~iagp~: TRIANGLE ~~Rf~ Official Publication of Sigma Kappa
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'Board Leaves from a Hostess' Diary . . Happy and Mary A. Perrell 3 Sky High Meals ...... 7 Ship Ahoy! ...... Alice Hersey Wick 9 of Some D o's and Don'ts for Those Who Are Going Abroad .. 11 International Rushing Chairman to Direct Important Plans ...... Ruth Norton Donnelly 12 editors Presenting Two Grand Council Sons ...... 13 War-Torn Shanghai as Seen by Frances Condit Andrew ...... Martha Hiltner 14 The Agency's Second Year . . Marian SeCheverell H emingway 17 Editor-in-Chief Magazine Agency Needs Greater Cooperation from Members MRS. }AMES STANNARD BAKER ...... Maxwell L. Forsyth 19 New York City Panhellenic Fellowship Award ...... 20 (Frances Warren Baker) These Regional Magazine Chairmen Keep the Business 289 Woodland Road Going ...... 21 Highland Park, Ill. Interfraternity Cooperation ...... 25 Statistical Report on Scholarship ...... 26 Sigma Chapter Wins Scholarship Cup for '36-'37 ...... 27 College Editor Europe This Summer ...... 28 ERDENE GAGE Verna Grimm Is Librarian at American Legion Headquarters 177 Arnold Avenue ...... Margaret Hazlett Taggart 29 Edgewood, R.I. Sun·beam Brings Sunshine to Dwellers on Maine Coast ...... Mabel Knight 31 Vera Stephens Designs Window Displays That Arrest At- tention ...... Alumna~ Editor 33 Minneapolis Shop Hound ...... 36 MRS. BERNARD DONNELLY The Songbook Is to Be Revised ...... 37 (Ruth Norton Donnelly) This Is a Campaign Speech! . ... Margaret Hazlett Taggart 38 1515 Scenic Avenue Cited for Interest ...... 42 Berkeley, Calif. Milestones ...... 45 With Sigmas Everywhere ...... 49 58 Alumna~ Clu!JEditor i~f~f~:s .: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 59 With Our College Chapters ...... 61 MRS. ROBERT}. PARKER With Our Alumnre Chapters ...... 73 (Edna Monch Parker) With Our Alumnre Clubs ...... 86 960 Bay Street-Apt. 6 Directory ...... 87 San Francisco, Calif.
Philanthropy Editor SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE is published in March, June, October, and De cember at 450 Ahnaip street, Menasha, Wis., by George Banta Publishing NELLIE B. MANSFIELD Compa~y, official publishers for Sigma Kappa Sorority. 56 Hillside Avenue Entered as second-class matter October 15, 1910, at the post office at Menasha Wis. under the act of March 13, 1879. Acceptance for mailing Everett, Mass. at special rates of postage provided f\)r in section 1103, act. of Octo~er 3, 1917, authorized July 31 . 1918. Prtce $2.00 per annum. Stogie coptes 50 cents. Life subscnption $15.00. Chapters College and Alvmnre must send manuscript in time to reach Director of Central Office their respective editors before the first of November, February, May, and MRS. EDWARD D. TAGGART September. All communications regarding subscriptions should be sent to Mrs. Taggart (Margaret Hazlett Taggart) at 450 Ahnaip street, Menasha, Wts., or Room 617, 129 East Market Room 617, 129 East Market Building, Indtanapolis, Ind. Building Member of Fraternity Magazines Associated. A:ll matter~ pertaini'!g to national advertising should be directed to Fraternity Maga_z tnes Assoctated, Indianapolis, Ind. 1618 Orrington avenue, Evanston, Ill., or 52 Vanderbtlt avenue, New York City. THE FAIRMONT HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCo· Site of 1939 Co'lve1ztion
California is excited over, and delighted to announce the fact that the fiftieth con vention of Sigma Kappa, International, will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco from July 3 to July 7, 1939. The convention will celebrate Sigma's sixty fifth birthday; the San Francisco Exposi tion on the island in the bay will be one of the views to admire from the hotel's windows; all California Sigmas are look ing forward to seeing you in '39 ! Mrs. Bernard Donnelly (Ruth Norton, lambda '25) will be general chairman. She will be assisted by a flock of commit tee chairmen whose names we will an nounce in later issues. This time we pre sent you with the date, and the place (and a picture of the place), so that you can start planning now for convention in Cali MRS. BERNARD DONNELLY fornia in July, 1939. Sigtna Kappa Triangle
Vol. 32 Edited by FRANCES WARREN BAKER No. I
Leaves from a Hostess' Diary By HAPPY and MARY A. PERRELL, Alpha Zeta
"Been hostessing since 1934" write Happy and Mary A . Perrell. "For the first trip, before we thought of hostessing, we saved so hard that we didn't buy even a small coca-co la f1·om September till June, and carr1ed . our lunches for the _last m_o nth to make the final payment. T hen aft er our one trip, we had to go agam , so we've been gorng thrs way. H appy takes care of P1·ima Classe of about 325 and Mary A . watches over 575 passengers in "T ouristica," though we mostly work to~ether in planning. The boat is S.S. Roma, Italian line, and ban ing wars or co me what may, we hope to be off on the High Seas again soon.''
July 2, 1937 more than I can understand .. . and bridge T IFE is high ! and we're under way . . . tournaments just wear me down . . .. L signing everybody up for deck sports, Imagine how many colleges are represented bridge . . . putting up posters. . . . on this ship- Roma ... 107! I asked them Jimmy Vinson will make a good ping-pong to sing their Alma Mater . . . maybe we can chairman, I think, 'tho I haven't told him organize a good College Sing . . . at least we about it yet. . . . Must look the situation over find common bonds for people. . . . Judge and see who's been playing deck tennis and Carlson and Mr. Johnson are firm fri ends .. . bridge . . . Little Anne Tucker's such a now that they've found they're both Leland shy soul- she's going to be maneuvered into Stanford graduates . . . . We might do the taking charge of shuffleboard .. . . All she same for fraternities, sometime. has to do is put their names down on the chart, Talked to 104 passangers today .. . just that'll give her a start of something to do and checked them off on the passenger list . . . she'll meet people. only 400 more to go- or to know, 'tho, of Trap shooting is fun .. . . I tried a shot course, I'll probably forget fifty of today's and whoops! the clay-pigeon was bulls-eyed by Friday. into lots of pieces .... W as I surprised! .. . I have one haunting dread, but I know and everybody else. Count de Negreta will it'll happen to me one pretty day. I'll walk win that tournament, I know. He's really right up to a passanger- introduce mys e~f , fancy, having done little else but gentleman hope this trip will be enjoyed ... and dt s shooting and riding through his gay life ... cover the woman's been on the cruise lo, ah me! these forty days ! July 3 July 5 I'm in a panic! I can 't find a sott l to act Ah! I live again! I've found a bridge chair as chairman of bridge . . . and there are over man ... a Mme. Reymond of Monte Carlo a hundred signed up. . . . Why so many ... nor lectures, nor tea, nor storms interrupt people will make their deck sport-bridge is her shuffling, dealing . . . and winning. good! The pillow fight on a pole over the water proved fatal for everyone but the man from Texas, who is traveling with his older sister.
' July 15 2 p.m. . Sunburning was good on the Lido Deck today. I wore my tricky white bathing suit. I'll have to get my wear out of it on board . . . for along the Riviera no "nice girl" wears a white one. I'm trying to work up an entertainment ... and it won't be called an Amateur Nite; That's out definitely "for too many of us are professionals" so my pa tients admit. ... So, it is now officially listed as Talent Nite-come what may ... so far we have a magician act, a soprano, a racon teur, vocal quartette and Dottie Dalrymple was coaxed into a tap dance that eight of the girls are going to work up. The Harvard crowd's going to burlesque it. . .. It should be good .. . I hope. 11 p.m. I'm exhausted; weary, and worn out-and I don't want to have to coax anybody to do anything for years ... but I will. ... Here's to a rousing Ama-I mean Talent Nite to morrow. BON VOYAGE-HAPPY AND MARY A. A wah! It's a choppy sea and some of the bridge players can't quite make the grade So-o-o, Dottie Dalrymple is having such . . . so the tournament is in a very confused a miserable time, she's going to leave the state . . . but Mme. Reymond will be there boat at Cannes. What to do? What to do ? through a typhoon. Allah, I thank thee for The College Sing was a gay hi-larious su~ Mme. R. cess. The Harvard sophomores were a btg On a day like this, the regular ship's enter help . . . and weary looking Mr. Wharto_n tainment is a big help: the everyday movies, who's been gloomy-like in his desk chau tea music, evening concert, the polished gym since New York was the unexpected maestro ! instructor and his well equipped gym; and He used to direct glee-clubs decades ago . ... Cooks or the American Express can always be Finally-out the port-hole go my dea.d counted upon for a lecture or pictures about flowers . .. stiff as they now ·are, I regret thetr the next port of call. going ... but it's a definite sign that our I'm going into the lecture line myself, cruise is socially under way. For the first four find. So many passengers have asked what to or five days, things are in such a rush that buy and where, and for how much, that I I run to the cabin only to slip out of my think I'll schedule a "Shopping Talk" soon. play suit into a dinner dress .... But as soon as I have time to straighten my bureau-put July 16 books on the shelf-really fix things up Wail! ... five of the eight numbers of then I know we're organized. Talent Nite have dropped out . .. the tap July 9 dance and burlesque is still in, I hope. I'll Water Carnival today-and fun! A boy just have to find some more numbers. from Dartmouth won the table-setting race. 2 a.m. He swam from one end of the pool to the "Oh, life is a glorious riot of song," Tra-la. other carrying a plate, back again, swam down The Talent Nite turned out great! The So phs with the knife, etc. The greased water melon borrowed clothes and make-up from all over broke when it was finally thrown out of the the boat, and put on a dance that outdid pool after a mad scramble. It tasted oh, so Penn's Mask atJd Wig or the Princeton
4 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Triangle Show. Dottie D. was so in earnest meeting people and learning to like people in her dance that she forgot to look bored. of all nationalities, that makes hostessing such I like her. a grand job. Mr. Wharton put on a short Community July 26 Sing-he's good. Ruth and Bill who have Dottie won't be leaving at Cannes. I have aeen trying some fancy poses in the gym, a feeling-for I think it'll take Harvard put on a fencing exhibition that kept every Dick Richards, the whole trip to tell her what body on the edge of their chairs. he has to say . . . and Dottie's loving the My-do I feel high! ... There's just never idea. a way of telling how a Talent Nite '11 turn Everybody was gay over our All States out. ... Dance. We make Maine passengers dance with Floridians, and Chicagoans with New July 19 Yorkers-and the Paul Jones was fun . .. Uh oh! here comes The Complainer. I little Georgie ·Forgie (official weight: 253 listened to her petty little troubles for a full pounds) assumed command of the whistle hour yesterday. I think I know what's the and blew it loud and fast. matter with her: her darling daughter can't Prizes? we gave them for everything! . .. 1 seem to make friends with the girls or make for being on a certain spot when the music I the boys tumble. Her mother pushes her too stopped playing, or for dancing with a cer 1 much. Two to one, there'll be no more com- tain person, whom we'd decided upon before, 1 plaints about anything if we find the right when Georgie let out a shrill blast . . . and 1 man for "Betsy-dear." Good Heavens, I'm we'd marked out a lucky chair, . . . and a 1 only human, is it my fault that the ones I nice little old lady got a prize, with lots of ! lead up don't click. drum-rolls-for happening to be in that Here, here, calm yourself, Miss Hostess, chair ... . We'll have to try musical chairs to you can't please everybody. Do your best, morrow night . . . couples aren't necessary 1 and then forget her. there-and men are often scarce ... I'll have Think I'll put on my bathing suit and lie to think up some other specialty acts for our out in the sun with the bunch up on the land evening dances . . . maybe some of our pas ing bridge. sengers will have ideas ... I'll ask them to July 20 morrow, while we're in swimming .... It Good deed for today: finessed the home takes a while sometimes, to get people to sick soul to a table with three men and a really-get-together, but they respond to kind woman . . .. She's improving.... persistent treatment. I'm an official lecturer now-uh huh! I talked on Italian inlaid work-Palestine glass, doll-collecting, jewelry-of course, and I loved it .. . for everybody was so nice, they all ran and borrowed pencils and paper to take down addresses and approximate prices. I hope the exchange rate remains thoughtfully stable-otherwise, prices will be completely off, but that's just a travel problem. July 23 At Madeira, Signor Vasconcellas, whom we have met for the past four years, insisted upon putting his car and chauffer at our dis posal for the length of our stay. That's typi cal of the kindness we receive at these ports of call. It's only when we get back to Philadelphia and the foreign mail begins to arrive that we realize how many friends we have scattered all over the world, from Monty the Egyptian, who studied at Oxford, to the family of one of the Consuls at Puerto Rico. I guess 1ts "ON SHORE LEAVE"
MARCH, 1938 5 July 27 .. . and rest-until something else happens, Some Germans arrived this morning at I mean! Genoa; a grizzled Theatrical Producer among letters from home stuck in the mirror them who does most of the interpreting for and door, one on my pillow, where I'd see the group. They may not be able to speak them at once. Now for a hot bath all drawn English, but they dance the Viennese waltz and ready, as if the room and bath stewards divinely. were old family retainers and I the prodigal, Strolled the deck with the third officer . being welcomed home. They are so kind and tonight. Everybody else seemed to be oc considerate, no wonder each passenger thinks cupied, but quiet little Nancy Drew from his stewards are the best on the boat! Boston. Managed to include her in a con August 5 versation, in the walk, and then on some Going to give another shopping talk in pretense or other left them together. Praise the Verandah today. If it's as crowded as be for good looking officers! the last time, we'll have to move to the ballroom. . . . Where in the world did I July 28 leave my book of shopping addresses . . . . It'll be like Christmas-opening all the They're found, the country's saved. prizes ... . I sent Renato for eight . .. and Camel riding on the desert without a hat • he came back with an intriguing arm-full. almost laid Jack Gibson low, but he's up Tonight's the night ... with fanfare . . . again and much the wiser. I hope the doctors lots of it, we'll distribute the Tournament and nurses gave him a talking to ! You'd prizes (first round) . .. . It'll have to be think some of these people would listen to very, very gala-I'll order noise-makers etc. the words of advice our lecturers give. I ... and I'll wear my new Schiaparelli butter hope I don't try to learn everything the fly dress-(it's a marvelous copy) . hard way! Count de Negreta gets the impressive August 14 silver cup for the trap shoot . . . it wasn't Oh . .. is this hostessing ideal . .. it's a walk-away though, for we piled up handi like having one big house party. . . . All caps on him. little Anne did quite well with I do is think up entertainment .. . and the the shuffleboard chairmanship .. .. The nice stewards do the rest. . . . Must try a Pro elderly couple who have been watching the fessor Quiz one of· these nights. . . . I've play have taken her right under their wing been gathering up favorite tricky questions ... and they're all having a beautiful time. round about. .. . Dr. Wilcox wants to know I'm going to give Mme. Reymond a ships how a horse and a cow get up and down album with the crest on it . . . for taking front or back legs first. . .. Judge Carlson, care of the Bridge (of sighs for me) . . . last seen, was on all fours illustrating. . .. I like her. I must line up the other winners and August 20 chairmen-and see who'll get the other two The nicest Texas mining engineer, who's cups, the crested vanities, the pen and pencil returning from two years in Syria and Irak, sets and the darling lenci doUs. wants to play cards this afternoon. That's the last thing I want to do with sea and July 29 sky so beautifully blue today . . .. My lucky What a relief to see our shiny white star shines again ! I had almost forgotten Roma waiting for us at anchor as we ride the lido concert this afternoon just before down the mountain. We've had a busy day tea time. We'll listen to that instead. of buying, sight seeing and visiting old The Band Fascisti, Mussolini's own, friends high up in the mountain towns of seventy-five strong enroute to U.S.A. Their Sicily. I'm glad we don't have to take groups music just seemed to fill every part of you. on land tours. Our work stops when the They finished with "The Star Spangled Ban boat docks. ner," a courteous gesture. My throat felt a "Boat" means "home" to all the passengers bit tight . .. . I guess there's no place just by now . . . go~d food ... clean, cool decks like home.
6 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Sky High Meals
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"Pat" McMullen, Alpha Epsilon, will complete her work for United April 30, fo1· she is to marry Wil liam H. 0 ' Donnell in May and then settle down to "ground" life in Chicago. Mr. 0 ' D onnell is in charge of equij1ment in the passenger service department for United States and t1·avels from the Chicago office.
T'S traditional for college graduates to many unusual food problems with which only be "up in the air" over jobs, professions, a scientifically trained person could cope. II and the future in general. But it is quite For example, food prepared in Denver is rare for one of them to be so successfully, placed aboard the air liner and served to solidly and happily "up in the air" as Ella passengers while they are passing over Iowa Gertrude McMullen, who-as United Air and Nebraska. Since the altitude is high and Lines Calorie Girl-becomes the world's first the boiling point consequently very low, in home economics woman of the air. It is Miss McMullen's job-and an exciting one it is to decide what Mr. John Doe, traveling three miles a minute, one mile over the High Sier ras, would like for lunch. And not only what will be eminently pleasing to Mr. John Doe in the way of lunch-but what will be good for Mr. Doe as well! Figuring calories-pleasing menu combi nations-scientifically balanced foods for Mr. and Mrs. Air-Minded America is the job which Miss McMullen has undertaken. She becomes thus a true pioneer in the newest field of home economics for women. A re search kitchen in which Miss McMullen will ~xperiment with the problems of aerial food service is now under construction at the United Air Lines headquarters in Chicago. Since her graduation from Iowa State Col lege, Miss McMullen has taught home eco nomics at Webb and Cherokee, Iowa. For the past two years she has been Assistant Food Supervisor of the cooperative dormitories at Iowa State College. There is perhaps no other food manage ment position fraught with such varied prob lems as that in which Miss McMullen is engaged. Besides the obvious difficulty for a "PAT" McMULLEN, Alpha Epsilon '33 stewardess to serve twenty-one people from The world's first home economics woman of the ' a kitchen three by six feet in size, there are aii·-United Air Lines calorie girl.
MARCH, 1938 7 BREAKFAST IN BED AT 200 MILES AN HOUR-Latest in air travel is ala carte breakfast in United Air Lines overnight coast-to-coast sky sleepers. Stewardess Ruth Flekke offers breakfast to a passenger who left New York in the evening and arrived on the Pacific Coast in the morning. Breakfast menus even list the proverbial " ham and." Sleeper plane service thus brings new luxury to the skyways. such cities as Denver and Cheyenne, it is On the overnight sleepers the stewardess necessary to have special valves on the ther has a special all-electric kitchen from which mos bottles in which liquids are kept to allow she serves a full course breakfast, in bed if steam to be discharged. Bread and rolls dry the passenger desires. out more readily at high altitudes, so each of Probably the most glamorous of Miss Mc these is packed in a separate glassine bag Mullen's duties is crisscrossing over the coun and breads with high moisture content such try in the passenger planes while she studies as rye, raisin and Boston brown bread are ways of improving food service "in the air." served frequently. Frequently she stops at key cities to confer The methods of service have been so well with the chefs who prepare and pack the perfected that now a stewardess can serve meals. twenty-one people in an hour and ten min She must give thought to the problem of utes or three minutes per passenger. keeping hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Foods are packed on the ground in individ Equipment must be both light and compact. ual portions. Fresh vegetables and meats are An insulated electrically heated container carried in electrically heated thermos con for hot food is preheated with a 60-watt ele tainers_ Salads are packed on the china or ment and filled on the ground by the chef. beetle ware plates on which they will be Then on the plane it automatically makes served. They are covered with special paper contact with a 15-watt element. It is slid and lids and are kept cool on dry ice. locked in place in the buffet from which the A typical dinner menu consists of fruit food is served. Hot meals, eggs, vegetables or shrimp cocktail, celery hearts, mixed olives, and potatoes are carried in its four air-tight choice of chicken, turkey or lamb chops, po drawers. tatoes, fresh vegetables, salad, rolls, choice of A shining seventeen-pound refrigerator is desserts and beverages. There is no additional likewise removable. It contains dry ice, which charge for meal service and food is served on cools the air as it circulates through the unit every flight, even on a one or two hour jaunt. -Iowa Homemaker, November, 1937
8 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Ship Ahoy! By ALICE HERSEY WICK, Grand President
L ABOO-ORD that's going aboo-ord! Lorah Monroe, Sigma Kappa's beloved On the M.V. Georgie, sailing June member who is known and loved all over the Pl 25 for Merrie England-all you country, is to be the Tour Conductor. You traveling Sigma Kappas! can't help but have a wonderful time with her If there's anything more exciting than the along! thought of your first trip to Europe- or your second or third for that matter-it could Sigma Kappas in Europe only be the idea of a Sigma Kappa European The score of Sigmas who live in Europe Tour! These trips are to be annual events, if will have an opportunity next summer to enough of you take them to warrant it. You greet our traveling Americans, renew their are insured a carefully planned tour with a college and sorority associations, and prob congenial group (and that does make such a ably have a few European Sigma Kappa meel: difference when you are tearing around ings. These Sigmas live abroad: strange countries so busily) ; Sigma Kappa's Endowment Fund benefits at no additional ENGLAND cost to you. Isn't that a painless way to be Chalfont Hts., Gerrards Cross. Bucks Mrs. Rushton Coulborn (Helen Mcintosh, Sig mutually beneficial? ma) The itinerary as published in the Winter Gosforth, N ewcastle.on·T yne TRIANGLE has been changed somewhat, since Mrs. Morton P. W oodward (Charl otte W . Allen, we felt that the main tour should offer a few Alpha Zeta) Steneleigh, Graham Park rd. more visits, even at a slightly higher price. Little Marlouf!.h, Bucks Therefore the regular tour will now include Mrs. Kay Harrison (Marion B. Pond, Lambda) Nuremburg, Munich, Lucerne and Inter Fern House laken ; the extension tour will offer Geneva, London Stresa and Lugano in addition to the other Mrs. John S. Barr (Ruth Hill, Sigma) c/o Dr. mentioned cities. We have worked long and Miller, 200 Cromwell rd., Kensington, S.W . 5 carefully over the itinerary and think that Peders field, Hampshire Mrs. W alter S. Hughes (Dorothy Pease, Omi. now it is as comprehensive as is possible to cron) Fraxgeld be, and at a most reasonable cost. Southgate Mrs. Donald G. Reid (Isabel Fletcher, Alpha Expenses Kappa) 56 Fores tdale, Southgate, N. 14 York The main tour will cost $545, the exten Lydia Morrell, Psi. Burton Croft sion $795. A reservation fee of 10 per cent should be sent to Mr. A. A. Morsbach, F RANCE American Express Company, 65 Broadway, Meudon New York City, by April 1. The balance is Madame Marcel Mauduit, 9 Rue de Ia Croix du payable four weeks before sailing. val Paris The Company cannot guarantee to hold its Mrs. Drury K. Adams ( Liliane T. Peixotte, Mu) options on these sailings indefinitely, so early c/ o M. P. Peixotte, 3 ave du Pare Manceau reservations are imperative. Your money will Mrs. Harry H. Need ham (Harriet March, Ep· be refunded if you find later that you cannot silon), 4 Rue d'Agasseau Mrs. Stephen Rogienski (Athenia Andros, Alpha make the trip. For your own comfort in get Tau) 15 Rue de Bassano ting adequate accommodations and in fair Miss Mary E. Scott, Zeta, 4 Rue de I'Elysee. ness to the American Express, it is essential Mrs. Lucian Sellett (Rosamond G. Cumm10gs, that you make your plans as early as possible, Al pha) 24 Rue Remy de Gourmont and make your reservations. It would be better N uilly-mr·Seine to sign up now, and then cancel your trip if Mrs. Dorwen W right (Agnes Lentz, Tau) 25 necessary, rather than diddle along until June Rue St. James and then find that there is no room left. Best G ERMANY of all-sign now and sail with the crowd on Berlin . June 25! Erika Sarnow, Rho. Schlachtensee Lmsen STRF
MARCH, 1938 9 Cologne Mrs. Gleason Lake (Eva B. Conklin, Iota) c/o American Consulate ITALY Rome Mrs. W. Dewey Moore (Alice Speid en, Zeta) 28A Piazza Ponte San Angelo SWITZERLAND Bern Mrs. Werner Steck (Eleanor Dorr, Alpha Zeta) Tillierstrasse 8 SCOTLAND Paisley Mrs. Fenwick White Keltie (Bess Ritchie, Rho) 37 Roffey Park Road, Oldhall Won't you all please plan an eve ning gathering, at least for London and Paris? Meet yourselves as well as the travelers ! Write to Lorah NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, PARIS Monroe in care of the American Ex- press at any of the scheduled cities. July 4-7-London. July 8-The Hague. Prize Contest July 9-Amsterdam. July 10-Cologne. Human nature being what it is, we all July 11-Rhine trip from Cologne to Mayence. seem to like prize contests. I, for one, con July 12-Heidelberg. tinue faithfully to write 25-word articles on July 13 -14-Nuremberg, Rothenberg. July 15-Munich. Why I Like So-and-So, albeit my reasons are July 16-Zurich. becoming somewhat threadbare and wistful July 17-Lucerne. now. Anyhow, for the rest of you who like July 18-Interlaken. contests, here's your chance! For the indi July 19-21-Paris. July 22-Main Tour to Havre to sail on M.V. vidual or chapter sending me the most leads Britannic for New York. -that is, the greatest number of suggestions for travellers-who actually take the Sigma Kappa Tour, we will award a prize of $10 Extension Tour worth of magazine subscriptions. (How's July 23-24-Geneva. that for publicity in two of Sigma Kappa's July 25-Stresa. projects at the same time?) If you've had an July 26-Lugano. July 27-Milan. unfulfilled yearning for Fortune, or the new .July 28-29-Venice. Verve, or something equally un-budget-able, July 30-31-Fiorence. just send in the list of possible tourists. We'll August 1-5-Rome. do the rest! August 6-8-Naples. August 9-Embark S.S. Rex for New York. Details Several thousand printed folders will be The Sigma Kappa party will sail on the same distributed by our Central Office to chapters boat with the Lambda Chi Alpha party; will be in London on approximately the same days as Lamb and individuals. Other copies may be ob da Chi Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon; in tained from the American Express Company Amsterdam the same time as Alpha Chi Rho; in or from me. Don't hesitate to write us for Paris the same days as Delta Upsilon; in Venice any sort of further information about the at the same time as Alpha Kappa Kappa (medi cal fraternity) and in Rome at the same time as itinerary. We want to serve you-we want Alpha Kappa Kappa and Delta Upsilon. you to have a perfect trip-and if you'll em bark on the Sigma Kappa Tour, we'll all be happy. Itinerary in Brief Regional Meetings June 25-New York. Sail per the M.V. Georgie, Region V-April 2-3-Detroit, Mich. Cunard White Star Line. Tourist. Region VI-May 6-7-Chicago, Ill. July 3-Southampton. Region VIII-March 19-20--Los Angeles, Calif.
10 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Some Do's and Don'ts for Those Who Are Going Abroad F YOU are one of the fortunates going to Europe money, of course you'll be using American Express this summer, probably as a member of Sigma travellers cheques (more welcome than real money I Kappa's own party, never let it be said that most places abroad) but you'll avoid missing boat your national magazine did not try to be helpful. trains and other delays if you always convert your Our foreign travel assistant has gotten busy and pocket change into the currency of the next country ~ade up a fine list of "dos" and '.'don'ts" pre you are going to visit. sented, herewith, for your observation. Though England seemed novel, you aren't really First off, to be practical, don't carry too much conscious of being abroad until you hit tne con luggage. It's a nuisance. Then, too, if you want tinent. Scenes, atmosphere, manners and attitudes to preserve your steamer trunk with a collection of change. Keep a firm hand on your pocketbook in fascinating labels, be sure its a sturdy one: Foreign France and remember that although you may be porters insist on the cute habit of throwing all asked for more you will be considered silly if you luggage right out the train window. tip more than 10 per cent. Don't tip hotel em Unless you want to attract a crowd, avoid the ployees because you'll find that 10 per cent has cellophane raincoats (imagine a native snapping been added to your hotel bill to take care of that a tourist as a curiosity ... that's news!) and by . . . the same applies in many of the restaurants. all means avoid ankle socks, especially in Italy. If the French or Italian taxi drivers get excited And, don't be ridiculous and wear one of those and exclaim they are cheated, hold your ground peasant scarfs around your hair. The would-be and keep calm. In the continental theatres, a small immigrants of Europe will wonder where the old tip to the usher is expected. ti me costume feast day is being celebrated. In Germany, go light on the cosmetics . . . every While you are enroute, forget about the mal German particularly abhors the way American de mer. Out of mind, out of sight is the usual rule. women "paint up." You might as well not bother If you insist upon getting ill, stint on all the swell to flirt seriously with any of the handsome stewards food they give you on shipboard. on the Rhine boats ... they've met so many Amer When you land in England, you'll note the ican women who are away from home that they custom officials will apparently be interested only are most impervious. They'll be most polite but in your cigarettes and your camera. If the latter impersonal. On the other hand, don't even steal a is a good one, be sure to convince yourself that it side glance at the good-looking soldiers, in knock is fully ten years old or you'll have to deposit half out uniforms, you'll see everywhere in Italy ... its value, as assurance that you won't sell it, with Italian women wouldn't do that unless it meant a customs until you are ready to cross the channel frank invitation . . , and if you want to be mis again. If you are thinking of buying a camera, wait leading, you are bound to have complications. till you hit Germany where equipment is tops and In most foreign cities don't worry about auto prices low. Of course, you are not supposed to use mobiles when crossing the streets (perhaps in Paris your discount-price German travel marks except you might give consideration to the taxis) , but for travel purposes, but it's too easy. By the way, look out for the bicycles! They are thicker (but all film (except movie and colored film) is cheaper less wobbly) than old grads at a Homecoming. abroad than at home and it's good. Many foreigners (really, merely to brush up on Though English cooking will not please you as their English and because they are always friendly much as the cuisine you'll have a chance to sample to travellers) will ask you what you think of their in France and Italy, you will enjoy observing the country. National pride is a more important thing English afternoon tea period. abroad than at home, so you must always be ex As far as languages go, while you are in Eng travagant in your praise. And, here's a wise little land you are still above water, in spite of the fact tip if you want to be sophisticated. If you must that a streetcar is a tram; the subway, the under speak about Hitler while in Germany, the experi ground and a guy is a bloke. But, while you are enced travellers substitute the name "Hoover," and on the continent, have no fears for your lack of about Musso!ini in Italy, the name "AI Smith." conversational French, German and Italian. Even The substitutions are established ones . . . if you the street-urchin will shame you for your ignorance hear some Americans discussing AI Smith with un. by their knowledge of English. However, remem. usual earnestness, no need to be surprised. ber, they speak British English and not the Amer But, have no fear of causing any international ican variety. You'll have to give your slang a rest. complications since it would be downright rare if Don't spend all your shopping money in Lon you are not extended most unusual attention and don (unless for woolen and knitted things), even consideration most places abroad. You are a for though you find Bond Street irresistible, because eigner, and an American tourist to boot. You'll England and Switzerland are the two most expen get many courtesies and actually more protection sive countries (more like back home in United than if you were travelling in your home state. States) you are going to visit. There are leather For that reason, have no worry about the red goods, jewelry, linens, etc. at bargain prices in tape and custom officials at each border (they are Italy you'll still want to afford. Based on units of really only fussy about your. cigaret~es) an~ merely 12, the English monetary system is going to be the look forward to your most ngorous m spe~ twn upon hardest for you to comprehend. But, you ought to your arrival at the dock, back home m Umted learn it even though you should have no fears of States. And your thrilling recollections of the trip short-change in the British Isles. And, speaking of just ended will carry you through that.
MARCH, 1938 11 International R~shing Chairman to Direct Important Plans
By RUTH NORTON DONNELLY, Lambda
SHING is important to any sorority, is, so that the best features of each can be for only through careful planning included in the ultimate plan. Suggestions for K and skillful entertaining (with time rushing parties, for skeleton organizations are for a consideration of the character and the being sent to those groups who are as yet personality of each rushee) can the sorority unorganized. continue to add to its membership each year The goals toward which the committee is by pledging girls who fit the ideals and. now striving are : standards that have been built up through 1. A committee in each region, with a many college generations. Critics of national chairman appointed by the Regional Presi sororities stress always the evils of rushing dent, consisting of a representative from each weeks as they are now set up at most univer chapter. sities and colleges ; each national organization 2. A central clearing house of rush in is even more aware of the problems that con formation, rush rules, rlans for alumna: as front each college chapter during rush sea sistance, and dozens o suggestions for par son than any critic who views it from the out ties, etc., which information can be made side could ever be! To eliminate some of the easily available to any chapter who wants it. problems, and to attempt to make Sigma's When these immediate goals are achieved, rushing more universally successful, Grand the committee hopes to be able to make alum Council last summer set up an international na: more conscious of the important part they rushing committee, with Helen Johnson Dow, can (and should) play in helping the or Alpha Omicron, as chairman. ganization of new members. Specifically, Helen is peculiarly fitted to take on this some of the ways in which alumna: can help job, because she has had a large part in are: by sending in explicit recommendations organizing the state-wide rush plan which (gone are the days when the phrase: "she has operated in California for several years. seems to be a nice little girl," will suffice She is a graduate of the University of Cali if it ever did!) ; by pre-rushing the girls in fornia at Los Angeles ; she was a charter whom they are interested; by making their member of the group that became Alpha pre-rushing of positive value because the Omicron chapter. During her college years, alumna: know what their chapters need, are and since, she has been active in working for up-to-date in fraternity affairs, and are good Sigma Kappa. In college she had experience advertisements for their sororities themselves! in organizations other than her sorority; she Alumna: can do much in making the sorority was vice president of the student body or well and favorably known so that freshmen ganization, and a member of many other will come to college wanting to meet the college groups, amongst them Prytanean, the group to which the alumna: belong. Inspiring junior-senior women's honorary for activi a proper feeling of alumna: responsibility, ties. She admits that she likes to organize then, is one thing the new rush organization things ; which should make a well organized hopes to achieve. international rushing plan inevitable ! A lot As a second specific result, the committee of good ideas will be formulated soon-from hopes to help the college members to know which all chapters, alumna: and college, may the value of what they have to offer to col benefit. lege women and to help them to keep rushing Plans are being made to fit, wherever pos on a sincere, dignified plane! It also aims to sible, foundations already laid ; those states help the college members to select members already operating under a state- wide rushing with thoughtful consideration for the ideals plan will not be disturbed, their organization and standards of the organization; to help will be fitted into the international plan. them to be better hostesses and to lead in any Helen is now engaged in writing letters to movement to better rush conditions or to each region to find out what the present plan place fraternities in a better light in their
12 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE various college commumttes. In short, the organization in the fraternity world. And rush organization is to help the college gals casual assistance by an occasional letter or with any and all problems that are concerned party is not enough for each of us to con with rhe matter of choosing the prospective tribute. Of course any alumna who is making rushees and then doing a good job of interest any contribution to her community is also ing them in the standards and ideals of this helping her sorority. But most of us can do group that is considering them for member more than that. And it is with the more that ship. each of us might do, that the international From many of the regions, the chairman rushing committee is concerned. For advice has already had reports on their various and on how to go about recommending a girl, several organizations. She wants to get re write your regional committee (or the inter ports from all of you; she requests that any national Rush committee chairman) . Send one who has any good ideas on rushing, your ideas to the regional committee or the write her; she will welcome any suggestions. general chairman. In fact, you might sit down Her address is listed in the back of this right now, and think of the things you could TRIANGLE. do (if you would) to help make Sigma's Rushing is definitely not something that rushing effective and properly representative is merely the concern of the college chapters. of our really superior sixty-four-year old or It concerns each of us who wishes to maintain ganization. the standards of and the importance of our
~------~{}}~------~ Presenting Two Grand Council Sons
LAWRENCE VERNON HARPER the son of Mrs. Lawrence A. Harper-our Grand Vice President
G. P. AND C. P. WICK Or to be formal, Mrs. Richard Wick, ~ran~ Presi dent and her son Richard Hersey lVrck ( Crown Prin~e" of Sif!.ma' Kappa). T he picture was taken by Richard Wick, the proud husband and father.
13 MARCH, 1938 War~ Torn Shanghai as Seen by Frances Condit Andrew By MARTHA HIL1NER, Alpha Omicron
N 1933 a peace-loving senior was gradu many people are crying because they have nothing to eat. ated from the University of California Although we are situated on the north side of I at Los Angeles, having not the least idea the creek, just a few blocks from "Little Tokyo," that in five years she would be a first-hand I think we are as safe as we would be my place witness to the great Sino:Japanese conflict. in the city. We have a British flag floating proudly from our roof, and we are practically next door Frances Condit, Alpha Omicron, went to to the general hospital which floats the red-cross Shanghai and taught in the mission school flag and three other apartment houses floating there for one year. At the end of that time British flags. Also we are only two short blocks she came back to California for six months. from the Bridge so that if worst comes to worst Her future husband was on the boat return it should be easy to get away. Furthermore the American Consulate phoned me last night and ing to England for his six-months' leav~. told me they would get in touch with us if it They were married in this country up~n his should be necessary to leave. return to the Orient. She is now the wife of The booming of the big guns is quite plain Frederick John Andrew of the British Con here tonight, and from our fifth-story flat we can see in the distance the flames from several houses stabulary of Shanghai. which have been ignited. Thus you see, we have Through the letters sent to her aunt, Mrs. just about as close ring-side seats as possible and Jane Robison, and close friend; Adel Booth still be comfortably safe. Blanchard, Alpha Omicron, who so graciously August 19, 1937 loan them, we are able to give you a more Yes, we had to evacuate. Isn't that sad? We vivid picture of the war. lived just two short blocks the wrong side of Soochow creek and too close to "Little Tokyo" Friday, August 13, 193 7 so that in the beginning we had exciting ring-side Events, sa:l and funny tumble over each other seats for the hostilities, and then the bullets started in rapid succession, and over all pervades . such a flying a little too close, and the Japanese with their spirit of excitement and tension that 1t IS only sand-bags, barbed wire, and sentries, blocked up necessary to run down the street with an e~e the entrances to that section of the city so that cocked over one's shoulder to start such a pamc we decided we had better · "get going while the as we saw about an hour ago when not only every go:ng was good." one in the street was running for all he was worth, As you remember the firing started on Friday but the street cars stopped just outside our apart the thirteenth. . . . Saturday morning we packed ment building, the passengers poured out and some of our more valuable things with the idea of $tarted running back the way they had come as storing them with "Arts and Crafts" until the fast as their legs would carry them, and then the trouble should be over. Then we found that "Arts street car itself turned tail and scampered back the and Crafts" could not get a truck through to our way it had come. . house and on top of that the street outside began Last night thousands of people slept outs1de on to take on a cistinctly military aspect, and the radio the parks and sidewalks of the settle_ment, a_nd frantically announced that all foreign consulates tonight's paper says another typhoon 1s brewmg ordered their nationals to move away from that so 1 don't know what they'll do when it really section of the city immediately. starts to rain. Profiteers are certainly taking ad Luckily we had already made tentative arrange vantage of the present scare to send prices sky high. ments to take a two-room apartment on the border Rents in the settlement have jumped tremendously line between Frenchtown and the International both for foreigners and the Chinese-in fact it's settlement-as safe a place as any in the city; so as practically impossible to secure decent lodgmgs at trucks were not available we decided to take as my~~ . , many loads as possible in our car. Accordingly we This afternoon Mother and I went to W1ng On s . loaded up (and you may be sure that the cook-boy where we do most of our marketing, in order to saw to it that most of his comparatively worthless lay in a supply of tinned food-stuffs in case worst stuff went in the first load), and I left Fred and should come to worst and we would be unable to Mother wrapping chinaware while I took the cook buy any. The grocery department was packed and boy and his wife and baby to look after things in the store had already sold out everything on their the new apartment. Luckily the coolie had already shelves and were digging into the reserves. of their gone to look after his wife so that made one less "godown" or storehouse. This afternoon our boy to worry about. and coolie borrowed some money so that they I dumped the first load with little ceremony and could lay in a supply of rice. On returning they hurried back as quickly as possible for the second, informed us that the price of rice has doubled in but imagine my chagrin when the police refused the last twenty-four hours. The boy told me that to let me go back across the Soochow creek. All
14 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE my pleading and entreaty were to no avail. I without any of the ordinary comforts of home such told them who my husband was and why I wanted as a telephone, lights, stove, frigidaire, etc., desti to go, but they still wouldn't let me pass even tute of many of the comforts the meanest of homes though they knew Fred, for they said that if I did would ordinarily possess. And yet we have two go the Japanese would probably confiscate my car servants to wait on us hand and foot, and in the and th~n they _would get the blame as they had garage out back we have a nice car. Comical been grven stnct orders not to let any vehicles isn't it? ' whatsoever pass. They did tell me where to phone The price of food now is about twice what it however, and one of the fellows even walked over was before the trouble commenced, and just to be to Bridge house to tell Fred where I was. So Fred on the safe side I have laid in a couple shelves full and Mother gathered up what they could carry and of tinned goods. With the aid of the car I was also walked back across the bridge to where I was able to Jay in a good supply of vegetables and other market produce before the trouble or the prices got so bad, and we have been able to share these with a couple families who were not so fortunate. As the days pass the hospitals here are feeling a great shortage of bandages. One of the hospitals was even reduced to using paper the other night. Thus Mother and I spend a great part of every day together with other foreign women who have not evacuated helping to roll bandages. We are also making baby clothes for the families of the refu gees. Incidentally we used some old window cur tains and clothes to pack our dishes in when we evacuated. Now they are all being used to make children's clothes. Bethel has been evacuated and my former pupils are sleeping on the floor of a Baptist church in Frenchtown. Shelter in various temples, etc, about the city has been provided for the Chinese refugees but many of them refuse to use them and prefer to camp out in alleys, parks, etc., as they think there MRS. FRANCES CONDIT must be some "catch" to it because it is free. ANDREW, Alpha Omicron I almost forgot to mention that we now have a curfew, everyone having to be off the streets be parked. And thus on the way out to our new home tween the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. we drove past the corner of Szechuen and Nanking One of the things which has amazed us so is the roads approximately a half hour before the bomb rapidity with which things have happened. In the dropped just a half block from there. Had we short space of an hour streets would lose all trace of delayed to walk back after another load of belong their ordinary appearance and take on a distinctly ings as we had considered doing, we probably military aspect. Yet after the first day or so of would have been on the spot when the fatal crash panic, disorder and confusion, both the settlement came. Lucky, weren't we? and French Concession are taking on an air of The following morning Fred managed to procure quiet and orderly cooperation. Everyone who is a small police radio van with which he revisited able to do so is helping those who need help. the old apartment and in two trips brought our Barriers of nationality, and self interest are break trunks (previously packed with our clothes and ing down· as complete strangers talk to each other best linens, dishes, etc.) my teakwood chest (also and help each other for the common good in this packed), my best nest of tea poys, the radio, and great emergency. The slogan of stores throughout two beds. Two trips was all he was able to make, the city is "BUSINESS AS USUAL." Profiteers? and in the excitement, unfortunately he forgot Of course we have them, but they are in a great Peter, the canary. We have since tried to rescue minority, and the Municipal Council is doing every him, but were unable _to get near the house our thing possible to stamp them out. Particularly are selves or to persuade any truck drivers to venture the radio stations here performing a great service in into that section. The Japanese quite surround the helping friends and relatives get in touch with each place ensconced in their little sand-bag forts, and other where mail and telegraph service can't get they seem to make it a practice to shoot first and through. We are particularly grateful to an amateur ask questions afterwards. They even shot a foreign radio operator connected with Bills Motors who member of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps who was has sent messages for us to the United States. As crossing the bridge at Honan Road (a block above we had no way of getting in touch with England Szechuen Road) and they shot at one of the police we included that message in the one we sent the cars about a block from Bridge House until it beat United States. a hasty retreat. We'll try to keep you posted on events here, but The Coolie found his way back to our domestic if communication is so interrupted th at you don't fold Sunclay, and about that time the incongruity hear from us pl ease remember that "no news is of our situation dawned upon us and has since good news" and don't worry. As I have said before furnished us with a constant source of amusement. we're safe, well, happy, and I'd rather be here than Here were we without any furniture except two any other place in the world during this terrible beds, some kitchen utensils, dishes, and silverware, but interesting time.
MARCH, 1938 15 October 28, 1937 dents for morning sessions only. Incidentally there Yesterday was enacted one of the greatest dramas were two teachers so as you can imagine our work of the war in Shanghai to date. After a night of was pretty light. Still at times it was exciting as the heaviest of fighting the Chinese withdrew to well, for the school is situated in a place that is their: next line of defense leaving behind to cover pretty well shaken every time the Japanese Naval their retreat a mass of flames such as I never boats and the Chinese in Pootung start popping at again expect to see during my lifetime. Japanese each other. On one morning in particular I had "to reports to the contrary, incidentally, the retreat practically shout myself hoarse in the effort to was carried out in the most orderly manner, the make myself heard above the deafening roar of the relief sentries appearing at their posts as usual, but bombardment together with the rattling of our instead of remaining as before marching off in windows and doors, and in the effort to keep the perfect order with the retiring men. The Japs got students from gazing out the window at the air out their armoured cars and attacked the North planes. Whether there was any sense . in what I Station about 6 a.m. firing frantically the while, but was saying, I'm afraid I can't say. In sp1te of hard when they got there what was their surprise to ships, however, Mrs. Stewart's optimism in re find the place quite empty, the Chinese having left opening the school has been rewarded for we are it at about 4 a.m. I am sure that this version is slowly but steadily growing until now we number accurate because it is based on the observations of among the students one American girl, one Scotch the police and British soldiers in West Hongkew girl, one Swiss boy, one German, one Jew, two (Fred's station) which borders on the area in Russians, one Eurasian, and three Chinese in addi question. tion to a few who are not taking the full course. I wonder if your newspapers have mentioned How is that for a conglomeration? · "China's Gallant Five Hundred"? The name was In spite of our s.teadily growing student body, given them in this morning's newspaper, and it is however, we are still open only in the mornings, certainly appropriate. It is a group of five hundred so for the afternoons I have taken on a temporary men who refused to retreat when the order came, job as secretary to D r. Sheng Z. Wang, Managing barricading themselves in a large godown which D irector of the Sin Woo Shin Iron and Steel Works borders on the West Hongkew area on one side, Company, Ltd. (Are you impressed?) Dr. Wang's and the Soochow Creek on the other (corner of former secretary has evacuated to Hongkong and Thibet and North Soochow Roads, if you have a by the time she comes back, the Gregg School will map of Shanghai handy), and remaining behind to probably be back on a full time basis so I won't be give the Japanese as much trouble as possible be able to hold down two jobs anyway, but in the fore they are annihilated. And already they have meantime I'm thoroughly enjoying the novelty of inflicted considerable damage on the attackers, who, working in a Chinese office. in spite of their ridiculous claims of having only On the whole, business is much at a standstill forty wounded in the present advance, have suf and firms are just carrying on in the hopes that the fered most heavily as testified by Fred who saw war will soon end so that trade can be resumed. them burning their dead last night. So few ships are calling at Shanghai just now that Sunday afternoon, before the retreat, Fred and it is hard to obtain necessary cargoes, and so far I had an exciting experience when we stood on the it has been difficult to obtain even those cargoes roof of one of the empty Municipal schools and which are stored on the various docks. watched the Japanese bombing the North Railway Station-only two blocks away from us. It was the November 2, 1937 first time I had been so close to the actual fighting, On Saturday the men in the godown were and it was an intensely interesting, if somewhat ordered by headquarters to evacuate, and that night terrifying experience. Three planes, in triangle they made a most thrilling dash to the safety of the formation went round and round in huge circles, settlement. The Japanese had prepared for this the climax coming when they were almost directly contingency by having searchlights and machine over our heads when we would see a red light guns trained on the road which the Chinese would appear on the left wing of the leading plane. Im have to cross before they would be safe. That they mediately afterwards all three would drop their made lavish use of their machine guns is witnessed bombs simultaneously. The three planes would then by the side of the block house which I saw this immediately bank off towards the river away from morning positively peppered with bullet holes none us- embarking again on another of their big of which however actually penetrated the wall. circles. In the meantime we could watch the course The Chinese commander stood across the road and of the bombs which appeared like silver streaks around the corner visible to the Chinese men but with the sun shining on them as carried forward cut off from the sight of the Japs by the building. by the momentum given the!ll by the radius of two The Chinese crept out of their fortifications in to four blocks from us . The dust and smoke from groups of about twenty, carrying all the guns and them rose high above the tall administration build ammunition they possibly could, then at the word ing where so many of the Chinese soldiers were of their commander they would make a wild dash housed. While we were watching, however, there across the road. Perhaps it is a tribute to the were no direct hits, and one of the bombs dropped cleverness with which they carried out their evacua was a dud. In all we saw the planes make about tion, or perhaps it is a tribute to the poor marks six trips, and when we left they were still going manship of the Japs, but out of 383 men evacuating, strong. only 25 were wounded and 2 killed during their Perhaps you would be interested in hearing a perilous dash. little more of my work. After the war broke out, All of the Chinese in the godown were under the Gregg Business School, where I have been thirty years old, and one was a boy of ten who teaching closed for a couple of weeks and then upon being disarmed was found to carry besides timidly opened its doors to admit two scared stu- his Mauser pistol a wooden sword.
SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE The Agency's Second Year Alpha Omicron, Alpha Rho, and Chicago Win Contest Awards
By MARIAN SE CHEVERELL HEMINGWAY, Director of Magazine Agency
ITH each.succeeding year the maga cash dividends to the Endowment Fund. zine agency report should become The regional figures for 1936-37 were: W less a matter of words and more a Region I, 29 orders, $66.50 ; Region II, 130 presentation of strictly statistical data. How orders, $368.30 ; Region III, 49 orders, ever, your directors -like to believe that TRI $110.75; Region IV, 84 orders, $21 4.75 ; ANGLE readers are interested now in some of Region V, 74 orders, $172.45; Region VI, the contrasts, comparisons, and deductions 143 orders, $362.10; Region VII, 65 or based on the cold figures. ders, $63.35; Region VIII, 244 orders, The accompanying tabular data show that $545.20. These totals, of course, do not bring 1,182 single subscriptions were cleared out the increased chapter participation nor the through the agency between October 1, 1937, individual chapter activity. and February 15, 1938. The total value of all Alpha Rh o, for example, who shared with Alpha these orders was $3,009.15. By comparing the Omicron the college chapter award in the con figures with those for the corresponding pe test, sent in no subscriptions during the maga riod in the agency's first year, we realize that gine agency's first year. W ith the help of their considerable progress has been made in our N ashville alumnre, the chapter members procured 64 orders. Alpha Omicron almost doubled the magazine business. . subscriptions sent in this year; las t year, 36 came Last year, the total value of the 729 orders in. The records show that they kept as subscribers received in the four-months' period was those who patronized the Sigma Kappa agency in its beginning and added 28 subscriptions to the $1,911.70. Thus, there was a 62 percent in original list. crease in the number of subscriptions, and a Since the Chicago Alumnre chapter had pre 57 percent gain in the value of the orders. sented the magazine agency to the Troutdale con The approximate investment per subscriber vention as a method of raising funds for the En last year was $1.25; this year, $2.55. dowment Fund, she was not proud of her record during the first year. Her members outdid them The fact that orders came from a greater selves this year, however, in procuring subscriptions number of chapters this year led the directors by an increase of 11 3 over the 64 of las t year. to the conclusion that publicity in the TRI Chicago was divided for purposes of the maga ANGLE and from Central Office was being zine contest according to the chapter sections, North, N orth Shore, South, and West Suburban. read by a greater proportion of our member Each section had an agent sending direct to Mrs. ship. Although only about 12 percent of our Bingham rather than to a chairman responsible for total membership is represented by the fig the whole chapter. Club subscriptions to Reader' J ures, yet the number of chapters sending in Di~ eJt accounted for the greater share of the gain, but individual member participation also jumped orders jumped from 52 in the first contest to considerably. Too much cannot be said in praise 75 in this second contest. of the fine showing made by chapters in Regions As the orders came in through November III and IV. Reference to the table in the TRIANGLE for Spring, 1937, shows that eleven chapters in and December, your Director found herself those regions sent in no orders. This year but giving thanks that the spell of that old po five--Georgetown, Alpha Omega, Houston, Beta litical saying, "As Maine goes, so goes the Beta Tall ahassee--failed to send in any orders. nation," had been broken. Region I,.with its Regi~n V made a good showing, with only Pitts burgh unrepresented. large number of Maine Sigmas, sent fewer Region VIII, also, deserves special comment. orders this year than last. One wonders what With eighteen chapters in the region, fifteen sent would happen to the Maine Seacoast Mission in orders. All but six accounted for more than ten pledge from Sigma Kappa should other .re orders each. Every chapter which increased its number of or gions show as little interest in that as Regton ders is to be congratulated. May the report next I has shown in the Endowment Fund. Con year show all our chapters represented and a much crete interest in the Magazine Agency pays higher rate of member participation!
MARCH, 1938 17 Table Showing Magazine Subscriptions
Alpha Sigma ...... 6 6 No. of 7·f0 Re• Reader Pitt>burgb . .. Chapter Sub· Value gion Years Central Micbi~an .. I> IS scriptions '7-0f TOTALS ... I40 t8o $H>. I! Alpha . 4 10.50 Nu ... 3! 8.so Chicago Alumna: . . . I87 ll4 $444-II Waterville Alumn
Chi ..... 9 $ 14.00 TOTALS ...... 210 '"H h41·>0 Central Ohio . . . s 14.00 Cinci nnati . . t6 li 49-7S Cleveland. H 40 73-00 GRAND TOTALS ...... 1,181. I,n8i $,,00Q. If Alpha Iota . . s 14.50 Alpha Pi ...... 13 l2 40. so v 1 14 from Alice Hersey Wick. Alpha Tau . 19 1S p.oo 2 All from alumna:. Detroit .... l2 18 4S·7S I One hf.OO life subscription. Ann Arbor . 4 , .so
18 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Magazine Agency Needs Greater Co~operation from Members By MAXWELL L. _FORSYTH, Assistant Manager, Franklm Square Agency
.ecause Franklin Square A~e ncy offered one of the twenty-five dollar prizes in the magazine contest and ie results were not as antrcrpated, we asked Mr. Forsyth to present his reactions to our agency's progress.
HEN I think of the Sigma Kappa business. All sororities outdid Sigma Kappa. Magazine Agency I am reminded of What really are the possibilities of your Wthe old Bon Ami Soap slogan, organization? Let's reduce these possibilities !Hasn't scratched yet!" to figures. If each member placed only one It's true. You haven't even scratched the subscription in twelve months, your business lfface in a subscription buying or selling would approximate $20,000.00. If each mem 1ay. As I understand it, the Sigma Kappa ber placed two subscriptions in twelve ullege and alumnre membership totals about months, the total would reach the astounding m thousand. Your subscription business for figure of $40,000.00! Je year 1937, from January through Decem er, amounted to a little over $1,600.00. If re average each subscription at about two .ollars, we see that the entire membership of 0,000 turned in 800 subscriptions during 937. This means that one in twelve members ent ONE subscription to the Magazine l.gency in 193 7! It's really worse than that when we con idee those members who placed orders for tve and six subscriptions. Do you wonder then, that I make the state ·nent that your organization "hasn't scratched et?" I have been enthusiastic about the possi MRS. ]AMES RENE HEMINGWAY •ilities of the development of your magazine SiKma Kappa International Magazine Chairman gency, but I am not at all enthusiastic about Working on part of the December magazine orders he actual results. Why does not every mem •er of your organization place her own per In looking over the report from your di anal subscriptions through tl1e Sigma Kappa rector, I find that one section of your mem nagazine agency? Not only is one relieved of bership has contributed practically no orders. he bother of sending individual checks to the I am told that this is the oldest membership iifferent publishers (in cases where more since your sorority was founded in New Eng han one magazine is ordered) , but she can land. It should naturally follow that this sec .ctually save money by combining her sub tion would be well organized in Sigma Kappa criptions and sending them to your agency co-operation. Why does it fail so miseraoly t the "club price." in your magazine endowment project ? \Y!hat other sororities have done, surely Where do your members place their sub iigma Kappa can do. For instance, three other scriptions ? Generally, they send them directly ororities with which we do business and to the publishers. Do you realize that when vhose records are at hand, have greatly in you send your Fortune subscription to any ceased their subscription business during the one but your Sigma Kappa Agency, you are •ast year. One group with a membership just depriving Sigma Kappa of a $3.00 commis . ~out equal that of Sigma Kappa increased sion ? Every subscription that you place with ts business by 100 per cent. The other two your own agency means so much more money ~ roups did four times the previous year's in your Endowment Fund.
\'{ARCH, 1938 19 Do you pay more for your magazines when uations, Easter, anniversaries, etc. Invalids you order through Sigma Kappa? Not one especially appreciate the gift of a magazine cent! In fact, where you order more than subscription. Subscriptions make ideal card one magazine, you can generally save money party prizes. (Your magazine agency will -as much as $1.00 on two subscriptions gladly supply you with Card Party Price and your agency still gets a profit. Cards.) Magazine subscriptions make ideal gifts, It's very important that you realize that not only at Christmas but for birthdays, grad- your Agency receives the same generous com missions on RENEWAL subscripfions as it does on new. Therefore, when you receive a bill or a notice from a magazine that your subscription is about to expire, just pin your check to the notice and send it post-haste to your chapter magazine agent. Remember also that the Sigma Kappa Agency is authorized to accept ALL reduced price or premium offers made by publishers. It can also. take care of subscriptions for any magazine published in any language on the face of the earth ! Let me predict that with the wholehearted support of its members the unlimited co-op eration of the Franklin Square Agency, and the splendidly efficient Sigma Kappa maga zine directors, the Sigma Kappa Magazine MARY JANE MOULTON Agency can be, in two years' time, the largest Magazine Chairman of Alpha Omicron, which and most successful money-raising organiza tied for first place in contest. tion of its kind in the country. New York City Panhellenic Fellowship Award AGAIN New York City Panhellenic is pleased posed as on previous occasions of five members of ...l"'"1.. to announce through the medium of frater- five different fraternities pledged to consider and nity magazines an award of $500 for ad judge all applications upon merit only, and without vanced study in New York City during the scholas knowledge of the identity of the candidates. tic year 1938-1939. Any N .P.C. fraternity member Any fraternity woman interested in ·applying for who is in good standing and who has received a this fellowship should write immediately to the degree, is eligible to compete for this fellowship. chairman of N.Y.C. Panhellenic Fellowship Com· Requests for entrance into the competition may mittee, giving name, address, college and year of be addressed to the committee immediately and graduation, degree or degrees, and fraternity of all final applications must be in the hands of the which she is a member. Detailed directions will committee before April 15, 1938. The final choice then be sent to her, together with necessary blanks. will be announced at the May meeting. of New The winners of three previous awards-Helen York City Panhellenic and th¢ money, already in Willard, Alpha Phi, Katherine Noble, Pi Beta Phi, a New York depository, will" be available for use and Helen Fairbairn, Sigma Kappa-all studied by the winner the following September. at Columbia University toward advanced degrees That New York City Panhellenic is nationally which, with valuable personal contacts made there minded is evidenced in its membership which in led to professional openings of responsibility and cludes graduates of colleges east, west, south and promise. north, as well as middle west. New York City It is hoped that there will be a widespread Panhellenic invites to membership resident or non response by fraternity women to this opportunity resident, junior or senior, active or sustaining, all for fraternities to encourage their own members to: members of N.P.C. fraternities wherever they may a) apply for the fellowship; b) to write promptly live, that whenever they come to New York they for necessary blanks and directions; c) to be punc: may share its programs and enjoy its privileges; tual in filling these and in following any supple and that wherever they may be they may have a mentary directions; d) to return these before the part in making possible those privileges for the closing date--April 15, 1938; to the chairman of young graduate working in the metropolis. N.Y.C. Panhellenic Fellowship Committee, Room For the present award the committee is com- 422, 3 Mitchell Place, New York City.
20 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE These Regional Magazine Chairmen Keep the Business Going j;.J ~ HELEN CADY quired a ready made family of three fine Region I boys, in addition to a husband. Just before Sigma Kappa activities: Secretary, Panhel we moved to New Jersey over two years ago lenic delegate and rushing chairman Delta our little daughter was born so there you chapter; secretary, membership chairman, and have four good reasons for a busy person. I finance committee Boston Alumnre Chapter; a~ .very fond of .music and played quite a bookkeeping, scholarship loan, nominating, b1t m church affairs and as an accompanist before coming to New Jersey. playing card, and magazine agency commit tees of international organization. Conventions attended: 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1936. I'ni a Confirmed Conven tionite! No known Sigma Kappa relatives (various Cadys from Vermont, my father's abode, whom I've wondered about). College activities: Latin, Spanish, and Dramatic clubs. I am permanent secretary of my class and was secretary of all B U alumnre association for two different terms. Present affiliations: Being no joiner, my affiliations are nil except for the regular edu cational organizations which are thrust upon me. Profession: School marm. Special interests: The theater and travel. ELIZABETH PEELER MRS. FREDERICK 0. DUTTON (Jessie Calder Dutton) Region II ELIZABETH PEELER Sigma Kappa activities: In college was vice Region III president during my senior year and seem to remember various minor offices during Sigma Kappa activities: I was initiated into junior year. Since graduation in 1928 have Alpha Rho chapter the day that Roosevelt been on national committees constantly-Ex was inaugurated the first time and began my amination, Extension and now Endowment Sigma activities handicapped because of rhe and Magazine Agency. I have been a member bank holiday. The banquet was paid for in of New Jersey Alumnre Chapter for the past "script." I was corresponding secretary, regis two years but haven't tried to do much in trar, vice president and president of Alpha their local affairs except direct magazine sub Rho. I attend the Nashville Alumnre meet scriptions. ings whenever I happen to be in town on Sigma Kappa conventions: 1928 at Wash their meeting day. ington, D.C. Conventions attended : The regional con College activities: Mostly interested in vention in Knoxville in 1935 and Troutdale hockey, general college activities and sorority in 1936. affairs. Profession: I am teaching for my second Special interests and hobbies: I am very year in the Alvin C. York Agricultural In fond of knitting and all types of handwork, stitute at Jamestown, Tenn. This is a state also gardening, but don't find much time for maintained high school for the mountain rhem because of my heavy family duties. children as a tribute to the heroism of Ser When I married nearly six years ago I ac- geant York.
MARCH, 1938 21 haps I should say "suffering" friends); Books (that is, giving Marjorie, Jr., a firm foundation and background in literature). Profession or occupation: Secretary to member of Congress, 1931 ; Red Cross, 1932; Department of Justice (F.B.I.-under J. Ed gar Hoover, famous No. 1 G-Man), 1933- 36. At present-homemake!, but when I am fortunate enough to travel with my husband on his business trips, I do his secretarial work. EV ALINE M. MOCK Region V Sigma Kah IJa activities: Collegiate-TRI ANGLE correspondent for Alpha Pi chapter my junior year, 1930-31, then dropped out of school for a year and a half, returning in MRS. LEWIS B. RHODES January, 1933, and finishing the work for my (Marjorie Trees Rhodes) B.A. degree in June, 1933; alumna-mem Region IV ber of the Cleveland Alumnre Chapter; member of the advisory board of Alpha Pi Sigma Kappa activities: Zeta chapter. Held chapter in 1936-37 an? 1937-38; ~rector of some offices, but dates not recalled. Wash region V of the Magazme Agency smce 1936. ington Alumnre Chapter representative on Sigma Kappa conventions attended: Was George Washington University Sorority one of two delegates from Alpha Pi to the Council and member of its Housing Commit Seattle convention in 1930; was a vistor to tee· chairman Panhellenic and Public Rela the 1933 convention in Saranac, and in 1936 tio~s Tea, Jan~ary 1927; also serving on this to Denver, thus becoming a "Confirmed Con committee in 1938. ventionite." Sigma Kappa convention attended: Wash Sigma Kappa relatives: A cousi~, Thelma ington, D.C., 1928'. Conine, is a senior this year at Ch1. Sigma Kappa relatives: None, but I am College actitivities and honors: Women's hoping my daughter Marjorie, Jr., will be a sports editor of Le Bijou (yearbook) ; wom future rushee. en's sports editor of The Transcript (~ews College activities and honors: Cherry Tree, paper); Press Club ; Y.W.C.A. cabmet; assistant senior editor, '27, editorial board, W.A.A. ; class and sorority teams in hockey, '28, editor of classes, '28; Hatchet business volleyball and basketball. B.A. Ohio Wes- staff, '28; Y.W.C.A.; Modern Poetry club, charter member, vice-president '25, '26, presi dent '27; director of club to District of Co lumbia Federation of Women's Clubs, '28; Columbian Women, '26, '27, '28; sergeant at -arms of senior class (Columbian College) of G.W.U., '28; A.B. degree, G.W.U. '28. Present affiliations: Secretary, Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, D.A.R.; Parent Teachers' Association, Force-Ross Schools. Special interests and hobbies: Travel (traveled this past summer with my husband and daughter from June 15 to October 3, covering all territory from Atlantic City to Miami and across country from New Orleans to Chicago) ; Genealogical Research (I am now compiling records of my family tree for ,publication) ; Motion Pictures (taking and showing my own movies to indulgent or per- EV ALINE MOCK
22 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE leyan, 1933. B.S. in journalism, Ohio State, 1934. Present affiliations: Eastern Star; Colum bus Monnett club (Ohio Wesleyan women's organization), of which I've been secretary since 1936; Grandview Methodist Church, Columbus; Health Education committee of Columbus Y.W.C.A.; chairman of a "Twig" (group) working for the Children's Hospital of Columbus, a 100 per cent charity. Occupation: Housework at my parents' home. Special interests and hobbies: Sigma Kappa rates pretty high in this section, but, besides that, I am a bridge hound, have a tennis court, swim and play games at the Y., and am an ambitious, if only mildly successful, amateur gardener. I'm looking forward to San Francisco "opening her Golden Gates" JOSEPHINE McKITTRICK in 1939, and I, too, like "Ev" Coates, have Chairman of Ways and Means Committee of a dog, a Scottie, Bruce McTavish by name. Chicago Alumnre one year, Regional director And perhaps our editor would not forgive me of Region VI of Sigma Kappa Magazine if I didn't mention my "candid camera" fa Agency for two years. Attended Convention naticism-for "by my camera shall ye know at Troutdale. me"-IF I get to San Francisco. Sigma Kappa relatives: Sister Mrs. Alfred R. Seebass, Jr. (Marie Wright), Denver. MRS. J. LYMAN BINGHAM College activities: Glee club and a leading (Helen Wright Bingham) role in the Senior Play. Region VI Later activities: Vice-president and presi dent of Denver University Alumnre Associa Sigma Kappa activities: College-Treas tion, Eastern Star, Presbyterian Church work. urer, vice-president and president of Iota Special interests: My family of two girls chapter. Attended conventions at Denver and my husband's athletic interests, traveling, 1912 and Berkeley 1915. Alumnre-vice knitting, and bridge. For fifteen years I've president, president and Chairman of Ways been "chief chauffeur" for my alumnre sisters and Means committee for three years in Colo -and liked it. rado Alumnre, Member of Advisory Board of Iota chapter for five years. Chairman of JOSEPHINE McKITTRICK North Shore Section of Chicago Alumnre, Region VII Sigma Kappa activities: Collegiate-Re cording Secretary-Iota Alumna-Corre sponding Secretary-Colorado Magazine Chairman-Region VII. Sigma Kappa convention: Troutdale 1936. Colle!{e activities: Mortar Board; Kedros; joined Kappa Delta Pi; Vice-president, Mor tar Board; Mentor President; Big Sisters; Associated Women Students Council; Col legiate Who's Who-1935-36. Present affiliations: Sigma Kappa alumnre; Mortar Board; A.A.U.W.; Kappa Delta Pi. Profession: Teaching Englewood Public Schools (right next door to Denver). Special interests: Art-teach Art and like designing, metal craft and fashions. Music piano. Driving-love to drive a car and trek MRS. ]. LYMAN BINGHAM all over the mountains.
MARCH, 1938 23 MRS. EMORY E. KNIPE New Detroit Counselor (Grace Mulford Knipe) Region VIII MRS. BIRGER TINGLOF (Mary Eister Tinglof) Sigma Kappa activities: College and alum nre-Pi chapter rushing chairman, vice-presi Counselor Region VIII, District 3 dent, president, Panhellenic delegate, Con Sigma Kappa activities: Recording secre vention delegate. Los Angeles Alumnre TRI tary Alpha Omicron chapter; Corporation ANGLE correspondent once upon a time. chairman three years; three years advisory Orange County Sigma Kappa Club vice board member (financial two years, social president. one year). Sigma Kappa relatives: None (but like Conventions attended: Two regional con Mrs. Corbett, I too have two daughters). ferences-one in Santa Maria, Calif., and one Sigma Kappa convention attended: Castle in Berkeley, Calif. Park, Mich., 1918. Present affiliations: Ephebian society and Women's University club. Occupation: Management of a large four teen room house for a husband, who is a busy attorney, and three children: Birger, Jr., six years, Sigvaard, four years, and Ebba Chris- tine, almost two years. . Special interests: Symphony concerts, grand opera, gardening, badminton, and entertain ing friends. Why Z T A Is a Fraternity We are often asked why Zeta Tau Alpha, along with a number of other N.P.C. organizations, is known as a fraternity. So, upon request, we are again printing the explanation. Zeta pledges are taught that the word "frater nity" was derived not from "frater," a Latin word, but from ''phrater," which is bona fide Greek. "Phrater" in Greece meant a member of a "phra tra," which was a tribe, a group of blood relatives MRS. EMORY E. KNIPE which could be composed either of men or of women. From this word the Latin "frater" may College activities: Too long ago to re have been derived, with its narrower meaning of "brother," and its application to men alone. But member, but the high school sorority problem the word from which "fraternity" comes is wider in makes me recall a Panhellenic presidency, and the sunburn from an ali-day tennis tourna scopes." oronty, · " d enve· d f rom t h e Lattn · " soror, " or ment. W.A.A. numerals in that sport. "sister" is a recent growth, invented by a Syracuse professor for r B, and later adopted by several Present affiliations: Three local P.T.A.'s, other women's groups as a distinctive name. How three teachers' organizations, including ever, while it has been accepted into the language N.E.A.; O.E.S.; A.A.U.W.; and Santa Ana as part of our currency of speech, its Roman roots Valley Panhellenic. are far younger than the Greek ones of "frater nity." It is also interesting that B K, the first Profession: Before eight and after four, Greek-letter fraternity, made the gracious choice of homemaker; the rest of the day, English in a word which women as well as men may use to structor, Santa Ana Junior College. describe their fellowship. Turning to accounts of our earliest conventions, Special interests and hobbres: Books, as described in Volume I of the Zeta History, needlepoint, three children, and this sum affirmation is found of our founders' desire that mer's European tour, planned as a treat for Zeta Tau Alpha be known as a fraternity, and not our two June High School graduates. (And as a sorority. That, then, is the complete explanation, and one we would miss connections with the Sigma which is used by a number of our contemporaries. tour-at Paris by a mere day!) Themis of Z T A
24 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Interfraternity Cooperation By the Committee on Interfraternity Cooperation of N.P.C.
NTERFRATERNI1Y cooperation is es and it is the opinion of this committee that sentially a state of mind, and enlightened the difficulty can be corrected only by edu I viewpoint. The Greeks, in their maturity, cating the Greeks to an intelligent aware have realized that beyond the chapter, be ness of their joint responsibility in the Pan yond the individual organization, looms the hellenic affairs of their campuses. Legislation Greek letter system, which propounds a defi has succeeded in wiping out few evils, but nite philosophy of living, which aims at a common sense understanding of the impli single objective: the development of women cations of a problem is half the solution of of strong character and a high degree of that problem. culture and ability. Some campuses are fortunate in that their N.P.C. consists of twenty-three fraterni joint responsibility and participation in each ties, so closely interrelated in aims and other's affairs is made tangible and clear by responsibilities that disaster to one is im joint ownership of a Panhellenic house or mediately reflected in the affairs of the others. something of the like. One group's fa-ilure The prosperity of each therefore becomes to meet the rent can upset the budgets of the concern of all. all the others. Under such conditions it is Panhellenism, based upon cooperation not hard to convince the chapters that Pan rather than upon competition, is not just a hellenism is cooperative! beautiful ideal; it is sound, practical sense. On other campuses where' the issue is not Competition in the acquisition of new mem so clear-cut the interrelationship is just as bers and in the striving for awards is inevita definite. Each college Panhellenic may be ble and what is more it is healthy, If, that likened to a building, with the foundation competitive spirit does not degenerate into the Greek letter system. Smug satisfaction a selfish scramble for power and prestige that one's own wall is strong and firm, and to the detriment of the strength and pros complete indifference to the fact that some perity of other competitors. Temporary of the other walls have serious cracks is triumph on the part of a few chapters, which not only blind selfishness, it is sheer stu leaves the others starving for membership, pidity. It takes more than one wall to hold is a two-edged sword which eventually cuts up a roof but if one collapses it is likely , the victor as well as the vanquished by bring to pull down the sound walls too. ing about a badly balanced, unhealthy Pan Each of the twenty-three groups which hellenic condition in which no one can long make up N. P. C. has its strong chapters prosper. and its weak ones. There is no chapter prob A pledge day is only successful when lem in any one fraternity which can not each group has acquired sufficient new mem be duplicated in each of the others. They bers to carry on its affairs with profit and just come in different places. If yours is a pleasure; when no group has pledged so strong chapter, do not disdain to lend a many members that the chapter has become helping hand to a struggling one on your so large as to defeat the real purpose of campus, or if yours is weak, do not hesi chapter life-the working out of social ad tate, through false pride, to accept assistance. justments in a group small enough for inti Remember that the position is probably macy and understanding. Indeed the over reversed some place else. It may even be large chapter causes as much concern to reversed within a college generation on your fraternity leaders as the undersized. own campus. Intelligent, cooperative Pan Various forms of the quota system have hellenism will bring balance and stability been tried to bring some balance between and guarantee the security necessary for the the swollen and the shrunken chapter. Some Greek letter groups to serve their community have succeeded partially, others have failed, and their members to the full.
MARCH, 1938 25 Statistical Report on Scholarship
T otal . Centile Sigma No. Average Stgma Rank Kappa all Kappa N -R ) Remarks Chapter University Social Aver- Social Rank Soror. "N" age Soror. ("R ") ( N- I X 100 ------1------Alpha...... Colby ...... 5 3 50 . T hree elected to hon· oranes. Delta ...... Boston ...... 8 One elected to hon oraries. Epsilon...... Syracuse ...... Report form ac· knowledged but no report. Zeta ...... Geo. Washington Report form ac· knowledged but no report. Eta...... Ill. Wesleyan .. . . . 5 5 IOO. Theta...... U. of Ill ...... No report. Iota** ...... U. of Denver . .. . . II 4 70. Five elected to hon- oraries. Lambda ...... U. of Calif...... I.364 1.432 21 35 ·48 One elected. Mu ...... U. of Wash .. . 2-458 2-5 55 30 35-55 Two elected. N u ...... Middlebury .. . 82.35 83.09 5 20. T wo elected. Xi** . ... . U. of Kansas ...... 1.75 I.62 2 95 · 24 Omicron** ... . . Jackson ... 2.63 2. 53 2 66.66 Rho ...... R.·M.W.C...... No report. Sigma** ...... S.M.U .... . I .6o8 I Twelve elected. Tau** .. .. . U . of Indiana .. 1.607 6 One elected. Upsilon** . . Ore. Agri. Col. ... . 2.69 4 T hree elected. Phi ...... R.I. State Col. .. . Report form ac- knowledged but no report. Chi** ...... Ohio State ...... I7 2.64 2-57 8 56 . 25 Two elected. Psi ...... U. of Wis ...... 20 I .66 1.756 I7 15 ·79 Three elected. Omega** ...... Fla. State ... . . I7 I.508 I . 384 3 87.50 One elected. Alpha Beta** .. U. of Buffalo ...... 7 I. 537 I.384 4 5o . Two elected. A. Gamma . ... . Wash. State ...... I9 81.59 81.93 I8 5·55 A. Delta ...... U. of T enn ...... No report. A. Epsilon . .. . Iowa State ...... 9 2.29 2. 32 6 37-50 Four elected. A. Zeta ...... Cornell Univ ...... I3 78 . 22 78 . 28 4 75.00 One elected. A. Eta** ... . U . of Minn ...... 23 I. 35 1.26 10 59 -09 One elected. A. T heta** ... . U. of Louisville . .. . 8 1.523 1.287 I IOO.OO Three elected. A. Iota** ... . . Miami U ...... II 2.4 2 . 2 6 50. Two elected. A. Kappa .. . U. of Neb ...... I7 2.325 2.p I2 31.25 Four elected. A. Lambda .. . . Adelphi U ...... I3 Five elected. A. Nu .. .. . U. of Mont ...... IO I6.03 20 . 37 9 II. II Two elected. A . Omicron** .. U. of Calif. at L.A. 27 1.407 I .383 6 8o.7 One elected. A. Pi ...... Ohio Wesleyan ... . I3 1.69 no record 8 41.66 One elected. A. Rho** .. .. . Vanderbilt U ...... 5 I. 56 I.p 3 50.00 A. Sigma ...... Westminster Col. . 7 I-278 1.447 6 I6.66 Two elected. A. T au ...... Mich. State Col. .. 12 2-536 'l. 569 8 36-36 One elected. A. Phi** ...... U . of Oregon ... . . I8 2-448 2.422 7 64·94 A. Chi** ...... Georgetown Ky . .. . 3 1.93 1.83 IOO.OO Five elected. A. Psi ...... Duke Univ ...... II I. 377 1.473 10 IO .OO A. Omega .... . U. of Alabama . .. . I4 1.40 1.4I IO 30·77 Beta Beta ...... U. of So. Carolina. No report. Beta Gamma . . . U. of Manitoba . . . No report.
** Above average of all social sororities on the campus Respectfully submitted, CLAIRE YuNGCLAS R ECK NANCY WELCH LOMAX R UTH DICKEY LINGLE, Chairman
26 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Sigma Chapter Wins Scholarship Cup for '36)37
IGMA chapter wins the scholarship cup for the second successive year with a SCentile rank of one hundred. Alpha Theta and Alpha Chi also had one hundred per cent ratings. Sigma was first among thir teen competing social sororities, whereas Alpha Theta was first among eight and Alpha Chi among three. Twelve members of Sigma were elected to honorary scholar ship societies or fraternities since November 1936, with a total representation of twenty two elections, one Sigma being elected to four honorories, two Sigmas to three hon oraries each, three Sigmas to two honoraries, and six Sigmas to one organization each. Eight chapters failed to report even after a second notice. A careful perusal of the Statistical Report should be made as the Centile ranking shows a particular campus. Sixteen of the thirty a comparative rating only of Sigma Kappa three chapters reporting are above the average chapters. Some chapters showing a low Cen of all social sororities on their respective tile ranking are within a few hundredths of a campuses and have been designated by an point of the average for all social sororities on asterisk.
SIGMA OF SIGMA KAPPA OF SOUTHERN M ETHODIST U N IV ERSITY Members elected since last report to Honorary Scholarship Societies or Fraternities
N ame Society Date of Election Florence Olivia Faulkner, Senior ...... Gamma Sigma January, 1937 Elizabeth Hardy, Junior ...... Gamma Sigma April, 193 7 Anne Sclater, Senior ...... Gamma Sigma April, 1937 Willibel Hoover, Senior ...... Gamma Sigma April, 1937 Sarah Gallaher, Junior...... Gamma Sigma April, 1937 Caroline Smith, Freshman ...... Alpha Lambda Delta N ovember, 1936 Elizabeth Hardy, Junior...... Psi Chi February, 1937 Alice Carylon, Junior ...... Zeta Phi Eta April, 1937 Mary Kate Anderson, Junior ...... Theta Sigma Phi April, 1937 Willibel Hoover, Senior ...... Alpha Theta Phi May, 1937 Marion Carylon, Seni or...... Alpha Theta Ph i May, 1937 Anne Sclater, Senior ...... Alpha Theta Phi May, 1937 Reba Abicht, Junior ...... Eta Sigma Phi May, 1937 Elizabeth Hardy, Junior ...... Eta Sigma Phi May, 1937 Al ice Caryl on, Junior ...... Eta Sigma Phi May, 1937 Anne Sclater, Senior ...... Eta Sigma Phi May, 19~7 Sarah Gallaher, Junior ...... Beta Phi Theta May, 1937 Ruth Zumbrunnen Sophomore ...... Beta Phi Theta May, 1937 Mary Kate Anders;n, Junior ...... Beta Phi Theta May, 1937 Josephine Morgan, Senior ...... Alpha Kappa Delta May, 1937 Alice Carylon, Junior ...... Mortar Board May, 1937 Georgia Marie Swarthout, Senior ...... Beta Gamma Sigma June, 1937
MARCH, 1938 27 Pia<_<_a Signoria and Pala<_<_o Vecchio-Florence EUROPE this SUMMER The SIGMA KAPPA SoRORITY plans for our journey abroad are turning into reality as active campus members and alumni signify their interest in joining. Let us know as soon as possible if a wonderful trip like ours is in the cards for you-because the sooner we know, the better the accommodations we can procure on shipboard and in Europe. The ships: Sail on June 25 on the splendid MV GeorKic of the Cunard White Star Line; return on MV Britannic, arriving in New York July 31; group taking extension tour return from Naples on SS Rex of the Italian Line, arriving in New York August 17.
The itineraries: Southampton, London, The Hague, Amsterdam, Cologne, Mayence, Heidel berg, Nuremberg, Munich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Paris, Havre, Geneva, Stresa, Lugano, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples. The Highlights of Europe- Sightseeing Exploration Congenial Companions ! The Tours will be under the Business Management of THE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL SERVICE Inquiries for literature information and reservations should be directed to: Mrs. Alice H. Wick American Express Travel Service 2521 South 21st St. OR Foreign Tour Department Fhiladelphia, Pa. 65 Broadway New York, N.Y. Verna Grimm Is Librarian at American ·Legion Headquarters By MARGARET HAZLETT TAGGART, Alpha Iota
At the American Legion conventions, held each fall, Mrs. Grimm has charge of the resolutions and thus bas a "front seat". i'! all Convention activities. Such a convention is a grueWng experience with long hours a ~1 hard work but rt n:zeans a chance to ~ravel too and Mrs. Grimm has spent quite a lot of time in different trtres all over the Un~ted St;ttes. Her brggest thrill was, of course, the trip to Europe in 1927 when the Conventr~m was bel~ rn P_ariS, Fr_ance. lta~y, ~witzerland, Holland, Belgium and England were also visited. The Legron IS esp_ecrally rnter~strng to thrs Srgma Kappa because her husband, Warren 0. Grimm (a~ N from the Unrv~rsrty of W ashmg:on) was Commander of the American Legion Post in Centralia, Wash mgton, wben rn _1919 he was krlle4 by the I. W. W.s while leadinf!, the first Armistice Day anniversary p_arade. Mrs. Grrmm. feels that she IS "carrying on'' for him as well as continuinf!. in her chosen field of lrbrary work for. whr_ch she was prepared at the University of Washington and the Library School of the New York Publrc Lrbrary, now a part of Columbia University. A daughter, Shirley Ann, is a student at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Grimm is an active member of the Indianapolis Alrmmee Asso ciation.-EDITOR's NOTE.
I DO YOU recall those posters urging you to buy Liberty Bonds and War I Savings stamps "to help win the !War?" . And if you were of fighting age were you 1stirred by the picture of a United States Ma rine towering over the slogan, "He's keeping the world safe for democracy. Enlist and help 1 him"? A score of years have passed. The posters have faded in the memory of many persons. ' A new generation never saw them. Under the supervision of a Sigma Kappa, Mrs. Warren 0. Grimm (Verna Barstad,
1 Mu), Librarian of the National Headquarters of The American Legion, one of the finest collections of these posters in the country has been assembled as a contribution to World MRS. WARREN GRIMM, Mu War history. The first public exhibition of these and other historical material was held hibition. Recalled from the archives of his ' in the $16,000,000.00 Indiana World War tory the spectacular war placards were as Memorial at Indianapolis, opening on Armis sembled on twenty-one huge display racks tice Day and continuing for several months. (like those in the picture) in battalions of In addition to those of the United States, it color and art for a review of all their mute included many of the posters put out by but powerful appeals for enlistments in the Canada, England, France, Belgium and Italy. Army, Navy and Marine Corps; for the buy Supplementing the display of war posters ing of Liberty Bonds and War Savings were exhibits of national and foreign war Stamps; for the saving of food and fuel and decorations and medals, hundreds of Ameri for the observance of meatless and wheatless can Legion badges and medals, American days. Although these war posters had rested Legion trophies, divisional insignia, bound in the archives for twenty years, they looked volumes of the original issues of the Stars as fresh as when they first proclaimed their and Stripes, the newspaper of the A.E.F., and eloquent messages from the nation's bill , of the Amaroc News the organ of the Ameri boards, building walls, show windows, fences can Army of Occupation in Germany, and and posts. Each poster had been lacquered and 1 other souvenirs and mementoes. mounted on linen to insure its preservation. Indianapolis was enthusiastic over the ex- A special twenty-four page souvenir book-
MARCH, 1938 29 Mammoth Display of War Pn.rters Arranf(,ed hy Mrs. Grimm at Indiana War Memorial let, prepared by Mrs. Grimm, was given and fraternal organizations. It was especially visitors viewing the exhibit. This booklet gave planned for this time of the year when leaders the history of the war posters and identified of the Legion from all parts of the nation each poster on display by number. The souve were to be at National Headquarters for the nir Legion booklet recounted the important annual November meetings. role played by posters during the World War. Mrs. Grimm has been Librarian and Chief The war poster was used effectively as a medi of Research for the American Legion since um of national propaganda and for announc 192 3 and during this period has built up a ing all forms of war activity. Because it large library of American Legion and World could imprint an idea quickly, tell its story War material. She has charge of all the offi in unmistakable terms so anyone could grasp cial records, the Archives and files of the it, and make a profound emotional appeal, organization. If she doesn't know practically the poster was one of the most powerful and everything about the organization she knows speedy moulders of public opinion. The book where to find it! Not only does the field of let also had sections devoted to other phases service include the National Officers and of the Exhibit. Headquarters staff, but extends to the 58 De· Special invitations were issued by the partments, the 11,000 Posts, and the 900,000 American Legion to the 70,000 school chil members throughout the country. It is an ab dren in Indianapolis and to all libraries, civic sorbing 'work and she likes it!
Grand Council Offers Co·organizers' Scholarships A few co-organizers' scholarships will be asked to apply to the Grand Vice-President granted for 1938-39 at the summer session of by June 1. the Grand Council. Recent graduates or In the application please include this in upperclassmen who are leaders on their own formation: name, address, courses of study in campus and whose scholarship is good, are order of preference, name and address of eligible. Applicants should apply by June 1 dean of women, name and address of alum to the Grand President. na advisor, chapter offices held, campus ac Home Economics graduates who would be tivities, applicants' talents and special inter interested in positions as housemothers are ests.
30 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE "Sunbeam'' Brings Sunshine to Dwellers on Maine Coast By MABEL KNIGHT, Omicron
Reprinted from The Christittn Science Monitor, July 12, 1937
AR HARBOR, Maine-The 80-foot I fisherman-built yacht Sunbeam, fresh B from its annual reconditioning, is again weaving its way among islands to visit isolated communities of fisher-folk, Coast Guardsmen and lighthouse-keepers in Maine. More than one sunbeam it is, for its arrival at any port sheds rays of hope and cheer and happiness. The Sunbeam docks where few vessels go, and where some times there are no schools, no playhouses and no churches. Supported entirely by publicly inclined persons, this is the fourth boat sent out by the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society. The first one was appropriately named Hope. It 1was followed by the Morning Star, then the lfirst Sunbeam and now its successor, the pres lent yacht. The beginning of this constructive work I was in the '80s, when Alexander MacDonald, ll ike a Good Samaritan went to outer Long !Island to teach, to help pay his way through college. He realized the plight of these soli- Photo by W ay ne Buxton 1tary families who were often without the The Sunbeam of the Maine Seacoast Mission Society 1necessities of life. Other fields called him Bearing a Cargo of A sso1'ted Sunshine after graduation, but he could not forget the needs of these simple folk, so back he soon Van Dyke who for many years was presi • went and with his brother Angus began to dent. With Mr. and Mrs. Orville J. Guptill do something about it, with the Maine Sea at the helm no call is unheeded. coast Missionary Society, the immediate re The Sunbeam's cargo of books and cloth sult. ing, hope and love brings such immediate results, that the Sigma Kappa Sorority has 3000-Mile Journey made the Maine Seacoast Society its national Small non-sectarian chapels were built to philanthropy, assuming the salary of one be followed by schools where none had been, paid field worker, Ethel L. Rand, Wellesley and Hope, the first boat of the society, began College graduate, and paying part of the its journey from Kittery Point to Quoddy salary of another one. Volunteer Sigma H:ead, a coastal distance of 3000 miles, with Kappa workers are often on the Sunbeam its dozen Coast Guard stations, its sixty and as the boat ties up at some pier act as lighthouses, and its fishermen, whose fami pastor, teacher, social worker and friend. lies are grateful for reading matter, better The accomplishments of this society are home conditions, and, as Alexander Mac large. A primitive school must be followed Donald realized, for practical advice and by a better one. Parents must be persuaded ~heerful companionship. to send promising children to high school . Since that modest beginning, the society and those children must be adjusted to new has expanded, appealing to men like Henry environments. One boy wanted to go right
MARCH, 1938 31 back home to his one room hut because he the burlap, rags and usually the designs. was bewildered by the number of rooms in The rugs are hooked, not woven, and from the boarding house, where he was located the pile of rags in the kitchen to a finished to help pay for his education. rug there are many steps, as the sorting This summer the vacation school is again for colors and quality, the dyeing, setting active, established for both work and play. the burlap in a frame, marking the burlap As one Sigma said: "It is a positive joy with the designs and then the actual mak to notice how handkerchiefs appear and indi ing of the rug. vidual tooth brushes bloom," after tactful After the rug is taken from its frame, words of the leader, while as one little boy it is hemmed and finished, and passes a said: "I never knew any little boy like me rigorous examination before the trademark could have such fun ever." of the Maine Seacoast Society is sewed be The dwellers in these far off places have neath the border and the rug marked for caught the idea of co-operation and com sale. Not one cent does the society take. munity service. If money is needed for a The money goes to those who make them, new gasoline lamp, they put on a play. and means better clothing and furniture, as But much of the best work of the society well as a spiritual awakening which follows is done by quiet visiting where friendly chats a financial independence. solve difficult problems. On an outer island While Mr. Guptill is away on the Sun where there was a three-man light, there beam, Mrs. Guptill remains at the society's was a trivial misunderstanding brought headquarters at Bar Harbor and waits his about by the isolation of winter months. daily telephone call. Although seldom in the The three families were not on speaking field, Mrs. Guptill knows the people, for terms. Along came the Sunbeam and in spite example in one family the man wears num of the high seas, the crew made a landing ber 9 shoes, in another one man takes num and the cheerful presence of Mr. Guptill ber 11 and she can tell just where gifts of together with well chosen words reconciled clothing must be sent. An emergency call the three families. is relayed to Mr. Guptill and the Sunbeam is on its way. Hooked Rugs Made As for the Sigmas' worker, Miss Rand, The women of these isolated families are she is busy from morning until night. Per not forgotten. As one Sigma· said, the women haps it is a poor lobsterman who has lost of the various communities are being taught his ship in a gale and· must be loaned money "to translate the green of the pine, the blue to buy a new one, or she is helping to form of the sea and the white of the seagull's a Girls' Club. wing into rugs of living beauty," both for She outlines plans for young people, pre use and for sale. The material for these rugs pares sermons for the little church, distributes are discarded silk stockings, old blankets, books from the society's lending library, draperies of good wool or soft silk and new gives clothing to the neediest, visits shut-ins wool from factories. The director furnishes -and awaits the coming of the Sunbeam. To Each of You HIS past Christmas the Mission had a Your gifts were all so welcome. How shopping list of only 2400 names. A pretty, useful, merry, and appropriate they T cozy little family. Sigma Kappas came all were. Haven't you felt extra happy be to their aid and took care of about one cause of the great happiness you brought? fifth of that family. This wide-flung parish, the Mission staff, These gifts had to reach some 120 dif and your Philanthropy committee thank you ferent localities either on mainland or island deeply and sincerely for all that you did to before Christmas. Nor does each community make that holiday of holidays blessed, happy, have daily mail by any means. You see, and merry for these our people of the Maine then, the reason for your being asked to seacoast. do your Mission Christmas shopping early. NELLIE BIRKENHEAD MANSFIELD
32 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Vera S~ephens Designs Window Displays That Arrest Attention
Vera A. Stephens, Alpha Eta '23~ is. a member of the Twin Cities alumn.e. She is president of Alpha Eta ,1ssoctatron, and ptloted the ktt~l~mg_ of the ne.w c?apter. ho_use of Alpha Eta. She tried to put into the house some atmosphere and msp~ratton th F YOU should happen to go "window shopping" in the Twin Cities-either Minneapolis or Saint Paul-and see a display which is creating more than the ordi nary amount of interest, you can be sure it has been arranged by the Stephens Displays, of which a Sigma Kappa, Vera Altemeier Stephens, Alpha Eta, '23, is co-partner. She and her husband, Grant K. Stephens, who manages the business, started with a small number of clients who wanted drama tized ideas put into their windows. Among these clients were banks, public utilities, railroads, coal company, real estate and insur ance agencies. Through the exercise of orig inality, imagination and creative ability as well as an infinite capacity for taking pains, the Stephens soon built a reputation. Today they have offices and .a show room in a down TED, VERA AND ROGER STEPHENS town office building in Minneapolis, and in genuity and resourcefulness as well as skilled their studio a staff of expert artists and craftsmanship. craftsmen are kept busy. Above the double desk which is shared A peep into the show room arouses in by Grant and Vera Stephens in their down . terest at once, so startling are the animated town office, is a beautifully colored photo and lighting effects of the exhibits which graph of a couple of small boys wearing advertise every product and service. Here maroon sweaters with gold letters on the 1 one sees an actual hour glass, mechanically front, spelling out their names-Rag and perfected to revolve every 30 seconds when Ted. Here is the real source of inspiration the silver sand has trickled through. This for the ideas which are created and realized is one of the syndicated displays designed in the Stephens Studio. In fact, both Vera · by Vera Stephens for banks and sold all and her husband enthusiastically agree tJ;lat over the country. Here, also, is a miniature the greatest thrill of last year was-not the stage which holds a red faced barker who quantity order for animated displays from weighs a fat and anxious looking lady while a large oil company, or the year's program spectators s~and around and guess the answer of window advertising sold to an eastern -this is one of the traveling exhibits built bank, but the designing and building of the for national advertisers and sent from one miniature scenic railway for their sons' , convention to another held in the larger Christmas surprise. cities. On a lighted platform stands a Mrs. Stephens herself has this to say about jaunty wooden drum major in royal blue her unusual profession: and red, who lifts and drops his baton with "As to the special training I had before go precise regularity, and next to him march a ing into our business- ! wish I could write dignified procession of penguins past realistic that I took an interior decorating course or frozen hollows with a background of North something like that, but I did not. I majored ern lights. Light and rhythm! Action and in English and drama and was planning to color! The displays indeed represent in- teach after I was graduated, but was unable MARCH, 1938 33 Top, left, and bottom, right: Moving displays. The eyes of the furnace roll. The town crier ring1 his hell and swin·Ks his la11tern. Top, riKht, and bottom left: Two displays used by the Northwestern National Bank. The skatinK figure was modeled from tin. The model house came in sections, which were added day by day while display was in the window. Center: Two dramatized displays featuring cutouts, block letters and photographs. to finish my senior year because of family are constantly on the alert for unusual ma financial reverses and illness of my mother. terial which might be used in connection with I worked part time during my junior year the display. I have a reference book where and every summer at stenographic work (took I enter the name of a person from whom we this training in high school) . I can recom can borrow a collection of interesting maps mend business training-such as typing and for use in advertising traveler's checks at shorthand for any girl. Since graduation I vacation time, or the name of a person who have taken several university extension courses has a collection of old coins which may be in free hand drawing and interior decorating, utilized on some suitable occasion. We make and have read every spare moment I ever • it a part of our job to keep in touch with found, on every subject that might help in people for miles around who make it their broadening one's horizon for creative work. hobby to collect odd and fascinating things. "Our original customers are still among our Some of our most interesting evenings are clientele and it is my particular depart spent by calling upon people who own these ment to see that the windows of these cus collections and hearing about their travels and tomers are kept fresh and interesting. We sub experiences while making their collection. In mit a time schedule and rough working cidentally, we make many new friends this sketches to the individual in each concern way too and number among our acquaintances responsible for the window advertising, us people who collect everything from Currier ually the advertising manager. After he has and lves prints to miniature china dogs! approved our plans or made his suggestions, "However, if all our window advertising we work from this schedule and the windows was done through exhibits of collections and go in on a regular weekly or bi-monthly basis. relics the windows would lose their appeal The monthly schedule was determined upon and grow tiresome in time. So displays of because, as in a retail store, each season of different character appear regularly on our the year and practically every month, has window schedules. These fall into two gen , its own theme of display. For instance, eral classes. First, animated displays with at with the Northwestern National Bank and tention compelling movements operated by Trust Company, whose windows we decorate small motors. These moving displays have at on a monthly basis-in January and Febru- tracted unusual interest and will stop the '' ary thrift and budgets are emphasized; in passerby with greater regularity than static 1 March and April checking accounts, real es displays. Second, dramatized ideas featuring tate loans and general banking service are large cutouts and block letters made up in pushed; in May, which has been designated two or three sections, sometimes with photo Safe-Deposit Month, a safe deposit campaign graphs or colored lighting effects. The pic 1 holds the boards; June and July, travelers' tures will illustrate these various types and 1 checks for summer vacations; in August, gen will tell the story to you better than I can. eral banking service; while September and "We use animation a great deal, or lighting , October spell trust advertising, personal and effects. The sophisticated buyer, of merchan modernization loans, also automobile loans dise or of bank, real estate, or insurance serv since the change in the time of announcing ice, demands something out of the ordinary. the new automobile models. November and The 'Pay by Check' display is a good ex December naturally lend themselves to ample. In this a mechanical pen moves back Christmas Savings Clubs and an emphasis on and forth in front of a space where a blank ' the season's festivities. check is placed. The words 'Pay by Check' "With these different themes in mind we are lighted from behind." More Life Members Life Member 430-MIRIAM L. DICKEY, Mu Life Member 431-ALTA KOHLSCHE EN, Alpha Kappa, '39 Life Member 432- LURLINE RICHARDSON AsPIN, Alpha Rho Life Member 434-LoRA BELLE CoRSON WILD, Alpha Mu Life Member 435-FRANKIE ADAMS REED, Iota MARCH, 1938 35 Minneapolis Shop Hound Kay (Ruth Behrend Mitchell) has been writing the weekly colrtmn "Round town with Kay" for tht Minneapolis Star since November, 1936. Of her business experiences since her graduation from Tufts in 1933 Mrs. Mitchell writes "My jobs since gradttation have been so many and varied that I sometimes hesitate to mention them for fear one may gather I was just fired from one position to another. The summer after I was !,raduated I wrote a similar column 'The Bar!,ain Hound' on my home town paper, t.he Manchester (Conn.) Herald. At the same time I worked afternoons and evenings as woman's director at the town Y.M.C.A. The latter job burned itself unforgetably in my memory as it required that I teach tap dancing-and I had never so much as had one lesson! Yes I gave them-one lesson every Friday after I had dashed into East Hartford for 11JY own lesson. The dancin!, reception 'went off' well the next May. "Then came a few months of shopping for the Better Business Bureau in Hartford, followed by, believe it or not, ten months of social service in the Public Welfare Office at Enfield, Conn. At the end of this time I was married and whisked out to Minneapolis, my husband's company having given him notice of the transfer three days before the wedding. For the next year I 'kept house' and attended cooking classes. At the end of a year the whiff of printer's ink seemed to come my way once again and I was fortunate enough to find that the girl who was writing that column on the Star was leaving. I was gh•en the job." And now-college women-you know how one "prepares" to write a shopping column !-ED. NoTE 'M ONE of those girls! The type that wears nice flat heels and makes a round I of all the shops each week to dutifully record the choice morsels in column form in the Saturday night society section. You've probably seen those "Gad about with Susan" "Jouncing Around with Jo-Jo" and such columns in your own daily news papers. You've probably thought "those clever dashing girls" went from shop to shop to find people just dying to get their merchandise in Susan's or Jo-Jo's column. That's the way it should be, but here comes "Kay': to shatter all your ideals and flip them to the winds. For (and does this surprise many of you?) these "dashing clever things" have to sell, and sell hard, and many times talk convincingly within an inch of their lives to get 14 agate lines (an inch to you) of copy in that hard fought for column. You either sell 'em and eat or don't sell 'em and still eat if you have · a husband (a man you're thankful you don't have to do without in the lean months of January, Febru ary, July and August). December is the wonder month. Santa Claus really is a living symbol to the shop ping column girl. Everybody wants to ad vertise! RUTH BEHREND MITCHELL-"KAY" An interesting thing about this business is that no matter how dark the gloom has week when copy paper and cuts (those little become when you seem unable to convince illustrations in the column) pile high on a single soul of the benefits of advertising, our desk and thick leaded pencils flatten out it will take just a single ad to make life their points. worth the gadding again. We write and write, try not to gush too Though the greater part of our time is much, and send our copy to the compos· spent within the shops those hectic hours ing room. Proofs are sent out to the adver before the deadline scoot up on us every tisers who call in their o.k.'s or gripes. 36 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE When all corrections are made to everybody's some time or other the Saturday night satisfaction . . . Madame Marlow's hats Minneapolis Star and your eye catches (we receiving first position top left column, and hope it catches somebody' s eye!) a little Smoothie Paw Lotion is not right next to bunk of newspaper column called "Round Silkie Skin Balm etc. . . . the column is put Town with Kay" be it known here that Kay to bed, and the gadabout gal gads home to is just a Sigma sister by the name of put herself to same. RUTH BEHREND MITCHE LL So, sisters, should you happen to see at Twin Cities Alumna: The Songbook Is to Be Revised 'THE last copy of the 1930 edition of Lay in a good supply of cough drops and the Sigma Kappa Songbook, has been give the old songbook a thorough work-out. sold! That calls for a new printing, a Then Jet us know which songs are your completely revised, "1938 modef" edition, special favorites and which ones can be and that calls for a lot of cooperation from permanently dropped as far as you are con all you "singing Sigmas." cerned. Thus may we do the necessary There must be a fine new crop of Sigma streamlining on our 1938 model without too songs that have sprung up all over the land many cries of pain from our public over since 1930. Send them in, and give the rest some deleted darling. of us a chance to learn them. We' 11 sing The Chairman of Songbook Revision, them together at Convention and make the Dorothy Sornborger, will be eagerly waiting welkin ring! (Of course you'll elect only to try your offerings on the piano at 105 delegates with good singing voices!) Roosevelt street, Bethesda, Md. Send 'em on! MARCH, 1938 37 This Is a Campaign Speech! By MARGARET HAZLETT TAGGART, Director of Central Office ENTRAL OFFICE wishes to announce person sending it that maiden and married names and addresses be given, as this is one the inauguration of a campaign good source of new addresses. C cheer up Sisters, it won't be expensive, 4. If you're cl ose to a coll ege chapter or have nor, we trust, one requiring much indi any contact with your region in an official vidual effort, BUT we hope the result will capacity, PLEASE urge the chapter to send be an unusually accurate Directory. So out a news letter by first class mail so that returns will be accurate and then see that the CAMPAIGN is on-and we expect, the information and address changes are sent desire, and optimistically hope for your to Central O ffi ce. utmost cooperation. The cause of this stump In order to give you a noble feeling of speech on the part of the Director is the having done something at once (while the fact that the Fall 1938 issue of the TRIANGLE desire to help is strong), why don't you will be the Directory. and in order to make look at the names of the "lost" Sigmas it worthwhile each Sigma Kappa is going to in the list below and send in the addresses have to contribute her bit. We have several of those you know, or send out a post card suggestions that will help: to some one who will know and ask that 1. If you plan to move PLEASE send us your the information be sent here? We promise new address and the date it becomes effective. 2. If you change your name, PLEASE notify that you'll get your reward, not in Heaven, us, g iving husband's full name. but next fall when you read the new ~ K 3. When your alumnre chapter sends in a check DIRECTORY and find that it is good! for alumnre dues PLEASE suggest to the Alpha Zeta Evelyn Fletcher Boling Ednah Robi nson Koontz Catherine Bates Evangeline Taylor Jean Brown Martha McAdams Caroline A. Boyer McKenzie Dorothea Matz Caldwell Anna L. McClellan Mercey A. Brann Janet Chase Melanson Dorothy Seaton Carter Elizabeth Moody Winifred H. Brooks Cecile M. Morrissette Mary B. Cole Dorothy Bartley Peterson Mary H all Butler Bessie Ad ams Mortimer Edna Burrows Crilley Mary Pruitt Mary L. Carlton Bernice Rogers Elizabeth M. Garber Mildred M. Planck Helen D. Cole Phillis Prescott Schroeder j essamine Swartout Green- Evelyn Padgett Stephan Flora \'(fatson Cone Marjorie Rowell Shane way Ruth Kunkel Tompkins Mabel McCausland Grant Lois Hoxie Smith Mellie Hatch Katherine Wright White Pauline Hanson Pearl B. Thompson Marjorie Gleason Hornbeck Doris Dewar Hunt Lillie Hazelton Tuthill Margaret Koch Bettina Woodsum Eta Corona Hatch MacRae Lena Pierce Barnett Helen Rose Ineson Neeta Glyde Boshell Cecile Thomassen Joh nson Henrietta Mart;n Bowen Marguerite Vail Mitchell Delta Elizabeth Boyd Barbara Gregg Martin Sara Aicken Nona Balch Lane Ethel Ewert Brown Henrietta Martin Madeline Woodley Athorne Muriel Lawrence Louise Crain Burgess Alina Widmaver Morse Huldah Laird Brace Evelyn Chisholm Lockhart Mabel Campbell Charlotte Nichols Josephine Topping Hayden Helen G. Pitman Billie Holt Clapp Mary Owen Agnes M. Gilmore Effie Douglass Ramsted Doris Guild Clark Dorothy Doig Ridinger Emily 0 . Gustafson Dorothy Sproul Lois Childs Craig Adelaide Rigg Rieck Gertrude Harris Jenney Elizabeth Sumberg Margaret Albright Deegan Marjorie Elton Rieman Hazel B. Kempton Elizabeth Robbins Whitte- Winifred Smith D owning Adah Claudon Seton Helen Snow Hazeltine more Bertha Harrison Dunn Floise Morgan Shaw Ruth MacCarthy Hill Dorothy Evans Della Hairgrove Simpson Grace Barr Fitz Florence Peirson Statton Imogene Connell Harney Marie Wakefield Epsilon Hazel Hafford Mildred Wiley Doris Harwood Bogardus Kathryn Farmer Theta Ethel Storr Bovnton Elizabeth Ines Hall Katharine E. Acer Betty Buck Georgia Brown· Agnes Stiles Hall jessica Akester Edith Calvert Elizabeth Frisbie Bruce Lillian D . Mancill Lillian Applegath Maude 0 . Cessna Rhoda MacAlpine Carey Lois Thalman McHale Dorothy Armour Florence Jackson Clough Frances Crane Collette Ethelwyn Powell Murray Bertah E. Armstrong Mildred Coe Helen Anderson Cormack E. Polly Perkins Alice Luhrsen Becker Blanche Chapman Country· Constance Manchester Elli- j ane Petit Neva Bowling man son Dorothy E. Toborg Miriam Roberts Brannum Harriet J ames D ay Grace Sumner Evans Olive A. Washburn Vera Klotz Brier Edna Kruse Eschelman 38 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Iizabeth Griffin Farrar Maude Denny McPherson Lillian Fraser Burson Florence Arment Nelson Marjorie Fulwider Ruth Honn Moore Frances Marriott Coles Lillian E. Olson iriam Lapham Gordon May Miles Sadie Oliver Deane Beulah Pearce ress Gunning Norma Netzow Miles Margaret E. Dinwoody Opal Robb Poole Marcia B. Hatton Sady Mackey Morris Josephine Low Dorr Dorothy Sanderson Redfield nne Williams Heinze Catherine L. Nichol Shirley Baine Evison Gayle Reed Margaret Cline Hendricks Helen Reagin Effie Burt Gingrich Rachel Mowry Reilly Geraldine Baker Johnson Helen McCaman Ritchie Mary Todd Glaeser Marjorie Mansfield Schu- Gretchen Krohn Franc Ella Schreffler Sen- Danella Davies Haskell macher uth Rankin Krueger nesac J ane Dixon Hines Edna Harris Senior Norma Kuchman Evelyn Hill Seth Catherine Mitchell Jones Ethel M. Patten Simpson Winifred LaRash Peal S. Shackelford Margaret Lowe King Louise Lohse Smart Marcia Leeds Langdon Margaret Burr Squier Victoria Morrison Lewis Phyllis Smart Mary Schumann Linneen Mildred Brya n Stockwell Rose Elizabeth Lunn Nora W aldron Eun ice Miles Lowderman Helen Hurlburt Thiele Marion Marchand Mary B. Austin Wheeler Helen Luster Eva I. Saxton Thompson Ruby Royce McPheeters Norma Fladd Wright Marion Nordstrand Maher Mary Lou Baker Vursell Caroline Mitchell Jean McLean Iota Nu Hazel Hase ltine Adkins Marion A. Frizelle Arleta Anderson Alderfer Leora Caldwell Lapp Marjorie Potts Agne Marie L. Handy Gladys Swen Belden Kathleen Griffin Lee Isabell D. Ba rdwell Brain Mvrle Hill Lawton Georgina Whitmore Brown Genevieve Smith Linde- Vera Arnold Drury Helen Crosby Manzer June Stoll Burky mann Lois Bodurtha Ester Dorothy Scott Nona E. Shumway Chase Grace Conklin Martense n Frances Everett Ruth Johnson Tompkinds Gretchen Clark Cobb Una Nighswander Mays Elizabeth Pease Felt Doris Towne Collins Margaret McCullock Helen MacLeod Cruise Eli zabeth Lunn Miller Caryl Coles Ferguson Emma G. Meyers Xi Hazel Walder Griswold Elaine Ross Price Attillia Anderson Austin Nell Miles McKee Lorena Beaver Haldane Eleanor Agee Prowitt Agatha Kinney Campbell Mary Franklin Mohrbacher Gladys Hopfer Hickey Dorothy Scull Dorothy Ellfeldt Beatrice Williams Olinger Helen Boggess Huling Esther Woodley Spalding Vivian Hammond Flick- Ruth Lambert Parsons Ethelyn V. Humphrey Dorothy Drahos Taylor inger Elizabeth Pos tlethwaite Bernhardina Johnson Phyllis Warnick Velma Calvert Herrick Gladys Jones Routh Dorcas Johnson Mildred White Dorothy Daigh Hyler Mabel Twadell Runer Marianne Kettner Irene A. Winterbotham Myrtle Persons Hohner Lola Belle Schackelford Virginia Tucker Kramlich Margaret Bunning Wood- Caroline House Jean Schofield Schaible Adelaide Young Lackyear ford Bertha Anderson Hulmes Lola Jordan Simpson Beula Addison Johnson Edith D . Stivers Kappa Josephine Lamborn Kauder Anna Stone Bessie Gatie Clarke Lillian Davenport Shore Ruth Bren Kramer Lu ci lle Cleveland Traugh- Lulu Joslin Gay Mildred Hatch Stone Gayle LaCroix ber Annette W. Milligan Bertha Ketels Langdon Mary Stanwaity Updegraff Lillian Martin Markley Edith Banks Wilhelm Lambda Josephine McAdam Frances Mack W oodworth Catherine Boyce Ahlport Thora Hansen Hook Margaret McClain Patsy Goss Yeager Doroth'l Barbree Helen R. Jeter Nell Boylin Edith King Omicron Hildred Burbank Bradford Barbara Li~da Gladys M. Adams Gertrude Laing Holden Alberta Rountree Byl Myra Pope Locke Carrie Farnum Adams Gertrude E. Link Tene Campbell Cameron Dorothy Logan Eleanor Hodges Archibald Louise Berthold Meigs ' Mabel Johnson Caswell Mildred Norcross McKay Charlotte Beers Aimee Currier Morey Laura Roberts Chapp Marion Towson Morrow Mari on L. Brigl!s Ruth D. Platt Jeanne Shinn Chew Lorena Herbert Parker Regina Grenier Clark Helen J. Rogers Annie Stevenson Cob Dorothy Wall Reiser Hertha M. Cordts Elizabeth Foster Schere- Gladys Cramer Bertha Clymer Ricksen Elizabeth D . D av is shewsky Elsie Melton Davis May P. Wright Robinson June Davis L. Cecil Fogwell Sears Viola House Denebrink Beth Bradley Sanborn Mary H. Dodd Gloria VanWart Alice R. Dickson Dorothy Green Shepherd Lois L. Forester Vera L. Wakefield Helen Johnson Dutlan Eleanor Davies Smith Mary L. Hagney Elda Laird Eickmeyer Jean E. Smith Lois Morris Fahrbeer Marjorie V. Thorn Pi Alma Thornburg Farnlacker Dorothy Tilden Elizabeth Lane Farr D orothy F. Treacy Dorothy Hoskins Allen Meta Umphreys King Inez Ferguson Anne Flournoy Vollmer Dorothy Simon Arran Helen Marberg Elma McCann Folsurn Marie Kilgo Walker Helene Hall Bachland Dorothy Norris lla Smith Ford Winifred Conrad Watson Ethel Provis Burton Peryl H . Sheldon Nelda Briggs Frost Eda Colvin White Ruth A. Smith Connell Grace Strobel Mary E. Brow n Tice Mary Herdeg Garstang Maurine Keller Whitney Edna Lewis Craig Rouie Best Weatherly Mary G. Hamilton Gladvs Bohn Wright Marj orie Ford Dorothy Webster Vivien Johnson Havden Phyllis Alpen Zweigart Frances Klingberg Franklin Marian Reineck Hellberg Mildred Kerr Hardy Martha Tullock Williams Mu Rho Muriel Sumner Batchelder Harriet Bradshaw Margaret D yer Bushong Hazel Kinser Helen Winkley Bennett Marjorie Bennett Brown Mary Peters Cucullie Mary Yongue Neville Frances Frykholm Black Lucille Swigart Bryant Mary Elizabeth Cunning Mary Frances Clark Roach Lamora McDonald Booth Helen Burnham ham Elizabeth Gould Davis Sod- Leone K. Bounds Hazel Sexsmith Burroughs Julia Huff Fife erberg MARCH, 1938 39 Sigma Dorothy Richard Epperson Roberta Head Robinson Jacqueline Norfleet Giers- Myra Sadler Gwen Allison Zylpha Maney Neil brook lillian Allen Shaffer Teresa Bettes Baker louise Briarly Orr lois MacQueen Foote Virginia Stanton Beth Bryant Brady Carita Crist Owen Cordelia Clarkson Hine India Steed Bess Parks Cordill Marie Luckett Sams Elizabeth Jeter lala Home Stewart Manon Lampkin Craig Mary Jane Williams Mary Elizabeth Child little Margaret Strange Margaret Crawford Davis Schneider Elizabeth Jones little Jo Fanning Tousey Maebeth Decherd Heaton Florence Nelson Smith Marjorie Griffin McCreary Margaret Vaughan Dorothy delee Goldie Capers Smith lucile Pyles Oliver Catherine Willis Wilson Adannee Hayden Hall Fern G. Parks Stephen Elizabeth Girardeau Parma- Margaret Metcalfe Wilson Elizabeth Gray Hedstrom Pauline Ozier Stephens lee Margaret Y aryan Mary l. Hightower Zephr A. Stephens Virginia Coburn Richardson lois Ray Hoosier Mary Stone Mary V. Morgan Johnson lorilie Clark Taylor Emma Beth Kennard Mary Boon VanCleve Alpha Beta Ruth Jones Woodson Evelyn Moore McDonald Mildred D. Bickel Bessie Schmidlin Purple Dora Morton Milburn Marion Hunt Burnett Mabel Schoepflin Harriet R. Dane Beatrice A. Smith Tau Bertha Arner Flentge Minnettie Adams Smith Adeline Harding Inga M. Stephens Alice Kerr Davis Emma Jean Taylor Robert· Julia M. Henning Gula Wood Stevenson Gertrude Davies Davis son Annabelle Foulds Klein Mae Tabor lucile Roth Jeanne Johnston Gelwicks Mildred Mabee Margaret Watson Hildegarde Gerberding Margaret Thuman Schlamp Helen Seybold Hambright Frances Hanna Schofield Helen Huling Jane Scearce Shepherd Alpha Gamma Esther Rietz logan Martha Temples Thomas Mary Allison MacDonald Zora H. Miller Mary P. Thompson Ethel Baird Helen Frink Banker Clara A. Main Olive E. Poe Eunice Toothaker Helen Mills Helen Prahl Mildred Walsh Marie Chesser Bennett Jean G. Brown Norma V. Norwick Mildred Ragsdale Reah E. Handy Watters lucille Ridout Mary Reid Edna H. Williams Holly Purcell Campbell Marguerite Carpenter E. Hope Smith Rose Ruth Sabey Cody laura Rogers Smith Upsilon Ruth E. Holtzinger Ditmars Olive Peterson Smith Martha Zuger Stonecipher Helen Humphrey Albig Audrey Hamilton Mildred Stoll Emhoff Sue Ellen lay Baisch Ruth Steele Padden Edna Price Fitzsimmons Mary Elizabeth Turner Mildred Heine Durham Pauline R. Regale Verna lutz Hallett Corynne Sabey Wallin Elizabeth Cram Durham Barbara Sims Helen McCready Hopkins Dorothy Featherstone Wil- Margaret Brown Fish Mildred Storgard Mable Knapp kie Helen linville Phi Alpha Delta Elizabeth Kane Bailey Ruth Combs Johnson Edith Steere Baxter Dorothy B. Kasper louise Ogden Bennett Mary Clair Haws Elizabeth By low Elsie H. McManus Naomi Bingham laura Finley House Virginia Beard Crandall Amy Arbogast Palmer Zoe Carroll Black Dalmyra Montgomery louise MacNaught Frank- Alzada Arnold Records Dorothy Chew Ibanez lin Julia E. Ross Mary Hix Edens Mary H. little Virginia Maclaughlin Har Mildred S. Wood Edith Elmore Thelma Haun Sims greaves Naomi Ensor Cornelia Steele Eddy Forrester Martha Sullivan Margaret French Garner Ernestine Swafford Chi Elizabeth Haws Mary Sterchi Tobler Helen Abbott Ida Mae Hudson Kathleen Haws Katye Wright Estes Womac Margaret Barnum Dorothy Chamberlain l ane Nettie Noelp Bilikam Martha Peters lynch June Shafer Boyd Mary Esther MacWilliam Alpha Epsilon Ruth Zimmerman Buck Polly Mowrer Marjorie lilvis Anderson Ella Fay McCue lavonne Clark Georgia Bowers O 'Brien Ruth Pickell Brewer Marie Plath Niles Fidelia Cummings Alice Kirchner Stubbins Pearl Brown Clark Sibyl Nisewanger Margaret Jones Green louise Linhart Templeton Nedra Clark Evelyn Richardson Thelma Welton Green Inez Kirby Weatherby Phyllis Caul Cram Pauline Roberts Alice Prout Gwynn Dora Vandcnbark Welsh Helen Dahl Paula Sarset luella M. Tilton Hart Mary Foster Widmer Ruth Gerber Velva Cole Sorensen Jane Jacobs Holloway Nellie Perigo Holtgrewe Ferne Taylor lulu Mann Jones Grata Throne Grace Hanrath lockwood Nellie Tupper Psi Ruth E. lovrien Ruth Willis Mary C. Corgan Jean Walker Orr Mary Carolyn McCarthy Olive M. Zink Tracy Steele Eschweiler Helen Clark Schlacks Beatrice Furber Fleming Marian Hill Schwid Florence Felton French Dorothy Richman Wade Alpha Zeta Elizabeth Hewitt Jones Mary Edna White Mary E. Armstrong Kate Seager Salisbury louise A. Meyer Jean Slocombe Baxter Edna Schoonover Ruth M. Birge Carol Henrich Schultz Anna K. Deyo Eleanore Schuster Omega Anne Richman Evans Pauline Terwilliger Dorothy Howell Allison Virgie Hyman Cone Jean l. Herbert Catherine Bullock Traub Jane Butts Bourke Helen Coombs Edith H. Mitchell Edith C. Youcg lela Summerlin Brown Elizabeth Gerald Duke Margaret Schlillke Safford 40 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Alpha Eta Alpha Omicron I rene DuLac Barker Grace Floerkey Helen Allen Ellen Prince Lancaster Tracy Cooke Clough Inn a Wi Ilia Hannesson Jean Bailey Elizabeth Prince Light Helen E. Cross Anita Marquis McClellan Helen Bardwell Ellen T. Robinson Marie Ekstrom Virginia Moats Marion Cooley Byrnes Allenne Rowan Myrtle Stewart Conway Dorothy Horn Scribner Alpha Theta Doris McCarthy Corwin Betty Thompson Elsie Marie Forbes Alice Wither Rose Rommell Atkins Marjorie Fort Hereford Frances Lancaster Dunaway Dora Allen J ansing Lola Womack Fairleigh Willis Logan Alpha Pi Frances V. Fuller Martha Adams Mitchell Harriet French DeLamater Elizabeth Ketcham Renfer Alice Gossett Anna Mitchell Turner Josephine Kendall Alpha Iota Alpha Rho June Hahn Armbruster Rowena Bennett Kehm Corrine Adams Catherine Lewis Betty Kiser Beaman Josephine Nattinger Kirsch- Helen Bellhouse Dorothy Krupitzer McCul· Joyce Corfield ten Evelyn F. Board lum Maxine Clover Garwick Edna L. Lichti Evie Haynie Brown Elsie McPeak Kathleen Cloyd Givan Sedohr J. MacDonald Saidee Cheeseman Eli zabeth Nichols Lucile Holtsapple Mary Spenneberg Rowena Rutherford Farrar Barbara Moore Smith Elizabeth Jarrett Kathleen Stump Alpha Kappa Annie L. Jenkins Josephine Warren Young Agnes Travis Lauderdale Anna Anderson Wilson Gretchen Anderson Lee Katherine Gordon Bevins Alice Widman Link Ruby Teator D avis Catherine Treadway Alpha Sigma Emily Blanchard Graham Beatrice Marshall Tribble Margaret Lenning Lamb Mary Nicholson Ruth Clouse Groves Mildred Upson Wood Evelyn Mitchell Isabelle VanNort T. Dolores Jimerson Hewitt Alice Zilmer Elsie Thiel Johnson Alpha Tau Alpha Lambda Ruth Belknap Ashley Marie Bergman Wilkas Virginia Brennan Edna O"Neill Alice Peterson Doerr Hilda Johnson Ryno Alpha Upsilon Marjorie Ward Fajan Virginia Doyle Stradar Jane Rudd Botten Agnes Hansen Alice Macklin Ethel Clure Rebecca J . McCarrell Violet McCormick Farsten Gladys Peterson Alpha Mu Blanche A. Greenland Audrey E. Thorne Ruth E. Banfield Vivian Pratt Lindquist Edna King Brierton Margaret Lord Malnight Alpha Phi Isabelle Stone Chapman Amber Royce Helen Abel Grace E. Fleming Phyllis Delf Evelyn Fisher Thielman Violet Reed Armes Lucille Fowkes Marian Fisher Elizabeth VanValkenbu rgh I rene Burton Emily Houston Savage Mildred Campbell Fox Wright Mary Burton Josephine E. Simerville Louise Canby Herrick Lillian Rankin Conway Rhoen York Gwendolyn Shepard Deal AlphaNu Patricia Alsop La uveve Thompson Lopeg Alpha Chi Margaret Aseman Dorothy M. Major Marcella Malone Margaret Baker Collins Bess Martin Helen Groff Belangie Eunice Shively Dishman Edythe Porter W ooda ll Jean Campbell Gladys Martz Hazel I. Tweto Chisholm Josephine Bockwoldt Thelma Bourret Cunning- Soesbe Alpha Psi ham Genevieve Lewis Stoyles Alma Dailey Rebecca Roya ll Gibbons Thelma Kuriger Jane Vincent Nora LaPorte Ariel Moore Virtue Alpha Omega Gladys Larson Alcie Bell Alpha Xi Mildred Conard Mae Martens Krouse Beta Beta Ruth A. Durst Margaret F. Lockwood Bennie Graye Lewis Hattie Mae Still Rose Durst Flentje Wanda Jackson Poarch Alice Hoth Corine Matthews Post Beta Gamma Stella Hoth Lucile Reams • Naomi Kisling Hazel E. Kennedy ~------~~~~------~ MARCH, 1938 41 CITED FOR INTEREST LEVELAND Panhellenic eases rush "Acting daffy in coats of taffy" was the caption ing for all alumn::e associations in on a grotesque, gruesome picture sent by Associ C ated Press ~elerr;at . from Atlanta, where "high Cleveland by gathering a list of all school soronty Jnttlates, doused with molasses Cleveland high school graduates planning raw eggs and ashes, played leap-frog in the streets: to enter colleges having Panhellenic frater Teachers saw no humor in proceedings, and con demned them." nities, and keeping the list on file at the C~lleg_e Greeks. likewise fail to see anything Panhellenic club rooms where it is available amusmg m such gomgs on, which they also heartily to any fraternity woman. condemn. The men have banned paddles and all -Exchange other fantastic appurtenances or observances of the now-discouraged "hell week." Panhellenic senti ment is equally opposed to any hazing of freshmen. -2.K- When Gre_ek-letter socie~ies were younger, they were more ~1ven to prankishness, which may be The day of several years ago when it was taken as a s1gn of youth. The public was all too ''smart to be dumb" has been left behind, and at ready to believe that fraternities stood for nothing long last, undergraduates have accepted a more but crazy stunts, sometimes serious in their conse normal viewpoint in which an indifference toward quences. scholastic endeavor is frowned upon. They have Today the college fraternities have learned their weathered the growing pains and find themselves lesso?. Their neophyt~s ar_e now given purposeful, in a sophisticated world which expects its college d1gmfied pledge trammg, m keeping with the high graduates to be poised and well-informed. It does purposes of ~he organizations. They indulge only not anticipate that all shall be geniuses or walking m such fool!shness as would become the lighter encyclopedias, but it does expect from all college moments of any mature and intelligent person. tramed people an ability to recognize the funda Unfortunately for them there are imitators in n:entals of problems they may meet, an apprecia high school groups and elsewhere. who have 'not tiOn of fine things, which comes of studying and b_enefited by the experience of the older, estab knowing fine things, not just being "exposed" to l!shed colleg~ G~eeks. These young people in these them. roung orgamzat~ons, behaving with the exhibition Its business men ask college women seeking to ISm now happ1ly out-moded in the N.I.C. and enter the business world, "How high was your ~ . P . C. , are in a sense ghosts of the past, haunt scholarship while you were an undergraduate?" mg modern college fraternities. Unfortunately they They have come to learn that the collegian who was are "fraternities" and "sororities" to the public a ser i ou~-minded about his b1:1siness of acquiring an stick with which to tar us all. ' educatwn will be consoentwus about his tasks in Let us _hope that before too long these maverick other business. In these days of keen competition Greeks will catch up with the rest of us, who have it is smart to be smart! ' outgrown horseplay and rowdyism. -Alpha Gamma Delta · -Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega -2,K- -2,K- Installation It _seems fitting here to quote Miss Louise Leon Alpha Epsilon Phi announces the installa ard m the Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly for tion of Alpha Eta Chapter, University of January, 1938: Miami, February 5, 1938, Coral Gables, "Do you know the names of the twenty-three Florida. member fraternities of N.P.C.? Just on the chance -2,K- that possibly you haven't brushed up on them ~ately. we list them here in alphabetical order. It IS a s1gn of Panhellenic provincialism to be com From "The Editor Reflects . .. . " column pelled to say about one of the twenty-three-'1 of Helen Bower, editor ·of the The Key of n:ver heard of it.' Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma comes the following: P1, Alph~ Delta _Theta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Al pha On:1cron PI , Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, UPON SHENANIGANS Beta Ph1 Alpha, Beta Sigma Omicron, Chi Omega, Of other than college Greeks, which are never- Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta, theless, no help to the fraternity system. ' Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa 42 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, Phi Omega OH ME! OH MY! Pi, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Theta Upsilon, My head is heavy, likewise bowed. Zeta Tau Alpha." I hate the smoke, the noise, the crowd. And why I am not in the hay -~K- Instead of here, I cannot say. MARGARET FISHBACK "Mental Rouge" From Saturday Evening Post via Crescent of B For this term-mental rouge-we are indebted r to the New Yorker, and a very good term it is! All the care that the average woman bestows upon -~K- her exterior might well be used upon her mind with most gratifying results. And this statement Radio ought to make us all more conscious suggests repetition of the remark of . a young of voices and speech. Canadian woman. ''I am invited to an important dinner next week-therefore I must study." TOWARD A MORE GRACIOUS SPEECH "Study?" exclaimed her puzzled companion. "In "D on't you wish Sally would quit talking about teresting subjects will be introduced and all the her family?" "My pledge is a regular icicle when new books will be discussed-so I must be able I introduce her to anyone." "Alice should have to join in the conversation." Mental rouge! been a suffrage speaker; you can hear her any But conversation is a lost art, we're told. The place." "Wasn't that an awful situation when we average dinner means an exchange of pleasantries couldn't start a conversation with our national and flippancies with only a few mental gymnastics officer?" These or similar remarks have been heard -with a follow-up of aces, kings, queens and in every Tri Delta chapter yet our speech remains jacks. Why not sharpen the wits by mental rouge? one of those things to which we seldom give What about the dining table in the chapter· house? much attention. It is rather surprising too when we Is it a meeting place for the pursuit of gossip realize how frequently we are judged by our and the elaboration of trivial happenings? Or is it jingle. If one-third as much attention were given a stimulus to thought and a delightful exchange to speech as to clothing, there would certainly of opinions? The college girl is a creature of be fewer bellowing Berthas, raspy Roses and know privilege to whom is given a definite opportunity. it-all Noras. The following are points against Every time that she puts on her war paint, Jet which you may check yourself. her use a corresponding amount of mental rouge. Do you maintain a constant pitch whether -Crescent of r B you're exclaiming over the b.f. running for a touchdown, approaching a professor about a grade or sympathizing with a homesick pledge? Are you -~K- one of these loud-voiced collegiates who is fine in a stadium but in a parlor sounds like two blaring radios? Does your voice have an unpleasant hard Morpheus Among the Night Clubbers to-define quality to it? Does it sound as if you had a constant head cold or persistent laryngitis? DowAGER Usuall y nasality is just a habit which we have un Smile glassily, although your legs consciously cultivated but sometimes it may be And arches ache. The scrambled eggs caused by obstructions in the nasal passages Are yet to come. Could you but creep which require surgery. It is difficult to judge the Away and nip a good night's sleep, pitch, intensity and quality of our own voices. The How happy you would be. It's tough best way to get an appraisal is to ask one of your You must p1·etend you'1·e young enough close associates. If there is some defect, she prob To like this booby hatch, and take ably has been waiting for an opportunity to tell So cmel a clubbing fo1· the sake you about it without any hurt feelings. If you Of keeping up with Mrs. Jones, find you have an annoying voice, ferret out the 117 ho also longs to 1·est her bones. one on your campus who knows the most about such things. Look first in the speech department. PATRIARCH If there is a further specialized department, you . will be referred to it. Then don't quit after having Old man, forswear that dogged rumba. a conference about your ailment; do something Go home and yield to Christian slumba. about it. It is insulting to ask advice, and then ig nore it. DEBUTANTE Even though you have no voice defects, your speech may suffer from errors of expression which Glazed blue eyes and wavering feet, give people the wrong impression of you-or Strident voice and bobbing head, perhaps the right. Is your speech one grammatical Where's )•our nui'Se, poor little sweet? faux pas after another? At the college level one She should pm you straight to bed! does not usually expect to find such errors but notice sometime how many misuse "lie" and "lay," BUTTER-AND-EGGER "sit" and "set." Again, you many not be at all The Scotch and food are costly, so conscious of these errors so you better check your That p1·oves you're havinf( fun, I know. self. Are you a little hesitant to use certain words At least that's what you think, poor chap, because you are uncertain of their pronunciation) While fighting off that furtive nap. Are you never quite sure whether it is "ad' dress" MARCH, 1938 43 or "address'," "chauffeur" or "chauffeur'," ··ap Some day give a piece of scrap paper a purpose in paratus" or "apparatus"? College campuses lack in life--keep a record of the proportion of time you some respects but there are always plenty of dic spend in talking about yourself or the activities tionaries for use gratis, so look up your doubtfuls, connected with yourself. At times the figures are practice their pronunciation a few times; then use cruelly revealing. them with all the assurance that comes from know Another situation where thoughtfulness is not ing you are handling a word correctly. always forthcoming arises when a member of an Are you a slang addict? The slang of the cam other group is present. Have you ever walked pus may be colorful, unique, and clever but that along the street with three or four from another does not mean one is comfortable using it con sorority and felt miserably left out of the con stantly. When faculty members arrive for dinner, versation? Now when an outsider appears in your do you suddenly find y<;>urself lost in an attempt group, do Tri D elta activities, honors, and boy to speak conventionally? Have you ever been em· friends continue to be the chief topics of conversa barrassed by realizing that you've just said "by-by" tion? Such unthoughtful "chattiness" is simply in closing a strictly business conversation? Has the rudeness and poor sportsmanship. It is another convenient "o.k." entangled you in its web? You're example of a self-centered personality being re lucky if it hasn't because--take it from one who flected in speech. knows-breaking the habit isn't easy. Various other ingredients could be included in Suppose you are inhuman and suffer none of this recipe for more pleasant conversation but if the above malignancies; you still may be giving you change to a better brand of those discussed, people the impression you are a devout adherent voice, manner of expression and consideration for of Irving Tressler's How to Lose Friends and others, the product is c~rtain to be a more gracious Alienate People. Do you make people feel at ease speech. in your presence? When guests are invited, do you MAURINE V. ROGERS go on the assumption that the president and older Trident of t. t. t. members who are accustomed to such occasions will take care of them so why should you bother? -~K- Most of us find it easier to talk to people we know very well than to strangers, so frequently we take the easiest course and seek out a group Install Phi Beta Kappa at of the "gals " with whom we know we can laugh, George Washington be ourselves and have no conversational difficul ties. Whoever is with the guests is just stuck for Installation of the George Washington Univer all we care. How many have experienced a summer sity chapter of Phi Beta Kappa took place at the rush party to which out-of-town members returned Winter Convocation February 22 . National officers and at which the Tri Deltas had a grand gab fest of the society conducted the installation, conferring and reunion? The presence of some rather fright the charter upon the petitioning group, composed ened and awestricken rushees didn't hinder the of forty members of the Faculty who are members party at all. If you're just indifferent to your of Phi Beta Kappa. Distinguished scholars repre responsibility in making Tri Delta a sincerely senting the 130 chapters of Phi Beta Kappa in uni hospitable and friendly sorority, that may be your versities and colleges throughout the country at business but realize that you're not only helping tended as delegates. Approval for a chapter of Phi the organization whose pin you wear to become Beta Kappa is the second such recognition of its inferior but you are also paying the price in an academic work that has come to the University other way: you are passing up an excellent chance within the past twelve months. At the Winter for self development and improvement. Convocation last year Sigma Xi, the national hon Maybe it isn't indifference you feel but an orary scientific fraternity, installed a George Wash inferiority about talking to people whom you don't ington University chapter. know well. If this is the case, cancel the expecta tion that the brownies will leave a well-turned -~K- .conversational ability by your timidly burning fire some winter night. Such an art requires thoughtful attention, unselfish interests, wide reading, a curi How Collegians Speak English ous intellect and practice. Pass by no opportuni "Romance by any other name is still romance." ties for this last even though it does lead you into In a compilation of college slang expressions Fra embarrassing silences and fervent prayers for gulp ternity Month announces that "pitching woo is a ing canyons in the floor. new term," and adds, "Back in the days of the log Perhaps you aren't guilty of not talking to cabin and the open fire, great-grandmother knew guests-even so you may be just as black a dot it as 'bundling.' In grandfather's day it was 'spark on the graciousness of Tri Delta speech. Are you ing.' Dad and Mother said 'spooning,' or, if they one of these people who imposes her social graces belonged to the war generation, referred to it as very ostentatiously and sweetly on all who come 'petting.' Since then young love has coined a variety within h~r. charm? You love to talk about your of expressions, from 'necking' and 'mugging,' down many activities and honors, and you delight in to the phrase now ringing on college campuses expounding the very last word on almost any from coast to coast-'pitch a little woo.' Like the topic. Without doubt, you know all the answers to American Legion's famous query, 'Where's Elmer?' all the questions. Guests are usually not so bored the origin of the latest popular expression seems with you as the poor girls who have to live with lost in the lists. Everybody from Shakespeare to you and every Monday night listen to your very Ward Morehouse has been blamed for starting the superior ideas on steering the chapter to success. popularity of 'pitch a little woo.' " 44 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE MILESTONES - Engagements Alpha Ella Gertrude "Pat" McMullen, '35, to William H. Agnes Carlyle, '36, to Dr. Frederick Clow Hadden, O ' D ~n ne ll ,. Alpha Tau Omega, Wyoming university. The University of Minnesota Medical School, '34, Theta Delta marnage wtll take place in May. Chi and Nu Sigma Nu. The marriage is planned for . Marion Troutman, '39, to Bayard Scott, '37, Kansas summer. Ctty, Mo. Theta Ruth Drake, ' 38, to Charles Richards, '39, Sigma Phi Audrey Dykeman to Robert Woolston Van Valzah, Epsilon. Tau Beta Pt , Armour. The marriage will take place April Alpha Zeta 23, 1938, at Evanston, Ill. Ruth Lyman Davis, '38, to Robert H . N agel, Cornell, Iota '39. Virginia Sturges, '39, to Walter Naquin, Cornell, '38, Max ine Adams, '40, to Clem Neidiger, '36, Sigma Sigma Pi. Alpha Epsilon. Gertrude Murray, '35, to David Squire, Cornell. Maxine Eurton to Vinson Weber. lAmbda Alpha Theta Dorothy Rubel to Leonard Heber Pollard, Utah State Catherine Burdof, '31, to Franklin Berry. College. Mu Alpha Nu Mary Lou Richards, '38, to Kenneth Morse, ' 38 . Patricia Dobson, '40, to Kenneth Hurt, Sigma Nu, '38. Janet Prowell to Wallace Michael. Genevive Hamor, '34, to Rudy Moholt, Phi Sigma Kappa. Xi Helena Eck, '38, to Horace Armand Allen, Sigma Nu. Edith M. Kirkman, '39, to Norman Lowe, Denver Harriett Templeton, '37, to John McGilvrey, Sigma University, Pi Kappa Alpha. Phi Epsilon. '35, Sue! Whitzel to Kei th Starr, '39, Universi ty of Kansas . Emmaline McKittrick, to Wade Lee. Lucile Sharp to Robert Manley, University of W'iscon- 5in. Alpha Omicron Phi Maybelle Chapman, '36, to Donald Peitzke. B. Lillian Cl ark, '34, to William Sandford, Theta Chi, '35. Alpha Tau Camille LeClerc, '36, to Arthur Dawson, Alpha Tau Gamma, '35. Betty Cook, '40, to Harvey Walters, Buchanan, Mich. Pri Margaret Anger, '40 , to John Marshall, '39, Phi Kap pa Tau. Renata Laacke, '33, to Robert J. Cramer, Jr. Alpha Phi Omega Mary Cameron to Charles Saverude. Susan Blow to Nelson Black, also of Mi ami. Marjorie McNiece, '36, to George Michaels, '37. Anna Glen to Ian Robertson McDonald of Edinborough, Scotland. Alpha Omega Alpha Gamma Martha Marie Martin to Clinton White Lee, Phi Kap Rhoda B. Firmin, '35, to Charles A. Whittlesey, Reed pa Delta. College. Beta Gamma Alpha Eprilon Nancy Whyte, '32, to George K. Hughey, Springfield, Maurine Smith, '35, to Norval Curry, '38, Ames, Iowa. Mo . Marriages Zeta from Belle Haven, Va. At home, 295 Meigs, Rochester, Jane Hughes to Ras Arnold Nielson, December 28, N.Y. 1937, in the Ninth Street Christian Church. Mr. Nielson Meta Nevmann to Robert Cohn, M.D ., at Alexandria, who attended Marquette university and George Washing Va., in November 1937. Dr. Coh n is doing research work ton universi ty is a member of Delta Tau Delta frater at St. Elizabeth's Hospital and graduate study at Catholic nity. University of America. Roberta Dennis Wright to John Baird Hewett, Decem Gene Louise Hoffman to Niels Chievitz, September 11, ber 18, 1937, at Central Presbyterian Church. Two of 1937. At home, Binghamton, N.Y. Roberta's attendants were her sisters, Katherine Weight Edith E. Spaulding to Martin Joseph Petersilia, Septem White from Philadelphia, and Elizabeth Weight Davis ber, 1937, in the Delray Methodist Episcopal Church, MARCH, 1938 45 Alexandria, Va. The bride's attendants were her two Omega sisters, Jeanne and Cecil. At home, Washington, D .C. Florence Brill to John Moriarity, Indianapolis, Novem Louise Conradi to Dr. Ernest Eckermujer, January 5, 1938. At home, Soldiers and Sailors Hospital, Zenia, ber 10, 1937. Eta Ohio. Alpha Delta Maryfern Martin, '36, to Royal Bartrum, Illinois Wes· leyan, Beta Kappa, December 26, 1937. Maribelle Gibbs to James Frank Taylor, December 29, Margaret J. Koehnlein to Dr. Walter J. Dohren, Chi 193 7. At home, Dresden, Tex. cago College of Osteopathy, January 29, 1938, at Thorn dike Hilton chapel, University of Chicago. At home, Alpha Epiilon 10320 Walden parkway, Chicago. Mary Caroline McCarty, '33, to Edward Kuasicka, Perry, Iowa. Theta Carrie Holland, '33, to Merlin H. Anderson, '35, Theta Rogene Jones to William Tuach. At home, 3891 Bige Chi, Calhoun, Ky. At home, 1443 Tenth street, Des low boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa. Moines, Iowa. Virginia Salomon to Russell P. Burkle, November 25, lla Misbach to Henry Morse. At home, Maringo, Iowa. 1937. At home, 504 West drive, Woodruff place, In Pauline Sarset to Thomas Sweeny. At home, Souther dianapolis, Ind. land, Iowa. Iota Alpha Zeta Louise Hines, ' 39, to Ferd Dreher, December 29, 1937. Mary Wicks, '26, to Arthur Taft, April, 1937, in At home, Coronado apartments, 440 East Thirteenth New York. avenue, Denver, Colo. Anne Deyo, '26, to John Morehouse, Webb Institute of Virginia Nyswander, '36, to Will C. Thomas, brother Naval Architecture and New York university. of Carlisle Thomas, Iota, December 23, 193 7. Mary Blanchard, ex-'34, to James Beach, October, 11, 1937. Lambda Marion Call, '34, to Gordon Kenneth, Cornell and Mary Joan Turnbull, '37 (president of chapter '36-'37) McGill, June 28, 1937. to Henry Schacht, University of California '36, Decem Dorothy Stevenson, '34. to George Pickett, University ber 30, in all Saints' Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, of Pennsylvania, July 3, 1937. Calif. At home, 2610 Etna street, Berkeley, Calif. Alice Morse '33 Lambda, to Oliver Dudley Burr, Phi Alpha Eta Delta Theta, University of California '33, on December 25, in Hayward, Calif. At home, 1236 B street, Hay Margaret Burnett to Emory DeNador, October 16, 1937. ward, Calif. Lois Mcinerny to Jack Fox, June 1, 1937. Roberta Sue McKenzie to Joseph J. Lewis, Jr., March Alpha Theta 19, 1938. At home, 12 Monte Vista, Larkspur, Calif. Rosalie Gray, '36, to W. Clarence Hampton, Octob 46 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Christine Conner, '33, to Webster Bowler, June 26, Alpha Chi 1937. At home, 268 Belanger, Gross Point Farms, Mich. Carolyn Rogers to George W. Redding, October 20, Alice Huse to H. R. Barnett, January 28, 1938 . At 1937 . At home, Harkins co urt, Prestonsburg, Ky . home, 506 West Amador avenue, Las Cruces, N.M. A/phi P1i Alpha Phi Mildred Ruth Gehman, '35, to Walter B. West, Jr., Rosalie Commons, ' 34 , to Aarne A. Pompei, January August 31, 1937 . 23, 1937. At home, 5654 North Atlantic street, Portland, Alpha Omega Ore. Irene Helen Sheppard, ' 36, to Alfred W olnski, Phi Louise Beers to Bert Walker. At home, 1720 Berry Sigma Kappa. street, Salem, Ore. Mary Ray Baker to Albert C. Windham. At home, 3033 Park avenue, Richmond, Va. Alpha U p1ilon Gladys SusAnne Skavlem to E. H . Schimke, September Beta Beta 14, 1937. At home, 820 Cherry street, Grand Forks, N.D. Josephine Timberlake to Joseph Wilbur Clark. Births Ep1ilon Xi To Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jarvis (Ann Fowler) To Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clark (Marian Faust) a daugh· daughter, Suzanne Clinton, August, 193 7. ter, Judith Ann, April 1, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Soistman (Ruth Paulson, To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shaw (Pauline Cunningham, '24) a son, Theodore Lawrence, July 10, 1934, and a '31) a daughter, Linda Ann, December 7, 1937, in Kansas daughter, Nancy Carolyn, February 13, 193 7. City, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. W . R. Allen (Gladys Smith) a Omicron son, Walter Rue, Jr., November 29, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Leland F. Ross (Virginia Call, '28) Z eta a daughter, Betsey, January 16, 1938. To Mr. and Mrs. Harlow McCord (Estelle Smith) twins, Carol Anne and Douglas Harlow, October, 1937. Pi To Mr. and Mrs. Channing Davis (Elizabeth Wright) To Mr. and Mrs. George Herbert (Lucile Lyon, '27) a daughter, Roberta Vaughn, November 23, 1937 . a son, John Crawford Herbert, September 9, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. William Powell (Peggy Evans) a To Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Coleman (Una Stafford) a son, William McKeldon, Jr., November 28, 1937. daughter, Margaret Ada, January 21 , 1938. Theta Tau To Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Teegarden (Alice Van Sands) a daughter, Susan Margery, December 9, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Repp (Carrie Cottrell, T au, To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pushek (Mary Morris) a '27) a son, Donald Edward , December 30, 1937 . son October 16, 193 7. To Mr. and M rs . Marion Campbell (Eloyse Stage, To Mr. and Mrs. John Blance (Jean McLean) a daugh· "28) of Centralia, Wash., a daughter, Cynthia Margaret, ter, Carol N oel, December 23, 1937. November 11 , 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stephen (Ada Mae Gansz) To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M . Trent (Alice Wayman) a son, John Douglas, August 3, 1937. a daughter, Barbara, J anuary 30, 1938. To Mr. ~nd Mrs. William Tuach (Rogene Jones, Theta, ex·'33) a son, William Mackienzie, August 13, 1937 . Up1ilon Iota To Mr. and Mrs. D ale Hansen (Mabel Keize r, '33) a second son J anuary, 1938, at North Bend, Ore. To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gunnison (Cnralyn Carey) a son January 12, 1938. To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lindemann (Genevieve Phi Smith) a son, Paul Raymond, J anuary 6, 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Farrow (Dorothy Pike, '32) a To Mr. and Mrs. George Reed (Frankie Adams) a son, Ralph Austin, October 25, 1937. daughter, Janice Adams, November 4, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Crowe (Natalie Dunn, ' 32) a daughter J anuary 14, 1938. Lambda To Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd (Dorothy Green, ' 34 ) a Chi daughter December 15 , in Stockton, Calif. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Odell Wright (Gladys Bohn, To Mr. and Mrs . William Aldrich (Betty W illiams ) a '25) a daughter, Maril yn Jo, October 31, 1937. son, Thomas Ray nor, July 13, 193 7. To Mr. and Mrs. Neil G . Locke ( Myra Pope, '24) a To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Combs (Mary Tillotson, '36) daughter, Marilyn Corlies, D ecember 2, 1937. a daughter, Patricia, March 17, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nida (Ruth Patterson, '25) a 1\fu daughter, Elizabeth Patterson, April 29, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Romolo Puccinelli (Jane Meagher) a To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H . Brannan (Helen Nida, daughter. '28) a son, James Nida, September 30 , 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt (Betty Johnson ) a son To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenslade (Mary MacWil. Ii ams, '32) a son, Thomas B., Jr., December 23, 1937. January 22, 1938. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Seni or (Edna " Tim" Harris) a daughter in November, 1937. P1i To Mr. and Mrs. Givens (Verna Gregor) a son in Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Post (Eleanor Hannan) a September, 1937. son, William Hannan, in October, 1937. Nu To Mr. and Mrs. George Menard (Martha McNess) To Mr. and Mrs. H. S. King (Ruth McNulty, Nu) a a daughter, Martha Ann, January 12, 1938, Rockford, son December 31, 1937. Ill. MARCH, 1938 47 Alpha Beta Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Tribble (Beatrice Marshall) have To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackman (Gertrude Van adopted a little girl, Ora Frances. Ostrand) 4312 Argos drive, San Diego, Calif., a daughter December 27, 1937. Alpha Mu To Mr. and Mrs. James Russell (Virginia Willis, ' 34) To Mr. and Mrs. Ri~hard Vail (Hazel Saul) a daugh. a son, James, August 1937. ter, Frances Jean, August 24, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maunz (Betty Knight) a son, William, September, 1937. Alpha Omicron Alpha Epsilon To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ryan (Mary Lou Braydeo, To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ausenhus (Ferne Brown) a '31) a son, Thomas, December 12, 1937, Honolulu. son January 11 , 1938. To Mr. and Mrs. Lane Moore (Mattie Johnson, ex- '28 ) Alpha Sigma a daughter, Katherine Margrethe, July 9, 1939. To Dr. and Mrs . J. R. Rohrbaugh (Catherine Elder, To Mr. and Mrs. Tennant (Helen Wadson) a daugh '30) a son, Philip Elder, October 6, 1937. ter, Helen Louise, October 26, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson (Marie Platz) a son, Charles Earnest, January 4, 1938: Alpha Tau To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lightfoot (Carolyn Murdoch, Alpha Zeta '35) a son, James Russell, January 11, 1938. To Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Durham, a daughter, Jean, To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wassoon Josephine Roosa, July 27, 1937. '36) a daughter, Theresa Lynne, November, 1937 . To Mr. and Mrs. Hale Clark, a second daughter, To Mr. and Mrs. Max Steffans (Mary Waring, '32) a Martha Gale, September 2, 193 7. daughter, Anne Therese, June 30, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Herman Compter, a daughter, Ann To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hunter (Gladys Morse, '29) Davis, August 2, 1937. a son, Thomas Albert, August 27, 1937 . To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Decker, a daughter, Mari·Jo, To Mr. and Mrs. Willard Raiche (Ruby Diller, '31) a May 23, 193 7. daughter, Mary Jane, June 22, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Grimes, a daughter, Miriam, To Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bigler (Elizabeth Burge) of October 22, 193 7. San Leandro, Calif., a son, William Norman, August 29, To Mr. and Mrs. William Dickison (Eileen Kane) a in Oakland. son, Dennis Kane, January 28, 1938. Alpha Chi Alpha Eta To Dr. and Mrs. Rhoton Heath (Florence Atwood, ' 33) a son. To Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sullivan, Jr. (Evelyn Satter) a daughter, Judith Evelyn, October 28, 1937. Alpha Omega To Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hogue (Lillie Byars) a daugb· Alpha Kappa ter, Betty Gale, November 15, 1937. To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Johnson (Elsie Thiel) a To Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Shultz, a son, Robert Gordon, daughter, Phyllis Jean, at Ithaca, N.Y. October I, 1937. To Dr. and Mrs. Cleveland White (Mildred Daly) To Mr. and Mrs. Logan Cuppy (Martha Healer) a a third daughter, Mary Beaumont, at Chicago, Ill. son, James, born September 25. 1937. lt.lelen 'l!l:abot Ulrigbtman a year as Home Demonstration Agent of Orleans county, N .Y., with offices at Albion, N.Y. She resigned in August, Helen Tabor Wrightman, Phi, Slatersville, R.I., died 1923, to return home and was married October 4, 1923. November 27, 1937, after a year's illness. At the time Her three children survive her, as well as her father of her death she was State Supervisor of Vocational Works and mother .and her sister, Caroline Tabor Koechling, Phi, Progress Administration, which position she had held '23. Though she is gone, her influence will long live on since October 1935. She was a member of the R.I. Home as an inspiration to all who knew her. Economics association and had been active in P.T.A. and nursing organizations. She was superintendent of the pri ~ mary department of the Congregational Sunday School 31tene Ulticb 'l!l:omlin and active in all church affairs. She was graduated from Rhode Island State College in Irene Ulrich Tolman (Mrs. R. M. Tomlin) died July 1922 , was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, and then spent 21, 1937. She was a member of Alpha Pi chapter. ~pmp a: tb p 3Js ~x t e nb eb to : Kathleen and Norma Goodhue, Alpha, for the death of Edith Kruse Herbst, Alpha Xi, whose daughter, Helene their father, Arthur Goodhue, at Fort Fairfield, Me., in Herbst, 9, died December 1. 1937. December. Florence Opie Ring, Alpha Zeta, '24, whose father Rose and Irene Newman in their loss of their sister died January 27 , at his home in New Jersey at the age Nellie who was tragically shot and killed in a holdup in of 90 years. Dallas, Tex. Lilian Kartelbrun Roberts, Delta, of Ramsey, N.J., for Mabel Wallace Shadle for the loss of her father last the death of her father November 15, 1937. summer and to Lorena Garlock Byers, for the death of Rachel Foster Whitman, Alpha, for the death of her her mother last August. husband Dr. C. H. Whitman, Head of the English De Carol Reader Gibson, Alpha Mu, who lost her mother, partment at Rutgers. Dr. Whitman died December 26, Mrs. W. B. Reader, in December, 1937. 1937. Selma Neuman Puckett, Alpha Kappa, whose father Donna Davies, Alpha Phi, '38, on the death of her died recently. (Continued on page 60) 48 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE WITH SIGMAS EVERYWHERE Audrey Dykeman to Wed Robert Van Valz_ah let us know that Mary is at Colby till June, doing some graduate work .. .. All right, all right, Mary, but we'll Audrey Dykeman, Theta, former Grand President, and look for you come June-time. Robert Woolston Van Valzah will be married at 4 :30 Imagine! . . . Five yearJ in France . •.. This last p.m., April 23, 1938, in the Methodist Episcopal chapel studying at the Sorbonne ... but that's what Belle Rector at Evanston, Ill. Mr. Van Valzah has a degree in me Rutherford's Iota, older daughter is doing . . . and her chanical engineering from Armour and is a member of younger is a frosh at Principice College, Elsah, Ill. .. . Tau Beta Pi and Theta Psi. They will make their home in now if thaJ isn 't something for Belle to be pround of. .. . Riverside, Ill. Sigma Kappas everywhere (and how many We're glad ONE came back . ... We allowed Margaret hundreds of us have known and loved Audrey) wish the Lund Tam, Mu, to get 3000 miles away only on condi couple the best of everything. tion that she'd return and what did 1he do? . . . Stayed in Seattle? Of course, we're glad in a dreary way Philadelphia to the Phront! that she and John are settled and happy, but darn! we wish you were here. 1066? 1812? 1492? .•. Thar she goes! ... it's Henri Now Helen Spaulding Dunaway, Mu, drove out to etta Deubler, Alpha Zeta, calling history questions at Washington and California, played around with Eleanor Lower Merion Junior high .... It's her first year there, Stahl Fitch and Bonny Dowd Calkins, both Mu' s, and and she's crazy about it, and living at home again . then, like a good girl, came home. We like that. All aboard! ... All aboard! . .. and it's to England A Valentine Prnent . . . for Ruth Barringer's little she will go, and on the Queen Mary, no less .... It's Carol for traveling Sally Whitney, Omicron, we're trying to put a On that hearts-and-Bowers-day finger on. From Halifax, Nova Scotia to Elwyn, Pa., She stepped from measles' quarantine to stay is just a flit . .. and with a new house, too, that has Tra-la, Tra-la, Tra-la grounds being landscaped! (Your correspondent is still (the last musical notes are parts of paeans of re lief proud of the bumper crop in her back yard, raised per from Ma Baringer) sonal from a 10¢ Woolworth package. ) But Betty and Henry are grown up, graduatin' from .. . and Anchors A-weigh! .. . for Ed Stephany, Alpha high school, no Jess. Betty's planning on a four years' Zeta , is all set to sail on the Kungsholm come a bright secretarial course at Drexel (Quick! let's organize a chapter spring day and the passage money collected. How about there, maybe) and young Henry's on the undecided a Reunion in Vienna-or maybe Venice? side . . . ma ybe he'll nose out Henry senior at the Yeuir! . . . we knew it! ... well not exactly, but we Provident Trust. did good predicting on it. Anyhow, Martha Alderman, The Voice of one who lo okJ into the future, is heard Chi, is now Mrs. Homer L. Hunscher, and sister-in-law in Olive Havi land's, Alpha, report: The World Conference of Helen Hunscher, Chi, and that "house in the country," of Friends at our two Quaker colleges-Haverford and we'd been sleuthing about is " Elmbrook," Lansdale, Pa. Swarthmore, was a great experience. One thousa nd dele No telling what the Hunscher combination of dietetics gates (999 besides myse lf!) from twenty-three countries and engineering will bring forth in the gentleman farming. assembled. For a week we lived together in deep fellow "Married all over again" ... at least Sallv Egmore, ship, in which love of friendliness abounded. Great Alpha Psi, says its very exciting and almost like being questions were discussed from our Spiritual Message as a married all over again i.e., the complete remodeling of Society of Friends to Methods of attaining International their apartment-and complete means partitions torn down, and Racial Justi ce. Many of us felt that in our small Boors scraped, new paper, new paint, even some new group meetings for worship, we reached the highest furniture-no half-ways with Sally! ... she had to trust places ." . .. and we've just heard that there was a recent the paper hanger to get the seams straight by himself, lovely trip to Beaufort, S.C. tho, when the Phila. Club of Advertising Women met, Reads like a Who's Who record . . . this list of Lorna for weekly Sally' s busy there, and monthly with the joint Sylvester's off-h and activities .. . and that's what they're activities of the Poor Richard Club . . . and always she likely to beco me .... Listen at 'em: Chairman of the looks "gawgeous" and unrushed! ... Ah-me ... Inter-city Conference of Pennsylva nia and Delaware; Come! Come! . . . Ruthie Horn Whittier may be on the member of the Case Record Committee of the National road all week, but you'll be on the Black List if you Fam ily Welfare Association; Vice-chairman of the State don't break away for a meeting soon . ... Of course, Conference in Social Work in Delaware . .. and she's maybe husbands should be given some consideration-! leaving in March for a month in St. Pau l to make a wouldn't know ... but we miss you. study there. . . . And not only that, or th oJe, but She's a Grand Person, as well as a Grand President Lorna was hostess for our smart Christmas party and and writes "My vocation and avocation these days are made all the detailed arrangements for our Jan uary Jam the infant (christened the Crown Prince of Sigma Kappa boree. (I know Eagle eye District Counsellor Helen Cor by one Speed Baker) whose antics, contortions, prodigal bett, has already seen this and has been hospitably feats, keep mama humping and loving every hump . . . wondering about Lorna's address ... here it is: 280 West planning to hear Geraldine Farrar talk on opery, and on Walnut Lane, Philadelphia, Pa .) her I've had a crush for-lo! these many years. I may There' 1 no lost chord ... when Blanche Boyce Meyers, have to take the CP with me, but to her lecture-luncheon Eta, is at the keyboard. She was organist at the pres I'll go or bust." 'Twill be reported in the next issue entation of Gabriel Faures "Requiem" at Trinity Church . you may count upon it. . .. [Flash! She went-wrote a . _ . William S. Nagle of Philadelphia was director . . .. fan letter-and received a photograph from Geraldine We're glad that Blanche represents us on the city Pan Farrar] hellenic Council in Wilmington, Del. So that's where she is •.• we sent a card to Mary A life worth-while JhineJ thru. . • . Elizabeth A. Ewen, Alpha, and her mother, forwarding it, thoughtfully Whittemore's reply to our plea for news. "I am a pastor's MARCH, 1938 49 wife and that means bruy. We have four sons, two left this fall to join her husband, Dr. Keith Barnes, and married, one in college and the other a junior in higb to live in Albuquerque, N .M . school. We have a grandson too, ten months old. We Miss Helen Walsh, Eta, has recently come to Chicago are very happy in the work here (Scottdale, Pa.) an so SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE lalie Armstrong) and Virginia Jamison Forsley and hus· Ed na Jane Selsley Louther, Lambda, of Evanston, Ill., bands were dinner guests in their honor. The McDonalds spent two months visiting her sister, Isabel Hayes, Lambda, live in Janesville, Wis. in Sacramento. However, she was forced , by the illness Mrs. J. Leslie Harper (Marjorie Peacock, Theta, '31) of her father, to return home before completing her visit of Rochester, N.Y., visited her parents in Chicago during which was to have included a month's stay with Georgia the Thanksgiving holidays. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. O 'Connell Williams, Lambda, in Oakland. We are sorry not to have (Charlotte Woodward, Theta) won the $100 raffled off seen her. at the Snow Benefit at the Drake Hotel. The benefit was given for the Mary Crane Nursery. Ella Woulfe, Theta; Charlotte O'Connell, Theta, and Helen Hurlburt Thiele, San Diego Sigma, to Jean McDonald Jones, Psi, have recently been elected See Europe This Summer to membership in the Ninteenth Century Club of Oak Helen Hurlburt Thiele, Theta, is planning with her Park. Lois Owen is an older and very active member husband, Ross, and children, Betty Jane and John, on of the same club. a perfectly grand summer. They sa il from New York lone Smith Heikes, Theta, her husband and daughter, June 11, for a three month's visit in Europe. They are Sandra, visited in Rochelle and came to Chicago to attend taking a car with them and will tour the continent. The the Northwestern-Notre Dame game and to visit in Win return voyage will be made on the Queen Mary. netka this fall. Virginia Claire Ramsey, Mu, has had as her house Mrs. Marian Dodge Helmich (Theta '34) and daughter, guests this winter her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C. Katherine, visited at the home of Marian's mother in Waite-Orton of Tacoma. From San Diego, they made an Oak Park over Thanksgiving. extended trip through Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Waite-Orton Elinor Forsyth, Eta, former member of the Chicago are patron and patroness of Mu chapter. alumnae, who is now living in Washington, D.C., visited Helen and Walton Dismukes were happy to have their in Chicago and Bloomington, Ill., for the holidays. daughter, Bonnie, home for the Christmas holidays. Bonnie Marian Bigelow, Alpha Epsilon, spent Christmas holi is a pledge of Lambda chapter, at Berkeley. Just at days in Waterloo, Iowa. present, Helen is most dismayed over the fact that they Mary Kaufman flew to Pittsburgh for her New Year's will have to leave their lovely home here in San Diego holidays. and move to North Island Air Station (that's down in San Diego H arbor) where Walt is stati oned. Eleanor McMurchy Lanigan Moves to Baltimore Susan Tyler Cramer, Pi, and her husband, Henry, plan to visit in San Francisco and Sacramento after the family Washington Sigma sisters of Eleanor McMurchy Lani recovers from the mumps. Not only the children, Ed and gan will be glad to know that Eleanor has moved closer Susanne, have had them, but even Henry fell a victim. to the Capital City. Eleanor, her husband and three Myrtle Foster, Alpha Mu, is serving as treasurer of yo ung daughters moved from Richmond, Va., to Balti· the Corinthian Chapter O.E.S. here in San Diego. more, Md., in December. Mr. Lanigan is an official in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company. The Washington alumnae chapter is glad to welcome out Portland, Maine, Alumnte Welcome of-town Sigmas. Among the recent newcomers are Flor· Back Myrtice Cheney ence Irene Shomshor, Alpha Kappa, who has come from Nebraska to work for the Federal Government, and It is a pleasure to have Myrtice Cheney attending our Marian Corliss, Theta, who has just left Washington for Sigma meetings again . Her address is the Stateway, 59 a vacation in Florida. State street, Portland, Me. Balmy, sunny Florida has beckoned to other Sig~as, Julia Winslow, Alpha, spent sometime in Boston in too. Nell MacFarlane is spending February in Flonda. January. Eva Lewis Allan and her two little daughters are also In the winter Mrs. Lila Hersey, Alpha, visited her son, in Florida for February. Karl, who teaches at the University of Rochester. She and Mr. Hersey are now living at the Congress Square hotel, Portland. New Addresses and New Scenes for Some Bay Cities Sigmas News of Central Michigan Sigmas Georgia McKay Williams, '25, has a new home on Scenic avenue, Piedmont. A few of our Sigmas went traveling this past summer. Georgine Fink Theiss and her husband have moved Janette Trachsel, Alpha Tau, ' 31 , and her sister, .Elsie, to Chicago, Ill. Alpha Tau, ex- ' 35 , took a boat trip from Detroit to Isle Isabel Sayre Barry has moved from Antioch to Alameda, Ro; ale and back again. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson (Mildred Poetzinger, Martha Kinkel has a new home on Mountain boulevard. Alpha Tau, '33) vacationed in New York City. Helen Shelton has a new home on Miller avenue in Marian Tobey, Alpha Tau, '35, having a new car, Berkeley. decided to travel westward again. Pauline Leulberger Johnson has come to Berkeley to Frances Sullivan, Alpha Tau, '32, visited Mrs. Bert make her home. Wilkas (Marie Bergman, Alpha Tau, '33), in Illinois,. Jane Hyde Psi had a wonderful vacation from Decem· Marie, who has moved rather recently, has Hotel New ber 15 to Ja~uary' 15, when she went home to Milwaukee, combe, Quincy, Ill., for her address. _ via Los Angeles, where she had a short VISlt w1th fnends. Opal Lewton instead of traveling during the summer Milwaukee gave her a roya l .welcome, for she w~s taught at Michigan State Teachers College at Mount swamped by invitations for all kmds of functwns. Jane s Pleasant. aunt gave a tea for her to which a large number of Mrs. Morris Watson (Arda Musselman, Alpha Tau) has invitations were issued ; so Jane saw practtcally everyone left Lansing and moved to Jackson, Mich. in town and all in all had such a grand time that she Eunice Winans, Alpha Tau, '29, and her father are was al~ost glad to return to Oakland for rest after her doing their traveling this winter and going south to vacation. Lubbock, Tex., to visit Mrs. A. B. Howell (Zoe Wmans, Grace T . Hall Rhoads, Psi, '33, and her husband spent Alpha Tau, '31). We hear that they may go on to two weeks in Alaska, over the Christmas and New Year's Mexico. holidays. . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fraser (June Tobey, Alpha Tau, Marian King and her husband had a dellghtful week ex·' 37), are living at 11 4 North Mifflin, Lansing, Mich. end at Del Monte in January, after helping Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Fraser is working for the State of Michigan. Blaisdell of the University of California. International Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wassoon (Josephine Roosa, House entertained directors of the Chicago and New Alpha Tau, '36), and new daughter are living at 41 8 York International houses. South Jefferson street, Ann Arbor, Mich. MARCH, 1938 51 Edna Burroughs Crilly Returns from Peru; She Mary Sloan Wilbur, Pi, Takes Trip Around and Her Family Will Li'l'e in New York the World Edna Burroughs Crilly has returned to Washington from We all are delighted to know that Mary Sloan Wilbur Peru and is stayi ng at the Wardman Park Hotel with her is about to take a trip around the world with her husband, two children for several months before joining her hus Dr. Blake Wilbur of Palo Alto. We expect to hear about band who has resigned from the Consular Service and the travels and adventures at some future program. has accepted a position in New York. Last summer Blanch Hicks Slawson, Pi, and family Dorothy Craighill is now head of the Romance Lan (there are three girls) and trailer passed through Yosemite, guage Department of a Rocky Mount high school, N.C. visiting Winnie Nichols Carr, Pi. Poor Winnie had her Louise Wilcox Giacalone, her doctor husband and young knee in a cast. daughter have recently moved their lovely new home they Ruth Sievers Thomas, Pi, '27, now dean of girls at had built in Vineland, N.J. Chico high school, spent a weekend and attended the Virginia Watkins Johnson has two sons and is living opera "La Traviata" with Dorothy Bower recently. in High Point, N.C. Helen Hawkins, Pi, is teaching at Saratoga. Evelyn Fletcher Bolling who was in Washington for Elizabeth Gregory Sette, Pi, '23, has moved to Palo several months_ during the summer and early fall with her Alto from Lexington, Mass. Her husband, associated with little daughter, Kay, has rejoined her husband in Cali the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, has been transferred from fornia. They had been living in Honolulu since their Cambridge to the Pacific Coast. "Imp" brought her marriage. When they arrived in California they met daughter with her to the last meeting. We surely are glad Peggy Padgett Stephen and husband and baby son who to have her and Helen Hawkins back to join the alumnre. were en route to Honolulu. By the way, Marion Tarbell was also at the last meeting. The Howard Silsbys (Eleanor Foltz) have recently pur Dorothy Bower has a new address at Hayward. It is chased a seven acre tract in Virginia where they will build !838 Fairview, Hayward. Dorothy says to be sure to drop their home. The property boasts streams, woods and a m at the cottage she is sharing with some other teachers fine view of the Potomac River. or telephone her at Hayward 1839. Lee McNeill is teaching in a high school in West Vir ginia. Catherine Berry to be Commissioner of Girl Betty Jo Hopkins Biebel was in Washington for two weeks in November. Betty Joe lives in Dayton, Ohio, Scout Council for Houston, Texas with her husband and young daughter. Betty Jo sees Catherine Berry has just been elected Commissioner of another Zeta who makes her home ,in Dayton, Lenore Girl Scout Council. Kohler Chilton. Lenore has three children. The Chiltons Lyndith Barkley reports that she is still going to school, have recently purchased the Chilton family home near just having started the new term. the Rappahanock River, Virginia. Louise Blanton had her sister, Pauline Allen, of Dallas Evelyn Larsen Jones, Mu, and her husband and two and her family with her for the Christmas holidays. and one-half year old daughter have recently moved in Anne Garrett spent the Christmas holidays in Dallas. She a new home in Arlington, Va. In October Evelyn was on is the secretary of a Spanish conversation group, " La a trip to Boston with her husband. Charla." LuVerne Crabtree W alker taught courses in Elementary Edith Herbst reports that she is a Patroness of the Education at the University of Virginia summer school. Parent Education Institute to be conducted here soon. These courses were taught in summer session of the year Edith's mother and father, from Iowa, were with her before by Katherine Scrivener. through December and part of January. Gladys Blackney Moreland who lives in Washington has Theo Hunnicutt has been appointed head guidance two children, a son seven years of age and a young counsellor at Deady School, where she teaches. daughter of seven months. Hazel Jax had her mother· and father, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Bethune Phillips has returned to this section and Weingandt, during the Christmas holidays. Hazel has is now residing in Arlington, Va. been appointed chairman of nominations for Panhellenic. Gladys Barrow Williams enjoyed a stay at Atlantic Mary Morgan is still working in Houston. We do not City in October. see her half as much as we would like. Gleith Henderson Murphy is spending a week in her old home. Her little boy, Richard, is growing rapidly Washington Sigmas Miss Miriam Likens Smith and is quite a model baby. Gwendolyn Lyford Spencer is going to New Orleans Who Will Li'l'e in New York the middle of February for a. week and will attend Sigma Kappas in Washington were sorry to see Miriam Mardi Gras. Likens Smith leave the city. Arthur Smith recently became Jean Waugh Johnson, Psi, is still a "working girl," be affiliated with the Western Union company and their ing the head window designer and dresser and the pro home will now be in New York City. fessional shopper for one of the exclusive shops in Hous Marie Smith's Christmas holiday plans include a cruise ton. to Florida. Virginia Turney is going to school. In November Maxine Rolle Goodyear and her mother Irma Vaudoit gave a talk before Delphian on "Thumb had an enjoyable stay in New York City seeing new Nail Sketches of Dutch Life," and will give a series shows and doing a little early Christmas shopping. of book reviews on China and Chinese life. Irma had a Gertrude Rosi nski Rowe was in W ashington to attend short visit with Marjory Landers of Pi chapter as she her brother's wedding in October. Gertrude lives in passed through Houston on her way to California from Teaneck, N .J., with her doctor husband and two chil New York where she had spent the Christmas holidays dren. with her sister Virginia. Rachel Benfer is field secretary for the Board of National Libbie Fillipi Walton has moved to Dallas and will be Missions of the Presbyterian Church. located at 5310 Ridgedale. We shall miss Libbie very Leila Holley is teaching in the athletic department of much, but the alumnre in D allas will enjoy having her Friends School, Washington, D .C. there, we know. Isabelle Brown Krey, visited Beta Beta chapter at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., in De cember. Rhode Island Sigmas Report New Addresses Ruth Smith visited Omega chapter at Tallahassee, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kimball (Emily Heap, Phi, '29) during the Thanksgiving holidays. have moved to Newport, R.I., and can be reached c/o Marian Brooks and her family are moving into their Swift & Co . new home which they had built in American Uni-:ersity Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brush (Margery Burton, Phi, Park early in December. '31) are living in Poultney, Vt. 52 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Adaline Adams Exhibits Her Watercolors at guess, although w~ never hear). Margaret Konop is Maplewood Woman's Club very busy in Lansing. Dottie Anderson is interning in Adaline Adams, Epsilon, had an exhibition of her dietetics at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D .C., watercolors in the Maplewood Woman's Club during Margaret Fox is a dietitian at the Berea College hospital January. and Foxie says it's not nearly as much fun as being in Jessie Calder Dutton, Rho, is having her mother and Baltimore. Hazel Rogers is helping feed Chicago-it's Woolworth's we believe. sister with her this winter. Alice Cooke, Nu, is teaching school in Rutherford, N.J. Betty Kirk is traveling around in the south-Miami, Sarasota, New Orleans. Would it be telling secrets Kirkie, if we were to say that you received a lovely ring for Louise Russell, Xi, Moyes from Honolulu to the Christmas? Philippine Islands Then there are those who gleefully exclaim, or sadly Louise Russell, Xi, has taken a secretarial position in lament, the latest escapades of their children. There's the Philippine Islands. She has been living in Honolulu Fran Davis in Flint, Elvera Nelson way up there in for the past four months and seems pleased with the Crys tal Falls (where it really snows), Marian Andros in Midland, and Gwen Miller in Perry. Yes, girls, teaching is prospects for the future...... fun-especially the vacations. Wreatha Seaton, Xi, JS makmg an extended VJSJt m Mexico City. She and her parents spent Christmas together The world of business has enticed a few more. Alice and she now is taking in side trips. Huse is with Parke-Davis in Detroit experimenting she says. Betty Morrell is in the office of the Dow Chemical company at Midland and Dottie Langdon edits the society Notice: Boise, Palo Alto, CleYeland, and Dallas affairs in the same town. Mary Jane Withrow is still in Sigmas: See These D enYer Notes for New flowers. The Hartnett Flower Shop in Grand Rapids. Members for Your Groups Freddie Morse is doing social work in Pontiac and Jen Cheney is also there with the Consumers Power company. Mrytle Short Lester, Iota, has been visiting Denver And it's great to be so happily married chime in Mil from Chicago, Ill. Her niece, Eileen Reavis, was initiated dred Nelson Davis (down in Cincinnati), Thelma Swen into Iota last month. son (in Grand Rapids), and Jo Rossa Wasson (Ann Arbor, Peg and Rollie Bradford made their second trip to we think). Hawaii with the D enver University football team. Peg's Did you know that Helen Dinsmore Becker is living in account of her trip at the last luncheon meeting proved Comstock Park (a suburb of Grand Rapids)? Elaine Wagar they had had a grand time. Becker is now in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh and Laurene Woods and their small daughter, Elmer Lightfoot (Carolyn Murdock) will soon be an Ann, spent December in California. nouncing a little Lightfoot. Grand Rapids has a new Alice Koons, Psi, has been a very welcome visitor at alumnae club whose membership includes many Alpha several of our alumnae meetings. We hope she will con Taus. • tinue her interest. We haven't heard from the rest of you so why not send Dena Loiland, Upsilon, and her husband have been along news about yourself-the rest of us are interested transferred to Boise, Idaho. in your whereabouts and doings. Josephine Demyre, Mu, visited Margaret Kenyon Miles, Mu (but now a Colorado alum) at Christmas time. Lois Baugher is attending Stanford at Palo Alto, Calif., Ruth Mathews Suse, and Her Daughter, Are to obtain her Masters in Education. Visiting in Detroit from Their Home Aida McCauley Sommerlad has moved to Cleveland, in Guatemala Ohio. Ruth Matthews Suse, Alpha Mu, and her small daugh Mrs. Don Miller (Mary Syler) spent three months ter, Barbara, are visiting in Detroit with her mother until traveling in the Southwest and Northwest- reason an ex April. Ruth has been traveling quite extensively since her tended honeymoon . marriage in Costa Ri ca. It was while teaching in Colombia, Betty Thomas Hagnaur from Chicago visited D enve r at South America, that she met Edmund Suse, her husband. Christmas time. She was accompanied by her husband He is agent for the Pan American Standard Brand. After and small daughter. her marriage, Ruth and her husband went to Panama, Ruth Simon Mighell and family are now living in Central America, and visiting for two weeks between Dallas, Tex., where Dick has been transferred. boats, went from here to Germany where they made the1r Thelma Strock Hastings was recently installed as worthy headquarters while visiting with Mr. Suse's parents. Mr. matron of her Eastern Star Chapter. Suse accompanied Ruth to the United States and enjoyed Louise Croes attended the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas a short visit here before returning to his work. Ruth will on New Year's day. rejoin her husband in April in Guatamala, Central Eda Stone Thomas and family are moving to Chicago America. where .her husband Ralph (Kappa Sigma) will be located Marion Race Cole, Alpha Zeta, and her husband, Rus at the Veteran's Hospital. They have been located at sell, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents in Fitzsimmons for several years where Ralph was on the Buffalo, N .Y. surgery staff. We learn from the press that Glen Bixby, husband of Ruth and Dick Warner spent February in California. Pauline Summy Bixby, Alpha Mu, has been made secretary Lucile Jackson Foster, her husband and daughter, Peggy, and treasu rer of Excello Corporation. Congratulations! spent a week in Denver. They were on the last lap of a Erma Schultz Holmes, Alpha Mu, and her small son, world cruise which started from Korea where they have Fritz are spending the winter in Lake Worth, Fla. lived the last few years. They were entertained extensively Gr~ce Maass Matthews, Alpha Mu, with her husband . during their stay. Howard, and their children spent Thanksgiving holidays in Fern Kanekeberg and her husband have recently adopted northern Michigan with her sister Frances Maass Lombard, twin babies. also an Alpha Mu. Louise McCurdy McKinnon, Alpha, and her husband, Dots and Dashes and Lots of Flashes from Max, went to the Hotel Show in New York November 17. Alpha Tau Alumna!! While in New York Louise entertained another Alpha, Helen Cole, who is now with the Children's Placement Round and round the wheel of fortune spins and where Bureau in New York City. May we congratulate Louise's it stops nobody knows. Here are just a few stops it daughter Virginia, who has been given a Kappa Delta has made for Alpha Tau's. Home economics still seems scholarship at Montana State College. to attract them. La wain Churchill is teaching in grand Ruth Bastow Grant, Alpha Tau, and her husband, Rob ville and Mary Borden in Wayland. Wave Bowes is over ert, have just purchased a home in the northwest section of in Almont and Bobbie Wilson is still in Sandusky (we the city. MARCH, 1938 53 Some Pittsburgh Sigmas. Spend the bar association meeting in Chicago, but both he and Patty were born in Rensselaer (he used to carry her books Winter in Florida home from school, swung on the gate, etc.), and when Luella Tilton Hart and her daughter Phyllis, aged 9, they are there, the whole town turns out for one continuous are wintering in Florida. Luella left early so that Phyllis round of greetings and merrymaking. could attend school in a warm climate. Her address is 197 During the Christmas holidays Marion Patch, Alpha Pi, N.E. Twenty-fifth street, Miami, Fla. entertained the Alpha Pi alumnre in honor of Evaline Margaret Duncan, Rho, is somewhere in Florida with Mock, Alpha Pi, of Columbus, Ohio, and Estelle Lem· her family. pertz, Alpha Pi, who is taking graduate courses at the Jean Morris Clark, Theta, and husband Charlie are University of Chicago. now living in Pittsburgh. At Katharine Tener Lowry's for Christmas dinner there Dorothy Clark Schmidt, Alpha Mu, and her husband, were mother and father Tener, the five Tener daughters, Dr. Schmidt, are now in Pittsburgh. Dorothy is a dental three of whom are Sigma Kappas, Theta chapter, the hygienist and has lately opened her own office. Look her five husbands, and the twelve grandchildren. We nominate up girls-she does a fine job! them for the Sigma Kappa Family of the Year. Let us Eloise Drake Brock, a former pledge at Wisconsin, is hear some other nominations! making her home here. She gave a recital in Carnegie Hall in October, her debut in Pittsburgh being very well received and highly praised. Milwaukee Triangle Correspondent TraYels in Jessie Lock Moffett, Iota, stopped here in December just long enough to call Rebecca Wolfe, to have lunch, and the Far West-and Likes It! to visit Mellon Institute. Jessie was last year's president Last August and September Mary Lou H ammersmith of Los Angeles' Panhellenic. made an extensive trip to the west coast. She had a grand Florence McCann, our president, took her daughter Peggy time seeing the Gavins in Seattle and especially enjoyed on a boat trip from New York to California with a two the privilege of attending the first fall meeting of the weeks' stop-over in Panama. Both going and returning Puget Sound alumnre in Mu' s beautiful chapter house. Florence enjoyed the trip and visit immensely and it The girls were so pleasant and hospitable, she would have served to build up considerably young Peggy who had enjoyed staying longer to get acquainted. In Berkeley, been quite ill previously. They are back now, we're happy Mary Lou phoned Mrs. Donnelly, our alumnre editor. to report, after being gone from early September until late But Mr. Donnelly said that Mrs. Donnelly happened to be December. in Boston at that moment-which proves to us that Sigma Mary Jane Stevenson, Alpha Sigma, '37, is assistant dean Kappas have the travel bug in a large way. of women at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Milwaukee is happy to report that Peg Stephenson is Dorothy Kirkbride, Alpha Sigma, '25, now on the a new member of our alumnre chapter, and will prove faculty of Westminster College, together with Rebecca a mainstay of the group before long. Peg and her husband, Crawford of New York gave a recital in Hotel Schenley a plastic surgeon, moved here recently from Grand Rapids, for the local Westminster Club. Dorothy gave her usual Mich., where Dr. Stephenson was a hospital surgeon. Peg sparkling and talented performance. hails from the University of Michigan where she received Helene Winters Greer, Alpha Sigma, is now Jiving at her degree in nursing. Briarview Manor apartments, White Plains, N.Y. Ellie Gaenslen and her mother spent the Christmas Sue Irons, Alpha Sigma, is joyfully received among holidays with friends and relatives in New York City. the local Sigmas. Our farthest-away-Psi, Janet Breed Gavin of Secttle, took a holiday last fall to spend a month with her family and friends in Wisconsin. Baby Sally took the trip with Clifford Hood, Sigma Husband, Is New Janet to pay her grandparents a first visit! Janet spent a President of American Steel and few days in Milwaukee which pleased us mightily. Wire Company Emilie Tener Hood, Theta, '17, has reason to be proud Sacramento Sigmas Go to Football Games on of her husband, Clifford F. Hood, also of the University New Year's Day of Illinois with the class of 1915. He has just been made president of the American Steel and Wire company, second New Year's found at least three of the Sacramento largest subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation. alumnre at the football games played on that day. Monterey Mrs. Earle W. Brailey (Dorothy Nash), Nu, and her Linn Morrissey and Marjorie LaGrave Goulding attended husband have been spending a fortnight in Florida. the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena while Amorette Crawford Mrs. George P. Binder (Josephine Beatty, Chi) and Nelson saw the East-West game in San Francisco. her husband have recently returned from New Orleans, Gertrude Rose Harvie is a charter member of Iota while Mrs . Harry B. Claflin (Marion Warner), Epsilon, ch apter of Delta Kappa Gamma, national education honor and her husband spent several weeks in Asheville, N.C. fraternity for women teachers. Dr. Madilene Veverka, state and Charleston, S.C. president, recently came from Los Angeles to install the Ada Miller Macbeth, Omega, and her three children chapter at Sacramento. Gertrude was further honored by are at present at St. Augustine, Fla., visiting Ada's being elected recording secretary of the group. mother. Broken bones seem to be the style in Sacramento Lucy Wensley Strong, Theta, is off for a trip to· New Elletta Bennett Kay has a broken arm received as the Mexico. result of a fall and Dorothy Waterman Funk has three Ruth Cannell Wychgel, Chi, visited a week in Chicago bones broken in her foot resulting from an automobile while her husband, Dr. James N. Wychgel, attended the accident. conventiOn of the International College of Physicians and Surgeons. News from Hartford Marian Oriska is a member of the executive committee Edna Payne, !-ambda, Visits Patty Brenner, of of the Parish Players of the Immanuel Congregational California, m Rensselaer, During Holidays church. Elizabeth Larrabee is a member of the executive com Edna Jessop Payne, Lambda, and her husband drove to mittee of the Hartford County Teachers' association. Rensselaer, Ind., to spend Christmas with Patty Marshall Neva Stoner, Elizabeth Bean, and Catherine Larrabee Brenner. Young Jimmy Brenner was there from the Naval attended the annual meeting of the Connecticut chapter Academy at Annapolis, and looking very handsome in of the Appalachian Mountain Club. h1s first classman's uniform. Patty's other son, Jack, is Alice Anderson and her husband enjoyed a two weeks' a sophomore at Stanford University. Big Jim had a winter vacation in Miami, Fla. 54 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Indianapolis Sigmas Contribute O fficers to Lois Payne, Upsilon, '23, rrray be found at 303 Sheridan AmHican Association of University Women boulevard, Mt. Vernon, N .Y. Montana alumnae have a new helper in Mrs. Malcolm Indianapolis alumnae are pleased to have three members Biegel (Helen French, Upsilon, '24) who now lives at of their organization on the board of the American As 606 Cheyenne street, Ft. Peck, Mont. sociation of University Women. They are Ruth Dickey Portland, Ore., alumnae have lost Mrs. Adrian Williams Lingle and Joe Rich Summers, who hold vice-president of (Myrl Miller, Upsilon, '25) who moved to DelMar, N.Y. fices, and Josephine Ruten. and Mrs. Walter Durham (Betty Cram, Upsilon, ex-'33) Joe Summers, of the Indianapolis alumnae chapter, was who has gone with her husband to Washington, D.C. chosen by the Panhellenic Association of that city as Margaret Watt Edwards , Upsilon, '27, has moved from publicity chairman for the annual dance to be given by Portland, Ore., to Longview, Wash. the organization January 29 . Californians with time to vacation in the old gold min Of interest to Indiana Sigma Kappas is the recent ing regions should call on Mrs. Herbert Johnson (Helen publication of Mrs. Frank Howard which contains a series Marburger, Upsilon, '27 ) in that very interesting old town of feature articles which she has written over a period of of Nevada City, Calif. years for the Lafayette Jo urt~ai -C ourier . Mrs. Howard is A newcomer to the Portland alumnae group is Alice the mother of Irene Howard Cougill, Tau, of Muncie, Ind. Crider Haedley, 1933 S.E. Twenty-sixth street, who has At the persistent insistance of readers in her district Mrs. recently moved from Walla Walla, Wash. Howard consented to collect her articles which pertained A transfer in the U. S. Engineering staff took Nadine to federated club work, mother's duties, importance and Mayfield Goff, Upsilon, '31, and her husband from Buffalo value of the home, and other timely subjects. Several of to Lakeview, N.Y. the articles were written after she had made visits to the Mrs. Letcher L. Powers (Marietta Hufford, Upsilon, Sigma Kappa sorority house at Indiana University during '31) now lives at Grants Pass, Ore. her daughter's college training and to Sigma Kappas in Grayce Oliver, Upsilon '32, has been very ill at Good sc hool at that time are particulrly interesting. Ruth Dickey Samari tan Hospital in Portland, Ore. At the last report Lingle, Indianapolis, received one of the so uvenir copies she was not seeing visitors but ~as showing signs of rapid as a Christmas gift from Mrs. Cougill. recovery. A month's pleasure trip to Tucson, Ariz., and Mexico, Elizabeth Swigart, Upsilon, '34, has joined the migration was enjo;· ed by Ruth Dickey Lingle and Joe Rich Summers, to sunny California. Southern California alumnae can find of Indianapolis, who drove to Tucson, leaving November her at 1838 Cochran, Los Angeles, and do put her to 20. They entered Mexico at Nogales, Sonora after a train work before she gets into too much excitement and extra trip down the west coast. They visited Mazatlan and curricular activities! Guadalajara, where they inspected the glass and pottery Jacqueline Brier, Upsi lon , '34, served as program chair factories, and spent eight days in Mexico City. Colored man for the Northwest regional conference held in Eugene, moving pictures were taken by Mrs. Summers of their Ore., February 19. en tire trip. Phyllis Wold Norton, Upsilon, '35 , moved from Crane Phyliss Clarke Coleman, Tau, of Indianapolis, underwent to Lostine, Ore. To those of you unacquainted wi th north an operation for mastoiditis at the Methodist hospital eastern Oregn, it is the Alps of America and a truly beauti January 18. ful and unexpected mountain section that everyone should put in their "must see" part of th eir summer vacation trip. Eleanor Jones Graves Is Collecting Exhibits for Amy Aldrich Montgomery, Upsilon, '33, visited the " D aughters of the Pioneers" chapter house in Corvallis early in January while on a Eleanor Jones Graves is chairman of the exhibit com trip north from her home in Williams, Ariz. mittee of the state chapter of the " Daughters of the Jean Millican, Alpha Rho, is teaching in Silverton, Pioneers" who will hold an exhibit in the auditorium of Ore. , since her furlough from Peipi ng, China, was in Fredericks and Nelsons, April 19 to 24. Eleanor is kept definitely extended this fall. busy gathering materials from all over the state. Mrs. William C. Wymer (Jessie Burns, Upsilon, '29) Harriett Bradshaw is instructor at the Harborview hos has moved to Oregon City where her husband teaches in pital under the auspices of the Universi ty of Washington. the high school. Verna Gregor Givens left for New York with her hus Lola Dale Pickens, Upsilon, '36, now Mrs. J. Brewer band January 29 to be gone two weeks. Mills has moved from Cottage Grove, Ore., to Coquille, Mary Grant and her folks motored to California to Ore. spend Christmas with her sister Ann Grant Craig. Marian Telford, Upsilon, '40, is working in Klamath Phoned Margaret Roberts Condon the other night only Falls, Ore. to lind that she and her husband had gone moonlight skiing, a very popular sport around Seattle. Two Ohioans Are "Capped" Helen Dowd Calkins has just completed building a new Laura Elizabeth ( "Lollie") McGinnis, Chi, '40, re fourteen room modern colonial bungalow on Magnolia ceived her cap in the Grant Hospital School of Nursing Bluff. at Co lumbus, Ohio, January 15, after completing the three months probationary period. Olive Zimmer, who Alpha Phi Teachers Have New Positions was pledged to Alpha Pi, last year was also capped. Friends of Marjorie McNiece, Alpha Phi, '36, were happy to know of her new position as teacher of short Kathleen Goodline Teaches from Her Own hand, bookkeeping and penmanship at the Northwestern Text Book School of Commerce in Portland, Ore. E. Kathleen Goodline, Alpha, '21, teaches a course Mrs. Violet Arms, Alpha Phi, is teaching at Gresham, Ore. in practical mathematics at East Hartford, Conn. high school, for which she herself has written the textbook. Lavi nia Kent Waer, Zeta, and her husband spent No Helen Nelson Hugo Is New Member of vember on the Pacific Coast, at Portland, San Francisco, Spokane Chapter and other points of interest. Mrs. Arthur Hugo (Helen Marie Nelson), a Mu alumna Elizabeth Whipple Butler, Alpha, and her four children, is now in Spokane and is a member of our group. will spend the entire summer at Waterville, Me., at her parents' home. Irene Schuler Kent, Alpha Mu, is now at Galesburg, Upsilon Alumna? Choose to Move Around Mich. , where her husband, Charles Kent, has a Congrega· Mildred Heine Durham, Upsilon, '21 , now lives at tiona! pastorate. The Kents were formerly at Elliot, Me. 5316 Fifth N.E., Seattle, Wash. They have two daughters, Rosemary and Charlene. MARCH, 1938 55 Who's Who in Grand Rapids wrong cemetecy. Given better directions, they started off again. Another half hour passed, and then to our con Lavinia Kent Waer, Zeta, active in D.A.R., and club sternation our guest and her driver arrived midst much work. Husband, Oscar E. Waer, a prominent lawyer. hilarity-but not the second car! Elizabeth Whipple Butler, Alpha, counselor for Michi Tempus fugited with a vengeance. We were about to gan district of Region V, active in P.T.A. and club work. send out a crew to rescue the rescue squad when they Laurain Churchill, Alpha Tau, Mary Borden, Alpha sheepishly came in. Hasty but voluble explanations resulted • Tau, Lila Koch, Alpha Tau, and Ruth Phillips, Theta, before we turned our meeting over to Miss Gatton at pre are our quartette of home economics teachers. cisely ten forty-five p.m. With admirable poise she con Mary Jane Withrow, Alpha Tau, is an horticulturist verted her formal subject into a fascinating personal talk. with Harnet't Floral Shop. Although she must have cut considerably, she tied her Thelma Strong Swenson, Alpha Tau, is our bride. Hus tale together in such a manner that none could detect band, Dr. Harold Swenson. the changes she must have made. In fact, it was one of Grace Jane Stewart, Alpha Omicron, is employed in the the best programs of the year; but after the meeting, the receivership of Grand Rapids Savings Bank. good-natured razzing we took from her! However, when Barbara Abbott Lewis, Alpha Mu, mother of three year we explained that we were living up to our reputation of old Judy, is inactive at present. Her husband, Gerald informality, she readily conceded that she had been Lewis, is an engineer with Keeler Brass Co. informally and uniquely entertained! Helen Dinsmore Becker, Alpha Tau, is a newcomer. Her Oh, the mystecy of the whole farce? Miss Gatton and husband, Edward Becker, is superintendent of schools at her hostess had left the car on the hill and leisurely Comstock Park. wandered to the shore to admire the moon over the water. Lavinia Kent Waer, Zeta, in her capacity of regent of To their mutual amazement when they attempted to leave the Grand Rapids D.A.R. chapter will attend the Michi the grounds both gates were locked. No one was within gan state meeting at Lansing in March and the Continental hearing distance. Finally Peggy left Miss Gatton in the Congress at Washington in April. car and she, with some difficulty, scaled the iron picket fence (no mean feat!). Going to the nearest house, she Rhode Islanders Haunt Grayeyard asked permission to use the telephone. After calling, how New Englanders are proverbially "cold and reserved. " ever, the owner spoke to the effect that having overheard The two words go together as naturally as ham and eggs the conversation she would gladly call the gatekeeper whom and damned Yankee. But in little Rhody the alumnre chap she knew. She did this, and he shortly arrived and, very ter has attained an enviable reput>tion for cordial infor much amused, released the two. mality. Even guests from the hospitable west concede they But for good measure this kind woman called the second enjoy visiting the group. Other chapters have so often gatekeeper. He arrived and, after searching the grounds, asked for our recipe that we weaken and reveal all for found no stranded visitors. Just as he locked the gate in the first time. Such an atmosphere is so evanescent that disgust a pair of excited females dashed wildly from a the writer takes a definite occasion as an example. parked car and began talking to him. Midst a jumble of During the present season the chapter had a guest speak " locked in," "open the gates," " guests," etc. he finally er prominent in New England circles, Miss Gatton, head of grasped the idea that they were the rescuers. In no un the Home Economics Department at Rhode Island State. certain terms he grumpily scolded them "fer gittin a re She was personally unknown to most of us. During the spictable man out of his bed which is where" they "should past summer, however, she traveled widely through the be instid of traipsin all over the countcy by night! " Orient. Since the Sino-Japanese unpleasantness was being Like the recipe? I£ so, one admonition. It's good once, headlined, her subject seemed timely. but we don't advise repetition. The Board of Offi cers gathered for dinner that evening at a small inn ncted for its excellent food and interesting Elma Wilson Harrison, Theta, Is Cooperator of atmosphere. Everyone enjoyed meeting Miss Gatton thus informally and had a thoroughly good time (augmented, Dude Ranch perhaps, by the difficulties one member had in getting Elma Wilson Harrison, Theta, '19, is visiting her enough R.I. Johnnycakes for desert!). In fact, they dallied sister, Lois Wilson Kumler, Theta, '21, at 208 West so long that the board had a scamper in order to get Euclid, Arlington Heights, Ill., (a suburb of Chicago) to the eight o'clock meeting. while she is in the Chicago area on business for the Since Miss Gatton had to drive some thirty-five miles Rio Blanco Ranch which she and her husband, E. A. after the meeting, it was decided that we would have the Harrison, operate near Buford, Colo., in the Meeker and ritual, then adjourn the program at nine, considering the Trappers Lake region. The Harrisons take adult guests business at the conclusion of her talk. In the meantime a and supervise groups of boys and girls at their ranch. fri end took Miss Gatton for a ride. As planned, the meet Any one interested in vacationing at a dude ranch may ing was ready for our guest promptly at nine o'clock. But obtain further information about Rio Blanco from Mrs. since she had not returned we took up a bit of business. Harrison, who will be in Arlington Heights during That disposed of, we took up another. Still no speaker. March, and later at Craig, Co lo. or Buford, Colo. Another piece of business was discussed . .. and another. Quizzical looks made the rounds. More business. Then New Addresses the completion of all business, past, present and future. Here's the new address for Katherine Wright White, The rooms buzzed with conjecture. Zeta (Mrs. Martin H. White-222 Henley road, Penn The telephone rang. Shortly the president came in and Wynne, Pa. asked for a volunteer car and driver. Several members Mrs. Mark Nosier (Barbara Kirby, Lambda) is now dashed for coats and a crew set out for the tcysting place. at 1439 Milvia street, Berkeley, Calif. , Now, nearby is a cemetery which is our local pride. At Mrs. Charles Gordon Mock (Eleanor Wilkins, Alpha) any season toweri ng trees, rare flowering shrubs , well-kept is living at 1944 Loring place, New York City. flower beds, winding drives and a beautiful view of Nar Mrs. John S. Barr (Ruth Hill, Sigma) is to be ad ragansett Bay make one forget any gruesome symbolism dressed c/o Dr. Miller, 200 Cromwell road, Kensington, b.y its sheer beauty. Because it had become too popular with London S.W. 5, England. those who thought these surroundings were created as a Mrs. Standish W. Holmes (Evelyn Nelson, Alpha Eta) background for young love, a towering fence has been built has moved to 115 Rider avenue, Malve rne, Long Island, to surround it. There are two gates-which are locked at N.Y. eight o'clock. Ella Mae Walker, Alpha Rho, is living at 124 North The rescue party started-and the chapter waited. Some Garfield avenue, Deland, Fla. She is teaching secretarial half hour passed, and then the telephone buzzed again . science at Stetson university. The rescue party needed information. They had searched Myrtice Cheney, Alpha, may be reached at 59 State and searched the cemetecy and found no one. After excited street, Portland, Me. She is greatly improved in health discussion it was determined that they had gone to the and bas been visiting in Boston recently. 56 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE About Alphas Psi Scraps William Carter, son of Mary Caswell Carter, '04, has Janet Taylor Jacobson, ex-'24, is a member of the been named a Rhodes scholar from the senior class at Sweet Pea Team of the Sweet Violet Bowling Club of Colby college. Oak Park. "Jake" competes on the Cowslip team! New Ethel Hayward Weston is with Mr. Weston at Bar Yorker plettJe copy!!! Mills, Me., for several months. Mr. Weston is one of a Marian SeCheverell Hemingway, '24, is doing a splendid corps of engineers building a bridge at West Buxton. job as chairman of the Department of Government and They spent the Christmas holidays with Susan )Weston Its Operation for the Winnetka (Ill.) League of Women at the Weston homestead in Madison, Me. Voters. She had charge of the general meeting, Febr,ary Mr. and Mrs. R. D. H . Emerson (Ruby Carver Emer 14, on the subfect "Streamlining Your Government Un son) spent the holidays with relatives in Florida. der The Merit System ." Another splendid (but time Lenora Bessey is spending the winter at Eustis, Fla. consuming) job which Marian is carrying on is that of She has retired from teaching at Stoneham, Mass . International Chairman of the Sigma Kappa Magazine Bessie White is confined to her home, 149 Perkins Agency. street, Somerville, Mass., with an injury resulting from Creagh Inge Brennan, '27, and her husband, Dr. Joseph a fall. Letters from Sigmas are cheering to her. Patrick Brennan are making a coast to coast tour. They left Pendelton, Ore., March 12, visited the Jacobson's in Ruth Lyon Sings with Symphony Oak Park and then will go East for several weeks. Ruth H ayward Cameron, her husband and two daugh Orchestra in Chicago ters, have moved to Rockford, Ill. Their address is 1810 Ruth Lyon, Eta, appeared -as soloist with the Illinois Cumberland street, Rockford. Symphony orchestra at the Great Northern Theater, Sun - The Einar Gaustads (Mary Altdoerrfer, ex-'24) have day, February 13. She sings regularly over NBC from the moved into their new house at 5917 North Bay Ridge Chicago station. avenue, Milwaukee. Wis. Evelyn Goessling Bauer, St. Louis, visited Dorothy F. Florence Colby Battram's Works Williams in Chicago during the holidays. Frances Warren Baker, '24, still occasionally gives her Presented in Concert illustrated talks on Canoeing Trips. She gave the Canoe Songs by Florence Colby Battram, Iota , were presented ing Through Europe talk at the Highland Park, Ill. , in a concert at the Women's City Club, Oakland, Calif., Y.W.C.A., March 3. and the Canoeing In America talk October 24, 1937. They were sung by Irene Le Nair, before the South Milwaukee Woman's Club in November. soloist, with Mrs. Battram , the composer, at the piano .. Margaret Morrissey is now li ving at 15 63 Ridge avenue, The songs by Mrs. Battram included Cup of Gold, Hig Evanston, Ill. She has a position in the fancy goods den, What Shall Endure, Chalice, Captive, Elfen Rai section at Marshall Fields loop store. ment, and March Winds. H ardacres Vacation in Florida Mrs. England Addresses Club Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hardacre (Ruth Schwemm, Mrs. Glenn Erigland (Mildred Coulter, Iota) reviewed Theta) and their son, Philip, enjoyed several weeks in The Nile by Emil Ludwig at the meeting of the Belleville Florida in February. Ruth is a member of the Board of the Ravinia (Ill.) \'{Toman's Club. Woman's Club, January 19. Mrs. England, speaker for the Literature department of the club, gave a review which was highly praised in the newspaper account of the meet Frances Baker Takes to the Air ing. Frances Warren Baker, Psi, TRIANGLE editor, flew to California with her husband, March 19, and enjoyed a visit with many and merry California Sigma Kappas in Andersons Enjoy Cruise and arou nd Berkeley while Mr. Baker was in Sacramento Helen McClintock Anderson, Theta, and her husband on business. She stayed with Ruth Norton D onnelly, took a three weeks' Caribbean Cruise, stopping at Havana, Lambda, TRIANGLE alumnre editor. The Bakers flew back Honduras, and Panama. to Chicago-returning within a week. MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBER§! ON'T you help swell Sigma Kappa's funds by placing subscriptions to magazines your family usually takes through your sorority? Subscription prices are exactly the W same (including club orders) but the commission goes to Sigma Kappa instead of to some agent who may mean nothing to you or to the publisher direct. Send your order, with a check or money order for the customary straight rate or club rates to the following district magazine chairmen: MISS HELEN CADY MRS. LEWIS RHODES MRS. ]. LYMAN BINGHAM 166 Mountain ave. The Chastleton 7710 North Ashland Malden, Mass. Washington, D.C. Chicago, III. MRS. FREDERICK DUTION Mlss EvALINE MocK Miss JosEPHINE M cKITTRICK 422 Summitt ave. 3827 Olentangy River Road 945 Clarkson South Orange, N.J. Columbus, Ohio Denver, Colo. Mrss ELIZABETH PEELER MRS. EMORY E. KNIPE 206 East Paris 1014 French street Huntington, Tenn. Santa Ana, Calif. MARCH, 1938 57 PLEDGES Eta Margaret Thackeray, '41, Wakefield, R.I. Elaine Walcott, '41, 1612 Smith street, Providence, R.I. Jean Fletcher, Collinsville, Ill. Barbara Webster, '41, Kingston, R.I. Virginia Williams, '41, 59 Cliffdale avenue, Edgewood, Theta R.I. Gwen Cl ark, '41, Catlin, Ill. Psi Dorothy Cox, '41, Chicago, Ill. Lois Farnum, '41, Chicago, Ill. Patricia Gillen, '41, Milwaukee, Wis. Helen Plum, '41, Chicago, Ill. 6ylvia Nicholson, '39, Wauwausota, Wis. Mariana Trickey, '38, Remington, Ind. Omega Iota Helen Partridge, '41, Miami, Fla. Kay Grissom , '40, 640 South Ogden street, Denver, Joan Hand, '41, Miami, Fla. Colo. Virginia Gnann, '4 1, Palm Beach, Fla. Nell Norfleet, '41, Newberry, Fl a. Lambda Lois McNally, '41, Miami, Fla. Norine Geiss, Willows, Cali f. Barbara Libbey, 1235 Walnut street, Berkeley, Calif. Helen Massoni , 30 Grand avenue, Oakland, Calif. Alpha Epsilon Patsy Smith, Eureka, Ca lif. Mary Jane Brand, '40, Indianola, Iowa. Patricia Stearns, 956 Shattuck avenue, Berkeley, Calif. Doris Bell, '41, Tabor, Iowa. Mary Weeks, Brentwood, Calif. Charlotte Ferris, '40, Lansing, Iowa Ellen Huff, '4 1, Chicago, Ill. Mary Jane Meyers, '41, 22 East 9th, Ames, Iowa. Nu Norma Nesheim, '41, Waukon, Iowa. Virginia Brooks, 34 Lloyd street, Winchester, Mass. Marjorie White, '4 1, Estherville, Iowa Martha Cary, 6 Church street, Bradford, Mass. Constance Girard, 149Vz Prospect avenue, Middletown, N.Y. Alpha Zeta Helen Nordenholt, 30 Edgewood road, Chatham, N.J. Alice MacDonald, '41, 30 Parkway W., Mt. Vernon, Ruth Ohler, 22 Aberdeen street, Newton Highlands, N.Y. Mass. Laura Mattoon, '39, Tacoma Park, W as hington, D.C. Barbara Warren, 147 Central street, Auburn, Mass. Margaret \'ifood, '41, 76 Laurel avenue, Bloomfield, N orma Winberg, 47 Tower street, Worcester, Mass. N.Y. Doris Wolff, 60 Prospect street, Madi son, N.J. Alice Gibbons, '41 , 880 Delafield avenue, West N ew Barbara Wood, 63 Court street, Middlebury, Vt. Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. Ellen Baltzell, '39, Auburn, N.Y. Omicron Anne Barbara Joyce, '39, 512 Main street, Waltham, Alpha Kappa Mass. Mildred Alexander, York, Neb. Sigma Lorraine Bartling, Hooper, Neb. Betty Zumvunnen, 3518 Haynie, D allas. Alpha Nu Wanda Briggs, 3653 McFarlin, Dallas. Pady Sue Whitcomb, 5806 Morningside, Dallas. Helen Tucker, Lolo, Mont. Margaret Smith, 5215 Vanderbilt, Dallas. Lorraine Mallick, Troy, Mont. Marian Hardy, 3409 Mockingbird, Dallas. Enid Buhmiller, Eureka , Mont. Louise Johnson, 5119 Live Oak, Dallas. Honey Barloga, Helena, Mont. Alice Mills, 5901 Hillcrest, Dallas. June McLeod, Arlee, Mont. Mary Lohman, Snider Hall, S.M.U., D allas. D orothy D ye r, Brady, Mont. Ann Burros, 2442 Grafton, Dallas. Rhea Fewkes, Troy, Mont. Mary Frances Hickman, 5726 Morningside, D allas. Wilda Fox, Mi ssou la, Mont. Welma Yeats, 1926 Old Orchard, D allas. Betty Bernard, Kalispell, Mont. Frances Sam Breed ing, 62 19 Roiger, Dallas. Marie Brown, Missoula, Mont. Betty Jean Glaze, Paris , Tex. Velma Dunlap, Mi ssoula, Mon t. Catherine Marks, Paris, Tex. Eleanor Enright, Butte, Mont. June Willes, Missoula, Mont. Phi Helen McKee, Dixon, Mont. Catherine Mcl aughlin, Dixon, Mont. Mildred Clarke, '41, Wakefield, Rhode Island. Lois Kingsford, Missou la, Mont. Mary Jo Conrad, '41, North Stonington, Conn. Jean Elliott, Clinton, Mont. Alice Jewell, '41, 25 Rutland street, Providence, R.I. Eloise Brown, Eureka, Mont. Jane Sanborn, '4 1, County road, Barrington. R.I. Shirley Sawyer, '4 1, 22 Lookout road, North Providence, R.I. Alpha Pi Florence Skoog, '4 1, 124 Wentworth avenue, Providence, Marjorie Crane, '4 1 R.I. Anne Hymen, New York City. 58 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Alpha Tau Beta Beta Christine Horn, '41, 1915 East Michigan, Lansing, Priscilla Adair Mich. Inez Derrick Marie Toth, '41, 3301 Fullerton avenue, Detroit, Mich. Kathleen Duffy Elizabeth Hahn Alpha Omega Ernestine Price Mary Janet White, 110 Van Buren street N.W., Wash Peggy Lollis ington, D.C. Elizabeth Watts INITIATES - Iota Mu Maran Ackerly, '41, 2125 South Josephine street, Den- Edna Ballou, '40, 1391 West 46th avenue, Vancouver, ver, Colo. B.C. Annette Badgley, '39, 2044 Dahlia street, Denver, Colo. Helen Benedict, '41, 1412 Burwell avenue, Bremerton, Sara Ballantyne, '41, 1231 Garfield .street, Denver, Colo. Wash. Winifred Biggerstaff, '40, 518 Denver street, Sterling, Patricia Black, '40, 4321 ·W es t Hind street, Seattle, Colo. Wash. Helen Marie Briscoe, '41, 3618 Federal boulevard, D en- Betty Brown, '41, Snohomish, Wash. ver, Colo. Dorothy Caldwell, '4 1, 706 33d avenue, Seattle, Wash. Martha Brown, '41, 424 Broadway, Pueblo, Colo. Katherine Clifford, '41, 1303 North 7th, Tacoma, Wash. Margaret Fry, '41, 3409 Osceola street, Denver, Colo. Doris Carpenter, '41, 1054 South Central, Olympia, Elmeda Glasser, '41, 415 Vita avenue, Pueblo, Colo. Wash. Harriet Hutchins, '41, 881 South Corona street, Denver, Rose Catherine Earley, '39, 1812 North 48th, Seattle, Colo. Wash. Mildred Knauer, '41, 850 Marion street, Denver, Colo. Betty Ekern, '40, 4656 Sunnyside, Seattle, Wash. Ethel McDanal, '41, 775 South York street, Denver, Betty Kirby, '4 1, 607 High street, Klamath Falls, Ore. Colo. Anne Claire Lonergan, '41, 2815 Boyleston, Seattle, Mildred McKibben, '41, 2785 West Fortieth avenue, Wash. Denver, Colo. Mary Jane McCallum, '4 1, 630 Randolph place, Los Mary Ruth Minner, '41, 1724 avenue A, Scottsbluff, Neb. Angeles, Calif. Dorothy Montgomery, '41, 928 South Williams street, Charlotte McLaughlin, '40, 1611 Gregory, Bremerton, Denver, Colo. Wash. Elizabeth Neidrach, '41, 808 South Gilpin street, Den· Jeanne Blair, '40, 4224 Bagley avenue, Seattle, Wash. ver, Colo. Barbara Gilman, '39, 811 South 9th, Yakima, W as h. Eileen Reavis, '41, 816 Monaco parkway, f:' MARCH, 1938 59 Alpha Beta Betty Taylor N atalie Williams Shirley D avis, Arcade, N.Y. Alpha Nu Alpha Zeta D orothy Campbell, '38, 536 West Mercury street, Butte, Louise Burnett, '40, Water Mill, N.Y. Mont. Margaret Soper, '40, Oxford, N.Y. Ethel Ski nner, ' 39, 726 South Aurora, Ithaca, N .Y. Alpha Tau Harriet Anderson, ' 39. 10514 Miles, Cleveland, Ohio. Alpha Eta Audrey Jane Bastow, '41, 2319 Fullerton, D etroit, Mich. Barbara Bruntlett, '39, 4808 Lyndale avenue S., Min· Marjorie Hamilton, ' 39, 542 Ethen avenue, N .E., Grand neapolis, Minn. Rapids, Mich. Lenore Hatlestad, '40 , 4638 Wentworth avenue, Minne· Jane Tubbs, '38, 11 20 Hillcrest, Kalamazoo, Mich. apolis Minn. Mary Alice Work, '40, 11 30 Parker, D etroit, Mich. Imogene Veline, ' 38, Amiret, Minn. Alpha Chi Alpha Theta Frances Binford, Springfield, Ky. Garnette Bell Dorothy Eva ns, Tunica, Miss . Brent Cambell Virginia Snyder, Louisville, Ky. Mary Ward Goddard Katherine Swope, Winchester, Ky. Doris Hatter Alberta Hoagland Mary Howard Alpha Omega Dorothy Mathews Martha Marie Martin, 17 Herkamer street, New Hyde Hazel Semon Park, Long Island, N .Y. Sympathy Is Extended to: {Continued from page 48) mother, Mrs. Clara Belle D av ies, Januarv 23, 1937. Betty Strickler, Mu, for the dea th of her mother De Louise Leyonmarck Schnepp, Eta, whose son, John, cember 26. midshipman at Annapolis naval academy, died recently. Ruth Rodkey Freese, Xi, for the death of her mother Essyl Jones Stubblefield, Eta, on the death of her hus December 2 and her father January 7. band, Howard Stubblefield. N aomi Moffatt Sildorf, Theta, for the death of her Lois Greenwood, president of Tau, for the death of her mother in October. sister, V irginia, in an au tomobile accident January 2. CUT ALONG THIS LINE AND MAIL TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE TODAY 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 • •• • 0 •• •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 .1938 Mrs. Edward Taggart, Central Office of Sigma Kappa, 129 East Market Building, Indianapolis, Ind. I am interested in traveling outside the United States. It is my understanding that our international organization may profit, but at no additional exoense to me, if you make arrange ments for travel information to be sent to me. Without obligation to me, please have informa tion on, and itineraries for, the following countries which I have checked ( y) sent to me as soon as possible : ( ) Mexico ( ) Central Europe ( ) 'Round W odd Cruise ( ) Scandinavian Countries ( ) Hawaii ( ) British Isles ( ) The Orient ( ) Mediterranean Countries ( ) Australia and South Seas ( ) South America ( ) South Africa ( ) Central America ( ) Alaska ( ) West Indies ( ) ...... Signed ...... Chapter ...... Street ...... Telephone City ...... State . .. . . 60 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE WITH OUR COLLEGE CHAPTERS ERDENE GAGE, Editor - AMONG THE MISSING Epsilon Alpha Omicron Alpha Gamma Alpha Rho Alpha Lambda Alpha Psi Need Financiers? Page Alpha The Panhellenic formal ball was held January 15. This Alpha members and pledges were instrumental in putting was a country school dance with programs in · the form over the top the Mayflower Hill undergraduate drive this of diplomas granting the degree of Bachelor of Mi rth, past month. Mayflower Hill is the site of our future new Sigrid Tompkins, our president, was responsible for many campus and the energies of all Colby's alurnnre, alumni, of the drawmgs and other decorations which made the and undergraduates are turned to raising funds for the dance a success. Our own Sigma formal was a dinner many buildings for the Hill, three of which have already dance at the Elmwood hotel February 19. been started. The alumnre, under the capable leadership We plan to have initiation soon after that. We are also of their secretary, Ervena G . Smith, Alpha, '24, have set going to give a bridge and tea to raise money to send a goal of one million dollars to be raised by June. N ot to our delegates to the Regional Convention to be held in Bos be left out we undergrads had to do our part. With Jane ton during March. D. Montgomery, Alpha, '38, as general chairman the MARION E. DuGDALE, Colby Colleg e committee (including the following Sigmas: Edith Fait, Kay Watson, Louise Weeks, team captains; and Babs Walden, Virginia Kingsley, Alice Whitehouse, Martha Back Scratchers Aren't Necessarily fokes Bessom, Edna Slater, Dorothy Trai nor, Jean Congdon, Delta, with the burden of final exams lifted from her Hannah Putnam, Betty Darling, Marion Dugdale, Beth weary shoulders, forged ahead with plans for initiation Wescott, Dot Emerson, Janice Ware, Geraldine Stefko, February 5 in the Boston University Women's building. Marjorie Arey, Janet Lowell and Isabell Abott, team The banquet also was held there. As it has become quite members) turned in pledges for more than eighteen hundred a popular place with other sororities we decided to try it, dollars in less than two weeks. This money is going to too, for it is conveniently located just across the street the huge Women's Union, which, among other things, from our sorority rooms. We were honored to have our will house our sorority chapter rooms when we move to invitation accepted by no less a personage than our the Hill. grand secretary, Mrs. Harriet Finch Pease. Mrs. Grace Alpha Chapter, Colby College Front row, left to right: Eleanor Pttrple, Jean Bridges, Elizabeth l/7 alden, Martha Bessom, Alice l17hite hottse, Sigrid Tompkins, Mary ll7heeler, Shirley Brown, Betty Noyes. Secon_d row, left to right: Barbara Mitchell, Mary Robinson, P_olly Pratt, Syl~ia McNeely, B~rka~a Partrrdge, Julie Haskell, Virginia Kingsley, Helen Brown, Janrce Ware, Marron Dugdale, Vrrgrnra Negus, Jane Montgomery, Edith Fait, Dorothy Emerson, Elizabeth Wescott, Catherine Fussell, Rttth Buchannan. Third row, left to right: Barbara Arey, Aline Thompson, Frances Stobie, Joyce Perry, Anna Stobie, Louise Weeks, Isabel Abbott, Edna Slater, Patricia Thomas, Florence Stobie, Jean Co_ng4on. _ Last row, left to right: Marjorie Arey, Dorothy Trainor, Martha Kimball, Margaret Hrggrns, Katharrne Watson, Elizabeth Darling, Hannah Ptttnam, Clarabelle Huntington. MARCH, 1938 61 Wells Thompson, our beloved regional president, also ac sonal hopes and wishes of some of the chapter mem cepted. bers, saying in the song that they hoped these wishes Our pledge dance is now but a happy memory, an event would come true for Christmas. The way in which it was which took place shortly before the Christmas vacation. worded gave us all a lot of laughs. The entire program Every one had a grand time in spite of the fact that the showed talent and cleverness, and credit must be given floor had been too liberally waxed (no casualties suffered). to Pledge President Hazel Smallwood and Pledge Sue The favors, maroon leather card cases adorned with the Burnett who were in charge. After such a Christmas pro- Sigma Kappa seal, were presented by one of our attractive pledges and her escort, he receiving the " thank yous" of the feminine guests and she those of the masculine. We also had a merry Christmas party, given by the pledges to the chapter. They started with a well-done skit entitled " And the Lamp Went Out" after which refreshments were served, and then the joke presents were given out. The rest of our time has been taken up by the Christ mas holidays and our final examinations. We have emerged from these all ready for many good times next semester, in preparation for which we have arranged a number of programs for our chapter meetings. • ELSIE PAULSON, BoJI01l U11iver1ity Zeta Thinks and Thinks How to Sweep The Sigmas of Zeta chapter celebrated the past Christ mas holidays by holding a formal dance at one of the fashionable hotels in Washington. Everyone had a thor- An informal group picture of pledges and actives standing in front of Sorority Hall. Reading from left to right, they are: (front row) Jeanette Gilbert (our former president), Alice Bailey, Catherine lApish (our present president), and Ellen Zirpel; (back row) Leila Holley, Frances Ridgway, Betty Boehme (pledge), and Mary Armstrong. gram, we are looking fonnrd with great anticipation to the pledge show which is scheduled to be given early in the spring. Some heavy planning and attempts to think of new ideas are at present going on among Zetas. Part of this is devoted to the rush parties to be given during our brief rushing sea>on at the beginning of the new term and also for the intersorority and interfraternity sing which is held every spring at the University. In this competition each sorority and fraternity on the campus presents its own group of songs, and the one presenting the best group is awarded a beautiful loving cup. So we are racking our brains to try and think up a new song with a catchy little tune that will simply sweep the judges off their feet (if such a Sorority Hall at George 1Vashington University thing is possible). But if we don't do any sweeping or houses seven sororities, including Sigma Kappa, winning, it can't be said we didn't try! each having separate apartment. However, time out will be taken in order to attend our informal dance. Although the dance isn't being given for this purpose, it might almost be said to be in celebration oughly good time. The chapter was also given a Christ of the end of final examinations for the first term. mas party by the pledges in the chapter rooms after our We don't like to brag but we just wonder what the traditional Christmas dinner. The pledges had decorated Woman's Athletic Association here at George Washington two Christmas trees, one with ornaments and the other University would do without Sigma Kappa. The reason for with little novelty presents for each member. They also this very bold statement is the fact that four of the major gave a program the highlight of which was a song written offices are held by Sigma Kappas. Frances Prather is presi by the pledges in which they cleverly expressed the per- dent, Barbara Harmon, vice-president, Elizabeth Burnett, 62 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE treasurer, and Pledge Hazel Smallwood is corresponding is the mark of distinctive achievement in the field of secretary. education. MARION FOWLER, George W aJhington UniverJily LaVerne Johnson, one of our pledges, was initiated into Gymkana, an organization of acrobats and dancers. Eta Enrolls Weatherman's Aid Mary Grace Leaverton, another of our pledges, took part in Orchesis, a dance production at the university. She From the many customs· of Eta chapter we have selected also recently served on the production staff of Women's that of the annual football dinner as being one of the most League Minstrel Show. interesting. This year as in previous years twenty-two PHYLLIS MANNING, UniverJily of 1/JinoiJ lettermen were entertained at dinner at the chapter house. The amusement for the evening was afforded by dancing and cards. Every year the event seemingly becomes more In Truth Iota Has "Act"i-ves popular with the girls as well as their guests. Iota has been holding her own this year in the realm Even the weather came to our aid for one of our rushing of campus activity. Dorothy Snyder and Carol Hutchins parties. January 7 we had a sleigh ride followed by a were initiated into National Collegiate Players. Dorothy slumber party at the chapter house. Needless to say a Snyder played one of the leading roles in " The Daugh· fire and plenty of food were welcomed when the sleighers tees of Atreus," a Greek tragedy given by the Drama Club. returned. Seven other Sigma Kappas were in the cast of this same February 5 a dinner-dance was given at the Illinois hotel. play. Josephine Browning, Mary Williams and Annette At this time we again entertained rushees . Many alumnre Badgley became members of drama club. Evelyn Selky and were present and we were happy to see them. Louise Hines Dreher had the two feminine leads in the Eta also had the honor and pleasure of having Mrs. play " Devil in the Cheese." These were the on ly two Louisa Davis, district counselor, as a guest for several days women characters in the whole play. The W estern Associa· at the chapter house. tion of Teachers of Speech held their convention at Den· HELEN STORM, 1/JinoiJ WeJleyan ver University this year. Dorothy Snyder won fi rs t place in oratory, and Antha Ericke also won a first place speech medal. Dorothy Deaton and Alice Thomas were initiated Kiddies Romp at Theta's Dance into the Philosophical Academy. Martha Sanders was ini "" Just kids once more" was the thought in our minds tiated into Phi Sigma, a national biological fr aternity. when we busily gathered kiddy clothes and proceeded Ruth Rose became a member of Phi Gamma Mu, a na· to dress up in them for a gay evening of fun at our '"Kid tiona! social science fraternity. Josephine Browning cap· Dance" which was held at the chapter house just before tured the sophomore tennis championship. we left fo~ our Christmas vacation. The pledges gave in· Initiation took place January 22 this year with a ban dividual stunts which were harmonious with the occa· quet following at the Brown Palace hotel. The banquet sion. Toward the end of the evening all the boy friends followed the traditional wedding theme which included were presented with a little toy from Santa. the double· ring ceremony. Frankie Adams Reed acted as Our alumnre presented our chapter house with two new toastmistress in the inimitable Frankie manner. Jane Ryan floor lamps. We are very proud of them and the/ helped was awarded the Minerva Head pin as being the scholasti· a great deal in our intense studying for exams. cally outstanding Sigma Kappa freshman of the preceding Two of our sophomores, Betty Stiggleman and Pauline year. Annette Badgley was in charge of the arrangement Lewis, were initiated into Shi-Ai, a sophomore honorary. for the all-pledge party. This is a party given by all Greek Alma Delle Elliff has recently been initiated into Kappa sorority pledges on the campus and is a new function at Delta Pi, national honorary fraternity, membership in which the University. The traditional bachelor party was given lotds New Initiates Left to right, Isabel Stephens, Winifred Biggerstaff, Annette Ba_dgley, Mildred M:Kibben, Margaret, Fry, Elmeda Glasser, D oris Robertson, Connie Sears, Ellen lf/rlson, Dorothy T all, Ma~an Ackerly, Margery Stephens, Mary Ruth Minner, Mildred Knauer, S:zlly Ballan~yne , Betty S_yler, Erlet;n ReaviS, Dorothy Montgomery, Martha Brown, Marjorie Urich, Elrzabeth Nerdrach, Harrret Hutchrns, Helen Briscoe, Ethel McDanal. MARCH, 1938 63 by the pledges, and much excitement ensued when the a radio for the den in which girls entertain their friends. members set out to find the pledges on this occasion. Many members attended the Penthouse theater, one of The location of this party is always unknown to the the houses run by the University Drama department, chapter members, but it is up to them to find out where January 25 and everyone was present at the chapter house it is to be given, if they can! During Christmas vacation after the show when Betty Buckmaster, '40, who played the annual skating party was held at Peg Bradford· s cabin one of the leads, was honored at a real Sigma Kappa in Evergreen. After the holidays came the kid party. spread. Marjorie Beede, '39. took charge of plans for the Everyone wore a juvenile costume and brought a gift party. to put under the tree. On this occasion each pledge sang Exchange dinners were held with Alpha Sigma Phi fra a sorority song that she had written and presented her ternity January 14 and with Delta Chi January 21. Alpha sorority mother with a paddle that she had made. Prizes Tau Omega fraternity asked the chapter for an "exchange were awarded to Mary Williams, Helen Marie Briscoe, date" February 11. and Harriet Hutchins for the most original songs. Perhaps the best thing which has happened to Mu chap Cupid seems to have been on the job this quarter, for ter recently is the complete redecoration of our chapter two girls have announced their engagements by passing room, which was a Christmas gift from the Mothers' five pounds of candy to the chapter members. Maxine Club. By working faster than we had thought possible Adams announced her engagement to Clem Neidigcr. There the decorators finished in time for initiation. The walls was a blue and si lver book at each place containing the are in graduated shades of lavender separated by silver names of the engaged couple. When Maxine Eurton an bonds, the carpet maroon, and the furniture white. We nounced her engaement to Vinson Weber there were look forward to many happy hours in the room, which lavender and maroon passports at each place which con is now as beautiful as a Sigma chapter room should be. tained a picture of Maxine and Vinson. DORIS LI-NCOLN, University of 117 ashington CHARLOTIE GODSMAN, UniverJity of Denver Poets Are Being Nurtured at Nu Lambdas Have Orgy of Valentines Here at NU, Lambda members have much to look forward to this There is much to do semester. We have finished a highly successful rush season, To save time and Juliet Baxter, our rush chairman, is to be congratu I'll start in rhyme. lated for doing a fine job, for we have just pledged five : Norine Geins, Helen Massoni, Pat Smith, Pat Stearns, November was a busy month at Nu. Rushing occupied and Mary Weeks. They were shown off at our open house. most of our timQo but we were satisfied on the day of January 30. pledging because we pledged the nine best on campus. The following week, we held our pledge dance and it was a repetition of the open house--all enjoying them selves. February 14 we had our Valentine's Party. Every girl in the house draws another member's name and then makes that girl a valentine--using magazine clippings to put over her ideas. Some of them reach book size and are really clever. February 26 Lambda initiated fifteen new members. Lorraine Marsh received the guard for having the highest grades in the pledge class. Frances Turman was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year, which is something to be really proud of. FLORABE LLE MARSH, University of California Initiates Amply Justify Mu's Faith January 15 was a big day in the life of Mu chapter, for on that day twenty-nine of the thirty-two members of our fall pledge class, having justified our faith in them by making their grades, were initiated. The whole chap ter is going round with its collective chest swelled 'way out, for Sigma Kappa's pledge class grade average was the highest on the campus! A banquet honoring the initiates was held at the Ed mond Meany hotel. Full of all kinds of surprises, it was, everyone decided, a party worthy of even such a group of honored guests. The initiates surprised the chapter with the three songs they had composed for the occasion, and Constance Girard were surprised when they received in addition to the President of Nu's pledges Bowers regularly given by the chapter corsages from Mrs. P. D. Claire, mother of Anne Claire, who had known no more about the gift than the rest of her pledge sis The pledge supper was held at the Bristol Inn. Thirty-five ters. And then everyone was surprised when Mary Lou of us went in a bus which was built to carry twenty-four Rich>rds, chapter president, and Janet Prowell ran around and none too new at that. We had a wonderful time and the table in the traditional manner, announcing their were well entertained by Page Grosenbaugh and Martha engagements. Bette Campbell, '38, was in charge of ar Taylor who always knew at least three songs no one rangements. else had ever heard before. Even the dance held afterward at the chapter house Our pledge dance December 5 was considered the best was something different. Maryann Jones, '38, who is social tea dance we have ever given. December 7 we initiated chairman, had planned a "Truckin' " dance, with gold Ruth Thompson and Marjorie Burditt. We were happy paper trucks as programs, and confetti for everyone. to have Mrs. Gatchell here at this time. And it was wonder Another recent event was the annual Christmas party ful to see these two initiated after they had waited such December 12. Doris Lincoln, '38, was in charge of ar a long time. rangements for the party at which each girl received an December 13 a Christmas party was given by the pledges. "appropriate" present (none costing more than fifteen The rooms were nicely decorated and the food was cents) from some other members of the chapter, who had swell! previously drawn her name. With the gift was a short January 20 we had a delicious supper at the rooms. comic poem. Gifts to the housekeeper and housemother were Boo Hagadorn had decided that we did not use the presented. The pledge class delighted everyone by giving rooms enough and since her midyears were over, we should 64 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE celebrate. We DID! We had waffles, bacon, coffee, and at the Hotel Meuhlebach for Xi members and pledges. Xi eskimo pies. In the process of making the waffles, we was well represented and we enjoyed ourselves hugely. blew two fuses. It was the most fun we have had in a Many thanks to our loyal "alums." long time. There was so much left over that five of us Our Founders' Day banquet was held at the chapter went down the next day to eat it up. Two of us had to do house November 14. Genieve Huffman Andrews, a Xi char· exercises so that we could finish them. In the future we ter member, was the guest of honor. intend to have such a supper about once a month. We are proud of our high scholastic rating and we Recently Mrs. Harriet Finch Pease paid a visit to the have every intention of keeping up our fine record. And chapter. We immediately fell in love with her, and we so Xi begins another semester with a crowded program hope that she will be able to come for initiation. We gave and with initiation at the top of the list. a tea while she was here and invited the patronesses. BETIY Lou MECHEM, UniverJily of KanJai Nu is starting a new custom: that of having a poetry contest among the freshmen. We hope that some will be good enough to send into the TRIANGLE. Charlie McCarthy Attends Wedding Martha Taylor, '40, is All-Midd volleyball. Martha and her roommate. Page Grosenbaugh, '40, gave a twilight Omicron has spent most of its time the last few months musicale . preparing for the busiest season of the year, the week of rushing which opened the second semester. We 'borrowed Beulah Hagadorn, '38, Shirley Haven, '38, Eleanor Cald and readapated the wedding theme which other chapters well, '39, and Ruth Thompson, '40, are members of the have used so successfully, and the main part of our big touring choir which is to make a trip in the latter part rush party was the marriage of Miss J acksonite to Mr. of March. They will go to Boston, New York, Buffalo, Sigma Kappa, with all the traditional frills which ac Cleveland, Baltimore, and Washington. These four Sigmas hope to meet other Sigmas along the way. company such a ceremony. Invitations were formal wedding announcements; but since our party came on St. Valentine's Betsey White, '40, is on the program committee for day, we also enclosed red hearts bearing informal invi· Winter Carnival. She is also in the dancing chorus of tations to the bachelor's farewell party which preceded "Southern Styles," a musical comedy which is to be the ceremony. We even lured Charlie McCarthy into given during Carnival weekend. Shirley Haven has a doing a bit of Sigma rushing; Anne Joyce donned top speaking and a singing part in this production, and hat, monocle, and tails to give the real McCarthy touch Ruthie,. Thompson is in the singing chorus. Marjorie to a skit. With our annual presentation of Edna St. Vin Burditt is on the property committee. cent Millay's The PrinceJJ MarrieJ the Page to top the Doris Wolff, Norma Winberg, Martha Cary, and Bar· program of songs and skits, our party was a dramatic bara Warren .are in freshman choir. Doris is trying out success. for news staff of Campm. Marjorie Burditt was elected to Omicron's members are always at home with dramatics. Skyline board of Mountain Club. Eleanor Magee, Helen Maulsby, Doris Bonner, and Janet HELEN BURGESS, Middlebury Co/lege Maclachlan have all had important parts in college plays presented this year, and Eleanor is to play the star role " T riangle, Correspondent Leaves College of "Miriamne" in the spring production of Maxwell Xi has finished the winter semester with flying colors Anderson 's WinlerJel. We not only act, we work on stage and is looking forward to an active spring term. crew and make-up and costumes. Arline Graybill and The winter formal, held January 8, was the crowning Nancy Hall do most of the painting and hammering re· event of our social calendar. The house was decorated in quired to put on a show, and Char Auer and Ray Pierce the traditional silhouette motif, each girl was a "belle" make sure that the actors are fit to appear. in her new Christmas formal-in short, it was a dance Dramatics aren't all. Persis Proctor and Dot Seekamp not to be forgotten. • represent us on the basketball team ; Harriet Blodgett and November 9 a Panhellenic dinner was held at the Thalia Drake play in the orchestra; Harriet, Janet Mac, Union Building. The purpose of the dinner was to promote Rhoda MacKenzie, Persis, and Doris are all class officers. intersorority cooperation and friendship. The dinner was Doris is also Jackson Editor of the annual ]umbo Book well attended and quite successful. Betty Lou Mechem, and a favorite columnist in the college Weekly. Harriet sang and was accompanied by another Sigma Kappa, Clarice Blodgett and Nancy Hall do their literary stuff for the Crawford. Tuftonian magazine. Xi's newly elected officers include Betty Graham, presi· Besides being active all the time, we do a little study dent; Virginia Huntington, vice-president; Sue! Whitzel, ing. We're very proud that this year we rank second in secretary; Virginia Rizzo, corresponding secretary; Marie scholastic average of the four sororities on the campus. Norton, rush captain. · Next year it's going to be first! February 2 Xi gave the W.S.G.A. Tea. We Sigmas NANCY HALL, ]ack1on College acted as hostesses to all women students who cared to come. We depended on Mother Gilbert to plan delicious, attractive sandwiches and of course we incorporated our German Club Ably Assisted by Rho lavender and maroon in the color scheme. Barbara Prince, our brilliant sophomore, has crashed into Our former TRIANGLE correspondent, Edith Kirkman, the holy order of the Sock and Buskin. True she is only has left us. She is planning a church wedding in Denver in the work shop now, but we know that by next year on April 14 and has invited the entire chapter to be our Barbara will be famous. present. We miss "Kirky" but we know she has a lot of Rho is getting more and more excited about approaching happiness ahead. initiation for we are anxious this year, as always, to get Virginia Rizzo, '39, who has been working in Detroit all our pledges full-fledged Sigma Kappas. Our initia· since last summer, returned to the fold recently and is tion is February 19 this year for the dread exams are al· looking forward to resuming her studies on the "Hill." ready a thing of the past, and we have our initiations here December 16 Sue! Whitzel announced her engagement at Randolph-Macon just as soon as all the grades are at a dinner given for the chapter. The flowers and table out. decorations were white. Before her plate every girl had a At the annual Christmas German Club play this year tiny white Christmas tree hung with silver hearts and rings. before the holidays four of our Sigma Kappas did them· Sue! proudly showed us her engagement ring and gave selves proud. Lorna Haughtaling, president of our chap us each a white rose. ter and also president of the German club, had the lead· Homecoming was a crowded weekend. Xi entered a ing part of Joseph, while Marie Lowe, and Janis Jun ~. a float in the parade and slaved over the house decoratiOns. pledge, played the parts of two shepherds. Barbara Prm~e On the Saturday before the annual K.U.·M.U. football had charge of the make-up for the play. Inodentally Jt game we had seventy-five guests at a buffet luncheon. After took the combined effort of all the Sigma Kappas and the the luncheon our pledges gave the actives lovely yellow work of two days to get all of the powder out of our chrysanthemums and we departed en masse for the game. president's hair! December 29 the Kansas City alumn:e gave a luncheon KAY MAXWELL, Randolph-Macon Woman' 1 Co/leg• MARCH, 1938 65 Sigma Invites Over 300 to Dance tiation. This term we are having a joint initiation with the Alpha Phi chapter at Eugene in connection with the North Our semester is just getting under way here at Texas, west Regional conference. but we've already had a busy time with our rushing Upsilon has also been holding her own in the way of season. Marguerite Roberts, our rush captain, had rush campus honors. Ruth Anderson was appointed general ing plans well organized before the second semester chairman of women's weekend to be held sometime in started. Caroline Smith had charge of a good Chinese May. This is one of the biggest honors that can be be· party. The pledges put on a skit portraying Alfred Noyes ' stowed upon a junior girl. Helen Meyers was chairman of poem, " The Highwayman." We also had a Shadow the financial committee for the Associated Women Stu graph party that was unusual. dents' Carnival, January 23. Julia Duncan and Doris Con· Pledging was held February 14, and we were thrilled ger have been busy touring this section of the country to pledge three girls. representing the college in debate. December 19 we had our annual Christmas Dance, Upsilon has also had its share of romance in the last which was held at the Women's Club of Dallas. It was few weeks when Ruth Anderson received a Beta Theta Pi the first program dance held on the campus this year pin and Suzanne Cooke received a Kappa Sigma pin. Need and it was a great success. February 25, we are having less to say we all had great fun putting them under the our formal at the Crystal Ballroom at the Baker hotel. table. Over three-hundred guests have been invited. Oregon State College Barbara Corkern, one of the Varsity debaters, went to Denver, February 10, to compete in the Rocky Mountain District Tournament. The team won the conference and Lucky Phis Have House Party also was the team coming from the greatest distance. During the Christmas vacation Everlyn Herlein, '35 , in · Barbara was also one of the delegates to the National vited the chapter and Margaret Coone, '35, to her home Youth Convention in Oklahoma City, Okla. on a small island for a three- day house party. Although Another honor was the selection of Alice Carlyon as being one of the most outstanding senior girls on the S.M.U. campus. Only five are selected each year and a Sigma Kappa was also chosen last year. MARGARET Jo NORTHCUT Southern MethodiJt University Tau Concentrates to Good Effect Our annual Mother-Daughter banquet, held before we go home for Christmas vacation, was a huge success. Some of our freshmen proved to be excellent song-writers. After the banquet we had an exchange of razz gifts. Things have been pretty quiet around Tau chapter these last few weeks. We've been studying and studying for exams, and the results show that our efforts have not been in vain. After mid-semester vacation, though, we're going to mix in a little pleasure with business and give a formal dance. Three new pledges have joined our ranks: Margaret Yager, '39, Lennis Newhouse, '40, and Virginia Casey, '40. We're planning a faculty tea in honor of our Regional President Mrs. Roland Bauer, who is going to visit us the las t of February. HELEN L . HINES, Indiana University Upsilon Pampers Brothers and Escorts Group of Phi Members Returning Winte: term finds Upsilon chapter in the winter whirl From Class of activities. Basketball has held an important place with the members and pledges attending all the home games. some of the younger actives were not acquainted with Our brothers' dinner, held in honor of all the brothers Evelyn and " Margie, " we were soon all one happy family. of Sigma Kappa pledges, members, and alums on or off The work was planned so that each girl had her part the campus, was a success. After dinner we enjoyed piano to do, either by helping to get the meal or cleaning up selections from Bob Bruns, the brother of Dorothy Bruns, aferwards. We would go on long tramps through the snow our president in 1936. and would build a fire down by the shore and cook our Our fireside was held after the Washington game which lunch. Then at night we would gather around the Christ proved to add the finishing touches to an exciting game. mas tree to talk and sing. To conclude the evening we We carried out a comic valentine idea, and each pledge would sing Mystic Bond and give the yell. and member was represented in cartoons and verses which Led by the co-cJptains, "Winnie" Gregson and Nancy adorned the walls. Barrows, we had a successful rushing season, climaxed by Our annual patron and patroness dinner was held the pledging of ten peppy girls. Perhaps the most novel February 9. This affair always precedes the Portland Sym rushing party was a "Pop Concert" given by our tin-pan phony concert and proved to be as highly enjoyed as it has orchestra. The invitations were paper pop bottles with the been in previous years. verse inviting the rushees to come written on an imitation Upsilon rather turned the tables on their gentlemen straw in the top of the bottle. Other parties were our friends February 26 and invited them to the women's " Horse Party," " Scavenger Hunt," Circus, and Miniature formal. We gallantly sent them boutonnieres, called for Track Meet which both actives and freshman found lots them promptly, and had dinner at the house, finally driv of fun. ing to the dance where we all had a grand time. The pledge officers elected soon after pledging are Mar With the long rushing period, Upsilon has been having garet Thackeray, president, and Betty Williams, secretary. rushing dinners twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursda•·s. At a recent sorority meeting, these officers were elected: Our most impressive dinner was agreed to be the buffet president, Barbara Butler; vice-president, Nancy Barrows; dinner following which we took our rushees to the basket recording secretary, Ruth Tyler, and corresponding secre ball game. tary, Marguerite Buckingham. On our list of scheduled events is, of course, winter ini- Many of our Sigmas have achieved prominence on the 66 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE ampus . Eileen Miller and Natalie Brown, '38, were ini doughnuts January 29! Proceeds were used to entertain tiated into Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary society. Elinor the Lambda Chi Alpha pledges and to put on a dance in Williams, '38, was elected secretary of the senior class and honor of the new initiates. our new recording secretary, Ruth Tyler, has been elected The Lambda Chi's entertained our pledges January 16 secretary of the junior class. Our new vice-president, Nancy and were entertained in turn at a buffet supper Janu· Barrows is vice-president of the junior class as well, and ary 30. ltas been chosen as a candidate for co-ed colonel of the The entire chapter helped the Mothers' Club sell R.O.T.C. "Johnny" Thackeray, the new pledge president, chances on a $29.50 dress from Montaldo's, the proceeds to be used to start a fund with which to buy new furni· ture for the dining room. Thinking that all work and no play makes dull Sigmas we went a-dancing February 5 at the sorority house with the pledges who were honoring Julia Ann Gutman and Betty Sedgwick, both of whom were initiated that after· noon. Formals, corsages, white ties and tails were in order for our Winter Formal held February 2 5 at the Athletic Club. Betty Smart, social chairman, was in charge of arrange· ments for the dance. Valentine's Day found Chi members clustered round a Valentine Box which contained valentines for everyone in the chapter from everyone in the chapter. A special dinner preceded the opening of the box. Although it seems ages ago, Christmas was also cele brated in this way and after a candlelight dinner Virginia Kienker, dressed as Santa Claus, gave each girl a gift from her (or his) bag. The alumnae chapter invited us to a buffet supper and party at the house December 14 at which time each alumna gave a gift to the sorority for the house. Marian Smalley has been elected secretary in place of Betty Burgess who resigned. Dorotha Starker, pledge president, made Scholaris, scholastic honorary for freshman women. Betty Sedg· Barbara Butler, President of Phi wick was on the committee in charge of the YW-YM Winter Frolic held January 8, and Nell Radabaugh was was the only freshman woman to make her letter in var on the decoration committee for the Agricultural Home· sity hockey. coming Dance given January 28 in connection with Now mid-year examinations are upon us and the house Farmer's Week. Grace Schaffner was pledged to Theta is deadly quiet except from ten to ten-thirty o'clock at Sigma Phi, women's honorary and professional journalism night when we relax from our studies to devour the. sorority. She was also program chairman for the annual cookies and milk sent to us by the Woman's Student Gov Twelfth Night Banquet given by Browning Dramatic ernment association. Society January 12. GRACE ODILE ScHAFFNER, Ohio State Uni~ei'Jity MARGUERITE BucKINGHAM, R . I. State College Psi Does Some Redecorating Limericks Tax Chis' Ingenuity Just about this time most of us are finishing with exams Chi chapter finds itself in a flurry resulting from rush and are planning to go home or to make visits for a ing, doughnuts and dances. The alumnae chapter started few days before the Junior Prom. rushing during winter quarter by giving a "Big Apple" Rushing season is just around the corner, as well as luncheon at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Abbott January 8. the next semester's classes. The dining room in the This was followed by two informal parties held at the chapter house has been redecorated in blue flo wered paper sorority house January 15 and January 29. These parties with a white wainscoting. The woodwork is white and were featured by games. At the first one our guests white curtains are being donated by the Madison and enjoyed bingo, ping-pong, pick-up sticks, and bridge, Milwaukee alums. Twin lamps, white marble bases, with while the second one was more intellectual or at least white silk shades, were given to the house by the Chicago required more brain-work. Everyone was asked to add a alums, and the Madison alums gave the house a white last line to the following limerick: floor lamp. These came to the house as Christmas gifts. Frances Vea has just been elected to Phi Kappa Phi. A red-headed Sigma named Lou Anabel Follet and Elaine Coapman are graduating in Commenced to wail and boo-hoo February. This marks the loss of two of our most active She said she was crying members, but they' ll keep in close contact with the chapter And weeping and sighing due to the short distance they live from Madison. Elaine hopes to get a job teaching history, and Anabel hopes to Such lines as "Because she could not Susie·Q," "Be work for her father. Occasionally we hear from Frances cause she was left at the zoo," and "Because she lost Bonzelet, '37, who is living at the Allerton hotel while her man to Sue" showed the ability of our versatile Sigmas working for the Pepsodent Company in Chicago. Best of and guests. A ten-word telegram had to be composed, the luck Fran, Elaine, and Anabel. words to begin with the letters in Sigma Kappa-in order. ]EAN THWAlTS, Uni~erJity of WiJcomin Then everyone was asked to name a Bower, bird, food, and song beginning with every letter in Sigma Kappa. Even the botany students couldn't think of a flower beginning Omega Assists at Wedding Reception with K! Omega is starting off the second semester in a big way This period of intensive rushing which we have under· with plans for a formal dance to be held at the chapter taken .is not over yet so we will have to wait until the next house March 26. TRIANGLE to record our results in pledges. The night before the Christmas holidays we held our Doughnuts, doughnuts everywhere and all the Sigmas annual Christmas party for the chapter. Santa Claus gave , too sick of the sight of them to eat any, but the pledges out the presents and read the amusing verses attached added $15 to their. treasury by selling about 190 dozen to each gift. These were foolish toys to be given later to 67 a welfare organization in town. Next came the more Jean Ripple, '38, was elected vice-president of Phi Up serious big sister-little sister and friendly exchange of silon Omicron, a national professional home economics gifts. After this we played silly games followed by re honorary. Ruth Bell, '39, is a new initiate of the same freshments and the singing of Christmas carols and Sigma honorary. Mrs. Philip Carpenter, Nu, '33, is living in Kappa songs. Ames this year, and we are enjoying having her and January 5 Louise Conradi, daughter of the college presi Dr. Carpenter with us. dent, was married before a large gathering at the Presby December 7 we held a dinner exchange with Pi Beta terian Church. Leapy, member of national college loan Phi. This intersorority dinner exchange is a new event committee and -past president of the Tallahassee alumnre, on the campus and during the year we will have a invited all the chapter to serve at her reception at the dinner exchange with all the other sororities. Tallahassee Woman's Club where over a thousand people The traditional Christmas formal was held in the chap attended. ter house December 11. After the formal we serenaded Omega has had several alums come to visit: Mary Ham several of the fraternities, and when we returned home mond, Elma Guth, Babette Fleming, and Sarah Mae Maurine Smith, '35, of Ames passed her five pounds Davis of Pensacola; Elizabeth Sponenberger, Bradenton; announcing her engagement to Norval Curry, '39, of and Anna and Margie Glen who stopped by on the way Ames. home from Europe. On the last Sunday before Christmas vacation Marion Patty Sams, who has been out of school due to sickness, Troutman, '39, passed five pounds at dinner, announcing came back the second semester. We're mighty glad to her engagement to Bayard Scott, '37, of Kansas City, Mo. ha.ve Patty back with us again. February 12 members of Alpha Epsilon held a miscel JANB DB MBRRITTB GAGE, laneous shower in honor of Marion. Florida State College for Women A puppet play in verse, by lone Leonard, '40, has been chosen by Mrs. Carpenter of the PWA Puppet Players in Here Are Alpha Beta's New Officers Des Moines, to be produced by the members of the Iowa State Health Council during Veisha, our annual spring Early in December Alpha Beta held a successful formal festival. dance at the Park Lane in honor of our pledges. Jane January 31 we entertained our dates at a formal dinner Stafford and Dorothy Diebold were co-chairmen of this at the chapter house preceding the annual Women's Pan affair. During Christmas week Shirley Davis was initiated hellenic Dance. at the home of Dolly Robinson. After the ceremony we Ethel Waltz, '34, has accepted a position in the Child held a party with the pledges. Development Department of the State Teachers' College at These new officers were elected: Lydia Glaser, president; Hattiesburg, Miss. We are happy to have Marjorie Graves, Jeanette Grupp, vice-president; Jean Hughey, treasurer; '36, in Ames with us this year. She is now employed as Marcia Brown, recording secretary; Jane Stafford, corres a secretary in the Division of Veterinary Medicine at ponding secretary; Katherine Klein, Panhellenic delegate; Iowa State. Dorothy Diebold, house chairman ; Laura Coss, registrar; We were privileged to have Clifford Gregory, father of Hildred Thau, chairman of alumnre relations; Alys one of our new pledges, Barbara Gregory, at Iowa State Heisenbuttle, TR!ANGLB correspondent; Betty Anderson, College on January 26. He is the associate editor of chairman of scholarship; Margaret Wagner, chairman of Wallace' J Farmer, and was on the campus as the main philanthropy; Shirley Weaver, chairman of activities, and speaker at an Agricultural Banquet. Shirley Davis, historian. Among the social activities which we have most en ANNB K . SAUTER, University of Buffalo joyed this quarter were a buffet supper-dance and a bob sled party. RuTH BATES, Iowa State College Here Are Alpha Delta's New Officers Alpha Delta's new officers for the coming year are: Alpha Zeta Is Undaunted by Finals president, Nancy Gregg; vice-president, Carrie Mae Sledge; treasurer, Faye Sterchi ; recording secretary, Lois Alpha Zetas' annual pre-final dance was a "vic" dance, Haddox; corresponding secretary, Ruby Rae Pierce. and our new records pepped things up. "The Big Apple," Faye Patrick recently entertained at her home with a which has struck us in a big way, shook the plaster but buffet supper for the chapter and pledges. livened our spirits for exams. Everyone has been studying hard for mid-term exams; But lucky are we Alpha Zetas to have with us Shirley however, we have found time to have pleasant get-to Patterson Hawkins, former president of Mu. Gay was gethers on Sunday afternoons in the chapter room. our initiation banquet, livened by some of the customs ANTOINETTE STICKLEY, University of Tennessee of our sister Mu's. "Phoolie" Davis, sparkling a dia mond, ran around the table to announce her engagement Gorged with Candy They Wax Poetical to Bob Nagel, while Ginnie Sturges waited until the Christmas party to dazzle us with her ring, and carry out Did you ever go fishing on a bright summer day our own tradition of presenting the Sigmas with five Down by the river where the little fishes play pounds of candy. With "Phoofie's" live pounds added in, With your hands in your pockets, and your pockets in we felt pretty festive. Toastmistress Hawkins gave us the your pants new and interesting idea of a program based on Sigma And watch the little fishes do a hutcicoochi dance? Kappa's Great Adventure in Friendship. Whenever we Did you ever go fishing on a bright mmmer day start on an adventure we see many lovely things. So 'Sittin on the fence when the fence gave way "The Star," "The Flower," "The Rippling Brook," "The And all of a suddm you felt an awful bump Tree," "The Rainbow," and "The Snow-Capped Moun The fence went down and the ground came up. tain," all lovely things we find in Sigma Kappa, were personified by members of the various classes. Then, to Did you ever go fishing for a little frat pin · our glee and the accompaniment (we suppose) of the And when you Jlarted out your chances were slim, rending of scalps by our host, we sang "Mystic Bond," But when you got home you found it on your dreJJ arm in arm, with one foot on our respective chairs, and Little frat pin with a Sig Ep crest. the other on the table. Campus sororities at Cornell get together occasionally! For over a year now the members of Alpha Epsilon Each Thursday two Sigma Kappa girls are dinner guests have been singing this little song for the special benefit at another house, while two of their members come to of Ruth Drake, '38. On January 16, at 4:15 a.m., Ruth the Sigma house for dinner. In this way we exchange rewarded our efforts by producing a laundry bag dangling with every house during the year. Our pledges entertained at the end of a long fishing pole over our balcony, which pledges of other houses at a party soon after Christmas. contained the traditional live pounds. After a long search At our Faculty Tea January 16, Mrs. French, Mrs the pin was found in a hollow button on Ruth· s house Love, and Mrs. Dorothy Fessenden Sayles helped u coat. greet our faculty friends. 68 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Our brightest hope lies in the expectation of a remodeled can see how thrilled we were when the results came out Sigma house in which to start our rushing in the fall. and we found that Sigma Kappa had an officer in each Architects are working on plans, and we hope soon to class. ave definite news. We are very proud of two of our seniors, Elizabeth ALICE PITCHER, Cornell UniverJity Mowery and Margaret Major who are members of the Palace club, membership in which is dependent on scholar Candid Camera Pursues Alpha Eta ship and campus activities. There are only six members. Alpha Theta decided on an early initiation before rush Fall quarter was finished in a whirl of activity, with began, so January 31 we inifiated ten new members at an open house in honor of our pledges, and two Christmas the Brown hotel. The initiation was followed by a banquet parties, all mixed up with finals. After the open house to welcome the new members. Garnette Bell was given we found that seeing ourselves as others see us can be a the award for being the best pledge. The new initiates hilarious affair. Candid camera pictures taken while we presented their sisters with a lamp, which was the an were doing the Big Apple that night, and shown on a swer to the bouse managers' prayer. screen at our next Monday meeting, were the cause of EDITH WEBB PERRY, UniverJity of LouiJville the laughter. First of the Christmas parties was given by the alumna::, l with the college chapter as guests. The evening was spent Cape Cod Cottages Planned at Mimni playing bridge and singing carols around the piano. The After a series of successful rush parties last fall Alpha next evening the college chapter entertained ten little girls Iota is now anxiously looking forward to second semester from one of the settlement houses of the city at dinner, rushing. Our rush captain, Carolyn Landis, and social played games and sang with them, and gave each one a chairman, Bernadine Huenke, have planned some clever doll for which we had made complete wardrobes-examples parties, including a Bingo party and a Valentine party. of what the well-dressed doll will wear. This Christmas We have added a new feature to our program this year. party is a Panhellenic tradition at Minnesota, each house Every Tuesday night we hold a get-together in the form on the campus entertained a group of children. Some of of a coffee at the home of one of our patronesses. Both the little four and five-year-olds were so tiny that even chapter members and pledges forget ac tivities and studies when they sat on huge books they had difficulty in reach to have a jolly time for an hour after dinner. ing the table. One tiny tot with a Jove of noise spent the The pledge tea dance was held December 11 in the evening at the piano with one of our music students as ballroom of Oxford College. Much credit is due Bernadine an instructor. Huenke for planning such a lovely affair. Each pledge Dorothy Lee, one of our members who was graduated was presented with a corsage, appropriately made of last year, entertained the chapter for luncheon at her maroon roses and lavender chrysanthemums. home during Christmas vacation. The chapter was happy to have as a guest on January A sleigh ride January 22 was the first event of the 14 and 15, Miss Audrey D ykeman, former grand president. winter quarter. In spite of the thawing spring weather She complimented both the pledge class and the chapter, which lasted for several days before the date of the party, especially on the manner in which we are meeting and there was plenty of snow and ice, and plenty of pep in solving our problems. All of us derived benefit from Miss the crowd which filled two sleighs. Following the ride, Dykeman's visit, and we shall certainly welcome her any we returned to the chapter house for baked beans, rolls, time she finds it possible to be with us. We learned that and hot coffee. •he plans to be married in the near future. We all join Initiation ceremonies were held for Barbara Bruntlett, in wishing her success and happiness. Imogene Veline, and Lenore Hatlestad January 29. At Sorority houses at Miami are forbidden by the Univer the banquet which was held at the Francis Drake hotel, sity. However, it seems that the University is willing to Joyce Paul, '38, was toastmistress. The next day the compromise the issue in the form of sorority lodges. Cape initiates and their mothers were honored at a tea. Cod cottages, similar in construction and design, are to Several choice gifts have been donated to the house. be built by the sororities in a quadrangle. Here we will Two fireplace screens were given to us by Mrs. E. E. hold chapter meetings, rush parties, banquets, and all Stinson, and by the alumnre who are not Alpha Etas; other social activities. While construction will not begin Mrs. Inez Armstrong, our house mother, gave us a dinner immediately, we have already started a building fund so chime, and the Mothers Club held a benefit bridge to that we will be prepared when the time comes. purchase new tables for the dining room. Alpha Iota has a promising basketball team this season. Our winter formal, a dinner dance at one of the hotels, Carolyn Landis is our candidate for Junior Prom Queen. is now being planned by Mary Jean Lindsey, our social Dorothy Lindsey was recently initiated into the French chairman, and Barbara Moody. It will take place some honorary, Beta Pi Theta, and Helen Miller was initiated time in February. Another February event is the Panhellenic into a Home Economics honorary society. Our president, Song Fest, for which we are now practicing, Betty Crystal Hayman, is on the Student Faculty Council. Schaefer and Barbara Moody, our music majors, are taking CHRISTINE CLARK, Miami UniverJity charge. jANE WEBER, UniverJity of MinneJo/a Alumntl! Give Curtains and Healthy Check One of our most successful rush parties this year was Alpha Theta "Stars" Christmas Dance an Oriental Tea. Eva Statts talked informally on her trip Alpha Theta has found plenty to do with its excess to the Orient and exhibited textiles, costumes, porcelains energy in the last few months. We would have a hard and rare Japanese prints. time trying to decide which event to hand the "orchids" We are proud of our two new pledges, Mildred Alex· to, but our Christmas dance would probably be "way up ander of York and Lorraine Bartling of Hooper, Neb. We there" in the voting. We called it a star dance and sus are also proud of a number of Alpha Kappas who won pended a huge star from the center of the ceiling. We honors recently. Barbara Marston, president of the Uni landscaped the fl oor with silvered evergreens and bunches versity Archery club, placed first in the archery tourna of balloons sparkling with "snow" were hung from the ment. Frances Brown placed second. Margaret Eaton was walls. Our no-break cards were in the shape of stars and elected to Orchesis, a campus organization for the study the no~breaks were given such titles as Venus. Mars. of the modern dance. Darlene Hansen has been admitted Neptune, etc. to membership in an honorary advertising organization. Our open houses are always fun and especially the ones Frances McQuillan is Sigma Kappa's candidate for Uni after basketball games. We gave one after the U. of L. versity of Nebraska Beauty Queen. She was recently elected vs . Centre game and let our guests have their choice of secretary of Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science ping-pong, dancing or bridge. fraternity. The election of class officers on the U. of L. campus The Alpha Kappas received some lovely Christmas is one of the most exciting contests of the year so you gifts this year. The Lincoln alumnre presented new cur- MARCH, 1938 69 tains for the third floor-and such pretty ones! Mother Theola Miuli was nominated as one of the ten Grizzly Schrader gave us some much needed goblets. The out Queens this fall, a contest sponsored by the "M" Club. state alumnae sent a nice healthy check. We had a grand Lura Fewkes is in the University Twirler's corps, and Vir Christmas party and celebration. ginia Horton helps instruct the drum corps girls. Virginia is also in Masquers. Highlights always mean social activities and we have had our share of them this year. Right after rush week we had a pledge fireside which crowded the house to its limits. Our fall formal was held in the silver room of the Student Union Building. January 21 another informal fireside was held at the house and everyone pronounced it perfect. Plans are already being made for a lavish winter formal March 5. We still have buffet suppers on alternate Tuesdays and find it brings chapter and pledges together more often. This quarter we are trying a new plan: that is to have the members pose as rushees and the pledges rush them Barbara Marston Alpha KafJ!Ja, winner of A1·chery Tournament and president of Arch ery club The chapter lost a pledge and a valuable alumnae ad· visor in the marriages of Nadine Young and Ava Lee. MARGUERITE MEYER, Univeoity of Nebra1ka Alpha Nu Foresees End of Siberia Alpha Nu is still bragging about its successful rush week fall quarter: eighteen pledges, which makes us Grace Nelson, Mortar Board second highest on the campus. For news among the pledges: Velma Dunlap, Lois Kingsford, and Marie at the buffet dinners. Everyone has a lot of fun doing Brown were all members of their high school trio, and it and the pledges are learning fast· how to be at ease with are now busy practicing Sigma Kappa songs; Helen McKee rushees. has a lovely voice also, and joins the other three, making Now, for the most exciting news of all! Alpha Nu will a splendid quartet; Rhea Fewkes and Lorraine Mallick come back next year to new rooms in a completely re are snare drummers in the school band; Rhea is also in modeled and improved house. It will be much enlarged the University Girls' Drum corps, along with Jean Elliott, with plenty of room for everyone, and best of all no Dorothy D yer, and Dorothy Pars ons. Honey Barloga, June Siberia! The new house will have sleeping and dressing McCleod, Helen Tucker, and Rhea Fewkes are busily rooms on the third floor as well as on the second. With amassing W.A.A. credits. Honey Barloga and June Me· that in store the new year has started out with a rosy glow Cleod are both on their way to being active Masquers that will not varnish as it continues, we are sure. with several plays to their credit. All in all, the pledges DoROTHY CAMPBELL, Univeoity of Montana are going places, and we have high hopes of getting our maximum number of Spurs spring quarter. Much of their energy is due to the enthusiasm of vice·president Margaret Jane Lyons who directs the activities of the pledges so Alpha Pi Helps Plan New Rushing Rules successfully. Alphi Pi started the second semester by pledging When we think of Alpha Nu actives, the first name Marjorie Crane, 41 , daughter of Helen M. Crane, member that comes to mind is Grace Nelson. Grace is the pride of our chapter advisory committee, and sister of Dorothy and joy of our lives. It doesn't seem possible that anyone Crane, one of our senior girls, on the afternoon of reg· can have fingers in as many pies as Grace and still be istration day. The chapter held a farewell party January as good·natured and ready to play as she is. To sum up I 0 for Helena Ruth who completed her college work at Grace's activities in brief: she was tapped Mortar Board the end of last semester. Helena bas been our beauty queen last spring and is now secretary of that organization ; was for the past three and one-half years and we found it hard elected president of Kappa Tau, all-university honorary ; to let her leave Wesleyan to return to her home in Penn· she holds a responsible position in the Board of Recom sylvania. mendations ; and was Sigma Kappa prexy last year. The Just before college let out for the Christmas holidays, crowning honor came last week when Grace was elected Alpha Pi added Anne Hymen of New York City to its chairman of Co-Ed Ball. Co-Ed is one of the largest list of pledges. school dances, and competition was keen for the envied Lola Jane Rosenberger, president of Region V visited position of Co-Ed chairman. You can imagine how pleased our chapter December 10, 11, and 12 for inspection and we were when our Grace received the honor. gave us the pepping up necessary to rush into the Nev.~ Another member who is definitely "going places" is Year. A tea was given in Lola Jane's honor December U Marjory 'Long. Marj is a Spur, and is active in Masquers. and members of the faculty and a representative from Lois Anderson, our prexy, is Panhellenic secretary, also. other sororities were invited in addition to the chapter 70 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGL and nearby alumnre. Mrs. Charles Taylor, our new house Elizabeth Grounds, '38, and Alice Carroll, '38. Alice mother, poured. Carroll and Helen Pierce are Mermaids; Helen is also Our hats are off to our social chairman, Sarah Bolting assistant swimming instructor. Mary Campsey is society house, who, in addition to giving us hayrides, teas, and editor of the Holcad, our college paper; Lucille Purdy waffle suppers, engineered the annual winter formal into is on the literary staff of the Argo, our annual, and Helen going over with .a bang in more ways than one. The Stevenson is secretary of the sophomore class. dance was held January 15 in the ballroom of Stuyvesant LuciLLE PuRDY, Wntminster College hall. Among alums present were Evaline Mock of Columbus and Mildred "Midge" Wetterauer of Marion. No Wonder There Was Trepidation To Sarah also goes credit for starting Fireside Night, Faculty tea! The social highlight of the early part of which meets every Thursday in the chapter rooms with the term, the event to which the whole sorority looked the junior class members acting as hostesses. The object forward with trepadition and eagerness. We entertained is social but these times are also utilized in bringing about 350 members of the faculty January 23. Mrs. R. C. prospective rushees into closer acquaintanceship with the Huston and Mrs. W . L. Mailman, patronesses, Miss group. Dorothy Benson, member of the advisory board, and Mrs. Janie Burkhardt, our president and also president of Genevieve Stevenson, Mrs. Lois Bowser, and Mrs. Kath Panhellenic on this campus, has been kept busy the past erine Granum, alums, poured. Beverly Smith, " Frenchie six weeks in supervising the formulating of the new rush Sullivan," and Mrs. Moore, our housemother, received the rules which will go into effect next fall. Instead of the guests. Audrey Jane Bastow, Betty Berry, Jean Barden, previous plan of a " hands-off" policy for several weeks and Roberta Applegate played during the afternoon . after the freshmen women arrive, the new plan provides Marvel Pugsley was in charge of the tea, and she deserves for immediate rushing so that in reality it is just a con much credit for its success. tinuation of summer rushing and the uncomfortable (to Because our formal dinner dance at the Hotel Olds both freshies and sorority women) period of delay and came so late this year-March 12-we also held a ·radio silence has now been done away with. Janie has also led party at the house February 19. the group into an acceptance of no rushing for larger Honors have been coming to Alpha Taus this year. groups on campus for second semester. Sally Langdon and Beverly were nominated for "Who's We are proud of our eight freshman and one upper Who in American Colleges," Sally Langdon is general class pledge who are striving toward merits and initiation. chairman of the central sectional I.A.W.S. conference Fredda Swartz is pledge president and Ruth Dick is which will meet at Michigan State this spring. Other secretary-treasurer for the group. Helen Jackson, pledge Alpha Taus are working on committees for this conference. mistress, has relegated the keeping of merits and demerits Roberta Applegate is chairman of editing and publicity, of each pledge to her sorority mother. Frances Bates is a member of the housi ng committee, Incidentally Marjie Crane, our newest pledge, has to Wilma Hanby is assistant to the hostess committee, with have special classes for she is the only student enrolled members of Tower Guard-Helen Pratt and Roberta Apple in beginning Greek. gate also assisting. Margaret Collinge is assistant to the BETTY O'KEEFE, Ohio Wesleyan transportation chairman. Speaking of Sally, she is pledged to Phi Kappa Phi also. Margaret Collinge has been ap Sigma Kappa Map Sounds Interesting pointed to the W.A.A. board. Leora Horning represented Alpha Sigmas have been busy since the Christmas Student Christian Union at the National Student Assembly holidays. Several weeks before Christmas we bought gifts at Oxford, Ohio, during Christmas vacation, and Helen and had a grand time packing a box for the children of Pratt and Roberta Applegate represented Y.W. cabinet at the Maine Seacoast Mission. The holidays also brought the same conference. us a pleasant surprise and a much appreciated gift from The pledges entertained pledges from other sororities our patronesses, Mrs. Mary McConagha and Miss Dorothy at a tea the week before they were initiated. We held Kirkbride, who presented us with a dozen and a half initiation February 5. The theme of the initiation banquet silver teaspoons. was "What Sigma Means to us ." Billie Tell, Betty After the holidays, we held a theater party in New Mackie, Harriet Anderson spoke, on the meaning of Castle and a surprise birthday party for Mary Elizabeth Sigma. Betty Whipple Butler, our new district counselor, Grounds, our president. A tea was held for our alumnre was the main speaker. Irene Brewer was toastmistress. January 18. .Mary Alice Work received the scholarship bracelet which One of the outstanding events to which our chapter we give to the initiate who received the highest marks during the previous term. Wilma Hanby, a member of looked forward was the visit of Mrs. Harriet Finch Pease, grand secretary. We found her such a charming person Orchesis, danced. We are selling tickets on merchandise which will be that we wished she could have stayed with us longer. raffled off at a tea April 6. The college chapter will re Besides giving us some general advice she suggested ceive half of the money to be used for the building fund. several novel rush ideas which we are planning to use. Michigan Stale College It may seem rather late in the season to be speaking of rushing, but at Westminster we are just beginning to plan for it. Panhellenic has put a new system into effect, Alpha Phi Will Be Regional Hostesses whereby one day is set aside for all of the sororities on Genieve McNiece, president of Alpha Phi bas been the campus to have open house. The following week chosen chairman of the senior skit for the annual Co-Ed each sorority has a special day set aside when they en capers. Sylvia Sarlatt and Kathryn Morrow are working on tertai n girls on their preference list. Evelyn Retzer, '40, the staff of the Emerald, university newspaper. Margaret and Dorothy Sloan, '40, are our rush chairmen and we Ray is assistant editor of the Oregona, the yearbook, and are planning for this big event with enthusiasm. One of Sarah Ray is also helping. Kathryn Morrow has been the projects we are working on is a large map of the chosen committee chairman for the tea which Theta Sigma United States showing the location of all of our chapters. Phi, women's journalism honorary, gives each year for June Huemme, '40, and Ruth Dambach, '40, are assisting the wives of Oregon publishers who attend the annual Helen Stevenson, '40, who is drawing the map. Oregon State editorial convention. Georgia Ann Langord Alpha Sigmas are interested in varied activities this was recently elected vice-president of this chapter. Also year. All of our members belong to the YWCA and two news has been recei ved here of the marriage of June Hust, of them, Margaret Sloan, '38, and Mary Jane Challener, ex '39, of The Dalles. '40, are on the cabinet. Marie Love, '40, June Huemme, Members of the senior class entertained the rest of the Miriam Cassidy, '38, Dorothy Sloan, '40, Margaret Sloan, house at a Christmas party. Santa Claus came with his '38, and Mary Jane Challener belong to Glee Club. reindeer and brought toys to each member of the house Miriam Cassidy and Lucille Purdy, '40, are members of and on each gift was a poem which was read aloud. Senate, the woman's governing body. W.A.A. holds an Sarah Ray, Jean Hewitt, LaVerne Littleton, Karolyn interest for Mary Campsey, '40, Helen Pierce, '40, Mary Kortege, and Eldrid Wold were initiated February 19. MARCH, 1938 71 Alpha Phi chapter will be hostesses for the annual November was a busy month for the Alabama chapter, western mountain region convention of Sigma Kappa. for it was on Thanksgiving Day at the Vanderbilt KATHRYN MORROW, Uni~ersity of Oregon Alabama game that the fate of Alabama and the Rose Bowl depended. It was also in November that the annual campus beauty Basketball Title Won Third Time review took place. Margaret Franklin, Marjorie Birkins, D ecember 4 Alpha Chi held initiation ceremonies for and Margaret Kepler took a bow for the chapter. Frances Binford, Dorothy Evans, Virginia Snyder, and December started off with a bang with rushing parties. Katherine Swope. Following the initiation a banquet was Many attractive rush suppers and one formal rush dinner given at the Lafayette hotel in Lexington. The theme of took place the first couple of weeks. the banquet was "What Sigma Kappa Means To Me." We On December 10 Alpha Omega held initiation for were pleased to have a large number of alumnre present. Martha Martin. After the initiation Martha was honored We always look forward to the party at which we play at a formal banquet at which the theme was the various Santa Claus to a group of underprivileged children. We interpretations of the live points of the violet. Miss Hen entertained these children at the chapter house December rietta Thompson of the advisory board spoke. 16. Everyone also had a great deal of fun at the big The chapter tendered the pledges a Christmas party sister-little sister party and at the party given us by Miss in the form of a pajama party December 15. December Pike, our housemother. Our really "big"' Christmas event 16, 17, and 18 all the little Alpha Omegas went home was our annual Christmas Vesper program, which we for the holidays to points in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, presented this year at the local Presbyterian church. New York, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Virginia, and For the third consecutive year Alpha Chi's basketball Maryland. Lois Powell, accompanied by her mother, went team captured the intramural basketball title. Mary Phil to California for the Rose Bowl game. lips was the captain of the team this year. December was a big month for one of our new Alpha Chi is layi ng emphasis on scholarship this year. members, Martha Martin, Besides being initiated in We are determined to keep the cup which we received December, her engagement was announced to Clinton last year for rating higher scholastically than the other White Lee, Phi Kappa Delta and author of "Botanical sororities on the campus. Survey.'· Mr. Lee, besides being a prominent author, is CHRISTINE LANCASTER, Georgetown College a member of several professional fraternities, among which are Maryland Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Alpha Omega Scatters for Holidays Society, and Alpha Mu Omega. Newly elected officers are: Marjorie Birkins, president; The first event on Alpha Omega's calendar was a formal Merle Byars, vice-president; Margaret Irwin, secretary; banquet to celebrate Founders' Day, on which day Alpha Margaret Kepler, treasurer. Marjorie is the sister of Char Omega also celebrated the fifth anniversary of the founding line Birkins, chairman of International Extension Com of the local chapter. Dr. Danylu Belser and Dr. Ethel mittee. PAULA }ONES, Uni~ersity of Alabama Tut! Tut! Beta Betas Eat with Kni'l'es The Beta Betas held their biennial formal dance De cember 1S in the University gym. The grand march was led by the president of the chapter, Cornelia Yoder, followed by alumnre president Elizabeth Warren and pledge president Ernestine Price. Immediately following the grand march was a special Sigma Kappa no-break for which was played ""Sigma Kappa Sweetheart.'' Im mediately preceding the dance a drop-in was given for the Sigma Kappas and their dates at the home of Kathleen Duffy. The Beta Betas were honored with a visit from Mrs. Charles E. Krey, !'listrict counselor, December 4. For Mrs. Krey the chapter entertai ned with a Panhellenic tea given in the Hotel Columbia. Subsequently all the Sigma Kappas in Columbia attended a luncheon. CORNELIA YODER, Uni~ersity of South Carolina Broadcasting Studios Endure Inspection Beta Gamma held its annual formal February 1S in the MacDonald Room of the Fort Garry hotel. December 22 we gave a Christmas party to the kindergarten class of Point Douglas Mission of the United Church. A toboggan party in honor of the pledges was held at River Park January 22 . Afterwards we returned to the suite where we Margaret Kepler and Mariorie Birkins enjoyed sausages, waffies and syrup. We helped the alumnre with their annual theater party January 17. Marjorie Birkins is Alpha Omega's new Several of the members attended Ail Saints Church in president and Margaret Kepler is treas a body on the evening of January 16. Previous to the urer. Both are Panhellenic members and service a number of pledges and college members had dinner at the suite. The pledges entertained their sorority honor students. Both are transfers from mothers with a delightful dinner at Moores January 25. the University of Denver (Iota) chapter. Mrs. W. S. Woodsworth, one of Winnipeg's outstanding women, was guest speaker. Saxman, of the advisory board, gave inspiring talks. The A tea was held January 30, in honor of our mothers theme of the banquet was " the violet. " and sisters, at the home of Marjory Dick. November 19 we had our first formal tea dance of the The pledges and college members inspected CKY semester at the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house. The broadcasting studios on February 1 and then proceeded to decorations were carried out in a lavender and maroon Point Douglas Mission for tea which was served by the color scheme. Taylor Hardy sang " I Love You Truly, senior girls club. Sigma Girl" for a Sigma Kappa leadout. ELSIE VENNARD, Uni~ersity of Manitoba 72 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE WITH OUR ALUMNAE CHAPTERS RuTH N o RTON DoNNELLY, Editor - Bakersfield of procedure in the school she taught were most entertain ing. Then in October we celebrated Homecoming. The Bakersfield alumnre have experienced some diffi Following that, in the month of November, Gladys culties in arranging meeting times this season. On one Ehlers gave a talk about social service work (by the way occassion we combined our meeting with that of the Gladys is now going to the University of Chicago School American University Women's p'arty to raise money for of Social Service to work on her master's degree). At their scholarships. · that time a beautiful memorial was given in honor of Patricia Washburn Hardy, Lambda, lives near here at our dear Sister Whitmer whose death has been such a loss Wasco where her husband is with the Union Oil company. to both the sorority and the community. The alumnre ar Maudie Huff Fife has left us to resume her teaching ranged an hour of music on the Wesleyan chimes in her position in Oakland. memory given on her birthday anniversary, January 5. Many of the girls are planning to attend regional con The chimes were played by Frank B. Jordan of the Illinois ference in Los Angeles and, plans are already being made Wesleyan School of Music. The selections were the for the international convention to be held in San Fran favorites of Sister Whitmer. The hour was planned as a cisco in 1939. tribute to her love of music and her unfailing interest MARY DAY in Wesleya n activities. Bay Cities As usual, in December we met at the Soldier's and Announcement was made at our January meeting that Sailor's Children's School where the children gave an a contract had actually been signed for our 1939 conven appropriate program. January brought us a visit from our tion to be held in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. district counselor, Mrs. Louisa Ridgeway Davis of Chi· With the thrilling news, we took a big breath before cago. All the girls who had the good fortune to meet facing the responsibilities which are now ours, then burst Sister Davis were charmed by her graciousness. into enthusiastic activity directed toward raising mone1 During the holidays many of our girls returned for a for the financial support of our dream come true. brief visit; namely, Dorothy Benson who is an instructor The convention is to take place high atop Nob Hill, in Home Economics at Michigan State College ; Dr. and July 3·7, 1939. Pictures of the Fairmont Hotel in this Mrs. Wayne Leys (Helen Benson) from Chicago; Marjorie issue of the TRIANGLE will be enough to induce our Robinson from Chicago; Dorothy Cornwall from Macki remotest members to attend-perhaps, to see the majestic naw; Mabel Campbell who is head of the Home Eco views of hills, bay, bridges, and Golden Gate, perhaps to nomics Department at the University of Missouri and is swim in the beautiful Fairmont pool. studying this year at the University of Ohio; Eleanor We and the other California chapters are pleased with Forsyth from Washington, D .C. ourselves for having obtained such a fine location, because One of our group has left to make her home in Detroit, the World's Fair as well as the natural beauties of the Mich.: Parthenia Parker Cavins, Eta (Dr. and Mrs. Carl Cavins) and their dal.lghter. Dr. Cavins is an eye, ear, and region will be practically under the convention nose . nose specialist at the Henry Ford hospital. Our first project toward raising money was to help the San Francisco al= with a dance held in the chapter MARGARET ANDERSON house in Berkeley, February 12. Laura Hammond Beswick, general chairman and the San Francisco alumnre had the Boston idea and a popular one it was, for more than 100 tickets Our TRIANGLE correspondent, Winifred Holman Briggs, were sold in San Francisco, Palto Alto, in Sacramento, is still on the inactive list, though we are glad to learn San Rafael, and in East Bay area. The hours of our party rapidly getting back to normal. Her pinch-hitter, Gladys were set from 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., to allow time Gatchell, is doing a little auditing in Plymouth, N.H. for dinners earlier in the evening. It is all too seldom this being in addition to her work as office manager for the that we have opportunities of becoming better acquainted Gatchell Glass company, housekeeper, baby-tender and with our Sigma Kappa sisters and their husbands, and dog-keeper, one would say she might be considered a busy many took advantage of this one. lady! So I win the title of assistant pinch-hitter, by Marion Bangle planned the decorations. Marian King special request from Peg Cochran, Boston alumnre chapter's was the sub-chairman to assist Laura Hammond Beswick capable president. in selling tickets. Because New England winters often make traveling to Everyone who came was convinced that the affair should the suburbs of Boston difficult, our vice president, Sue become an annual, if not a semi-annual event. And never Tidd Heald and her program committee planned to hold has money been raised with more pleasure and success. the three winter meetings this year in Boston proper, at Bay Cities alumnae are grateful to "LoUie" Beswick and Boston University's Panhellenic Building, 131 Common· the San Francisco chapter for promoting this pleasant wealth avenue-and incidentally this prese nt sample of money-raising scheme for convention. New England winters is holding its own with those of GRACE T. HALL RHOADES history! December 11 after a short business meeting, we were transported from frosty, wind-blown Boston to Burma, Bloomington India, when Lillian Salsman talked to us about her recent Bloomington alumnre chapter has gone on its usual life and work there. Odd customs, brilliant feast days, serene state since the opening meeting in September. At bits of humor here and there took us into another world. that time, we were privileged to hear Miss Margaret Lillian is a good speaker and we were thoroughly inter Means, a teacher of Bloomington high school, relate her ested. We hope to hear her later talk about her present experiences as an exchange teacher in England-her vivid work here in Boston. descriptions of the Coronation, school life and methods January saw us again at Boston University's Panhellenic MARCH, 1938 73 Building and again the winter's cold discomforts were left president, Lorna Knibb, Alpha Beta, '34, was made vice far behind while we traveled to far Hawaii with Pearl president, Ruth Janes, Alpha Beta, '37, was made treasurer, Goddard Stickney and learned about life with the Army in and Betty Donovan Tuck, Alpha Beta, '33, was made that beautiful country. Her travels with her Army hus corresponding secretary. band and her family have covered much ground, but her Mildred Steck, Alpha Zeta, introduced a novel and excit memories of her Hawaii stay were so dear to her that she ing idea to stimulate the purchase and renewal of magazine chose that one bit of her life to talk to us about. Her subscriptions. Ten-cent chances were to he sold on a ten many pictures gave us some idea of the brilliant color and dollar magazine subscription order. It met with unanimous unbelievably glorious scenery in that far off part of our approval and Mildred Steck was made chairman of the country. campaign. Tufts College alumnre held a benefit bridge at Schrafft's The subject of earning money introduced a lengthy dis February 5-it was called "bridge" but the "Gossip cussion regarding the method of collecting dues. It was Group" held forth in one corner and Rummy and Hearts voted at this time to pledge twenty-live dollars to the were favorites. Our own Franny Van Iderstine was chair Sea Coast Mission. man of the committee in charge. Following the meeting we were entertained with a tre February 5 saw, too, Delta's annual initiation and ban mendously interesting talk by Isabel Wetherbee, Alpha quet, held at the Women's Building of Boston University, Beta, ' 26, on her ramblings last summer through the 146 Commonwealth avenue, almost directly across the British Isles. avenue from the Panhellenic Building. Six of Delta's In November the annual Founders' Day supper meeting pledges were initiated-but I' II let Delta tell about her was held jointly with tl-.e college chapter in the private initiates. dining room at Norton Hall on the university campus. Our public relations project for this year will take the Lorna Knibb was in charge. Following an excellent supper place of our usual February meting. We are proud to have was an inspiring program introduced by Muriel MacLean, as a speaker Roy Dennis Halloran, M.D., a graduate of Alpha Sigma, the toastmistress. Betty Spencer, Alpha Zeta, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni '32, spoke on the history of Sigma Kappa. Following versity, New York City, specialist and psychiatrist, now Betty's talk, Marcia Brown, Alpha Beta, '40, delighted assistant professor of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical School us with a solo on her marimba. Toasts built around the and superintendent of Metropolitan State Hospital. His letters of the word "found" were given as follows: subject: "The Organized Care of the Mentally Ill." "Friendship" by Jeannette Grupp, Alpha Beta, '40; Place: Boston University Panhellenic House. Time: 3:30 "Open-mindedness" by Nancy-Lou Knowlton, Alpha Beta, p.m. , February 12. A tea and social hour followed the '36; "Understanding" by Marjorie Brauch Eckhert; speech. All sororities at Tufts and Boston University have "Need" by ]eon Gates, Alpha Beta, '38; and "Dignity" been invited to attend, as well as all Panhellenic alumnre by Mrs. Eula Grove Linger, Epsilon. After the toasts a groups, the association of Tufts alumnre, Boston University group of girls from the college chapter sang Sigma Kappa Women's graduate club, the presidents and deans of both songs. Closing the program we were privileged to hear colleges, patronesses of Delta and Omicron, Omicron from our District Counselor, Mrs. Francis A. Morin, who Mothers' Club, Tufts College Women's Club, and promi had been spending a few days with the college chapter. nent people in the medical and nursing profession. It Our Christmas party was held December 16 at the home should be an interesting speech and a grand affair. Lillian of Betty Spencer. We had a record-breaking attendance M. Perkins and Ruth G . Butters are in charge of publicity. and, oh, such a good time. The drawing took place for We had planned to have a "Sing" and get in some the magazine subscription prize as a result of the selling much needed practice on Sigma songs at this February of chances. Approximately forty-live dollars was made, meeting-this program is postponed to our March meet to say nothing of the number of renewals and new .maga ing at Gladys Gatchell's house in West Medford. zine subscriptions we received as a result of the publicity March will be a busy month for Boston Sigmas. While given through the magazine camapign. Following the plans are still not definite, Region I will have its second playing of many and varied games, Swedish cakes and convention and it will probably be March 25 through 27. coffee were served. Boston's famous Parker House, so successfully the scene of Marjorie Brauch Eckhert invited us to her lovely new our first Regional Convention in 1935, will again be the home in Kenmore for our January 13 supper meeting. Mar scene of our gathering. Located in the heart of historical jorie, Helen Flower Miller, Alpha Beta, '34, A lise Cowles old Boston (and also in the present business center) the Van Wie, Alpha Beta, '31, and Betty Donovan Tuck were Parker House is itself a landmark (as those who read Time the hostesses. After the business meeting Miss Joyzelle ads will know). Convention plans include an initiation Peck, a student representative from the International Re· for, it is hoped, at least one from every college chapter lations Club of the Universiy of Buffalo spoke on America 's in the Region, with officers from each chapter officiating. foreign policy. A stimulating open discussion followed. March 5 the Delta Associates are planning a bridge at MARION K. LOCKWOOD the Women's building at 146 Commonwealth. Our finance committee is to have a bridge party at Central New York Boston University's Panhellenic House April 9-with the hope that our financial problems for this year will be quite The Central New York alumnre chapter has had an thoroughly settled thereby! active and interesting year. We started with our annual We have just learned that Ruth Butters has been ordered rummage sale last October and our success In that venture to bed with a lumbago-arthritis-sounds like a delightful set a record. Since then every meeting has been some combination! thing special. The November meeting found us plotting LILLIAN M. PERKINS and planning big vents-a benefit bridge, ways and means Auistanl Pinch-Hiller to assist and encourage a nearby college chapter, and an attempt to win the coveted prize for the largest number of magazine subscriptions. That was the day we packed Buff.alo our box for the Main Sea Coast Mission. Each one bad pledged to knit something for her contribution and we We met at the home of Beatrice Carney Behrens, Alpha were justifi.tbly proud of the results. Our recent meetings Beta, '29, October 26 for the purpose of planning the have developed into private sales: one a white elephant sale year's activities. It was with a great deal of regret that that really ended by being an auction; and another a bake at this meeting we were obliged to accept the resignations sale and what cooks we found we were! of three of our officers due to the pressure of other duties The benefit bridge party was held in the Onondaga -Beatrice Behrens as president, Dr. Henrietta Christian, Hotel, on the Roof Garden. Dorothy Wertheimer and her Alpha Beta, ' 27 , as treasurer, and Alise Cowles Van Wie, assistants made this a most successful affair. It is con Alpha Beta, '31, as corresponding secretary. As a result of trary to our custom to have our benefit bridge parties in a an election held to fill these vacancies, Marjorie Brauch hotel because we have always been so proud of showing Eckhert, Alpha Beta, ' 31, our vice president, was made off our beautiful Epsilon chapter house, This year, bow- 74 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE ever, we decided to try using a more public place. Janette Trachsel's in September. Our president, Doris Now our two projects for the rest of the year are Howell, appointed committees and pepped us all up for a fulfilling our public relations requirement and completing grand year. our plans for being of real assistance to the two college In October we met at the Alpha Tau chapter house for chapters nearest us. Tllen, of course, there is next year our tenth anniversary celebration. The college members to plan for. were invited, too, and each spent as much of the evening Our outstanding achievement has been, in my opinion, w1th us as she could. Each one of us had a beautiful a new spirit in our group. There has been more interest, white birthday cake with a candle on it and a cup of more willingness, and better cooperation than I ever re coffee to start the evening. After our dessert, Doris Howell member. The ch apter's interest in another college chap was presented with a gift as a token of our esteem for her. ter other than the one we have habitually aided seems She was the first president of Central Michigan alumnre a big step toward a fuller realization of what it means to as well as president again this year. The remainder of the be a part of the international chapter. For this new and evening we spent playing Keno. larger viewpoint we owe our thanks to Alta Morin, our Later in October we held a rummage sale at the Baker district counselor. If ideas and plans continue to be such Street Fire Station in Lansing. Some of the girls from fun and continue to come to such successful completion the Alpha Tau chapter and their housemother, Mrs. Moore, as they have so far this year, we shall feel we have came down to help us with the two day sale. The money indeed accomplished a great deal for Sigma Kappa. we made was turned over to the Alpha Tau of Sigma IRMA M. HOLCOMBE Kappa corporation for its house fund. In November we all took our little caps, mittens, dresses and toys to Jane Russell's to pack our box for the Central Ohio Maine Seacoast Mission. After our gifts were wrapped we Parties had a treasure hunt. In spite of our hostess' ass urance that every article we were to hunt for was in plain sight, In the main dining room of the Cambridge Arms Hotel, most of us found ourselves either down on our knees or November 16, the table was laid and we gathered lfi our climbing the furniture in search of a rubber band or best formal attire to celebrate Founders' Day. We invited stamp. Margaret Malnight, a newcomer to Lansing, had the Chi college and pledge chapter to celebrate with us. the best eyes and soon found all twenty articles. Clara Louise Goss was toastmistress. Martha Sheldon November 13 was Homecoming at Michigan State Col Middleton, Grace Schaffner (Chi) and Virginia Dillon lege, so we were all back to greet old classmates and to (Chi pledge) presented toasts in harmony with the oc attend the Alpha Tau of Sigma Kappa corporation meet casion. ing on Sunday morning. New officers elected there were Beginning with a pot luck dinner, followed by presenta Margaret Berry '34, president; Margaret Konop '36, vice tion of practical and attractive gifts for the sorority house, president; and Janette Trachsel '31, secretary-treasurer. and ending with singing of the old favorite carols, our In December we had two Christmas parties. One was our Christmas party December 14, at them chapter house, gave regular meeting at Ellen Stephens' in Lansing. After our us all a grand start for the holiday season. business meeting our hostesses had us all competing for As if the pleasure of being entertained in Helen Miller prizes. Later we exchanged gifts. Margaret Malnight was Appleman's new home were not enough, our January meet presented with the quilt made by Dorothy Permar on which ing was made doubly attractive by a motion picture tour of we had sold tickets. Europe in technicloor and a travel talk by Kenneth Klopp, The following week all the Sigma Kappa children were who operates an important travel agency in Columbus. entertained at a party at Alberta Bell's in East Lansing. Later those of us who have no children were entertained Plans with an account of the party. Learning from the mother of one of our alumna, that Again in January we me with Alberta Bell. This meet a baby had recently left the University Hospital here in ing was a bridge party. We decided to sell tickets on an Columbus, wrapped in a bath towel (strangers please do account at Knapp's, a local department store. The draw not judge Columbus too harshly. We understand it hap ing will be just before Easter so the luc~-y person may pens in the best of cities), we have decided, as an alumnre purchase a new Easter outfit. project to present that hospital with a permanent la; e ~ te, Several of the alumnre helped at a tea which the Alpha replacing it each time it is used. Plans for this project T au chapter gave for the faculty of the college on Janu will be the important discussion at our annual luncheon ary 23. meeting, February 2. We are looking forward to sewing WILMA DRESSE L on "little things"' when we meet at Agnes Turner Davis'. Chicago The layette will be on exhibit at a tea at Ruth Patterson Nida's, February 18, and will be presented to the hospital The North Shore section enjoyed a H alloween party, the first week in March. Then will come the pleasure of with their husbands, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter wondering if perhaps our layette may not outfit a future N. Sutherland (Betty Wiley, Eta) in Winnetka. This president. section also held an evening benefit bridge party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J, Lyman Bingham (Helen Wright, Personaltiies Iota) in November. Meetings in the form of dessert-meet Welcome back this fall to: Mrs. Eugene Combs (Mary ing-bridges, have been held at the homes of Florence Tillotson) who with her husband and very young daugh Clough, Jane Moorhead, and Beatrice Dolan. Naomi Sils ter, Patricia, returned to Columbus from Beaver Falls, Pa. dorf is chairman, Mrs. William Aldrich (Betty Williams) who with her The North Side section has spent most of its energy thus husband and very new son, Thomas, returned to Columbus far on how to raise money to pay its share of the yea r's from Los Angeles, Calif. budget. With the indispensable help of Edith Bulow Beautiful scenery, interesting people but poor shampoos, the girls have been selling Christmas cards and sta was the report of Edna Wolfe Sanderson, on her return tionery. They plan to give a benefit bridge party in the spring. Meetings have been held at the homes of Louisa from a vacation in Porto Rico. A good time was had by Janice Kirk Van Blaricom, Davis, Ada Mae Ganz, Lois Davenport, and Annabelle Gabbard. during an early December trip to New York. The West Side section held a rummage sale in Novem Having a good time is Helen Coppess Fait, who is ber and cleared $75. With the profits they paid their spending six weeks in Florida. pledge to various national projects and bought two end RUTH J OHNSON table lamps for Psi chapter and a floor lamp and a table lamp for Theta chapter. Central Michigan Mrs. Carl E. Silsdorf (Naomi Moffatt, Theta) gave a We started the year off with a business meeting at card party at her home in Chicago January 28. It was a MARCH, 1938 75 benefit party and a general invitation was extended to all and now we are looking forward to our annual joint meeting with the college chapter in February, when we sections. All sections (there are five now in Chicago area: North will be twenty years old on Denver University's campus. Shore, North Side, West Side, South Side, and the In addition to these regular evening meetings the bridge Younger Alumn., who meet in the loop) joined together luncheon group has met each month at different homes. for a luncheon and bridge at Marshall Field's tea room There are four hostesses for each luncheon and the average just before Christmas. attendance at these affairs has been twenty. This group FRANCES HIDDEN was originally formed as a means of raising money for convention-now it really serves as a way of contacting those girls who are unable to attend evening meetings Cleveland besides adding funds to the college chapter treasury. A cold wet and windy evening in November saw us The alumn., and college chapters were delighted with gathered for dinner in Rocky River in the cheerful home the gift they received at Christmas from the Mother's of Ada Miller Macbeth, Omega. On a table was placed Club. Our lounge at the chapter house was completely a fascinating array of toys and clothing for our Christmas refurnished by our mothers who are ever ready and will box to the Maine Seacoast Mission. "We are thirty," ing to help us. said our president, Dorothy Nash Brailey, Nu, and we D allas congratulated ourselves on our increasing attendance. After the business meeting Alpha Pi alumn., presented a playlet The Social Diary of a Dallas alumna. complete with eighteen-seventy costumes, speech, and December 11-Attended Sigma Kappa Public Relations atmosphere, in which the Founders recognized the need tea where Ruth Hill Barr, Sigma, '24, was presented for the feminine minority at Colby College to form a in a series of Chinese Interpretations. She and her chil society of its own. dren ·were in Chinese dress and gave Chinese music, College members home for the Christmas holidays were language explanation, and stories. Representatives from our guests at the meeting held in December at the home aH the sororities-alumn3! and college chapters, as well as of Katharine Tener Lowry, Theta. The seven undergradu· other guests were invited. Tea was served. ates present represented Miami university, Ohio Wesleyan, January 1, 1938-Went to a Sigma Kappa Morning Westminster, and Michigan State. A Sigma Kappa from coffee of the home of Elizabeth Smith, 3806 Beverly, each chapter was asked by the president to tell us a few Sigma Kappas, new and old were there. It was honoring things about her chapter, and each one graciously did out of town girls home for the holidays: Fay Burnett, so. There were thirty-nine of us present, the largest group New York City; Janet Bogardus, New York City; Bar· of Sigma Kappas ever to gather in Cleveland. bara Black, Grand Saline, Tex. ; Helen Heatherington In January Dorothy Tener Walworth, Theta, was our Ponath, Greenville, Tex. ; Hattie Denison Arnold, Okla hostess. We were delighted to have as our guest a former homa City, Okla. Cleveland girl, Hazel Hulburd Allen, Theta, ' 17, and a February 11-Plan to attend a Mexican luncheon at former roommate of our Katharine Lowry and Alice Carl El Fenix Cafe in "Little Mexico" where the Southern son Stover, Thetas. Her daughter Betty Anne Allen, is Methodist University Dean of Women, Miss Lide Sprag- now a Sigma pledge at Syracuse University. gins, will talk. ESTHER HILL Evelyn Adams Corell, Alpha Psi, '34. was December hostess for the East Side Bridge group, and Marion Warner D etroit Claflin, Epsilon, entertained us in January. One of our nicest parties of the year was the Detroit Recording secretary this year has been Ida Belle Jacobs; alumnao Founders' Day luncheon held at Devon Gables Alpha Pi, Westlake hotel, Rocky River, Ohio, who re Country club. Following a delicious luncheon, the chair· placed Evelyn Corell who was unable to accept the posi man, Frances Cope Hummel, gave the girls the oppor tion because she has a baby girl, Christine, who takes a tunity of reviewing sorority history by endeavoring to good deal of her time. answer questionnaires she provided. Pictures of our Found· EDNA JESSOP PAYNE ers and also prominent Sigmas of the present were passed which we were asked to identify. Colorado Louise McCurdy McKinnan, Alpha, entertained Group Four and their guests at the Wardell November 19. The Colorado alumn3! are becoming better acquainted with group met in December at the home of Pauline Summy "things" in the world by interesting talks given by au Bixby, Alpha Mu. Mrs. Elsie Kuehne Bauman, Psi, once thorities who are in the business of these particular again invited the chapter to a Christmas bridge party in "things" in Denver. her lovely home. Despite the slippery streets the majority In November, Nevin Carson, a Denver University gradu of the alumnae were more than willing to brave the ele ate and owner of the Carson Crockery Company gave us a ments to take advantage of Sister Bauman's well known talk on the history of china from its introduction in a hospitality. She was assisted by the East side group. The small way into Europe from China, the discovery of the girls were all delighted to have Ruth Matthews Suse, right clay for its manufacture in Germany, to present Alpha Mu, in the city and kept her busy answering ques day manufacture. He displayed, at the same time, pieces tions about her travels. of outstanding design from various makers all over the For the January program the group reserved a block world. He hoped, he said, to lessen the burden of dish of tickets to the play, "King Richard II," starring Mau· washing by giving us the fascinating story behind the rice Evans playing at the Cass Theatre. dishmop. From now on our combined interests will all be concen January's acquaintance with "things" was brought to trated upon the forthcoming convention of Region V. Plans us by Mrs. Justine Sarkisian Rodriguez, another Denver are well under way and we anticipate a large number of University graduate who spoke on Oriental rugs. She interested Sigmas. brought a collection of about thirty-five antique Orientals GRACE MAAss MATHEWS which left us breathless both as to price and beauty. One was a Moslem Prayer rug, another which won the World's Exhibit for exquisiteness of weaving, and another the Hartford warp of .which was formed by gold threads wrapped in When Santa Claus made his rounds this year, he found silk. She developed the history of weaving, patterning Sigma Kappas gathered at Alice Anderson's in Wethers and dying the rugs. Our awe at the four figure price field for their annual Christmas party. A special feature tags was lessened after she told us even the most "ordi· of the program was the reading of Tolstoy's What Men nary" rug has at least four hundred knots to the square live By. inch, each of which must be tied by hand, and that very An unusual abundance of snow in Hartford has brought skilled workers can tie only about three knots a minute. renewed interest in skiing, sleigh-riding, and other winter Christmas time brought its annual party at the Sigma pastimes usually relegated to more northern latitudes. Kappa house with the games, presents, and candy canes; Our chief sorority activity, at the moment, is a demon· 76 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE stration-bridge to be held February 3 at the Hartford Indianapolis alumnre entertained with a delightful tea Gas Company when we expect to increase our culinary on Sunday afternoon, December 19, at the home of Edna skill and swell the funds for the Mai ne Seacoast Mission. Mae Katzenberger for Sigma Kappa pledges who live in Indianapolis and their mothers. Red roses formed the Houston centerpiece for the tea table which was softly lighted by candles and was presided over by Helen Spivey, alum The Houston alumnre are getting more enthusiastic ore president. every day over the response from other Sigmas to our Guests attending with their mothers were Betty Brewer Sigma Kappa bookplate. We are very proud of this book and Virginia Trickey from T au and Dorothy Steinmeier, plate and your orders and the nice things you all have who had already been initiated into Sigma Kappa at the said of it are appreciated. Our "second edition" will be University of Wisconsin. A rushee was also brought to off the press soon and we shall be able to fill your future the affair by Miss Steinmeier. Mrs. Katzenberger and Mrs. orders very promptly. These plates have been placed in Spivey were also special Sigma Kappa guests as were Mari each of the books on the Sigma Kappa Bookshelf at San etta Conklin, of Bloomington, member of the college Jacinto High School. Miss Pattillo, the librarian, is chapter, her mother and Mrs. Harold Haas (nee Louise very interested in our project and reports that the books Kelsey, Mu), whose husband is a member of the Indiana which we have given are among those which are most university faculty. in demand. Our latest addition to the Bookshelf is KAY WEILAND ''Swords of Laughter" by Goldie Capers Smith, a Sigma kappa. Anne Garrett gave the book. Kansas City Houston Panhellenic again sponsored Rufus Rose and his Marionettes. We were one of six Sororities who sold At Christmas time the chapter bought canned goods and their quotas of tickets. Louise Blanton had charge of .clothing for our adopted family, and at the samo time, our ticket sale and Virginia Turney was responsible for contributed to the Panhellenic family. the printing of tickets for the show. In January we had our meeting in the form of a lunch Lyndith Bark!ey entertained for her mother, Mrs. Geery, eon at the Muehlebach Hotel, which was attended by during the Christmas holidays. Catherine Berry and Irma quite a group of the Xi college chapter members, who Vaudoit assisted. Theo Hunnicutt honored the visiting were home between semesters. tnothers with a morning Coffee a few days earlier. Besides Plans for a larger attendance at meetings with some Mrs. Geery there were Mrs . Kruse and Mrs . Weingandt. book reviews and reports of trips taken by various mem bers as well as philanthropic work, are being made. DOROTHY KNAPP Indianapolis Bernice Edwards, assisted by Ruth Lingle and Josephine Los Angeles Ruten was hostess for the November meeting at which Since our last letter the Los Angeles alumnre have had, time plans were made for a tea to be given for the Indian in cooperation with the college chapter, two very delight apolis pledges and their mothers December 19 at the home ful functions: Founders' Banquet and the Public Relations of Edna Mae Katzenberger. Peg T aggart, Kay Willis, and Tea. Fern Amos were appointed to assist in arrangements. The former was under the ab le leadership of Jean Maxine Ghere was named in charge of the Christmas Mitchell Burgess, Alpha Omicron, for arrangements and party to be given for children at the American Settlement. decoration, and Nadine Adams, Alpha Omicron, for pro Thirteen Sigma Kappas braved the slush, smog and gram. The theme used was the Maine Seacoast Mission . slippery streets to attend the Christm as meeting held at A lighthouse centered the speakers' table. The program was the home of Helen Ester who had as her assistants Susie a radio broadcast which took place from another room Hutchison and Dr. Lillian Mueller. A Christmas gift of the Chapman Park hotel before a really truly hooked exchange was enjoyed and followed the usual business and up microphone. Virginia Bachelder, a college Alpha Omi bridge session. cron, was announcer. She surely made us all thoroughly It was with much regret that we heard Pat Shaffer, aware, in a most amusing manner, of the extreme neces who is moving to Olney, Ill., the last of January, give sity of the product her sponsor was advertising-Cape Cod her final report on the monthly visit to Tau chapter at Codliver Oil. Since this was a national Sigma Kappa hook the January meeting and discuss the plans she had made up making the world at large aware of our national phil for state rush before turning these duties over to Edna anthropy, Jessie Moffet, Iota, characterizing Mrs. Eleanor Mae Katzenberger. Pat has served as state rush chairman Roosevelt spoke in behalf of our philanthropic efforts. for the past several years, when, without much help she Mrs. Antha K. Miller, Alpha. represe nting our founder, assumed the enormous task of organizing Indiana Sigma Miss Louise Helen Coburn from her home in Skowhegan, Kappas so that they could be of great assistance before Maine, gave us an encouraging message. We were more and during the rushing activities at Indiana university. than thrilled to have Greta Garbo of Hollywood to speak Enough feeble response was realized the first year to make in behalf of ou r very worthy cause (Nadine Adams being Pat realize that she " had something there" or was about that noted personage for those two minutes). The college to have, so she plugged along for another year with the chapter presented a skit, written by Martha Jane Thorn, assistance of Ruth Lingle and several others until during representing a visit of the Sunbeam to one of the island the past year wonderful results were achieved. light houses. "The Rainbow Song," which was sung by It is a token of her great work when her loss is felt the two college members, Dorothy Wehr and Helen Wilke, as keenly by the college girls as it is by the alumnre was the theme song. group. There were suspicions of a tear or two and several The Public Relations Tea was held January 9, at the of us had large lumps to swallow when Pat concluded chapter house with a capacity number of guests. Jessie her report and said with a catch in her voice, ''I've Moffett before leaving for Philadelphia and New York, enjoyed my work so much and-! hate to leave." had m;de arrangements for our speaker, Princess Der Ling, Maxine Ghere and Lorena Denham were hostesses for who was glad to come to us although she no longer ap this first meeting of the year at the former's home. Joe pears before the clubs and public gatherings. Mary Kauff Summers, Panhellenic representative, announced plans for man McComber, Lambda, and the college chapter had the organization's annual dance to be held January 29, charge of the tea which was served most efficiently to and stated that she was in charge of publicity for the an exceptionally large number of interested guests. The affair. A Valentine party to be held for the children tea table was effectively decorated with Chinese' lilies at the American Settlement was discussed. Mrs. Marian by Mrs. Elder, our Alpha Omicron house mother. This Hackett, Alpha Zeta, whose husband is spending several annual event seems to be growing in popularity year by months in Indianapolis, was a guest. After the busmess year due to the outstanding speakers, whom we have session bridge was enjoyed and a bridge set in different been so fortunate in procuring. colored fostoria was presented as a farewell gift to Pat Our monthly meetings have been equally enjoyable due Shaffer. to the untiring efforts of our president, Beth Wade Yewell, MARCH, 1938 77 Lambda, and our program chairman, Grace Steinberger of the money went into a gold and white indirect floor Cooke, Pi. lamp for the house's Christmas present, along with a The December meeting was held at the chapter house couple of white lampshades. The rest will probably become with husbands and other guests interested in the raflle thread, pulleys, cord and coral trim for the new white drawing present. A moving picture reel of the Maine curtains Milwaukee and Chicago alumnae bought for the Seacoast and the Sunbeam on some of its many missions house. The dining room's beautiful new blue and white of love and mercy was shown. All present enjo, ed an paper and white wainscot (?) demanded new curtains, evening of bridge, games (even an old fashioned spelling which Madison alumnae shopped hours for and met at bee), and refreshments. Mollie Weisinger Stearns, Alpha the house to fashion en masse in one day. Omicron, and Grace Cooke were hostesses. The four bonds, Our Christmas program was at the home of Helen two dollars and fifty cents each, were drawn by Gladys Smith Neal, Alpha Iota, was inspiring with the harp Bohn Wright, Lambda, Florence Huebscher Finne, Alpha music of our hostess, two piano solos by Psi's Frances Omicron, a friend of Florence Finne, and Dr. Wade, Landon Kivlin, and a reading by Johnette Burge Fin father of Beth Yewell. The fifty dollar bond was recetved negan, Alpha Xi. by a friend of Odeal Hargreaves, Pi. Over one hundred The January meeting at the home of libby Chandler dollars were cleared. The success of this money making Klemm was notable for Fran's finding a decorator who venture was due to Norma Tilley, Alpha Omicron. It could do the house for the money on hand and voting didn't just happen. Norma kept on the job and kept others to try to collect the money for the curtains. Rushing on it also. should be a triumph with such a striking new dining Mary McComber and Beth Yewell were hostesses for room, and a living room brightened by the two white the January meeting. Helen Hairgrove, Eta, gave us a table lamps Chicago sent the house. most interesting talk on hand weaving, and her trip JEAN FLEMING through the South. She and her sister, Mary Hairgrove, Eta, visited the Pi Phi's school which has done much · to Memphis revive this nearly lost art. She showed us many beautiful samples and created the desire, in several of us, to take Memphis alumnre chapter is off in a cloud of dust up weaving as a hobby. with all its activities. We are having a grand year and We have been glad to welcome as guests to our monthly every month gets even better. We have several projects meetings Mrs. J. N . Nelson, Mu, Mrs. John A. Smart, working to raise funds as we have no local dues and so Mu, Mrs. Ralph M. Johnson (Cecil Thomassen, Eta), have to raise the money. Our vanishing luncheons are Mrs. K. E. Eck, Alpha Eta, and Mrs. Sam I. Heikes proving stimulating for they serve not only to raise (lone Smith, Theta) , from Sioux City, Iowa, who has been money but also to make us better acquainted with each visiting her sister, Gladys Smith Anderson, Theta, of other. The idea is that each girl must raise or give two Los Angeles. We know there are other Sigmas who have dollars some way by luncheons or otherwise. Flora Rawls come to Southern California lately. Won't you phone made hers by tutoring ; Elizabeth Bickford, by selling either Ma. 2880 or Tw. 5828 to let us know you are tea towels. Jessie Mae Olsen entertained two tables for here. The alumnae will be happy to welcome you to the dessert bridge. Florence Enright had a lovely bridge meetings held the second Tuesday of each month. luncheon. So you see we are all hard at it and seriously NOTE-if you have changed your address or phone this too! past year, please notify us. Annekay Thorpe started a birthday bank whose pro · MINTA Cox EDWARDS ceeds go to our Ways and Means fund. We hope all the girls are truthful, Annekay, and put in the right amount! November 15, Mrs. Ralph Countryman entertained the Louisville alumnae group at an Italian Buffet Supper at her home Sixteen pairs of shining eyes and the glowing faces of on East Parkway. Tall Italian bread sticks, yards of college members, pledges, and alumnae, attested to the spaghetti, and a huge centerpiece of fruit gave a real success of the Christmas party given for a group of Italian atmosphere. After our business meeting the night children from the Cabbage Patch Settlement in Louisville. prowlers braved the dark and stayed for bridge. A Christmas tree, heavy with toys and woolen mittens for Mrs. Frank Taylor (Louise Spradlin) visited Memphis each child, claimed everyone's immediate attention. A to view and thrill over the Vanderbilt vs. Southwestern lovely story by Letitia Green, while the children sat at football game. Frank is from Southwestern . louise is her feet, spell-bound, made a pretty picture. The ice living in Nashville now and we do miss her and think cream and cakes and candy came last bringing to a close that chapter most fortunate to have such a loyal new our party, with the agreement that it had been more fun member. Elizabeth Baker, Collierville, Tenn. is teaching because we'd shared it with these little tots. in Bartlett, Tenn. We heard also that Nettie louise Crider Since Louisville has no active city Panhellenic group visited our fair city too during November. at present, our alumnae sponsored a lecture and tea on the Off for the University of Tennessee Homecoming were University of louisville Campus, January 29, for louis Kathryn Ayres James and Helen Savars James, Novem· ville alumnae of all sororities. Dr. Gustus Bier, promi ber 13-14. We know it was a lark for them and a real nent in art circles here, gave an interesting lecture on tonic for their "School Girl" Spirits. "Trends of Modern Art," illustrating his points with One of our alumnae is a very important lady in the paintings from the University of Louisville library Collec Girl Scout Organization. In fact Mrs. J. Clarke (Mildred tion. After his talk, a social chat over the tea cups re Poole) is the Executive Director and that is the "Tops" vealed a great deal of interest and enthusiasm, on everyone's in Memphis. We are proud of our Mildred! She enter part, for another so profitable an afternoon together, and tained our alumnae royally at the regular monthly meeting we Sigmas were tremendously pleased with the coopera for November. The occasion was particularly festive as tion which other sorority women gave to our public rela we had luncheon at the De Voy hotel. Afterwards our tions project for the year. Maine Seacoast Box was packed. That is always fun. We' re looking forward to another successful rush season We wish we'd had much more. soon with the college chapter in the foreground, while We are planning a Christmas party to honor Helen we try to assist behind the scenes. Everts who will be home from Washington, D.C. for DOROTHY . SKENE the holidays. We hope others will notify us if they get home too so we can have a real reunion. Madison Martha Sweet Countryman has just returned from a trip through louisiana and Mississippi. The Tulane vs. Madison alumnae spent a day in November learning Louisiana State University game was the attraction in how the other half lives, at the Madison Service Shop. New Orleans. The Countrymans are really enjoying the Every one sent down their own, their children's and gorgeous poinsettias, Spanish Moss, and other Southern husbands' clothes and knicknacks not to say what nots bits of atmosphere because they are Minnesotans. and we collected almost $30. Most of the alumnae share We hope everyone will have a Merry Christmas and a 7'?> SIGMA KAPPA 1RIANGLE Happy New Year and that Sigma Kappa will have the December 11, a gala crowd of Sigmas, college, alumn:e, best best year ever during 1938. and pledges, arrived at the house for the dinner before Our Winter Season had a thrilling starter as Maribelle the formal dance at a downtown hotel ballroom. Gibbs had chosen December 29 as the day for her mar· December was indeed full for after the formal came riage to James Frank Taylor, Superintendent of Schools in the party which the college chapter gives for the alumn:e Dresden, Tenn. Maribelle was married in the First Bap and their respective children or sisters or nieces, and tist Church of Martin, Tenn. ; her home town. nephews. Christine Carlson clad in a red suit played To celebrate the homecoming of Helen Everts, Wash "Santa" for the party, chatting with the wide-eyed chil ington, D.C., and Martha Brinkley, Knoxville, all the dren and presented each with a gift. It was great fun to Sigmas were royally dined at Imelda Stanton's during watch the little tots become acquainted with each other Christmas week. Most of the time was spent in thor· and with the older guests. By the end of the evening oughly enjoying a most elaborate festive board and we there were several firm friendships among them. exchanged news in the good old fashioned way. "The Laura Whelpley Berge of Washington, D .C. (Mrs. choicest bits of conversation come at a dinner table" it's Wendell Berge) has been visiting her mother in Fremont, said. We had a short business meeting that night and Neb. during January. And recently May Ellen Whelpley decided to boost the Houston alumn:e by ordering some has been added to the staff of the periodical Saturday of the clever book plates they are selling. Review of literature. She works under the direction of The regular January meeting was held January 9 for Bernard De Voto. luncheon at Mrs. Miriam House's. Much time was spent Dr. Ruth Leverton, who rejoined our group when she discussing a Public Relations Project. So far we've de returned to Lincol n as director of fo od research at the cided to have a visiting professor here froin Syria give Agricultural College of the University of Nebraska, held us an illustrated lecture and hope to enlist the interest open-house at her newly equipped laboratory recently. of all our friends. Anne Kay Thorpe announced a The laboratory is a well-lighted room furnished with neat Regional Rushing Meeting to be held during early spring cabinets fitted with shining metal handles and knobs and probably near Nashville. glistening glass and metal chemistry apparatus. It seems to For our February meeting at Elizabeth Nichol's we have be a place where things will be accomplished if only planned to invite our husbands for a buffet supper and because the staff could not resist making efficient use of very special musicale. Marion Bickford, tenor soloist, will all these new and shining things. entertain us. Elizabeth says he really can sing which is Our last alumn:e meeting was held at the home of something from his wife. But Memphis does know he Eva Stotts. After the business meeting Eva entertained can and we are anxiously awaiting the time for our us by showing us some of the things which she brought treat. back from her trip to the Orient this summer. Among Mrs . Jessie Mae Olson is teaching Home Economics in her things she has some pieces of embroidered si lk which the Demonstration School at Teachers' College here. formed a part of the emperor's wardrobe when times Flora Rawls is the acting principal this year. were better in China. These were only a few of the MARTHA COUNTRYMAN exquisite pieces of handmade work which, to the eye of an uninitiated, appeared to be a very fine bit of tapestry. It is almost unbelievable that women could make them Milwaukee by hand. She also had some lovely lace table clothes and napkins. At the close of the talk, Eva with some assist· We started the year off with a bang last fall by ·a ance, donned a Japanese ceremonial robe. There is not real get-together party at Ellie Gaenslen's house. Every such a great trick to it if one gets on to it. We may Sigma in town was invited. Irene Schultz of Racine well believe that some of our gowns have puzzled the surprised us by turning out for this occasion. After Japanese ladies. several get-acquainted games and some hard guessing games Esther White Overcash (Mrs. Bert Overcash) is now we were re-conditioned by delicious cider and doughnuts living in Lincoln with her little boy and her husband who and allowed to converse to our hearts' content. Our is an assistant attorney in the Attorney General's office. attempt to contact all Milwaukee Sigmas and get them Annie Laurie McCall McAllister with her baby son, Wil together at one time was a huge and happy success. liam Light, is at present visiting her parents, Mr. and Our November meeting at Peg Laacke's house showed Mrs. E. D . McCall of Omaha. Annie Laurie has been a revived interest in Sorority affairs. Friend Schultzie making her home in Vicksburg, Miss. Laura McAllister was again present which proved the success of our fall Young is now living in Media, Penn. While on the sub· party. This was a regular business meeting covering all ject of such distant points it should be mentioned that our important phases of work and included a discussion Louise VanSickle spent New Year's week-end in Kansas of methods of forming a schedule for the year. We City, Mo., Ruth Leverton made a fl ying trip to Chicago. regretfully accepted President Marion Johnson's resigna· and Angeline Carlsson Anderson went to Atlanta, Ga., for tion and voted to have Margaret Miller Johnson, the a convention. Ruby Schwemley Schoeni with Ted made a vice-president, take her place for the rest of the term. hurried trip to Wray, Colo. and to Kensington, Kan. to In December we entertained our mothers and the spend the holidays with their respective parents. members of Psi chapter and their mothers at our annual Word has come to us that Florence Phillips is teaching tea party. This time it was held in my home. It was music at the school in her home town, Villisca, Iowa, this nice to see the college members once more and to meet year. That Charlotte Kizer Bitz (Mrs Arthur Bitz) has the new pledges of the Wisconsin chapter. We enjoyed moved into her new home which they are furnishing with seeing several out-of-town people, among them Mrs. Mc treasures old and new. Her address is ~7 Shelley avenue, Donald and Jean McDonald Jones from Oak Park, Jane Port Chester, N.Y. Here in Lincoln our alumn:e president, Hyde, vacationing here from San Francisco, and Melva Irene Towle (Mrs. Leland Towle) has just moved into Johns Ramlow of Chicago. her new home. For months Irene has been working on the We met at Jane Stanhope's early in January for a dis house plans and decoration and at last we are going to cussion of plans for the remainder of the season. And see the finished product for we go there for our February now we look forward to some interesting and varied meeting. We know she has done herself proud. spring meetings. Ruth Rieschick has a new secretarial position in Indian MARY Lou HAMMERSMITH apolis, Ind. Ruth who visited for a few days in Lincoln was enthusiastic about her new job for more than one reason for her sisters, Kate Wengel and Laurena Rieschick, Nebraska live there too. Among the new members of the Nebraska Since the last letter went to the editor there have been chapter of the American Association University Women many happenings of interest among the members of the are the following Sigma Kappas: D oris Steeves, Thora Lincoln Alumn:e chapter. The first Saturday in November Henderson, Janet Smith, and Winifred H aley. all the Sigmas who could gathered at the chapter house for At our recent meetings we have missed Winifred Hender the customary Homecoming and Founders' Day banquet. son who has been confined to her home for some time MARCH, 1938 79 recuperating from a back injury. We hope to see you in are all rarin' to go south of the Rio Grande. Ynez Hen· our midst again soon, Winifred. The alumnre chapter derson gave reviews of many new books on South America. has been trying to keep up a constructive program in A bon voyage card was given to Mary Sloan Wilbur who connection with the college chapter so that we may do is about to sail around the world with her husband, Dr. whatever we can to help the girls. ·As a part of the pro· Blake Wilbur, of Palo Alto. Hostesses were: Debbie gram we have maintained a committee on grooming which Rayner who was chief planner, Ruth Vredenburgh, Ina advises girls who ask help. The committee works on the Nelson, Ynez Henderson, Pat Wood, Vesta Cipperly, proposition that three heads are better than one in solving Elizabeth Gregory Sette, and Lucy Hall. the many problems which confront all of us. The girls LUCY HALL seem to find the advice helpful in the selection of a becoming hairdress or costume as well as an aid to a more Philadelphia chic appearance in all details of grooming. "A good beginning is half the ending" insisted the At our February meeting which is to be at Irene Towle's ancient Greeks-so Philadelphia made a smart beginning new home we are planning to make curtains for the rooms for the year in their election: president, Sally Egmore; of the third floor bedrooms at the house. Perhaps we will vice-president, Mary A. Perrell; secretary, Estelle Welles; even get curtains for the hall windows if we really get treasurer, Martha Hunscher. down to work. But of course by then there will be so "Speed" Baker's coming-to-town was a high light. "Do many new things to talk about and not least among them you remember when . . . " was a key phrase . . . and will be the outcome and results of the series of talks which unrestrained enthusiasm for our Editor-in-chief was the Ange Anderson will give on the subject of "Personal charm result. in the Good Hostess." The talks will be a part of the Our English Pheasant Inn dinners have been bringing program of the college group. members from forty miles away .•. and making us feel WILLA-CLARE MCQUILLAN pleased with ourselves. The party at the Perrells-a Back-to-the-Home idea, is on the verge of reality and will be conscientiously re· New Jersey ported in the next issue ... Deo volente .... "With Sigmas everywhere" and "Milstones" will supply At the November meeting of the New Jersey alumnre held at the home of Elinor Hull Hummel we had an those important intimate, and very personal details of our unusual program. Mrs. Tanaka, an exchange teacher from big little moments. Hawaii, demonstrated for us some of the native Hawaiian HAPPY PERRELL dances. Mrs. Tanaka was in island costume and explained Pittsburgh the meaning of the dances. The movements of the hands With the coming of September came also a renewing of tells the story, while the movements of the hips and Sigma Kappa interest with an opening meeting at the feet keep the rhythm. Mrs. Tanaka deplored the fact that home of Ethel Barnes Parmelee, Epsilon. Several new in this country these dances have been treated as vulgar Sigmas joined us at this meeting. Also Emma Kinne re burlesque, while they have an historical significance in ported informally on the Grand Council meeting held in Hawaii. The December meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Philadelphia in August. In October we met at the home of Margaret Duncan, Williamson in Westfield. The program consisted of novel Rho. It was at night (We usually have afternoon meet Christmas games which put us quite in the holiday spirit. ings!) so that from Margaret's home we sallied forth to Lucille Townsend, Mu, one of the National Field Executives of the Girls Scouts, gave us a talk on her a near-by Observatory to view the stars. Due to un· work with Girl Scout Camps, at the January meeting suitable weather conditions we could not view the heav· which was held at the home of Gertrude Tamen in East enly constellations but did hear a very interesting lecture, Orange. Dorothy Mathieson, Nu, one of our new alumnre saw stereoptican slides, and looked over several giant and Aura Wells, Nu, have joined us at our meetings telescopes. · lately. Our chapter is always looking for ways to raise funds, so in November we met at the home of Rebecca Gibson AoALINB ADAMS Wolfe, Alpha Sigma, and made Mexican hanging baskets Palo A lto to place on sale. We sell curtain rod sliders, too, a con· venient article for Pittsburgh housewives. Palo Alto alumnre have been having an interesting December's meeting came after Christmas and proved series of meetings and have contacted a large number interesting since the girls met in a large department store of alumnre from other states. More luncheons and a downtown, for lunch and a radio program. The program variety of programs have brought large attendance and consisted of our taking part in a radio broadcast called interest. We all like to eat! "Meet the Missis." Rebecca Wolfe and Eloise Drake At the October meeting there was a guest speaker whose Brock performed admirably for Sigma Kappa. name was inadvertantly omitted. We were happy to hear In January we met at the home of Rogene Jones Tuach, Helen Johnson Dow, Alpha Omicron, international rush Theta, assisted by Dorothy Clark Schmidt, Alpha Mu. ing chairman. The afternoon's program was a musical one in which Eloise In November a delightful luncheon was held at Live Drake Brock sang. She was assisted in her recital by two Oak Manor in Palo Alto. About twenty new alumnre local pianists. We all enjoyed the day-Eloise donated were the guests of the chapter, most of them from the her services and more mcney is now deposited in our state of Oregon and some from other states . After eating, account for our various philanthropies. all adjourned to the home of Charlotte Costello, Lambda, We have established a Book Shelf in a needy part of for bridge. Boxes of toys and clothing were packed for the the city which we hope will brighten the lives of those Maine Seacoast work. as is our custom at Christmas time. who might have no other access to good books. Ynez Henderson, Pi, had charge of the luncheon, and GRACE S. MILLER Patty Brenner assisted Charlotte Costello with the bridge. The whole party was a huge success. The December meeting was well attended, although Portland, Maine the rain was bad and Christmas rush was on us. Evelyn December 4, we met at the home of Mrs. Grace Linscott Snyder, Pi, assisted Esther Gerken, Pi, at whose home and had as our guest, Mrs. Gladys Spencer Gatchell, who we met. brought us up-to-date news of Alpha chapter where she January brought many out to a buffet luncheon at Ruth had just visited as district counselor. Vredenburgh's, in Palo Alto. Table decorations were Mexi January 21, the Rev. Orville J. Guptill was our guest can and food was in keeping with the Mexican theme. speaker. The January meeting was held at the home of Dorothy Bower and Ruth Vredenburgh told of their trips Mrs. Mabel McDaniel. Special invitations to this meeting to Mexico by automobile last summer and showed their were sent to the wives of Colby College Alumni in and souvenirs. Dorothy wore her China Poblana costume. We around Portland. · 80 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Portland, Oregon bench. A supreme effort was made to complete the room for initiation which was held January 15 when thirty The winter season in Portland found the Sigma Kappa pledges were initiated . They were the next highest schol· alumnre a busy group. The program for the December arship. average freshman class on the campus. Margaret meeting proved entertaining when members drew every· Sebastian was awarded a Sigma Kappa crested bracelet thing from candy Santa Clauses to little cactus plants presented by the alumnre for her outstanding work and from under the Christmas tree. The meeting was held at high grades. the home of Dorothy Thayer. February 26 the alumnre are giving a hard times dance Our Christmas philanthropy this year took several dif· where cords and ginghams, hot dogs and coffee will be ferent forms. Besides helping the Sunshine division fill featured. The money will go toward the $100.00 Jessie baskets for the less fortunate, we collected toys and dolls Pepper Padelford Scholarship fund. for the Portland Firemen Toy and Joy Makers. Muriel Stohlton Ginneve r had charge of the Penthouse We felt pleased upon winning second prize for the theater January 25 when the alumnre took over the play formal dinner table at the Meier and Frank table setting "The Bride The Sun Shines On .. with Betty Buckmaster, contest. We have won prizes every year that the sororities college freshman taking an important lead. have set the tables. Sigma Kappas and their friends enjoyed the formal GRACE JACK KETCHAM dance at the Portland Golf and Country Club December 29. This event was a great financial success as well as the out· standing social affair of the year. Rochester A group of forty Sigmas attended the buffet supper Blanche Eastwood Espey, Lambda, was guest of honor and January meeting at the. home of Ruth Lawrence. at the November meeting. Blanche has been Jiving in Margaret Berrian and Rhoda Firmin were responsible for Albany, and was on her way to Cleveland, where her putting out a very attractive Year Book containing names husband is now on the faculty of Western Reserve. She and addresses of all active Sigmas in and around Portland had photographs of the "farm," a 100 odd year old as well as a list of committees and the program for the Vermont farmhouse which Blanche and Herb have ac· year. Rhoda Firmin entertained the group with a talk qui red. about her experiences with the Mazama Club. The November hostess was Kathryn Harris Zobel, Zeta. Plans are rapidly being completed for a rummage sale We met for dinner and spent the evening packing the March 21 under the chairmanship of Betty Burgard. Maine Seacoast Mission box, and admiring blue prints Portland alumnre plan to be well represented at the for Kathryn's new house, under construction right across Regional Convention of Sigma Kappa to be held at Eugene, the street. As Kathryn drew the plans herself, this en· Ore., February 18, 19 and 20. sures constant supervision by the architect. ELOISE DORNER Six of us met for luncheon in a downtown tea room in January-a short business meeting followed. Beatrice Peck Maston, Tau, has forsaken Rochester for Puget Sound Larchmont, N.Y. The alumnre meetings have been highlighted by some Helen Tay lor Benedict, Mu, plans to move to Chicago interesting programs. In November, Helen Stone Gilbert sometim~ this spring. Her husband is already there, and who is head of the book department at MacDougals and when Bmks comes back from a New Jersey visit, plans Southwicks department store gave a fine book review to commute weekends. titled The Citadel. She is much in demand and January Blanche Espey 's new address is 2623 Canterbury road, 12 reviewed The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield, for the Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sigma Kappa Mother's Club silver tea. After long deliberation, Ruth Hoffmeister, Nu, picked At the December meeting, the alumnre gave a Christ· up two small sons and left with her husband in early mas party for two little motherless daughters of one of February for Hawaii, where Ed will be on the faculty Mu's sisters. Eleanor Jones Graves and Helen Pratt Race of the University of Hawaii. We expect them back in had charge of the refreshments, and imagine; real home September. made decorated Christmas cookies, hundreds of them Roberta Wright Hewitt, Zeta, is the most recent arrival served with hot chocolate. And we were a crowd too. in Rochester. She Jives at 295 Meigs street. Grace Jack Ketcham who was chairman of the party Marjorie Peacock Harper, Theta, spent Thanksgiving built a colorful gum drp tree made from a long thorn week in Chicago showing off her daughter, Jean. Marj bush. Painted white with each branch wrapped in candy and Les and Jean and Jinks (the dog) stayed in Detroit stick fashion with metalic multi·colored paper stripes. with Louise and"Phil Redeker on the way. Gumdrops stuck on the ends of every thorn. And best Mrs. Edgar Lee Green, Alpha Zeta, has come to some of all was bountiful Santa who brought many and varied of our recent meetings, and we hope she'll continue. gifts to the children, who were adorable and much awed MARJORIE HARPER by such attention. The college chapter choral group stood at the top of the circular stairs and sang Christmas Carols very softly. Pat Shinn played Christmas solos on her vibra· Rhode Island harp in her usual gracious manner. The January meeting honored all out of town and November 2 found us gathered about the fireplace in faculty Sigmas. Our program was delightful in that we the charming old Colonial house of Lillian Clark, Phi '34. heard quite professional numbers from the college chap· The packing of the Maine Seacoast Mission box took up ter. on the piano, violin, vibra.harp, harmonica. to say most of our time and we were pleased with the many nothing of pantomime and selected readings. cute toys and warm clothes that went into the large The Mothers' Club gave a huge present to the college carton. chapter, one that was much needed and often wished for; Erdene Gage, Phi, '25, was hostess at the Christmas that was, the furnishing completely and decorating of meeting. We were all so glad to welcome our Ruby the chapter room. This included a complete floor carpet Carver Emerson again. We always look forward to greet· of maroon. The walls were calsomined in warm Ia vender ing her at our Christmas party. Toys were brought for tones, graduated to lighter shades towards the ceiling; Santa Claus to give to poor children. We were delight· the four divisions of these shades are divided by silver fully entertained by Mrs. Ruth L. Schoonman, mezzo stripe bandings, and the ceiling is painted an off white. soprano, and her accompanist, Mrs. Edith W. Jenckes, The wood work is painted an off white and new lighting The January meeting was held at the home of Marjorie fixtures with white parchment triangle shades with the Preston Paul, Phi, '34. Plans were made for our annual Sigma Crest painted on the base, fifty new white steel bridge to be held March 17. A speaker from the Rhode enameled chairs with upholstered leatherette backs and Island School for the Deaf told us about the fine work seats. Jessie Pepper Padelford gave the fin'ishing touch being done at the school. to the room by giving to the girls her lovely piano and DOROTHY LEE CHAMPLIN MARCH, 1938 81 Sacramento Donald Cahill, Bobby Bond, Ronald Jones, Darilyn Awes, Norman Sampson, Joan Jackman, Betty Crates, Edward As the result of our annual rummage sale held last and Susanne Cramer. November our treasury was increased to the point where The local alumn"' chapter of Sigma Kappa feels that we could make our yearly contributions to the Maine its talent as rainmaker should be put to use where rain is Seacoast Mission, College Loan Fund and Department of a vital need. Well, perhaps it wouldn't work any place Christmas Cheer. For our local philanthropy we con else; but, you see for four successive years, in the midst tributed to the Sacramento Bee Christmas Fund. All of of lovely days and clear skies, the day and night of our these decisions as to where to place our hard earned party, it rains. Not just a well behaved shower, but funds were made at the November meeting at the home regulae torrents. However, this year, it did clear before of the president, Lucille Burlingame Day, Pi. the evening was over! · So maybe next year will be a Christmas provided the excuse for a party which was "dry" party day. The party was at Catherine Hawley's held at the home of Claire Johnson Fitzgerald, Lambda (Mu) home. It is a lovely place overlooking the old with Frances Macoun, Lambda and Claire O'Brien, Lambda San Diego Mission in Mission Valley. A buffet supper assisting. Bridge was the diversion of the evening after was served. Afterwards, we danced and played cards which Santa Claus, sleigh and all, made his appearance and talked. The husbands are at present promoting the and distributed gifts to all present. idea of making this a semi-annual affair rather than an Monterey Linn Morrissey, Lambda, and Geneva Linn nual. That would seem to indicate they had a grand Nealis, Lambda, were the hostesses for the January meet time. The committee in charge were Margie Awes, Myrtle ing at Monterey's home. We received an invitation to Foster, Stella Nelson, Ann Taylor, and Ethlyn Smith. the dance to be given by the San Francisco and Bay Cities In February, the local chapter of the American Associa alumn"' at the new chapter house in Berkeley. tion of University Women sponsored a lecture by Dr. Our next important event is the rush tea to be given Mildred Struebel, Mu, on her impressions of conditions in May so we spent much time discussing various methods in Central Europe. A committee headed by Helen Dis by which we may get in touch with desirable girls who mukes arranged for a Sigma Kappa dinner at the House of are going to college. Monterey presented the program Hospitality in Balboa Park in honor of Dr. Stroebel pre which consisted of a travelogue by a writer who is in the ceding her lecture. Our chapter was proud to have South Seas gathering material for a book. her here. A larger number of Sigma Kappas and their CLAIRE O'BRIEN husbands and parents attending the dinner and lecture. Our February meeting is with Susan Cramer and Irene St. Louis Jameson Harris at Susan's home on Point Lorna. Plans for our spring activities will be discussed. If any one We have said goodby to two of our members recently. is moving to or visiting in Southern California, remember Mrs. Marion Krause moved to Iowa and Marjorie Lipp our Sigma Kappa latch-string is always out. man married and went to Connecticut. We are going to ETHYLYN ROBINSON SMITH miss them, but to make up that loss we have just re ceived two new girls into our group, Mrs. Russell Rosson and Mrs. Donald Bryant. " Bits about 'em" are that Mrs. San Francisco Rosson just had a lovely baby girl and Mrs. Bryant's President Laura Hammond Beswick was hostess at the husband is a professor at Washington university. November meeting at which the drawing for the Maine At our Christmas dinner meeting, at president Dorothy Seacoast Mission quilt raffle was held. Muriel Goodell Kuhlman's home, we had a fine auction. Marie Shaver was the lucky winner. was auctioneer and did her work masterfully. The hand A friend of Lucy Lee Christman, Mrs. Reitzel of Bur made bridge tallies, baby sweaters, candy and the store lingame, gave an intensely interesting talk on her experi purchased donations went like lightning. Everyone who ences in Russia, first as a Red Cross nurse and later succeeded in being a highest bidder had a glow of achieve as the wife of a Y.M.C.A.· officer, during and after the ment on her face. It is a pleasant way to make money. World War. Her reminiscences were especially timely since Our already interesting public relations project of fur the meeting was on the evening before Armistice Day. nishing a Sigma Kapa book shelf at St. Luke's Hospital, The annual Christmas party was held at Leila Peugh's proved also entertaining in January when we were invited D ecember 15. Members brought old clothes, scraps of to be the guests of the Hospital at an authentic Chinese new material, canned goods, and monetary donations for dinner. Rev. Rufus D. S. Putney, the superintendent of Blindcraft people. St. Luke's cooked the food himself. We went to Chinese Edna Parker, who is serving on the committee to select restaurants and stores getting the right kind of candied a headquarters for the 1939 Convention, reported that the fruits, chop sticks and the other trimmings. We ate Farimont Hotel had been decided upon. Its central loca with chop sticks until it became apparent we would be tion in San Francisco, its roominess, and many other at it for hours. excellent features should make it an ideal place. \Ve had a spelling bee-spelling the words backward In January Grace Bucklev and Barbara Jones were and that made the words sound like Chinese to us, hostesses at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel where Grace is until our speaker arrived. Dean Sidney Sweet of Christ employed as secretary to the manager. Church Cathedral, lately returned from China, spoke The magazine subscription question was discussed. A about China and then answered many questions concerning new plan, suggested by the national agency, was adopted, the present situation. We were greatly honored by the namely, that each member should procure three new kindness and courtesy given us by both gentlemen, and it subscriptions or renewals per year. appears that our project is very worth while. As a means of raising funds for the expenses of Con vention arrangements San Francisco and Bay Cities alum ""' held an informal dance at the chapter house in San Diego Berkeley February 12. It was a complete success, both January 10 we came out from a few days rel axation socially and financially. after a busy holiday season, and met for our regular DoRA MERCADo meeting at the home of Helen Farrar Dismukes, Lambda. The hostesses , Helen Dismukes and Ethlyn Robinson Schenectady Smith, served a dessert supper. The December meeting was held at the home of Mrs. December 23, Susan Cramer was hostess for the annual Adkins where plans were made for a card party and Sigma Kappas' offsprings' party. They were there, all of a committee appointed to consider a public relations them, and had a lovely time. Of course, as at any Christ project. mas party, the highlights were the refreshments and The January meeting was a card party at the spacious exchange of gifts. The youngsters who were there with home of Abby Lou Burnham. Husbands and escorts were their mothers were Virginia and Dorothy Ramsey, Joan cordially invited and all assembled, there were twenty and Donald Foster, Ardith and Marcillino Hellberg, four. Instead of the conventional prizes, at Netha Me- 82 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Dowell's suggestion, a shop was installed in the sun lowe'en party with Helen Weidler and Beulah Young in room from which purchases could be made with "Mo South Bend. Eunice Toothaches carried away all the nopoly" money earned by the players at each table. The honors. merchandise offered varied from dry goods to canned November found the group coming to Elkhart for a soup ~nd candy but before the evening was over "Pat" dinner meeting with our president, Helen Best and Pease found it necessary to resort to inflation to protect Beatrice Brumbaugh and Phyllis Potter at Helen's home. her dwindling supplies. Nor did bridge have a complete After our business meeting we got down to the joyful monopoly. By fa r the gayest table was that engaged in business of packing our Maine Seacoast box. Every year playing Michigan. To Abby Lou Burnham, Betty Fum we think the gifts nicest. This year proved no exception. side, Irene Shaw, and Netha McDowell go the honors They were packed with many a giggle over the toys and for this successful party. many a thrill over the attractive and warm clothing. Our TRIANGLE correspondent, Ruth Simon Mighell is As a "special surprise package" for the evening we were leaving this city for D allas, Tex., much to our sincere re especially glad to have Charlotte Maurer Strutchers back gret. in our fold again. Charlotte was married July 2, 1937 Sympathy is extended to Ruth Rodkey Freese, Xi, whose to Thomas Strutchers and went to live in Detroit. They mother passed away December 2 and her father on Janu are now in Elkhart with residence in Hotel Elkhart. Wel ary 7. come back, Charlotte. RUTH Ht-TCH HOSFORD In December Clara DuBois and Eunice Toothacher of South Bend entertained the chapter at Clara's house. A long business meeting took up the entire evening. During South Bend the meeting our Public Relations Project was discussed. In September 1937, came an invitation from the Hartman It was decided to take several needy children to a Sisters to a wienie roast to be held at their lovely home " movie" and an "ice cream treat" afterwards. This just outside of South Bend. In the corner of the garden project had proved successful the preceding year. It was they have an open fireplace, and here we gathered to enjoy voted to wait for "Snow White" which will be shown in fun, food, and fellowship. Election of officers was held South Bend soon . during the evening and Helen Ferguson Best of Elkhart January 1938 found the chapter in Mishawaka at Kath was chosen president for the coming year; vice-president, ryn Petersen's new home. Lola Jane Rosenberger assisted Beatrice Brumbaugh, Elkhart; secretary, Grace Taylor her in entertaining at a luncheon bridge. Beatrice Brum Klemm, South Bend ; treasurer, Kathryn Burns Petersen, baugh and Beulah Young won the honors. Mishawaka; and TRIANGLE correspondent, Phyllis Mahn PHYLLIS POTTER Potter, Elkhart. After dark and mosquitoes had driven us indoors we had a lively game of bridge. Thank you, Spokane Marcella and Eleanor for such a perfect evening. In addition to our reg ul ar monthly meetings at which Our October meeting was a picnic supper and Hal- we always have a very interesting program after the Photograph by Erna Bert Nelson Spokane Alrmm.e Chapter Back: Helen Mills, Mrs. Jessie Iverson, Helen Bogue, ]essilyn Morris, Norma Pet~rson (house pres.), Barbara Jean Ward, Mrs. Gilchrist, homemother, Rose Sayer (Lan:bda) , )uanrta Wa:~en ( Alp~a Gamma '26) Naomi Taggard (Alpha Gamma '29), Kay Shepard Krndschr (Alpha Phr 35), Ol~ ve Hartvigson {Alpha Gamma '35), Vivian Kidwell (Alpha Gamma '35) , Vera '!hompson, Mar10.n Fischer. Front row: Erna Bert Nelson (Alpha Gamma '26), Annette DuBo.rs, pledge, Connre Hertubisa, pledge, Peggy Lou Roberts, pledge, Ethel Shepard, pledge, Gladene Frsher, pledge, Helen Williams, pledge. MARCH, 1938 83 business portion has adjourned, we have had quite a for the January meeting held in the home of the latt~1. number of other activities. A delightful buffet supper was served. We discussed plans October 8 we gave a tea at Juanita Warren's home, for helping the community center which is our philan honoring the mothers of the Alpha Gamma chapter thropic project. pledges. It was a pleasure to meet the mothers and they LECIL B AGWE LL BENEDICT seemed delighted with the tea and the chats with the Sigma Kappa alumnre. Teddy Budwin gave a short and Twin Cities informal talk on the history of Sigma Kappa. " The Old South" was the theme of a breakfast with The jingle of Christmas bells having faded into the which our enthusiastic group entertained the Alpha distance, we are all ready to buckle down for another Gamma members and pledges. Juanita Warren made and year. sent the clever invitations to the girls. These invitations The December meeting was purely a social function to consisted of a negro mammy (made of bits of calico give the alumnre a chance to meet the alumnre-to-be. pasted onto a drawing on the card) and a verse asking Ten tables were set with ten different games. The girls them to be present at the breakfast October 31. The went from table to table mingling with the different menu, prepared by Ruth Kelsey, was well done. Only groups and playing the games that interested them most. seven of our twenty-eight girls were able to go to Pullman While the hostesses served the lunch, everyone sang on that Sunday, but we seven drove down there, dressed some of the go~d old carols. Can't you just see them in colonial costumes, and had breakfast ready to be marching around with trays of ice cream and fancy served at 11:30 o'clock. The hand made place cards cookies to the tune of " Jingle Bells"? Alpha Eta Asso were shaped and painted little coon's heads, each with ciation and Mrs. Armstrong, the sorority housemother, a wig of fuzzy black hair. After we had found our places presented the house with a lire screen. we were served a fruit cocktail, ham and eggs, apple December 28 won't be forgotten very soon. This was sauce, hot biscuits and honey and coffee. After breakfast the date chosen for the Christmas luncheon at Donald came the program which Kay Kindschi had planned. Rose son's tea room. Because people haven't the time at Christ Sayer who is active in Little Theater work here in Spokane mas to plan a home party, the alumnre decided on the gave a humorous reading ; Naomi Taggart played some splendid idea of having a luncheon each Christmas at selections on the piano; Erna Bert Nelson took pictures some convenient Tea Room, so that we might get together of us all. We sang songs of all kinds and then the Alpha with the girls in town for the holidays. News letters Gammas taught us to do the "Big Apple" -the fall are sent out, reservations made, and two delightful hours rage of the Pullman students. are ready to enjoy. Margaret Caron made the arrange A pre-holiday Christmas party is an annual event here. ments. Miss Jane Miller of Bowesmount, N.D., This year Juanita Warren had the dinner party at her attended the luncheon with Helen Corbett. home and we all went in costume, each taking a toy. These The greater part of the J anuary meeting was given over toys constitute our gifts . to the children of one of the to Mildred to tell of her interesting trip through England, poor families in Spokane. Of the costumes the girls wore, Norway, Germany and France . I wish I had more time one represented a gob, others Hollanders, Chinese, Hawi to relate some of the very interesting incidents she told ians, and another, inspired by the " dydee dolls" in the of, but perhaps many of you will see the same things store windows at Christmas time, came to said December next summer while .on the Sigma Kappa tour. party clad to represent one of them. The Mothers' Club gave the house four new dining During the holidays when the Alpha Gamma actives room tables. The new tables called for new linens. That from Spokane were home, we met with them for a lunch seemed to be our task, so we bought striped linen eon at the Crescent tea room. doilies. They are really very attractive. KATHLEEN SHEPARD KlNDSCHI Mrs. Stenson had the last dessert luncheon, an idea that has been used to raise money for little extras. Each girl pays a quarter. · Tulsa Helen Hauenstein has been transferred from Los An geles to the Foster Bureau in New York to finish her Bernita Everett's lovely new home was the scene of the training. annual Christmas party for Tulsa Sigmas and their hus We are very happy to welcome Mrs. Wayne Myers, bands. A visit from Santa preceded the dinner and Alpha Pi, and Winifred Keyes, Alpha Nu, to our alum- bridge, making it a gala occasion. ore group. During the holidays Harriett George Barclay was hostess MARION WHALEN at a tea for Inette Husby, Alpha Eta, who spent the Christmas vacation here. Inette is a teacher in the Min neapolis schools. Washington, D.C. Sigma Kappa is being well represented in City Pan The Washington alumnre chapter opened a busy season hellenic this year by Alma Jewell who is publicity chair with a meeting on Wednesday evening September 29, man, and Bernita Everett who is chapter delegate. 1937 at the home of Cat!)erine Brazerol Welch. The We regret to lose one of our members, Olivia Nan program for the year was discussed and plans were fur Bohannon, Sigma, who with her husband has moved thered for the philanthropic work of the chapter. to Oklahoma City. After the meeting Rosemary Arnold Elliott gave a trav Peggy Mitchell's daughter, Eleanor, is on tour with elogue on her trip across the continent by sleeper-plane the Gillette Chamber Orchestra this winter. Eleanor is a and Mary Agnes Brown gave an account of her attendance line flutist, having finished Eastman School of Music at the International Congress of Comparative Law at The last year. Hague in August. The committee on arrangements for the Beulah Johnson is kept busy these days with her work on meeting consisted of M axine Rolle Goodyear, Chairman, the Moral and Welfare Squad of the Tulsa police. Beula and Catherine Brazerol Welch, Anita Youngman and handles those cases where women and children are in Hazel Bayne. volved. The social season of the chapter was inaugurated with Harriett Barclay, who with her husband, teaches in a formal dance in the Cabinet Room of the Willard hotel Tulsa University, gave two papers on Botanical Research at October 23. The guests of honor were the thirteen new the Oklahoma Academy of Science which met at Oklahoma pledges of Zeta chapter. Ruth Remon Wenzel was the University in December. Harriett's husband, Dr. Donald chairman of the dance committee, assisted by Elizabeth Barclay, is state president of this organization. Treadwell, Marian Ryerson and Josephine Gray. Virginia Manhart, Iota, is moving into a lovely brick During the week end of November 12 and 13, George colonial home this week. Washington university had its annual H omecoming. Much We are sorry to report that Kitty Dustin's husband is interest was crowded into these two days with the recep seriously ill in the Morningside hospital. tion and tea in honor of the professors emeritus, the Juanita Burkhalter and Peggy Mitchell were hostesses rallies in the University Yard, the big football game on 84 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Saturday afternoon in which George Washington played delightful evening. The program was given by Ruth the University of North Dakota (and incidentally GWU Remon Wenzel who showed movies of her trip to Alaska. won) and the Homecoming Ball on Saturday night. MAXINE ROLLE GOODYEAR And fittingly as part of the George Washington univer sity Homecoming activities, Sigma Kappa held its annual Winnipeg Pounders' Day banquet and roll call meeting November 13 at the Highlands. The committee on arrangements, Clara As it is our usual custom to have some sort of party Critchfield Bennett, chairman, Eleanor Hall Saunders, around the Christmas season, our December meeting was Margaret Graves and Helen Middleton from the Alumnre given that form . It was held in ''the suite," and space chapter, and Peggy Foote and Marjorie Moorman from there being at a premium, it was impossible to indulge Zeta chapter, were responsible far the attractive decora in active games and a compromise bad to be made in tions. The scheme was nautical and the dining room was the playing of the fascinating but not strenuous ·'Pick effectively bedecked with things marine. About seventy up-Sticks."' Dorothy Dick, borne on a short vacation from Sigmas attended and enjoyed the excellent dinner and Montreal, was present, and we were delighted to have clever and fitting toasts which al;o had a •·salty" flavor . her with us again. The months of November and December were devoted A few days later we did our bit towards giving pleas to Vanishing Bridge Parties, one of the most effective ure to others, when alumnre members assisted college ways the alumnre chapter bas of raising money for the members and pledges in giving a Christmas party, com· philanthropy fund. The opening bridge party was held plete with presents and refreshments, for the children at at the home of Katherine Scrivener. the Point Douglas Mission. December 18 a luncheon bridge was held at the Ameri The January meeting was also held in the suite in can Assocation of University Women club house. Morecambe Lodge, and after routine business bad been The Christmas holidays were merry and gay and one disposed of, Norah Kernagben gave an excellent review of the enjoyable affairs of the season was the Christmas of the Canadian prize novel With the West in her dance of Zeta chapter at the Broadmoor hotel. A large Eyes by Kathleen Strange. number of alumnre attended the dance and voted it a Our annual effort for raising funds for charitable pur· most successful affair. poses and for our Loan Fund was held January 17 and, On New Year's Day the alumnre chapter bad a tea as last year, took the form of a Theatre Night. dance at the Thomas Circle Club. On the last Sunday in January a reception was held by The first month of the New Year was the time of the the alumnre chapter at the borne of Marjorie Dick, in first meeting of 1938 at the home of Helen Smith on honor of the college chapter and relatives. Chesapeake Street, where some forty alumnre spent a FRANCES LEAR HUTSELL Group at Tea Given for Mrs. Krey by Beta Beta at Columbia, S.C. Seated, left to right: Priscilla Adair, Elizabeth Warren, S~ra Coggins, Adelaid~ Taylor, Mrs. Krey, Cornelia Yoder, Elizabeth Caston, Blanche Penick. Standrng, left to r1ght: Elrzabeth lt: atts, Mary Ellis Gardner, Kay Duffy, Mrs. Peggr Harley. (Ore. State) , Ruth Gayden, Mary Lourse Gayden, Josephine Timberlake, Janet Bailey, Eltzabeth Brrd, Artmenta Green. MARCH, 1938 85 WITH OUR ALUMNAE CLUBS EDNA MONCH PARKER, Editor Corvallis 0 Nnge County Corvallis Alumna: Club was entertained by Jacqueline Grace Mulford Knipe, Pi, '19, arranged a luncheon in Brier and lillian Sikes Knoll at the home of the latter, Santa Ana last April. The eight Sigmas who attended December 2. Plans were made for a gift for the Upsilon formed an unofficial alumnJ£ club, and elected Nina chapter house. Bessie McCaw Shupe chairmaned the com· Becker Hull, Epsilon, ex '11, president, and Bertha Owen mittee which worked with Miss Mary Mcintyre, house Elson, lambda, '20, secretary-treasurer. These two were mother in choosing a new table for the sunroom. Betty hostesses to the group at Bertha's home in Orange for lynd Thompson, Eta, and Catherine Yoder Ferguson, the September meeting, when we sent our letter to Grand Alpha Iota, were hostesses for the January meeting, just Council asking for recognition. The certificate of mem at the beginning of the college rushing period for winter bership in the Alumna: Association came to us in Decem· term. The games and stunts played were calculated ber. to make us renew youth and forget the weighty prob Our first official meeting was held January 14, in the lems of helping the "sistern." February 3 at the home Santa Ana home of Ruby Hill Wright, lambda, '21; of Zilda Reeder Wooddy, with Regina Dusenberry as co hostess duties were shared by Genevieve Owen Wollaston, hostess, found plans for the Northwest Regional con lambda, '22. Our new status seemed to demand more ference February 19 at Eugene, Ore., of prime interest. formal organization, so the following elections were made: However committees are working on plans for Upsilon's Grace Knipe, vice-president; Margaret Knuth Workman, twentieth anniversary in May. A representative from each Alpha Omicron, '31, secretary-treasurer and publicity; class was appointed to find out how many will be able Margaret Mills Ockels, Nu, '15, Magazine representative. to return for the Memorial Day holiday which will also The others present were Elsie Wingood Daly, Pi, '17; give alumnre a chance to attend commencement festivities. Micha VanAtta Cathcart, Alpha Omicron, ' 30; Eunice We are looking forward to a big group. Rowan Weston, Upsilon, '31; Mina lutz Heil, Upsilon, ex '24; and Helen Smith Morris, Alpha Omicron, '29. HARRIET FOREST MOORE Talk over tea was long; it touched on the Wrights' trip down into Mexico this fall, the Public Relations Tea Grand Rapids held recently and very successfully at the Alpha Omicron Eight Grand Rapids Sigma Kappas met December 3 chapter house, the Cathcarts' drive to Boulder Dam and with Thelma Strong Swenson, Alpha Tau, '3 7, and or Death Valley during the holidays, and the Regional Con ganized an oflic~al alumna: club, with Thelma Strong ference to be held at U.C.l.A. in April. We also heard Swens~n, as president, and Mary Jane Withrow, Alpha about Genevieve Jean, the tiny baby daughter Bertha El Tau, 36, secretary-treasurer. Three more eligible and son took just before Christmas for adoption. interested Sigmas have been located, so our dai'S as a We had a grand time on a uiny afternoon, and planned club are limited. our next meeting for Friday, May 13, at Micha Cath Jan~ary 27 found us ?'eeting with Ruth Phillips, Theta cart's home in La Habra Heights. -;-~gam a turnout of e~ght. We are enthusiastically out· MARGARET WORKMAN lmmg a program to include Alpha Tau chapter contacts international philanthropy, etc. ' Wichita During our meeting March 28, planned during Michi The Wichita Alumna: Club of Sigma Kappa held its gan State's vacation period, we had three local Alpha January meeting at the home of Mrs. I. W. Parrott Tau college members as guests. (Eleanor Seibert, Xi, '25), January 19. During the A group from Grand Rapids attended the Alpha Tau business session a report was made of the work that initiation and banquet February 3. The alumna: club will Wichita City Panhellenic is doing. This year instead of be well represented at the Region V convention at De contributing to the Community Chest, Panhellenic is fur· troit, April 2-3. nishing lunches for needy children at both high schools, ELIZABETH WHIPPLE BUTLER and is working directly with high school teachers who are in immediate contact with the children. Panhellenic's New Alumnre Clubs Being Organized Christmas party held early in December at the Innes in Michigan tearoom was most enjoyable. The festive dinner was fol lowed by a review of Maxwell Anderson's Star Wagon . New alu?'n"' clubs ~r_e in ~he process of being organized given by Miss Ruth McCormick, Delta Delta Delta. In the Sagmaw-Bay C1bes-M1dland area and in the Battle Our own Christmas party was a gay affair with games Creek-Kalamazoo area of Michigan. Anyone interested in and an exchange of gifts. beco?"ing a member of either of these groups, should com For February we plan a Sweetheart party in honor of mumcate With Eil_zabeth Whipple Butler, 1321 Hope street our husbands and escorts. S.E., Grand Rap1ds, Mich. HORTENSE GIBSON Renew your magazin~ subscriptions through the Sigma Kappa Magazine Agency- 873 Cherry, Wmnetka, Ill., and send new subscriptions the same place! 86 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY Formded at Colby College, Maine, in 1874 FOUNDERS District 2: Alpha Rho, Alpha Omega, Sigma, Memphis Alumnre, Nashville Alumnre, Dallas Alumnz, MRS. L. D . CARVER, nee Mary Caffrey low (deceased). Houston Alumnre. ELIZABETH GORHAM HOAG (deceased) • DiJtrict Counulor: Mary Walker, 1403 21st ave. S., MRS. J . B. PIERCE, nee Ida M. Fuller (deceased). Nashville, Tenn. LOUISE HELEN COBURN , Skowhegan. Me. MRS. G. W. HALL, nee Frances E. Mann (deceased). REGION IV-Pmident: Ruth L. Smith, 8391 Cedar rd., Silver Spring, Md. District 1: Omega, Beta Beta, Miami Alumnre, Talla GRAND COUNCIL hassee Alumnre, Orlando Alumnre Club. Grand President-Mrs. Richard M. Wick (Alice Hersey DiJtrict Counselor: Mrs. Harry Denham (Martha Wick), 2521 S. 21st st., Philadelphia, Pa. Turner Denham), 401 S.W. 24th ave., Miami, Grand Vice-Pre~ident-Mrs. Lawrence A. Harper (Anna Fla. McCune Harper), 283 Park View ter., Oakland, District 2: Zeta, Rho, Alpha Psi, Washington Alumnre. Calif. DiitriCI Counulor: Mrs. Charles E. Krey (Isabella Grand Secretary-Mrs. Charles B. F. Pease (Harriet Finch Brown Krey). 4606 15th st. N.W., Washington, Pease), 855 Central pkwy., Schenectady, N .Y. D .C. Grand Treamrer-Gladys G. Hamilton, 882 Gwinn Pl., . REGION V-PreJident: lola Jane Rosenberger, 115 S. Seattle, Wash. Mill, Mishawaka, Ind. Grand Counulor-Lorah S. Monroe, 614 E. Front st., District 1: Chi, Alpha Iota, Alpha Pi, Central Ohio Bloomington, Ill. Alumnre, Cleveland Alumnre, Cincinnati Alum ore. OTHER INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS DiJtrict Counselor: Mrs. Arthur R. Wengel, 1061 W . Hrd st., Indianapolis, Ind. TRIANGLE Editor-Mrs. James Stannard Baker (Frances District 2: Alpha Tau, Central Michigan Alumnre, De Warren Baker), 289 Woodland rd., Highland troit Alumnre, Ann Arbor Alumnre. Park, Ill. Diitrict Counselor: Mrs. Whip_ple Biltler (Elizabeth Director of Central Office-Mrs. Edward D. Taggart Whipple Butler), 1321 Hope st. S.E., Grand (Margaret Hazlett Tag!Sart). 617·18, 129 E. Rapids, Mich. Market bldg .. Indianapohs, Ind. District 3: Alpha Sigma, Pittsburgh Alumnre, New Chairman of Extension Committee-Charline J . Birkins, castle Alumnre Club. 2351 S. Clayton st., Denver, Colo. DiJtrict Counselor: Evelyn Coates, 4451 East blvd .. Sixma Kappa HiJtorian-lillian M. Perkins, 12 Mount Cleveland, Ohio. Auburn st., Cambridge, Mass. REGION VI-Preiidenl: Mrs. Roland R. Bauer (Evelyn Buiineu Man'!J(er Sigma Kappa Antholoxy-Mrs. lester Goessling Bauer), 6903 Waterman ave., St. Louts, 0. Gatchell (Gladys Spencer Gatchell), 42 Mo. Roberts rd., West Medford Mass. District 1: Tau, Indianapolis Alumnre, South Bend Dirutor of Publicity-Mrs. Joe Harry __ lapish (Edith Alumnre, Bedford Alumnre Club. Porter lapish), 3414 0 st. N .W., Washington, DiJtrict Counselor: Pauline Gauss, 112 N. Glenwood D .C. ave., Peoria. Ill. District 2: Eta, Theta. Chicago Alumnre, Bloomington PAST GRAND PRESIDENTS Alumnre, Kankakee Alumnre. Florence E. Dunn, 4 Sheldon pl., Waterville, Me. DiJtrict Coumelor: Mrs. Ardith P. Davis (Louisa Mrs . George A. Marsh (Rhena Clark Marsh), 231 Boule Ridgway Davis), 6221 Lakewood, Chicago, Ill. vard, Scarsdale, N .Y. District 3: Pst, Alpha Epsilon, -Iowa Alumnre, Eastern Mrs. Joseph M. Goodman (Sara Mathews Goodman). Iowa Alumnre, Madison Alumnz, Milwaukee deceased. Alumnre. Mrs . George 0 . Smith (Grace Coburn Smith), deceased. DiJtrict Counulor: Mrs. Hoeffner Kehr (Dorothy Hila Helen Small, Concord rd., Wayland, Mass. Strauss Kehr), 1847 N. 73rd st., Wauwatosa, Mrs. Merton D. linger (Eula Grove Lmger), 97 Uni Wis. versity ave., Buffalo, N.Y. REGION VII-Preiident: Mrs. Laurence W. Corbett Mrs . Benjamin T . Weston (Ethel Hayward Weston), 98 (Helen Ives Corbett), 2445 Sheridan ave. S., Weston ave., Madison, Me. Minneapolis. Minn . Lorah S. Monroe, 614 E. Front st., Bloomington, Ill. District 1: Alpha Eta, Beta Gamma, Twin Cities Alum Mrs. Harry Blunt (Mary Gay Blunt) , Belle Fourche, S.D. ore, Wmnipeg Alumnre. Audrey Dykeman, 6244 N. Oakley ave., Chicago, Ill. Diitrict Counulor: Mrs. Willard Bozett (Mary Lorett Mrs. Roswell D . H. Emerson (Ruby Carver Emerson), 72 Bozett), 1391 S. Clayton, Denver, Colo. Fayerweather st., Cambridge, Mass. District 2: Xi, Alpha Kappa, Omaha Alumnre, Kansas City Alumnre, Nebraska Alumnre, St. Louis Alum FIELD ORGANIZATION ore. Diitrict Coumelor: Mrs. Rolfe H. Starrett (Mary REGION I-Pre~id ent : Mrs. Arthur A. Thompson (Grace Hoge Starrett), 4718 McGee Kansas City, Mo. Wells Thompson), 5 Hazelwood Ave., W ater District 3: Iota, Colorado Alumnz, Tulsa Alumnz. ville, Me. Diitrict Coumelor: Mrs. Harold J. Campbell (Mar District 1: Alpha, Nu, Waterville Alumnre, Portlan From Name ...... College Chaptt:r ...... Initiation number ...... Address ...... City ...... To Name ...... •...... Address ... . City ...... Date ...... (of marriage, if sending information about marriage) COLLEGE CHAPTER DIRECTORY Corresponding Institution President Chapter Address Chapter Secretary Alpha ...... • Colby College Jean Bridges Louise Weeks Foss Hall, Colby Col· Beta and Gamma-Consolidated with Alpha lege, Waterville, Me. Delta . ••... . ••.•• Boston University Dorothy Erikson Phyllis M. Adams 688 Boylston ave., Bas· ton, Mass . Epsilon • . . . . • . • . • Syracuse University Lila M. Jones Dorothy Biddick sao University_ place, Syracuse, N.Y. Zeta •••.•..•••••• Geo. Washington Univ. Gertrude Weitzel Catherine Lapish 2129 G. st. N .W., Washingto~ D.C. Eta • • •...... • • Illinois Wesleyan Univ. Bonita Moorman Margaret Reeser 1101 N . .t:ast st., Bloomington, Ill. Theta •••... . •• •• University of Illinois Alma Delle Elliff Virginia Schulze 809 Pennsylvania, Ur bana, Ill. Iota ...... • , •• University of. Denver . Margaret Walters Dorothy Deaton 2120 S. Josephine, Den- Kappa • •• •. •• •••• Ow_mg to Un!vers!tY rultng, charters of all sororities surrendered in 1911. ver, Colo. Lambda .•...•••• Umv. of Ca!tfornta Ruberta Harwell Mary K. White 2409 Warring st., Berkeley, Calif. Mu ...... ••• Univ. of Washington Martha McKibben Mary Lou Richards 451 0 22nd ave . N.E., Seattle, Wash. Nu Middlebury College Alice Bassett Virginia Fischer Forest Hall East, Mid dlebury, Vt. Xi ...... •••• University of Kansas Betty Lou Mechem Betty Graham 1625 Ed~ehill, Law rence, Kan. Omicron ••. •. •••• Jackson College Thalia Drake Doris Bonner 128 Curtis · st. , W. Pi ...... Charter suspended upon request of chapter. 1931. Somerville, Mass. Rho •..••...••• •• Randolph-Macon Worn- Jeanne Manuel Lorna H . Houghtaling R.M.W.C., Lynchburg, an's College Va. Sigma ...... Southern Methodist Reba Abicht George Marie Sigma Kappa Box, University Swarthout S.M.~:.> Dallas, Tex. Tau •. . •• . •..•••• Indiana University Elizabeth Kriekhaus Lois Greenwood Si~tma 1\.appa House, Jordan ave., Bloom· mgton, Ind. Upsilon . . . • . . . . • Oregon State College Ellen Jarvinen Virginia Albright 231 N. 26th st., Cor· vallis, Ore. Phi Rhode Island State Esther Armstrong Eileen Miller Sigma Kappa House, College Kingston, R.I. Chi Ohio State University Elizabeth Burgess Nell L. Radabaugh 2051 Iuka, Columbus, Ohio. Psi •...... , ..•• , • University of Wisconsin Mary Frances Jackson Betty Howland 234 Lang_d,on st., Madi son, Wts. Omega ...... Florida State College Edith Ott Nellye Woodham Sigma Kappa House, for Women Tallahassee, Fla. Alpha Beta . ....• University of Buffalo Jane Stafford Lydia Glaser 36 Deveraux st., Buf· falo, N.Y. Alpha Gamma . .. Washington State Col· Marian Eicher Norma Peterson 402 Oak St., Pullman, lege Wash. Sue Stanton 1627 W. Cumberland Alpha Delta ....•. · Universi ty of Tennessee Faye Patrick ·ave., Knoxville, Ten. Alpha Epsilon .... Iowa State College Martha Holm Ruth Bell 233 Gray, Ames, Iowa. Charlotte iehr Carol Hallock 150 Triphammer rd., Alpha Zeta ...... Cornell University Ithaca, N .Y. Mary Jean Lindsey 521 12th ave. S.E., Alpha Eta ...... University of Minnesota Barbara Moody Minneapolis, Minn. Alpha Theta ..... Un iversity of Louisville Ann Stucky Margaret Major 2141 S. 1st st., Louis ville, Ky . Alpha Iota ...... Miami University Berneitta Frye Crystal Haynam 28 Wells Hall, Miami U. , Oxford1 Ohio. Genevieve Hoff 425 Universtty terr., Alpha Kappa .. .. University of Nebraska E l~ffel Marie Schutt· Lincoln, Neb. Lillian Preuss 135-18-218 st .. Spring· Alpha Lambda . •• Adelphi College Edith Michaels field , L.I., N .Y. Alpha Mu University of Michigan Charter suspended until conditions on cam pus shall warrant re-establish ment of chapter University of Montana Mary Katherine Mee _!Lois Anderson 539 University ave., Alpha Nu 1 Missoula, Mont. Alpha Xi ...... University of Iowa Charter suspended unttl conditions on campus shall warrant re-estab- lishment of chapter Alpha Omicron ... University of California Jane Murphy Fay Page 726 Hilgard ave., West at Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif. Alpha Pi ...... ')hio Wesleyan Univ. Doris Williams Jane Burkhardt 64 W. Wmter st., Del· aware, Ohio. Elizabeth Scruggs Lois Richardson 110 23rd ave. N ., Alpha Rho ...... Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn. Alpha Sigma . . .. . Westminster College Margaret Sloan Mary Elizabeth 202 Hillside, New Wil Grounds mington, Pa. Beverly Smith Sigma Kappa House, Alpha Tau ...... Michigan State College Jean Lowe E. Lansing, Mich. Alpha Upsilon ..• University of North Charter suspended until conditions on campus shall warrant re-estab- Dakota lishment of chapter Kathryn Morrow Genevieve McNiece 1761 Alder, Eugene, Alpha Phi University of Oregon Ore. Lenore Daniel Frances Knight Sigma Kappa House, Alpha Chi Geo rgetown College Georgetown, Ky. Martha Pace Virginia Patrick Box 503. College Sta., Alpha Psi .•...... Duke University Durham, N.C. Mary Neil Ventress 830-10th st., Tusca· Alpha Omega . .. . University of Alabama Paula Jones loosa, Ala. 724 Pickens st., Co· Beta Beta •• ...... University of South Cornelia Yoder Cornelia Yoder Carolina lumbia, S.C. Prances Robinson Suite 23, Morecombe Beta Gamma ••.•• University of Manitoba Pauline Sigurdson Lodge, Balmoral st. , Winnipeg, Man., Can. ALUMN.tE CHAPTER DIRECTORY Chapter President Secretary Date of Meeting Ann Arbor ...... • Lucille Jetter, Plymouth rd., Ann Mrs. Maxwell M. Royce, 322 S. First Thursday. Arbor, Mich. Ravenna blvd., Ann Arbor, Mich. Bakersfield Mrs. R. L. Shreve, 2707 Chester Mrs. James F. Day, Box 440, Bakers Lane, Bakersfield, Calif. field, Calif. Bay Cities Mrs. William F. Shelton, 6017 Marion Bangle, 3716 Telegraph ave., First Thursday, Shafter ave., Oakland, Calif. Oakland, Calif. 7:30P.M. Bloomington .... . Marietta Howard, 1014 N. Prairie, Mattie Belle Thomas, 108 E. Wal Second Friday, 6:00 Bloomington, Ill. nut, Bloomington, Ill. P.M. Boston ...... Margaret Cochran. 34 Hancock st., Kathryn Aller, 62 W. Cedar st., Bos Telephone Arling W. Medford, Mass. ton, Mass. ton 2951 Fourth Saturday, 3:30 P.M . Buffalo ...... Mrs. Walter S. Behrens, 585 Breck Mrs. Kenneth H. Van Wie, 68 Mer Third Monday. enridge ave., Buffalo, N.Y. rimac st., Buffalo, N.Y. Central Michigan • Mrs. Earl Howell, 126 E. Main, Mrs. Genevieve Shaw Stephenson, Second Tuesday ol Lansing, Mich. Ingham Sanatorium, Lansing, each month. Mich. Central New York Mrs. W. Gilford Dickinson, 839 Liv Mrs. Albert H. Garofalo, 647 W. Telephone 5-7278. ingston ave., Syracuse, N.Y. Onondaga st., Syracuse, N.Y. Second Tuesday evening. Central Ohio ..... Mrs. Lewis Fait, 2476 Powell ave., Mrs. Lawrance S. Abbott, 2221 Telephone Kings Columbus, Ohio. Abington rd., Columbus, Ohio. wood 2987. Second Tuesda_y. Chicago ...... • Margaret Koehnlein, 350 Belden ave., Marian Bigelow, 536 Arlington, Call Rogers Park Chicago, Ill. Chicago, IlL 6241. Cincinnati Mrs. W. H. Schulte, 1234 Paddock Mary Jane Hovis, 311 Forest ave., Second Saturday. Hills ave., Avondale, Cincinnati, Cinonnati, Ohio. Ohio. Cleveland ...... Mrs. Dorothy Nash Brailey, 2935 Mrs. Evelyn Adams Corell, 3566 Second Saturday, Fontenay rd., Shaker Heights, Stoerr rd., Cleveland, Ohio. 1:00 P.M. Ohio. Telephone Yellow stone 1024R. Colorado ...... Mrs. L. D. Warner, 5000 S. Frank Josephine McKittrick, 945 Clarkson, Second Monday, lin, Englewood, Colo. Denver, Colo. 8:00 P.M. Dallas Edwina Ratcliffe, 415 N. Willomet, Mrs. Ralph MacKenzie, 3611 Rose Third Thursday. Dallas, Tex. dale, Dallas, Tex. Detroit Mrs. Russell Cole, 4230 Clements, Mrs. Howard R. Phelps, 15318 Met 6:30 P.M. Detroit, Mich. tetal ave., Detroit, Mich. Fourth Monday evening. Telephone Town send 7-5477. Eastern Iowa ... . • Salome Foote, 4 E. Prentiss, Iowa Florence McDowell, 107 Old Capitol, Third Wednesday. City, Iowa. S.U.I., Iowa City, Iowa. Georgetown ....•. Anna Mae Heath, Georgetown, Ky. Mrs. Mary Blount Florence, R.F.D., Call President. Cynthiana, Ky. Grand Forks .... . Frances H . Owen, P.O. Lock Box 753. Grand Forks, N .D. Hartford ...... Mrs. Merrill Dooey, 60 Curtiss st., Mrs. Seth Stoner, 22 High st., Bris Call President. Hartford, Conn. tol, Conn. Houston ...... Mrs. Donald Berry, 110 Oak pl., Mrs. W. N. Blanton, 4500 Caroline, Second Wednesday Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex. of each month, 3:15 P.M. Indianapolis •...•• Helen Spivey, 227 Statehouse, In Elnora Brandt, 1159 Churchman Third Wednesday dianapolis, Ind. ave., Indianapolis, Ind. evening. Iowa ...... Kankakee ...... Mrs. Munroe Curtis, 762 S. Green wood ave., Kankakee, IlL Kansas City ...... Mrs. P. C. Quistgard, 6944 Pros Marion Decker, 52 5 Knickerbocker Second Tuesday. pect. Kansas City, Mo. pl., Kansas City, Mo. Telephone Lo 2148 Knoxville ...... Mrs. Eugene Jenkins, 2823 E. 5th Mrs. L. J. Hardin, 2005 Ogden ave., Second Wednesday. st., Knoxvilfe, Tenn. Knoxvtlle, Tenn. Los Angeles ...... Mrs. Paul R. Yewell. 1485 Scott Hazel Hayner, 138 S. Ardmore, Los Fourth Saturday. ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Angeles, Calif. Louisville ...... Gertrude Hendershot, 1840 Fleming Evelyn White, 1931 Roanoke, Louis Second Wednesday, Rd., Louisville, Ky. ville, Ky. 7:30P. M. Madison ...... Mrs. Robert Fleming, 16 N. Han Rita Griep, 234 Langdon, Madison, Second Monday cock st., Madison, Wis. Wis. Memphis ...... Mrs. Marion Bickford, 976 Oakview, Flora H. Rawls, 3586 Watauga, Call 4-7822 or Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. 7-2277. Miami ...... Mrs. Florence Wharton MacVicar, Mrs. Isabelle Morrison Douj:herty, Second Tuesday. 2044 N.W. 27th st. , Miami, Fla. 5917 N .E. 5th st., Miamt , Fla. Milwaukee .. , .. . Mrs. Marion Gerhardt Johnson, 1348 Jane Stanhope, 1006 E. State st., Telephone West N. 44th, Apt. 31, Milwaukee, Apt. 47, Milwaukee, Wis. 0783. Wis. First Monday, 7: 30 P.M. Nashville Mary Morgan. 4708 Charlotte ave., Mrs. Nat R. Miller, Jr., 2305 West First Saturday of Nashville, Tenn. wood ave., Nashville, Tenn. each month, 1:00 P.M. Nebraska Mrs. Irene Towle, 1425 N. 64th st., Christine Carlson, 3147 S. 40, Lin Third Tuesday. Lincoln, Neb. coln, Neb. New Jersey •..... Mrs. Barbara Conant Oakley, 24 Mrs. Aida Aced Williamson, 757 Second Tuesday Fairview ave., Summit, N.J. Clark st. Westfield, N.J. evening. New York City . . . Florence Praeger, 152 Stratford rd., Carolyn Uzmann, 734 Willoughby First Saturday. Brooklyn, N .Y. ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Omaha ...... •. Mrs. Fred Olney, 207 Metz Apt., Elizabeth Noble, 216 S. 41st st., First Saturday, 1:00 Sioux City Iowa. Omaha, Neb. P.M. Palo Alto ...... Mrs. Wilbur 'r. Cipperley, 590 S. 5th, Ynez Henderson. 15 Hawthorne Way, Second Saturday, San Jose, Calif. San Jose, Calif. 2:30 P.M. Philadelphia .... . Mrs. F'rederick Egmore, The Knoll, F. Estelle Wells, Apt. Cll, 4209 Second Saturday, Third House, Lansdowne, Pa. Chester ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh .•.. . .. Mrs. John A. McCann, 5639 Beacon Mrs. Arthur W. Gardner, )54 Churchill 1293 st.. Pittsburgh, Pa. Peebles st., Wilkinsburg, Pa. Third Saturday. Portland, Maine . . Nellie Dearborn, 105 Oakdale, Port Mrs. Grace Farrar Linscott, 197 Every other month. land, Me. Prospect st., W oodfords, Me. Portland, Ore. . . • Arloene Davey, 1208 S.W. Mont Elizabeth Burgard, 446 N.E. Hazel Third Monday. gomery. Portland, Ore. fern pl., Portland, Ore. Chapter President Secretary Date of Meeting Puget Sound .. .. . Mrs. Alice Baxter Vedova, 1738 Boy· Mrs. Elaine Marsh Erken, 3719 W . First Tuesday. er, Seattle, Wash. Cambridge, Seattle, Wash Rhode Island .. . . . Margaret J. Coone, 29 Forest st. Veroni~a R. Fogerty, 775 Smith ~t., First Tuesday, 7:30 Providence, R.I. Provtdence, R.I. P. M. Rochester ...... Mrs. Edgar Williams, 198~ Dewey Mrs. Clift Taylo! 243 Burkland ave . Second Wednesday. ave.i Rochester, N.Y. Rochester, N . y1 Sacramento ...... Mrs. amonte Foster, 2178 7th ave., Mrs. Otto Rohwer, 1045 35th st. , Third Wednesday. Sacramento Calif. Sacramento, Calir. Saint Louis ...... Dorothy Kuhlman~. 703 Parkhurst Mrs. W. F. Hellmich, 5823 Neosho, First Friday. terr., St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. San Diego County . Stella Nelson, 3020 Granada ave., Mary Brown, 326 Juniper, San Diego, Third Saturday. San Diego, Calif. Calif. San Francisco . . . . Mrs. Dan Beswick, 2037·20th ave., Mrs. Roy E. Danford, 1000 Sutter, San Francisco Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Schenectady Mrs. E. B. McDowell, ~07 Pleasant Mrs. Jacob Green, 23 Linden st., View ave., Scotia, N .Y. Schenectady, N.Y. South Bend Mrs. C. W. Petersen, 1123 Prospect Mrs. Paul 0. Klemm, 713·24th st., st., Mishawaka, Ind. South Bend, Ind. Spokane ...... Mrs. Ralph C. Smith, 1117 W. Olive Hudson, 817 W. Kiernan, Spo. Second Tuesday Cleveland, Spokane, Wash. kane, Wash. evening. Tallahassee ...... Mary Lois Gill, Dining Hall, Fla. Lucille Ham, c/ o Fla. St. College, Call Secretary. St. College. Tallahassee, Fla. Tulsa •...... Mrs. E. H. Benedict, 1023 E. 36th, Mrs. Harry Sewell, 847 S. Indian· Tulsa Okla. apolis, Tulsa, Okla. Twin Cities ...... Evelyn Paulson, 2003 Aldrich, Min· Roselyn Peglow, 1662 Sheffer, St. First Tuesday. neapolis. Minn. Paul, Minn. Walla Walla .. . . Mrs. J. W. McConnell, Waitsburg, Wash. Washington . . ... Mrs. J . E. Bassett, 6205·29 N .W., Mrs. D. H. Saunders, 15 Bayard Telephone Wiscon· Washington, D .C. blvd., Westmoreland Hills, Md. sin 2905. Winnipeg . .... • .. Christabel G. Blevins, 513 Green· W inifred Gamble, 51 T ache ave., wood pl., Winnipeg, Man., Can. Norwood, Man., Can. Worcester ...... Marjorie Frye, 19 Pleasant st., Leices· Mrs. Irma Illingworth Ames, 15 ter. Mass. Home st., Worcester, Mass. Yakima Valley . . . Peggie Riley, Route No. 2, Yakima, Molly Lockart, 11 Hall ave ., Yak· Wash. ima, Wash. ALUMNJE CLUB DIRECTORY NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONGRESS Chairman-Mrs. Frank M. Gentry, Alpha Delta Theta, . 215 Manhasset Woods rd., Manhasset, L.I., N .Y. Sogma Kappa Delegate--Lorah Monroe, 614 E. Front st., Club Secretary Bloommgton, Ill. Chairman N .P.C. Editors ' Conference--Mrs. Alta Gwinn Corvallis, Ore. Mrs. Harriet Forest Moore. 2 Edge Saunders, Delta Gamma, 706 S. Coler ave., Urbana, ·wood Way, Corvallis , Ore. Ill. Grand Rapids, Mary Jane Withrow, 1240 Allerton Mich ...... S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich . New Castle, Pa. • . Mrs. Lois Davenport Arnold, 110 ¢ Fairfield ave., New Castle. Pa. Orange City, Calif. Mrs. Earl M. Elson, 932 E. Chap· FRATERNITY AND COLLEGE man, Orange, Calif. Wichita, Kan. . .• Mrs. John W. Gibson, 903 Nims st., Wichita, Kan . NEW So easy to make social con tacts here-you meet new acquaintances and greet old friends-in a youthful, exciting atmosphere. "Greeks" warrant our per- sonal attention. OTHER ALUMNJE CORRESPONDENTS Shops, theatres, stghtseemg Bedford, Ind. . .. . Mrs. J· P. Elder, 1708 M st., Bed· pleasantly conventent. for , Ind. Bradentown, Fla. • Mrs. Robert Sharp, Point Pleasant $11 •p weekly $2.50 up daily apts., Bradentown, Fla. Dixon, Ill ••••. .. . Dorothy Armington, 717 Hennepin ave., Dixon, Ill. Gainesville, Fla. . Ina Taylor, 603 Wilson ave., Gaines· ville, Fla. Middlebury[ Vt. . . Jean I. Robertson, Middlebury, Vt. Orlando, F a. , ... 'Mrs. India S. Wells, P.O. Box 1014, BEEKMAN TOWER Orlando. Fla. \PANHELLENIC) Roanoke, Va. . •. • Mrs. Elizabeth Engleby, 521 Arling· •9th StrHI One block from EAST RIVE. ton rd., Roanoke, Va. NEW $ YORK The FRATERNITY MAN or WOMAN IS DISTINGUISHED BY EVI DENCE OF GOOD BREEDING AND DISCRIMINATION 1 1 1 GIFTS, FAVORS AND PER SONAL ACCESSORIES RE FLECT IMPECCABLE GOOD TASTE 1 1 1 THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY REA SONS FRATERNITY MEN AND WOMEN SELECT THE L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY AS THEIR OFFICIAL JEWELER BALFOUR MANUFACTURERS OF Insignia P~per Products Pl edg e - Badg es - Stationery - Invita Keys - Special Pins tions - Programs Awards Favors Paste this COUPON on a Cups - Medals - A wide sel ection I c Post Card and Mail Trophies - Plaqu es to fit any occasion ·------L. G. Balfour Co. Gifts Leather Attleboro, Mass. Holl ow Ware Bill Folds - Key Nov elti es - Rings - Cases - Bags and Gentlemen: Cas es - Bracelets Leather Novelties Kindly send me the following: D 1938 BLUE BOOK D Favor Pamphlet * * Samples of: THE L. G. D Dance Programs D Invitations D Stationery BALFOUR Name ...... COMPANY Street ...... _ OFFICIAL JEWELER TO SIGMA KAPPA City ...... ATILEBORO MASSACHUSETIS Fraternity ...... [ SIGMA KAPPA CALENDAR ~ September !-Material for /all issue of the TRIANGLE shall reach the College and Alumna- Section Editors. f ~- October !-Triplicate lists of members and pledges shall reach Director o( Central It Office. October !-Pledge made and notice sent to Chairman of International Philanthropy. October 10-Reports from June 1 to September 30 of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. November 1-International dues from College and Alumna- Chapters in hands of .: Director of Central Office. November 10-0ctober reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Coun selor. November 15-Christmas gifts for Mission children reach Mission Headquarters, 24 I, Ledgelawn Avenue, Bar Harbor, Matne. *November 20-Aiumna- Chapter reports due in hands of District Counselor. I · December !-Material for Winter issue of the TRIANGLE shall reach the Editors. December 10-November reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Coun selor. December 15-Scholarship reports of members and pledges for preceding year shall reach Scholarship .Award Committee. January !-Contributions to Mission shaJI reach Central Office. January 10-December reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. fill February !-Material for Spring issue of the TRIANGLE shall reach the Editors. February 10-January reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. March 10-February reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. April I-AII dues for members entering college after November 1 and all international obligations for current college ~ear not yet met shall reach Central Office. April 10-March reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. May !-Material for Summer issue of the TRIANGLE shall reach the Editors. May 10-.April reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. *May 20-Alumna- Chapter reports due in hands of District Counselor. June 10-May reports of secretary and treasurer shall reach District Counselor. June 15-.Annual reports shall reach Regional President (duplicates to District Coun selor). • Dates subject to change by Grand Council. REMINDERS Monthly reports covering work of preceding month are due on the tenth of each month of the college year. Send to District Counselor. ' ' Examination basis material received before October 1. Examinations to be taken before .April 15. NEEDED at Central Office, Room 617-618, 129 East Market Building, IndianapoliJ, Indiana the name and addreJJ of every corresponding secretary, undergraduate and alumna. All gifts to endowment fund should be_ sent to Grand Treasurer. All annual dues or life membership dues should be sent to the DHector of Centtal Office. Second week in November, celebration of Founders' Day. Permission for initiation dates must be secured from Regional President 15 days in advance. - Funds to cover .international dues, TRIANGLE subscription, certificate and constitution due, together with badge orders, in Central Office _l5 days prior to initiation. ,, Notices of initiation dates must be sent 10 advance to the members of the Grand I• Council. Within one week after all initiations, college chapter registrars must send cards con taining full information on initiates to the Central Office. During the month of May .Advisory Board for next year shall be elected and names sent to Regional President for approval. ::1