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ffl^ i- .' \ .iLJ-lui ip �^^ il^-iyiK 'JaoTM iL1- uties Greekf^Letter Chapters PRESIDENT: Due Central Office by December 1: first installment ol In By February 15 of odd years, send Central Office acknowl ternational dues and $6.50 for bound Crescents and subscrip edgement of bound Crescents. Use postal card in volume. tions to Banta's Greek Exchange and Fraternity Month. Due Central Office March 1: second installment of In CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: by ternational dues. By August 1, send 6 rushing calendars to Central *.)ffice Fiscal year begins August 1, ends July 31. All dues paid and 1 each to Province Director and Traveling Secretary. between those dates cover the period between and caiuiot By September 15, send 6 college calendars to Central Office apply to the next fiscal year no matter how late they aie and 1 each to Province Director and Traveling Secretary. paid. By October 1, send Grand President business for considera SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRMAN: tion at fall coimcil meeting, include business for con for sideration of convention in fall preceding convention. Comparative rating of NPC sororities on campus preceding Immediately after pledging (immediately after opening of year due in Central Office immediately after reported, if pos sible Nov. 1. college if pledging is deferred), send lists of chapter mem by bers and pledges (new and holdovers) to Central Office PLEDGE TRAINER: and Province Director. Inmiediately alter pledging, order pledge manuals (50^ each) send lists of members and By February 15, chapter pledges and song books (|i.oo each) from Central Office. Enclose (new and holdovers) to Central Office and Province check. Director. By May 15, send report for new edition of Pledge Manual to Not later than March 25, mail name and home address of Central Office. new rushing chairman to Central Office. CRESCENT CORRESPONDENT: Immediately after appointment is made, send name and ad letters for December issue due dress of Crescent Correspondent to Editor-in-chief. Pledge lists, glossies, chapter Mrs. Bradford Oct. 1. As soon after April i as information is available, send 6 letters, features for issue due Mrs. Brad lists of all new chapter officers to Central Office and 1 list Chapter glossies, May ford March 1. each to Province Director and Traveling Secretary. List of members elected to honoraries By May 1, send Grand President business for consideration during past year, gloss ies and features due Mrs. Bradford at close of school at spring council meeting. year. in convention send to Central Office By May 15, year, list RUSHING CHAIRMAN: of members and who chapter (undergraduates alumnae) Rushing reports due Province Director immediately after each have away since convention. passed preceding formal rushing season of the year. 1, send list of members who By July graduates (include Order supplies (recommendation blanks, file cards, acknowl have out of with home addresses to dropped college) edgment cards) early each spring for following fall, from Central and Director. Office Province Central Office.

TREASURER: PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN: Pre-initiation and final fees due in Central Office within Publicity copy, with glossies, due Mrs. Pinkerton by first of two weeks following pledging and initiation. (See sched each month. ule of Crescent subscriptions below.) Chapter audit sent to Mrs. Simonson on same date House Board HISTORIAN: sends audit. DO NOT SEND TO CENTRAL OFFICE. Chapter history for preceding year due Central Office July 1. Alumiriae Chapters CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: CRESCENT CORRESPONDENT By October 1, send Grand President business for consideration Alumnae chapter letters for September issue and marriages, at fall Council meeting. births, deaths, feature stories and glossies due Mrs. Pinker By January 1 of a province conference year, send nominations ton July 15. for Province Director to Grand President. Alumnae chapter letters for February issue, and marriages, As soon as all chapter offices have been filled, send 6 lists of births, deaths and features and glossies due Mrs. Pinkerton chapter officers to Central Office and 1 list to Province Di Dec. 15. rector. If complete list is not available by April 1, send Feature articles, newspaper clippings, pictures about alum name and address of member who will be responsible for nae may be sent to Mrs. Pinkerton between deadlines. recommendations the summer. Send name rushing during HOUSE BOARD TREASURER and address of Crescent to Mrs. Pinkerton. Correspondent First semester audit due Mrs. Simonson before March 15. of a convention send list of members who By May 15 year, Second semester audit due Mrs. Simonson before September 15. have died since preceding convention to Central Office. In SCHEDULE FOR CRESCENT SUBSCRIPTIONS clude married and maiden name and Greek-letter chapter. Greek-letter chapter and Alumnae chapter Treasurers: Crescent subscriptions (included in final initiation fee for TREASURER: recent initiates) must be received by mailing list deadlines if are to with the next issue: International dues and camp taxes cover the sorority fiscal (shown below), they begin � November 1 �December 1 1 August 15 September Crescent; year�August through July 31. Both become due August � � but Crescent; January 15 February Crescent; 1 May but may be paid at any time during the fiscal year, April Crescent. chapter is considered delinquent if dues and camp taxes back since of its members are not paid by January 1. Subscriptions cannot be dated only enough copies Crescent subscriptions, to begin with following issue, must are printed to accommodate mailing list at time of publica be sent to Central Office according to schedule below. tion. FIVE of Gamma chapter's outstanding pledge class of 51 girls at the Uni versity of Wisconsin are applying a little silver polish and lots of elbow grease to some of the trophies the chapter has won in recent years. Seated (left to right): Anne Commons, granddaughter of the University of Wis consin's world famous economist, the late Prof, fohn R. Commons; Connie Crosby, daughter of Helen Lewis Crosby (Northwestern), president of Madison alumnce chapter, and Hazel Fryer, daughter of Hazel Houser Fryer (Wisconsin). Standing, Phyllis Nitardy (left), and Margaret Rother mel (right). In Appreciation For Opportiinities

ara Ami Pinger California '45

J This is a transcript of the speech given by Barbara Ann Pinger, one of the two student speakers at the mid-year commencement exercises in the Greek Theater at the University of California at Berke- *\ ley, October 21, 1945. /*"

best gift to us is not things, but opportunities." I God'scould tell you today about the gratitude our class feels for the material things we have had here, but far out-shadowing that is our sincere appreciation for the opportunities which have been ours�primarily, the opportunity to study in a university even in wartime. All graduating classes feel and express appreciation, but ours is heightened by the fact that we are going out into a world with new challenges, challenges which we hope to face more intelligently through application of principles which we have been fortunate enough to acquire here. The instruction which has been ours during war years is to be put into practice under difficult peacetime conditions; the perspective and general atti tude of mind always encouraged by university training will be called upon to face problems probably more extensive than were the exigencies of war. Barbara Ann Pinger During our years here I have heard people say to students, "But aren't you sorry you weren't here before the war? Haven't you missed a great deal?" Possibly not having had a taste of are the problems of treatment of conquered peoples in Germany some of the pleasant pre-war traditions has made us unaware and in Japan, and of our own race relationships here in the of their absence. But rather than being unaware of anything United States. Most important of all are the future implications we may not have had, we are doubly aware of the countless of atomic energy, how it will be controlled to serve, rather than privileges which we have had. The conditions which have been to destroy, civilization. a part of wartime living everywhere in America have made us Our thanks for our formal education will be empty ones if realize more than ever the fundamental privileges and advan we fail to reinforce them with actions, actions which should be tages of being here at the University of California, have made made more effective by our college training, and without which us more aware of the opportunities which were ours for the our college training is meaningless. We have had the benefits taking�the chance to study in any selected field of endeavor of guidance by renowned scholars, of contact with a library without regimentation of thought, the chance to be preparing that ranks among the best in the country. The principles which for future vocations while others were with their lives defending these men have helped us to understand should be considered the very way of life upon which these vocations depend�and by us to be the basis, a first firm stepping stone, for facing the above all, the privilege to be here studying while others who problems which are before us. Some of the future statesmen and would have been studying and graduating with us were fighting administrators and teachers are among us; it will be for them and a dying. There is saying that "A pessimist is one who makes to relate the facts which they have learned, and to put general difficulties of his an is one who makes of tolerance and opportunities; optimist concepts broadmindedness into practical ap of his which we opportunities difficulties." Any difficulties may plication with intelligence and discretion. We have made use have encountered have been but I our slight indeed, firmly hope of opportunity if we have learned how to think; but our we have been optimists with sufficient initiative to make the opportunity will be of no value unless we continue to think. most of them. We hope that during our college years we have been worthy We are now into a world at that graduating theoretically peace- of the privileges have been ours. We want to prove our a world where are not directed our attitudes and our yes, energies being solely toward worth by by actions. We thank you for of but much a world with we prosecution war, very pressing prob what has been ours; hope that we, in some small way, have lems and solution. demanding understanding Conflicting inter contributed to what future students will find here; we dedicate ests and ideas in the labor world, which have been held in abey our efforts in the world we are entering toward making good ance are now before us in during the war, full clash. There the faith you have placed in us. ])])])

3 Traditions Revived At Texas

Faye L Texas './/

Looking across the University of Texas campus in the spring time torrard the Texas Union, student building, owned and operated for and by the stu dents, the center of campus so cial and political life, and home of club rooms. Main Ballroom, funior Ballroom, the Chuck Wagon, the University Com mons, lounges, billiard tables, the Ex-Students Association of fices, student official offices, and the Coke Room, where many hours are spent over bridge, chocolate sundaes, and the lat est gossip. The library Tower is shown in the background.

. �Picture by Elwood M. Payne, Austin, Tex.

in campus closets, hidden away in 1941 for the dura causes for revolution. Outof that grew The University of Texas. SKELETONStion, are being dragged forth at The University of Texas We remember the original forty acres on which the university this year, 1946. Varsity Carnival, the inter-fraternity-sorority hey- sity was founded; recall old tales of students who signed peti of dey peace-time years made its first appearance in December tions after the first world war and marched on the legislature since 1942. Politics this winter almost reached the pre-war, in an attempt to have the university moved to the shores of whirlwind level. A victorious peace-time football season, yielding Lake Austin, west of town. We recall old-time politics, peace the conference championship and the Cotton Bowl bid�are time round-ups with parades, floats, and celebration, AU-Univer behind man us, and the weather has finally been convinced that sity Germans, the year it snowed, the "old days." December is no time for sunshine, even in Texas. It's a good year in Texas�peacetime, 1946. But above all, It's a time of hellos, of greeting friends you haven't seen in it's a year of expectation, of going forward, of realization�of years. It's also a time of remembering friends who will never remembering the sentence engraved across the front of Main fulfil their foxhole dreams of returning to U.T., of seeing just Building: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make one more Texas-Aggie game, or attending one more Round-Up. you free." It's a time for thinking seriously about one's education, of attending conferences and workshops on citizenship, race rela tions, labor-management problems. The housing shortage has reached terrific proportions, and hundreds have been turned Dorothy Proudfoot (Wisconsin '48) is at the Institute of away from the registrar's office because of lack of housing. There tending Design, Chicago. is still Red Cross work to do. Nurses Aide's classes to attend. }) D 3) The faces of 1,500 returned veterans remind us of what must Friends of Mildred Saunders Sherrv be done in these years. (Texas) will be glad to learn that her husband has The Daily Texan is bigger, has more news; the Cactus, student been liberated from a Tokyo prison camp. yearbook, will be the biggest in five years. Veterans and their families will move into 150 hutments in March until construction }) D }) of five new dorms for them can get underway. There are new Pat McClarney (Texas '4^) one of the new new courses, new faces. The naval degrees, departments, leading singing roles in "The Girl from Nan will cease in March, and the will training program University tucket" which opened in Philadelphia prior revert to the two-semester plan in September, 1946. to its New York showing. We now have time to revive traditions, look over our history. We remember that the Declaration of Independence of the Re }) D }) public of Texas injected an element into history in 1836 when it listed a "neglect of public education" as one of the legitimate 4 la^es Sky Trail To Rio

are tempting prospective tourists with the idea of _^ Mrs. Bmks Summers (Helen Salisbury, Washing- V AIRWAYS. all kinds of South American in the near future. But jaunts ton) returned early in November from an air trek Washington already has a feminine trail blazer, Mrs. Burks Sum through South America with an eloquent account mers, who recently completed the modern "grand tour," and re of as the chair turned, notebooks overflowing with keen observations. her travels. She will be remembered man be In other words, not nearly as eloquent as hers, Mrs. Summers of the last Gamma Phi Beta convention wasn't but was as just sky riding around, acting historian for her fore the war, held at the Wardman Park Hotel in husband who was a industrial and financial making private Washington, D.C. She is known in the capital as survey from Bogota down the west coast to Santiago, across to one of the city's favorite hostesses and has often B. A. and up to Rio. Her fulsome records are a summary of life her home to the alumnae there. in the southern hemisphere, historical, social, sociological and opened economic, evidencing a knowledge of trade balances incredible The following account of her South American to one who never has been able to balance a check book. experiences is from Betty Hynes' column in the To begin with it looked as if Helen Summers couldn't a get ^v Washington Times-Herald. r priority, women not being of much recognized importance in our good neighbor policy, but finally the passage was wangled, tains en route to Chilean markets. and as the author puts it, the party took off "in the still blue The political situation in the Argentine was sizzling then as of the night, sighing sighs of relief as the plane purred out over it is now, but she found the Argentine themselves defi the sea. How quieting were the stars and the moon overhead." people States and Braden, Before she left, Mrs. Summers, who is known best to social nitely pro-United completely pro-Spruille one of the first times in history an American Ambassador, now Washington as one of its most gifted hostesses, spent days of our new Assistant Secretary of State, has been adopted research in the Congressional Library, and her precious pocket- practically by another country as a national hero. Her explorations dis book, along with the usual feminine gadgets, carried a compact covered the chic Argentine women, "among the best history of every country she and her husband visited. wonderfully dressed in the world"; the swank avenue which allows In Bogota which she calls an "elevated Garden of Eden" Mr. shopping no vehicular traffic in the the Summers interviewed former Colombian Ambassador to the daytime, magnificent opera house and the marvelous filet mignon which may be had for United States Turbay, and his wife wrote as of last August that some 75 cents a the new Ambassador would be Carlos Sanz de Santamaria, a portion. There was a brief stop-over in Uruguay and final descents into prediction which has sitjce come true. Sao Paula, industrial colossus of the continent, and Rio de She made surveys of the fact that the country has "the oldest Janeiro, where at the Copacabana Palace Hotel the Summerses airline in the world," that we have more than 150 millions found ex-King Carol and Lupescu in residence, together with invested there but the thing most impressive was the fact that their nine dogs. She learned that roast turkey served with hot the Soviet Union has a school established there for the training fruits and orange sauce can be delicious and that Paris is out of all its diplomats designed for careers south of the equator, an to recapture the fashion market, flying original models from idea we haven't matched with all of our "good willing." the French capital for style shows in the brilliant gold room of On to Peru, the travelers were housed in the Hotel Bolivar the hotel. While Ambassador Adolf Berle is touring the country and entertained at dinner by our Spanish speaking Ambassador his wife, a recognized talented physician, is devoting most of her William D. Pawley and his attractive wife, who were immensely time to work in the public hospitals. popular in Lima. Mr. Pawley, it will be remembered, is the Of course, there was "a trip to Quitandinha, which translated famed millionaire engineer who built the first airplane factory into words means "the little vegetable stall," one of the most in China and helped organize the "Flying Tigers." There Mrs. grandiose hotels in all the world. Still not finished but able Summers discovered that proud Peruvians want foreign capital to accommodate some 700 guests it eventually plans to be able to join their own but in a minority position; that the national to take care of 1,000. Already it is preparing for American cocktail is a "pisco sour," there was plenty of sweet butter and visitors, and within five months it expects to establish an air large German breweries. Priorities failing she could not con service between New York and Rio at a speed of 19 hours and tinue with her husband's party, but Peruvian friends managed cost of $175. According to Mrs. Summers words fail to describe to get her a seat on a plane returning to Sanitago with a this modern extravaganza, but if you talk to her about it, you champion basketball team, and she arrived in the midst of will immediately put on your calendar a "flying down to Rio" college cheers and songs. to view the wonder for yourself. J) 3) }) In Chile one of the high lights of her visit was a fabulous luncheon at the Club Hipico, powerful racing association which has the most spectacular racing track in the world, where, inci Helen "two to win and that came dentally, picked grays" place Lynn Bugbee and Frances Ohnick are in as she bet them. She also saw there Senora de Abeli, exactly Alpha Iota chapter members on the com to a former remembered here as Crystal Highland, married mittee for a building fund for an Interna Bolivian Ambassador, who has done a remarkable wartime job tional House on the University of California for the Allies in Santiago and for us in the clinic she organized at Los Angeles campus. Mrs. John P. Buwalda which has immensely promoted U. S. A. popularity. (Imra Wann, California and Pasadena alum is an for the Again priorities defeated her, but she was glad she had to ns) off-campus sponsor project which is supported by Provost Dr. Clarence make the trip to Buenos Aires by train over the picturesque Dykstia and Mrs. Dykstra. pass dominated by the Christus of the Andes, and where she observed the cattle being driven over the snow-capped moun- 5 Every Day ^Well Spent DEFINITE disregard for the fact that only so much can be accomplished Eta INin a single day, Mrs. R. P. Thomas, Jr. (Mildred Walter, Alpha as a and a business '35), diligently pursues her many duties housewife al woman. And as an active member of the Cleveland alumnae chapter, of our essential activities. ways co-operating to assure the success many Her graduation from Ohio Wesleyan University, an art major, led to ten Mildred the opening of her own interior decorating shop years a^o, Thomas, Inc. Business has steadily increased and she is now accepted as one of the outstanding decorators of Cleveland. Her work always characterized by unique originality resulting in rooms decorated for happy living, and the universal question of "where did you get this?" have been all the advertising necessary for her success. A stop at her shop first in the morning to assure that all runs smoothly in the work rooms followed by the calls to customers' houses and frequent trips to New York for buying, all take the time of Midge's busy day. Being the mother also of three children is no easy task in itself. She has to see that Sandy and Tommy are off to school each day and Brucie, 3I/2 years old, is kept satisfied while they are away. With the help of a com petent maid she is able to perform all these tasks. Midge, feeling that she was not doing enough for the war effort, decided to give one day a week to the Red Cross. She is a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps, and every Wednesday you will see her in her uniform driving blood donors back and forth and doing other duties assigned her. Satisfying her interest in gardening, she keeps flower and vegetable gardens on their two acres of land, assuring their success by active partici pation in the local garden club. People often ask how she does all these things. The answer is that she is happy being busy. I should know for I am her sister-in-law. Jean Feicht Walter Ohio Wesleyan '38, Cleveland Alumnae

Reigns As Round mp Queen

Queen Donne! The gracious queen of the Roundup ruled her kingdom HAILof Pendleton, Oregon, during the middle of September with all the color and pageantry befitting a real sovereign. For the second time in recent years a Gamma Phi Beta from the University of Oregon won the honor. Janet Thomp son (Nu) reigned in 1944. Strawberry-blonde, blue-eyed Donne Boylen was presented with roses by the Governor of Oregon, Earl Snell, at the Roundup and was guest of honor at a luncheon of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. In addition she was presented at various functions including the Walla Walla rodeo and the Jantzen Beach rodeo, as well as appearing "on the air" several times. For her part in the show Donne, dressed in pure white from her cowboy boots to her Stetson, jumped an arena fence on her chestnut mare. Strip, to appear with the rest of her royal court. Leading the parade and dancing at the Queen's ball were other imperial duties much to Donne's liking. Donne comes from a true pioneer background as her forebears crossed the plains by oxen and wagon nearly one hundred years ago. Her father is at present director of the Pendleton arena and vice-president of the Rodeo Asso ciation of America. Virginia Woodward, Oregon '47

6 Food For Gods;^ Or Lt� Governor

J Mrs. Frederick Houser (Dorothy Bodimus, \. U.C.L.A. '26), wife of the lieutenant governor of the State of California contributed the following menu and recipes to The Pals, club cook book re cently issued in Sacramento, California. The Pals is an organization founded a quarter of a century ago by the wives of state senators and state officials. The funds raised by the sale of the cook book have been used to purchase portable organs for �Sk service men at sea and on distant outposts. r ^^,X'\

Menu Tomato Aspic with Crab Tray ot Sweet-meats Curry of Chicken, Indian Style Glazed Onions Boiled Rice Apples, Farm Style

Curry of Chicken, Indian Style Tomato Aspic With Crab Cut roaster as tor fricassee. Melt 1 butter in Dissolve 11/2 envelopes of gelatine in small amount ot tomato juice. tablespoon saucepan, fry chicken. Heat one cup tomato juice. Add 3/^ cup nippy tomato sauce. Add 2 onions, 1 clove and a little raw ham. Pour over gelatine, stir well, cool. chopped garlic, When chicken is brown, add 1 flour and 2 Add 14 cup mayonnaise; beat until blended. tablespoon teaspoons Cross & Blackwell's curry Add salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons vinegar, i^ cup chopped celery, 14 cup powder. Mix well; dilute with water to cover season with sliced green onions, i can crab meat. enough slightly, salt, pepper, 1 teaspoon Lea & Perrin sauce, i tomato Mix well, pour into molds. Serve ice cold. tablespoon sauce. Stir to prevent sauce from becoming lumpy. Cover and cook until tender. Serve with border ot plain boiled rice.

Tray of Srveet-meats

Crisp bacon, chopped; hard-boiled eggs, chopped; roasted peanuts, chopped; sweet ginger, chopped; mango chutney; grated cocoanut.

Glazed Onions

Peel carefully 1 dozen small onions; drop into boiling water and cook ten minutes. Drain; place in pan with a little butter and a teaspoon ot olive oil, salt, pepper, pinch of sugar. Cover with paper and simmer gently until done.

Apples, Farm Style Pare and core six large apples. Place in buttered baking dish, fill center with powdered sugar and currant jelly, sprinkle with cinnamon, add a little water and bake slowly.

Charlotte ("Tink") Downey Boutin (Stan Jeanne Hinchman Abbott (Stanford '44) ford '44) is a medical secretary at San has forsaken her personnel job with I. Mag- Francisco hospital where her husband, Frank nin to fly east to join her navy husband. Boutin, Stanford Alpha Delta, is interning.

JJ }) Cheri Martin Hammond (Stanford '4j), Emily Haffner (Mrs. Robert, Stanford '44) who has been in Denver, is leaving soon for is attending San Francisco State College and Italy luhere her husband, Eugene Hammond, working for a teaching certificate as a prac is with the Inter-governmental committee on tice teacher in the high eighth grade while refugees. She is to take a fob on the com she waits her husband's return from Casa mission. blanca. ]) ]) 3) 5 }> D

7 Itate^s Youngest County Attorney y S. Janet Hill Gordon, Alpha '35, is the first woman to hold the office of County Attorney in the state of New York, and is supposedly the youngest woman admitted to the New York State Bar. ^ r

familiar saying, "Good things come in small packages," Theis well founded in Janet Hill Gordon. Small and petite, Janet W. Hill, a member of Alpha chapter from Norwich, New York, graduated from Syracuse University in 1935 with a Bache lor of Fine Arts Degree. Then she decided to study law and in May, 1940, she was graduated magna cum laude from the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University. While study ing there she was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review Staff for two years. In September of that same year she was admitted to the New York State Bar and was sworn in by her father James P. Hill, Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Supreme Court, Third District. Supposedly, Janet is the youngest woman ever admitted in New York State. From 1940-1942 she was vice-chairman of the Chenango County Republican committee and from 1941 to date has been the Republican State Committeewoman from Chenango County. Hill Gordon May 1, 1942, Janet married Lt. William J. Gordon, U.S.N.R., fanet with whom she had been associated in the practice of law since admission to the Bar. Professionally she continues to use her Sixth District, Young Republicans Clubs of New York State for maiden name of Janet W. Hill. With Bill on active duty with the four years and member of State Executive Committee; (3) For navy, Janet ran the law office alone. Then in December of 1944, mer Director, District 5, Business Professional Women's Clubs another big triumph for Janet. She was appointed Chenango of New York State; (4) Member Phi Delta Delta National Wom County Attorney. I believe she is the first woman in New York en's Legal Fraternity and past President of Nu chapter at Brook State to hold this office as well as the youngest County Attorney lyn Law School; (5) Past President Panhellenic Society at Brook in the State. She is terribly thrilled with her work and has a lyn Law School. desire to specialize later in Labor Law and Tax Law. It all These are just a few of the many interesting facts concerning sounds pretty wonderful to me�and a record to be extremely Janet. She is a busy person. Oh, I almost forgot Aunt Cornelia proud of. Pundleford� a Dalmatian pup�ancl one of the Gordons' most Here are a few incidental facts, as Janet calls them: (1) Presi cherished possessions. j> 1) 1) dent Chenango County Willkie Clubs in 1940; (2) Co-Governor, Barbara Kelly Ensign, Alpha '33

A Family Tradition

a family tradition of bringing honor to Gainma Phi Beta at the FollowingUniversity of Illinois is Omicron's Barbara Clayton, managing editor of the 1945-46 Illio. Barb's two sisters, Phyl (Mrs. K. L. McClatchie, '43) and Jo (Mrs. W. W. Bingamon, '35), were both not only Omicron Gamma Phis, but also junior business managers on the Illio. Barb herself is president of Shorter Board, senior women's activity honorary at the University of Illinois. She was a member of Torch, junior women's ac tivity honorary. During her freshman year she was active in the Y.W.C.A., Theatre Guild, and the Illini Union. During her sophomore year, she had a sophomore job on the Illio. She was appointed junior editor of the Illio during her third year. In the house, she has acted as publicity chairman, literary exer cise chairman, vice-president, and secretary. Barb is engaged to Lt. V. P. LaVigne, a Phi Delta Theta from the University of California.

8 Target For Today

By Florence H. Hollister Oregon '2^, New York alumnce

J An early recruit in the WAC, Mrs. Hollister "v earned her corporal's stripes; was dicharged to join her husband in Washington, D.C, and before she knew it or had settled into civilian life became a worker in the Pentagon, assigned to Editorial Liaison, Joint Target Group, Far East Intelligence under the Army Air staff. Once again she is for getting careers and making another home for her �\ husband in New York. /^ Mrs. Hollister

FIRST glimpse of the Pentagon filled me with panic. I long trek across the continent I crawled all over that two-story MYtook one long look at those orange columns marching im house in overalls painting floors, woodwork and wrought iron. pressively along the concourse�and fled. Several weeks after that Stretching out prone on each stair tread I painted and enamelled visit I braved it a little farther. I again was about to sneak away stair backs and banisters. As for furnishings�we rattled around guiltily when my beaming captain appeared. He signed his life in that two-story house for almost two months with two army away that I might have lunch in the officers' dining room. cots, a table, and six metal chairs. In the beginning I had no intention of taking a job at the In the midst of this confusion a Pentagon drive was on and I Pentagon or anywhere else. At the beginning of the war, for a got caught in the draft. "Look!" I'd say, when called each day, year and a half as supervisor in civilian defense, receptionist at "no! I can't possibly. I'm swamped. Why the furniture hasn't the U.S.O., long hours with the Red Cross Canteen Corps, and even arrived yet!" It was no use. The Pentagon personnel de running my home, I joined the WAC. My husband was enlisting partments were dragging the ponds looking for civilian help to in the air corps and I decided to do the same. He went through take the place of officers who were being sent overseas in droves, basic training at Lemoore Army Air Field and I at Fort Des and they had to have persons with military training and under Moines. Serving at four different WAC posts I crossed the standing of army and navy methods. Somewhere it had leaked United States nine times in a year. Filling the role of train out that I not only had been in the WAC but had been in Air sergeant on a troop train bulging with enthusiastic WACs is a Intelligence. job. Getting them on and off the trains, drilling them on sta "Would I be interested in writing up the history of the Air tion platforms, and checking them into their beds at taps is Corps? How would I like to set up kardex systems on all the something! air fields and runways, seeing as how I had helped set up offices When I took my honorable discharge, in order to join my in the field? What did I know about crashes, and could I handle husband at Harvard, I expected to be able to let down a bit. investigations? Or, better yet, there was a new division being But�being the adjutant's wife on a post, particularly at an formed within Far East Intelligence and wouldn't I like to get officers' training school�is a full-time job too. The colonel's in on it?" That did it. How could I possibly resist working in wife suggests� the adjutant's wife carries out the suggestions. F.E.I.? Then came our transfer to Washington, when my husband was So away I went to War Department School for a week. It was appointed to General Arnold's Staff. It was exciting, while sit held at Gravelly Point, the headquarters for the Army Air Forces. ting comfortably dreaming in the Club Car, to imagine our There we learned, in streamlined style, how to write up an selves in a charming home, all calm and serene. Friends would R. &: R. (formal request through channels for materials or sup drop in frequently, and I would always be the perfect hostess, plies needed), how to send a classified coded message, make out never at a loss for a substitute for Scotch and meat! But it an officer's pay voucher, how to send him out on a secret mis wasn't like that. In the first place finding a house in Washington sion and prepare his papers�that sort of thing. And what about in wartime was an impossible feat. You "live-around" here and the furniture? It arrived just about then. there, a room�a borrowed apartment, a government project, Working in Joint Target Group was a combination of being until the daily race to the war billeting board for the latest low- an integral part of a five-ring circus, the relay race (not to for down brings results. Finally there was a house available in get cross-country, for the Pentagon is a big place) and the city Alexandria. desk. My particular office. Production, was invariably tuned up We were so glad to get a house that we took it sight unseen. to the speed of a newspaper office. That office was crazy, noisy When we saw it we realized why it had been available. It needed as a boiler factory, and delightfully confusing. To go into a quiet doing over completely. While my husband battled with the office after our madhouse was positively depressing. QM, the Southern Pacific, and the storage company to keep our It took about two weeks for me to get used to it�the tele household possessions moving directly east from San Francisco� phone ringing unceasingly, everyone calling across that huge my job was to get that house in shape. During our furniture's office at the top of his lungs, messengers running in with 9 lO THE CRESCENT

"deadline stuff" that had to we of that be got out-if had to stay up all Each section was responsible for a certain part target. be from night to finish it, clerks following the section chiefs about re From Area Studies came the text, or TI sheet. It could the lentlessly in order to get final signatures, the good old blue one to thirty-five pages in length, depending upon subject R. & R. always floating from desk to desk getting "coordinated." and its importance. From Weapons came the Weapon Recom In the midst of this the stenographers were taking dictation, the mendations Sheet-for low and high altitude bombing-the typists pounding away on something their particular officers were WR's. From Bomb Damage came the DA's (damage assessments), waiting for, reading over their shoulders while puffing ferocious DR's (damage reports) and P5's (fire plans). on mosaics and ly their pipes. And over in my corner, desk piled to my head From PI (photo intelligence) came the photostats with mosaics and photostats, proof-readers' copy, and forms, for study and charting, and they came in sections, according to trying to assemble one horrible mess of confusion into an or their annotations, some of these "split" or broken down for came the ganized unit for production and its trip overseas. concentrated spot bombing. From still another section Oh, those first two weeks. I'd stumble into the house, after TL's (target locators) and Mi's (objective area maps), and of waiting in line an hour and a half for groceries. After dinner course the Analyses, a comprehensive detailed unit of informa we'd get into working clothes and unpack barrels and boxes, tion that went into the loose leaf binder sets made up for the and I'd paint another yard or so of the dining room panelling. Field. I'd climb into bed at midnight with colored rings whirling at me. The Index was still another part, and was my work, kept Hardly anyone who worked at the Pentagon ate breakfast at up from day to day, as was the Journal or "bible," as we called home�not when you can get a wonderful breakfast of fruit, it�a complete case history of every target ordered and pub eggs and bacon, toast and coffee for twenty-eight cents! lished. When building the Comprehensive Target Index four That's the way the Pentagon day began for practically every officers and myself practically sealed ourselves into a window-less one. Fluttering newspapers, steaming hot coffee and the curl office and worked steadily for three months getting it ready for of the first cigarette, mixed in with browned sausages^ cinnamon publication. It was used mainly for research on the late con rolls, and tall iced glasses of orange juice. In my office the day centrated urban area bombings. From it we broke the targets started officially with a look at Spike's map. Spike (Dr. Downes down into categories�Armament, Chemicals, Aircraft, Shipping, to you) was our geographical expert, on loan from Army Map Petroleum, etc. Service, one of those "top civilians" you have heard about. The Getting target material ready for production is an assembly first thing to greet you was Spike standing on top of his desk job. The formats and overlays have to be set up for the mosaics, filling in the latest gains in the Pacific. His private line rang the "stick-ups" cut and ready�the little arrows for directions all day, and his no or yes was positively the final word. "No," with the accompanying dots, circles and symbols, the proof read he would say in a soft, unhurried voice, "the terrain is not ing well under way, and a final check to see if "Edgar" would adaptable for planes." "Yes, I believe you can figure on the Japs understand it or be confused. Edgar was our make-believe stooge. being able to get in there, although the mountains will hold We all took turn at playing Edgar. "Edgar won't get that" one them back some." Then all the phones would seem to be ringing of us would say�and that meant it had to be altered or changed. at once and we'd race for our desks answering, according to our All of this material, target information in the form of text, work, "Target Material," "Joint Target," "Air Staff," "Intelli illustrations and maps was piled on my desk. Clipped to each gence," and my own "Editorial, Liaison"�the day had started. set were colored Production forms, each carrying a story to the It's a little difficult to explain Joint Target Group. It would different section as it went on its way. The last one came back take time to delve into the Organization of the Army Air Forces to me, filled with initials and notes which all went into the �but Intelligence is under the control of the Assistant Chief of history of the target in the "bible"� the others filed as a permanent Air Staff�the AC/AS. From there we go down to a division� record. I had an average of twenty-two of these assembly sets that of Far East Intelligence, then to a group�that of Joint daily. We were never finished. We simply worked as long as we Target. Then we have the Sections, mine being Production, and could. I worked more on Sundays and holidays in the Pentagon its sub-sections. Target Material, Area Studies, Bomb Damage, than I ever did in the WAC. Non-Ferrous Metals, and others, including my particular desk. For people who think that the Army, Navy, Marines, and the Editorial and Liaison which was the clearing house for all tar Allied members of the Armed Forces should have worked more get material and which went "out" from there. closely together�let me tell you�they did�in Air Intelligence. The Liaison part of my work, leaving out the material pre Ask any naval officer who was in command of a carrier about pared for overseas, was concerned with the representative of his intelligence material and targets for bombing. He'll tell Allied ficers made up of Army, Navy, Marines, R.A.F. and the you that we got it to him�and in time. And for those who Forces. In our section there was included an R.A.F. Wing Com might want to know the difference, generally speaking, between a Naval mander, a Group Captain, an Air Commodore, Dutch my Intelligence work in the WAC and in War Department Intelligence Commander, a Marine Captain, Navy Lieutenant Headquarters�it is this�in the Field you receive, in the War Commander, and an Air Corps Colonel and several Majors. We Department you send it out! There is a big difference. had, besides, our geographical and topographical experts, drafts men, engineer, a flying captain as officer courier, and our clerks, stenographers, typists and office helpers, two of them WACs. There were a few WAVES in Area Studies, and in Bomb quite Alice Koehler, Omicron, was chosen as an we had several WAAFs who assisted the R.A.F. Damage English attendant to the Queen of the Junior Prom officers. Intelligence at the University of Illinois in December. We coordinated�between sections�on the drawing up and DD D planning the most efficient way possible of bombing enemy was to assemble territory in the Pacific; and my particular job Liberty Bond Petru Dvorak (Illinois '38) all material sent in from the different sections and get it ready has taken over her husband's and brother's was the whole while her is for production. In other words my desk where law offices in Chicago husband in and her brother in Alaska. mass of material was "cleared" in order that it could be put Belgium together for the final conclusive over-all picture of the "target for today." Bea Hogan Heads DAV Auxiliary

J The highest honor in the Women's Auxiliary of V the Disabled American Veterans, which she has served long and ably has been given to Mrs. Hogan, past national officer of Gamma Phi Beta. On Armistice Day she placed the Auxiliary wreath on the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier, participated in other memorial services including the rededica tion of an old National Cemetery in Arlington, �^ Virginia. >*�

Beatrice Hogan, wife of Capt. Cicero F. Hogan, as MRS.sistant national adjutant of Cincinnati, Ohio, was unani mously elected national commander of the Women's Auxiliary of the DAV in Chicago in October, 1945. Mrs. Hogan has served continuously as an active member of the national roster of auxiliary officers since 1939 when she served as Americanism chairman. Following the chairmanship, she was elected junior vice commander and worked in that capacity for two years. This past year during her second term as senior vice commander, Mrs. Hogan served as national membership chair man at which time 3,500 new members were inducted and 57 new auxiliary chapters were formed. The gain in membership was the largest since the organization of the auxiliary. Mrs. Hogan, who formerly was Miss Beatrice Locke, is a member of a pioneer Oregon family and a graduate of the Uni Mrs. Hogan versity of Oregon. While she was living in Portland she was for later many years the associate editor of the Spectator, becoming Mrs. Hogan was active in the Portland alumnae of Gamma its editor. Her husband, Cicero Hogan, is national service officer Phi Beta, served the sorority as international vice-president and for the Disabled American Veterans. as international chairman of rushing has been, more recently a The new auxiliary commander is affiliated with the Gamma loyal member of the Cincinnati alumnae chapter. Phi Beta sorority, Theta Sigma Phi, national journalism honor "This year promises an added increase in membership and for business is to the which ary for women, Altrusa, international organization membership vitally important organization women executives, and formerly with the Board of Directors of needs greater growth to give greater service to DAV members and the YMCA as publicity chairman in Portland, Oregon. She is their families and to meet the demands upon the auxiliary of Cin caused the war com now handling the public relations for the Girl Scouts by just concluded," Mrs. Hogan stated when cinnati and Hamilton County. menting upon her election to the membership.

Mortar Board And Editor

talking about "active actives" of Gamma Phi Beta, Elise Keller, junior, Whenof Alpha Eta's chapter at Ohio Wesleyan certainly should rate near the head of the list. Beginning in her freshman year, Elise became active in the Dramatic Workshop, and WTOte for the yearbook, campus newspaper and literary magazine. Working her way up the ladder, Elise helped edit the newspaper and literary magazine, affiliated with the English Writers club, and became literary exerciser and historian for her sorority chapter in her sophomore year. Now in her junior year, Elise still hasn't taken out time for a breather. Instead, she is still busy capably editing the newspaper, the literary magazine, is treasurer of the English Writer's club, a member of the Committee on Action for Peace, Debate and Dramatic club, has been elected as pledge trainer for her chapter, and as a final honor, has become a member of Mortar Board. We sometimes wonder when Elise finds time to eat, but judging from her healthy appearance she seems to be doing a good job of that, too. ])])})

11 Trio

Frontier Days At The University

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Ganuna Phi Beta trio began as a pledge class trio last calists with band singing at USO shows, all the Saturday night THISyear. Now the girls have been singing together for two years dances held at the Student Union, engagements in Oklahoma and are well known on the Oklahoma campus as well as in the City, dances held at the Navy bases here in Norman, and Lions' town. This picture was taken during the annual Frontier Week Club dances. celebration in early November. Last year the trio made a name Psi chapter is proud of this trio. They are constantly in de for itself by singing in campus talent shows, engineer club mand to sing for various clubs and campus activities and func meetings, house functions, open houses held at the Student tions of the newly organized veterans' American Legion Post. Union, YMCA smokers, navy smokers, faculty desserts, Tau The alumnas say that the trio aided more than anything else Beta Pi and Sigma Tau banquets, and countless other func in having a successful rush season. tions. This year all three girls enrolled again in school and From left to right, the girls are: Elizabeth Johnson, '47, jun offered entertainment for rush. Then the Ramblers, college ior; Neota Williams, '48, sophomore; Shirlee Woodruff, '46, dance band, played an engagement in Dallas and asked them senior. to go and sing. Since then the girls have been the featured vo

Plii Beta Kapipa At Texas

n outstanding record at the University of Texas was climaxed in November A for Alpha Zeta's Marylyn Bennett when she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Marylyn received her bachelor of arts degree in Latin-American Government and Spanish in June, 1945, and until recently when she left school for a brief rest, was working on her master of arts. A talented, gifted, and brilliant person, Marylyn successfully divided her time at the university between music, the Army, Spanish, and Gamma Phi Beta. She was a member of the Glee Club, secretary of the University Opera Association, assistant-secretary of the Inter-American Association, a member of the Army and Anchor Brats, Alpha Lambda Delta, the Press Club, Pi Sigma Alpha, government honorary, and one of the few honorary Anglo-American members of the Club de Mexico. She was staff assistant to Dr. R. A. Haynes of the Department of Romance Languages, president of Sigma Delta Pi, Span ish honorary, and treasurer of Gamma Phi Beta. In her spare time she strums Spanish tunes on a guitar and adds to her large collection of Spanish records. Intensely interested in Inter-American relations, and a fluent linguist, Mary lyn has taken advantage of her talents in helping the 1000 Latin-American exchange students at the university adjust to a new and strange mode of life. Marylyn's interest in Latin-America stems from many years spent in Central America and the Canal Zone with her family. Her father, a regular Army Colonel, was stationed in Panama during most of Marylyn's high school years. They have lived in almost every state in the union, and Marylyn now resides in San Antonio with them. Colonel Bennett has recently returned from Europe where he served as military governor of Salzburg, Austria. Gamma Phis predict a brilliant future for Marylyn. Faye Loyd

12 Holiday Greetings From Iy^o Jima

/ Dorothy Schneider, (Washington U, St. Louis '44), \| director of Red Cross clubs, who has been overseas for the past six months, writes from one of the outposts in the Pacific where her college back ground, her sorority training, and lively person ality are aids in her Red Cross work. "N r

Oahu I was attached to Marine Transient Center where Oncombat men from Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and other forward areas returned for reassignment, and where state side drafts came before going "down under." V-J was celebrated at Pearl Harbor ... a most thrilling experience. In September I flew in a C-54 to Guam via Kwajalein, Saipan

Birthday party at Island House, Red Cross enlisted men's club on Iwo f'lma. Dorothy Schneider at right.

The three Red Cross clubs and two clubmobiles have much to do for the men here. My part is program directing in one of the clubs, which is made up of three quonsets and a prefab building. It houses a lounge, snack bar, card room, classical music room, jam session room, library, pool and ping pong rooms. Inconveniences are many, such as scarcity of fresh water and fresh food, and the constant whipping up of dust and cin ders by winds from the volcanic ash making up Iwo's terrain. But the club keeps us busy and time passes quickly. I send holiday greetings and look forward to seeing my Gamma Phi friends once again. })})]) Dorothy Schneider ARC, APO 86 Dorothy Schneider c/o Postmaster, San Francisco In The Philippines and Rota for reassignment. The C-46 which was to take me to on when a small Iwo�my new assignment�was grounded Saipan typhoon hit the island. Tent camps were blown over, ships beached and planes wrecked. The delay made sightseeing possi ble�Suicide Cliff where natives and the enemy hurled them selves into the sea to escape American troops when all was lost, caves still used by die-hard snipers, beaches full of shrapnel and submerged tanks and amphibs. Sugar Mill�the island's industrial center�now in shambles, the village of Charan-Kanoa standing in ruins, scores of shattered pillboxes as in all the Marianas. Now after two months on Iwo Jima we are looking toward its end as a virtual prison for men anxious to return to their families in the States. Servicemen are leaving by the hundreds each week�those remaining are "sweating out transportation." Iwo, as the other Pacific islands, is a manifestation of the fierce fighting in this war. Most impressive on the island are East Beach where the Fourth and Fifth Marine divisions first Caldwell dug in, the view of the entire island from the top of Mt. Suri- fean bachi, the two Marine cemeteries, Mt. Suribachi Memorial atop the volcano commemorating the historic flag raising, the elabo rate cave system of the once commanding Jap General Kuribay- Jean Caldwell (Michigan) has arrived in the Philippines to ashi, the boat harbor on West Beach where the breakwater serve the armed forces as an American Red Cross staff assistant. consists of eight concrete ships and four American, Russian and She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and attended Japanese hulks sunk in the shape of a square. Randolph-Macon Women's College. 13 Gamma Plii Beta Book Nook

Suggested by the Booklist Staff (American Library Association)

William Dana All Brave Sailors, by John Beecher. Footloose Fidler, by Harry Miller and Page From my Library Walls, by The experience of the crew of the S.S. Cooper. Orcutt. reminisces on the Booker T. Washington, captained by a Ne With determined wanderlust an Ohio boy A noted book designer and use of books. gro and manned by men of several nation started out in the 8o's to see his country. writing, making, Robeson. alities. Primer for White Folks, by Bucklin Moon, African Journey, by Eslanda Goode editor. An .American Negro woman's account of Artie Greencroin, Pfc, by Harry Brown. The as white and author see her visits with the colored of Africa. Short, humorous sketches from 'Yank about Negro Negro people him, in an anthology of short stories and Persian Gulf Command, the trials of army life in England while by Joel Sayre. articles. waiting for D-day. The trials of American soldiers transport Marriage in and Grace Sloan War Peace, by ing supplies across Iran told in humorous The Wisdom of Israel, Lewis Browne, by Overton. fashion. editor. "A book for and counselors of parents Earl Schenck. tradition in Lean With the Wind, by The cultural preserved Jewish Subtitle. youth."� in a novel of the literature the Good entertainment through ages. Laughter on the Hill, by Margaret Parton. temperamental Durrand family and their RtjpsTER Crows for Day, Ben Lucien adventure of woman in San by Gay reporter curio store on Tahiti. Burman. Francisco. The Building of the Burma Road, by Tan A river pilot exchanges his native Missis Immortal Village, by Donald Culross Peat- sippi for the Congo, and meets strange ad tie. Pei-ying. Human and technical ventures. The history of a French village in poetic problems problems were the managing director's daily duties Battle Below, by Robert Joseph Casey. prose. My Brother Carlos Pena during four years. Submarine warfare in the Atlantic and the Americans, by Romulo. The Friendly Persuasion, West. Pacific. by Jessamyn A Philippine patriot's opinion of Ameri Delightful reading in stories ot an "Indiana This Is Where I Came in, Robert by Joseph cans and his hopes for his country. Quaker family in the 40 years following the Casey. Proceed Without Delay, by Thomas Rich Civil war. Not military history nor strategy, but the ard St. George. Last Mountains, the Story of the Cascades, human side of war, told with sympathy and The hero of c/o Postmaster gives a witty by Robert Ormond Case and Victoria humor an observer on European fronts. by account of further Pacific travels. Case. The Black Rose, by Thomas Bertram Cos The Pattern of Soviet Power, by Edgar The natural beauty and the distinctive fea tain. Snow. tures of the Pacific Northwest mountains historical romance of the conditions in Popular style Social and political Russia, region. thirteenth century in modern idiom. and that relations with eastern country's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, R. A. Dick. and by The Big Three: The United Europe China. States, Britain, The sea captain returned after death to Guerrilla Wife, by Louise Reid Spencer. Russia, by David J. Dallin. Mrs. Muir and to dictate his memoirs. woman describes the hunted bully of the the An American Viewing power politics past, in the David life she shared with the in Atomic Energy Coming Era, by author doubts the of the three other refugees ability Dietz. a island. powers to insure peace. Philippine The White Tower, by James Ramsey Ull Atomic power and its possibilities explained My Chinese Karl Eskelund. for the Wife, by man. layman. A Dane's as a student young experiences Rivalry in climbing an unsealed Swiss Hercules, My Shipmate, by Robert Graves. and writer in China, and his to marriage mountain involves national pride and per Full-bodied adventure story of Jason and a Chinese girl. sonal hatred when a Nazi competes with the Argonauts in quest of the Golden Bass Fishing, by Jim Gasque. a refugee American aviator. Fleece. Anecdotes of and advice The Glass Tennessee Wil fishing experiences, Menagerie, by "A Brook of Our Own," by Marjory Gane to fishermen. liams. Harkness. A short, of whose The Peacock Sheds His Tail, by Alice Tis tragic play people pitiful Trials and triumphs of a real estate dealer fate was determined their own char dale Hobart. by who locates country homes for city people. acters. Foreign oil interests in Mexico, and the The Cherokee Strip, Paine: .America's Wil by Marquis James. of labor are a Tom Godfather, by growing power background "A tale of an Oklahoma 5ub- liam E. Woodward. boyhood."� for the story of a Yankee who married into title. that does to a man a conservative Mexican A biography justice family. The Egg and whose reputation has suffered both neglect I, by Betty MacDonald. Wrrn No Regrets, Krishna Nehru Hut- by and defamation. Highly colored version of what a poultry heesing. farm in the to the Freedom's People; How We Qualify for a Olympic mountains did Life in the Nehru told by the sister author. family Democratic Society, by Bonaro Wilkin of the Indian nationalist leader. son Overstreet. Germany Is Our Problem, by Henry Morgen A Star Danced, by Gertrude Lawrence. Essays dealing with the human attributes thau. The success story of an actress popular on that make living and working together an An expansion of the controversial Morgen both sides of the Atlantic. adventure. thau plan for controlling Germany.

14 From Tke Pens Of Our Poets

Tree at Easter For Easter . . ? ^945 The larch loved stood hushed, and bare, and brown. you How can it matter this year at the spring winter on its breast. The sunlight patterned That April sets her woodland torches burning- No bird in the nest singing dipped lonely Wild cherry lighted, even the Judas tree a thing That swayed on barren bough�a hollow crown Flaming and lovely? Darkly the world is turning! From which the summer's of were gems hope gone. How shall we bear the dogwood's whitening bough, this is death!" I cried. "Ah, Adrift in sunlight, or the redbird's calling. Who are one with the rain and broken-hearted now But God and touched the tree with passed by Spring. That half a world away our sons are falling? And it and bade it come to bloom quickened Yet is a light more dear to those who stumble, With soft new and birds home. green returning Groping down blackened avenues of pain . . . of returned to And memories you sing Faith is more radiant in hearts made humble. Of and and wonder at this faith, hope, thing. As daffodils are golden in the rain . .. "There is no death!" I cried. Against the dark, a lily's white perfection. Against the pall of death� the resurrection! By Olive Ruehe, Illinois '44 (Reprinted from "A Line O' By Barbara Whitney Type or Two," Chicago Trib U. North Dakota, Nor une, conducted by Charles folk alumnae (Reprinted Collins) by courtesy The New York Herald Tribune) (^imcarnation

Oh may the sweetness Of your living body, When are in the you gone, juni

Pass on .. . The rocks in the stream were silver, hammered May it be melted into some On whicli the silvered current stammered . . . Exquisite melody That somehow with dew mingles Each shining bole in the wood stood out And dawn and blue. In the silent black like a silver shout . . . Blent into rosy morning skies The leaves were diamonds on sable With song of birds, plush, Alive and fresh and springing. Points of light in the darkened hush .. . Love bringing! Like blades of silver scimitars Banana leaves defied the stars. By Marie Moreland Simmons Minnesota, St. Paul alumnae The moon itself were so glaring white from Minnesota (Reprinted It bathed the dark in crystal light. Journal of Education, Janu And could scarce a ary, 1945) my lips suppress cry Of wonderment at earth and sky.

By Harriet Mills McKay U. North Dakota (Re Last night the counters of the earth printed courtesy The Ore Were piled with shining stuff. gonian, Portland, Ore.) The moon was merchant of the goods And offered worlds enough Of beauty; There were silver nets For R To cast for stars; the stems J.B. Of ferns were silver, and the trees Dark wind, storm wind, wrap him close; Wore shining diadems . . . Caress his gentle face and soft dark hair. And in the aisles of moonlit glades Hurl down your bolts of anger on the earth. Such fragile skeins were spun And roar your fury at his dying there. For making dreams ... I bought to mend Shake heaven till the angels furl their wings; The broken . . . and to finish one. Go, wind, and moan across the foreign sod. But bear him up, first, past the fartherest star. Harriet Mills McKay By And see him safely to the throne of God. U. North Dakota (Re Storm wind, of sorrow born, sing his requiem. printed courtesy The Lan tern, Brooklyn, N.Y.) By Mary Downey, Goucher '48 15 i6 THE CRESCENT

Last of Laughter

on the "Morale,'' Would that I had a sailing boat The Easter Parade, road, called, a new hat! That I could man alone Is led by perky Over the seas to the Hebrides All women agree, as this vision they see. Their suit will need that eclat. With Davy Jones' locker my home. spring are and mushroom in For little care I that I must die Some hats quite large shape, With a and a veil, And furl my sails with the last of laughter. others, wisp to winds won't endure. My soul is awing on a wishing ring; Tho built allure, spring charms soon will fail. The man is not born whom I call master. Appealing, their So, ho! for the deeps where the sailor sleeps. Not long you resist a halo of flowers; Down comes the sweeping dusk. The profile, the front you admire; will My life at last is the tide running fast; You think it your style, for the clerk beguile to desire. And the land is a withered husk. With cunning, feed your in Up to the cloud with the thoughts of the proud Away you will go, your face wreathed smiles; a box! Will I climb like a leaping deer; Your vanity packed in hat on For the gale is now; through the waves I plow. "Morale" can he fed by the your head, Adventure and I am here. A seemingly strange paradox! Though I say no word, the note of a bird Aloft in the dawning's light. By Edna A. Kellum Los Will bring to your ear in garments of cheer. Stanford, Angeles My love though the day turns night. alumnae (Reprinted The The path of the sun where the dolphins run courtesy Topeka State Will be your news of me, Journal) When an alien shore is strange no more. And I am alone with the sea.

By Alice Gibbs, Arizona '48 ^ ^ ^

^^WAVE Of The Week.ff Sp(G)2/c Gere is a little late to be telling about Mary Alison Gere, THISSp (G) 2/c, because at any moment she may become Mary A. Gere, Civilian. However, Mary has done a grand job and I think you will be interested in her work�from piano student to gunnery instructor in one jump! A tiny, blue-eyed blonde, a piano major in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, she was a member of Alpha�class of '45 before going in the service. Stationed at Treasure Island, California, she was responsible for the training of thousands of anti-aircraft gunners. She "trembled" a bit when she had to take over classes of 70 men, demonstrate a gun breakdown and the use of gun sights, super vise shooting and train men in the use of various types of anti-aircraft guns. Specialist Gere was section leader of the first group of WAVES ever to attend an anti-aircraft gunnery school. After completing boot training at Hunter College, she took gunnery training at Great Lakes naval training station and was one of the first four WAVES sent out from that station as instructors. Last year she was selected by the navy department as the "WAVE of the Week" �a signal honor. During the opening broadcast of the world security conference at San Francisco in April, she was a member Mary Alison Gere of the WAVES choir which participated in the program. Mary A. Gere, Sp (G) 2/c, we, of Alpha and Syracuse, salute you. })])]) Barbara Kelly Ensign, Alpha '33 Pioneers As Clipper Stev^ardess

round trips to Hawaii on a Pan American Clipper, and Fivea week's vacation in the Islands after the fifth trip�that was the pleasant assignment recently completed by Mary Louise Lyman, Eta '41. When Pan American decided to try stewardesses on their "over ocean" hop from San Francisco to Honolulu .. . a job which only men stewards had held previously�Mary Louise was one of the two girls selected. After a training period, which included instructions on such ominous things as crash landings, emergency drills, making up berths, and preparing airliner meals (Lymie claims this was the hardest part of the whole business!), the girls took over. Mary Louise reports that the passengers were all very cooperative and no one got airsick or frightened, and that she thoraughly enjoyed the six weeks she spent "up in the air." Evidently Mary Louise proved that a stewardess could handle the job very nicely, for Pan American plans to assign girls to this run soon. Mary Louise has been with the traffic department of Pan American Airways since July, 1941. She graduated from the University of California in June of that year, where she was one of the outstanding girls on the campus. She was treasurer of the Eta chapter, and president during her senior year. She was also a member of Pryt^anean, Junior Manager of the Blue and L. to r.: senior flight steward, Beverly Mogensen Gold, the yearbook, was on Judicial Committee, and also a mem George Quatsoe, and Mary Louise Lyman, stewardesses in training. Mr. Quatsoe was ber of Phi Beta ]>])}) Kappa. explaining the intricacies of berth making aboard a Pan American Miriam Baisden Serfass, Eta '40 Airways Clipper.

They Take To The Air

wings and chic grey uniforms of SilverUnited Air Lines stewardesses now adorn Margaret Ann Schwertley of the University of Idaho chapter of Gamma Phi Beta and Virginia E. Ryan of Chi chapter at Oregon State. They recently graduated from United Air Lines four-week stewardess training ses sion at Chicago, and are now lending aid and assistance to the thousands of air travelers who have returned to the skyways after the war. Margaret Ann has been assigned to the Denver-Salt Lake, Denver-San Francisco sec tions of United's coast-to-coast route, with headquarters at Denver. Virginia is on the Portland-Seattle, Portland-Cheyenne run Avith headquarters at Portland. J> }) D

(United Air Lines Plioto) ;( niiiii Air Lines Photo) Virginia Ryan Margaret Ann Schwertley 17 Cliaiigiiig Educational Patterns

IOWA STATE� some new and others revised, have been approved for the various colleges and schools of the university. The action was on Veterans who have taken mathematics, chemistry, or engineer recommendation of a faculty committee which has been studying ing courses in connection with work in meteorology or ballistics the for a and a half. While not all university gradu or at officer candidate schools will be given credit for them at subject year ates who take courses in the subject enter the teaching field, Iowa State College. Four credit hours are being awarded to men one-fourth or more include such preparation in their university for each three months of active service, 12 credits being the work. maximum allowed.

�Landscape Operation SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA� A course of study in landscape operation has been established Women students at the University of Southern California are in the University of Illinois Department of Landscape Architec responding to the urgent need for occupational therapists in the ture. It will train students for landscape planning, contracting, increasing number of Army and Navy hospitals for the war- and maintenance. The training will also prepare graduates as wounded in the West. This term 195 of these students are independent operators to be landscape contractors for profes registered as a civilian army to help the wounded to recover the sional landscape architects and others doing land planning, use of limbs or otherwise to become capable of earning a living. which involves construction and planting. Students learn basic sciences, psychology and crafts. They fashion their own looms and tools designed to help strengthen Sigma is not the wealth in our fraternity's big endow muscles of their subjects. Following their academic training they "Kappa ment fund nor even our many sumptuous college campus homes. must spend eight months in an Army civilian hospital for in- It is not the titled offices that so honor the men who occupy terneship study. This university is one of eight designated by the them. Nor even the daily grind of doing the fraternity's busi Army for a specialized course in occupational therapy. ness, from the setting of its policies to the finishing of the last little report. The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is in the chapter in the alumni brothers of the order BOWLING GREEN�Field Service meeting, gatherings, where gather for devoted to better and To foster continued growth in the teaching profession and to evenings knowing appreciating each other. It is in the of conclaves and, above all, it meet the immediate needs of the alumni, the College of Educa fellowship is in the meeting of men far from home, in the handshake and tion of Bowling Green (Ohio) State University has announced a mutual faith of brothers. For Kappa Sigma, after all, exists only seven-point program of field service. To be available to teachers in the hearts of men."�Frank C. Ferguson, Editor of The are the reading clinic, speech clinic, the behavior clinic, the field Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. }) J ]) laboratory program, the measurement and curriculum labora tory, the workshop project and the bureau of appointments. Teachers who need aid in solving problems encountered in The educational seems due for drastic the schoolroom may call upon any of the seven divisions to study program overhauling, their problera. The reading clinic makes scientific diagnoses of for it is inconceivable that an impoverished and war-weary peo will tolerate a of education which has made reading difficulties through use of a metranoscope to determine ple philosophy two world wars in one If the individual is reading rhythm and the ophthalmograph for photographing eye possible generation. to be restored to his must movement. place in society, education rediscover him, abandon the technique of mass production, and concen trate on the development of the individual as a responsible KANSAS�Required Reading member of society. It must assume a large share of the blame for Under a new adopted at the University of Kansas all plan the loose thinking of the past, and repair the damage. It must entering freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences restore the recognition of the intangibles, that means the hu will be required to enroll in a six-hour reading course in "West manities, among other things. Unless the war is teaching us ern Civilization." It is hoped to develop students who understand nothing, the liberal arts college should come into its own again American its roots and the and democracy, � European present and stand at the focal point of all education. The Rainbow of future role of the United States in world peace. Delta Tau Delta. ]>})}) Each student will be assigned the same selected group of readings from classic and modern writings. Students will be urged to read "on their own" and develop independent opinions without meeting any teacher in a classroom; proctors will be available to those who need guidance. The university will give ^390 NIC ''Greeks'' in Service comprehensive examinations on the material contained in the Well over 300,000 academic college fraternity men served reading. Special reading rooms are to be opened near the library. their country on the battlefields all over the world, according to an interfraternity magazine survey made recently. Exactly one-half of the NIC member fraternities (29) reported ILLINOIS�Teacher Training that they had a total of 153,195 members in service, making an Because one-fourth or more of the graduates of the University average of 5,283 per fraternity or a total of 306,390 for NIC. of Illinois, in addition to specializing in their fields of choice, This does not include the thousands of sorority members in the also take courses required by State law to qualify them as teach various women's services, nor the non-NIC members, nor the ers, the university has announced a major overhauling of teacher- professional, honorary and recognition fraternities, which would training courses of study. Eighteen teacher-preparation courses. add additional hundreds of thousands. 18 Northwestem Hums Her Times

lang (lynn). Mortar Board member and May Queen attendant, has taken is MarilynNorthwestern's campus by storm and the campus as well as Epsilon chapter humming the tunes she composed for the last two all-school musicals. One of the songs from the last show has been published recently�"This Funny Little Love of Ours"�and is already the theme song for a national radio program. "She's A Gamma Phi" is another of her songs, presented by Epsilon at the May Day festival. Lynn is engaged to Lt. (j.g.) Allan R. Scott (Beta Theta Pi). She lives in Park Ridge, 111., and is a senior in the School of Speech. J) J> ])

Marilyn Lang

Writes Books For Teen Agers Hart Lovelace (Minnesota), author of the Betsey Tacy book series for children, Maudewas in St. Paul for two days for Children's Book week during November 1945. She autographed copies of her most recent book, "Heavens to Betsey," and talked with youngsters at St. Paul book stores. Mrs. Lovelace, who was born in Mankato, Minnesota, has written a series of books for children from the 6 to 12 age level based on her own childhood in Mankato, she said. Now Betsey is going to high school. "Heavens to Betsey" is the first of four books to be writt'en for children of high school age. The book was issued nationally November 12. "For background on the rest of the series I'm studying my own 15-year-old daughter, Merian," she said. "And then I've got my diary of high school days in Mankato. You know, high school girls haven't changed so much. They're still interested in boys and wondering if they are going to be invited to parties and all the other things that seem so important at that age." But high school youngsters today take a more serious view than the teen-agers of her day, Mrs. Lovelace admitted. Today, she said, they read political and economic books, an unusual thing years ago. Mrs. Lovelace is one of a writing family. Her husband, Delos Lovelace, formerly worked for the Minneapolis Tribune and now is assistant city editor of the New York Sun. "Merian shows tendencies," she said. Mrs. Lovelace

Mrs. D. C. Burkes (Genevieve Johnson Elizabeth Worthington (Texas '27) has Mary LeCron Foster (Northwestern) is liv Washington '26) was a member of the com been named state organizer for P.E.O. chap- ing at Manique de Zuniga, No. 11$ Lomas de mittee in charge of arrangements for the ters in Texas. Chapultepec, Mexico, D.F. on-stage reception at the Portland, Oregon, D D D Civic theater following the production of 3) }) D "Snafu" which the season's activities Ruth Lorraine Close (Stanford and Port opened Henrietta Werder Findeisen (Wisconsin) in land alumnae) has been appearing in concerts September. and her husband, owner of four famous tea throughout the Northwest and British Co rooms in Denver, Chicago and Hollywood lumbia. Recently she appeared as harpist for have a home in Beach, Carribelle Waters (Goucher '45) graduated the benefit of the Portland Shriners' purchased Laguna hospital California. Phi Beta Kappa in June. for crippled children. D ]) J

Frances VanSant (Vanderbilt) is on the stalt Vivien Miles and of the St. Louis Skinner , (Northwestern) ^ , � r , . , , Star-Herald; Betty Freeman, Donald has an mterest- Jane (Stanford 44) on her husband. Jack Miles, New York news- . (Vanderbilt) is the staff of The Nashville- mg job with the San Francisco C^ron:c/e and paper man, are radio writers on "We the Tennessean; Effie Chalmers (Vanderbilt) is in "" �" ^^^ People" radio program. New York City. ^X"es newspaper work in Birmingham, Alabama. 1) 1) 7> }) J) D ]) ]) D

19 What Other Greeks Are Thinkin

The decade has been one past of darkness, and the new one thinking and poised living, to evolving a proper sense of values which we are upon entering brings hope and renewed oppor of things spiritual as well as things material, to developing an tunities. We are proud that Alpha Chi Omega has stood the appreciative consideration of others and of their viewpoints. In test of the war years, that we have held to our faith and our short, let us so profoundly examine and ponder our Sigma ideals, and that we have contributed through the eff:orts of our heritage that we shall experience a quickening of fraternity zeal individual members, our active chapters, our alumnae, and the which will strengthen us to a constancy of purpose in living our national We organization. believe fully in our power to go for ideals for the betterment of the world which urgently needs ward and to meet the needs and tests of the new era.�Gladys steadying influences and directives.�Lorah Monroe, NPC Drach Power, National President, in The Lyre of Alpha Chi Delegale in The Triangle of Sigma Kappa. Omega.

As our country senses its maturity there will be increased Every Kappa undergraduate should never forget that the awareness of groups and their values to our total culture. The glamorous possibility of getting photographs in a national Greek-letter groups have a place in that culture but because magazine must be weighed against the probability that in the they are first of all friendship groups not authoritarian, nor long run it will do Kappa, the fraternity system and even the highly mechanized, they will never take the stage as pressure American educational system more harm than good. The tempta groups. Their visible accomplishments will be symbols of their tion is great, we grant. But we will resist hope Kappa chapters and a of their contribution to will it. purposes, large part society be the personalities of their members as individuals.�Mary Love Remember, kids, that the commercial magazines are looking Collins, Grand President of Chi Omega, in The Eleusis. for pretty girls and "cheese-cake." They're not out taking pic tures of "old bags." They won't care about ideals or scholarship or good group living unless we make them realize that we care, but definitely; enough not to lend ourselves to the wrong kind of publicity.�By Helen Bower, Editor, The Key of Kappa Kappa To the Members of Delta Delta Delta: It is the opinion of Gamma. the Executive Board of Delta Delta Delta that Tri Delta's War Service Projects have a valuable peace-time contribution to make and, therefore, the Executive Board has voted to continue these projects for the present time, to be known hereafter as the "Tri To our comes the of in inter country privilege leadership Delta Service Projects." national opportunity. To Sigma Iota comes the com Alpha That Tri Delta's Service Projects will be of increasing impor paratively infinitesimal but vitally important chance to con tance during the re-adjustments that follow war is urgently tribute its forces for good to the aid of all for our humanity, brought to the attention of the membership of Delta Delta for genuine has never been We opportunity helpfulness greater. Delta by Mary Loomis Stuart (Mrs. Sydney E.), general chair must strive to keep singing the song of sincerity and universal man. She says: "This coming year must find Tri Deltas awake to peace, that America may raise to magnificent heights the voices the continuing value of our projects, for the way back to peace of the universe in a song of everlasting, peaceful blessedness.� is long and difficult. We must go on helping with the education Kathleen Davison, National President of lota's Pan Sigma Alpha of college women, both in our country and in China, for the Pipes. world needs trained women as never before."� TAe Trident of Delta Delta Delta.

By next June six years will have passed since we have met Eighteen members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were "atomic together in Convention and an entire has college generation citizens," of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and shared the drama, mystery gone on its way without having the thrill of form experienced and excitement that ushered in the Atomic Age in that now ing friendships and exchanging ideas with sister Phis Alpha famous community. The December 1945 issue of The Key car from hundreds of miles away. They have yet to come to the ried articles by two of them. realization that their own chapter, dear as it may be to them, is but one link in the strong and golden chain which is Alpha Phi. Convention will be a wonderful and inspiring experience to these younger alumnas and to our girls still in college, for it Betty Bard MacDonald, author of "The Egg and I" is an will bring to them, as past Conventions have done to those of Phi from the University of Washington as is her sister, us who are older, a realization of the true stature of our Frater Alpha Mary Bard Jensen to whom the book is dedicated. nity.�Marion Strader, Alplia Phi Qiiarterly.

Clementine Paddelford, food market editor of The New York In this period of uncertainties and insecurities your NPC Herald-Tribune and widely known for her "Food for Con delegate urges a rededication and a re-consecration to our funda versation" syndicated feature is a member of Alpha Delta Pi mental precepts with their myriad and cogent challenges to clear from Kansas State College.

20 Honors Stud Her Campus Years

A THING is worth it is worth doing, doing well," may not have been for the but to IFspoken college student, one young lady it was more directly than other "famous words" applicable any she knew. To any freshman enter Ohio the four ing Wesleyan University years Marcine Percy will have spent on that campus may serve as the route to one who is seeking the ultimate from her years spent on a college campus. Marcine is one Though of the best loved young women on the Wesleyan campus, though everyone knows her sparkle and gayety are strictly "Percy," she is more than the well met fellow. She is an American college student who through sheer hard work and the expenditure of unlimited efliort has made her college years the fullest and most rewarding in realization. It took more than the genial personality Marcy holds to go through her freshman year with a straight 4.0 average, it took a lot more to place Phi Beta Kappa Mortar Board on and her list of things well done. Marcine has made a career out of her years on campus, and she has done each job as near perfection as possible because she loves each task as she meets it. Every class graced by Marcy has gained from her presence, because of her sincere interest and hard work. Her friends are friends because she honestly deems them people she wants to know and be close to. There is a sincerity of purpose and a straightforwardness about Marcy that claims your attention immediately upon meeting her. Perhaps it is this quality that has enabled Marcy to make everything she attempts turn to gold, but whatever the unknown quality Marcy will long be remembered on the Ohio Wesleyan campus for her unequaled friendliness, for the markers along her own special "activities lane" that read: secretary of freshman class. Literary editor of Le Bijou, Wesleyan yearbook. Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Y.W.C.A. cabinet, and Senior Advisor. And Marcy is a Gamma Phi. Her presence about the house at 24 North Franklin has often meant order instead of chaos, a source of never diplomacy, Marcine Percy ending good advice, and the pride each of her sisters has felt for her through three years at Wesleyan. Marcine graduated in March, but it will be a long time before pledge and active alike stop hearing the familiar name, Marcy Percy, spoken with Gamma Phi Beta pride. D ]) J) Helen Camp Idoine

Alpha Eta Carries On!

a dull moment at Aljjha Eta, and this was particularly But that little episode was only the beginning. That after Neverevident during the past rushing season at Ohio Wesleyan. noon Ohio State had been honored with the presence of five On the eve of our first formal party, the chapter was gathered in actives from Alpha Eta to witness its massacre of Illinois. Due the kitchen receiving its last minute instructions on how to im to circumstances beyond their control, they found themselves press the rushees, or "be-sure-to-find-out-all-you-can-but-be-sub- victims of a bus strike about an hour before the party back at tle-and-charming." Delaware was to begin. A little worse for the wear and tear of It was at the time about 7:15�only fifteen minutes more and the football garae, the girls weren't up to their usual ingenious Alpha Eta's Caribbean cruiser would be weighing anchor. Sud selves; however, they did manage to catch an independent bus denly from the depths of the cellar, there was a dull rumble, at the ghastly hour of 7:45. Three of the girls had parts in the and up through every conceivable opening, billowed smoke- skit that was to begin at 8:30 "on the dot" and the other two puffs and puffs of it, in every shade of blackness imaginable. It were to sing. So it was a nervous group of girls who breathed was very pretty, if you like smoke; however, this was neither the threats and promises down the neck of the harassed bus driver. time nor the place to admire the work of nature, or a broken- At last the limits of our fair city were reached in about six down furnace. With shrieks of feminine horror, all available inches of rain, with the downpour rising at the rate of .3 inch personnel manned the pumps (in the shapes of faucets), and our every half an hour. Undaunted, the gallant Gamma Phi's dived nice clean towels were doused into the sink. Then there ensued from the bus and rapridly waded the three blocks to the house. the strangest dance in the history of the chapter. Waving towels Making a spectacular entrance in the midst of a rendition of wildly, the actives raced around the rooms, absorbing as much "The Warsaw Concerto," they found that they no longer had smoke as possible with the wet towels. Finally, the doorbell parts in the performance since a few noble rushers had vol

rang, and, with a final flap of the towels, we opened all the unteered to see that the show went on, regardless. . . . All of windows wider and went to greet the rushees with the true which goes to prove our motto, "Sink or swim, do or die, we'll Gamma Phi pep and with muttered apologies for the "blue carry on for Gamraa Phi." horizon." Pat Parkinson

21 h.4. Husking corn on the cob before the rushees arrived were Betty Newell, Wittenberg senior and Mrs. Robert Eustis, class of '42, University of Minnesota, who doubles as Crescent Correspondent for the Cleveland alumnse.

Mrs. Robert Eustis (left), Betty Newell (right)

Mrs. Richard De Garmo (Betty Jane Parks, Wisconsin '42), who headed the hostess committee, was caught open ing cokes with Marion McGinn, senior at Bowling Green. Mrs. De Garmo is awaiting the arrival of her lieutenant husband from the Philippines.

Mrs. De Garmo (left), Marion McGinn (right) Cleveland

Gives A -RiuLsh Party

In Cleveland's Rocky River district, late in August, alumnae and active members of Gamma Phi Beta enter tained with a supper for all east and west side girls who entered universities this fall, and by the time the eve ning was over each girl invited knew the Gamma Phi Betas and a great deal more about Gamma Phi Betal

Donna Grafton

Donna Grafton, sophomore at Bowling Green, was found busily cutting out Gamma Phi Beta crescents for decorations before the party began.

Patty Madison, a Gamraa Phi Beta senior at the Uni versity of Wisconsin, was hostess for the affair at her home, 440 Parklawn Drive. When the Gamma Phis arrived ahead of time they found her polishing her backyard grill in preparation for cooking supper for 50 guests.

Patty Madison What Is A Perfect Chapter?

From the best qualities of each group, Dr. Doris |j Phelps�Province Director� builds a composite I

chapter of perfection ... an all inspiring ideal. 11

the most effective way to tell you about the province PERHAPSconference at the University of Missouri in November, 1945, would be to start at the end instead of the beginning because its

dramatic climax . . . like a veritable gem, each little facet cut and designed with such exquisite precision that when the full light of realization shone on it in its entirety ... so inspired with its brilliance that it dazzled the beholder!

... As the last sweet notes of song died away. Dr. Doris Phelps, Director of Province III got slowly to her feet. In her hands she held a large note book�her report to Grand Council on the conference. "I'm not going to make a long speech," she said softly, "for I think the accomplishments of chapters in this province should be allowed to speak for themselves. It isn't often an organization has the opportunity nor the inclination to step back, squint its eyes and say: 'That is how we would look if we were perfect!' But here tonight, I am going to try to recreate that mythical chapter. In our meetings today, we have gone over the successful aspects of each group, prodded our weaknesses into limelight for mutual help and have exchanged varied and delightful ex Bus strike sends Dr. Doris Phelps (center) rushing down the cir periences." cular stairs to catch the 11 o'clock train. A bevy of enthusiastic the their "But the iinportant thing about this interchange is its inspira pledges slightly impede progress of favorite guest. Pledges, left to right: Lela Sheldon, Sally Young, Nancy Nelson and Maxine tion to others. So the best of each of us . . . and that taking by Patton. I don't mean that these qualities are not possessed by each and every chapter ... not at all! But for the sake of the composite this These are the things that make Garama Phi what I am the most feature of activity! perfection, emphasizing outstanding or . . a work she is today . that extra effort girl puts into her each group!" ... is her .. . the things she doesn't have to do. THIS this exists in our play "Although mythical chapter only imagina individual interest and talent! tion, it lives and breathes in each of the groups represented here tonight. Taken as a whole it IS Gamma Phi Beta!" Here Dr. Phelps, using that fine analytical mind of hers, had devised a most unusual and effective means of presentation. Like a symphony orchestra leader spotlighting first one instrument and then another, she brought forth a harmonious blending of

personalities and ideals into a crescendo climactic effect . . . a thing not possible to achieve in writing. So with apologies to the delegates who delivered these exceptionally well prepared background notes for Dr. Phelps' major points, I will omit names in an effort to keep that same unified atraosphere which prevailed in the presentation of this material. Dr. Phelps went on, "Perfection in this mythical Gamraa Phi Beta chapter rests on six basic fundamentals."

Individual Interest and Talent

This is Pi at the University of Nebraska . .. steeped in the enthusiasm that is so typical of interesting and talented young women . . . this chapter characterizes for us with concrete exaraples a basic fundaraental of our sorority. You'll want to hear more about the "Little Peace Conference" that was held

recently at Nebraska. . .. Dressed in native costume. Pi chapter represented France. "Viva la France!" played the chapter's eight

piece band and the cheers went up! France . . . the France of

old . . . was back at her place at the peace table. Our French The conference was honored by Gamma Phi's International His were there to make for her future ... were delegates plans they torian, Nina Gresham, Alumna from Illinois. Gloria Vaniman, Al re-making France's place in the world. Think of the preparation, pha Delta (left) and Jeanne Mills (right), Theta and Alpha Delta, the fundamental knowledge these girls acquired in research for are enthralled with some of Gamma Phi's early history. FEBRUARY, 1946 25

honors, Omicron graciously sends them a congratulatory note.

Yes, this is the friendliest sorority ... they can afford to be charming! THIS ... is gracious living.

Scholarship and Educational Aspect of Gamma Phi Beta

This is Alpha Theta. This Vanderbilt University chapter has developed the highest mental culture. Thirty Phi Beta Kappas in twenty years has earned them the reputation of being the undisputed leaders of campus scholarship. Yet erudition is not at the expense of charm here either. The logic and mental structure necessary for high grades are carried over into other fields. For instance that of rushing. A year-long study of rushing, with comprehensive research into methods, subject matter and (Alt Lola C. plioios by Branit) psychology have pointed up a marked difference between rush to a and (Above) Exchanging songs proved be favorite pastime for the delegates ing "good" rushing. Yes, HERE ... is the mental culture and the exceptionally talented arrangements of the hostess chapter turned into of Gamma Phi Beta. a prime hunting ground. In the upstairs lounge, they can hardly wait for the copies to roll out of the typewriter. Left to right: Sarah Lou Morse, Omicron Melba Omicron Alumnce; Miller, President; fan Ehleb, Omicron; Gloria Our Place in the Sorority World Tubbs, Alpha Delta (at typewriter); Betty Smith, Alpha Delta; Betty Free Province and Dolores man, Alpha Theta, Secretary; Costello, Alpha Delta, This brings us to our charming hostesses for this conference who was Chairman of arrangements for the conference. . . . Alpha Delta. There are strong evidences of a healthy new trend at Missouri. Sororities have grown closer . . . they are in Panhellenic made The Mystic Crescent working together harmony. Junior up of an active representative and one pledge is one of the newer This is Sigma at the University of Kansas. The mystic crescent innovations. Correlationship begins early here. Exchange din

is a tradition ... so is Sigma. Passed down from alumnae, ners, meetings of the presidents of each house once a month, through actives to the pledges, this loyalty and this pride of Panhellenic workshops, Panhellenic sponsored meetings of has come membership through the years. It is something to pledge trainers, social and scholarship chairmen all represent a' cherish! Sigma has cherished it. Mature plans engineered capably mighty step forward in a splendid new intersorority relation keep this element of pride always in the hearts of its girls. ship. THIS ... is Gamma Phi Beta's place in the sorority worldl evidence of this in this then is gamma phi beta's place is in . . Tangible pride the chapter records. Com any world. . this is prehensive full-detailed reports are the rule rather than the THE perfect chapter! ])})]> exception in record books of chairmen and officers. Frequent �Lola C. Branit, Associate Editor, The Crescent discussions, careful checking by the president about these rec ords are further proof of the intricately organized structure of this chapter. Social programs and events each with its full report raake up the social book and this like all the other activi ties of the group is the result of the same careful attention to

. . details . . the out . carrying of pride of membership. THIS . is tradition, the Mystic Crescent!

The Bond of Gamma Phi Beta

This is Phi! Here at Washington University, St. Louis, where lack of a chapter house hampers ordinary rushing techniques, there is an emphasis and appreciation of the strength of our obligation to International. Here Garama Phi Beta as an or ganization, not as a living facility, is paramount. These girls must have the ability to make others see the intangible strength, the unseen beauty, the prestige and the mental attributes of our order. an Here is ideal which if taken and studied by groups with houses could be used to distinct advantage in rushing.

HERE ... is the Bond of Gamma Phi Beta!

Gracious Living

This is Omicron, the "friendliest sorority" on the University of Illinois campus. It is Gamma Phi's picture of gracious living. Charm, wealth of culture, personal graciousness and adeptness in entertaining . . . these are Omicron's contributions to our Perfect hostesses in a mythical chapter. Theirs is the was perfect setting! (Right) Long before conference over. Alpha Delta girls were a that achieves a of a wee bit to long range planning, planning perfection getting weary of listening delighted delegates rave about the new decorations technique so fine that it is imperceptible. At meetings with the and furnishings of the house. Charlene McPheeters, outstanding Editor social a sophomore {Assistant of Savitar) closes her chairman, the chapter is given thumbnail sketch of every eye's ecstatically as Betty Lou Atchinson, also Alpha Delta, relays another prospective guest. When other sororities are awarded campus compliment. A Service Women's Lounge for enlisted women has been opened in Honolulu's lovely Y.W.C.A. This is a joint enterprise operated by the U.S.O. and the Sorority Volunteers. The latter is an organized group in which a member from each national sorority is represented. Maxine Ray Wilson (Oregon State) is the representative from Gamma Phi Beta. The sororities are responsible for staffing the lounge which is open every day, with three shifts a day. Each week one sorority is responsible for the flower decorations. Recently when it was Gamma Phi Betels turn, the lounge was decorated with many rare orchids in bloom grown by Major fohn M. Lowson, husband of Betty Boone Lowson (Stanford) who was chairman of the decorating committee. The sororities maintain a circulating library, and the latest magazines are always available. They also plan and arrange tours about the island for interested service women. A plan is now in formation whereby service women may be entertained in private homes. The enclosed picture shows the lounge and the adjoining powder-bar. The powder-bar is equipped by the courtesy of Elizabeth Arden. The color scheme is red and white with a mural of anthuriums. It is very feminine and appealing. Note that the service women, for the most part, are attired in their summer uniforms. The lounge accommodated 4,200 women in May. This same group of sorority women with the U.S.O. are now working on the opening of a new club house for enlisted women. This house was one of the homes maintained by the last of Hawaii's Royalty, the late Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, who shortly before her death in April of this year, gave her home for the use of enlisted service women. This new club house will be known as Hui Welina, the name given to it by Princess Kawananakoa (Ka-va-na-na-ko-a). Hui (who-ee) means gathering, Welina (Vay-le-na), welcome in its very nicest sense.�Martha Brigham Beamer, Oregon State, Honolulu Alumnce. Wins Highest Texas Honors is a rumor going the rounds of Alpha Zeta at the University of ThereTexas that surely Kay Swausch must be supernatural, but one look at this gracious, lovely and charming person anci all doubts are dispelled� our pledge trainer Kay is a very unusual, charraing girl. Alpha Zeta would like to pass on to the other. chapters the "Legend of Catherine Swausch." A senior bacteriology major, Kay Swausch was recently tapped for Mortar Board, the highest honor due a senior woraan student at the University of Texas. One look at her record can tell you why she was chosen. Kay has been elected for her second term as president of Tau Delta Alpha, honorary pre-medical fraternity for women. She is vice-president of Gamma Delta, national honorary for Lutheran students, anci for the past two years has been a staff assistant in the Department of Bacteriology .It the university, serving as lab assistant and instructor. She is a member of the Co-Ed Asserably, Cap and Gown and was University Bluebonnet Belle nominee. Kay graduated with the first class of Nurses Aides at the university and is still working at Camp Swift and in Austin hospitals. She is a member of the Biological Club, the Campus League of Women Voters. Kay received the Alpha Zeta Senior Ring as the member who has con tributed most to the sorority in campus activities and to the general welfare of the sorority as a whole. She was chosen last year Girl of the Week, by The Daily Texan, And she makes A's too. Now Catherine Swausch do you believe us? Faye Lovd 26 roB

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Betty Boone Lowson (Stanford), newly elected president of the Honolulu alumnce chapter.

Mrs. Elizabeth Owens, immediate past president of St. Louis alumnce chapter who has been elected chair man of the financial group of the Special Libraries Association.

Irene Gulvaldsen, Homecoming queen at North Dakota State College. Billie Lee Anderson (Oklahoma '46), Mortar Board; Virginia Powers (Ohio Wesleyan '46), heads Mon Editor of Covered Wagon, college humor magazine; nett Day committee as chairman; Mortar Board; Studio managing editor Bluestocking; secretary Philosophy Plays and Dramatic Workshop; chapter president; club; YWCA cabinet. chairman YWCA dramatics committee.

Marian Mowry (Oklahoma '46), Mortar Board; Jeanne Cartier (Wisconsin '46), Orientation com Who's Who In American Colleges; Yearbook staff; mittee; appeared in Wisconsin Players' production associate editor Bluestocking; assistant editor Covered "The Children's Hour"; pledge trainer for chapter. Wagon; Frontier Week committee. On the steps of Pi chapter house. University of Nebraska.

Phi chapter, Washington, St. Louis� '" Lois m"* '^^' right: Balson, Betty Silman, 'iii Joan Abbott.

Omega members, Iowa State College.

Founders' Day dinner skit, "The Melo drama" presented by Kappa chapter at University of Minnesota. L. to r., front row: Frances Yetter, Doris Franceschina, Betty Jean Larson. Back row, I. to r.: Mary Helen Kenny, Peggy Mclnnis, Marilyn Lindstrom.

Omega members, Iowa State College, front: Jo Smith; back, left to right: Jo Zimmerman, Betty Burns, Billy O'Brien, Virginia King, Mary Burkart, Group of Alpha Alpha members. Univer Carolyn Williams, Ruth Hass. sity of Toronto, Roberta Sue McCluggage (Kansas '45), Acting award for the out Nancy Thom, Minnesota '48, in her coronation robes as she was in Min standing campus actress of the year, 1944; president WAA; president crowned queen of the Aquatennial, annual summer festival Dramatics Workshop; executive board state-wide activities commit neapolis. tee; member KU band for two years; took part tn student productions "Distinguished Service," "Ladies In Retirement," "Nine Girls," and "Tune In Yesterday"; class teams in volleyball, basketball, deck tennis, and baseball all four years; KU Varsity Girls' volleyball, 1943, 1944; KU Varsity Girls' basketball 1945.

Beta Beta, University of Maryland, left lo right: Frannie Becker, Virginia Gibson, Mary Hughes, Selma Helm, Wanda Pelszar, Margie Vale, Mary Lee Johnson.

Left to right: Marianne Glad, Phi Beta Kappa and president of Sigma chapter at the University of Kansas; Shirley Salley, alumna; Jane Woestemeyer '46, Crescent Correspondent; Frankie Muhlenbruch, incoming chapter president; Jane Atwood, newly elected vice- Group, Alpha Xi chapter. Southern Methodist University. president. Senior and awards Psi banquet, chapter. University of Oklahoma. Margaret Burns, Alice Fryer, Mary Walker, Annabelle Escoe, Marilyn Cooke, Lucyle Skinner, Jean Hunter, seniors.

Piano scene at the senior and awards banquet: Kakkie Chambers, rush chairman; Elizabeth Lila Feme Johnson, Escoe, song chairman-' Lucyle bktnner, Carlsie McLaughlin, president; Betty Ford, Psi chapter. University of Oklahoma. Alma Bernhart (Ohio Wesleyan), president Ellen Archea (Ohio Wesleyan '46), senior ad- Shirley Oviatt (Ohio Wesleyan '46), Dean Delta Phi Delta, art honorary; has exhibited visor, leader in Women's Student Government List; Glee Club; Panhellenic Council; Studer in Lyon's Art Hall. Association. Council; Dramatics club; judicial presiden W.S.G.A.

Betty Raymond, president of Beta chapter. co- Nelrose Reese (Ohio co-chairman Grace Burgher (Ohio Wesleyan), artist, University of Michigan. Wesleyan), chairman of rushing for Alpha Eta chapter. of rushing for Alpha Eta chapter. 3n iWemoriam Cora May Jackson Garson

In Davenport, Iowa, December i, 1945

ROBERT N. CARSON (Cora May Jackson, Alpha '99), promi MRS.nent and beloved member of Gamma Phi Beta, died on December 1, 1945, at St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport, Iowa, where she had been confined since March 29, 1944. Because of her remarkable personality, extensive activities and her limitless devotion to Gamma Phi Beta throughout her life, her passing means a great loss to our sorority and a deep personal grief to the many Gamma Phis who knew her. Mrs. Carson was a mem ber of Alpha chapter at the University of Syracuse where she studied music. On June 15, 1915, she founded, sponsored and organized Rho chapter at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. She also organized the alumnae chapter there and served as president many years. Throughout her residence in Iowa City until 1935, she acted as adviser to both the active and alumnae chapters. Because it was so dear to her heart, she gave Rho unstinting effort, interest and service all her life. She was not only instru mental in the founding of Omega chapter at Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, and was present at the installation, but was principally responsible for the founding of that chapter. For it Mrs. Carson was through her initial foresight in evaluating the importance of the college and her conviction that two chapters in the state cator and in his later years a minister of the Episcopal Church. would strengthen Gamma Phi Beta in Iowa, as well as working On November 5, 1896, she was married to Robert Nethermark with others that Omega chapter was established. Carson. Following their marriage the couple moved to Daven From 1918 to 1923, before the Canadian chapters were added, port, Iowa, where Mr. Carson served in an executive capacity she served as with the national inspector and travelled throughout the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company, now known as country inspecting all chapters personally for Gamma Phi Beta. French and Hecht, Inc. In 1906 they moved to Iowa City, which Later she served as director. One of the was their horae until province unusual posi they returned to Davenport in 1935. tions she held was that of councillor to all freshman girls at the The survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Ken University of Iowa during rush week, their period of orientation neth Burtt (Virginia Carson Burtt, Rho), of Davenport, and to college life. Because Dean Adelaide L. Burge and President Mrs. John H. Schutte (Grace Carson Schutte, Rho), of Lone Walter A. Jessup knew and recognized Mrs. Carson's ability, the Pine, California; and a brother, Charles H. Jackson, of Iowa university appointed her to this position which was largely City, Iowa. The Tri-City alumnae join the members of Rho alumnae created because her qualities expertly satisfied this "opportunity and Alpha alumnae and the raany Gamma Phis through for out the service. This position was highly honorary and was passed organization who knew her in their very precious merao by all sororities on the campus by Panhellenic vote. Countless ries of the gracious way in which Mrs. Carson, personified the freshmen found infinite in her wealth of ideals of our to each of us help understanding sorority individually and to our group. and judgment. Especially we treasure the memory of her ability to interpret While living in Iowa City she was former president of the to us the meaning, ideals, history, and goals of our sisterhood. Shakespeare Club, Town Club, and Drama Club of Iowa City She was always generous in her role as councillor. The dignity and was church circles. In and of the talks at our active in social and Davenport she inspiration she gave meetings and on was active in the Davenport Woman's Club, the Tri-City alumnas special occasions such as Founders Day celebrations were always of Gamma Phi Beta, and a member of the Trinity Cathedral of inestimable value to every Gamma Phi Beta. ]) D ]) Guild. She was born in Indiana, October 18, 1876, and was the Helen Lovett Cooper, Epsilon daughter of the late Rev. William T. Jackson, well-known edu- Tri-City Alumnae Chapter

with in the ice, special activity First Baptist Church. She was Florence of the woraen's union of that Trowbridge Spencer formerly president church, a raember of Harmony Circle and Friends of Reading. From child hood she had lived in Syracuse. She was a member of the class of '94 at the university. Later she was on the of Central October faculty 17, 1945 School until her to Mr. High marriage Spencer. Her pleasing per 17, 1945, marked the passing of Mrs. C. E. Spencer sonality with her cheery, friendly smile will long be remembered. OCTOBER(Florence Trowbridge), a beloved member of Alpha and Surviving besides her husband are a daughter, Mrs. John W. Syracuse alumna;. Hers had been a full rich life of joy and serv Rice, Jr., and a son, Charles W. Spencer. }) J) })

33 r$B s Participation In Four War 'ond Drives Brings Total To ii4;,y45^i^i,ji 6 Hospital Service Planes Drugs 5 Convalescent Hospitals Rehabilitation for thousands of disabled veterans. 1,000 hospital beds Detailed reports on the remarkable results obtained by Mrs. 1 Hospital Ship Lester White, chairman and the "Bonds Buy Mercy" campaigns Equipment for 1,500 bed hospital handled by chapters and individuals will be made in the May 1,000 blood transfusion apparatus issue.

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Gararaa Phi Beta at her own attend the Memorial may, expense Margaret Younger ANYInternational Convention to be held at Mount Washing ton Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H., June 22-27, 1946. Grand Burlingame-San branch of the Mateo-Hillsborough Council hopes that many will attend in this unofficial capacity. TheAmerican Association of Women is a fund University raising Members of Grand Council, national officers and one delegate to establish the International Margaret Meany Younger Study from each Greek-letter and alumnae chapter in good national Grant as a memorial to a beloved Gamma Phi Beta who died standing will be in official attendance. Each chapter will see in October, 1945 in San Mateo. The A.A.U.W. branch in an that its delegate is fully instructed, corapletely informed on all nouncing the establishment of a fund for this purpose says: matters to come before the business sessions. Each delegate is "The Executive Board feels sure that member of this every under chapter responsibility to attend all sessions, to take an Branch will wish to share in a suitable memorial to Margaret interested part in the affairs of convention and to return to her Younger. Of the memorials an International suggested, Study group prepared to report in detail. The business of convention, Grant seems most in with her world wide interests and keeping especially after the six years of war when no international con her fervent for If we are able to raise to hope peace. $500 help claves were held, is serious and important. There will be inter bring a European woman to the United States for a of year ludes of entertainment and pleasure, too, and the inspiring fun college work, we shall be to name this fund the permitted of meeting and knowing Gamma Phis from the far-flung chap International Grant. To Margaret Meany Younger this ter Study roll. And the gathering of treasured memories to last long end, the Board has voted $10 from the funds to organization's years to come. 1) 1> J> be added to the $100 which we gave toward a Grant last spring. Merabers of the International Relations Coraraittee have con tributed $80 and enough more has been sent in by members to bring the total to $200. Anyone in the community may con Have You Ideas? tribute to this fund through Mrs. C. D. Benninghoven, our Any Fellowship Chairman." council announces the appointment of Mrs. Henry Plans are also under way for a memorial to Margaret in the GrandFry (Lousene Rousseau, Wisconsin '16) as chairman of the court of her church in San Mateo. Few members of Gamma Phi committee for the nomination of Grand Council officers to be Beta, to leave this life as early as Margaret, have left the wide elected at the International Convention at Bretton Woods, N.H., spread grief and the eagerness to carry on through memorials June 22-27. Mrs. Fry's address is c/o Harper Brothers, 49 East and in other ways the ideals and purposes for which she stood. 33rd Street New York, N.Y. ])])})

^ur of Gamma Phi Betas who have served in the WACs, Radcliffe Fellowships HundredsWAVES, WRENS, Marines, SPARS, Air Corps, Canadian Women's Army Corps, as army or navy librarians, as nurses with college offers a limited number of fellowships of the American and Canadian forces, as cadet nurses, physical tliera- Radcliffe. $500 and $300 each for the years 1946-47. The training pists and with the American and Canadian Red Cross organiza period will start July 29, 1946 and end about June 6, 1947. tions overseas are returning to civilian life. During the war It provides a basic training for young women intending to work years The Crescent carried their names and ranks. With this in personnel departments as well as for those who seek positions issue the roll is being discontinued. The Crescent will con in other branches of administration. For catalogue and infor tinue to publish news of those still in service or items about mation apply to: T. North Whitehead, director; Management their work or discharge if it is sent to the editor. ]) ]) D Training program, Radcliffe College, Cambridge 38, Mass. 34 President'^s Page

International Grand President

the war it years was necessary to postpone our bien nial conventions. DURING Now that hostilities have ceased we shall be able to gather once more to discuss the accomplishments of the six Mrs. past years and to plan for those to come. Grand Council Fitzgerald feels fortunate in being able to offer Bretton Woods as the site of our convention in In addition to its Drive sales June 1946. scenic beauty soaring away over the top but whatever the day there it a has become of historical interest since it has been an place housed the awareness of the continued loyalty and support of Monetary Comraission of the United Nations the at Organization. This membership large. It was this knowledge which made some fact should us aware of the keep constantly throughout our meeting of exigencies brought about by the war easier to bear. our as women. The world the responsibility sorority has changed, During past six years our sorority organization has been con and rather we must with it or fronted abruptly; go along slip into a by many problems, there was an almost constant change state of uselessness. The in shortening of distances between con officer personnel not only in active and aluranae chapters but the tinents, enriched and lamentable un also on the Council itself. experience hardship The situation in this last named group in distant dergone lands by millions of our youth have opened is typical of what happened elsewhere. Since the last election in new vistas to these same the young people who under ordinary peace 1940 Grand Council has had three Vice-Presidents, three time circumstances would never have gone beyond the Chairmen of Provinces, and three National Panhellenic Dele boundaries of their own countries. The constant The officers discussion of gates. only chosen at Washington who are still serv world and the in problems opportunity afforded by radio to hear ing their original positions are the Chairraan of Finance, the the of some opinions of the keenest minds in the world has led Secretary-Treasurer, and the President. Any change in Council to a to do growing responsibility something constructive. These personnel means extra work for everyone concerned but it has circumstances have all tended to been bring about in our young peo cheerfully borne because of the knowledge that there has a which under been no ple maturity ordinary conditions would not have resignation for trivial reasons, each member who turned been attained for some her years. And these mature young people work over to someone else did so because circumstances have returned to I do not wish to that the her to and not college. imply student impelled because of unwillingness to serve or of made as it is of lack of body today up many ex-service people will go interest. Each made a definite contribution to the so about with faces long and solemn head shakings bent upon the rority and each deserves our gratitude. reformation of the world. act to When we meet They will all appearances like again in June there will be an appreciation of other of who have returned war. the of any group young people from privilege coming together made doubly keen because we will make will create have had to two They mistakes, they disturbances, perhaps; forego biennial meetings. More than one col will enunciate demands in a loud voice and has they in short act lege generation passed without knowing the stimulus of an in as under the same circumstances ternational convention. It is any young people might for earnestly to be hoped that as many are normal human for as of they beings all their experiences except possible that group will be able to be with us at Bretton that have had thrust them and it is Woods. With them let us they maturity upon this too, hope will come those older mem which makes them determined to make bers of Gamma Phi Beta quality something fine who have served their country on of the world in which live. home and they They are the hope of the future. battle fronts. In addition we look forward eagerly to Years of battle have given them a clear vision which with co meeting with the representative of our active chapters who will and lead operation understanding from us will bring more justice discussion and point out to the rest of us the trends in the into the world than we have ever known. thinking of the youth of today. It is my special hope that the These thoughts should be in our minds when we convene at five days we spend in the shadow of Mount Washington will Bretton Woods. The of to discuss stimulate our renew our opportunity coming together interest, friendships, afford an oppor common to make new objectives and ideals sliould be seized upon with a tunity friends, provide us with relaxation as well realization that there is no time for fruitless discussion, that as work and above all give to each one of us a keener realization upon us is laid a profound responsibility to do our share in of the accoraplishraents and potentialities of Gamma Phi Beta. promoting the finest type of cooperative effort for the good of all, that the time to accomplish something is now, for the war with its demands proved more clearly than it has ever been IMPORTANT] demonstrated before that "it is later than you think." It does not follow that anything revolutionary is required of us but The office of International Secretary-Treasurer will be rather that we should examine, appraise, and follow the ideals come vacant August 1, 1946. Members interested in for the office are asked we have voiced for seventy-two years. All that need be said has applying to write to Central Office of Gamma Phi Beta, Suite been said many times before, what is necessary now is an active 2230, 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago 6, III., at an early date. support of the principles we have voiced. Please give name in full, address, age, years of business A panorama before our as we think back over the passes eyes experience and type of work done. since we met in in There have been years Washington 1940. Your letters will be turned over to the new Grand Coun dark days when we shared in the grief of some of our members cil which will be elected at the June convention and will and ourselves knew a keen sense of loss at the passing of some subsequently make the appointment. of our most valued sisters, and there have been days made dazzling bright by news of scholarship records broken. Bond

35 You Are Invited Convention

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six long, hard years we are at last going to be able to AFTERget together again at an International convention. Province I and the convention committee join me in urging every Gamma Lavish Setting Phi Beta to come to Bretton Woods in June. This is a beautiful spot in the White Mountains of New Harapshire, and it will be a wonderful place to renew old loyalties and old friendships in Golfing Tennis Fishing Riding Garama Phi Beta. Swimming Baseball We are not going to tell you any plans now, but we shall Putting Boating try to make your few days at the 42nd biennial convention memorable ones. Bright sunny cool mountain 1600 feet above sea days, nights, In the May issue of The Crescent we shall give you all of the level in the heart of the mountain of New country Harapshire, details, and we shall look forward to seeing all of you June 22 facing majestic Mount the Mount Washington, Washington to 27 at the Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hamp Hotel, Bretton Woods is one of America's finest resort hotels. shire. J" J D Gamma Phi the convention whether as of Betas, attending Ursula Smith Owen, Alpha '21 ficial or will find delegates interested visitors every facility: Chairman of Convention room telephones, long distance service, beauty shop, grill and bar service, department and drug shops, 250-car garage, medical service, children's playground, telegraph, express and post of fices, fire protection, an average summer temperature of 70.4, If you attend convention as an official delegate, national and no fever! Here are relaxation, hay gracious living, complete officer or visitor, fill out and mail immediately the reserva keen and the excitement and of enjoyment pleasure meeting tion blank on Page 38. sister Gamraa Phi Betas from Montreal to San Diego, from Florida to Vancouver, B.C. ]) J) ]) 36 Mount Washington Hotel Vista

Convention Cliairman

WILLIAM A. OWEN (Ursula Smith, Syracuse '21), chairman MRS.of Gamma Phi Beta's 1946 International Convention, is past president of the Syracuse alumnae chapter and served as treasurer for two years and since 1942 has been treasurer of the Gamma Phi Beta corporation which handles all the business of Alpha's house operation. Her husband, William A. Owen, is a graduate of Syracuse, '20, and a member of Delta Upsilon fra ternity. They have one daughter, Ursula Ann, aged 14. Mrs. Owen taught school briefly after her graduation and then became associated with the New York Telephone company of Syracuse, serving in the collections department and as cashier for five years. She was directory compilation supervisor and or ganized this department when the central division was started. From 1937 to 1944 she was with the Crouse-Hinds com pany of Syracuse, large manufacturer of electric equipment, where she handled raethods and procedures work, wrote routine practices and directed the cafeteria. Later she supervised a train ing and stenographic department and during the war had charge of War Bond sales and distribution in the office, factory and foundry. She is ably prepared both in her business training and her Gamma Phi Beta interest to serve as chairman of the 42nd Inter national convention at Bretton Woods, New Harapshire. Mrs. Owen 37 Information On Reservations^ Convention Rates

Mount Washington Hotels Bretton Woods^ N*H. June 22f^2y^ 1946

RESERVATIONS: only source of information; choice of rooms will be made in officers, official delegates from alumnae and Greek- order of receipt of application. NATIONALletter chapters and every meraber of Gamma Phi Beta in- ^^ reservations (official delegates included) must be made on terested is eligible to attend the International Convention. i^he reservation blank on this page. All questions must be an- 500 reservations are being held by the convention committee; swered. Mail to Mrs. Van Vleet. }) J) }) early registration is urged. Mrs. Charles Van Vleet, 71 Burrough Drive, chairman of hotel RATES: reservations stresses that all delegates and visitors must make Convention rates are $11.00 per day, American plan with no with reservations her; that direct word from each will be the variation for double room. }) ]) ])

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38 Mrs. Willis Hills Mrs. William Zimmerman Mrs. Robert Ellis 1946 Staff;, r^l^B International Convention

General Chairman�Mrs. William Owen, Syracuse, N.Y.

Vice-chairman� Mrs. William Zimmerman, 438 Columbus Avenue, Treasurer�Mrs. Willis H. 516 Manlius Hills, Street,' Fayetteville,y ^ Syracuse, N.Y. N.Y. A graduate, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Syracuse '39, A graduate of the Fine Arts college, Syracuse university in Mrs. Zimmerman Kinsiman, has held she (Eleanor '38) responsible 1930 where majored in piano and organ, Mrs. Hills (Barbara in her positions chapter and alumnas organization and has been Hoyt, '30) is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota. Her mother, Mabel active in Council, Panhellenic and the Van Winkle was a Interfraternity Junior Hoyt meraber of Alpha chapter as is her alumnas association of While her was overseas Syracuse. husband sister, Lucy Hoyt Russell, '35. Mrs. Hills represented her chapter she resumed her career as instructor in at as a to the sociology Syracuse delegate Kansas City convention in her junior year. and to cadet nurses and has been university taught sociology The Hills have three children, Gordon, 14, Eloise, 10, and Bert, 6. completing work toward her master's degree. ]>})}) As a member of the Junior League she has participated in vari ous civic activities including the last War Fund Drive. Secretary�Mrs. Robert Ellis (Patricia Pardee '33), 122 Hancock N.Y. Drive, Syracuse, � Publicity chairman Mrs. George Thomas Florence Rein (Wash Past president of the Syracuse alumnae chapter, Mrs. Ellis also ington University, St. Louis '29), 44 Strathmore Road, Scarsdale, N.Y. served as secretary to the president of a Syracuse bank for five years. Her hobbies are gardening, sewing, knitting, bridge and Hotel � her family which includes her husband, Robert Ellis, Psi Upsilon reservations chairman Mrs. Charles Van Vleet (Margaret Haskins, Alpha '22), 71 Burrough Drive, Snyder 21, N.Y. Syracuse '33, just released from the navy where he served as lieutenant with a PT boat in the Philippines and two children, Nominating committee chairman�Mrs. c/o Broth Alexandra, 6 and Robert, almost three. She in secretarial Henry Fry, Harper majored ers, 49 East 33rd St., New York, N.Y. science at Syracuse university where she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi. J }) D

In the senior class at Washington Univer Not only is Joan an intelligent girl, but she sity, St. Louis, the outstanding girl was Joan is active too. In our Women's Athletic Associ Abbott of Phi chapter. She was elected to ation this year, Joan earned five hundred both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. She points, and was awarded a bracelet by the majored in Psychology and has been offered association because of it. She made the varsity a scholarship to work towards her master's teams in both hockey and basketball. Last degree in that field during this next year. fall she was an Orientation Leader. She repre For the graduation ceremony she was ap sented Mortar Board on Student Senate. Be pointed marshal of the Liberal Arts class cause of Joan's outstanding qualities, she has and received final honors with her degree. been elected B.W.O.C. for the past year.

39 Founders Day^ No emlber ii^ 1^4

day 1945, marking the Seventy-first Annniversary of FoundersGamma Phi Beta, is now history. With gasoline rationing and other cares of war clouded years left behind, a generally happy atmosphere prevailed. How proud our four Founders would be if they could have seen the far reaching circle, the beginning of which they established seventy-one years ago. They would be overwhelmed by the growth and touched, 1 am sure, by the un faltering expressions of reverence toward them. It is noteworthy that we have not permitted Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis, and Mary A. Bingham to become purely mythical characters, but prefer to remeraber thera as eager, happy girls with an abundance of youthful enthusiasm. The interesting reports received from all sections of the country reflect widespread and well planned observance of the day. How I wish it were possible to give a detailed account of each party. Alpha and the Syracuse alumnae gave a buffet supper at the chapter house, followed by the memorial service. There was also a musical program and a charming skit written and directed by Priscilla Gilette of Alpha chapter. New York observed the day with a banquet attended by Laura Silhouettes from the past marked the 71st anniversary of Gamma Latimer Graham, former grand president, Mrs. Evelyn Gooding, Phi Beta's founding when Fargo alumnce celebrated. and Mrs. Richard Marvin, director of Province I. Westchester alumnae entertained at a luncheon at the White Plains home of Mrs. W. T. Carrol. Miss Lillian Thompson, our first National ter, and Mrs. Sherwood Phillips, province director, were honored Panhellenic delegate, was an honored guest. Delta and Boston guests. alumnae gave a tea at which a pantomime of the founding, writ The lovely centerpiece on Tulsa aluranae's dinner table, de ten by Mrs. Levi Willcutt, '04, was presented. signed by Stella Jo LeMaster, was a crescent arrangement of gold Alpha Alpha and Toronto enjoyed dining together as did and bronze chrysantherauras. The next day it was awarded a Alpha Tau and Montreal. State College was fortunate in having prize at the Tulsa Flower Show. Their candle lighting service Mrs. Richard Marvin at their candle light raeeting. Mrs. Marvin was original. On the mantel above the fireplace were four dolls, was also a guest of the Philadelphia aluranae at a dinner in the dressed to represent the four Founders. Two candles were placed home of Mrs. Edward Krueger. at each side of them. On the left of the fireplace stood a huge Fargo, North Dakota, had a most impressive party, entertain crescent. Each candle lighter stood by this crescent as she gave ing pledges, actives, alumnae, and mothers. As the one hundred her tribute. and forty guests entered the banquet hall a beautiful scene One hundred and fifty guests participated in the breakfast greeted them. Charming Joyce Gunvaldsen was seated in a huge Berkeley alumnas and Eta actives gave at the house. Sacramento crescent, holding an armful of pink carnations and singing, "In also entertained with a breakfast. Los Angeles was the scene of a the Heart of a Pink Carnation." As each pledge entered, she was large gathering as Gamma Phis from all over Southern Cali given a carnation which she in turn presented to her mother. fornia participated in the first large celebration since the war. Each place at the table was marked by an attractive program The function took place at the U.S.C. chapter house. Hostesses designed by Paula Neuyek, a pledge. Following the banquet the were alumnas from Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Monica, alumnze presented a shadow play of four scenes. Mrs. J. A. Jar Westwood, Pasadena, Glendale, the Valley and active members dine, a former president of the National Federation of Music, from U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. Mrs. Edward Arnold, province direc gave the prologue. tor, was present. Pasadena alumnae held their ritual at an eve Alpha Kappa entertained with a banquet at the Fort Gary ning meeting followed by a dessert bridge. Mrs. Allen Farns Hotel. Rho gave a formal dinner at the chapter house. Guests worth gave demonstrations of some of her work as staff dance contributed pennies for the Endowment Fund. Des Moines instructor at the Pasadena Playhouse. alumnas observed their candle lighting ceremony at a dinner, San Francisco was hostess to Garama Phis of Marin County, the followed by a bridge party. The alumnae group also joined Peninsula and special guests from East Bay for dinner at the Omega chapter at a tea. Women's Athletic Club. Mrs. Siraonson, national chairman of Alpha Beta and Grand Forks extended written invitations finance, was a speaker. Memorial services were held for Lillian to all alumnas in North Dakota for a dinner at the chapter house. Crawford Kurtz, Chicago, and Margaret Meany Younger, Seventy guests were seated at a U-shaped table. Devils Lake Lambda. alumnae attended and gave a humorous skit, followed by enter Traditional buffi and brown cake was served at the dinner of tainment by the pledges. the San Diego aluranas in the horae of Mrs. Albert J. Jones. Minneapolis and St. Paul aluranae joined with Kappa chapter Thirty raembers answered roll and seventeen chapters were at a dinner for one hundred guests. The speakers' table was represented. To stiraulate their singing, ten new songbooks centered with a beautiful arrangement of flowers and their tradi have been purchased. A breakfast at the Portals, followed by the a was attended the Sacramento tional carnation ceremony was used. The actives presented Founders Day ceremony, by group. skit, as did the pledges. Rewey Belle Inglis read an original poem Four of their past presidents performed the candle lighting A clever talk was Gill Close on cus about her days as an active. Mrs. Arthur Hoffraan, past grand ceremony. given by Gladys president, Mrs. A. H. Keyes, one of the founders of Kappa chap- toms prevalent at the time of our founding. Edna Zehnder gave FEBRUARY, 1946 41

Kappa chapter members present skit showing various types of students on the Minnesota campus; I. to r.: Marilyn Ashley, Mary Dahlman, Greta Hilliard, Joan Van Doren.

an account of her experiences as a Ward in the Hawaiian traditional peanuts and olives were served. Oklahoma City alum Islands. na; held a luncheon at the Black Hotel. Mrs. Horace J. Smith of Phoenix chose the Paradise Inn as the setting for its banquet. Fayetteville, Arkansas, who helped install Psi chapter, was a Seventy-five guests assembled. A rausical program followed the guest. Mrs. Frank Hull presided as toastmistress. dinner. Tau of Denver entertained at dinner and had Louise Alpha Xi and Dallas joined at a forraal banquet with sixty- Wyatt, director of Province V, as their guest. Spokane gave a three members present. Four new initiates were presented and dinner at the Country Club. Lambda and Seattle had a party sang their initiation songs. The traditional Founders Day service with Dolly Callow in charge. They carried out an authentic was read. San Antonio usually has more chapters represented Chinese motif. A memorial was read in honor of Margaret Meany than most groups of its size. This year was no exception. At their Younger. service, a candle was lighted by each member for her own Alumnae from Moscow, Genessee, Pullman, and Lewiston met chapter. at Xi chapter for Founders Day. A skit was given by the pledges, Atlanta Gamma Phis met at the Athletic Club for lunch. followed by other entertainment and an evening of visiting. Everyone had such a good time that it was nearly evening before Portland chapter dined at the Bohemian Restaurant. Genevieve they were ready to leave. Their goal this year is to increase their Dundore (Mu) spoke on "The Sororities' Place in the Postwar attendance by reaching every Gamma Phi in the vicinity. College World." Tucson and Alpha Epsilon gathered at the Arizona Inn when The Detroit alumnas chapter entertained at a buffet supper, Mrs. William VanDeman (Sara Den Bleyker, Michigan '94) combining Founders Day and the visit of Mrs. Sterling Tre lighted the candles for the chapters represented and four of the a candles for the founders. mayne, their province director. Beta and Ann Arbor enjoyed actives lighted had a One of the smallest celebrations was that held the alumnae buffet supper together, while the Fort Wayne members by bridge tea. of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties when 15 members met at Epsilon and the North Shore alumnas invited all Gamma Phis La Conchita, a tea room on the ocean between the two cities, to in the Chicago area to join in their celebration, which was fol organize as an alumnae chapter. Present were Florence Clifford and Mrs. P. A. Smith lowed by a musical program and tea. Savage, past grand president, (Enid Draper, and Winnifred nieces of Frances Beta Delta issued an invitation to the Lansing alumnae to join Omicron) Draper, Alpha '11, E. Haven Moss. Norton first initiate of them at a tea at the chapter house, where the active girls con Mary Sudduth, Kappa Airdrie Kincaid editor of The and ducted the Founders' Day ceremony. Alpha Omega and London chapter, Pinkerton, Crescent, joined together for their observance, and Alpha Psi invited all 10 younger members. her former raembers to tea. Thus, Founders Day, 1945, becomes a raeraory and an addi Tri City members gathered at Davenport, Iowa, for a dinner. tion to the history and traditional background of Gamma Phi that it was to include Their attractive table was centered by a gold crescent filled with Beta. I regret impossible many interesting of the reunions over the but Gararaa pink carnations. Mrs. Kenneth Burt gave a talk on "The Future details nation, everywhere of Sororities." Phi Betas had a truly successful and raeraorable celebration. Helen B. Hawes Kansas City's large group was feted at the University Women's International Vice-President Club with a candlelight dinner. Before dinner punch and the and Alumnas Secretary Grand Council Appointments Mrs, Lester Bernhard Director Province II ;, (E) Dayton alumnae chapter is proud of the recent appoint THEment of two native Daytonians as the new officers of Province II (East): Martha Vinson Bernhard, Alpha Epsilon '27, B.S. University of Arizona, province director, with Eloise Poock Wagner, Gamma '35, A.B. Western College, Oxford, Ohio, '36, as the secretary and treasurer. Since her graduation from college, Martha Bernhard has led a most active life. For two years she taught horae economics in the high school in Mesa, Arizona. Mesa is a town fifteen miles frora Phoenix, and Martha managed to find time outside of her teaching for frequent trips to Phoenix where she helped in the organization of the Gamina Phi Beta alumnae chapter thtre. After her second year in the Mesa high school, she returned to Dayton where she taught home economics in the Wilbur Wright junior high school. Always in the quest for broader experience, Martha spent some tirae at Colurabia University and eraerged with her master's degree in science in 1932. During these early in she to the Gamma teaching years Dayton, helped organize Mrs. Bernhard Phi Beta alumnae chapter and since its organization she has served in all of the possible offices of the chapter. committee beloved and devoted an Irish wolfhound, Mac Lir of From 1935 to 1940 there was an Ohio State alumnas pet, In size he for Gamma Phi Beta. Martha served as chairman for this com Arableside. He is one of few such dogs in the country. for a resembles a Paul with the mittee for one year, and as secretary of the committee Bunyanesque English sheep dog, the state. This amiable of a kitten. To meet Mac Lir in their home, second year. She organized and kept the files for disposition he seems to be on a constant search for a friend committee met in Columbus once a year in the spring. unrequited with a He numerous kennel show In 1938 Martha married Lester Bernhard and transferred the hospitable lap his size. has had and could for one of Bob "Believe It Or interest of her efficient mind from teaching and sorority business ings, qualify Ripley's Not" on the air. to the planning of her home. Her husband, Lester Bernhard, is programs Since her Martha has found time for other photographer for Aero Products, one of the divisions of General marriage, things too. the war she has nutrition for the Red Motors. Martha and Lester have two most interesting hobbies- During taught Cross, as an for and serves on the Nutrition committee for the one is Lester's photography which they have inspiration Montgomery chap ter of the American Red Cross. She was the state chair the choice of their vacation spots. Last year they spent their vaca rushing man for Gamma Phi Beta the and at tion in Mexico, this summer in Colorado, and they returned during past year, present is the first of the Women's Club. just before Christmas from six weeks in Cuba. Their other hobby vice-president Dayton College owners of a raost is even more unusual. They are the proud Mrs* Milton Wagner^ Jr* Sec.^Treas,;^ Province II

new secretary and treasurer of the Province is Eloise THEPoock Wagner, a member of Gamma chapter of the year 1935. She spent her first two years of college at Western College, Oxford, Ohio, and her junior year at the University of Wiscon sin where she was initiated into Gamma Phi Beta. She returned to Western College for her senior year, and got her A.B. degree there in 1936. Following her graduation, she did secretarial work at Sheffield Corporation, which is the business of the Poock family in Dayton. In 1940 she married Milton H. Wagner, Jr., an electrical engineer. They have a most charming home and two small boys, Philip, aged three, and Dick, not yet a year. Besides the two boys and second in importance to them is Mollie, the blonde cocker spaniel. Eloise has been one of the loyal Gamma Phi Betas who has kept the Dayton alumnae chapter flourishing. Like Martha, she Mrs. Wagner has held at one time or another all of the available offices. She (Continued on next page)

42 Camp Senasqua where Westchester alumnce sponsored ten campships

Tau alumnce see eight of their ten campers off: Lorena Jones, treasurer (extreme left, back row; Roberta McDougal, camp chairman (extreme right, back row).

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TEN girls Denver's Tau alumnae sent to camps last sum THEmer gained at least two pounds each and all the girls had a wonderful time, according to the carap chairman, Roberta McDougal. The girls, from nine to twelve years old, represented four of Denver's grade schools and each was recommended by her teacher. Tau alumnas called on the parents of each girl. The alumnas group has accumulated $1,000 with which it hopes to purchase a perraanent camp site in the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1946. }) }> J)

Camp Barree where State College, Pa. alumnce sponsored one campship

Campsliips wr Pictorial

(Continued from page 42) has given all the time she has had frora her family and the "ho-help-in-Dayton" situation to the sorority, serving as captain in two Red Cross drives, and as the secretary-treasurer of the Junior Group of the Dayton Woman's Club. }> ]) 1) Ruth Eaton Lansing, '16 Kappa Sunshine camp where Austin alumnce sponsored two campships 43 How^ Many Campsliips In 1^4^? Mrs, Robert I. also be interviewed to decide which local camp would be prefer By Johnstone able�it may be a Girl Scout camp, a Y.W.C.A., Campfire Girls, International C Chairman or a private camp. With the camp selected, it is then possible amp to find out the cost of a two-week camping period for one girl, and this information�the nuraber of girls to be sponsored, the is time for each chapter of Garama Phi Beta, both Greek- cost for one girl, and the total amount to be requested from the Itletter and alumnas, to begin to think and talk about camp national camp fund should be sent in to reach the National ships� the war-born plan of sending underprivileged children to Camp Chairman, Mrs. Robert C. Johnstone, 769 South Corona local camps instead of the Gamnia Phi Beta camps located Street, Denver 9, Colorado, before June 1. A blank for this pur throughout the country until the war emergency made their pose is provided below. continuance temporarily impossible. Last year a total of 93 campships were sponsored and with All each chapter need do is lo contact some social agency in the interest and cooperation of each Gamma Phi Beta chapter, its community and determine what small girl�or girls�it would the number this year should be even larger. like to sponsor at a camp. If desired, the child or children may

93 Children Gained Last Sumimer Campships for 1945 were sponsored by:

Tri-City alumnae 3 Denver-Tau alumnae 10 Chicago alumnae 4 Westchester alumnae 10 Detroit alumnae 8 Cincinnati alumnae 2 Toledo alumnae 3 Boston alumnae 1 Eta and Berkeley 4 Milwaukee alumnae 2 Orange, N.J., alumnae 1 Pasadena alumnae 2 State College, Pa., alumnae 1 Champaign-Urbana 2 Buffalo alumnas 2 Spokane alumnas 3 Sacramento alumnae 1 San Diego alumnas 2 Philadelphia alumnas 1 Austin alumnae 2 Alpha Psi Greek letter 1 St. Paul alumnae 1 Psi Greek letter 2 Los Angeles alumnae 2 Omaha alumnae 10 Salem alumnas 1 Santa Monica alumnas 1 Des Moines alumnas i Alpha Eta Greek letter i Montreal alumnas 2

. alumnas . i New York aluranae 1 Portland alumnae , 4 Eugene

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winner last year, and working very hard to place this year; Fargo is surely A proud to rank with cities like Los Angeles, Washington, and Cleveland in the magazine subscription results. Although our number is small; the Fargo-Moorhead area totals less than 50,000 with only 100 actives and alumnae Gamma Phis; our enthusiasm is unlimited. Gracee Bergan Palmer, our magazine chairman, finds that her reception is warm when she approaches each Gamraa Phi with a request for subscription for the En and dowment Fund. She's willing to give away her secret for a successful campaign will pass it on to the rest of you. She "takes over" the October meeting of the alum nas to make one and all Christmas gift conscious. This year, without magazine guides because of rapid changes in restrictions, she managed to promote $85 worth of sales that one evening by personal conversation with each girl. She also reached everyone by phone and brought up magazines at every social opportunity, even over a coke at the corner drug store. A post card reminder to each alumnae helped rouse their good intentions into acts. A visit to active meetings at the apartment on the N.D.A.C. campus raakes the younger girls understand the subscription program. The Mothers' Club were in cluded at their meeting also; we leave no stone unturned. Gracee is setting her star in the heights, hoping to excel, or at least equal, Pat Gillespee's record�National third place and a prize besides�if cooperation means anything, she'll reach that goal. Gracee Bergan Palmer

Magaxine Subscription A^^ards At Convention studley, chairman of Gamma Phi Beta's magazine Restrictions have been removed on Better Homes and Gar Mrs.agency announces that the winners in the chapters' contest dens, Boy's Life and Life magazine, Mrs. Studley reports. How on magazine sales which closes June i, 1946, will be announced ever no new subscriptions can be taken at this time for Vogue, at Gamraa Phi Beta's International Convention at the Mount Charm, House and Garden or Mademoiselle. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H., June 22-27. "It is not too late to aid your chapter in building up its sales Incomplete reports now in her hands indicate that this will be total" Mrs. Studley says. "The small group working under an the biggest year in total sales, with keen rivalry developing in able chairman on a well planned program can pile up a sur the contest. She stresses that every subscription, whether a new prising number of subscriptions and renewals. After all, it is one or a renewal, if placed through your Greek-letter or alura such a painless way in which to contribute to Garama Phi Beta's nae magazine chairman, brings a bonus both to your group and financial reserves!" to Gamma Phi Beta's endowment funds.

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Send to your Local Chairman or Send orders & check made to Mrs. J. D. Studley, Int. Chair., 604 Somerset PI. N.W., Washington 11, D.C. 46 Aluminae Rally Fo r Foimders Day vision of a Akron professional interior decorator for the Our first fall raeeting was held in the rooms hall living room, and dining roora. where we could all see how much was needed, and Akron alumnae of chapter Gamraa Phi Beta Our first was raeeting in October when we a voluntary contribution that night netted $85.00. this started year with the slate of for a following gathered weenie roast to test out the chap We were all so enthusiastic that Mary Tom Mc officers: president, Mrs. Ned Garvin vice- ter's new (Rho); outdoor fire place. More about this Curley volunteered to draft a newsletter to be Mrs. Louis Reuter president, (Gamma); recording later. sent to all Zeta Gamma Phis not at the meeting. Mrs. secretary, Edgar Johnson cor November sa%v (Alpha Eta); the aluranae raeeting raore often and especially those not in Baltimore. This letter Mrs. Robert Selden responding secretary, (Alpha than usual in one raonth. On Noveraber 4, there was a big success, and response to its appeal Nu); treasurer, Mrs. Burnham was an James (Alpha Alumnas Tea at the house with Mrs. brought in almost �200.00 for the rooms. Mrs. Eta); rushing chairman, Brecht our new Henry (Alpha Treymayne, Province Director. Sunday, November 11, we held a joint Founders chairman, Mrs. Eta); expansion John Bridge- On Founders Day, November 11, the alurana; Day party with the actives in their new rooras, water Zeta); (Alpha panhellenic representative, gathered with the actives at the house for the and everyone was so glad to see all the others Mrs. E. A. Simendinger (Alpha Nu). lovely candle light service for the chapters. The it turned into a good old-fashioned songfest. The is full of for work coming year plans oelebration ended with buffet supper given by the Some news contained in the answers to Mary on civic welfare as well as continued to support actives. .Tom's newsletter, which will seem new to most of Gamma Phi Beta national Last we projects. year The evening of Noveraber 28, Miss Eileen Lay, us: had such a successful sale that we were rummage our president, and Mrs. C. O. Bayless (Shirley Nancy Conklyn Cutchley (Mrs. John) is living able to send checks to the three active gift Lay), our alurana adviser, entertained us for in a gatehouse on one of the six levels of the in- Ohio which are located at chapters Wittenberg dessert followed by our first business raeeting of estate of a famous architect, Ernest Flagg, while Green and Ohio Wes College, Bowling University, the fall. In January Mrs. Edward L. Adams had her husband is stationed at Miller Field, Long We to the formula leyan University. hope repeat the aluranae for a supper party, our first supper Island. this We have decided to year. augment our co party after a long interval. Mary Ely Lupton 's daughter, Mary Beth, entered with Akron Panhellenic's for operation plans To return to our October raeeting and the Goucher this fall and is now a Gamma Phi The Children's Home some extra by giving gifts fire place. The fire place was designed by Misses pledge. and on our own. parties Alice and Jessie Bourquin, Beta '29, who con Annie Linn Henley Armor (Mrs. G. Maxwell,

On November u , we celebrated Founders Day tributed their professional services to the active Jr.), Zeta, '36, writes frora Salisbury, Maryland, with a traditional at a down town club. It � banquet chapter without charge. In addition they planned that they are three boys and a dog no legacy was a social affair with the formal ritual friendly to and installed landscaping. Alice and Jessie Bour yet. Her sister Edmonia has two boys and a girl climax an event. inspirational quin are two talented and distinguished Beta and lives in Birmingham, and sister Laraira has a We have lost two alurana: in the to past year alumnae who graduated from the Literary School boy and a girl and lives in Philadelphia. other cities. are Mrs. Carroll who They J. Wright of the University of Michigan in 1929 with Phi Christine Lee Tift (Mrs. Henry), Zeta '36, has is on in her husband's be carrying footsteps by Beta Kappa honors, traveled in Europe in 1929- been living in Montgomery, Ala., where her a ministers assistant in Cleveland. A coraing 1930, received their Master's Degree in Landscape husband is stationed at Maxwell Field. They have of her raaiden name was graduate Syracuse, Kay Architecture in 1934, and set up private practice two boys, Henry, Jr., now zVz, and Bill Lee, 6 Stevens. Rev. was a beloved in Wright pastor in Ann Arbor as Bourquin and Bourquin. months old. Akron who died last year. In May, 1935, Alice was engaged by the Michi Dorothy Lawton Quarles (Mrs. Frank), Zeta '34, Another alurana was lost to Colurabia Univer gan State Highway Departraent as one of two visited in Baltimore during November waiting sity where she is now studying and teaching, Mrs. landscape architects to plan and develop highway to join her husband in the Navy, being trans Harold Hibbard who is an alurana ot Pi chapter. roadside parks, and roadside planning. She has ferred to the West Coast. Mr. and Mrs. � Ralph Helpbringer (Betty Fouse remained in that office to the present tirae. Her Born to Florence Wagner Mulligan, Zeta '33, and their sraall Martha Alpha Eta) daughter Lynn work may be seen along raany of Michigan and Lt. Com. Graham P. Mulligan, a daughter, have moved to Los Angeles. highways. Susan Alice, September 21, 1945. We have not as yet received raost ot the results Jessie, meanwhile, continued in private practice Born to Freddie Kraemer Funk, Zeta '35, and of our summer work. The rushing outstanding with Alice as her consulting partner and built Mr. Lewis Funk, a second daughter, Decembe? event of the season was a picnic supper party up a large clientele in Ann Arbor, Grosse Pointe, 6, 1945- held for Akron and Canton rushees in August. and elsewhere. Virginia Slease Costine Recent graduates of Ohio Wesleyan University In the fall of 1942 Jessie became affiliated with will no doubt be interested to know that Marie the then newly formed Michigan State Planning Fouse is now working at the government re Coramission where she is mainly concerned with search laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. post-war plans brought to the Comraission from Berkeley Mrs. Louis Reuter local units of government all over the State. The Alumnae of Garama Phi Beta Because of the position which Alice and Jessie Berkeley have had a busy fall season, with all sorts of Marriages: hold in the State government, they live in Lansing Eta to on activities, ranging frora bond drives and Polly Waters, Alpha Edgar Johnson all but week-ends which are spent in Ann Arbor. parties to Red Cross work and the of their May 30, 1945. They are members of the Lansing alumnae publishing second News Letter. Martha Helpbringer, Alpha Eta '43 to Lt. (j.g) chapter and close to Beta Delta. They acted as the an Phi on During suramer, alumna: was George Van Brunt, Sigma Epsilon June committee to find and recommend the purchase picnic held at Betty Wells' home. Lunch was served in the 9. 1945- of the lot for Beta Delta's new house. And they garden, and was followed by swimming in the are now helping find the right architect to draw Births: Wells' pool. Ruth Ord on the July plans for it. reported season of a in rushing the Eta which resulted Jean Galloway Sawyer, Alpha Eta, boy Bourquin and Bourquin still continue their chapter, in twenty-four new pledges, and Penelope Simon September, 1945. private practice as designing and consulting Land son discussed Leah Kissell a in pledge training. Simendinger, Alpha Nu, boy scape Architects. The Alumnae of to Class of April, 1945. Rose Anderson Junior (Class '35 '45) had their first Fall at Free Mary Jane Krumroy Carl, Alpha Eta, a girl raeeting Marguerite born's, in Piedmont. Red Cross activities were in January 1945. discussed and of the Regina Martin, Alpha Omicron, a boy in Baltimore Bunky Garrett, president that Gamma Phi is the so August, 1945. group, reported only Baltimore alumnse chapter of Gamma Phi Beta rority in this area that has regularly participated in raost its activities on the active blood Ann Arbor is concentrating of bandage raaking, donor recruiting, and wrap chapter at Goucher. Until husbands get back ping Red Cross Christmas packages. Though our Ann Arbor aluranae are interested from service and our lives are most settled in The Berkeley Alumna; Executive Board were more war demands are a in many civic and carapus activities, our coramon one place, and until hostesses at meeting at the Eta house on Septem interest and effort, individually and collectively, dropped, it is difficult to concentrate on more ber 19. Wana Derge, authority on color and design, is for the active Beta chapter. than one thing at a time. Since our active chapter gave an interesting talk, and tea was served During September and October, the entire had to raove to new rooras this fall before school following the business meeting. chapter house was redecorated under the active started we were all glad to help with this. It was In October, a dessert-bridge was held at the and almost daily supervision of members of the a time for stock-taking, and we found the girls home of Annette Wellington, with Margaret Dick- Beta Incorporated Board, with the aid and super needed a great deal in the way of furnishings. over assisting. After cream puffs and coffee, a 47 48 THE CRESCENT

business meeiing was held, and the Fourlh Bond November 9, in Santa Monica. for awhile is working in Boston and hope to Drive was discussed, as well as Red Cross work Barbara Ann Pinger (Eta '45) to Bernard see her soon. Greene and plans for fall rushing. Riordon, December 7, 1945, Berkeley, Calif. Jane E. The four graduating seniors of Eta�Baibara Births: Pinger, Sheila Stanfield, Barbara Varnum, and Marriage: Jane Wilson�were guests ot honor at the Hal To Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ullstrom (Margaret Julia Elizabeth Lowe ('42) and James Charles loween Party which the Junior Alumns group had Yelland, '40), a son, Michael Douglas, July 21. Nettles, Sergeant U.S.A. of Louisiana at Brockton, in October at Margaret Kays' home. Gardenias were To Lt. and Mrs. Chester B. Noyes (Dorothy November 11, 1945. presented to the Iionor guests and everyone en Ford, '44), a son, Peter, in July. joyed the cider and doughnuts and the chatter To Lt. and Mrs. Robert W. Brower (Elizabeth Birtlis: session that followed the meeting. Simonson, '42), a daughter, Susanna Elizabeth, To Mr. and Mrs. Jaraes Francis Henry (Mary In November, botli alumnae groups combined August 12. Looney, '34), a daughter, Mary Frances Henry, with the actives to hold a Founders Day "Brunch" To Mr. and Mrs. Hobart S. Leonard (Betty May 12, 1945. at the chapter house on the California campus. Colton, '39), a daughter, Katherine, October 13. To Mr. and Mrs. John Reardon (Betty D. Marion Weller was in charge ot the affair, which To Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rice, Jr. (Jeanne Stringer, '42), a daughter, Elizabeth Dorcas, June a October 20. included traditional Founders Day cereraonies. Barry, '43), son, Thoraas Richard, 29, 1945- Penelope Siraonson told about plans for Ihe 1946 To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark (Elizabeth To Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bysegger (Grace C. a October 26. Clamma Phi Beta Convention, which is to be held Mallory, '42), son, Charles Howard, Ward, '41), a son. Ward Eugene, October 16, 1945. at Bretton Woods in June, and then Janice To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Watts (Jane Ham To Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson (Clarinda a in November. Slater, president of the Eta chapter, inlroduccd the shaw, '39), daughter, Karen, Keir, '39), a daughter, Katherine Lou, November seventeen new pledges. To Lt. and Mrs. Hal C. Ling (Margery Tonascia, 20, 1945. Christmas parties were the highlights on the '42), a son, Gary Robert, Noveraber 19. Gamnia Phi calendar for December. The Junior To Mr. and Mrs. J. Carson Magill (Betty Green group held theirs the week before Christraas Jane Caldwell, '39), a son, Michael Scott, Novem Bowling at Barbara Gimbals horae in Piedmont, ber complete 29. The Bowling Green alumna? chapter opened its with and a Santa Claus. Carey To Mr. and Mrs. Grant W. Metzger (Betsy presents Mary 1945-1946 year on October 4. Mrs. G. K. Urschel was in of the event. The second Hoffraan, '44), a son, Grant Williara Metzger, Jr., Wright charge and Miss Olive Cumraings entertained the chapter Christmas party was a revival of an old Gamma Deceraber 11. at a "Since Last We Met" party at which each Phi custora�an atter-Christraas at Rachael To Mr. and Mrs. James Bawden (Peggy Cate, party one told her activities during the sumraer's lull This it was a dessert and a Patricia Sue, December Colby's. year party, '42), daughter, 15. of sorority meetings. During this meeting the Rachael was assisted by Florence Robinson, Merva new Yearbooks of delicate mode, staraped in gold Dodson, Bertha Knox, and Grace Underhill. Bvston and tied in brown, were handed to each member Eta aluranae are justifiably proud of their and the year's program of study and fun out acliievement in the "Bonds Buy Mercy" drive. Boston chapter held its first meeting of the lined by the vice-president. We are delighted to Over half a raillion dollars has been raised by 19451946 season on October 5, 1945 under the herald the coraing of a new member to this group, the alumnas in this area. The third drive, headed very able leadership of Ada James ('15) who is Mrs. Jack de Lora (Luoy Rickel, Beta Gamma, by Libby Brown, was from April 15 to July 15, our president. After our business meeting we had �44). and a total of $85,062.75 worth of bonds was a wonderful social hour greeting our new mera In November were two highlights of the year's credited to the Gamma Phis. The comraittee bers. Evelyn Lowe. Hope Whiting, Ruth Callanan, activities; one, a civic project at the University which worked on this drive included Marion Gertrude Gott, Olive Harris, Eunice Hurd, Janice Hospital which has suffered from lack of personnel Weller, Wickes, Annette Isabel Mary Wellington. Freeman and Marjorie Bodge all '45 graduates. and the other the observance of Founders Day. Faye, Odessa Sheldon, Mary Stribling, Ruth Her It also was very pleasant to talk with some ol Gammas Phis assuraed the responsibility of the man, Helen Martin, Mabel Williams, and Mar our raembers who had been scattered to the four repair of the hospital linen during the raonth garet Webb. The Fourth and final drive, which winds but who are now back with us. We were of November, even turning one meeting into a ran from October 15 to January 15, was to raise delighted to greet Clarinda Keir Johnson, Betty Project Party at the hospital and Falcons' Nest funds for rehabilitation Libby Brown equipment. Stringer Reardon and Wilma Cunningham Nichols. at which Mrs. Jack Kinney, Mrs. Arden Powell again was chairman of the drive, and she was We also learned that Marie Keefe Brader, Grace and Mrs. Bernard Lee were joint hostesses. Along assisted Alice Martinelli, Barbara Copeland, by Ward Bysegger, Priscilla James Johnson and with Beta Gamraa and members of the Toledo Annette Wellington, Helen Martin, Mabel Wil Phyllis Hanna Schroeter are on their way back alumnae chapter we observed Founders Day by liams, Margaret Webb, Eloise Consadine, Mary to Boston. We'll be very happy to greet them at holding a formal dinner at the Woman's Club. Stribling, and Odessa Sheldon. our next meeting. The lovely carnation service was held and then The second Eta News Letter came out in On November 11, our usual Founders Day Tea the girls of Beta Gamma entertained us at a November, and was received with so much en was held and was as usual delightful. We were lovely reception at the Gamma Phi Beta House thusiasm, that it is planned to issue one annually. pleased to have Irene Feden, Alpha Upsilon, on the campus. The Beta Gararaas, who had just This little paper, with news of Etas and their with us on that day. Irene is doing graduate completed the therae of decoration of their indi activities, was produced by Betty Ingram Yank work at Radcliffe. vidual rooms, delighted us by taking us on a wich and Elizalieth Bridge Currier. On November 27 we were happy to entertain personally conducted tour of inspection. All were Marjorie McKee McKnight, who has done such Mrs. Marvin, our province director at dinner at so clever in theme and ingenious in realization. an excellent as Crescent Correspondent and " job the "Salmagundi and then to meet inforraally On December 6, Mrs. R. C. Soott and Miss publicity chairman for the alumnae, has moved with her. We found her very pleasant and Margaret Yocom planned a Christmas party for to Washington D.C. with her husband, Lt. helpful. As a result of her enthusiasm many of us. A raost interesting prograra was arranged, Commander Robert McKnight, who is now serv us are all excited about Convention being held with the assistance of Mrs. Victor Hatfield, as ing as Secretary of the Navy Forrestal's pilot. here in the East. We hope to see her again soon. the Panamanian students at the university had Miriam Baisden Sereass '40 Hope Whiting ('45) and Olive Harris ('45) been invited to corae to tell of their Christmas both are studying at the Boston University Grad custoras and to sing some ot their carols in Engagements: uate School of Social Work for the Red Cross Spanish. A December highlight was the visit of Drew to Lt. in Marjorie McConnell, '42, James Home Service. We wish them both every success. Miss Evelyn Gooding, who, in her visit of S. Moore, Jr., Array (Theta Delta Chi, California Ruth Callanan ('45) is teaching in North spection of the active chapter, also raet with the '42). Andover, Gertude Gott ('45) and Marion Bailey alumna". A dinner of Christraas appointments was Barbara Hart, '43, to Lt. Richard Wilson, ('45) in Ashland and Evelyn Lowe ('45) and held in her honor at the Woman's Club. Miss USNR. Jane Greene ('41) in Milton. Florice Tarment Gooding's visits here are always highly anticipated to Peter Irene Marincovich � Jansen, '46, J. ('43) is working in the Dean's office at Boston not only because of her very valuable assistance of (Kappa Sigma, University Washington, '40). University since Allie Eaton Nolan ('41) has gone but also because we get another chance to look at Marguerite Smith, '44, to Paul Bianco (Forestry housekeeping. her! Incidentally, the actives consider lier very good Service). Dorothea Halloran McLeod ('43) is at the publicity on the campus. and Yale School of Nursing for the two-year course. Members will participate in the reading of Marriages: Lt. (j.g) Esther Osberg is still doing personnel study of drama on January 3 at the home Barbara Grant, '43, to Frank Marion Russell, work for the WAVES in Norraan, Okla., while Mrs. George Morris, with Miss Virginia Cole Jr., July 21, in Oakland. Ensign Phyllis Blake Palraer ('41) is in Washing as co-hostess. Joyce Marie Smith, '40, to Frederick DaMert, ton with the Navy Department. Also, carrying on the work of joining our Garama and the alumna: August 23, in Berkeley. Mary Maguire ('44) is still in Arlington, Va., common interests Beta to back the Barbara Lcigli Smith, '44, to Lt. Richard Fere doing work for the Signal Corps. chapter are planning joint committees and bee Kinney, U.S.N.R., October 15, in Berkeley. We are glad to hear that Leslie Hamilton, welfare of Gamma Phi Beta on the carapus have Jessica James, '45, to Walter Stuart Lewis, Alpha Tau, who did work at Boston University in the community at large. The alumna; FEBRUARY, 1946 49

been helping the actives in their equipment for representatives. All groups willingly and whole Lester A. White, secretary and treasurer; Mn. the house and again added to their crystal and heartedly unite to raake the various Gamma Phi Kenneth Dubach, chairman of the rushing com china services at Christraas time. projects a success. This interest and close co mittee; Miss Nina Gresham, historian, and the Officers for the year are Dorothy Nearing, operation has shown outstanding in rushing, following Province Directors: Mrs. Richard president; Edna Urschel, vice-president; Sara Scott, calendar sales, magazines sales, and theatre party. Marvin, Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Mrs. Sterling Tre recording secretary; Olive Cummings, correspond After the summer and early fall rushing teas mayne, Dr. Doris Phelps, Mrs. Williara F. Hager- ing secretary; Thelraa Leedy, treasurer; rushing and parties, interest centers on pledging at the raan, Mrs. Williara J. Wyatt, Mrs. Carl Sprague, chairraan, Helen Conklin; publicity, Eloise Weller; various colleges. Chicago alumna: were happy that Mrs. Clarence Stevens, Mrs. Edward Arnold, Jr., historian, Margaret Yocom and Crescent cor many of the girls they entertained were pledged. and Mrs. L. S. Yeo. It was, indeed, a pleasure respondent. Much credit goes to Ruth Bartels Fox (Mrs. S. K.), to raeet these officers. Helen Keith, Epsilon pledge Florence Baird Epsilon, our enthusiastic and tireless rushing chair and a harpist presented a delightful program. raan. Gamma Phi daughters pledged from this The annual meeting of the Gamma Phi House Buffalo area include Mary Lou Buckmaster, daughter of Association at Northwestern University will be Eleanor Bennett Buckmaster, at Colorado held at the chapter house on Monday, January Too bad our snowbound location doesn't allow College; Dean Brown, daughter of Dean Lombard Brown, 14. Following the meeting there will be a program for raore picnics. For we surely had a picnic last at Colorado College; Janet Smalley, daughter of and tea to which Gamma Phis from all the August at Mardi Van Vleet's lovely Snyder home� Virginia Harper Smalley, at Northwestern; Laura chapters in the Chicago area are invited. Phyllis frora the kitchen to the flower garden it was a Baer, daughter of Nelle Houghton Baer, at North Bergquist, a pledge, and a promising concert picnic with all the fixings. For a now forgotten western; Betty Masters, daughter of Mildred Claik pianist, will play a group of nurabers. Tliere ivill reason the September meeting had to be cancelled. Masters, at Northwestern; Betty Keefer, daughter be a fashion show, arranged and modelled by ilie In October Mary Johnson had us, after first having of the late Helen Leete Keefer, at Northwestern. active chapter. $1000 in scliolarsliips which the dinner at Tyns Restaurant. The Children's Hos Our 1946 calendar project, ably directed by House Association awards annually to merabers pital allowed us to sew for them again. Ardis McBroom Marek (Mrs. J. J.), Epsilon, of Epsilon chapter will be announced at this time. Our transient merabers come and with such go promises to be overwhelmingly successful again The annual Initiation Banquet sponsored by speed I don't even get to meet them. But every this year. The calendars are stunning with a cover the Chicago Alumna: chapter in honor of the one told rae at the last meeting how sorry we designed by Elizabeth Schultz, Epsilon '44. These Northwestern and Lake Forrest initiates will be were to lose Mrs. James Brady (Peggy Wood) and useful little engagement calendars are becoming held Saturday, February g, in the Michigan room Mrs. Robert Decker (Mary Ruester) both Phis well-known around Chicago, and many are being of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Phyllis Lambert of '42. Perhaps Mrs. Edward O. Babcock (Myrtle ordered by friends as well as by our own mem Stefan, secretary of Province II East, will be the Trytten) Rho '30 who recently arrived from the bers. If the supply lasts, you raay order from toastmistress. Responses will be given by active State of Alabama will continue with us. I also Mrs. James J. Marek, Waldron Road, Kankakee, raerabers from both chapters. There will be danc learned that that charraing red head from Ohio III. Purchases aid the Gamma Phi Bond drive ing after the banquet. It promises to be, as Wesleyan, Grace Goddard class of '43, has gone and the Endowment Fund, for with the proceeds always, a gala affair. into pictures. What I mean she is fooling around the Chicago chapter purchases a war bond for the On Wednesday, February 20, the Northshore with X-ray machines in DuPont's Rayon Depart Endowment Fund. group will sponsor another outstanding guest raent. A raost pleasant and "painless" money-raising program and tea when they will have the honor A very good dinner at The Sheraton Hotel was project was undertaken this fall with a $100 profit of introducing Gladys Pennington Houser, Omi the beginning of our November meeting. We as our reward. Indefatigable Ruth Fox organized cron, playgoing chairraan of the Chicago Draraa moved on from there to a short business raeeting a grand theatre party for Gamma Phi alumnae, League, in a prograra, "Broadway in Review." at the home of Miss Mary Edson. Aand there actives and friends. A bloc of two hundred fifty From the Northshore group we hear, too, that amidst the glow of candles and carnations nine tickets was purchased for the November 12 per Marie Crowley Williams, Epsilon, is president of Gamraa Phis, seven different representing chapters, formance of "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" starring the Northwestern chapter Gamma Phi Mother's celebrated Founders Day and were reminded once Elizabeth Bergner. Comments were all so favor Club. Her daughter, Marjorie, is a meraber of again of the invisible bonds which unite us. able that it is hoped to repeat the venture. the chapter, and another daughter, Ilene, was it is becoming traditional for Buffalo Perhaps Chicago chapter magazine sales boom with also pledged but left college to join the WAVES. to hold the Founders Day meeting at Mary Klea Cozzens Rarasay, (Mrs. A. P.), Epsilon, On Alumni Day, June 9, at Northwestern Uni Edson's Norwood Avenue home. It would seem magazine chairman, doing an excellent piece of versity Ruth Bartels Fox was elected vice-presi a fitting custom for Mary is an Alpha and our work so that Chicago chapter ranks high in sales. dent of the Alumni Association in charge of new oldest member and, I believe knew one or per We are all grateful to Klea for her careful woraen students. On the same day in a ceremony haps all of the Founders. Judging frora her handling of this time-consuming but profitable held at Patten Gyranasiura, an Alurani Merit activities in church and sorority afliairs you, like work. Award was presented to Ruth Alexander Red us, would never suspect Mary was 78. She never Florence Booth, Alpha Psi, social service and heffer 'in recognition of a worthy achievement misses a Garama Phi Beta meeting, has taken war work chairraan reports that six under which has reflected credit upon Northwestern coraplete charge of all the Bond Drives, and is privileged girls were sent to caraps during the University and each of her Alumni." Carl John interested in all her Gamma Phi sisters, in our summer. Money is sent to a Chicago organization son, president of the Northwestern University babies, children, and other developments. jobs, which selects and sends the girls. This year a Alumni Association, in making the presentation, Mary Edson is as young as the rest of us and we Christmas gift is being sent to Ridge Farra said of Mrs. Redheffer, "She has deraonstratcd a love her. School, Lake Forest, from the Chicago chapter. versatility which is seldom found even among Eda Weiskotten Wilcox Individual groups, too, are carrying out Christraas college women. In addition to being a talented Birth: and philanthropic projects. Northshore and West musician and concert pianist, she is a trained Suburban are Christraas socks tor economist, a successful writer, a lecturer To Mr. and Mrs. Roger Brookman (Carol groups filling popular soldiers at Fort Sheridan, 111. Chicago North is and radio She be heard Horton, Goucher) their fourth boy, Robert, speaker. may frequently aiding the Spaulding Horae for Crippled* Chil on "Town Hall" and "Wake Up, America," radio August 29, 1945. dren. programs. Dr. Alexander is a Phi Beta Kappa, a On October 18 raerabers of the Chicago Alumna: member of Gamma Phi Beta, a member of Chicago chapter journeyed to the Epsilon chapter house American Platform Guild, an officer of the Associa Enthusiasm for Gamma Phi Beta is an out at Nortliwestern University where Epsilon was tion of American Pen Women and since 1941 has standing trait of Chicagoland alumnae. Our presi celebrating the 57th anniversary of its founding. been Associate Editor of "Finance," She is the dent. Dean Lombard Brown, (Mrs. F. L.), Lambda, The Northshore group were hostesses for the mother of three children. An outline of her who has recently visited the eight widely sepa afternoon with Gertude Livermore Heusner (Mrs. many activities is given in Who's Who in rated groups comprising this chapter, reports Williara H.), Nu, chairraan, graciously presiding. A merica. that they are all working to support Gamma Phi At this time she announced that Gamma Phi Several of the Chicago alumna: groups had and its projects. Each month Chicago Aluranae Beta had received a citation certificate from Fort Founders Day programs. West Suburban group Board members meet for luncheons and the after Sheridan, 111., for their assistance to enlisted men celebrated on November 5 with a luncheon at noon at Harding's Tea Room in the Fair Store, and officers. This carae as a result of the hundreds the home of Dorothy Green Lello (Mrs. Herbert), Chicago. Members corae from Chicago and its ot Christmas stockings which alumnae have filled Sigma. The table was beautifully decorated with North, South, and West suburbs. A visit to one during the war years. Guests of honor at the brown and mode chrysanthemums. A candle of these afternoon-long sessions re\eals how deeply tea were members of the Grand Council, Province lighting service was held and each member was Phi and sincerely interested are these Gamma Directors, and the thirty new pledges of Epsilon given a pink carnation. Northshore group cele Chicago chapter officers and group leaders in and their mothers. Araong those present were brated on November 14 at the Epsilon chapter Phi Beta. the projects and problems of Gamma Mrs. R. E. Fitsgerald, Grand President; Mrs. house with the active chapter officiating at a Co-operation, too, is a keynote of the groups. P. H. Hawes, vice-president and alurana: secretary; beautiful ceremony in the chapter room followed Problems, ideas, and projects are brought to the Mrs. Russell A. Sand, chairraan of Provinces; by a musical program and tea. Board meetings and discussed by the various Mrs. G. M. Simonson, chairraan of Finance; Mrs. Dorothy Whyte Martin 50 THE CRESCENT

Marriages: Vice-President: Dorothy Hackley (Mrs. J. H), the Park Lane Hotel, and, as usual, made Belmont Dr., River, Ohio. Founders a memorable occasion for us. The Ruth Tetzlaff to William R. Liska, U.S.M.C, 2349O Rocky Day and Recording Secretary: Kay alumnae and active vice-presidents were in charge June 23, 1945. Corresponding Eustis R. W. Clifton Blvd., of arrangments. Muriel Barker to William Barkey Nissen, U. S. (Mrs. H.), 1354 Lakewood, Ohio. Last year we took on a new Christmas project� Array, in Glen Ellyn, III., August 17, 1945. Treasurer: Fraser Glenn), 18737 providing presents for the orphans at Tuck-away- Betty Mahannah to Frederick Roos in Chicago, Jane (Mrs, Lake Ave,, Lakewood, Ohio, Home. It proved so successful that we decided September 7, 1945. Chairman: De Garmo (Mrs. at the December meeting to continue it this year. Suzanne Maurer (WAVE) to Ensign Clad Wil- Rushing Betty Webb Rd., Lakewood. Ohio. Shirley Mae Littrell will be in charge of the burn Wood, Jr., U.S.N.R., in Rockledge, Fla., Richard), 1311 Kay Eustis committee to buy and wrap gifts. October 19, 1945, following her discharge from On November 3, our president, Pat Musick was the WAVES in Memphis, 'Tenn., where she had Marriage: married to Mr. Joseph Montgomery, Jr. Adeline served as managing editor of the Naval Air Patty Madison (Gamma) to Charles Geckler, Felix is for the We all Station acting president chapter. magazine. November 10, 1945. wish Adeline a very successful year, and Pat Births: much happinessl Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wheeler (Doris Jane R. Dismant To Mr. and Mrs, Glenn Fraser (Jane Dibble), Wise), a son, Harold Calvin II, in June, 1945- a 30, 1945, Marriage: To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bachman (Maigaret daughter, Mary Jane, June To Mr, and Mrs, Eldon Nucrnberger (Louise Patricia Musick to on Truesdell), a daughter, Kathryn, June 10, 1945- Joseph Montgoraery, Jr., a To Lt. and Mrs. Dale Groom (Marjorie Tweed), Eppinger), daughter, September, 1945. November 3 at St. Thomas' Church in Denver. a Chaillie Ann, 1945- daughter, June 13, Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Castle Jordan (Jean Pringle), Denver-Tau To Mr. and Mrs. O, a daughter, Gail Ann, October 12, 1945- George Phillips (Phoebe An enthusiastic group of Tau's Denver aluranae To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brookman Gould), a boy, Daniel, (Winifred held their first fall 11 at the meeting September To Mr, and Mrs, a October 28, John Stapleton (Ruth Kindig), Olson), daughter, Jean Wynn, home of Mrs. H. W. Hahn. Donna Hahn Tomlin, a 1945- boy, John Harry, Pat Christopher and Betty Louthan were hostesses. To Mr. and Mrs. Karl Syren (Virginia Baker), To Mrs, Robert Clark (Calvina Morse), a girl, Alumnae rushing credit goes to Darlene Wilson, Pamela. a daughter, Karen Sylvia, November 8, 1945. Neva Jean Bloom and Emma May Long. We are To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Shaffer (Lea Han To Lt. and Mrs. Gilbert Good (Audrey Mae of Tau's at Fort Collins. very proud 30 pledges a Michael Brian. sen, Epsilon, '45), a son, Peter Brooks Shaffer, Schoene), boy, Adele Taylor Cresswell returned to Denver after October in 111. To Mr. and Mrs. William Steele (Dorothy 9, 1945 Sterling, two absence. Lt. Martha Ann Collier of years Davies), a boy, David William. General visited us. Lt. Norma Cleveland Vaughn Hospital To Mr. and Mrs. William Adam (Dorothy Learned M.D.D,, U. S. of (Tau, '40) Army, Camp Tiemann), a boy. It seems strange to talk of picnics when the Rucker, Ala,, called as she vacationed in Denver. snow is flying here, but to bring you up to date The October meeting at Theta's Lodge was Detroit on Gamraa Phi activities in Cleveland I must hostessed by Betty Moon, Neva Jean Bloom, Vir mention our very successful picnic in June at ginia Stubbs and Emma May Long. Twenty-eight The Detroit alumna; chapter began the new which we entertained seventeen actives. The raembers spent the evening playing bingo and season with a dinner meeting on November 1 at weather smiled on us, and we on each other after bridge. the home of Mrs. John D, Lynch of Grosse Pointe. This was our a supper cooked in Ginny Benko's backyard grill On October 13, 1945, the Woman's Panhel traditional Founders Day celebra by two willing Garama Phi husbands�no small lenic Association of Denver, installed its 1945-46 tion, and the guest of honor was the new province task with fifty hungry Gamma Phis. We were ira officers at the Annual Fall luncheon in the Brown director, Mrs. Sterling Treraayne. Mrs. Tremayne pressed not only with the charm and friendliness Palace Hotel. Mrs. Maxwell A. Newell (Tau), discussed the methods and probleras of coloni when of our actives, but also with their talent they will be treasurer for the coming year. zation and of establishing new chapters, empha put on a variety show. In November we treated ourselves to a Founders sizing the iraportance of aluranae co-operation. the end At We didn't see each other again until Day supper at the Republican Club. It's grati this time the regular activities of the alum at Madi nae are of August at the rushing party Patty fying to see so many new aluranae. We are proud group well under way. Our hats are off to active. Her Miss son's, University of Wisconsin lovely our group is growing so. Our Province Director, Alice Camerer for her continued success in backyard and many porched horae was a perfect Louise Wyatt, was honor guest. War Bond sales, and also to Mrs. Charles Ives for spot for informal entertaining of future Gamma We combined business and pleasure on Decem her competent handling of the magazine sub Phis. Over box lunches we regaled rushees with ber 11 at Glad Collier's home where assistant scription program for this chapter. tales of Gamnia Phi prowess. A bow to Betty De hostesses Mildred Glover, Lorena Jones and Adele This year, as usual, we are carrying on our our and her committee the Garmo, rushing chairman, Cresswell mixed a gay Christmas punch. Every Harper Hospital work which is also under of actives for a fine party and super publicity. one brought bright little bundles which we drew direction of Mrs. Ives. Our project is a Lending Fall was soon upon us and with it the start of straws for. Library on Wheels, to bring good books to the another Gamma Phi year. The drive to our first Roberta McDougal bedside of the ward patients. The continued meeting at Midge Thomas' tumed out to be a popularity of this service among the patients small trip for us West siders, but well worth it. Denver� Theta speaks well for Gamma Phi and the splendid Midge is one of the members to whom "we point efforts of those volunteers who make it possible. with pride." In addition to raising a family of The Denver Alumnae of Theta spent a busy The system of deferred rushing now in force at three small children, she runs a successful decorat summer which was climaxed by the rushing the University of Michigan has made alumnae ing shop. Her house is an advertisement for her season, which began in August. Our first post rushing a year-round project rather than a talents. Perfectly furnished, it's wonderfully cozy. war meeting was held at the Theta Lodge in seasonal activity. The Detroit area has been or We all swapped summer experiences before two September, and we were gratified by the nuraber ganized on a Panhellenic basis this year by the blazing fireplaces. of alurana: who attended. establishment of a central file which makes Our traditional Founders Day meeting at Our October meeting was also held at the information about rushees available for the use Alice Watkin's is always the occasion for a Lodge, and was a joint meeting of alumna:, ac of all sororities, who in turn are expected to con specially delicious supper and the impressive tives, and pledges. The high-spot of the evening tribute to the file. candlelighting ceremony. We were all proud of was a fashion show presented by the Denver Dry It has been suggested to this correspondent that, the twelve chapters represented in our midst. Goods. Members of the alumnae and active chap in addition to the regular birth announcements The flu epidemic was rampant at the time of ters were models. At the same meeting, Mary in this column, we ought to have a "New our December raeeting at Dorothy Hackley's, and Kay Brinkhaus was presented with a gift of a Grandmothers Department." The proud candidates Mrs, took its toll of our merabers, but our small group pair of crested ear-rings in gratitude for her fine are Mrs. Paul Culver, Mrs, Earl W, May, P. Con had a stimulating discussion of Panhellenic pur work as acting president the past year in the M, S, Charlton, and Mrs, W, A, John, poses and policies. absence of Martha Howell. gratulations! list With the war's end we rejoice that some of On October 13, members of Theta alumnae Our chapter roll call is an ever changing become with our members may again be reunited with their and active chapters acted as hostesses at the these days. We had hardly acquainted became Mrs, husbands, even though it means the loss of a "Come and Get It Hour" at the Denver Service Joyce Collins (Beta, '44) when she Tex,, loyal member such as Betty Kemper, our secre Men's Center. Various Denver organizations take Jack Alexander and moved to Harlingen, Officer husband is stationed. tary, from the group. Betty has returned with this service every Sunday afternoon, and provide where her Flight we shall all miss is Flo her husband to their former home in Indiana. and serve food to the service men. This year, Another member Harper with her to Cincinnati Our officers for the year are: Evelyn Rasmussen was in charge, and she did Neidig, who raoved family to welcome President: Mary Huntley (Mrs. R. F.), 14122 a fine job. this summer. We were very glad back at the last Martie South Park Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio. Our Founders Day Dinner was held this year at Martha Poe Egger meeting. FEBRUARY, 1946 51

and her small son are with her a living family in lowing very successful rush season, we found obscure tan colored stucco to an white Oak elegant Royal while her husband, is on ourselves George, duty apartment hunting. The new Alpha trimmed in black. It looks much more inviting in Manila. Omicron quarters are in the Y.M.C..\, building and twice as imposing. This new outlook seemed Another returnee is who is off the Midge Ayres, just just carapus. Under the capable fingers of to call for some inside rejuvenation, so it was back from several months in where she Harriett Europe Finnigan and Kate Powers the once dcsided to have new stair and hall carpeting in served with the American Red Cross. We are drab rooras have becorae the sraartest and raost time for rush week. Within the week that fol looking fonvard to at the attractive seeing Midge again apartment on the carapus. lowed we acquired not only the striped carpeting next meeting and about her For hearing experiences Founders Day we held a dinner in Town but also colorful peasant designs, adorning all the overseas. Hall in the Gardner Hotel. This year we invited bedroom furniture. The complete results are Susan H. Adams the Mothers' Club also to our party. We had the very attractive. largest attendance at this Founders that Rush week with a tea on Marriage: Day began September 25, we've ever had. Following the dinner the and different members ot the alurans Frances pledges chapter Thompson to Robert F. introduced to (Beta '45) the mothers and alumna:, Beth ser\'ed with actives on each rush party committee. Schmidt, of Cleveland, on October The 27, 1945. Lewis, their prize singer from Bismarck, N.D. The following Tuesdav the actives pledged twenty- couple is now in The living Minneapolis. actives and pledges put on a skit, and the one girls, and the alumna: are proud of this ac alumna: on a shadow Birth: put play depicting the high complishment. points in the lives of our tour founders. This In October Fort Collins alumna: were hostesses To Mr, and Mrs. Charles C. Andrews shadow (Delphine play was written and directed by Nell to the city Panhellenic group at the chapter house. Johnston, Beta), a Adelaide, on daughter, August Murfin, We closed our Founders Day meeting with On November 8 we met at Helen Day's lovely new 7, 1945- the candlelighting ceremony commeraorating the home in the country. After dessert and meeting of our we held a short Founders and then Death: founding sorority. Day Service, Our Christmas party was held in the E. G. Mrs. Fred Stover gave us an interesting discus Mrs. Thoraas Cooley Hubbard, Beta home in (Abigail Clapp the form of a buffet supper. We sion of sorae new books and reviewed The White on '97) pased away July 20, 1945 while at the Van had a wonderful attendance. Everyone of us Tower by Jaraes Ullman. Dyke suraraer horae in Maine. Her husband. Dr. entered into the holiday spirit and we ended The actives entertained us all at a dessert party Thomas Cooley, known the nationally pediatrician, evening singing Christraas carols. at the house on Noveraber 29, honoring our Prov died on October 13, 1945. Irene Gunvaldsen, the president of the active ince Director, Louise Wyatt, who was here on her chapter was chosen Homecoming Queen for the official visit. We thoroughly enjoyed being with Eugene N.D,A,C, homecoming. This was the first home the girls, and hope we can get together more coming the college has had since the war started. often. The fall activities of the Eugene alumnae was She honored at a luncheon and presented a For January 12 we are planning a guest tea at chapter were highlighted by a visit from our bracelet by the alumnae group. The actives and the house, and have for our program Phoebe charming province director, Mrs. Clarence J. held pledges the customary open house following Gould Phillips (Theta) of Denver, who will Stevens. We first met Mrs, Stevens at a luncheon the game. review a current Broadway play. The money is to in the Mirror Room of the Eugene Hotel given Irene Gunvaldsen, chapter president, and be applied on the house furnishings. by the alumna: group, Mrs, Stevens a short gave Dorothy Allen, pledge trainer, both seniors in We have lost quite a few members of our talk after which she chatted with us, informally Home Economics were chosen for Who's Who in group, raany of whom have rejoined their now with the desire to see more of leaving everyone American Universities. civilian husbands and returned to their former her. The active chapter then gave an informal Now that the war is over we are again seeing horaes. supper in her honor to which the alumnje group the retum of many of the alumnae who have been Ardis Tilton Scheibley, whose husband returned were invited. The tirae for her departure carae in various parts of the country in Fields or this spring after being liberated from a Japanese far too soon and we are all forward to looking Camps with their husbands. We are for prison camp in the Philippines, is now residing her next visit. looking ward to a very successful New Year. temporarily in Huron, Ohio, Frances Lacy Jenkins Post war have done their bit in plans causing Agnes Stevenson has also left Fort Collins with her husband and us to lose several of our officers. A new president two small sons to return to Bayfield, Colo, Alice has been elected, to Marriages: Margret (Earl) Pennington, White Watson now resides in Albuquerque, N,M,, replace Roberta Bauer who has Louise Darrow to H, O, (Moody) resigned Major Froeschle, April and Elizabeth Kinghom Oakes is not too far away to await the of her husband. Colonel 1, homecoming 1945- in Cheyenne, Wyo, Lamar, Colo,, is once again the Malcolm Bauer, from Our Cummins to Robert Europe. secretary, Mary Tharp, August 1, horae of Elizabeth Hines Wagner and family. Casebeer, has been transferred to Portland. Shirley 1945- Lois May Lear, whose charraing and gracious Our Crescent Suzan Huffaker, has Janice Schnell to Lt. R, W. Martin, October correspondent, presence at meetings will be very much missed, joined the Red Cross and is stationed in Brem 27. 1945- has gone to Washington, D.C. to train for the erton, Wash. We shall miss these and our to Dan many Betty May O'Day Gallager, September foreign service auxiliary. After a two or three other members whose have taken thera from 15. 1945- ' plans months training period she will be assigned to a but we for Eugene, hope the permanent return We she won't Tau and Births: foreign post. hope forget of some and visits from the others. long will keep us enlightened as to her activities. Our have been a corabina Mr, and Mrs. Emmett K. monthly meetings Jeffery (Maxine We miss all these raerabers, but we wish them tion of business and social At the No Schollander), a 6, pleasure. daughter, Janet Kay, August the best of everything, and a very Merry Christ veraber we entertained the of the 1945- meeting pledges mas and a Happy New Year. active with their and Mrs. Chester chapter house president, pledge Ensign Bouten (Charlotte Elsie Gould Smith and house a Chester trainer, raother. Of interest to both Cole), son, Richard, September 3, Birth: pledges and alumna; was a talk given by our fa 1945- vorite story teller, Leila Stafford, concerning the Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Fenwick Atwell (Virginia Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Maryanna Walker, '40), campus and sorority when she was a member Winn), a daughter, Mary Whiting, September 12, a son, Robert Joseph, November 27, 1945. of the local group which was to become Nu 1945- of Gamma Phi and Mrs. Mervin R. chapter Beta. Between our No Ensign Myhra (Esther Hawaii vember a Stevan and December raeetings we were guests Gunvaldsen), son, Robert, November 25, The was of the house at the Founders Day Banquet. Our 1945- 71st anniversary of Gamma Phi Beta Mr. and Mrs. Tobin celebrated the Hawaii aluranae at the Deceraber meeting was held amid holly, red tapers Wesley (Maxine Thome), by chapter and Christmas a son, December Makiki Round home of its carols with the business of maga James Wesley, 6, 1945. charming Top presi dent Maxine ^Vilson We had a zine subscriptions and our Victory Bond Drive Ray (Chi), pot luck Maxine the novel of sprinkled among the holiday spirit. Fort Collins supper. suggested idea We are all each meraber a dish which would be looking fonvard to the new year bringing For our first tall Tau alumna: met for four and in two and our plans for another rummage sale, which get-together enough people addition, at Anne Stewart's suite at the Northern sandwiches. It worked out with the we hope will be as profitable as our last one. Betty beautifully Hotel Darothy (Heck) Olson the last of August to discuss rush week most tempting array of good food! The merabers plans and recommendations. Betty Robertson, our always enjoy the Founders Day meetings because Marriage: rush chairraan, took charge of the meeting and they have such a good time catching up with the us a Virginia Whitelotk to Ernest Hansen, October gave very rosy picture. news of each one. on we had a 6, 1945- Again September 13 rush meeting Although the war is over, the war activities at the chapter house. Evelyn Klinker, rush chair such as the USO and Red Cross which the Fargo man for the active chapter, was present to discuss raerabers have taken an active interest in are still rush party plans. We all were enthused over the continuing, so that we are all as busy as ever. The members of the alumna; new Fargo chapter appearance of the chapter house, which has Maxine gave a report on the chapter's participa have been this fall. fol been very busy Immediately thoroughly transformed outside from an tion in the operation of two Service Women's 58 THE CRESCENT

new health Lounges for Eiili.sed Women in co-operation with (Nu), Jean Austin Smith (Nu), and Martha Brig secretary to the manager ot a large in the USO and ,the Sorority Volunteers, ham Beamer (Chi), Everyone is very proud of clinic. Peggy Patterson Parish is Fayettville. United Election of officers was held with Bclty Boone two of the members who have adopted infant sons. Ark,, as junior chemist for the States Lowson (Mrs, John M,), Mu, being elected presi They are Maxine Ray Wilson (Chi) and Jeanne Geological Survey. the dent, Dorothy Tripp (Chi) is treasurer, Martha Prevost Arnold (Nu), We are eagerly awaiting A Founders Day banquet was held evening Club. Brigham Bearaer (Mrs, P, C, Jr,), Chi, secretary, Martha Jean Midkiff Fitzpatrick's (Lambda) en of Noveraber 12 at the Houston Eleanor and Anna Batten Mitchell (Mrs, Warren), Mu, is listment into the "club," Sloat acted as toastmistress. Dorothy Combs wel comed the new alumns who had from rushing chairman. Martha Brigham Beamer graduated ihe of Texas and S,M,U, last raonth, We were liappy to welcome two new members University Leota Guenard, one of the recent to our alumna; chapter. They are: Betty Brown Marriages: graduates, spoke to the about the active in Austin. Thoma (Mrs, David D,) from Beta Beta, Betty Patti Lynch (Nu) to Lt, John J, O'Connell, group chapter A formal called was held November is a local girl, ihe daughter of Rev, and Mrs, III, USMCR, in New York City, January 2, meeting 20 at the beautiful new home of Mildred Tanner Brown, Betty's husband, Lt, Thoma, is 1945- Doehring in honor of our new director, Bess on duty in Australia while Betty is teacliing Betty Brown (Beta Beta) to Lt, David D, province who was here from Dallas. All alumns kindergarten at Punahou School. Dorothy Weber, Thoma, Phi Sigma Kappa, in Rutland, Vt,, No Sprague, became well with Mrs, our other new member, is from Garama, Her home veraber 4, 1944, present acquainted Sprague her enthusiastic talk about the is in Minnesota. After graduation from the Uni through Province It was decided at versity of Wisconsin she attended the Yale School Births: Directors' Work Shop, our to substitute a Christmas to of Nursing and is now on duty in Surgery at Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mitchell (Anna Batten, meeting party, include active home for the holidays, for Queens Hospital in Honolulu, Mu), a daughter, Martha Lee, January 5, 1945- girls our December Edna Byrd Nelson (Mrs, John) Larabda, is active Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carl Bearaer, Jr. (Martha raeeting, in Red Cross work sponsoring a group ot alien Brighara, Chi), a daughter, Bonnie Caryll, May 7, Barbara Hurley Japanese woraen doing Red Cross work 1945- Betty Raymond Boycott (Mrs, A. R. A.), Major and Mrs, Duward Danielson (Jiraa Engagements: Nu, we are \ery sorry to say, is leaving us for Lynch, Nu), a daughter, Claire Laraar, September Ann Crampton, Alpha Zeta, '43, to Capt. Nor "stateside" probably California. We are certainly 25. '945- man East, M.C. A. U.S. going to miss our ex-president who was one of Mr. and Mrs. Russel G. Sraith (Jean Austin, Barbara Hurley, Alpha Zeta, '44, to Lt. (jg) our most loyal and energetic raembers. Mu), a dauhgter, Lynn Suzanne, Septeraber 30, Paige Greene, U,S,C,G.R. Winona Dyer, Nu, is teaching at Washington 1945- Marriage: Intermediate School. She has been living down at Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Arnold, Jr. Qeanne Pre Lou to Waikiki for the past five years. vost, Nu) adopted a son, John Prevost, September, Johnnie Bace, Alpha Zeta, '45, Jack Meda Arnold (Mrs. Harry L., Sr,), Beta, for '945- .Abbott, Alpha Kappa Kappa. B. Wilson the past four years has been Red Cross can Mr. and Mrs. James (Maxine Ray, doing Birth: teen work at Kaikoo for convalescing service men. Chi) adopted a son, Richard Ray, October, 1945. To and Kaikoo is a private home on Diamond Head that Mary Jane Loy Ellis, Alpha Zeta, '46, has been over to this Kaikoo is Ensign Loyd Ellis, a daughter, Terry Lee, on given purpose. Houston the Hawaiian name for the home and means November 11. rough sea, Meda with a group of other women Our first fall meeting was held September 20 doing this work was decorated by Admiral Nimitz at the attractive horae of Helen Lair, Mildred Indianapolis for her participation in this worthy project. Doehring, alurans president, presided. We voted Barbara Babson Wolfgang (Mrs. F. E.), Chi, to dedicate the flowers for the first meeting of Births: in addition to her painting is teaching at Kai- Panhellenic to Edna Jones, a Gararaa Phi Beta, To Rev. and Mrs. Robert H. Heine (Ruth muki Intermediate School. who is Panhellenic's president this year, Barbara Buchman, Alpha Nu, '38), a son, Stephen Conrad, Dorothy Ann Darling Meredith (Mrs, W, B,), Hurley was appointed to replace Margaret No June 5, 1945. Chi, with her husband and daughter, Leslie, has wotny as Crescent correspondent. To Mr. and Mrs, Paul F, Grubbs (Helen Cross, recently raoved into their pretty new house on Plans were raade for the next ruramage sale. Phi, '27), a son, Stephen Cross, November 29, Portlock Road on Koko Head, They have been Barbara Hurley was appointed chairman of the 1945- very busy landscaping the grounds and in fur sale to be held in October in the city's pic To Mr, and Mrs, Charles F, Price, Jr, (Kathryn nishing their horae in the Hawaiian style. turesque Farmers' Market. Eckert, Alpha Psi, '39), a son, Charles Pierson, our new has a Coffee and cookies were served after the busi Dorothy Tripp, Chi, treasurer, July 19, 1945. secretarial position at Le%vers and Cooke. Her ness meeting. office is located so that we can all pop in to say a The first Panhellenic meeting of the year was Iowa quick Hello. held October 1 at the Houston Museum of Fine City Jean Loring Pearse (Mrs, W, B,), Alpha Epsilon, Arts. Gamma Phi Beta was co-hostess with Alpha Iowa City alumns chapter spent a dormant has been very busy with her two children. She Delta Pi and Kappa Delta. Mrs, Sweeney Doehring summer. This is excepting Marg "Conky" Rehder, is still living in the Nuuanu district. is to be thanked for arranging the beautiful crim of course, who as treasurer of the House Board Carol Wakefield Orne (Mrs, Stanley), Lambda, son rose buds in a silver container, which graced saw to a repapering of the bedrooms of the Rho is head of the speech department at Mid-Pacific the tea table, Mrs, Doehring poured. After tea, chapter house and such other cleaning and re Institute, This summer she visited her parents in a business meeting was held, followed by a charra furbishing as always needs to be done, and in Kodiac, Alaska, whom she had not seen for raany ing talk by Mr, James Chillman, Jr,, curator of stalling a new houseraother, the gracious and in years. We were all very much interested in hearing the Museum, on the Straus collection, recently charming Mrs, Myra Lyons, whose horae is her tell of Alaska. acquired by the museum. Lincoln, Neb. She was a personnel worker at the Sue Ross Johnstone, Eta, is still quite ill and It is with regret that I announce the transfer University of Indiana last year, and has two could not be with us again this Founders Day of Margaret Swett Nowotny's husband to San Garama Phi daughters, so should be well equipped meeting. We all hope that she is well on the Antonio. Margaret was Crescent correspondent to "raother" the Rho girls. a roused us from our as an way to complete recovery. and very active alumna in Houston. September lethargy Helen McNeil, Delta, is the registrar at the An orchid to Dorothy Startzell, a new Gamma organization, however, for rushing was rearing University of Hawaii. Phi Beta, for her splendid job of rushing in its ever-present head. The Iowa City alumns Ruthie Munro, Nu, is working at the Bank of Houston this summer. The active chapter in were given charge of one tea�a Gypsy Tea Hawaii. .Austin announced the pledging of Florence Emery Roora, (I spent one afternoon dripping candles on that a well-directed Betty Bone Lowson (Mrs. John M), Mu, our new and Florene Hardy from this city. bottles until I discovered more realistic bottle nresident is continuing to teach navigation and We are happy to welcome Marian Mulvey electric fan "drips" a rauch zinnias in meteorology at Punahou school. She was happy Black, Alpha Xi, '45, to the fold after her ex than I could.) Colorful tablecloths, tended with radar-bomber and three alurans in neat, but to announce that her husband, Major Lowson, honeymoon, array-style, mugs, gaudy husband Lt. Patrick Black. clothes the decorations. The tea is now being called Mr. Lowson, completed spiced more than Catherine Witte, Lambda, is living on Diamond Our younger Houston alumns have wandered and brownies served had atmosphere, in all directions this Caroline Uhler is in believe me. But Head now and working at Alexander and Baldwin, year: good! to we lured the class over Amy Greenwell, Mu, has returned to Stanford New York City sharing an apartment with Pat In October pledge who has the lead in the new Flossie Rohrbacher Williams' inimitable recrea to complete her course of study there. She was a McClarney, play, a football and� member of the WARDS and a Nurse's Aide, "Girl from Nantucket." The girls were the sub tion room to listen to game why

� in of a recent New Yorli Times about am I about food? We have a "New-Mothers Club" within our jects story always talking incidentally on in barbecued chips, midst, with four legacies, two boys, and one the girls "with the Texas flag boldly hung dulge hamburgers, potato cocoa etc, etc. Confi doubtful. Daughters were welcomed by Anna their door." Mildred McCullough is in Los An salad, trimmings, diveene, down the of when Alan Williaras (age 5 Batten Mitchell (Mu), Jima Lynch Danielson geles, holding important position dentially, young FEBRUARY, 1946 53

months) joined Ihe party, he quite took over, and Doris Bradbury (Kansas) to Sanford A. Skilton, for Minneapolis where Mr, Freeman is connected touchdowns were forgotten, Iowa wasn't making son ot the late Prof. Charles Sanford Skilton of with a dairy carton corapany, ^Ve hear that West and Frances them anyway. Lawrence, Kan,, in Seattle, Wash,, December 30, already Margaret (Mrs, Royce) Events of November included Founders Day� 1944. have found each other and have found mutual a lovely event especially since we were back in interests in addition to Gamma Phi, formals for the first tirae after the war. The Births: .At Clarice (Mrs. Clifford) Hick's horae in the sraooth and in their late fall, we entertained the at our tra girls, looking shining lovely To Lt. Coradr, and Mrs. G. W. Davis, Jr. pledges gowns, conducted the ceremony in the ditional buffet-supper. We were to get to chapter (Peggy Young, Alpha Delta), a daughter. Mar proud room after dinner. know better these offerings Pi has made guerite Elizabeth, bom August 4, 1945. charming The November was at to Panhellenic regular raeeting Mary To Capt, and Mrs, E, W, Crail (Virginia campus leadership. Lee Weiss's the next and if we didn't Perhaps our proudest and most exciting week evening, Arnold, Alpha Delta), a daughter, Shirley Carolyn, transact rauch business, wc did a lot of end of the autumn was the one which get born August 19, 1945, during done! Plans were laid for the Christmas Doris arri\ed to be at the talking To Mr, and Mrs, Donald Duralap (Margaret Plielps guest-speaker at which we will entertain the two actives Panhellenic final banquet in the party Hagstrom, Sigma), a daughter, Phyllis Jean, born Workshop-AVeek's who will this seraester, and also enter Student Union and to remain for our Founders graduate on July 14, 1944, tain ourselves in the Room of the Hotel quite royally. To Dr, and Mrs, Robert Faucett (Mary Mark- Day Banquet Georigan The was saddened the death of Cornhusker. So was Dr. ad chapter by ham, Sigraa), a son, Russell Bartlett, born on impressi\e Phelps' Cora Mae Carson of who had founded dress to the five hundred at the Davenport, August 17, 1944, girls gathered Rho Her leaves us with a sense dinner that I heard words of ot her, for chapter. passing To Lt, (j,g,) and Mrs, A, T, Cook (Jane Mar praise of iraraeasurable loss, for Mrs. Carson never ceased weeks, from students and the few alumns of shall, Sigma), a son, John Albert, born on October to work for Gararaa Phi and she was different sororities who heard her. respected 7, in Kingsville, Tex. and beloved all who knew her. The active new Lincoln residents are Helen Kies- by To Cpl. and Mrs. Walton Kabler (Mary Kath Among and alurans chapter attended in a selback Greene and her husband, Lt. \Vra, chapter body erine Dorraan, Sigraa), a son, Kary Lilburn, born Henry the services held for her in Greene, frora the combat Trinity Episcopal on August 12, 1945. discharged European Church in Iowa conducted the rector and from convalescence at City, by To Mr. and Mrs, E, P, Hancock (Katherine theatre and Camp Carson, Dean Philbrook of whose beautiful Colo, The Greenes lived, for a while, in Colorado Davenport, Cassidy, Sigma) of Higginsville, Mo,, a son, words of tribute to Mrs, Carson's and un Helen is back in a after loyalty David Henry, born on October 8, 1945, Springs. journalistic job selfish devotion to others were so deserved. richly To Mr, and Mrs, O, K. Swope (Virginia Martin, having done iraportant Japanese counter-propa We and all the will raiss Mrs. Carson, radio work on the west coast. sorority Sigma), a daughter, Donna Lynn, bom in Oc ganda script Helen Putnam tober. She is the daughter of Professor Kiesselback of the Also on the To Lt. (j.g,) and Mrs, Gordon Suor (Jane agronomy department. Agricul tural and arc Dr. and Everest, Sigma), a daughter, Jane Ann, born College faculty carapus Kansas Mrs. Donald A. who have three fine children. City December i, 1945. Keys Clarice McDonald to re-affiliate Our prayers vvere answered and the war was To Mr, and Mrs, George Russell (Jean Donahue, Keys proraises with us alurans when these are actually over before the Septeraber Crescent went Sigma), a son, Montgomery Verne, born on Sep lovely girls older. to press. For this we truly rejoiced and it also had tember 15, 1945, also chose a Colorado resi a great deal to do with the raarvelous pledge Betty Jean Kingdora dence when she raarried Artt, cla.sses at Missouri and Kansas, Of course, there recently Sidney Lincoln from the Air Force was a lot of hard work involved, too. The alurans Jr., recently discharged Eighth with officer's rank, Betty's sister is Mrs. A. aided in giving a large rush party for Sigma Lincoln alumns are closing the 1945 calendar Jean Wolf. and Alpha Delta at the end of the summer. year with a "White Elephant" Christmas party Our last three dinner meetings have been held at the home of Mrs, Allen Wilson (Bunnie Lyons). Meta Albrecht Cox watches every raail for letters frora where her Francis, at the University Woraen's Club and we've had In addition to our personal gift-exchange we England husband, is established in the Warlon Technical School little time for anything more than the regular shall contribute jams and jellies for the House business, Laura Frances Cottinghara and Lucille actives. not very far frora London. Meta's brother has re tumed frora combat At about Johnson represented us at the province conference Among last year's girls whom we miss, several European duty. the sarae time came the son of Mr. and Mrs. held at Columbia, Mo, Founder's Day was cele are studying medicine and several are teaching, Cliff also served for brated with a lovely dinner on November 27, A Doris Anderson, with the Oraaha Settleraent (Professor) Hamilton, having some time in France. Frances Hamilton's sister will short prograra of the Candlelight Ceremony and House, came baqk for Founders Day banquet, and be remembered as Howe. She is wel singing followed. The Christmas raeeting was a last year's president, Natalie Neumann, surprised Mary doing fare work in the east. pot-luck supper at Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong's me by appearing at a recent pre-Christraas tea home. given by Dean Verna Boyles for Bernice Miller Among girls we miss arc Wilma and Dorothy, the of and Wm. Avon Fraser. There were several changes of officers this fall. whose responsibility is the Y,W,C,A, of Montevideo, daughters Dorothy are Grinnell and Araes this Mrs. Paul Fisher was forced to resign as president Uraguay, Natalie, like Ava Brorawich, this year's They attending year, but Pi with and come for fre when her husband was transferred to Hartford, president, shows a slight prejudice in favor of helped rushing at home. The Fraser Conn, Her place was filled by the former vice- Latin-Araerican travel. quent holidays greenhouse of their father is a president, Mary Ruth McDonald, The new vice- Two of our girls carae back to school from hobby becoming significant president is Mrs, Gilbert Coen, Virginia Vint has other chapters this fall. The talented Margery Burbank project. Soon, the azaleas will be in a riot of color. joined her husband in Texas and Felice Moore is Ross who has appeared in several draraatic per- blooming Mrs. Clifford now recording secretary and Helen Higday is forraances, spent a suramer at Northwestern, cap Hicks is as active as ever in magazine chairman. Also Lois Moon Garver is tivated, as I used to be when at Illinois, by P.T.A., and, with Mrs. George Rogers and Mar the new member of finance board for Sigma, Epsilon's lively versatility, Phyllis Warren waxes guerite McPhee, Belle Farman, with your corre Some of our men are coraing horae now and equally enthusiastic when Berkeley and Eta are spondent in A.A.U,W. it's a grand sight to see those tweeds again. � mentioned, Phyllis recently lost her mother, Evelyn Stroy edited the Legislative Journal dur the unicameral The new year is now well on its way, but best Doris Dolezal is off in the northwest teaching ing legislative session and con tinues in wishes to our sisters in Garama Phi Beta for a art, Betty Peters and Marguerite Klindt live to her work at the State House, Marvel very happy and successful 1946, gether in Arlington, Va., both with. the Signal Trojan Stroy occasionally visits her and attends Phyllis Wetherill Corps, Katherine Helzer, too, is in the east. a Founders Day or other dinners, Red Cross Home Economics Director and Pan Mary Jean Lauretz has left her Red Cross Engagements: hellenic representative for the District of Colum recreation work in Virginia and is now in Jimmy Hall (Sigma) to Dick Schaffer�to take bia, Oraaha, place in March. At our alumns meetings we have greeted and Jane Trenholm (Mrs, Donald) Lyon has a young Anne Zimraerman (Sigma) to Bob Martin. said farewell to several, Ethel DeYoung Watkins son, Donald, Jr, Lyon, III, and is residing in (Mrs, Philip) spent a Noveraber evening with us Lincoln, Marriages: when our province director, Doris Phelps, was My own activities included serving as one of Joan Hise (Sigma) to F/O David L, Fayman, our honored guest-speaker at the horae of Mary the Volunteer U,S,0, hostesses one evening each U, S, Army Air Corps on October 19, 1945, Beard (Mrs, Kenneth) Snowden, Incidentally, week and offering this fall, a series of book Marjorie Reich (Sigma) to Lt, Wm. Gale Deit- Mary's officer-husband has sent her some choicest review lectures for the fine G,I, Wives' Club which rich on July 14, in Little Church Around the china from his mayoralty near Nuremberg, Ger met for luncheon meetings twice a month, Sin Corner, New York City. raany, Charlotte Perry's husband is back in the clair Lewis' Cass Timljerlane and the very fine Helen Bode (Sigraa and Alpha Delta) to Lt. practice of law with his brother. With reluctance historical romance concerning Jessie Benton and " Robert T. White on December 8, 1945. and genuine regret we said "Au Revoir and Lieut, John Freemont by Irving Stone, Immortal Janet Marvin (Sigma) to Robert Cree on De "Happy Living" to Frances (Mrs, Walter R,) Wife, were the books these women found most cember 27, 1945. Freraan of Tau, who was then soon to be leaving significant. Study of the United Nations' Charter 54 THE CRESCENT

� it was one and of Russia, and my recent undertaking study Cowley), a daughter, in London, July 4, 1945, still talking about it, agreeing that of of the Russian language. To Mr. and Mrs, Allan Mercer (Margaret Ar the raost inspiring and impressive affairs ever Constance Miriam Syford nold, Alpha Omicron, '41), a daughter, in London, held in the Gamma chapter house. To Mr, and Mrs, Ted Hart (Margaret Morris, Principal speaker at the dinner was Miss Carrie a in London, of Wis,, Gamma's beloved London Alpha Omicron, '35), daughter, Morgan Appleton, To Mr, and Mrs, Douglas Macklin (Mary Wiley), charter member and former grand president. a in Sarnia, in her of silk Miss With the cessation of many war activities that daughter, Stunning gown aqua jersey. told about the of the kept our alumns so busy wc are finding more time Morgan founding chapter and about the fine of the woraen who to devote ourselves to purely sorority business. Marriages: qualities it. It is pleasant to find people who were once Dr, Ruth Margaret Vokes (Alpha Omicron, '43) organized Ann Lawton, who is assistant to the dean of very active in sorority work returning to London to Capt, Norvell W, Scratch, woraen at the was the toastmistress. and civilian life. We have had regular raonthly Winnifred Durnford (Alpha Omicron, '44), to university, Also in the were Florence meetings this fall on the first Tuesday of the Donald Wormith (Toronto '41), taking part program Stott Hill month. Lloy Snell( Alpha Omicron, '44) to Glenn Mc Sullivan, Virginia Thayer, Louise Pay- ton Steensland, and Paris. Paris, We had a delightful visit frora our province Fadden (Alpha Kappa Kappa, Western, '46), Julia "Jackie" who looked raost attractive in her Red Cross uni director, Mrs. Sterling Tremayne. The alumns Hazel Craig (Alpha Oraicron, '44) to Jack form with its four bars," has re entertained Mrs. Treraayne at Glen Allen at Ritchie. "Hershey just to Rev turned from two years of service in China and dinner and were very much interested in hearing Iveagh Richie (Alpha Omicron, '44), India. She told the about her mid her tell of the work being done by other chapters. erend Norman Schaus. group perilous over "The Later, the same evening, the rest of the graduate Elizabeth Galbraith (Alpha Oraicron, '45) to night flight Hump." Under the of Carla active chapter had the pleasure of meeting Mrs, Tre Dr. John M. Howes (Alpha Kappa Kappa, West leadership Nolting, chapter Mary Lou Schneider, Lorelei raayne at our sorority house. There were five ern, '45). president, Musselman to Bird, Jean Abel, Cynthia Brown, Laura Ellen tables in play and raany others just "kibitzing," Phyllis (Alpha Omicron, '45) Eulcr, and Howell a raost im The initiation banquet, always a greatly antici Jack Neilson (Alpha Kappa Psi, Western, '46), Sally presented Smith to Founders Day service. pated affair, was a splendid success. We are very Margaret (Alpha Omicron, '36) Major pressive After the dinner we adjourned to the proud to say that twenty-three girls were initi Warren Woods, living to Kenneth roora where we alurans were introduced to the ated. There was soraething contagious in the Billie Dick (Alpha Oraicron, '40) actives and famous And are number twenty-three for the same number ot Marshall, 51 pledges! they to We are all agreed that Garama graduates were present. The end of gas rationing Frances Winters (Alpha Oraicron, '42), Cap soraething! chapter hit "the this An made itself evident in the fact that two of our tain Lome Taylor (Toronto, Xi Phi Psi). certainly jackpot" again year! inforraal program of rausic was by Ann nuraber came from St. Thomas. Two highlights presented Dre and Werrbach and of the banquet were the speech given by Helen Schlimgen, pianist, Mary Los A Connie vocalists, Benson Aselstyne and the singing of the new ngeles Crcsby, Madison alurans were delighted to welcome sorority songs coraposed by the initiates, Helen We of the Los Angeles alumns have been busy back so many alums from other cities. spoke to us about the values of choosing and with the usual summer and fall activities. Among those who retumed were Catherine Foster, Eliza working at a hobby and to give as a concrete Among those were the two colorful Fiesta rush beth Cool Kelly, Betty Koehn Koenig, Mary exaraple she described the fun and amusement parties we give annually for both chapters. Mrs, Roland Bernice � Snoddy Beers, she finds in her hobby genealogy. We never The Beta Alpha chapter had its party at the Coerper, Hunter Hoffman, Eleanor Bliss Clausen, Mildred realized how much fun could be had searching home of Inez Northrop and the Alpha Iota girls Thompson, Betty Perry Lafferty, Hermine Haller through graveyards for the tombstones of ances were entertained at the home of Dorothy Comp Sraith, who has been very ill, Charlotte Peters tors, Helen has found it so engrossing that she has ton. Wilson, LaVon Beck Theurer, Barbara Marshall continued her search at times till long after dark Forraal rushing at both universities was termi Rundell and her mother, Marjorie Bennett Mar with the aid of a flashlight. We are very happy nated very successfully with eighteen pledges at shall, both of whom have just returned to Madison to have Helen in London again for she has ahvays Alpha Iota and eleven pledges at Beta Alpha. from Spokane, Wash,, Janet Monsen Eisele, Mary been one of our most zealous workers. We were The responsibility of Founders Day this year Bartran Hunter, Florence Finnerud Sweeney and glad to see Joanne Boyle at the banquet, too, was assumed by the Long Beach alurans. It was her daughter, Patricia Sweeney Brady, and Joanne is frora Winnipeg and is living here while held at the Beta Alpha chapter house on Sunday, Erica Hurff, The latter, a raeraber of Eta chapter, her husband who was with the R.C,A,F. is at Noveraber 11. Twenty-one chapters were repre has moved to Madison, where her husband, Capt, tending the University of Western Ontario, sented in the candlelight service. Elcy Arnold J. E, Hurff, USN, is comraandant of the new On Founders Day we had a joint meeting with spoke to us about her recent raeeting with the Naval ROTC unit at the University ot Wisconsin. the actives and pledges, Helen Aselstyne and her province directors in Chicago, A forraal tea fol On the day after the banquet, Gamraa chapter husband provided us with most enjoyable enter lowed and was enjoyed by more than one hundred initiated 6 of thera last tainment in the form of movies. Gamma Phis, 19 outstanding girls, year's pledges and 13 of thera upper classmen in And finally, we have a few odds and ends of At this special event the absence of one of the 1945 group. news that we find interesting. A nuraber of our our most loyal and devoted Gamraa Phi Betas The new initiates are Barbara Bailey, Park graduates now living in Windsor have forraed a was noticed and missed. Madam O'Neill's passing Lee N.D.; Marie a Ridge, III.; Baldwin, Fargo, graduate chapter there and have had banquet. on October 2, was a shock to all of us. She has Hefferan, Evanston, III.; Phyllis Kraft, Bismarck, At our last raeeting here we were discussing plans been present at all Gamma Phi functions for many N.D.; Pattie Neilson, Milwaukee; Janet Benn, for raising raoney for the building fund. One years and her particular place will never be Stevens Point; Mary Catherine Cusick, Kansas of our raerabers is raarried to a lieutenant in filled. Madam O'Neill always lighted the candle City, Mo.; Louisa Cushwa, Williamsport, Md.; the Royal Navy and will soon be leaving us to for Gararaa where she was a member in 1902, Patricia Jane Ewell, Madison; Hazel Fryer, Tulsa, raake her home in England. Mary Fraser Mc Our September alumns meeting was a luncheon Marv Pamelia on Okla.; Hinkamp, Milwaukee; Jen Arthur sails for England January 7 and will at the horae of Mrs, Victor Horning, honoring the sen, Ft. Atkinson; Betty Kass, Berwyn, III.; Bette be living in Lancashire. Santa Monica group. The hostesses for the day Belle Lamb, Fond du Lac; Phyllis Nitardy, Pal Catharine Box were Cornelia McMillan, and Margaret Selby Row myra; Elsa Reid, Washington, D.C; Louise Jean McDaniels. The party was well attended and lands, Phoenix, Ariz,, Helen Shepard, Oshkosh, Births: we all had a delightful time. and Jane Ritchay, Wisconsin Rapids. To F/O and Mrs, Blackmore The Orchid Ball committee is working on plans Ralph (Beverley is a ot the late the end of Barbara Bailey granddaughter Omicron, a son, in for the Ball, to be given toward McCullagh, Alpha '40), Elva Hazel is the Wharton is in and Bailey, Epsilon; Fryer daughter Windsor, May 8, 1945, January. Elverdeen charge, of Hazel Houser Fryer, Gamma; and Helen Shep To Dr, and Mrs, Beverley Jewitt (Marie Cope from all signs will make as big a success of it ard is a sister of Gararaa. was Mary Shepard, a in Montreal. this time as she did before the war when she man, Alpha Oraicron, '43), son, Louise Marston To Mr. and Mrs. Morley Thomas (Clara Mc chairman. our future and Candless, Alpha Omicron, '41), a son, in Kingston. We are enthusiastic for plans Marriages: To Lieut, and Mrs. John McArthur (Mary the extension of our charity program, Gertrude Campball Scott Koehn and Lieut. Orlo Koenig, Alpha Fraser, Alpha Omicron, '41), a daughter, in Betty 1 in Wis. London. Tau Omega, on September Sheboygan, in Sauk Wis. To Dr. and Mrs. Edward Taube (June Bu Now at home City, Madison Ruth Lenz and Vollrath, Delta Kappa chanan, Omicron, a son, in London. Jacob Alpha '39), at on Noveraber in Monroe, Wis, Now To Mr. and Mrs. Duff Butterill (Betty Walker, More than 150 alumns, actives, and pledges Epsilon, 9 in Wis, Alpha Omicron, '42), a son, in Toronto, tumed out for Gamma chapter's gala forraal horae Sheboygan, Patricia Madison and Charles D, Geckler on To Mr, and Mrs, Chester Yake (Helen Clarke, banquet on Noveraber 15, celebrating Founders of Noveraber 10 in Lakewod, Ohio. Alpha Omicron '30), a daughter, in London. Day and the 60th anniversary of the founding Alice Robinson and Edward P. Alteraeier, Jr., To Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wright (Blanche the chapter. And everyone who was there is FEBRUARY, i 946 55

Phi Gamma Delta, on November 3 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wis. Couple will reside in Milwaukee. Minneapolis Mildred Rowlands and Nelson on No Jerome It was the pleasure of the Milwaukee Alumns Minneapolis alumns chapter begins its 1945-46 in vember 3 Waukesha, Wis. At horae in Cin to have as our guest at our first fall meeting, season with renewed energy and high heart. It is cinnati, Ohio. Virginia Stearns Frederick, Gamma, '30, Mrs, wonderful to ha^e the fighting over, all the sons Margaret Stroud and Lieut, Emest Howard Frederick (j.g.) has spent the greater part of the last and brothers and young husbands returning! Hixon on October 23 in Io%va Iowa. At home ten City, years in Singapore and Tientsin, and told us Although we never gave up our monthly buffet in California. of her � interesting experiences living there. Await supper meetings at homes of membei-s in spite Schaetzle and Alfred in � Janet John Tempter ing passage back, Mrs, Frederick is on the west ot scarce ration points and no help with dishes! Iowa. coast ready to join her husband who is now- we are now enjoying them more than ever. Florence and Delta Vellenga John Spindler, working with a British-American Oil Commis Officers ot the year have begun their work Upsilon. sion in China, raost efficiently. They are: Eleanor Evenson Boor Joan Youmans to Victor Carl Fall Hamm, Alpha rushing reports brought the good news man, president; Marjorie Anderson Adams, sec Delta Phi, in Waukesha, Wis. At horae in Mil that five Milwaukee girls pledged at Gamma retary; Millicent Lees Hoffraan, treasurer; waukee. chapter: Patricia Barth, Mary Hinkamp, Jane Barbara Daley Ruud, alurana adviser. Sara Diener and Richard E. Ruxton on Jane Kenney, Kathryn Kieckhefer, and Joanne Meyer. The first forraal raeeting was held on October December in 111. 15 Elmhurst, Because the girls from Menomonee Falls, Wis., loth at the horae ot Mrs. W. W. Bardwell. Here attend our meeting, we also claim we heard the reports on rushing. Our pledges, Engagements: Margaret Rotherrael ot the pledge class, Nancy Kuehn, %vho pictures you saw in the Deceraber Crescent Roberta Collins to Ben C. Phi Gamma Ryder, daughter ot Isabelle Kuehn one of our alurans, and who are just as nice as they look, are a Delta. Roberta is a stewardess with United Air is a Garama Phi pledge at Lake Forest College, source ot great pride and pleasure. They are lines. Welcorae to these newcomers! also a testament to the patience, cooperation and Wineman and Jane Trauth. hard hours of work our Maj, Royce Our secretary's roll call at the opening raeeting long ot combined rushing Patricia Skadland and Frank Hull. chairmen� Erdall Warner and Barbara mentioned some new merabers ot our group: Jane Joan Daley Ellen Schwandt and Roger Perry. Ruhnke, Gamma; Mrs, H, Beaumont Potter, Ruud and active Mary Lou McLear. Reinette and Arthur Phi Sprackling Hrobsky, Epsilon; Mrs, William Luderaann; Virginia Gra The rushing situation at Minnesota is a most Delta Theta. hara, Epsilon, a rejoin; and Lucy Spence Murphy unhappy one. Would you care to hear about it? Werrbach and William I. Beta Mary Doll, back from Mills College to head the occupational ... We are on the third year ot a quota system Theta Pi. therapy departraent at Downer College. set up by the college Panhellenic�with the main and Meryle Lieut. Lawrence W. of the of newer Engelbrecht Looking ahead tor the year, we plan to hold purpose bringing up strength the Rasmussen. our and weaker The old again white elephant sale araong our group groups. houses, particularly to continue for veterans' those which have initiated Births: knitting squares afghans consistently tour-year and to buy war bonds to our individual capacity girls, have of course the smallest quotas. The list to Twins, Mary Elizabeth and Barbara Ann, ot rushees held was not less than our A varied program for each meeting is being i 1,000 names; Beers on 12, own Mary Snoddy February 1945. novated this spring with Anne Stresau as chair group of sisters and daughters alone totalled A Kathleen to Grinde daughter, Ann, Jean man. 22. Our quota was 15. on Derrick How we July 25. Bernice Hunter Hoffman who hasn't missed a much wanted these others you can A daughter, Janet Ellen, to Rueth and how "heartbreaks" the arbi Rosemary Founders Day banquet at Garama chapter in many imagine; many Lachenmaier on Septeraber 14. years told us ot that celebration and provided trary set-up has caused us all. However, the whole A son, Evan Lunde, to Elsie Lunde matter is Jacobson. a link with the actives for the alurans who were being "re-negotiated" during this year; A son, Peter Van to Van Brunt Brunt, Virginia unable to attend. Our own service at the Novem and sentiment is so overwhelmingly against the Fossel. ber raeeting, simple as it was, seemed all the present quotas that we are confident there will A son, Patrick, to Kathleen Mcintosh Ahem, be sorae more impressive as tall tapers were lighted in change for the better. Eleanor Boorman A son, William to Susan and Barbara are our Hardy, Hardy Heaney, loving memory ot our tour founders and in the Ruud representatives on the A son, Mark, on to Ruth alumns John August 29, 1945, mystic circle, we renewed our pledge to all our advisory group of Panhellenic. Fuhrman, Wiggers sisters in the bond ot Gamma Phi Beta. We have a new housemother, Mrs. Wm. A. A to Gardner daughter, Margaret Mary, Mary Scudder, who came to us frora the Kappa Kappa Sullivan on September 15, 1945, Elise Bossort Bell Gamma House at University ot Utah. The house

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Chapter Ofl5ce I Hold Members in service and service wives: If you can supply a permanent address, you will be more certain of receiving your CRESCENT. 56 THE CRESCENT board and active chapter had a tea for her in Our chapter continued lo serve Sunday teas departed to act as London manager for Ihe Grant September and we all found her very chainiiiig. at the Merchant Navy Officer's Club until it was Advertising Co, They are more fortunate than On November 13th we celebrated Foniideis closed in November. The members are filling raost people who come to New York�Mr. Kerby Day with a birthday supper at the house, aboul dilty bags for the seamen and also supplying had already found a home at 2 Devonshire Street, which you will probably read in another column, Christinas baskets to the poor. Peggy Doran London Wi. Ruth Phillips, our new province director, was Shorthall, who has supervised the ditty bags for Marguerite Samuels reports these changes in our with us that night; and on another evening had many years, is now living in Toronto, We shall membership: Natalie Johnston has left for Wash dinner with our executive board. We would have miss her at our meetings but we rejoice with her ington, D.C, Margaret Hulbert Marble (Mrs. liked so much to have had a real meeting with on the safe return of her husband and wish her Kenneth B.) is now in Aurora, III., Jean Caldwell her, but her time was very full. She is under happiness in her new home. has gone to the Orient with Red Cross recreation, standing and analytical, besides being such a During rushing week we helped at the teas Peggy Brugler has gone to Bethlehem, Pa., lot of fun. She will always find a warm welcome and at the "closed date" party on October 24 Frances Gowing Chamberlain (Mrs. Bruce) leaves in Minnesota, at the home of Orian Stewart, Guessing games soon for Seattle, Wash. Marjorie Mann Yarger was hostess at her were played and the rushees had their characters November brings Founders Day�and a contri mother's home in Rolling Green for the Decem read by a handwriting expert, Mrs, Richard bution at least equaling your age! So there are ber meeting. It was a Christmas-card-picture of a Marven, our province director, visited Alpha Tau still many tiraes when youth is desirable; but night; and a large meeting convened, with much during rushing week. not in the growth of our sorority. Our own planning for the new year. There are a rummage Miss Gooding was here for the November meet past president of the Grand Council, Laura sale and a bridge benefit coming up before Easier; ing before which our president, Margaret Mc Latimer Graham, made us feel again the wealth we have to make some money to send delegates Bride, entertained her at dinner at Chez Ernest, and variety ot Ihe characters of our founders as to this long-awaited convention in June, Maybeth The pledges were introduced to the alumns she lighted candles in their honor, and from their Skograo Wickersham will be in charge ot the before the Founders Day ceremony which was glowing candles, as each chapter was named and Town Mothers luncheon on or near Valentine's conducted with traditional dignity, Refreshraents, an outstanding merit noted, another candle was Day, to which the actives always look forward. afterwards, included an elaborately decorated cake lighted. Members from over twenty chapters were At the January meeting, which will be at Helen inscribed with the dates 1874-1945, present, with Alpha and Gamma leading in the Lovell Randall's, we hope to have St, Paul alumns The initiation was held at the Alpha Tau number represented. Much credit goes to Oenia with us, and Barbara Clark, assistant to the apartment on Saturday, December 8, At the ban Payne Bradley, who was the chairman, in se Dean ot Women, will be our guest. She will talk quet that evening at the Windsor Hotel the fol curing Ihe Grosvenor Hotel. Our president, Ruth over these trying Panhellenic problems with us� lowing initiates were guests: Helen Harris, Betsy McLaren, was toastraistress, introducing ourjwo rushing, housing, etc. By the way, there are Hay, Joan Hooper, Elizabeth Johnson, Damaris special guests: Evelyn Gooding, traveling secre interesting first steps being taken towards acqui Owen, Paraela Stethem. Elizabeth, Damaris and tary, who spoke to us on loyalty and raade it sition of suitable land and plans tor larger houses Helen are "veterans." Shirley Cole was toast seera a vital part ot our sorority life, even if we in the not-too-distant future by the "loth Avenue mistress. were no longer in an active chapter; and Mrs. Group"�Theta, Kappa, Alpha Phi, Tri Delt Elizabeth Johnson was awarded the guard for Richard Marvin, who extended her greetings as and Gamraa Phi. We are even about to tax our the highest pledge standing. director of Province I. selves to employ a lawyer and an architect! The toasts were: Eleanor Culton Hines again is urging us to And so good-bye; and a Happy New Year to To the University�Grace Doherty. buy Bonds, and if our response equals her zeal, you all. To the Pledges�Elspeth Rankine with response our record will be glorious. Sara P. Finley by Helen Harris, who described each active girl Our raeetings as planned for Deceraber and Marriage: cleverly in rhyme. January are purely business and social. But To the Alumns�Janet Campbell with response for February every loyal Gamraa Phi in or near Dorothy Brooks, Minneapolis, to Charles Jarvis, by Mary Osborne Manning. New York City is urged to join us in our Benefit Minneapolis, on November 24, 1945. Mr. Jarvis To Ihe Sorority�Diana Browne. Bridge so that Ihe convention at Bretton Woods is now serving his internship at Tacoma, Wash. The initiation dance was held at the home of may be all we wish it to be. Births: Ann and Catherine Ekers in Outremont. Ruth Burgard Marv Maclear Gibb Mr. and Mrs, Richard G, Brierley (Margaret Marriage: a Martha Gail, on Bell Morrison, '42, to Lieutenant Jean LaLone), girl, September Marriages: Jean Alpha 16, 1945. Roger Gorham Moreland, Psi Upsilon, Syracuse Norah Eunice McLean to William Philo Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farmer (Virginia Porter), Capt. '38, in New York on November 17, 1945, Clark U, S. October 20, boy, David Yates, on April 16, 1945, Army (Alpha Delta) 1945, at Montreal West United Church, Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Lykken (Ruth Finch), Norman to Russel Laurence on Sat boy, Henry Gillman III, in June, 1945. The Betty Murray Boyd December 8, in Ottawa. Norman is to make a Lykkens recently moved from Sharon, Pa., to urday, 1945, alumns always glad report on activities of Psi chapter. Our regular raonthly Minneapolis. Births: Mr. and Mrs, Peterson (Ki Morris), girl, meetings have been well attended and we all On to Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Pamela, September 11, 1945, enjoy the Garama Phi fellowship which always Whitehead a David Mr, and Mrs, Sarauel H, Rogers (Margaret (Dorothy Kimball), son, prevails. We lent a helping hand in rush activi Gerald. ties and were to welcome Pingar), girl, Elizabeth Ann, on February 17, proud help twenty-one On 14, 1945, to Mr, and Mrs. to our '945- Septeraber pledges group. Howard a alumns Mr, and Mrs, Jaraes Kelly (Justine Deutsche), Pope (Margaret McBryer), daughter, It has long been a tradition of Norman to a in honor of the new boy, Forrest James, in September, 1945, Virginia Margaret. give spaghetti supper On October 6, to Mr, and Mrs, T, A, C. October Mr, and Mrs, Tom Hartley (Mary Lou Miller), 1945, pledges. The supper this year was given Sinclair (Olive Dawson), a daughter, Susan Blythe, 8 at the home of Mrs. Lois Waller with the new son. Tommy, on September 4, 1945, a sister for Anne and Peter. Katherine Mr, and Mrs, Royce West (Margaret Walker, house raother, Mrs. Christine Smith, On Noveraber to FI. Lt. and Mrs. of Ihe active Ander Pi), daughter, Vicki May Lou, October 20, 1945, g, 1945, Hart, president chapter, Billy Charles a trainee and Mr, and Mrs, Frank McDonald (Virginia Pet Manning (Mary Osborne), daughter, son, vice-president, Jean Hill, pledge Elizabeth Ann. Walters ters), daughter, Virginia Ann, in April, 1945: twenty-one pledges attending. Jonclle On Deceraber 5, 1945 to Capt. and Mrs. David Luttrell, our president, and Nancy Barberii pre Death: Spielman (Kay Skinner), a son. sided at the table. The evening was spent in To Lt, and Mrs, Patrick better and in Mrs. George Brimhall (Margaret Knight), John (Bunty Thom), becoming acquainted singing sorority a daughter. Noveraber 22, 1945, at Redwood City, Calif., of songs. members celebrated heart attack, Ihe active and alurans New York Founders Day with a banquet given at the chapter Montreal house. A turkey dinner was served to fifty mem October always finds the New York alurans of bers and pledges and twenty alumns members. At the September meeting of Montreal alumns Garama Phi Beta anxious to greet each other and An effective candle service commeraorating the chapter, we celebrated the fourteenth birthday of find out what has happened of unusual interest founding of Gamma Phi Beta was most impressive Alpha Tau at the home of Margaret Collip Mc during the sumraer, Oenia Payne Bradley was our as well as the inspirational talk given by Eugenia Bride, We were happy to have with us Kay Skin hostess at her horae in Great Neck, Our joy in Kaufman, assistant professor of modern languages ner Spielraan who has been overseas on transport meeting was dampened when Ruth Dunaway at the University of Oklahoma. She also pre duty with the Canadian Red Cross, Plans for Kerby announced it would be her last meeting sented gifts of recent books to the chapter library the rushing season were discussed and then with us for a few years, as she was waiting for from Ihe Oklahoma alumnae. Another presentation was awarded to Alpha Tau's birthday cake was cut with due transportation lo London, where she would join made by Eugenia the Owl ring, for Ihe most ceremony. her husband, Philip Kerby, who had already Mary Camp showing improvement FEBRUARY, 1946 57

in On scholarship. The ring is an annual award raade June 27th we gave a bridge tea at the Authority raedical examiner for this area. She is to the in has raised her home of girl the chapter, who Dorothy Brown Bryant's father for all also working on an endowraent for a chair of the grade average Ihe most. local active girls home on vacation. Humanities at Scripps College. We do miss Delia Brunsteter Owl who is on In October there were two rushing parlies in Pat Smith Tomaso is a raember of the Pasadena leave of absence from her duties as instructor of which we were very interested. One was a rush Red Cross Motor Corps. Recently she was a French at the University, and we are looking tea for the Beta Alpha chapter at the lovely bridesraaid in Juanita Gossman's wedding. forward to her being with us again, soon, home ot Janet Goeser Simmel. A centerpiece of Helen Lucas Wilfong and Lt, (j.g.) Eda Nelson (Psi) is rapidly becoraing pink camations was used on Ihe table. Over Helen Ward Maxon acquainted with alumns work, as she has just 40 rushees were invited. Births: elected alurans adviser for the active been chapter, On the following Sunday we assisted the Alpha To Corp, and Mrs, G, S, Hoffman (Mary Lou Eda has been in the service three and has Iota with a rush a years chapter patio party at the estate . Lake), son, Gregory Skiles, August 27, 1945, been transferred to ot Helen recently NATTC, Norman, Rohne Whittier. It was all very informal, To Mr, and Mn, Jack Kinney (Lucille Engsel), from New York We are raost fortunate in with City, everyone taking part in sorae sport such as a son, Frank Rogers, Septeraber 28, 1945, her with us. having badminton, ping pong, or swimming. Marriage: We were so to welcorae Lt, Esther glad (j,g,) Pasadena celebrated Founders Day with an Juanita Gossman, Mu, to John Pollock, October at our Founders celebration. Osberg (Delta) Day evening social meeting at the horae ot Ruth 26, 1945, Stanford Chapel, Palo Alto. Esther is also stationed at NATTC. Hutchinson Slater. Patricia Hellweg and Ruth Death: Oklahoma was Slater us University's homecoming game led in group singing of many Gararaa Frances Stowell Keninitzer, Eta, August 14, November and it was played Saturday, lo, like Phi songs. The Carnation Cereraony was used, 1945- Puilla old tiraes seeing Hodges Hill (Psi) and and Ruth Ann Loxley was in charge ot the Ruby Moffett Eagleton (Psi,) decorations. This was followed by bridge and are in Philadelphia Srailes order for Helen Phillips Skinner refreshraents. A silver oftering was taken during and Jonelle Walters Luttrell, as Major Jaraes the evening. The Philadelphia alurans chapter has been Ihe Skinner, husband of Helen, arrived November 28 With the war now over, we are looking toward busy knitting and sewing baby artiples for and Countries. from overseas, Lt, (j.g.) Jack Luttrell, hus an even raore active year ahead of us. Salvage Sewing Committee for Liberated band of Jonelle, is expected home December 15, The Pasadena Area Panhellenic Association is We have over 250 finished garments to dale. Bess was held at the horae of Mrs, Sprague, province director from sponsoring four lectures this year, and the pro The first fall meeiing Dallas, Tex,, visited the Norman chapter from ceeds will go toward a scholarship fund. Any Martha Hough in Yeadon. It was suggested that December 3 to Deceraber 7, Wednesday, Decera college girl in this area will be eligible 10 apply we concentrate on getting raagazine subscriptions ber 5, a coffee was given by the active chapter, for a loan from this fund, 10 help raise funds for a rushing party. In addi honoring Mrs, Sprague, Members of the Norraan Catherine Durrell Compton is with her hus tion to this it was decided to have a "Husbands' alumns group were guests. The actives enter band in Annapolis where he is in the graduate Party" on Noveraber 17th with the object of tained us with a varied musical prograra. Fol school. Her spare tirae is devoted to the Canteen having a social time as well as raising money. A lowing this, our regular monthly raeeting was and Horae Service Corps ot the Red Cross, committee was appointed with Kay Krueger as held and we did enjoy becoraing better acquainted Just before the war Morna Scott Nock and her chairman and Eleanor Kennedy co-chairman. with Mrs, Sprague. husband and their four children were evacuated In October we raet in Overbrook with Virginia Opal Belle Wilson frora Korea where he was engaged in Ihe oil Hildreth as our hostess. At that meeting Marcia business. Now they are all anxious to return Spaeth was appointed Victory Bond Chairraan Birth: to Korea and it proraises to be soon, to succeed Gertrude Shellenberg who is raoving A daughter, Demaris, to Francis Atwater Lind Barbara Stevens Wilcox, who is news editor of from our district to Florida. loff (Psi), in Fayetteville, Ark. Ihe Arcadia Tribune, took a leave of absence to Gertrude Shellenberg received a vote ot thanks visit her husband at Fort Benning, Ga, He was for the grand job she did as War Bond Chairraan Palo Alto scheduled to be sent to Europe for the Array of and also tor her assistance in many ways. We Occupation. shall miss her. Cordelia Rutherford who was an active partici Gov. Warren has recently appointed Hazel Our Founders Day celebration was held on pant in the affairs ot Palo Alto alurans during Reeves Meyer's husband to be a judge of Ihe Tuesday evening, Noveraber 6th at the home of the war years while she waited out the conflict Municipal Court in Los Angeles. Kay Krueger in Wynnewood. An effort was made which had made her husband Col. Dorsey Ruther Mary von Schrader Garton is now assisting Dr. to reach all Gamraa Phi alurans living in the ford, USA a veteran of Bataan and a prisoner of Vincent Flynn, who is the Civil Aeronautics Philadelphia district. We %vere pleased at the the Japanese in a carap in Manchuria, has raoved to Ontario, Calif., to make her home with Col. Rutherford, Until his actual release she had had

no word from hira or about hira since the fall of Bataan, At Christmas they welcomed their son Bob an array captain who was horae from the in Tomcli with Gamma Phi Beta Philippine campaign. Two other sons are in Keep service. Book .' Kate Snitjer has raade her third sale to the Dr. Song $1.00 ? Christian radio series, with her play "Mission Life International Alumnae Dues $5.00 ? Accomplished" which was broadcast over Station Annual Dues KQW Ihe day after Christmas. Friends gathered 5>.oo ? that evening at the J. A. Roberts home to hear Annual Camp Tax $1 .00 ? the play. The Crescent�Annual ? Jane Donald, Stanford '44, is the campus Subscription $1.50 columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle where Alumnae Life she covers news of all the colleges and universities Subscriptions in the Bay area. Before her graduation, Jane was Ages Ages associate editor of the Stanford Daily. 25-35 $20.00 Cash 45-55 $10.00 Cash Kate Snitjer 35-45 15.00 Cash 55- 5.00 Cash Birth: lists close November and and To Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Swendseid (Loretta Mailing August 15, 1, January 15 April 1, or cannot be dated back. Holt, Alpha Beta), a daughter, Susan Margaret, subscriptions (new renewals) July 18, 1945. Make all checks payable to "Gamma Phi Beta" and mail them to Central Office of Gamma Phi Beta, Suite 2230, Civic Opera Bldg., Pasadena 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago 6, Illinois With the year 1945 coraing to a close, the Your name Pasadena alurans chapter looks back on a busy and interesting year. Address In April several ot our merabers attended a most interesting Workshop at the Alpha Iota Chapter house. It was nice to raeet representatives frora some of our neighbor alumns chapters and to hear what they are doing. 58 THE CRESCENT

turnout of from 16 We and Frances representatives chapters. presided McGill, Nu, was mistress good to see so many who had been away for to of the newcomers will be able to attend of hope many ceremonies, Mrs, John G, Dundore, Jr, long. It was loads of fun renewing old acquaint our meetings regularly. (Genevieve Clancy, Nu), president of Portland ances. Many went to the football game following After a buffet supper, we participated in a Panhellenic, was speaker of Ihe evening. Appro the luncheon. The alumns who were able to Founders in Day ceremony celebration of the 71st priate decorations were arranged by Mrs, D, C, attend the "Wolves Frolic" were extremely proud of our birthday sorority. Burkes (Genevieve Johnson, Larabda). Four of of their active sisters who put on a very clever and The chapter was honored by the presence of the younger alumns under the direction of Mrs. original skit. Mrs, Richard Marvin, our province director, Mrs, George Zollick (Dorothy Shaw, Chi), marked the "Ihe alurans were hostesses to the actives and Marvin us an and gave interesting informative occasion with fitting ritual. the pledges at a social given on the regular raeet talk about Grand Council's and about the are plans We aniicipating future interesting events ing night in October. Bridge and "Cooty" were recent she had "Workshop" attended. Everyone in our Gamma Phi circle as the months progress. the diversion ot the evening. Prizes were given was to have this of present happy opportunity Virginia Evans Miles for both games. After the games refreshments Mrs, Marvin, meeting were served and everyone sat around chatting In December we met at the home ot Eleanor Marriages: 3nd getting acquainted with our lovely group of in Penfield Downs, Kennedy Enthusiasm ran high Margaret Laura Rawson, Nu, to Lt, Thomas pledges and actives. as we discussed the "Husbands' held Party" at the Gannon on October 14, 1945 in Portland. Founders Day was observed in November with attractive home ot Miriam Chalfont on November Elizabeth Anderson Gauld, Lambda, to George the alumns chapter and active chapter joining There was and for " 17th. dancing games everyone Milton Donaugh on November 4, 1945 in Van in a "dessert hour at the chapter house. and we sold refreshments, Gararaa Phis and their couver, Wash. The alumns group is trying to bring a closer husbands and friends were invited, and the parly relationship between the pledges and themselves successful both and proved financially socially. Births: whereby we have started a "Big Sister" plan. Plans were discussed for a "Down Town" having Each is to have an alumns meraber for a To Mr. and Mrs. Walter H, Evans, Jr, (Sally pledge group raeeting once a month at a restaurant in sister. Once a month the alurans will Holloway, Nu), a on big get the center of the daughter, Eraily Holloway, city. This would enable more in a with their "Little Sisters" Septeraber 30, 1945, together group Gamraa Phi5 to attend as is raeetings, it often and each sister will take it herself to be To Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Martindale, Jr, (Helen big upon diffictdt for some to reach homes in the suburbs with her little sister when the arises Burns, Nu), a son, Peter Hall, on 18, opportunity without an automobile. September for a show�a ball � � 1945- perhaps game shopping eic. Our has a president, Jean Fireng done splendid The first social under this was a luncheon To Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Cress (Sibyl Lou plan of and has done rauch to job leadership keep held at the Club Fortune on December 8. It was a King, Nu), a Catherine Warren, on our and daughter, chapter busy interested, success. The are September 18, 1945. huge pledges quite impressed Genevieve D, Rile with an alurans member a To Mr. and Mrs, Julian R, Smith (Barbara having for "big sister," Marriage: Leiter, Nu), a daughter, Jennifer Louise, on The Bond drive is on and we are August 4, 1945, Victory Marcia to K. Ryan (Zeta '45x) Ensign Philip to over the as we have done in the To Mr, and Mrs. George W. Storey (Mary working go top Spaeth on July 4, 1945. War Bond drive. Reynolds, Nu), a son, James E,, on August 8, Two charter members ot Gamma were in Birth: 1945- Alpha town in To Mr, and Mrs, K, Neill Lou Deceraber visiting alurans sisters. They To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lewis James (Betty (Helen Denraan, were Mrs. Thelraa Bradshaw Bedell, frora Santa Swart, Nu), a son, James K,, Jr,, on September 8, Alpha Upsilon, '38) a son John Denman, bom Paula and Mrs, mother of 1945- Jaraes Odbert, Mary October 14, 1945. To Mr. and Mrs. William W. Barendrick and Lenore Hill Moore, also raerabers of Gamma Phi Beta, (Elizabeth Wright, Nu), a son, Stephen Michael, Portland Verl.\ Champagne McDowell on September 4, 1945. Since the war is it is to see To Mr, and Mrs, Dale Slusher Clarkson, over, pleasant raany (Sally Birth: of our forraer alurans, who have been raaking Nu), a son, Williara Dale, on October 20, 1945. To Mr. and Mrs, Frank Tomsick homes elsewhere, returning to our monthly raeet To Mr. and Mrs. Williara Furnish (Elna John (Vivian a a Williara on Williams), daughter, 1945. ings which were resumed in September, son, Nu), son, Jeffers, October 17, August, Rushing activities highlighted the autumn, and 1945. Marriage: we are happy with the pledges at both the Uni To Lt. and Mrs. Burwood Petersen (Barbara versity of Oregon and Oregon State College, At Herron, Chi), a daughter, Mardi Victoria, April 4, Phyllis Steinheimer to Harvey H. Frye, Novem ber Oregon, three Portland daughters were pledged 1945- 24, 1943, She had been a Corporal in the who are Julie Holraan, Mary Margaret Dundore Marine Corps and he was in the Seabees, and Jean Dodson, Another daughter, Nancy Buell Reno from Lakeview, was pledged at Nu and a sister, Sacramento Jean Clare Swift frora Salem, was pledged at The Reno alumns gathered at the chapter Chi, house in Septeraber for their first fall meeting. We continue to hold our meetings at the During the summer, four ot Portland's younger Everyone was pleased with the appearance of the various homes with a dinner first followed by the girls were sent to caraps through the campships house after the thorough cleaning and painting business and much chatter. We are gathering granted by National Camp funds. jobs. Both the upstairs and downstairs rooms materials to send to hospitals for handicraft Of recent interest to her many friends is the had been repainted. Mrs. Seamon, our gracious work, aiding in bond drives and individual mem news of the election ot Beatrice Locke Hogan, Nu, housemother had made sorae changes in her bers are still doing volunteer jobs, such as U,S,0, formerly ot Portland, as national coraraander of rooras. She brought in her own furniture and is as and Red Cross and Girl Scouts. the Women's Auxiliary of Disabled American cozy as a "bug in a rug" in her quarters. She has Edna Lehnder returned frora Hawaii where she Veterans, Now a resident ot Cincinnati, Ohio, a knack for ananging things in just the right was a raeraber of the W,A,R.ds and we are glad Mrs, Hogan was very active in Portland Gamma way. to have her back. Phi and served a terra as Director of Province VI, Mrs. Wilcox, in behalf of the Mothers' Club, Two new merabers are welcomed, Mrs, O. H, Shirley Huntington, Nu, has gone to Washing presented the alumns chapter with a gift that she Close, (Gladys) of Mu and Beverly Porter Rauh ton, D,C,, recently to take training for Red Cross has treasured for raany years. It was a beautiful of Alpha Epsilon. overseas service. She is the daughter of Mrs. mirrored bracket which held two miniature chalk Betty Sirapson was raarried and is now Mrs, Hollis Huntington (Marjorie Kay, Nu) of Salem. figures which Lula Hawkins Bargetta (Alpha Wilton Whileraore, In October, Mrs, Clarence Stevens, Director of Garama) had carved while going to school. "The Dorothy Price announced her engageraent at a Province VI, who soon became "Billie" to us as chalk figures had been given to Mrs. Wilcox recent tea to Lt, Thoraas O, Kem ot Cottage to her friends elsewhere, was with us briefly. who kept them all this tirae. The Mothers' Club Grove, Oregon. They will be married March 3rd. Those who were so fortunate to meet her found had them put in glass tubes and bought the Merabers of Sacraraento alurans of Gamma her a raost pleasant and understanding person. bracket for thera. This gift was appreciated Phi Beta sorority, celebrated the 71st anniversary Members of the board met with her to have greatly and adds to the many other historic things ot the founding of the organization with a dinner at the University Club, Later we all dis of interest in the house. Founders Day breakfast, November iilh at the cussed with her the pertinent issues facing Gamma The alumns chapter turned out well for the Portals. The local unit also comraemorated its Phi today. tall pledging and the formal dinner afterward eighth anniversary as an affiliate alumns chapter. Founders Day was observed by fitty Portland which was given at the Riverside Hotel. A program was arranged by Miss Alice Moyna alumns following dinner at the Bohemian "Homecoming" was the highlight in October. han, vice-president and program chairman. She Restaurant, November 14, Arrangements for the The actives put on a delightful luncheon in was assisted by Mrs. W. B. Kuhrt and Mrs. occasion were raade by Mrs, Wal.ter Holraan honor of the alumns chapter. There was a very Douglas Kerais. The principal speaker was Mrs. (Janice Parker, Larabda), Our president, Mrs, good attendance. Many alurans raembers from Gladys Close giving personal characteristics of the Elmer F. Peterson (Dorothy Cockerline, Chi), various parts of the state were there. It seemed four founders. FEBRUARY, 1946 59

Members were Mrs. Emil Ott, conducted present Jr., presi Paula, the installation ceremony. Mrs. son, Mrs. R. Boone, Miss Betty Bull, Miss Sally Mesdames W. B. dent, Upton, Philip Jacobs. Savage served as grand president ot Gamraa Phi Burbank, Mrs. W. H. Bray, Miss Marv Castater, Robert Kuhrt, Joseph Kane, Murphy, Harold Beta in 1905, after her graduation from Boston Mrs. Weller Curtner, Mrs. H. E. Fraumann, Silk, O. H. Close, R. H. M. Wilson, James Hayes University in 1902, and is well known locally tor Mrs. Raymond Ehrhardt, Mrs. G. F. Gephart. and O. B. and the Misses Hayes Edna Lehnder, work in the Federation of Women's clubs, of Mrs. John C. Gray, Mrs. Robert L. Haffner, Miss Griffith, Price and which she is at Margaret Moynahan, Dorothy present the county extension Cynthia Keyes, Mrs, Thomas McCarthy, Miss Era Blair. Betty chairman. Her presence added the right note of Loomis, Mrs, John K, McConeghy, Miss Edith Mary M. Hayes to solemnity the lovely candle light ceremony McLellan, Miss Margaret Mead, Mrs, G, C. Miller, in the gold roora of the El Paseo, Santa Barbara. Mrs. \V. A. Patterson, Miss Evelyn Haydock, Miss Salem The following people assuraed their official duties Eda Hudson, Mrs. Leonard Read, Jr., Mrs. immediately after the installation; Mrs. James Charles Rend, Mrs, Robert Reynolds, Mrs, Barton Welcomed into the fold again this past fall by Coultas, (Eta) Ventura, president; Mrs. Alfred F. Sawyer, Mrs, G, M, Siraonson, Mrs, Eulala Salem alumns were Mrs. W. Haramond (Maxine Thurmand, (Alpha Iota) Carpinteria, vice-presi Sraith and Mrs, Clifford Hollehaugh, after a five Glover, Nu), year absence spent at the dent; Mrs. Dolt Lowe, (Alpha Iota) Ojai, record In addition to the beautiful Founders Day Presidio in San Francisco with her husband. ing secretary; Mrs. George Hadlen, (Alpha ceremony we were favored with talks by Penny Colonel Williara Hammond, and daughter, Con Gararaa) Ventura, treasurer; and Carolyn Barnard Siraonson and Grace Gray of the Berkeley alumns nie; Bell Woodward Margaret (Margaret Bell, Nu), (Chi) Ventura, corresponding secretary, Mrs, Coul chapter. a civilian after again her discharge from the tas conducted the first business raeeting followed Although San Francisco has been a raecca for WAVES; Mrs. C. Grabenhorst a (Jean Morrison, by tea and informal raeeting. There was a great engagements and marriages we have only one to with her Lambda), who, husband, formerly ot the araount ot chattering frora then on as people report among our active membei-s, the marriage ot U. S. Naval Reserve, and young son, has come to becarae acquainted, renewed acquaintances and Charlotte Browne to Robert Reynolds, ivhich took Salem to raake her and Mrs. horae; G. Sirapson planned for tuture raonthly meetings. place about a year ago at Stanford Chapel. (Carolyn Larabirth, Nu), who has returned from So far the actives of our chapter have been In addition to the loss of our beloved Margaret Portland, limited to organization only, but the enthusiasm Meany Younger the San Francisco Chapter lost A new meraber is Louise Rawson (Alpha among the merabers promises more and better this past year a popular and active member with who is Gararaa), teaching in the Salera schools. letters. We can not help but have an interested the death of Lillian Kurtz. November On 2, several of our raerabers raet and active group with Mrs, Savage, Mrs, W. Pearl M. Van Horn with our province director, Dorothy Stevens, for Sudduth and Mrs, Pinkerton always present. Our lunch. All who had the pleasure ot meeting her president. Peg Coultas, is also president ot the Births: were charmed with her gracious personality and Ventura Panhellenic chapter. NOTE: There To Mr. and Mrs. R, Boone (Peggy Cullers Nu), vivaciousness, are always more Gamma Phis at Panhellenic raeet on June 8th, a daughter. Shirley Huntington (Nu) is a Red Cross Assist ings than any other one sorority. To Mr, and Mrs, Eugene Van Horn (Pearl ant Field Director at the Naval Air Station, Nor Vinetta J. Larson Pangborn Xi), a daughter, on April 2nd, folk, Virginia, From her letters to her mother, To Mr, and Mrs. Harold Niedermeyer (Arline Mrs, H. Huntington we Glaze, Stanford a son, Kenneth Williams, (Marjorie Kay, Nu), San Francisco '36), judge she is having a grand time, on August 24, 1944, A very large collection ot food and clothing, new The first fall meeting ot the San Francisco and was collected and for some used, packed alumns chapter was held at the horae ot our families in whose relatives live in Greece, Salera president, Mrs. Frank Hutchinson. Plans were Spokane and a small business here. We took the operate made for more extensive activity this year, inas Spokane alumns chapter has been busy this fall. with funds for packages, ample postage, to the much as raany merabers have recently been re The first event of the season was the annual Salem folks to send their relatives. We're hoping leased frora extensive and confining war work rummage sale, which was the usual financial to send some to a sraall town in packages Finland because ot the raany war agencies closing. Others success and which is the source ot our income for soon, as we have obtained the names ot some of have recently returned to their San Francisco assistance to the Washington Children's Home. the town's officials whom we'll ask to distribute homes and interests after having sojourned in Founders Day banquet was the highlight of the our gifts, various parts of the country with their "service year, held at the Spokane Country Club under Happy and exciting news was the announcement men" husbands. the chairmanship ot Helen Bloom. Everyone of an �Calline engagement Hillraan's (Alpha Phi Among the many recently returned are Mrs. sparkled in evening dress, the dinner was excel and Chi) to Robert R, Burns ot the U, S, Navy. Robert Reynolds (Charlotte Browne) who is back lent, the ritual irapressive, and the evening a They will be raarried on her parents' and sister's from New York, and Mrs. Charles Rend (Helen happy one that strengthened ties. (Ruth Hillman Carter, Nu) wedding anniversary. Dearaer) who is now living in San Rafael after On Deceraber i Lois Braden Nutter was hostess Margaret D. Simms two years in Rio de Janiero, where her husband for tea at her lovely home, honoring Billie Oien was naval attach^. Stevens, province director. The guests were Gamma Santa Barbara-Ventura We are making great plans for our 1945-46 Phis and Panhellenic representatives, and it was year under the enthusiastic leadership ot Eloise an enjoyable preholiday occasion. Mrs. Nutter, Two neighboring counties' Gamraa Phi Betas Hutchinson and vice president Violet Gephart. Mrs. Stevens, and Mrs. Worth, chapter president, joined to celebrate Founders Day on November Margaret Sawyer is acting as both secretary and received, and presiding over the tea table were 10, 1945, and did not close the meeting until they treasurer and Marjorie Cowden has been gracious Mrs. Harold Coffin, Mrs, Lester Edge, Jr,, and had formed plans for the founding of the eighty- enough to agree to hold the post ot rushing Mrs, Marvin Ward. Chairman for Ihe tea was Bea fourth alurans chapter. In this area there were chairman again. Pauline MacKenzie is again our McLeod, whora we are glad to welcome back to no large civic centers, no active chapters, and no Panhellenic representative. Spokane after several years in Portland. and alurans chapters, but there were raany Gamma The October raeeting was held at the horae Comings goings continue. We are also gl;:d Phi alumns who were interested in having an of Mrs. Eugene Van Horn. The business meeting to have Ruth Morris in the chapter again. She organization through which they could continue at 11:30 was followed by luncheon and bridge and her husband have returned from Ft. Benning. their work and interest in their sorority. and much conversation. Plans were made for our But we have lost our treasurer, Lynn Cowgill The Founders Day raeeting, November 10, 1945, Founders Day dinner and a special invitation was Williams, who, with her returning serviceman was a luncheon at La Conchita Inn on the coast issued to all previously active members and any husband is being claimed by California, half way between Santa Barbara and Ventura, Gamma Phis who have recently moved to San Now the holidays are upon us and we are We were very fortunate to have on the prograra Francisco. preparing our Christmas observance with gifts that day Mrs, P, A, Smith (Enid Draper) who is Our Founders Day banquet was held this year for the children at the Home, one of the Garama Phi nieces of Frances Haven at the Woman's Athletic Club through the Pearl Tschirgi Moss, She had lived with Mrs. Moss on the Illi courtesy of Vi Gephart, Pauline MacKenzie had nois carapus and she gave a vivid description charge of the arrangements and spared no effort Ohio of Francis E. Haven's stories of the founding, as to make it a grand success. Forty girls gathered Springfield^ well as her interests and activities in Garama Phi around the table, which was beautifully decor Springfield alurans have been working on the Beta during her entire life, Mrs. Pinkerton, our ated with our traditional pink carnations and theory that business and pleasure raix with sraall editor, then reported on her recent attendance candles. Cards marked the places of the following success when planning a program to entice larger of the Panhellenic Conference and after such an Gamraa Phi Beta alurans from Berkeley, Marin attendance. Under the leadership of their presi inspiring prograra of first hand information it is County, the Peninsula and San Francisco: Mrs, dent, Mrs, Margaret McKenzie Heidorf, execulive no wonder the Santa Barbara Ventura alumns De Wolf Alden, Mrs, Larry Allen, Mrs, W, C, meetings have been held in advance of regular chapter was founded so promptly and so enthusi Blanchard, Mrs, Morley Thompson, Mrs, George meeting dates. Then at general raeetings, she astically. Cowden, Mrs, Aaron MacKenzie, Mrs, Frank holds to a rainiraum a review ot "fait accompli" The second meeting of our group was held Hutchinson, Mrs, E, E, Keatley, Mrs. Eugene and a forecast of matters of general interest Deceraber 8, when Mrs. Anthony Savage, Santa Van Horn, Mrs. Harold Sheldon, Mrs. Jean Thom looming on the calendar. The remainder of the 6o THE CRESCENT

is free for social thus far other evening activities, alurans chapter members are keeping busy be able to welcome Mrs. Marvin to our alumns dinner, and with a with their various bingo bridge parties, program duties. Monthly meetings are group and we hope she will come and see us often. of a a and the annual as � monologues, musicale, picnic interesting as ever the last one being a com It was most interesting to hear aljout her travels luncheon highlighting the new year. To dale bined supper and lecture at the City Art Museum. around Province I, Bobby Lewis, until recently the has off in plan paid renewed general interest. Right now we're all looking forward to our with the American Red Cross on clubmobile duty attended the Founders with Christmas Fifty Day banquet, Luncheon which is planned for Decem with an infantry unit in France was our other guest. Mrs. Valerie Beall as Class toastmistress. repre ber 29, and al which we will welcome all Gamma It was wonderful to see her cheery sraile once again sentatives frora Nu were: Gloria Alpha Hawken, Phis in St. Louis for the holidays. and we were all thrilled by the story of some senior; Betty Andresen, junior; Patricia Hibbard, Joan Abbott of her experiences�a suite at the Mayfair with

and � sophomore; Janice Fessler, freshman. buzz bombs "buzzing" a bath in the coal mines

In the of one of the Marriages: � project papering living ot Belgium the raeeting with the Russians, com rooms and most of the second and third floor Evelyn Marx (Phi '43) to Capt. Eldon Blumen plete with Cossacks, vodka and raw fish! We quarters of the chapter house at Ohio Wesleyan tritt, U.S.A. (St. Louis University) at St. Louis, could have listened all night. Maybe she will the Springfield group has been aided by generous Mo., in January, 1945. write a book and then we can all read it. During contributions from alumns in Akron and Cuya Jean Bradshaw (Phi '43) to Ensign John Conley, the evening we took a collection to buy cigarettes Falls, Ohio, A welcorae and decorative addi U.S.N.R. hoga (Washington University, ex "43) at St. for the boys at Rhoades Military Hospital as tion to the larger living room is the gift ot Louis, Mo,, July 28, 1945, part of our Christmas contribution. Mary Whit handsome end tables and frora the Cleve laraps Laurie Karch (Phi '41) to Lt, Herbert Erbe, ford, Alpha '81, and one of Syracuse's most land alumns. U.S.N,R. at St, Louis in June, 1945. loyal and devoted alumns has been ill and un Work on the fourth Gamma Phi war bond Ruth Christmann ex to (Phi '46) to Sgt. Robert able attend the meetings so we all brought a No final an campaign progressed satisfactorily. W. Maloney, U,S,M,C,, at St, Louis, February 22, gift for a sunshine basket for her. Miss Whitford nouncement ot totals has been made to date, >945- has known all Ihe members of Alpha from the however. Founders down to the past two years, with two Hall was Peg Hickey recently elected president Births: exceptions and was the 21st meraber of Gamma of the Springfield Junior Service League for the Phi Beta. For 28 she didn't miss a To Mr, and Mrs, David Galey (Audrey Ruester, years meeting ensuing year. On her board are two other alumns active or alurans! A true and friend. Phi ex '46), a daughter, Barbara Kay, December 6, loyal of the Martha Morris chapter: Knauss, secretary; in St, Louis, Mrs. Philip H. Salmon (Carolyn Archibald, '18) and Frances Mary Wellinger, treasurer. was unable to continue as alurans so To Lt. (j,g,) and Mrs, Allen Leroy Clark (Jane president Alpha Nu has been happy to welcome back Mrs, V, Harlow Delta Boniface, Phi ex '44), a son, Michael Allen, Ralph (Judy Moss, '22) McFadden, returned with her was elected to take her Dorothy recently November 25, 1945, in St, Louis. place. family after two years of residence in Oak Our was continued Ridge, To Lt. and Mrs. Al Thurlow (Frieda Wolken, hospital project through Tenn. the suraraer but was to a close this fall Phi '43), a daughter, January 5, 1945, in St. Louis, brought A number of alumns attended meraorial services with a record of To Lt, (j,g,) and Mrs, C. E, Wright (Eleanor 500 hours of work being given. October 28 for Staff Sergeant Robert Bethard The now has been able to obtain Abbott, Phi ex '43), a son, William Edwin, hospital regular Helras, brother of Helms, one of workers and no our Janet Alpha January 4, 1945, in Philadelphia, paid longer needs volunteer Nu's carries on in true pledges. Janet bravely To Capt, and Mrs, Warren Van Der Voort help. Gamma Phi � tradition her activities in addition As a sideline to bolster our social Christ (Beverly McCloud), a second son, Gary, Novem fund, to on the mas cards and many carapus including raerabership ber 18, 1945, gift wrappings were sold among in section of the flute the Springfield Symphony the members. With convention in the not too Orchestra and in a rainstrel participation charity distant future we must get a few pennies on sponsored recently. Syracuse hand. See you there! Marjorie Schaefer Kinsey Barbara To use a very trite expression "How tirae does Kelly Ensign fly!" It seeras that I was Marriages: only yesterday writing Births: a few lines to tell you a small bit about the To Lt. and Mrs. E. Jessie Roth Hawken to Cor activities James Munro (Dorothy (Wittenberg '44) of the Syracuse alumns group�and E. Butt in a son, Frederick, poral Joseph (Kansas City University) about a Donnelly, Alpha '35), James raving perfectly wonderful picnic on a San Antonio, 24. Septeraber 14, 1945 at Paso Robles, Calif. Dottie Texas, � Septeraber beautiful June day. And now here it is Decera Valerie Henneous to H. and her husband are for the East some (Wittenberg '44) James ber, snow is drifting down and the stir and leaving Beall in time this raonth. (Wittenberg '47) Erie, Pa., August 4. expectancy of Christraas is in the air. However, To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest H. Engagement: I Witraeyer (Annette will try to bring you up-to-date on our "doings," Margaret Malone '30) to Karl Knox Our Hastings, Alpha '28), a son, John Douglas, Septem (Wittenberg alurans rushing heeting was held on USNR. The will be an event ot ber 10, 1945. Kepler, wedding September 6 at the home of Mrs, Ralph Harlow early spring. (Judy Moss, Delta '22), It was a bang-up old fashioned, pre-war supper raeeting and it was Kansas Births: Topeka, wonderful. Everyone was so enthusiastic about In looking over the activities of raerabers since To Mr. and Mrs. Thoinas E. Jones, Jr. (Beta the Alpha program and anxious to rushing � help our last letter to the Crescent Topeka Alumns Theta Pi, Wittenberg) (Ruth Tiraraerman, Wit the active chapter as much as possible. continue to be very busy. Many of their activities a second son, October In October, the and Alurans meet tenberg '33), John Douglas, Corporation center around the Bond Drive and civic affairs. 20. ing was held at the chapter house. There is always Topeka is an active U.S.O. Center and has a To Mr. and Mrs. a Hugh Gilmore (Phi Kappa good attendance at this and this year meeting new Veteran Hospital. A nuraber of our raembers Psi, Wittenberg) (Janet McKenzie, Wittenberg there were more than 70 present. The alumns are rausical and very generous of their time and their a '37), third child, son, Stephen McKenzie, raeeting was held at 5:30 and then a buffet supper talent. Some are mothers of small children, yet August 17, 1944, was served. We were pleased to raeet the new all find tirae tor an occasional social raeeting. pledges and think the actives are to be con Topeka is sorry to report the loss of tour of on such an 5^. Louis gratulated selecting outstanding group her members. of girls. Mrs. Rabe is a One of the Carolyn Crosby (Alpha Mu) first events of a busy fall season The event in Noveraber was of course� big chairraan of the Woraens Division ot the Victory for the St, Louis alumns was a sale Founders a for rummage Day. Everyone brought penny Loan Drive. held in Kirkwood, November 3, Despite some every she had been in Garama Phi. This year Mrs. William Neale (Sigraa) is rushing chairman unforseen last minute difficulties which involved was for the benefit of the Endowment Fund and for the alumns. chasing down store keys on a cold, with raore than 100 a amount rainy night, present goodly Edna Earl Kellam E. B. Kellam, Stanford the sale was (Mrs. finally held on schedule and a nice was collected. After a delicious supper, ably Mu) has moved to Los Angeles, Calif. Her new tucked for future use. Ellie the actives enter profit away managed by Johnson, '34, address is the Wilshire Boulevard. Next and Arcady, 2619 naturally considered most important tained with a very clever skit. Miss Mary Louise Belcher (Sigma) has gone to on the Gamma Phi calendar was our Founders Our December was held on November meeting New York to study voice, Mary Louise has a Day Banquet held each year at the Forest Park 30 at the horae of Mrs. William Pratt Graham beautiful soprano voice and will be greatly missed Hotel, Noveraber 12. The program, which was (Cora Dodson, our former Chancellor's wife. '94) in Topeka. planned by Mrs. David Fullgraf and presided Margie Marr Marvin, Theta our '27, province Helen Jane Belcher (Alpha Delta) has gone over by Virginia Morsey, alumns president, in director, and Lewis, were our Bobby Alpha '36, to Kansas City, Mo. to live. cluded the traditional candle Marian Peters lighting ceremony special guests. Hughes, Alpha '22, Alta Lux as well as entertainment provided by the actives was in charge of the supper and we had chicken and of Phi and biscuits as the main attraction! But pledges chapter. pie Toronto Mrs. Frank Leonard is now hard at work pre good! The chickens, by the way, were from the paring the new Gamma Phi Beta directory, and Hughes' own farm. We were especially happy to Toronto Garama Phis begin the New Year FEBRUARY, 1946 61

with two in their minds: months but we thoughts upperraost ago, understand she is fine now. Ruth Vetter Phillips, Rho, who gave an excellent relief and thankfulness that the strain of the She is stationed at first, the Royal Jubilee Hospital, summary of the rushing season. She said that the war is behind us and that husbands, sweet B.C, years Victoria, ease of rushing this year was due to the loyalty and brothers are all home hearts nearly safely Jean Sabiston, who is still serving overseas with and active co-operation of the alurans organiza again; and second, enthusiasra in bending every the Motor Transport Division of the Canadian tions. The fact that alurans took full responsi toward the and of Red energy financing furnishing Cross, has signed up for six months' addi bility tor the organization and execution of the our new horae at 122 St. George Street. tional duty. She is stationed at Nice, France, and parties enabled the actives to be corapletely free This "horae of our own" is without a doubt her interesting assignments include the transport to concentrate on rushing. The alumns of raost that has ever ot the important thing happened ing food and clothing to various needy areas Muscatine took entire charge of "The Carnival and Toronto For in to Alpha Alpha chapters. years, Southern France and Italy. Party" at Iowa City. Mary Lane Thede was the idea of our house was a News the owning chapter ot recent graduates shows that Ruth chairman in charge and it was a very clever dreara. We could never believe nebulous quite Mustard and Muriel Finlayson are both in "Y" party %vith a rainature bowling alley, dart games, but it was to think about. We in it, lovely had, work, Ruth in Peterboro, and Muriel being Physi a bingo parlor and a slot machine for entertain from time to tirae, checked into certain properties cal Director at the Y,W.C,A. in Montreal, Miriam ment. The Tri-City alumns sponsored the "Break that were available, but every one was too big, Allison and Kit Schiller are in Ottawa and fast at Carnation House" party at Iowa City run down or too too cut up, too much money! Marian Taylor is working with the Big Sister which was a take-off on radio's famous Tom Now our dream is coraing true, thanks to a Association in Toronto. Prudie Reid, Mona Brenneman's "Breakfast in Hollywood," Capable determined coraraittee, headed by Mildred Sherrin Thomson and Joyce Murphy have decided to and ingenious Mary Ann Mueller, Rho, was the Hamilton, who found No, 122 St, George Street, make wedlock their career. chairman in charge and her talent as Master and thanks also to the untiring efforts and busi Founders Day Dinner, held on Friday, Novem ot Ceremonies deser\es much credit for the huge ness acumen of Alice Smith Heisey and Mary ber 9, was a delightful affair as always, and we success of the party. The girls, in five minutes, Harris, president and treasurer respectively of were especially glad to have with us several cut out hats of construction paper�some with the "corporation" which was formed to finance the girls frora out-of-town: Inez Ford, Oakville; Dotte flowers and veils and various decorations, Gladys project. Cornette, Preston; Muriel Carson Moran, Kit Albertus McKahin, Oraega, and Edna Carlson Enthusiastic interest among alurans merabers chener; Helen Henry Cleraons, Brantford; Carol Gore, Omega, drove to Iowa City for that partv. from all points of the compass has been evidenced Grahara Malcolm, St. George; and Mary Arnold, At that raeeting, Edna Carlson Gore, Omega, in the substantial forra ot cash contributions�and Pickering. gave an interesting report on the successful rush these contributions have made it possible for the Marxine Wrigley Galbraith week at Oraega where she and Ruth Vetter coraraittee to build future plans on a sound Phillips, Rho visited during the week. foundation. In addition, various money-raising Marriages: Our July meeting was a dinner meeting at schemes have added materially to the fund. Two Edith Hudson, '26, to Bumie C, McClelland, the horae ot our president, Gladys Alburtus rummage sales, under the direction of Delphine Mr, and Mrs, McClelland are at horae at 126 McKahin, Oraega, Naturally it was devoted to Shipp Johnson, were distinctly successful; and Lytton Boulevard, Toronto. plans for the coraing rushing season and Edna last year's marathon bridge tournaraent, which Mary Jenkins, to John Clarke. They are living Carlson Gore, cochairraan, for rushing, gave a everyone thoroughly enjoyed, is to be repeated in Toronto, very detailed report on each prospective rushee this Spring, with Frances Pratt again the capable Mona Thorason, '44, to John T, Ryan, Mr, which had been prepared with meticulous care convenor. The West Toronto sewing group under and Mrs, Ryan are living in Saskatoon. when she chedked high school records, city di Lesley Leitch Moser, took tirae out frora their Joyce Murphy, '45, to Claude Chabot, Mr. and rectories and other sources ot inforraation about English nursery school work lo raake hand-made Mrs. Chabot are at home at 23 Corlleigh Boule each rushee, felt novelties for the Christmas trade, realizing vard, Toronto. Alice Mason Berger, Rho, entertained in Au a tidy little profit for the fund, and further gust at a box lunch supper and we very much Death: monies were raised by a sale of homemade cook enjoyed having Ruth Folwell Studley, Interna ing, under Mossie Sraith Hewitt. Helen Burford We regret sincerely to record the passing last tional Magazine Chairman, who was visiting here Vernon, who has taken charge ot the sale ot August ot Helen Appleford, '37, at Hamilton, from Washington, D,C, as a guest. She gave us Beauty Counselor's cosraetics, etc, has raade this Ontario, after an illness of several months, a report on magazines. project a real source of profit. Our Noveraber meeting was the Founders Day The 'Welcorae" raat has been in constant use Banquet held in the Pompeian Room ot the Blackhawk and to be a here in Toronto since peace has been declared. Tri-City Hotel, Davenport, proved our service wives who are back in town most enjoyable occasion. Among One of the highlights of suraraer meraories for are Maxwell, For some years we have had to our again Jessie Johnston Betty Sparling Tri-City Gamraa Phi alurans was the tea for forego Laura MacArthur, Barbara Lawler traditional Christraas tea. Now that the war is Peacey, Higgins rushees given in Davenport, Sixty were present Ross and Barbara Greenleaf over, we havs one tor this It was Calvert, Betty Mapp and both Gararaa Phis and the twenty-two rushees planned year. Misener. Stevenson Wilson is with us held Deceraber in the Room of the Jean again, enjoyed a delightful afternoon at the lovely horae 29, Empire war with her husband Blackhawk Hotel and all the and actives after spending the years ot Mira Miles Naeckel, Rho, Pouring at the pledges in Ottawa. who had an horae from school for the and their Mary Amold, interesting attractive tea table were Gladys Albertus Mc holidays in the war at raothers were our We are all personnel position large plant Kahin, Omega, of Moline, our president, Gretchen guests. looking forward to this as it has been one of Ajax, Ontario, is also coraing to Toronto to Graves DeSilva, Epsilon, of Rock Island and Ruth party live. the outstanding events for the Gamma Phi Vetter Phillips, Rho, ot Muscatine, our State group here tor In the inevitable postwar shuffle, hoivever, we rushing chairman, Marie Mather Augustine, Rho, many years. Nellie Weston Ullrich, wha has an have lost sorae of our favorite sisters. Kay Grier- of Cedar Rapids, who is a recognized garden Epsilon, Art frora Northwestern and was son Salter and her architect husband are now authority was a special guest. Virginia Carson Major University on the there is with the Arts living in Bearasville, Ontario; Ruth Shirriff Burtt, Rho, headed the coraraittee in charge and forraerly faculty and Skills Division of the Red Cross and Cameron and her husband in Weiland, Ontario. Virginia Shutter Voss, Omega, was in charge ot Corp down to in 111. Dorothy Wood Dew, with her small son Simon the flower arrangeraents which were unusually goes Mayo Hospital Galesburg, are every Christopher, has returned to England; they effective. Each rushee chose an individual corsage Friday. Lola Folsom Howe, Rho, has moved to her living at 53 Ashley Lane, Hendon, N.W. London. frora a tray as she passed the tea table. home town in Muscatine. Iowa. Our loss is Vancouver's gain in two Gamraa Phis Following the tea, various sraall parties were Schmidt Cornielsen, Rho, welcomed her from other chapters whora we enjoyed having given. Betty Perry Lafferty, Gamraa, entertained Mary husband home He had been with us for awhile�Gladys Morris, who came to at luncheon; Nellie Weston Ullrich, Epsilon, September 29. serving with Naval Aviation in the Pacific and saw his us frora McGill, Montreal, and Bea Ashton, who entertained inforraally with an afternoon tea; little Frances, for the first time. hailed from University of Western Ontario, Lon Scharlott Junge, Rho, entertained at dessert daughter, Mary Lorraine McDowell Hubner's don. bridge; and Gretchen Graves DeSilva, Epsilon, husband, Capt. Leo Hubner, arrived from Europe November first We have reason to be proud of our girls who entertained at luncheon. to be at home and saw his two old son for served with the forces, both here and overseas. We were all highly pleased with the news of year the first tirae. Lieutenant Eileen Harris, who served nearly the rushees who chose Garama Phi: Gloria De Betty Jane Kelly Ruud, Rho, and her daughter, three years in England, with the Motor Transport Silva, daughter of Gretchen Graves DeSilva, Marianne, had an and thankful Division ot the Canadian Red Cross, and Lieu Epsilon, pledged at Northwestem as did Patti especially happy this because Lt, Robert tenant Roslyn Roberts, occupational therapist Ingram, both of Rock Island; Barbar Murchie Thanksgiving year (j.g) Ruud arrived home that day, having received his attached to No, 9 General Hospital, Canadian of Moline also pledged Epsilon at Northwestern release from service. Army Medical Corps, are both horae again after and Gerrie Hoffman of Rock Island and Maw Neva Siraonson O'Brien's husband, Neal putting in long hours of duty. Wrens Doris Ellen Stratton of Davenport pledged Rho in Iowa Capt. O'Brien, has been released from service and is Gladraan, Mary Sinclair, Mary Robinson and City. at home with Neva and their sraall Connie Gray are still in the service. Connie Our October meeting was held in Muscatine, daughter, suffered an unfortunate accident in Seattle sorae Iowa, at the home of the State rushing chairman. Helen Lovett Cooper 68 THE CRESCENT

Gamma Phi Beta Tucson Directory The first raeeting this fall of the Tucson alumnae was held at the home ot Alice Rogers. The raain business of the FOUNDERS evening was a discus sion of rushing Sally Lee, active rush chairman, Helen M. Dodce (Mrs. J. V. Ferguson) Died io-si-37 briefly reviewed the rushing schedule and asked Frances E. Haven C. M. (Mrs. Moss) Died 6-16-S7 members of the group lo help at the various E. Adeline Curtis (Mrs. Frank Curtis) Died 1-14-ts parties. Mary A. Bincham Edward (Mrs. S. Willoughby) Died 1-14-16 The traditional bullet supper for the pledges took place in October in the patio of Minnie FOUNDED Mae Baldwin's horae. Seventeen lovely pledges proved the success of the rushing season�After November 11, 1874, Syracuse University a delicious raeal headed by "barbeques," an interesting program was given. Facts about Garama Phi Beta forraed the basis for GRAND COUNCIL questions and answers on an hilarious quiz program pat (Address below name) terned after "Dr. I.Q." Correct answers were Grand President Mrs. R. E. FrrzcERAU) rewarded with popcorn balls and gum. 1556 Martha Washington Dr., Wauwatosa 13, Wis. We celebrated Founders Day on November 15 Vice-President & Alumnce Secretary Mrs. P. H. Hawm with a banquet at the Arizona Inn. The active 5506 Holmes St., Kansas City 4, Mo. raerabers joined us for the occasion. Bea Schou Chairman of Provinces Mrs. Russell A. Sand was toastmistress for the program which followed. 1622 gth St. S., Fargo, N.D. Sarah Van Dieraan lighted candles representing N.P.C. Delegate Miss Marv Harris all chapters present besides Alpha Epsilon. The raain address the was 200 Balmoral Ave., Toronto 5, Can. pf evening given by Chairman of Finance Mrs. G. M. Simonion Wanda Falk of Phoenix, a forraer member of 20 Lorita Ave., Piedmont 11, Calif. the Tucson group. She spoke on "Signs ot the Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. L. A. White Time." Suite 2230, Civic Opera Bldg., so N. Wacker Dr., Chicago 6, 111. Our Deceraber raeeting was a steak fry on Ihe desert. After everyone had eaten all the steak they could, an inforraal raeeting was held around Councilor Mrs. Wm. M. Dehn the carapfire. 2010 E. 50th St., Seattle 5, Wash. We hope to have our party for the husbands Historian Miss Nina Greshau during the holidays at the chapter house. This 807 W. Church St., Champaign, 111. is rapidly becoming a tradition with us, Barbara Parliamentarian Mrs. Wm. E. Colby Nordin and Alice Rogers are in charge of arrange 2901 Channing Way, Berkeley 4, Calif. ments. Traveling Secretary Miss Evelyn Gooding We shall miss Sara Hoyraan who has left to 607 W. Healey St., Champaign, 111. join her husband in Fargo, N.D. where he has Expansion Miss Mary Harris accepted a new position. 200 Balmoral Ave., Toronto 5, Can. Patricia Tipton Births: Maj. and Mrs. George Hawke (Mildred Wood), Centred of Gamma Phi Beta, Suite Civic 20 N. Wacker Dr., Office 2230, Opera Bldg., a daughter, Sharon Ann, August 13, 1945, Dalhart, Chicago 6, 111. Tex. Secre -Treasurer Mrs. L. A. White tary Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Graham (Wilma Kautz), . . Miss Hennig , , ( Marjorie a son, Michael Tom, September 13, 1945, Midway Miss Brooks ^'"'"""^1 JEAN City, Calif. Make checks to "Gamma Phi Beta" and send to Central Office. payable Maj. and Mrs, Edward Russell (Imogene Richey), a daughter, Iraogene Louise, October 20, 1945, Ft. Riley, Kan. THE CRESCENT

Editor-in-chief�Mns. Roy Pinkerton, Box 341, Route 1, Ventura, Calif. Vancouver Associate Editor: Mrs. M. L. Bradford, 1224 Spruce, Denver 7, Colo. Our suraraer picnic was held this year at the Associate Editor: Mrs. Wm. R. Branit, 6616 Broadmoor Rd., Kansas City, Mo. horae of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Orchard, parents Business Manager: Mrs. L. A. White, Room 2230, Civic Opera Bldg., 20 N. Wackei Dr. of Joyce Ritchie. We all thoroughly enjoyed our Chicago 6, 111. selves at their lovely home which is situated not Send all alumnx contributions to Mrs. Pinkerton; all active material to Mri. Brad far from Vancouver overlooking the waters of ford. Send name and address to Central Office. changes Howe Sound, It was the first reunion in some Alumnx are requested to send all personal items (marriages, etc.) to their Greek- tirae for raany ot the girls as sorae had been letter or alumnx chapters. away during the war years. The aluranae president, Marion Murphy, re signed her position as she and Annaruth Finlayson ENDOWMENT-CRESCENT BOARD left to attend the Officers Training School of the C,W,A,C, We were to see thera but are President: Miss Marjory Etnyre, Gamma, 5559 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, 111. sorry go Vice-President: Mrs. George Daniels, Beta, 1328 Greenwood Ave., Wilmette, 111. glad to hear that they are enjoying their work as Lieutenants in the Social Service Work. Secretary: Mrs. Halvor C. Evans, Epsilon, 1212 Lake Shore Dr., Chicago 10, 111. Array's Our new Mulvin Dennis, Treasurer: Mrs. Roger F. Howe, Omicron, 102 14 S. Wood St., Chicago 43, 111. president, Mary pre sided at the first ot the held at Mrs. R. E. Fitzgerald, 1556 Martha Washington Dr., Wauwatosa 13, meeting year the Wis. (ex-officio) home of Jeannie Wilkinson Brighouse. Plans were made then to entertain the actives and their Mrs. G. M. Simonson, 20 Lorita Ave., Piedmont 11, Calif, (ex-officio) new raembers on the ot This Address all requests tor application blanks and information about loans to Mrs. Evans. night pledging. together with the Founders Day Cereraony took place at the home of Andrd Blais. May we take this to INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES opportunity of extending a warra welcome the ten new pledges ot Alpha Lambda and to Camp: Mrs. Robert C. Johnstone, 769 S. Corona St., Denver, Colo. wish thera the best of luck. Ritual: Miss Evelyn Gooding, 607 W. Healey St., Champaign, 111. We were very pleased to have Mrs. Clarence Education: Mrs. L. A. White, Room 2230, Civic Opera Bldg., 20 N. Wacker Dr., Stevens, Province Director, visit us in the middle Chicago 6. 111. of November. We hope it won't be too long Magazines: Mrs. James D. Studley, 604 Somerset PL, Washington 11, D.C. before we have the pleasure of seeing her again. for Recommendations: Mrs. Wm. E. Colby, 2901 Channing Way, Berkeley 4, Calif. "Welcome horae" is soon to be in order Rushing: Mrs. Kenneth Dubach, 6822 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo. Dorothy Hird Wallace, Margot Burgess and Jean in Talara, Convention: Mrs. Wm. A. Owen, 241 Buckingham Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. Hill. Dorothy who has been living Peru the last two years will arrive in January FEBRUARY, 1946 63

to spend a few raonths prior to the arrival of PROVINCE OFFICERS her husband and small daughter. N.Y. Province I�Director: Mrs. Richard Marvin, 93 Berrian Rd., New Rochelle, Marriages: Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Geo. J. Thomas, 44 Strathmore Rd., Scarsdale, N.Y. Province 11{Z)�Director: Mrs. Lester Bernhard, 959 Harvard Blvd., Dayton 6, Ohio. Mary Mulvin Lambda to Donald (Alpha '43) Mrs. Milton Wagner, Jr., 213 Brydon Rd., Dayton 9, Ohio. Dennis in Secretary-Treasurer: (R,C,A,F.) August. Province II (\V)�Director: Mrs. Sterling F. Tremayne, 708 Hinman Ave., Evanston, 111. Edith Bryer (Alpha Lambda '46) to Rex Jackson, 111. Secretary�Mrs. Joseph J. Stefan, Jr., 1235 Marion Ave. W., Highland Park, Caroline Belton to Dr, E. M. Stevenson (Mac) Province III�Director: Dr. Doris Phelps, Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville 4. Tenn. in October. Secretary-Treasurer: Miss Betty Freeman, H6, Woodmont Terrace, Nashville, Tcni Dorothy Sherratt (Alpha Lambda '40) to Paul Province I'V-Director: Mrs. Sherwood Phillips, 1420 Mulberry, Muscatine, Iowa. Carbon, in U. S. Sgt. Array. - Secretary Treas urer: Royden McConachie to Frank Francis (Kappa Province V (N)�Director: Mrs. Wm. Wyatt, 355 Humboldt St., Denver 3, Colo. Sigma) in December. J. Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Frank Messenger, 3600 E. 13th Ave., Denver, 6, Colo. Province V Director: Mrs. Carl Westminster Dallas, Tex, Births: (S)� Sprague, 3445 Ave., Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. J. B. Finks, Jr., 3825 Bryn Mawr Ave., Dallas, Tex. To Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter (Elinor Wyness), Province 'Vl-Director: Mrs. Clarence ]. Stevens, E. 739 26th Ave., Spokane, Wash. a son. Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Thelma E. Brady, N. 3808 Calispee St., Spokane 12, Wash. To Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Armstrong (Marge Hill), Province 'Vll-Director: Mrs. Edward Arnold, Jr., 602 N. loth St., Burbank, Calif. a son. Secretary-Treasurer: Miss Jean de Spain, 229 S. Linden Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. Province VIII�Mrs. L. S. Yeo, 1765 Peachtree Rd. N.W., Atlanta, Ga. Washington, D.C. Secretary -Treasurer: . The first meeting ot the tall of the Washington ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CHAPTERS (With chapter house addresses) alumna; chapter was a rushing tea at the home Walnut Ave., N.Y. of Florence Nordine in Silver Spring, Md, There Alpha (A) Syracuse University 803 Syracuse, Mich. were eighty actives, aluranae and rushees there and Beta (B) University of Michigan 1520 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, the afternoon was both enjoyable and profitable. Gamma (F) University of Wisconsin 270 Langdon St., Madison, Wis. Our October meeting was at the horae of Marie Delta (A) Boston University 131 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Terraohlen and after an excellent dinner the Epsilon (E) Northwestern University 640 Emerson St., Evanston, 111. plans for the were discussed. We were coraing year Zeta (Z) Goucher College 2320 N. Charles SL, Baltimore 18, Md. glad to welcorae Margaret Searaans back to Wash Eta (H) University of California 2732 Channing Way, Berkeley 4, Calif. ington and our group, A last call was raade for Theta (9) of Denver 2280 S. Columbine St., Denver, Colo. squares tor the afghan which is to be used at University Iota (I) Barnard College Founded Nov. 4, igoi (inactive 1915) Walter Reed General Hospital as it is nearing Ave. Minn. corapletion. Kappa (K) University of Minnesota 311 loth S.E., Minneapolis, Lambda of St. Wash. On Founders Day this chapter was the guest (A) University Washington 4529 17th N.E., Seattle, of Beta Beta at the University of Maryland, Mu (M) Leiand Stanford, Jr., University Founded January 9, 1905 (inactive 1944) During dinner the actives entertained the group Nu (N) University of Oregon 1021 Hilyard St., Eugene, Ore. of a about hundred with a skit, songs and dances. Xi (S) University of Idaho 1038 Blake St., Moscow, Idaho After dinner the candlelighting cereraony took Omicron (0) University of Illinois 1110 W. Nevada St., Urbana, 111. place and candles were lit for thirteen chapters. Pi (II) University ot Nebraska 415 N. i6th St., Lincoln, Neb. We are very proud to have two new Gararaa Rho of Iowa N. Clinton St., Iowa Iowa � (P) 328 City, Phi daughters Marian BiUington at Iowa State University of Kansas W. Rd., Kan. College and Barbara Terraohlen at Ohio Wesleyan Sigma (2) University 1339 Campus Lawrence, University. Tau (T) Colorado State College 1405 S. College Ave., Ft. Collins, Colo. At the Executive Board meeting for Noveraber Upsilon (T) Hollins College Founded June 1, 1916 (inactive 1929) we were happy to have Evelyn Gooding, traveling Phi (<1>) Washington University Woman's Bldg., Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo. secretary with us. We had quite a lively discussion Chi (X) Oregon State College 238 S. 8th St., Corvallis, Ore. and it is a to have soraeone so always pleasure Psi (*) University of Oklahoma 602 W. Boyd St., Norman, Okla. genuinely enthusiastic about our sorority talk Iowa State Pearson St., Ames, Iowa with us. Omega (fi) College 318 Alpha Alpha (A A) University of Toronto 10 Harbord St., Toronto, Ont.

Alpha Beta (A B) University of North Dakota. . .3300 University Ave., Grand Forks, N.D. Westchester County Alpha Gamma (A F) University of Nevada 710 Sierra St., Reno, Nev. Alpha Delta (A A) University of Missouri 808 Richmond St., Columbia, Mo. The Westchester County (N.Y.) alumnae chapter Alpha Epsilon (A E) University of Arizona 1535 E. 1st St., Tucson, Ariz. has come a long way since its organization in Alpha Zeta (A Z) University of Texas 2622 Wichita Ave., Austin, Tex. 1934 and it has been a pleasant, coraradely growth Eta Ohio N. Franklin St., Delaware, Ohio which has been enhanced by added years and Alpha (A II) Wesleyan University 24 added members. Al that time, there were about Alpha Theta (A 0) Vanderbilt University 2417 Kensington PL, Nashville, Tenn. twenty-one members and now we have over forty Alpha Iota (A I) Univ. of Calif, at Los Angeles ..616 Hilgard St., Los Angeles 24, Calif. Gararaa Phis. loyal Alpha Kappa (A K) University of Manitoba 109 Niagara, Winnipeg, Man. Of course, the war we had a during years good Alpha Lambda (A A) University of British Columbia .. . .Univ. of B.C., Vancouver, B.C. deal of but it was difficulty getting together Alpha Mu (A M) Rollins College Strong Hall, Winter Park, Fla. gratifying to have your raeetings so well attended Nu (A N) College 628 Woodlawn Ave., Ohio by members from all parts of the county. Now Alpha Wittenberg Springfield, Xi Southern Methodist Univ Box S.M.U., Dallas, Tex. we are again having our luncheon raeetings at Alpha (A S) 578,

Omicron North Dakota State .. the homes of the raerabers. We have a wonderful Alpha (A 0) College .State College Station, Fargo, N.D. time every meeting because all the Gamma Phis Alpha Pi (A U) Univ. of W.Va Founded April ig, 1930 (inactive Sept. 1937) are so charming and friendly that everyone looks Alpha Rho (A P) Birmingham-Southern College forwared with to the next pleasure meeting. Birmingham-Southern College, Box 135, Birmingham, Ala. We have a as we very representative group Alpha Sigma (A S) Randolph-Macon Woman's College have raerabers frora eighteen chapters frora Alpha Box 189, R.-M.W.C, Va. to Oraega and more. We have our first mother- Lynchburg, Tau McGill daughter corabination in Mrs. Marot and her Alpha (A T) University 3601 University Ave., Montreal, P.Q. Penn State daughter Betty Marot Biglowe, Alpha; and our Alpha Upsilon (A T) College Woman's Bldg, State College, Pa. latest duo, Mildred Ross Williaras and her daugh Alpha Phi (A ) Colorado College 38 W. Cache la Poudre St., Colo. Springs, Colo. ter Beverly, both raerabers of Epsilon, A nuraber Alpha Chi (A X) College of William and Mary have been welcoraed to our of new members Gamma Phi Beu House, Richmond Rd., Williamsburg, Va. during the year. They are: Mrs. Jaraes group Alpha Psi (A *) Lake Forest College Lois Durand Hall, Lake Forest, 111. Kobak (Hope McEldowny, Alpha); Beverly Wil Alpha Omega (A Ji) University of Western OnUrio 639 Talbot St., London, Ont. liams (Epsilon); Mrs. George McClure (Gertude Beta (B A) Univ. of Southern California W. 28th Los Goreth, Alpha); Mrs. Robert Holland (Pattee Alpha 737 St., Angeles, CaliL Beta Beta of F * B Lawerence, Gamma); Mrs. Robert H. Lane (Made (B B) University Maryland House, College Park, Md, Warren Beu Gamma Green State * B line Richardson, Alpha Upsilon); Mrs. (B F) Bowling University. .F House, Bowling Green, Ohio Broemel (Eloise Davidson, Alpha Tau). Beu DelU (B A) Michigan Sute CoUege .810 W. Grand River Blvd., East Lansing,' Mich. G4 THE CRESCENT

The following information supplements or corrects previously printed directories of We are proud of our "official" members too. chapter officers for the year 1945/46. It is suggested that this information be transferred We have as an inspiration to us, Lillian Thompson to the Sept. 1945 directory in order that it alone may be used lor reference purposes. who was, as you all know, our first representative Home addresses are given for all chapter presidents, but during the college year Greek- on the Panhellenic Council. Then there are two letter chapter presidents should be addressed at their chapter addresses given in the officers of Province I who are very active in chapter roll. our own chapter as well. Florence (Rein) Thoraas, Phi, is secretary-treasurer of the Province and Hawaii Mrs. John M. Lowson, 2255 Round Rd., Honolulu, T.H. Top still manages to give us splendid publicity and Moscow Mrs. I. L. S. Idaho Stanley, 513 JeUeison St., Moscow, to run our Bond Drives with marvelous results. Ft. Mrs. Richard Kent, Forest Pk., Ft. Ind. Wayne 2204 Wayne, Margaret Marvin, Theta, is Province Director. Orchard la. Omega Mary Smith, 1215 Dr., Ames, At our last meeting she reported on her trip to State College Mrs. G. Leffler, 405 Arbor Way, State College, Pa. the province directors meeiing in Chicago and the tour of chapters in Province I. These include Toronto, Montreal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State and Province Ckairmen State, Boston and Syracuse. Marge announced Rushmg that Gamraa Phi had had a very successful rushing season on all campuses in the province, pledging U.S.A. girls who will be fine Gamma Phis. Alabama � Mrs. Fred M. Leslie, 930 Arkadelphia Ave., Birmingham, Ala. Our chapter is extremely interested in all Arizona Gamma Phi Beta activities. We had been Mrs. Frank C. Armer, 525 W. Granada, Phoenix, Ariz. always successful with carapships and our War Bond Arkansas Miss Jeanne McDurt, 812 W. 4th St., Apt. 5, Little Rock, Ark. record is an excellent one. We have a fine group California Mrs. Theo. Hoffman, 5021 Ambrose Ave., Los Angeles 27, Calif. of officers who are largely responsible for the Colorado Mrs. Hubbard, 1208 S. Williams Ave., Denver, Colo. Clyde excellence of our raeetings and our participation Connecticut Mrs. Harris Lambert New Conn. Bigelow, Rd., Canaan, in Gararaa Phi projects. We are very fortunate Delaware Mrs. John M. Swanson, 501 N. Rodney Ave., Wilmington, Del. to have: president: Irraa (Stoecker) Pendleton, Florida Miss Daphne Tackach, 365 E. Lyman Ave., Winter Park, Fla. Alpha; vice-president, Marion (Steinkarap) Pierce, Georgia Mrs. L. S. Yeo, 1765 Peachtree Rd. N.W., Apt. 3, Atlanta, Ga. Alpha; recording secretary, Margaret (Harvey) Gault, Zeta; corresponding secretary, Nell (Taylor) Idaho Mrs. Laurel E. Elam, 1415 Harrison St., Boise, Idaho Wolfe, Oraega; treasurer, Florence (Merrill) Howes, Central Illinois Mrs. A. C. Daugherty, Box 343, Dupo, 111. Alpha Eta. Southern South III. Illinois Mrs. Lynn Sifford, 400 St., Anna, Marion Bachelder Williams Indiana Mrs. John F. Modrall, 4805 Carrollton Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Iowa Mrs. Sherwood Phillips, 1420 Mulberry St., Muscatine, Iowa Eve Burkhardt (Washington, Los Angeles Kansas 1 Kan. Mrs. J. H. Wythe, Jr., 800 Broadway, Parsons, alumnae) has a story, "Sinner in Saint's Cloth Kentucky Mrs. Harry B. Richardson, Box 500, Bowling Green, Ky. ing," in the February issue of The American

Louisiana Mrs. Nathaniel R. Spencer, 301 Park Ave., Monroe, La. Magazine . Maine Mrs. Vincent Gepte, 263 Maine St., Calais, Me. Marianne Kirkland Brown Maryland Mrs. Norman Ely, 2801 Guilford Ave., Baltimore 18, Md. (Northwestern '35) and her husband, Brown, with four Massachusetts Miss Eleanor Simmons, 112 Richmond St., Dorchester 24, Mass. "Jim" friends lunched at the Gamma chapter house Michigan Mrs. Armand St. Amour, 14592 Winthrop St., Detroit 27, Mich. at Madison, Wisconsin on the day of the Minnesota Mrs. Bert Baston, 2108 Kenwood Pkwy., Minneapolis, Minn. Wisconsin-Illinois game. She reports the Miss 201 Elm Clarksdale, Miss. Mississippi Courtney Ward, St., house attractive, the girls cordial and the Missouri Mrs. John K. Stewart, 4106 Scarritt St., Kansas City, Mo. voices true. Her home is in West Bend, Wis. Montana Mrs. Allan H. Langfeldt, 1013 Bill Holt, Great Falls, Mont. Smith, on the Nebraska Mrs. Emmett Gillaspie, 2300 Smith St., Lincoln, Nebr. Fayrinne prominent carapus of Southern Methodist Dallas, Nevada Miss Kathleen Griffin, 13 10 Humboldt St., Reno, Nev. university, Tex., is in New York city as a student at the New Hampshire Mrs. J. W. Parfett, Jr., 15 Temple Ct., Manchester, N.H. Juilliard School of Music. New Jersey Mrs. N. J. MacDonald, 21 Hickory Dr., Maplewood, N.J. New Mexico Mrs. Paul S. Meyer, Raton, N.M. New York Mrs. Chas. F. Payne, 93 W. Church St., Fairport, N.Y. North Carolina Miss Josephine Moore, P.O. Box 85, Southport, N.C. North Dakota Miss Jocelyn Birch, 1 1 10 9th St. So., Fargo, N.D. Ohio Mrs. H. E. MacArthur, 2313 Robinwood Ave., Toledo, O. Oklahoma Mrs. Frank Hall, 108 N.W. 32nd St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Oregon Mrs. Kenneth R. Curry, 3951 N.E. 20th St., Portland 15, Ore. Pennsylvania Mrs. A. Wm. Engle, 726 W. College Ave., State College, Pa. Rhode Island Mrs. Chilton McLaughlin, 3161 W. Shore Rd., Opponaug, R.I. South Carolina Mrs. S. J. F. Gamble, 319 Winston St., Florence, S.C. MAKE THE MEAL! South Dakota Miss Sally Matson, 201 W. 25th St., Sioux Falls, S.D. Tennessee Mrs. Fred B. Smith, 832 E. Clayton Ave., Nashville 4, Tenn. where they serve Sexton prod- Texas Miss Lucille Crimmins, 4214 Hawthorne Ave., Dallas, Tex. Utah Miss Tacy Campbell, 2432 Van Buren #12, Ogden, Utah Vermont Miss .Alice J. Dwindell, Orleans, Vt, Virginia Miss Marion Rogers, 1609 Laburum Ave., Richmond, Va. tlve quality Washington Miss Janet Hartman, 4408 Beach Dr., Seattle 6, Wash. West Virginia Mrs. Hugh Thompson, McMillan Hospital, Charleston, W.Va. in pickles, Wisconsin Miss Louise Marston, i Langdon St., Madison, Wis. relishes and Wyoming Mrs. Kenneth Craw, 3005 Pioneer St., Cheyenne, Wyo. condiments. Canada British Columbia Miss Beth Evans, 3324 3rd Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C. Manitoba Miss Margaret Aldous, 238 Oxford St., Winnipeg, Man. Apply to the chairman in your state or province for rushing recommendation blanks, Sexton stating nuraber you will need. Qua/if/foods Beautiful Engraved Stationery

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