1957 Fall ANCHOR by Alpha Sigma Tau National Sorority

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August 19-22, 1958

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FALL, 1957 In This Issue .. . Pine Moun ta in Se ttleme nt School, a D rea m Come Tru e

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FRONT COVER-Michigan Day is observed by collegiate and alumnae members of Alpha Sigma Tau at Flint, Michigan. Seated at the luncheon are Mrs. Russell Clark, chairman of the event, Mrs. Earl F. Peterson, National President, and Mrs. Charles Newman, local president of the Flint alumnae group. BACK COVER-Smiling Alpha Betas pose for an informal picture for "The Chief Justice.'' Marshall College's annual.

Pine Mountain Settlement School,

A Dream

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BY ADELE BRANDEIS ;\; I wouLD rather write a story about the Pine Mountain Settlement School than a bout anything else I have seen in K entucky. I didn't know that so much could be done through whole-souled, imaginative cooperation among county officials, two schools organized to help mountain children, private funds and faith, as is don e in this tiny, seclud ed valley. The trip I took "over the mountain" was an inspiration. It took us through Harlan County in the last week of Indian summer. The fl a me-gold and sca rlet were gone from the forests and the too often scarred and eroded hills. Going by way of U . S. 25-E, we branched off northeast just before reaching Harlan and found (with some searching ) the steep, winding, gravel road over Pine Mountain. that long barrier which runs more than 100 miles east and west without any water gap to ease passage across it. On the isol a ted north side, at th e h eadquarters of Greasy Creek, lies Pine Mountain Settlem ent School. It was found ed over forty years ago by Uncl e William Creech, a sixty-eight-yea r-old na tive of the va lley, who came to Miss K a tha rin e Pettit a nd Miss Ethel deLong a nd offe red them 136 acre of land on which to sta rt a school beca use h e " had a hea rt and craving tha t my people should grow better." A n ew era, a n eL p rogram , tart ed at t h e sch oo L severaL )lear a ao.

Pin Mounta in wa sta rted as a boa rding high school to give om thing路 more than el m nta r grad training, to aivc ma nua l

A p racti ce te acher works w ith the fourth a nd fifth g rades in the Pine Mounta in Settlement School.

arts and an example of better living and farming to the boys and girls of the narrow valleys which follow the creeks in the eastern tip of Harlan County. It erved its purpose admirably, both edu cationally and through its outstanding health services, for decades. But with the coming of tighter fin ancial conditions, more and more of the school' capital was being used for fewer and fewer children. Throughout the district the el mentary chools- in wide! cattered, remote, primitive one-room buildings--could hold neither the pupils nor the teach ers. Ther simply wer not enou o路h children fini hina the grad to m ake m a intaining a hiah school feasible. ncle v illiam' dream wasn't coming true. Th n Pin Mountain k wh, t m d like a bi 0 aamble, but , gamble 111 THE

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which it was backed by th e Harlan County School Board and Berea College. The school was to be affi liated with Berea. The latter's function wou ld be a supervisory one. It would supply guidance, experience and all aid possible except financial. Pine Mountain would con tinue to raise its own budget and it would retain its name, its separate funds, its own board of trustees and its corporate identity. High school students cou ld go eith er as boarding students to the Foundation School at Berea or by bus to the county h igh school at Loya ll. The resources of Pine Mountain, aside from the ho pita!, clinics and outpatient nursing services, could then be devoted to educating children of pre-high school age. T he five one-room schoolhouses in a 10m ile rad ius would shut down, the county would pay the equiva lent sa la ries of th e teachers to teachers at Pine Mountain, and also for two bu sses and th e drivers to ta ke the children to the school. Later it was also arranged that a rental approximately equa l to the cost of maintaining the five schools should go to the settlement for use of the school building. In the first year there we re 190 children enrolled, 50 more th a n in the five closed schools. Th e teache rs in th eir school census trip found 12 child ren who h ad never m

their lives gone to school. Now th fa miliar orange county school bu sses la bor ov r th se roads. Children who still have to walk the three or four m iles over trails that not even a jeep can nego tiate at least have waiting for them a warm, pretty, mod rn schoolroom, an interes ted teacher a nd the certainty of a good hot lunch . The campus, with its background of steep h ills, its green lawns, its buildings nestled against the slopes, is a warmly welcoming sight. I watched the child ren pile out of the busses in their brightly colored dresses and sweaters, and saw them settle down in rooms which were well lighted and decora ted with posters a nd designs mad by the pupils as pa rt of their art work. Out in the playground at recess I saw bas ketball practice. I joined them in the spacious dining room and shared their lunch, prepared by motherly, friendly women and served by some of the girls. It was a good lun ch, too - kidn ey beans, m ashed potatoes, beets, canned peaches, brown brea d, a nd butter and mi lk from the pride of the school, their fin e Ayrshire herd. It is rated among th e top 10 per cent of the Ayrshire h erds in the J nited States. Th ere was good behavior bu t consta nt chatter and laughter, a nd theirs were th e cleanest pl a tes a t the en d I've e er seen .- From Th e L ouisville Courier-Journal.

The Pine Mountain Se ttleme nt School offe rs a full curriculum enriche d with music and a rt.

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Your National Alumnae Representat ive and what she does for you Bv ELIZABETH WILSON, National Alumnae Chairm an

;\. BECA SE of the wide variety of her duties a nd responsibilities, the appointment as national alumnae representa tive is made after serious considera tion of a girl's p ersonal qu alifica tions a nd abilities. Since the alumnae representa tive is the link between collegia te ch ap ters and the n ational organization, between collegiate a nd alumnae, and between alumnae a nd na tional, she must be congenial with a nd u nd ersta nding of all age groups. H er prim a ry responsibility is to unify the three phases of sorority life-the na tional organization, the alumnae, and the collegia te. As a na tiona l officer she is in regul ar comm unica tion with the central offi ce, receiving a ll bulletins and prepa ring a n a nnual re port of h er cha pter's activities. At convention a nd district meetings she represents both the collegia te a nd alumnae o f her chapter. As a n alumna she is res ponsibl e for provid ing a n opportuni ty for es tablishing permanent rela tionships with all members, not onl y du ring college years, but a fte r gradu a tion as well. U pon gradu a tion, the alumnae repreen ta tivc ma ke every effort to see tha t each gradu ate is initi a ted into a n alumnae group. If the oTadu a te is mov ing to a nother city, she is introd uced to alumnae in th a t vicinity by ma il o th a t wherever she goes she may be welco m d by an Alpha Sigma T au, if p ossibl . In order to provide more contacts for moving a lumnae, she often works to establi sh n w a lumn ae groups. he keep a ompl te fi l o f a ll th mcmb r of h r cha p t r, adding informa tio n a bou t ma rriage, hildren and ha nge of add r s a she r c ives th da t, . Mu ch f this inf rm tion with wh at vc r

other n ew sh e can secure, she p asses on to other alumnae in the form of an a nnual Newsletter, prepa red by the alumnae representative and mailed by the central office. Through this Newsletter correspondence, she a ttempts to keep track of all those alumnae who a re not associa ted with an alumnae group. As a m ember of a n alumnae group she is a most h elpful advisor in planning the annual program, both business and social, in every way strength ening the bond between collegia te a nd alumnae. As a collegia te, the alumnae representative se rves as a counselor. She does not attend every meeting and does not p erform the duties of a fa culty advi or. But, she is availa ble fo r planning a yearly program, figuring a budget, explaining na tional reports and techniques, a nd correlating th e work of alumnae ch apters with collegiate chapters. Sh e is available for p ersonal conference with each ch apter officer to explain h er duties and h elp h er in the performa nce by suggesting efficient procedu res. Since sh e receives n ational communications which keep her informed of activities in other chapters, h e is often a ble to offer suggestions applicable to he r own ch apter. The extent to which an alumnae rep re- . sen tative can accomplish all this is dep endent on the cooperation of both collegiate a nd alumnae group . The tren othenina of collegiate-alumnae bonds d ep end on the extent to which the roups can work together. We a r much ind bted to the lo al Alpha igm a T au Alumna r pr entative who a r workin with all group t ur tr nger within it If, , _ ur outwa rd limit . HE

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Are we losing "the cold war of the classroom"? Statistics indicate we are. Here's a Kansas school's answer to the Russian scientific lead:

A Science Lab for Six-Year-Oids (REPRINTED

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PERMISSION FROM Parade Publications, Inc.)

BY Eo KIE STER EMPORIA, KAN SAS ;\. AROUND eight n ew tone-topped, childh eight la bora tory tables here, th e students of Thomas W. Butcher Children's School may be brewing an a nswer to America's desp erate shortage of scientists. From first through sixth grades, they are getting a full dose of simple science along with the three R 's. These lessons are backstopped in the laboratory pictured on these pages: a cheerful work-place scaled to their size a nd fully equipped with Bunsen burners, Florence flasks and gas and water outlets. A $25,000 item , the lab is probably the only of its kind in the United States. To the staff of K ansas State T eachers Coll ege, with which the school is affili a ted, the expense will be justified if it backs up th e b eliefs that spawned the lab: th at simple sc ience is not over the heads of gradeschoolers; that they can cope with simple experiments and learn a good deal from them; and that they thus can be attracted so as to retain a lifelong interest. So far, these ideas seem partly borne out. Whether they will add up to one way out of the sci路e ntist-science teacher famin e may take years to show up. "This is an experim en t," says K STC's president, Dr. J oh n E. King, J r. "If we knew it would work, it wouldn't be an experiment." T HE ANCHOR

And the shortage is pressing- pressing enough to dem and the attention of a Pre identi al comm ission. Ju st how the shortage developed is a m atter of debate. As Dr. King says, " Industry blames it on the colleges, the co lleges on th e high schools, the high school s on the grade sch ools, the grade schools on the p arents, and th e parents no doubt on the gra ndpa rents." All sides agree, however, on the alarming facts. Coll eges are turning out 20,000 fewer e ngin eers, sci路entists and teachers than the U. S. needs; in 10 years, the shortage will h ave built up to 100,000 ; it is particularly acute at the extrem es-th e geniu es and the increasingly needed technicians. At the same time, Russia is grinding out twice as many such essential people as we are- a nd our cold-war position is crippled. Many solutions have been offered: higher teachers' alaries, a "crash " recruitment program , F ederal scholarships, even a propo a! to " draft" bright students into science course . KSTC officials sh y from these stopgaps and cling to the long range. By giving the whole knee-high set a solid foundation in ci-ence, they hope to throttle science shortaO'e yet in the future. Possibly such a program will uncover a few more gen iuses. Probably, extended nation-wi de, it would fi ll up the technician ranks . And certainly it will equip a whole generation for a society in which. as one

The model lab swarms with first graders testing what water will dissolve. Susie Ace, small daughter of Alpha Sigma Tau's Burnice Ace of Emporia, Kansas, Iota, appears fourth from left around table in front.

instructor put it, a guy like me has 28 motors in his house." This thinking is not unique. Other Cities have begun to beef up ele mentary science - Cincinnati, Albuqueque, and Madison, Wisconsin, to name three. The Emporia earmark is that kids here have an on-the-spot chance to learn by doing. " We believe there is no shortage of young people who a re capable of being scientists, engineers and science teachers," Dr. King says. "But th ere definitely is a shortage of tho3'e who are inteTested." A chief aim of the new lab is to quicken this interest- and it seems to be paying off. Emporia kids have broken out in a rash of "scientific" hobbies; toy stores quivered through a run on chemistry ets at C hristmas. One sixth-grader, given a taste of el-ectronics, promptl y built his own radio. A fourth-grade girl, a fter watching a TV science program, wrote a letter to th e produ cer: "D ear Sir: On your program, you showed a dinosa ur you said was a Brontosaurus. It was a St egosauTus . . . " Since th e n la nn ers fee l th a t the shortage may b so h-rd by spurring intere t first and furni hin o; fac ts second , th e children are free of a regul ar la b schedule. One week a cl ass may appear ev ry day, the nex t week not at a ll. I t depe nds on wh a t's going on abou t them of . r ientifi int res t. With the first pl a nt shoots of spring, for instan 路 , hildrr n begin to a k qu tion , a nd th ey 111 0\ <' int o th e la b with tea h e r Ina Bo1ma n to find th e a n w rs. Their x J><'l imcnts, ckpcnclin on grad I v I run

from inspecting seeds to dissecting roots to learning the details of photosynthesis. The lab, however, is more than an expensive playroom. Miss Borman's program has been carefu lly tailored to build from the most elementary to the more and more complex. The students who watch sugar dissolve in first grade use the same principle five years later to make chemical tests for food value. The accent always is on the children. Only ra rely will Miss Borman give a demonstration- then, usu ally, a spectacula r one. She prefers to let students try things for themselves. " In a lot of classrooms," says Alvin Morris, h ead of the college's elem entary education departmen t, "kids keep a nimals, inspect leaves or watch the teach er make oxygen. But they n ever use cientific equipmen t or lea rn scientific procedure. I t only makes science seem m ore m yste rious and intended only for geniuse ." The need for genius is just one facet of the scientific need, Morris a nd the staff here believe. And by tres ing that need they fee l, ma ny educa tor and industriali t have sca red off average-intelligence kids well 路 enough equipped to h a ndle technical detail work. Th e intere t i there the exp riment here h a shown, but often in oth er chool it' a rare "a ve rage" child who ' ill hold onto it. Actual! - a nd thi ' orri d ab ut for tho probl m is t mak th e plcx n ugh f r th kid . a n a mazing cic utifi.c b a kground, THE

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A sixth-grader learns about alr pressure man has found; sometimes she finds herself talking below their level, not above it. In one first-grade class, she explained to the youngsters that bears "take a nap" in the winter. Corrected a small voice: "You mean they hibenate." Hibernating bears get th eir due, and so do all other avenues of science- what an expert would break down into botany, zoology, chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy. All begin in the first grade. Miss Borman feels that it is important to teach "science broadly," not chop it into courses- to show that the sciences are interrelated. (One official recalls this dialogue with his daughter, a student at the school: " I want to be a scientist." "W hat kind of a scientist?" "Why, a general scientist.") How much weight each gets may depend on such things as the number of rainy days and the year's TV programs. The staff feels strongly that the lessons should be fitted to the child's world. A favorite exP'e riment is to make fudge in the lab, using beakers, ringstands and Bunsen burners. The lesson: cooking is a daily chemistry lesson. Scientific principles, however, remain the core of the course. The KSTC staff does not attempt to compare its six years of science with junior-high general science or highschool biology, physics or chemistry. But much of the material these child ren study usually does not appear until higher grades . Says Morris: " When our kids start juniorhigh science, they won't know all the answers. But they'll certainly meet some old friends. " One of the staff's great fears is that th e school will ea rn a reputation as a scientific assembly line. Recently, a Brooklyn father wrote that he was selling his business and moving to Emporia so his five-year-old could attend Butcher. Dr. King tried to head him off. If science was undersold in the past, overselling it now, he feels, would only cause (CONT INUED ON PAGE

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Stubborn egg won't tit into bottle as Donalinda Ace finds by experiment. Donalinda is a daughter of Alpha Sigma Tau''s Burnice Ace, Iota.

Burning paper uses up oxygen in bottle, makes air pressure drop.

Slow slide begins as egg is forced into' -bottle by pressure of air outside.

H e a r t y huff by Donalindct restores pressure insi'd e , shoves egg out. charred, but intact.

First grader Susie Ace, daughter of Mrs. Franklin P. Ace, Emporia, Kans as, alumna e . tries out the science lab e xperiment with enthus iasm.

Pupils get an early start in Lab ...

An S for Science Joins 3Rs IF a child can read a nd write, h e is sm art e nough to understand basic laws of science. At least so thinks the staff of K ansas Sta te T eachers College in Emporia, who a re exposing 172 children from six to twelve to some solid tra ining in scie nce in a $25,000 labora tory recently set up in an affil iated elem entary school. The labora tory is furnished with caled-down glassware a nd tables bu ilt to accommoda te the pupils but is otherwise eq uipped with th e usu al devices found ;t

in h igh sch ool labora tories. C u rrent expenm ents, designed to take adva ntage of the young te rs' na tural fascination with airpla nes, concern the physical p rop erties of air. Their delight in the solemn gam e of hypothesis and experimental proof is a good a rgument for the theory that one way to a ttack the problem of th e n a tion 's hortage of scie ntists is to interest pupils in science at an ea rly age.- R EPRINTED WITH PERMIS ION FRO M L ife M agazine, J A N AR Y 7 1957.

Science Lab ( CONT I NUED FRO M PRECED I NG P .路\ GE )

sh ortages elsewhe re. H i teachers have strict ord rs th at cience mu t stay in it place. T o some extent, however, the ch ilden th msd s may ta k ca re of keeping thinas in p rspe tiv . One biology profes or had high h pes for th la b ; his son, a But her tud nt, cmed blissfu lly u nawar f In c and inter ~ted only in India n lore.

T he professo r wa deligh ted, a few a turd ays aft er the la b opened when the bo came home from a tra mp to report that h e had found a a la m ander that d a . Hi fa ther wanted to know mor . 'Oh h was a to ' th b repli d. ' H e was right b id n f th b t arrO\ h ad I'v r f und ." THE

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The n e w chapter h ouse of the Alpha Be tas in Hun tington, West Virginia, is comfortably s uited to s orority n eeds.

Alpha Betas Move In to. Their Own House "1. THE most exciting week last year for the

Alpha Betas was the week of April 8-15. In these short seven d ays the dream of every Alpha Beta became a reality. W e were busy setting up housekeeping behind the doors of 1517 Sixth Avenue in Huntington, W est Virginia. The fraternities were very helpfu l in moving the girls' personal things from the dormitories and furniture into our new home. Sorority girls joined the boys to clean the nine rooms, two ba ths, basement, and fini shed third floor from top to bottom. H ave you ever seen a big husky boy try to clean out a bath tub or wash dishes? W e certainl y did 1 Seven girls and our housemother, Mrs. THE ANCHOR

Irene J ennings, spent six happy weeks in the house. During this time the girls took turns cooking the evening meal. W e had loads of fun doing this and it was a wonderful experience for all, despite the burn ed beans and the raw hamburger. One of the most outstanding features of the house is the enormous library of the owner, Mr. Phillip Gibson, a retired lawyer. Included are several sets of encyclopedias, a five-volume series on the life of J ohn M arshall, th e complete works of Mark Twain (including several first editions), and the Orations of Homer and other clas ical (CON TI NUED ON PAGE

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There Was an 0 ld Lady Bv SuE M cBEE, Eta Alumnae R epresentative t. YEARS ago I read an essay about an old lady who indulged in a p eculiar whim. She built into he r small house some teakwood stairs that, strangely enough, led nowhere. H er story was told in this couplet"There was an old lady who had a fine stair But the difficulty was that it led nowhere." How ridiculous, I thought. Expensive tea kwood stairs leading nowhere. The old lady must have been mad! But the author then went on to suggest that there might be another version to the story. Suppose the old lady wasn't crazy, as the neighbors seemed to think; but sane, sensible, a nd wise? Then the couplet might read' " There was an old woman who had a fine stair And the beauty of it was that it led nowhere." I prefer the second version, for the teakwood stairs seem to me to be a symbol of the old lady's revolt against a materialistic society which values only what is useful,

whether it be furniture or friends. How impoverished our homes would be if we took out of them everything that had no practical utility. For instance, there is that little trunk up in your attic. The junk man woudn ' t give you much for it, but you wouldn' t sell it at any price. Your grandfather crossed the plains with it! The re is also a tiny pair of shoes you have treasured all these years. What m emories they recall! Sentimentalism, you say; and you are right. But how powerful is its appeal. What is true of the old lady's teakwood stairs is true of sentimentalism you and I have for Alpha Sigma Tau and its ideals. This year Alpha Sigma Tau has devoted much of its efforts to expansion work. We, like many other sororities, realize the need to expa nd. The colleges n eed us, and we need them. By the year 1960, the war babies will be at their p eak as far as college education is concerned. For that reason most sororities, both n ational and international, are taking that opportunity to expand both alumnae a nd active chapters.

Alpha Betas Move Into Their Own House (CoNTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE)

records. The large back yard with enormous trees, a rose arbor, and many flowers was the perfect place for a house party, like the one we had the Ia t week of school. The Kappa lphas mow d the lawn and worked hard putting lights a nd J apan lanterns up for u. . W s rved lemonade, bar-B-Q, potato hip , and relishes. Everyone had a wond rful tim .

M ay 12 all Sigma Taus were out of bed and busy as bees. This marked the arrival of our National President Mrs. Earl Peter on, the a nnual All-Greek Mother's Day ing a nd our open h ouse and reception in h nor of Mrs. P eter on at our n ew chapter hou e. Wh~n Mr . Peterson arrived at the hou e from the Tri-State Airport, he ,. as greeted by nervous and excited Alpha Beta and two lovely bouquet of ellow rose , ' hich ' ere presented to h er by lpha Xi Ita and

Louise Hoback. Alpha Lambda, with her escort, Billy K. Banlon. reigned at Radford College's picturesque Ring Dance. Louise is a member of Alpha Psi Omega, May Court, and co-chairman of the Junior Follie's.

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Phyllis Bott, Chi, was Homecoming Princess at Shepherd College.

To y B rgin, Alpha Alpha, wall Hom coming Que n at Ball State Te a ch rs Coli g .

Sally Kenyon, Beta, was Queen of Delta Sigma Phi's Carnation Ball.

Ann Jackson, Chi, was a Prine ss in the Court of Que n Sh ph rd XXVII.

Carol Brown Wohlfeil, Beta, was picked to b e the Sweetheart of Sigma Tau Gamma. Joan Crouse, Beta, was chosen Sweetheart of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Mary Rosalind Meehan, Alpha Gamma, was chosen Sigma Tau Gamma"s Rose Sweetheart.

Carol Bloomer, Beta, was the "Rose" of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and a member of " Who's Who."

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Roena Ross . Alpha Gamma. was selected to be Queen of Stars. for Henders on's ye arbook.

Jo Ann Browning. Alpha Gamma. was 1957 Reddie Day Queen.

Bobby

Freitag , Phi, was vot e d Miss Southeas t-

m at Southe a s tern Louisiana Coli ge.

AND COURTS Nancy Fritts, Chi. was Homecoming Princess at Shephard College .

Barbara Harris, Chi. Homecoming Princess , is now president of Chi Chapter.

t. Kitty Grant. Chi, wa's Homecoming Queen at Shepherd College and runner-up in Miss She pherd Beauty and Talent Contest.

Martha Ann Goodwin, Psi. was Maid of Honor at May Day on Madison campus.

Pat Boyd, Chi, receive's her crown as Queen Shepherd of Shepherd College. She is being crowned by Joan Kershaw McWhorter, Chi alum, the retiring Queen.

Phi Chapter's float won first place at Homecoming. Judy Lape. Alpha Alpha, was a member of the Homecoming Queen Court.

Pat Williams, Alpha Lambda, served on May Court at Radford College.

San dy G raves, Pi. was a candidate for White Rose Prom Queen.

Pat Gre e n , Alpha Gamma. was chosen a s a beauty for the yearbook. Barbara Be ll, Alpha Lambda. was chose n for May Court.

Arline Bouligny. Pi. w as a c a n d idate fo r May Fe te Que en. St. Louis , Missouri.

C.arole Mitchell. Alpha Lambda , served on Radford's May Court.

Jean B. Compton. Alpha Lambda. was on the .May Court at Radford College.

Psi Attends Court

Elizabeth Birch Widdows, Psi. is Zirkle House president, was a May Court attendant.

Joan Uhn Saun, Psi, was a Court atten'd ant.

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Jane Webster, Psi. was a May Court attendant.

Joan Ails, Psi, wets May Court Maid. is in "'Who's Who."

Suzanne Garst. Psi, was May Court Maid; she will serve as Psi Chapter president.

Suzanne Bowdl , Psi. wa Court attendant.

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Carleen Harris, Alpha Gamma, was chosen Kappa Sigma Kappa Sweetheart.

Eleanor Klope Egeland, Theta, received the Borden Award in Foods and Nutrition, University Scholarship Honor for top twenty juniors, Mortar Board.

Ann Lindsay Schrader, Chi, was named TKE fraternity Sweetheart.

Elizabeth Hight. Omicron, Kappa Sigma Kappa 's Sweetheart. recipient of Cardinal Key, Howe Chemistry Award.

Carol McCormick, Psi.

Norma Lee Shanklin Dra in, Omicron, is in "Who's Who."

Ann Creasy Simmons, Ch â&#x20AC;˘.

June Anderson Hovorka . Iota , is in "Who's Who."

Carol As hcraft Jones, Alpha Alpha, is lis ted in "Who's W ho."

Mik 11 Nigh , Chi, is in "Who's W ho."

Nancy Lea Harris, Zeta Tau, is in "Who's Who."

WDOY WHO

Marlo Davison. Beta.

Dorothy Leatherman, Chi Chapter. BETA Carol Bloomer Marlo Davison Cindy Edgerle Sue Young Ruth Harris

PSI Joan Ails Carol McCormick Brown Joan Harvey

IOTA June Anderson Hovorka Nancy Rost Sally Irving Connie Diller

ALPHA GAMMA Jo Ann Browning Lynda Overton Sandra Dishongh Sara Meehan

RHO Sandra Mobley Betty Ahboah Shirley Stenhouse

ALPHA DELTA Kay Hine Carolyn Cusac Mill'S

ZETA TAU Nancy Lea Harri'S OMICRON Norma Lee Shanklin Drain UPSILON Wauhilla Atkins Diggs Nanalou Mcinturff Dot Cooper Betty Sue Smith Janis Purtle Sue Hudson CHI Ann Creasy Simmons Dorothy Leatherman Mikell Nigh Lynne Scafati Elizabeth Ann Russell

ALPHA ALPHA Carol Ashcraft Jones

.â&#x20AC;˘ Lynne Scafati, Chi.

ALPHA EPSILON Barbara Boeker Betty Collins Marilee Benedict Eva Keil Betty Ross PHI To Ann Brauner Janice Granier Mary Helen Jones Joyce Purser PI Barbara Cordes Donna Jean Beck Sandra Graves Jackie Hudson MORTAR BOARD THETA La'd ene Schachinger Eleanor Klope Egelund

Ruth Ann Harris, Beta, i'S listed in "Who's Who."

Betty Lou Rodgers, Alpha Lambda, was on the May Court and co-chairman of Junior Follies and chai~man of the Winter Dance.

Edna Woodard, Alpha Lambda, was chosen best dressed junior at Radford College.

CAMPUS llADBBS Bobbie Thompson, Beta, was a member of the Homecoming Court at Central Michigan College.

Cynthia Hinkson, Alpha Lambda, was chosen Outstanding Senior at Radford College.

Wilma Sue Green, Omicron, made the All -Star basketball team.

!larbara H lv y , Alpha Lambda, was vot d Outstandin S nior at Radford Coli g : h is a m mb r of th Hall of Fam .

Iota Honors Patron and Patroness on 25th Anniversary

Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Sheblislcy were recently nonored by a tea given by Iota Chapter. Dr. and Mrs. Sheblislcy have been Iota's patron and p atroness lor twenty-live years. They were also celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary so the collegiates appropriately presented them with a silver tray to commemorate both occasions. During the tea, the Iota girls serenaded Dr. and Mrs. Sheblisky. singing the sorority "Sweetheart Song."

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Ethel Cross Partridge, Iota Woman of the Week

Ethel Cross Partridge, Iota, devotes time and effort boosting the program of the Emporia Scholarship Foundation. For th is and other civic work. Mrs. Partridge was re cently chosen "Woman of the Week," by "The Emporia Gazette" in Emporia, KansaS. ( REPRINTED FRO M EMPORIA,

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;\; MRS. MARY ETHEL PARTRIDGE, beca useShe is devoting time, e A"ort and money in making so lid contributions to scholarships at the two Emporia colleges, boosting the prog ram of the Emporia Scholarship Foundation, which now is engaged in its annual ca mpaign for funds. With the aid of Mrs. Fred M. Fleming, Mrs. Partridge inves tigated the work of travel agencie , with the idea of using all ommi sions for co ll-ege schol arships. After stablishing a connection with a well known agen y in K ansa C ity, Mr . Pa rtridge appropriately old h r first tra el ticket to Mrs. Thoma W. Butch r, widow of the I ng-time pres id nt of Emporia tat ColI g. Emporia husincssc , am n th m

Didde-Glaser, Inc., have handled their travel business through Mrs. Partridge, in this way making ub tantial contribution to scholarships, as the commission checks are turned over to the colleges before they are cashed. Tickets have been supplied for trips to H awaii, Canada and Europe and to all parts of the U. S. Tours and foreign travel pay the best dividends for scholar hip , Mrs. Partridge say , and ticket cost no more than if bought directly. he is an experienced traveler he1 elf, having made everal trip in plane piloted b her husband Dr. C. E. Partridge. Mrs. Pa rtridge i no newcomer to civic re pon ibilities, h aving erved a pre ident of th Women' Cit C lub in 1944-45, as one f the first pre ident of the Empori Enterand THE .\

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Justine Ann Orris, Theta Attorney in Center Line, Michigan

;\. THE role of the modern Portia is quite different from the one dramatized by Shakespeare. After receiving my AB in speech from Wayne State University, I entered Wayne Law School. I held no dreams of easy studies and was therefore not disillusioned in th e Law School curriculum. We started with ten women in our freshman year and graduated three. The percentage was comparable to the men graduates. I started practice in D etroit after passing the Bar examination ; but after a year, I realized that I was practicing more from my home than from the office. M y family has resided in Center Line, Mi chigan, " population 9,000" for twenty years . M y clients were local friends and acquaintances. I was fortunate •enough to reacquaint myself with a high school friend who practiced in Center Line, during a trial in Mt. Clemens, our county seat. I inquired of h er as to the possibility of renting office space in the vicinity. After four years, Mrs. Mildred A. Vlaich and I have e njoyed our firm association. As attorneys, we h ave varied roles. Our practice is general in nature, as we handle crimina l, negligence, probate, domestic relation matters, and what have you. Our rol-e is often one of a counselor and advi or. The actual law trial is not as frequent as one would expect. However, we do trial work. Personally, I enjoy the negligence cas·es, finding them a challenge. The law is a changing THE ANCHOR

Justine Ann Orris, Theta , s uccessfully p ra ctices law in Center Line, Michigan. She re ceived her LL.B. in 1952 from Wayne Law School.

concept, and we never actually stop studying. Our loca l Ba r Association is small, roughly 150 members. I have attempted to be acti oe in the Junior Bar Section, which is composed of attorneys under th irty-five years of age, and have served as vice chairman during the last year. I hold office in the Michiga n Women Lawyers' Association and the Macomb County Women Lawyers' Association. Often we are asked to speak before hi gh school groups on the law and the role of th e lawyer. Invariably, one of the questions asked whether there is a place for women in law. I always hope that " I" m yself convey strongly the idea that there is a pl ace. Ou r training and education are equa l, the most importa nt factor being the attitude and demeanor of the lawyer herself. The intangible rewards of law are immeasurable. The feeling of kindness and appreciation of a client toward an a ttorney is

a relationship which stands alone in means of expression. I have found no discrimination in the courts, and only once did the matter of sex come up. I was handling a negligence matter, and my client was awarded a judgment ; but the opposing attorney appealed. The case went to a higher court, and the judgment was affirmed. " I was at a disadvantage," the losing attorney told me. " I wasn't abl'e to yell at you because you are a woman." I have taken an interest in child and adult recreation, and I am now serving on the Center Line Recreation Advisory Board. A matter of concern of the community should be to provide recreational facilities for its members. I believe there is a direct ratio between facilities available and criminal delinquency, whether in adults or youth. As attorneys, our interests are preventive as well as remedial. I have seen lighter moments in the court

room. We were representing a man and his wife in a bankruptcy matter and brought the clients into the court to testify. When the man was placed in the witness chair, he froze and was unable to speak. "When you asked for the money, you could talk," the Judge told him. Then the wife took the stand, and we could barely stop her from giving 'her complete life history to the Judge. Once in a while, we are mistaken and our position in the court room must be clarified. In a criminal matter in which I represented a woman defendant, the witness was asked to identify the wrongdoer. The witness pointed to the counsel table and stated "that woman." The prosecutor became slightly confused since the defendant and I were in a direct line with the pointed finger. However, the witness, seeing the confusion, clarified the matter by adding, "the one with the hat on." A moral, if any, is that either client or attorney should not wear a hat on the same day!

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lucille Gale MaWhinney, Alpha English Department Head and Writer of Professional Articles LuciLLE Gale MaWhinney attended Eastern Michigan College where she was affiliated with Alpha Chapter. Later, from the University of Michigan, she received three degrees. A.B., M.A. (speech ) , and M.A. (English). Her hu band, also in the education field, attended Beloit College, Wisconsin, where he was a member of igma lpha Ep ilon, and the University of Michigan. Lucille ha had profe ional article in Th e English Journal and Clearing House. An arti le in the former led to requ t from the 1 tt r; on arti le in Clearing H otl e wa ref rrcd t ditoriall in the chool Rez• iez ', publi h d b th ni rsi f hi;t

Mr'B. MaWhinney, Alpha, formerly head of the English Department. Whittier Junior High School. Flint, Michigan, is now an instructor in English at Flint Junior College.

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cago; and another was reprinted in Education Dioest. She is now working on an interarts publication for the college. Like most teachers, she has looked at times longingly toward other fields and during one phase contrived to acquire an acquaintance with a few distinguished newspaper people and a sampling of newspaper work. These experiences only increased her respect for teaching. And because she has so thoroughly enjoyed the classroom, she has never looked upon administrative promotions around her with any envy. She is now teaching English at Flint Junior College but h as taught on every level from the seventh grade through junior college, has coached every activity expected of English and speech teachers, and has taught in towns of six hundred population as well as in Flint. Each grade level, she claims, should be fun and challenging: in the lower grades, a comfortable familiarity with methods and psychology is essential, while on the ad-

vanccd levels, these needs gradually give way to those for a background in one's subject area. If, however, every instructor on an advanced level knew more about methods and poss ssed a greater personal interest in the student, his teaching would improve. Not only is •each level fun and challenging, according to Lucille, but she has welcomed the retarded or problem group as quickly as the superior class. In fact she took part in a "work experience program" conducted with fifteen overage ninth-grade boys in each of two of Flint's junior high schools. (Th e following semester two senior high schools continu ed the program. ) For half a day, or three hours, these boys were scheduled to follow an academic program gea red as closely as possible to their work experience which formed the other half of their day's activities. For two years, the boys worked half days at a Mott Foundation* social-proj ect house or on the Flint Community College campus, helping remodel a (CONTI NUED ON

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dr. Marlowe T. Franko, Theta Practicing Dentist ;\". ENTERING a profession into which few women have ventured is Marlowe Franko of Theta Chapter in D etroit. M arlowe attended Wayne State University, graduating with an A.B. from the College of Education -with a major in science education in June, 1953. Then the following September she entered the University of Detroit School of Dentistry and was graduated from there in June, 1957. Marlowe has now joined the D etroit Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Sigma for which she serves as treasurer. *The Mott Foundation was described in THE ANCHOR of Fall, 1956, under the heading "The Work of Ola B. Hiller."

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Dr. Marlowe T. Franko , Detroit alumna, was graduate d in Jun e , l 9F. from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry. She is a 1953 gradua te of Wayne State University.

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barn that was to provide the work experience center. Among their jobs were making tool cabinets, building shelves, installing pine paneling, and plastering and painting a basement. They participated in the purchase of lumber and other building supplies. Sometimes they shoveled snow, cut brush, or scrubbed floors. She never complains when given a refres her class in English. And while she finds a literature class stimulating, she also likes

to correct freshmen compositiOns provided they do not accumulate beyond the saturation point. For the past two years, she has been Panhellenic representative for her local Flint chapter. At different times, she has been active in the Michigan Education Association, the University of Michigan Alumnae, and the Michigan Council of T eachers of English. Other memberships include NEA, AAU P (American Association of University Professors ), NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), and D elta K appa Gamma (an honorary teachers' society) .

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alice Mae Clark Reaume, Iota Therapeutic Dietitian

Alice Mae Clark Reaume, Io ta , finds her w ork as a dietitian cha llenging and interesting. She is currently w orking as a therape u tic dietitian in the Creighton Memorial St. Toseph's Hospital. Omaha. Ne braska.

t ALICE MAE gradu ated from Kansas State

T eachers College, Emporia, Kan as, with a B. . degree in education, majoring in home c onomics and minonn in physical education in 1954. h marri d Paul A. R aume ('54 gradu, t The oil g of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas) n Jun 26, 19 5, at Congr ational

C hurch, Emporia, and honeymooned in New York City and Puerto Rico. They lived in the Panama Canal Zone for fourteen months while her husband was stationed with the U . S. Navy. During this time overseas she taught as a substitute teacher in Balboa High School and Junior College and attended schools in Spanish and decorative sewing in institutions of the Republic of Panama. She returned to the United States in August, 1956, and is now residing in Omaha, ebraska, where her husband is serving as a R ecruiting Officer with the avy. She has been employed since October 1, 1956, as assistant therapeutic dietitian and i presently employed at the Creighton Memorial t. Joseph's Hospital, Omaha. Present duties include: 1) weekly/ daily menu preparation; 2) patient diet orientation and indoctrination ; 3) upervi ion of special diet kitchen employe and operation ; 4) assist in training curriculum for tudent nur e . 'I find my work er intere ting and challenging, con tantly calling up n pr \'iou experience and training re ivcd in h me economic . I ertainl re ommend the fi ld of die t ti . a a high! re' arding, oth r ,' ·ar r,' h aid. THE

The Naumans Win Ribbons On Their Roses ;\".. TwENTY-EIGHT ribbons in two flower shows is quite an accomplishment! Even m.ore surprising is the story behind those wms. Opal Nauman, St. Louis alumna, and h er husband, Phil had worked hard to make their rose gard'e n the showplace of no;th St. Louis when, in the spring of 1956 they were informed that their property was to be taken to make way for the new Mark Twain Expressway. They were permitted to move any plants they wanted by September 1. By the time their new home was ready for occupancy, the hot dry summer was well under way, but they decided that their best chance to save their plants was to move them right away. So they rented a trailer and spent a week of Phil's vacation balling rose bushes and transplanting eighty-eight hybrid tea roses, five climbers, numerous p erennials, bulbs, and shrubs. "Last summer every plant was wilted a nd defoliated," Opal remembers. " I'm sure our new neighbors thought we were wasting our time working over the apparently dead plants, but by late fall we were hopeful that most of our plants would survive." The followin g spring crocuses bloomed all over the lawn for Opal had planted a crocus bulb every place where she had dug out a dandelion. The tulips a nd jonquils bloomed beautifully, then the roses began to leaf out. By March it was a pparen t that only five h ybrids and one climber had died . Opal joined the H athaway M eadows Garden Club which h eld its annual flower show in May. As the time for the show drew n ear, the roses burst into full bloom. As a result Opal collected thirteen ribbons, including the Tri-color for th e best horticultural exhibit in the show, a nd the gold ribbon for winning the greatest number of ribbons. Opal and h er husband were encouraged to enter their roses in the Greater St. Louis Flower Show to be h eld at the Missouri Botanical Garden only four days later. The challenge of competing against the best in the city was too great to resist. They entered twenty-one exhibits. Out of a pproxiTHE ANCHOR

mately eight hundred exhibits, Opal and Phil added fifteen more to their collection. The Naumans attribute much of their success in the two shows to knowing which roses to enter. Phil looked up the points on which the roses were to be judged, and entered only the blooms which rated high . The stems h ad to be twelve inches long to qualify for entry. Only one bloom was allowed for each stem- no extra buds. Color and stem each counted. Foliage, form , size, and substa nce also were judged . The Naumans have forty-seven diffe rent varieties in their garden a nd naturally h ave favorites (which however were not the ribbon winners). Nocturne is their favorite red rose, closely followed by Rose of Freedom and C hrysler Imperial. In yellows they favor Fred Howard, Sutter's Gold, McGredy's Sunset, Peace, and Moj ave. In pinks, Capristrano a nd Mission Bells are their favorites. Comtesse Vandal won the Tri-color ribbon and Mrs. Du Pont won three ribbons . A photographer, sen t out to photograph their winning roses, came the day after a big wind and rain storm that knocked all the blooms off the roses. Fortunately Opal had picked a vase of choice roses the day before a nd that is what he had to photograph. Opal Nauman. St. Louis alumna, and her husband. Phil. won twenty-eight ribbons on their roses in two flower shows!

Gretchen Carries the Mail Gretchen Gaffney, Alpha, Handles an Honest-to-Goodness Mail Route

t THE job of substitute mail carrier is mine

by inheritance. When my husband, Leo, retired from the Buick in February, 1956, a friend who carries Rural Route No. 1 out of Holly, suggested that Leo learn the route and take it over while he took a five weeks' vacation. It sounded interesting so Leo decided to do it. He rode around with Andy stuffing the mail boxes and helping to sort mail at the post office. In the middle of March Andy left for Florida and we were on our own. I started riding around doing the stuffing of the mail boxes and learning to sort at the post office. In July the same year Andy wanted to go fishing in Canada so he took another vacation. Leo was working at another job by that time so as I said in the beginning, I inherited the job. I worked a week during the Christmas rush in the post office sorting or "casing" the mail for Route No. 1 while Andy was making the run. Then in March and April of this year I really was initiated, for I carried the mail for five weeks. One of the first things you learn when delivering by yourself is to drive sitting in the middle of the car seat using your left hand and foot. Try it sometime. Rural Route No. 1 is fifty-four miles long with three hundred plus boxes. It serves all types of areas- farms, business places, resort areas, ummer camps, one boarding school, and an optical clinic. The roads we have to travel are as varied-gravel, winding up hill and down dale, through wooded sections and farm lands as well as pavement, part of it U. S. No. 10. Each person' mail is most important to him and h imply annot under tand why it i ver d liv red to a wrong addr s. For instan - I pick d up a letter addr sed to tre t, at Boy! r H nry Boy r, 825 Map!

Gretchen Gaffney, Alpha, delivers the mail to Rural Route One, Holly, Michigan.

on U. S. 10. The regular carrier had left it there the day before. o excuse really, only haste or maybe the gremlins. The amazing thing to me is that it doesn' t happen more often with the number of pieces of mail that are handled each day. Then, of course, we have the "sam路e name" difficulties-two Charles Clarks with boxes on the same road, two Ruth Johnsons living within a mile of each other, three families of C levengers, three of Simons and three of Wilsons and that means leaving their wives and children's mail in the right boxes. It reminds me of a school room at the beginning of the year with a roomful of new face . You finally get them all placed. So it is with a mail route. There are just more people involved and you rarely see them, they are just names, roads and boxes. We have "antiquated" mail service according to a recent Readers' Digest. I read with interest all of the wonderful n ew electronic methods of sorting and handling mail. Then I visioned the cost to the ta-xpayer of in tailing such equipment in po t office across the country. Mainly I visioned teaching the public to address an envelope properly to use such equipment! Right nm I'd ettle for one thinrr each envelope having a road and hou e number a well as the route number. You ee the rural route numb r only help the po t offic Jerk to ort the mail to th right carrier. The road a nd number would help me the ub titu carri r. Remember th n-vo harl lark ? How mu h help w uld R. R. . 1 n ,n envelop b ? THE

A rural carrier has a little post office on wheels. Not only do we deliver all classes of mail but we pick up and mail letters and packages for patrons. We sell stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards and money orders. I'm always amazed at the amount of money people will leave in a mail box by the side of the road! One day I found

$1 19.00 with the orders and letters. "Neither rain, sleet, nor snow" (how does that quotation go?) - well I've had them all with some added kinds thrown in for good measure. Flooded roads, icy roads, detours, but the mail goe through! Right now we have rough gravel with dust. Oh yes, I carry the mail tomorrow.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nancy Boyd, Chr Home Demonstration Agent

Nancy Boyd, Chi. home demonstration agent. conducts workshops for homemakers who want to learn new homemaking skills. The program is part of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics of West Virginia University and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. ~

I AM often asked, "What is Home Demonstration Work?" It is a key to better living. The program is a part of Cooper~tive Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics of West Virginia University and the U. S. D epartment of Agriculture. It is a program of adult education in home economics and citizenship. Our objective is people, a good extension program is worth little unless leaders have had an important part in developing it, then it is theirs, not ours. We are TPembers of the staff of West Virginia University and are employed through the cooperation of the local people and their county, state, and federal governments. THE ANCHOR

A home demonstration agent teaches and demonstra tes useful and practical homemaking information that has been tested f!.nd proven through research and experiment stations and land-grant colleges and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Through the program we train leaders, lesson leaders, project leaders, officers, committee chairmen, and others who have responsibilities in club and community work. The agent conducts workshops for homemakers who want to learn new ways of making clothing, reupholstering furniture, and other homemaking kills. We make home visits and give informa(CoNTINuEo ON PAoE

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~itnp.Hit Florence Marcotte. Sigma. is local chairman of Alpha Sigma Tau's Twelfth National Convention.

Jlsa Simpson. Pi. is the new vice president of the Southwestern District.

IL A BLANKENMEISTER IMP o was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received h er B.A. degree in education from Harris T eacher ' College in t. Louis. H er M. . degree wa earned in elementary educa tion niver ity in St. Loui . from Washington She began h er teaching career in St. Loui teaching primary O'rade and i present! teaching fourth g rade at K ennard chool in t. Louis. She has alway been active in Sigma T a u, both as an active m emb r Pi C hap ter and a a m mber of th Loui lumnae hapter. treasurer a nd pr sident of th a nd a re ordinO'

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for our Twelfth National Convention August 19-22, 1958 and see the Niagara Falls Region

Above: Niagara Falls. a scenic spectacle that attracts more than two million sightseers every year, is less than twenty miles from Buffalo, our 1958 convention city. Below right: Downtown Buffalo, showing the Statler Hotel. our convention headquartern. a t right top. Below left: Buffalo's theatrical district shown at night.

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Meet Our New National Chairmen • • • ~eltellielle ~epettZ Courtesy Chairman

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11etZie 1/teliee

Standards Chairman

Julie 1/teCtZrlA~ Endowment Chairman Genevieve Repeta. Theta. recently assumed the duties of courtesy chairman.

Sue Neale McBee. Eta. is the newly appointed standards chairman.

June McCarthy is the newly appointed endowment chairman.

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Meet National Chairman ... Nominations Committee Chairman t ELEVEN days after Pearl Harbor found

Kathleen Kelchner transplanted from Durant, Oklahoma, to Washington where she started her civil service career working for the Signal Corps of the Army. She is still with the Signal Corps as a management analyst and has been working in the fabulous Pentagon since it was built. Kathleen has been a member of the Washington, D. C., Alumnae Chapter since its inception and has served as president, chaplain, treasurer, and Panhellenic delegate. She has attended five national conventions and says she is looking forward to the one in Buffalo next year. She was also her collegiate chapter president for two years. She is a member of the Church of the Pilgrims in Washington (Presbyterian ) and has been active in the women's work, having served as circle chairman, chairman of Christian Education, and presently as chairman of World Missions. She is also treasurer of the Sunday School. Kathleen graduated from Southeastern State College, Durant, Oklahoma, in 1938 with a B.S. She occasionally takes courses now in such unrelated subjects as millinery, position clarification, parliamentary law, and plans to take one in reports and form management this fall .

New National Appointment . . .

EMilY l. REEDY has just been appointed

EXAMINATIONS CHAIRMAN An a rticle a bout her wi ll appear in the next issue of THE ANCHOR.

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and president of the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter. She is serving as the vice-president this year of the St. Louis alumnae. Mrs. Simpson first became interested nationally in Alpha Sigma Tau when she attended her first ational Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a delegate of Pi Chapter. She has attended every convention from this time on and has served in various capacities at these conventions. She served for the past two years as State Chairman. In this capacity she has visited several chapters with Mrs. Lillian Schippers. She has also sent out many letters about Alpha Sigma Tau to prospective campuses. She likes to read, knit, watch televi ion, especially old movies, sport , especially swimming, and roots hard for th e St. Louis Cardinals. She likes to sing and is an active member of the Hope Evangelical and Reformed Church Choir being one of the soloists. She has a Boys' Choir at school and has worked with a District Choir of the St. Louis Girl Scouts. Ilsa and her husband, John, both like dogs and, of course, there is one, a cocker spaniel, in the Simpson household. 35

Collegiate News Alphas Plan fo r District Meeting ;\; THE spring semester of 195 7 was a big one for the Alphas. Their activities included the Parent's Day T ea, Candlelight Ball, and sorority weekend. We were honored to have two of our sisters initiated into Adahi, an honorary organization just started on our campus and similar to Mortar Board . We have made our plans for rushing which begins two weeks after the semester opens. The theme is "Mother Goose" and all decorations, favors, and entertainment will be related to this theme. Much of the work was don e during the summer to make it a big succe s. In the middle of rushing comes Homecoming. For our float we have chosen a Broadway musical theme, "Connecticut Yankee." At the same time we will be planning and anticipating the a nnual Cider Sip, when all Alpha Sigma Tau alums are welcomed back to the campus. Following Homecoming will be the Central District m eeting at which time the Alpha will act as hostesses for the District. '"' c a re working to ma ke this m ee ting most enj oyabl e. The m eetings will be h eld in the coll eg union with our guests staying in the dormi tories, hou es of the alum , a nd the local hotel. The alums are working with us . W e will ob crve the sorority's and the lpha's Found r's D ay with all our guest . In addition to all th sc activiti es, the lph a ha v ta rted a housing fund , a nd h v pl a nn路 d ac tivities to ail us in th e gr wth of this fund .- KATl CV ER NT.

Betas Cop Top Hono rs ;\; THIS semester has brought many new and exciting experiences to the Beta Chapter. Most important was our very successful rushing season. After our three rush parties, the " Sweete Shoppe," " Sleepy Tau Heaven," and th e " Emerald Room," Bobbie Thompson, Beta Chapter president, initiated eighteen new sisters : Karen Chamberlain, Bev Clark, Barb Coon, Rose D evereaux, Sue Donahue, Diane Glidden, J arre Goetz, Ann Gomon, Karen Hansen, Joanne H yatt, Nancy Kelly, Edna Martin on, Sande McGowan, Patti McNab, Jan Mosier, Carol Mount, Mary Straayer, and M artie Zielinski. The Beta beauties were honored in many ways during the sem ester. Carol Bloomer was chosen Rose of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Sweetheart of Sigma Phi Epsilon was Joan Crouse. Sally Kenyon was chosen Queen of the D elta Sigm a Phi's Carna tion Ball, and Rose D evereaux was a m ember of he r court. Ca rol Brown Wohlfeil was honored by Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity by being chosen Sweetheart of the White Rose Ball. Georgia Peter on wa an attenda nt at D elta igm a Phi's annual Push Cart D erby. Doris Fi k a ncy K elly, and Arlee Ro enbera w re en ter d in the Mis Central Mi hiaan C ollege Contest, a nd Julie K ell and Katie ornell we re entered in the Mi C entral Michiga n Pageant, wher K a tie \ a ch en 1i .ongenia lit . Anoth r honor Kati ha brought to the B ta Cha pter ' a b eing ho e n mo t ut tandina B o tcr lub m emb r f th ear.

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Among the many cokers, mixers, parties, and athletic events with fraterniti'es and sororities, the Betas found time for hard practice for the annual Panhellenic-Interfraternity Sing. But the practice was worth while, for we took first place! Other campus activiti'es we participated 'i n were Frat Frolics, Chick Relays, and the Intersorority Swim Meet. Ruth Harris was one of four seniors chosen by their fellow students and faculty to receive the Chippewa Award. Along with Ruthie, four other Betas were elected to Who's Who: Marlo Davison, Cindy Edgerle, Carol Bloomer, and Sue Young. Marlo Davison was honored with a special citation by the Men's Union Board for contributing

more to Central in her four years of college than any other student. Another outstanding Beta is Karen Chamberlain who received the Freshman Chemistry Award. We held our annual Parent's Day Tea for the first time in our new house. The houseparty at Crystal Lake was the usual tremendous success, drawing us even closer to our wonderful advisor, Miss Charlotte D enman . Also, the White Rose Ball was simply fabulous and an "affair to be remembered." With the Senior Farewell, we bid our fond ad ieu to the seniors who were soon to be affiliated with the alumna chapter. And now we are anxiously anticipating September, when once again we will start our busy campus life, centering around our home at 906 South Main Street.- JANE EwiNG.

Thetas Repeat Successful Holiday Carnival

Betas enjoy their Sleepy Tau Heaven party.

Beta's Marty Zielinski and Lynne Hensen try out the wares at the Sweete Shoppe.

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;\. AN individual or a group, to find its efforts and functions worthwhile, must defin e and understand its purposes. This was the belief of many Theta Chapter members as they shared in the evaluation of the chapter program throughout th e year. A well planned series of friendly "H ash Sessions" did much to pinpoint purposes and objectives, to bring into the light areas of the program that need special attention , and to channel the activiti'es of the group to better meet its primary purpose . In addition to this thinking, planning, and functionin g purpo efully, cam e several tangible things during the year. Titles were captured for first pl ace in the University Ticket Selling Contest, third place in Homecoming, and first place in Holiday Carnival. The chapter can boast of two of its girls being elected to Mortar Board- Ladene Schachinger and Eleanor Klope Egelund . At the annual meeting in M ay the chapter elected Penelope ( Penny) Orr to the office of president. Th e summer planning sessions were organized by the new vice-president Mary DeMassa, for Penny spent the sum-

Theta's pledges cook up entertainment for the active's.

mer at her home in Bucks County, Penn ylvania. Summer brought us together in small groups at pajama, swimming, watermelon, and just plain work parties. In the planning stage were Homecoming, rushing, and the chapter-sponsored Theta Reunion, all to be realized in the fall semester. Letters were sent to all Theta alumnae in the D etroit area inviting them to meet their A~T friends, known and unknown. If the reunion is successful, it may become an annual affair. Perhap the success of the A~T ranch at Holiday Carnival or the possibility of saving work stimulated us to repeat the western theme for rushing this semester. We will wear our cowgirl costumes and entertain chuck wagon style at the informal party. As we looked to the coming school year we considered the value of contacts with other A~Ts, collegiate and alumnae, and other sorority members through the panheUenic, in achi eving our purpo es. We hope to gain immea urably from the sharing of ideas with our Theta predecessors at the reunion and our collegiate contemporari路es at the district meeting in November.- ELEANOR KLOPE EGEL NO.

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Thetas choose their " Queen for a Day," and appropriately crown Penny Orr.

K ell er, Penny Orr, Alice Ingham, Juanita Borough, and Marion Doss. One of the high spots of the weekend was the pledge entertainment which consisted of a take-off on " Queen for a Day." Using a scrub bush for a microphone, Lynne interviewed each of the pledges who wanted a vi tal object to make their lives more happy and complete. Gay wanted a bigger brush to paint bigger pictures so she could earn more money to support her family ; but Penny won the hearts of the members however, when she requested a geiger c~unter which would detect candy, matches, or cigarettes that pledges were not supposed to have. -LADENE ScHACHINGER.

Nu Gives Yellow Rose Breakfast t A PARTY given in February for underpri-

vileged children gave us all a glow. In March Mr . Meredith Hinshaw North' chapwe tern District Pre ident, visired our ter. During her i it we had a lun heon with the alum hapter and we ga e our Y ellO\ Ro Br akfast in her honor. All ororitie and frat rnitic n ur ampu ' ere invit d to a tt nd.

Themes for rush parties this year were ' Friend hip Garden" and "Jamaican Beach Party." Invitations for the Friendship Garden party were miniature wheelbarrows with daffodils, and the living room was beautifully decorated to resemble a lovely garden. Small Bongo drums containing the invitations to the Jamaican Beach Party were indeed novel. We are proud of our three cute new pledges, Nancy Allis, Kaye lchiriu, and La Verna Schatz. May was a busy month. We sang "La Bella Bimba" and the "Alpha Sigma Tau Sweetheart Song" at the Colorado State College annual "Greek Song Fest." Despite early morning practice we had the satisfaction of a job well done. Dorene Brown, our director, deserves a big round of applause for doing a splendid job. The other highlight for the month of May was the Dinner Dance held at the Brown Palace Hotel, D enver. At this dinner we honored Cathy Camerlo, Top Tau ; Janice Sawyer, Scholarship ; Janet Briscoe, Top Active; and Anita Lloyd, Top Pledge. Honored at the College Insignia Day was Elaine Shaw who received the Tau Beta Sigma Recognition Award. Sharron Smith, our Panhellenic representative, has been elected Panhellenic secretary. At our last meeting for the spring quarter

we gave a farewell party honoring our housemother, Mrs. Ohmstead, and Mrs. Karman, faculty advisor. Also a bridal shower for Carol Due, Elaine Shaw, and Janice Sawyer. -

NORMA CAMPBELL.

Omicron Plans for Southern District Meeting ~

SECOND semester found the Omicron girls quite busy and taking their share of honors on the Concord campus. Shirley Reed was an attendant to the May Queen in the annual May Day Festival. Alpha Sigma Tau was represented by Betty Payne and Rita Baumgartner in the May Poie Dance. Rita is also president of Panhellenic Council for the corning year. The end of our intramural basketball season found Sue Green selected for the AllStar basketball team. Dot Montgomery who did a wonderful job as our intramural manager this year, received the Concord "C" award . This was presented by the Women's Athletic Association for participation in sports. Libby Hight, Omicron's Top Tau, was selected for membership in Cardinal Key, national honorary sorority. She has also received the J ames Lewis Howe Award which

Thetas enjoy their annual dinner dance at the Lakepointe Country Club.

this meeting a success. We' re looking forward to Fall and the district meeting on our campus. Semester exams time found the girls with a book in one hand and a sandwich in the other. Each sorority on campus had one night to sell sandwiches in the dorm during this week. The Women's Hall Council furnished coffee with each sandwich. We found the venture profita ble- we deared $35.00. Graduation time meant four Omicron girls -Shirley Reed, Ellen Faley, Nancy L. Bratton, and Arden Landon- would be getting those sought-after sheepskins. We hop-e to see them again at the district meeting.

Delta's advisor, Mary L. Washington, and Mrs. Russell Guard. alumna e representative . relax a t the ple dge party held a t Rustic Lodge, Indiana. Pennsylvania.

is given by the American Chemical Society to an outstanding chemistry major each year. Thanks to our wonderful patronesses our informal rush party was a success. We ~gain used the Greek theme for our party. Mrs. Klingensmith, a patroness, stole the show with her harp playing. The other patronesses were busy beforehand frying chicken for our gu ests. Our formal rush party, a yellow rose banqu et, a nd theater party were attended by patron e ses and alumnae. We were happy to have our district president, Mrs. R. F. Snidow, a ttend this party also. When the ru h season closed we had two wonderful pledges, Pa t Wilkins a nd Betty Sue H edrick. Our a nnual spring formal was h eld jointly with our brother fraternity, K~K, a t the Black Knight Country Club in Beckley. We were pleased tha t Mr. a nd Mrs. Snidow cou ld attend this dance. Libby Hight was honored by being cho en K~K Sweetheart at this dan e. Th e Omi cron C h apter with the help of M rs. nidow ha been bu y planning for the outh rn Di tri t M eting which will be h eld at on ord on 0 tober 18, 19, a nd 20. W e'r f rtunat tha t the Bluefie ld Prin ealumn a a w a th ton , a nd n 路ckl patr nr s~c~ wi ll be n ha nd to help us m a k

Pi Sponso rs Skit Ni ght :t THE past few months h ave been very eventful for Pi Chapter. Our m eetings have been well conducted and successful. On March 29, eight actives and our sponsors, Miss Murray and Miss Kohl, enjoyed a gourm et's delight at the progressive dinner given by the alums. Each course was an experience in itself. Skit Nite, presented biennially by Pi Chapter, was held on April 25 and wa a bigger success than ever this year. The variou sororities and fraternities on campus presented their own original skits with cash Pi Chapter a nticipa tes refreshments at the happy end of a typica l meeting.

carnival to be held on campus m the fall. Our booth is to featur a pie throwing ontest.- ANCY SPEED.

Zeta Tau Entertains t SPRING

Pi girls relax at a picnic celebrating the end of the finals.

prizes awarded to the fir t, second, and third place winners. The skits were clever and represented many hours of hard work and practice. Margaret Gieselman, chairman of Skit ite, did an ex tremely fine job. Our May Fete is an a nnual affair on ca mpus sponsored by the Student Counci l, the first Wednesday in May. Each class elected a maid, a nd Arline Bouligny proudly represented her senior class as a special maid. A get acq u ainted party was given for our parents M ay 26 at the Student Union Building. Pi gi rls and their dates supported our candidates for queen . . . Sandy Graves at the White Rose Prom and J o Etta elson at the Sigma Splash. After finals were over on June 7, Juanita Beel-er, our president, helped us celebrate by entertaining us with a Bar-B-Q at h er home. After the scrumptious luncheon we tried our hand at badminton- with a ladd er close by to retrieve the shuttlecock from the roof, it. favorite landing place. Graduation brought the sem ester to a close. Three Pi graduates. Arline Bouligny, Shirley Mayhew, a nd M ary Rowan, will eagerly embark on their teaching careers in the fall . During the summer months we are quite busy preparing for fall rushing and hope that we will be fortunate in getting some wonderful girls. Also among our summer m eetings "busy work" is getting ready for the THE ANCHOR

rushing started off Zeta Tau's spring activiti es with a bang ! Under the new system of preferential bidding, tried h ere for the first time this spring, we claimed fourteen n ew members. Preferential bidding seems to be succes ful on our ca mpus and will be tried agai n nex t year with slight modifications. After their period as p ledges had la psed and our rushees becam e full-fledged members, they gave th e old members a wonderful surprise party. They deco rated the room, made many attractive favors, furnished tasty refreshments, a nd offered some most original entertainment much to the deligh t of all. A~T entertained at intermission parti'es during our two spring forma l dance . We were all happy that one of our membe rs, Nancy L ea Harri , was elected as Maid-ofHonor for May Day, and that two other

Liz Mosteller is the new president of Zeta Tau.

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members, Frances "Sis" Brown and Jane Rail-ey were on the May Court. Nancy Lea was also named to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities this spring. One of our junior members, Annette Crain, was tapped into Alpha Kappa Gamma, our national leadership fraternity on campus. Late in the spring we bid our four senior members goodbye at a supper in their honor at Longwood Estate. This was our last social function of the year. W e are looking forward to next year with high hopes and expectations under the leadership of our new president, Liz Mosteller. Liz was pledge mother this spring and won much high praise from our spring rushees. We are looking forward particularly to that first meeting when we all can be together again.- LINDA GARRISON.

Ph i's Many Honors ~

DuRING the past year Phi girls have captured many honors worth shouting about. Jo Ann Brauner received the Green "S" Award (award for extracurricular activities), was president of the Green Jackets, Sweetheart of the Green Jackets, was elected heart of the Green Jackets, was elected to the "13" Club (organization for outstanding academic achievement ), Student Government Senator, and made the Dean's Honor List. Katherine Broach received the Les M esdames Award for being the most outstanding freshman, and held the leading role in a dramatic production. May D ean Brown was the Sweetheart of Alpha Omega fraternity. Jo Ann Candilora . wa Southeastern Louisiana College archery hampion. Rose Ann Caron was the Rose of igma Tau Gamma. Nancy Cowan was th s retary of the Student Body, received the Hodding Carter Honor cholarship, and wa th Sw ethea rt of Alpha igma Tau . Robbi Fr itag wa the w theart of i n ademy, wa n amed Mis outhast rn by th tud nt B dy, and wa the h ad h r I ad r. J ani e rani r was the

associate editor of Le Souvenir (SLC Yearbook ), Student Government Senator, Sweetheart of Le Cercle Francais, and on the Dean's Honor List. Mary Helen Jones was historian of the Student Body, Panhellenic representative, and on the Dean's Honor List. Joyce Purser was elected to the "13" Club, received the Green "S" Award, was Student Government Senator, and on the Dean's Honor List. Marie Louise Mydland was editor of Th e Summ er Breeze (summer SLC newspaper) . Mary Alice Strickland received the Green "S" Award, was a member of Homecoming Court, Sweetheart of Future Teachers of America, president of Panhellenic, Student Governmen t Senator, president of Phi Chapter.

Ch i Pledges Fo urtee n ~

CHI CHAPTER of Alpha Sigma Tau held its econd rush party of the school year in February. The theme of the party was "Sleepy Tau H eaven." Paper angel and clouds decorated the recreation hall, where the party was held. The members and the rushees came dressed in pajamas or gowns. The program was the enactment of a dream of an Alpha girl. Everyone had a delightful Dr. Sar a C ree. C hi advisor. s e rves punch at a party given b y patronesses Mrn. Roy E. Harris and Dr. Ruth Scarborough.

time, and fourteen of the rushees accepted bids to become members. The Chi girls had a busy spring. A party was given for Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Refreshments were serve~, and dancing was enjoyed by the group throughout the evening. Dr. Sara Cree, sorority advisor, and several patronesses served as chaperones for the evening. A picnic was held on Barbara Harris' lawn for Phi Sigma Chi, social sorority. A treasure hunt was the main event of the evening's fun. Chi had several queens this spring. Pat Boyd, K-earneysville senior, was elected Queen Shepherd by the student body. Pat was crowned by last year's queen, Joan Kershaw McWhorter, an Alpha alumni. Jo Ann Jackson, Martinsburg junior, served as princess in Queen Shepherd's court. Ann Lindsey Schrader, Shepherdstown senior, was chosen as queen of Tau Kappa Epsilon and reigned over the TEKE Ball. In a contest held to select Miss Shepherd, Kitty Grant, Martinsburg sophomore, and Joan Wolfe, Rahaway junior, placed second and third, respectively. On Senior Day the Alphas were awarded the Intramural Cup for athletics. We were all very proud of this. It was won by the Alphas by receiving points for participation in both individual and team sports. The Chi patronesses gave the chapter members a party, at which the seniors were honored. Lynne Scafati, past president, was announced the outstanding senior of Chi Chapter. Dr. Ruth Scarborough, professor of history and a patroness, read poems which she had written about each of the graduating members. All who attended had a wonderful time. Plans are being made for the annual Homecoming banquet and float for the parade. We won second prize !ast y:ar and are hoping to capture first pnZ'e th1s year. We are, also, planning a reception for the new women students.- ANN SLoNAKER.

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Psi's Shine with Honors ;\:, THIS .year has certainly been an eventful one for the Psi girls on Madison campus. Everything seemed to move along with a tremendous burst, only to end on a certain note of sadness when the last goodbyes were said to thirteen senior Psi girls. They leave many wonderful memori·es behind them. We are very proud to report that the elections for Student Government and other campus clubs came out very well for the Psis. Capturing top honors were Mitzie Harper, treasurer of Student Government; Sis Watkins, Standards Committee Chairman ; Betty Lou Simpson, vice-president of YWCA; Betsy Auten, president of the Honor Council. Among the dreadful thoughts of exams and last minute reports came the shining ray that May Day always seems to carry. Again the Psis "shone" with ten girls in the May Court, three of whom were attendants. Then, too, our "buttons just bursted with pride" when Martha Ann Goodwin was selected Maid of Honor. We're all so proud of her, and know her as a beautiful and wonderful girl. To carry out the "myth" them"e of Ma y Day, Zirkle House was decorated as th e temple of Iris, the rainbow goddess. Everyone seemed to be eagerly awaiting "Moving-Up" Day at Madison, as it has come to moean a special time for the recognizat ion of outstanding students. Joan Ails, Carol McCormick, and Joan Harvey were recogn ized as members of Who's Who. Joan Alls also received special recognition as one outstanding in education. Sarah Bundy, a ource of our pride, was awarded the Duk"e Memorial Scholarship of $100 for having the highest scholastic rating in the junior class. Joan Harvey, the receiver of the AlT Scholarship Award , also received the $200 Margaret McDonald Memorial Scholarship at a home economics convention held in Roanoke. Dot Rowe, one of our alumnae representatives, was named chairman-elect of the Virginia Dietetics As ociation. Fun and frolic, with plenty of sunshine, seemed to mark our cel-ebration for Found-

tu ne tellers, artists, and house h aunters to make up the best carnival ever! It is this tribute we leave to the "old" seniors, and this hope to Zirkle House that we will welcome many rushees on "Carnival Night," and greet them as p l路edges the fo llowing week. This has been a most wonderful and inspiring year for the Psis at Madison, and we send out our warmest wi hes that the years to follow will be wonderful to all the chapters.- PAT LUMPKIN.

Alpha Alpha 's Fun Night Psi's "Old Seniors" enjoy a party g iv e n by the juniors.

er's Day, as we were off for a weekend at College Camp. Everyone had a wonderful time, even if a few m ishaps occurred such as falling in the river instead of rowing in it! Each class worked extra hard on the songs to be sung at our annual song contest. Miss Frank, our sponsor, and Miss Rowe, our alumnae representative, were the judges and after much debating declared all three classes the winners! After receiving some very nice gift from the sen iors, th ey were presented with A~T cuff links. Previous to this event, we learned that Suzanne Bowdle had been named the Sweetheart of Sigma D elta Rho. More honor for the Psis. With th e school te rm drawing fast to a close, the juniors gave the seniors breakfast to honor them. Suddenly Zirkle House was empty without its furniture, as it was closed for the summer. Some of the girls we nt to Virginia Beach to oak up the un, and eYen though it rained a ll reports were that it was simply wonderful! Of cour e, with the sadnes of closing up the hou e comes the hopes of filling it ap;ain in S pt mber with the ' n w" seniors. '"'e ar as ured of having a full hou e this year ! Ye , Zirkle Hou will ring out with much !aught r and pirit as it opens its doors to si ng it first big event- the big rush party. it traditional " rnival" them , the Psi ~iris will on e ag-a in slip into the dis ui cs of f r-

;\, AN event which will long be remembered by us came this spring when we had as our guest national president, Mrs. Earl F. Peterson. She was the guest of honor at a buffet dinner and also attended our last business meeting. After being presented by newly installed presiden t, Mary Ann Clark, Mrs. Peterson graciously answered our many questions and reported to u on the other collegiate chapters. When Junior Prom time drew near we all worked hard campaigning for our candidate J u dy Lape. Everyone felt that their effort paid off when Judy was announced as a member of the court. We were all proud of Judy that night. T hete was excitement in the air when Ball State held Parent's Day. This is an annual affair at which the school holds open house and parents are admitted in the dormitories. In the afternoon the sororities and fraternities participate in competitive group singing. Dressed in pastel-shade dresses and white heels, the girls of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority sang "Christopher Robin is Saying His Pra ers," directed by Judy Rust. Much of the exciteme nt, however, was due to the Parent's Day Breakfast for all the parents of the Alpha Taus. It was an enjoyable occasion a nd a wonderful opportunity to me t man 路 of the girls' parents. " P a rl Paradi e" ' a the th me cho en f r th clos d d ance which was held t thf' Gre n Hill Countr Precedin th dan e ' , dinner unHE

farewe ll to them. W ar all looking forward to the beginning of a new year when we can begin our new activiti路es.- BEv BECKER.

Alpha Betas Keep a Trophy (SEE BAcK CovER )

Alpha Alpha gave a party for its pledges in the suite.

try club for the gi rls and their dates. Afterwards everyone enjoyed a party at Linders where they ate breakfast. Formal initiation was held in the sorority suite on April 7 with President Delores Dillon in charge. The newly initiated actives were Barb Alsop, Bev Becker, Carol Bourret, L eah Brandyberry, Barb Bowman, M arilyn Briscoe, Peggie Duffey, D ixie Haynes, Barb H erman, Jan Hutson, Carolyn Jones, Becky Lyons, Barb Martin, Julia Melvin, Joy Moody, Ruth Ann Paschen, Anita Swinford , Bev White, Pat Witwer, and Carol Wylam. 路. Fun Night, an annual activity before formal initiation really was a fun night for all of the girls of the Alpha Alpha Chapter. Blindfolded, the pledges rode for what seemed like miles to a cabin in Noblesville where the actives treated them to games, tricks, and refreshments. A sleepy group of Alpha Taus returned to Muncie where they enjoyed breakfast together at 5:30 A.M. in a downtown restaurant. C limaxing our week before finals and our last function for the scholastic year was a party in honor of the seniors. Although everyone had fun, we were sad that th is was THE ANCHOR

;\; THE busy year of 1956-57 for the Alpha Betas started off with rushing. Our hard work netted us eleven enthusiastic pledges. Each erne ter a Red Cross Blood Drive is cond ucted on the Marshall campus. In November we agai n won in the Women's Division. Th is being our third consecutive win, we retired the rotating trophy. Life Planning Week is condu cted annually on our campus. This year Sue Adkins was one of the coordinators. As a group, the Alpha Betas attended fireside chats, convocations, and church on Sunday at the Trinity Episcopal Church in keeping with the observance of this week. The Chief Ju stice annual staff was filled by five Sigma Taus this year. These girls who worked very hard are Phyllis Brewer, who was secretary to the editor, Barbara Dawson, Marilyn Kincaid, Jewell Roark, and Sue Adkins. Black skirts and sweaters, white gloves, and white neck scarfs were our outfits for the Christmas Sing. Shirley Harman directed us as we sang "Winter Wonderland." Another trophy took its place be ide the Blood Drive trophy last year. This trophy was won by donating the largest amount per capita to the CARE Hungarian Reli路ef Fund (sponsored by the Student Chri tian As ociation ). Our winter formal, Alpha Sigma Tau Snow Ball, on .T anuary 12 was an enormous success. The pledges did a wonderful job of decorating with green and yellow treamers and popcorn snowmen. The Huntington Alumna路e Chapter joined the Alpha Beta Collegiate Chapter in February a t the beautiful home of Mrs. D aisy Gillette, alumnae representative, for a tea honorin g our new faculty advi or, Miss Mary Belle Watrous. 45

Sandra Anderson graciously invited the entire chapter to spend the evening and night at her home to plan our rush party for the second semester. After games, card tricks, dancing, and refreshments, everyone settled down to the business at hand . Our theme for the rush party, which was held at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house was "Al;T Platter Party." The program was in charge of our disc jockey, Angie Virgili, who introdu ced pantomimes, skits, and new formed quartet-The Four T aus. Everyone had a wonderful time. Ou r advisor, Mrs. M ary Belle Byus, was recently married. As a surprise to her, we gave her a shower before one of our March meetings. She received many lovely gifts. In M arch we received seven girls into our active sisterhood. These new sisters are: Angie Virgili, Jewell Roark, Faye Roark, Patsy Hill, Sandra Anderson, Pat Griffith, and Sue Adkins. J ewell was model pledge and Sandra received the scholarship cup for the chapter. Mrs. Guy D avis, a patroness, asked pledges, actives, new actives, advisors, and alumnae representatives to her home for a delicious buffet dinner after the activation service. We certainly had a lovely meal and a wonderful time. Ardella M cClellan represented the Sigma Taus very well at the "Blue Mountain Blast,"

sponsored annually by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Dressed as a little old lady, Ardella was a very authentic looking candidate for " Blue Mountain G al," as she wore everything from high-buttoned, spool-heeled shoes to an old sunbonnet. The first week in April was a very busy time on the Marshall College campus, as the Greek organizations joined together for a very successfu l Greek Week. The Sigma Taus took an active part in every phase of thi exciting week. The week opened with an exchange dinner on Wednesday night with members of the organizations visiting other fratern ity and sorority houses for the evening meal. Thursday evening was the " Invite Your Neighbor" meal. Our president, Phyllis Brewer, was chairman of the Greek Week Dance on Friday night. Nancy Branham, Barbara Dawson, and Phyllis Brewer were very busy on Saturday when they joined other " Greeks" on campus to clean and paint the library and gymnasium of Cammack Children's Center. Al;T was represented by three wonderful acts on the Variety Show on Saturday night. These acts were : The Four Taus, a quartet consisting of ancy Branham, Sue Adkins, Evon Mickel. and Patsy Hill, J anice Finley, who sang a lovely solo number, and Shirley Harman, who ha danced on many college programs. We won third place in the Women's Divi-

Alpha Betas as they appeared when they w on third place in the All-Greek Mother's Day Sing at Marshall College.

sion of the Mother's Day Sing by singing our "Sweetheart Song" and "It's a Most Unusual Day." Pat Griffith directed as Patsy Hill accompanied us on the piano. We were complimented by many people on our lovely lavender princess styled dresses with dark purple ribbon around the neck and down the front. We also wore white shoes and gloves and carried a bunch of violets. After the winners were announced, everyone made a m ad dash through the sprinkling rain to the house. At the open house a Sigma Tau escorted each group of guests through the house, then lead them to the dining room, where they were served hawaiian punch, opened face sandwiches, mints, and nuts by Mrs. Guy Davis or Mrs. R . M. Brewer, our patronesses. The few weeks before rushing season this fall were very restful for the Alpha Beta. This relaxation is a result of hard work during the summer months in preparation for rushing. Committees were appointed for decorations, favors, refreshments, invitations, and programs. Each committee was responsible for completing its share of the work before returning to school in September. W e have found this plan very successful and recommend it to other chapters. The Panh ellenic T ea opened the social calendar of the Greek Organizations. Our president, J ewell Roark, took her place with the other sorority presidents in greeting new rushees. Our first rush party, a tea, was held at the chapter house. After rushees were shown our house by Sigma T aus dressed in lovely evening gowns, they were taken to the dinin~ room for punch and cake. As each rushee left, she was given a small favor wishing her good luck during rushing from Alpha Sigma Tau. Aluminum fl ying sa ucers invited about 60 girls to our informal rush party. Our theme of "Tomorrowland" was introduced by a large rocket ship in the front yard of the chapter house . After games, a skit, singing, and refreshments, the rushees were presented small silver plywood rocket ships on a stand as a momenta of their trip to "A~T Tamarrowland." THE ANCHOR

Formal invitations invited rushe s to the traditional Yellow Rose Banquet, our third party. A lovely meal was served at th house, after which our speaker, Miss Eva Miller, was presented. Favors for our third party were small corsages of yell ow rosebuds. We are all anxious to find out the results of our hard work and to welcome our new sisters.-SuE ADKINS.

Alpha Gammas Win Scholarship Plaque t As the 1956-57 year came to an end, the

Alpha Gamma Chapter looked back with pride on a most successful and eventful year. Many of the top honors that were won on the campus were received by A~T girls. Sandra Dishongh was named outstanding member of A~ T at the annual Panhellenic Dance. Preceding the dance, Miss Mae Whippl e, our sorority sponsor, gave the girls and their escorts a D essert Party in her home. Alpha Gamma Chapter won the top honors on R eddie Day, which is Seni or D ay at HSTC. Ou r candidate, Jo Ann Browning, was crowned Reddie D ay Queen over eleven other candidates. Selection of the Queen was based on leadership, scholarship, and service to the school. Also, for the fourth consecutive year, we were awarded the Scholarship Plaque for being the sorority with the highest grade point average. Nancy Patterson, Pat Brown , Pat Green, Pat Greenwood, Martha McMillian were tapped for membership in H eart and K ey, an honorary service organization. Two Alpha Taus have been named cheerleaders for this year. They are Martha Jo J ohnson and Sue Winston. Four girls were elected by tudent vote into the Student Senate. They were: Lyla Brown, Ruth Parham, Carleen H arris, and Pa t Greenwood. Cathy H ays was chosen by th e Student Senate to serve a ecretar . This year's new editor for th e yearbook is an Alpha T au, Carleen Harris. Lynda O verton, Sarah Ru sell, and Jo Ann Browning were elected to graduate 47

Seven Alpha Epsilons pose in front of their ho use to show off their new sweatshirts.

member hip in Alpha Chi, national honora ry scholastic fraternity. ew officers h ave been named in the Alpha Gamma Chapter. They are as follows: L yla Brown, president; P at Greenwood, vice-president ; recording secretary, Gail R eeveley; corresponding secretary, Rosie 1vfeeha n ; treasurer, Nancy Patterson ; chaplain Martha McMillian ; editor, Ann Johnson { historian, Cynthia Still; pledge mistresses, Carleen Harris and Matha J o Johnson; rush chai rmen, Ruth Parham and Carol Williams ; social chairman, R oena Ross; Pa nh ellenic representatives, Chotsy Robertson a nd Sue Winston ; reporter, Linda T aylor ; custodia n, Loretta Munn ; socia l service chairman, Bobbie McGriff; musi c chairman, Judy Ba iL- ANN J oHNSON.

Alpha Epsilon Wins "Sigma Sing " ;\; THIS spring h as flown by, a nd Alpha Epsilon h as ended this year with a bang! We started spring quarte r with the election of officers, a nd Ca rol yn Worley was elected president, following B-etty Collins. J eann Pi citelli is the n ew treasurer; Jo Bo tj e and Carol Forma hls, corre ponding a nd recording secretaries. Anna Mae Ruey is vi e pr sident, and Fran Berning is pledge hairman, a long wi th all th re t of our n w ffi k t w ur As utc ·t net m st

shows Western has ever seen. As our theme we chose the TV Show " This is Your Life," a nd the principal subject was Don Marshall, one of our favorite faculty members. Everything was kept a secret, and no o~e knew, until the show started who our subject wa . We dug into his life, found baby pictures and amusing stories about him, and port~ayed each p a rt of his life by song, dance, sklt, or pantomime. We enjoyed putting it on, the audience had fun watching it, and WAS HE SURPRISED ! Then we plunged into rehearsals for Sigma Sing. Suzy Brown was our director. The two songs we chose were " Greensleeves," ~nd "Holiday for Strings ." Practice, practice, practice !!! We were almost hoarse. ~ut when the big night came, Alpha Eps1~on cam e out on top, and every one of us cned as Suzy accepted our trophy. We were so proud of ourselves, and A~T. The last chord h ad not even b een sung when we found ourselves smack in the middle of plans for our Spring Dinner Dance, " Cinderella Ball." This year it was h eld at the Soano-etaha Country Club in Galesburg, Illi0 nois. Betty Collins, C hicago, was C inderell a and her attendants were Sue W alker, Pa,~nee, a nd Betty Ross, Chicago. When the All-School Picnic rolled around we gave a skit entitled " Three Ring C ircus" in which we featured a three h eaded fat lady, train ed lions, a parade, pink elephant , and oth er attraction . The year ended with a picnic and overnight. and a ga thering to scrub down our house for next year. And n ow we've said so long to our alum and have promised to write everyone faithfull y. W e' ll a ll meet at our summer picnic. As the year closes, we look back on all the fun we've h ad, and forward to all the enjo able time of the future. - MARILY CoR ISH.

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Alpha Lambda Gives Formal Dance ~ THE Sweety Pie Ball, our ann u al formal

dance, was a tremendous success for the Alpha Lambda sisters this year. We all agree we have never seen the decorations quite so enchanting. Favors were tiny dance cards done in green with the sorority seal in gold. All the decorations were green and gold, centering around a huge balloon tree in the center of the dance floor. Dancing to the music of the Gold Tones, the evening was to be long remembered. Spring rushing was our next big event. Our six rushees were all very good ones, and we wanted to have them initiated in time for our Cabin Parties. The rushees, Roberta Gibson, Merida Crabtree, Jo Anne Kidd, Carolyn Wolfe, Susie Gambill, and Barbara Baine, all passed their exams with flying colors, and were able to participate in our final spring activities. The weekend of cabin parties was a funfilled one. W e all enjoyed the swinging bridge and the river running directly in front of the cabin. Hikes, exploring parties, horseback riding, and swimming kept everyone busy and happy for the weekend. The only sad note in our year's acttvtttes was the night we said goodbye to our graduating sisters. Though they won't be enjoying our activities next year, we'll think of them often and wish they were with us.VIRGINIA RoLL.

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rush season do we need a reminder of the actual significance of " the chain that binds us link-ed h eart to heart. " Is this chain merely a matter of ritual, or is it a present source of strength to its each and every member? If this chain is to be a dependable support, each link of it must be a unit complete in itself- a unit so pure and so strong than it can afford to give of itself. Youth possesses a natural strength of its own- one that need only to be channeled a nd directed by wisdom to give it influence. As individu al members of a common allegiance we share th e responsibilities of faith in each other, submersion of personal desires in the interest of the whole, and the willingness to give unselfishly and unreservedly of ours-elves in any way that will benefit others. The youth of the United States has a tremendous obligation to fulfill in assuming an active interest in its surroundings. Ru h is a n opportune time for self-inventory as well as for the recognition of the qualities we must look for in prospective members of our chain. Too often sisterhood becomes a matter of sentimentality accepted without thought of its actual possibilities. May we all strive to make and keep the Theta chain one composed of complete and well-balanced links integrated into an unbroken bond. The chain is, after all, no stronger and no weaker than the sum of all its links and the bond between them.GAIL Cox, Kappa D elta.

District Meetings South ern District .................... .............. .. October 11 , 12, 13, 1957 Omicron, Concord College Athens, West Virginia Central D istrict .................................... .. November 2, 1957 At Ypsilanti, Michigan Northwest ern District ................ .... ...... .. October 26, 1957 At St. Louis, Missouri THE ANCHOR

" ARE THERE any Alpha Sigma Taus in or around Warwick, War, and W elch Virginia?"

If you live in this area, how about contacting JoAN PEASE, Warwick, Virginia, and have fun forming an alumnae club?

Alumnae News Akron-Canton's Successful Ventures t ON the first Saturday in May, we had our

election of officers and are very happy to report the following officers elected for 195 71958: president, C . C. Meredith; vice-president, Nora Cooper; recording secretary, Kay Kendall; treasurer, Lillian Ackerman; corresponding secretary, Pansy Croye; historian, Shirley Smith ; editor, Barbara Gordon; chaplain, Miriam Grunau ; associate editor; LaGrace Foote; music, Eleanor Halas ; ways and means, Barbara Gordon; social program, Nora Cooper; social service and courtesy, Kay Kendall; membership, Susie McBee. W e are very happy with the progress we made during 1956-195 7, and especially happy to report that our treasurer has been able to turn over to the new officers more than $100.00. Fortunately, there is a radio station in our city that has a special money making scheme open to frate rnal organizati ons, church es, etc., and we took advantage of it this year. The various d epa rtment tores and chain stores cooperate and award prizes of money to these groups for amounts pent in their torcs. Our orority won second prize cl aiming $35.00. W e also old Chri tmas cards to make extra money for the trea ury. Thi s has help d to k ep our yearly due low r. El anor H a las (El·ea nor Wylie- in idcntlly sh h a lovely n w hom ) , our Pa nh II ni r pres ntativ , ha be n ry a ti in Pa nh II ni and put our s 1 rit n m

well on top here in Akron . She has had several honors and ha had charge of several important committees and done a wonderful job each time. Nora Cooper (Nora Sneed) spent the most interesting and wonderful vacation in Florida during her school spring vacation. It was a toss-up as to whether she should _do her spring house cleaning or take a vaca~10n an? decided that it would be more fun m Flonda. We think she made a wonderful choice. LaGrace Foote (LaGrace Williams ) and her husband spent a delightful winter in Florida, and LaGrace said she had one of the best trips she has ever had. One of the highlights of her trip was visiting her son and his bride. Frances Miller (Frances Brown ) is expecting and by the time THE ANCHOR goes to press, I am sure we will have h eard she has had a baby girl. " I hope." In June, Mr. eale (Sue Neale McBee's father ) sent $20.00 worth of candy, chewing <Yum ' tobacco, and snuff to the Old Folks b County Home in the name of our sorority chapter. Thi sounds like a little thing, but the people in the home get so little attention, a well as extras, that they are more than appreciative. We are prone to for<Yet the old folks and turn to the children becau e most of us h ave children but if you could or \\ ould vi it in a county home as we h ave o many time , I think you would realize more a nd more their n ed for our help. Thelma Eggle ton (Th lma Bt ·ger ) i now li ing at 117 Lan ap rive in ton . h e h e a b autiful h m and • v 1 • talented on. H i a junior in igm u and t. ke

his fra ternity a ffair as well as campus activities. Pansy Croye (Pansy Holt ), putting 1t m he r own words, has been "swamped" this year and has spent most of her time between Akron, Ohio, and Ann Arbor wh ere her eldest son, Bob, has just completed a year of postgrad uate work. Bob will be going to the Army very shortly. H er younger son, J immy, is a very active teen-ager and keeps Pansy busy at all time . H e's a wonderful boy and very much interested in D e M alay. K ay K endall (K ay K enny ) is getting things done a t home such as house cleaning, gardeni ng, reading, a nd so forth, that she didn' t h ave time to do during the school year. Kay is libra rian in one of the hi gh chools in R avenna, Ohio, her home town . Barbara Gordon's (Barbara Bostwick ) teen-age daughter will be a sophomore in college this year and because there wasn't an Alpha Sigma T au chapter on her campus, she joined th e D elta Gammas- ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED MORE CHAPTERS. Get to work on expansion- Girls!- Susm McBEE.

Beckley Sends Greetings t BECKLEY alums have been ambling along

abou t as usua l. In M arch we met with Ina Ring Cook in Beckley and were delighted to have the greatest number of girls together we have had for some time. H elen Mose Fleshm an brought the girls to Oak Hill to visit with her in April. In M ay N ancy H ajash entertained a t her home in Beckley. The girls are planning a family picnic on August 20 at C amp C reek State F orest Park . The newsiest item of in terest among this group is the arrival of Howa rd Philip H edrick on Ap ril 8. This is the second son for 0ur presiden t, V elm a H edrick. We are a ll very mu ch interes ted in Ina Ring Cook's present job. She teaches homebound children . Ina has thoroughly enjoyed working with these h andi capped youngsters. T HE ANCHOR

Ina is also happily anti cipating her fi rst grandchild. Th eda C rotty R adford will r ivc h r M as ter of Arts d gr c fro m M arshall allege in August. All of the Beckley-Oak Hill girls send gree tings to their Alph a Sigma Tau sisters. Especially do we wish to be remembered by our Omicron friends fro m those halcyon campu s days.- THEDA RADFORD.

Buffalo In iti ates Six t T HE Buffalo Alumn ae Chap ter started the

Easter season with an E aster luncheon at the Continental Inn. T he chairman was orrna Willingdon . On M ay 22 ou r Graduates' Party was held a t the home of J anet L aSpisa. Six girls from Buffalo were initi ated : Shi rley Brisk, Sue K enline, Pat L amb, Elaine Neuman, Caroline Rumberger, and O rville Tobin. Thi s year the Buffalo Alumn ae Chap ter is holding the vice presidency of Panhellenic. Eleanor M ason is the delegate, a nd Dorthea Porter is a ltern ate. Lois D ryer was ch airman of th e national secretary convention which was held in Buffalo in M ay. One of our Buffalo girls who has an important job to perform next year is Florence M arcotte who will be the local chairman of th e sorority's national convention here in Buffalo. The new officers fo r the Buffalo chapter were install ed at a picnic supper h eld at M ary Bowker's home on June 9. T hey are: president, J eanne Cowen ; vice-p resi dent, Muriel L angbein ; recording ecretary, J oan Fynn ; corresponding secretary, Lois Hilbrecht; treasurer, K ay Baxter; historian, Ellen Schillinger ; chaplain, J anet L aSpisa; edi tor, T erry Scinta.- T ERRY SciNTA.

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Denver Is Co-Hostess for Panhellenic t THE Denver alums are still meeting regu-

larly, and I am spending my last summer at the University of D enver working on my M.A. We had a nice meeting at my house in June and took pictures of the group in black and white_ The finest careers in our group seem to . be "Grandmothers." We do not hold meetings in Ju ly or August, but will return to our busy schedule in September when we start out the season by being cohostesses for the first meeting of the all-city Panhellenic. We are looking forward to a resumption of activities in the fa ll.-EDNA PARSONS.

Detroit's Gift to Thetas

sisters, a lovely luncheon, and an entertaining program on Lili Dache hats. Two girls from Flint carried out the plans for that whole occasion- the wonderful job they did was proven by the grand turn-out. Most of our officers are back for another year. With new responsibilities are Dorothy Dobos as vice president: Jane Soltesz, editor, and Florence Moffitt, chaplain. Florence is a new member from St. Louis, Missouri, more proof that you can be with AET anywhere in the country. A big hello to our " out-of-town" members, including Mary, Sheila, Aryel, Adele, Rita, Marga ret, H elen, and Thelma.JANE SoLTESZ

Flint's Successfu l " M ich igan Da y" (SEE FRONT CovER )

t ALPHA SIGMA TAU has a big job in Detroit

t O uR March meeting was held at the new

this year-presidency of City Panhellenic. Shouldering most of the responsibility will he Marguerite Brodison M ilby (Theta ' 29) , our faithful Panhellenic representative for the last several years . Working with her as Panhellenic vice president will be E dith Mansell, our second representative. Detroit alumnae know our support must accompany our pride in this honor, as many eyes are still upon us newer m embers of this long-standing organization . Last year' meetings were highlighted by a gift of pens to an old people's home, inspiring Founder's Day, a delightful visit with Mrs. L . J. Maher, an interesting program with slides of Japan, our annual dinner dance, a drive for Hungarian relief, and the Graduates' Luncheon . Initi ated into a lumnae membership were: Gloria Dickeron, Katherine M axwell, Carol Millar, ancy Terwilliger, and J oyce Yo t. AI o, anoth r gift of initiat ion robes wa given to th Theta hap ter at Wayne Stat e Vniv rsity. (Th ta's alma mater has a new nam now.) to Flint for the Mi hiraJ f u y nj y d me tin our

home of V ema Newman, Morrish Road, Swartz Creek, at which time final plans were made for " M ichigan Day." Flint Chapter hostessed this gathering of collegiate and alumnae Alpha Sigma Taus from all over Michigan, h eld April 13. About sixty members were present. Everyone eemed to enjoy this get-toge ther, and we were very happy our national president, Mrs. M ary Alice Peterson could be with us. Our annual meeting was held May 16 at the home of Loui e L eRoy and the entire slate of officers was reelected. June 13 we held our picnic at the home of Eloise Howes. We were able to have dinner in the yard bu t a shower drove us in on her un porch for des ert. After dinner " white 'elephant " were auctioned off, J eanne Clark acting as auctioneer. Present for the fir t time at our aroup meeting were two Beta members now livina in Flint : Barbara V anD tte (Mrs. R ob rt ) and Donna E s (Mrs. J a k). Ba.rbru路a ha a on, K vin born tober 16 1956, and Donna ha a on, nth n J hn, b rn ovcmb r 21, 1956. Mu h of the nY r ati '-

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tions. Crystal Hearn had just returned from visiting friend in Southern California during the month of May. About to take off for Florida and Cuba were H azel Schultz, her husband and another couple. Eloi e Howes and her hu sband were planning a trip to Alaska in July. Ola Hiller is touring Europe this summer. J eanne C lark and her husband are building a new home this summer. V erna Newman has a proj ect lined up for h er family-路 painting their new home. No doubt all four of her childre n will have a chance to learn to use a bru h.- CRYSTAL H EARN .

Greeley Gives Annual Luncheon '!- THE annual spring luncheon of the al um-

nae group of Alpha Sigma Tau of Greeley was held in March at the home of Mrs. Norval Hinds. We were plea ed to have as our guest of honor, Mrs. M eredi th Hinshaw, presiden t of the Northwestern District. About sixty-five members attended the luncheon, including the actives of Colorado State College of Education, the alums of D enver and Greeley, patronesses and faculty advisor . Seven senior girls have been initiated into the alum group. They are: Juanita Ching, Edna Kline, Antoinette Masterantonio, Joan Horn, Elaine Shaw, Carol Due, and J anice Sawyer. Officers who will serve next year are: Mrs. Sylvia Howard, pre ident; Mrs. Esther Walters, vice pres id ent ; Mr . Shirley Trimmer, secretary-treasurer ; Mrs. Jo Elgin, editor and historian ; and Mrs. Don L ebsack, chaplain. The group will resume regular meeting <~ga in in September.-VERNA PAGE.

Princeton Studies Interior Decorating '!. AT our J anuary meeting we completed

plans for the showing of a film at the next meeting on interior decorating. Guests were THE ANCHOR

Sharing the anniversary date with the city of Los Angeles is a third generation Angeleno, Nancy Donnalyn PelL daughter of Dawn Pelt Los Angeles alum.' The !75th anniversary of the founding of her native Los Angeles coincides with the first birthday of Little "Miss L.A."

invited to attend. In Februaty, we met in the Appalachian Social Room, and J o White did the narration for our fi lm. The Celenese Corporation provided the slides showing use of their materials for home decoration, as were shown at a nationa l exhibit in 路e w York. They a l o provided a dress length of material to be given as a prize. Our March meeting was held at the home of Beryie Crocketh with Ann Eaton as cohostess. Anna Lee Ma on, president, announced a meeting to be held at Concord College in April wh en plans will be made for the District Meeting to be held a t Concord in October, 195 7. All members were urged to attend this meeting. AI o at this time a norilln ating committee was appointed. The year closed with a meeting held at the home of Gertrude Swim. The slate of officers submitted by the nominating comrillttee was accepted by accl amation. Installation services are to be held in the Fall. The officers

Bride of the Week

Mrs. John Hovorka (June Anderson), Iota, was featured as the Bride-of-the-Week, in "The Emporia Gazette." June was graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas, last January and serve'd as president of Iota Chapter up to that time. June's three sisters, all Alpha Sigma Taus, look part in the wedding.

for the coming year are Anna Lee 1ifason, president ; Jane Wells, vice president; J o White, secretary; Beryle Crocketh, corresponding secretary; Sarah Jo White, treasurer; Gerry Huffman, historian ; Ann Eaton, chaplain ; and B ulah McNeil, editor.BE LAH McNEIL.

Shepherdstown Learns " Mealtime Magi c" 11 E h ph rd town lumna hapter of lpha igma Tau met at th hom of Mr . Payn in had s Town, W t irgini a, in F bruar . Kath rin Van M tr of M . rtinsburg sh wed slid s whi h h had

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taken of her European tour last summer. The pictures and her comments on them were most interesting. In March we met at the Potomac Light and Power Company demonstration room in Martinsburg for a program presented by Lanetta Fraley on " M ealtime Magic," this meeting having been postponed from J anuary because of a snowstorm. The annual business meeting including the election of officers was held in April at the home of Genevieve Pitzer in Gerrardstown West Virginia. The last meeting of the season was held at the home of Mrs. Keith Bland in Shepherdstown at which time the initiation service was conducted by Mrs. James Boyd for our six new members. They are Dorothy Leatherman, Sallye J. Morgan, Lynne Carol Scafati, Ann Lindsay Schrader, Barbara Stonebraker, and Mikell Nigh. The officers for the next year were installed. We believe everyone had an interesting time this year and are looking forward to another exciting time for the year 1957-58. Members, please come and help make our next year even more successful. We'll be looking for you this FaiL- GENEVIEVE PITZER.

Springfield Honors Graduates t THE

Springfield Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau elected officers in May. Our new president is Mrs. Robert Merriman . Other officers are vice president Mr . George Roo! ; secretary, Maureta Darr; trea urer, Mrs. Robert Lynch; chaplain, ifrs. Tane Phillips ; hi torian, Mrs. Jim Ball ; and a lumnae representative, Mr . Don ebring. Plans are being made to meet with the ollegiate chapter to make plan for th oming year. We are tryino- to help ' ith the orority hou whi hi lo ated at 957 Kino-. It wa an honor to ha e Mrs. J. " aid Hin ha, pre ident of th rthwe tern Di. trict i it u thi pring. A Jun lun h n honorin th gr. du, ting held at th 1f r .. n H I. , ter

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a dinner party was enjoyed by all at Riverside near Ozark. We are sorry to lose Mrs. Bill Bodanske, last year's president, who is leaving with h er husband and son to live in Paris where Bill will teach in the Army Dependents' School. Arlene Crosby, who was married to Dr. John Longwell May 12, received her Ph.D. degree from Missouri University in August and will continue h er research on Cytology at the Argonne Labora tory at L amont, Illinois. Meetings have been held throughout the summer months on our regular meeting date which is th e second Monday of each month.- JOAN PuRSLEY.

St. Louis-Hostess For Northwestern District t As another successful year terminated, the

nominating committee members of the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter found the mselves busy preparing a new slate of officers for the 1957-58 term. Then at the May meeting, which was a pot-luck supper at the ho!Jle of Ilsa Simpson, the new officers were elected and installed. At this time Charlotte Boehm turned over h er presidential duti•es to an able successor, Carolyn Alexander. Congra tulations to Carolyn on h er new office and to Charlotte on a job well done! On June 1 the alums and their husbands journeyed to the lovely home of Alberta Cooper for a barbecue. After a delicious m eal the g roup retired to the game room for an evening of fun. The affair was well attended and was enjoyed by all. Although summer vacations separated many from the group, those remaining in St. Louis got together to do some handwork or just to "chat." Holly Miller was hostess to the group in July, and June McCarthy was hostess in August. The St. Louis heat made cold weather, snow, and D ecember seem very distant. However, at June McCarthy's home,

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St. Louis a lumnae took their children to see Grant's Farm during the s ummer.

Christmas was very much in evidence as the group began work on Christmas corsages, pins, and earrings. During this time the children were not forgotten. A trip to Gran t's Farms followed by a picnic at Francis Park delighted not only the "small-fry" but the adults as well. While summer took some from the group, it brought two former members back. The St. Louis alums were pleased to have M axine Auld and Florence Moffit visit with them this summer. M axine Auld now lives in Puerto Rico where she is a lawyer. Florence Moffit lives in Detroit and is active in the Detroit alumnae group. September brought the opening of school, the annual alum breakfast in Forest Park, and the first regular meeting of the new term . The first meeting was quite busy as the alums m ade plans fo r the district meeting in O ctober. Indeed, O ctober 26 will be a memorable day as th e actives and alums from the Northwestern District ga thered in St. Louis for an inspiring session. Pi C hapter and St. Louis Alumnae Chapter will serve as hostesses. Highlights of the day will be luncheon served by the St. Louis alums at the Student Building of Harris Teachers College,

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â&#x20AC;˘ and a dinner in the Tower Room of the Congress Hotel. Since the district meeting is close to November 4 the traditional Founder's Day celebration will be h eld at the dinner. The beautiful candle-lighting ceremony will be re-enacted as the St. Louis girls join with their sisters in renewing the Alpha Sigm a T au Pledge. As the girls depart for their respective chapters, it is hoped that the inspiration of this m eeting will go with th em and carry forwa rd the ideals of Alpha Sigma T au.C ARO L

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Our full support and good wishes go to the following n ew officers who will lead us next year: president. Dorothy Gates; vice president, Margaret Bowers ; recording secretary, R ebecca Dixon ; corresponding secretary, Ann D ey ; treasurer, Helen Johnson ; h istorian, Mary Early; chaplain, Hildred Kinzer ; alternate chaplain, Ann Griffin ; editor, M a ry Sue Missimer ; Pa nhellenic representa tive, M ary Louise Doyle, and Panhellenic alterna te, Frances Brickey. To the n ewcome rs in the m etropolitan area, call JAckson 2-0027 or CRescent 3-2649 and a rran aem ents wilt be m ade to h ave you join our h appy family!- CHARLOTTE E. D ouGLAS .

Washington Helps Flood Victims ;\. THE D. C . Alumnae were quite busy in their final events for the sorority year. Social service wi e we sent clothing to the flood victims in southwest Virginia, and also sent a box of clothing to a needy famil y in the area. Five of us attended the luncheon at the Army-Navy Country C lub sponsored by the Northern Virginia Panheltenic Association. Our convention fund was increased as a result of our first venture in sponsoring a ca rd p a rty in May- this was our sole means of m aking money this past year. On June 8 twenty-eight of us found our way to Lucie and Gene Baldi's n ew home in M aryland for our a nnu al p icnic. It goes without saying wha t a fin e time we h ad . On June 29 R ebecca D ixon, Dorothy G a tes H elen Sour , a nd Ch a rlotte Douglas a ttended the lovely wedding of J anet D ybvad a nd Robert Tink, and the receptionwedding supper which followed the ceremony. His gain is our loss as they left fo r alifo rnia. Li k wise, we aid farewell to J oey Graves who l ft to join h er hu band in h a p I Hill . ort h a rolina. n ugu "t 24Âˇ A~T wa rcp rc nted at the ricn t ti n Tea for th 11 g tud nt in the ' o rt lwrn

Wichita Elects Officers t T HE Wichita Alumnae Chapter of Alpha

Sigma T au has been busy prep aring for a successful and enjoyable year ah ead . Initiating several n ew m embers organizing, a nd electing officers kept the girls working hard. Mrs. Lyn n Schmidt Ensz wilt guide us through the n ext year as p resident. We we re pleased to h ave Mrs. M eredith Hinshaw with us as our honored guest a t a dinner. Mrs. Hinshaw, Northwestern District president, was m aking an inspection tour of chapters in h er district. Our last m eeting before the summer months was a picnic h eld so that families of our m embers could b ecome acquainted . The picnic was rained out a nd h ad to be h eld in a home. Just as all the guests were arriving an electrical storm put out the lights. o we' re not ure how much "getting acquainted " was accomplish ed . But we a re ure tha t the Wichita al um have h ad a m ost enj o able year. Our new o ffi cer are: M rs. J ohn En z pre id cn t ; M r . Phil Anderson, vi e pre id nt: Mr . O rval ' hit . treasu rer: M .. George Wull hleaer, retary ; 1r . Bill W est, ditor ; M r. R oger I ni r pre ntc tiw : , nd .la rk, chc pi in.- fR ~ . BTLL

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suggestion for National Council nominees. The report of the Nominating Committee will be given at our National Co nvention in Buffalo next August. Elections will follow. The slate wi ll include one nominee for each office, and nominations may be made from the floor. The same information will be required concerning nominees from the floor, as given by the nominating comm ittee. This information is as follows: 1. Statement of name and chapter of nominee.

2. Written statement of willingness to serve if elected. 3. Statemen t of previOus Alpha Sigma Tau experience and service. 4. Written statement of leadership qualities, sound judgment and knowledge of Alpha Sigma Tau. Any member in good standing may be nominated. Suggestions must be signed by a member, or the officer of an organized alumnae or collegiate chapter, and each recommendation on a separate sheet. THE ANCHOH.

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tion by radio, television, newspaper articles, and circu lar letters pertaining to personal and family living. Our services are available to any homemaker who wants to improve her home and community, and who is willing to do her part in bringing about the desired improvement. Although in West Virginia, most of the home demonstration program is carried on though local groups which are calledhome demonstation clubs, farm women, and homemakers clubs. Without the cooperation and enthusiasm of the people in my county (Raleigh, West Virgin ia,) my work wouldn't be effective. The first year in any job is difficult, but more so in extension work, until you have gain ed experience. Many people have given complete support to all extension work and they have helped me in a hundred ways. It i the peop le of Raleigh County who make my work in West Virginia Extension Service such a satisfying experience. Address suggestions to Kathleen K elchner, 3665 38th Street, N.W., Washington 16,

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Personals*

Alpha Margaret Jean Walker to Joseph Thomas Fer!, December 22, 1956 Beta M arion Eastman to Cha rles Ea ton Delta Ellen H enderson to Ri cha rd E. Carlson, June 25, 1955 Mary W. Gunsa llus to W. A. Roth, Jr. , September 22, 1956 Iota Beth Blood to H erb Remick, June, 1956 Shelli a Gatchell to Howard Vaughn, February, 1957 Pat Goulden to Don M cCo'r"an, September, 1957 Shirley Unruh to Mr. Wardlow, D ecember, 1956 June Dupy to T ed V an Syckel, J anuary 14, 1956 June Anderson to John Hovork a, Febru ary 9, 1957 Myra H awley to Mr. Whitting Be tty LewiC'k to Jim Crawford, June, 1956 1orma Neff to Don Currell, June, 1956 Twila Anderson to Lloyd Stone, D ecember 22, 1956 Jo Leiss to Clair Hutchinson, June 3, 1956 J eannin Bli s to J ohn Crum, May, 1956 M a rie Logan to Terry Chamberlain, Febru ary, 1957 *Beginning with this issu TH E ANCHOR will publi h vital statisti s con ern ing only marriages and deaths. Announcement of births appears in hap ter n wsl ttcrs.

M arge Roger to J erry Schneider R osalee Gibben to Paul Walker, December, 1956 Becky Rice to J oe Caldwell, J r. Arneida Gunier to J erry Miller Loalee Stotts to Gelbert Hague Shirley Gro to J ack Miller Charlotte E. H al l toR. G. Schmidt, 1956 Carolyn Carmi chael to Clayton Carlson Marian H aag to Allen Clinkenbeard Pa tsy M ason to H ank Smith Carol M ackay to Walter Thoma Pi Dorothea Schaberg Schmidt to Frederick Pearson, Summer, 1956 Omicron Norma Lee Shanklin to John C. D rain, June 5, 1954 Zeta Tau Marlene Esta Lucas to William Gene Willis, January 19, 1957 Psi Jo Ann Critzer to H erbert Solomon C arol J. Crocket t to the R ev. Bernard R . Fitzgeral d, August 8, 1956 Easley Shuford to Richard M arrell Ferguson, 1955 Dori Joan Boone to Dr. R alph 0. Kennedy, Sep tember 29, 1956 M arie Garber to J ames R. K eller N ovember 10, 1956 Elizabeth J amerson to Earle M . Brown Anne M arie M axey to Le lie Griffin Jul 21 , 1956 Charine Tinkham to Ed Orm b , vemb r 27, 1954 Nan Ki r t E. Th m, . , Jul , 1955

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Maryon L. Smith to Robert N. Crouse, August, 1956 Constance L. Holland to Louis R. Albertia, Jr., November 26, 1955 Jane Soyars to Roger A. Glover, Jr. Jane Porter to Preston H . Andfew, April 14, 1956 Bavbara Johnson to Fre derick B. Forward, Jr., July 21 , 1956 Ann L. Marshall to J ames G. Young, Jr., June 15, 1956 Betty Jo Thompson to William J. Bowman, June 23, 1956 Mary Ann Stone to Mr. K auffman

Alpha Lambda Thelma Loui se Dool y to Robert Lester H elwig, J anuary 5, 1957

::!Jecea:JeJ Iota Mrs. Ruby Miller, house mother for Iota Chapter, June, 1957 . Psi Mildred Wrangler Leffel (Mr . Emory C. ), June 12, 1955

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195 7-58 Alpha (1899)-Eastern Michigan College, Ypsilanti, Mich. President- K athy Serant, 443 Goddard Hall, E.M.C., Ypsilanti, Mich. Adviser-Mrs. R . B. Bates, 20 S. Normal, Ypsilanti, Mich .; Mrs. Wilbur Williams, 1210 Shores Ave., Ypsilanti. Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. H. E. Staehle, 48 1 Torrence Rd., Columbus, Ohio. Beta ( 1905-1917; 1940)-Central Michigan C ollege of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. President- Arlee Ann Rosenberg, 906 Main St., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Adviser-Miss Charlotte D enman, I 05 E. H igh St., Mt. Pleasa nt, Mich . Alumnae R epresen tative-Mrs. L. ] . Gaffney, 873 Milford Rd ., Holly, Mich. Gamma (1900-1913)-Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, Wis. Alumnae R epresen tative-Mrs. Grant Hinkamp, 659 Lark Street, Marion, Ohio Delta (1916)-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Presi dent- Marie Brodak, 1288 Church St., Indiana, Pa. Adviser-Miss Mary Washington, 644 Wayne Ave., Indiana, Pa. Alumnae R epresentatives- Mrs . Ru ssell Guard, 12 Park Pl., Indi ana , Pa. : J ane Dunlap, 203 Cherry Ave., Houston, Pa. Epsilon (1919-1923; reorganized as Lambda, 1926 ) -Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Alumnae R epresentative-See Lambda Chapter. Zeta (1921-1948; 1949)-Lock Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Pa. Presid en t- J ea n Wagner, 390 Birch St. , Lock H a ven, Pa . Adv1ser- Mrs. I. 0 . Fleming, 108 Riverside T cr., Lock Haven, Pa. Alumnae R epresentativc-Mr . R ay Wolfe, Prospec t A,路e .. Avis, Pa. Eta ( 1927-1939 ) -Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Alumnae R epresentative- Mrs. Bernard McBee, 1183 Avon St., Akron, 0 . Theta ( 1923 ) -Wayne tate University, Detroit, Mich. President- Penelope Ann Orr, 5050 Cass, D troit 2, Mi h. d iscr- Mrs. Betty hm aj, Wayn ta te nivcrsi ty, Detroit, Mich. Alumnae R epresenta tiv Mrs. H . T . Meister, 23236 Raven, E. Detroit, Mich.

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(1923)-Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kan. Presid ent- Susan Schmidt, 1006 Constitution, Emporia. Kans. Adviser-Mrs. H. 0. Wood, 1736 E. Wilmer, Emporia, Kans. ; Mrs. Alice Gist. 1411 Washington, Emporia, K ans. Alumnae R epresentatives-Mrs. Thos. E. Curry, Box 753, Pratt, Kan. : Mrs. Mark Rose, 621 Wes t 6th, Emporia, K an. Kappa (1924-1929)-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. R . M . R einert, 136 Mavern Ave., Hamilton, Ohio Lambda (1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia President-Dea nna Tropea, Box 9-l, Temple U., Philade lphi a 22, Pa. Advise r- Mi s Marie Grall, Greenwood T errace Apts., J enkintown, Pa. Alumnae R eprese ntative-Mabel Schreiber, 511 Chestnu t. Lebanon, Pa. : Marie Furia, 1407 Ellsworth t., Philadelphia, Pa. N u ( 1928-1940; 1948 ) -Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo. President- Ri ta Allard, 1715 I Oth Ave ., Greeley, Colo. Advisers-Mrs. Julius Korman, 1918-14th St.; Mrs. Carl Melander, 1807 Fairacre Dr., Greeley, Colo. Alumnae R epresentatives-Mrs. Clarence Anderson, Rte. 2, Box 16, Eaton, Colo.; Miss Ju anita Emeric k, 3033 W . Highland Park Pl., D enver. Xi (1929-1933 )-Western State Teachers College, Gunnison, Colo. Alumnae Representative-Miss Grace Quinby, Box 1026, Alice, Texas. Omicron ( 1930 ) -Concord College, Athens, W. Va. President- Elizabeth Ann Hight, Box 296, Athen , W. Va. Advisers- Miss Mae Hunter, Athens, W . Va.; Mis Mildred Dransfield, Concord College, Athen , W . Va. .-\lumn ae Represe nta ti,路e-Y!i s Hila rrington, 1331 M erce r t. , Princeton, v . Va . Pi ( 1930) -Harris Teachers College, t. Louis. Presid nt- .J uanita Beeler, I 0-l18 Eagle\ d, t. Louis 1+, Mo. Advisers- Mi s Julia Kohl, 5816 Jamieson St. Loui 9, Mo.; 拢iss Julia K. Murr , 506 Hawthorne, t. Louis, Mo. lumnae Representative - M r . Eugene Brun , 7022 Ethel, t. Louis 17, Io.: fr . \ m. Vit, 3914 M Donald, t. Louis 16, fo.

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Rho (1932-1948; 1949)--Southeastern State College, Durant, Okla. President- June Akard Sta . A. SSG Durant Okla. ' ' ' ' Advisers-Miss Mary Slawson State Coli.· Miss Mildred Riling, 904 W. Elm; Dr. Linni~ Ruth Hall, 324 W. Plum, Durant, Okla. Alumnae Representatives- Mrs. William Swaffor~, Alturas, Calif.; Mrs. Eugene D erichsweiler, 401 E. Morton, Denison, Tex. Sigma (1925 )-State University College for Teachers, Buffalo, N. Y. Adviser-Mrs. Lillian McKenneth, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo 22, N . Y. Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Harold Peterson, 230 Knowlton Ave. , K enmore, . Y. Zeta Tau (1935)-L:mgwood College, Farmville, Va. President- Betta Mosteller, Box 60, Longwood College, Farmville, Va. Adviser-Miss Virginia Bedford , L.C., Farmville, Va. Alumnae R epresen tative-Mrs. Boice Ware, Keyesville, Va. Upsilon (1935)-Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, Ark. President- Sue Hudson. A.S.T.C., Co nway, Ark. Advisers- Miss Dorothy Allen. 240 D onaghey, Conway, Ark.; Mrs. Sue Phelps, 1818 Simms, Conway, Ark. Phi

( 1940) -Southeastern Louisiana College, Hammond, La. President- Joa nn Bra un er, College Sta., H ammond, La. H ammond, L a. Advisers- Miss M argaret Lowe, Coll ege Sta., Hammond, La.; Mrs. 0 . Moore, Coli. Sta. , H ammond, L a. Alumnae R epresentative - Maril yn Clark, Rte. 3, Box 3, H ammond, La.

Chi ( 1940-1948; 1950)--Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va. President- Barbara H arris, Shepherd College, Sh eph erdstown, W. Va. Adviser- Dr. Sara H elen Cree, Shepherdstown, W . Va. Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Roscoe Payne, 710 S. Church St., Charles Town, W. Va. Psi (1944)-Mad.ison College, Harrisonburg, Va. President- M a rjori e Ya rger, Box 323, M adison College, H arrisonburg, Va. Adviser-Miss Helen M. Frank, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. Alumnae Representatives-Mrs. T . J. King, Jr., 4736 Ave. W., C.P., Birmingham 8, Ala.; Miss Dorothy Rowe, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va.

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Omega (1945-1954)-Minot State Teachers Colloge, Minot, N. D. Alpha Alpha (1945)-Ball State Teachers C~ lege, Muncie, Ind. Presid ent- Mary Ann Clark , W(jodworth H all, B.S.T.C .. Mun cie, Ind . Adviser- Nell Young, 100 S. Talley, Muncie, Ind. Alumnae R epresentative- Mrs. R. B. Cross, 207 Winthrop Rd., Muncie, Ind. Alpha Beta ( 1946 ) -Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va. President- J ewell Roark, 1517 Sixth Ave., Huntington. W. Va. Adviser- Mrs. R onald Hulbert. Alumnae R epresentatives-Miss Clara Closterman, 1025 9th Ave., Huntington, W . Va.; Mrs. Spence r A. Gillette, 396 Forest Rd., Huntington, W. Va. Advisory Bd.- Miss D orothy Buzek, 5720 Pea Rid ge Rd ., Huntington, W. V a. Advisors-Mrs. M ary Byus, M a rshall College, Huntington, W . Va. ; Mrs. Ron ald Hulbert, 1901 U nd erwood, Huntington , W. Va. Alpha Gamma (1946 }-Henderson State Teachers College, •Arkadelphia, Ark. President- Lyla Brown , Box 523, H .S.T.C ., Arkadelphia, Ark . Advisers- Miss Amy J ean Greene, H.S.T .C., Arkadelphia, Ark .; Miss Mae Whipple, Box 644, H .S.T .C . Alumnae R ep rese nta tive- J o Ann Brown ing, Box 97, St. Charl es. Ark. Alpha Delta (1948} -Southwestern Missouri State College, Springfield, Mo. President-Ca rol Welch, 723 M cCa nn, Springfi eld, Mo. Advisers-Mrs. Bet ty Jo Petefish, 716 W . Whiteside, Springfield M o.: Mi s D oris Cloud, S. W . M o. State College, Springfield, Mo. Alumnae Represe ntat ive-Mrs. D on Sebring, 1234 E. Minota, Spri ngfield , Mo. Alpha Epsilon ( 1948 }-Western Illinois State College, Macomb, Ill. President- Ca rol yn Worley, 308 W . Adams, Macomb, Ill. Adviser- Dr. H arriet C. Stull, 3 16 N . Dudley, Macomb, Ill. A-l umnae R epresentatives- Mrs. Floyd Pruitt, Box 359 , Tiskilwa, Ill. ; Mrs. Joe Koomar, 81 Toni St., Bourbo nnais. Ill . Alpha Lambda ( 1953) -Radford College, Radford, Va. President- Louise H oback, R adford College, R adford, Va. Adviser-Miss Blanche Daniel , 1405 Grove Ave., Radford , Va. Alumnae R epresentative-

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*Akron-Canton, Ohio Mrs. Fred M eredith, Box 604, Hudson Albuquerque, New Mexico Mrs. L. J. Paddison, 911 Parkland Circle Baltimore, Maryland Mrs. W. ] . Deane, 4042 Edgewood Rd. (15) *Beckley, West Virginia Mrs. Harold Hedrick, 206 Railroad Ave.

*Lansing, Michigan Mrs. H. A. Kane, 1221 Pershing Dr.

*Buffalo, New York Mrs. Robert Cowan, 23 Wyandotte Ave., ( 7)

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*Huntington, West Virginia Mrs. Chas. E. Amos, 1750 Rte. 1. Kenova Kansas City, Missouri Mrs. Victor P. Wolf, 6721 Charlotte

*Bluefield, West Virginia Miss Janet Calfee, Rte. 2, Box 357

-Gharleston, West Virginia Mrs. Maurice Miller, 417 Charleston

*Greeley, Colorado Mrs. Donald Uhrich, Rte. 1, Box 198 *Harrisonburg, Virginia Mrs. Betty Bowma n, M aridon Terr. Apts. Highland Park, Michigan Miss Edith Mansell, 161 Highland

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Lock Haven, Pa. Mrs. Evelyn Smith, 311 N . Fairview *Los Angeles, California Mrs. R . D . Hartman, 2520 25th St., Santa Monica

Chicago, Illinois Mrs. L. J. Cashman, 2448 Estes Ave. (45)

*Macomb-Carthage, Illinois Mrs. Beverly Scott, Wataga

*Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. S. E. Strunk, 2124 Reyburn Rd . ( 12 }

Memphis, Tennessee Mrs. R . J. Coltharp, 3450 Spottswood

Columbus, Ohio Mrs. H . E. Staehle, 481 Torrence Rd. (14 )

Miami, Florida

Dallas, Texas Mrs. W. D . White, 4224 Hawthorne Ave. Dayton, Ohio *Denver, Colorado Mrs. I. J. Gefroh, 4 15 Cody Dr., Lakewood *D etroit I, Michigan Mrs. M ary J ea n Bristol, 6142 Bishop Rd. (24 )

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Mt. Clemens, Michigan Mrs . Marybelle Baker, 665 Huntington Dr. *Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Miss Tod Fuga te, R .F.D .

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New York, N. Y. Mrs. T errance O 'Reilly, Box 54, Kingshighwa , Sparkill, . Y.

*Emporia, Kansas Mrs. John M . Richards, 914 M arket

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Morris-Ottawa, Illinois Mrs. Pa t Voi ght, R . R ., R a nsom, Ill.

*Munci e, Indiana Mrs. R obert E. Smith, 150+ Royale Dr.

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*Flint, Michigan Mrs. has. cwman, 53 23 Miller Rd ., 'r ck, Mich.

*Minot, North Dakota Mrs. Lillian Eidsness, 815 4th Ave. S.E.

Norfolk, Virginia Mrs. Richard L. Lowe, 406 Warren wartz

Oak Hill, W. Va. ancy Jo Canterbury, 224 Oak Hill Peoria, Illinois Mrs. \ m. ' alstrdt, 129 Edna

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*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Miss Emily Reedy, 7 Elm Ave., Cheltenham Pine Bluff, Arkansas Port Huron, Michigan Mrs. D . N. Bantien, 1626 Pennsylvania, Marysville, Mich. *Princeton-,A thens, West Virginia Miss Anna Lee Mason, 101 N. 2nd, Princeton Pueblo, Colorado Mrs. Roy Smith, 801 Minnequa *Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia Mrs. ]. L. Hall, 3511 Hazelhurst Ave., Richmond *Roanoke, Virginia Miss M a rtha J. Donaldson, R.F.D. 10 San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Lester Julian, 4996 Porter Hill Rd., La Mesa Seattle, Washington Mrs. Stewart Hockom, 1253 S. !56th (88) *Shepherdstown, West Virginia Mrs. J eann e Carper, 439 Gray St., Winchester

Central District: Mich., III., Ind., Ohio, Wis. President-Mrs. L. ]. Maher, 2102 Hamilton Pl., Peoria, Ill. Eastern District: N. Y., Penn., N. J ., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., Conn., and R. I . President- Mrs. Joseph Steen, 147 N. Union Rd. , Williamsville, N. Y. Northwestern District: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and all other states north of these and west of the Mississippi River.

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*Springfield, Missouri Mrs. Margaret Merrima n, 625 S. K entwood *St. Louis, Missouri Mrs. James Alexand er, 6328 Potomac (9 ) St. Petersburg, Florida Miss Ellen H. Smith, 2327 Second Ave. , North, St. Petersburg War, West Virginia Mrs. Mary Jane Howard, Box 27 *Washington, District of Columbia Mrs. Dorothy Gates, 133 S. Glebe Rd., Arlington. Va. Welch, West Virginia Mrs. Lena Caporossi, Box 607 *Wichita, Kansas Mrs. J . D. Ensz, 42 0 S.E. lOth, Newton *Williamsport, Pennsylvania Mrs. Richard Crossley, 760 Pine St., Montoursville, Pa. Youngstown, Ohio Mrs. K ei th M cGowen, 23 68 Midlothian *Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor, Michigan Mrs. Willa rd Maxey, 2926 Shady Lane, Ann Arbor

President-Mrs. ]. Waldo Hinshaw, 27 H ardith Hill Ct., St. Louis, Mo. Southern District: Va., W. Va., Ky., Md., Dela., Tenn., N. C., Miss., Ala., Ga., Fla., and S. C. President-Mrs. Richard F . Snidow, 2306 Lincoln Ave., Roanoke, Va. Southwestern District: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. President- Mrs. John Simpson, 65 35 D evonshire, St. Louis 9, Mo.

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Y/aliona/ Council President-Mrs. Earl F. Peterson (Iota) , Route 1, Crawfordsville, Ind. Vice Presidents-Mrs. Joseph Steen (Sigma), 147 N. Union Rd., Williamsville, N. Y.; Mrs. L. J. Maher (Pi) , 2102 Hamilton Pl., Peoria, Ill. ; Mrs. J. Waldo Hinshaw (Iota). 27 Hardith Hill Ct., St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. R . F. Snidow (Omicron), 2306 Lincoln, Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. John Simpson (Pi), 6535 D evonshire, St. Louis 9, Mo. National Expansion D irector- Mrs. Parry Schippers (Pi ), 5300 Sutherland, St. Louis 9, Mo. NPC Representative and S ecretary-Mrs. Haswell E. Staehle (Alpha), 481 Torrence Road, Columbus 14, 0. Treasurer-Miss Margaret Macdonald (Sigma), 67.3 Richmond Ave., Buffalo 22, N. Y. Editor-Mrs. Francis Graflage (Pi). 10310 Capitol Dr., St. Louis 21 , Mo. Chaplain- Mrs . Joseph Steen, 147 N. Union, Williamsville, . Y. Executive Secretary- Mrs. S. Carl Robinson (Pi ), 146 S. Maple Ave., Webster Groves 19, Mo.

Gntral Office 5641a S. Kingshighway St. Louis 9, Mo.

Central Office Assistant- Mrs. E. E. Marshall, 5935 Bishops Pl. , St. Louis 9, Mo.

national Commitlee Chairmen Alumnae-Miss Elizabeth Wilson (Pi), 1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis 17, Mo. Convention- Miss Florence Marcotte ( Sigma ) , 21 2 Congress St., Buffalo, . Y. Courlesy--Miss Genevieve Repeta (Theta), 2919 Richton, Detroit 6, Mich. Endowment- M iss Jun e M cCa rth y ( Pi ), Central Office Examinations-Miss Emil y R eedy (L ambda ), 7 Elm Ave., Chelten ham. Pa . Housing-Mrs. E. C. Phipps (Omicron), 2711 25th St., Parkersburg, W. Va.

Life Membership-Miss June McCarthy (Pi), 4602W. West Florissant, St. Louis 15, Mo. Memorial Loan Fund-Miss Kathleen Kelchner (Rho), 3665 38th St. N.W., Washington 16, D . C. Music-Mrs. D . E. Nichols (Sigma ) . 147 Princeton, Eggertsville 26, N. Y. News Agency-Mrs. Meda Ray Sewell (Omicron), 6541 Williamsburg, Arlington 13, Va. Nominat~ons-Miss Kathleen Kelchner ( Rho), 3665 38th St. N. W., Washington 16, D. C. Parliamentarian~Mrs. Harold Peterson (Sigma), 230 Knowlton Ave., Kenmore 17, N. Y. Pledge-Miss Rose Marie Schmidt (Theta), 5106 Harvard Rd., Detroit 24, Mich. Program-Dr. Ada Jane Harvey (Upsilon), c/o Arkansas S.T.C ., Conway, Ark. Rush-Miss Ethel Himelick (Alpha Alpha), 324 N. 1Martin, Muncie, Ind. S cholarship Awards- Mrs . J.. E. Gaughan ( Psi ) , 5363 Mansfield, Wa rren, Mich. Social Semice-Mrs. A. Bruce Ewer (Nu), 1145 Clayton, D enver, Colo. Standards-Mrs. Bernard McBee (Eta), 1183 Avon St., Akron, 0. Historian-Miss Viola King (Pi ) , 4241 Schiller Pl., St. Louis, Mo.

State Chairmen Mrs. Robert Hemm, 51 7 Lakeshore Rd., Crystal Lake, M edway, Ohio Mrs. John Simpson, 6535 Devonshire, St. Louis 9, Mo.

national Panhel/enic Con/erence Chairman-Mrs. Cicero F. Hogan (Gamma Phi Beta), 9219 Mintwood, Silver Spring, Md. Secretary--Mrs. Darrel R. Nordwall (Alpha Chi Omega) , 60 Sutton Place South, . Y. 22, . Y. Treasurer-Mrs . Joseph D . Grigsby (Delta Delta Delta ) . Grigsby Sta., Landover, Md. College Panhellenics Committee----Mrs. William R . Greig (Sigma Kappa), 6217 Acacia Ave., Oakland 18, Calif. City Panh ellenics Committee-Mrs. H. E. Staehle (Alpha Sigma Tau), 481 Torrence Rd., Columbus 14, 0.

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