1946 January ANCHOR

THE ANCHOR=========== Janua.ry

1946

Vol. XXI

No. 2

CONTENTS Page The Penland School of Handicraft

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Cha utauqua Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Former Sigma Adviser W rites of Pacific I sland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Your Role in World Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Scholarshi p R eport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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M rs. Kirchner, Patroness of Pi Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Socond D1stnct Meetmg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fourth District Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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In the Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Coll egiate C hapter News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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Personals

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Directory

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The Penland School 路of Handicraft NE of our National Social Service projects is an annual contribu~ion to The Penland School of Handicrafts, Penland, North Carolma.

Our own Lucy Morgan, a Beta, is director of the school.

Penland mountain community stands unspoiled high in the Blue Ridge mountain s of Western North Carolina. Year by year folk from an everwidening area have asked to come and share the beauty of the mountains and the unique fellowship of craftsmen found there. Artists, educators, doctors, Indians from the plains, and our own mountain Cherokees have been among those who have shared the happiness of a few fleeting weeks in this far off land of blue hills and wooded trails.

In the sixteen years of its existence, the Penland School of Handicrafts has expanded from a small group of mountain women to over two hundred people each season ; from one small work room to its Edward Worst Crafts House, one of the largest log houses in the country, and it overflows into the pottery and metal shop buildings.

The school is the outgrowth of a project started back in 1923 by Lucy Morgan purely as a community handicraft organization. Having previously been connected with the Appalachian School for Children, founded in 1914 by her brother, Rufus Morgan, an Episcopalian minister, Mi ss Morgan sensed the need of an outlet for some kind of expression among the adults of the community. After a course in weaving at the Berea College in Kentucky she started a small hand weaving organization, designed to revive and perpetuate the native arts and crafts as well as to provide a better means of livelihood for the people in the Penland community.

In the beginning looms were taken by cart over rough roads to the homes of interested women. Miss Morgan would remain with each worker until she had learned to weave. As time went by and roads were improved a Model T Ford with a truck bed on the back served to haul the looms and equipment.

Finally there was no longer a problem of securing workers but of furnishing work to all who applied for it. Miss Morgan 's work was finally brought to the attention of the State Department of Vocational Education and financial aid came at a time when Miss Morgan , working without salary, had about depleted her own private funds which she used to carry on her work.

The pitfalls were many and the way rough , but the work grew slowly until one day it reached the point where it had a definite transformin g influence on the lives of Penland women. Living conditions were improved medical and surgical attention given, children educated , and living standard raised.

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Ever seeking the best for her weavers, Miss Morgan contacted one of the country 's foremost authorities on hand weaving, Edward F. Worst of Chicago, who was so impressed with her work that in 19 29 he came to Penland to instruct her women in more advance types of weave than they had hitherto known . The next year he came again and neighboring craft centers were invited to end students to study with him. Since that time students from nearly every state in the union and from as far away as Alaska, Canada, and Cuba have made their way to Penland. Mr. Worst continued to in struct, summer after summer.

With the number of student 路 ever increasing new buildings were erected, largely by voluntary contributions from Penland's many friend s and students. Each succeeding sess ion has been extended from a few days into weeks, until now there are five sessions of three weeks each, running from June through August.

Soon after hand weaving became established, metal work pottery, jewel work, and other crafts were added. Metal work is second in importance to the weaving but suffered somewhat due to the lack of metals available for in structional purposes during the war. Limited quantities of copper, pewter, silver, aluminum and garaloy (a white metal alloy ) were obtained for use last summer with an increasing supply becoming availabl e from now on.

A special effort has been made the past three years to as ist in the training of Occupational Therapists and Aides to Therapists as well as others who may be useful to the efforts of restoring service men to their places in life. Penland has been officially approved under the G.I. Bill of Rights and the first winter session began December 1, 1945 . This was planned especially for returned service men who might want to learn crafts as a way of making a living, or who would like to spend some time doing crafts for recreation or some other reason.

Chautauqua Highlights H AUTAUQUA, New York, is a community located in South We tern New York State on the borders of the lake for which it is named. Here during a summer season of eight weeks fifty thousand or more people gather. They may be students or casual visitors but their interest is a common one- the desire for cultural or spiritual growth. Chautauqua is not a summer resort. It is definitelv an educational institution and is known all over the country for its New York University summer session and its excellent schools of music , art and religion .

One of the most delightful and enriching experiences of my life was the month I pent here during the summer.

An amphitheater in the center of Chautauqua has a seatin o- capacit of about six thousand . In thi s place one may attend some form of entertainment morning, afternoon or evening. There are concerts, recital , ymphoni es and lectures from which to choose. Additional programs ar al o taking place in other buildings so one can always find . omethin(7 that he particularly desires. omeone has aid that as man as fi ft) pr grams

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may be going on at one time. For this reason the Chau tauquan must make his choice with limitation.

During my first week I was soon impressed with the many rich and timely events upon the calendar ; the opening play by the Chautauqua Repertory Theater, the recital by Donald Dickson, the initial appearance of the famed Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the array of enlightening speakers each day in connection with the East and West Association.

Those of you who teach Social Studies are familiar with this Association.

Founded by Pearl Buck, it has put an idea to work- namely, that a well in fo rmed public is the only guarantee of a lasting peace. T hrough its lecture-discussions the audience was reminded that human beings are alike all over the world and that their cultural differences enri ch our common heritage.

In the People's Congress, a type of forum discussion promoted by the East and West Association, I heard Mrs. Paul Robeson speak for Africa , the land of the Negro. In her charming manner she reminded us that fundamentally there is only one race, the Human Race, with all its members trying to survive but doing it differently. Other speakers representing Russia, China and F rance applied the theme My People and the Peace to their native land s.

In connection with these morning lectures a Chinese Theater group in a series of plays presented Chinese li fe as it is reall y lived today. Miss Wang Yung as Peach Blossom, an escaped refugee, was most appealing.

One morning Houston Peterson, head of the department of philosophy at Cooper Uni on lectured on Peoples of the Wodd TMough Books. He thinks of books as extra sense organs that help people to see more than they woul d otherwise be able to . M r. Peterson said we cannot always judge a country by one or two writers. He spoke of one author who spent three weeks in Russia and then wrote a book condemning that large lan d. One way of measuring a country, the speaker suggested, is by way of the people who go there and stay. For reading on Russia Lauterbach 's These Are the路 Russians was recommended as well as Edmund Stevens' Russia Is N o Riddle. In the words of Mr. Peterson, " It behooves us to change our perspective in regard to other nati ons." It was urged that we acquaint ourselves with the essay On a Certain Blindness by William James. The Science of Man in the World Crisis edited by Ralph Linton and Ruth Benedict's Patterns of Culture were recommended . Mr. Peterson spoke on the science of anthropology, which he feels may well become the basic science. He stated that he believed too much specialization of knowledge and labor have made perspective impossible. He says than anthropology may gradually take over sociology and psychology.

Edward L. Bernays who lectured on How to Tak e Your Place at the Peace Table was likewise concerned about America's relationship with the rest of the world. M r. Bernays said we must express ourselves if we want our representatives to work in our best interests. Quoting from his addres " Too often people feel a sense of frustration. They leave the job to some important person when one telegram will determine a policy. Six out of ten people believe there will be another war in fifty years. They abhor the thought yet do nothing. There must be a will to action by the people. If

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you read an editorial that works against the peace let the editor know about it." Praise, condemn, educate was the appeal made by the speaker.

Another address which brought an honest and simple approach to the problems of race prejudices was given by Dr. Gene Weltfish of the Anthropology Department of Columbia University. Columbia graduates who are reading this article are undoubtedly acqu~inted with this noted scientist and her recent book The R aces of M ankmd.

From the many lectures and book reviews I heard at Chautauqua I was impressed with the thought that all these people were seriously concerned in the problems that confront our age : (a) That as American citizens we must become wisely informed on world issues. (b) That there is no time to be influenced by petty prejudices for it is not living up to the Christian principle with its brotherhood of man motive to be prejudiced. Prejudice is based on fear and fea r on a lack of knowledge. (c) That as Sumner Welles tells us, our government must take a po itive part in world relations to prove that the interdependence of nations can be used to end war and increase the well being of people in all lands. (d) That whether we like it or not there is a rising wind and the sound is growing of the march of men all over the world who demand the human rights for which they have fo ught. (e) And finally, I like the statement I heard somewhere which seem to offer the only effective solution to the problems we face: "The source of peace lies in the power supplied by The Prince of Peace."

In the realm of music Chautauqua has much to offer. Each vveek I listened regularly to four symphony concerts with guest artist , under the direction of Franco Autori. Now during the fall and winter months it is especially thrilling to hear these same artists in familiar concerto and 路symphonies which come to us over the air.

The Chautauqua public is enthusiastic in its support of the opera . Thi is evidenced by the fact that tickets are completely sold by the opening of the season and standing room only is available on the night of the performance . Chautauquans benefit by the experiments that Juilliard carries on for the operas are frequently taken from those given at the Juilliard School during the winter. Always it was a delight to discover Lucia, Don Jose or some other familiar operatic character when he or she appeared as soloist or member of a quartette in another program.

Other valuable contributions to the Music Program were the outstanding Columbus Boy Choir, The Motet Choir, the popular Twilight Musicale Series, The Sunday evening Sacred Song Service and the frequent tudio Recital s.

Chautauqua is conducive to the nobler life and finest ideal of our people. It is a truly great American institution . I feel richly rewarded for the fresh enthusia m in true living it gave to me for its in formal leisure, its opportunities for lasting friend hips, its fine music and its stimulating thought.

LUCILE TEE , igma 25

Former Sigma Adviser Writes of Pacific Island AM CONVINCED that my decision to enter the American Red Cross, which I struggled and agonized over so long before making the plunge, was the right one for me." Thus wrote Miss Mary Louise Cockefair from New Guinea in a letter to the Buffalo Chapter of the American Red Cross a few months ago .

Miss Cockefair, who entered the service in July 1944, has been a very efficient organizer of centers and canteens for our men in the Pacific areas where she has served. " I shall be glad for this unique privilege when it is all over at last. Even in so short a time here I have gained many rich experiences and delightful friends and grown in my understandings and sympathies. I think, too, that I am both more closely identified with the life of my time and more capable of objectivity in my thinking about it."

Miss Cockefair, who resigned last June from her position as Home Management House Instructor of the State Teachers College Home Economics Department to join the Red Cross, goes on to say in her letter: M ARY LO UISE ( OCKEFAI R " We are the oldest Red Cross on the base.

Within two days of my beginning work, I was congratulating myself on having the best possible assignment- that of director of the commissary .

"The commissary is the central food-buying , producing and distributing agency for all the Red Cross installations on the base. In our heydey we were purchasing around $10,000 worth of food a month. We al so produce all the Red Cross doughnuts, cakes, ice cream and sandwich spreads. At thi s base, unlike most, we have no mixing equipment at all , so all of our 3,000 servings of cake or doughnuts must be mixed, baked and fried by hand . " One of the first things required of us on arrival was in regard to dressno skirts, no flowers, no ribbons, no jewelry except rings and coin bracelets.

We wear long sleeved khaki shirts and slacks or trousers, socks, and brown low heeled nurse's shoes or paratroop boots.

"We feel quite as feminine now when we dress for dates in khaki uniforms as we ever did in our various evening dresses at home. To the outside world we do look alike, but the feminine eye is still as critical and appraising of other women 's dress in New Guinea as at home. We note the quality of starch and pressing, the polish of the shoes and the straightness of the insignia on each other's costumes with the same degree of cattiness as we would customarily employ at home.

"There are so many things we shall have to relearn when we return home, such as paying to enter the movies. Here we bring our own easy

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chair and our raincoat in case of a downpour. Have you seen the new three-cent stamp picturing a ew Guinea movie audience? It is very true to reality.

"Until the Philippines campaign began, we had what now seem like Waldorf-Astoria food. Two fresh eggs two mornings a week, fresh meat once a week, even fresh potatoes and onions once in two or three month .

But if anyone talks about or attempts to erve dehydrated vegetables or bully beef when I get home, I shall go out and order a huge steak.

"Some of the Red Cross clubs are very lovely. It takes ingenuity and originality to achieve such effects here where paint, lumber, nails, screening and cloth are all very scarce. By using native materials, parachutes, camouflage materials, coconuts and potted plants, gay and welcoming clubs have come into being.

"The bay here is beautiful with a fine, sandy beach fringed with palms, behind which lie dense jungles. Animals are scarce but the insects make up in numbers for them. This is the land that has been bitterly fought over and dearly bought in so deadly and tragic a fa hion less than two years ago. There are American and Japanese cemeteries near here which serve to remind one that the jungle once held more dangerou enemies than mosquitoes, pigs and python . " Sometimes even here on the spot where history was made so recently and which is so close to history in the making, in our business, our friendships, our fun, we forget the fundamentally tragic thing that brought us all to so strange a land. We get brought up short now and again when there is a troop movement and one or more of the boys and men who were such good companions and good friends move up toward action 'somewhere.'

"But despite our wholly serious purpose, it is a young world here of laughter, of teasing repartee and of good companionship.''

Present address: Miss Mary Louise Cockefair, A.R.C. Base B, APO 503, c/ o Pm., San Francisco, California.

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T SEEMS to me one of the most obvious lessons women should learn from this war is their responsibility in " keeping up with the world.''

Our Congressmen's votes regarding preparedness were largely influenced by public opinion, as shown in the Gallup poll ; therefore, we must have an inform ed public opinion. Since women have the larger number of votes, it is clearly their responsibility to be intelligent voter .

Last year I joined the Buffalo League of Women Voters and had the opport1:1nity to serve on its radio committee. We a! o conducted di cus ion groups on international cooperation and it was gratifying to see how anxious people are to know about world affairs and to take practical step to correct them.

One of our projects was the wnting and performance of a kit explainmg the structure of the League of United ration and howina wh we think it deserves our full upport.

In October, Mrs. Alan K. Sawyer, radio chairman from th L ague , and Eleanor Erickson, Betty ndert and I from th orority read the

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parts of the playlet before the alumnre members. The sorority girl s were anxious to show their willingness to cooperate internationally. Everyone realizes how much we desire world peace, so as a practical first step in that direction the Buffalo alumnre chapter wrote its Congressmen pledging upport of a food control program in order to have that food sent to starving Europeans.

The Alpha Sigma Tau District Convention at Pittsburgh on October 19-21, also adopted similar resolutions and sent them to their Congressmen .

World peace is not something to be gained in a day. Everyone of us must work for it all of the time.

ELE ANOR HIRD MASON , Sigma '32

Report of the Scholarship Awards Committee, 1944-1945 MRS.

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Chapter No. of Average M embers

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2. 099 2.1 01 2.110 2. 126 2. 143 2.246 2.248 2.260 2.262 2.283 2.284 2.331 2.4 14 2.4 18 2.456

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Chaitman Highes t Individual Average in Each Chapter

Margaret Roulette, Eileen Whisner* . . .... .. .... .

Emily Smart . . . . . ... ... .

Irene Wunderlich ....... .

Lois June Faulkner* ... . . .

Joyce Riehl . .......... . .

Madelyn Jenkins ..... .. .

Dorothy Overholt .. ... . . .

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Carolyn Bobbitt . . . ... . . .

Mary Masterson* . ...... .

Betty Jean Johnson ..... . ancy Lee Johnsont ..... .

Jean Leilich .... . .. . .... .

Janet Mcintosh ......... .

Lora Byrd Whiting .... . . .

Mayo Simmons .. ... .... .

1.000 1.276 1.468 1.176 1.094 1.121 1.23 3 1.250 1.000 1.437 1.32 3 1.094 1.621 1.125 1.265 1.350

* Indicates one semesters work only. t Indicates two terms work.

The plan used fo r averaging grades gives 1.000 as a perfect score.

All grades are based on a full year 's work, except girls who were in college or a member of the sorority for only one semester.

Carolyn Bobbitt, Margaret Roulette and Eileen Whisner have perfect averages. Margaret and Carolyn win the scholarship ring as Eileen 's average was for one semester only.

Chi chapter has the highest average and wins the cup for the fifth consecutive year.

Omega and Alpha Alpha chapters are not included in the report as they were not eligible this year having been installed in the second seme ter.

Mrs. Kirchner, Patroness of Pi Chapter EVERAL weeks ago, as a tribute to the active chapter's success in securing o many lovely pledges in fall rushing, Mrs. Walter C. G. Kirchner, patroness of Pi Chapter, gave a tea for actives, pledges, and alumnre, at the St. Louis Artists' Guild. After having tea and sandwiches, meeting old and new Alpha Sigs, and enjoying the exhibit of the works of St. Louis artists, we were given a short, interesting talk by Mrs. Kirchner, who is herself one of St. Louis's representative artists.

Because we think so much of Mrs. Kirchner, and becau e she always thinks of the nicest possible things for us, we wanted to introduce her to, and share her talents with the other members of Alpha Sigma Tau. Mrs. Kirchner's home was originally in Chicago. She has always had a deep-seated desire to study art, and devote her time to painting, but like so many of us, she fo und that other work interfered with what she really wanted . For instance, when she was encouraaed by an art teacher in high school to accept an art scholarship offered to her, Mrs. Kirchner refused it, deciding that her foremost responsibility at that time was to get further education which would enable her to earn her living. Consequently she attended the niversity of Michigan, where she majored in cience and mathematics.

After graduation, Mrs. Kirchner taught school for a time and then went to Germany. In Berlin, she engaged in independent scientific research.

On her return to this country, she was awarded Sigma Psi, honorary science award, by the University of Chicago.

Following receipt of this recognition, Mrs. Kirchner came to St. Louis, to teach botany at Central High School. Luckily for Pi Chapter, at this time Mrs. Kirchner met Miss Edith Glatfelter, present sponsor of our chapter. They became fast friends, and later, after Mrs. Kirchner had married, and Miss Glatfelter had begun teaching at Harris Teachers College, Mrs. Kirchner consented to be patroness to Pi Chapter.

About ten years ago, Mrs. Kirchner began the study of art in earnest.

During the preceding years, she had kept her early desire to paint in mind , and now she found (or more probably took) time to realize this desire. She st udied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and at Arcadia, Missouri.

In 1940, the Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago sponsored a national contest for covers of their magazine, What's iVew. This contest was open only to doctors and their wives. Being in the latter group, 1rs. Kirchner entered the contest, with her " Interrupted Story." There were about eight hundred entries- the director of the Chicago Art Institute, and John Stuart Curry, and Thomas Hart Benton were the jury of selection- and our Mrs. Kirchner won second p rize, of two hundred and fifty dollars.

By the way, of the five prizes offered, the doctors' wives captured the first three.

Mrs. Kirchner has exhibited in St. Louis, pringfield, and Arcadia among other places, and has held one-man show at the Coronado Hotel, and the Y.M.H.A . in St. Louis. Her pecialty i painting home_, for people who wi h to have this very appropriate picture for them el es.

In spite of her many responsibilities to her home and her husband , and

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the time that must be devoted to her art, Mrs. Kirchner find s additional time in which to take active part in our sorority life. We are both proud and happy to have her in our chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau. EVELYN L UECKING , Pi '43

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OU may be interested in hearing about our unit," writes Helen Sue Reynold , 1st Lt. M.D.D. , to a Buffalo sorority sister. "The 131st General Hospital, one of the fine general hospitals making up the army 's largest hospital group at Blandford Camp, Donset, England, had one of the lowest fatality rates in the entir~ Army Medical Department. " We arrived in Liverpool , England, on the W estpoint, late in July 1944, and went by train to southern England where we set up our hospital. We were located in a very pretty part of the country and when it wasn't raining we thoroughly enjoyed the beauties of the countryside. We were fortunate in being near Salisbury and we could make fairly good train connections for London.

Barronemouth, a resort city on the Channel , wa only twenty miles away and we went there often for shopping, dinner and theatre. There were nice officers' clubs there, too , where we could H EL EN SuE R EYNOLD spend week-ends when we had time off. " Our busiest period was during the German breakthrough in December 1944. All of o.ur beds were constantly filled and it was a problem to get enough food for those hungry boys. Some we seemed to manage. Of course, we all missed fresh fruits, vegetables and fresh eggs; the boys particularly missed fresh milk.

"It is so nice to be back in the States but I wouldn 't have mi ssed last year in England for anything. We returned on the Queen M m路y in August and after our unit was deactivated I was assigned to Cushing General Hospital as staff dietitian. I have hopes, however, of being a civilian again soon."

Lt. Reynolds is a graduate of Buffalo State Teachers College. For thirteen years she served as dietitian at the Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo and then joined the WACs in September 1943.

Present address: Lt. Helen Sue Reynolds, M.D .D. , Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts.

DELEGATES TO THE EASTERN DISTRICT MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 20-21, 19-15 IN THE MARINE ROOM OF THE ROO SEVELT HOT EL, PJTTSBURCH, PENNSYLVANIA

Second District Meeting

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ITISBURGH, the city of hills, with its many bridges, its Golden Triangle, its Cathedral of Learning and its Iron City Beer was in vaded on that perfect autumn week-end of October 19 not only by rooters for the Pitt-Notre Dame game, but also by the eager Alpha Tau of the Eastern District. Early on Friday night the elegant Roosevelt Hotel began to ring with the laughter and greetings of the first arrivals. The spirit of welcome and friendliness which was looked for by the veterans of district and national meetings and which was a source of never-ending wonder to the newcomers was present from the moment we registered in the hotel. We of Lambda, arriving at 10:30 and much too early for bed, hurriedly unpacked and then went downstairs. On the elevator it was our good fortune to renew our acquaintance with Mrs. Staehle whom we asked to join us for a coke. In the lobby were our hostesses from Delta. who welcomed and joined us for refreshments in the lovely Fiesta Room of the hotel. There, between sips, with a background of soft color and to the accompaniment of lively melodies, we tasted the beginning of what was going to be a delicious week-end feast of friendship, gaiety, and sorority.

Coming out of the Fiesta Room thoroughly introduced to the district meeting, we met some fres4 arrivals, said good-night and went to our rooms, not however, to stop our chatter and giggles for some time.

Nine o'clock Saturday morning found us fortified by a hearty Pittsburgh breakfast and ready to register officially for the meeting. When we were finally all assembled and somewhat subdued by the lovely devotions offered by Elinore De Cou, national chaplain-historian, we began to count noses. Introduction of delegates revealed that we had six national officers and standing committee chairmen present. They were: President, Mrs. Staehle ; district president, Beverly Bollard; treasurer, Margaret Macdonald ; chaplain-historian, Elinore De Cou; chairman of awards committee, Betty Maisch ; and chairman of social service committee, Lucille Steen. We also met the official delegates from Delta, Lambda, Zeta, Sigma and Alpha chapters. It was good to note that many more than the delegates came from each of these chapters as is indicated by the total number present of fifty-two.

The meeting got off to a lively start under the direction of Beverly Bollard, the enthusiastic president of our district. Mrs. Staehle started us thinking of the theme of our meeting, Expansion for Alpha Sigma Tau , with an inspiring talk on sorority trends. With our thinking pitched high with ideas for making Alpha Sigma Tau " better than ever,'' it was time for more fun- this time with the photographer who did his level best to take a picture that would show the world a group of dignified young ladies who are a credit to A.S.T. We haven 't seen the results yet , so we don 't know how well he succeeded.

Then it was time for a scrumptious lunch in the coffee shop which included a luscious frozen chocolate eclair for those of us with Epicurean appetities. Early Saturday afternoon we " actives" really had an opportunity to share ideas and learn lots of new things to try out in our own chapters. We had brief talks on rushing, pledging, and program meetings.

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Fo1lowing the presentation of each topic there was a free discussion when anyone and everyone held fo rth . It was through these discussions that we learned that we ought to get to know freshmen before rushing by asking them to go along to a football game or inviting them to the house for a week-end, that it's a good idea tq organize pledges so that they are familiar with the procedures of a business meeting when they become active members, and that a program meeting with a prom inent speaker to which faculty and other guests might be invited coul d take the place of the tea which so many sororities give. T hese are only a few of the many tips we picked up to carry back home and which have been bubbling out at every meeting since the Pittsburgh trip.

At 3 o'clock with many new ideas getting accustomed to their new homes in our minds, we " actives" adjourned our meeting. While the al ums had their meeting, we set out to see P ittsburgh . We aw all so rts of interesting places including the University of Pitt burgh, Carnegie Tech, and a memorial building to Stephen Fost~r> and Carnegie Institute. We all marvel ed at many of the old houses of Pitt burgh whi ch are built on the ide of a hill and often have three or fo ur stories in the back and only one in the front. We had with us the advisor of Delta Chapter, Mrs. Gaslander, and she was able to point out many places of intere t to us.

On Saturday night the Delta girls gave an informal party in the P resident's Room of the hotel. We all enjoyed a natural color movie showing the splendid work that is being carried on at the P ine Mountain School. After seeing thi s we were more convi nced then ever that in this project Alpha Sigma Tau is really connected with something very worthwhile. The outstanding features of the eveni ng we re entertai nment skits prepared by each of fo ur groups. Every Alpha Tau was a member of one group. All of the skits were novel and amusing. The one judged to be the best was a M ajar Bowes Amateur Hour. Following this, we experienced that mellow fee ling of comradeship that comes with group singing. The evening was concluded with a buffet supper .

On Sunday morning we had a summary meeting which served to tie together all the loose ends. As I look back over the idea I have written here, I realize how many things we re a part of this district meeting that I have not included . To mention a few of the things that I now think of there were the very wonderful scrapbooks showing the busy activities of each chapter, the sweaters and other A.S.T. articles that some chapters have, the fun we had at mealtime, and the excellent leadership of tho e who planned the meeting. M ixed with our "goodbys" and "till-we-meetagains " were heartfelt thanks for the guidance of M rs. Staehle, the in, spired direction of Beverly Bollard, the well-planned entertainment of our hostesses, the girl s of Delta Chapter, and the ideas that were contri buted by every person there.

We all left the meeting saying not "go~dby " but 'see you at Cincinnati next summer. " The trip home, though it differed in len oth for each group, no doubt seemed equally short to all because there wa o much to talk and think about. Di ~ trict meetings are truly wonderful institutions: they provide lots that 's good in anticipation a wealth of plea ur and learnin g during the meeting , and afterward a tore of id a to fill our minds in retrosp ct.

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Lambda '47

Fourth District Conference

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HE Southern District Conference of Alpha Sigma Tau held its first meeting since 1940 at the Hotel Patrick Henry, Roanoke, Virginia, on October 27 and 28, 1945. Miss Charlotte Greeley, alumnre representative of the Zeta Tau Chapter served as general chairman for the conference.

Approximately sixty girl s from the alumnre and collegiate chapters of the soro rity attended the gathering. Several nat ional officers includin g Mrs. H . E. Staehle , Mrs. Meade McNeill and Mrs. E. F. Petersen were also present.

Mrs. Ferne Phipps, district president presided at the meetings which were held in the Red Room of the H otel Patrick Henry. Wanda Shelton, di strict chaplain led the devotional s. Anna Headlee of the Zeta Tau Chapter and Ruth Crews Horliss, Omicron alumnre were elected secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the fourth district. LeNoir H. Coleman was selected as Publicity Chairman .

The theme of the entire conference was " Expansion- National , Collegiate and Alumnre ." Mrs. Staehle led these discussions after which individual topics were di scussed . These open fo rum discussions were led by various alumnre and collegiate members.

Alumnce and Collegiate delegates held separate discussion meetings on Saturday afternoon. These discussions were continuations of the central theme of " Expansion."

Saturd(l y night, members of Psi Chapter at Harri sonburg entertained the conference with an informal party in the Reel Room. Games were played and an informal skit was presented by the group. A colored motion picture, showing the sorority project at Pine Mountain School was shown.

The con ference ad journed after a summary meeting on Sunday morning.

In the Services MARGIE CRITES, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Chi Margie Crites enl isted March 2, 1944.

She wen t to Hunter Coll ege, New York, for boot training on June 1, 1944 and then on to M illedge Georgia Business School. She was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, for duty in the Tavy Payroll Office and has been there for one and a half years.

Before she entered the service Margie was graduated from Shepherd College and al so had attended West Virginia University and Greeley, Colorado, State Teachers College For Women.

Present address: Alberton Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio.

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RITA M. KICK, HA 1/ c, Sigma '39 Enlisting in the WAVES on May 1, 1944, Rita found herself on active duty by the first of June. She received her boot training at Hunter College and spent four weeks at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda Maryland.

At present Rita is at the U.S.N. Hospital in Portsmouth , Virginia. Her first work there was in the maternity ward for dependents of Naval per onnel. Following this he worked chiefly with combat fatigue cases.

In May of this year Rita was given her europsychiatric Technician rating. After considerable study and work with insulin sub shock therapy, she wa put under instruction (unofficially ) for electroencephalogram and has been working at this ever since.

Expecting to be discharged the early part of 1946, our Sigma Sister anticipates a trip to Alaska, returning to school in June or September.

Present address: Rita M. Kick, H A 1/ c WAVES Quarters, USN Hospital, Portsmouth , Virginia.

SGT. LAURA MAE EHMAN, Sigma '42 After one year of teaching Home Economics in Friendship, Tew York , Laura Mae joined the WACs in 1943. Her assignment in the service was radio work and nurses training.

Present address : Sgt. Laura Mae Ehman, .'\21 68 56 WAC , WAC Hospital Detachment 1748, S.U. State Camp, Camp Carson , Colorado.

MARTHA TULLY, WAC, Sigma '40 Martha Tully joined the WACs in 1944 after teaching two years near Tonawanda, New York, and working the following two years for the Young Peoples Group of the Tonawanda YWCA. Present address: Martha Tully, WAC Fort Ocrlethorpe, Georgia .

BETTY JANE BINDER, WAVE, Sigma '44 Graduating from college in 1944, Betty joined the service the same year.

She is a Link Trainer Operator at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola.

Present address : Betty Jane Binder, S'K (Spt ) (Lt ), WAVE Barrack #652 , Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

RITA JERGE, ARC, Sigma '39 Rita is an American Red Cross Staff Assistant in :\Iaska. She ha been there since June 1945.

Previou to entering the service Rita worked as Director of Trainincr for the ]. N . Adam Company in Buffalo.

Home addres : Ea t Aurora, Tew York.

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HELEN MOSES FLESHMAN, AMM 2/ c WAVE, Omicron Service life began for Helen with five weeks of boot camp at Cedar Falls, Iowa, starting December 13, 1942. The following six months were spent in Norman, Oklahoma, where she received training in Mechanics, and from here she went to the Naval Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field in New York.

Helen was honorably discharged in September 1945 with the rating of Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class.

Present address : Box 51 , Oak Hill , West Virginia.

RUTH E. BRONG, Lambda Ruth writes : " My job now is that of consultant in Home ursing, ational Headquarters, American Red Cross, Washington , D .C. I'm setting up a new course on ' Mother and Baby Care' and when it is completed I 'll be touring the 48 states giving nurse instructors training conferences."

Present address : 1863 Newton Street, Northwest, Washington , D. C. . Home address : Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania.

EVA WATKIN BENTLEY, ANC, Lambda In response to information concerning Eva 's services, a newspaper clipping was received which announced her marriage two years ago to Captain Wilson ]. Bentley at Arzew, Algiers.

Eva, a graduate of Temple University, was a member of the 21st H ospital Unit in North West Africa. She was among the first army nurses to go overseas, having arrived in England before Thanksgiving 1942 and in Africa in the middle of December.

Sorry we cannot give you " up to date" facts about our Lambda Sister at this time.

JEAN CHAMBERS, WAVE, Seaman 2/ c, Theta Jean entered the service in July 1945.

Present address: Jean A. Chambers, S 2/ c, Operations Box 1, Air Station, Banana River, Florida.

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NATALIE ZOEBEL, WAVE, Hospital Apprentice 2/ c, Theta Natalie has been in the WAVES since June 194 5.

Present address : Natalie Zoebel, H.A. 2/ c, WAVES Barracks, U. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn 1, New York.

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ERMA SCUPHOLM, Cadet Nurse Corps, Junior Cadet, Theta PATRICIA ANN MAYNES, Cadet Nurse Corps, Junior Cadet, Theta MARILYN HOFMAN, Cadet Nurse Corps, Junior ~adet, Theta SYLVIA HILL, Cadet Nurse Corps, Junior Cadet, Theta DOROTHY COPE, Cadet Nurse Corps, Junior Cadet, Theta Five Theta girls entered the Cadet Nurse Corps in June 1945. The present address of these girl s is : Clara Ford N urses Home, 7470 Byron, Detroit 2, M ichigan .

ALICE FLEMING, A.R.C., Lambda '30 Alice served as program director with U .S.O. from January 1942 to January 1944 at Fredricksburg, Maryland, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Natal , Maceio, and Recife ( the last three are in Brazil ).

She is now on her way to Manila and does not yet have a permanent add ress. Her home addre s is: 5902 Master Street, P hil adelphia, Pa. Alice has taught at Gi rard College, Philadelphia ; Swarthmore, Reading, Philadelphia public schools and she has al so worked at Du Fonts.

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ANCHO RS sent to the fo llowi ng girls have been return ed without notifications of fo rwarding addres es. The editor would greatly appreciate receivi ng correction .

Alpha Florence Schmid Baker I sabella McGuire Ruth Goot Murray B et a Olga J. Denison Betty Dettenthaler McDonald Gamma Bithia Schwendener Whitney D elta Betty Manvi ll e Z eta Phylli s Stewart Brown Betty McClintock Th eta Bury! Foster McNamara E lizabeth Marsh R esnack I ota rlene Kohman D ixon Ruth Dunlap Martha Hall Betty Kiddoo H elen Campbell tott L ambda Ruth Hoff Berg

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Virginia Kerner Cockerham F lorence Goddard Conner Maryalice M . La forest Helen Nelson Rho Luree Milburn Sigma Marjorie Pierce George Jean Robinson Hinz Audrey S. Saunders Z eta Tau Ruth Carney Evelyn Cannon Hall Mary K. Ingham E stelle Paul ette Dorothy Rollins Chi Evelyn Dor ey P!ti

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COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS ALPHA CHAPTER Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan The Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority held its first meeting Monday evening on October 1. Kathleen Sanderson , president, called the meeting to order and plans for the year were discussed. Our calendar is filled right up to the top with sorority doings.

The Alpha Sigs decided to take on a hospital project and make favors for all occasions or whatever else the patients may want.

We planned a Houseparty for November at Wampers Lake and it provided a happy climax to Hell Week activities.

Our new pledges are Arlene Stein , J oyce Elliott, J ean Wooten , Shirley Pullou , Esther Riemenschneider, E unice Ford , and Virginia Spaulding.

Four of our "worms" were unable to attend the H ouseparty so they were put in charge of the Christmas Party which was held at Mrs. Bates' home. Our pledges made green ''beanies" to wear during Hell Week and paddles to give to their superiors.

The first district meeting since 19.JO was held November 3 a nd 4 at the Hotel Statler in Detroit. The Michigan chapters represented at the meeting were Mount Pleasant, Lansing, Flint, Ypsilanti , and Detroit, as well as, chapters from M uncie, Indiana , and Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Eleanor Meston , patroness of our sorority, talked on "The F ounders as She Knew Them."

The Founders' Day Tea was held on November 10 at Cha rles McKen ny Hall.

J oyce Riehl, alumnre representative, ad dressed the group on "What the Alumnre Organizatio n Means to a Former Collegiate Alpha Sig." Barbara Keller, Maxine A. Ross, June Hart, Virginia Coope r, Mrs. J. L. Doyle, and Mrs. Donald F . Wright were among j.he alumnre that attended the tea .

Candlelight service was held and Mrs. Bates poured .

Mrs. Francis Lord, patroness of Alpha Sigma Tau, reviewed the book Th e World, Th e Flesh and Father Smith by Bruce Marshall at a program meeting in November. Mrs. Lord's theme was re-

ligion and the com munity. She stressed the wonderful philosophy of Father Smith wh ich was so warm and hum an that it carried the message of religious love in the commun ity.

Two of our members tied the kn ot this summ er. Ernestine Wilson is now Mrs. Haro ld Schaefer and Marjorie Robinso n is married to Jim Edman .

Rose Kellner is teach ing in the Laupahoe hoe High and Elementary School in Hawaii.

Doris Langworthy, a 1941 member of th e so rority, has returned to school to co mplete her st udies.

BETTY FLY NN

BETA CHAPTER Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Although it is almost time for us to wish all of you a Merry Christm as we wi ll review our so rority events starting with the week-end of June 1. Margaret Kaufmann in vited us to Budd lake for our an nu al houseparty, which co mpleted anoth er yea r for Alpha Sigma T au .

During the summer session of college, the Taus from Mt. Pleasant had luncheon with so me of the alumnre on campus.

Those who attended th e luncheo n were: Ma rgaret Britton '42, Gladys Owens Ellis '40, Janet Mcintosh '.JS, Glenna Douglas.

Dorothy Sweeney, Marge Prior, Pearl Pa rker, Mrs. F . R. Bush and Miss Carrie Trombley.

After a long summer of vacatio n th e T aus were glad to be back togethe r.

November 2 and 3, the first week-end of school, eight of the girls attended the First District Meeting in th e H otel Statler, Detroit. The girls who represented Beta. chapter were Beverly Preston , Doro thy Sweeney, J ackie Barret, J ean Ch isholm, Margaret Kaufman n, Pearl Parker, Doris Walters, Marge Prior, and Irene Butouski, '.J.J . We all thoroughly enjoyed meeting with our sisters from Alpha, Theta, and Al pha Alpha chapter .

We believe the inspiration received from the meeting will help make this yea r the best so rority year.

Our first candlelight service was performed at the Founders' Da y banquet on ovember 5. Marge Prior was loa tmis-

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The three Taus whose names will appear in this year's Who's Who in A m erican Colleges and Universities are Jean Chisholm, Gwen Gwinn and Dorothy Sweeney.

Jean Chisholm is the new president of Masquers, the campus dramatic organization. Jean and Gwen have leading roles in the first play of the seaso n, "Maskenka."

The first AST social gathering was "Hawaiian Havoc" in the form of a dinner party at Marge Prior's home on November 30. Leis of crepe paper flowers were given as favors along with artificial gardenias. The _flashy sarongs and flowers lent the Hawaiian atmosphere while Margaret Kaufmann, Marion Pendel, Marge Lynch and Marion Schock, adorned in grass hula skirts, swung a mean hip.

A bowling team has recently been orga nized with Bev Preston as captain. Although many of the Taus are out for bowling, the first team and the subs are: Margaret Kaufmann, Jackie Barret, Bev Preston, Connie Denison and Doris Walters- Glenna Douglas, M. J. Hoffman, and Marge Prior. We hope to "bowl over'' some of the other sorority teams.

During the summer Pat Ruble became engaged to Stewart Rogers, who is stationed with the NROTC unit at Marquette. Pat recently graduated as a Laboratory Technician and Medical Secretary from the Century College of Medical Technology in Chicago.

Glenna Douglas is engaged to 0. D. Miller, who is stationed at the University of Michigan with the Navy.

MARGE PRIOR

DELTA CHAPTER State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania Delta Chapter was hostess to the Eastem District Conference of Alpha Sigma Tau, held at the Roosevelt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 20 and

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21. Jeanne Boardman, our president, lead one of the panel discussions; Louise Mitchell was responsible for the informal party on Saturday evening; and everyone helped make favors and other preparations. We feel that the conference was very worthwhile.

Nell Byers was initiated as a member of our chapter on November 1.

On November 3, we had a Founders' Day Tea in the Activity Cottage. The special Founders' Day Ceremony with all the candles was very impressive. After the service, we had pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee, and played bridge. We were especially happy to have so me of our alumnre present.

The Panhellenic Christmas Dance, held on December 19 in Recreation Hall, was a huge success. The decorations were the responsibility of the Tau's, with Jimmie Ayers as chairman of the committee. " Stardust" was their theme, and the results were beautiful. Mary J o Cretcher was in charge of the specialty dance. This dance was the first of its kind on our campus since the beginning of the war, and having been such a success will probably become a custom.

Dinner, movies, football ga mes, cultural life programs-all are a part of rushing.

At last we have learned to know most of the new girls on campus, and there are some we want to know better. Our informal rush party will be coming up soon, and we must make it the best! 路 Our sisters have been very much in the news on campus. Betty Jane Hess and Jimmie Ayers, Art Seniors, were initiated as members of Delta Phi, honorary Art Fraternity, and Isabel Edwards was initiated as a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national Honor Society in Education .

Peggy Wampler, who was a professional dancer, co nducts a class in Modern Dance.

Three of the four Junior Class officers are Tau's-Mary Jane Ferrier is president, Beverly Walton is secretary, and Alma Wells is treasurer. The Pemt, our weekly school paper, is starting a new column abo ut soro rity happenings, and Lillia Barilar is reportin g our affairs.

We have been discussing Social Service for this year and have decided to do something more than the usual Christmas basket. After several possibilities were mentioned, a committee was appointed to investigate them and choose one.

Miss Ethel Farrell of the staff of the __ Business Education Department addressed our group on the .subject of "True

Left, top: Betas, left to right: i.arge Prior, Jackie Barret, Dorothy weeney. Left, boll om: Marion Pendel (left) and M ay J ewe! Hoffman, Betas. Center, top to bottom: Pi' new pledges cornered by their two Pledge Mothers : Deltas, left to right-Jeanne Boardman, Madeline Feidler, Beverly Walton, Ruth Iiller; Gl nna Dougla , Beta , and her fian e. Right , top : Pearl Parker, Beta, and one of her hobbies. Right bollo m : Pc~!!Y oo r , Zeta Tau, hosen by popular vote to be oph more r pre. cntn.li\路c for attendant to the queen of the annual . T . C. ircus, J ovembcr 10.

L eft, top: Toni Ciancone, ex-president of Sigma, now teaching in Bufialo. L eft , bottom: Margaret Roulette, Chi, winner of the scholarship ring for 19路H-.t5 . Right, top to bottom: Omegas, left to right-Fern Sullivan, Sylvia Aafedt, Marion Nelson, Ellen Martin, Dagny Trangsrud; Mail call for Omega- left to right-Sylvia Pfeiffer, Sylvia Aafedt, Clarice Leite, Fern Sullivan, Thelma Hill; Pi actives and pledges-and no more class for the day ; Sigmas en route to the tennis courts- Fannie Miller, Wilma hain, Anne Eberhardt.

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Womanliness" on November 29. The members of Theta Sigma Upsilon were our guests.

ISABEL EDWARDS, '47

THETA CHAPTER Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan Theta girls started this seme ter off with tw o rush parties. The first party was a formal tea, at McKenzie Union, the other party was a box social a t the Campus" House. Pledge initiation was held at the home of Carol Riedel. Sixteen pledges were initiated. Eleanor Castle, Mary orene Cook, Theresa D olan, Clemons, Irene K aczmarek , Nora Kero , Betty Ann M ackey, Ruth O'Shea , Cleo Ott, Irene Romanoff, Emi ly Salmi, Helen Shaffer K athryn Stabile, Nora Vertanessian, Kath~ leen Weaver, and Edna Wy nton are the new pledges.

Thetas have a good basketball tea m this year. The team will play for the interso rority championsh ip. Amon" our other activities local skating ponds" have been the scene of several skating parties.

Tobogga ning parties were held at River R ouge Park .

Wayne's annua l 'vVinterma rt was held November 17 . Alpha Sigs had a booth ca lled the '路Rat Race." Although we did not win a pri ze for the booth we felt it was a success. However, our sorority recezved a plaque for sellincr the most tickets to Wintermart. " A party for Phi Sigma Epsilon our brother fraternity at Wayne , was 'given by the Theta girls early in December.

The Christmas party given for the pledge by the members was held at the home of Phyllis Christensen on December 15.

Presents were exchanged and a "Ood time was had by all .

Plans for speakers have been made by J ewel Mack, Program Chairman. Mrs. France Heintz of the H ome Economics Depa rtment at V. ayne Unive rsity, spoke on " True Womanliness" a t the meeting on 1ovember 29.

CAROL RIED EL, '47

IOTA CHAPTER Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kan. The I ota Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Tau started the year off with a big house

cleaning. The girls donned slacks and w ith dusters on their heads really got down to business. The house was hardly recognizable when everything was finished and the girls secretly thought this greatly influenced the thirteen girls who pledged!

We really liked the new pledges even though they saw fit to fill our beds with fl our. Our paddles mysteriou ly disappeared one day , but they soo n found their way home with a little persuasion on the part of the acti ves. The day the pledges sneak ed from meeting rea lly brought the act ives out after them . We never ucceeded in catching them but we sure made them pay for it later that night.

Saturday, October 20, we had open house for the campus b oys. W e played cards, danced , and even did the Virginia reel. Refre hments of cider and doughnut were served during th e intermission. Also during the intermission the pledges gave a skit; it was their version of Frankie and J ohnn y.

Founders路 Day was honored by a formal dinner given Monday , November 5, at 6 :30. T a bl es were placed to form a large " I " in the Chapter R oom. The color scheme was carried out acco rding to the sorority colors of emerald green and gold .

A short program foll owed the dinn er which included a brief history of Alpha Sigma Tau. A luncheon was given in honor of the al umnre on Saturday, November 10. I t eemed just like old times and the hou e was full to bursting with Alpha Tau " past a nd present." The girls held ~ song fest a fterwards to which the alumnre contr ibu ted their hare a nd more. We pract ised on a lot of old so ngs which had almost been forgo tten .

Everyone is anxiously awaiti ng the pledge formal which promises a n excitin" time for a ll. It will be held D ecember which is a very appropriat e time for thei; theme, " Remember P earl Harbor." ' The girls are already rushin" around pressing formal s and trying t o imagine what their corsages will be like.

The minute-man flag is still flyin cr over the Alpha Sigma T au h ouse due to the fact that our members are rememberin" to buy victory bonds and stamps. " Initiation for the new pl edcres will be h_eld orne time in J anuary, a~d in tallatzon of the officer will be the arne day .

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L eft, top to bottom : Left to right- Helen Gorman, sponsor, Velma Vlcek, president, Mrs. Frank Nason, house-mother ; Iota- our thirtee路n new pledges ; Iotas having a cider party. (We didn't really think the picture would take ). Center : Christmas Pledge Formal. Right, top to bottom: Iota actives, Mother ason , center ; Some of the I ota pledges on a busy Saturday morning ; Iota starling off for a ride garbed in thei r new A 1' coveralls- left to right- Eleanor De Graffenreid, Dottie Overholt, Dottie Price.

Roberta Whisler, Velma Vlcek.

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LAMBDA CHAPTER Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Lambda Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau, at Temple University, started this school yea r of 19-15--16 by initiating two new membe rs at a very impressive candlelight service on Thursday evening, October 25.

The new actives are Alice Archibald and Marga ret Woodring.

The rush seaso n opened with a great deal of enthusiasm on campus. The committees worked di ligently on plans for a barn party, at which time we became acqua inted with the girls who had accepted the invitations to attend.

On the co ld, windy, rainy evening of November 1-1, we put on our dunga rees, plaid shirts, slacks and any other old clothing which we could find and trudcred to Bustleton, via bus and trolley, to enjoy a ga la evening of fun , games, and entertainment, and also those delicious refreshments, especially the cider and hot dogs . Yum! Yum! That week was chucked full of interesting events for Lambda Chapter because on Friday even ing, November 16, the annual Fo unders' Day Banq uet was he ld at MaCallisters. The alumnre chapter was well represe nted by having twenty-two members present. Besides enjoying the wo nderful meal of tu rkey and all the ''fixins," we were entertained by some very talented musicians of the alumnre group . At the close of the dinner we participated in the Candlelight Service which brought that evening of fun and fellowship to a close, but wh ich will ever be remembered by those who attended.

The district meeting which was held in Pittsbu rgh was enjoyed by all who attended. Irene Wunderlich was the official representat ive but by the kindness and generosity of the alumnre, Betty Scheerbaum and Doris Wetter were a! o able to attend. These girls haven 't stopped tal king about the meetin g and the wonderful time they experienced . From their de>criptions and reports we are all anxiously awaiting to attend the next district meeting, or better still- the national meeting thi summer.

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OMICRON CHAPTER Concord State Teachers College, A thens, West Virginia Officers for the chool year '-15-'-16 were elected in eptember and installed October

lOth. They were as follows: president, Tommie Gibson ; vice-president, Janet Koch; recording secretary, Betty Smith; corresponding secretary, Irene Harri ; treasurer, Norma Lee Shanklin; historian, ash; custodian, Irene Smith; Kathleen chaplain, Jean Yoak; editor, unshine Eskew.

About fifty persons were present at our first informal rush party. The theme was a "barn party"-carried out by costumes, food, ga mes and decorations.

Two pledges were initiated after the installation of officers. They were Mary Ann Lilly and Lillian Roncaglaine.

On October 2-1 we held our last and formal rush party of the ea on. The rushees , actives, sponsor, alumnre and patrones es were taken to a very good movie and this was followed by a dinner at the West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield.

The rushees were pre ented with yellow roses and each girl also received a silver bracelet with her own name and that of ail the other rushees engraved on it.

With November came pin pledging and the following twelve girls were pledged: Carol Anderson, Joyce Ritter, Tommie Doue, Ruby Ball, ancy Grimm, Alice Kastanas, Elaine Brodley, Mary French, Inez Maynard, Aileen Maynard, Aileen W illiams, Ruth Comb and Gloria Vance.

Omicron assisted at a Panhellenic tea given November 17 honoring one of Sigma Sigma Sigma's national officers who was on an inspection tour.

PI CHAPTER Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Missouri The District Meeting held in St. Loui was one of our high-spots for the season.

It almost overshadowed the Rush Party which we had held the preceding evening.

We had a profitable week! From rushing we ga ined fifteen pledges, and at the District Meeting we exchanged many ideas. One which we carried through recently was the Program Social Meeting.

Four of our alumns joined our meeting and encouraged a di cussion on religion.

The response was qui ck and many of the girl ' fine ideals of life were brought before us. Every girl departed from the meetincr deep in her own thoughts of what had been said.-I'm sorry we weren't exposed to the Program ocial ooner.

Now to turn to the lighter vein . Our pledges gave a beautiful Hallowe路en partv for the active . The decoration , co tum 路.

THE ANC HOR games and food were beyond any of our dreams. Acti ves will have to do some fast thinking to meet up to it. The li 'l sisters treated their big sisters to a Roll er Skating Party at the Arena. There were many a bump and fall but we did have fun. Many of 路o ur nights were spent at Opal Lang's home. She did a wo nderful job in supervising the cutting of our Christmas tags, all of which were sold .

December was full of many preparations for Christmas-if we're not too late-Pi shouts, " H appy holidays to all Alpha Sigma Taus."

And in the words of Tiny Tim , " GOD BLESS US EVE RY ON E." M ARJ E A NN F AJT, '-1 7

SIGMA CHAPTER State T each.ers College, Buffalo, New York Sigma Chapter has fun all the time, believe me it is true. Take for instance the fun we had at our cottage this past summer. School let out in early Jun e. A few days later all th e familiar faces were crowded around the breakfast table at the co ttage.

This year we had our house at L ong Beac h whi ch is up Canada way, all told abo ut t wenty-six miles from the college.

The cottage was called the " Converted Farmh ouse," and it was just that. A two story structure, it had sixteen asso rted beds and co ts which saw service sometime during the week for the grand total of twenty-eight people. E veryo ne took turns cooking, meals were eaten in shifts simpl y because there were never enough chairs, a nd cleanup tri ed to be fairl y distributed (but somehow yours truly ended up doing it all th e time) . We spent th e greater part of th e day on the beach, an experi ence a few of the girls remember well. Then , there was a dancehall close by , horses for rent, bike riding, and just plain hiking and story telling. Those snappy so rority jackets sure looked cute.

During the summer all the girls went their own vacati on ways. Dot Mierzwa got in so me time for her master's degree at Columbia, Co nnie Reazor and Peggy Turnbull took a trip to Ca lifornia and back . President Betty DeWeese, M arcie Dellinger, and Catherine Co rba, a mong otliers, went to summer school and got a batch of A's, and Fannie Miller worked in a child care center. Other work included coun seloring, industry, clerking,

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and one ad mi tted to just plain taking it easy.

September fo und only seventeen active back at school. All th e girls except one who had graduated in June or August went in to teac hing. Clara Lo ui e Bump loo k a posit ion a personn el counselor at Lockheed.

The seventeen of us who were left got busy n ght away on rushing. T he th eme of our enti re rushing plan was "Quality not Quantity." Our in fo rmal rush par ty of October 29 centered around a race track. "Tau D ow ns" was a huge success.

The actives were dressed in ridi ng habits; th e chapter house, where our party took place, was gayly deco rated with pictures of horses; t he entertainment centered on relays and oth er " horsey" ga mes. T he alumnre lent a big hand, th e games went over big, and practicall y all of the pop, peanuts, and hotd ogs disappea red , du e to the forty-five girls there.

On November 11 we invited eleve n of these girls back for a formal tea at the so rority house. We were proud of ourselves that day . The tea was a huge success, and there we re many co mpliments paid us by the rushees as to our fri endliness. On November 21 we handed out form al bids and our jackets to five new pledges: Freda Frost, Mary Rita J acobs, Viola Gambl e, E dna O"Brien , and Alice Kin al. We think that we have ful fi lled the intention of our rush plans in t hese girls.

That night we had a buffe t supper and a business meeting at t he ho use. T he pledgees fit in well , too , with our avowed reputation . T hey kept pace with t he seco nds and thi rds of our siste rs during the meal.

T wo of the act ives, Irma Ireland and Lois Ulrich, went to t he Easte rn Dist rict Meeting in Pittsburgh. The girls to ok active part in the di cussions, some of which concerned rushing procedures, sorori ty co nt ri butions to college, and standing committees. I n bet ween times the tw o did some sightseeing and saw am ong oth er places, t he Carnegie M useum and the Uni versity of Pittsburo-h. On t he last day of the meeting, I rma and Lois hurriedly paid th eir bill at the Roosevelt H otel, dashed out to a wa iting cab and went to the wrong railroad ta ti on. T hen followed a mad dash across tow n to the right station only to arrive twenty-five minutes t oo ea rly!

The F ounders' Day Banquet was held Tove mber 3 at t he H otel Lenox. A good crowd of active and alum nre gathered

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for this annual event. President Betty DeWeese spoke as well as Dr. Quayle, our faculty adviser, Bev Bollard, Ev Grampp and others. E unice Pundt was chairman .

Elabo rate plans have been discussed at our business meetings co ncerning pledging and initiation which wi ll take place in the near future. We want these new pledges to JOin in our fun, but also in the serious side of so rority life.

ANNE L OPEZ

ZETA TAU CHAPTER State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia College life speed onward and with it all the joys of being an A ~ T ! The Zeta Tau's have barely had time to breathe this month-and how we love it!

Not only did our first meeting find us fondly greeting the old girls but we also found a new sister in our midst- new to the Zeta Tau's, that is! The girls were happy indeed to welcome Nancy Litz, a transfer and active member from Omicron chapte r.

The chapter room has been the scene of many festive occasions this quarter.

Lieutenant Alice Smith , one of our alumn:e who has just returned from overseas, spoke to us while visiting Farmville. An interesting discussion followed after she told of her various experiences and work as a physiotherapist. Re freshments were served and small talk coupled with group singing concluded the evening.

The Panhellenic Council started our Social Calendar off right by giving a tea for all sororities on ca mpus. An interesting talk was given by the Dean, then a bn ef program was presented while refreshments were served.

We always look fo rward to November because of our Founders' Day Banquetand this year was no exception. Each girl made sure that our banquet this year wo uld top all previous ones, and no one was disappointed ! We all en joyed every minute of it.

And now before co ntinuing with our other activities, we wo uld like to congrat ul ate Louise Peg ram, one of our rushees last winte r. Lou was just recently married to G. C. Patterson, and I'm sure we all join together in wishing them both all the happiness life can give!

The ann ual S. T . C. circus was preented in the gymnasium on the nigh t of ove mbe r 10, with Zeta Tau's own Peggy Moore cho en by popul ar vote to repre-

sent the Sophomore class as attendant to the queen. Hilarity and fun reigned over all and no one can say that our circus wasn't a huge success!

Another A ~ T in this month 's limelight is Betty Bibb, who had one of the leading roles in the Dramatic Club's fall play, "A Kiss for Cinderella." Congratulations, Tau's!

Thanksgiving came and went , and each girl breathed her ow n thankful little prayer! So 'till next time, just remember . . . " Give to life the best that you have , and the best will co me back to yo u !"

PEGGY MOORE, ' 4 8

PSI CHAPTER Madison College, Harrisonburg, Virigina Our rush party this year was an informal affair with a few scattered songs from members of the soro rity, a few jingles, loads of talking and laughing, and loads of delicious delicacies for refreshment.

Our Founders' Day Banquet was held in the banquet room of one of the downtow n restaurants on ovember S. The candlelight ceremony added great beauty and reverence to the occasion while on the opposite end of the . room the food added great happiness and pleasure to sorority sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau .

The Dist rict Meeting in R oanoke held a store of excitement for us. We had never attended one before and decided that we could never stay away from any in the future.

At our social meeting of November 26, we had one of the local ministers, Reverend !"arks Wilson, talk to us on " R eligion in the Sorority." He presented to us new ideas, new thoughts on religion and we were full of questions. The meeting was a very inspirational one.

On December 1, we had our annual Panhellenic dance. The "date" supply was greatly increased this time and did we love it!

DoROTHY B uRKHOLDER

PHI CHAPTER Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, Louisiana This is our fir t aet war has been over and to be able to live in aga in ? V\ e have had

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toaether ince the isn't it a blessincr a peaceful world uch an inflow of

THE ANC HOR students this fall th at we know how th ankful everyone is to be able to serve mankind in the way he himself wants to.

We in Phi chapter have been greatly blessed by the large number of fine pledges we have taken in this semeste r.

But before I tell you of them let me start at the beginning.

Our first meeting was held on September 11 and we had ten active members present. At th e second meeting we voted for a new patroness, since Mrs. Bond has left us. Mrs. Mertie Lou H ouson was elected and she accepted.

Rush week was from October 1 to October 5 and our first tea was held Tuesday, October 2, at the lovely home of one of our faculty ad visers, Miss Marga ret Waldrep, Decorations were chiefl y of emerald and gold and a musical background was supplied by Virginia Stallings and Pearl Drumright. Both of our patronesses were present, Mrs. J ohn Purser and Mrs. Mertie Lou Houson .

Friday night, October 5, we had our Cabaret party in the social room for the rushees. Members were dressed as "MeR" and had dates with the rushees. The rushees who are now pledges are: J ane McClendon , Bobbie Thibodeau , Katherine Tileaferu, Pauline Ward, J erry Gayer, Bronis Magee, Hazel Young, Louise Burck, Colleen Palmer, Louise H ollingswo rth, Charli e Ann Isom, Lavern Gibson, Yvo nn e Malley, Aylene Wood, Bobbie Knight, and Mary Lulu Caruth.

Ribbon Pledging was held on October 9, l 9+5 in the social roo m and each pledge was pinned by her big sister.

For the week-end of October 12, Miss Wanda Boyles, president of Phi Chapter, Miss Marjo Simm ons, immediate past president, and Miss Margaret Anderson, alumna, attended the District meeting in St. Louis. These girls came back with so me fine reports, helpful hints, and a new ambition to make Alpha Sigma T au grow.

T o make a little money we ha ve gotten up several atcivities. On Tuesday, October 20, we gave a very successful Halloween Dance. At the present we are selling Christmas cards and Christm as w'r apping paper. On November 17 we had a rum mage sale which was also successful and lots of fun as well.

We are very proud of our v ice-president, Virginia Langston , as she w~s elected president of the Panhellemc Council. She is also the editor of our school annual, L e Souveneir and she

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is listed in Wh o's Who . Virginia is a good worker and has done very much for our so rority.

Our pledge captain , immediate past president, and Student Body president, Marjo Simmons is again this yea r one of the Who's Who in American Colleges.

The annual Founders' Day Banquet was held ovember 5, at the Casa de F resa hotel. The banquet was decorated with fl owers of sorority colors. A large silver anchor adorned the table as a center piece.

An interesting talk was given by our newest patroness, Mrs. Mertie Lou Houso n.

For public service, Phi Chapter took over the day for donations to th e ationa! War Fund . This was an inspiring job and we were glad to be pri vileged to do it.

You have, perhaps heard quite a bit about our president, Wanda Boyles. For the past two years she has been a maid iFI the various courts such as, th e Strawberry Ball , H omecoming Court, and Carnival Ball, twice chosen by the famous J ohn R .

Powers. Last year she was elected " Rose of Sigma Tau Gamma, our brother fr aternity, and this year again she was chosen to be in the H omecoming Court.

She is now in the "Miss Southeastern" contest and we wish her luck in it.

We are also proud to have one of our pledges, Miss Lavern Gibson as a maid in the H omeco ming Co urt.

Well, Alpha Sigs, I believe I hav e covered eve rything. Our fac ulty advisers, Miss Margret Lowe and Miss Margret Waldrep have helped us with everything and we are thankful to have them to guide us.

We are anxi ously wa iting to hear abo ut your activities.

Fraternally yo urs, MIRIAM SANDIFER, '+7

CHI CHAPTER Shepherd State Teachers College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia In conn ection with Shepherd Homecoming Chi Chapter gave a luncheon at 12 :30 at the Crawford House on November 17, 19+5. This luncheo n accomplished two things-it brought together the alu mnre and actives in a grand reunion and introduced to all present our new patroness Dr. Catherine A. Burns, one of the newest members of the Shepherd College faculty, and three pledges to the sorority namel y Patricia Lynch, Virginia Lemen, and

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THE ANC HOR fast together at the La Plaza Cafe. There were chic looking "Sail or" hats, pur es and sma rt loo king pumps.

And then came the Bonfire Picnic for fall rushing, originally planned to be outdoors, but even " the be t laid plans of mice and men ga ng aft' aw ry ." IT RAINED! I zabelle Furman offe red her house and the picnic was co nverted in to a Fireside Party.

The night before October 15 we all went through old trunks, a nd the back hooks of our closets to ga ther up shoes, sweaters , skirts a nd "what have you" for a rummage sale. Our Alumnre co ntributed to our effo rts. It was a big succe s.

Octo ber 30 we held Ribbon Pledging Se rvices for ou r rushees, E ll en Marti n, Dagny Trangsrud , Delarie Morley, Fe rn Sulliv an, Thelm a Hill , Clarice Leite , J anice H enderso n and Eva Mae Coffi n, in the Fireplace R oo m of the Student Union , with entertainm ent in the Ball R oo m . There was Ping- pong, dancing a nd a lunch of coke floats a nd pumpkin tarts served by Sylvia Aafedt. On November 20 our pledges received their pi ns.

We worked all fall on the publishing of a studen t and facult y directory. Local advertisements made the most work but we're proud of th e number of business places that backed us in the project.

Before the holidays the alumnre chapter in vited us to a Ch ri tmas dinner a t the Co untry Club a nd the pledges gave a Ch ristmas party a t the Student nion.

There have been small th ea ter parties and cokes at the ''Nifty Nook" a nd " Beaver Palace'' after business meetings.

We wish all our sisters of Alpha Sigma T a u a happy New Year a nd hope to beco me better acqu ainted with all very soon.

Selm a 1 asios. Other guests were Mrs. A. D. Kena mond , Miss Sara Helen Cree and Dr. Ruth Scarborough.

Each person present was given a co rsage of yell ow chrysanthemums tied with green ribbon. The tables were decorated with chrysanth emums also .

Chi has three nominees for Who's Who in American Univ ersities and Colleges.

They are J a ne Louise K ottl er , '46, of Wil li a msport , Maryland, president of Chi Chapter ; J ean M arie Dav is, '.J6 , of Keyser, West Virginia ; and Agnes DeLauney, '.Ji, of Sharpsburg, Maryland .

W e feel hi ghly honored to have as one of our members the wi nn er of the schola rship ring, Marga ret R oulette, '.J6, fr om Sharpsburg, Maryland . Also, we are very proud to have wo n the scholarship cup for the fifth co nsecuti ve tim e.

BETTY J uNE STI CK LE , '.J6

OMEGA CHAPTER Minot State T eachers Minot, North Dakota

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The foll ow ing girls gradua ted and left our group of Alpha Sigs: B.A. DegreeMarilyn Saugstad, E laine Olson a nd Frances Vislisel ; Standard DegreeD onn a Olsen , Audrey Kl esalek, Ca rol Ruud , Ev elyn Oien , Rosemary Mitchel, J ea n R oble and Mercedes Wigness. At the beginning of the sc hool yea r there were seven members who returned t o ca rry the banner for Alpha Sigma Tau at M.S.T.C. Orga nizat ion has been slow but the Omegas feel that each day is bringing t hem cl ose to becoming a unified body working effi ciently to car-ry out the principle of th e so rority.

We've had fun too! It hasn't been all wor k. On the morn ing of Octobe r 12 we and our alums had homecoming break-

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• ALUMNAE CHAPTERS • BECKLEY ALUMNJE Beckley, West Virginia Beckley Alumna: has had four regular meetings this year. September we met with Dessie Sarrett in Beckley; October we motored to Oak Hill to Margaret Moses'; November and December found us back in Beckley with Martha Genz and Kitty Bradley as hostesses.

Martha Genz, our president, and Ferne Phipps, national vice-president, attended the Southern District Conference. Ferne presided over the meeting and Martha spoke on alumna: social serv:ce projects.

Martha, Kitty Bradley, and Ruth Martin attended the Founders' Day banquet at Concord College.

Through the war yea rs we have had very small meetings a great many times, but now with the world facing peace again, we hope to have greater attendance. We are scattered through a twenty-five mq e radius in the Appalachian Mountains . The winter months with their ice, snow, and sleet often prevent our driving to meetin gs, but when spring comes, we always are deli ghted to meet with one another.

For two of our members, life is surel y hapoier. Lee Summers, Ruth's hu-;band, and Buddy Bradley , Kitty's husband , have been discharged from service. Both men soent many months in the European Theater of war . Also . H e'en F 'eshman . our WAVE member, has been di: charge::l and is living in Brooklyn , N .Y. To all our sisters everywhere we sen d our hest wishes for a joyous and peaceful New Year.

FER NE PHIPPS, Omic·ron '35

BUFFALO ALUMNJE Buffalo, New York The annual baby tea-party of the Buffalo Alumn a: was held July 28th at the home of Mrs. Veronica Wilkins.

Children of the members enjoyed the swings and games in the garden, wh ile the mothers had tea. After the usual icecream and cookies were served favors of candy were presented to each child .

Three charter members were present, Mrs. Dorothy Black and daughter Elaine, Mrs. Marion Holdsworth and daughter Mi ldred and Mrs. Veronica Wil-

kins and her recently adopted daughter Maureen. Mrs. Leah Wilson presented her new daughter Kathleen and Mrs. Helen Campbell received the congratul ations for having the most children preoent, also the youngest; baby George, Bruce and Edward . Mrs. Jeanette Adams and her two " blondies," Gail and Kieth, were also present with Mrs. Dorothy Porter and her so n Jimm y.

Co-hostesses were the president, Miss Evelyn Grampp and Mrs. Alice Perew Gam in , who drove in from Batavia just for the affair.

It is through these annual parties that we are able to see and enjoy the youngsters of Buffalo Alumna: members.

A meeting was held September 10 at the home of Mary Douglas H arsch, located so me distance from Buffalo on the banks of Ellicott Creek . Here on a high knoll surrounded by willow trees in the garden , twenty-eight girls gat hered for supper. Many were the exclamations of admiration for their hostess's ga rden home and hospita li ty. The large picture window framed the setting sun as we ga thered in the living room for ou r Chaplain's opening prayer. This was followed by the meeting during wh ich needles and patches were passed around and our quilt project was continued. The Year Books were distributed to all members, plans were made for th e district meeting in Pittsburgh and Founders' Day Banquet.

At the next meeting on October 8, Lucille H . Steen was hostess. After a delicio us supper and business meetin g we were delighted to be presented to Mrs .

Sawyer, with whom Eleanor Mason worked in presenting skits on the radio.

The account of the program which was then presented to us appears in another article in this issue . R espo nse in the round table discussion which followed the skit showed the appreciation which the girls have for this type of post-meeting program. After planning to meet aga in on Founders' Day, the meeting adjo urned.

The annual Founders' Day celeb ration took place November 3 at the Lennox HoteL The spea ker's table was cent ered wth go ld and white baby mums, encircled by sca rlet oak leaves. The programs were green with a go ld background

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Top row, left to right: Elaine Black , Mrs. Dorothy Black ; Ri hard Wilkins, Irs. Veronica Wilkins, Raymond Wilkins; Maureen Elizabeth \ ilkin . rul er ro~ •· . /rjt to right : Mr. Alice Perew Gamin, Mi Evelyn rampp; ondr, Kemp ( niece ) . lrs.

Leah Wil on, Baby Kathleen Wil n; Mr . Dorothea Porter, Jimmy P orter. Bot tom row, left to right : Edward Campbell, Bab George ampbell , lr·. Edward nmpbell , Bruce Campbell; Gail Elizabeth , worth, Mrs. Marion Holdw rth .

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THE ANC HOR bearing our founding date , 1899, and a tiny shield. These programs were made

by Helen Brooks on the eve of her wedding and we wish to thank her f0r her effort in having them ready for us on Founders' Day. After the Candlelight Service, song and prayer we were served a delicious dinner .

Eunice Pundt, Chairman of Founders' Day, introduced the alumnre president, Evelyn Grampp, who gave a short hist ory of our national organization. Veronica Wilkins gave the local history of Sigma up to the time of nationalization. An interesting report on the Eastern District Convention . was presented by Beverly Bollard, followed by a talk on " Collegiate Activities" by Betty DeWeese.

The speaker of the evening was our own Dr. Margaret Quayle, who paid the collegiate girls some grand compliments regarding their work for the service men and women of State Teachers College.

This work consisted in mailing the school paper each week to over 700 of those in the service, and later se mi-monthly as the number increased. All of this was voluntary and in addition to answering their correspondence.

After singing "Gold and Emerald," the girls parted declaring this event to be the nicest party we have ever held.

VERONICA

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WILKI NS, '23

BLUEFIELD ALUMNAE Bluefield, West Virginia If the girls in your group have been as active during the summer as ours have been, then they've had a pretty busy time. We'll start with Henrietta Mahood and add her sister Polly Jane, Billie Marie Tanner, Mildred Johnso n, and Imogene Miller all of whom claim to have had a grand six weeks at Duke University. Imogene and H enrietta were both water front counselors at Camp Houston , and Elsie Brenabann was music director all summer at Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot.

Gypsie Ball and Kitty Dove worked for the Census at Washington, D.C., and Janet Calfee is employed by the sheriff as office deputy. She and Eileen Godsey Richardson spent their vacation at Miami, Florida. Eileen was a counselor at Camp Rolond Girl R eserve Camp and athletic director at Camp Ben Lepper, N.C., and assistant director at the Bluefield Drum and Bugle Corp Camp at Concord.

Thelma Bailey spent , the first week

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in Jun e in No rfolk where it was 98 째 in the shade, and Virginia Bailey went to Montgomery, Alabama, Dorothea Lindsay spent a month in Tennessee, a W41Ck at White Sulphur, and two weeks at Virginia Beach. Gladys Udy attended summer school at Concord , visited for two weeks in Falls Church, Vi rginia, Washington and Arlington, Virginia.

The best vacation of all- Helen M .

Cecil ha d a baby boy.

Our September meeting was at Janet Calfee's and our Octobe r one at Imogene Miller's in Bluefield. There Imogene and Kitty Dove were installed as vicepresident and correspo nding secretary respectively.

Among those going to the Southern District Conference in Roanoke were; Bula McNeil, Henrietta Mahood , Wanda Shelton , Gypsie Ball, Billie Marie Tanner, Helen Cecil, Gladys Udy, Imogene Miller, Elieen Godsey Richardson, J anet Calfee and Polly Jane Mahood.

Elieen Richardson invited all of us to a hamburger fry at her house on November 3, and our November meeting Wa!' at Bula McNeil's in Athens.

R EBECCA PERRY, Omicron ' 40

FLINT ALUMN.LE Flint, Michigan Fall opened with a delightful tea at Harriet Pfeiffer's, given for the college girls who were still in the city. Amon g other guests were Harriet's house guest, Zoe (Waldron ) Koch, who was one of the first group initiated into the Alpha Chapter (Harriet was a charter member, and Sarah Perrine.

Gas rationing lifted , our second meeting was in Mt. Morris at Gwen Mahoney's. Red Cross work occupied the evening.

The following get-to-gether was guest night at the Child Welfare Home with Pauline Wood and H azel Schultz as hostesses. The city child librarian presented a couple of stories th at in popularity know no age limit.

The Christmas party was a potluck at Eloise H owes' .

Four members attend ed the district meeting at the Statler H otel in Detroit: Hazel Schultz, Gretchen Gaffney, Louise Leroy, and Barbara Keller.

New girls attending this year are Barbara K eller and Mary Hemingway, Alphas. Both are teac hing in Flint.

Probably the most memorable and

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pleasant eve nts of the summ er were Louise (Tobey ) Leroy's church wedding and Eloise Howes' tea for Sarah Perrine.

Louise's husband had just returned from E ngland and is now stationed in the United States. Sarah is now in California attending school while her husband is in China, according to th e last report.

L uciLLE

GALE

LANSING ALUMNIE Lansing, Michigan Vacationi ng Lansin g Alumnre included Lulu Smith , Ruth Taylor , and Mary Walton who spent two weeks at Pleasant Lake . Allura Custer and her family spent a good bit of the summer at Duck Lake where their new cottage is being built.

Florence Baker with her husband and her son , Dick , were at th eir summ er home at Epw orth H eigh ts, Ludin gton, for several weeks.

During the summer Mary Walton took the agr icultural census for Ingham County.

Florence Baker is teaching in East Lansing this year and Allura Cu ter is at Eastern High School. wh ile Marie Troub is now a visiting teacher in the Lansing school system.

Marian H arris has entered her daughter , Judy, in the preparatory school of Ward Belmont.

Our first meeting was held in September at the home of ou r president, Ellen Mye rs. The year's progra m was discussed followed by a social hour. Refreshments were served by the hostess.

In October we enjoyed a bohemian dinner at the home of Hazel Eaegle who was assisted by Margaret Dodes. Mrs. Samuel Burgess became a member of our group at this time.

Founders' Day was observed at ou r November meeting at Lulu Smith's. Gertrude Ki mmich reported on the regional meeting in Detroit. M ary Walton assisted Lulu in serving refreshments which we all enjoyed.

MARGARET TA YLOR CRADDOCK , Alpha' 2 0

MUNCIE ALUMNIE Muncie, Indiana The Muncie Alumnre Chapter was orga nized on the Ball State Teachers College Campus on May 27, 19-15, at which time the Alph a Alpha Collegiate Chapter was aJ o founded . This group had formerly been the Beta Chapter of Delta igma Athleta and was the fourth national so-

rority to be orga nized on the Ball :"t~~e Campus. Twenty-three alumnre were tmliated.

Monthly meetings of the alumnre chapter were held in June, August, September and October. These meetings were very important and a great deal of organization took place since the chapter was newly formed. Plans were made for social service projects and a book review to be given druing the year. The group also assisted the collegiate chapter in its fall rushing procrram.

Twenty- four former members of Delta Sigma Athleta so rority were initiated into alumnre chapter of Alpha Sigma T au during F ounders' Day act ivities. They are th e foll ow ing: Mrs. Lacie Amos Brankle, Indiana ; Mrs. Ma rie Ballenger Zirkle, Ind iana; Mrs. Ruth Shaffer Berghorn , Indiana; Mrs. Dorothy Ayres Murray, Indiana; Mrs. Leora Raemo re Karus, Ohio ; Mrs. Dorothy White Haskett, Indiana; Mrs. Bernice Doyle Martz, Indiana; Mrs. Lenna Ballenger Feely, Indiana ; Mrs. Beatrice Biery J ameson, Indiana; Mrs. Lucille Cline Beckman , Indiana; Miss Edith H ogue, Indiana ; Miss Betty Kay, Indiana; M iss Beth H anna, Indiana; Mrs. Alta Dawson Merri tt , Indiana ; Mrs. Kathl een Beers Cloud, Indiana ; Mrs. Mary Alice Fisher Reifel, Indiana; Mrs. Elizabeth McDaniel Garr, Indiana; Mrs. Emma Mae Dudley Gustafso n, Ohio ; Miss Claudin e Beers, Indiana ; Miss M arie Beeching, Indiana; Mrs. Betty McCune Elso n, Ind iana; Miss Dorothy Kraus, Indiana and Mrs. Ruth Nelson Plummer, Indiana.

In observing their first celebratio n of Founders' Day of Alph a Sigma Tau, the Muncie Alumnre chapter gave a very lovely ba nqu et at Carpenter's Farm near Muncie on Saturday, November 10. The collegiates of Ball State Teachers College were hon ored guests. The banquet tables were beautifully decorated in emerald and gold. Special guests were Dr. and ifrs.

J ohn R . Emens of Muncie, Mi Grace DeHority, dean of wo men at the college and the Alpha Sigma T au patronesses, M iss Nancy Scra mlin , Miss Frances Botsford and Mr. and Mrs. W . E. Wagoner.

Dr. Emen , who i now president of Ball State, gave a very delightful talk on human behavior. 路 The fir t Founder ' Da celebration at Ball State was indeed a pleasant one and each one eemed to catch the ,路ision and purpose of that first group who orga nized Alpha igma Tau at Ypsilanti o long ago.

THE ANCHOR The delegates to the district meetin g in Detroit, Michigan on November 3-4, gave a most enthusiastic report of their activities at that meeting. They were so inspired and seemed to contam inate the entire group with their enthusiasm for the work and fraternal spirit that Alpha Sigma T au signifies.

A rumm age sale which was recently held by the al umn<e cleared over $73.00.

MAR Y W ALLACE, Alpha Alpha '45

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNAE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Alumn<e group got off to a good start this yea r with a dessert meeting in September at the home of E mily Reedy, at which time plans for the yea r were made. In October, the meeting was in the form of a cook-yo ur-own hamburger-and-hot-dog roast at the hom e of Eleanor Heydrick. This was followed by our regular business meeting.

Five of th e alums, together with three of the girls from Lambda Chapter went to the Eastern District Meeting at Pittsburgh the weekend of October 20-2 1.

Apparently they had a marvelous tim e if the reports and scrapbook of the trip are an indication. Filled, and fillin g others with enthusiasm for the co nvention, a large group is planning to journey to Cinci natti next summer.

Instead of the usual November meeting, we had our annual Founders' Day dinner, held again this yea r at McAllister's on November 16. A delicious turkey dinner, which was qui ckly and eagerly eaten by thi rty hungry Alpha Sigs, was fD'Ilowed by a lovely program. Three of the girls sang several trio numbers, Betty Cooling played two piano solos, M ildred Day and Peg Reed played two beautiful piano duets, and two dramatic readings were also given. Following the report of the district meeting, all the pro ud mamm as go t together to pass aro und the latest pictures of their children . Those with new additio ns to their fami lies since ou r last meeting were particularly anxious to show us their darlings.

Plans are under way for several program meetings and it looks like a bann er year in activities for the Philadelphia Alumn<e.

ELEANOR HEYDRICK, Lambda '43

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chapter at a meetin g at Elizabeth Wilso n's home. It is a standing joke in our chapter that whenever Elizabeth has a meet ing everyone co mes and this time was no exception! More than thirty girls attended this meeting which was also a shower for Florence Onder who was marri ed in Nove mber.

The D istrict Meeti ng, which was held at the Melbourne H otel , was loads of fun for all of us. We enj oyed meeting the girls of this dist rict, and exchanging news and ideas with them. We were particularly happy to have Ruth Priebe Maher with us again. We feel she rea ll y belongs here in St . Louis, although her ho me has been in Detroit for th e past yea r.

Our Founders' Day Banquet was held in th e Colonial Roo m of the Melbourne, and, believe it or not, the room seemed just as full as it was at the dinner given at the Dist rict Meeti ng.

Several of the alums are attending a class in textile design at the Alton, Illinois YW.C.A . We are absorbed with our blockprinting, and parti cularl y with our un ending search for materials on which we may print our designs.

On November 21, a group of al umn <e attended the active meeting, as we have been asked to help with the social program meetin gs. We en joyed it immensely as this gave us the opportunity not on ly to meet th e actives but also t o discover what they are thin ki ng on the subj ect, " Religion." Verna Newman gave a short introductory talk, and then led the stimulating discussion which foll owed.

Margaret Orf is busil y co llecting st ockings for Pine Mountain , as requested by the leaders. Ca rolyn Co nn er was married to J ames Alexander on December 21.

Our Christmas party was held on December 29 at the Edgewater Club. A very industri ous co mmittee, and original ideas made this party a huge success.

EVELYN L UECK IN G Pi '-13

SHEPHERDSTOWN ALUMNJE Shepherdstown, W est Virginia The alumn<e members met on September 29 at Shepherd College to make their .final plans for this yea r's activities. At that meeting they decided t o entertain eligible girls from Shepherd College to intere t t hem in Alpha Sigma Tau and to help Chi Chapter in obtaining the best from the campus.

The alumn<e chapter gave a formal dinner at Ferry Hill for the ru hees, Chi Chapter members were also all present,

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with the sponsor and patronesses, also the college president and his wife.

A number of alumnre attended the party that Chi Chapter gave for their rushees at White gy mnasium, Shepherd College.

The collegiate chapter really brought forth food that night and served !

Phoebe Wilson , delegate ; Elizabeth Millard, Alumnre Representative ; and Betty Jane Ridenour ana Mary Lynn R iggleman besides others fr om the collegiate chapter, attended the third regional meeting of the Fourth District of Alpha Sigma Tau which was held in Roanoke , Virginia on October 27 and 28.

The Shepherdstown Alumnre made the permanent registration book to be used at all the future meetings of the Fourth District.

We had a short business meeting at Shepherd College for our November meeting.

On December 1 we are having a Christmas party at the home of our president, Mrs. Virginia Koontz Cosey, in Hagerstown , Maryland . Each member is taking a gift to exchange with another member.

R u TH SEIBERT, Chi '42

WAR ALUMNJE War, W .est Virginia The first regular meeting of the War Alumnre was held at the home of (Mrs. Spencer) M ary Jane Howard in War on

September 22. Plans were made for the year book at this meeting, and also for the Fourth District Convention which was to be held in Roanoke on October 27 . President H owa rd was chosen to be our delegate.

Misses Margaret Martin and Edith Elliott were hostesses to the October meeting which was held at the home of Miss Martin in Berwind .

The followin g officers were installed for the year : president, M ary J ane Peery H owll:fd ; vice-president, Margaret Martin ; corresponding ecretary, Hildred House; reco rding secretary, Lallah Waite ; treasurer, Edith Elliott; histo rian, Lillian Buck berry; editor, Mildred Hundley ; chaplain, Virginia Rhin ehard t; and custodian, Marie Haynes.

Reports fr om the district conventi on were the highlights of the November meeting with Mrs. A. C. Monk and Miss Hildred H ouse at their home in Amonate.

Those atten ding the Roa noke co nvention were President Howard, Mrs. A. C. Monk, Edith Elliott, and Mildred Hundley. We received mu ch inspiration fr om the meeting and hope to ma ke our alumn re better because of it.

We plan to pack a box to be sent to the Pine Mountain Settlement School at our December meeting which is to be in Coalwood at the home of Marialyce Cox .

MILDRED H uNDLEY,

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MARRIAGES Beta Bernice Booker to Keith Wehrley, June 24, 1945.

Helen Coffman, '·B , to John J . Turner, August 18, 1945.

Joan Hansen to Lt. Richard Carmer, September 10, 1945 .

Betty Hansen to Major Edward Phillips, November 8, 1945.

Helen Vowles Porterfield, '17, to Eva.ns S. Weidman, June 1945 .

Mae J ewe! Stevens to Ensign Glen Hoffman , December 23, 1944.

Th eta Betty Reck , '45 , to Carl Lofstrom , August 3, 1945.

Iota Margaret Vanderwilt to Capt . V. W. Kingman, May 30, 1944.

Maxine Wheeler to A/ c Francis B. Waegel, April 16, 1945.

R oberta Whisler to John Hutchinson , September 13, 1945 .

Lambda Alice Keeler to Eugene K. Harris, July 11 , 1945.

Mary Utley to John Whitley , November 15 , 1945.

Omicron Lillian Lilly to Cary Lilly, March 7, 1945.

Anita Smith to Staff Sgt. Gil J. Miret, Jul y 11, 1945.

Margaret Mayberry to "Brownie" Weatherford.

Virginia Cushman to Bertram Richter.

Siddartha Stae!ey to Staff Sgt. Charles G. Mahassey.

Pi Carolyn Con ner to J ames Alexander, December 21, 1945.

Sigma Helen Brooks, '43, to James Brophy, October 21, 1945 .

Ma rie Corsi, '4 2, to Salvatore Palmeri, October 1944 .

Adeline Hurley, '23, to Albert Easterling, June 1945.

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Irene Maxson , '45 , to Sgt . Edward Lee Waxham, March 19, 1945.

Alice Perew, '40, to Ernest Gamin , Jun e 1945.

Z eta Tau Dorothy Buhrman Rollins to Lt. Col. Bruce Pauly, June 20, 1945.

Upsilon Myra June Burris to Edward Vinson.

Glenna Clement to Bill Harrington.

Charley Marie Bowles to Dale Wright.

Chi Lor raine M olar Bush, '41 , to Charl es E. Smith, Jr. , October 11 , 1945.

Om ega Zelia McPherson to James Benson, S2/ c USN, July 7, 1945.

Elaine Olson, '45, to Isadore Gefr oh, Warrant Officer, US , July 16, 1945.

Frances Vislisel, '45 , to Wayne J ones, USN, October 19, 1945.

BIRTHS B eta To Mr. and Mrs. Russell H ouk (Florence Ma ry Gwinn , '43) , a daughter, Linda · Rae, June 23, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lalley (Bernice Kane, '42 ), a daughter, Kathryn Ann , September 23, 1945 .

Iota To M r. and M rs. Frankli n Ace (Burnice Cann , '40), a daughter, Donaldinda, April 10. 1945.

To M r. and Mrs. Clarence Cole (Betty Rowe , '42), a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cutl er (M ari lyn Cram ), a son, Benjamin , September 9, 1944.

To Capt. and Mrs. V. W. Kingman (M argaret Vanderwilt ), a son , Mike, Au:;ust 11, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. R oy Leatherberry ( Grace Griffith ), a son , Roy III, Jul y 28. 1945 .

To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shepherd (Virginia Briggs), a son, John Lindburg, April 16, 1945.

To Mr. and Mr . Lester Thompson (Mavis Richardson ) , a daughter, Patricia Tlene, March 17, 194 5.

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To Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Volkman (Anna Barngrover, '3 6) , a son.

Lambda To Mr. and Mrs. R obert O'Dell (Lois Schweikert ), a son, Roger, July 1945 .

To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark (Phyllis Fleming) , a daugh ter, Wendie Jane, August 25, 1945.

Omicron To Mr. and Mrs. Grover Lee Cecil (Helen Roach ), a son , Grover Lee, Jr., August 24, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holroyd (E vline Brown ), a daughter, Mary Sandra, Apri l 23, 1945 .

To Mr. and Mrs. William Callahan ( Ruth Wynne ), a son, William ]. Jr ., Septem ber i, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barton (Pauline Williams) , a daughter, Susan Ann, J anu ary 15 , 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. Tee! Lawrence (Ca rrie Terry ), a son, May 4, 1945.

Sigma To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hust hl y (Katherine Few '3 1) a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. H arry F . H olt (Betty Kennedy '36) a daughter, Kathy Eileen , on December 29, 1944.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Parkes (Helen Thursack '33) a son, John Edward, Jr. , on April 7, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Swiantek (Marie Lampka '40) a so n on January 30, 1945 .

To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rice (Fern Ryer '3 7) a daughter, Barbara Mae, on March 12, 194 5.

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Turner (Hazel Mapes '3 7) a daughter, Susan E llen , on May 1, 1945 .

To Mr. and Mrs. Edward P . Campbell

(Helen Bruce) a son George, on April 13, 1945.

To Mr. and Mrs. L . Woodrow Porter (Dorothea Fletcher ' 5) a daughter, Susan Edith, on October 21, 194 ".

Z eta. Tau To Mr. and Mrs. R obert Winston Bailey ( Carroll Costello), a son, Robert Winston, Jr. , October 27, 1945.

T o Mr. and Mrs. F . Harvey Wilbourne (Nell Hall ), a daughter Susan Hall, June 4 , 194 5.

Chi To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R . Blizzard (Avalon Lin cramfelter), a son , Steven Harris, June 19, 1945.

T o Mr. and Mrs. H arry V. Stipe (Eleanor Oliver), a daughter, Harriet Ann , June 27, 1945.

Alpha Alpha To Mr. and Mrs. Fred H askett (Dorothy White ) a son , R obert William, August 13, 1945. Tipton , Indiana.

To Mr and Mrs. Walter Beckman (Lucile Cline) a daughter, Marcia Ann , Augu-t 11 , 1945. Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

To Rev. and Mrs. Cha rl es Elson (Betty Jane McCune ) a so n, John Raymond, March 15, 1945. Fremont, Indiana.

DEATHS Mrs. James Seatter (Ruth MacNaughton, Sigma ' 24), November 22, 194 5.

Sincere sy mpathy is extended to Helen Bruce Campbell, Sigma upon the loss of her baby George William , Novem ber 25, 1945.

Deepest sympathies to Marilyn Cram Cutâ&#x20AC;˘ ler and Beth Hutton Waterbury, Iotas, whose husbands were killed in action the past year.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL President . ... .. . , ......... . ... . .... . . . . .. . .. ....... Mrs. H aswell Staehle (Alpha) 481 Torrence Rd. , Columbus 2, Ohio Vice-Presidents in Charge of Organizing: Miss Beverly Bollard, 323 Bird Ave., Buffalo 13, N .Y . ... .. .. . . . . .. (Sigma ) Mrs. Carl Robinson , 5119 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis 15 , Mo . . .. .. .. . .. . . . (Pi ) Mrs. E. C. Phipps, 803 Broad St., Mount Hope, W.Va . . ...... . . .. (Omicron) Mrs. E . F. Peterson, RFD 1, Crawfordsville, Indiana . .. .. .. . . .. ... . .. (Iota ) A .E .S. R epresentative .. . . ... . .. ... .. . . . . .. . . . ....... Miss Edith L. Mansell (Beta) 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park, Mich . .

Secretary ...... . . ..... . . : .. ~ ... . . .. .. . .... . . .... . .. .. Miss Dorothy Stadler (Eta) 642 E. !15th St., Cleveland , Ohio Treasurer . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... ... . .. . . ... .. .. . . . Miss Marga ret M acdonald (Sigma ) 673 Richmond Ave~ , Buffalo 13, N.Y. Editor .. . . . ... . ..... .. .. .. . ... ... . . . .. . . .. . . . .. .. . Mrs. Justin G. Doyle (Theta) 31-l Walnut St., Peekskill, N .Y. Chaplain and Historian .... . . ... . . ..... . . ... .. .. . .. Miss Elinore De Cou (Lambda) 219 7th Ave., Haddon Heights, N.J. STANDING COMMITTEES . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .... ... Mrs. John Maisch (Lambda) 2 Stanley Ave. , Glenside, Pa. Examination.~ .. . . .... .. .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . . . . .. .... .... . . . Mrs. Roy Smith (l ola ) 205 Cottonwood , Emporia, Kansas Scholarship Loan Fund . .. ...... ..... . . ...... . ... .. Mrs. J . Waldo Hinshaw (Iota) 27 Hardith Hill , St. Louis, Mo .

Life Membership ... . .... . . . .... . . .... ..... . . . . . .. . . . Mrs. Fred R . Griffith (Iota ) 1520 Market St., Emporia, Ka n.

Music . . . . . . ... . ... ... . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . .... . . . Mrs. Austin Perrine (Alpha ) 807 N . El Dorado , Stockton, Calif.

Program .. .. . . . . ...... .. ... .. . ... ..... .... .. .... . .... Mrs. E. F. Peterso n (I ota ) R.F.D . 1, Crawfordsville, Ind .

Social Servic e ... .. . .. . . .. .. .. . ... .... . .. ... . .. .. . . . . Mrs. Joseph Steen (Sigma) 83 Woodcrest Blvd ., Kenmore, N .Y. Endow m ent ..... . . .. . .. .. . . . . ... . . . .... ... . . . ... Mrs. Meade McNeill (Omicron ) Athens, W.Va. N ews Agency ... . . .. . . . . .. . . ... . .. .. ...... . . .. ..... . . Miss Elizabeth Wilso n (Pi ) 1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis 17, Mo. Courtesy . . ........ . . .. .... . .. . . . . ... .. . .. .. . .. . .... Miss Dorothy Stadler (Eta ) 642 E . !15th St., Cleveland, Ohio Rwh ... ... .. .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . . .. . . .... . .. Mr . L. J. Maher ( Pi ) 5306 Wenona, St. Louis 9, Mo. Aw ards .. .. .

ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SORORITIES Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Carrie E. Walter, Theta Sigma Upsilon 210 Sagamore Rd., Brookline, Pa .

S ecretary .. . .. . . . ..... .. . . .. . ........... .. .. Miss Edith Mansell , Alpha Sigma Tau 161 Highland Ave., H ighland Park , Mich .

Treasurer .... . . . .... . . . . .... ... .. . .. . . .. Mrs. Fred M . Sharp, Alpha Sigma Alpha H05 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo. Director of Local Panh ell enic~ . ..... .... ..... . ... Mrs. C. P. Neidig, Pi Kappa Sigma 1503 First ational Bank Bldg., Cincinnati , Ohio Chairman of Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Mrs. Robert S. Hill, Delta Sigma Epsilon Silver City, N .M .

Chairman of Interfrat ernity Relationships . . Miss Mabel Lee Walton , Sigma Sigma Sigma P.O. Box 108, Clermont, Fla.

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Council M embers Chairman . . . .... ..... ..... . Mabel Lee Walton, Association of Education Sororities Secretary ............. . ....... Gertrude Evans, Professional Pan hellenic Association Chairman of Publicity Committee .. .... ... . ...... . .. .. ...... .. .... 路 .... 路 路 路 . .. . .. .. . .. .. ... . . . .. . Mrs. E . Granville Crabtree, National Pan hellenic Congress National Panhellenic Congress: Mrs. Irving F. Brown, 91 Burnett St., Maplewood, N.J. Miss L. Pearle Green , 13 East Ave., Ithaca, N .Y. Mrs. E . Granville Crabtree, 85 Dean Rd ., Brookline, Mass.

Association of Education Sororities: Miss Mabel Lee Walton, P .O. Box 108, Clermont, Fla. Miss Edith Mansell , 161 Highland Ave., Highland Park , Mich.

Mrs. Fred M. Sharp, 1405 Hardy Ave., Independence, Mo. Professional Panhellenic A ssociation: Miss Gertrude Evans, c/ o Mrs. C. M . Sale, 3741 Purdue, Dallas, Tex .

Mis> Ruth Ensor, 14 Old Short Hills Rd., Millburn, .J .

Mrs. Ruth Moorhead Hildebrand, 4501 Cathedral Ave. N.W., Washington, D .C.

COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS ALPHA (1899)- Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti , Mich .

President- Kathleen Sanderson, 106 Goodison Hall , Ypsilanti, Mich .

Corresponding Secretary-Irene Ringle, 111 Goodison Hall , Ypsilanti , Mich.

Editor- Betty F lynn, Goodison Hall, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Adviser- Mrs. R. B. Bates, 20 S. Normal, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Alumnre Representative--Mrs. Joyce Riehl, 1214 Elk St. , Port Huron , Mich.

BETA ( 1905-191 7; 19-W)-Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

President- Dorothy Sweeney, 315 E. Wisconsin, Mt. Pleasant , Mich .

Corresponding Secretary-Pearl Parker, R onan Hall , Mt. Pleasant, Mich .

Editor-Margie Prior, 31i N. Fancher, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

AdviserAl umnre Representative--Mrs. Leo J. Gaffney, R .F .D . 3, Holly, Mich.

GAMMA (1900-191 3)-State ormal School , Milwaukee, Wis. Alumnre Repr~sentativ e---Mrs. R . P. Hammond, 2016 Underwood Ave., Wauwatosa, Wis. DELTA (1916 )-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Pre: ident- J ean ne Boardman, H Clark Hall, Indiana, Pa. Corresponding Secretary-Mary Jan e Munshower, 272 Philadelphia St. , Indiana , Pa .

Editor- Isabel Edwards, 880 Maple St. , Indiana, Pa. Adviser-Mrs. Alma Gasslander, S.T.C., Indiana, Pa .

Alumnre Representatives-Miss Betty Weaver, 1235 -lth Ave., Ford City, Pa.; Mrs. Harold Bee, 133 N. 6th St., Indiana, Pa. EPSILON (1919-1923; reorganized as Lambda 1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia,.

Pa. Alumnre Representative-See Lambda Chapter.

ZETA (1921) - Lock Haven State Teachers College, L ock Haven , Pa. President- Martha Badick, S.T.C ., Lock Haven , Pa .

Corresponding Secretary- Josephine Pavelock, Box 229, STC , Lock H:J.Ven , Pa .

Editor- Caroline Diack , 7-1-1 Bellefonte Ave., Lock H aven, Pa. Adviser- Dr. Edna Bottorf, S.T .C., Lock Haven, Pa .

Alumnre Representatives- Miss Edith Paul , 106 Lincoln , J ohnstown , Pa.; Mr . I. W. Miller, 5-10 Wood t., J ohnstown , Pa. ETA (1927- 1939)-Kent State Univer ity, Kent. Ohio .

Alumnre Representativ Mr . Albert Wick, 1 820 Ohio.

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THETA (1923)-Wayne University, Detroit, Micb President- Lillian Schmidt, 51 06 Harvard Rd ., Detroit 24, Mich .

Corresponding Secretary-Barbara Miller, 9965 Outer Drive E., Detroit 24, Mich.

Editor-Carol Riedel , 1097 5 Croft, Detroit, 24, Mich .

Adviser-Mrs. Elizabeth H. Gottlesleben, 4762 2nd Ave., Detroit 2, Mich.

Alumme Representatives- Mrs. C. F. Brundle, 3605 Bedford , Detroit 24, Mich.; Carolyn Clayton, 5402 H ecla, Detroit 8, Mich.

IoTA (1923)-Kansas State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kan. President-Velma Vlcek , 1006 Constitution, Emporia, Kan. Corresponding Secretary-Betty Frownfelter, 1006 Constitution , Emporia, Kan .

Editor-Mildred Cooper, 1006 Constitution, Emporia, Kan. Adviser-Miss Helen R. Garman , 105 W. 12th St., Emporia, Kan. Alumnre Representati ves-M rs. Magdalina Baker, 1021 Mechanic, Emporia, Kan .

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

Alumnre Representative-Isabel Finkbine, R .R . 3, Oxford, Ohio.

LAMBDA (1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. President- Irene Wunderlich, 258 Sulis St. , Philadelphia 20, Pa. Corresponding Secretary-Jean Gilbert, 1609 H arriso n St. , Philadelphia 24, Pa. Editor- Ruth Trauger, 51 3 Chestnut St., Perkasie, Pa. Alumnre Representative-Mabel Schreiber, 511 Chestnut St., Lebanon, Pa. Advisors- Mabel Schreiber, 511 Chestnut St., Lebanon, Pa . ; Elinore DeCou, 219 ith Ave., Haddon Heights, N.J. Nu (1928-1933)-Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo.

Alumnre Representative-Mrs. Ruth Ewer, 1145 Clayton, Denver, Colo.

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

Alumnre Representative-Grace Quinby, 1301 Monroe St., Commerce, Tex. OMICRON (1930)-Concord State Teachers College, Athens, W.Va. President- Tomasa Gibson, S.T.C., Athens, W.Va. Corresponding Secretary- Irene Harris, S.T.C., Athens, W.Va. Editor- Sunshine Eskew, S.T.C., Athens, W.Va. Advisers- Miss Mae Hunter, Athens, W.Va.; Mrs. Meade McNeill , Athens, W.Va .

Alumnre Representati ves-Mrs. Garth Gunnoe, Athens, W.Va.; Miss Wanda Shelton, 512 Straley Ave., Princeton , W.Va. Pr (1930)- Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Mo. President- Ilsa Blankenmeister, 3016 N . Taylor, St. Louis 15, Mo. Corresponding Secretary- Louise Dempsey, 4628 Dahlia , St. Louis, Mo. Editor- Maria Ann Fajt, 1853 S. 1-f St., St. Louis 4, Mo .

Adviser-Miss Edith Glatfelter, 4720 N. 20th St., St. Louis, Mo .

Alumnre Representatives-June McCarthy, 4602 W. W. Florissant, St. Louis 15 , Mo.; Lois Wamhoff, 5705 Neosha, St. Louis 9, Mo. RHo (1932)-Southeaste rn Teachers College, Durant, Okla.

President- Myra Jeane Guthrie, 306 W Willow, Durant Okla.

Corre3ponding Secretary-Agnes Baxter, 1005 N. 7th , Durant, Okla .

Editor-Pat Green, 13 11 N. 6th, Durant, Okla.

Advisers- Miss Irene Scrivener, 622 0 . 3rd , Durant, Okla.; Dr. Mi ldred McCracken , 622 0 1 . 3rd , Durant, Okla.

Alumnre Representative- Mrs. N. E. Wright, 400 N. Bagwell , Poteau , Okla.

SIGMA ( 1925 )-State Teachers College, Buffalo, .Y. President-Betty Jane DeWeese, 203 Carolina St., Buffalo, N.Y. Corresponding Secretary- Mary Elizabeth Bower, 26 T yler St. , Depew, N.Y. Editor- Anna Lopez, 300 Busti Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Adviser- Dr. Margaret S. Quayle, 805 Delaware Ave., Buffalo , N .Y. Alumnre Representatives-Mrs. W. J. McGlynn, 2.f3 Fayette Ave. , Kenmore, N.Y.; Ruth Ochs, 319 Parkside Ave. , Buffalo, .Y. ZETA TAu ( 1935)-State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. President-Carolyn Bobbitt, S.T.C. , Farmville, Va. Corresponding Secretary-Anna Headlee, S.T.C. , Farmville, Va. Editor-Peggy Moore, S.T.C. , Farmville. Va. Adviser-Miss Virginia Bedford, S.T.C., Farmville, Va. Alumnre Representatives-Charlotte Greeley, 10-f Arbutus, Ro anoke, Va .; Mrs. T .

C. Coleman, Apt. 6, 1603 Monument Ave., Richmond 20, \ a.

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UPSILON (1935) - State Teachers College, Conway, Ark. President-Sabra Sue Roberts, Box 302 , S.T.C., Conway, Ark. Corresponding Secretary-Helen Hardy, Box 272, S.T.C., Conway, Ark. Editor- Elizabeth Cash, Box 31+, S.T.C., Conway, Ark. Adviser-Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, 730 Donaghey, Conway, Ark. Alumnre Representative-Mrs. Z. D. Wright, Ashdown , Ark. PHI (1940)-Southeastern Louisiana College, Hammond, La. President-Wanda Boyles, Box 15, College Station, Hammond , La. Co rresponding Secretary- Kat herine Millhollin , S.L.C. , Hammond, L a.

Editor- Miriam Sandifer, Box 36, College Station , H amm ond, La. Adviser- Miss Margaret Lowe, S.L.C., Hammond, La. Alumnre Represe ntative- Margaret And erson, 206 S. Oak, H ammond , La. CHI (1940)-Shepherd State T eachers College, Shepherdstown , W.Va .

President-J ane Kottler, M iller Hall , Shepherdstown, W.Va. Co rresponding Secretary- Noreen Eaton , Go re, Va. Editor-Betty June Stickles, Charles T ow n, W.Va. Adviser- Miss Sara Helen Cree, S.T.C., Shepherdstown , W .Va. Alumnre Representative-Elizabeth Millard, 604 W. King St., Martinsburg, W .Va .

Psi (1944)-Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. President- J an ie Perso n, Box 561, Mad iso n College, Harrisonburg, Va. Co rresponding Secretary- Doris Tignor, Madison College, H arriso nburg, Va. Editor-Do rothy Burkholder, Madiso n College, H arriso nburg, Va. Advisers- Helen Marbut, Madison College, H arrisonburg, Va.; Helen M. Frank, Madison College, Harrisonbu rg, Va. Alumnre Representative-Katherine W. Stokes, 714 1st Ave., Farmville, Va. OMEGA (1945) - M in ot State Teachers College, Minot, N .D .

President- Marian elson, 916 7th Ave., N.W., Minot, N.D .

Corresponding Secretary- Betty H aner, 126 9th Ave. .W. , Minot, N.D .

Editor- Arline Ostby, 126 9th Ave., N .W., Minot, .D. Advise rs-Miss Louise Reish us, S.T .C., Minot, .D.; M:iss Henrietta Anderson , S.T.C. , M inot, N .D .

Alumnre Representative- Mrs. Vern ice Underdah l, 615 16th St. N.W., Minot, N .D ALPHA ALPHA ( 1945 )-Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Ind. President- Mary K . Mor row, Lucina H all , S.T.C., Muncie, Ind. Cor responding Secretary-Phyllis Hershberger, Elliott Hall , S.T.C., Muncie, Ind .

Editor- Betty Polen , Elliott Hall , S.T.C ., Muncie. Ind .

Advisers-Miss Francis R . Botsford, 708 N . McKi nley Ave., Muncie, Ind .; Miss Erma N. Scram lin, 120 N. McKinley, M un cie, Ind .; Mrs. Glossie Lavonne Wagoner, 2119 W. J ackso n, Muncie. Ind. Alumn re Representative-Mrs. R. B. Cross, 206 . r Martin , Muncie, Ind .

ALUMNJE CHAPTERS BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA President- Mrs. Martha Gilbert Genz, Box 908 , Beckley, W.Va .

Edito r- Mrs. E. C. Phipps, 803 Broad St., Mt. Hope, W.Va .

BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA President- H enrietta Mahood, 116 Cedar St., Bluefield, W .\ a.

Editor- Rebecca Perry, Athens, W.Va. BUFFALO, NEW YORK President-Evelyn A. Grampp, 686 Richmond Ave., Buffalo 13, N.Y. Editor- Mrs. Robert Wilkins, 41 Maynard Dr. , Eggertsville 21, .Y. DENVER, COLORADO President- Kay Hart, 3420 Julian t .. Denver, Colo.

E dit or- Ju ani ta Keith , 303' W . Highland Pl. , Denv r, olo .

DETRO IT, MICHIGAN President- Mr . Howard We t, 71 1 an tone, Milford , lich .

Editor-Aulga Mae, 26 alifornia, Highland Park, Mich.

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President- Mrs. Lee Wayman, 901 Mechani c, E mpo ria, Kan. Editor- Mrs. Fred Griffith , 1520 Market , E mpo ria, Kan. F LINT , MICHIGAN

President- Mrs. William Schultz, 2001 Iroqu ois Ave., Flint 4, Mich .

Editor- Miss Lucille Gale, 27 01 Bonbright St. , Flint, M ich.

LA NSI NG, MICHIGAN

President-:-Mrs. E llen Myers, 1721 Sterlin g, Lansing 10, M ich.

Editor- Mrs. Dewey Cradd ock, 2507 Eaton Rd ., Lansing 10, Mich .

LITT LE Ro cK, AR K ANSAS

President- M arie Atwater, 13 18 W. lOth, No rth Little Rock, Ark. Editor- Mrs. Myra Jun e Vinso n, Pine Bluff, Ark .

MTNOT, NO RTH D AK OTA

President- Yvonne R omin e, 622 l Oth St. N .E., Minot, l D. Editor- Mari an Ca rlso n, 20 8th Ave. N.W., M inot , .D. M uNCI E, I ND I ANA

President-Ethel Himelick, 424 N . Calvert, Muncie, Ind .

Editor- Mrs. Robert W. Wallace, R .R. # 2, Dunkirk , Ind. P H ILADELPHI A, P ENNSYLVAN I A

President-Charl otte King, 5941 N . Camac St., Philadelphia 41, Pa. Editor- Eleanor H eydrich, 4807 Gard en St., Philadelphia 3 7, Pa. SHEP HERD STOW N, W EST VIRGI N I A

President- Mrs. Virginia Koo ntz Cosey, 453 W. Antietam St. , H age rstow n, Md .

Edi tor- Rut h Seibert, 4~6 Winchester Ave., Martinsburg, W.Va. S T . L OUI S, MISSOURI

President- Bernice Pace, 5875 Pl ymouth , St. Louis, Mo. Editor- Evel yn Luecking, 4946 Odell , St. Louis 9, Mo. W AR, W EST V IRGIN I A

President-Mrs. S. L . H oward , War, W.Va. Editor- Mildred Hundley, Amonate, Va .

WI CHITA, KA NSAS

President-Mary Leroux, 104 Beechw ood Dr. , Wichita, Kan. Editor- Caroline Dawson, 1001 Ri verside, Wichita, Kan. 'Nn.LIA MS PORT, P ENNSYLV ANIA

President- Mrs. M arianna Tallman, 832 Funston Ave., Williamspo rt 24, Pa .

Editor-Mrs. E. L. Wright, 34 1 H astings, South Williamsport 23, Pa. A L UMNIE C L U B S CLEVELAN D, O H IO

Presiden t- M rs. Kenn eth M cLellan, 16204 Southla nd Ave., Cleveland 11, Oh io路 J o H NSTO WN, P ENNSYLVAN IA

President- Dorothy Risch, Davidsville, Pa. M T. P LEASANT , MI CHIGAN

President- Mrs. Geo rge Wh eeler, R. R . 6, Mt. Pleasant, M ich.

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President- Mrs. Lin wood Roberts, 11 00 Ann St., Portsmouth , Va. W ncH, W EST VIRGI N I A

President- Mrs. Lena Capo rossi, Welch , W.Va. Editor- Mrs. H elen B. Decker, Welch , W.Va. Y o uNGSTOW N, O H IO

President- M rs. Keith McGowa n, 2368 Midl othi an, Youngstow n, Ohio.

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First District : (central) Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsi n.

Second District : (eastern ) 1ew York , Pennsylva ni a, ew J ersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, M assachusetts. Conn ecticut, and Rhode I land.

President- Beverl y Bollard , 323 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N .Y. Third District : (western ) All states west of the Mississippi River.

President- Mrs. Carl R obinson, 5119 St . Louis Ave., St. Louis 15, Mo. Fourth District: (southern ) Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ma ryland, Delawa re, Tennessee, N orth Carolina, Mississippi, Alaba ma, Georgia, Florida, a nd outh Carolina.

President- Mrs. E. C. Phipps, 803 Broad St., Mt. H ope, W.Va. CENTRAL OFFICE

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ALPHA SIGMA TAU ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST POST-WAR CONVENTION WHICH WILL BE HELD IN AUGUST IN CINCINNATI, OHIO DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THE APRIL ISSUE OF " THE ANCHOR. "