) On Gable Edi:tor The Record _9f IAE p o Box 185t> Evanston Ill. _ Exch 8/~ To Sigma Kappa Parents: Your daughter's magazine is sent to her home address while she is in college and we hope that you enjoy seeing it. But if she is no longer in college and is not living at home, please send her new permanent address to Sigma Kappa Central Office, 3433 Washington Blvd., Indianapolis 5. Two More Sigma Kappas To Be Proud of Nancy Rockoff, AO, is the new vice president Associated Students at U.C.L.A. She was AWS Woman of the Month in January, man of the Bureau of Student · · years, Upper Division Women's Alpha Omicron chapter president, and a Spurs, Chimes, Elections Board, and This spring she trained for the final group selected for Project India. Tina Grogan's AX outstanding record at George· town college includes being Homecoming Queen, Student Government secretary, vice president of her senior class, voted Miss Georgetonian and Most Popular Girl, cheerleader, and a member of Beta Beta Beta-biology honorary, and Gamma Sigma Epsilon-chemistry honorary. SIGMA KAPPA 4ulumn 1963 · :lriangle Beta Epsilon won first place in tht Sorority Division of the annual "Sing Week" competition Delta Sigma house decorations took first prize at Western Illinois with the theme W. I. U. Victor. The chapter also won first with their float "Western Is Doled a Victory." Eta at Illinois Wesleyan has made it a habit to win the annual 1963 All Sing Group of Alpha Delta, I Greek Sing. The winning selection arranged especially for the sing, Josetta Shoemaker, placed third at TeD! was entitled, "My Country." Delta Phi placed first in the Greek Sing at Fairmont State, W.Va. VOLUME 57 NUMBER 3 AUTUMN 1963 Sigma _j(appa :liang/e Official Magazine of Sigma Kappa Sorority Founded at Colby College, November, 1874 NATIONAL COUNCIL FRONT COVER-Ingrid Hallberg, AA-Adelphi Col­ National President-Mrs. Ed lege, 1963 May Queen crowned by President Eddy of Douglas Jr., 9007 Fourth ave., Adelphi College. Inglewood, Calif. 3 183 Sigmas at COTS Sessions in Utah lsi Vi.e-President-Mrs. Eliot Roberts, 1230 Marston st., Ames, 6 Plans Progress for Convention Iowa. 9 Winners of Gerontology Awards 2nd Vice-President-Mrs. Ar­ 10 Denver Sigmas Proud of Enlarged House thur F. Friebel, 3662 Wellington rd., Los Angeles 16, Calif. 13 Epsilon Outstanding Sorority at Syracuse 15 Win Panhellenic Cup AGAIN Director of MembershiP-M>s. G. A. Clerisse, 3331 Osceola, 16 Writes Prize Winning Novel Denver, Colo. 17 Sigma Kappa Mothers Keep Moving Director of Extension-Mrs. 19 A Modern Priscilla Monroe Dreyfus, 122 Beverly pl., Munster, Ind. 21 Betty Blackie 22 California Alumn~ Congregate National Secretary-Treasurer­ Mrs. E. D. Taggart, 3433 Wash­ 23 Ambassadors All ington blvd., Indianapolis 5. Ind. 25 Sigmas Who Surpass 28 Honors 35 Pledges TRIANGLE STAFF 39 Significant News of Sigmas Editor-in-Chi•f-Mrs. James Stan­ nard Baker, 433 Woodlawn ave., 44 Alumn~ Chapter Activities Glencoe, Ill. 55 Milestones Col/•g• Editors-Mrs. John Cole· man, Meadow Estates, Wheeling, 59 Directory W.Va. Mrs. Henry Booske, !617 Zarker rd., Lancaster, Pa. SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE is published in Spring, Summer, Autumn. Win· Alumna~ Editor--Mrs. H arold B. ter, by George Banta Company, Inc., official publishers for Sigma Kappa L1nes, 234 . Salt Springs rd. , Syra­ Sorority at Curtis Reed plaza, Menasha, Wis. Subscription price $2 a cuse 3. N.Y. year ; single copies 50¢; life subscription $15. Send change of address, subscriptions, and correspondence ot a busine,. nature to Mrs. E. D. Taggart, Curtis Reed plaza, Menasha. Wis., or 3433 Washington blvd., Indianapolis 5, Ind. Correspondence of an editorial nature is to be addressed to Mrs. J. S. Baker, 433 W'oodlawn ave., Glencoe, Ill. Chapters, college and alumnz, must send manuscript in time to reach their respective editors CENTRAL OFFICE betore the fifteenth of October, January, April, and August. Member of Fraternity M•gazines Associated. All matters pertaining to national advertising should be directed to Fraternity Maga7.ines Associ· 3433 Washington blvd., Indian· ated, !618 Orrington ave., Evanston, Ill. apolis 5, Ind. Director, Mrs. E. D. Taggart. Second-class postage paid at Menasha. Wis. Printed in U.S.A. (1) Mrs. Clerisse gives Budd Award for outstanding gerontology projects to I'A-East Tennessee State, Brend; Tunnell, Bobbie Huffman, Millie Williams, and Carolyn Quillen happily accept it. (2) Mrs. Friebel awards the Teamwork Trophy for co-operation with alumnre to 1\.T-Arkansas State Teachers (3) Mrs. Dreyfus gives a tray to Mary Jo Schoberth, AX, for outstanding activities at Georgetown, small college (4) Mrs. Douglas presents Wick Award to Alice Marie Smith for BE-Louisiana Tech. (5) Mrs. Cone presents one of the scholarship awards. (6) Mrs. Pollard makes a special award to Nonie Palmer, BA, for highest scholarship at Utah State. (7) Mrs. Taggart gives award for outstanding young chapter to Maribelle Dixon for rr-Midwestern Texas. (8) Mrs. Mason presents the TRIANGLE award to AE-Kansas State Teachers represented by Cindee Wilson, Jan Carter, and Diane Dalton. The welcome sign was out at Utah State. 183 Gain Sigma Stimulation at COTS Sessions in Utah By J t?DY CURRY and MARY McDONALD, TraYeling Secretaries .A The scenic college town of Logan Utah School, and advisor for the Veterans Ad­ was the setting for . the Fourth Sigma ministration Hospital. Kappa College Officers Training School, Beverly Cruickshank Roberts, National Aug., 16-18. Elevated far above sea level, First Vice-President, presided at the convo­ surrounded by picturesque mountains, it cation held later in the evening. Margaret was an ideal place for the 183 Sigmas from Hazlett Taggart, National Secretary-Treas­ all parts of the country to gather. urer, presented a roundtable concerning Following registration, the first event on housing and endowment. Then we all en­ the agenda was a social hour held in the joyed a song fest under the direction of lovely, recently completed Beta Lambda Maureen Murphy, !'®-Long Beach. chapter house near the Utah State Univer­ Saturday's agenda included a series of sity campus. roundtable discussions on general topics of Betty Green Douglas, National President, chapter administration and chapter officers presided at the opening dinner held that leadership. evening. She introduced Mr. Mathison who Special topics and their leaders were: officially welcomed the Sigma Kappas to A sorority from the Dean of Women's View­ Utah State university on behalf of Presi­ point- Miss Leah Dunford, Dean of Women. dent, D r. Daryl Chase. Miss Leah Dun­ Rushing and recommendations-Nell Moline ford, Dean of Women, and Dorothy Rubel Clerisse, National Director of Membership. Pollard, A-California, President of the Lo­ Scholarship programs-Virgie Hyman Cone, ll, National Scholarship chairman. gan City Panhellenic, also extended their Activities programs-Pat Wagener Jones, AO, greetings. Provi nce President ll·F. Geriatrics was the topic discussed by Chapter standards-Helen Farrar Dismukes, I, speaker, Dr. Victor Kassel, the only prac­ National Standards chairman. Pledge trai ning- Prisci ll a Simms, BX, Special ticing geriatrician in the State of Utah. Dr. Advisor. Kassel, well known in his field, is advisor and professor at the Utah State Medical Among the interesting features were the AUTUMN 1963 A 3 A rush exhibits displayed by each chapter. Toastmistress for the evening banquet was Helen Satterburg Conta, AT-Washington State, of Salt Lake City and president of the Beta Lambda House Corporation. Mrs. C. A. Fariss, Delta Zeta Past Na­ tional President and Chairman of the Delta Zeta Legislative committee, the guest speaker, discussed issues of vital concern to the Greek system of today. Presentation of the coveted Natwnal Awards brought forth excitement and ap­ plause for the winners, particularly of the three main honors: the Wick Award for the most co-operative chapter (silver tea serv­ ice) to Beta Epsilon-Louisiana Tech ; the Budd Award for outstanding college ger­ ontology projects (silver coffee urn an d tray) to Gamma Lambda-East Tennessee State; and the Teamwork Trophy for outstanding co-operation with alumnre (silver punch Mrs. C. A. Fariss, Delta Zeta bowl and punch cups) to Delta Tau-Arkan­ Past National President, spoke. sas State Teachers. ' t Awards for special campus recogmt10n Alpha Sigma-Westminster; Alpha Chi-George­ town; Beta Epsilon-louisiana Tech; Beta Eta-Mas­ went to three chapters which had won out­ sachusetts; Beta Theta-Marietta; Beta Kappa­ standing chapter awards on their campuses: Colorado State (Fort Collins) ; Beta Nu-Bradley; Epsilon at Syracuse, Beta Chi at Santa Bar­ Beta Xi-Memphis; Beta Psi-San Diego; Gamma bara, and Gamma Lambda at East Tennessee Alpha-Colorado State (Greeley); Gamma Beta­ Western Michigan; Gamma Delta-Thiel; Gamma State. Zeta-Northern Illinois; Gamma Kappa-Southern TRIANGLE award-Delta Epsilon-Kansas State Illinois; Gamma Rho-Western Carolina; Gamma Teachers. Tau-Midwestern (Texas); Gamma Phi-North Large ca mpus activities award-Mu-Washing­ Carolina State; Gamma Psi-Tennessee Wesleyan; ton. Delta Alpha-Eas tern Michigan; Delta Beta-Mar­ Small campus activities award-Alpha Chi­ shall; Delta Eta-Central Missouri; Delta lambda­ Georgetown. Wayne State; Delta Rho-Madison; Delta Psi-Rad­ Outstanding young chapter award-Gamma ford. Tau-Midwestern (Texas). Scholarship awards to Gamma lambda-East On Sunday, the final day of COTS, the Tennessee State, Delta Alpha-Eastern Michigan, Delta Psi-Radford, Gamma Xi-lambuth, and four N ational Traveling Secretaries, Janet Gamma Sigma-Carroll for being first on their cam­ Crist, M-Washington; Mary McDonald, E­ pus. Syracuse ; Anne Gallaway, B~-Florida; and Oblong silver trays for 100 percent initiation of Judy Curry, BY-Ohio, aided by several pledges were presented to Alpha Psi -Duke; Gamma Gamma-Indiana State; Gamma Kappa-Southern chapter officers presented a Model Meeting.