1951 January ANCHOR

'Jhe _Anchor o/ .A~ha Si9ma Jau JANUARY, 1951

Bv CARRIE W. STAEHLE

NPC R epresentative In the early years of our n a tion al existence our problem with THE ANCHOR was getting enough a rticle to publish acceptable issues.

We th en h ad on ly a few ch a pters, no life members, and a dim na tion al consciousness.

It wa s ind eed a task for the editor to assemble th e necessary litera ry ma terial for our n a tional m agazine.

Now th e reverse problem has a risen! Ou r chapters a nd members supply the editor with many fin e a rticl es, all worthy of space in THE ANCHOR. The circul a tion has grown from three hundred to three thousa nd . Our budget, however, limited by ri ing costs a nd uncertain supplies has forced us to keep the same size ANCHOR we had twenty-five yea rs ago ! W e could succumb to the fallaciou s statement, " You can't win," but the fifty years of Alpha Sigma Tau's growth h ave taught us th a t we can win, although not always by the first set of plans. The editor has explained to you our new set of pl a ns for THE ANCHOR. The idea of h aving two fine issues like the one of November, 1950 . a nd two small ones wherein we can discus problem s which we don't want our exchange ubscribers to read eems like a fin e procedure .

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Publishing a magazine is not the only requisite for a na tiona l sorority; more basic tha n it a re members a nd ch apters. I have had the opportunity of watching Alpha Sigm a T au's progre s very clo ely for tw ntyfive years. One of the outstanding qualitieI've noted is the loyalty within the chapter .

Th ere h ave been groups of alumnae who for jJ. long time were skeptical of organizing, but when they fina ll y did form chapter their ac tivitie~ a nd fellowship have bee n un urpassed. T his same vibrant chapter loyalty pervade al o our collegia te chapter . Thi loyalty is fin e, but it shouldn't be confined just within ch apter but shou ld reach out to n a tional ac tivities.

To be specific, consi der our New g nc discussed on page 39 of the ovember ANCHOR a nd on page 21 of the a nnua l report. If just the members in our chapters subscribed to all their m agazine through the Agency, we could m ake a profit of over a thousand dollars a yea r. In tead, we took in twenty-seven doll a rs last year! It is no more work to send a renewal slip a nd a check to our national r h airman tha n to the Publi h:ng Company.

It has been very encouraging tllis year to note the organization of alumnae chapters a t Roanoke, Va .; Pitt burgh Pen na.路 an d at Springfield, Mo. W e need to do be tter than tha t- there a re enough group in other localities to organize o that our alumnae chapter roll could be fift b next eptember. I sa y next September becau e then

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we prepa re th e biennial report to present a t the m ee ting of th e N a tional Panhellenic Conferen ce. Will we be proud of our answe r to uch questions: Number of collegia te cha pters? H ow many new ones since 1949 ?

How ma ny alumnae chapter ? M embership ?

How m any new members since 1949 ?

W e can accompli h a lot before Septem路 ber, 195 1, if each member will ask herself if sh e h as been as loyal na tion all y a he is locally.

An a rticl e in a recent ANCH OR a ked " I s Size th e Thing?" Of course it is! Our very su rviva l depend s on more chap ters a nd on increased membership in all cha pter .

As we won our problem with THE A CHOR so we ca n win all our problem s of membership a nd fin a nce if we are onl y willing to use our a bility as member a nd as cha pters.

The pace is being set now by NPC ; it is entirely u p to us wheth er we win or lose.

In the next issue of TH E ANCHOR I'll give you a re ume of som e of the N PC activiti es.

Th ey a re in teresting and make a m ember p roud to h ave her sorority affili a ted with TPC.

JJo//IJwood and the 5ororillj ..

51Jjlem Th ere is a moving p icture to be released soon th a t is designed to be a ntifra ternity in part (T ake Care of M y Little G irl ) . M a ny sorority administra tors have written to the stud ios accu ing them of being unfa ir. When th e pic ture comes to your town, you m ay h ea r unfavorable comment.

K a ppa Alpha Theta' answer I S : " We h a ve lived through a lot of a nti- fra ternity propaga nd a, and we still m ainta in our dignity a nd good sta nding a fra ternity women .

The reviews call ed th e book, highsc hoolish.

Th a t i exactly wha t we think of it."

Alph a Xi D elta: "Our ad vice i 'D on' t ee the pi cture.' In the Ia t a naly i H ollywood under tands only th a t kind of oppo ition ."

Advice from INTERFRATERNITY R E EARCH & ADVISORY Cou NCIL : " It would eem to be wis to . pr ad the impr ssion tha t thi m ovie is n ot truly r pre enta tive of th thou and of fra t rnity cha pt rs a nd th hundr d o f

thousa nd of fra ternity tudents and alumni.

It would eem to be unwise to try boycott or cen or hip measure , which would probably only increase the public interest in seeing this picture.

It is really up to us) isn' t it, to show the public wh a t sororitie ca n m ean!

Committee on Gtlj Panhef/enic:J

r;pc The com mittee member h ope tha t your program fo r this year m ean tha t the f ra ternity women in your Citie really are inform ed a bout pre ent day interfra ternity a nd educa tional trends and need . T heir belie拢 in the right of fraternitie to the high place which they hold in the world of education a nd in th e truly dem ocra tic practice wh ich they follow hould be trength ened by their Panhellenic con tac ts. The worst enemie which fra ternitie h ave tod ay are the f raternity mem bers who tutter and tammer and h ave no rea l a n wer when attack are being m ade aga inst fra ternities a nd their exercise of their democra tic right to as embly a nd to a ch oice of mem ber and friends. Do not fail to help mem bers of you r City Panhellenic know why they belie ve in fra terni ti e .

City Panhelleni c eem to h ave u ch a grea t opportunity to erve th e ca use of all fra ternities through a rna te r fi le of recommend a tion for the high ch ool en ior gi rl in their Cities tha t the commi ttee a ked the K ansa Ci ty Panhellenic for detailed informa tion a bqu t the method wh ich it h a used succe full y fo r uch a fi le. lvf ast er File of D ata About R ushees

The K a n as City Panhelleni c, in e tablishing it rna ter fil e fir t obtained p ermi ion from the ch airman of th e Boa rd of Edu ca tion to e nd repre cnta ti e to the chool of the C it . After a ompl te li t of the high chool a nd priva te hool h ad been compiled , each fra ternit delega t wa. a igned on chool. In order to a oid a n po sibility of favoritism in th a ignm nL. each delega te drew a name from a hat in ch l to b e which lips li ted all of th contac ted . The ommitt worked ow n bl a nk for d a ta . Th h ea dings f

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rather closely the usual h adings on a fraternity's recommendation blank. A dead line was set for the date on which all filled-in forms wer to be in the hand of the ommittee. Each student provided the inform aj tion about herself.

The delega te a nd a n as ista nt contac ted the principal or dea n of women of each school , explaining the pla n and asking pe r- ;\, L as t D ecember, Comm ander George Craig mission to contact enior girls. Arrangeme nts of th America n L egion invit d representain each school were se t up to agree with the tive of 60 na tional organizations in th field wishes of th e principa l. In some ca e , desks of religion, edu a tion , la bor, vet ran ' affairs. were placed in a centra l hall for a n after- a nd other ac tiviti s, representing 80 milli n noon and girl were free to register at the Ameri ca n citizens, to meet in New York to desk during their free periods. At one school , give consideration to methods for combating it was announced in hom e rooms tha t the Communism . After a two-days' discus ion of Panhellenic representa tive would be in a the subj ec t by prominent soeaker , the a emcertain room after school to confer with in- blage adopted tenta tive pla ns for co-ordin atterested girl . The club feels th at th ese con- ing their respective organizational program dea ling with Communism through a protacts hould be made at least a month before gra dua tion since the last few weeks arc such jected federation to be known a the 11Ame ri can Confere nce to Combat Commubusy on es for the senior girls. ni m.

The fil e of slips was kept in a la rge, looseA econd meeting wa held in Chicago Ia t leaf notebook a t the University Woman's Club where it wa available from 10 a .m. spring, a nd a third meeting i chedul d for ovem ber 18 in Buffa lo, N . Y. to 4 p.m . ach day during June a nd July.

Any fraternity member h ad access to the Chairma n of th e Conference i D r. Daniel notebook. During August, when the Uni- A. Poling, Editor of the Christian H erald, vcr ity Wom a n' Club was closed, the fil e was a nd Commander George Craig is the honoravail abl e in a high school librftry which h ad a ry cha irm an of its executiv counci l. At a volunteered to handl e it. As a fr a ternity mee ting of the executive council on Jul m ember used th e notebook, she was required 15-1 6 it wa voted to esta b)ish national headto sign h er name a nd fraternity affili ation in qua rter in W ashington, D . C. AI o, \i . C . the book so th at th e committee could de- " Tom" Sawye r, Di rector of Award Program term ine just how much the book h ad been of Freedoms F ound ation, wa elected execuused. At th e end of th e summer, the club tive secre ta ry. and a decision wa made to reported th at it could "ea ily ca ll the fil e a esta bli h an Analy i a nd Propaganda success" as th e notebook pages were well Agency. worn and the page for signatures wa. filled Among the many national organization w ith name . whi ch have voted to parti ipate in the ConThe K a nsas City Panhellenic feel there ference a re th e American Federation of a rc many benefits to its plan since it saves L a bor, American L egion, Na tional Council a great deal of time for the high schoo l regis- of Ca tholic M en, National A ociation of trar, is a service to a prospec tive rushee who Eva ngelical (Prote tant ), and the National h as a n opportunity to li st h er own back- Educa tion A ociation. ground a nd ac tivities, a nd to the fraternity The a tion al lnterfra ternit Conference which can easily, through it, get the informa- h ad ob erver a t both the New York a nd tion which it needs about rushees.

Chicago mee tings, and h as taken out a memThis qu e tionn aire did not ask for actu al bership in the All-America n Confer nee. g rad es but instead asked for the senior' s At the 1950 a nnua l meeting of the aown opinion of her "scholastic achievement ." tiona) lnterfraternit Conference h eld Ia t Any questions concerning City Panhelle n- November a report on the All- meri a n Conics may be addressed to Mrs. F. Ade Schu- ference to Comba t Communi m ' a m ade by macher, Kappa Delta, Round Hill Road, V erling C . Enteman D elta Phi a p a t chairGreenwich, Conn., who is chairman of the ma n of NIC a nd it delegate to m ee tin of the All-American Conference. fter relating Committee on City Panhellenics.

"Wanted: Schoo/infj "n

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the steps which led to the formation of tha t organization, Mr. Enteman aid : " I shall never forget the profound impression which Sena tor Karl E . Mundt made upon those assembled a t the first general m ee ting of the Conference last J a nua ry in hi plea that there be added to every school curriculum in America one course in Wh a t' Right with America."

Mr. Enteman quoted Sen a tor Mundt as saying: " I never want to have to li ten again to what I h eard from the lips of Mi s Elizabeth Bentl ey when our Committee on UnAmerican Activities was conducting an investiga tion. J. Edga r Hoover says that he is the smartest spy ever to work in our country. I asked Miss Bentley one day, T ell me, Miss Bentley, how in the world did you become an American spy working for the Communist government ?' Pulchritudinous, pleasant, personable, from a fine old R epublican, New Engla nd ba nking family, she had all the advantages of a public school educa tion, a graduate of Vassar and Columbia- ! wondered how did she become a Communist."

To Mr. Mundt' s question Miss Bentley replied : "Senator, let me tell you tha t in all m y educa tional career, grade school, high school, college a nd graduate school, I n ever had a ingle professor or teac her ever to talk to m e with enthusiasm about the virtu e a nd values of the American sys tem without some kind of carping criticism that destroyed the glamour of the whole thing. Each of my teachers h ad a 'yes-but' a pproach to our American virtues and eac h found as much to criticize or condemn as to praise. So when a Columbia U niversity professor of mine took me to a Communist cell meeting, I heard for the first time in my life a man talking a bout 路 politics, about economics a nd about governm ent with a gleam in his eye, with enthusiasm in his voice, a nd with the force of a person who is convinced hi s way i right.

Thus I was an easy pushover and I joined up with the Communists."

Entered as second 1937, a t the post offi the Act of August mailing a t the speJ for in ection 34. t)aragraph d , A I of Code 283, was a u

make the rf!ojt o/ Jt Bv

MARTHA SPEE R,

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To the new m embers of Alpha Sigma Tau: You are ju t beginning your orority life.

The constant fri end hip and companionship, the aid a nd understa nding tha t will be given you will h elp you, not only through your chool days, but through the years to come.

The ideal of Alpha Sigma Tau will direct your thought a nd efforts. Under this guida nce you cannot h elp 路but attain your goals -and more. Sta rt from the beginning with a will to give your bes t, and you will receive much more. You h ave your cha nce now路 ma ke th.e most of it.

To the juniors in Alpha Sigma Tau: You a re lucky in already having experie nced sorority life, a nd yet yo u still have much more of it to look forward to .

You understand a nd hold in high e teem the ideals of Alpha Sigma T a u and now it i your duty to diligently work a nd plan to m a ke the future of our orority omething of which we can continu e to be proud. It is your duty to faithfully keep up your interest in orority activi tie and policie . You w ill be next year's lea ders, and you m ust prep are yourselves for the job ah ead. You now have the opportunity; make the most of it.

T o t he seniors in Alpha Sigma Tau: This last year of school doe not mean your last year of orori ty life. It will be ch anged in a ense, but the frie nds you have now in your sorority will rem ain your friend s for life, a nd even though you will be separated for long period of time. that friend hip will remain. N a turally, you look forward to next yea r with a nticipation, but there is, no doubt a feeling of regret in leaving. R emembe r, however, tha t wherever you go, your sister will cons ta ntly be _thinking of you.

In thi last school year of orority life you h ave th e ch a nce to make the mo t of it.

Mrs . Meade McNeill Athens West Va

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