E silon's first place winning poster designed a~d constructed ia ti~n with the Phi Gamma Deltas for Syracuse-Pitt fall weekend. Alpha Deltas at Tenness~e ~aking part in a skit: (seated) Wmme Pat Johnston and Joan Ledbetter; r/Jeing a (standing) Aleta Gamewell, Janet Brown, Sarah Milholen and Mary Nicholon. Sigma _j(appa Connie Jo Anderson, BA-Mem­ phis State, has won a record number of beauty contests: Miss Sertoma, Miss Traffic Safety, Miss Fire Prevention, Fairest of the Fair, 1st alter­ nate-Miss Tennessee,-Uni­ verse, Winner of bathing suit division, SPE Calendar Girl and Campus Cutie. Sigmas Permelia Harkey, Janice McSwain, and Judy Kelley, charter members of Epsilon Alpha, display the birthday cake in honor of our chapter's third birthday at Lenoir Rhyne. Alpha Omicron's stirring rendition of "Pass Me By" captured first place in the Chorus Division of UCLA's Spring Sing held yearly at the Hollywood Bowl. VOLUME 59 AUTUMN 1965 NUMBER 3 Sigma _}(appa :Jiang/e Official Magazine of Sigma Kappa Sorority Founded at Colby College, November, 1874 Conlenl:J NATIONAL COUNCIL FRONT COVER- Flora Rawls, AP, Dean of Women N atio nal President-Mrs. Ed at Memphis State University and the new dormitory Douglas, Jr., 9007 Fourth ave., named for her. Inglewood, Calif. 90305 3 Come to Convention in Puerto Rico 1st Vice- President-Mrs. Eliot 4 1966 Convention-Vacation, June 25-30 Roberts, 1230 Marston st., Ames, Iowa 50010 7 Evelyn Lord Inspects Radio Free Europe- Officially 8 Main Sea Coast Mission 2nd Vice-President-Mrs. G. A. 9 Gerontology is a Rewarding Project Clerisse, 3 3 31 Osceola st., Den­ 10 Endowment N eeds More Alumnre Participation ver, Colo. 80212 11 Head Hostess for Miss America Contestants Loves It 13 Did you Know That ... Director of Membership-Mrs. 14 Folk Singers Entertain Troops tn the Far East Arthur F. Friebel, 3662 Wel­ lington rd., Los Angeles, Calif. 16 What is Future for Fraternities? 90016 19 She Decorates with a Flair 21 Josephine Blose is Retiring But with Activity Director of Extension- Mrs. 22 She Spent Her Life Serving Others Monroe Dreyfus, 8553 Manor 24 Making Marriage Work dr., Apt. D, Munster, Ind. 28 Install104th Chapter at Findlay National Secretary-Treasurer­ 30 California Statewide Advisors Meet Mrs. E. D . Taggart, 3433 Wash­ 31 High Honors ington blvd., Indianapolis, Ind. 32 We Point with Pride to . .. 46205 35 Honors- Honors-More Honors 42 Pledges 46 Significant News of Sigmas 49 Alumnre Are Active Too TRIANGLE STAFF 54 Milestones Editor-in-Chief-Mrs. ]. 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Printed in U.S.A. 1966 C.ONVENTION-VAC ATION Combination Package-June 2 5-30 By ALICE HERSEY WICK, Convention Chairman .A When I wrote the convention article for for all conventionites-the convention pro­ the Summer TRIANGLE, it was done with gram itself will include many round table enthusiasm but also with faith and hope that sessions in addition to formal business meet­ Puerto Rico would turn out actually to be as ings; Province get-togethers; dinner programs lovely as all the advance travel folders made on Scholarship, Philanthropies, Awards, Con­ out. firmed Conventionites; with some special Now I can assure you that the advertising speakers to be announced. is not just commercial, but true! We were delighted to find some wonderful Peg Taggart and I spent a few days in Sigma Kappas living in San Juan, who will early July at the Americana in San Juan to help us on all local angles for convention. check all the hotel facilities, sightseeing ar­ In fact, as Assistant Convention Chairman, rangements and working plans with the effi­ let me introduce you now to: cient staff. Jean Ralls Hopler (Mrs. Robert), Bt.-Miami Every room in the hotel has its own special (Fla.). little balcony. This view shows the front, look­ Ann Wallace Allen (Mrs. Samuel), At­ ing out over the lovely large pool (we're hav­ Duke; and her daughter-Gail Allen, being ing it opened every night after meetings just initiated this fall at U-Florida State. for you!) and toward the beautiful beach. Gladys Ragsdale Newland (Mrs. A. E.), (At least we guess it's beautiful, we didn't T-Indiana. have time to try it!) To the right is the They are making valiant efforts to round coffee shop, with an airconditioned indoor up some more members, including one over room, and also a large outdoor patio with in the Virgin Islands, and who knows, they many tables. There's a new thatched hut called may end up with a Caribbean Alumme Chap· the Kum-Kum room (no A-Go-Go there!) ter. ~his is big enough for us to have some spe­ Most of the work in planning for this con· Cial groups for breakfast meetings-and you'd vention involves transportation. Peg Tagg~rt be surprised how popular they are. is in charge of this big job, which entatls The rooms on the other side of the hotel working out a couple of charter flights, and face the lake and mountains, so they have an group rates on other flights. e9~ally love_ly view. All are perfectly air con­ The flight is VERY reasonable if we can dtttoned, wtth a nice system that when you guarantee in advance enough to warrant the open the gl~ss door to the balcony and get charters, so PLEASE fill in the registration the trade wmd breezes, the air conditioning blank promptly. (One is already in, as of automatically goes off. After all, the Ameri­ late September-one of my favorite Con· cana doesn't want to cool the entire Island. firmeds !) Peg will be bombarding chapters Your special co~wention rat_e of $18 per and individuals with information on flights person, per day, ts the modtfied American very soon. plan, _meaning breakfast and dinner. We plan As always, families and friends of Sigmas f~ee ttme at the luncheon hours, in fact more may attend convention, by paying our $25 t~me t~ a n w~ had anticipated-because the registration fee, and get the advantage of our stghtseemg tnp of fascinating San Juan is special hotel rate. They may attend all our three hours. The streets are so narrow that social events, but of course not any business the large buses we had planned cannot be meetings or round tables. For a family 1966 us_ed , so VW station wagons for eight people vacation, you could plan nothing more in· wdl be the system. This means we'll have to teresting, reasonable, alluring than a jaunt to allow two days instead of one for this treat· Puerto Rico-a part of our territory that all on your non-sightseeing day, you'll have a~ our citizens should visit. extra hour for swimming or shopping-and For all those taking the charter flights, it both are fabulous. will . be essential, obviously, that the flights Now that's the vacation part of this trip return to the same embarkation spot with the A 4 A SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLB Advance Convention Meeting in Puerto Rico To Plan Joys for Us Sigma Kappas met at the Americana hotel July 8 to instigate plans and check on the wonder· ful facilities for our National Convention June 25-30, '66. (Left to right) Gail Allen, !1-Fiorida State; Ann Wallace Allen, A'i'-Duke, Gail's mother; Alice Hersey Wick, P, Past National President and now Permanent Convention Chairman; Margaret Hazlett Taggart, National Secretary-Treasurer; Jean Ralls Hopler, Ell­ Miami (Fla.); and Gladys Ragsdale Newland, T-Indiana. Alice and Peg made the trip to see the site for themselves and met with the others who live in San Juan and who obviously will be of great help with plans. SIGMA KAPPA CONVENTION REGISTRATION Americana Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico June 25-30, 1966 Mail to: Sigma Kappa National Headquarters 3433 Washington Blvd., Indianapolis, Ind. 46205 Name ... .. .... .. ... ..... ... ... ... .... ... ...... .. .. .. .. .. ..... .. Maiden Married Home Address . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ...... · ..... · · · · · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · College Address (for college members) ....... ... ...... .. .... ... .... .... .. .. Chapter .. .. ... .... .. ... ... ........ · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · College Alumnre Graduation Date National Officer (past or present-title-years) Alumna: Chapter Delegate ( ) Alumna: Chapter Visitor ( ) College Chapter Delegate-first delegate ( ) College Chapter Visitor ( ) second delegate ( ) Alumna delegate for college chapter ( ) Advisory Board ( ) Corporation Board Member ( ) fanhellenic Delegate or Officer (give office) City ( ) College ( ) Non-Sigma Kappa Visitor ( ) AUTUMN 1965 same flying group. This means that all those Islanders wear shorts or slacks-anyone seen on the charters will have just the Puerto in public in those is known at once to be a Rican trip.