interested ?

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Places of Interest in the Middle West

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

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Book Review "Madam e Curi e''

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Collegiate Chapter News ... ..... . . . ...... .

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Alumnre Chapter News .. .. ....... . . . . . .. .

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Personals

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Directory

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Hold High the Torch Hold high the torch-you did not light its glow 'Twas given you from other hands you know 'Tis only yours to keep it burning bright, Yours to pass on, when you no more need lightFor their feet that you must guide And forms go passing by your side Their eyes are watching ever tear and smil e And efforts that you think are not worthwhile Are sometimes just the very help they need Actions to which their souls would take heed So that in turn they 'll lift it high and say: " I watched my sisters carry it this way" If brighter paths should beckon you to choose Would your small gain compare with all you wo uld lose?

Then, hold it high- you did not light its glow 'Twas given you from other hands, you know I think it started down its pathway bright, The day the maker said: "Let there be light. " -

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A Sorority Mother Speaks for Sororities

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NE of the questions a mother of a college girl always asks is, "Should my daughter join a sorority? " As a member, a patroness, and the mother of two girls who are members of Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, I feel that I can help answer this question.

In any sizable student population, a girl has a difficult time building up intimate friendships even though rather loosely organized groups provide " mixed parlors, " "big sister" teas, and other "get acquainted" meetings.

The student meets many other students, but there is little chance to do more than to learn a few names. There is need for more personal contacts and the sorority is the logical organization to give them. The sorority is interested in accepting only as many girls as can be taken care of, and this guarantees an interest in each individual.

The sorority is not merely a club. It is a family of girls, each one of whom is intensely concerned with the problems of each of the others. This close relationship gives a new girl the feeling that she has friends to depend upon at all times and under all circumstances. The nature of the organization is such that encouragement, suggestion, and inspiration come to the girl through the daily contacts.

The sorority is dedicated to service to individual girls and to the college or university. Each girl who proves herself worthy of membership is taught to give of her talents and to contribute her energy and labor to promote all general projects. She learns the value of cooperation and is thereby able to make a larger contribution than she could as a single person. She learns that loyalty to her sorority also means loyalty to the institution. She is taught unselfishness through participation in the activities promoted for the general good of all students. She learns that unless there is service to all there is no profit to herself.

The sorority is not only a student organization, but through alumnre chapters is a lifetime organization. Members continue to keep friendships alive and maintain interest in affairs of the college or university. Even though they may live in distant localities there are sorority sisters within reach and the close associations of student days may be continued.

Most girls who enjoy sorority membership feel that this means more to them than any other phase of college or university life. If a girl is

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offered an invitation to join, she should consider it not alone an honor and a personal compliment, but an opportunity she cannot afford to decline.

MARY JoSEPHI E MA CHESTER, Eta EDITOR's NoTE: Mrs. Raymond Manchester, wife of the University Dean of Men at Kent State, is the mother of our national secretary, Mary Jane, and of Betty, who is this year attending Wellesley. Dean and Mrs. Manchester are faculty patron and patroness of Eta chapter and friends to all Alpha Sigma Taus.

Ricetava 1n Java NINE months' world tour on a scholarship with the opportunity of sailing on twenty-seven different boats and visiting forty-six different countries on four continents certainly is sufficient to make one's world even a more wonderful place in which to live! All this foreign travel in thirteen months. I s it any wonder that great difficulty is encountered in selecting a subject to write about for THE ANCHOR?

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CHILD MUSICIA1 S, JA\ A This organization might correspond to a children's rhythm band in the United Stat es.

These bamboo musical instruments are pitched from low to high, the lo wer tones being made on the larg er reeds . Th ey are played by shaking them. Th e music is very pewliar and interesting and th e children danc e beautifully to this music.

Perhap readin g about something to eat might appeal to my orority si tcrs, e pecially a dish peculiar to the country of Java and called riij tawa (reece'tii wa) , or ricetava in English.

Let us all sail aero the Pacific Ocean and down the hina and Ja a

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Seas across the equator till we reach the island of Java in the etherland East Indies.

We disembark at Tandjon Priok, Java, the port twelve miles from Batavia, the capital. Shortly we are whisked away by automobile over the fine graveled highway through the lovely countryside and along the smooth canals in which the dusky brown Malaya natives and the water buffalo contentedly bathe together in the cool refreshing waters. Dozens of queer-looking native rafts loaded with oranges, pineapples, coconut , bananas, mangosteens, rambutans, and other colorful and lucious tropical fruits and vegetables are floated or rowed to market.

Arriving in Batavia we park in front of Hotel Des Indes, one of the finest of those many magnificent eastern hotels. An attendant leads our way along beautiful arcades through the luxurious tropical gardens fill ed with gorgeous fragrant flower s and gay song birds. Our room , with its inviting front and back verandas, overlooks these gardens.

After refreshing ourselves, we find ourselves in the spacious dining room the elegance of which nearly takes away our breath. There is no time to look about now, however, because one of the several very efficient blonde Dutch dining room stewards, who wear immaculate white uniforms with pale blue lapels and cuffs and shining brass buttons, quickly shows us to a table laid with a spotless white cloth. He offers us a menu, but we already know our preference and also know that this hotel is highly recommended for its plendid preparation of this dish, so we merely say, " Ricetava, please."

The steward lightly claps his hands together three or four times simultaneously emitting a sort of whisking sound between his upper teeth and lower lip. At this signal fifteen native Malaya waiters from all parts of the dining room quickly assemble near our table, fall into line and form an orderly procession that silently moves to the kitchen.

In this brief interval we notice that several other waiters remain in the dining room to serve the other guests. We also notice the striking contrast between the waiters here and those in our own country. These brown men are handsome fellows with beautiful dark eyes and long dark lashes. Their picturesque uniforms are of cri p white linen. A neat tightfitting jacket buttons with large white pearl buttons from the narrow neck-band to the waist; to this is attached a long circular tunic reaching below the knees. About the waist is a band perhaps six or seven inches wide of dark red cloth fastened in front with an attractive ornament in gold, silver or brass according to the means of the wearer. This ornament sometimes denotes the caste of the wearer, for most of the Malayas are Hindus of which there are eighty-seven castes. Many of these ornaments are rare old heirlooms of great value which have been handed down from generation to generation for centuries. A large folded turban of the same red material or of figured red material is worn on the head. The feet are bare and the waiter moves noiselessly about on the thick rugs.

During the absence of our waiters the steward quickly and method-

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ically brings the serviette and glass of water, but no butter as is customary in our country, and lays our silver consisting of a large spoon, coffee spoon and fork. No knife is included, for the foods of which ricetava is composed are cooked till very tender, so no knife is considered necessary ; furthermore, it is not the custom of the land to use a knife with ricetava.

Directly in front of us he places a bowl much like our round vegetable dishes, a dinner plate at the left of this dish, and a cup and saucer at the right.

While the steward is thus busily engaged we look about. Now we are in the tropi cs and we observe that the dining ro om faces upon the wide veranda without the sign of an intervening outer wall ; only great elaborately carved and painted columns to support the handsome ceiling and interior walls.

In the center of this great dining room is the orchestra pit in the middle of which is a raised platform gracefully draped with dark plush on which stands a grand piano. About the piano the musicians are seated . These musicians, also handsome native Malayas, wear very picturesque costumes of heavy ivory satin blouses with Peter Pan collars, large black satin bow-ties, fairly tight-fitting black trousers and brightly-colored wide sashes neatly folded about the waist.

The music they play? No, not the ranting thumping jazz blat to jangle the nerves and drown all other sounds as is characteristic of the so-called music in our American dining halls. These musicians play the beautiful classical compositions of the grand old masters, the type of music that is generally played 路in such places everywhere outside the United States. Yes, the Americans enjoy this thoroughly classical music, too . We sit drinking it in and wonder why we cannot hear more of it at home.

By the time we fini sh surveying our surroundings and are still enjoying this fine music the long procession of fifteen waiters returns each carrying a dish or two, for ricetava is composed of fifteen different courses, some of these courses themselves consisting of several dishes each prepared in a special way. As they move silently to our table every eye in that great dining hall is riveted upon us. No, this is not an embarrassing situation as might be supposed because the whole experience is too novel and in teresting for one to be concerned about himself. Each waiter offers his dish in turn then moves silently away.

The fir t waiter carries a great handsomely embossed silver bowl of rice with a large matching silver ladle, for rice is the main dish in mo t eastern countries and it certainly is the most important part of ricetava.

T he second waiter carries a large silver bowl of rich, brown gravy.

Other dishes follow quickly. Hors d'reuvres of which there are at least eight varieti es, pieces of tender, juicy steak, sausages, roast goat held in neat disks by means of skewers, pork chops, fish, fried chicken, roast duck, fried eggs, chutney, delicious native vegetables, roa ted peanut tiny peanuts and ground coconut roasted toge ther and colored wi th curr powder, thin trips of coconut roa ted till brown, and only goodne s kn ow.

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what else! The dishes in front of us almost need sideboards to hold everything! It might not be amiss to explain that the liquid food s are put into the bowl and the dry fo ods on the plate. 1 o bread is served with ricetava.

And now comes a complete surprise. Certainly one would think of Java, the home of coffee, java, to be also the home of good coffee. Believe it or not, nowhere in this wide world is delicious coffee made except in our own United States. Even the English recognize this accomplishment as ours although they do claim for themselves the art of making good tea.

The manner in which coffee is made and served in Java and for that matter in nearly all countries other than the United States! While the procession of waiters has been allowing us to serve ourselves to ricetava

THR EE RACES L eft to right: M alaya drive路r, Grace E. Quinb y of X i, and a Chin ese guide.

the steward has placed a shinin g silver pot of hot " coffee," a similar pot of hot skimmed milk and another of hot water beside the cup and saucer at our right.

We combine the ingredients of these three pots to make our own coffee at the table, thus foll owing the custom here. A bit of the liquid from the coffee pot is poured into the cup. We find this liquid to be boiled down to a thick brown substance with an odor strong enough to nearly knock us over. Thank goodness, it is not drunk thus or it really would knock us over. We follow th e native custom, so into the bit of liquid in the cup we pour some of the ho t skimmed blue milk. Hot water is then added to please the taste, if that is possible when using such ingredients!

When we have had a sufficiency of the ricetava a waiter clears away everything except the coffee vessels, then brings a generous portion of dessert though one really has had enough for several meals already. This dessert certainly is delicious. It is a large square of something resembling

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a combination of congealed cornstarch and jello beaten together and colored a delicate rosy-pink with tasteful juices of tropical fruits over which has been poured a quantity of chiiied thick fruit syrup of the same color and flavor. It truly is so delicious that one wishes to perform the impossible feat of eating every morsel of it.

Certainly this article would not be complete without explaining how people in foreign land eat dessert and similar foods, for in no other land in the vvorld is table silver used as Americans use it, and an American who uses his silverware properly is recognized as an American in any part of the world . We think the table etiquette in other countries very awkward; they in turn consider ours very awkward. In those countries most desserts, even stewed and canned fruits, are served not in a dessert dish as we serve them but in a large-sized pie plate and with both a spoon and a fork. No, not a teaspoon as we would use but a large spoon, a soup spoon. This spoon is placed at the right of the plate and the fo rk at the left.

We Americans use the spoon in the right hand to cut off a portion of food and to carry it to the mouth. In other countries people use the fork in the left hand to push the food upon the spoon which is held in the right hand, then the food is carried to the mouth in the usual manner. A fine way to manage difficult bites, we dare say, but certainly an awkward way to eat regarded fro m the American point of view. But even in Java and elsewhere we Americans use only our spoon for the dessert just as we would at home. Yes, by so doing we do exhibit the fact throughout the dining room that we are Americans, but why not? Better to eat gracefully according to our own rules of etiquette rather than according to the custom of another land which would be awkward to us without practice.

GRACE E. QuiNBY, Xi

Theories of Education E ARE all of necessity interested in education either because we are teaching, the mother of young ters in school or soon to be in school, or simply because we have chosen education as our field in

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college.

In reality there are two schools of thought about education- the progressive group and the conservative group who surreptitiou ly inject a little drill into the school curriculum, usually under a different name. The second group, among their cronies defend their ideas of old fashi oned methods in certain skill subjects such as arithmetic and technical grammar. One can always detect an educator with conservative leanings a he is on the defen sive. The out and out progressive is an extrovert and has nothina to hide. He i al o more verbose, in three and four syllable word and talk of in tangibles uch as initiative, cooperation, etc. The man who i conser ative talk more about result in term of tandardized te t . The proare iv chool of thou aht i the only school recognized which explain m

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previous remark that there are in reality two different groups. In actual classroom teaching the criticism has been made of progressive project methods that the bright, alert pupil takes hold of a project and works out something very fine and develops many worth while qualities. The dull pupil or the plain lazy pupil does nothing. It has also been said that under pupil direction, the child operates at his own level instead of stretching to a higher criteria held up by the teacher. The question is rai sed also whether following one's interests is a real life situation. Do any of us always get the job we enjoy do路ing most or do we find ourselves doing many dull, routine things and liking them? Or do we fret about these things and show ourselves poor sports? Are we more happy and successful in our job if we try to fit ourselves into the requirements of our environment or when we try to fit the job into our own narrow range of interests? These things are less true of the professional group than of the laboring groups.

Few of the public school pupils, by actual statistics, enter the professions.

The accepted method in social studies is the division of the material into large topics and groups of pupils work on different topics and present the fruit of their labors to the class as a whole. Does the class as a whole have a vivid picture of the whole panorama of history or is their knowledge piecemeal? A test without preliminary drill will answer this question.

The school wherein I teach tries to steer a sane middle course. There is scientific drill on certain skill subj ects since we feel that to study high school mathematics or foreign languages successfully it is necessary to lay a firm foundation of reasoning and computation in arithmetic and a firm foundation in technical grammar in English. Both of these subjects are taught to the class as a whole at the board. The teacher then can plainly see the progress of the individual pupil ; then, a class test is given.

The child who fails is given prepared mimeographed remedial homework on the phase where he is weak. He is then retested. The child who comes in from another school is given a diagnostic test and his weaknesses corrected by means of the remedial booklets. Systematic reviews are provided for each term and anyone who forgets a phase is coached by the teacher and has remedial homework.

In social studies the class discussion has a prominent part, the whole class preparing the work. Projects are carried out to some extent, special efforts being made to choose projects in which each member of the class participates. Tests are completely objective. Correlation of subjects is obtained by projects carried on in free periods. Our children stand up well in standardized tests and in high school subjects. What is your opinion?

LILLIAN VocT,

St. Louis Atumnce

"I know nothin <> which life has to offer so ~atisfying as the profound understanding which can subsist, after much exchange of good offices, between two virtuous men , each of whom is sure of himself and sure of hi s fri end."

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Charity NDER her Salvation Army hood, the girl 's eyes smiled too knowingly. Her bare hands looked roughly cold, but the tinkle of her little bell accompanied without pause, the buses lumbering down and up the avenue. Her eyes would seek out from the crowd, some approaching person and follow him until he plodded on by or stopped and dropped a coin or bill through the wire mesh cover of her black iron kettle. Still, regardless, her artful smile persisted.

Down the avenue, a heavy door swung open. A middle-aged man whose bulk proclaimed comfortable living appeared. His few office duties on the sixty-first floor were begun late and completed early. There was still the remainder of the afternoon. What would he do with it? He might go home, but only the servants would be there. He observed the smiling girl.

What in heck was she grinning about? Well, he'd grin, too. He wended his way to the black kettle. There! That would give some family a turkey for Christmas.

A fitch coat, jerking along a black Pomeranian was nearing the corner.

As if by mental telepathy, shadowed eyes met the artful eyes of the Salvation Army girl. The shadowed eyes wavered- returned- wavered- returned. The fitch coat hastened to the black iron kettle ; then, was lost in the midst of other fur coats. Yet, did not the straight crimson lips curve up just a little.

On the other corner, Feinberg's windows di splayed doll houses equipped with radios and little boys' yachts, exact replicas of their fathers ' (for only little boys with fathers owning yachts received toys from Feinberg's) .

A boy emerged, but evidently nothing that _the department store had offered could erase his ennui. He walked toward a chauffeured black sedan pulling up to the curb. Then, the red light flashed green, forcing the chauffeur to drive to the other side. Well, no use disputing a traffic light ; so the boy followed the car. He had placed one foot on the running board when the tinkle of the bell caused him to glance about. He surveyed the girl, the bell , the black iron kettle, whirled about, shoved his gloved hand into his pocket, and stalked over to the kettle. A second time, he stepped on the running board. " Well, Chris, we made pretty good connections, didn 't we? " Astonishment blended with pleasure passed over the chauffeur 's countenance. " Uxtry! Uxtry! THE GLAM'ROUS PAT VAN DYKE NAMED CORESPONDENT." The child 's voice ranged from a baritone to a squeak.

Toni stood over his pile of tabloids, while between yells, he blew on stubby fingers that would have shown red if the dirt had left even one tiny spot.

The hands of the bank clock turned to six ; Toni picked up his paper . " How's bus'ness today, Anna? " The girl 's subtle smile glowed into a friendly one. ' \ ery good Toni.

H ow i yours." She spoke oftly.

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" Oh, good enuff to keep the ole lady quiet tonight mebbe." Then, with an air of • self-importance ' " But ' here ' t>auess I can help a little • " Toni's • penmes clmked with the other coins in the black iron kettle. H e hurried on, whistling as best he could through blue lips.

The girl 's secretive smile had aroused my curiosity to the burstin g point. " I suppose thinking of how much good you're doing warms your heart so that you don't mind the cold. " " Yes, I guess that's it. " I received the same friendly smile as Toni, so I persisted, "All this money makes a lot of people happy. " " Oh, yes, it makes them very happy. " " A lot more people will have Christmas dinner and more children will have warm clothing than could have otherwise. " " Oh! " Her friendly smile broke into a laugh . " Oh ! You mean them,.

Yes, of course. I thought you were talkin g about all these people who have been giving."

L UCILLE G ALE, Flint Alumnce

Rush Season at Pi Chapter

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N N UALLY Pi chapter gives a carnival in the month of September. We { \ have been lucky so far in being able to get the same room for it. The carnival is all that its name implies. There are side bows galore and food , games, prizes and everything.

The room is divided into booths which line the four walls. Colored paper is everywhere. Colored balloons han g from ceiling and a merry clown sells them throughout the evening. The person at each booth " barks" for her particular attraction and the fun begins. The S·ideshows are specialty numbers from the talented members .in the sorority. The fat lady dances a jig, the Siamese twins dance, the clown tap dances, the midget is introduced to the group.

As one moves around after the sideshows are closed he is attracted by the variety of things to do. First is the ten-pin alley where the one with the best aim wins. The picture booth is fascinating. There have been so many famou s movie stars who have had their pictures taken there. Imagine the surprise of those who had their pictures taken to find they too were movie stars. The dart booth always has a crowd around it. Various colored balloons at which the contestants throw small darts are lots of fun. The dog races are the source of much noise. This year we put in a new booth which seemed very successful. Above the booth is the sign " How Do You Smell? " Inside are small cups of highly scented things such as vanilla, cocoa, naptha soap, pepper, cinnamon. Two girls behind the table tally scores and pay off. So many mills (the medium of exchange for the whole evening) for so man y correct guesses. The fi sh pond gave us our chance to distribute favorssmall gifts being obtained in the traditional manner of the fi sh pond. The

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peanut booth with the small charms never has a dull moment but the most stupendous, tremendous, gigantic attraction is our fortune-teller. Having in the sorority a girl with the "gift of gab" who loves to make up these weird fortunes, we use her talents. Over a small candlelight in an incense-filled room, sits the swami-ess who in her weird outlandish costume is really convincing. Some of the guests do not realize until late in the evening, when she discards her veil, that she is a member of our sorority. Food and plenty of it was the customary " pink lemonade," hot dogs, ice cream- regular carnival delicacies. So closes an evening of fun for everyone.

The second party this year was a formal one at one of the hotels. The chapter girls were in formal dress and made a lovely setting into which to welcome our guests. Tea sandwiches, fruit juices, hors d'reuvres, sherbet and cookies were served and the entertainment consisted of piano selections, a vocal soloist, a reading and then the sorority songs.

I cannot guarantee the results of this program for a rush season, but I can tell you that Pi chapter has eight pledges of which we are very proud !

MARGARET WALLIS

Exhibition Coal Mine AVE you ever experienced the thrill of driving your automobile through a coal mine? It's really exciting and I 'm sure you'd enjoy it. Forget all else and let your imagination travel along with me as we drive over scenic state route No. 85 from Bluefield, West Virginia- Virginia to the old Pocahontas operation where Black Diamonds have been taken from the earth's interior ever since the early eighties. Steep mountains, deep valleys, high cliffs, beautiful streams, forests and pastures are all nature's wonders that we enjoy along the eleven miles of winding road to the coal area.

This unusual experience was made possible in June of this year when the first and only " Show Mine" in America, equipped to show sight-seers how coal is mined, was opened to the public by the Pocahontas Operators Association on the s路ite of the original Pocahontas Mine, near Pocahontas, in Southwestern Virginia.

As we approach the entrance we notice it has the general appearance of a white stone building. The heavy iron gates are swung outward and the archway, large enough to admit our automobile, bears the inscription in bold black and white letters, " Pocahontas Exhibition Mine.' We nose our car inside and stop be~ide a large desk where we're greeted by a friendly man who invites us to register. We then proceed very slowly for we mu t get our eyes adjusted to the underground. We don 't want to miss anythina not even the shiny tin sauce pans which serve as unique reflectors for the electric lights. Really they do make good ones.

The famou number three Pocahontas Coal seam is over eleven and one-half feet high at this place. The paved road makes it pos ible for an automobile to traver e the entire lenath of thi seam. A ide from beino- an

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unusual tour, we'll find it extremely educational. Without leaving the seats of our car we can view everything that occurs in ordinary coal mining practice.

"Rooms" have been cut in the huge seam to show how the different procedures are executed. Here we are at the first " room." We'll stop and have a look at this queer piece of machinery. It is the cutting machine showing how it shears a kerf in the middle of the seam preparatory to drilling holes in the coal in which explosives break it down. There on the ground are old tools that the miners used years ago to cut the seam by hand. But let's move on to the next " room. " Here the drilling and shooting is illustrated . The " coal black" lumps are waiting to be loaded. A short distance ahead, on the l"light, is the third " room" where the typical mine car, loaded to capacity, is ready to be hauled to the tipple.

These posts, or timbers, that we are approaching are set to support the roof just as they are in actual mining. On all sides we are surrounded with coal, nothing but coal. Overhead is a very interesting example of the early formation- an imprint of a fern in the solid ceiling of coal.

In spite of your interest in the curious operations of this man-made cavern, have you noticed the cool and pleasant atmosphere?

An attendant just ahead will explain the air conditioning methods. He will also tell us about the disposal of gases and controlling the drainage of mine water.

This gray dust, which has been sprayed on either side, i an illustration of rock-dusting. Explosions are often retarded and even prevented by this method.

A peep of daylight in the distance tells us that we are nearing the exit.

But before we leave we will pause long enough to see the display case showing the fini shed product of Pocahontas coal, in six different sizes.

VIRGINIA BAILEY, Bluefi eld Alumnce

Are YOU Interested?

N THE United States one out of every four has been to high school and one out of every thirty has been to college. There is no thoughtful citizen who ha not asked himself what kind of job in educating our schools are doing, what kind of citizens are the pupils being trained to become, and how long will our democracy be retained under the leadership of our future citizens.

The Commissioner of Education for the United States, John W. Studebaker, remarks, " What goes on in our schools and colleges and adult educational groups is not just academic and casual and remote. Instead , it i shaping to a great extent, for good or for bad , the destiny of our country. " Mr. Studebaker points out many national vital issues which might well be considered by the schools. Here are eight.

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First: What more can education do to strengthen the underlying foundation of democracy?

Second: What more can education do to assure education, recreation, and opportunity to work to our youth?

Third: What part can education play in preventing war or at least keeping America out of it?

Fourth: What can education do to bring about clearer understanding and friendship between the Latin-American countries and the United States?

Fifth: The responsibility of the Federal Government and the radio industry for the educational end of radio as the most powerful twentiethcentury development for mass communication.

Sixth: The problem of the youthful criminal and juvenile delinquency.

Seventh: Safety education in the face of the appalling record of automobile casualties.

Eighth: What can education do about lifting the cultural level of the people?

Are YOU interested? You know of other issues. Does your school ystem consider these issues as important principles? Surely now, if ever, school systems should be in the hands of thoughtful men and women , not politicians. And it is up to you as an individual and United States citizen to help them all you can.

EMPORIA ALUMNA':

Places of Interest in the Middle West HE East and Europe have always been considered the citadels of learning and tradition . The Middle West, however, is not entirely devoid of historic spots and places of interest accessible to those of an inquiring turn of mind.

The last century, the days of the glamorous period of the steamboat on the Mississippi carrying cotton from the plantations of the South, produced three notable minds. The man most closely identified with this phase of our history was Mark Twain, who in his younger days was a pilot on the Mississippi and wrote colorfully of that life. His home was at Hannibal, Missouri , overlooking the river. From a lookout one can see Turtle Island , heavily wooded as in the days when Nigger Jim, Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer found high adventure on it. The cave where Injun Joe "vas lost is still on view, commercialized in a minor degree. Mo t interestina, however, is the home of Tom Sawyer. It is completely furni shed a in the days when Tom shinnied down the rain pipe. The jam clo et mentioned in the book is filled with lamps, stove shakers, and other knickknacks of the time. The floors are completely covered with handmade raa rua , the beds with quilts of tiny piece in vogue before the Civil War. The furniture i a

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delight, really old and not copied. The house is complete to the dishes in the cupboard and pictures of relatives on the wall. Next door is the Mark Twain Museum which contains articles of clothing worn by Mark Twain, letters, picture:;, the wheel he piloted, his watch and a wealth of other materials. Nearby is the home of Becky Thatcher.

In Springfield , Illinois is the home of Abraham Lincoln. It is only furnished on the lower floor. It was here in the double parlors that he was notified of his election to the presidency. In the sitting room we see the rocker on a stand, very worn which was his favorit e chair and a cane bottomed chair where Mrs. Lincoln liked to sit and mend in the light of a coal oil lamp. There is a picture of the Lincoln family snapped by a neighbor as they stood in their yard and the lease signed by Lincoln for the rental of the house which he afterward purchased. The home is particularly interesting because of the wealth of atmosphere it contains. The wallpaper, curtains, dishes, furniture and floor coverings are completely authentic and give a vivid picture of life in the middle 19th century. It has become fashionable to ridicul e the Victorian style but the complete picture gives a feeling of coziness that is hard to recapture when one sees a disorientated heavily ornate Victorian piece.

In St. Louis we have the home of Eugene Field which has been partially furnished by the contributions of the school children. Here we see also a complete picture of a previous day. The home contains the discarded toys of the child who inspired " Little Boy Blue."

LILLIAN VocT, St. Louis Alumnce

Founders' Day Speech Gi ven by Miss Bessie Burns Bennett on Founders' Day Madame T oastmistress and F ellow F easters: E ARE here for a delightful occasion, in honor of Founders' Day. FO UNDERS' D A Y- what does it suggest? Something weighty.

Yes, in this connection more than weighty, far reaching- a founding of that fabric which is to rise, or is rising from this group ; a fabric not made by hands, but by spirit that will grow and grow, its influence ever widening.

We see a vi sion back of all this, an Ideal high and worth while ; an Ideal that must be shaped by Discipline, and which looks toward Service. From the idea of selfbetterment for service to our fellow s rose the vision that underlay this foundation.

Vision rises above the pettiness of Hfe ; it makes us see the beauty in the commonplace; more than that it enables us to see the beauty in ugliness.

We get a glimpse of the truth that oftentimes the plainest, ugliest exterior is but the rough shell of the sweetest heart. On one occasion; the great

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Michelangelo was in an Italian quarry where blocks of glorious marble lay about. A companion said to the great sculptor, "What a pity that this block is so rough and irregular. It can be used for nothing worth while."

Michelangelo replied, as he earnestly looked at the huge crude block of marble: " I see an angel in that stone." And from that stone was sculptured his famous Angel.

Our world of today needs more dreamers. Dreamers who will hold lofty ideals to inspire others to high accomplishment. We need to contemplate the stars more. Our great American philosopher said, " Hitch your wagon to a star. " And a quick-witted wag added, " Keep your seat, and there you are." Yes, and that's where Discipline plays a part. Keep your seat ; don 't lose your head in time of stress, hardship, or difficulty; stick to your purpose and endure what has to be endured to accomplish your ideal.

The most beautiful vessels must undergo the most shaping. We humans must let ourselves be melted ; we must merge into the life about us, and fill that particular corner into which our particular shape fits, and do the work demanded by that particular situation.

Some aspects of work are naturally more difficult of accomplishment than others, some paths mo re steep and more thorny than the charted ones.

Browning tells us that we should welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough Character is built in the school of hardship.

We must remember that service demands that we be a real part of life.

No one can live to himself. 路w hatever we do we influence others.

Little kn owest thou what argument Thy life to thou neighbor's creed has lent.

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Madame Curie by EvE CuRIE, H er Daughter I have just fini shed reading Madame Cw'ie and my enthusiasm is so wholehearted that I am impelled to set forth my reactions in writing.

Never have I been so close to a character, lived with her through each moment of her story, thought, felt , moved with her, as I did with this strange and wonderful woman whose tragic story is told so simply and impartially by her own daughter.

Born Marya Sklodovska in 1867 into a Poland oppressed and fearful , she seems to have inherited a part of its pent-up emotion , its stifling inability to express itself which she never entirely threw off, even though fame might, had she been other than she was, so easily have released her.

As a child she lived among kind , sympathetic, well-bred, intelligent people always, and so it is not strange that she was not able to understand that the world did hold less sympathetic, less kind people, and likewise, it is not difficult to see why her unusual gifts were not early recognized .

When, as she grew older, incidents in school life revealed her sensitive nature, her capacity for suffering, one felt her hurt, her withdrawal into herself for protection.

As a governess Marya exercised her great self-control to keep her position in order to aid her brilliant oldest sister, Bronya, through medical school in Paris, though she felt that her life was being wasted away in these Polish country places, far from the culture of the Paris for which she herself longed.

At long last her chance came, and Bronya, now Mme. Dluska, doctor and wife of a doctor, opened to her the gates of Paris. Then began the years of study and privation when Marya (now called Marie) was so absorbed in her work at the Sorbonne that she scarcely knew of her own existence. The serious result to her health was barely overcome in time to enable her to go on with her degree.

During her work in the Physics Laboratory Marie, or Marya as I like to think of her, met a brilliant young scientist and lecturer, Pierre Curie, who immediately became interested in her. In their future meetings Pierre's reserve broke down completely and he offered to share with her his life, which until now he had vowed must be a lonely one. Marie was not so quick to

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relinquish her principle of a life dedicated to scientific research. She regarded thought of love and marriage as an intrusion , a distraction which she could not permit. But Pierre Curie had need of her, and gently, surely, he went about persuading her that their lives united would bring greater success to both. Thus began the tenderest love story I have ever read. The pleading of Pierre's letters to MaPie, his very evident despair at her absences during even brief vacations, when her going seemed to leave him without any support, his anxiety lest she not return, made my throat ache with tears held back. When Marie finally gave her consent after urgent requests even by Pierre's mother, who recognized their perfect suitability, his joy was childlike. And so two lives which seemed to have been saved by an all-wise providence for this purpose, were united and sublimated in a unique marriage.

Her life was harder now because of her increased duties as a housewife, teacher, and collaborator with a great scientist, but she very sensibly adhered strictly to her plan as a student of keeping everything about her reduced to the barest essentials, and so was able to carry on doing her housework and her marketing, and being ready to go off with her husband at a moment 's notice on a bicycle tour of by-ways of France on their periodic vacations, just as any other young wife would do.

So many happy and useful years passed. Years during which a daughter, Irene, was born, and Marie's cares became heavier, her joys brighter. Years during which Marie, working toward her doctor's degree, discovered radium.

Again she subjected herself to great physical distress m her working conditions, and her health suffered, but she worked bravely on, long, wearying hours, endeavoring to produce in isolation some of the remarkable element the existence of which was known.

Then followed success, and honors, and disaster. Pierre Curie was killed in a street accident, and as life went out of him so did it depart from Marie, leaving her a mere mechanism whose only will to Hve was in her husband's spoken words, " Whatever happens, even if one must go on like a body without a soul, one must work just the same . ... " Marie went on alone, unable to give expression to her grief, carrying on for her two daughters, guiding their education in her own original way, teaching, directing the laboratory, working, working.

The success which came to her with the actual isolation of radium brought with it a new trouble in the form of notoriety which she deplored.

She gave no thought to honors or even to possible monetary returns as a result of her discovery of a commercial product, saw only the simple fact that a scientific discovery had been made and that it could be and should be used for the benefit of all mankind, not exploited by individuals.

When war was declared in 1914 Marie quickly found her place and filled it. She organized floating X-ray outfits to administer to the wounded and while doing actual service made plans for building permanent one which she did- 200 of them. Again her practical nature may be ob er ed .

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specialized knowledge which she possessed should be used in this crisis and that she was the one best equipped to do it.

Three years after the armistice was signed Mme. Curie traveled to America at the earnest request of the women of this country to receive from their hands a gram of the precious radium which they were able to buy fo r her by carrying out a wholesale subscription campaign. For this gift Marie was sincerely grateful, because, in accordance with her own and Pierre Currie's wishes, there were no funds accruing from the commercial ri ghts to her discovery to be returned to the providing of material for future research.

On this journey she was feted at every step of the way until she was finally forced to excuse herself from some of the planned appearances. Nevertheless, her daughters, who accompanied her, enjoyed themselves thoroughly and often represented her. Probably through their eyes as much as through her own perception she was able to recognize at last a new kind of feeling in the reception of these people desiring to honor her, and her reserve and impatience with the formalities gave way gradually to a friendly glow of sympathy and understanding. F rom then on she became more tolerant of those who sought her to demonstrate their great respect and admiration fo r her and the excellent work which she had accomplished for humankind.

Her death, in 193 4, was quiet, unattended by ostentation in any degree.

She simply slowly stopped living. A strange malady which the medical men were unable to diagnose crept over her, chilling life out of a body in which the heart was still beating out its will to go on, and the brain was still grappling with the lifelong problems of the beloved laboratory. Radium, that mystic element which had brought her life to a focus , probably was the cause of its disintegration. No bedside farewells, no impressive funeral cortege were needed to complete this already complete and fulfilled life.

The body of Marie Curie was laid at rest upon that of her husband in the Curie family tomb at Sceaux.

It seems almost uncanny that any person of human frailty could have completed a life cycle from humble bourgeoisie origin to fame represented by twice winning the coveted Nobel Prize, and the Academy Award in Science, to almost poverty-stricken last days, still clinging to the peasant simplicity which characterized her.

CAROLINE PIERSON, Akron-Kent Alumnce

"Most of us have seen those who have been made by t he great thinking they have done and we have also seen those who have been unmade by the thinking they have done: It will pay any man to make an inspection of himself occasionally, to determine, if possible, what effect his t hinking is having upon him . If he is thinking too much about himself he is grow ing small , but if he is not thinking enough about himself he is " rowin"0 careless and offensive. One of the great achievements of life is to keep a strict balance between belief and conduct."

• COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS • DELTA We Deltas came back to school this fall without several of our members.

Jean Moore transferred to Mansfield State Teachers College· Betty Thomas, to Hood ; Isabel Murray, to Traphagen School of Design , New York City.

Helen Maver will be out of school for a time because of i1lness; Louise Burchfield is to be married.

We who weren 't there know we missed a wonderful time which eight of our girls enjoyed this summer at Fairchild 's cottage- two whole weeks of hilarity. Mimi Gessler reported four hours sleep during the whole time, and she gained weight.

Maruth Fairchild has been learning much about baby care in the Home Management House. Helen Garey, our president, is looking forward to the same experience during the next quarter. Speaking of celebrities, Maruth was pledged recently to Alpha Phi Gamma, national honorary journalistic fraternity.

Mal Weaver is do·ing her student teaching and has all the advantages of the field- e.g., flowers, and big, shiny, red apples.

Betty Brown was chosen Y.W.C.A. program chairman this fall to fill the vacancy left by Helen Maver. Helen Garey and Hope Walt are officers of Leonard Literary Society. Helen met the Jitney Players (including Ethel Barrymore Colt) when they were here.

Because we couldn 't pledge freshmen until May last year, we didn't have time for Black Friday before the end of school. In the wee hours of the morning ( 5:00 A.M.) the members put six pledges through their ritual in the cemetery. But all was compensated for by the delicious breakfast of hot waffles and bacon at Rustic Lodge.

Recently we pledged two grand second-semester freshmen , Peggy Riemann and Alice Gourley. We are so proud of our latest addition.

Then there is Peggy Stark, recording secretary, and the liveliest bit of humanity on wheels. Ann Rees, our Di-Ana, hails from Wellsboro, the home of Pennsylvania's " Grand Canyon ." " Ikey" Eileen Crum is our living proof that it is woman's privilege to change her mind ; one thing we'r thankful for is that she didn 't change it about being a Tau. Hope Walt, Rae Cadzow, and Alme Steininger, the Tau's Three Musketeers, are pledges whom we'll be initiating soon. Fran Mountsieur, vice-president and social chairman, is one of those persons who will get somewhere.

Our gossip wouldn 't be complete without a word about our pon ors old and new. Mrs. Mary St. Clair King Guard was married in June and i the new mother of three adorable children. he' till livina in Indiana · we

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had our first meeting of the year in her home at which time we in tailed Mrs. Gasslander, our new sponsor. Mrs. Gasslander, a teacher in the Art Department, has been an honorary member of Alpha Sigma Tau for several years.

We had our Founders' Day Banquet at the College Inn Tea Room , Iovember 4. Our first rush party is December 10. Pledging of new students will not be until March, but we anticipate a good year. We enjoyed Mrs. Staehle's visit very much, and with her inspiration, advice, and suggestions we should be a worthy chapter.

ELSIE ELLENBE RGER

ZETA Saturday, October 22 , the Zeta chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority celebrated its annual homecoming with a buffet luncheon in the sorority rooms. The autumn theme was carried out in the decoration s of autumn leaves, dried flowers and acorns and pine cones, as well as in the menu which consisted of meat loaf, pumpkin pie, and sweet potatoes.

The sorority extended a welcome to many of the alumnc:e members including Elsie Geesey, Gera.ldine Hoover, Altoona ; Alberta McGuire, Doris Anderson, Smethport ; Clee Howe, Leanore Dick, Bellwood ; Claire and Erlene Davis, West Fairview ; Remona Cromwell, Mary Margaret McNitt, Lewistown ; Dorcue Tressler, Meyersdale; Iva Mae Van Scoyoc, Tyrone ; Margaret Breth Heckert, Halifax ; Elizabeth Jamison, Allan wood ; Nancy Kiser Bryerton, Bradford ; Emma Lloyd Belcher, Doris Yarrison, Williamsport; Helen Kohler, Hughesville ; Jessie Scott Himes, Roberta Seltzer, and Helen Edler, Lock Haven.

SHIRLEY BYROL

ETA Eta chapter's rush party last year was such a success that it was decided to make it the traditional Rush party of Alpha Sigma Tau. Consequently, on November 2, more than fifty "Rushees" attended the Tau " Rush-On ," held at the Town Hall. Russia was the keynote of the whole party. All actives and pledges vvore Ru sian costumes, complete with boots and caps. The interior of the hall represented a Russian Night Club.

Tables were decorated with red and white checked table clothes, and the only light was from the lighted candles, which were stuck in bottle top and placed on each table.

Entertainment consisted of a Russian dance performed by several of our actives, and a Russian version of the Kay Kyser Swing Session. After this, Alpha Sigma Tau songs were sung.

Souvenirs, which were wooden bracelets with the Tau crest, were placed on a large rowboat and were literally " hauled" in by the pledges to the tune of "The Volga Boatman. "

To p row, left to right : Rh c's- Kat hleen Kelchner, Ruth J ohnso n, .To Ellen H arri on; M illicent Mi ll er ( Bluefield ); Delta's pre;;ident, Helen Garey. ent er row: Drlta pledge路 on Black Friday; Pau line Allen at Echo La ke ( 1u Alumna:); Beryl \ oodroof (Bluefie ld ) ; Bonum: Theta haptcr.

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'_fhe "Rushees" seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, and we are hopmg for as good results from the party this year as we had last year.

One of the most important events in the history of Kent State University and consequently important to Eta chapter was the inauguration of Dr. Karl C. Lee brick as the fourth president of the university, on October 21 , 1938.

The ceremonies started at 10:00 A. M. and continued throughout the afternoon and evening, part of the ceremonies being broadcast on a coastto-coast hook-up.

Celebrities from near and far attended. Some of the most important were Wm. E. Dodd, former United States Ambassador to Germany ; Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of Southern California, and Martin L. Davey, governor of Ohio.

Eta girls who acted as hostesses to the guests were Jennie Jean White, Gretchan Cooke, Peg Swan , Peg Wright, Dorothy Season, Margaret Eckhart, and Ruth Bradley.

THETA The twelve Theta June graduates were honored at a tea, given by their sisters, in appreciation of what they had done as Alpha Sigma Tau girls.

Rita Sauve, retiring president, received the official president's key, and each graduate received a compact with the sorority seal on it.

An active summer started with a house party at Ruth Mesial 's Union Lake summ er home. The pledges were informally initiated at this affair .

The annual dinner dance was held at the exclusive Detroit Yacht Club. A moonlight boat ride to Boblo Island, and a wiener roast at Grosse Pointe Park wound up the summer 's activities.

Back at school we find that Ethyl Mugler, our former treasurer, has become president of the local chapter of Theta Kappa Sigma, a national Catholic orority .

Theta started the social whirl with formal initiation . At the ceremony, which took place at Ruth Ebbinghouse's home, Virginia Shannon , Irene Blazowski, and Lorraine Mettler were formally received into Alpha Sigma Tau. Thirty excited girls, all talking at once, was the gist of the situation, when it was announced that the sorority apartment would be entirely redecorated . N ew wallpaper, fresh paint, different furniture arrangements, and new boudoir furni shings were installed just in time to hold a gala open house after homecoming game on Saturday, October 29 .

A very ultra formal buffet supper ushered in the rushing season for the Thetas at Wayne. The affair was held at La Casa Lorna, a local tea room.

The second party was a bona fide carnival, with sideshows, hot dog stands, midway and all. Vinelle Clark made a very realistic barker, and Ruth Kelly was very successful at guessing weights. Norma Flippen and Arlene Kerns engineered the affair.

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An outdoor breakfast at Belle Isle, on ovember 6, 路celebrated the third event. After a hilarious hike through the woods, Chairman Colleen Ryan and her committee served ham and eggs, hot coffee, and rolls.

Pledging ceremonies were held on Sunday, November 20. A dancing party at Mackenzie Union followed . The pledges appropriately did the dishes.

Founders' Day was celebrated by the dedication of a plaque. The alumnre and actives collaborated in the effort. The ceremony took place just before the apartment was opened for the housewarming.

LORRAI NE M E T TL E R

IOTA R E DE COR ATING

Last year at the close of the school year it was decided that all actives would come back to school a week early and paint and paper the up tairs.

Promptly on September 6, nine girls turned up at th e house to start work. Two girls, Burnice Cann and Laveta Hartsell, did the papering of three rooms while one room was done by a professional paperer although there is hardly any difference in the work !

All rooms upstairs were either retouched or repainted ; the girls doing all the work.

Sunday night nine tired but happy girls were through with the house and made ready for a strenuous two weeks of enrolling and rushing. The girls brought back new curtains, rugs, pictures, and bedspreads for their rooms.

Not content with the inside of the house looking nice, after rush week we had the outside of the house painted white with black screens.

The second coat was finished the first week of N ovember.

The latest addition to the sorority is a new crest of black mirror with gold letters A. S. T. set in a gold-painted wooden frame . Small, white light bulbs are set in the frame.

HOME COMI NG

All Greek houses on the Emporia State campus were asked by Dean McFarland to decorate their respective houses instead of the campus for Homecoming this year.

We decorated our house with paper stuffed chicken wire on the front porch. The words " Welcome Grads!" were spelled out in the school colors, black and orange, over the porch entrance. On the rest of the porch was a hornets' nest with hornets (our school symbol ) chasing a black cat (our opponent's symbol). These figures were also in black and orange with a white blackground . We welcomed back Ellen H erron, Myrtle Yo t Virginia Lois Briggs, Edith Jobe, and Jeanette Auld.

Before the Homecoming gam e the alumni and the collegiate chapter had a buffet lunch together.

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FOUNDE RS ' DAY DINNE R

The annual Founders' Day dinner was held at the chapter house November 4. The collegiate chapter were hostesses to the alumnre chapter of Emporia. Mary McDonough, president, was toastmistress of the evening.

Mrs. Pearl Dall spoke on the topic of " What Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority Means to an Alumna"; Miss Helen Haney gave as her speech, "What Alpha Sigma Tau Means to an Active" ; and Miss Edith Douthit spoke for the pledges on " What Alpha Sigma Tau Means to a Pledge."

Decorations and the theme were autumn leaves, and the tables were shaped into the letter " I " to signify Iota chapter.

PLE DGES E NTERTAI N A CTIVES

In true sorority manner, the actives, guests, chapter hostess, sponsors, patrons and patronesses, and alumnre were received by the pledges of Alpha Sigma Tau at the Country Club ballroom for the annual Thanksgiving dance. The decorative schemes and lighting effects creating the Thanksgiving atmosphere, the soothing strains of Gus Smith's Orchestra, the whirling couples with girls in their richly-colored , full-flowing gowns, the merry chatter and gleeful laughter- all blended into the expressive characteristics of the successful evening .

In findin g partners for the favor dances, small chocolate turkeys with the name of the favored lady fastened to it by a satin ribbon, were drawn by the gentlemen from a large candy turkey. The turkey was later in the evening presented to the couple who were dancing on the " lucky spot" when the music stopped suddenly during the " Turkey Dance."

Other surprise and novelty dances were featured durin g the evening.

Dance programs were in the form of colorful autumn leaves with the sorority crest centered in gold.

During intermission, the sponsors of the group enjoyed a delicious lunch of dainty sandwiches, individual pumpkin pies, and hot coffee.

At the close of the evening the orchestra played the sorority sweetheart song featuring Ruth Dunlap, an active, as soloist.

In modern terminology these pledges are to be congratulated for " swinging" such a party !

LAMBDA If busy people are happy ones, we Lambdas hould certainly be in " bonos spiritos," for since the first of October we have already had two rush parties and a visit from Mrs. Staehle. And by the end of the first week of November, we shall have completed initiation for our present pledges and have had our Founders' Day Banquet.

The only shadow on t!le otherwise happy turn of events was the official resignation of Mrs. Muzzey as patroness early in September. We miss her pleasant personality and gracious manner at social gatherings.

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Rush party number one was exceptionally entertaining. One of our pledges took charge of the games and kept us in frolicsome employment the whole evening, at least until the refreshments were served. The girls who came to the party gave us high hopes of an enlarged Lambda chapter.

Then later in October an even more select group of girls were our guests at a theater party at the Hedgerow Theater, one of the most charmingly inconspicuous play houses in the East. How attractive the evening's entertainment was to the actives we are well aware, but what it will mean in the way of new members and a more strongly united group only time can tell. At least, such information will not be disclosed until the middle of November.

In the meanwhile we shall ponder the question of a bigger and better Founders' Day Banquet, and meditate on the suggestions of our national president who visited us the week of October 17. We hope oon to have some of Mrs. Staehle's fine ideas in working order, especially the suggestions regarding the calendar of events and the selection of committees.

CORA ZIM M E RMAN

OMICRON This is station 0-M-I-C-R-0-N returning to the season's broadcast for Alpha Sigma Taus .... Cast returning to Concord this year were Dorothy Klingensmith, president ; Irene French Harris, vice-president ; Edith Elliott, recording secretary ; Sue Perry, treasurer; Elizabeth Shelton, corresponding secretary ; Lucille Litz, historian ; Beulah Stone, chaplain; Lillyan Lilly, editor; Elizabeth Taylor Morgan, custodian; Marcella Whitlock, Henrietta Mahood, and Louise French.

In our off campus studio (the home of Bula Me eil) Henrietta Mahood and Louise French were initiated into the cast as full-fledged members the latter part of September.

Our faculty adviser, Miss Mae R. Hunter, returns to the campus with a new name-Mrs. Robert L. Carroll.

To make our station better known among the others on our campus, we have been entertained by Jane Bradley and Lucille Litz with an informal party. There were loads and loads of fun and bushels to eat.

Beulah Stone had us to her home where we had our future forecast.

Between programs we went down to Elizabeth Shelton 's and 'Iarcella Whitlock's kitchenette party for hot dogs.

One of the most outstanding features of our fall opening was the visit of Mrs. Carrie W. Staehle, national president. Taking up her suggestions of book reviews we are now studying "How To Be a Lovely Lady. " Our individual interviews with Mrs. Staehle were very profitable and enjoyable we only wish we could have more.

Virginia Charlton, alumna and former pre ident, is now teachina m Athen High School, a teacher training school for our college.

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Irene French Harris attended the Ohio State and Southern Californi a football game in Columbus.

Margaret Martin, pledge, had a part in the fall production " Holiday," given by the Concord Players. ' Our guests on the campus for the past summer were Lallah Collier, Anna Mae Brown, Frances Graves, Helen B. McClung, Elizabeth Shelton, and Elizabeth T . Morgan .

Founders' Day Banquet was held November 5 in the Methodist Church.

Josephine McCorkle had highest average for first semester last year and an alumnre pin was awarded her.

Informal rush bids were extended to about twenty girls on N ovember 22. We are hoping by this to make our cast bigger and better for the coming year. Signing off with All Sorts of Talk.

LILLYAN LILLY

PI June 16: Annual Boat Dance. The beautiful full moon made it quite romantic.

June 25-26 : Annual Week-end It was very stimulating and restful, even if it did rain continually the second day.

July 14-28 : Summer meetings to plan for rush parties.

August 7-21: Summer meetings to plan a program for the entire year, and to plan a meeting-date schedule.

Septembe1' 6: Back to school- main interest to renew old friendships, and to get a glimpse of our new rushees.

September 14 : Our regular business meetings begin. Supper is served, girls !

Octob er 1 : Our first rush party. A hilarious carnival with peanuts, hot dogs, pink lemonade, and even a clown . Oh, it was fun!

Octob er 7: Our second rush party. A cocktail party at the H otel Coronado. Don 't be alarmed ! We served fruit punch, tea sandwiches and cookies, and ice cream sherbet.

Octob er 10: Eight new pledges! And they're Darling!

Octob er 17: Formal pledging at 8: 00P.M. Everyone wore white and the room was lighted with candles. After the ceremony we sang our songs.

Several of our girls have written words to some of the popular music of the day, and the result is wonderful. .

Octob er 21: A Halloween party for our pledges, w1th apples and ghosts, and many weird stories.

N ovember 1: Mrs. Staehle arrived today to inspect our chapter. We are very enthusiastic.

Nov ember 3 : Founders' Day Banquet at the College Club. It was very formal and impressive. The fact that Mrs. Staehle was there made it mean more to us than ever before.

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November 26: Our Thanksgiving Dance at the was very lovely.

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RHO Rho chapter had one of the loveliest series of rush parties ever this year, and was recompensed by pledging fifteen girls. They are: Lucille Tomlin, Doris Webb, Margaret Lightsey, Elizabeth Green, Katherine McChristian, Jane Orr, Johnnie Bailey, Marcella Hayes, Willie Tidwell, Dorothy Hunter, Frances Sievers, Mary Ellen Bridges, Naomi Conn, Imogene Inman, and Iva Mae Clinton.

We were all so thrilled to have Dorothy Hunter elected Homecoming Queen, which is the best test of both beauty and popularity on our campus.

Three of our girls were invited to become members of Cardinal Key, national scholastic and leadership fraternity. They are: Pauline McQueen, Anne Hagood, and Lucyle Cox. Our officers this year are: president, Rudene Nixon; vice-president, Ruth Evelyn Smith; corresponding secretary, Geneva Kretsinger ; recording secretary, Elsie Robertson; chaplain, Margaret Harden ; historian, Anne Hagood; custodian, Ruth Johnson; editor, Lucyle Cox ; pledge mistress, Jenny B. Womble.

ZETA TAU Reluctant to leave the fun of the summer but happy to see each other again the Zeta Taus came back to school on September 20. Everybody had to hear what everybody else had done during the summer, so many a late candle was burned low in our " bull" sessions. "Tootie" \Vest had been to Cuba and then got tangled up on an appendicitis operation which made her late to school. Mabel Burton had had a more serious operation during the early part of the summer and so between "Tootie" and Mabel the chapter has been given a new light on 'life in a hospital." Miss Bedford, our adviser, went to New York, Florida, and Missouri. Some of us didn 't make the house party at Douthat State Park so we had to hear all about that.

Just as we were getting settled irs. Staehle came on October 2. She wa with us three days during which time she had a conference with each of the sisters. We entertained her with an informal party in the chapter room and were happy because she seemed impressed with our singing. When she left we had tears in our eyes but we're still clinging to our memory of what we consider an ideal Alpha Sigma Tau. Marjorie Bootan, who graduated several years ago, came back to assist with the teaching in the art department. The president of the Norfolk alumnre chapter, Mrs. Mason, came to collect data fo r a hi tory of the Zeta Tau chapter.

Many old girls came back for the Founder Day Banquet November 5.

Four girl were initiated on that day, Ruth Carney France Pope Tooti

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West, and Ann Cole. Ann is not in school this year but came back especially for 路h er initiation. The annual college circus was held on the same day so we were really bustling around.

We're happy to see Bernice Copley wearing a pledge pin. Bernice was " taken in" during the fall rushing season.

It's almost time for Christmas again and we hope each of you everywhere will have the merriest, merry Christmas you've ever had and that the new year will enfold you in happiness and success!

J oHN Y LYBROOK

UPSILON The opening of school found the Alpha Sigma Taus stepping into places of leadership on our campus. Dena Rae Jones, our corresponding secretary, was elected to represent the senior class on the Assembly Program Committee. Two of our sisters, Louise Meacham and Betty Obenshain, were elected to Alpha Chi, national honorary fraternity. Incidentally, they are also roommates.

All the activities on our campus are under the control of the Student Interest Committee, a representative group of six students elected by the student body. Our editor, Frances Cole, was elected by the Panhellenic Association to represent all sororities of the campus on the committee. She was also one of six students on this campus elected to W ho's Who Among Students in Ametican Univ e1'Sities and Colleges.

The Upsilon president, Mary Sue Vick, and recordin g secretary, Emogene Laman, returned October 24 from California where they attended the football game between Arkansas State Teachers and Fresno State Teachers.

Our faculty sponsor, Dr. Ada Jane Hahvey, invited the officers of Upsilon chapter to her house the first week of school fo r an old-fashioned gettogether. We spent the evening making plans for the winter, and telling how we carried out our plans for the summer. When we discussed the summer, it was almost a " truth and consequences" meeting.

Mr. E. E. Cordrey, a dearly beloved patron of ours, invited the Alpha Taus and their dates to his house for a grill supper on October 12. We had lots of fun sitting around the campfire toasting marshmallows and chatting.

Mrs. Staehle visited our campus November 5 to 8. We met her in Little Rock, had a supper there with our alumnce, organized our alumnce chapter, then returned to Conway for business meetings. Dr. Harvey invited Mrs. Staehle, the patrons and patronesses, and the active members to her house for dinner. We think that in no other person could all the attributes of an Alpha Tau be better represented than in our national president, Mrs. Staehle.

Julia Mae Avery, treasurer of Upsilon chapter, is making quite a name when it comes to handling money. She is also treasurer of Phi Sigma Phi , honorary science fraternity on our campus.

FRAN CES COLE

â&#x20AC;˘ ALUMNAE CHAPTERS â&#x20AC;˘ AKRON-KENT ALUMNIE They told me that if I would continue as editor this year they would make news for me. And they did ! Here it is: Lucille Jacobs Cline has moved to her new home at Silver Lake Estates, a home which she and her husband helped the carpenters to build. Lucille has given up her position in Dean Manchester's office at the university.

Mildred Archer has resigned her teaching position, and the gossips have it that it's another Alpha Sigma Tau baby.

The chapter has begun a busy season with a delightful benefit bridge at the Robin Hood on October 25. About forty tables were in play.

Alpha Sigma Taus who attended the reception given by Kent State's new president, Dr. Leebrick and Mrs. Leebrick, preceding Dr. Leebrick's inauguration on October 21 , were Martha Chapman and Caroline Pierson.

Jennie Jean White of the active chapter, Geneva Roberson, and Margaret Clark were also there.

From their own hands I give you their reports of summer vacations and doings: Janet Knott, " Took a three weeks' trip south through the Smokies to Florida where I visited with relatives."

Hester Season, " Summer school Kent State. Vacation southern Ohio. " Margaret Stiles, "Summer school Kent State. Vacation West Virginia."

Martha Chapman, " Dear Old Kent State! " Veron Biggar, " Dear Old Kent State! " Vacation in Toronto, Canada."

Katherine Bauer, " Vacation in Michigan and Saratoga Springs. " Iris Follin , " Vacation at Twin Lakes" (her brother is life guard there ) .

Bernice Baumberger, " Trip south through Washington and \ irginia Beach."

Beatrice Braden, " Brought up the baby and built a house in Warren Ohio. " Baby's name is George Frank and he was born April 28 .

Mildred Archer spent the summer at East Reservoir, Akron, at a cottage where she and her husband entertained the other girls and their husbands or boy friends for a day of picnicking, swimming, and boating.

Maxene Darrah, " \ acation in New York state and southern Ohio ."

Caroline Pierson, " Trip through mountains of We t Virginia, Kentucky , Tennessee. Terminated at Norris Dam. More impre sed with the town of Norris than with the dam. Felt very small and insignificant amona the mountains, but rich as Croesu in comparison with the mountaineer . ' Dorothy Fynn, " Spent the ummer in Colorado. Took a trip to )J w Mexico and Texas. Visited in Kan a City Mi ouri and then back hom .''

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Dorothy was in Colorado near Colorado Springs for the purpose of teaching folk dancing and handicrafts in a summer school.

Mildred Pyle says that she did not do a thing this summer, but I 'm sure that she " got around " in many interesting ways, and probably numerous times on various golf courses, for she plays a good game. She is not one to do nothing I CAROLINE PIER SON

BLUEFIELD ALUMNJE When Mrs. Carrie Staehle, our national president, came to visit the Omicron collegiate chapter, we gave a dinner in her honor Friday, September 30, at the Cricket Tavern in Bluefield.

After a delightful dinner we had our regular monthly business meeting at the Y.W.C.A. with our president, \ irginia Bailey, presiding. Mrs. Staehle brought up some questions of interest and showed us some Alpha Sig souvenirs.

AH those Alpha Sigs who attended the S.E.A. meeting at Charleston had dinner at the Ritz Thursday evening, October 2 7. It's always good to see old friends ; everyone had a grand time talking over the things they had done together while at school.

CHARLESTON ALUMNJE The Charleston alumnre chapter have had several occasions which were very pleasant and enjoyable this autumn.

Mrs. Staehle and Mrs. Mel eill visited us for an evening in September.

Although their visit was much too short, we enjoyed it immensely. It helped and " pepped " us up very, very much.

All the Alpha Sigma Tau girls attending the State Educational Association, which met in Charleston the last week-end in October, had a dinn er at the Ritz. All alumnre chapters in West Virginia were represented.

Those present were Virginia Charlton, Bly Ann Dever, Romane Kanode, Ferne Phipps, Martha Sheffler, Phyllis Lilly, Helen Louise Bero, Helen Louise Bradley, Helen Bailey, Marguerite Young. Mildred Appling, Thelma Bailey, Mary Barta, Lil Wolstencraft Buckberry, Elizabeth Thorton , Ilva Thorton Williams, Polly Williams Barton, Helen M . Gunnoe, Masil Stephens, and Alberta Donnally.

Since none of the Charleston girls could attend Founders' Day celebration with the active chapter, we had a luncheon-movie party here to celebrate.

At our November meeting we brought articles to make up a Thanksgiving basket for a poor family.

We are planning a Christmas party at the home of Jeanette Hamilton.

Each one is going to bring another girl who does not belong to the sorority.

MACIL STE PHEN S

L eft, top to bottom : Mrs. Lee Hamilton , form erly Jeanette K le ( harleton); Glad Mom berger and Jane Living. ton Baer (Johnstown); Beckley Alumnre with Mrs. Meade Me eill. Right, top to bottom: Grace elson (John town) ; Mr . D mps now (Jnne . t o mbau ~ h) of Johnstown; Edith and "Jo" Paul (John town ); John town Alumn,', left tv ril!ht front ro w: Dorothy Rich. Bctt ' Kell , .crtrud M:~rks; Back rm,â&#x20AC;˘: Eleanor Miller, Mr . MacDouga ll , Fl r nee trayer, Jean Patterson .

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CLEVELAND ALUMNA: The Cleveland chapter has enjoyed a very active summer. We have had no regular meetings but have had several family outings. On July 17 we had a lovely lake trip on one of the large lake steamers. August 21 was another red letter day when we got together for a family picnic at Leota Stanley's summer home in Vermilion. After a grand dinner everyone enjoyed swimming in Lake Erie.

Another picnic was held at the home of Betty Deering Schmied in Olmstead Falls on September 12 . This was the last of our summer outings and we have now settled down to another interesting and busy schedule.

DENVER-GREELEY ALUMNA: Our June meeting was a delightful tea given at the home of Juanita Emerick on June 12. The house was decorated with beautiful roses from Juanita's rose garden. Ruth Ewer and Dorothy Atschel prepared the very delicious sandwiches and cookies. We had initiation of officers and initiated four girls into the alumnre group. They were: Betty Briggs, Luella Westbrook, Lucille Jaeger, and Alice Gudgel. We had fortune telling, discussion on etiquette, and a grand time in general.

We did not have a July meeting as too many were away on vacations, but we had some important events in July just the same. Several showers were given for Edna Romans who was married July 3 to Ralph Parsons.

Edna had a beautiful church wedding and reception.

Evelyn Chambers had a new baby boy in July. It seemed to agree with her for she looks grand.

Audrey and Royal Lucke took several long fishing trips this summer.

Royal ran a combine and got one swell coat of tan.

Lillian Griffith said she was just going to play around this summer.

Betty Briggs and Luella Westbrook like school so well they went back this summer for more. Betty is teaching in Pueblo and Luella is teaching near Greeley. Hope to see you at some of the meetings, girls.

Burnadine Womack was married in June and is traveling with her husband. We haven't seen or heard much from her since.

Betty Strelesky's husband left for Chicago in June to accept a position.

He graduated from Boulder in June. Betty spent the summer with her parents in Denver, thus giving Herb a chance to get settled be .ore she went.

The alumnre group had a surprise party on her the night befc1re she left and presented her with a make-up kit.

Ruth Ewer proved herself to be quite a fisherman this summer. Her long planned California trip had to be called off due to friend husband teaching summer school and having his appendix out.

Juanita Emerick had the misfortune to have a ruptUJ cd appendix this summer but she is looking quite pert again and finishing up a few credits at Denver University.

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Joanna Eberhardt was married this summer so I am told. How about it, Joanna? Let us know a little about yourself.

Bertha Magnuson is teaching in Johnstown, Colorado, this winter.

Pauline Allen spent the summer in Omaha, Nebraska. We wonder if a tall, dark, and handsome had anything to do with it.

Marie Cosimi is busy raising her family.

Dorothy Rhodes Atschel has been the hard working secretary both in every day life and at sorority meeting , and we all agree she does one swell job of it.

Elsie Falberg Johnson has so rt of deserted us but we hope she can make it to our meeting this winter.

Dorothy Babb has been busy with her new stenographer job this urnmer.

Opal Gish and family visited in Kansas this summer and were very fortunate to hit cool weather.

The alumnre group had a house party in the mountains in August.

What with eating, playing bridge, hiking, fishing, dancing, and trying to sleep there was not a minute wasted. I am sure if the ones who were not there knew how much fun we had, we would have to rent a hotel next time to take care of the rush.

The September meeting was held at Edna Romans Parson's home and most of the meeting wa taken up planning our visit from Mrs. Staehle.

We are all so anxious to meet her.

Our November meeting will be a luncheon during teacher meeting. We hope to have a large attendance.

The active group in Greeley invited the Alumnre group to the rush banquet October 4. Six of the girls attended.

The homecoming dance is in November and a number of the Denver group plan to attend.

OPAL WIL SO

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DETROIT ALUMNA: The Detroit alumnre chapter started their year very ucces. fully with a luncheon at the Hotel Statler. At the business meeting which followed, we initiated eleven new members, recent graduates from Theta chapter of Wayne University. The girls whom we were so pleased to welcome are: Joan Conklin , Genevieve Janiezzi , Lorraine Riethmiller, Emma Dawkins, Hila Shaw, Betty Seiffert, Rita Sauve, Ruth Schilling, Ruth Heilman Cecelia Ballunas, Kathryn Myll.

The program for the year was read and di scu sed and then, meeting adjourned, small talk held sway and this reporter learned the following: Several of our members went wandering thi s ummer . Our two honeymooners had lovely trips. Betty Bresnach went " trailering" all over 'lichi gan for the entire summer. Sylvia Targner spent her time admirina the va ri ous views in the dirondack .

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Our president, Lenore Briggs, has a new sailboat and spent her spare moments making figure eights (landlubber talk) in the Detroit river.

Dorothy Tryon went visiting in the ortheastern States, dividing her time between dunking in the ocean and seeing all kinds of interesting things.

The trip which Betty Seuffert took sounds like a write-up from a travel booklet. It included Miami, an airplane trip to Cuba, and a tall, dark, handsome man.

Still others of our number " went places and did things" but were too busy renewing friendships to tell us about it.

I sABELL A McGuiRE

EMPORIA ALUMNIE Our traditional summer picnic for alumnre and families, always held the last Sunday in June, was an outstanding event. We met at the chapter house porch which is large enough to accommodate a crowd, and over fifty persons attended. Reminiscing and eating fried chicken were the main activities of the evening.

The married couples of the alumnre enjoyed a bridge party in June at the home of Fred and Ester Griffith.

Homecoming Day, October 15 , meant a reunion of alumnre at the chapter house where we had luncheon with the collegiate girls. Thirty girls were present and the proceeds of the luncheon were added to the collegiate treasury.

The alumnre were guests of the collegiate chapter at the Founders' Day dinner. Perle Dall represented the alumnre with a talk and Lena Grace Leatherberry gave a response from the alumnre.

FLINT ALUMNIE The Flint chapter began its fiscal year with a hundred per cent turnout at the home of Sarah Perrine with Janet Beehler, assistant-hostess. The president endeavored to bring up all business that had accumulated during the summer ; nevertheless, we managed to learn that during the recess, the Flint group had been well represented in the United States and her protectorates: Norma Wheeler did Yellowstone ; Gwen Mahoney tried trailer life in the corn and Hoosier states; Gretchen Gaffney liked " ole Virginy" so well that she drove there twice ; Sarah Perrine must have returned with a carload of quaint miniatures from Biloxi, Mississippi ; Louise Tobey visited Washington (to learn if we really should have sympathized with congressmen the president kept overtime) and Cuba too ; in New York, we presume that Eloise Crow saw Grant's Tomb and the Statue of Liberty, but we know that she danced to Rudy Vallee's band .

October 22, Luella Clapp and Gerry Shugart acted as personal hostesses for the chapter when it entertained the Lansing group at a luncheon. The out-of-town guests were Mary Walton, Allura Custer, Maxine Springer, Gertrude Kimmich, Hazel Eaegle, and Dorothy Martin, of Lansing ; Loretta

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Clay, of Corunna; Margaret Pollock, of Pontiac; and Helen Allen, Margaret Field, and Annetta Field, of Detroit.

JO HN STOWN ALUMNA: Johnstown alumnc:e held their first fall meeting at the home of Edith and J o Paul. A musical quiz was the source of a lot of brain work and a big laugh. In October we journeyed to Portage to the home of Jeannette Patterson to attend a cooty party.

Members of the Johnstown alumnc:e association were very happy to greet Mrs. Staehle to their city Friday noon, October 14.

A dinner was held in honor of our national president Friday evening at the Capital Hotel in Johnstown . After a delicious chicken dinner the evening was turned over to Mrs. Staehle, who talked to the girls about future sorority plans and the next national convention.

Early Saturday morning Mrs. Staehle with two of the girls, all of whom were dressed for the occasion with overalls and bandannas, made a trip to a coal mine. It was quite thrilling to be pulled by an electric motor in a coal car through the earth for 3 ~ miles to the working face of the mine. After being in the mine for three hours one could hardly tell the visitors from the coal miners.

Officers of the local chapter enjoyed their informal conferences with Mrs. Staehle Saturday afternoon and evening. They are grateful to her for her compliments and helpful suggestions.

While visiting in Johnstown, Mrs. Staehle was the house guest of Edith and Josephine Paul, both of whom are well known to Alpha Sigma Taus.

Josephine was chairman of the last national convention, while Edith is president of the Second District.

The Johnstown girls looked forward \Vith highest anticipation to Mrs. Staehle 's visit and do appreciate to the utmost all her helpfulness.

LANSIN G ALUMNA: This year we decided that all our meetings be preceded by a Bohemian dinner. Not only does this improve the attendance, since we all like to eat, but meetings begin earlier and therefore do not drag on until midnight or after.

Our first dinner meeting in September, conducted by our new officers, was held at the home of Maxine Springer. A program for the year was planned.

The October meeting was especially planned for guests. Everybody enjoyed the delicious Bohemian dinner given at the home of Willow Cameron.

The Flint alumnc:e again invited the Lansing alumnc:e to a luncheon on October 2 2. Many girls from Detroit were there too. It was a most delio-htful party, everyone joining in the hilarious game of football after the luncheon.

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Margaret Craddock entertained at the November meeting. After the dinner a short business meeting was held. Bridge was the diversion of the evening.

Mary Walton attended summer school at University of Michigan. Later she went to Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula.

Ellen Brandel is an enthusiastic baseball and football fan. During th e summer she attended many of the Detroit Tiger games; and in the fall her Saturdays are devoted to football.

Our artist friend , Dorothy Martin, says she spent the time during summer school painting gravel pits and things. After this experience she rested up at Bay View.

Willow Cameron spent the summer at Macatawa with her family.

Maxine Springer spent a busy summer at home, leaving the city for week-ends at Lake Jordon and Lake Odessa.

Hazel Eaegle spent a pleasant summer visiting with friend s at Muskegon, Pontiac, and Roaring Brook.

Allura Custer, who is very busy during the year doing social service work, spent two weeks of complete leisure at Morrison Lake.

Florence Baker and family summered as usual at Epworth Heights, Ludington.

Mary Hulse, during her two weeks' vacation from secretarial duties at Michigan State College, took a Great Lakes cruise, toppin g off for a short stay on Mackinac I sland.

We are sorry to tell you that Marion Harris and family were in a serious automobile accident. Marion suffered a broken arm and concussion of the brain.

The National American Legion Convention was an incentive for Margaret Craddock and husband to drive to Los Angeles. Of course they reported a " wild time. " They also stopped off at Yellowstone and many other points of interest.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMN!E Philadelphia alumnre chapter opened its year's activities with a luncheon meeting at the home of Dorothy Kitch Fahy, in Germantown, on September 24. We made up in the good time we had for the scarcity of members present. Our October 19 meeting, preceded by a dinner at Chancellor Hall , will long be remembered because at this meeting most of the girls met Mrs. Staehle for the first time, since it was at the time of her inspection trip .

Our Founders' Day Banquet, in which we will be joined by Lambda chapter, will be history by the time this is read, and the success of this affair, at the Hotel Normandie, in Philadelphia, is a foregone conclusion.

November 4 was the date. Our calendar of meetings for the entire year ha been planned, and all Philadelphia alumnre are looking fonvard to a number of interesting meetings this winter.

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Jane Messimer Howe, and Ethel Weimar from the Lambda chapter, and Evelyn Keller from Delta chapter.

ST. LOUIS ALUMN!'t The St. Louis alumnce have published a mimeographed booklet for the convenience of the members containing the names and addresses of all the members, also the telephone number of those girls who reside in the city.

In this booklet we have a list of the meetings for the year with the date

ST. LOUIS ALUMN.'E CHAPTER Front row, left to right: Virginia H erron, H elen Auburn, Lois H oynck, Elizabeth Wilson, J anice Wrausman, Harriet Marschnetz . S econd row: Janis Dale, Virginia R uby, Catherine Matthews Strand, Jun e McCarthy, Alice Boal, Crace Feeney, Lillian Vogt. Back row: Vera Bartman, Dorothy Bennett Robinson, Dorothea Schab erg Schmidt, Alice Wilk Dunlop, Bernice Pace, Virginia Morris ey, Madalyn K ehl, Clarrise Birk , Mary R ase Barter.

and the name of the girl at whose home the meeting will be held. We choose the girls in alphabetical order fo r the meetings . The booklet also contain our calendar which is a list of all our activities for the year, both money making and social. Our tentative calendar follo路ws.

October 23- Steak Fry. Tovember 3- Founders' Day. December 28- Christmas Dance.

January 13- White Elephant Party.

February 11- Benefit Bridge.

March 12- Tea for ctive , Pledaes and Harri Fa ulty.

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April 8- Rummage Sale.

March and April- Raffle.

May 10-Mothers' Day Dinner.

June 9, 10, 11- Annual Week-end.

LILLIAN VocT

YPSILANTI-ANN ARBOR ALUMN!E July brought the summer picnic in Tecumseh with Mrs. Wright. Our group was small but appetites hardy.

November with Founders' Day ushered in a very delightful social afternoon preceded by a luncheon to which the Alpha actives had invited us.

We observed simple but impressive recognition of the true worth and depth of Alpha Sigma Tau through renewed vows and tributes to the loyal women who have made our sorority what it is. Founders' Day always brings a glow of satisfaction with the world and with ourselves as each year seems to strengthen our ties.

Plans are shaping for the year and we hope to include a Christmas party, active rushing, Anchor day , Alpha dance, and a play.

SYMPATHY Sincere sympathy is extended to Mary Heath Arnold upon the Joss of her husband, Charles, through accidental drowning on September 25, in Edison Lake, Belleville, Michigan.

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Send to: Mrs. Justin G. Doyle Peekskill Military Academy Peekskill , New York

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MARRIAGES A kron-Kent Alumnce Janet Knott (Eta) to Robert Bowman, November 26, 1938.

Charleston A lumnce Jeanette Kyle (Omicron ) to Lee Hamilton, August 5, 1938.

Philadelphia Alumnce Beckie Brown (Lambda ) to James Rooks, June 11 , 1938.

Cleveland A lU1nnce H elen Sixt (Eta) to Gilbert Lutz, July 9, 1938.

Marian Hess (Eta ) to Robert Erickson, June 25, 1938.

D elta Mary St. Clair King to James Russell Guard, June 11 , 1938.

D enver-Greeley Alumnce Edna Romans (Nu) to Ralph Parsons, June 3, 1938.

Burnadine Womack ( u ) to Donald Shelton, June.

Joanna Eberhardt (Nu ) to Howard Elgin.

Emporia A lumnce Wilma Horton (Iota) to William Kuretich, Jun e 6, 1938.

Emma Tieperman (Iota ) to Arthur B. Wise, Jr. , June 12, 1938.

Juanita Collins (Iota) to Henry P. J. Wilson, Jun e 16, 1938.

Evelyn Heintz (Iota) to Howard M. Gray, June 26, 1938 .

Rho Jo Ellen Harrison to Glenn Ray, April 2, 1938.

Upsilon Winnie Lee Floyd to J. A. Wallace, June.

Cora Frances Florence to Odis Rowe, Jun e.

Bernice Beasley to Augu tus E . Adamson, June.

Mildred Stephenson to Charles Downs, August.

Eugenia Keith to J. H. Gibbs, September.

Zeta Tau Patty J effries to Abrcy Adams, July 1, 1938.

Laura Morris to teve Burroughs.

Becky Gilette to Harold McGrath.

Jane 1ain to Marcel Pfhalzfral.

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BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jowles (Margaret Armour, Eta), a daughter, Judith, in September.

To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon (Barbara Bostick, Eta) , a daughter, in October.

Blue field A lumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Looney (Clara Bell Honaker, Omicron), a son.

To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rorrer (Josephine Lilly, Omicron), a son, Daniel Eppling, on April18, 1938.

Cleveland Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. George Lunham (Evelyn Haase, Eta), a son , Bruce Patterson, on April 12, 1938.

D enver-Greeley Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Chambers (Evelyn Burchfield, Nu) , a son, in July.

Emporia Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Porter (G race Fenner, Iota ), a son, Larry Lee, on August 4, 1938.

Lansing Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis (Lenore Douglas, Alpha) , a daughter, Judy Ann, on June 24, 1938.

Philadelphia Alumnce To Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Reed (Margaret Gentel , Lambda), a so n, in August.

HAVE YOU YOUR COPY of the ALPHA SIG fA TAU DIRECTORY? (Published 1938) Price 50¢ Send to: Central Office 187 Clinton Heights Columbus, Ohio

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NATIONAL COUNCIL President . ... .. ... . ...... . . . .... . ....... . .... . ... Mrs. Haswell E. Staehle (Alpha) 187 Clinton Heights, Columbus, Ohio Vice-Presidents in Charge of Organizing: Mrs. F. J. Schumann, 904 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit , Mich . . ..... . . (Theta) Miss Edith Paul, 106 Lincoln St., Johnstown, Pa . .. . . . ..... ..... ... (Zeta) Miss Mary Seller, 1013 Congress, Emporia, Kan . . .. ... ... . . . ..... . (Iota) Mrs. Meade McNeill , Athens, W.Va .. . . . ... .... . ..... .. . . ..... (Omicron ) A.E.S. Representative . . .. . . . ....... . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. .. . . . Miss Edith Mansell (Beta) 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park, Mich.

Secretary ..................................... . Miss Mary Jane Manchester (Eta) 111 Park Ter., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Treasurer ....... . . ....... . . . . . ........ . ... . ... .. .. Mrs. Adrian Ridderhof (Zeta) 16502 Blackstone, Detroit, Mich .

Editor .. .. . ...... . ...... .. ... . .. . .. . ... . . . . .. .... . . Mrs. Justin G. Doyle (Theta ) Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill, N .Y. Chaplain and Historian ........ .. .. . . . .... . . . ........... .. Mrs. Royal Lucke (Nu ) Henderson, Colo.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES Scholarship Awards ...................... . ... .. ..... Mrs. R. S. MacDougall (Zeta) College Glen Dr., Lock Haven, Pa. Examination .. . . ... . ....... . .. . . . ... . . . . ......... . Mrs. W. Ralph Delaney (Theta ) 15341 Alden Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Scholarship Loan Fund . . . .. . .. . ... ... . .. ... . .. Miss Margaret Macdonald (Sigma ) 673 Richmond Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Life Members hip ...... .. ....... . ... .. . .... . . .. . .. .... . . Mrs. Howard Dall (Iota) 422 Rural St. , Emporia, Kan .

Song- Book . . ..... .... . .. ..... .. . ...... . . .... . . .... .. Mrs. Austin Perrine (Alpha) 1001 Dupont St. , Flint , Mich.

Tradition . . .. . . . .... ... . .. . .. . ... ....... ... .. ...... ... . .. Mrs. S. C. Robinson (Pi ) 5119 St. Louis Ave ., St. Louis, Mo. ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIO. SORORITIES Chairman ... . . . ...... .... . ...... . .. . .. Miss Mabel Lee Walton, Sigma Sigma Sigma P. 0. Drawer 108, Clermont, Fla. Secretary .... .. . ... .... . . . ... . .. ... .... ... . . . Mrs. Fred Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha 1405 Hardy Ave. , Independence, Mo. Tr easurer .... . . . .. ..... . ... .. . . . .. .... .. .. .... . Mrs. C. P . Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma 3632 Paxton Rd ., Cincinnati, Ohio Director of Local Panhellenics ....... . ... . ... .. . Mrs. Orley See, Delta Sigma Epsilon 48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif.

Director of City Panh ellenics ...... .. . . . Miss Carrie E. Walter, Theta Sigma Upsilon 3815 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Chairman of Eligibilit y and Nationalization ... . Miss Edith Mansell, Alpha igma T au 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park , Mich.

Chairman oI Publicity . ....... . ..... . . ... .. . .. Dr. Reba . Perkins, Pi Delta Theta Indiana , Pa.

THE ANCHOR COLLEGIATE CHAPTER EDITORS ALPHA - Louise Skellenger, 11 S. Summit Street, Ypsilanti , Mich .

DELTA-Elsie Ellenberger, 7 Clark Hall , S.T .C. , Indiana, Pa. ZETA-Anna Banshaf, 28 N. Main St., Muncy, Pa. Box 5, Lock H aven Teachers College, Lock H aven.

ETA- Ruth Bradley, 223 University Drive, K ent, Ohio.

THETA-Lorraine Mettler, 3091 Belmont, Hamtramck, Mich .

IOTA-Caroline Somerfield, 1006 Constitution , Emporia, Kan .

LAMBDA-Cora Zimmerman , 551 Unruh St., Philadelphia, Pa. Nu-Mrs. Theda Harris (Pres. ), 1620 8th Ave., Greeley, Colo.

0MICRON-Lillyan Lilly, Athens, W.Va. Pr-Lorraine Flotte, 9921 Riverview Dr., St. Louis, Mo. RHo-Lucyle Cox, 602 N . 6th, Durant, Okla.

SIGMA-Rene Smith, 189 S. Union St., Spencerport , N .Y. ZETA TAu-Johnny Lybrook , S.T.C. , Farmville, Va. UPSILON-Frances Cole, Box 73, Normal Station, Conway, Ark. ALUMNJE CHAPTER EDITORS AKRON-KENT- Caroline Pierson , 318 N. Willow St. , Kent, Ohio.

BECKLEY- Mrs. Ina Cooke, Winding Gulf, W.Va .

BLUEFIELD-Beryl Woodroof, Mercer St. , Princeton , W.Va .

CHARLESTON-Mad! Stephens, 1130 Lee St., Charleston , W. Va. CLEVELAND- Jane Buck, 312 Ohio St. , Vermilion , Ohio .

DENVER-GREELEY- Opal Gish , 3924 W. 35th Ave., Denver, Colo.

DETROIT- Isabel McGuire, 4365 Fullerton Ave., Detroit, Mich.

EMPORIA- Mrs. Fred R. Griffith, 1520 Market St., Emporia , Kan .

FLINT-Lucille Gale, R . 1, Fenton , Mich.

JoHNSTOWN- Mrs. Clarence Wilson, 139 Strayer St. , Johnsto wn, Pa. LANSING-Mrs. Robert Kimmich , Jr. , 119 W. Grand River Ave. , Lansing, Mich.

PHILADELPHIA- Jean Kopenhaver, 1327 D eKalb St. , Norristown , Pa. ST. Lours- Lillian Vogt , 3605a N. Newstead , St. Louis, Mo. WELCH-Ruth Bivens, Welch, W.Va. WICHITA- Helen Pfanschmidt, 124 S. Green , Wichita , Kan .

YPSILANTI-ANN ARBOR-Jane Groh (Pres. ), 534 S. Ashley, Ann Arbor, Mich.

ALUMNJE REPRESENTATIVES ALPHA- Miss Isabel McGuire, 4365 Fullerton , D etroit, Mich .

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

GAMMA- Mrs. R . P. Hammond, 2016 Underwood Ave., Wauwa to a, Wi .

DELTA- Miss Betty Weaver, 1235 4th Ave., Ford City, Pa. ZETA-Mrs. W. ]. Plankenhorn, 1026 Mulberry St., Williamsport, Pa. ETA-Miss Mildred Pyle, 619 S. Water St., Kent , Ohio.

THETA- Mrs. T . W. Briggs, 1320 Cadillac Blvd., Detroit, Mich.

IoTA- Mrs. Fred R. Griffith, 1520 Market St. , Emporia, Kan .

Miss Le Royce Downing, 1114 Exchange St. , Emporia, Kan .

KAPPA- Miss Isabel Finkbine, Oxford , Ohio.

LAMBDA-Mrs. William Collins, 140 W. Ridley Ave., Norwood, Pa .

Nu-Miss Pauline Allen, 3152 W . 36th Ave., Denver, Colo.

XI-Mrs. J. R. Brenemen, Pactola Apt. J, Hutchinson , Kan .

OMICRON-Miss Romaine Kanode, Athens, W.Va. Pr-Miss Virginia Herron, 1702 Wagoner PI. , St. Louis, Mo .

RHo-Miss Kathleen Kelchner, 617 W. Elm St., Durant, Okla.

SIGMA-Miss Beverly Bollard, 323 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N .Y. ZETA TAu-Mrs. W. Leon Mason, Route 2, Box 383A , Portsmouth, Va. UPSILON-Miss Marjie Perkins, 800 E . 6th St. , North Little Rock , Ark.

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ALPHA-Mrs. Gertrude Flint, 914 Congress, Ypsilanti, Mich .

DELTA-Mrs. Alma Gasslander, S.T.C., Indiana, Pa. ZETA-Miss Edna Bottorf, S.T.C., Lock Haven, Pa. ETA-Miss Laura Hill, 417 E . Main St., Kent, Ohio.

THETA- Dr. Gertha Williams, The Wardell, 15 E. Kirby, Detroit, Mich.

IoTA-Miss Helen R . Garman, 105 W. 12th St., Emporia, Kan .

LAMBDA-Mrs. Ethel H. Kirby, 1901 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Nu-Miss Edna Hoydar, S.T.C., Greeley, Colo.

OMICRON-Miss Mae R. Hunter, Athens, W.Va. Pr-Miss Edith Glatfelter, 4720 N. 20th St., St. Louis, Mo .

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

SrGMA-Dr. Margaret S. Quayle, 805 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N .Y. ZETA TAu-Miss Virginia Bedford, S.T.C., Farmville, Va. UPSILON-Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, 730 Donaghey, Conway, Ark. CHAPTER ROLL ALPHA (1899)-Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich .

BETA (1905-1917 )-Central Michigan Normal School, Mt. Pleasant, Mich .

(College authorities disbanded all sororities) GAMMA (1909-1913)-State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis. (Disbanded by college authorities) DELTA (1916)-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. EPSILON (1919-1923)-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. (Re-organized as Lambda ) ZETA ( 1921)-Lock Haven State Teachers' College, Lock Haven , Pa. ETA (1927) - Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

THETA (1923)-Wayne University, Detroit, Mich.

IOTA (1923)-Kamas State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kan .

KAPPA (1924-1929)-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

(Several A. E. S. groups left this campus because of the competition of the academic sororities) LAMBDA (1926 )-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Nu (1928)-Colorado State College of Education, Greeley , Colo.

XI ( 1929-1933 )-Western State Teachers' College, Gunnison, Colo.

(Temporarily inactive because of the depression ) OM{CRON (1930)-Concord State Teachers' College, Athens, W.Va. Pr (1930)-Harris Teachers' College, St. Louis, Mo. RHo (1932 )-Southeastern Teachers' College, Durant, Okla.

SIGMA (1925)-State Teachers' College, Buffalo, N .Y. ZETA TAu ( 1935) - State Teachers' College, Farmville, Va. UPSILON (1935) - State Teachers' College, Conway, Ark. DISTRICTS AND PRESIDENTS First District: (central) Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin .

President-Mrs. Fred J . Schumann, 904 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.

Second District: (eastern) New York, Pennsylvania, ew Jersey, Maine, New Ramp- 路 shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

President-Miss Edith Paul, 106 Lincoln Street, Johnstown, Pa. Third District : (western) All states we~t of the Missisippi River.

President- Miss Mary Seller, 1013 Congress, Emporia, Kan. Fourth Dist1"ict: (southern) Virginia, West Virgiqia, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida , and outh Carolina.

President- Mrs. Meade McNeill, Athens, W.Va.