It Doesn't Matter How You Come .. .

Ju~t Come To Alpha Sigma Tau 's

TWELFTH NATIONAL CONVENTION

at the beautiful STATLER HOTEL

Buffalo, New York

August 19-22, 1958

Start Planning Now To Attend!

THIIE ANCIHIOIR o/ __A~ha .S'Jma Jau

VOL. XXXIII, NO. I

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THE ANCHOR

FALL, 1957

In This Issue .. .

Pine Moun ta in Settlement School, a D ream Come True 0000 2

You r a tional Alu mnae R epresentative and What She D oes

for You · oooooo • ··oo •••• • •• oo ... . . ooooo'·oo· ·· · · oo.oooooo.oooo··oo •• oooo .. . . .. oooo... . .. . 4

A Science Lab fo r Six-Year-Old s .... oo ... . . . .. . ........ oooooooooooooooooo· 5

An S for Science J oins 3R s oooo· · · · oooo • • oo.oo .. . oooooo ......... . . . .. oo··· ... oo 8

Alpha Betas M ove into their Own H ouse 9

There Was An O ld L ady · · · ·oo·oooooo· · · · · oo ·· .. oo 10

Campus H onors "•• • oo • •OO•OOOOOOooO•oO•oOooOoo•oo•• 11

Iota Honors Pa tron and Patroness ............. oo ... oo ........... . . ·oooo 23

Alumnae Careers m R eview- Ethel Cross Partridge,

Justine Ann O r ris, Lucille Gale M aWhinney, D r. M a rlowe

T. Franko, Alice M ae Clark R eaume, O pal a nd Phil

auman, Gretchen Gaffney, Nancy Boyd ... ...... 24

New Appointments . ... 32

Collegiate ews .............. oo ....... ... .......... . ...... . ...... . ....... 36

Think on These Things ........................ .... +9

Alumnae News oo .... • ........... . . ... ... 000 50

Personals . .. . . ....... OOOOOO•OOoO • • •• 58

Directory .... .. ... . ... oooo ... ... .. ooooo 60

FRONT COVER-Michigan Day is observed by collegiate and alumnae members of Alpha Sigma Tau at Flint, Michi­gan. Seated at the luncheon are Mrs. Russell Clark, chair­man of the event, Mrs. Earl F. Peterson, National President, and Mrs. Charles Newman, local president of the Flint alumnae group.

BACK COVER-Smiling Alpha Betas pose for an informal picture for "The Chief Justice.'' Marshall College's annual.

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Pine Mountain Settlement

School, A Dream Come True

BY ADELE BRANDEIS

;\; I wouLD rather write a story about the Pine Mountain Settlement School than

about anything else I have seen in K entucky. I didn't know that so much could be done through whole-souled, imaginative coopera­tion among county officials, two schools or­ganized to help mountain children, private funds and faith, as is done in this tiny, secluded valley.

The trip I took "over the mountain" was an inspiration. It took us through Harlan County in the last week of Indian summer. The fl ame-gold and scarlet were gone from the forests and the too often scarred and eroded hills.

Going by way of U . S. 25-E, we branched off northeast just before reaching Harlan and found (with some searching) the steep, winding, gravel road over Pine Mountain. that long barrier which runs more than 100 miles east and west without any water gap to ease passage across it.

On the isolated north side, at the head­quarters of Greasy Creek, lies Pine Mountain Settlement School. It was founded over forty years ago by Uncle William Creech, a sixty-eight-yea r-old na tive of the va lley, who came to Miss K atha rine Pettit and Miss Ethel deLong a nd offered them 136 acre of land on which to sta rt a school because he "had a heart and craving tha t my people should grow better."

A new era, a neL program , tart ed at the schooL severaL )lear aao.

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

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A p ractice teacher works w ith the fourth a nd fifth g rades in the Pine Mounta in Settlement School.

arts and an example of better living and farming to the boys and girls of the narrow valleys which follow the creeks in the eastern tip of Harlan County. It erved its purpose admirably, both educationally and through its outstanding health services, for decades. But with the coming of tighter financial con­ditions, more and more of the school' capi­tal was being used for fewer and fewer chil­dren. Throughout the district the el men­tary chools- in wide! cattered, remote, primitive one-room buildings--could hold neither the pupils nor the teachers. Ther simply wer not enouo·h children fini hina the grad to make m a intaining a hiah school feasible. ncle v illiam' dream wasn't coming true.

Th n Pin Mountain k wh, t m d like a bi0 aamble, but , gamble 111

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which it was backed by the Harlan County School Board and Berea College. The school was to be affi liated with Berea. The latter's function would be a supervisory one. It would supply guidance, experience and all aid possible except financial. Pine Mountain would continue to raise its own budget and it would retain its name, its separate funds, its own board of trustees and its corporate identity. High school students could go either as boarding students to the Founda­tion School at Berea or by bus to the county high school at Loyall. The resources of Pine Mountain, aside from the ho pita!, clinics and outpatient nursing services, could then be devoted to educating children of pre-high school age.

T he five one-room schoolhouses in a 10-mile rad ius would shut down, the county would pay the equiva lent sa laries of the teachers to teachers at Pine Mountain, and also for two busses and the drivers to take the children to the school. Later it was also arranged that a rental approximately equa l to the cost of maintaining the five schools should go to the settlement for use of the school building.

In the first year there were 190 children enrolled, 50 more than in the five closed schools. The teachers in their school census trip found 12 child ren who had never m

their lives gone to school. Now th familiar orange county school busses labor ov r th se roads. Children who still have to walk the three or four m iles over trails that not even a jeep can nego tiate at least have waiting for them a warm, pretty, mod rn school­room, an interes ted teacher and the certainty of a good hot lunch.

The campus, with its background of steep hills, its green lawns, its buildings nestled against the slopes, is a warmly welcoming sight. I watched the child ren pile out of the busses in their brightly colored dresses and sweaters, and saw them settle down in rooms which were well lighted and decor­ated with posters and designs mad by the pupils as part of their art work. Out in the playground at recess I saw basketball prac­tice. I joined them in the spacious dining room and shared their lunch, prepared by motherly, friendly women and served by some of the girls. It was a good lunch, too - kidney beans, mashed potatoes, beets, canned peaches, brown bread, and butter and mi lk from the pride of the school, their fine Ayrshire herd. It is rated among the top 10 per cent of the Ayrshire herds in the J nited States. There was good behavior bu t

constant chatter and laughter, and theirs were the cleanest pla tes a t the end I've e er seen .- From The Louisville Courier-Journal.

The Pine Mountain Se ttleme nt School offers a full curriculum enriched with music and a rt.

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Your National Alumnae Representat ive

and what she does for you

Bv ELIZABETH WILSON, National Alumnae Chairm an

;\. BECA SE of the wide variety of her duties and responsibilities, the appointment as

national alumnae representative is made after serious consideration of a girl 's personal qualifica tions and abilities.

Since the alumnae representative is the link between collegia te chapters and the national organization, between collegiate and alumnae, and between alumnae and national, she must be congenial with and understanding of all age groups. H er primary responsibility is to unify the three phases of sorority life-the national organi­zation, the alumnae, and the collegiate.

As a na tiona l officer she is in regular com­m unica tion with the central offi ce, receiving a ll bulletins and preparing an annual report of her chapter's activities. At convention and district meetings she represents both the collegiate and alumnae of her chapter.

As an alumna she is responsible for provid­ing an opportuni ty for es tablishing perma­nent rela tionships with a ll members, not only du ring college years, but a fter graduation as well. U pon gradua tion, the alumnae repre-en ta tivc make every effort to see that each

graduate is initia ted into an alumnae group. If the oTaduate is moving to a nother city, she is introd uced to alumnae in th a t vicinity by ma il o that wherever she goes she may be welcom d by an Alpha Sigma T au, if pos­sibl .

In order to provide more contacts for moving a lumnae, she often works to establish n w a lumnae groups. he keep a ompl te fi l o f a ll th mcmb r of h r chap t r, adding informa tion about ma rriage, hildren and hange of add r s a she r c ives th da t, .

Much f this inf rm tion with what vcr

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other new she can secure, she passes on to other alumnae in the form of an annual Newsletter, prepared by the alumnae repre­sentative and mailed by the central office. Through this Newsletter correspondence, she attempts to keep track of all those alumnae who are not associated with an alumnae group.

As a member of an alumnae group she is a most h elpful advisor in planning the an­nual program, both business and social, in every way strengthening the bond between collegiate and alumnae.

As a collegia te, the alumnae representa­tive se rves as a counselor. She does not a ttend every meeting and does not perform the duties of a faculty advi or. But, she is available fo r planning a yearly program, figuring a budget, explaining national reports and techniques, and correlating th e work of alumnae chapters with collegiate chapters. She is available for personal conference with each chapter officer to explain her duties and help h er in the performance by suggesting efficient procedu res. Since she receives na­tional communications which keep her in­formed of activities in other chapters, he is often able to offer suggestions applicable to her own chapter.

The extent to which an alumnae rep re- . sen tative can accomplish all this is depen­dent on the cooperation of both collegiate and alumnae group . The trenothenina of collegiate-alumnae bonds depend on the extent to which the roups can work to­gether. We ar much ind bted to the lo al Alpha igm a T au Alumna r pr entative who ar workin with all group t u r

tr nger within it If, , _ ur outwa rd limit .

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Are we losing "the cold war of the

classroom"? Statistics indicate we

are. Here's a Kansas school's answer

to the Russian scientific lead:

A Science Lab for Six-Y ear-Oids

(REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM Parade Publications, Inc.)

BY Eo KIESTER

EMPORIA, KAN SAS

;\. AROUND eight new tone-topped, child-height laboratory tables here, the students

of Thomas W. Butcher Children's School may be brewing an answer to America's desperate shortage of scientists.

From first through sixth grades, they are getting a full dose of simple science along with the three R 's. These lessons are back­stopped in the laboratory pictured on these pages: a cheerful work-place scaled to their size and fully equipped with Bunsen burn­ers, Florence flasks and gas and water out­lets. A $25,000 item, the lab is probably the only of its kind in the United States.

To the staff of K ansas State T eachers College, with which the school is affili a ted, the expense will be justified if it backs up the beliefs that spawned the lab: that simple sc ience is not over the heads of grade­schoolers; that they can cope with simple experiments and learn a good deal from them; and that they thus can be attracted so as to retain a lifelong interest.

So far, these ideas seem partly borne out. Whether they will add up to one way out of the sci·entist-science teacher famine may take years to show up. "This is an experi­m en t," says K STC's president, Dr. J ohn E. King, J r. "If we knew it would work, it wouldn't be an experiment."

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And the shortage is pressing- pressing enough to dem and the attention of a Pre i­dential commission. Just how the shortage developed is a m atter of debate. As Dr. King says, " Industry blames it on the col­leges, the co lleges on the high schools, the high schools on the grade schools, the grade schools on the p arents, and the parents no doubt on the grandpa rents."

All sides agree, however, on the alarming facts. Colleges are turning out 20,000 fewer engineers, sci·entists and teachers than the U. S. needs; in 10 years, the shortage will have built up to 100,000 ; it is particularly acute at the extremes-the geniu es and the increasingly needed technicians. At the same time, Russia is grinding out twice as many such essential people as we are- and our cold-war position is crippled.

Many solutions have been offered: higher teachers' alaries, a "crash" recruitment pro­gram, Federal scholarships, even a propo a! to "draft" bright students into science course . KSTC officials sh y from these stopgaps and cling to the long range. By giving the whole knee-high set a solid foundation in ci-ence, they hope to throttle science shortaO'e yet in the future.

Possibly such a program will uncover a few more geniuses. Probably, extended na­tion-wide, it would fi ll up the technician ranks . And certainly it will equip a whole generation for a society in which. as one

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instructor put it, a guy like me has 28 motors in his house."

This thinking is not unique. Other Cities have begun to beef up elementary science - Cincinnati, Albuqueque, and Madison, Wisconsin, to name three. The Emporia ear­mark is that kids here have an on-the-spot chance to learn by doing.

" We believe there is no shortage of young people who a re capable of being scientists, engineers and science teachers," Dr. King says. "But there definitely is a shortage of tho3'e who are inteTested." A chief aim of the new lab is to quicken this interest- and it seems to be paying off. Emporia kids have broken out in a rash of "scientific" hobbies; toy stores quivered through a run on chem­istry ets at C hristmas.

One sixth-grader, given a taste of el-ec­tronics, promptly built his own radio. A fourth-grade girl, a fter watching a TV sci­ence program, wrote a letter to the pro­ducer: "Dear Sir: On your program, you showed a dinosa ur you said was a Bronto­saurus. It was a St egosauTus ... "

Since the n la nners fee l tha t the shortage may b soh-rd by spurring intere t first and furni hin o; fac ts second, the children are free of a regular lab schedule. One week a class may appear ev ry day, the nex t week not at a ll. I t depends on wha t's going on abou t them of . r ientifi int res t.

With the first pl ant shoots of spring, for instan · , hildrr n begin to a k qu tion , and they 1110\ <' into the lab with tea h er Ina Bo1 man to find the a n w rs. Their x­

J><'l imcnts, ckpcnclin on grad I v I run

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

from inspecting seeds to dissecting roots to learning the details of photosynthesis.

The lab, however, is more than an ex­pensive playroom. Miss Borman's program has been carefu lly tailored to build from the most elementary to the more and more com­plex. The students who watch sugar dis­solve in first grade use the same principle five years later to make chemical tests for food value.

The accent always is on the children. Only rarely will Miss Borman give a demonstra­tion- then, usually, a spectacula r one. She prefers to let students try things for them­selves. " In a lot of classrooms," says Alvin Morris, head of the college's elementary edu­cation department, "kids keep animals, in­spect leaves or watch the teacher make oxy­gen. But they never use cientific equip­ment or lea rn scientific procedure. I t only makes science seem m ore myste rious and in­tended only for geniuse ."

The need for genius is just one facet of the scientific need, Morris and the staff here believe. And by tres ing that need they fee l, many educa tor and industriali t have sca red off average-intelligence kids well · enough equipped to handle technical detail work. The intere t i there the exp riment here h a shown, but often in other chool it' a rare "average" child who ' ill hold onto it.

Actual! - a nd thi for tho ' orri d ab ut probl m is t mak the plcx n ugh f r th kid . an a mazing cicutifi.c ba kground,

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A sixth-grader learns about

alr pressure

man has found; sometimes she finds her­self talking below their level, not above it.

In one first-grade class, she explained to the youngsters that bears "take a nap" in the winter. Corrected a small voice: "You mean they hibenate."

Hibernating bears get their due, and so do all other avenues of science- what an expert would break down into botany, zo­ology, chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy. All begin in the first grade. Miss Borman feels that it is important to teach "science broadly," not chop it into courses- to show that the sciences are interrelated. (One of­ficial recalls this dialogue with his daughter, a student at the school: " I want to be a scientist." "What kind of a scientist?" "Why, a general scientist.")

How much weight each gets may depend on such things as the number of rainy days and the year's TV programs. The staff feels strongly that the lessons should be fitted to the child's world. A favorite exP'e riment is to make fudge in the lab, using beakers, ringstands and Bunsen burners. The lesson: cooking is a daily chemistry lesson.

Scientific principles, however, remain the core of the course. The KSTC staff does not attempt to compare its six years of science with junior-high general science or high­school biology, physics or chemistry. But much of the material these child ren study usually does not appear until higher grades . Says Morris: "When our kids start junior­high science, they won't know all the answers. But they'll certainly meet some old friends."

One of the staff's great fears is that the school will earn a reputation as a scientific assembly line. Recently, a Brooklyn father wrote that he was selling his business and moving to Emporia so his five-year-old could attend Butcher. Dr. King tried to head him off. If science was undersold in the past, overselling it now, he feels, would only cause

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

Ace, Iota.

Burning paper us­es up oxygen in bottle, makes air

pressure drop.

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

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

First grader Susie Ace, daughter of Mrs. Franklin P. Ace, Emporia, Kan­s as, alumnae . tries out the science

lab e xperiment with enthusiasm.

Pupils get an early

start in Lab ...

An S for Science Joins 3Rs ;t IF a child can read and write, h e is smart

enough to understand basic laws of science. At least so thinks the staff of K ansas State T eachers College in Emporia, who are ex­posing 172 children from six to twelve to some solid tra ining in science in a $25,000 labora tory recently set up in an affil iated elementary school. The laboratory is fur­nished with caled-down glassware and tables built to accommodate the pupils but is other­wise equipped with the usual devices found

in h igh sch ool labora tories. Cu rrent expen­ments, designed to take advantage of the young ters' na tural fascination with air­planes, concern the physical p roperties of air. Their delight in the solemn game of hypothesis and experimental proof is a good argument for the theory that one way to attack the problem of the nation 's hortage of scientists is to interest pupils in science at an ea rly age.- R EPRINTED WITH PERMIS ION FRO M L ife M agazine, J AN AR Y 7 1957.

Science Lab ( CONTI NUED FRO M PRECED I NG P .·\ GE )

sh ortages elsewhe re. H i teachers have strict ord rs that cience mu t stay in it place.

T o some extent, however, the childen th msd s may ta k ca re of keeping thinas in p rspe tiv . One biology profes or had high h pes for th lab ; his son, a But her tud nt, cmed blissfu lly u nawar f I -

n c and inter ~ted only in India n lore.

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T he professo r wa deligh ted, a few atur­days aft er the lab opened when the bo came home from a tramp to report that he had found a a lamander that da . Hi fa ther wanted to know mor .

'Oh h was a to ' th b repli d. ' H e was right b id n f th b t arrO\ -h ad I'v r f und."

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The n ew chapter h ouse of the Alpha Betas in Hun tington, West Virginia, is comfortably s uited to s orority n eeds.

Alpha Betas Move In to. Their Own House

"1. THE most exciting week last year for the Alpha Betas was the week of April 8-15.

In these short seven days the dream of every Alpha Beta became a reality. We were busy setting up housekeeping behind the doors of 1517 Sixth Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia. The fraternities were very helpfu l in moving the girls' personal things from the dormitories and furniture into our new home. Sorority girls joined the boys to clean the nine rooms, two ba ths, basement, and fini shed third floor from top to bottom. H ave you ever seen a big husky boy try to clean out a bath tub or wash dishes? We certainly did 1

Seven girls and our housemother, Mrs.

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Irene J ennings, spent six happy weeks in the house. During this time the girls took turns cooking the evening meal. We had loads of fun doing this and it was a wonder­ful experience for all, despite the burned beans and the raw hamburger.

One of the most outstanding features of the house is the enormous library of the owner, Mr. Phillip Gibson, a retired lawyer. Included are several sets of encyclopedias, a five-volume series on the life of J ohn M ar­shall, the complete works of Mark Twain (including several first editions), and the Orations of Homer and other clas ical

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There Was an 0 ld Lady Bv SuE M cBEE, Eta Alumnae R epresentative

t. YEARS ago I read an essay about an old lady who indulged in a peculiar whim.

She built into her small house some teak­wood stairs that, strangely enough, led no­where. H er story was told in this couplet­"There was an old lady who had a fine

stair But the difficulty was that it led nowhere."

How ridiculous, I thought. Expensive teak­wood stairs leading nowhere. The old lady must have been mad!

But the author then went on to suggest that there might be another version to the story. Suppose the old lady wasn't crazy, as the neighbors seemed to think; but sane, sensible, and wise? Then the couplet might read- ' "There was an old woman who had a fine

stair And the beauty of it was that it led no­

where." I prefer the second version, for the teak­

wood stairs seem to me to be a symbol of the old lady's revolt against a materialistic society which values only what is useful,

whether it be furniture or friends. How im­poverished our homes would be if we took out of them everything that had no prac­tical utility. For instance, there is that little trunk up in your attic. The junk man woudn ' t give you much for it, but you wouldn' t sell it at any price. Your grand­father crossed the plains with it! There is also a tiny pair of shoes you have treasured all these years. What memories they re­call! Sentimentalism, you say; and you are right. But how powerful is its appeal.

What is true of the old lady's teakwood stairs is true of sentimentalism you and I have for Alpha Sigma Tau and its ideals.

This year Alpha Sigma Tau has devoted much of its efforts to expansion work. We, like many other sororities, realize the need to expand. The colleges need us, and we need them. By the year 1960, the war babies will be at their peak as far as college education is concerned. For that reason most sororities, both national and international, are taking that opportunity to expand both alumnae and active chapters .

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

records. The large back yard with enormous trees,

a rose arbor, and many flowers was the per­fect place for a house party, like the one we had the Ia t week of school. The Kappa

lphas mow d the lawn and worked hard putting lights and J apan lanterns up for u. . W s rved lemonade, bar-B-Q, potato hip , and relishes . Everyone had a wond r­

ful tim .

M ay 12 all Sigma Taus were out of bed and busy as bees. This marked the arrival of our National President Mrs. Earl Peter on, the annual All-Greek Mother's Day ing and our open house and reception in h nor of Mrs. Peter on at our new chapter hou e. Wh~n Mr . Peterson arrived at the hou e

from the Tri-State Airport, he ,. as greeted by nervous and excited Alpha Beta and two lovely bouquet of ellow rose , ' hich ' ere presented to her by lpha Xi Ita and

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

co-chairman of the Junior Follie's.

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c A M\ IP Ul s IHI 0 N 0 R. s

QUEENS

Phyllis Bott, Chi, was Home­coming Princess at Shepherd

College.

To y B rgin, Alpha Alpha, wall Hom coming Que n at Ball State

Te a ch rs Coli g .

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

To Ann Jackson, Chi, was a Prin­e ss in the Court of Que n Sh p­

h rd XXVII.

Carol Brown Wohlfeil, Beta, was picked to b e the Sweetheart of Sigma Tau Gamma.

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

Sweethearts

Joan Crouse, Beta, was chosen Sweetheart of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

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

Roena Ross . Alpha Gamma. was selected to be Queen of Stars. for Henderson's yearbook.

Bobby Freitag, Phi, was voted Miss Southeast­m at Southe a s tern Louisiana Coli ge.

QUEEN

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

AND COURTS

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

and Talent Contest.

Barbara Princess ,

Harris, Chi. Homecoming is now president of Chi

Chapter.

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

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

the retiring Queen.

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

Phi Chapter's float won first place at Home­coming.

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

Judy Lape. Alpha Alpha, was a member of the Homecoming Queen Court.

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

Barbara Bell, Alpha Lambda. was chose n for May Court.

Pat Gree n , Alpha Gamma. was chosen a s a beauty for the yearbook.

Arline Bouligny. Pi. w as a ca n di­date fo r May Fe te Queen. St. Louis ,

Missouri.

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

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

College.

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

Court attendant.

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

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Psi Attends Court

Joan Uhn Saun, Psi, was a May Court atten'dant.

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

president.

Jane Webster, Psi. was a May Court attendant.

Suzanne Bowdl , Psi. wa a May Court attendant.

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

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

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

Mortar Board.

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

Chemistry Award.

Ann Creasy Simmons, Ch •.

Carol Ashcraft Jones, Alpha Alpha, is lis ted in "Who's

W ho."

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

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

Mik 11 Nigh, Chi, is in "Who's Who." Nancy Lea Harris, Zeta Tau, is in "Who's Who."

WDOY WHO

Dorothy Leatherman, Chi Chapter.

BETA Carol Bloomer Marlo Davison Cindy Edgerle Sue Young Ruth Harris

IOTA June Anderson Hovorka Nancy Rost Sally Irving Connie Diller

RHO Sandra Mobley Betty Ahboah Shirley Stenhouse

ZETA TAU Nancy Lea Harri'S

OMICRON Norma Lee Shanklin

Drain

UPSILON Wauhilla Atkins Diggs Nanalou Mcinturff Dot Cooper Betty Sue Smith Janis Purtle Sue Hudson

CHI Ann Creasy Simmons Dorothy Leatherman Mikell Nigh Lynne Scafati Elizabeth Ann Russell

PSI Joan Ails Carol McCormick Brown Joan Harvey

ALPHA ALPHA Carol Ashcraft Jones

ALPHA GAMMA Jo Ann Browning Lynda Overton Sandra Dishongh Sara Meehan

ALPHA DELTA Kay Hine Carolyn Cusac Mill'S

ALPHA EPSILON Barbara Boeker Betty Collins Marilee Benedict Eva Keil Betty Ross

PHI To Ann Brauner Janice Granier Mary Helen Jones Joyce Purser

PI Barbara Cordes Donna Jean Beck Sandra Graves Jackie Hudson

MORTAR BOARD THETA La'dene Schachinger Eleanor Klope Egelund

Marlo Davison. Beta.

..• Lynne Scafati, Chi.

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

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

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

Bobbie Thompson, Beta, was a mem­ber of the Homecoming Court at

Central Michigan College.

Cynthia Hinkson, Alpha Lambda, was chosen Outstanding Senior at

Radford College.

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

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

Hall of Fam .

CAMPUS llADBBS

Iota Honors Patron and Patroness on 25th Anniversary

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

Dr. and Mrs. Sheblisky. singing the sorority "Sweetheart Song."

-Can lJou Recommend---------~ an Alpha Sigma Tau a lumna or college senior you know who would be a capable and interested National Officer or Staff member?

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( REPRINTED FRO M Emporia Gaze tte,

EMPORIA, KANSAS )

;\; MRS. MARY ETHEL PARTRIDGE, because-

She is devoting time, eA"ort and money in making so lid contributions to scholarships at the two Emporia colleges, boosting the pro­gram of the Emporia Scholarship Founda­tion, which now is engaged in its annual campaign for funds.

With the aid of Mrs. Fred M. Fleming, Mrs. Partridge inves tigated the work of travel agencie , with the idea of using all ommi sions for co ll-ege scholarships. After stablishing a connection with a well known

agen y in K ansa City, Mr . Pa rtridge ap-propriately old h r first tra el ticket to Mrs. Thoma W. Butch r, widow of the I ng-time pres id nt of Emporia tat Col­I g.

Emporia husincssc , am n th m

Ethel Cross Partridge,

Iota

Woman of the Week

Ethel Cross Partridge, Iota, devotes time and effort boosting the program of the Emporia Schol­arship Foundation. For th is and other civic work. Mrs. Partridge was recently chosen "Woman of the Week," by "The Emporia Gazette" in Em-

poria, KansaS.

Didde-Glaser, Inc., have handled their travel business through Mrs. Partridge, in this way making ub tantial contribution to scholar­ships, as the commission checks are turned over to the colleges before they are cashed. Tickets have been supplied for trips to H awaii, Canada and Europe and to all parts of the U. S. Tours and foreign travel pay the best dividends for scholar hip , Mrs. Partridge say , and ticket cost no more than if bought directly.

he is an experienced traveler he1 elf, hav­ing made everal trip in plane piloted b her husband Dr. C. E. Partridge. Mrs. Partridge i no newcomer to civic re pon i­bilities, having erved a pre ident of th Women' Cit Club in 1944-45, as one f the first pre ident of the Empori Enter-

and

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Justine Ann Orris, Theta Attorney in Center Line, Michigan

;\. THE role of the modern Portia is quite different from the one dramatized by

Shakespeare. After receiving my AB in speech from Wayne State University, I en­tered Wayne Law School. I held no dreams of easy studies and was therefore not disillu­sioned in the Law School curriculum. We started with ten women in our freshman year and graduated three. The percentage was comparable to the men graduates.

I started practice in D etroit after passing the Bar examination ; but after a year, I realized that I was practicing more from my home than from the office. M y family has resided in Center Line, Michigan, "popula­tion 9,000" for twenty years . M y clients were local friends and acquaintances. I was for­tunate •enough to reacquaint myself with a high school friend who practiced in Center Line, during a trial in Mt. Clemens, our county seat. I inquired of her as to the pos­sibility of renting office space in the vicinity. After four years, Mrs. Mildred A. Vlaich and I have enjoyed our firm association.

As attorneys, we have varied roles. Our practice is general in nature, as we handle crimina l, negligence, probate, domestic rela­tion matters, and what have you. Our rol-e is often one of a counselor and advi or. The actual law trial is not as frequent as one would expect. However, we do trial work. Personally, I enjoy the negligence cas·es, find­ing them a challenge. The law is a changing

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Justine Ann Orris, Theta , successfully p ra ctices law in Center Line, Michigan. She re ceived her

LL.B. in 1952 from Wayne Law School.

concept, and we never actually stop studying. Our loca l Ba r Association is small, roughly

150 members. I have attempted to be acti oe in the Junior Bar Section, which is composed of attorneys under th irty-five years of age, and have served as vice chairman during the last year. I hold office in the Michigan Women Lawyers' Association and the Ma­comb County Women Lawyers' Association.

Often we are asked to speak before high school groups on the law and the role of the lawyer. Invariably, one of the questions asked whether there is a place for women in law. I always hope that " I" myself convey strongly the idea that there is a place. Our training and education are equa l, the most important factor being the attitude and demeanor of the lawyer herself.

The intangible rewards of law are im­measurable. The feeling of kindness and ap­preciation of a client toward an a ttorney is

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a relationship which stands alone in means of expression.

I have found no discrimination in the courts, and only once did the matter of sex come up. I was handling a negligence mat­ter, and my client was awarded a judgment ; but the opposing attorney appealed. The case went to a higher court, and the judg­ment was affirmed. " I was at a disadvant­age," the losing attorney told me. "I wasn't abl'e to yell at you because you are a woman."

I have taken an interest in child and adult recreation, and I am now serving on the Center Line Recreation Advisory Board. A matter of concern of the community should be to provide recreational facilities for its members. I believe there is a direct ratio between faci lities available and criminal delinquency, whether in adults or youth. As attorneys, our interests are preventive as well as remedial.

I have seen lighter moments in the court

room. We were representing a man and his wife in a bankruptcy matter and brought the clients into the court to testify. When the man was placed in the witness chair, he froze and was unable to speak. "When you asked for the money, you could talk," the Judge told him. Then the wife took the stand, and we could barely stop her from giving 'her complete life history to the Judge.

Once in a while, we are mistaken and our position in the court room must be clarified. In a criminal matter in which I represented a woman defendant, the witness was asked to identify the wrongdoer. The witness pointed to the counsel table and stated "that woman." The prosecutor became slightly confused since the defendant and I were in a direct line with the pointed finger. However, the witness, seeing the confusion, clarified the matter by adding, "the one with the hat on." A moral, if any, is that either client or attorney should not wear a hat on the same day!

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

at Flint Junior College.

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Lucille Gale MaWhinney, Alpha

English Department Head and

Writer of Professional Articles

;t LuciLLE Gale MaWhinney attended East-ern Michigan College where she was affili­

ated with Alpha Chapter. Later, from the University of Michigan, she received three degrees. A.B., M.A. (speech) , and M.A. (English). Her hu band, also in the educa­tion field, attended Beloit College, Wiscon­sin, where he was a member of igma

lpha Ep ilon, and the University of Michi­gan.

Lucille ha had profe ional article in The English Journal and Clearing House. An arti le in the former led to requ t from the 1 tt r; on arti le in Clearing H otl e wa ref rrcd t ditoriall in the chool Re­z• iez ', publi h d b th ni rsi f hi-

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cago; and another was reprinted in Educa­tion Dioest . She is now working on an inter­arts publication for the college.

Like most teachers, she has looked at times longingly toward other fields and during one phase contrived to acquire an acquaint­ance with a few distinguished newspaper people and a sampling of newspaper work. These experiences only increased her respect for teaching. And because she has so thor­oughly enjoyed the classroom, she has never looked upon administrative promotions around her with any envy.

She is now teaching English at Flint Junior College but has taught on every level from the seventh grade through junior college, has coached every activity expected of English and speech teachers, and has taught in towns of six hundred population as well as in Flint.

Each grade level, she claims, should be fun and challenging: in the lower grades, a comfortable familiarity with methods and psychology is essential, while on the ad-

vanccd levels, these needs gradually give way to those for a background in one's sub­ject area. If, however, every instructor on an advanced level knew more about methods and poss ssed a greater personal interest in the student, his teaching would improve.

Not only is •each level fun and challeng­ing, according to Lucille, but she has wel­comed the retarded or problem group as quickly as the superior class. In fact she took part in a "work experience program" conducted with fifteen overage ninth-grade boys in each of two of Flint's junior high schools. (The following semester two senior high schools continued the program. ) For half a day, or three hours, these boys were scheduled to follow an academic program gea red as closely as possible to their work experience which formed the other half of their day's activities. For two years, the boys worked half days at a Mott Foundation* social-project house or on the Flint Com­munity College campus, helping remodel a

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Dr. Marlowe T. Franko,

Theta Practicing Dentist

;\". ENTERING a profession into which few women have ventured is Marlowe Franko

of Theta Chapter in Detroit. M arlowe at­tended Wayne State University, graduating with an A.B. from the College of Education -with a major in science education in June, 1953. Then the following September she en­tered the University of Detroit School of Dentistry and was graduated from there in June, 1957.

Marlowe has now joined the Detroit Alum­nae Chapter of Alpha Sigma for which she serves as treasurer.

*The Mott Foundation was described in THE ANCHOR of Fall, 1956, under the heading "The Work of Ola B. Hiller."

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Dr. Marlowe T. Franko, Detroit alumna, was graduated in Jun e, l 9F. from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry. She is a 1953 grad-

ua te of Wayne State University.

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Lucille MaWhinney (CONTINUED FROM i'AGE 27)

barn that was to provide the work experience center. Among their jobs were making tool cabinets, building shelves, installing pine paneling, and plastering and painting a basement. They participated in the pur­chase of lumber and other building supplies. Sometimes they shoveled snow, cut brush, or scrubbed floors.

She never complains when given a re­fresher class in English. And while she finds a literature class stimulating, she also likes

to correct freshmen compositiOns provided they do not accumulate beyond the satura­tion point.

For the past two years, she has been Pan­hellenic representative for her local Flint chapter. At different times, she has been active in the Michigan Education Associa­tion, the University of Michigan Alumnae, and the Michigan Council of T eachers of English. Other memberships include NEA, AAU P (American Association of University Professors ), NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), and Delta K appa Gamma (an honorary teachers' society) .

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

Omaha. Ne braska.

t ALICE MAE graduated from Kansas State T eachers College, Emporia, Kan as, with

a B. . degree in education, majoring in home c onomics and minonn in physical educa­tion in 1954.

h marri d Paul A. R aume ('54 grad­u, t The oil g of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas) n Jun 26, 19 5, at Congr ational

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Alice Mae Clark Reaume, Iota

Therapeutic Dietitian

Church, Emporia, and honeymooned in New York City and Puerto Rico. They lived in the Panama Canal Zone for fourteen months while her husband was stationed with the U . S. Navy. During this time overseas she taught as a substitute teacher in Balboa High School and Junior College and attended schools in Spanish and decorative sewing in institutions of the Republic of Panama.

She returned to the United States in August, 1956, and is now residing in Oma­ha, ebraska, where her husband is serving as a Recruiting Officer with the avy. She has been employed since October 1, 1956, as assistant therapeutic dietitian and i present­ly employed at the Creighton Memorial t. Joseph's Hospital, Omaha.

Present duties include: 1) weekly/ daily menu preparation; 2) patient diet orienta­tion and indoctrination ; 3) upervi ion of special diet kitchen employe and operation ; 4) assist in training curriculum for tudent nur e .

'I find my work er intere ting and challenging, con tantly calling up n pr \'iou experience and training re ivcd in h me economic . I ertainl re ommend the fi ld of die t ti . a a high! re' arding, oth r ,' ·ar r,' h aid.

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The Naumans Win Ribbons On Their Roses

;\".. TwENTY-EIGHT ribbons in two flower shows is quite an accomplishment! Even

m.ore surprising is the story behind those wms.

Opal Nauman, St. Louis alumna, and her husband, Phil had worked hard to make their rose gard'en the showplace of no;th St. Louis when, in the spring of 1956 they were informed that their property was to be taken to make way for the new Mark Twain Expressway. They were permitted to move any plants they wanted by September 1. By the time their new home was ready for occupancy, the hot dry summer was well under way, but they decided that their best chance to save their plants was to move them right away. So they rented a trailer and spent a week of Phil's vacation balling rose bushes and transplanting eighty-eight hybrid tea roses, five climbers, numerous perennials, bulbs, and shrubs.

"Last summer every plant was wilted and defoliated," Opal remembers. " I'm sure our new neighbors thought we were wasting our time working over the apparently dead plants, but by late fall we were hopeful that most of our plants would survive."

The following spring crocuses bloomed all over the lawn for Opal had planted a crocus bulb every place where she had dug out a dandelion. The tulips and jonquils bloomed beautifully, then the roses began to leaf out. By March it was apparen t that only five hybrids and one climber had died.

Opal joined the H athaway M eadows Gar­den Club which held its annual flower show in May. As the time for the show drew near, the roses burst into full bloom. As a result Opal collected thirteen ribbons, including the Tri-color for the best horticultural ex­hibit in the show, and the gold ribbon for winning the greatest number of ribbons. Opal and her husband were encouraged to enter their roses in the Greater St. Louis Flower Show to be h eld at the Missouri Botanical Garden only four days later.

The challenge of competing against the best in the city was too great to resist. They entered twenty-one exhibits. Out of approxi-

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mately eight hundred exhibits, Opal and Phil added fifteen more to their collection.

The Naumans attribute much of their success in the two shows to knowing which roses to enter. Phil looked up the points on which the roses were to be judged, and entered only the blooms which rated high . The stems had to be twelve inches long to qualify for entry. Only one bloom was al­lowed for each stem- no extra buds. Color and stem each counted. Foliage, form , size, and substance also were judged.

The Naumans have forty-seven different varieties in their garden and naturally have favorites (which however were not the rib­bon winners). Nocturne is their favorite red rose, closely followed by Rose of Freedom and C hrysler Imperial. In yellows they favor Fred Howard, Sutter's Gold, McGredy's Sun­set, Peace, and Mojave. In pinks, Capristrano and Mission Bells are their favorites. Com­tesse Vandal won the Tri-color ribbon and Mrs. Du Pont won three ribbons .

A photographer, sen t out to photograph their winning roses, came the day after a big wind and rain storm that knocked all the blooms off the roses. Fortunately Opal had picked a vase of choice roses the day before and that is what he had to photograph.

Opal Nauman. St. Louis alumna, and her hus­band. Phil. won twenty-eight ribbons on their

roses in two flower shows!

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Gretchen Carries the Mail

Gretchen Gaffney, Alpha, Handles an

Honest-to-Goodness Mail Route

t THE job of substitute mail carrier is mine by inheritance. When my husband, Leo,

retired from the Buick in February, 1956, a friend who carries Rural Route No. 1 out of Holly, suggested that Leo learn the route and take it over while he took a five weeks' vacation. It sounded interesting so Leo decided to do it. He rode around with Andy stuffing the mail boxes and helping to sort mail at the post office. In the middle of March Andy left for Florida and we were on our own. I started riding around doing the stuffing of the mail boxes and learning to sort at the post office.

In July the same year Andy wanted to go fishing in Canada so he took another vaca­tion. Leo was working at another job by that time so as I said in the beginning, I inherited the job. I worked a week during the Christmas rush in the post office sorting or "casing" the mail for Route No. 1 while Andy was making the run. Then in March and April of this year I really was initiated, for I carried the mail for five weeks.

One of the first things you learn when de­livering by yourself is to drive sitting in the middle of the car seat using your left hand and foot. Try it sometime.

Rural Route No. 1 is fifty-four miles long with three hundred plus boxes. It serves all types of areas- farms, business places, resort areas, ummer camps, one boarding school, and an optical clinic. The roads we have to travel are as varied-gravel, winding up hill and down dale, through wooded sec­tions and farm lands as well as pavement, part of it U. S. No. 10.

Each person' mail is most important to him and h imply annot under tand why it i ver d liv red to a wrong addr s. For instan - I pick d up a letter addr sed to H nry Boy r, 825 Map! tre t, at Boy! r

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

on U. S. 10. The regular carrier had left it there the day before. o excuse really, only haste or maybe the gremlins. The amazing thing to me is that it doesn' t hap­pen more often with the number of pieces of mail that are handled each day. Then, of course, we have the "sam·e name" diffi­culties-two Charles Clarks with boxes on the same road, two Ruth Johnsons living within a mile of each other, three families of C levengers, three of Simons and three of Wilsons and that means leaving their wives and children's mail in the right boxes. It reminds me of a school room at the begin­ning of the year with a roomful of new face . You finally get them all placed. So it is with a mail route. There are just more people involved and you rarely see them, they are just names, roads and boxes.

We have "antiquated" mail service ac­cording to a recent Readers' Digest. I read with interest all of the wonderful new elec­tronic methods of sorting and handling mail. Then I visioned the cost to the ta-xpayer of in tailing such equipment in po t office across the country. Mainly I visioned teach­ing the public to address an envelope proper­ly to use such equipment! Right nm I'd ettle for one thinrr each envelope having

a road and hou e number a well as the route number. You ee the rural route numb r only help the po t offic Jerk to ort the mail to th right carrier. The road

and number would help me the ub titu carri r. Remember th n-vo harl lark ? How mu h help w uld R. R. . 1 n , n envelop b ?

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

$1 19.00 with the orders and letters. "Neither rain, sleet, nor snow" (how does

that quotation go?) - well I've had them all with some added kinds thrown in for good measure. Flooded roads, icy roads, detours, but the mail goe through! Right now we have rough gravel with dust. Oh yes, I carry the mail tomorrow.

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~ I AM often asked, "What is Home Dem-onstration Work?" It is a key to better

living. The program is a part of Cooper~tive Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics of West Virginia University and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It is a program of adult education in home eco­nomics and citizenship. Our objective is people, a good extension program is worth little unless leaders have had an important part in developing it, then it is theirs, not ours.

We are TPembers of the staff of West Vir­ginia University and are employed through the cooperation of the local people and their county, state, and federal governments.

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Nancy Boyd, Chr

Home Demonstration Agent

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

A home demonstration agent teaches and demonstra tes useful and practical homemak­ing information that has been tested f!.nd proven through research and experiment stations and land-grant colleges and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Through the program we train leaders, lesson leaders, project leaders, officers, com­mittee chairmen, and others who have re­sponsibilities in club and community work.

The agent conducts workshops for home­makers who want to learn new ways of mak­ing clothing, reupholstering furniture, and other homemaking kills.

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Meet Our Convention

Chairman • • •

and our new

Vice President

of the South­

western District, J/Jtt ~itnp.Hit

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

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

t IL A BLANKENMEISTER IMP o was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her

B.A. degree in education from Harris T ea­cher ' College in t. Louis. H er M. . degree wa earned in elementary educa tion from Washington niver ity in St. Loui . She began her teaching career in St. Loui teaching primary O'rade and i present! teaching fourth g rade at K ennard chool in t. Louis.

She has alway been active in Sigma T a u, both as an active memb r Pi C hap ter and a a m mber of th Loui lumnae hapter. treasurer a nd pr sident of th and a re ordinO'

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• • • Buffalo for our Twelfth National Convention

August 19-22, 1958

and see the Niagara Falls Region

Above: Niagara Falls. a scenic spectacle that attracts more than two million sightseers every year, is less than twenty miles from Buffalo, our 1958 convention city. Below right: Downtown Buffalo, showing the Statler Hotel. our convention headquartern. a t right top.

Below left: Buffalo's theatrical district shown at night.

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Meet Our New

National Chairmen • • •

~eltellielle ~epettZ Courtesy Chairman

~ue 11etZie 1/teliee Standards Chairman

Julie 1/teCtZrlA~ Endowment Chairman

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

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Genevieve Repeta. Theta. recently assumed the duties of courtesy chairman.

June McCarthy is the newly appointed endow­ment chairman.

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Meet National Chairman ...

Nominations Committee

Chairman

t ELEVEN days after Pearl Harbor found Kathleen Kelchner transplanted from

Durant, Oklahoma, to Washington where she started her civil service career working for the Signal Corps of the Army. She is still with the Signal Corps as a management analyst and has been working in the fabulous Pentagon since it was built. Kathleen has been a member of the Washington, D. C. , Alumnae Chapter since its inception and has served as president, chaplain, treasurer, and Panhellenic delegate. She has attended five national conventions and says she is looking forward to the one in Buffalo next year. She was also her collegiate chapter president for two years.

She is a member of the Church of the Pilgrims in Washington (Presbyterian ) and has been active in the women's work, having served as circle chairman, chairman of Christian Education, and presently as chair­man of World Missions. She is also treasurer of the Sunday School.

Kathleen graduated from Southeastern State College, Durant, Oklahoma, in 1938 with a B.S. She occasionally takes courses now in such unrelated subjects as millinery, position clarification, parliamentary law, and plans to take one in reports and form management this fall .

New National Appointment . . .

EMilY l. REEDY has just been appointed

EXAMINATIONS CHAIRMAN

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

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Kathle en Kelchner

lisa Simpson ( CONTINUED FRO M PAGE 32)

and president of the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter. She is serving as the vice-president this year of the St. Louis alumnae.

Mrs. Simpson first became interested nationally in Alpha Sigma Tau when she attended her first ational Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a delegate of Pi Chap­ter. She has attended every convention from this time on and has served in various capacities at these conventions. She served for the past two years as State Chairman. In this capacity she has visited several chap­ters with Mrs. Lillian Schippers. She has also sent out many letters about Alpha Sigma Tau to prospective campuses.

She likes to read, knit, watch televi ion, especially old movies, sport , especially swimming, and roots hard for the St. Louis Cardinals. She likes to sing and is an active member of the Hope Evangelical and Re­formed Church Choir being one of the soloists. She has a Boys' Choir at school and has worked with a District Choir of the St. Louis Girl Scouts.

Ilsa and her husband, John, both like dogs and, of course, there is one, a cocker spaniel , in the Simpson household.

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Collegiate News

Alphas Plan fo r

District Meeting ;\; THE spring semester of 195 7 was a big one

for the Alphas. Their activities included the Parent's Day T ea, Candlelight Ball, and sorority weekend. We were honored to have two of our sisters initiated into Adahi, an honorary organization just started on our campus and similar to Mortar Board .

We have made our plans for rushing which begins two weeks after the semester opens. The theme is "Mother Goose" and all deco­rations, favors, and entertainment will be related to this theme. Much of the work was done during the summer to make it a big succe s.

In the middle of rushing comes Home­coming. For our float we have chosen a Broadway musical theme, "Connecticut Yan­kee." At the same time we will be planning and anticipating the annual Cider Sip, when all Alpha Sigma Tau alums are welcomed back to the campus.

Following Homecoming will be the Cen­tral District meeting at which time the Alpha will act as hostesses for the District. '"' c a re working to make this m ee ting most enjoyable. The meetings will be held in the colleg union with our guests staying in the dormi tories, hou es of the alum , and the local hotel. The alums are working with us . We will ob crve the sorority's and the lpha's Found r's D ay with all our guest .

In addition to all th sc activiti es, the lpha hav ta rted a housing fund , and

h v plann· d ac tivities to ail us in the gr wth of this fund .- KATl CV ER NT.

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Betas Cop Top Honors

;\; THIS semester has brought many new and exciting experiences to the Beta Chapter.

Most important was our very successful rush­ing season. After our three rush parties, the "Sweete Shoppe," "Sleepy Tau Heaven," and the "Emerald Room," Bobbie Thomp­son, Beta Chapter president, initiated eight­een new sisters : Karen Chamberlain, Bev Clark, Barb Coon, Rose Devereaux, Sue Donahue, Diane Glidden, J arre Goetz, Ann Gomon, Karen Hansen, Joanne H yatt, Nancy Kelly, Edna Martin on, Sande McGowan, Patti McNab, Jan Mosier, Carol Mount, Mary Straayer, and M artie Zielinski .

The Beta beauties were honored in many ways during the semester. Carol Bloomer was chosen Rose of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Sweetheart of Sigma Phi Epsilon was Joan Crouse. Sally Kenyon was chosen Queen of the D elta Sigma Phi's Carnation Ball, and Rose D evereaux was a member of her court. Carol Brown Wohlfeil was honored by Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity by being chosen Sweetheart of the White Rose Ball. Georgia Peter on wa an attendant at D elta igma Phi's annual Push Cart D erby. Doris Fi k

ancy K elly, and Arlee Ro enbera w re en ter d in the Mis Central Mi hiaan Col­lege Contest, and Julie K ell and Katie or­nell were entered in the Mi Central Michi­gan Pageant, wher K atie \ a ch en 1i

.ongenia lit . Anoth r honor Kati ha brought to the B ta Chapter ' a being ho en mo t ut tandina B o tcr lub mem­

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Among the many cokers, mixers, parties, and athletic events with fraterniti'es and so­rorities, the Betas found time for hard prac­tice for the annual Panhellenic-Interfrater­nity Sing. But the practice was worth while, for we took first place! Other campus activi­ti'es we participated 'in were Frat Frolics, Chick Relays, and the Intersorority Swim Meet.

Ruth Harris was one of four seniors chosen by their fellow students and faculty to receive the Chippewa Award. Along with Ruthie, four other Betas were elected to Who's Who: Marlo Davison, Cindy Edgerle, Carol Bloomer, and Sue Young. Marlo Davison was honored with a special citation by the Men's Union Board for contributing

Betas enjoy their Sleepy Tau Heaven party.

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

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more to Central in her four years of college than any other student. Another outstand­ing Beta is Karen Chamberlain who received the Freshman Chemistry Award.

We held our annual Parent's Day Tea for the first time in our new house. The house­party at Crystal Lake was the usual tremen­dous success, drawing us even closer to our wonderful advisor, Miss Charlotte D enman. Also, the White Rose Ball was simply fabu­lous and an "affair to be remembered."

With the Senior Farewell, we bid our fond ad ieu to the seniors who were soon to be affiliated with the alumna chapter. And now we are anxiously anticipating September, when once again we will start our busy campus life, centering around our home at 906 South Main Street.- JANE EwiNG.

Thetas Repeat Successful

Holiday Carnival

;\. AN individual or a group, to find its efforts and functions worthwhile, must

define and understand its purposes. This was the belief of many Theta Chapter mem­bers as they shared in the evaluation of the chapter program throughout the year. A well planned series of friendly "H ash Ses­sions" did much to pinpoint purposes and objectives, to bring into the light areas of the program that need special attention , and to channel the activiti'es of the group to better meet its primary purpose .

In addition to this thinking, planning, and functioning purpo efully, came several tangi­ble things during the year. Titles were cap­tured for first place in the University Ticket Selling Contest, third place in Homecoming, and first place in Holiday Carnival. The chapter can boast of two of its girls being elected to Mortar Board- Ladene Schach­inger and Eleanor Klope Egelund .

At the annual meeting in M ay the chapter elected Penelope (Penny) Orr to the office of president. The summer planning sessions were organized by the new vice-president Mary DeMassa, for Penny spent the sum-

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

mer at her home in Bucks County, Penn yl­vania. Summer brought us together in small groups at pajama, swimming, watermelon, and just plain work parties . In the planning stage were Homecoming, rushing, and the chapter-sponsored Theta Reunion, all to be realized in the fall semester. Letters were sent to all Theta alumnae in the D etroit area inviting them to meet their A~T friends, known and unknown. If the reunion is suc­cessful, it may become an annual affair.

Perhap the success of the A~T ranch at Holiday Carnival or the possibility of saving work stimulated us to repeat the western theme for rushing this semester. We will wear our cowgirl costumes and entertain chuck wagon style at the informal party.

As we looked to the coming school year we considered the value of contacts with other A~Ts, collegiate and alumnae, and other sorority members through the panheUenic, in achieving our purpo es. We hope to gain immea urably from the sharing of ideas with our Theta predecessors at the reunion and our collegiate contemporari·es at the district meeting in November.- ELEANOR KLOPE EGEL NO.

Theta's "Queen for a Da/ ' t LA T January, the girls in Theta hapter

w nt t P rt anila , Michigan, to infor-m lly initi t ar I Lynn Vollm r ay

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

K eller, Penny Orr, Alice Ingham, Juanita Borough, and Marion Doss.

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

Nu Gives Yellow Rose Breakfast

t A PARTY given in February for underpri­vileged children gave us all a glow. In March Mr . Meredith Hinshaw North-

' we tern District Pre ident, visired our chap-ter. During her i it we had a lun heon with the alum hapter and we ga e our Y ellO\ Ro Br akfast in her honor. All ororitie and frat rnitic n ur ampu ' ere invit d to a tt nd.

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Themes for rush parties this year were ' Friend hip Garden" and "Jamaican Beach Party." Invitations for the Friendship Gar­den party were miniature wheelbarrows with daffodils, and the living room was beautifully decorated to resemble a lovely garden. Small Bongo drums containing the invitations to the Jamaican Beach Party were indeed novel.

We are proud of our three cute new pledges, Nancy Allis, Kaye lchiriu, and La Verna Schatz.

May was a busy month. We sang "La Bella Bimba" and the "Alpha Sigma Tau Sweetheart Song" at the Colorado State College annual "Greek Song Fest." Despite early morning practice we had the satisfac­tion of a job well done. Dorene Brown, our director, deserves a big round of applause for doing a splendid job.

The other highlight for the month of May was the Dinner Dance held at the Brown Palace Hotel, D enver. At this dinner we honored Cathy Camerlo, Top Tau ; Janice Sawyer, Scholarship ; Janet Briscoe, Top Ac­tive; and Anita Lloyd, Top Pledge.

Honored at the College Insignia Day was Elaine Shaw who received the Tau Beta Sigma Recognition Award.

Sharron Smith, our Panhellenic represen­tative, has been elected Panhellenic secre­tary.

At our last meeting for the spring quarter

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

Omicron Plans for Southern

District Meeting ~ SECOND semester found the Omicron girls

quite busy and taking their share of honors on the Concord campus. Shirley Reed was an attendant to the May Queen in the an­nual May Day Festival. Alpha Sigma Tau was represented by Betty Payne and Rita Baumgartner in the May Poie Dance. Rita is also president of Panhellenic Council for the corning year.

The end of our intramural basketball sea­son found Sue Green selected for the All­Star basketball team. Dot Montgomery who did a wonderful job as our intramural man­ager this year, received the Concord "C" award. This was presented by the Women's Athletic Association for participation in sports.

Libby Hight, Omicron's Top Tau, was selected for membership in Cardinal Key, national honorary sorority. She has also received the J ames Lewis Howe Award which

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

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

Pennsylvania.

is given by the American Chemical Society to an outstanding chemistry major each year.

Thanks to our wonderful patronesses our informal rush party was a success. We ~gain used the Greek theme for our party. Mrs. Klingensmith, a patroness, stole the show with her harp playing. The other patronesses were busy beforehand frying chicken for our guests.

Our formal rush party, a yellow rose ban­quet, and theater party were attended by patrone ses and alumnae. We were happy to have our district president, Mrs. R. F. Snidow, attend this party also. When the ru h season closed we had two wonderful pledges, Pa t Wilkins and Betty Sue H edrick.

Our a nnual spring formal was held jointly with our brother fraternity, K~K, at the Black Knight Country Club in Beckley. We were pleased tha t Mr. and Mrs. Snidow cou ld at tend this dance. Libby Hight was honored by being cho en K~K Sweetheart at this dan e.

The Omicron C hapter with the help of M rs. nidow ha been bu y planning for the

outh rn Di tri t M eting which will be held at on ord on 0 tober 18, 19, and 20. We'r f rtunat tha t the Bluefie ld Prin e­ton , a nd n ·ckl alumna a w II a th patr nrs~c~ wi ll be n ha nd to help us mak

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this meeting a success. We' re looking for­ward to Fall and the district meeting on our campus.

Semester exams time found the girls with a book in one hand and a sandwich in the other. Each sorority on campus had one night to sell sandwiches in the dorm during this week. The Women's Hall Council furn­ished coffee with each sandwich. We found the venture profitable- we deared $35.00.

Graduation time meant four Omicron girls -Shirley Reed, Ellen Faley, Nancy L. Brat­ton, and Arden Landon- would be getting those sought-after sheepskins. We hop-e to see them again at the district meeting.

Pi Sponsors Skit Night

:t THE past few months h ave been very eventful for Pi Chapter. Our meetings

have been well conducted and successful. On March 29, eight actives and our sponsors, Miss Murray and Miss Kohl, enjoyed a gour­met's delight at the progressive dinner given by the alums. Each course was an experi­ence in itself.

Skit Nite, presented biennially by Pi Chap­ter, was held on April 25 and wa a bigger success than ever this year. The variou sororities and fraternities on campus pre­sented their own original skits with cash

Pi Chapter a nticipa tes refreshments at the happy end of a typica l meeting.

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

prizes awarded to the fir t, second, and third place winners. The skits were clever and represented many hours of hard work and practice. Margaret Gieselman, chairman of Skit ite, did an ex tremely fine job.

Our May Fete is an annual affair on cam­pus sponsored by the Student Counci l, the first Wednesday in May. Each class elected a maid, and Arline Bouligny proudly repre­sented her senior class as a special maid.

A get acq uainted party was given for our parents M ay 26 at the Student Union Build­ing. Pi gi rls and their dates supported our candidates for queen ... Sandy Graves at the White Rose Prom and J o Etta elson at the Sigma Splash.

After finals were over on June 7, Juanita Beel-er, our president, helped us celebrate by entertaining us with a Bar-B-Q at her home. After the scrumptious luncheon we tried our hand at badminton- with a ladder close by to retrieve the shuttlecock from the roof, it. favorite landing place. Graduation brought the semester to a close. Three Pi graduates. Arline Bouligny, Shirley Mayhew, and M ary Rowan, will eagerly embark on their teach­ing careers in the fall .

During the summer months we are quite busy preparing for fall rushing and hope that we will be fortunate in getting some won­derful girls. Also among our summer meet­ings "busy work" is getting ready for the

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

Zeta Tau Entertains

t SPRING rushing started off Zeta Tau's spring activities with a bang ! Under the

new system of preferential bidding, tried here for the first time this spring, we claimed four­teen new members. Preferential bidding seems to be succes ful on our ca mpus and will be tried again nex t year with slight modifications.

After their period as pledges had la psed and our rushees became full-fledged mem­bers, they gave the old members a wonderful surprise party. They decorated the room, made many attractive favors, furnished tasty refreshments, and offered some most origi­nal entertainment much to the deligh t of all. A~T entertained at intermission parti'es

during our two spring forma l dance . We were all happy that one of our members, Nancy Lea Harri , was elected as Maid-of­Honor for May Day, and that two other

Liz Mosteller is the new president of Zeta Tau.

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members, Frances "Sis" Brown and Jane Rail-ey were on the May Court.

Nancy Lea was also named to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities this spring. One of our junior members, An­nette Crain, was tapped into Alpha Kappa Gamma, our national leadership fraternity on campus.

Late in the spring we bid our four senior members goodbye at a supper in their honor at Longwood Estate. This was our last social function of the year.

We are looking forward to next year with high hopes and expectations under the lead­ership of our new president, Liz Mosteller. Liz was pledge mother this spring and won much high praise from our spring rushees. We are looking forward particularly to that first meeting when we all can be together again.- LINDA GARRISON.

Ph i's Many Honors

~ DuRING the past year Phi girls have cap-tured many honors worth shouting about.

Jo Ann Brauner received the Green "S" Award (award for extracurricular activities), was president of the Green Jackets, Sweet­heart of the Green Jackets, was elected heart of the Green Jackets, was elected to the "13" Club (organization for outstanding academic achievement ), Student Govern­ment Senator, and made the Dean's Honor List.

Katherine Broach received the Les M es­dames Award for being the most outstand­ing freshman, and held the leading role in a dramatic production.

May Dean Brown was the Sweetheart of Alpha Omega fraternity. Jo Ann Candilora

. wa Southeastern Louisiana College archery hampion. Rose Ann Caron was the Rose

of igma Tau Gamma. Nancy Cowan was th s retary of the Student Body, received the Hodding Carter Honor cholarship, and wa th Sw etheart of Alpha igma Tau .

Robbi Fr itag wa the w theart of i n ademy, wa named Mis outh-

ast rn by th tud nt B dy, and wa the h ad h r I ad r. J ani e rani r was the

associate editor of Le Souvenir (SLC Year­book ), Student Government Senator, Sweet­heart of Le Cercle Francais, and on the Dean's Honor List.

Mary Helen Jones was historian of the Student Body, Panhellenic representative, and on the Dean's Honor List. Joyce Purser was elected to the "13" Club, received the Green "S" Award, was Student Government Senator, and on the Dean's Honor List. Marie Louise Mydland was editor of The Summer Breeze (summer SLC newspaper) .

Mary Alice Strickland received the Green "S" Award, was a member of Homecoming Court, Sweetheart of Future Teachers of America, president of Panhellenic, Student Governmen t Senator, president of Phi Chap­ter.

Ch i Pledges Fourteen

~ CHI CHAPTER of Alpha Sigma Tau held its econd rush party of the school year in

February. The theme of the party was "Sleepy Tau H eaven." Paper angel and clouds decorated the recreation hall, where the party was held. The members and the rushees came dressed in pajamas or gowns. The program was the enactment of a dream of an Alpha girl. Everyone had a delightful

Dr. Sar a Cree. Chi advisor. s e rves punch at a party given by patronesses Mrn. Roy E. Harris

and Dr. Ruth Scarborough.

time, and fourteen of the rushees accepted bids to become members.

The Chi girls had a busy spring. A party was given for Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Refreshments were serve~, and dancing was enjoyed by the group throughout the eve­ning. Dr. Sara Cree, sorority advisor, and several patronesses served as chaperones for the evening.

A picnic was held on Barbara Harris' lawn for Phi Sigma Chi, social sorority. A treasure hunt was the main event of the evening's fun.

Chi had several queens this spring. Pat Boyd, K-earneysville senior, was elected Queen Shepherd by the student body. Pat was crowned by last year's queen, Joan Ker­shaw McWhorter, an Alpha alumni. Jo Ann Jackson, Martinsburg junior, served as princess in Queen Shepherd's court. Ann Lindsey Schrader, Shepherdstown senior, was chosen as queen of Tau Kappa Epsilon and reigned over the TEKE Ball.

In a contest held to select Miss Shepherd, Kitty Grant, Martinsburg sophomore, and Joan Wolfe, Rahaway junior, placed second and third, respectively.

On Senior Day the Alphas were awarded the Intramural Cup for athletics. We were all very proud of this. It was won by the Alphas by receiving points for participation in both individual and team sports.

The Chi patronesses gave the chapter members a party, at which the seniors were honored. Lynne Scafati, past president, was announced the outstanding senior of Chi Chapter. Dr. Ruth Scarborough, professor of history and a patroness, read poems which she had written about each of the graduating members. All who attended had a wonderful time.

Plans are being made for the annual Homecoming banquet and float for the parade. We won second prize !ast y:ar and are hoping to capture first pnZ'e th1s year. We are, also, planning a reception for the new women students.- ANN SLoNAKER.

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Psi's Shine with Honors

;\:, THIS . year has certainly been an eventful one for the Psi girls on Madison campus.

Everything seemed to move along with a tremendous burst, only to end on a certain note of sadness when the last goodbyes were said to thirteen senior Psi girls. They leave many wonderful memori·es behind them.

We are very proud to report that the elections for Student Government and other campus clubs came out very well for the Psis. Capturing top honors were Mitzie Harper, treasurer of Student Government; Sis Watkins, Standards Committee Chair­man ; Betty Lou Simpson, vice-president of YWCA; Betsy Auten, president of the Honor Council.

Among the dreadful thoughts of exams and last minute reports came the shining ray that May Day always seems to carry. Again the Psis "shone" with ten girls in the May Court, three of whom were attendants. Then, too, our "buttons just bursted with pride" when Martha Ann Goodwin was selected Maid of Honor. We're all so proud of her, and know her as a beautiful and wonderful girl. To carry out the "myth" them"e of May Day, Zirkle House was decorated as the temple of Iris, the rainbow goddess.

Everyone seemed to be eagerly awaiting "Moving-Up" Day at Madison, as it has come to moean a special time for the recog­nizat ion of outstanding students. Joan Ails, Carol McCormick, and Joan Harvey were recognized as members of Who's Who. Joan Alls also received special recognition as one outstanding in education. Sarah Bundy, a ource of our pride, was awarded the Duk"e

Memorial Scholarship of $100 for having the highest scholastic rating in the junior class. Joan Harvey, the receiver of the AlT Schol­arship Award, also received the $200 Mar­garet McDonald Memorial Scholarship at a home economics convention held in Roan­oke. Dot Rowe, one of our alumnae repre­sentatives, was named chairman-elect of the Virginia Dietetics As ociation.

Fun and frolic, with plenty of sunshine, seemed to mark our cel-ebration for Found-

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Psi's "Old Seniors" enjoy a party g ive n by the juniors.

er's Day, as we were off for a weekend at College Camp. Everyone had a wonderful time, even if a few mishaps occurred such as falling in the river instead of rowing in it! Each class worked extra hard on the songs to be sung at our annual song contest. Miss Frank, our sponsor, and Miss Rowe, our alumnae representative, were the judges and after much debating declared all three classes the winners! After receiving some very nice gift from the seniors, they were presented with A~T cuff links. Previous to this event, we learned that Suzanne Bowdle had been named the Sweetheart of Sigma D elta Rho. More honor for the Psis.

With the school term drawing fast to a close, the juniors gave the seniors breakfast to honor them. Suddenly Zirkle House was empty without its furniture, as it was closed for the summer. Some of the girls went to Virginia Beach to oak up the un, and eYen though it rained a ll reports were that it was simply wonderful!

Of cour e, with the sadnes of closing up the hou e comes the hopes of filling it ap;ain in S pt mber with the 'n w" seniors. '"'e ar as ured of having a full hou e this year ! Ye , Zirkle Hou will ring out with much !aught r and pirit as it opens its doors to it first big event- the big rush party. sing it traditional " rnival" them , the Psi ~iris will on e ag-a in slip into the dis ui cs of f r-

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

Alpha Alpha 's Fun Night

;\, AN event which will long be remembered by us came this spring when we had as

our guest national president, Mrs. Earl F. Peterson. She was the guest of honor at a buffet dinner and also attended our last business meeting. After being presented by newly installed presiden t, Mary Ann Clark, Mrs. Peterson graciously answered our many questions and reported to u on the other collegiate chapters.

When Junior Prom time drew near we all worked hard campaigning for our candidate J udy Lape. Everyone felt that their effort paid off when Judy was announced as a member of the court. We were all proud of Judy that night.

T hete was excitement in the air when Ball State held Parent's Day. This is an annual affair at which the school holds open house and parents are admitted in the dormitories. In the afternoon the sororities and fraterni­ties participate in competitive group singing. Dressed in pastel-shade dresses and white heels, the girls of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority sang "Christopher Robin is Saying His Pra -ers," directed by Judy Rust. Much of the excitement, however, was due to the Par­ent's Day Breakfast for all the parents of the Alpha Taus. It was an enjoyable occasion and a wonderful opportunity to me t man · of the girls' parents.

" P a rl Paradi e" ' a the th me cho en f r th clos d dance which was held t thf' Gre n Hill Countr Pre-cedin th dan e ' , dinner un-

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

try club for the gi rls and their dates. After­wards everyone enjoyed a party at Linders where they ate breakfast.

Formal initiation was held in the sorority suite on April 7 with President Delores Dillon in charge. The newly initiated actives were Barb Alsop, Bev Becker, Carol Bour­ret, Leah Brandyberry, Barb Bowman, M ari­lyn Briscoe, Peggie Duffey, D ixie Haynes, Barb Herman, Jan Hutson, Carolyn Jones, Becky Lyons, Barb Martin, Julia Melvin, Joy Moody, Ruth Ann Paschen, Anita Swin­ford , Bev White, Pat Witwer, and Carol Wylam.

·. Fun Night, an annual activity before for­mal initiation really was a fun night for all of the girls of the Alpha Alpha Chapter. Blindfolded, the pledges rode for what seemed like miles to a cabin in Noblesville where the actives treated them to games, tricks, and refreshments. A sleepy group of Alpha Taus returned to Muncie where they enjoyed breakfast together at 5:30 A.M. in a downtown restaurant.

Climaxing our week before finals and our last function for the scholastic year was a party in honor of the seniors. Although ev­eryone had fun, we were sad that th is was

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

Alpha Betas Keep a Trophy

(SEE BAcK CovER)

;\; THE busy year of 1956-57 for the Alpha Betas started off with rushing. Our hard

work netted us eleven enthusiastic pledges. Each erne ter a Red Cross Blood Drive is

conducted on the Marshall campus. In No­vember we again won in the Women's Divi­sion. This being our third consecutive win, we retired the rotating trophy.

Life Planning Week is conducted annually on our campus. This year Sue Adkins was one of the coordinators. As a group, the Alpha Betas attended fireside chats, convoca­tions, and church on Sunday at the Trinity Episcopal Church in keeping with the obser­vance of this week.

The Chief Justice annual staff was filled by five Sigma Taus this year. These girls who worked very hard are Phyllis Brewer, who was secretary to the editor, Barbara Dawson, Marilyn Kincaid, Jewell Roark, and Sue Adkins.

Black skirts and sweaters, white gloves, and white neck scarfs were our outfits for the Christmas Sing. Shirley Harman directed us as we sang "Winter Wonderland."

Another trophy took its place be ide the Blood Drive trophy last year. This trophy was won by donating the largest amount per capita to the CARE Hungarian Reli·ef Fund (sponsored by the Student Chri tian As o­ciation ).

Our winter formal, Alpha Sigma Tau Snow Ball, on .T anuary 12 was an enormous success. The pledges did a wonderful job of decorating with green and yellow treamers and popcorn snowmen.

The Huntington Alumna·e Chapter joined the Alpha Beta Collegiate Chapter in Febru­ary a t the beautiful home of Mrs. D aisy Gillette, alumnae representative, for a tea honoring our new faculty advi or, Miss Mary Belle Watrous.

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Sandra Anderson graciously invited the entire chapter to spend the evening and night at her home to plan our rush party for the second semester. After games, card tricks, dancing, and refreshments, everyone settled down to the business at hand.

Our theme for the rush party, which was held at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house was "Al;T Platter Party." The pro­gram was in charge of our disc jockey, Angie Virgili, who introduced pantomimes, skits, and new formed quartet-The Four T aus. Everyone had a wonderful time.

Our advisor, Mrs. M ary Belle Byus, was recently married. As a surprise to her, we gave her a shower before one of our March meetings. She received many lovely gifts.

In M arch we received seven girls into our active sisterhood. These new sisters are: Angie Virgili, Jewell Roark, Faye Roark, Patsy Hill, Sandra Anderson, Pat Griffith, and Sue Adkins. J ewell was model pledge and Sandra received the scholarship cup for the chapter.

Mrs. Guy Davis, a patroness, asked pledges, actives, new actives, advisors, and alumnae representatives to her home for a delicious buffet dinner after the activation service. We certainly had a lovely meal and a wonderful time.

Ardella M cClellan represented the Sigma Taus very well at the "Blue Mountain Blast,"

sponsored annually by the Sigma Phi Epsi­lon fraternity. Dressed as a little old lady, Ardella was a very authentic looking candi­date for "Blue Mountain Gal," as she wore everything from high-buttoned, spool-heeled shoes to an old sunbonnet.

The first week in April was a very busy time on the Marshall College campus, as the Greek organizations joined together for a very successful Greek Week. The Sigma Taus took an active part in every phase of thi exciting week. The week opened with an ex­change dinner on Wednesday night with members of the organizations visiting other fratern ity and sorority houses for the evening meal. Thursday evening was the " Invite Your Neighbor" meal. Our president, Phyl­lis Brewer, was chairman of the Greek Week Dance on Friday night. Nancy Branham, Barbara Dawson, and Phyllis Brewer were very busy on Saturday when they joined other "Greeks" on campus to clean and paint the library and gymnasium of Cammack Children's Center. Al;T was represented by three wonderful acts on the Variety Show on Saturday night. These acts were : The Four Taus, a quartet consisting of ancy Branham, Sue Adkins, Evon Mickel. and Patsy Hill, J anice Finley, who sang a lovely solo number, and Shirley Harman, who ha danced on many college programs.

We won third place in the Women's Divi-

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

sion of the Mother's Day Sing by singing our "Sweetheart Song" and "It's a Most Unusual Day." Pat Griffith directed as Patsy Hill accompanied us on the piano. We were com­plimented by many people on our lovely lavender princess styled dresses with dark purple ribbon around the neck and down the front. We also wore white shoes and gloves and carried a bunch of violets. After the win­ners were announced, everyone made a mad dash through the sprinkling rain to the house.

At the open house a Sigma Tau escorted each group of guests through the house, then lead them to the dining room, where they were served hawaiian punch, opened face sandwiches, mints, and nuts by Mrs. Guy Davis or Mrs. R . M. Brewer, our patronesses.

The few weeks before rushing season this fall were very restful for the Alpha Beta. This relaxation is a result of hard work dur­ing the summer months in preparation for rushing. Committees were appointed for decorations, favors, refreshments, invitations, and programs. Each committee was respon­sible for completing its share of the work before returning to school in September. We have found this plan very successful and recommend it to other chapters.

The Panhellenic T ea opened the social calendar of the Greek Organizations. Our president, J ewell Roark, took her place with the other sorority presidents in greeting new rushees.

Our first rush party, a tea, was held at the chapter house. After rushees were shown our house by Sigma T aus dressed in lovely evening gowns, they were taken to the din­in~ room for punch and cake. As each rushee left , she was given a small favor wishing her good luck during rushing from Alpha Sigma Tau.

Aluminum fl ying saucers invited about 60 girls to our informal rush party. Our theme of "Tomorrowland" was introduced by a large rocket ship in the front yard of the chapter house . After games, a skit, singing, and refreshments, the rushees were presented small silver plywood rocket ships on a stand as a momenta of their trip to "A~T Tamar­rowland."

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Formal invitations invited rushe s to the traditional Yellow Rose Banquet, our third party. A lovely meal was served at th house, after which our speaker, Miss Eva Miller, was presented. Favors for our third party were small corsages of yellow rosebuds.

We are all anxious to find out the results of our hard work and to welcome our new sisters.-SuE ADKINS.

Alpha Gammas Win

Scholarship Plaque

t As the 1956-57 year came to an end, the Alpha Gamma Chapter looked back with

pride on a most successful and eventful year. Many of the top honors that were won on the campus were received by A~T girls.

Sandra Dishongh was named outstanding member of A~T at the annual Panhellenic Dance. Preceding the dance, Miss Mae Whipple, our sorority sponsor, gave the girls and their escorts a Dessert Party in her home.

Alpha Gamma Chapter won the top hon­ors on R eddie Day, which is Senior Day at HSTC. Our candidate, Jo Ann Browning, was crowned Reddie Day Queen over eleven other candidates. Selection of the Queen was based on leadership, scholarship, and service to the school. Also, for the fourth consecu­tive year, we were awarded the Scholarship Plaque for being the sorority with the highest grade point average.

Nancy Patterson, Pat Brown, Pat Green, Pat Greenwood, Martha McMillian were tapped for membership in H eart and K ey, an honorary service organization.

Two Alpha Taus have been named cheer­leaders for this year. They are Martha Jo J ohnson and Sue Winston.

Four girls were elected by tudent vote into the Student Senate. They were: Lyla Brown, Ruth Parham, Carleen H arris, and Pa t Greenwood. Cathy H ays was chosen by the Student Senate to serve a ecretar .

This year's new editor for the yearbook is an Alpha T au, Carleen Harris.

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

member hip in Alpha Chi, national honor­a ry scholastic fraternity.

ew officers have been named in the Alpha Gamma Chapter. They are as fol­lows: Lyla Brown, president; Pat Green­wood, vice-president ; recording secretary, Gail R eeveley; corresponding secretary, Rosie 1vfeehan ; treasurer, Nancy Patterson ; chap­lain Martha McMillian ; editor, Ann John­son { historian, Cynthia Still; pledge mist­resses, Carleen Harris and Matha Jo John­son; rush chai rmen, Ruth Parham and Carol Williams ; social chairman, R oena Ross; Pan­hellenic representatives, Chotsy Robertson and Sue Winston ; reporter, Linda T aylor ; custodian, Loretta Munn ; socia l service chairman, Bobbie McGriff; music chairman, Judy Ba iL- ANN J oHNSON.

Alpha Epsilon Wins

"Sigma Sing"

;\; THIS spring has flown by, and Alpha Epsilon has ended this year with a bang! We started spring quarter with the elec­

tion of officers, and Ca rolyn Worley was elected president, following B-etty Collins. J eann Pi citelli is the new treasurer; Jo Bo tj e and Carol Formahls, corre ponding and recording secretaries. Anna Mae Ruey is vi e pr sident, and Fran Berning is pledge hairman, a long wi th all th re t of our n w ffi

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shows Western has ever seen. As our theme we chose the TV Show "This is Your Life," and the principal subject was Don Marshall, one of our favorite faculty members. Every­thing was kept a secret, and no o~e knew, until the show started who our subject wa . We dug into his life, found baby pictures and amusing stories about him, and port~ayed each part of his life by song, dance, sklt, or pantomime. We enjoyed putting it on, the audience had fun watching it, and WAS HE SURPRISED !

Then we plunged into rehearsals for Sig­ma Sing. Suzy Brown was our director. The two songs we chose were "Greensleeves," ~nd "Holiday for Strings ." Practice, practice, practice !!! We were almost hoarse. ~ut when the big night came, Alpha Eps1~on came out on top, and every one of us cned as Suzy accepted our trophy. We were so proud of ourselves, and A~T.

The last chord had not even been sung when we found ourselves smack in the middle of plans for our Spring Dinner Dance, " Cin­derella Ball." This year it was held at the Soano-etaha Country Club in Galesburg, Illi­nois.

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Betty Collins, C hicago, was C inder­ella and her attendants were Sue W alker, Pa,~nee, and Betty Ross, Chicago.

When the All-School Picnic rolled around we gave a skit entitled "Three Ring C ircus" in which we featured a three headed fat lady, trained lions, a parade, pink elephant , and other attraction .

The year ended with a picnic and over­night. and a ga thering to scrub down our house for next year.

And now we've said so long to our alum and have promised to write everyone faith­fully. We' ll a ll meet at our summer picnic.

As the year closes, we look back on all the fun we've had, and forward to all the enjo -able time of the future. - MARILY CoR -ISH.

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Help your sorority's

Magazine Sales!

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Alpha Lambda Gives Formal Dance

~ THE Sweety Pie Ball, our annual formal dance, was a tremendous success for the

Alpha Lambda sisters this year. We all agree we have never seen the decorations quite so enchanting. Favors were tiny dance cards done in green with the sorority seal in gold. All the decorations were green and gold, centering around a huge balloon tree in the center of the dance floor. Dancing to the music of the Gold Tones, the evening was to be long remembered.

Spring rushing was our next big event. Our six rushees were all very good ones, and we wanted to have them initiated in time for our Cabin Parties. The rushees, Roberta Gibson, Merida Crabtree, Jo Anne Kidd, Carolyn Wolfe, Susie Gambill, and Barbara Baine, all passed their exams with flying colors, and were able to participate in our final spring activities .

The weekend of cabin parties was a fun­filled one. We all enjoyed the swinging bridge and the river running directly in front of the cabin. Hikes, exploring parties, horse­back riding, and swimming kept everyone busy and happy for the weekend.

The only sad note in our year's acttvtttes was the night we said goodbye to our grad­uating sisters. Though they won't be enjoy­ing our activities next year, we'll think of them often and wish they were with us.­VIRGINIA RoLL.

District Meetings Southern District ................ .... .............. ..

October 11 , 12, 13, 1957 Omicron, Concord College Athens, West Virginia

Central District .................................... .. November 2, 1957 At Ypsilanti, Michigan

Northwestern District ................ .... ...... .. October 26, 1957 At St. Louis, Missouri

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t EsPECIALLY during rush season do we need a reminder of the actual significance

of " the chain that binds us link-ed heart to heart." Is this chain merely a matter of ritual, or is it a present source of strength to its each and every member? If this chain is to be a dependable support, each link of it must be a unit complete in itself- a unit so pure and so strong than it can afford to give of itself. Youth possesses a natural strength of its own- one that need only to be channeled and directed by wisdom to give it influence.

As individual members of a common allegiance we share the responsibilities of faith in each other, submersion of personal desires in the interest of the whole, and the willingness to give unselfishly and un­reservedly of ours-elves in any way that will benefit others. The youth of the United States has a tremendous obligation to fulfill in assuming an active interest in its sur­roundings. Ru h is a n opportune time for self-inventory as well as for the recognition of the qualities we must look for in pro­spective members of our chain. Too often sisterhood becomes a matter of sentimentality accepted without thought of its actual possibilities. May we all strive to make and keep the Theta chain one composed of com­plete and well-balanced links integrated into an unbroken bond. The chain is, after all, no stronger and no weaker than the sum of all its links and the bond between them.­GAIL Cox, Kappa D elta.

~ "ARE THERE any Alpha Sigma Taus in or around Warwick, War, and Welch Vir­

ginia?"

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

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Alumnae News

Akron-Canton's Successful

Ventures

t ON the first Saturday in May, we had our election of officers and are very happy to

report the following officers elected for 195 7-1958: president, C . C. Meredith; vice-presi­dent, Nora Cooper; recording secretary, Kay Kendall; treasurer, Lillian Ackerman; cor­responding secretary, Pansy Croye; historian, Shirley Smith ; editor, Barbara Gordon; chap­lain, Miriam Grunau ; associate editor; La­Grace Foote; music, Eleanor Halas ; ways and means, Barbara Gordon; social pro­gram, Nora Cooper; social service and cour­tesy, Kay Kendall; membership, Susie Mc­Bee.

We are very happy with the progress we made during 1956-195 7, and especially happy to report that our treasurer has been able to turn over to the new officers more than $100.00. Fortunately, there is a radio station in our city that has a special money making scheme open to frate rnal organiza­tions, churches, etc., and we took advantage of it this year. The various depa rtment tores and chain stores cooperate and award prizes of money to these groups for amounts pent in their torcs. Our orority won second prize claiming $35.00. We also old Chri tmas cards to make extra money for the trea ury. This has help d to k ep our yearly due low r.

El anor H alas (El·eanor Wylie- in idcnt-lly sh ha lovely n w hom ) , our Pan-

h II ni r pres ntativ , ha be n ry a ti in Panh II ni and put our s 1 rit n m

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well on top here in Akron. She has had several honors and ha had charge of several important committees and done a wonderful job each time.

Nora Cooper (Nora Sneed) spent the most interesting and wonderful vacation in Florida during her school spring vacation. It was a toss-up as to whether she should _do her spring house cleaning or take a vaca~10n an? decided that it would be more fun m Flon­da. We think she made a wonderful choice.

LaGrace Foote (LaGrace Williams ) and her husband spent a delightful winter in Florida, and LaGrace said she had one of the best trips she has ever had. One of the highlights of her trip was visiting her son and his bride.

Frances Miller (Frances Brown) is expect­ing and by the time THE ANCHOR goes to press, I am sure we will have h eard she has had a baby girl. " I hope."

In June, Mr. eale (Sue Neale McBee's father ) sent $20.00 worth of candy, chewing <Yum tobacco, and snuff to the Old Folks b '

County Home in the name of our sorority chapter. Thi sounds like a little thing, but the people in the home get so little at tention, a well as extras, that they are more than appreciative. We are prone to for<Yet the old folks and turn to the children becau e most of us have children but if you could or \\ ould vi it in a county home as we have o many time , I think you would realize more and more their n ed for our help.

Thelma Eggle ton (Th lma Bt ·ger ) i now li ing at 117 Lan ap rive in ton . he he a b autiful h m and • v 1 •

talented on. H i a junior in igm u and t. ke

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his fra ternity affair as well as campus activi­ties.

Pansy Croye (Pansy Holt ), putting 1t m her own words, has been "swamped" this year and has spent most of her time between Akron, Ohio, and Ann Arbor where her eldest son, Bob, has just completed a year of postgraduate work. Bob will be going to the Army very shortly. H er younger son, J immy, is a very active teen-ager and keeps Pansy busy at all time . H e's a wonderful boy and very much interested in De M alay.

K ay K endall (K ay Kenny ) is getting things done a t home such as house cleaning, gardening, reading, and so forth, that she didn' t have time to do during the school year. Kay is libra rian in one of the high chools in R avenna, Ohio, her home town.

Barbara Gordon's (Barbara Bostwick ) teen-age daughter will be a sophomore in college this year and because there wasn't an Alpha Sigma T au chapter on her campus, she joined the Delta Gammas- ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED MORE CHAPTERS.

Get to work on expansion- Girls!- Susm McBEE.

Beckley Sends Greetings

t BECKLEY alums have been ambling along abou t as usua l. In M arch we met with

Ina Ring Cook in Beckley and were de­lighted to have the greatest number of girls together we have had for some time.

H elen Mose Fleshman brought the girls to Oak Hill to visit with her in April. In M ay Nancy H ajash entertained a t her home in Beckley.

The girls are planning a family picnic on August 20 at Camp Creek State Forest Park .

The newsiest item of in terest among this group is the arrival of Howard Philip H ed­rick on April 8. This is the second son for 0ur presiden t, Velma H edrick.

We are a ll very much interes ted in Ina Ring Cook's present job. She teaches home­bound children. Ina has thoroughly enjoyed working with these handicapped youngsters.

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Ina is also happily anticipating her fi rst grandchild.

Theda Crotty R adford will r ivc h r M as ter of Arts d gr c from M arshall al­lege in August.

All of the Beckley-Oak Hill girls send gree tings to their Alpha Sigma Tau sisters. Especially do we wish to be remembered by our Omicron friends from those halcyon campus days.- THEDA RADFORD.

Buffalo In iti ates Six

t T HE Buffalo Alumnae Chap ter started the Easter season with an Easter luncheon at

the Continental Inn. T he chairman was or­rna Willingdon.

On M ay 22 ou r Graduates' Party was held a t the home of J anet LaSpisa. Six girls from Buffalo were initiated : Shi rley Brisk, Sue K enline, Pat Lamb, Elaine Neuman, Caroline Rumberger, and O rville Tobin.

This year the Buffalo Alumnae Chap ter is holding the vice presidency of Panhellenic. Eleanor M ason is the delegate, and Dorthea Porter is a lternate. Lois D ryer was chair­man of the national secretary convention which was held in Buffalo in M ay.

One of our Buffalo girls who has an im­portant job to perform next year is Florence M arcotte who will be the local chairman of the sorority's national convention here in Buffalo.

The new officers fo r the Buffalo chapter were installed at a picnic supper held at M ary Bowker's home on June 9. T hey are: president, J eanne Cowen ; vice-president, Muriel Langbein ; recording ecretary, Joan Fynn ; corresponding secretary, Lois Hil­brecht; treasurer, K ay Baxter; historian, Ellen Schillinger ; chaplain, J anet LaSpisa; edi tor, T erry Scinta.- T ERRY SciNTA.

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Denver Is Co-Hostess

for Panhellenic

t THE Denver alums are still meeting regu­larly, and I am spending my last summer at the University of Denver working on my M.A.

We had a nice meeting at my house in June and took pictures of the group in black and white_ The finest careers in our group seem to . be "Grandmothers." We do not hold meetings in Ju ly or August, but will return to our busy schedule in September when we start out the season by being co­hostesses for the first meeting of the all-city Panhellenic.

We are looking forward to a resumption of activities in the fa ll.-EDNA PARSONS.

Detroit's Gift to Thetas

t ALPHA SIGMA TAU has a big job in Detroit this year-presidency of City Panhellenic.

Shouldering most of the responsibility will he Marguerite Brodison Milby (Theta '29) , our faithful Panhellenic representative for the last several years . Working with her as Panhellenic vice president will be Edith Mansell, our second representative. Detroit alumnae know our support must accom­pany our pride in this honor, as many eyes are still upon us newer members of this long-standing organization.

Last year' meetings were highlighted by a gift of pens to an old people's home, in­spiring Founder's Day, a delightful visit with Mrs. L . J. Maher, an interesting pro­gram with slides of Japan, our annual din­ner dance, a drive for Hungarian relief, and the Graduates' Luncheon . Initiated into a lumnae membership were: Gloria Dicker-on, Katherine M axwell, Carol Millar,

ancy Terwilliger, and J oyce Yo t. AI o, anoth r gift of initiat ion robes wa given to th Theta hap ter at Wayne State Vni­v rsity. (Th ta's alma mater has a new nam now.)

raJ f u to Flint for the Mi hi-y nj y d me tin our

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sisters, a lovely luncheon, and an entertain­ing program on Lili Dache hats. Two girls from Flint carried out the plans for that whole occasion- the wonderful job they did was proven by the grand turn-out.

Most of our officers are back for another year. With new responsibilities are Doro­thy Dobos as vice president: Jane Soltesz, editor, and Florence Moffitt, chaplain. Florence is a new member from St. Louis, Missouri, more proof that you can be with AET anywhere in the country.

A big hello to our "out-of-town" mem­bers, including Mary, Sheila, Aryel, Adele, Rita, Margaret, H elen, and Thelma.­JANE SoLTESZ

Flint's Successfu l

"M ich igan Day"

(SEE FRONT CovER)

t O uR March meeting was held at the new home of V ema Newman, Morrish Road,

Swartz Creek, at which time final plans were made for "M ichigan Day."

Flint Chapter hostessed this gathering of collegiate and alumnae Alpha Sigma Taus from all over Michigan, held April 13. About sixty members were present. Everyone eemed to enjoy this get-toge ther, and we were very happy our national president, Mrs. M ary Alice Peterson could be with us.

Our annual meeting was held May 16 at the home of Loui e LeRoy and the entire slate of officers was reelected.

June 13 we held our picnic at the home of Eloise Howes. We were able to have dinner in the yard bu t a shower drove us in on her un porch for des ert. After dinner "white

'elephant " were auctioned off, Jeanne Clark acting as auctioneer.

Present for the fir t time at our aroup meeting were two Beta members now livina in Flint : Barbara V anD tte (Mrs. R ob rt ) and Donna E s (Mrs. J a k). Ba.rbru·a ha a on, K vin born tober 16 1956, and Donna ha a on, nth n J hn, b rn o­vcmb r 21, 1956.

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tions. Crystal Hearn had just returned from visiting friend in Southern California dur­ing the month of May.

About to take off for Florida and Cuba were H azel Schultz, her husband and another couple. Eloi e Howes and her husband were planning a trip to Alaska in July. Ola Hiller is touring Europe this summer.

J eanne Clark and her husband are build­ing a new home this summer. V erna New­man has a project lined up for her family-· painting their new home. No doubt all four of her children will have a chance to learn to use a bru h.- CRYSTAL H EARN .

Greeley Gives Annual

Luncheon

'!- THE annual spring luncheon of the alum-nae group of Alpha Sigma Tau of Greeley

was held in March at the home of Mrs. Nor­val Hinds. We were plea ed to have as our guest of honor, Mrs. M eredi th Hinshaw, president of the Northwestern District. About sixty-five members attended the luncheon, in­cluding the actives of Colorado State College of Education, the alums of D enver and Gree­ley, patronesses and faculty advisor .

Seven senior girls have been initiated into the alum group. They are: Juanita Ching, Edna Kline, Antoinette Masterantonio, Joan Horn, Elaine Shaw, Carol Due, and J anice Sawyer.

Officers who will serve next year are: Mrs. Sylvia Howard, pre ident; Mrs. Esther Walt­ers, vice pres ident ; Mr . Shirley Trimmer, secretary-treasurer ; Mrs. Jo Elgin, editor and historian ; and Mrs. Don Lebsack, chaplain.

The group will resume regular meeting <~ga in in September.-VERNA PAGE.

Princeton Studies

Interior Decorating

'!. AT our J anuary meeting we completed plans for the showing of a film at the next

meeting on interior decorating. Guests were

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

invited to attend. In Februaty, we met in the Appalachian

Social Room, and Jo White did the narra­tion for our fi lm. The Celenese Corpora­tion provided the slides showing use of their materials for home decoration, as were shown at a national exhibit in ·ew York. They a l o provided a dress length of material to be given as a prize.

Our March meeting was held at the home of Beryie Crocketh with Ann Eaton as co­hostess. Anna Lee Ma on, president, an­nounced a meeting to be held at Concord College in April when plans will be made for the District Meeting to be held a t Con­cord in October, 195 7. All members were urged to attend this meeting. AI o at this time a norillnating committee was appointed.

The year closed with a meeting held at the home of Gertrude Swim. The slate of officers submitted by the nominating comrillttee was accepted by acclamation. Installation serv­ices are to be held in the Fall. The officers

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Bride of the Week

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

Sigma Taus, look part in the wedding.

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

Shepherdstown Learns

"Mealtime Magic"

;\; 11 E h ph rd town lumna hapter of lpha igma Tau met at th hom of Mr .

Payn in had s Town, W t ir­ginia, in F bruar . Kath rin Van M tr of M . rtinsburg sh wed slid s whi h h had

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taken of her European tour last summer. The pictures and her comments on them were most interesting.

In March we met at the Potomac Light and Power Company demonstration room in Martinsburg for a program presented by Lanetta Fraley on "M ealtime Magic," this meeting having been postponed from J anu­ary because of a snowstorm.

The annual business meeting including the election of officers was held in April at the home of Genevieve Pitzer in Gerrardstown West Virginia. The last meeting of the sea­son was held at the home of Mrs. Keith Bland in Shepherdstown at which time the initiation service was conducted by Mrs. James Boyd for our six new members. They are Dorothy Leatherman, Sallye J. Morgan, Lynne Carol Scafati, Ann Lindsay Schrader, Barbara Stonebraker, and Mikell Nigh. The officers for the next year were installed.

We believe everyone had an interesting time this year and are looking forward to another exciting time for the year 1957-58. Members, please come and help make our next year even more successful. We'll be looking for you this FaiL- GENEVIEVE PIT­ZER.

Springfield Honors

Graduates t THE Springfield Alumnae Chapter of

Alpha Sigma Tau elected officers in May. Our new president is Mrs. Robert Merriman . Other officers are vice president Mr . George Roo! ; secretary, Maureta Darr; trea urer, Mrs. Robert Lynch; chaplain, ifrs. Tane Phillips ; hi torian, Mrs. Jim Ball ; and a lumnae representative, Mr . Don ebring.

Plans are being made to meet with the ollegiate chapter to make plan for th om­

ing year. We are tryino- to help ' ith the orority hou whi hi lo ated at 957 Kino-.

It wa an honor to ha e Mrs. J. " aid Hin ha, pre ident of th rthwe tern Di. -trict i it u thi pring.

A Jun lun h n honorin th gr. du, ting held at th 1f r .. n H I. , ter

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a dinner party was enjoyed by all at River­side near Ozark.

We are sorry to lose Mrs. Bill Bodanske, last year's president, who is leaving with h er husband and son to live in Paris where Bill will teach in the Army Dependents' School.

Arlene Crosby, who was married to Dr. John Longwell May 12, received her Ph.D. degree from Missouri University in August and will continue her research on Cytology at the Argonne Labora tory at Lamont, Illi­nois.

Meetings have been held throughout the summer months on our regular meeting date which is the second Monday of each month.- JOAN PuRSLEY.

St. Louis-Hostess

For Northwestern District

t As another successful year terminated, the nominating committee members of the

St. Louis Alumnae Chapter found them­selves busy preparing a new slate of officers for the 1957-58 term.

Then at the May meeting, which was a pot-luck supper at the ho!Jle of Ilsa Simp­son, the new officers were elected and in­stalled. At this time Charlotte Boehm turned over her presidential duti•es to an able suc­cessor, Carolyn Alexander. Congra tulations to Carolyn on her new office and to Char­lotte on a job well done!

On June 1 the alums and their husbands journeyed to the lovely home of Alberta Cooper for a barbecue. After a delicious meal the group retired to the game room for an evening of fun. The affair was well attended and was enjoyed by all.

Although summer vacations separated many from the group, those remaining in St. Louis got together to do some hand­work or just to "chat." Holly Miller was hostess to the group in July, and June McCarthy was hostess in August.

The St. Louis heat made cold weather, snow, and D ecember seem very distant. However, at June McCarthy's home,

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

Christmas was very much in evidence as the group began work on Christmas corsages, pins, and earrings.

During this time the children were not forgotten. A trip to Gran t's Farms followed by a picnic at Francis Park delighted not only the "small-fry" but the adults as well.

While summer took some from the group, it brought two former members back. The St. Louis alums were pleased to have M ax­ine Auld and Florence Moffit visit with them this summer. M axine Auld now lives in Puerto Rico where she is a lawyer. Florence Moffit lives in Detroit and is ac­tive in the Detroit alumnae group.

September brought the opening of school, the annual alum breakfast in Forest Park, and the first regular meeting of the new term. The first meeting was quite busy as the alums made plans fo r the district meet­ing in O ctober .

Indeed, O ctober 26 will be a memorable day as the actives and alums from the Northwestern District ga thered in St. Louis for an inspiring session. Pi Chapter and St. Louis Alumnae Chapter will serve as hos­tesses.

Highlights of the day will be luncheon served by the St. Louis alums at the Stu­dent Building of Harris Teachers College,

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and a dinner in the Tower Room of the Congress Hotel.

Since the district meeting is close to November 4 the traditional Founder's Day celebration will be held at the dinner. The beautiful candle-lighting ceremony will be re-enacted as the St. Louis girls join with their sisters in renewing the Alpha Sigma T au Pledge.

As the girls depart for their respective chapters, it is hoped that the inspiration of this meeting will go with them and carry forward the ideals of Alpha Sigma T au.­C AROL E. WILLMAN

Washington Helps

Flood Victims

;\. THE D. C . Alumnae were quite busy in their final events for the sorority year.

Social service wi e we sent clothing to the flood victims in southwest Virginia, and also sent a box of clothing to a needy family in the area.

Five of us attended the luncheon at the Army-Navy Country C lub sponsored by the Northern Virginia Panheltenic Association.

Our convention fund was increased as a result of our first venture in sponsoring a ca rd party in May- this was our sole means of m aking money this past year.

On June 8 twenty-eight of us found our way to Lucie and Gene Baldi's new home in M aryland for our annual p icnic. It goes without saying what a fin e time we had.

On June 29 R ebecca D ixon, Dorothy Gates H elen Sour , and Charlotte Douglas a ttended the lovely wedding of J anet D ybvad and Robert Tink, and the reception­wedding supper which followed the cere­mony. His gain is our loss as they left for

alifornia. Lik wise, we aid farewell to Joey Graves

who l ft to join h er hu band in hap I Hill . ort h arolina.

n ugu "t 24· A~T wa rcp rc nted at the ricn t t i n Tea for th 11 g tud nt in

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Our full support and good wishes go to the following new officers who will lead us next year: president. Dorothy Gates; vice president, Margaret Bowers ; recording sec­retary, R ebecca Dixon ; corresponding secre­tary, Ann D ey ; treasurer, Helen Johnson ; h istorian, Mary Early; chaplain, Hildred Kinzer ; alternate chaplain, Ann Griffin ; editor, M a ry Sue Missimer ; Panhellenic rep­resentative, M ary Louise Doyle, and Panhel­lenic alterna te, Frances Brickey.

To the newcomers in the metropolitan area, call JAckson 2-0027 or CRescent 3-2649 and arranaem ents wilt be m ade to h ave you join our happy family!- CHARLOTTE E. DouGLAS.

Wichita Elects Officers

t T HE Wichita Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Sigma T au has been busy preparing for a

successful and enjoyable year ahead . Initiat­ing several new m embers organizing, and electing officers kept the girls working hard. Mrs. Lynn Schmidt Ensz wilt guide us through the next year as president.

We were pleased to h ave Mrs. M eredith Hinshaw with us as our honored guest a t a dinner. Mrs. Hinshaw, Northwestern Dis­trict president, was making an inspection tour of chapters in her district .

Our last meeting before the summer months was a picnic held so that families of our members could become acquainted. The picnic was rained out and had to be held in a home. Just as all the guests were arriving an electrical storm put out the lights. o we' re not ure how much "getting ac­quainted" was accomplished .

But we are ure that the Wichita alum have had a most enjo able year.

Our new o ffi cer are: M rs. John En z pre idcn t ; M r . Phil Anderson, vi e pre i­d nt: Mr . O rval ' hit . treasurer: M .. George Wull hleaer, retary ; 1r . Bill West, ditor ; M r. R oger I ni r pre ntc tiw : , nd

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It's BUFFALO • '58! See You There?

Downtown Buffalo showing Statler at right (top).

Nominations Are In Order "t THE Nominating Committee invites your

suggestion for National Council nominees. The report of the Nominating Committee will be given at our National Convention in Buffalo next August. Elections will follow. The slate will include one nominee for each office, and nominations may be made from the floor. The same information will be required concerning nominees from the floor, as given by the nominating committee. This information is as follows:

1. Statement of name and chapter of nominee.

2. Written statement of willingness to serve if elected.

3. Statement of previOus Alpha Sigma Tau experience and service.

4. Written statement of leadership qualities, sound judgment and knowledge of Alpha Sigma Tau.

Any member in good standing may be nominated. Suggestions must be signed by a member, or the officer of an organized alumnae or collegiate chapter, and each recommendation on a separate sheet.

THE ANCHOH.

Nancy Boyd ( CoNTI N u Eo FROM PAGE 31 )

tion by radio, television, newspaper articles, and circular letters pertaining to personal and family living.

Our services are available to any home­maker who wants to improve her home and community, and who is willing to do her part in bringing about the desired improve­ment. Although in West Virginia, most of the home demonstration program is carried on though local groups which are called­home demonstation clubs, farm women, and homemakers clubs.

Without the cooperation and enthusiasm of the people in my county (Raleigh, West Virgin ia,) my work wouldn't be effective. The first year in any job is difficult, but more so in extension work, until you have gained experience. Many people have given complete support to all extension work and they have helped me in a hundred ways. It i the people of Raleigh County who make my work in West Virginia Extension Service such a satisfying experience.

Address suggestions to Kathleen K elchner, 3665 38th Street, N.W., Washington 16, D. C.

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Personals*

Alpha Margaret Jean Walker to Joseph Thomas

Fer!, December 22, 1956 Beta

Marion Eastman to Charles Eaton Delta

Ellen Henderson to Richard E. Carlson, June 25, 1955

Mary W. Gunsallus to W. A. Roth, Jr. , September 22, 1956

Iota Beth Blood to Herb Remick, June, 1956 Shellia Gatchell to Howard Vaughn, Feb­

ruary, 1957 Pat Goulden to Don M cCo'r"an, Septem­

ber, 1957 Shirley Unruh to Mr. Wardlow, Decem­

ber, 1956 June Dupy to Ted Van Syckel, J anuary

14, 1956 June Anderson to John Hovorka, Febru­

ary 9, 1957 Myra H awley to Mr. Whitting Betty LewiC'k to Jim Crawford, June,

1956 1orma Neff to Don Currell, June, 1956

Twila Anderson to Lloyd Stone, Decem­ber 22, 1956

Jo Leiss to Clair Hutchinson, June 3, 1956

Jeannin Bli s to John Crum, May, 1956 Marie Logan to Terry Chamberlain, Feb­

ruary, 1957

*Beginning with this issu TH E ANCHOR will publi h vital statisti s con ern ing only marriages and deaths. Announcement of births appears in hapter n wsl ttcrs.

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M arge Roger to J erry Schneider Rosalee Gibben to Paul Walker, Decem-

ber, 1956 Becky Rice to Joe Caldwell, J r. Arneida Gunier to Jerry Miller Loalee Stotts to Gelbert Hague Shirley Gro to J ack Miller Charlotte E. H al l toR. G. Schmidt, 1956 Carolyn Carmichael to Clayton Carlson Marian H aag to Allen Clinkenbeard Pa tsy M ason to H ank Smith Carol M ackay to Walter Thoma

Dorothea Schaberg Schmidt to Frederick Pearson, Summer, 1956

Omicron Norma Lee Shanklin to John C. D rain,

June 5, 1954

Zeta Tau Marlene Esta Lucas to William Gene

Willis, January 19, 1957 Psi

Jo Ann Critzer to Herbert Solomon Carol J. Crocket t to the Rev. Bernard R .

Fitzgerald, August 8, 1956 Easley Shuford to Richard M arrell Fer­

guson, 1955 Dori Joan Boone to Dr. R alph 0. Ken­

nedy, September 29, 1956 M arie Garber to J ames R. Keller N ovem­

ber 10, 1956 Elizabeth J amerson to Earle M . Brown Anne M arie M axey to Le lie Griffin Jul

21 , 1956 Charine Tinkham to Ed Orm b , vem-

b r 27, 1954 Nan Ki r t E. Th m, . , Jul ,

1955

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Maryon L. Smith to Robert N. Crouse, August, 1956

Constance L. Holland to Louis R. Alber­tia, Jr., November 26, 1955

Jane Soyars to Roger A. Glover, Jr.

Jane Porter to Preston H . Andfew, April 14, 1956

Bavbara Johnson to Frederick B. Forward, Jr., July 21 , 1956

Ann L. Marshall to J ames G. Young, Jr., June 15, 1956

Betty Jo Thompson to William J. Bow­man, June 23, 1956

Mary Ann Stone to Mr. K auffman

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Gold-filled ........... ............................ 1.25 Miniature Coat·of arms.

Silver ....... .............. .... ... ............. ....... 1.00 Monogram Recognition .................... 1.50

(not illustrated) Alumna Guard. !OK Yellow Gold Anchor 2.00

All badges must be ordered on special order blanks supplied to each Chapter, the blanks to be signed by the Chapter Treasurer or Chapter Adviser.

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Thelma Louise Dool y to Robert Lester H elwig, J anuary 5, 1957

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Iota

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Psi

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Directory: Colle9iale

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Alpha (1899)-Eastern Michigan College, Ypsi­lanti, Mich.

President- K athy Serant, 443 Goddard Hall , E.M.C., Ypsilanti, Mich.

Adviser-Mrs. R . B. Bates, 20 S. Normal, Ypsi­lanti, Mich .; Mrs. Wilbur Williams, 1210 Shores Ave., Ypsilanti.

Alumnae Representative-Mrs. H. E. Staehle, 48 1 Torrence Rd., Columbus, Ohio.

Beta ( 1905-1917; 1940)-Central Michigan Col­lege of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

President- Arlee Ann Rosenberg, 906 Main St., Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Adviser-Miss Charlotte Denman, I 05 E. H igh St., Mt. Pleasa nt, Mich .

Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. L. ] . Gaffney, 873 Milford Rd ., Holly, Mich.

Gamma (1900-1913)-Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, Wis.

Alumnae Representative-Mrs. Grant Hinkamp, 659 Lark Street, Marion, Ohio

Delta (1916)-State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa.

President- Marie Brodak, 1288 Church St., Indiana, Pa.

Adviser-Miss Mary Washington, 644 Wayne Ave., Indiana, Pa.

Alumnae R epresentatives- Mrs . Russell Guard, 12 Park Pl. , Indi ana , Pa. : J ane Dunlap, 203 Cherry Ave., Houston, Pa.

Epsilon (1919-1923; reorganized as Lambda, 1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Alumnae Representative-See Lambda Chapter.

Zeta (1921-1948; 1949)-Lock Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Pa.

Presiden t- J ea n Wagner, 390 Birch St. , Lock H aven, Pa .

Adv1ser- Mrs. I. 0 . Fleming, 108 Riverside T cr., Lock Haven, Pa.

Alumnae Representativc-Mr . Ray Wolfe, Prospect A,·e .. Avis, Pa.

Eta ( 1927-1939)-Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Alumnae Representative- Mrs. Bernard McBee, 1183 Avon St., Akron, 0 .

Theta ( 1923 )-Wayne tate University, Detroit, Mich. President- Penelope Ann Orr, 5050 Cass,

D troit 2, Mi h. d iscr- Mrs. Betty hmaj, Wayn ta te

nivcrsi ty, Detroit, Mich. Alumnae R epresenta tiv Mrs. H . T . Meister,

23236 Raven, E. Detroit, Mich.

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Iota (1923)-Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kan.

Presid ent- Susan Schmidt, 1006 Constitution, Emporia. Kans.

Adviser-Mrs. H. 0. Wood, 1736 E. Wilmer, Emporia, Kans. ; Mrs. Alice Gist. 1411 Wash­ington, Emporia, K ans.

Alumnae Representatives-Mrs. Thos. E. Curry, Box 7 53, Pratt, Kan. : Mrs. Mark Rose, 621 West 6th, Emporia, K an.

Kappa (1924-1929)-Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. R . M . R einert, 136 Mavern Ave., Hamilton, Ohio

Lambda (1926)-Temple University, Philadelphia President-Deanna Tropea, Box 9-l, Temple U.,

Philadelphi a 22, Pa. Adviser- Mi s Marie Grall, Greenwood T errace

Apts., J enkintown, Pa. Alumnae R epresentative-Mabel Schreiber, 511

Chestnu t. Lebanon, Pa. : Marie Furia, 1407 Ellsworth t., Philadelphia, Pa.

N u ( 1928-1940; 1948 ) -Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo.

President- Ri ta Allard, 1715 I Oth Ave ., Greeley, Colo.

Advisers-Mrs. Julius Korman, 1918-14th St.; Mrs. Carl Melander, 1807 Fairacre Dr., Greeley, Colo.

Alumnae R epresentatives-Mrs. Clarence An­derson, Rte. 2, Box 16, Eaton, Colo.; Miss Juanita Emerick, 3033 W . Highland Park Pl., Denver.

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

Alumnae Representative-Miss Grace Quinby, Box 1026, Alice, Texas.

Omicron ( 1930) -Concord College, Athens, W. Va.

President- Elizabeth Ann Hight, Box 296, Athen , W. Va.

Advisers- Miss Mae Hunter, Athens, W. Va.; Mis Mildred Dransfield, Concord College, Athen , W . Va.

.-\lumnae Representa ti,·e-Y!i s Hila rrington, 1331 Mercer t. , Princeton, v . Va .

Pi ( 1930)-Harris Teachers College, t. Louis. Presid nt- .J uanita Beeler, I 0-l18 Eagle\ d,

t. Louis 1+, Mo. Advisers- Mi s Julia Kohl, 5816 Jamieson St.

Loui 9, Mo.; £iss Julia K. Murr , 506 Hawthorne, t. Louis, Mo.

lumnae Representative - M r . Eugene Brun , 7022 Ethel, t. Louis 17, Io.: fr . \ m. Vit, 3914 M Donald, t. Louis 16, fo.

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Rho (1932-1948; 1949)--Southeastern State Col­lege, Durant, Okla.

President- June Akard Sta . A. SSG Durant Okla. ' ' ' '

Advisers-Miss Mary Slawson State Coli.· Miss Mildred Riling, 904 W. Elm; Dr. Linni~ Ruth Hall, 324 W. Plum, Durant, Okla.

Alumnae Representatives- Mrs. William Swaf­for~, Alturas, Calif.; Mrs. Eugene Derichs­weiler, 401 E. Morton, Denison, Tex.

Sigma (1925 )-State University College for Teachers, Buffalo, N. Y.

Adviser-Mrs. Lillian McKenneth, 1300 Elm­wood Ave., Buffalo 22, N . Y.

Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Harold Peter­son, 230 Knowlton Ave. , Kenmore, . Y.

Zeta Tau (1935)-L:mgwood College, Farmville, Va.

President- Betta Mosteller, Box 60, Longwood College, Farmville, Va.

Adviser-Miss Virginia Bedford, L.C., Farm­ville, Va.

Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Boice Ware, Keyesville, Va.

Upsilon (1935)-Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, Ark.

President- Sue Hudson. A.S.T.C., Conway, Ark.

Advisers- Miss Dorothy Allen. 240 Donaghey, Conway, Ark.; Mrs. Sue Phelps, 1818 Simms, Conway, Ark.

Phi ( 1940) -Southeastern Louisiana College, Hammond, La.

President- Joann Brauner, College Sta., H am­mond, La. H ammond, La.

Advisers- Miss M argaret Lowe, Coll ege Sta., Hammond, La.; Mrs. 0 . Moore, Coli. Sta. , H ammond, La.

Alumnae R epresentative - Maril yn Clark, Rte. 3, Box 3, H ammond, La.

Chi ( 1940-1948; 1950)--Shepherd College, Shep­herdstown, W. Va.

President- Barbara H arris, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Adviser- Dr. Sara H elen Cree, Shepherds­town, W. Va.

Alumnae R epresentative-Mrs. Roscoe Payne, 710 S. Church St., Charles Town, W. Va.

Psi (1944)-Mad.ison College, Harrisonburg, Va. President- M arjori e Yarger, Box 323, Madison

College, H arrisonburg, Va. Adviser-Miss Helen M. Frank, Madison Col­

lege, Harrisonburg, Va. Alumnae Representatives-Mrs. T . J. King, Jr.,

4736 Ave. W., C.P., Birmingham 8, Ala.; Miss Dorothy Rowe, Madison College, Har­risonburg, Va.

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Omega (1945-1954)-Minot State Teachers Col­loge, Minot, N. D.

Alpha Alpha (1945)-Ball State Teachers C~ lege, Muncie, Ind.

Presid ent- Mary Ann Clark , W(jodworth H all, B.S.T.C .. Muncie, Ind .

Adviser- Nell Young, 100 S. Talley, Muncie, Ind.

Alumnae R epresentative- Mrs. R. B. Cross, 207 Winthrop Rd., Muncie, Ind.

Alpha Beta ( 1946) -Marshall College, Hunting­ton, W.Va.

President- J ewell Roark, 1517 Sixth Ave., Huntington. W. Va.

Adviser- Mrs. Ronald Hulbert. Alumnae Representatives-Miss Clara Closter­

man, 1025 9th Ave., Huntington, W. Va.; Mrs. Spencer A. Gillette, 396 Forest Rd., Huntington, W. Va.

Advisory Bd.- Miss Dorothy Buzek, 5720 Pea Ridge Rd ., Huntington, W. Va.

Advisors-Mrs. M ary Byus, Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va. ; Mrs. Ronald Hulbert, 1901 U nderwood, Huntington , W. Va.

Alpha Gamma (1946 }-Henderson State Teach­ers College, •Arkadelphia, Ark.

President- Lyla Brown, Box 523, H .S.T.C., Ar­kadelphia , Ark .

Advisers- Miss Amy J ean Greene, H.S.T .C., Arkadelphia, Ark .; Miss Mae Whipple, Box 644, H .S.T .C.

Alumnae R epresenta tive- J o Ann Browning, Box 97, St. Charl es. Ark.

Alpha Delta (1948} -Southwestern Missouri State College, Springfield, Mo.

President-Carol Welch, 723 M cCann, Spring­fi eld, Mo.

Advisers-Mrs. Bet ty Jo Petefish, 716 W. White­side, Springfield Mo.: Mi s D oris Cloud, S. W. Mo. State College, Springfield, Mo.

Alumnae Represe ntat ive-Mrs. Don Sebring, 1234 E. Minota, Spri ngfield , Mo.

Alpha Epsilon ( 1948 }-Western Illinois State Col­lege, Macomb, Ill.

President- Ca rolyn Worley, 308 W. Adams, Macomb, Ill.

Adviser- Dr. H arriet C. Stull, 316 N . Dud­ley, Macomb, Ill.

A-lumnae R epresentatives- Mrs. Floyd Pruitt, Box 359, Tiskilwa, Ill. ; Mrs. Joe Koomar, 81 Toni St., Bourbonnais. Ill .

Alpha Lambda ( 1953) -Radford College, Rad­ford, Va.

President- Louise Hoback, R adford College, Radford, Va.

Adviser-Miss Blanche Daniel , 1405 Grove Ave., Radford, Va.

Alumnae Representative-

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_A-lumnae *CHARTERED

*Akron-Canton, Ohio Mrs. Fred Meredith, Box 604, Hudson

Albuquerque, New Mexico Mrs. L. J. Paddison, 911 Parkland Circle

Baltimore, Maryland Mrs. W. ] . Deane, 4042 Edgewood Rd. (15)

*Beckley, West Virginia Mrs. Harold Hedrick, 206 Railroad Ave.

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

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

-Gharleston, West Virginia Mrs. Maurice Miller, 417 Elm St., So.

Charleston

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

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

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

Dallas, Texas Mrs. W. D . White, 4224 Hawthorne Ave.

Dayton, Ohio

*Denver, Colorado Mrs. I. J. Gefroh, 4 15 Cody Dr., Lakewood

*Detroit I, Michigan Mrs. Mary J ean Bristol, 6142 Bishop Rd. (24 )

Durant, Oklahoma

Elkhart, Indiana

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

*Flint, Michigan Mrs. has. cwman, 53 23 Miller Rd ., wartz

'r ck, Mich.

Fort Worth, Texas

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*Greeley, Colorado Mrs. Donald Uhrich, Rte. 1, Box 198

*Harrisonburg, Virginia Mrs. Betty Bowman, Maridon Terr. Apts.

Highland Park, Michigan Miss Edith Mansell, 161 Highland

*Huntington, West Virginia Mrs. Chas. E. Amos, 1750 Rte. 1. Kenova

Kansas City, Missouri Mrs. Victor P. Wolf, 6721 Charlotte

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

Lock Haven, Pa. Mrs. Evelyn Smith, 311 N. Fairview

*Los Angeles, California Mrs. R . D . Hartman, 2520 25th St., Santa

Monica

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

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

Miami, Florida

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

Morris-Ottawa, Illinois Mrs. Pat Voight, R . R ., R ansom, Ill .

Mt. Clemens, Michigan Mrs . Marybelle Baker, 665 Huntington Dr.

*Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Miss Tod Fugate, R .F.D . o. 3

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

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

Sparkill, . Y.

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

Oak Hill, W. Va. ancy Jo Canterbury, 224 Oak Hill ve.

Peoria, Illinois Mrs. \ m. ' alstrdt, 129 Edna .t.

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*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Miss Emily Reedy, 7 Elm Ave., Cheltenham

Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Port Huron, Michigan Mrs. D . N. Bantien, 1626 Pennsylvania, Marys­

ville, Mich.

*Princeton-,Athens, West Virginia Miss Anna Lee Mason, 101 N. 2nd, Princeton

Pueblo, Colorado Mrs. Roy Smith, 801 Minnequa

*Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia Mrs. ]. L. Hall, 3511 Hazelhurst Ave., Rich­

mond

*Roanoke, Virginia Miss Martha J. Donaldson, R.F.D. 10

San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Lester Julian, 4996 Porter Hill Rd., La

Mesa

Seattle, Washington Mrs. Stewart Hockom, 1253 S. !56th (88)

*Shepherdstown, West Virginia Mrs. J eanne Carper, 439 Gray St., Winchester

Central District: Mich., III., Ind., Ohio, Wis. President-Mrs. L. ]. Maher, 2102 Hamilton

Pl. , Peoria, Ill.

Eastern District: N. Y., Penn., N. J ., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., Conn., and R. I . President- Mrs. Joseph Steen, 147 N. Union

Rd. , Williamsville, N. Y.

Northwestern District: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and all other states north of these and west of the Mississippi River.

Send to:

ALPHA SIGMA TAU CENTRAL OFFICE

5641 S. Kingshighway, St . Louis 9, Mo.

Chapter ____________ _

Date of Marriage ______ ___ _

Husband's full name ________ _

Addres ____________ _

Maiden name ___________ ___

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*Springfield, Missouri Mrs. Margaret Merriman, 625 S. K entwood

*St. Louis, Missouri Mrs. James Alexander, 6328 Potomac (9 )

St. Petersburg, Florida Miss Ellen H. Smith, 2327 Second Ave. , North,

St. Petersburg

War, West Virginia Mrs. Mary Jane Howard, Box 27

*Washington, District of Columbia Mrs. Dorothy Gates, 133 S. Glebe Rd., Arling­

ton. Va.

Welch, West Virginia Mrs. Lena Caporossi, Box 607

*Wichita, Kansas Mrs. J . D. Ensz, 420 S.E. lOth, Newton

*Williamsport, Pennsylvania Mrs. Richard Crossley, 760 Pine St., Montours­

ville, Pa.

Youngstown, Ohio Mrs. K ei th McGowen, 2368 Midlothian

*Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor, Michigan Mrs. Willard Maxey, 2926 Shady Lane, Ann

Arbor

President-Mrs. ]. Waldo Hinshaw, 27 H ardith Hill Ct., St. Louis, Mo.

Southern District: Va., W. Va., Ky., Md., Dela., Tenn., N. C., Miss., Ala., Ga., Fla., and S. C. President-Mrs. Richard F . Snidow, 2306 Lin­

coln Ave., Roanoke, Va.

Southwestern District: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. President- Mrs. John Simpson,

shire, St. Louis 9, Mo. 6535 D evon-

Send to:

ALPHA SIGMA TAU CENTRAL OFFICE

5641 S. Kingshighway, S t. L ouis 9, Mo .

Name ____ ~----------

Chapter ____________ _

Address _ ____________ _

Former addre s ___________ _

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Y/aliona/ Council President-Mrs. Earl F. Peterson (Iota) , Route 1,

Crawfordsville, Ind. Vice Presidents-Mrs. Joseph Steen (Sigma), 147

N. Union Rd., Williamsville, N. Y.; Mrs. L. J. Maher (Pi) , 2102 Hamilton Pl., Peoria, Ill. ; Mrs. J. Waldo Hinshaw (Iota). 27 Hardith Hill Ct., St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. R . F. Snidow (Omicron), 2306 Lincoln, Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. John Simpson (Pi), 6535 D evonshire, St. Louis

9, Mo. National Expansion D irector- Mrs. Parry Schip­

pers (Pi ), 5300 Sutherland, St. Louis 9, Mo. NPC Representative and Secretary-Mrs. Haswell

E. Staehle (Alpha), 481 Torrence Road, Colum­bus 14, 0.

Treasurer-Miss Margaret Macdonald (Sigma), 67.3 Richmond Ave., Buffalo 22, N. Y.

Editor-Mrs. Francis Graflage (Pi). 10310 Capi­tol Dr., St. Louis 21 , Mo.

Chaplain- Mrs . Joseph Steen, 147 N. Union, Williamsville, . Y.

Executive Secretary- Mrs. S. Carl Robinson (Pi ), 146 S. Maple Ave., Webster Groves 19, Mo.

Gntral Office 5641a S. Kingshighway

St. Louis 9, Mo. I Central Office Assistant- Mrs. E. E. Marshall,

5935 Bishops Pl. , St. Louis 9, Mo.

national Commitlee Chairmen

Alumnae-Miss Elizabeth Wilson (Pi), 1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis 17, Mo.

Convention- Miss Florence Marcotte (Sigma ) , 21 2 Congress St., Buffalo, . Y.

Courlesy--Miss Genevieve Repeta (Theta), 2919 Richton, Detroit 6, Mich.

Endowment- M iss June McCa rthy (Pi ), Central Office

Examinations-Miss Emily R eedy (Lambda ), 7 Elm Ave., Chelten ham. Pa .

Housing-Mrs. E. C. Phipps (Omicron), 2711 25th St., Parkersburg, W. Va.

Life Membership-Miss June McCarthy (Pi), 4602W. West Florissant, St. Louis 15, Mo.

Memorial Loan Fund-Miss Kathleen Kelchner (Rho), 3665 38th St. N.W., Washington 16, D . C.

Music-Mrs. D . E. Nichols (Sigma ) . 147 Prince­ton, Eggertsvi lle 26, N. Y.

News Agency-Mrs. Meda Ray Sewell (Omicron), 6541 Williamsburg, Arlington 13, Va.

Nominat~ons-Miss Kathleen Kelchner (Rho), 3665 38th St. N. W., Washington 16, D. C.

Parliamentarian~Mrs. Harold Peterson (Sigma), 230 Knowlton Ave., Kenmore 17, N. Y.

Pledge-Miss Rose Marie Schmidt (Theta), 5106 Harvard Rd., Detroit 24, Mich.

Program-Dr. Ada Jane Harvey (Upsilon), c/o Arkansas S.T.C ., Conway, Ark.

Rush-Miss Ethel Himelick (Alpha Alpha), 324 N. 1Martin, Muncie, Ind.

Scholarship Awards- Mrs . J.. E. Gaughan (Psi ) , 5363 Mansfield, Warren, Mich.

Social Semice-Mrs. A. Bruce Ewer (Nu), 1145 Clayton, Denver, Colo.

Standards-Mrs. Bernard McBee (Eta), 1183 Avon St., Akron, 0.

Historian-Miss Viola King (Pi ) , 4241 Schiller Pl. , St. Louis, Mo.

State Chairmen Mrs. Robert Hemm, 51 7 Lakeshore Rd., Crystal

Lake, Medway, Ohio Mrs. John Simpson, 6535 Devonshire, St. Louis

9, Mo.

national Panhel/enic Con/erence

Chairman-Mrs. Cicero F. Hogan (Gamma Phi Beta), 9219 Mintwood, Silver Spring, Md.

Secretary--Mrs. Darrel R. Nordwall (Alpha Chi Omega) , 60 Sutton Place South, . Y. 22, . Y.

Treasurer-Mrs. Joseph D. Grigsby (Delta Delta Delta ) . Grigsby Sta., Landover, Md.

College Panhellenics Committee----Mrs. William R . Greig (Sigma Kappa), 6217 Acacia Ave., Oak­land 18, Calif.

City Panh ellenics Committee-Mrs. H. E. Staehle (Alpha Sigma Tau), 481 Torrence Rd., Colum­bus 14, 0.

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