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CJJecember, 1930

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WrsHING even; A lpha c)igma

?!Jau a merry C!Jhristmas and a

h ap p!) 9V e w C): ear! ~CJrf a y t h e

fut u re hold an abundance of

prosperty with health anu hap ­

piness forever smiling through .

ADA 1\. ORTON

L UELLA CHAPMAN

£DITI-1 l. i\IIA NSELL

M t\ E H. ELLIS

CARR IE \VI . STA E HL E

i\I AR Y L OU ISE MANDREA

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Published twice yearly by the Alpha Sigma T au Sorority

VoL. VI No. I

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Direc tory

Just Anything

Address Given by Miss Mabel Lee Walton ..

Ships that Pass

Sororities

On to the Con vent ion .

Sisterhood

Co-operation

Alpha C hapter

Delta Chapter

Et?. C hapter

Eta Alumn ae Chapter .

Iota C hapter

Lambda Chapter

Nu C hapter

Omicron Chapter

Pi Chapter

Sigma Chapter

Theta Chapter

Xi Chapter

Zeta Chapter

Sigma Alumnae Chapter .

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Officers of Associat ion of Educational Sororities

MRS. c. P . NEIDIG, P. K. s .. ... Chairman

8oo Madison Ave., S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich .

MRs. 0RLEY SEE, D . S. E . . . Secretary

48 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif.

MRs. FLORENCE EcKERT, T. S. U. . . . . Treasurer

513 Ball ard St., Ypsilanti, Mich .

M1s AoA A. NoRTON, A. S. T. . Direc tor of Local Pan-Hellenics

510 Pearl St. , Ypsilanti, Mich.

Miss MABEL LEE \'V' ALTON, S. S. S. . Director of City Pan-Hellenics

Woodstock, Virginia

MISS J\lliNNIE SHOCKLEY, A. s. A . ... . . Chairman of Elgibility and

709 College Ave., Alva, Okla.

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A. E . S. Representative . . Miss Ada A. Norton

p o Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Mich.

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392 North St., Buffalo,

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r 508 Glendale, Detroit, Mich.

Correspondin g Secretary Mrs. Mae H. Ellis

89 Colfa x, Buffa lo, N. Y.

Trea urer . Mrs. Carrie Washburn Staehle

3048 Harding, Detroit, Mich.

Editor of The Anchor . Miss Mary Louise Mandrea

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Committees

EH' IE E . Ln,,rAN, ScHOLAR I-liP F 1 o-

Mrs. Margaret Ash Ev:1ns, 44 3 3 Ashland c. l orw od, hio

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Active Chapters and Secretaries ALPHA-Michigan State Normal . . Ypsilanti, Mich.

Doroth y Nelson , 6 I I Pearl , Ypsil anti, Mich .

DELTA- State Teachers' College . . Indiana, Pa. Marga ret Curran, 52 C lark Hall, I. S. T. C. , Indi ana, La.

ETA-Kent State College . . Kent, Ohio Mildred Pyle , 619 S. W ater, Kent , Ohio.

IoTA-Kansas State Teachers' College . Emporia , Kansas Miss Inez Boy, r oo 6 Constitution A ve., Emporia , Kansas

LAMBDA-Temple University Philadelphia, Pa. M:u y Quinn, 251 E. Highland, C hes tnut Hill , Phil adelphia , Penn .

N u-State Teachers' College . . . Greeley, Colo. Adelaide Brewer, r6o 5 J I th A ve., Gree ley, Colo.

OMICRON- Concord State Teachers' College . . . Athens, West Virginia s. T. c. Lilli an Moses, Concord

Pr-Harr is T eachers' College . Lilli an Vogt , 2 5 I 2 N . 1 rth , St.

. St. Louis, Missouri Louis, Mo .

SIGMA- State Teachers' College . . Buffalo, N . Y . Mary C legg, S. T. C. , c/ o A. S. T. , Buffalo , N . Y.

T HETA-Detroit Teachers' College . . Detroit, Mich. Denise A xell , 3 0 1 0 Drexel, D etroit , Mich.

Xr-Wes tern State Teachers' College . . Gunnison , Colo. Virginia T. N igro, c/ o Gunnison H :dl , W . S. T. C., Gunnison, C olo.

ZETA-L. H . S. N ormal College . Lock H aven, Pa. Ma rga ret R. Beeson , S. T. C. , Loc ken Haven , P a.

DETRO IT ALUMNAE-Mrs. Esther F ield Lippert , 4725 Gray, D etroit , Mich.

SIGMA ALUlviNAE-Mrs. Mae H. E lli s, 26 A lice Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

ETA ALUMNAE-H elen J enkins , 72 I W as hin gton, N iles, Ohio.

GR,\ r D R AP IDS ALU .MNA E- -Mrs. Louise Bon len , I 8 8o W. Leon ard Roa d, Gra nd R apids, Mich.

IoTA ALUMNAE-Florence Saunders, Strong C it y, Kans.

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JUST ANYTHING Returning from college the other day, I found on my desk a letter

from the Editor of the Anchor. She intimated that it was a begging letter and stated that the Alpha Sigma Tau girls would enjoy hearing from me again. The last statement revealed to me that she had not known girls as intimately or as long as it had been my privilege to know them.

However, m y sympa thy always goes out to an editor. It is o easy for those upon whom no responsibility rests to turn the editor's requests down either by not responding at all or by sayi ng "I am too busy," for­getting that when we elect one to such a position as editor of the Anchor , we tactily agree to help share her burdens.

And when she asked me for " Just Anything," preferably somethin g relating to the sorority, I began to wonder where I would find that com­modity and when found, what the worth-whileness of it would be.

Then the thought came to me, that some interest might attach it­self to knowing in what way the Alpha Sigma Taus made their first bow to the public in the college annual, "The A urora," and when. So the hunt began with the following results.

In The Aurora-Volume VII-r9oo, we found:

Sorority-Alpha Sigma Tau .. . ... Colors-Green and Gold

Patroness-Mrs. E. A. Lyman; President-Helene M. Rice; Vice­Pres.-May Gephart; Treasurer-Mayme Tracy; Secretary-Mabel Chase.

Members besides the officers-Harriet Marx, Adriance Rice, Eva O 'Keefe, Ruth Dutcher.

"This organization claims to be stric tl y up to date as it is purely of a twentieth century growth, having been in existence only a few months. Its membership is eight, with a limit of ten, bur since the departure of Ruth Dutcher, "We are Seven."

Though it number less than most of the similar organizations at the college, yet for loyalty and harmony none can excel it. Its aim first of all social and literary culture, but we count not the least, among the results obtained, the bond of sympathy among irs members, which we trust will prove something more than a pleasant memory when we leave our Alma Mater. We ca n only predict its future from its brief past and from the fidelity of its members to its in.terests, its high ideals and lofty aims. We feel assured that it is destined to become a per­m anent and an ennobling element in the college-Long may it li ve.

In September, 1900, Miss Abigail Pearce and I were invited to be­come Patronesses and we accepted. Miss Pearce became inactive e era! years ago and in February, 1930, I ceased m y act ive conne tion , it h thl' g irl while st ill retaining the deepest interest in all their activiti . t the present time the Patrone es :ue Mr . Gerald ander :1nd Mr . Rcninger.

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In The Aurora-Volume VIII-1901 , we found: Sorority-Alpha Sigma Tau ........ Colors-Green and Gold Sorority-Alpha Sigma Tau . . ..... Colors-Green and Gold Patronesses-Mrs. E. A. Lyman, Miss Abigail Pearce, Miss Ada A .

Norton. ew Members-Zoe Waldron, Harriet Van Den Bosch, Louise

Agrell , Kathryn Adair, Mabel Pitts. Then the following quotation appears: "College friend s are like

melons. Shall I tell you why? To find one good one, you must a hundred try. "

The A urora-Volume IX-1902, added eleven new names to the roll w ith the following write-up: "The years of our college life have brought us to a true realization of the fact that-A friend is the nobl est gift life can bring. We have sa ti sfactorily proved to ourselves that true friendship and catholicity of culture in sorority life is wortb while. Our hearts desire is that those who are left to carry on the work of next year ma y be the means of forming links which time and change cannot sever."

More than a quarter of the twentieth century has passed and we catch the ec hoes of these years-the ambitions , the hopes, the bonds of sympathy that have been woven into the years by the Alpha Sigma Tau members of the Alpha chapter, but more than that we realize to the fulles t ex tent the help , the encouragement, the strength and the new v igo r that has come as the chapter roll has increased from one to seven­teen. For although some chapters have become inactive, their members are among our most trustworthy and reliable workers.

In these years there has been a constant " Putting In and Taking Out by the members. It is a common saying "That only when we put something into life ca n we expect to take out." As loyal members of Alpha Sigma Tau then let us remember that the large shareholders of the acc umul ated wea lth of fr iendships will be those who contribuate to the high ideal , the lofty ai ms which tend to the betterment of the sorority.

\Yfe profit by the wonderful inventions of men. Into their inven­tions has gone stren gth, time-yes even discouragement, but what is t heir ga in compared to ours. So let us work that the future members of our orga nization ma y reap rich rewards. \Ve can not escape the truth , that if as individuals we put the best efforts that are possible into our sorority of the elements that are ennobling as honest purpose, con­scientious living, unse lfishness, and kindly thoughtfulness for others we shall take more out of life, for these constitute human character.

Helping to build up a strong social organization means individual growth since in putting in we are accumulating a rich store from which we draw as we render serv ice to our fellowmen.

If the sis ters of 1902 could say that they had come to rea li ze that "a friend is the noblest gift life can bring" may we of 1930 say that next to having a friend " the grea test thing is to be a friend," affectionate, sincere, and true.

ADA A. ORTON .

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ADDRESS GIVEN BY MISS MABEL LEE 'W.! ALTON Representative of Association of Educational Sororities at the Meeting in Denver of the

NATIONAL PANHELLE IC CONG RESS, February, 193o.

Madam Cba.irman and Membrrs of the Cougress: We appreciate your gracious welcome. I assure you It tS a great

pleasure to be here. I have been asked to tell you something of the history and develop­

ment of educational sororities, also our aims and ideals. In 191 r a general survey of fie lds was made and it was fo und that

the only type of students not enjoying the privileges of membership in a national organization was the one trai ning herself for the teaching pro­fession. True, there were a few sororities of this t ype, but these were neither stabi li zed nor centra li zed as to organization. Up until thi s time, Sigma Sigma Sigma founded at the Stare Teachers' College at Farmville, Virginia, in 1898, had existed as a genera l sorority. At the I9II con­vention it was decided to become an educational sorority and to make proper disposition of its academic chapters. In time three became affili­ated with Delta Delta Delta and one with Ghi Omega. May I m ake this personal remark? My own c hapter at Randolph-Macon Woman's Col­lege was one of the chapters absor bed by Delta Delta Delta.

It may interest yo u to know that the first chapter installed as an educational sorority was in the educational department at Miami Uni­versity. So great was the satisfaction of the Dean of Education at the realization that students in thi s department were to enjoy sorority privi­leges that he remarked that thi s was the greatest movemen t in the Greek world in the last twenty-five years.

Alpha Sigma Alpha soon fo llowed in the footsteps of Sigma Sigma Sigma and made like disposition of its academic chapters.

In 1915 Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Si gma Alpha met and or­gan ized what is now known as the Association of Educational Sororities. That was fifteen yea rs ago. Since then fo ur so rorities, Pi Kappa Sigma, founded in r894; Delta Sigma Episilon, Theta Si gma Upsilon , and Alpha Sigma Tau have met the requirements for admission. Our expansion h as been steady and satisfactory.

You may ·wish to know the t ype of institution we ma y enter. " In­stitution on the roll of an A . E . S. sororit y must require a four-year high school diploma, or its equivalent, for entrance; h ave an endowment of at least $5o,ooo a year, or be a state institution; must have an enroll­ment of not less than two hundred students in the col legiate department; must offer a four-year course leading to a degree in education not a chool of special training." Thus membership is limited to normal

schools, teachers colleges, and departments of education in univers ities. We serve a hi gh t ype of young womanhood, not the wealthy gir l.

but the girl of promise. \'\fe kno'v that we are gaining the confiden e of co ll ege administ ration because they may look to us in matter of di -cipline and to maintain high scholastic requirements.

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our problems, but if these ca n g ive streng th and un1t y to our orga niZa­tion , then they are worth the price.

Since we entered the educa tional fie ld , there has been marked devel­opment alon g all educa tional lines parti cul arl y in teac hers co lleges. In the last deca de the number has g row n fro m t wenty-five to one hu ndred . There is now a tendency fo r them to become general co lleges. There is unres t and , in some cases, unh appiness as to the constan t ru mor t hat N . P. C. is about to enter the teac1lers college fi eld. T wo years ago yo u m ade a r ulin g that yo u wo uld not en ter t hi s fie ld fo r th at lengt h of t ime. May we hope that you see fi r t o exte nd t hi s rime and give publ ici ty to the f ac t . \Ve feel sure t hat if t he trend becomes marked to merge t eachers co lleges into general co lleges, t hat we may f ratern all y co unc il t oge ther as to bound ari es and lim itat ions.

After all , T. P. C. and A. E. S. are not so far apart in ou r aims and ideas-in truth, we are nor apart at all. The ve ry reason for our exis­t ence is to set hi gh st and ards of li vin g and to brin g happi ness to t he youn g womanhood we se rve.

W e are rea dy at all times to answer any q ue tions yo u may w ish to ask.

I tlun k you.

SHIPS T H AT PA SS

O n th is great Sea of Life, there sa il m any ships. Some of t hem are q uire unpreten t ious, some are important, o thers are great and srnall , brave and cowardl y. To m at te r thei r names, t hey are all sa il ing along the best t hey can to reach their goa l. For the most part they sa il on a comparati vely ca lm sea, but once in a while they are stranded in their journeyings. T hey r un upon hidden shoa ls of A dversit y, or become gro unded on the rocks of Disillusionment.

There are man y ships that sa il , I have· sa id. Some of t hem are Lordship, Ladysh ip, Fell o,vship, Batt leship, Fr iendship , and Cou rts hi p. Some pass by day, some by ni ght . O ne's imagi nat ion mi ght make up a sto ry of how the Lordship met the Ladyship on the high seas. Very soon up stea ms F riendship , and c lose at his hee ls comes Courtship. T o end t he story, we ferve ntl y hope t hat Battl eship loses her way and steams off to the So uth Pole and f reezes to dea th!

The ship in w hic h t he A lpha Si gma T aus are most interes ted is the grea tes t hip of all , F ri endship. W e sincerely hope that \Ve may sa il for man y years together on the Sea of Li fe . \V e think that life w ill be wort h w hil e on her clean, wide dec ks of H appiness, Loyalty, Good -w ill. When we look bac k, we w ill not be di sappointed in seein g t he smaller ship Fellowship foll ow in g st eadily and surely in our path , for Friendship and Fellowship can not be separated! A nd as we proceed on our voyage we shall not fo rge t th at quite oft en we shall have to drop anchor in the H arbor of C hristi an-Liv in g to renew our supply of Food!

EBBA BROMAN, l\ 11 ChuJllcr .

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SORORITIES All over the country people are asking each other, "Are sororities

worth the cost and the time expended?" More so is this question com­ing to the front now during this widespread financial depression.

Many factors should be taken into consideration when answering this question, but even then it cannot and never will be answered. Why? Because individual s are different and that which is accep ted by one may not and ought not be accepted by all.

The expenditure in money should be the least possible. This de­pends upon each different sorority. But may we not doubt the va lidity of taxing members for the imple purpose of increasing the treasury and therefore buildin g "a rich sorority." Is it rich in the last analysis? It all hinges on the interpretation of the word " rich. "

Sororities will always occupy time. Do they rightfully do so? At meetings a group of homogeneous girls ge t together and enjoy them­selves. It is perhaps the one means for bringing about lasting friend­ships-friendships that endure because the m embers work and play toge ther, thus realizing each ot her 's c haracteristics and id iosyncrasies and perhaps lo ving each other the more. These meeting are similar to family reunions-and one of a real fami ly who has been separated f or only a week knows the joy inherent in such a reunion.

Another intangi ble va lue that cannot be sc ientificall y analyzed or discussed is the development , the broadening of character. An unselfish purpose motivates each girl-" My college and my sorority fir t." And who can den y the desirability of the trait that comes from considering m anki nd first and yourself in relation to mankind? It enriches and unfolds that part of us which is-spiritual character building-is a sweeping but true function of sororities.

Nc- one can possibly den y the fact that a sorority girl h as more prestige than a non-sorority girl. This is an unrefutable statement, in as much as girls who are leaders and those who show possibilities arc the ones se lected as members. Then , too, sororities give you par­liamentary training which is so often required. This training may be conscious or unconscious, but it is acquired in some degree by every member.

These have been more or less ge nera l statements in regard to all soronnes. Let us cons ider the individual in her choice. She has a right to know how much money is required from her when she joins and during her membership. Perhaps it would not be unwise that she know in a genera l way how the soror ity spends its money . Is it living up to th high ideal of uplifting and benefiting all , or has it forgotten thi and consider only socia l affairs and "good times" for member on! ?

Often you will hear one orority called thi t ype and another ca lled that type. Be rather wary of joining a orOt·ity because it i your " type." One that combines a w ider variety of individuals will g iv e yo u more in the way of socia l contact and individual enri hment than the or01·ity whic h se lect on! one Ia s of irl . b ve all, con-

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sider which one you will be happiest with. One girl does not consti­tute a sorority-she is only a part of the whole.

Undoubtedly there is much that has been omitted, but from the general we can go to the specific. Even then all may not be satisfied and seek the answer to the question , "Are sororities worth the money and the time they demand?" Perhaps it is best that we can never answer the question for all. It gives a challenging problem to each sorority. That problem is to prove th at no one can ever dispute the fact that the sorority is worth every penny and every minute that ts given her.

AGNES I. IsAA CSON, Sig111a Cba jJfer .

ON TO THE CONVENTION Alpha Sigma Tau is growing up! Our chapter roll is growi ng; our

national consciousness is growing. The best proof of the latter lies in the fact that at each succeeding convention we have had a larger at­tendance than at the one just before.

In August, 19 3 r, we will get together for the fourth biennial meet­ing. As I write this the place has not ye t been decided upon, but w her­ever it proves to be, let's be there. \'<!hat 's the good of bei ng national unless we get together once in awhile? Let East meet West and orth meet South for the best visit we have ever had and that will be saying a lot.

Convention means many things. The most important, of course, is the business. Our future policies must be discussed and decided; our problems must be solved if possible. That means several hours of strict attention to business. But there is always time for planned social events, also sightseeing trips, luncheons, dinners, add to our good time. How­ever to me the best part of convention is the getting acq uainted with members from all over the country and the renewing of friendships with those met in the past.

If we begin planning and saving right now, can't we manage to make this a banner year? Save your Christmas money and your birth­day money; stay away from the movies a few times; do without that new dress you rather thought you might have. Then, if yo u simply cannot scrape together the railroad fare, borrow Father's car, pile it full of girls and baggage, divide the expense and start forth. You'll never regret it, you'll look back on it forever and you'll keep on going to con­ventions forever.

Get word to your alumnae. We want them, especially. And don't neglect your faculty members. Last time we certainly were pleased to have so many advisors with us and we hope for double the number this year.

I could run on forever, but I'll save the rest until I see you next August.

EDITH MA NSELL.

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SISTERHOOD Self sacrifice, eternal friendship, a life of love among sisters-these

are what we choose when we become members of the Alpha Sigma Tau. Our society is built upon high ideals and principles, and proud we are that we may wear the badge that represents those ideals and goals toward which we are striving.

Just now we are nearing the pledging season. What girls do we want for our sisters? First of all, girls who can give something worth while to the sorority, girls of whom we may be proud to call "Sis ters. " Second, girls to whom the sororit y can give something of va lue. Per­haps it can instill in a girl 's heart a deeper sense of duty, of loya lty, and love for her sorority sisters.

We must not be selfish and self-centered in choosing our sisters­to-be. We find joy in making others happy. We must give and give, and in this glorious givi ng we will receive our finest reward-the road to happiness.

Hearts bound in loya lty, courage, an d love-that is true sisterhood - and true sisterhood is Alpha Sigma Tau.

B ETTY BouToN, Delta.

Every man is said to have his pet ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one rha t I have no other so great as that of being trul y esteemed by my fellow-men by rendering m yself worthy of their esteem.-Abraham Lincoln.

CO-OPERATION What large res ults come from united efforts! Take those prover­

bial "drops of water," for instance. What do they do? They make green the fie lds, ripen the fruit, and help bring forth the harvest; they carry large ships, weighted with heavy cargoes, across the sea; they wear down huge mountain to m ake them into fertile plains; they wear away and polish precious gems. And those " little grains of sand"­see how they build the tall hills and ferti le va lleys, and produce earth's precious metals as well as that bit of vivid glass that parkles in the morning sunshine.

By themselves, the grains of sand and drops of water can accom­pli h little; but think of the work they do collective ly ! Let us try not only to do well our individual task , but to work with other for the good of A lpha Sigma Tau . Let us work-a ll together!-for the succe s of TH E A CHOR . It is not the Theta 's book, nor the Delta' book, nor the book of any one Chapter. It is our book, and let u work to make it a still better one. Let us write for it, and gi e it ome of our thought, time, and ent hu ia m-our best wi hes and good 'vil l.

Lo tSF \X ' Ht RRY, Drlta.

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(Telephone rings: Brr-rrr Brr-rrr.) "Hello, yes, this is the A lpha Sigma Tau house !" "Oh, you would like to hear what we are doing? Please hold the

wire while I call Caroline White to the 'phone-she will tell you of our activities on the campus."

" This is Caroline White speaking: Our democratic spirit is grow­ing-why? Because we are taking an active part in Pan Hellenic. And why shouldn't we, with one of our own girls, Kathryn Hogle, as presi­dent? We are having peppy worth-while meetings, and a real inter­fraternity feeling is developing. All our efforts toward inter-sorori ty meetings have been a success. This fall all the sorority girls attended a Pan Hellenic meeting at which Miss Walton, the national president of the Tri Sigs, was our guest and led a discussion on the A. E . S. Constitu­tion. Also Miss Ren ze, the national second vice-president of the Pi Kaps was present. After the meeting the girls were entertained at the first inter-sorority banquet of the year.

" We were well represented at the Pan Hellenic bridge November 22.

This was the first social bridge that the Pan Hellenic has sponsored, and the girls have to regret that a man walked off with the first pnze-a bouquet of ' mums.' Better luck next time!

"Cultural education is the topic of discussion among the different sororities this yea r. The sororities are taking turns in entertatntng. We were the guests of the Delta Phis. Miss Stowe, a member of the speech department, was speaker of the evening.

" All this tends to create a friendl y feeling and interest in other sororities, and we feel that our inter-sorority ac tivities are well worth­while.

"Cupid's been busy in our house, so I'll let Kathryn Hogle tell you about it-Come here Kate-"

"I've been asked to tell you about C upid's work, so here goes: " It must ha ve been that the little love bug liked the atmosphere at

6rr Pearl Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 'ca use he sure has been on duty! In the first place, Miss Doro thy Rorabacher , now Mrs. Nelson, informed us that she had picked out her table to park her feet under. This was last September. Then last March, Miss Evelyn Anibal, now Mrs. Sees tead , proudly displayed 'the' diamond, but she sorta snea ked up on us, 'cause she didn't show us the rest of the se t until May. This summer, Miss Pauline Bentley and Miss Francis Gibson also joined the -ranks, and Miss Jeanne W ard , now Mrs. C lyde Taylor, se nt her announ cement cards.

"One of the active girls, notified us by her absence from the campus this fall that it was to be in November, so Miss Thelma Wright became Mrs. Hartshorn. We musn ' t forget the recently acquired fraternity pins, and diamonds, either! Miss Mary Kain has exchanged the well-known

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A. S. T. symbol and is now proudly displaying a Phi Mu Delta emblem. Miss Eva Mae Landsborough, our president , takes pleasure in attracting attention to the sparkler on her left hand, too, and dazz ling everybody's eyes!

"So you see just how well the little love bug has done his duty, and at this rate there won't be many old maids left. Anyway, 'Aiphy' says: 'Good luck and best wishes!'"

"Come here, Worm , step right up and tell the lad ies how it feels to be a pledge."

" This is lowly pledge Hester Hibner speaking : I went to the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority house on the evening of pledgin g, delighted that I had been asked to join this group of love ly girls .

"As I was led blind-folded down the stairs my knees were shaking. The blind was removed, and I was in a room lighted only by candles. The president led the beautiful ceremony which made me a pledge of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority. The atmosphere changed. The patronesses and girls welcomed me. From then on, I was under the command of my supenors.

"My first ac t as a pledge was attempting to master the art of eat in g ice cream with a knife while sitting on the · floor. But what was worse was my attempt to lick my plate under the careful coaching of my superiors as to the most effective method of getting m y face chocolate­coated. As bl ack marks were in order, I took particu lar care to have my first dut y as a pledge, that of washing dishes, a g li stening success.

"From that night on came requests for cleaning rooms, carrying books, taking shoes to be repaired, and so on during several weeks. For several days I was in agony try ing to think of a verse in which the main idea is that I am a worm.

"In spite of these various duties, I have learned to love these girls. As long as I've been subjected to this display of sentiment, my pledge sister , Louise Tobey, might just as we ll get in on it too-your turn now, Louise." ·

"A ll right! Here goes: The Sages of Time have whispered to human hearts that if a thing is worth having at all , it is worth waiting for , and al o, that the things in life most worth while are worth working for. This in part is my conception of a membership in a sorority. To merit one means to both work and wai t , and the life of a pledge em­bodies both of these. To one who does not realize the va lue of all this, perhaps being a pledge wo uld hold little or no fascination, but I for one have found pledge life intensely interes tin g.

" The greatest delight received by most of my superior, wa to have their pledge propose to some of the young men at the college . It seems trange but some of the men vvere more embarras ed than I was, if that

co uld be poss ible. I have no idea which one to marry, three of them accepted , I sure ly have weighty problems to decide. One of the deare t gir l in the orority enjoy hearing me say nursery rhyme a 'Ja k and Jill' much to the st uden ts' amusement.

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OFFICERS

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. Virginia Logue .. Mi ldred Williams

. . Alice Stafford . . Margaret Curran

. Wilma Hafer . Louise Wherry

. Marion Johns .Mary Long

. Miss Mary King . Mrs. Louise W a Ish

DIARY OF THE DELTA Date Unknown

H ave no recollection of time-party for rushees . Played bingo, sang, danced , ate (delicious things) . Pl ace-Miss King's.

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Party in candy kitchen after of all cooking, wouldn't harden. time and lots of fun.

dance. One batch of candy, m spite What 's the difference? A spoony

O cTOBER r8 Pan-Hellenic tea dance in Recreation Hall from 3 to 5 for fresh­

man g irls. Everybody very much on their di gnity in bes t bibs and tuckers. Recollec tions , good time, nice girl s, sore feet, and fagged out feeling.

OcTOBER 23

Third event on the progra m for the yea r. given to Emma Jane Barke!!. We welcome greetings !

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The ribbon se rv1ce was our pledge with hearty

Dear Di ary-I'm sorry I ha ve neglected yo u, for really I have given you on ly a taste of everything. From now on I will give yo u whole bites. The Alpha Si gma Tau held the pin service for Emma J ane Bar­kell tonight. After the pin service, a very interes ting talk was given by Miss Flegal on " Design and Color in Modern Dress." The Alpha Sigma Taus, in making their program for the year, planned to have an ed ucationa l meetin g every other week, choosing as their speakers members of the facult y se lected from the different departments of the college.

NovEMBER 6 \Ve held our Founder's Day banquet at the Yellow Lantern Tea

Room at 6: 3 o o'clock. Helen Davis, acti ng as toastmistress, introduced

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the speakers on the program m a clever and interesting manner. The program was as follows:

Welcmne . . . . . . . . Virginia Logue History of Alpha Sigm.a Tan . ......... . ..... Alice Stafford Alph'a Sigma Taus on the I-ndiana Campus .... . Louise Wherry Why I Chose A lpha Sigma Tan . . . . Emma Jane Barkell R em.arks .. . . . . Dean Walsh Presentation of Scholastic Prize ... Miss King R emarks ... Miss Stewart Alpha Sigma Tan Son g . . . Everyone In Dean Walsh's talk on "The Value of Sororities and Fraternities

in a School ," he emphasized as his main point loyalty to the school first and then loyalty to the sorority or fraternity.

Miss Stewart emphasized Dean Walsh's idea of loya lty and added a word of advice concerning any feeling of superiority.

The scholastic prize was a medal for the girl holding the highest number of quality points. Helen Davis was the recipient of this medal.

We were very glad to have as our guest, Mary Miller of Saltsburg, who graduated in the June class from the Music Department.

NovEMBER 13

The second of the educational meetings of the Taus was held. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Hill , head of the Commercial Depart­ment, who spoke upon " Development of the Commercial Department." Mr. Hill traced the development of the Commercial Department from the time he came to Indiana up to the present year. His talk was a very enjoyable one.

Good bye, dear diary, for a while. \Ve are going home for Thanks­givmg.

TITS AND TATS of the Taus of Delta

VIRGINIA LOGUE, President of Alpha Sigma Tau, is Vice-Presi­dent of ".!:...ords of the Round Table," Editor of Y. W. C. A. , and is Secretary of the degree senior class. Virginia, a dreamy miss, will be much missed when she graduates this coming May.

ELIZABETH MORROW, a senior in the elementary degree course, is a charming, dainty bit of femininity. She is President of Pan-Hellenic, and is a member of the Element:u y Degree Club.

MILDRED CADZOW', our well-liked blond, is a senior primary. She belongs to the Prigrind Club.

MARJORIE JEFFRIES, a lova ble miss who makes use of her " loving ways," is a senior intermediate. She is a member of the Inter­mediate Club.

LOUISE WHERRY, a senior primary (full of fun and wit ) , is the Literary Editor of Alpha Sigma Tau. She is treasurer of th Prigrind Club, and belon g to Literary Society, Y. \V. C. A., and Art lub.

MILDRED WILLIAMS, a mu ic junior, :md a speedy, livelY bit of humanity, i Vice-Pre ident of Alph:1 Sigma Tau.

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MARY LONG, a music JUOIOr who doe justice to her name, can certainly play the piano! She is Historian of Alpha Sigma Tau.

DOROTHY BARTLETT, a home economics junior, is able to make a presentable looking garment out of a mere scrap of goods. Such gifted girls!

MARGARET CURRAN is Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Sigma Tau. A petite little miss, Pegg is a senior in the Art Department.

WILMA HAFER, a commercial junior, is certainly going to make her knowledge gained in Indiana be of the utmost benefit to her in later years . Wilma is Treasurer of Alpha Sigma Tau, and is a member of Literary Society, Y. W. C. A., and Junior Chamber of Commerce.

GLADYS OVERHOLT, a very cheerful and thoughtful individual , is a commercial sophomore. Gladys is Secretary of Y. W. C. A., is representative at Pan Hellenic, and is a member of Literary Society and Junior Chamber of Commerce.

JOSEPHINE STEAR, a sophomore music student, is a member of Literary Society and sings in the Vesper Choir. "Frivolous" will de­scribe "Jo" pretty accurately.

ALICE STAFFORD, a brown-eyed, dance-loving miss, is a com­mercial junior. She is Recording Secretary of Alpha Sigma Tau, and is a member of Literary Society and Junior Chamber of Commerce.

LOUISE JOH SON, a nonchalant individual, is an intermedi ate senior. She belongs to Y. W . C. A., Literary Society, Travelers' Club, and is on the Intermediate Council.

BETTY BOUTON, a sophomore commercia l, belon gs to Junior Chamber of Commerce, Literary Society, Y. W. C. A., and is a repre­sentative at Pan-Hellenic. Betty is a sophisticated, poised sister of ours.

MARIO I JOHNS is a senior junior-high. Although a very sp unky, " wou ldn't you" girl, Marion is another hard-working teaching senior. She is a member of the Junior-high Club, and is ~haplain of Alpha Sigma Tau.

BEATRICE ARMSTRONG, a senior intermediate st udent , belongs to the Intermediate Club, Y. \'V'. C. A., Literary Society, Art Club, and is on the \X!. A. A. Council. Bea is one of our "sweet young things."

HELE DAVIS, a senior junior-hi gh student, is outstanding on the Indiana campus. A popular, reliable gi rl, Helen is a member of Literary Society, is Historian and Reporter of Kappa Delta Pi, a national honorary scholas ti c fraternity, and is Secretary-Treasurer of Alpha Phi Gamma, a national honorary journalistic fraternity.

EMMA JANE BARKELL, our pledge, is a sen ior in the Art De­partment. An athletic type, Emma J ane is President of W. A. A., and is a member of Y. \'V'. C. A., Art C lub, and Literary Society.

ALI CE L. STAFFORD , Dt•lta.

How sweet are the slumbers of him who can lie down on hi pillow and review the transac tions of every day without condemning himself!

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ETA OF ALPHA SIGMA TAU As president of Eta of Alpha Sigma Tau, I am pleased and proud

to say that I believe myself to be in contact with a group of remark­able and outstanding girls. These active members of our Chapter are truly worthwhile girls. Each one does her bit in advancing and aiding the sorority as a whole.

During the past eight weeks I have learned to know and understand each of the girls far better than I did last year. I have become better acquainted with their likes and dislikes and am better able to avoid making any one dissatisfied.

Any person that observes the girls of Eta Chapter will find in them a spirit of sisterhood, friendliness, good will and activeness. All the girls have their own particular hobbies. Some prefer walking or hiking, some swimming, others dancing, some shopping and others eat­ing and sleeping.

They all certainly did well during rushing season this year. They readily admit that rushing new girls at Kent State College during a period of two or three weeks is a strenuous but worthwhi le job. It is difficult to meet and know new girls and be sure that they will be the mose desireable for Alpha Sigma Tau girls. However, we now feel confident that our thirteen new pledges will be the best ever at Kent State.

We are especially honored to have as our advisor Miss Laura Hill and as patronesses and patrons Mr. and Mrs. Dick Donaghy and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Manchester. They do aid the girls in many ways and we all appreciate what they have done for us.

Again I am proud to say that I am happy to be working with and sharing with these fifteen actives and the thirteen new pledges.

MAXENE MooR E.

" THE QUESTS"

The eventful day dawned. Dreary and dark was the sky. The heavy, threatening clouds were well past the dew point. In fact , pre­cipitation had set in with a vengeance.

The engagements were set for exactly S :oo o'clock A. 1. , so at 9:45 A.M. (sharp) Clara and Peg set out. Dripping was their raiment, drooping were their shoulders. The burden of the responsibility the bore was almost too great-they faltered at the bridge side.

Cars came and cars went. Thumbs worked is spasmodic jerk . And then came the "pie man" from Hahn's Bakery. He stopped, hifted pies, and C lara and Peg clambered in. The pilgrimage had tarted.

All during the long, tedious journey the subtle odor of the b.1kerv

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products assa iled the delicate nasal cavttt es of the t wo foot sore, we t , bedraggled , breakfastl ess A. S. T's. Their gastri c juices flowed freely. Yet they swooned not , for they were out on a worthy quest.

Finally the great metropolis of Akron, Ohio, loomed up ahead. Clara and Peg disembarked from the " pie wagon. " Although they were both terribly a.ffiicted w ith crustiness, they began anew their strug­gle against the elements.

Hours passed. Swingin g door after swinging door sw ung to before them and behind them. They kept doggedly on. H andsome fl oor­walkers sneered at their polite but pert inent inqui r ies; clerks cas t black glances at them; the very passers -by openly scoffed. But this desperate paid, undaunted, kept up the fight , and at las t ca me vic tor y.

There they stood, the eleph ants white, pure, and shinin g u nder the glare of a multitude of incandescent lamps. Their stout littl e bodies were well worth one dime.

C lara got out the worn old chec k book, the magic words were written, and thirty-one ga ll ant white elephants plodded out into the rain! C lara led the procession, Peg brought up the rear. The ques t was ended, but the elephants lin ger on-in the rooms of the bes t pledges A. S. T. has ever know n. M 1\R GU R I TE OYLER ( Et a).

FIGHT!

A s I sit and think of the f uture, Of the trials and joys therein ,

I f ail to see the guiding hand That lifts lost so uls out of the dim.

There must be a God in heave n Who rules us with His mi ght ,

For whenever our paths become dim H e is always to see we do ri ght .

Some days our duties are irksome; Some days our duties are li ght.

But for that bri ght goal we strive fo r W e se t out, and our motto is F ight!

BLA NC HE H ILL}.1AN1 rr£/a."

Agnes Black, who is now Mrs. D ale Burrows, and Evelyn \'V' illiams, or rather Mrs. W alter Bantsh, are living in Yo ungs town.

Ruth " Bee" Shi vely is teaching eight grades at Rogers, O hio.

Marga ret Stiles is t eachin g at Ashtabul a, Ohio.

Mary Louise Morri s, now Mrs. Allan Breman , li ves tn C leveland.

Last but not leas t JS our Ruth T arr , who ts teachin g 111 St ratton, Ohio.

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FIFTEEN ALPHA SIGMA TAUS

W e're fifteen sisters in Sigma T au, Actives, loyal and true,

The liveliest bunch you ever saw, With always something to do.

O ur president we nickname " Max." H er rea l name is Maxene.

W e put some " Moore" in back of "Max," Then Maxene Moore ts seen.

O ur advisor is Miss Hill , Whose good advice we take.

She helps us always to f ulfi ll The resolutions which we m ake.

O f course we have a Martha whom we ca ll "Mart," And her buddy Mildred, known as " Milly" from the st art ,

Then there's Margaret Roberts, and of ten she does beg T o have us shorten Marga ret and simpl y call her " Peg."

" Mike" and " Ike," they look alike. A t leas t that 's what they say.

But we believe they've los t their sight, This being said by " Sis" and " Kay."

Now come " Lib" and C lara, W ho are good roommates together.

They get along in tip top shape, A nd may their fr iendship never sever.

They say a lot comes from a name, But with what will "Oyler" rhyme?

Likewise " Oliver," "Eaton" and " Schaab" Refuse to step with t his poetica l ttme.

A t las t we see Bl anche Hillman, And to "Cotty" we now draw,

A nd " Bunny" takes t he fi nal st and, As we've lined up ou r Sigma T aus.

ow, don' t you think t hat we're a bunch O f li ve ly Sigma T aus?

\'V'e' ll ye ll to A lpha Sigma Ta u, this hunch, \Xfe' re pro ud of you-nh! R :1 h!

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ACTIVITIES October 4th was the date of our first party af ter the vacat ion

holidays . A shower for Eve lyn Williams Brush at McKelvey's T ea Room was the occasion.

Our ovember 7th meetmg was an " affaire extraordin aire." It was the largest meetmg ever at t ended in the history of Eta

Alumnae. w ·e had for our guest none other than Miss Laura Hill , Eta's

advisor and ideal. It would be impossibl e to tell yo u that her VISit was most pleasing. We recalled Olde Times and acquaintances. You can't come too often , Miss Hill.

Agnes Black Burrows \Vas honored at a shower. She received many bea utiful gifts for her new home.

At our business mee tin g we elected the following officers for the year I 9 3 I:

ETA ALUM AE OFFICERS President Vice-President-Literary Secretary

Editor.

Treasurer Pan Helleni c R epresentatives .

. Elizabeth .Helen

. Virginia . Doroth y

Beynon Jenkin Fenton

Schaffer

. H elen J enkins, Agnes Ka ley, Agnes Blac k Burrows

"PERSON-ELLES" 01 ' D an Cupid certainly had his eye on E ta Alumnae this summer.

His darts were f atal to three of her members. On June r8, 193 0, Evelyn Williams became the bride of Walter

Brush. Agnes Black was married to L. Da le Burrows, August r, I 9 3 o. On September rr , 193 0, Thelma Young changed her name to Mrs.

F. G. Hixson. Some of us managed to dodge him completely, w hi le a few of us

were considerably injured. But that 's a different m at ter, and we' ll discuss it at some future date .

We are proud to have four new members with us from Eta Chap­t er, Kent, Ohio :

Helen Jenkins, former Eta Pres ident. H elen is t eaching Si xt h Grade m Ni les.

Agnes Ka ley, Helen 's side-kick. Agnes is teaching in Minera l Ridge. Agnes Reagan . Agnes has Third Grade in Youngstown. Marian Snow-and by the way, speaking of singing, Marian has

prom ised to broadcast A. E . T. songs over Station WKBN, Youngs­town.

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MORE ALUMNAE NEWS Evelyn Reynolds, Ann Chettle and Teddy Brezger are teaching m

Toronto, Ohio.

Helen Jenkins and Agnes Kaley are doing the same m ile .

Helen Pritchard 1s teaching in Ashtabula.

Dotty Stadler is doing social serv1ce work in C leveland.

Leota Stanley is teaching in East Pales tine.

The Youngstown schools seem to have Marion Snow and A li ce Rega n somewhere in their midst.

Mrs. Clifford Peirce, nee Helen Orcutt, 1s reading and teac hing m South Amherst , Ohio.

Helen Crooks has gone south and is teaching in Birmingham, Ala.

Mary Cook has also taken tO the teaching profession and is located m Medina, Ohio.

DEA R SISTERS:

It is the enysual kustum to rite a storie but I am goin' to be difrunt and rite a dicshunary.

aksident- When no one was late to mee ting. ask-me- Bunny's only expression. A ut ymobile-Where Kay Smith and Sis McGrath may alw:1vs be

found . cafe teria-Where Eddie Ea ton starved to dea th. exk use-Peg Roberts' reason for being absent. freshie- One who rasez down the hall like Lib Willi ams. gimnazyum- Where Clara Ruby lives ? ? ? gi ll- The size of Edith Oliver. honor roll- What all our girls are on. Kate-What Kitty Schaab's name ain ' t . klok-The thing which Cotty shuts off every mornmg and then

goes back to sleep. mathmatiks-Milly Pyle's favorite dish. pleges-Things we hope to ge t. p rezidant-Max Moore in disguise. tale-Peg Oyler's exc use for being late. trea ury-Mart Baumberger's struggle. va mp-Bbnche Hillman :tnd her "spit curls."

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OFFICERS

DOINGS AND DONES

. . Ruth Ellen Huffman Gwendylon Killion

... Lois Beck . Helen Campbell

. Mary Alice Seller . Mrs. R amseyer

As usual, the week before school began the actives returned to help clean the house, and make it the most attractive it had ever been. After much hard work, the house was at last ready for rush week. Rush week was one grand scramble to get through one party and ready for the next. Any spare minutes were spent in trying to enroll in college. With only four actives, one alumna, a sponsor and a housemother to entertain a houseful of girls, we succeeded in ge tting five new pledges. Of course we had to have more; so rushing continued with \'\fednes­day and Sunday dinners, a sl umber party and a Hallowe'en house part y. As a result seven more girls pledged our organization.

ovember eighth was Home-Coming. We had sent out news let­ters to invite the alumnae to return for the festivities. We entertained then"l w ith a tea in the afternoon, and they held their alumna dinner at the house. Night football was the evening entertainment.

November twenty-fi rst Pan-hellenic presented an evening of enter­tainment composed of a ten minute stunt from each sorority. Alpha Sigma Tau's contribution was a musical skit entitled "Banjo Girls."

The pledges entertained the actives November twenty-second with a dance at the country club, which was attractively decorated with yel­low roses. The success of the party proved the abi lity of the pledges to be excellent hostesses.

\Y/e plan to have a Christmas dinner and program. A Valentine dance is scheduled for February seventh and the spring formal dance for March twenty-eighth.

And last, but not least, we have six girls' pictures entered in the " Sunflower" beauty contest. Fifty-three pictures have gone to Kansas City for the first judgin g, and we are hoping for six Alpha Taus to be in "the survival of the fittes t. "

INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT EACH MEMBER

Mother Ramseyer, our housemother, is prominent in social organ­izations of Emporia. She is a member of the Junto C lub, a literary organization; the City Cl ub, and D. A. R.

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Miss Seller, our Sponsor, is Assistant Professor of Latin of K . S. T. C. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Kappa Kappa, and the International Cosmopolitan Club. She is President of the Council of Facu lty Women , Secretary of the local organization of Kappa Delta Pi, and a member of the advisory board of Y. W. C. A., a member of A. A. U. \YI., and Woman's City C lub.

Ruth Ellen Huffman, Pres ident , was initi ated this fall into Zi Phi, the leadership fraternity on our campus.

Gwendylon Killion , Vice-President, is 1 i terary represe n ta ti ve for the "Sunflower," the campus annual.

Lois Beck, Treas urer, is the Alpha T au representative for the " Sun­fl ower" and one of the representatives for Sigma Pi Sigma, w hich is a girl s' pep organization.

Helen Campbell, Secre tary, is also a representat ive for Sigma Pi Sigma. She is also a member of Pi Omega Pi , honorary commerce organ­IZat iOn.

Etta Marie Crow is a third Si gma Pi Sigma representative and is also capta in of the pledges.

PLEDGE LIFE "Come on, Kids, let's dance. All right, pledges, how about rolling

that rug up ?" Three or four tired looking pledges slowly proceed to roll up the rug. " Well , turn on the phonograph, Edna." Edna obe­diently sa unters over, w inds the m ac hine, and soon the strains of " Little White Lies" are heard. The girls start dancing. This is one of the few times when there is an equa lity of rank in the Greek C hapter House. Laughter and the shuffle of feet are intermingled w hen the shri ll r-r-r-r-ring of the door bell causes silence for one moment. "Well, all of you pledges just stand there," comes the voice of an active, quickly followed by reproving remarks of other ac ti ve members. " Some­one answer that bell ," the command in a hard-roned voice of a beloved ac tive sister. And now one sees six pledges scurrin g to answer the bell. After sa tisfying the demand of the v isitor, dancing is aga in resumed, onl y to be interrupted again by the long, piercin g bur-r-r-r of the tele­phone. Silence. Again it pea ls out the second ring. " Pledge, on that phone." By the third time the telephone bell is heard, three pledges have succeeded in reaching the instrument and one swee t voice say : " Alpha Sigma Tau . Whom? Yes, I'll call her. "

By this time some are hurriedly powderin g noses, grabbin g books, and rush ing off to a one o'clock. But, don ' t forget, roday is Wednes­day. A long list of pledge duties are found on the bulletin board, and all those poor pledges that didn ' t have a class m ay be seen diligent ly doin g their respective duti es .

Among the " don ' t forgets" are : rising w hen an act i e come mto the room, carrying books, spea king and ac tin g co urteous! and uch .

Pledge li fe is a hard li fe, but lots of fun. A lot of thing are done b y pledges, sneakin g and so forth, that ac tives ca n' t do .

Here's to the pledge of Greek organization , and ma y they , e nj o ~' their pl edge li fe.

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MY LIFE AS A PLEDGE My greatest ambition this fall was to pledge a sorori ty-a good

sorority of happy girls. A first real thrill came when I was invited to dinner at the Alpha Sigma Tau house. I knew when I met the girls that this was the realization of my ideal, if only they should want me. I moved about in a trance from the time I saw the dean until I received my pledge pin.

Then my duties began-duties that I would not have done before for money, but that I was glad to do now because they were for my sorority. My first work was to clean the chapter room. As I cleaned the rugs I felt, " This is my room, now. I'm not doing this for some one else, but so that I can be proud of our beautiful home."

There comes a time in the life of every pledge when she fee ls that she must sneak on pledge night, and we were no exceptions. We "snook." As our punishment we had to clean the whole house and yard. I polished all the silverware in the house and everythin g else that could be shined, excepting the furnace poker. As soon as I closed m y eyes that night, I began polishing a table full of knives, forks, spoons, cups, shovels, pitchforks, plough shares, wheels and Austins.

Our slumber party was a big success. I lau ghed until m y sides hurt, rolled over, and then laughed some more. The active members didn't trust us very far. They insisted that we leave the cider in the jugs until time to serve it.

I was eager for our Hallowe'en party, but yet I dreaded it. Day and night I worried about whom I should invite. The dance was won­derful. Everyone enjoyed bumping into the balloons as he danced past them. Even though m y shoes were covered with wax and m y toes hurt, I was ready for another dance at I I: 3 o.

But again history repeats itself; each group of pledges must be modeled. I was the very first pledge to be "stooled." I didn 't mind the questioning or even the remarks, but sitt ing before a light with actives all around me was worse than telling ghost stories in a dark barn.

I am looking forward to the time when I may wear a pin and really be an Alpha Sigma Tau. It will be worth a thousand times more than all the efforts I have put forth as a pled ge. H ELEN GRABER.

WHAT ALPHA SIGMA TAU MEANS TO ME, A PLEDGE

It means doing everything and anything the older members ma y want you to do. It means washing dishes after pin-pledging; it means carrying trays by the dozens after you have eaten and carefully enjoyed your lunch. Yet all these things are only minor when you begin to consider just what a sorority does mean to you as a pledge.

It stands for an ideal to be reached, a master who expects the best from both pledges and members. Being a pledge to any sorority mean all these things, - but being pledged to Alpha Sigma Tau makes these ideals seem higher, and these tasks lighter-"Dear Old Alpha Sigma Tau."

V IR G I N IA R ocHE, ig111a.

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OFFICERS . Ruth Moody

. Ruth Knocke . Anne \Y/ arren . Jane Messimer

. Evleyn Maguire . . Dorothy Hoyle . Dorothy Kitsch .. Ann Chalmers

. Mrs. Ethel Harris Kirby Joseph S. Butterwec k, Miss Emma Johnson

LAMBDA CHAPTER The thing which has kept us busiest this fa ll has been our new

sorority room. We do not have sorority houses at Temple, but th-. University owns a house, each room of which is used by some sororit y. This year there was a vacancy and we were fortunate enough to procure th ::: room. One of our girls gave us some wicker chairs, another a screen. These we have been busy painting and covering with n ew cretonne. \Y/ e have bought some additional furniture to make it more comfortable. Naturally, we are most happy about our room; for it tends to bring the girls closer together and gives us a place to call our own.

The :first social event was a rush party for upperclassmen at the home of our advisor, Mrs. Kirby . This took the form of a bridge. There were six rushees besides the old girls of Lambda. \Y/e invited :five of them to become members of our Chapter. A ll accepted and were pledged soon after. And what those pledges have had to do! They h ave afforded us severa l evenings' entertainment besides doing much work for us. They have not been initiated yet, but that is to come soon . A committee is now working on our combined initiation and Christmas party, to be held at the home of Clarice Duke.

After the rush party, our nex t event was a "Trip Around the \Y/orld," which the Pan Hellenic Association gave for all freshmen. Each sorority represented a country and the members were dressed ap­propriately. Several of the so rorities gave us a fine entertainment and others served the refreshments. Alpha Si gma Tau represented Fran e and erved French pastry. Our t:1ble was decoratd in pink and blue, and there were severa l signs such as one sees on a French p:1stry shop, t o inform everyo ne of the nature of our refreshment. Our girls w re dres ed as French pe:1s:.1 nts in co tume of pink, blue, or hid and gr n.

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During the serving of refreshments and aft erw ards it was poss ibl e to meet the new students.

We arranged for our annual football dance, to be held af ter the Lafayette-Temple game on November r 5. A snappy orches t ra was engaged, the gym was decorated appropriately, and a record crowd t urned out. Undoubtedly our dance was a success both soc ially and fin anciall y.

The week-end of N ovember 22 was Alumn ae week-e nd. W e gave a luncheon for our alumnae before the Carnegie-T ech T emple ga me. Our pledges ser ved. This gave the ac tive membrs and alumnae a c hance to VISit once aga in. It surely was fine to see the old girls and exc hange ideas, both on sorority work and other topi cs of interes t . On Sunday, Dorothy Hoyle gave a tea for us at her home. D ecora tions were in the form of ye llow roses and yellow chrysa nthemums. Music was f ur­nished by several of our members and aga in t he pledges served. A ll had an enjoyable time.

W e are planning other ac ti vities for the near future. First t here is our combined initiation and C hr istmas party whi ch has alread y been men tioned. W e expect to give a card party. W e hope the proceeds w ill swell our treasury considerably. Freshman rushing will soon be here, w hich means some novel form s of parties to be pl anned.

ELINORE D E Cou.

OUR OWN SORORITY R O OM

W ords can ' t express the thrills-joyful and otherwise-bound up in that small phrase ! W e, of Lambda, have only had " our room" for about fi ve weeks, but oh! the excitin g thin gs that have happened in that short time !

There is the occasion, for inst ance, w hen Ev . and I , hav in g a couple of hours off from classes, decided to go over to the soror ity room , E v. to study "Lacitus" and I , less intellec tually inclined, to fini sh paint­ing a chair. .(Yes, indeed, we' re still paintin g things and buyin g m ore thin gs, and expec t to be doin g so for some time to come. ) W ell , Ev. c ur led up on the couch and I got the paints out and st arted searchin g for a newspaper to protec t t he fl oor from drops of bri ghtl y colored orange paint. F inally I spied one, apparentl y th row n nonchalantl y in the corner. All unsuspecting, I tripped ga ily ac ross the room and was just about to pick the paper up , when there was a fr anti c r ustle and the Grey Shadow darted out! With a simultaneous movement , Ev . and I arri ved on the arm of the couch, and clun g t ogether in fea r and trembling until the G rey Shadow disappeared into his hole w ith a fi nal flit of his lon g t ail. Then , and t hen onl y, did we venture dow n f rom our perch to investi gate w hat lay under the paper. A nd we fo und out!

You see, we've been se lling cand y to make money . There were several boxes left , and one of the girls left them in the room for some­body to t ake, and se ll. Oh! how I w ish yo u might have seen those boxes. Anyway, both Ev. and I are thoroughly prepared to wnte an ex tensn re thes is on " What Mice Do and D o ot L ike in the W ay of Ca ndy." H e loved the honey bars and pinea pple c reams. The m alted

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milks he merely tasted, but on the other hand he got away with several Milky W ays. He doesn't care at all for peanut bars , but he would have eaten more of the peppermints, I'm sure, if they hadn' t been w rapped in such nast y cardboard boxes ! Needless to say, Ev. didn ' t do any more " Lacitus" that day. It took an hour to separate the candy and throw away what the mouse had st arted to ea t and didn't fi nish, f rom that which he had entirely ignored. Then we took what w as left back to college with us, to prevent any further inroads on ou r profits! (Note: This happened quite some time ago, and we haven 't heard from the mouse since, so we are convinced he h as d ied of sugar d iabetes, w hich serves him ri ght for being so gluttonous!)

Monday is the nices t day of the week for us. W e hold our meet­ings about six thirty, and since many of us commute f rom t he suburb , we plan to have a little supper in town , on that day. A bout fo ur o'clock , the girls st art coming in and we pl ay bridge, and study an d t alk , of course, ' til fi ve thirty. Then a couple of us go around t he corner to a little shop, known by the prosaic name of " H amburgs," t o order our supper. H amburgs is- well , yes, it 's a deli ca tessen, bu t don't confuse it w ith the average run of delica tessens! It is a very spec ial variety ! If one goes there about noon time, it is necessa ry to push one's way through a simply huge mob of people from college­draped on the show-cases, leaning on the counter or comfortably sea ted in the window, all of them indulgin g in noon-day repasts, wh ile they argue or t alk or study or prac tice new dance steps or cram for exa ms. But at night it isn ' t so crowded and we have the individual attent ion of the proprietor- a nice, f at old gentleman w ith a beauti f ul long whi t e moustache that curls on the ends. For our hors d'oeuvre we are lim ited to pickles, but for our m ain course we m ay have just an y k ind of a sa ndw ich you ever heard of , m ade to order! A nd as to desserts, we run rampant. Cakes and pies and delicious cookies of t he most fa tten­ing va riet y are avail able, not to mention F rench pas tries and ice cream . After a serious discussion our choices are made, and we return to the room , pull out our ga teleg table and proceed to have a muchly enjoyed feas t.

They are such f un , these sorority rooms! No chapter ough t to be w ithout one!

HOW LAMBDA RAISES FUNDS "Funds- ?" The assembled Lambdas chor tled long and mockingly.

" W e are hardl y the ones to tell our national sisters how to raise funds!" Bu t in spite of the f ac t that we seem to have spent the better part of our time th is year in paying old bills and in wa tching new one come in , the assura nce that we still have a bank balance left makes us rea lize t hat we are fi nding out how to do bigger and better thing in th way of acc umul at ing our pennies.

O ur first idea upon re turn ing to sc hool last fa ll wa to arrang ­for an ope n i nform :~ l d:1 nee in t he college gym. T t rook a lot f tim

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and effort , to be sure, but we m ade more than enoug h money on it to repay us. W e staged it after one of the big ga mes, managed to get reduced rates by a drag with a good orches tra, and went halves on the decora tions w ith another organization whi ch had danced in the sa me place on the previous night. Then all we had to w orry about was h ow to ge t all the admission f ees fro m the "ga te" to the bank before we were held up.

A t the present t ime, we are t rying to se ll C hristmas ca rds, f rom which we ge t two-fi fths profi t on the price of every box. Up until now we haven' t sold qui te all of them-the pledges w ill ge t r id of t he remainder as a part of their duties of se rvice. It is ra ther d iffi cul t ro sell cards to college students. It seems that m os t of the co-eds expect their mothers to don ate theirs, and most of the eds wa it until prac­ti cally the day before C hristmas, then borrow, beg or stea l from their brothers or fa thers. W e bough t m os t of the cards o urse lves, and prob­abl y shall send the thin gs as holiday greet ings to our sorority sis t ers . The alumn ae, of course, ordered some-but, then, we usuall y can re ly upon them to buy any thing we put under t heir noses.

One of our almos t -continuous projec ts is the sellin g of five-ce nt chocol ate bars an ' sich, f rom which we make quite a st eady income. Sellin g cand y to undergraduates is just about the easiest thin g on earth­we have found that the student body w ill eat an ything w ithin reach and as much of it as possible. Along this same line, we used to have occasional cake sales- ail-day affa irs-in one of the main halls, but this year such food sa les are prohibited by the Uni versity. W e are rea lly sorry about this, because se lling cake was lots of fun and quite success­f ul fi nanciall y.

If , af t er all these things, our ex-c hequer still insists upon rapidly sinking- and it invar iabl y does- we give an open bridge party. There is a darl ing suite of rooms in a downtown club w hich we m ay use free of charge (we always give t he management a small donation) , and each of us is held responsibl e fo r one t able and one pri ze. W e feed our g ues t s cand y and nuts f rom the fi ve and ten , borrow t allies, pl ayin g cars and score pads, and otherwise spend as little as poss ible on the part y. A nd we always have a gorgeous time while we' re at it .

W e decided las t yea r that one of the bes t w ays of ge tting money is to save what we have got , so we st arted a Christmas C lub at the corner bank, each of us pay in g ten cents a week. On the fi rs t of this D ecember we w ill draw out our one hundred dollars, and a bi g thrill wi ll be had by all.

Just now we are wondering how we poss ibly ca n pay our n at ional dues before March. W on' t somebody please t ell u s how to raise f unds?

Ev E LYN MAGUIR E, Lambdn Cbapter.

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OFFICERS .. President

... Vice-President . . Secret ary

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. .. Pan Hellenic Representative . Pan H ellenic R epresentative

.... Faculty A dvisor . .. Patroness

. . Pat roness

NU'S IN 1940 Stand closer and gaze deeply into the future passin g before your

eyes . Ah! Clouds are clearing and in the dim dist ance figures are mov­mg. 'Tis 1940. What? Yes ! Sure enough, there are Cathy and Addie. We see their foot steps leading from the land of N orthern Lights to the dark haunts of Africa. \Vonder where the globe-trotters are going nex t.

But wai t! A new scene is taking form. Who can the dignified matron be? Ferne, on the arm of Professor H enri Prud' Homme. H ope he isn ' t absent-minded. Young H enri resembles his mother.

Hea vens! There's Mary Simeonoff stili chasing bugs, and evidentl y Ruby, that formerly studious Zoology m ajor, is her assis tant. Sti ll in search of that Lithobius forfi ca tus, no doubt. A nd Ruby's young sis ter, Audrey, not far away, is revising H . G. W ells' " Outl ine of History."

Too bad we can' t see how she is progressing, but the pic ture is fa d­ing and a scene of great commotion is appearing. Imagine! O ur own Dodo coaching Women 's Olympics. Such forms! Such prowess ! A nd Dora showing them all just how it 's done. And H elen Rigney seems to be her right-hand man. The lovely girl in the bathing su it is none other than Ruth Joyce. Who ever thought that a swimming class at C. T. C. could st art anything like that? There's A lice Sullivan, too. She go t her training fi ghting off men with a club.

A domestic scene! Dibby crooning H erb, Junior , to sleep with " Somewhere in Old W yoming." Poor papa is stuck up in Cheyenne in a blizzard. I t's a good thing that Alice and Sid live next door so they can console Dibby. A lice has had those tw ins and they have e i­dentl y inherited their dad's love for football.

We always knew E lsa was kiddin g us when she t alked about bei n <> an old maid beca use there he i in sunny Ca liforn ia waiting for her handsome hu band, Merrill , to come home f rom t he st udio. '\ i h we

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could have a ptece of the marvelous looking cake. And by the way, she is still the same vivacious beauty.

What a sudden change in dear old Greeley! More domesticity demonstrated. Looks like Esther and Bill are doing their best to make the living descendants of the Baab family reach fifty. It's a good thin g Bill is a thriving lawyer.

Ebba is still in Greeley, too, and has given up waiting for her cowboy. She became such a good rider herself that he decided to take up architecture. And what a good lookin g home he designed for them! It 's a good thing that they can afford a maid because it's a cinch you can't curry overstuffed furniture.

Nora still seems undecided between " T ex" and " Ernie," and in the meantime she's making everybod y she can. Irene can't be far away! No, there she is with her adopted daughter, Sherlyn. No sign of Bill , but that 's nothing.

Atlantic City and beautiful women! Hazel is synonomous with beauty, so she must be here. Of course ! She's been so busy winning contests she hasn't had time to get to the altar.

Such shifting! I della , our hefty 8 2 pounder, is 'vielding a wicked rolling pin. Her home Ec. training seems to be coming in handy. She's still a li ving style show, too. And little Mary's man owns a jewelry store, as one can readily tell. Such a sparkling personality could well do without those external flouri shes.

There's June at home with mother. Gee, but her kiddies seem to be enjoying their grandmother's gingerbread cookies. o wonder June went home every week-end. June is

The picture is fading! In spite of our efforts, the soul of the crystal is dead. Back to Philosophy, Psychology, Anatomy, and whatnot.

NU'S GO OUT FOR SPORTS " Rah! R ah! Rah! Team! Team! Team! " Such were the cries hea rd throughout Gunter Hall of Health when

Nu Chapter entered the Intermural Volley Ball Tournament. Oh, what a game! Helen Rigney, a pledge, seemed to be the only one who could stop

feeling ridiculous long enough to make any points for us. But then , boy! how Cathy and Elsa smacked the ball when it came their wa y.

If it wouldn't have been for the little runts like Dibby and Esther always getting in the way we might have done somethin g. At any rate, Captain Dodo did her part by ye lling, "Come on, get under that ball! Keep it up! Over with it! Get up there and play the net! " It's a good thing Esther wasn't the captain because she got hit in the head and the blow partially paralyzed her tongue.

Ebba had a nifty serve, but just about that get the giggles and not be able to re turn the ball. seems to have a peculiar influence on all of us.

tLme Cathy would And Cathy alway

But, anyway, it was lots of fun, and Dodo mststs t hat she lost two pounds. So it \Vas worth whil e after all.

And just wait until they see us play baske tball!

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PARTIES The Japanese motif alw ays works out attractively for a part y.

The Nu Chapter chose it as the theme-son g for its fall Rush Formal, a dinner dance. "Madame Butterfly," it was appropriately cal led, and the Japanese idea was carried out in decorations, etc . As chrysanthe­mums are both plentiful and reasonable a t this time of year, they were used in profusion on tables and in floor baskets. The orches tra was parti all y concealed behind trelli ses, gay with artifi cial flower , and a cozy corner arbor laden w ith the sa me bri ght blossoms offered privacy for " Get-acquainted" chats. Many J apanese lanterns diffused a sof t g low over the gay scene. The combination progra m place cards were in the shape of emera ld and go ld butterflies and guest favor were go ld incense burners.

When brid ge parties fa il , it is often ref reshin g to revive some of rhe old fashioned ga mes to entert ai n uneasy rushees, for after all , even forms of amusement run in cycles, and that which was borin g yes ter­day brin gs renewed interest today. So not long ago the Nu Chapter gave a "Poker-Face" rush party w ith modernistic decoration s and used an old-new ga me, Michigan, for entertainment. A black-and-white motif was used throughout ; huge blac k-a nd-white fig ures and design s were placed about the roo ms; w hite chrysanthemums added a light touch; bl ac k-a nd-white t allies and bl ack-and- white cand les decora ted the tables. The refreshments \Vere scones and a white sa lad. The prize for high score was a bea utiful blac k ebon y dresser vanit y box.

BA DS OF SPARKLING DIRT Cupid was a ver y busy little f ello\v within the "NU" Chapter thi s

past year. The bands of sorority ties have n ot been sufficient in some cases.

Laura Serrafini beca me the blushin g bride of Laura Mae Blake's brother Bob, and from the looks of Dibby's third fi nger we are led to believe that Alice's brother H erbert m ay have somethin g to do in makin g the sisterl y t ie stronger.

Betty Keefer, " The dear little ship lo ver," married Ben Godfrey, and is living in Cali fornia. Ship ahoy, Betty, and lots of happiness .

D aisy Gair and F lorence \Vaters kept their marriages. secret , but A lpha Si gma Tau has a way Remember, no secret s!

!della is a tin y little pledge, but she's not so tin y that she doesn't show that sparkler off to a good advantage.

Irene en gaged aga in???? The sa me one or a different one this rime? Lambd~1 Gamma K appa Frat pins seem ro be particularl y prominent

over the hearts of the A lpha Si gma Tau. H ow about ir, g irls? li ce Srrelesky and Maureen Mitchel have them.

Bernadine W omac k, however, JS far more reaching in her que t fo r the right man and she choo es an A lpha Kappa pin from Colorado Aggies ca mpus.

There ma y be more dirt, but we ha ven ' t ' ind of it yet , o go cl bye and good luc id E. 1. ., " Nu."

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A RUSH BREAKFAST We called this breakfast "A Tee Breakfast," us.ing golf accessories

borrowed from a nearby miniature golf course for decorations. As one entered the hall he found himself under the cover of a hu ge, bri ghtl y­colored umbrella, under which were placed a miniature green, a " par" sign, a hole-number sign, golf balls and clubs, palms, and plants.

Bridge tables were arranged in the other rooms with plants and various golf "implements" in a va il able corners and open spaces. Each table had a center piece arranged with tees and ball s. The breakfast, consisting of honey-dew melon, 'vaffies, sa usages, and coffee, was served Country Club style.

After breakfas t we drove the gi rls to the Jack and Jill Indoor Golf Course, where we played golf, bowled , and danced. The prize for low golf score was a miniature leather golf bag contain in g six sil ver clubs so made as to be useful as iced teaspoons.

TEA BY CANDLELIGHT What could be more impressive than drinkin g tea by cand leli ght?

The "NU " Chapter found that its mos t attract ive tea was one of this sort.

The receiving room was decorated with baskets of beautiful laven­der and white chrysanthemums, and lighted dimly wi th candles. In an adjoining room the presi dent poured tea from a silver tea urn at an attractively appointed t able covered with a w hite linen cloth. The centerpiece, which was a long basket of vario us shades of snap-dragons, button chrysanthemums and fern, was surrounded by ta ll , golden tapers se t in emerald holders . Classical music was furni shed by one of our talented members. The refreshments consisted of dainty sa ndwiches and cakes, assorted nuts and ca ndies .

" T O ALPHA SIGMA TAU" Girls I know all sorts of them: Kind girls, worth while gi rls, And girls that are sweet . But some girl s have That comradeship, that good fe ll owship That one doesn 't often meet. I want to be one of them, And know That when I'm one of them And after, When I go-I will have form ed life ties, And firm bonds With these

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The Omicron Chapter began with one member on the campus this fall, Lillian Moses, President. At a special meeting, called by the presi­dent of Pan-Hellenic council, permission was obtained to initiate any old members of our local chapter wanting to go national. Thus on Friday even ing of November 21s t , Mrs. Beula Me ei l and Miss Pauline Overholt became members. Although not in school they will be of much service.

This was several weeks ago, but now twenty-five rushees to care for ! My! that's a risk . The first week in December is rush week­can it be possible? Only a few more days of grace, then we'll know who is who at Concord.

On the evening of December 2nd a group of our beautiful social room to romp and have a big the night of our "Kid" Party. \X'ha t a party! and w hat not will be had in abundance.

chi ld ren will gather in time. Oh, yes , this is Dolls, candy, ·oranges

After having played games until they are tired and sleepy, these " Kids" w ill be served something nice to eat. Then they will take their doll babies and go horne, to dream again of childhood days. The dolls will be favors and each time they look at these dolls with A. S. T. written on one knee, how can they help dreaming over and over again?

On Thursday evening we will have our Theatre Party. The poor bu driver with all those girls! 1 o doubt, both are going to be rushed.

Then, Saturday afternoon our "Big" Treasure Hunt. The Alumnae are putting this across . It wi ll be a great success with Mrs. McNei l as chairman. Little cedar chests containing emerald and gold mints will be the favors.

To cap the climax, the Pan-Hellenic Dance w ill be held Saturday evening in the gym. Those beautiful evening dresses-and beautiful airls to set them off! I can hardly wait until the music starts!

Here's hoping each chapter of A. S. T. will have a successful year, and are planning to have as much fun and success as we are.

A MYSTERY What is this thing called pledging, This funny thing ca lled pledging? I've hunted and searched to no avail, If someone only would tell me the tale, It's don't do this and don ' t do that And watch out lest you do. My coat, please, use the side door

LILLIAN MosEs.

arry my book , and a thou and things more I hope I'll be saved before I go to m grave In earch of this thing called pledging.

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OFFICERS

HISTORY

. Elizabeth Ann Eslinger . Elrene Kobalt

. Mardell He! her . Madalyn Kehl

. Lillian Vogt . Miss Edith Glatfelder

Sometime in the June of r 9 2 8 a group of congenial girls spent the week-end at a clubhouse near the Meremec river. Martha Hutchison at this time broached the idea of forming a permanent organization-a sorority. The idea was accepted with enthusiasm. We planned at that time to organize more fully when school began in September. Martha , at this time, also suggested that we call ourselves Rho Phi Gamma. The next September we elected officers, agreed on the name Rho Phi Gamma, received permission from our president, Dr. Purdom, to become a school sorority, and drafted a constitution. We had just ten members:

Madalyn Kehl, Mardell Helber, Lillian Vogt, Dorothy Bennert, Ruth Kaenig, Maxine Mirns, Bernice Pace, Ruth Jane Bather, Helen Fay Als­bury, Martha Hutchison.

The first meeting was held at the home of Martha Hutchison who is now an alumna-Mrs. T. J. Seidler. At this initial meeting we dis­cussed the ideals for which we stood, our policies in the future, and so on. Soon after we had two get-acquainted dinners-one at Miss Hutchi­son's and another at Ibsen's. Our first rushing was most successful. It consisted of a tea at a well -known hotel , a luncheon-bridge at one of our homes, and a dinner (formal) at another hotel.

Our initiation into Alpha Sigma Tau has changed things only a little for we discovered that our idea ls fitted in very well with those of A. S. T. Our girls have always been most congenial and close to one another. We are constantly being invited by one girl or another for the week-end, for dinner, or for bridge. Christmas week is usually entirely given over to informal sorority affairs. Our plans for the future are vague­except that we want our next rushing to be "bigger and better" than any previous rushing.

Fraternally yours, LrL LJ AN V ocT.

A man isn't poor if he can sti ll laugh.-Raymond Hitchcock.

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Agnes Isaacson Jessy Hardy Jessie Hardy .. Elsie Petersen Virginia Nesselbeck Mary Clegg . Pearl Cruickshank May Zdarsky Miss Luella Chapman . Mrs. Carlton Cruickshank . Miss Edna Hurd

OFFICERS .. President

. Vice-President

. Vice-President . Trea urer

.. Recording Secretary . Corresponding Secretary

. . Cusrodian ... Historian

Patroness, Faculty Advisor and Chaplain . . Patroness . . Patroness

BLACK FRIDAY One da y that will stand out in the memor ies of the 1930 pledges

of the Sigma Chapter is Black Friday, or informal initiation. Whenever our honorable superiors spoke of this eventful day there was a feeling of awe, wonder, and m ystery among us. That wonderful day dawned dark and dismal. The question is, was it the day or the poor little specks? What a sight we were! Dressed in black with no cosmetics. and hair parted in the middle, we surely did look like a funeral proces­sion when we were lined up for inspection!

Tothing exciting happened in school that day, as was expected. The crowning event of the day rook place Friday evening, when we gathered at Doris Constable's house on Seventeenth Street. After pre­paring the I unch, we were taken one by one into a dark room and painted with burnt cork and red-rouge. This disfiguration wasn't enough, sc- they rolled down our srockings and braided our hair into long " pig­tails." We certa inl y were sweet looking individuals!

After this ordeal was over, our superiors loaded us down like pack­horses with the "huge" lunch that we had previousl y prepared. (Yes, perhaps there is irony in that huge.) Proceeding down Connecticut Street in sin g le file, many strange things happened . One poor pledge was forced to beg, another to coll ect stray cats, and others to dance and skip. Some of the potato chips mysteriou ly disappeared, but our honorable superiors never missed them.

Arriv in g at the Peace Bridge, we proceeded ro walk aero . Of co urse, there isn't a pledge or superior who would cheat the govern­ment. On the wa y across we collected certain numbers of tones and learned the inscription that wa n't to be found , and "tripped the ]iaht fantast ic." One very beau tiful pledge became skill ed in the .Ht f hailin g ride and then kindl y refu ing them.

W e w re uc h uriou loo king creat ures that we had difti ulty tn

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proving to the Canadian officials that we were really sa ne and hum an. After walking up the shore in the we t we ga thered enough we t wood to build a fire suitable for roas ting f rankfurters and marshm allows. Oh, yes! The pledges served thei r honora bl e sisters and took the re­mains. Fortunatel y, there was plent y for all. The " roa rin g" fire was covered with dirt. H av ing onl y three hot-dogs left , we dec ided to take them down to the Canadi an brid ge offic ials. In exc hange t hey gave us a half-eaten apple. Generous, weren' t they ?

On the way comin g home, two du ti f ul pl edges volunteered to jump over the bridge. The one who hit bottom fi rst wo uld w histl e to the other. Someone would intervene when somethin g exc iti ng was going to happen! It was decided that neither one had the abilit y to whistle loud enough. The kettl e and cove r served as musica l inst r u­ments, and we played " Salvation A rmy." Our nobl e efforts were all in vain. We didn' t even receive a ni ckel donation.

Every one was glad when he reached Seve nteen th St reet . T wo specks decided to go home without remo vin g the make-up. It was a good thing they didn' t meet man y people. Three others ·went home and were "sick. "

On the whole, Black Friday was a bi g success. The pledges went home with the feeling that they were better acquain ted w ith their sist er members, and the latter left us w ith the fee lin g that we were worth w hile indi vidual s, and were girl s that they would be happy to clain"l as sisters. C ATH E R I NE BR I ' K , Sig 111a CbafJi cr.

FORMAL INITIATION Formal initiation of Alpha Si gma T au, Si gma Chapte r, was held

at the Town C lub Saturday, November f5 · After the very impressive initiation serv ice, we passed to the dining

hall where the banquet t able was centered with a basket of bea utif ul mixed flowers. D ainty coursages tied in green and gold ribbon marked the new initiates covers. The table was li ghted with yellow ca ndles in crys tal holders.

After the banquet , the program was beg un w ith the singi ng of the Gold and Emerald. Super io r Mogul , Agnes Isaacson, gave a personal wel­come to the initiates, then introduced Mary C legg, \v ho gave us a very sincere and hearty welcome. She was responded to by V irgini a R oche.

A song composed by Ca therine Brink, one of t he new members, was sun g by the initiates.

The gues t spea ker, Mrs. Shugren , gave, in a very in for mal manner, a most impressive and edifyin g talk. She spoke of t he mea nin g of our sorority. In the college it takes the pl ace of the f amil y in that we are related in sisterhood, that we all have the same high ideals to work for and th at we should help all , especi all y those in need. In \VOrkin g for fine womanl y character and scholarship, we not onl y benefi t our­selves and the sorority , but also the college. In our responsibilities our duty is first to our college, second to our sorority . In helpin g those who are less fortunate th an ourselves, we ca n do much in the way of charity, especiall y this w inter, during the depress ion of business .

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The program closed with the smgmg of " Blest Be the Tie that Binds." Eo A ]EWERT, Sigma Cbapter.

THE RUSH PARTY Folded between the cymbols of a gaily-colored little monkey were

our invitations to the "animal zoo," our first rush party. The visiting hours were from six-thirty until ten; the day was October third; and the keepers, the A. D. T . girls.

When we arrived, we found the room filled w ith teddy bears, vicious looking china animals; big, loppy, soft, stuffed dogs and bun­nies, and paper elephants wound their way around lamps and upon curtains. There were animals of all kinds, sorts and descrip tions.

The dinner tables had fascinating little rock gardens in the center. The fa vors were little china animals of different kinds, and the place cards were little paper animal pictures, holding the names. Pop-corn balls were there to feed the animals with.

The lovely dinner was the first thing in order after all the girls had arrived. Then we played games pertaining to creatures of the lower realms. Some of the girls en tertained us with little ske tches and stones.

Presently we found our elves on our way home, fee ling that our visit to the zoo had been very entertainin g and profitable.

DoRIS BoLDT, Sigma Cbaptcr.

THE PLEDGES OF ALPHA SIGMA TAU The Sigma Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau pledged several new mem­

bers this fa ll. They included girl s from the upper classes of the Gen­era l Normal and Home Economics departments. The girls are: Doris Boldt, Marion Borst, Katherine Brink, Ruth De Mond, Dorothy Don­ovan, Carolyn Ewell, Dorothy Green, Edna J emert, Lorraine Mank, Annetta Me Iair, Eileen O 'Day, and Virginia Roche.

These girls proved to be very good sports in carrying out their duties as "specks." They did not grumble when they were required to write their names in small letters, but when the forma l initia tion wa~: over I overheard one of them say, " Now we can write our names in capi tal letters aga in, and I am going to wri te my name in alJ capital letters and put it in the_ box."

The pledges of Alpha Sigma Tau worked hard on their scrap-book, ·which conta ined not only pictures of themselves, but also their past history. There was one part in the initiation that t he "speck " looked forward to with much suspicion in one respect, and with much gladne in the ot her. Their suspi cion wet'e aroused because that wa the day of informal initiation and there was a big question in each one's m ind as to wh:H was going to happen ro her. The gladne wa because the next day they would be member of the soror ity. The a tt e member proved very graciou , and the pledge escaped " Black rida ,' ~ ithout a car.

The most impor tant event in rhe life of the pledges wa when,

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after they had signed the Constitution, they were members of the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau. They all feel that being a pledge was great fun, but, howeve r, they are certain that being a mem ber will be even more fun. The pledged are happy to be welcomed as mem bers of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority and hope that they w ill become as efficient members as their sponsors. RuTH D E Mo •o.

THE " JUNGLE JAMBOREE"

The dark brown of the jungle tree, green of the date palms, the orange of the jungle moon and the ye llow of that jungle fruit were m ade a riot of color in the State Teachers' College gym on the night of Septem­ber 26 , for it was the Alpha Sigma Tau " Jungle Jamboree." The deep chant of the jungle came m ysteriously fo rth from behind a huge brown paper cage, while the "animals" cavorted about on the floor very nearly represented monkeys in their playful antics. \'ife were all caught in the m ys terious web spun by the eerie " jungle spiders." " Birds," gorgeous in the brilliant plumage, strutted proudly about on the fl oor. "Monkeys" as we ll as the "birds" had to eat, so we were f ed anim al crackers and fruit punch which indeed disa ppeared like lightnin g.

At midnight the spell was broken, when the chant of the jungle ceased and the anim als all scampered home to sleep the longed-for sleep of the ages. ALicE LARSON, Sigma Chapter.

MY LIFE AS A PLEDGE

The menaci ng bl ack cloud has at last lifted and we are no longer " most vile and humble specks of the dust," beseeching mercy of our worthy and honorable superiors. With this cloud ( the threat of Black Friday and. all its punishments) have passed forever also our t asks, then si lly and sometimes irritat in g, but now softened by retrospect.

\'ife ( I am display ing herd instinct by considerin g the group of pledges) passed successfu lly through three weeks of pledgedom wi thout bein g completely worn out from writing nonsense in t wo hundred words (exactly), wr iting toasts, cheers, jokes, and making modernistic draw­ings for the enterta inment of our "Superiors." All of o ur tasks were exceptionally well done, due to the superior talents of the specks.

Black Frida y, the lowlies t day in every speck's life, was passed through wi th f unereal atmosphere. Specks, clothed in black, devoid of cosmetics, with hair parted in the middl e, attended classes w hile solemn­ly realizing the pass ing of pledgedom forever. On the sa me evenin g the "Superiors" properly "squelched" the specks by painting their faces in stripes with burned cork and then leading them across the Peace Bridge into Canada for a weiner roast along the Niagara River. The specks being good material for future sorority girl s, enjoyed the adventure thoroughly. May the pledges who follow us not suffer at our hands more than we suffered from our "Superiors." We are unanimous 111

decl aring that it was fun. MAR roN BoRsT, Sigma Cba/Jtcr.

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JUNE HOUSE PARTY Rowing fr antically around in the middle of the lake in the dark

isn ' t so aw full y pleasant, is it? A fter doin g thi s f or several hours we finally located our dock , unloaded all of ou r baggage, boxes, food and what not and trudged up the hill. Now to find the cottage- A h! a light! W e wended our wea r y way towa rd it and di scovered a da rlin g ye llow cottage, modernl y equipped and furni shed.

Dumping our traps wherever we could , we da hed aro und to fin d the most comfortable bed, flopping and boun cin g on eac h one. Donning gay pajamas and coolie coa ts we all adjourned to the ve randah for a res t , a long f amil y t alk (plus goss ip ) and a m idni ght lun ch of jam san dwiche, t ea and " li fe -savers."

At 3 A . M. we piled into bed, fo ur abreast, and se ttl ed down fo r a minute of quiet and peace.

" H eavens, I must be lyin g in a sa nd pile," fo ur small voices pierced the darkness. While from upst airs ca me the unm istaka bl e cry of, "My hair is all st uck toge ther w ith chewin g gum! "

A ft er brushin g t ons of sa lt out of bed an d comb ing g um out of a pledge's hair, we aga in cl imbed in to slumber-town.

Swish! C reak! Sounds as if someone were comin g upstairs. Sup­pressed g iggles and gasping are most unmistaka ble, yo u k now. W e waited patiently enough, w hile loud snores carolled fort h from the other bedroom. The t wo fi gures had reached the top of the st airs by th is time and were tip- toeing into the bed room fro m w hi ch t he snores were issuing. A ft er an elapse of about five seconds, t he mys terio us one came f orth , and again descended the c reakin g st airs.

Sunday A. M.-A ll was serene until about eight o'c lock . " Last call to brea kfas t ," someone yelled f rom below. T he snorers

das hed out and dow nstairs w ithout looking in to a mi rror. If they had they'd have seen "ghos ts of t hemselves" fo r sure, for t hey were covered from "stem to stern" w ith fl our and soot , so ca ref ull y ad m inistered by the mysterious ones.

A fter breakfas tin g on orange ju ice, cerea l, toast, jam and coffee, we donned bathin g suits, rented a ca noe and went in search of w:ne r­lilies. At eleven we took a sw im and sun-bath and ca me back home agai n hungry as sixtee n bea rs ( if yo u know how bu11gry tbat is.)

M- m -m-m! Smell t hat juicy Swiss stea k litera lly smothered with onions and tomato sa uce. T his was indeed a " feast for t he gods" in our estim ation.

After ea ting and re tin g for about an hour , we dre ed and t ok the fi rst sa il -boa t r ide in our lives.

"Time to pack up," so unded the c hap. Trud gin g o nce m ore dow n the hill we wai ted for t he bo:lt t t.lke

u back to c ili vili z:ltion aga in after one of t he most exciting hou e p.lrti igma has ever know n. lV! ARY r.rc . Sigm .t h.t pta.

A merr y heart doet h good li ke medi c ine.

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President V ice-President Sec retary (R ecording) Sec rrtary (Corres ponding) Treasurer CbaJH'rons

OFFICERS .. Lucille D yer

. Donna Conroy . Denise Axell .Mary O 'R ae

. Doroth y A llin ger . Miss Edi th L. Mansell-Dr. Gertha W ill iams

THETA'S NEW S \Veil girls ge t comfy in a big cozy arm -chair and let's have a chat.

We've really q uite a bi t of news to tell you, so m uch in fact, that it' s­hard ro k now where to st art. I t's always bes t to start at the beginning, isn ' t it? So here goes ! On the evening of May 17 we held our largest affa ir of the year, an info rmal dance which we called a " Spr ing Frolic." I t was held in the m ain dinin g room of the Imperial Ho tel from nine till one. T he orchestra was absolu tely inspir ing and our crowd was un usually peppy. A lpha Sig's banners and colors made the decora­tions qui te complete. Marguerite Brodison was the very apt cha irm an of the affair. Miss Edith Ma n ell and Dr. Gertha \Xfi ll ia ms, our own spon­sors, ac ted as patronesses.

Our last ou tsta nd ing event before school c losed was the house party ou t at Donna Conroy's cottage at Wa lled Lake. I t was one eventfu l week-end-canoein g in the monoli gh t, sunburn in the sunli ght , speed­boat r iding at 4 p. m. ( !), eat ing at all hours, and swim mi ng most of t he ti me. Upon arr ivin g at t he cot tage Friday ni ght, t hree of us (witb Lu's assistance) proceeded ro fa ll in t he lake, n amely Lu , Marge and Donna- this started the week-en d off with a bang. Sa t urday evening Fra nces Rose took the "plun ge" and several of us drove back into town to wit ness the affa ir. (By the way, Fran 's new name is M rs. Ed Sherrin.) We saw her last week-end-four of us, inc! uding Fran , went o ut to the Michi gan-Chicago gam e and she st ill seems t he same old Fran. To go on with the house party- Sunday we ini t iated for mally Helen Gee and J essie J ohnston and elected our new officers of the year-President, Luci lle Dyer; Vice-Presi den t, Donna Conroy; Correspondin g Secretary, Mary O'Rae; Recording Secretary, Denise Axe ll ; Treasurer, Dorothy A llinger.

Abo ut the second week of August there was another underc urrent of excitemen t ·with m any showers and savi ng up of penn ies for another of our A lpha Sigs beca me a "better half ." Pat Brenton is now Mrs. Bob Gi ll.

\Xfhen we all beca me set tl ed back in school this fa ll we decided we should have some affair at whic h we could flin g ca re to the wi nds and revel in our glory-namely a house party.This time we traveled to the f air Dot A llinger's cottage at Al gon ac up on Lake St. C la ir. Here we

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took in shows, hikes, ping-pong, tournaments, roas t s, rides, tenms and the performances of a fe w of our brave swimmers. The m ai n enter­t ainment was furni shed by the m ale element of D elta Si gm a Pi.

Then alon g ca me rushing week, only th is year it was "week.s" in­stead of "week. " Oh, I' ve forgotten to tell you that we've moved. De­troit Teachers' College is now part of the College of the C ity of De troi t. Inasmuch as there were only two sorori ti es in ou r for mer Pan Hellenic and the sororities of C ity College invi ted us in to thei r Inter-sorori t y Council , we disbanded our P an H ellenic and now h ave t wo re presenta­ti ves, D onn a and J essie, at the counc il. This accoun ts for many changes and adjustments we've h ad t o m ake concerni ng r ushin g season and for mer traditions. H owever, consideri ng all the conf usion that took p lace we came out quite successful and pledged six perfec tl y scrumptious gi rls: Helen Tucker, Evange line Tremblay, Betty R y,a n, Ma ry J o Carey, Car­men Delaney, and D oroth y Stirl ing. O ut rush parties \vere very differen t this yea r. O ur fi rst was a "Gypsy J amboree ' '-low lights, t wo fort une tellers, a teacup and a card reader, gy psy waitresses, games and reg ular gypsy lunches tied in gaudy ha nd kerc hiefs- decora tions, cost umes and entertainment , all m aintained the gypsy atmosphere. O ur next was an inf ormal tea at which our ow n t alented so loist , Denise, sang. I t seems we all save the best t ill las t , don' t we? That's w hat we d id with our r ushin g parti es. O ur last party was rea lly q ui te inspi r ing. It was a formal dinner held at the Lee Pl aza A partment-Hote l, in t he Gree n and Gold room. A pre ttier party is h ard t o im agine. T he setti ng was en­tirely of light, dainty colors, including the for m al gown s worn by the girls. Each gues t was presented w ith a corsage of mums and yellow tea roses. Informal dancing and bridge completed the evening's entertain­ment. Thus ended our r ushing season.

I might t ell yo u something more of the g irls. There are twen ty­t wo of us ac ti ve this year plus our six pledges- six teen ac tives in school. The rest are out teaching.

O h, yes, I must tell you about our br idge we're giv ing nex t Saturday afternoon , D ecember 6, at the D etro it-Lel and H otel. Everyone is hust ­ling around selling ticket s, advisin g, t aking advise and in genera l every­thing is in a hubbub. Donna Conroy is in charge of the affa ir w ith Lucille D yer in charge of refreshments; Mary O'R ae in charge of decora­tions; J essie Johnston, public ity; Marija ne Nothaft, t icket s; Marjorie H owey, prizes. I guess that's about all I ca n tell yo u about it now, bu t I'll t ell you all about it nex t time \Ve h ave a chat. \V ish us luck. It been g rea t chatting w ith yo u again-yo u always were an attenti e li -tener, so I'm coming back aga in. Till tb('l1, bes t of w ishes.

DoNNA O NROY.

"Hope, not fear, is the cre:lttve pr in ci ple in hum:m afhir. ll that has made m an grea t has spr un g from t he attempt to secure what is good, not f rom t h struggle to avert what was though t v ii. "

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JUST BET\'V'EEN US Things have happened in Theta sin ce the las t Anchor. 0-o-o, two

wedd ings-Pat Brenton and Frances R ose signed away t he proverbial sin gle st ate las t summer. A nd here are some secre ts I know you ' ll keep: Donna Conroy simply dotes on custard pie, J ane has had her hair snipped again , and guess what we ca ught Jess ie doi ng t he other day? She was tryin g to force a plug nickel in a ca nned music mac hine! The p ledges can ' t remember w hether D orothy A llinger is Denise Axel and visa versa . D emerits for such appallin g mist akes ! Mary Jo nearl y go t lock-jaw on a caramel las t week and Luci lle D yer always pres ides at meet ings w it h her right foo t on the run g of a chair. Shades of Patr ick Henry in our Lu . A nd t hen, Lu cill e Shultz fl irted wi th a street ca r conductor w hile Donna tried to ge t in on half fare . Mary O'R ae and Helen Gee have a case on t he college registrar and Dorothy Connel ly spent half her pay last month on a short f ur coat. Margaret G lew spends her spare t ime ridin g u p and down on the school elevator. Bu t I m ust stop before someone ca lls out " tat tle- ta le!" DtNJSE AxELL, Theta Chn jJi cr.

THETA ACTIVITIES How would you like to be packed up, bag and baggage, and moved

t o another school durin g t he summer- when yo u least expected it? T hat's what happened to us, for Detroit Teachers' College was moved fro m its old building to t he College of the C ity of Detroit t hi s Septem ber. Of co urse we did n't like it very we ll ; it meant ada pting ourselves to an ent irely new situation j ust when we had become comforta bly accustomed to our old Teachers' College. However, we determ ined to m ake the best of it . I t mean t t hat ou r sororit y would have to conform to t he ru lings of t he In ter-Sorori t y Coun ci l at City College. T he d iffic ul ty lay in the fact t hat all t he sororit ies at our new school were loca l sororities and were rather p rejudiced aga inst " nationals." The str ife began when the r ushing season opened. If both types of sorori t ies r ushed t he same gir ls it wo uld be a free -for-a ll. So it was agreed we should choose girls from our own educat ional fie ld and the loca l sororit ies t he g irls from their general fie ld . A ll was serene unt il two days before our first party. At t hat ti me we made t he alarming di scovery t hat the C ity College sorori­t ies were r ushing gi rl s fro m t he educational field as well as t he genera l, an d were giv in g a party fo r t hem t he sa me nigh t as our own. T his was contrary to t he I nter-Soror ity Coun cil agreement bu t we set our teeth and con t inued our pl annin g. T he r ushing part ies t urned out splendidl y and as a res ul t we pledged six fi ne you ngsters in October.

\Ve must say a word here about our two house parties . One was held the las t week-end in June at \Va lled La ke and ·what g lor ious t ime we packed into those t wo shor t days ! T he other took place t h is September on Lake St. C lair. I t was a bit cold bu t the g irls hadn 't time to th ink of the wea ther.

Then there was the aft ernoon br idge at t he De troit -Leland Hotel and t he party at Eva ngeline's. So yo u see we haven' t been napping.

DEN ISE AX ELL.

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PLEDGE LIFE The life of a pledge is a hard one. It is difficult, at time , to take

orders with a smile or show no resentment at being " docked" twenty­five hard earned points for not complying with the wish of one of the members. But we try to appear to en joy Jt.

Let us take a look into " Pledge Life" from the pled ge's viewpoint .

I N SCHOOL

"Oh, here comes Donn a Conroy and J ess ie Johnston, both c:urymg a stack of books. Duck pledges!" I think they suspec ted we were aro und. Probably another twenty-five demerits. With this, three •guilty pledges mount the stairs, laughin g about " putting one over." But it is n ot "over" ye t . H ere comes Doroth y. \Vhat is her last . name? Quick! I think it is "Allinger." "Good morning, Miss-Miss A llin­ger. " Another close ca ll. We simpl y must learn those las t n ames .

I N THE LUNCH ROOM

Upon enter ing the lunch room , a p ledge ma y alway be ass ured of mee ting Helen Gee, Louise Edenst rom , and Margaret Glen waltlng to ha ve their heavy (!) trays carried to the most remote table in the room. Whereupon the willing pledge dons a smile and does a she is bidden.

I r THE LIBRARY

By this time pledges ha ve lea rned not to go mto the third floor library between the hours of tw o and three. Here 's the secret: Marijane Nothaft and Lucille Schultz are always waiting for someone to " run" to the main library for them . "Yes, Miss Iothaft , yo u want these books sent to Ruth ruff School?"

AT MEETINGS

As soon as Lucille D yer arrives all the pledges are di scree tly shown to a back room . An hour passes and they are ushered back into the living room. Lillian Stander and Lela Seabaugh are sittin g on those stiff bac k chairs and we are receiving knowing g lance . " Let 's do our dut y, pledges!" Misses Stander and Seabaugh retire to the large arm­cha irs. ( To need to tell to where the pledges retire.) D oroth y Con­nell y has a reading plan to be made out for tomorrow, which m eans - . Marguerite Brodison and Grace Meyers are pouring the coffee. " To yo ur fee t , pledges." The " f athers" of Marjorie Ho,vie and Patricia Gill are not ca llin g for them tonight. \Vhich pledge has her car? And you ma y " drop" Mary Johnston :n her house, too.

Denise Axel] has forgotten her music, which also mea ns! t Ia t tho e frightful di shes are washed. Let's go, pled<>es!

B ETTY R YAN-A TIJI'III J>fpdgt'.

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AN HISTORICAL SKETCH Hel-lo, Alpha Sigma Tau sisters! This is station X-1, of Alpha Sigma T au, situated hi gh in the now-

clad peaks of the Colorado Rockies! Ahem! Another year is upon us; and as we look around, we find Alpha

Sigma Tau very much in evidence. Re inforced by the usual peppy pledges, she trips blithely along western's fair campus. With the willin g co-operation of our sponsor, Miss Florence H ornaday, and our new patroness, Mrs. Charles C linton Casey, this is fast becoming a big year. Although we have known Mrs. Casey but a short while, we fee l that it would be imposs ible to love anyone more.

Well, folks, rush week, filled more than ever by whir lin g ga ities and some anxiety, finally came to an end. In looking ove r the res ults, we actives patted ourselves on the back and swelled with just pride, for our " prize" was seven of the most interestin g and lovable girls in the college. From tall, queenly Dorothy Allen to short , smiling and mis­chievous Ruth Lowden, the pledges are one in spirit.

On October the twenty-fifth, the great moment of the rushees arrived- a sunrise pledging service at the home of our sponsor. Light heartedness gave way to solemnity when the gi rls took their vows. Later , adorned by their ribbons and pins, they breakfasted with the ac ti ves at the home of Mildred Le Master , a sororit y sister.

From that time the work began for all pledges. They have been willing little workers- aided at times by the warning of an easily wielded paddle! Among their many duties have been helping the ac tives serve visiting fraternities, washing dishes , running errands, and generall y making themselves useful. When the time for intramural debates rolle9 around, they strove heroically like all true Alpha Sigma T aus.

November the seventh, the Xi's went to Hades for their pledge dance. Flames darting from the corners of the College C lubhouse, in front of the spirited collegian orchestra red ~treamers casting jagged shadows across the soft, rosy glow of the room, and red devils presidin g over the punch table, were among the many attractions.

This ends our program for this time-and we hope you have enjoyed U $ as much as we have you. We are signing off a little early tonight to hear our old favorite of how little Johnny squirrel cracked his tooth on a cruel, hard nut.

This is station X-I, of Alpha Sigma Tau , signing off . hear the single stroke of the chime, it wi ll be exactly ten and six and one-half seconds, Mount ain Standard time. Are Bong!

When you forty-three you ready?

Your announcer for this time has been Frankie Allen of Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. ELLEN ALLEN

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" DIRT" AND " SPARKLES"

Any " dirt" in Alpha Sigma Tau, you say? I should say 1 oT! Girls, gi rls, such a thing posifiL •ely does NOT exist in Xi of Alpha Sigma T au!

But say ! Did you know that-Maybellc Johnson is no longer a Johnson? The dear sister has

acquired a sorrow that is not so secre t- nor so sorrowful , if what we hear is true. Anyway, the story ends "and they lived happily ever after" -in Stone City, Colorado.

And, too, here's the very dirtiest thing that anyone could think of. And it happened right here in our own Western State College. It really is almost too blush-inducing to be possi ble or even probable. Here 'tis : Frankie Allen, our fa ir secre tary, while tripping ga ily down town one day ( tripping, I sa id ) - DID ( tripped ) and fell! Boy, did she fall? And right into the bi ggest, softest IUD PUDDLE !! Can you im agine anything dirtier than that? I can't! It 's beyond my poor com prehension.

Isn ' t that Ruth Lowden just the very limit for a pledge? H ere he gets herself in Dutch with the Student Counci l for not wearing

her green cotton hose, to let the wide world know she's a frosh-and then comes around with the cheerful news that she cannot even SEE a da te for a week ! Poor child! But one must live and learn to be m ore crafty. It pays- or the woma n pays and pays- even a pledge.

\'V'hat's this bright obj ect I see ? Oh, yes ! O ur very loveliest " sparkle" of all, Mrs. Char les C linton Casey, who is our new patroness. She's so sweet and kind and beloved to us all that she is our shining light of love and adoration which will safely guide Xi of A lpha Sigma Tau to safe t y over the sea of 1930 and years to come. Long m ay this light gleam and sparkle warmly !

Beloved Mildred Gadd is the glad possessor of a "sparkler" of another varie ty. Long may it sparkle and gleam wi th happiness ! She, \ve all know, is we ll worthy of it, and wi ll prove a lovely guiding star ro her H arold .

A nother brightness looms on the horizon. The horizon, this time, is our own college. Lena Wallace, one of our A lpha Tau sisters, is the ediror of the C urecanti , our college annual, this yea r. Three cheers, Lena! Xi is proud of you!

Yes, arid do you know that Mildred Le Master and Ellen got into a very " dev ilish" mess at our " Hellish" pledge dance? Yep-they did! They clogged in little red devi l suits and danced wi th their feet, e es, and hearts. Oh, boy-me for pledge dances in Hades !

Speaking of strength this time-not " dirt" or "sparkles" ( et " park les" it probably should be)-two of our isters are certainly going trong. Velma Arlene and Ellen, our Brownie and Blond , are both

q ui te sure of their "s tren gth. " Long li ve the " tron <>' broth r ! \; know our trength!

It come to me that I've told about all th JUl r bit " that I co ulc! whi per in yo ur ears :tt t hi e sion, o I mu t a ain impres up n

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your minds that we know that nothin g at all bespea king of " dirt" 1s existent in Xi of Alpha Sigma T au. Yea-veril y!

So speaks Xi's president , ELLEN C H R I TENSEN, " 8/o11 tfy.'

LIFE AS A PLEDGE

" H ey, pledge, got a duty fo r yo u," c:t lls an act ive. Poor pledge, she's trying to concentrate on her geometry, but she hea rs her mas ter' voice. Meekly she follows the ac ti ve and almost completes that t ask when active number t wo r ushes in.

" Oh, so this is where you are. I 've been lookin g for you. You don' t mind washing these stockings for me, do you? "

The pledge smiles and carries away the stockin gs as t hough it were a great honor bes towed upon her to have t he priv ilege of washing an ac tive's hos iery.

At las t the pledge fee ls she is ge tting t he brea ks. She has a date. In happy anticipation she pl ans what she is goin g to wear. She has it all planned, \v hen w ho should burst unexpec tedly in t he room but an active.

" Sorry, pledge, but I've go t to have that green dress of yours." (The very one you were pl anning to wear that night. ) You hand it over with a smile and as k politely w hether or not the ac tive doesn' t want you to press it for her. The active does! Ah! bu t that is the leas t of it. N ow that your ac tive sister has borrowed your dress she needs the res t of the paraphern alia to go with it , such as hat , shoes, stockin gs, et cetera.

Poor pledge ! This mea ns she's going to have to break the date. The only thing she has left to wear is one necklace, two brace lets plus a las t year's dress.

She deposits her nickel and begins to expl ain to the boy f riend \v hat a terrific headache she has developed since she saw him las t. She sighs in relief when she hears him say, " Oh, it doesn ' t m atter in the leas t. I was just goin g to ca ll you up and tell you I'm having a test tomorrow and I think I'd better study toni ght. I'll be seein' you. "

T wenty minutes pass. The pledge looks out of the window. O h! Oh! There, going up the street was her boy f ri end and-her ac ti ve sister w ith the pledge's wardrobe.

In spite of all this, we love our acti ve sister and-sh! sh! Please don ' t let this get out, as we shouldn' t wa nt any acti ve member to know it-there is nothing that thrill s us any more than to have an ac ti ve borrow something from us.

I almost forgot-there is an exception and that is to say we are Alpha Si gma T au pledges.

EVELYN M E YE RS.

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President . V ice-Presitf (' 11 t R eco rding Secretary . CorrC'spo ndi11g Secretary . Tr('asurer Literary Editor . Cbaf;/ain. C li stodian Fac ulty Ad L·isor . Pat roness

OFFICERS . Alice M. R ead

. Dorothy Palmer . Edith Furst

. Margaret R. Beeson . E liza beth Kell

. Sara E. Wilson . D oro thy Drake .. E leanor Miller

. Miss J es ie Scott Himes .. Mrs. R. S. MacDougall

DIARY OF ZETA'S MOTHER SE PT EMBER 2

\\/'hat a g lorious day thi s has been for me! All of m y gi rls came back to me-every one of them-eighteen in number-and they are all so glad to be bac k. I can see it so plainly in their greetings to each other. As for m e-havin g m y girls back · is making me li ve again. I' ve been lonely these last three months, with mos t of them away from me. Of co urse, Kitlen W agner, E leanor Mi ller, and Peg Gschwendtner were here with me this summer for six weeks. Gerry Conway and Sally Wil son were back to visit me for a few days, too. (But I think they had another reason for their visit-I saw so little of them. ) Now, however, I am of utmost Importance. They haven ' t fo rgotten me aft er all , and I'm glad.

SEPTEMBER 8 The girls had their first mee ting today. It seems very natural to

hea r them chattin g all around me. They were all t alking at once, telling me about their summer vacation and the girls who have gone out from under my wing. I miss the gir ls who left last year mos t , perhaps, but already they are t alking about new girls to fill the vacancies m y grad­uates have lef t. There real ly are some clever freshmen on Campus. Some of them w ill some day ca ll me "Mother," and I shall try to be a rea l mother to them.

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w ·ell , Diary, I feel that toda y bas been a succe s. fy g irls gave an Inter-sorority Tea in the Blue R oom this afte rnoon fro m four until six. It was a delightfu l ort of a party-the room \Vas decorated appropri ately with autumn leaves. The member of Beta 1 ma hi .1nd Rho O mega Lambdau ( both loca l ) were invited, toget her with t heir ad vi or and t he women of the hc ulty :~ nd "fa ult r wive.' ' [\' c h:~rmin g " A l" R ead po ur d, and Mid A llen :~ nd ally '\ il on r eivd

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the guests. Betty Kell w as ultimately responsible for the success of the tea, for she is chairman of the Social Committee and presided over the kitchen.

NovEMBER 7 Just thirty-one yea rs ago A lpha Si gm a T au, the mother of all of

us, was born at Ypsilanti. My girls celebrated th at g lorious event with a party at the home of Bet t y Fillmer, m y on ly da y-room girl. Betty had planned a party previously and decided that we ought to remember Alpha Sigma T au's birthday.

How very appropriately and pleasantl y he did it. In loya lt y to the one whose birthday we honored , she carried out our emerald and gold color scheme. We sang our songs (dear to the heart of every girl) , played games and ate (of course). The most impressive part of our celebration was a luncheon se rved in cand leli ght. The sa lad was m ade of ye llow pineapple, pea rs colored green , and ye llow mayonn a i ~e . I t's loyalty plus when the colors are carried out even in the food. My girls have such fun when they can be free to pl ay together for a littl e while. They are all so very dear to me.

NovEMBER I 3 Today the g irls began their fir st organized searc h fo r new sisters.

It is very interes ting to me to see the new girl s and to see how they mix in with m y girl s. A lready I see several likely ones. You see, Diary, I' ve been keeping m y eyes open.

The Treasure Lunch this afternoon was a progress ive aff air and began \Vith fruit cocktail, se rved in the cozy littl e home of our Faculty advisor , Miss Himes. Then we all moved on to Bett y F ullmer 's home, where home- made meat loaf , sca lloped potatoes and pineapple sa lad and hot roll s were served. The waitresses were dressed in emerald and gold aprons and caps and the rooms were decora ted with our colors. For the last course, golden spon ge cake w ith g reen whipped crea m and coffee, we journeyed to Mrs. Mac's home. Mrs. Mac is our patroness. My girls owe her much; she is ever working for their we lfare. The party concluded w ith a search for the hidden toy automobiles (favors) which were to carry them home from the Treas ure Lunch.

NovEMBER TS

The Animal Party was such fun for m y girl s and the rushees alike. We are all learning to know the new girls better. They are all such lovely girls that it wi ll be hard to eliminate any of them, I fear. Yet I ca n­not possibl y t ake all of them, sweet as they are.

We played anima l ga mes, had a Noah' Ark cake, served anima l crackers, coffee and sandwiches. The part y was rather short, but just long enough to st ir up some enthusiasm!

NovEMBER 22

Today has been our forma l rushing da y. It was closed to every other sorority, so we had fu ll sway. It was our "Good Luck Day." We bega n with a C lover Leaf Brea kfast at a small hotel in Mill Hall, three miles away. The pl ace cards were small gray footballs ti ed w ith

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maroon ribbon (our college colors). Inside was an invitation to a cocoa pour after the football game that afternoon.

Our day ended with a formal dinner and dance at Achenbach's Party Garden. It was cleverly decorated in emerald and gold. The dessert was golden ice cream, with A. E. T . in green on the top. The small cookies that were served with it were a golden brown with green frosting. At the conclusion of the evening each rushee was presented with one of our own yellow tea roses.

This has been a big day and the only thing I hope for is that m y girls-prese nt and future-had a good time.

OVEMBER 23 Silent Da y and all its inconveniences is just about over now. How

strange it seems to my girls not to be able to talk with those girls whom we have befriended these last three weeks. Tomorrow will ring the final note on rushing and I think I shall be glad, for it has been a strenuous, though thoroughly delightful , three weeks.

NovEMBER 24 We pledged fifteen clever girls to loya lty to Alpha Sigma Tau this

afternoon. What a strange feeling it is to see new faces in my rooms. I shall never get used to it, I'm sure. It's ever new, sad, yet happy.

TovEMBER 26 I'm all alone and lonesome again. My girls have all gone away

from me for Thanksgiving vacation. However, they wi ll be back on the first of December, ready to begin the initiation of their "new little sisters." I think I shall rest until they return.

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"Of course there are rooms at the sorori t y house that mu t be clea ned-just another job for the pledges.

" o woman co uld be more happy than I , when I received the bid for 'Alpha Sigma Tau' sorority.

" I think we have been u in g this ' phone long enough, o for .1ll rh g irl f A lph:t lupter- o long ' til n xt time!"

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President . Vice-President . Treasurer . Corresponding Secret ary . Assistant . R ecording Secret ary . Historian Literary Editor .

OFFICERS . Marga ret M. MacD onald

. .. Ruth J. Holden . Lorna Roberts C ruickshank

. Evelyn A. G rampp D orothy H eat h McGarvey

. . J anice Laing . A rlein Keen

. Mae Ha mmond E llis

A formal Valentine D ance has been planned for Febr uary qth, t o be given in the Georgian R oom at the Hotel Statler. Comin g at a good time of the year, this dance, which has become a custom of Signn C hapter, is always very popular.

A lthough no date has bee n set, a w inter houseparty is bein g arranged and r umor has it that it w ill be a wow l

As we all know, Thanksg iving this yea r was not a part icularly happy one for great numbers of unfor tunate people. H owever, the sorrows of three f amili es were turned to joy th rough the combined efforts of t hree of our members and the cheerful donat ions of the en ti re sorority .

No engagements have been announced recently. H owever , Miss Ruth H olden seems deepl y interes ted in va rious apartments available for some f uture date. H ow about it , Ru th ? Ca therine Smith has aroused some of our inquisiti ve natu res st ill f urther. In case you h aven ' t heard, consul t Ca therine.

D an Cupid , w ho is ever on the alert , sprang severa l surprises th is past summer, among whi ch the following were of parti c ular interest:

A ugust 6th. The m arriage of M iss Sall y Bea rd to Harry Va n Bount , Jr. , at Lancas ter, . Y .

A ug ust 16th. Lucile E . Hull to J oseph Shaw Stee n at Berge n, N.Y. September 9 th. Miss Dorothy H eath to J ames C. McGarvey in

Buffalo. It has also been brought to our attention that the " Baby Spoo n

Committee" have been ca lled upon aga in to f urnish this art icle to little Miss Glendora Jean Frank, age 2 months, daughter of M r. and M r . J oseph Frank (Glendora) .

Our pl an of meetin gs w hich originated las t year is aga in being ca r­ried on w ith considerable success. Through this pl an , interes t has been grea tl y increased and a larger attendance developed. Supper parties are held once a month at the homes o£ va rious m embers. The mea l is se rved promptly a t 6:30 in order that plenty of tune may be allo,ved fo r the

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business meeting which follows. social evening of bridge is enjoyed. the pleasure of the game.

At the conclusion of the meeting a Attractive talleys and prizes heighten

A number of special parties The first of these was the annual Apartments on November 8th.

have been arranged for the season. bridge party held at the Park Lane

Among other important events planned is the Christmas party to be given at the home of Winifred Cruickshank on December 15th.

On January 17th, the active chapter is having one of its most important parties of the year in the form of a bridge party to be held in two of the socia l center rooms at the nt-w Buffalo State Teachers' College. The actives are looking forward to a large attendance at their first function in the new College.

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On October 4th, O la Hiller gave a lovely bridge luncheon in Pon­tiac for the ' 22 and ' 23 Alpha Alumnae.

The home was decorated with the sorority's particular yellow roses, one of which was given to each guest upon leaving.

Those present included Allura Exelby (Mrs. Richard Custer), Gertrude Lippert of Lansing, Margaret Meehan (Mrs. Ray Miller), Catharine Meehan of Port Huron, Emily Beyschlag (Mrs. Gerald Fitz­gerald), Margaret Gardner, Ella Butzer, Esther Field (Mrs. W. J. Lip­pert), Carrie Washburn (Mrs. H . Staehle) , and Delb Mae Veley (Mrs. Henry Jostes) of Detroit.

A TRIBUTE A s true and loyal as can be, L oving to the last degree, P olite in manners, very kind, High ideals of might and mind Al ways the same.

Sunny dispositions here, Indulging in nothing ca using fear, Gi ving willingly what they may, M aking other people gay, Al ways the same.

These traits are shown tO

All , both stmll and big, b "U" the gi rl of "Alpha Si g."

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