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From Pi Phi Pens THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI .. ",', ... " ..... ,"".... " .... " .. ,,, ...... ,,, ......... "',, ............. ,,',, ...... '''''''" ....... ''' ... "." .......... ,''"., .. ,''',.,,, .. ,, .... ,'',, .. ,',, .. ,, ....... "',"" .. ,.. .. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ~ PI BETA PHI FRATERNllY F ....,. Y lB67 STAFF Office oj PublicaJion: 715 Main St., Marshall, Ill. Arrow Edilor: ADELE TAYLOR mfoRD (Mrs. T. N.). 930 Olive Ave., Coronado, Calif. AuiJlanl EdiJo, Ilnd B'UineJJ Manflxer: GLADYS W .... RREN. 715 Main St., Marshall, III., or 115 Robinson Ave., San Diego, Calif. AbmJn« Club Edi/or: LOllA JOHNSON WEIR (Mrs. Benjamin), 85' 6th St., Charles­ ton, 111. ChapUr utJer Edilor: CANDACE SECOR ARMSTRONG (Mrs. James G .). R.R. I, Box 489. Orlando, Fla. News from lillie Pigeon: MILDRED ODELL SAU (Mrs. Oarence M.l. 3741 Purdue, Dallas, Texas. Exchanl.n and College NO!tl: JUANITA DAY CARMAN (Mrs. Ernest), 761 Wilson St., Laguna Beach, Calif. F,om Pi Phi Pen.I: MARJORIE BRIGHT SHARPE (Mrs. W. E.), 1988 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton Station, Boston, Mass. " WhaJ a F,aJerniJ1 Gi,1 ThinJu": CANDACE SECOR ARMSTRONG (Mrs. James G .), R.R. I, Box 489. Orlando. F la. Arrow File: Pi Beta Phi Central Office, Marshall, 111. Arrow COllyibJlJo,s: WHITNBY SMITH; MARGARBTTA SPENCE DRAKE; MARY MM· JORIE PEBWORTH ; MARY B LACKMAN PERSONS; ELEANOR STONE THORNHILL; fLO LELAND THOMPSON; HOPE KIMBROUGH McCROSKY; MARY ELIZABETH LAsHER. VOLUME 59 December • 1942 NUMBER 2 Don't send that magazine order and check to the publisher! Send them to the Pi Beta Ph i Magazine Agency, Marshall, Illino is, and help the Settlement School! Remember all profits received from the sale of magazines through the Pi Beta Phi Magazine Agency go to the Settlement School at Gatlinburg. Renumber the Pi Beta Phi Magazine Agency can accept subscriptions for all maga· zmes published and it can meet any legitimate magazine competition. Send new orders, send renewals, send gift subscriptions, send subscriptions to the men in the Armed Forces BUT be sure to send them first to the Pi Beta Phi Magazine Agency. Below is a representative selection of magazines. See magazine subsc ription blank on page 169. 2 2 y,,,,, Y,arJ Ytar Y,llfJ Aero Digest . $ 3.00 S 4.00 Look .. 2.'0 4 .00 American Gi rl UO 2.00 Mademoiselle 2,)0 4.00 Amuican Home UO 2.2) McCall's 1. )0 2.40 American M agazine 2.)0 '.00 Nation ... ............ '.00 8.00 American Mercury .. '.00 '.00 Nature Magazine '.00 '.00 Atlantic Monthly '.00 7.00 News Week .. '.00 7.'0 Better Homes and Gudens UO 2.'0 N~ Yorker 6.00 9.00 Calling All Girls 1.00 Omnibook '.00 9.00 Child life 2.50 '.00 O""n Road for Boys 1.50 2.'0 Children's A ct ivities '.00 '.'0 Parents 2.00 2.'0 Child ren's Playmate 1.'0 2.n Photoplay .nd Movie Mirror 1.50 2.'0 Chri stian Herald 2.00 2.'0 Popular Mechanics 2.50 ' .00 Collier's Weekly '.00 '.00 Popular Photography '.00 '.00 Coronet '.00 '.00 Popular Science 2.00 3.'0 Cosrnopoiltan '.00 '.00 Radio News ... '.00 ' .00 Design '.00 '.'0 Reader 's Di,ltest '.00 ' .00 Esquire ..... '.00 8.00 Real Her~s 1.00 Etude 2.00 '.00 Redbook 2.'0 ' .00 2.00 flower Grower '.00 Saturday Evenin,R Post . '.00 '.00 6.00 f orbes ......... '.00 Story Parade 2.00 3.'0 10.00 17.00 f ortune ........ Time .. ....... '.00 9.00 ,.00 Good Houseke:epwg . 4.'0 To,..'n and Country '.00 9.00 . , ' , , , , , . 7.00 Hupu'l Magazine . ' .00 Travel ... '.00 7.00 6.00 H ouse Beaut iful ...... ' .00 Tru' Comics 1.00 House and Garden .. .... .... '.00 <.00 True Story .. 1.00 2.00 Hygeia ........ 2.'0 '.00 Vogue ..... Jad: and Jill 2.00 '.00 '.00 8.00 Ladies' Horne J ournal UO 2.2' W" Wisdom 1.00 Liberty . , , . , . , . , }.,o 6.00 Woman's H orne Companion 1.50 no l1fe ... .. - , . $ 4.'0 S 9 .00 Y our Life ......... '.00 '.00 SEE PAGE 2Z2 FOR FRATERNITY DlREcrORY PJe3Je send changes of address to Pi Beta Phi Central Office, Marshall, III. THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI .................. " ......... ".""'"....... ,.. ,, ....................... ,", .............. "...... " ........... ""'"... ,"'''''" .... "". .......... ,.... ,,, ... ,...... ' ....... ," .... December 1942 CONTENTS Editorials .......... 141 Introducing a New Plan ........ 143 "A Call to the 1942 American College Girl" 145 Presenting Indiana Epsilon 147 They Serve in War Time 153 WAACS ... 154 WAVES ..... 155 Canada's Women 157 Relatives at War . ..... 164 Pi Phi Personalities in War Time 165 Pi Phi Alumn", Clubs and the War Effort 170 From Pi Phi Pens .. 176 News from Little Pigeon .... 178 64 Pi Phis Chosen for "Who's Who," 1941·42 184 Amy Burnham Onken Awards 185 Chapter Letters 189 Alumnre Personals 209 In Memoriam ... 219 Official Calendar .... 220 Fraternity Directo ry 222 4THII AllOW is printed in the months of September D«embeT, March, and Ma-, by Pi Beta phi Futernity at the press of the George Banta Publishing Conlpany, 4)0 Ahna ip St., Menasha, Wi., Subscription price is $1.)0 a year, 'OC for single copies, $n.oo for life subscription. G,.Scnd subscriptions.1,. change of address notice, and correspondence of a business nature to Pi Beta Phi Central Omcc, Marshall, Ill. Cl,Corrcspondcnce of an editorial nature is to be addressed to the editor, Mrs. T. N. Alford. 930 Olive Ave., Coronado. Cam. Items fe, publication should be addressed to the editor to arrive not later than Jul, n. October 1). January U, March ~. Cl,Member of Fraternity Magazines Associated. All mauers~rtainin.lt to national advertising should be directed to Fraternity Magazines Associated, 1618 Omnston Ave., Evanston, III. Cl,Entertd as second·c1ass matter at tbe post office at Marshall, 111. and Menasha Wis., under the act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailin, at special rate of postage provided for in the Ict of February 28, 192). Indiana Epsilon Installed September 1, 1942 .................................................. _.. _._ ........ _-_ ........................................................................................ - THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI DECEMBER, 1942 VOLUME 59 NUMBER 2 .......................................................................................... _........................................................................................ ... EDITORIALS Of Fine Response Early in the summer the Editor and the Assistant Editor held a conference, and as a result letters went out to clubs and cha~ters asking for information about Pi Phis active in war work. The Editor expected an interestmg response, but had never hored for the sort of landslide of letters which came in. They were fascinating reading, all 0 them, whether they told of nationally prominent women or modestly said "the girls are all working for the war-but so are Pi Phis everywhere!"' Herewith we give you much of the news, many of the pictures which came, and more will appear in the March issue. PJease k~p the news coming to us. We want news of what Pi Phis are doing, and we want news of Pi Phi relatives, too. Here is the splendor of bravery on the front lines; here is the simple courage of those who stay at home and wait; here is many a heartbreak, too. Chapter letters and alumnre letters arc full of war news, too-not to mention a flood of weddings. We have used one lovely wedding picture to typify that phase of the war as it is affecting our girls. To all who so generously gave of their time to send in material, the ARRow offers its thanks. Hail and Farewell An announcement to be regretted by all readers of the ARROW is that Mercedes Baker )orguJesco has resigned as editor of From Pi Phi Pens, which she has given to us so enter· tainingly for ten years. Her work will be greatly missed by us aU-it has given sparkle and color to the pages of the ARROW. Her promptness and unfailing cooperation have been a constant joy. We are fortunate in having an experienced person to take her place, aJready working on the editorial staff of the ARRow as a contributor-Marjorie Bright Sharpe, Texas A. Mrs. Sharpe is now living in Boston, where her husband, Dr. Walter Sharpe, is on the staff of the Public Health Service Hospital. She has done book reviews for the New York Times, and is now doing features for the Boston Herald . Her department in this issue was done in haste to meet our deadline, shortly after her appointment, yet is interesting indeed, and promises line things for the future. A New Plan We present in the following pages a new plan wbich is being carried out for the Fraternity by Maria Leonard, Indiana r , Dean of Women at the University of Illinois. Intended pri­ marily for active chapter programs, the material presented wiH interest alumna! as well, in these days when many of us grope blindly for comfort and release from pressure of war·time anxieties and home problems. Here is a real service which Pi Beta Phi can give to her mem· bers. In a world of tragic events and bewildered uncertainty as to the future, Miss Leonard has much arresting thought for us all. Former Grand Secretary The Editor expresses the feeling of Grand Council and of Pi Phis everywhere in VOicing sorrow at the passing of Elda Smith, IIIinois E, former Grand Secretary. The deepest sym· pathy of the Fraternity goes to her sister, Elberta Smith, also Illinois E. Pi Beta Phi treasures the memory of an always loyal and devoted member. We Lose a Friend For years which go back long before the present editorship one man has been in charge of the work for the ARROW at the Banta Publishing Company in Menasha, Wisconsin- 141 142 THE DECEMBER ARROW Harold Bachmann, of Appleton, Wisconsin. He has been a faithful friend of Pi Beta Phi, good right hand of the ARROW Editor. Now he is in the Army! and into that entirely new life the most sincere of good wishes from the ARROW foHow him.
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