CONVENTION NUMBER
ALPHA SIGMA TAU
VOLUME XXIV N UMBER 3
JULY, 1949 VOL. XXIV, NO. 3
Subject Page
Your Convention..... .... ..... .. ...... .. .......... ... ....... ... .. ........... ........ ................ ............. ... .... 2 The Statler- Convention Hotel.. ...... .. ....... .. ... .. .... ... .............. .. ... ........ .... ..... ........ ... 3 Convention Chairman.................... ... ... ... ... .... .. ........... ...... ........ .... .. ................. ..... ... .. 4 Historical Detroit. .. .. .. .. :..... .... ....... ...... ....... ... ..... .. ... ...... ... .. ... .......... ........... .. .... ........... 5 Sightseeing ... ..... .... .. ......... ..... ....... ......... .... .. .... ..... .. .... .. ... :......... ... ... ... ..... ......... .. ... ...... 6 Schol arship Award. .... ..... ........ .. .... .. ........................... ........ ... ..... ... .... ..... .... ...... ........... 8 Legisla tion Affecting Education--N.P.C ....... , ..... ....... . :.. ..... ..... .... ... ..... .. .. ..... .... .. .... 9 Lavonne Baker D esigns Trailer .................. .... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... .. .... .. ... ... . , ......... ... 10 Alpha D elta's Fashion Show ..... ... .. .. .. ................................. .................... ... .... ... .. ... 11 Longwood College . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .... . .. . .... . .. . .. .. ........... .... . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Greatest Gift .... .. .... .. .. .... .. ........... ..... ....... ....................... ........ ...... ... ...... ... ........... . 12 Let Us Forsake Not .. ... .... ....................... ..... ... ..... ... ......... ... ....... ...... ..... .... .......... ....... . 12 Virginia Baxter, Skater .... ... .... ............................... ..... ......... .. ..... ... ............ ........ .' .. ... 13 W e H earti ly R ecommend .... ............ ...... ..... ..... ........ ...... .. .... .... ... ....... ........ ... .... .. .... ... 14 Fire a t Farmvi lle .. .......... .. ..... ....... ...... ..... ............ .. ..... ....... ....... ... .......... .... .... .... ......... 15 The Foot-Path to Peace ........ ....... .......... ...... ... ...... ... ..... .... .. ....... .... .... ... ....... ....... ...... 16 Hou emother's Training School... ............ . . . . . . . . . ..... .... ... ... . . .. . .... .. .. . .. .. .. .... ... .. ... .... ... 17 Where Your Support Goes ...... .............. ........ ... .. ......... .... .. ....... .... ........... .......... ........ 19 A Proclamation ....... ... ...... ..... .... .......... ..... .. ..... ......... ....... .... .......... ..... ...... .. ...... .... .. .... 20 Collegiate Chapters ... ...... .. ...... .. ... .. ... ... .. ... ..... .. ... .. .... .. ... .... ....... ...... ... ....... .. ... ...... ...... 21 Alumnae Chapters .... .... .... .... .... ............. ...... ....... ...... .. ...................... .......................... 26 Personals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Directory
Co ver- River View of Downtown Detroit skyline
Entered as second class matter November 25{ 1937, at the post office at Menasha, Wiscon in, under the Act of August 24, 1912. TH£ ANCHOR o Alpha Sigma Tau is published during the months of November, January, April, and July. Subscription price, $2.00 per year. THE ANCHOR is printed by Leland Publishers, Inc. , 2642 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn. Editorial Office : Mrs . Parry Schippers, 5300a Sutherland , St. Louis 9, Mo. Application for tran fer of second class permit to Sr. Paul , Minn ., ·post office has been made.
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YOU! I~ CONVENlii!ON
I like to think of convention time as show time- After the final
curtain has been drawn, I want to be able to say "wasn't that an
excellent production" and "didn't the cast perform expertly?" Be
cause no performance is a success without the combined efforts and
the full cooperation of the entire company, it is iplportant that each
of us work to achieve the satisfaction derived from knowing a show
is a success.
So too, every Alpha Sigma Tau will have an opportunity ·to par
ticipate in a coming attraction-our very own "Convention."
Now is a particularly good time to stress the importance of co
operation-and how cooperation signifies the spirit of every Alpha
Sigma Tau. By this spirit of cooperation we know that our Con
vention like an excellent production will never be forgotten.
Every show must have an audience; therefore, it is equally impor
tant that ours should have one, too. Each of us will want to be part
of this audience when Convention time is finally here.
This is your opportunity and my opportunity to make this the
greatest convention yet. I am putting my reservation in early are
you ?-HELE TRASKOS, Th eta.
August 23-26
THE Hotel Statler is convenient to the business, theatre and shopping district of
downtown Detroit. The hub arraQgement of Detroit's streets, with all principal arteries converging at Grand Circus Park, makes Hotel Statler unusually convenient for visitors desiring to reach outlying points of interest.
Hotel Statler's equipment was designed to meet specific convention needs. Available to Alpha Sigma Tau's use are a modern public address system, moving picture projectors, stereopticons, screens, pointers, rostrums, blackboards, platforms, staging, spotlights, tables, exhibit booth equipment and folding screens.
Among the Sta tler's interesting meeti.ng places are the Judge Woodward Room decorated in knotty pine, the Grand Ballroom, the scintillating Wayne Room, the T errace Din-
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ing Room, the colorful Cafe Rouge, and the Lounge Bar. All meeting rooms are air onditioned.
The ra tes are: Double-Bed Room with Ba th , for T w per
Day Shower- $6.50, $7.00 Tub & Shower- $7.50, $8 .00, $8.50, $9 .00,
$9.50, $12.50
Twin-Bed Room with Ba th, for T wo--per Day Shower- $7 .50 Tub & Shower- $8.50, $9.50, $ 10.00,
$10.50, $1 3.00
Write for sereva tions to Mr . Preston H am ilton, 45 2 Union St. , Bluefield, W. Va.
'Anriella Our Permanent Convention Chairman
TH E 1949 Convention will be the second managed by H enrietta Hamilton. The
success of the Cincinnati Convention in 1946 was largely due to the preliminary planning by H enrietta. ·
H enrietta attended Concord College for two years, then transferred to Duke University. She was initiated into Omicron Chapter Sept. 29, 1938, and is also a member of Xi Zeta Exemplar Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, international civic sorority ; a member of the Junior Woman's Club ; corresponding secretary for the Bluefield club ; and i now a member of the Princeton club ; member of the girl's work committee, Bluefield Y.W .C.A.; and an elementary teacher in the Bluefi eld schools for the past nine years . She was married to Preston H amilton on June 19, 1948.
She is a very enthusiastic camper and swimmer and has taught ha ndicraft and swimming at the Y.W.C.A. camp. Good music, especially concerts and dancing, are other activities which she enjoys.
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Henrietta Mahood Hamilton
BETA CHAPTER-Mary Jo Woodruff, vice president of Associa1ed
Women Students ·
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I N name, D etroit is pure French: "de troit" m eaning "of the strait" and referring to
the river which connects Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair . The 17th century French explorers and missionaries h ad by-passed this locality and founded their first settlement 300 miles farther north at Sault Ste. Marie. After establishing a fort on the Straits of Mackinaw, Antoine de Ia Mothe Cadillac returned to found D etroit as an outer bastion to the fur- trading activities of the northern settlements.
At the close of the French and Indian war, D etroit was surrendered to the British and remained in their possession until 1783 when the American fl ag rose from its ba ttlem ents. During the War of 1812, it again passed into the hands of Great Britain for a brief period. Street and place names refl ect this Fr nch, British and Indian a ncestry.
Approxima tely a t the southwes t corner of Griswold and Atwater is the spot where a company of 1st U. S. A. Infantry came
ashor to take po session of D troit as ni t d Sta tes territory on July ll , 1796.
The first s ssion of the gov rning offi ials of Michigan t rritory was held in Ri hard Smyth's Tavern in August, 1805. T h building was one of D etroit's for most publi houses and was locat d at what is now 313 Woodward Av nue. Five m n, call d "Th Governor and Judges" constituted th ruling body. Judge Frederick Bates was the only resid nt member.
The first bank in Michigan was opened for business in a building at J efferson Ave. and Randolph St. in 1806. Judge Augustus B. Woodward, for whom Woodward Av . wa named, was the first president.
In the top story of a governm nt warehouse was loca ted Michigan's first theatre. It gave its first performance in 1819. Amateur theatricals were presented by the officers sta tioned a t Fort Shelby for their families and other civilia ns. The site of th ware-
Clinton Inn-Greenfield Village
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house was near what is now the foot of Wayne Street.
The school was established in 1843 and occupied rooms over a grocery store on Woodbridge Street near Shelby. One end of the building was supported by piles driven into the Detroit River:
Th e Edison I nstitute
T HE Edison Institute at Dearborn, Michigan is an educational project founded
by Henry Ford and named for his friend, the late world-famous inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, whose lifetime of constant service to humanity has been an inspiration to him and many others. It occupies more than 200 acres and comprises three parts: The Museum, Greenfield Village, and the school system.
Museum The fa<;ade of this building is made up of
a group of units including classrooms, workshops, libraries, auditorium and offices. These units are architectural reproductions of Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and Old City Hall of Philadelphia.
Djrectly ahead of the visitor, after he has passed through the entrance lobby, is a glass case inclosing the Edison M emorial. This was completed on September 27, 1928, when the inventor thrust the spade of Luther Burbank into the wet cement, imprinted his foot~teps and inscribed his name. Around this block of concrete the Museum structure was erected.
Arcades connect the reproductions of Old City Han· and Congress ,Hall with Independence Hall in the center, while corridors, themselves serving as exhibition halls, connect these units with the main exhibition hall at the rear.
Exhibits in the Fine Arts collection, including furniture, ceramics, silver, glassware, clocks and watches, occupy the front corridors and chambers, together with the adjoining rooms, wall cases ~nd alcoves.
Main Exhibition Hall When the visitor enters the main hall, he
surveys an area of about eight acres all under
St. Vincent's Hospital, a log house, stood on the southwest corner of Larned and Randolph Stree ts. It was open~d for the tre~tment of the sick by four Ststers of Chanty on June 9, 1845, and was instrumental in the prevention of the unnatural ravages of many of the dreaded diseases.
one roof, where have been arranged exhibits illustrative of the three principal arts: Agriculture, M anufacture, and Transportation. Agriculture, household arts, textiles and allied exhibits have been placed on the left ; Manufacture and power are in the center ; and Transportation is on the right.
Exhibits in the Agriculture section are arranged iri order of evolution, and trace the growth of a season's crop. Beginning with implements used in preparing the soil, the sequence shows those used in planting seed in cultivating, in harvesting, and, finally, in the actual prepara tion of the crop for market.
Th e Village Adjoining the Museum on the east is
Greenfield Village. H ere the handicraft arts of the past are preserved as they were practiced in their original environment. Many of these hop and mills cluster along Main Stree t east of the Village entrance and may be visited immediately upon entering the Village, if so desired, and other are still under construction.
The historic Village centers on the "green" as did Early American communities. About this spot stand the public buildings-Clinton Inn, the M artha-Mary Chapel the Village · school, the Logan County Courthouse, the Town H all, and the General Store.
The Edison buildings, including the restored laboratory and the other M enlo Park structures, adjoin the "green" and stretch along Christie Street as far as the Fort M yers Labora tory and the Edison Homestead.
Beyond this group along South Dearborn Road are many of the Village homes, with the Cape Cod Windmill and th Cot wold Cottage group a t the far end.
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Ariel view of Belle Isle
On Christie Stree t opposite the tintype studio is the Village Post Office. The many industrial and craft shops tha t dot the west section of the Village include the Wright Cycle Company shop, birthplace of the airplane; 58 Bagley Avenue, birthplace of the Ford car· the Sir John Bennett J ewelry Shop from Lo~don, England ; and such craft industries as those of the cooper, the blacksmith, the weaver, the glass blower, the shoemaker, and the tintype artist.. The mills include the silk mill and gristmill.
Alaer H ouse Branch Museum of the Detroit b
Institute of Arts
This branch of the Institute of Arts is located on Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe Farms and is an authentic reproduction of a disti~guished Sixteenth Century Florentine country villa, complete. with grounds and formal garden. It is one of the most beautiful spots in this area and the only place on Lake St. Clair to which D etroiters have free access. The ground floor is devoted to works of art from R enaissance Italy, and the second floor to changing loan exhibitions of modern art.
The Detroit I nstitute of Arts
One of the world's great museums, offering the history of man graphically portrayed in his artistic creations. The galleries are chronologically arranged so that the vi .itor may pass in logical sequen e from ancient and medieval art through the great period of the R enaissance and finish with the most recent work of contemporary artists. The Museum offers free lectures, movies and gallery talks on the history and enjoyment of art.
Cranbrook Cranbrook Institute of Science share a
beautifully landscaped campus with an art museum and four priva te schools. It has attractive exhibits in the fields of astronom , rocks and fossils, meterology, animal plants and the American Indian. These are arranged in a progressive manner empha izing the organization and the unity of our world as well as its diversity. Of particular appe.al are the spectacular minerals and the d i pia of flowers, birds and other animal in naturalistic settings.
The Children's Museum This museum is for children it a tivities
centered around their intere t it exhibi.t
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·built child-size. Here among the permanent exhibits is the Bird Room with its hundreds ·of mounted specimens, . the fascinating di·oramas of early Detroit and of prehistoric ·man. Each exhibit brings new games to play, new puzzles to solve, all based on the ,displays.
Belle Isle
Belle Isle, known the world over as an island playground, is located in the Detroit River, three miles from the downtown section, and is connected to the mainland by a .bridge at East Grand Boulevard. Ferry boat
service to the Island and one-hour rides around the Island by pleasure boat are available at dock east of mainland end of the bridge.
Enough picnic and playground facilities to accommodate thousands of people are scattered over the Island. They include tables, benches, stoves, swings, slides and other play apparatus.
A dense forest, the only remaining virgin stand of timber in this area, has a herd of white deer roaming through it, plus pheasants, squirrels and wild birds. The Saddle Club at the head of the Island has good riding horses to rent.
Scfw/ar,Jhip _Award to Upsilon Chapter
U PSILON CHAPTER is the winner of ~his year's scholarship cup, it was an
nounced by Miss Helen Canaday, dean of women, at a coke party in the Mirror Room of McAlister hall, Feb. 7. The cup was awarded for the '47-'48 school year.
The sorority won the cup with a gradepoint average of 3.6. The other sororities are listed according to their grade-point rating: Pi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta :Sigma Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Alpha.
The awarding of the scholarship cup to the sorority with the highest grade-point average has long been a tradition on the campus. The custom until last year was to pass the same cup to each new winner until the same sorority won it three consecutive years, at which time the sorority was allowed to keep the cup. Last year, however, it was decided that each winner should be awarded a cup.
Refreshments were served by the Pan-Hellenic representatives from each sorority.
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ALPHA SIGMA TAU NEWS AGENCY Mrss ELIZABETH WILSON
1008 Kuhs Place St. Louis 17, Mo.
clegiialion _AI/ecting Cducalion
npc I T is important that every educated person
be aware of pending legislation affecting the welfare and education of all children and young people. The Education Digest of the Washington Bureau has listed the following legislation which educators, social workers, parents and welfare officials will ask the new Congress to approve:
The National Education Associa tion will re-introduce its federal-aid-to-education bill.
The American Public Welfare Association will a k for Social Security Act revisions for children, calling for increases in federal payments to needy children.
The American Parents Committee will ask Congress for a nation-wide public-school su rvey and aid to school construction.
The A sociation of H ealth Officers will ask for a national school health service bill.
The N ational Child L abor Committee will ask for complete outlawry of child labor in factories, shops, fields, and on the streets .
The American Library Associa tion will ask for federal aid to public libraries to help them demonstra te library services in rural communities.
The Council of Chief Sta te School Officers will ask for more money for federal school lunches.
The American -Federa tion of Labor and the Congress for Industrial Organizations will ask for a workers' extension service bureau in the L abor Department.
l;'he Association of L and-Grant Coli g g
and Universities will ask for fed ral funds to help colleges l;>Uild armories, storag spa , classrooms, and drill fi Ids for ROTC instruction.
The Conference of Southern Governors will push anew its bill to create regional schools and colleges for profess ional and subprofessional training. T he legisla tion will again call for separa te schools for white and Negro students, a point which killed a similar bill in the Senate las t year.
M eanwhile Government offi ial ar drafting proposed legisla tion on the same lines.
The Federal Security Agency is writing an unprecedented compulsory health insurance bill and proposals for a new Department of H ealth, Security and Education.
Experts in the Office of the President are putting finishing touches on a new National Science Foundation bill.
The Federal Works Agency will ask for money to help school districts and other public authorities draw advance blueprints for schools and recrea tional faci lities.
The Labor D epartment will seek the return of the U . S. Employment Service (it is. now in the Federal Security Agency) o that "we may strengthen it and make it an agency to serve all job-seekers, especially young workers who need guidance and job-coun elling services."
ANNOUNCEMENT! ,
Alice Trobaugh for her article "Let' s Be M ore Friendly," p. 11 in the April ., 1949, ANCHOR. Both she and Alpha Epsilon Chapter will receive an award of
five dollars.
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cfa(Jonne :/Jaker 'J)Mifjnj Jrai/er By Mary Vy'a llace, Alpha Alpha
L AVONNE WAGONER BAKER, Alpha Alpha '46, has the distinct and unusual honor of
having helped design and build the housetrailer in which she, her husband and two children and her Mother are P.resently traveling.
It all began several years ago while L avenne's husband was confined to the hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. Lavonne incidentally is the daughter of one of our advisors, Mrs. W . E. Wagoner, and the la te W. E. Wagoner, former controller of Ball Sta te Teachers College. H er husband, Capt .• Ervin Baker, was severely injured in the last war and had to spend several years in the hospital where he underwent m any operations to restore the use of one of his legs. It was during this time that he and Lavonne planned and dreamed. Now that dream is a reality for L avonne and Ervin and their children, Sharon, age five, and Bruce, age eighteen months and Mrs. Wagoner .started on a tour of the United States in ' their housetrailer completely designed and almost entirely built by themselves. They purchased the 31-foot hull and chassis from the factory and began by dividing the trailer into 3 rooms. As soon as it was partially livable, they moved into it as it sat in the factory and there they spent hours and hours on the construction of the interior. One is utterly amazed ·at the conveniences and clever furnishings and gadgets Lavonne and Ervin have placed in the trailer. It is finished in natural wood with transparent plastic sliding surfaces to enclose shelves and cupboards. The living room is very comfortable with a radio, record player, book shelves, a large comfortable window -seat and arm chair. There is cupboard space for Lavonne's portable sewing machine, typewriter and movie projector. A large dining table swings down from the one side wall.
When it is closed, a small organ unfolds out of the wall directly under the table. Thus Lavonne is able to follow her music and young Sharon is just beginning to learn to play. Overhead near the doors which separate the living room and kitchen hangs a movie screen which can be opened for the projection of m vies that 'are taken along the way. The window seat which also contains a desk is cleverly converted into the baby's bed at night and a folding gate keeps him from falling out of bed .
As one enters the kitchen, he is immediately aware of its versatility. It is equipped with a 6-foot Serve! gas refrigerator, a bottle-gas stove for cooking, a 5-gallon capacity hot water ta·nk and gasoline hea ter, and of course, a sink, work space, china cupboard and staple supplies cupboard. A large door on one of the cupboards below the sink can be quickly reversed on its hinges and it becomes a work space or kitchen snack bar. In the kitchen also are clothes wardrobes. As you go to the rear of the trailer, you are suddenly impressed by the cozy a tmosphere of the bedroom. The bed serves not only for sleep but also for storage space. There are drawers under the bed which pull out at the side. Another space is reserved for the children's toys . The entire head of the bed contains magazine and book shelves, reading lights, dual electric blanket control and blanket and bedding storage. A vanity dresser top when lifted reveals a lavatory with running water. The round vanity bench contains L avonne's sewing equipment such as patterns, materials, thread, etc. A small wardrobe also contains an inside toilet.
The Bakers plan to travel for a t least a year and with all the comforts of their trailer it is evident that they will travel in comfort.
Retha Shirkey, PSI
ScHOOLMA'AM editor is R etha Shirkey from Winches ter, Virginia. She has served as both photography editor and a sistant editor of the S choolma'am and was one of the representa tive from the staff attending the T ssociated Collegia Pres Conven-
tion in Columbus, Ohio, thi fall. She i a member of the Clara Barton club Sigma Phi Lambda, Modern Dance club, W e tminster Fellowship, Glee club M athematics club and Alpha Sigma Tau.
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__A~ha 2:Jefta j FASHION SHOW
WE had forty models in the Alpha Delta Chapter's annual Spring Fashion Show held
I at the J ewell Theatre, M arch 15. T en of the local stores paid a modeling charge to exhibit their clothes. T his show was very successful and we hope to have even a bigger
and better one next year. Attra tive models are Juanita Knight, M argaret D ay, Alice Bracken, and Lynn K ennon.
longwood College-HOME OF ZETA TAU THE changing of the name of our college
throughout the years has seemed always to mark progress. New names have been g.iven th~ college in keeping with changing times and new conditions found in the school. From the " 1 female school" listed in an 1835 Virginia Gazeteer, to Farmville Female Seminary, Farmville Sta te T eachers College, State Female Normal School, Sta te Normal School for Women, and Sta te T eachers College, we have become Longwood College.
In 1884 when the town of Farmville offered its seminary to the state, there were no other institutions in Virginia whose purpose was teacher-training. .William T. Ruffner, the first state superintendent of public instruction, became President of this first normal school, then consisting of 107 students and a faculty of seven. Courses which supplemented grammar school were offered.
Progress was slow but steady at the State .Female Normal School during the terms of .its next Presidents, John Atkinson Cunningham and Robert Frazer. When Dr. Joseph
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Leonard J arman came in 1902, a middlewest wing, new dining hall, science building, and new brick training school had been added to the original building donated by the town. The course of instruction had b~en , modified to include three years of htgh school work and one year of professional training. The number of facul ty members. had been increa ed to thirteen and the number of students in the· professional cour e, to 58. · Dr. J arman served a great many more years
than the other three presidents combined. During his time many achievements were made and the college's name changed twice to meet the new conditions. The East and West Wings, Middle East Wing, the Infirmary, Laundry, Power Plant, Annex, Longwood, a new power plant, Junior, Senior, and Student Buildings were added to the campus. From just one year of professional training, grew four-year cou~es in Kindergarten work, Home Economics, and commercial edu-
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By . Lucille Ripley, Theta
''WHENCE shall we buy bread that these may eat?" We all know the
story of the boy who offered his five barley loaves and two small fishes, and how the lad' lunch was stretched to feed the multitude. A miracle ? Yes, no matter how one interprets the story, it is truly a miracle when people open their hearts and share with their neighbors, no matter how little they, themselves, have.
There is a message in this story for us, the young college students of today. How m any of us, rushing from class to library, and perhaps squeezing in an interview with an instructor, take much time out to seriously consider others? Perhaps we subscribe to the major charities and shed a tear over a pathetic newspaper story, but how often do we forget the greatest gift we have to offer-ourselves? We may be too prone to classify a ll
humans into two great clivi ions, " those who a re just like m e," and, "everyone else."
There may be a girl in one of our classes whom others type as a " drip ." It may be that the girl is painfully shy. She has the same feelings and longings as anyone el e. Maybe she, too, is hungry- hungry for a few words of frie11dship and a smile from a classma te. It is such a little thing to give.
Or if we should hear a cruel and cutting remark about someone, we need not rush to the nearest ear to pass it on, for we have another very valu able gift to offer- that of silence. There are many examples of the gifts we have to share. It doesn't seem like much to give? Neither were the five barley loaves and the two small fishes.
It is within the power of all of us to give the gift of a little bit of happiness to our fellow man.
By Marjorie Lippincott, Alpha Epsilon
"To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to
play and to loQk up at the stars." Let us not forsake some of these chances in our concentration on the one chance of work. Keep our eyes open that we may see and hold on to our opportunities to love, to play, and to look up at the stars.
Too often we forget our chance to play and hence love one another in our busy, hectic life concerned with studies, rushing, and finances. In competing for pledges, we plan our parties in order to have the most fun possible. R emember that coke party we had at the house for our last informal rush party? What fun we had- just sitting around drink-1ng cokes, eating pretzels, singing, and exc hanging bits of current news! Then to top it off we had some extemporaneous skits by some of the girls. Why wait for a rush party to have these little socials? It is through th s little social contacts that we come to
know each other, and our talents, and develop our love in Alpha Sigma T au. Of course, we girls who live in one house are together more than with the girls at other houses, and because we are separated by living at various places, we especially need to grow together in play and love.
After we have acquired our pledges, remember to look them up once in a whileyou people who do not live at their house. Let us not become so engro sed in work agai~ that we lose sight of them. Help them to grow in social and cultural aspect those little extra somethings that come into our education through our contact with orority life. Encourage them to participate in tho school activities in which they are intere ted. Not only hould we patronize profe ional conc.erts, but also those recitals given by th muSIC students, and those concert gi en b th school chorus and band and tho pla pre-
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VIRGINIA BAXTER, 16 years old. Detroit Figure Skating Club, Detroit, Mich .. 1948 U. S. Ladies Junior Champion. 1947 and 1948 Mid-West Senior Ladies
Champion. U. S. Gold Medalist.
V IRGINIA BAXTER, daughter of M argaret Day Baxter, Alpha, is a champion skater.
She was the Midwestern Senior Champion in 1947 and 1948 ; United States Junior Ladies Champion 1948; a member of the U. S. Figure Skating team in the World Figure Ska ting Championship a t Paris in February 1949. In this competition Ginnie finished seventh. In the North American Championships held in Philadelphia March 11 and 12 she was third. She won the free skating division but was fifth in the figures. In doing this she placed ahead of Miss Gretchen M errill, six times Champion of the U. S., and also ahead
of the Canadian Champion. Sh was th youngest and smalles t in th m t. Ginni is sixt en. Ginnie had a wond rfu l tim in Paris. Th French people w re most graCIOus. Sh fl w to London from Paris and stayed a few days befor embarking for th U.S.
Ginnie started her cl imb toward figur -skat ing greatness at a time when most youngsters arc just beginning to think about going to school. She had tried ba ll t and th piano, but she found that practice was tedious, not so on skates, however. It is el ven years ago tha t her parents got her first pair of figu re ska tes and engaged Elsbcth Mull r, a professional skater, to teach her.
H er feet were so small that custom-built shoes were necessary. D espite her lack of size, Ginny immediately won the plaudits of ska ting fans. After her start with the Olympia Skating Club, she began taking le sons from H oward icholson, the teacher of Sonja H enie. H er teacher now is William Swallendcr of the Philadelphia Skating Club. Ginnie is a junior at Cooley High School in Detroit.
Despite having to be out of chool for long periods, Ginnie has kept u p with her studies and has passed with good grades.
When in training a figure skater ska tes about six to seven hours a day. Most of the time is spent doing what we call "School figure ." These are the figure eight of which there are about forty-five variations. A figure ska ting competition consi ts of two part . The school figures and a "free" kating program is done to music. This is what you see when you go to an ice show. It consist of jumps, spins, dance steps, spirals and any other individual accomplishment that a person may wish to do. The ska ter is marked in each division by five judges and the one r -ceiving the highes t mark from the majority of judges is the winner.
Mattie Jett, PSI HoNOR Council Chairmanship goes to Mattie J ett. M attie is a home economic
major from Floyd, Virginia. She is a member of the Honor Council, German club, Wesley Foundation, Frances Sale Club, and Alpha Sigma T au orority.
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By Maxine Graflage, St. Louis Alumnae
I F your sorority chapter needs money-and what bunch of gals doesn't . . . we
think we have the answer. If you want to have a day jam-packed with mirth, yet lightly seasoned with heart-ringing pathos ... if you want to feel the glow of pride in a job well done, we heartily recommend- that you have a rummage sale.
We just finished resting our weary bones after one of the most successful sales ever, but we haven't finished talking about it because-well because there were so many little funny things that kept happening that we keep on remembering.
There was the moment of panic when Helen and I thought ·the customers waiting outside and banging on the door would be as tough to handle as M errill's Marauders. But they weren't. They were poor people who knew they'd get bargains in clothes for their kids-and they did.
There was the woman who ran through the store as fast as she could, sna tching cur-
tains and draperies, not bothering to match them up, but pleased as punch to make such a magnificent haul.
But first, a few words of advice from some who were novices a short time ago. You must select a vacant store in the poorest district of town-and rent it weeks in advance (we had ours reserved for months) because other organiza tions h ave the same idea. And choose a time of the year when there's likely to be a demand for wearing apparel. Before Christmas is good and right no.w (Spring ) is ideal.
Don't think you h ave to know anything a bout sales technique or retail organization. You don't! The m erchandise sell itself-if they want it they' ll take it and they won't stop to argue about the fit or color. You do need a cashier with plenty of small change, a nd several girls sta tioned at the door to see tha t no one walks off with unwra pped merchandise (yes, some people forget to pay ) .
Gather your rummage for a t leas t a month {Continued on Page 16)
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Fire At Farmville THE firem n, national guard men, residents crisis, S. T. C. stud nts were a rcdit.
of F armville and the urrounding counties, Th coop ration demonstrated betw n R ed Cro sand other volunteer workers, mem- fir fi gh t rs, facu lty memb rs, and adminbers of the College administration and fa ul- istratjve officials, local resid nts, and stud nts ty, and students all did a remarkable job of was something to marvel at. Th omcombatting the tragic fire that burned the plcte lack of onsideration for self and th auditorium to the ground recently. Nor spontaneous teamwork displayed in putting have all these good people stopped with the out the fire , in r sc uing and returning b -extinguishing of the fire. Through their great longing and furn ishings in th buildings, and cooperative effort to put the 46 girls who in administering to the needs of all involv d, lost all their possessions, back on their feet, demonstrated in each individual a hith rto not one of these unfortunate students was undreamed of strength of haracter and abilforced to drop out of College. Indeed vir- ity to meet any emergen y. tually every resident of this area has given a The helping hand extended by the citimagnificent demonstration of unselfish serv- zens of Farmville and surrounding commu-ice and unparalleled cooperation. nities cannot be forgotten. In addition to th
The first commendations of this column countless ways that they have demonstrated go to the student body, not only for the their loyalty and humane interest inS. T. C., above-noted qualities but for the display of they joined together to offer the nece sary rnaan unbelievable calm and presence of mind terial aid to recover from the disaster of the in the face of danger. Few of the students fire.. Citizens present at the mass meeting involved in the fire had ever before been held in the town courthouse Monday night caught in similar situations. Yet the absence for the. purpose of raising a sum to help the of hysteria or any sign of panic was almost student victims declared that they had never unbelievable. In the orderliness of their exit seen before anything like the spirit displayed from the burning building and in the way there. A one student aptly put it: "The they rallied to help each other through the towns-people have 'the Farmville spirit,' too."
We Heartily Recommend ( Continued from Page 15)
ahead of the sale and keep it at girls' homes in various sections of your city for the convenience of contributors: You'll be surprised what an attraction your old costume jewelry will be, and what charm still emana tes from that old slinkly formal. But don't bother with old shoes-they have to be awfully newlooking to sell. But do bring draperies, lace curtains, bedspreads, trinkets, books, slips, housecoats and girdles. No matter how old your things are-they still have resale value. The most we charged for a dress was one dollar. Most items ranged in price from ten cents to a quarter. You can judge what to charge by the way stock moves (sells-see how professional we've become !) .
It's a wise soror.ity that prepared the stock the evening before the sale. That is, you dump the incoming boxes on the floor, then scurry like ants arranging it: in fairly organized heaps. Put the choicest garments on hangers and pin a price cin each (from
which you can always come down ). And you can sell an amazing quantity of good by opening your store for an hour in the evening, after you've pulled your elves together of cou rse.' And afterward it's fun to ha e coffee and doughnut as we did at Alice Vit' home where we recounted experience far into the night .
We h ad an adept organizer in our chairman, Barbara H emm, but for the most part we were completely withqut experience and any girl who worked there says with a kno"ing grin that he learned how to sell in fi e minutes.
The sale began the next morning at nine and there wa n't much to look at by noon. What remained was sold carte blanche to a clothes dealer in the afternoon. V\ e felt we had accomplished our mi ion by then , ith about seventy dollars in nickel and dime to jingle in our trea ury plu a ho t of ati fied customers who gained too, through our enterprise.
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The· Footpath to Peace By Marie Garber, Psi
To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the starsto be satisfied with your possessions but not content wit h yourself until you :have made the best of them- to despise nothing in• the world except falsehood amd m eanness, and to f ear nothing except cowardice - to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts- to covet nothing that is your neighb or' s except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners-to think seldom of' your enemies, often of yo·ur friends , and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you 'can, with body and with spirit, in God's ou tof-doors-these are the litt le guideposts on the foot-path to peace. van D yke
T ODAY, any discussion invariably turns the question, "Will there be war?"- or
"How can we have peace?" The politicians have discussed and tried
almost every conceivable plan. We as Alpha Sigma Tau girls, have the answer for the world. The answer is enclosed in the selection that is a part of our ideals and a part of the heart of each of us, "The Footpaths to Peace."
May we offer to you, World, the solution to the problem of How to have peace?
We find that van Dyke says, "To be satisfied with your own possessions but not content with yourself until you have made the best of them." Listen, World, would there be any war if each country w~uld practice this?
Can you name a war that did not stem from the fact that one country wanted a possession tha t belonged to another country? Then too, some countries are content with themselves, and endose themselve in their smugness-which leads to war.
Again he says, "To despise nothing in the world except faleshood and meannes , and to fear nothing except cowardice."
Oh, World, if you despised the fale hood and meanness instead of the good and right! Today we look upon good and the right as something that belongs only in the churches on Sunday morning. Our vision is blurred, and our perspective incorrect. Why will we compromise with fea r, power and force, or yield against our wills- leading us to war and des truction?
And the most important ugge tion that The Footpath has to offer, World, is "To think seldom of your enemies, often of your fri ends, and every day of Christ."
This is the true answer- Love one another, even as Christ hath loved u - and think of Christ every day. T ake him with you as your friend and as your example.
It is not a wide road-this road to peace. Trucks and guns or tanks could not travel on this road . It is only a footpath that will allow only love and understanding to pas . This is the solution, World,- these are the little guideposts on the footpath to peace.
Janie Fox, Zeta Tau
JANIE Fox, senior from Alexandria, has been selected to represent her college as princess for the Queen's Court of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held at Winchester on April 28 and 29 .
A prominent member of the student body, J anie is vice president of Student Government Council, a member of Alpha Kappa Gamma (women's leadership society), and a member of Alpha Sigma Tau social sorority. In addition, J anie is listed in the 1949
"Who's Who Among Students in American Universitie and Coll~ge ," and he is a senior member of the f949 M ay Court.
The College Apple · Blossom princess i chosen each year by the faculty and administration. The Queen's Court of the annual fete in Winchester is composed of representatives from schools, college and uni er itie in Virginia, and surrounding tate . Marian Hahn now Mrs. Hunter Sledd r pre nted the college last ear.
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HOUSEMOTHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Lafayette, Indiana
Summer Session, 1949
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TIME: June 27-July 9, 1949
COST: Tuition $20 Board and Room $60
PLACE: Purdu Univ rsity
Total $80
PURPOSE OF SCHOOL: To offer training by a professiona l staff to worn n who are now housemothers or house directors in student iiving groups or who a r onsid ring entering this field of employment.
SPONSORSHIP AND DIRECTION: The School i offered by Purdue University as a regular non-credit summer short course unde r the sponsorship of the Division of Education and Applied Psychology and under the direction of H elen B. Schl eman, D ean of Women.
STAFF: Outstanding persons in the fields of education, student counseling, m ntal h a lth, discipline, menu planning, food purchasing, and general house management compnse the staff. They will give lectures, lead discussions, and offer demonstrations m pra -tically all fields of activity in which the housemother is engaged .
GROUP LEADERS: The group leader for the first week will be Miss Dori Seward Associa te Director of the Activities Bureau, University of Minnesota. Miss Seward's work at the University of Minnesota includes a continuous inservice training program of all sorority housemothers and close working with both sororities and fratemitie in their activities programs. The group leader for the second week will be Mrs. Ruth M cCarn, psychologist, The Psychiatric Institute of the Municipal Court of Chicago, form erly of Northwestern ni versity. Mrs. M cCarn is well -known to form er students of Purdue's H ousemothers' Schools as a stimula ting speaker and unders tanding counselor.
OFF-CAMPUS LECTURES: Special Off-Campus Lectures will include : Dr. Dorothy C. Stratton, Director of Purdue's former Housemothers' Training Schools and a t present, Director of Personnel of the International Monetary Fund. Dr. John Dorsey, Psychia trist, Children's Center, Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. John Furbay, Director, Air World Education, Trans-World Air Line. Miss Gladys Koepke (T entative), Counselor to Women, Drake University Des Moine Iowa, special lecturer and consultant on "student discipline."
PURDUE STAFF: As for all University enterprises many Purdue staff memb r will cooperate to present work in their special areas to members of the Housemother ' Training School. Some of these are the following: Office of the Vice President: Vice President and Controller R . B. Stewart well -known throughout the country as an educator. Office of the D ean of Women: Miss Clare Coolidge, Assistant Dean of V\ omen and Panhellenic Adviser. Miss Margaret T . Fargo, Assistant D ean of Women and Advi er to Student organization social chairmen. · Miss Helen B. Schleman, Dean of Women, Director of the School. Office of Student Affairs : Dr. George Davis, Director of the Office of Student ffai .
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Mr. Robert Horn, -Fra ternity Adviser. Dr. -Don M allett, Assistant Director of the Office of Student Affairs. School of Home Economics: Professor Edith Gamble, H ead of Institution Management, will direct the instruction in food purchasing, menu planning, and general house management.
Division of Education and Applied Psychology : Professor B. L. D odds, Director of the Division of Education and Applied Psychology. Dr. Elizabeth Wil on, professor of ·sociology and Director of the Purdue Guidance Workshop.
REGISTRATION FOR HOUSEMOTHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL AND FOR RESIDENCE ACCOMMODATIONS
Name .. ... .......... .. .... .. ..... .. ........... .... .. .. .......... .... ... ....... .. ........ .. .... ....................... R ace ......... . : .......... .. last first middle
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In case of accident notify ...... ... .. .. .. .. .. .............................. ............... Phone .................. .. ............ ..... . Board and room bill of $60 and Tuition fee $20 will be payable a t the opening ses ion of school, Monday, 8 :00 A.M ., June 27, North H all. Return this blank to: Office of the D ean of Women
Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana
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cation. In 1920 the first B. S. degrees were conferred and in 1935, tht: first B. A. degrees. The enrollment increased to 800 girls.
Today our college continues to move forward under a new name. Since Dr. D abney S. Lancaster has been President, higher academic standards have been achieved. Students entering Longwood College must have the scholastic aptitude and other personal qualifications necessary for the success in their studies. Courses and methods of instruction are being examined in order tha t the quality of work done by students will be of a high standard.
Accompanying the program of renewed emphasis on better scholarship, a program of building and physical improvement is being carried out. A new science bui lding, co ting approximately $450,000, i now under con-
struction. Included in the plan for the near future are a new auditorium and music building to seat 1,300 persons and a probable dormitory to replace tha t which was destroyed by fi re.
The great strides forward made by Longwood College would not have been possible had it not been for the fine coopera tion of the community of F armville through the years. They have demonstrated their pride and · affection fo r the college in many way . R ecently when forty-SL'< tudents lo t all their possessions as a result of fi re, the residents gave more than $8,000 for the e girl . In addition, they contributed clothing. The town's merch ants allowed a thirty-per-cent d_iscount on merchandise purcha ed by IC
tlms of the fire. With backing like thi the College hould reach even great r heiaht m supplying the ta te with teachers.
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Where Your Support Goes
Children from Line Fork and Cutshin and Abner's Branch ... to School at Pine Mountain.
PINE MOUNTAIN is a vocational school for 100 boys and girls of high school age,
located at the headwaters of Greasy Creek in Harlan County, an isolated section of the Kentucky Mounta ins. 140 acres of farm and hillside land, with 22· buildings, a coal mine, sawmill and reservoir, comprise the property. The school is Christian but nonsectarian, and depends for its support upon voluntary gifts and the income from a small endowment fund.
Students pay a small tuition fee, and help towards the expenses of room and board by carrying on the daily work, in the kitchen, dining room, laundry, dairy, farm, infirmary,
and in the carpentry, machine and print shops. They also manage a small cooperative store. T he program of ballads, craft , dances and other traditional forms of art and recreation emphasizes the inherent culture of the mo'untain people.
Because of. its si tuation Pine Mountain serves as a community center and students and staff participa te in a practical social program for the neighborhood. Two small outposts provide contacts with a wider area, in particular the district schools. The hospital of twelve beds, with a doctor and two regi -tered nurses, serves a region of 300 square miles.
Detroit - August 23, 24, 25, 26 - Alpha Sigma Theta Convention
Hotel Statler
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l\ PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the youth of this N ation is its most precious asset and best hope for the fu
ture; and WHEREAS the incidence of juvenile delinquency is a refl ection of the failure of our so
ciety to afford to all of its young people a full measure o£ protection and opportu~ty for health and happiness, and to inculca te in them a sense of the true values of hfe and citizenship ; and .
WHEREAS in November, 1946, many important agencies, governmental . and private, national and local, and individuals the country over, banded together, a t the call of the Attorney Genera.! of the U nited Sta tes, in a Na tiona l Conference on Prevention and Control of .Juvenile Delinquency, to study and make recommenda tions for immedia te action in every State and community for the solution of juvenile del inquency problems; and
WHEREAS this Na tional Conference has now made available for use by individuals and organizations throughout the N ation, certain Action R eports, which are the best available tools for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency, and has urged upon the Sta tes and communities immedia te action with respec t to the recommendations in those R eports, and, in particular, the holding of State and community confe'rerrces, developed on the general pa ttern of the Na tional Conference on P revention and Control of .Juvenile D elinquency; and
WHEREAS the prevention and control of juvenile del inquency, to be effective, mu t be pursued primarily in the Sta tes and communitie where daily contac ts are m aintained with the children themselves: ·
NOW, THEREFORE, I , HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the U nited Sta tes of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United Sta tes, in their hom es and churches, in the schools and hospitals, in social welfare and health agencies, in enforcement agencies and courts, in institutions for the care of delinquent juveniles, and in their minds and hearts, to act, individually and together, for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency, so that our children and youth may fulfill their promise and become effective citizens in our Nation. I further urge them, as the most direct means to this end, to respond promptly to the call of the Na tional Conference on Prevention and Control of .Juvenile Delinquency by carefully preparing for, and holding, wherever possible, Sta te and community conferences, developed on the general pa ttern of the National Conference, and at these conferences, or otherwise, to study State and local conditions in the light of the recommenda tions of the Na tional Conference; to put into immedia te effect such of the recommendatiqns as are pertinent to State and local conditions; to develop firm founda tions for continuing community action ; and to take such other action as m ay be useful in solving this vital youth problem and in developing the genuine opportunities for useful living to which our young people are entitled.
I urge this to the end that in no part of the Na tion shall action be omitted practical and useful in reaching the objectives of the Na tional Conference in vention and control of juvenile delinquency in this N a tion.
which is the pre-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the eal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE a t the City of Washington this twenty-seventh day of .January in the year of our Lord nineteen · hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second .
(SEAL)
G . C . MARSHALL Secretary of Sta te.
By the President : HARRY S. TRUMAN
.ALPHA CHAPTER opened its spring rushing season with the traditional formal tea. Next on the rushing agenda was the informal party. W e decided on a bowling party, and the bowling theme was carried out in the invitations and in the favors of silver key chains with a silver bowling pin.
Although the bowling scores were low, the party was a big success and was enjoyed imm ensely by rushees and sorority girls.
Our formal dinner was held M arch 18. A St. Patrick's Day theme was carried out in the shamrock decorated place cards, the green menus, and the green individual candy baskets.
Our Mistress of Ceremonies M arjorie Hoffman told entertaining Irish stories in a r ealistic brogue. Our sorority trio composed of President J eannie K anno, Jone Cone, and Peg M eyer, sang Irish songs, after which Diane H atles tad read an original poem entitled "The Formal Dinner." Lea Nipper sang a solo "Our Pin," and the evening's. entertainment was closed with the singing of our F1 aternity H ymn.
Alpha Chapter ended rushing season with the ribb<m pledging of six new girls .
·W e had a hayride April 1. After the hay ride, sorority members, the pledges, and dates had a wiener roast a t the home of Marjorie Ferguson (Alpha '51) near Chelsea, Michigan. Everyone enjoyed herself, and we hope to be able to h ave more date parties in the future.
.ELIZABETH ALFORD
Beta j .$.feep'jl:me .JJ.eaven
BETAS have m~ny irons in the fire. You can hear the Houghton Lake houseparty, the Parent's tea, the. spring for.mal with our brother fni.t Sigma Tau Gamma, or the Preferential party being discussed whenever two
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or more Taus get together. Th r might b a little reminiscing too a bout our " SJ py T ime H eaven." · Beta Chapt r, using its traditional theme, entertained forty som pajama clad rushee . Nightgowned T aus passed out night caps and r freshm nts.
Taus have been busy in many other fi Ids too. M ary J o Woodruff was I ted vic President of Associated Women Students. Joan Haglund won a second place in th Michigan Women's D ebate Tournament a nd will go to the National Pi K a ppa D elta Tournament. Taking part in the Shakesp rian Festiva l were Joan Bush and Mary Jo Woodruff in "The Taming of the Shrew," Donna Gover in "Macbeth," and Jolly Loyster in " Portia's Suitors."
In the hea rts and flowers department w find Donna Gover h as set June 19 as the date for her wedding to J erry Brown. Gayle Longmate is planning to wed Bill Gliddon in August. Other engaged T aus are Shirley Town to Kirk Driver, and Nancy Cra po to Duane Martin.
JoAN HAGLUND
THE school year is almost over and we wail-"where did it go?" This last semester literally took wings, and although it wasn't long ago since our party for the freshman girls, we are looking forward no\ - not to pledge -but to saying goodbye to our enior sisters, who will be leaving us the end of th school year. They might be lea ing college but never our hearts, as ' c remember th cokes, jokes hikes and trip we had together.
Summer vacations will be here and ne\ and exciting jobs- perhaps the one we've planned together in our dorm room th shore, a trip, anything to keep u together a little longer.
Sorority- it ha been o wonderful and a I look back on my college da s I know \ ha t it means- not just the partie and fun ; but th
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close fast friendship of a group of girls, the plan and work to make something really work out even better than planned. It certainly is a "sister group."
PATRICIA MooRHEAD
ON Thursday, March 24, our program chairman, Ellenjane Gohlke, planned an educational and entertaining evening, the theme- religious and racial tolerance. Members of the alumnae chapter attended. Films were shown as a service of the Detroit Public Library. "The World We Wan_t To Live In,~' depicting attitudes to be avoided and ~ttltudes to strive for, was followed by selectiOns of classical music, giving us a few: moment in which to meditate upon the Ideas presented by the first film . Next came a~ amu~ing but nevertheless thought-provokmg ammated cartoon entitled, "The Brotherhood of Man." A book, "One God; Ways to Worship Him " was reviewed by pledge Irene Dunlop. Refreshments and discussion followed.
This semester we have taken as our local social service project a group of children from the Christ Child Home, which is located near our university. A temporary shelter is provided by this home for abandoned and 'leglected children, as well as those whose parents are unable to care for them. On February 26, we brought a group of younr;sters, ranging in age from three to twdv ! years, to Wayne for an afternoon of fun and frolic. It would be hard to say who enjoyed "London Bridge" the most, the children. or we Thetas. Our plans for the spring inch.ide picnics and outings for these childre'1. It takes so little to make them happy.
LUCILE RIPLEY
TALK about experience ! You should have been with us recently when we conducted a rummage sale in Northeast Philadelphia. It surely was lots of fun meeting and dealing with all types of people and situations. '!he result of over forty dollars was encouragmg. We actives had plenty of help from the "alums" and at the same time had a chance to :he with a few of them once again.
Many times has our clubroom, "The Cloisters" been transformed in the course of the past few months. Among our varied events was a Valentine party and dane~. Red and silver hearts and other appropnate decorations added the right finishing touches to the games, corsages and refreshn:ents which the girls planned to fit the occas10~. . .
"The Cloisters" appeared qUite differe~t m February when the Alpha Taus turned mto "Prospectors of 1949" for our last rush party. We all were almost convinced that we were born a hundred years too late as we witnessed a successful party with the help of old clothes, western decorations and plenty of good food. Oh yes! there was gold everywhere from the nuggets hanging from the ceiling to the gold money which was really chocolate candy covered with gold foil.
At the end of March a second rush party was held in the form of a dinner for the "Golddiggers of 1949." Everyone had an enjoyable time, I'm sure, and the guests surely liked their gold pin favors .
EsTHER J. MicHENER
PLANS are in progress for Spring Qua~ter rushing and active services which are commg soon. One rush party is to have a Western theme and will be a picnic, while another will use the Yell ow Rose theme and will be a card party.
The Nu Chapter is also planning to take a mountain trip later this spring.
Pledge Ida J ean Svedman and Larry Briggs were married in Fort Collins, March 20. ~We are sorry that Evelyn Tracy is not on campus this quarter. President Zelda Hackney was Assistant Director of the recent Little Theatre of the Rockies presentation of "The Male Animal."
JOAN AUCKLAND
Omicron j P/eJgej SrNCE my last letter our chapter has been
increased by fifteen pledges. They are: Hila Arrington; J ean Bailey; Sarah J o Brook ; Alice Christopher· Loui e J oniks; Joan Barger; Lillian Luca ; Jo Farmer· Mary Garnett ; Jackie Meadows· Dorothy H !ton · Jo Rutherford ; Annola Well · Arlen Farm r
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sister of an alumnae member ; and Patty Bates sister of an active member. ·
Our second rush party, which was semiformal, was held on D ecemb r. 2. W first took the rushees to Bluefield to see a movie after which we entertained them at th~ Town Club. We were met there by members of the Bluefield Alumnae Chapter. The guests were welcomed by our president, Gloria Norris, and the annual "Yellow Rose" talk was given by Betty Bates.
On Sa turday, December 4, all rushees signified their sorority preference. We were delighted with our fine pledges. We entertained them that afternoon with a box lunch a t the home of Mrs. Klingensmith, a patroness. Everyone had a wonderful time. We had ribbon pledging the following day, after which we attended church together. Pin pledging was held the next Thursday in the college social room.
Two of our pledges, M ary Garnett · and Louise Joniks, are active in dramatics. They have recently finished excellent performances in the college production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
ELEANOR PALMER
WELL, Spring has come a t last! H ere a t Pi chapter we're "bustin' out all over" with vim, vigor and fresh enthusiasm. Along with Spring come thoughts of un and summer . Ah! how well we remember las t summer a t our cabin on the M eremec River . The picnics, swimming, boating, sunburns, loads of food, mosquito bites, poison ivy, and all ou r wonderful summer experiences are beginning to drift into our minds. We Alpha's are looking ahead to those lovely summer days by m aking plans to obtain a new summer cabin in which we hope to have the same m arvelous times tha t we had last year.
The accent this Spring is on social life as well as books. For early M ay there's a dance in the offing for actives and alumnae. This dance promises to be a very gala affair. Of course, it will be formal- we all associate some of our most happy memories with long dresses, flowers and soft music.
We're making plans not only for ourselves but for our mothers. Our traditional Mother-Daughter T ea will be held during the second week-end in May. We always enjoy
this event, not only for the opportunity it gives us to honor our mothers, but also for the opportuniti s giv n our moth rs to b -come b tt r a qua int d with each oth rand, in tha t way, to draw our grou p mor los ly together.
PEGGY H AYCRAFT
Zta Jau j /Jicnic T HE high spot of ou r spring activities was
the picnic a t Longwood estate preceding Panhellenic D ance on M arch 26. Everyone worked up a tremendous appetite playing softball and tramping in the woods.
The traditional Sweetheart Ceremony took place at intermission of the dance. The lucky m an was Dick Hills of Lynchburg who graduated last year from H ampden-Sydney College and was a member of Sigma Chi Fra ternity. His picture was submitted by Ann Mundy who offi cially pinned him a our Sweetheart of '49. At the Pan-Hel Dance, the orches tra played the "AST Sweetheart S?ng" as our no-break dance of the evemug.
This has been a most wonderful week for two Zeta T aus. Delores Duncan wa elected president of the Y.W.C.A. for the coming year and J anie Fox was announced as the school's representa tive as a princess in the Annual Shenandoah Apple Bios om Festival to be held in Winches ter on April 26 and 27.
LoVE BENTLEY
O NE of the highlight of Upsilon's second semester of this year was the winning of the scholarship cup for having the h ighe t scholastic average of all the campu ororitie for the year 1947-48. The giving of the cholarship cup has been a tradition on thi campu for over 25 years and i presen ted b the Panhellenic Council. The winning of thi up i the goal of every sorority on the campu .
The pledges entertained the member with a V alentine Party February 14. R efre hments were served and a program \ a presented for the members.
The members gave a banquet in honor of the pledges M arch 7. D r. Ada J ane H arve our sponsor, gave a short talk on lpha irrma T au of The Past." At thi banquet a necklace was presented to Jud Ferrell \ ho
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PHI CHAPTER .. . First row, seated, reading from left to right, a re Johnnie Lou Droll, M argaret Ann Buckley, Jerry Gayer, Virgin ia Cleave r, Jean nette Summitt, Helen La mers, Frances Davis. Second row, seated, reading from left to right, a re Marie Bryan, Edyth e S tollenw erck, Miss Lowe, advisor, Doris Richardson, Mary Allen Shultz, Ch a rley Ann Isom, Mary Lou Sikes, Meky Levy, Joyce Bateman, Back row, reading from left to rig ht, a re Frankie Anzalone, Diane Wagn er, June Clayton, Bronis Magee, Dorothy Mitch e l. Ma ry Lu lu C ar-
ruth, Johnnie Bra n ch.
was voted by the members as the best pledge. Initiation for the pledges was held M arch
21. Those initiated were: Betty Bitty, Parchie Coe, Virginia Curry, Judy Ferrell, Kackie Greer, Beverly Howe, Demp K elly, Betty Sue King, Anna Claire Parham, J eanette Venable, Wanda Wilson and Pa tsy R aymond. Our new pledge for this semester is Carolyn Joyce.
Dr. Harvey, our sponsor, left March 29 for a six-months tour of South America. The night before she left we presented her with a gift. We will anxiously be looking forward to her return to the campus.
DELMA JOYCE R EDWINE
P.i j J um inariej THE spring elections on Madison campus
found Alpha Sigma Tau contributing worthy leaders to both major and minor offices. Mattie J ctt heads the Honor Council, R etha Shirk y is new editor of the «S choolma'am/' the annual publica tion of M adison College.
Sarah Strader is vice-president of the ((Schoolma'am," and Elizabeth Jamerson is vice-president of the Y.W.C.A.
Open bidding brought thirteen new Psi and many joyful sighs. We entertained our pledges with an informal supper after pin pledging on M arch 5. We are very foru nate to have gained such grand girl in our sorority. '
What a happy occasion Homecoming was! Among the alumnae a ttending our Open House on M arch 26 were Gladys Farmer . Bettie Woolfe, M ary V. Ashby, Juanita Ried, Ruby H. Wygal, Leslie H all, Charlotte E ans, and Joan Holbrook our president 1947-48. It was a glorious reunion.
An announcement came from Mar Budge, our Alumnae R epresentativ , ta ting tha t h e will be married to J ames V . Gaughan in Arlington, Virginia, on April 16. We h all certainly miss her guiding h and and plea ing way.
On April 1 Marie Garber \-vill b honor d b our hapter with a rec ption f llowina her
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scni~r voice re ita!. We arc v ry proud of Mane who has been a leading soloist of the college Glee Club for the past two years .
J ean Snedegar recently represented the organ div_ision of th~ college a t the Virginia F ederatiOn of Music Clubs m eeting in Richmond, Virginia .
A weekend ~t the college camp is being ·planned for Apnl 9. Twenty-five active members are looking forward to rustic living homecooking, and fellowship. '
SHIRLEY QUIN N
"() I "Q Jrijh me'Jaj Su RE'N the colleens and patronesses of the
Alpha Sigma Tau had a grand time at the St. Pa trick's D ay party held in the Student Union on the campus of Minot State T eachers College. The party centered about an Irish theme with decorations in green and white .. The program consisted of a welcome to the new pa tronesses by President Betty C arlson, Irish songs by members of the sorority, a reading by Ruth Gehring, and incidental music played by Elaine Mostad . New patronesses of the sorority a re Mrs. E . R. M anning, Mrs. H erb Parker, Mrs . . W. D . Allen, and Mrs. Donald Carlson. Other guests were Miss M arie Bruce, dean of women at the college, and Miss Louise R eishus, our advisor.
Money, money, money, and did we need it! So we held a food sale. Wr. had everything from fudge to cake and cookies, and sold out by mid-afternoon.
Ever attended a smorgasbord ? Wha t a feeling to be able to ea t as much as you want. Our pledges entertained us to this feast at the R ed Carpet.
Six girls were initiated into our sorority. The ceremony was held a t the beautiful home of one of our alums, namely, Greta Broten. The new members are Donna Hilde, Arlys Moran, Claire Sveen, Dorothy Stewart, Lorraine Momerak and H azel H ovde.
"Springtime" was the theme of our rush tea held in the fireplace room of the Student Union. Eight girls were present. D ecora tions were in keeping with spring, and consisted of flowers, Easter bunnies, and baskets. Each guest was presented with a jonquil corsage, and a favor. Miss R eishus, our advisor, presided at the tea table. Incidental numbers were presented by members of the sorority.
DELORES ANDERSON
/Jujlj _A~ka /Jetaj EARL v this year when s hool sta rted, our
chapter form ul ated ou r plans for th Home coming Float, which incid ntally was very beautiful and got many omm nts v n though it did not win first prize. Four our Queen, we had Gay Nelle Workman ; the other girls were Lady Anyce McCormick ; Dorcas H aught ; Sally Ann Robinson, our li ttle flower girl ; Dorothy Gay Davis and R ita Coppers tone.
Ou r other activities have includ d four rush parties, a t one of which w got four pledges who are Dorothy Peary, Patricia R ay, Enid Lane and M ary H auck. W hav had two parties with our alumnae group ; a Founders' D ay Dinner at the Fredrick H otel ; two rummage sa les and we are now planning for a Benefit Bridge.
R nA CoP PERSTo E
_A~ka /:pji/on j Ski// in !Jckinlj {]/ajj
SINCE Christmas vacation we have been busy as ever. We sponsored our annua l New Year's aftergame dance on J anuary 8, with music by one of our local student band . There was a large crowd and everyone seemed to enjoy it very much. Alpha Sigma Tau also conducted a quite successful magazine sales 'campaign which helped enrich our treasury.
T wo rush parties were held recently, and a a resul t we welcomed Betty R oss, Margaret M artyn, Carol O gle, R osemary Fisher, Ruth Peecher, Caroline Anderson, and M ary Beth H aynes as pledges.
The Pan-Hellenic D ance is cheduled for Ap ril 1 in M organ Gym. T wenty of u Alpha T aus are attending.
W e are busy now planning for our dinner dance which is to be held M ay 20 at the L akeview Country Club, H amilton, Illinoi . Our theme is T au H eaven, and we a re going to make ou r own favors since orne of the girls are skilled in etching glass.
Also we a re planning to have an o ernight camping t rip to Spring L ake u nder the direction of Miss Betty Baker one of our sponsors. H ere's hoping th bears don't bother u s.
M ARJ ORIE LIPPI COTT
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Beckie~ Pfanj /or the Convention
OuR February meeting was held a t the home of J essie Worley with Darcie Covey as co-hostess. During the meeting members were shown sta tionery, all occasion cards and gift wrapping samples for which orders were taken to raise money for sending as many delegates as possible to the National Convention in August. ·
W e decided to have some social events to which husbands and friends could be invited so J anet Koch, president, appointed Helen Cooke and Juanita Gore to decide social events and report a t March meeting.
To earn some "extra" money J essie had a punchboard game in which girls paid the amount designated and Theda Radford had a "free" under the punch she made, lucky girl!
Plans for the third annual Mother-Daughter Banquet were discussed a t the M arch
. luncheon meeting held in the private dining room of Leslie's Diner with Agnes Farmer as hostess.
Following the luncheon, we honored Agnes Farmer, June bride-elect of William Smith of Lester, with a surprise kitchen shower.
The April meeting will be held at the home of Dessie Sarrett. Because of my husband's transfer to Charleston, West Virginia, I will soon have to say good-bye to my sisters here and join the Charleston group.
J u ANITA GoRE
T HE Bluefield Alumnae met in February at the home of Elizabeth Bowling in Athens. This was a "Just for Fun" meeting and the girls played bridge and rummy and had a lot of fun just visiting.
Our Chapter include Bluefield Princeton
and Athens and the only time we see some of the girls is at our meetings so we always have a wonderful time visi ting with each other. Sometimes the hostesses wonder if we're all going to be there at dinner time.
The M arch meeting was held a t the home of our President, Lucille W althall. This was ou r business meeting of the year and the new officers fo r the coming year were elected .
Our meeting in April i to be in Athens a t the home of H azel Mingo. We plan to have a "White Elephant" sale to make money for N a tiona! Social Service.
The Actives this year are having their Yellow Ro e Formal on the Concord Campus the 23rd of April. The Spring Formal is to be combined with the Yellow R ose Formal.
D oROT HEA LINDSEY AKERs
/Ju!/afo j Song J,Ht ONE of our supper meetings this spring
was held in the R efectory of the Grosvenor R eference Library. H azel Turner, who was our hostess a t this meeting, is in charge of the library's m1,1sic department which is known to musicians all over the country for its excellent collection of " jazz." Afte r a wonderful supper and meeting we had a songfest and played charades using song ti ties and words.
The E a ter luncheon was held a t the Hotel Westbrook on Monday, April 18. Eunice Pundt, the chairman, planned m any clever things in the way of favors and program. The pla~e cards ~ere colored E aster eggs, on wh1ch _was wntten the person's nam e, set in a nest m a waterlily basket.
Election of officer will be held a t the ~eeting in M ay . . Th~ annual meeting which 1s the June meetmg 1s to be held a t Lucille Steen's new home in K enmore, New York.
CATHERINE E . CROCU TO
Hotel Statler-Detroit August 23, 24, 25, 26
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Cfta,./ejton j (food 'lMjhej THE Charleston Alpha Sigs send best
wishes to th~ convention that it might be very successful and well attended by Alpha Sigs everywhere.
Our programs here have been very different lately. In February we had the popular book by Lloyd Douglas, Th e Big Fisherman, reviewed by one of our members, a very talented speaker, Mrs. .Jean Morris Bailey. To hear this was a real treat. This month of March, on St. Patrick's Day, we met with Mrs. Inez Cruz Miller in South Charleston. That night we heard a decorator from the Diamond department store speak on color in regard to decora ting our homes. Lots of good ideas.
April brings a luncheon at the Wren's Nest, a wonderful place to eat in beautiful home surroundings. Mrs. Wren and her son decorated their home in the best taste. We have invited as our guests. the senior Alpha Sigs from Marshall College, the Alpha Beta chapter.
Mother is to be honored by each Alpha Sig with a special dinner. No big plans yet but we are working on it. At the regular May meeting which will be at Mrs . .Jean Bailey's we shall have installation of the new officers and an initiation.
THE last few months have been extremely busy for Detroit II Chapter. A new membership drive, with contacts being made by the National Office as well as through active members, has occupied most of our time. We have had several new girls join us as a result.
Edith Mansell entertained the group in February at one of her long-to-be-remembered luncheons and bingo parties. M embers of D etroit I Alumnae were our guests at a tea in March with Harriet Hokanson as hostess. We spent the afternoon becoming acquainted and discussing the coming convention.
We were all happy to hear of the approaching marriages of Bettilou Roth and Irene Ringel, both Alphas, and the birth of David Mal any Gay to Dorothy and James Gay on Feb. 27.
.JuNE NvE
fiunlintjlon __Ajj Chapter THE Huntington Alumna Chapt r of Al
pha Sigma Tau has had a so ial as well as service-full winter and spring. In F bruary we had a winter party at St. Cloud Commons. This was for members and th ir husbands or guests. Games were played and there was dancing including th old-fashion .d square kind which proved lots of fun.
On M arch 28 the Alumnae and the Alpha Beta Chapter of Marshall College held a joint meeting at the home of J enoise Pratt, Alumnae president. Purpose of the meeting was to discuss problems of the collegiate chapter and means whereby the Alumnae could help solve difficulties which might arise. It was decided that members of the alumnae who are faculty members at M arshall College should serve as an advisory board to the active chapter. These Alumnae
. members include: Miss Eva Miller, in truetor in business administration; Miss Mary Louise Washington, instructor in Engli h ; Miss Nellie Maude Smith, instructor in the Labora tory School ; Miss Clara Closterman, part-time instructor at the college; Mrs. L . .J. Corbly, librarian in the Laboratory school; Mrs. C. E. Dwight, assistant professor of business administration. In addition, there are several other members of the coil ge faculty who have served as advisers or patronesses who will be able to offer valuable assistance. These include Mrs. E. V. Bowers, Dr. Alma Nease Noble, Miss Virginia Foulk, and others. Mrs. Frances Burdette, hostess at Hodges Hall and in tructor in sociology, is present faculty advi er to the collegiate chapter.
The Alumnae Chapter will hold it regular April meeting at the home of Inez D ent. The most important event coming up is the traditional hac alaureate luncheon honoring graduates of the Alpha Beta Chapter. Thi affair is held each year in a downtown hotel on the Sunday on which baccalaureate ser -ices for the college graduating class are held. The baccalaureate ervices thi year will be on M ay 29.
WE were delighted by an a count by Mi Grace D e Hority of her recent trip to an Francisco to the national Y.V\ .C.A. ronven-
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tion, when Muncie Alumnae was entertained in her home. Miss De H ority, who is an honorary member of Muncie Alumnae, was one of the 1,600 delega tes a t the convention.
Plans were m ade at this meeting for an auction to be held at our April meeting.
Several girls are already planning vacations: H elen Cross and H arriett Nelson and their families are planning trips to Florida during spring vaca tion.
M ARY WALLACE
ON March 27, 1949, nine Upsilon Alumnae stood before a beautifully decorated table and were officially installed as the Pine Bluff Alumnae Chapter, Alpha Sigma T au . Mrs. Carl Robinson, our District President, presided at this service and it revived old m emories as well as suggested new ones to come, to repeat the pledge and reaffirm our loyalty to AST.
These nine girls, each of whom is vitally interested in achieving a successful chapter are as follows-Mrs. Joan C. Buckner, Mrs. N an G. Owen, Mrs. M yra B. Vinson, M rs. Aileen R. M cEntire, Miss M arilyn Beck, Joan O en, Mrs. Laverne E . H arris, Mrs. M argaret E . Curry and Mrs. Frances D . Crawford. Our meetings a re held once each month and we have set as ou r goal the following projects : ( 1) to build our chapter by discovering girls eligible to join ( 2). to aid Upsilon and Alpha Gamma collegiate chapters by a pre-college rush for Pine Bluff girls going there.
Each of us enjoyed M rs. R obinson's visit . It is a wonderful feeling to meet and visi t with such lovely girls. After such contacts we realize more than ever the value of a national group, especially AST, with its ability to have as members such outstanding personalities.
AILEEN R . M cENTIRE
PERHAPS you remember reading about a Philadelphia Transportation Company strike, which lasted for more than a week in the middle of February. We remember it, very distinctly, not only because of the inconc veni nee it caus d m any of us, but also becaus it forced us to cane I our Februar
sorority luncheon and m eeting. I ronically, we have been planning our winter 'meetings in town to facilitate transportation during the possible bad weather . Our February meeting d ay this year was clear and sunny-but there was not a bus, trolley car or subway ' train in sight!
Our M arch meeting and St. Pa trick's D ay party was held a t the home of Doris K aufmann, with Claire J enkins and Betty Cooling as co-hostesses. During the meeting we hemmed towels to be sent to the Women's M edical College H ospital, and some of the girls took home a dozen caps to be stitched, for use a t the same hospital.
Several of the alumnae a ttended the L ambda rush party recently,' which centered about a Gold Rush theme. According to all reports, it was a cleverly-planned and most successful party. The alumnae purchased green and gold scatter pins to be given to the rushees, as their contribution to the evening's fes tivities.
We are planning now for our April meeting, to which we have invited the L ambda girls and their adviser, Mrs. Barnes. At this m eeting, ou r annual Gradua tes' Party, we expect to show a variety of moving pictures to entertain ou r guests.
CHARLOTTE E. K ING
THE J anuary meeting was held in W ar, W.Va., a t the home of Mrs. J oe Buckberry. In February the members journeyed to Coalwood to visit with M rs. Guy Cox. Then came M arch and we were back in War with Mrs. Spencer H oward.
All of the meetings were very nice for after carrying out the business problems at h and, we each enjoyed the social hour; for most of us these meetings are the only time we get to see some of the girls.
We are now making plans fo r the election and installa tion of officers. Also the annual M others' Day T ea to be held in M ay.
M ELLIE M usTARD
AT our V alentine meeting which wa held a t the home of D oroth Ga te e turned out in full fore in pit of th
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we had that day. Madeline J enkins was cohostess. We received our address books, note paper and wrapping paper whi h we arc going to selL Each of us had a part in h !ping to write a round robin letter to Bettie Wolfe, who is an associate member and is now living in Cumberland, Maryland. After a short business meeting, a shower was held for .Mary Budge who is getting married in Apnl. Mary was quite surprised and delighted with the many beautiful gifts that she re-
Omicron Dorothy Lambert '48 to George Kiser, Dec.
26, 1948 Marjorie Scott '51 to Marion Handley, J an.
14, 1949
Alpha Beta Donna Saunders to Jack Hager H elen Cupp to Paul Knott Montella Bates to Jack Rhodes Mary J ess Purley to Dr. Joseph Ricketts Barbara Haught to K eith Wright
Alpha Epsilon Marie Birch '48 to Robert Ifner, Feb. 3, 1949
NATIONAL COUNCIL
President ...... .... .... ..... . Mrs. Haswell Staehle (Alpha ) 481 Torrence Rd., Columbus 2, Ohio
Vice Presidents in Charge of Organizing : Mrs. Joseph Steen, 136 Doncaster Rd ., K enmore,
N. Y .... ...... ..... ....... .. ... .... ............... ..... .. (Sigma) Mrs. Carl Robinson, 9437 Talbot Dr. , St. Louis
23, Mo ... .. .... .. ........... .. .. ... .... ........ ... .... .... ..... (Pi) Mrs. E. C . Phipps, 803 Broad St., Mount Hope,
W. Va .... ...... ... .. ... ....... .. ... ..... .. ....... ... (Omicron)
eivcd. Everyone is c rtainly going to miss her when she I aves for Ohio wh r sh will make her home.
J ean Trotter was host ss for our M ar h meeting with Kathl n K I hn r and J an D aniel as joint hostesses. We are v ry proud of our three new members who were initiated- Louise Miller, M adeline J enkins and Charlotte Evans. Following th · initiation, the election and installa tion of offi rs were h ld .
J EAN D ANIEL
Peggy Charlesworth '4 7 to Bill Badgley July, 1948
K ey Howey to Robert Huston Audrey Johnson to H arold Perry, F b. 6
1949
Zeta Tau To Mr. and Mrs. R obert Bailey (Carroll
Costello '43) a on, Charles Edgar, Feb. 20, 1949
Alpha Beta To Mr. and Mrs. J ames J. H a tie (Con
stance J aner ) a son F rank M i hael M arch 15, 1949
T o Mr. and Mrs. C . H. Bogg (M arian Galloway) a on, J an., 1949
Mrs. L. ]. M aher, R . 2, Box 96, Chill icothe, III. ... ..... ........ ..... .. ....... ........... ....... .. ... .. ......... ( Pi)
N.P.C . R epresentative ... ... .. ..... ....... ... .. ... ..... ..... ... ...... . .... ... ....... ... ... .. .. Mrs. H aswell E . Staehle ( lpha )
481 Torrence Rd., Columbus 2, Ohio Secretary ...... ....... .... .. ... .. Miss Dorothy Stadler (Eta )
642 E. 115th St., Cleveland, Ohio Treasurer ... .... ... Miss Margarel Macdonald (Sigma )
673 Richmond Ave. , Buffalo 13, N . Y. Editor .... .... .. ........ ... .. . Mrs . Parry F . Schippers ( Pi)
5300 Sutherland, St. Louis 9, Mo.
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Business Manager of The Anchor ... ..... .. ... .. .... ...... .... . ..... ... .. ...... ..... ............. Miss Elizabeth Wilson (Pi)
1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis 17, Mo. Chaplain and Historian ....... .... .. .............. ... ..... ..... ..... .
... .. ... . , .... .... ...... .... Miss Elinore DeCou (Lambda) 219 7th Ave., Haddon H eights, N. ].
STANDING COMMITTEES
Awards .... .... .. .. .. ... ....... Mrs. John Maisch (Lambda) 2 Stanley Ave., Glenside, Pa.
ExaminatiO<nJS ..... ... .... ... .. ......... ..... .. ... Mrs. R. V. Fox 610 W. Centennial Ave., Muncie, Ind.
Memorial Loan Fund ... ....... .. .... ... .. ......... .. ..... .. ... .... .. . . ..... .. ....... .... .... .. .... Mrs. ]. Waldo Hinshaw (Iota)
27 Hardith Hill Ct., St. Louis, Mo. Life M embership ...... .... Mrs . Fred R. Griffith (Iota)
1520 Market St., Emporia, Kan. Music ........ .•....... ... .... ........ ... .... ...... .. Mrs . E. C. Twork
Alpena State Forest Hdqts., Alpena, Mich. Program ..... ............ ..... Mrs . Charles Clarke (Theta)
910 Seward, Apt. 203, Detroit, Mich. Social Service ....... ... ... ... Mrs . Joseph Steen (Sigina)
136 Doncaster Road, Kenmore, N. Y. Endowment .... ..... . Mrs. Meade McNeill (Omicron)
Athens, W. Va. News Agency ...... .. .... .... Miss Elizabeth Wilson (Pi)
1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis 17, Mo. Courtesy .... ......... ... ....... ..... .. . Mrs. Alfred Jandt (Eta)
841 H elmsdale Ave., Cleveland Heigh.ts, Ohio Rush ............ .. .... Miss Rose Marie Schmidt ('Fheta)
5106 Harvard Rd., Detroit 24, ,Mich. Sororit y Study .. Miss Charlotte Greeley (Zeta Tau)
104 Arbutus, Roanoke, Va. Convention .. ..... .. Mrs. Preston Hamilton (Omicron)
452 Union St., Bluefield, W. Va.
NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE
Chairman .... ........... .. ... ....... ...... .............. ....... .. ..... ....... . .... .. Miss L. Pearle Green (Kappa Alpha Theta)
302 Fall Creek Dr., Ithaca, N. Y. Secretary .. .. ... .... ... ...... ... .. .. .... ... ... .. ..... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... . .
Mrs. E. Granville Crabtree (Kappa Kappa Gamrna) 85 Dean Rd ., Brookline, Mass.
Treasurer .... .... .. .. .......... Mrs. Alice Margaret Roedel 1310 Bryant St., Palo Alto, Calif.
College Panhellenics Committee .. ... .... ........ .... ..... ..... . ... .. .... ...... ............. .... .... Mrs. Darrel B. Rasmussen
20 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y.
COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS
{1948-1949 OFFICERS)
Alpha { 1899) -Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich.
President- Miss J eannie Kanno, King Hall, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Adviser- Mrs. R . B. Bates, 20 S. Normal, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Alumnae R epresenta tive-Mrs. John Riehl, 1678 McBrady St., Port Huron, Mich.
Beta {1905-1917; 1940)-Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
President- Mrs.iGuy Sternhagen, 10040 S. College, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Adviser- Miss Eliz.abeth McKee, 200 S. College, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Alumnae Representat~ve-Mrs. Leo ]. Gaffney, R .F .D . 3, Holly, Mich.
Gamma {1900-1913)--State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis.
Alumnae Representative-Mrs. Grant Hinkamp, 2·327 N . 17th St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Delta { 1916 )-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa.
President-Miss Corrine Carson, R.F .D. 3, Indiana, Pa.
Adviser- Mrs. Alma Gasslander, S.T.C., Indiana, Pa.
Advise r- Miss Arvella T errell, 52 South 9th St., Indiana, Pa.
Alumnae Representative-Mrs. William Clark, 53 Hamilton Ave. R.D. 2, Glenshaw, Pa.
Epsilon { 1919-1923; reorganized as Lambda, 1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Alumnae Representative-See Lambda Chapter. Zeta {1921-1948)-Lock Haven State Teachers
College, Lock Haven, Pa. Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Franklin Mc
Ilvaine, R .F.D. 1, Dunnstown, Lock Haven, Pa.
Eta {1927-1930)-Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Alumnae Representative-Mrs. Albert Wick, 13820 Shaw Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio.
Theta {1923)-Wayne University, Detroit, Mich. President- Miss Joyce Jameson, 2654 Tuxedo,
D etroit, Mich. Adviser- Mrs. Galia Millard, 1110 Calvert, D e
troit, Mich. Alumnae R epresentatives-Miss Lillian Schmidt,
5106 Harvard Rd ., D etroit 24, Mich. ; Miss Genevieve R epeta, 2643 M edbury, D etroit 11, Mich.
Iota ( 1923 )-Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kan.
President- Miss Joanne H a rbaugh, 1006 Constitution, Emporia, K an.
Adviser- Mrs. Roy Durham, 1005 Constitution Emporia, Kan. '
Alumnae Representatives-Mrs. Magdalena Ba-· ker, c/ o Board of Educa tion, Emporia, Kans. ; Mrs. Betty Rose, 803 Grove, Emporia, K an.
Kappa (1924-1929)-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Alumnae Representative-Mrs. R . M . R einert 709 Dayton St., Hamilton, Ohio '
Lambda ( 1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
President- Miss Peggy Miller, Union Mill Rd., Marlton, N . J. .
Adviser- Mrs. James Barnes, 8121 Cedar Rd. Elkins Park, Philadelphia, Pa. '
Alumnae R epresentatives- Miss Betty Scheerbaurn, 56 H arding Ave., O aklyn, N . ]. ; Miss Mabel Schreiber, 511 Chestnut St., L ebanon; Pa.
Nu ( 1928-1940; 1948)-Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo.
President- Miss Zelda Hackney, Snyder H all, Greeley, Colo.
Adviser- Mrs. Roland Waterman, 6 Union Colony Apt., Greeley, Colo.
Alumnae Representatives- Mrs. Bruce Ewer 1145 Clayton, D enver, Colo.; Mrs . Willian{ Baab, 1119 19th St., Greele , Colo.
Xi ( 1929-1933 )-Western State Teachers College, Gunnison, Colo.
Alumnae R epresentative-Mis Gra e Quinbv 1744 Seventh Ave. , Greele , Colo. · '
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Omicron ( 1930)-Concord College, Athens, W. Va.
President- Mrs. Gloria Norris, Athens1 W . V a. Adviser- Miss Mae Hunter, Athens, W.Va. Alumnae Representative-Miss Janet C~lfee 87
Princeton Rd., Bluefield, W . V a. ' Pi ( 1930)-Harris Teachers College, St. Louis,
Mo. President- Miss Mary Lou Fondren 3515 Bai-
ley, St. Louis, Mo. ' Acting Adviser-:-Miss Julia Kohl, 52 38 Mur
doch, St. Lours, Mo. Alumnae Representat~ves-Miss June McCarthy,
4602· W . W . Flonssant, St. Louis 15, Mo.; Mi6s Jeanne L eilich, 3450 H ereford, St. Louis 9, Mo.
Rho (1932-1948)-Southeastern State College, Durant, Okla.
President- Miss Sarah Green, 1311 North Sixth Ave., Durant, Okla.
Adviser- Miss Irene Scrivener, S.S.C., Durant, Okla.
Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. N . E. Wright, 406 Clayton Ave. , Poteau, Okla.
Adviser- Miss Mildred Riling, S.S.C ., Durant, Okla.
Sigma ( 1925 )-State Teachers College, Buffalo, N.Y.
President- Miss Ruth Webster, Staley Rd., R.F.D., Grand Island, N . Y.
Adviser-Mrs. Harold Peterson, 230 Knowlton Ave., K enmore, N. Y.
Alumnae Representatives-Mrs. W . J. McGlynn, 243 Fayette Ave., K enmore, N . Y.; Ruth Ochs, 319 Parkside Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Zeta Tau {1935)-Longwood College, Farmville, Va.
President- Miss Janie Fox, L .C., Fa rmville, V a. Adviser- Miss Virginia Bedford, L.C ., Fa rm
ville, Va. Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. E. F. J esse, Jr.,
314 Cabell St., Lynchburg, Va. Upsilon {1935)-State Teachers College, Conway,
Ark. · President- Miss Dorothy Yancey, A.S.T.C. ,
Conway, Ark. Advisu- Dr. Ada Jane Harvey, 730 Donaghey,
Conway, Ark. Alumnae Representative-Mrs. W. J . Deane,
2715 Gaines, Little Rock, Ark. Phi ( 1940) -Southeastern Louisiana College, Ham
mond, La. President- Miss Diane Wagner, College Station,
Hammond, La. Adviser-Miss Margaret Lowe, S.L .C ., Ham
mond, La. , Miss M arjorie Miller, S.L.C. , Hammond, La.
Alumnae R epresentative-Chi ( 1940-1948) -Shepherd College, Shepherds
town, W.Va. Alumnae Representative- Mrs. Roscoe Payne,
109 E. Congress St., Charleston, W . Va. Psi ( 1944) -Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va.
President- Miss Lenore Seibel, M adison College, Box 191, Madison College, H arrisonburg, V a .
Adviser-Miss Helen M. Frank, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. ; Dr. Mary Latimer, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va.
Alumnqe R epresentative-Mrs. J . E . Gaughan, Box 30, Vincent, Ohio.
Omega {1945)-Minot State Teachers College, Minot, N.D.
President- M iss Doroth y Svt>en, M .S.T . ., Minot, N . D .
Adviser- Miss Louise R eish us, 807 2nd St., N. E., Minot, N . D .
Alumnae R epresenta ti ve- M iss Gr te Broten, 315 7th St. N .W ., Mino t, N . D .
Alpha Alpha (1945) - Ball State T eachers College, Muncie, Ind.
President- Miss Joan Schipp r, Lucina Hall , Muncie, Ind.
Adviser- Miss Bonnie Meers, 1722 W . J ackson, Muncie, Ind.
Alumnae R epresentative- M rs. R . B. Cross, 206 N . M artin, Muncie, Ind .
Alpha Beta { 1946 )-Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va.
President- Miss Dorcas H aught, College Hall , Marshall College, Huntington, W . Va.
Adviser- Mrs. Xavier Burdette, H odges Hall, M arshall College, Huntington, W. Va.
Alumnae R epresenta tive-Miss Nellie Maude Smith, Glencrest, Whitaker Hill , H untington, W . V a.
Alpha Ganuna ( 1946 )-Henderson State T eachers College, Arkadelphia, Ark.
President- Miss Peggy Graves, H .S.T .C., Arkadelphia, Ark.
Adviser- Miss Amy J ean Green, H .S.T.C., Arkadelphia, Ark.
Alumnae R epresentative-Alpha Delta ( 1948 )-Southwes tern Missouri State
College, Springfield, Mo. President- Miss M argaret D ay, 739 Belmont, · Springfield, Mo.
Adviser- Mrs. William T aylor, R.F.D . 9, Springfield, Mo.
Alumnae R epresenta tive-M iss Shirley Wilks, 1116 W . Grand, Springfield , Mo.
Alpha Epsilon ( 1948 )-Western Illinois State College, Macomb, Ill.
President- Miss Joyce Carter, W .I.S.T.C ., Macomb, Ill.
Adviser- Miss Betty Mary Baker, 320 Sherman Ave., Macomb, Ill. ; Miss H a rriet C. Stull, 430 W. Adams, Macomb, Ill.
Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Opal Pruitt, Box 222, Ogden, Ill.
ALUMNAE CHAPTERS
Beckley, West Virginia President- Miss J anet Koch, 222 Crawfo rd St.,
Beckley, W. Va. Bluefield, West Virginia
President- Mrs. Robert Walthall , 11 4 College Ave., Princeton, W . Va.
Buffalo, New York President- Mrs. Julian J . M ason, 138 orth
wood Dr., K enmore 17, N.Y. Charleston, West Virginia
President- Mrs. Aldred F. Wallace, 524 5th St., St. Albans, W. Va.
Cleveland, Ohio President- Mrs . A. R . Bozarth, 4903 lber thy
Ave. , Parma 9, Ohio. Denver, Colorado
President- Mrs. Marga ret Cudmore, 1629 S racuse, D enver, Colo.
Detroit I, Michigan President- Miss Genevieve Repeta, 2634 Med
bury, D etroit 11, Mich.
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Detroit II, Michigan President-Mrs. K. H . N ye, 1891 3 Woodside,
D etroit 24, Mich. Emporia, Kansas
President-Miss Louise Cross, 102·5 Washington, Emporia, Kan.
Flint, Michigan President- Mrs. Myrl McKellar, 315 Sheffield
Ave., Flint, Mich. Greeley, Colorado
President-Mrs. Clarence Anderson, R. 2, Box 16, Eaton, Colo.
Huntington, West Virginia President- Mrs. John Pratt, 1839 Rural Ave.,
Huntington, W. Va. Lansing, Michigan
President-Mrs. Willow Cameron, 1415 H ess Ave., Lansing, Mich.
Minot, North Dakota President-Mrs. Raymond Brandon, 219 4th St.
N .W., Minot, N. D. Muncie, Indiana
President- Mrs. R . Vernon Fox, 610 W. Centennial Ave., Muncie, Ind.
New York, New York President-Mrs. Clarence Tonopolsky, 182-11
80th Dr., Jamaica 3, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
President-Mrs. Robert O 'D ell, 6840 N. Seventh St., Philadelphia 26, Pa.
Pine Bluff, Ark. President- Miss Aileen M cEntire, Rt. 3, Box
106, Pine Bluff, Ark. Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia
President-Mrs. R. W. Bailey, Box 158, Bon Air, Va. ·
Shepherdstown, West Virginia President- Mrs. Margaret Cepelka, Rippon, W.
Va. St. Louis, Missouri
President-Miss H elen Auburn, 7022 Ethel, St. Louis 1 7, Mo.
War, West Virginia President-Miss Edith Elliott, Canebrake, W.
Va. Washington, District of Columbia
President-Miss Kathleen Kelchner, 3665 38th St. N. W., Washington 16, D. C.
Wichita, Kansas President-Mrs. Maurice Bandy, 3740 East Dun
kin, Wichita, Kans. Williamsport, Pennsylvania
President-Mrs. Grant Berry, 300 Union Ave., Williamsport, Pa.
ALUMNAE CLUBS
Durant, Oklahoma President- Mary Claude Park, 724 N . 4th St.,
Durant, Okla. M t. Pleasant, Michigan
President- Mrs. George Wheeler, R.F.D. 6, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia President- Mrs. Linwood Roberts, 1100 Ann St.,
Portsmouth1 Va. Welch, West V1rginia
President-Mrs. Lena Caporossi, Welch, W . Va. Editor- Mrs. Helen B. D ecker, Welch, W. Va.
Youngstown, Ohio President- Mrs . K eith McGowan, 2368 Mid
lothian, Youngstown, Ohio.
DISTRICTS AND PRESIDENTS
First District: (central) Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin.
President- Mrs. L. J . Maher, Rt. 2, Box 96, Chillicothe, Ill.
Second District: (eastern) New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode risland.
President- Beverly Bollard, 323 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Third District: (western) All states west of the Mississippi River.
President- Mrs. Carl Robinson, 9437 Talbot Dr., St. Louis 2·3, Mo.
Fourth District: (southern) Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, rDelaware, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
President-Mrs. E. C . Phipps, 803 Broad St., Mt. Hope, W. Va.
CENTRAL OFFICE 481 Torrence Road, Columbus 2, Ohio.
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sented by the dramatic club. In order that we may learn ~o appreciate various arts; attend the art exhibits, whether it may be painting, or pottery, or a student exhibit of a variety of things. If you know but little about it, ask to go with some student of art.
Another thing that may hinder us is becoming too engrossed in our efforts to expand our treasury. When you're making candy for that sale, gather at the sorority house the night before and go on a candy making spree. You can have lot of fun helping beat tha t sp cial pineappl fudge of
Betty's, or feeding each other by scraping the pa.n.
Next consider that magazine sales campaign. Why not have an informal gatherina at the house, and discuss what ou've done what techniques you might u e? And by the way plan a little refreshment-maybe orne cocoa and cookies-and let everyon wash her own cup.
The e are but a few of the wa in whi h we may be glad of life in our han to 1 v and to play. Let "U forsak them n t.