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Zeta Phi Beta Jorori~y Official Directory OFFICERS OFFICERS

NELLIE B. ROGERS, Grand Basileus, 2164 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. GRACE L. COLLINS, First Anti-Basileus, 490 E Street, $. W., Washington, D. C.

.JUANITA F. BATES, Second AntiBasileus, 101 Wilderman Street, Fort Worth, Texas. HELEN E. WILSON, Grammateus, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. GOLDIE GUY MARTIN, Tamiouchos 116 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Ill. ANTOINETTE E. HOWLER, Jervelar,

112 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, Va . LOU SWARZ, Epistoleus, 3663 Windsor Place, St. Louis, Mo. BEATRICE CATLETT, Chairman Executive Committee, 943 S. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. ALTIDA C. DAILY, Parliamentarian, 171 Lincoln Street, Montclair, N. J.

REGIONAL DIRECTORS RUTH WHITE WILLIS, Eastern, 1223 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md. GRACE BRADLEY, South Eastern, 978 Simpson Street, Atlanta, Ga. AUDREY ANTHONY CENT RA L, 5209 Michigan Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

LULLELIA WALKER HARRISON, Southern 1721 Worm Street, Houston, Mo. ESTHER C. PEYTON, Middle Atlantic, 330 T. Street, N. W. Washington. D. C.

L. C:. SHEFFEL, South Central, 617

W. 25th Street, Winston-Salem, N.

C. E. JUANITA TATE, South Western, 808 Pine Street, Tulsa, Okla.

Chapter l{oll GRADUATE CIIAPTERS ALPHA ZETA. Baltimore, Md.Thelma Coleman. 2039 McCulloch Place, Baltimore, Md. BETA ZETA, Washington, D. C.Edith Lyons, 1833 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. EPSILON ZETA, Morris Brown University, Atlanta, Ga.-Lillian Carter, 989 Violet Ave., Atlanta, Ga. ZETA ZETA, Chicago, 111.-Goldis Guy Martin, 116 E. 60th St., Chicago, Ill. ETA ZETA, Louisville, Ky.-Armah Wilson, 644 S. 21st, Louisville, Ky. THETA ZETA, Bluefield, W. Va.Lola M. Mack, 309 Reese St., Blue. field, W. Va. JOT A ZETA, Indianapolis, Ind.-Flora J. Bates, 301 Vermont St., Indianapolis, Ind. K A P P A Z E TA, Dallas, Texas Blanche T. Johnson, 5219 Oakland Ave., Dallas, Texas.

I,AMBDA ZETA, Houston, Texas, Esther Collins, 3312 Orange St., Houston, Texas. MU ZETA, Baton Rouge, La., Southern University, Minnie H. Champe, Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. NU ZETA, Knoxville, Tenn., Almeda M. Ford, 803 W. Hill Street, Knoxville, Tenn. XI XET A, St. Louis, Mo.-Lou Sware, 3653 Windsor Pl., St. Louis Mo. OMICRON ZETA, Raleigh, N. C. Louise Perrin, 726 Blount St., Raleigh, N. C. PI ZETA, Nashville, Tenn.-Nancy M. Carr- 1703 Heiman St., Nashville, Tenn. RIIO ZETA, Winston-Salem, N. C. Susie M. Speight, 1440 Cherry St., Winston-Salem, N. C. CONTJNUED ON INSIDE BACK COVF.R

SIGMA ZETA, Wichita, Kansas -Rena W. Flake, 1058 Ohio Ave .. Wichita, Kansas. TAU ZETA, Charlottesville, Va. Eleanore B. Sellers, 909 Anderson St., Charlottesville, Va. UPSILON ZETA, Mashall, Texas Ma~gie B. Daniels, Wiley College Marshall, Texas. PHI ZETA, New York, N. Y. Dr. Stephanie Davis- 203 W. 136th St., New York, N. Y. CHI ZETA, Oklahoma City Oklahoma - Mattie F. Jeltz, 626 N. E. Second St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. PSI ZETA, Fort Worth Texas c/o Juanita F. Bates, 101 Wildormun St. Fort Worth, Texas. OMEGA ZETA, ltoanoke, Va. - e/o Esther Acyton, a:rn T. Stn•Pl, N. ·w. Washington, D. C.

IDQr ArrQou Official Organ of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority VOLUME VI 11.

R.ICHMOND, VA., APRIL 1938

NO. 1.

PUBLISHED Bl-ANNUALLY

ANTIONETTE E. BOWLER, Editor

Contents y Page

To Violette

Greetings From Grand Basileus National Officers _

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Violette Anderson Eulogized Worthy Use Of Talents

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The Virtues of Marriage __ ----·------------------------------

Soror Lou Swarz

Journalism In High Schools __

Service The Keynote of Success Stamp Out Syphilis

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Nu and Kappa Alpha Chapters -------------------------------Finer Womanhood And Service ---

1937 Roule-Beta Zeta Chapter _ ·---------------------------- 14-1::i Eastern Region _ _ _ _

Southern Regional _ ··----

Omega, Zeta and Phi Chapters ----------------·---------------Sharing Community Problems · _

Why I Want To Become A Zet Greetings From Anti-Basileus

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Tau Zeta ' and aKppa Zeta's Conference -------------------------.

Chapter Chatters _ Zeta Songs and Poetry Did You Know ?

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ambition, stimulated our imagination, provided the inquiring mind wtth accurate information and thus led us into broader fields for Zeta.

Greetings From Grand Basileus

NELLIE B. ROGERS Grand Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

l EXTEND GREETINGS '1'0 ALL ZETAS: Our delegates guthorod at Houston, Texas, for our annual ooule, have shown great confidence in me when they conferred upon m3 the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a soror. I have no greater ambition than to prove worthy of that confidence. To step into the place of our most worthy, late grand basileus, Soror Violette N. Anderson, is indeed a trem ndous task. The reorganization or the National Office is taking some time. I beg of you to be tolerant. I am indeed grateful to you for the many gr etings, letters of encouragement and your pledge to support my efforts in building Zeta to a still bigger and better sorority. Through the untiring efforts of our regional directors, state deputies and scouts, four new chaptors: Mu Alpha at Bluefield, W. Va.: Nu Alpha, Houston, Texas; Omega Zeta, Roanoke, Va., and Alpha Alpha Zeta, at Salisbury, N. C., have been organized since the boule. This is indeed an indication of Zeta's true spirit and growth. I'm depending upon everyone or you to continue to do your part to keep this spirit alive. }◄'or fulleHt Zeta cooperation, I am Sisterly youra, NELLIE B. ROGERS, Grand Basileus Page 3

National Officers

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GOLDIE GUY MARTJN

ANTOINETTE E. BOWLER

'I'amiouchos

Jerveler

E. JUA ITA TATE

ESTHER C. PEY'l'O

Regional Director

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Eulngy of l,Tioktte Anderson Hy Esther C. Pey1on feel it, an honor to make a few remarks in memory of one of the finest of women, our own beloved and departed sorer, Violette N. Anderson. Though she is not with us in body, she is in spirit. All Zetas f.eel her influence wherev r they are gathered together.

Violette Anderson was born in London, England and educated in the United States. She graduated from the High School, Seminary of Sciences and Law School of Chicag·o, Ill. Lawyer Anderson was the wife of Dr. Albert E. Johnson, a durgg ist, in Chacago. Hor connection with many educational, civic and fraternal organizations caused her· to win prominence throughout this country. She was the Legal Advisor of the Northern District, of Chicano: former off'iccr of the F deration of Colored Women's Clubs; President of the Big Sisters' League of Chicago; Ex-First Vice President of Cook County Bar Association; Secretary of the Idlewild Lot Owners Association; member of the Executive Board of Chicagn Council or Social Agencies; Secretary of the National Pan-Hellenic Council! member Zeta Z ct a Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and our recent Grand Basileus. She won the distinction of being the first colored woman admitted to practice

VIOLETTE N. ANDERSON ♦

II r life, a Zeta meteor, Blazed in achievement's sky;

VIOLE'£TE N. ANDERSON

It left a trail of memories And deeds that shall never die. She bore the illuminated torch or finer womanhood. Her face beamed forth with benign gra •e And sacrificial good. She has soared way beyond our sight, Beyond our mortal view, But left b hind an inspiring light, Like a comet in the blue. Your apiri], hovers near us yet, Sorer Violette Anderson, Cherished by loyal Zetns And rev red by every one. LAURA AND1£RSON Alpha Chapter

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in the state of J11i110is on examination and the first colored woman admitted Lo practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Through her was inaugurated the National Recreation Project of this sorority, the project carried on in Coatesville, Pa. During her whole four years as Grant! Basileus, she was ombucd with that old Zeta spirit, that or leading our sorority onward, onward toward the heights of Greckdorn. But, as she stated, "Every step was sweet with service." The loyalty or her s01To1·s all over the United States made her days of illn ss mu ·h easier to bear. Only one thought cast its shadow over her last days. She

wrote, "The one thing in the world I want is to be with Zeta in Houston and finish my work. Pray for me. "Our Violette transacted Zeta business even within an hour of her death. The people of Chicago do not wish to rcmemb 1· her funeral as such, for it was made so beautiful by her Zetas. So they have described it in their own terms as, "Violette's Zeta Party."

I shall close these remarks with a poem written by Sorer Laura Anderson of Alpha Chapter. God grant that her soul may rest in peace and thal she may ever remain the guardian angel of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

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The Worthy Use of Talents Finer womanhood featured annually by the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in a simple, explanatory sense implies service to humanity. In the constant, regular passing of the <lays, the months and the years, corresponding duties toward humanity in general, and relative obligations to brethren and friends in particular devolve a tremendous task and responsibility upon the interested benefactors. The stem, significant realization is that the present day life or activity is characterized by the need of service in reforming the wrong and conserving the right. The trend of the times is as a mighty stream, augmented by its tributaries, gathering momentum as it flows along, until it discovers a fitting depository where it leaves the materials gathered on the way. Then research workers, trca , sure seekers, and other groups of an activated populace delve into the wealth of accumulation and appropriate that which is most suitable and adaptable to their needs and purposes. Herein lies the truth that individuality must take its part and whatever is just, good and true H, the course of activity pursued in the effort to establish and maintain lofty ideals must prevail, Elmo has said, "No law yields a greater benediction to those who keep it than this law of labor. The idlers are not happy; there is for them little joy of life. They murmur and complain; they do not know the luxury of work, and they cannot, therefore, know the luxury of rest. Only the tired man knows the sweetness of repose." To this end small efforts are not to be disdained if they are the best that can be offered, for mighty oaks grow from little acorns. Only possess a faith that will be the connecting link between that which is in need of succor and that which is to be the resulting level of attainment; the connecting link between the present and the future. The underlying principle of the quality of procedure is the direct outgrowth of the motive appertaining, and the results obtained register in the scale of service and success proportionate to the worthy use of the opportunity to apply ahilitics in the working scheme. May each fleeting clay see some work of love performed, some deed of kindness rendered, and some lost or misguided one restored o wholesome life. The worthy use of talents implies that individuals must possess certain abilities lo perform some service in situations where the results or effects will he most

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By Ethel Thompson Alpha Zeta Chapter

valuable to the other individuals tow.u-rl whom the service is directed. In bcin-r useful, if we look around our door, we'll find that there ar others of our kith and kin, of our friends, of the strangers, who are bowed low in deep meditation, or wrapped in earnest, prayerful supplication for some ray of enlightenm nt- for sc me word of encouragement that will h~lp them realize temporal aapirations 'Pd gu in sur itual inspiration. "Be useful whor» thou livest," says one, "that they may Both want, and wish thy pleasing presence still. Kindness, good parts, g reat places are the way To compass this, find out men's wants and will, And me -t them there. All worldly joys go less To the one joy of doing kindnesses." Life brings a Lask to every one with an aptitude to follow the avenues or personal abilities whether the road leads into art 01· science, commerce or politics. economics or r I ig ion. When the intellect has been trained along the chosen ch-mnels, it is not enough to lest the worthy use of such talents if the consecration of them toward the uplift of mankind is not given a place in the heart as well as in th' head. Mankind can b reached by way of the heart if it is to attain strength, dignity and usefulness in a world or enterprise and responsibility. Eat"Jit,sl limes have infiu need the present. Now ti me cal Ii, for adjustments and readjustments. So we must live and labor, ever mindful of the f'utur ', y •L not forgetful of the past for the fo1·efath rs hnvc blazed the trail. They invented the printi n_g press, developed art, designed the c· o 111 pass, f'o rmulated law, p1·01n'>led science, solved «conomic problems, and preached the gospel. Posterity must carry on" and "come through." It must answer the call "Come over into Mnco rlonia and hcl p us." There will ho found a broad field for labor in he worthy use of talents. You know the Biblical version of the Parable of the Talents. The lord called his servants and entrusted his goods lo their keopiru; while ho was to bo away in a far country. Rcnliz ing Lheir sever.. 11 abilities, Ile gave one servant Iiv • talents. another two talents and a t h ird- om•

talent. The servant that had received five talents gained five other talents; the one who had been given two talents gained two other talents. The one who had received one talent went and digged in tho earth and hid his Lord's money, thereby, making it non-yielding. Then the master returned from his jcurney and inquired about the talents. In answer to each report, given by the lirst and second servants ho said, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over· a few things: I will make thee ruler over many things: ont r thou into the joy of thy lord, "for they had made profitable use of their charges. The third serva11t justly heard his sentence when the Lo,·d said, "Cast ye thP unprofitable servant into outer darkness: therc shall be weeping and g·n:1sh in'{ of teeth." That servant failed to ,. ali1.c the lucrative power of the one talent, and, therefore, lost an opportunity to make u worthy use of it. "Unto very one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall he laken away even that which he hath." This is the ultimate word for th~ th r:fLy and the shiftless. Sincere endeavor to do all the good P' ssible will rebound in its path and proc'u"c much more good than can be ima:•·ined and the real knowledge of that productiveness may not be made manifeHt to the worker but Lhe souls touched and helped more than repay for that lack of knowleclg(•. The ben .factor becomes th(• stronger man or woman morally and spiritually and has the personal satisfaction of having done the best that he (ff shP could, and surely th Cr ator n•quircs nolhing more. 'rhere as a mighty lesson of the benefitence of friendliness in the poem "The llousc by the• Side of the Road" If there a1·c• any among you who have traveled nnd have exp •1·ienccd a weird lo11elincsi1 while away from hom know how reassuring and st,· ngthening it is to mc•Pt a friend for "a friend in need is a friend indec•d. " 'T'o b(• asked to r,•st, 1.n dine, to refresh after a weari!-lomc journey causN; one to look up, brace up, and go on uncl on to [hn ~•oal. But I lhil1k the lNIH011 is ('Ven a mort' Hignifiennt Oil(' when I recall the sentimc·nt c•xp1·csst•d in the sequPl ])0em to the one last named. Not only do<'H it t•xpresH thl' joy of living in the houRt• hy lhe sid<• of tlw roacl nncl being n fi-ic•nd lo man, but also, dot•s it c•xpl'eHs till' gn•atcr joy or walking in lhl' mud hy tlw I Conthl\tl'cl on l'ngt• 7)

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The Virtues of Marriage S we all know-Marriage-that sacred and age old institution epitomizes - or should symbolize all of the great virtues. Since it is upon this great and noble estate that our future Society hinges, every woman expects - sometime during her life to enter the sacred portals, of "for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, - until death do us part." "This is the way of all women - for they desire the expansion of the horizon of human sympathy and the glow of spiritual understanding which a solitary soul could probably never attain alone. Every heart desires a mate. For reasons beyond our comprehension, nature has so created us that we are incomplete in ourselves; neither woman nor man singlely can know the joy of performance of all the human Iunctions: neither can singlolv create another human being. This fact influences and colors the whole of our lives; and there is nothing for which the innermost spirit of 011e so yearns, as for a sense of union with another soul and the perfection of one's self which such union brings." The difference between the physical make up of the sexes unite and hold together the man and woman so that their spiritual union is the solid nucleus of an immense fabric of interwoven strands reaching to the utmost ends of the earth. "In her great hope and desire for the state of matrimony every woman must realize that marriage offers one of the best opportunities for the richer fulfillments of life." Not only does it promise the daily companionship of the man she loves, with a salisfaction deeper and richer than mer companionahip, and gives her the right to bear and rear their children and so satisfy her own maternal instinct, but ii promises - also, when the glamour of youth and the strug·gles of middle-life are past, the hope of evening - years or closest intimacy with the one who is dearer to her than even herself." IL is through this shared life-experience that a woman (who is serious about the vows) becomes more imbued with the blessed ideals of sorvic which are always imbued with the things which arc always need din our disturbed old world. She is more alert to the grave problems which seek to destroy us. She is bettor fortified to cope with the outside forces which tend to disintegrate the home. This pressure of which I speak is terrifl« and if it were not for our millions of tireless, selfish home women groat wiv s - the American home would (•1·u111bl and diRRPJ>Car. Tho Stat" of

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By Lucile Lewis

TJ,1, following is 1111 ad d ress rendered hy Mrs, Luril « Lewis, Olli' of 01u· new Sorors, at Prooidr nrr Baptist Church, Mrs. Charles D. Hubert, o.ulto sponsored lite Y'ontl: Day program, ro mm rnced it at the 11 o'clock hour with a s p eakcr taki11g prenat al d eucl o p m cnt of the child thro11glt child hood and adol cs ce ncr, 1/t the rvr11i11g service three s peak ers took the sub jact 11p-Si11gfe Life-Married J,if1•-a11d The Ll]» of a Motltrr.

marriagehood stimulates woman's insight and intuition. She can make better decisions of human perplexities which are brought to her notice. There is more anxiety to join hands in those endeavors which seek to lift burdens of distress from troubled soul - and to place some misguided foot on the highway to righteous living. Since God's name is evoked in the marriage service - "marriage" is a prayer instead of a social function." In order to reach the greatest height of spiritual poise - depth - generosity and humility of soul that a truly married woman aims for - no better, guide can be sought than Solomon's 31st chapter of Proverbs. - No better portrayal of Woman's marital Status can be written: JJ c says: in part, Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She girdeth h r loins with strength and strcngthcneth her arms. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yoa, she rcacheth forth her hands to the needy. She opencth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She lookel.h well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. If these immortal words are always remembered - that oldest and loveliest of all love covenants will stand out in our modern world as strongly and effectively as it did in the time or Ruth and Naomi. In Ruth's covenant she faced very bravely the hazards as well as the hopes of happiness - Her cry to old Naomi who would have sent her away - will

ring down through the ages as a challenge to women - when they enter the sacred fold of marital partnership "Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go - and where thou lodgest I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my Godwhere thou diest will I die, and there will be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." Such Zestful words Strengthen tfie young married woman of today and malce her more mindful of the fact that she is the "soul of civilization" - the very center and core of it, - that all the race hopes and dreams and strives to achieve is built around her. She is the guardian of the Fireside, of religion, of the ideals of mankind. Without her we would lapse into savagery. With her we can never utterly fail.

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"THE WORTHY USE OF TALENTS" (Continued from Page 6) side of the pilgrim and cheering him on his way. Zeta Sorority in its observance of Finer Womanhood has only to look back on the Jives of representative women and know that they have given service according to their abilities. They nave built better than they know. They nave formed the nucleus of a wise and efficient leadership so that if posterity furnishes the true and willing following, capable of surmounting obstacles, capable of making necessary readjustments and possessing an undaunted spirit of faith, hope and courage, mountains could be removed, as it were, and growth continued. Separately and severally working toward one commend good means victory in the end, for, says Kipling: "When crew and captain under. tand each other to the core, It takes a gale and more than a gale to put their ship ashore; For the one will do what the other commands, although they are chilled to to bone, And both, together can liva through weather that neither can face alone." I cannot but think of the worthy use of talents as meaning anything more easily understood than the beauty of service. Just to take a critical survey of the many levels of humanity in order to ascertain the excessive numbers of the members of the human race who are in need of missionary labor among them is motive (Continued on Page 10)

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Lou Swa1-:z Lou Swarz, our ational Epistolcus, is a charter member and Basileus of Xi Zeta chapter in St. Louis, Missouri. She is loyal and above' all u staunch supporter of Zeta. Under her leadership as Basileus, Xi Zeta has made the community "Zeta Conscious" through its small, though worthy and needless to say appreciative, "Cheer-up Showers For Shut-ins" at several institutions at intervals durnig the y ar. A Epistoleus, Lou seems to be trying very hard to keep Zeta's worthwhile accomplishments, as well as its outstanding orors, bof ore the eyes of the public. Thus, she is asking us to let our "Lights" shine and to "Keep Plugging." With the ideal of "Finer Womanhood" having been so beautifully developed by our late Grand Basileus, Violett T_ Anderson, and now being continued by our loving Grand Basileue Nellie B. Rodgers, Lou declares that Zeta is destined l'or success. It might b well to let our Sorors know that Sorer Swarz holds the distinction of being America's only dark-skinned solo actrcHs who presents a "one-woman" show in costume. Of a most recent appearance in Tulsa, Okla., when Pi chapter presented her, critics in three dif lcrent Tulsa papers hailed her as the greatest actress of today. She is not only an actress, but poet, playwright, and journaliat. At present Soror Swarz is a t iacher in one of the public schools of St. Louis, Misaouri. She is constantly studying and has · expressed to this writer that some clay she I hopes to make a coutribution to Zetas n111I · Humanity.

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Journalism In Hl"gh Schools OURNALISM is the term applied to

J and exemplified by the publication of

By La Berta Philli[JS

a school paper, and it has in the last few years become within itself an institution nal ism, Everywhere small as well as apart. from the prof'cssion of journalism large schools are getting out publications as practiced by the city newspaper today. of one sort or another. Lack of extensive Though the developequipment is no barrier. Where printing ment and the display of is prohibitive in cost, other methods of good Elnglish is its chief displaying some interesting school papers air, the study is an ac"go to press" on the school duplicator 01· tive force for democramimeograph. Where this is not possible cy. It seeks to furnish enterprising classes lay the foundation many students a laborafor a school paper by issuing a news tory in which to develop "s periodical in bulletin form. Other devices American ideals by givof various sorts are in vogue everywhere. ing every y~ung citiz_en La BPrta Phlllliis Indeed it is impossible to estimate the an opportunity to write number of high school papers, so great and to speak the English language has been the increase. Surely with so purposefully. The personal growth in many to set a precedent, no school is self control, business achievements, and making a mistake in publishing a paper executive ability that students .e;ain of some sort. from actual work on a school paper alone That which is most essential in journal justify the establishment of a school ism is not a knowledge of history. Not a paper in any school. knowledge of men; not the ability to catch To defend journalism as a vital force a point quickly, nor th art of presentin ·t· in progressive education is probably no Jacts properly, nor the skill to display the longer noccssary. IL's power as an effec- news appealingly in the headlines. It is the love, the worship of truth tive means of teaching composition, howThe journalist has but one ancestor. vcr, may b emphasized i-f not presented - Diogenes as a new idea. Journalism gives, reality to written exprcsaion. It says to the stu- And like Diogenes, he goes everywhere dent: There is a great drama g·oing 011 with his lantern in his hand searching about you and you are a part of that for truth. Sometimes he finds it and makes drama. You!' environment teams with it bloom. This is his honor, his life. Someriches, the open sesame is an inquiring times he thinks he has found it, but dismind. Your world challenges the eye: to covers he has been mistaken. This means so ,, the ear to hear, and the heart to the work must be started again. understand. Once he heeds the challenge, The soul of newspaper work is service, the student d velops a mind that touches not alone public service that is wide and his dail v '"YlJE>t·iences with color and re- inspiriting, but personal service as well, leases his spirit to wonder unashamed. that imposes many obligations and makes Journalism is sociological in nature. IL many a heavy draft on your time, your implies an actual communication or ideas, loyalty to yourself, and your community whether this be rnerely through oral read- and country, but newspaper service is ing or contributions, through the class not a kind of martyrdom. It is a service collection of the best work, or eventually that is well requited. The man-or-woman through the high school paper. The young with the necessary natural equipment adventurer, already alive lo interest of and cul tu rul foundation can look forward the commonpluce, soon realizes that to to a life of usefulness, or honor of enpresent his discoveries to his J' llows, he trancing' color. must acquire a power over words; he Every profession has its standards, and must muster u technique that has grown the newspaper profession is not an extip about thiR cxpc1·icnee - sh·1ring prac- ception. Let 110 man think he can be a suelk(' as the most forceful and economical ccssf'ul newspaper charlatan. There arc method of sctling down what the human no such pooplc, We do not deny it; but race does and feels and thinks. He ii:; ad- thr ir success though it glit.te1's for a vcntm-inz with life: he must adventure while, is ncithc1· sound 1101· lasting. The with language too. And ho has a motive mun of unsound heart c:a1111ot day in and Thnt, high sc\100I~ all over the United dny out, bare his unsoundness to the pubStutes arc beginning lo publish weekly or lic eye without d ,tcction. We, too, stand semi-weekly pa pcr« is an evidence of the in the ~·larc of a 1rnblicity that is pitiless. praet icnl t•dueationnl vuluc of school jour- No newspapel'man can be n good news-

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paperman without something good in his heart - something good and big. The great power of saying what you mean is what every newspapen11an must strive for, and his motto might well be that proud line of the divine poet, who transmuted words into crystal and who said that he never let words make him say what he did not want to say. This ability should be conbined with accuracy, for from accuracy spring all the resplendent vil-tues of our craft and all the benefactions it can perform. You have a military despotism or an absolute monarchy, or an aristocracy, and they can function of and from themselves; but you cannot have a democracy without a free, a fearless, and a h"ustworthy press. Althoug·h some high schools have published a school newspaper continuous,ly s:nce 1910, most of the development of high school joumalism has taken place since 1926, One of the greatest reasons for this recent rapid gi·owth is the modem tendency to broaden the activities of highschool students. The increased interest in athletic contests, clubs and organizations, school plays, debates, class activities, and commun:ty activities has created a definite need .for a student newspaper. Functions must be announced, sup1,orted, re1>orted, and recorded . The school paper serves the high-school community in much the same way that the professional newspapet· serves the adult community. To a large number of students, the high school newspaper has opened an extra curricular activity that is comparable to athletics, dramatics, or debating. The contests and conventions, the wearing of pins and emblems, and the publishing of the school paper are a most enjoyable part of the present-day enrichment of high school life. This brief review which I shall now give you w:11 indicate the progress already made and point out where further improvement is necessary: 1. There is less imitation of the prnfessional paper. 2. The principles of make-up al'e being better applied to all of the paper rather than to the first page only. 3. Reporting is better, although many papers still fail to cover the complete news field. 4. News stories are better, although there should be a larger variety in the leads. There is too much use of the purely chronological order

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and a noticeable tendency to proportion space more according to material at hand than according to the importance of the material. 5. More journalistic features are being used. 6. 'I'he improvement in humorous material is slight. There are still too few short personal news items and too many joke magazines. 7. Editorial pages are better organized

but there is a lack of editorial material. The possibilities of editoral paragraphs, liners, and feature material are not yet recognized by a large number of schools. 8. Sports and sections as a rule above the average of the rest of the paper. There are many good g o s s i p columns. The make-up of the sports page is usually good.

9. The arrangement of advertising has been much improved. 10. Papers are being printed better. There are fewer typographical errors, and the impression of the type and the cuts is much better. The very nature of student newspaper work stimulates the student's best effort, for the results of his work are printed in black and white and distributed to nearly every person in school and to many outside. By teaching journalism in high school, the young journalist is prompted by the very human desire to display good work and to receive as little unfavorable criticism as possible. To sum up one can readily see that, journalism in high school will develop within the young journalists a sympathetic and intelligent interest in people and events; will gain for them a know-

ledge of where stones may be found and' a willingness to work hard to find them; will enable them to distinguish news and drive it out of the covert of the commonplace; will increase their power to wrfte rapidly, accurately, and interestingly, and to estimate values of news stories. People who are engaged in newspaper work have a splendid opportunity to instill some principles in young journalists that will be of benefit to them after they have ceased from their labor in the newspaper world. These principles of accuracy, speed, the idea of getting a thing right, self-confidence and poise, courtesy and tact, tolerance and fairness, loyalty and many others are principles, i r developed, that will prepare one for meeting more effectively situations. La BERTA D. PHILLIPS Psi Zeta Chapter

Service-The Keynote of Success Success from the very beginning of time has depended upon one's ability to give unselfish service. Today, in the midst of turmoil and confusion, one is called upon to serve in a number of capacities. His success will be measured by the amount of work accomplished and hy the happiness he is able to bring his fellowman and his nation. President Eliot of Harvard University once said: "To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world." We wish to have peace, contentment, fellowship and goodwill. That is a desire of every human being. Therefore, we must build upon a foundation of service, a structure, that will stand as a living monument to our memory. A foundation whose super-struc., ture will not be rocked by the winds of discord. jealousy and petty-ism. The economic order and the whole scheme of the universe is built upon service. The lowly azarene left service as an abiding message with us. "He that would be great among you must become the s rvant of all." We live in this world but once. All of our energy and work should be in preparation for a greater, a more wonderful, and a more abundant life. The door of opportunity swings for the person who wishes to serve. We, as Zetas can-not be icllc, we can-not be dismayed We must be up and doing at all times. Achieving through service rendered to the unfortunate and underprivileged heights yet unreached by other organized groups. Service is one of the ideals of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. The founders c·auyht

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By E. Juanita Tate the spirit and inculcated and planted the idea in the first little group of young women, who was willing and eager to carry a new gospel. A gospel of understanding, harmony, concord, and an abiding interest in all thing great and good. AU things that can be used for the uplift of humanity and for the glory of God will ennoble our Jives. May we as Zetas re-dedicate ourselves to the task of greater service and usefulness, as we march the highways of life. Build and re-build character through our influence, and through our willingness to cooperate and to serve. Build not in rock, granite and marble for they will crumble into dust with the passing of years. But, build in a life well lived through s rvice and consideratlon for others. Your deeds will be eternally written (as examples) across the pages of time I Ior unborn generations to read, appreciate, and emulate. E. JUANITA TAT!<~ Pi Chapter

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"WORTHY USE OF TALE NT" (Continued From Png 7) enough to ncourazc the casting of one's efforts among them, thus giving them gold in the love and light that ar ilnparted to them. Reflect for a while and recall tho earlier days when Phyllis Wheatly having n lit~nny trend of mind, became a poet of

note and her inn uence is felt to the present day. Sojourner Truth possessing an undaunted spirit of self-assertion and having the courage of her convictions, exercised her talent as an abolitionist lecturer temperance and religious ref'o'rmed, In these channels she sought the truth. Sarah Elizabeth Tanner, known for her warm and genial character, was a homemaker, dedicating her life to the succ sa of her home and family. At the same time she manifested al rt business capabilities and linking that knowledge with the training and care of th home, she made her domain one of peac and beauty. Harriet Tubman, called the "Moses" of her race because of h r wise leadership in guiding her p ople to a brighter, more self-respecting ands If-relying outlook on life, left a herilag lo later gcnenitions. Frances Ellen Watkins Harp r who realized that there was work for her to do among the oppressed p oplc, directed her lime toward the cause of Jrccdorn. Fannie .J. Coppin, teacher and moulder of charntler, was a brilliant advocate of the higher education and a devotee of industrial training. She eor rclatcd tho training, of the head, Lh« heart and inc hand, and that spirit has come up to the present in the work of the lcat'hl'rs of today. Mary B. Talbert, winner of the SpmJ!lll'tl medul, was a

tlrelcss workvr for (h('

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Stamp Out Syphilis 'I'his report on the why and how of the fight against syphillis as told by Dr. Thomas Parran, able leader of that battle and recently appointed Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, was taken from the Survey Graphic magazine (vol. XXV, No. 7) July, 19-16, reprinted by special arrangement and distributed by the Texas State Department of Health. Before going into the discussion per se, I think more should be said about Dr. Parran. This noted authority entered the Public Health Service shortly after his graduation in 1916 and devoted the next ten years to research and administrative positions in various parts of the country, one of them being· that of Assistant Surgeon General in charge of the Division of Venereal Diseases. Having served as Commissioner of Health for Now York State six years, he has now brought to the nation a career wholly devoted to public health, and he enjoys the singular distinction of being the first State Health officer to be appointed Surgeon General. Other noteworthy positions and affiliations which distinguish him are: Scienti nc <Ii rector of the National Committee on Research in Syphilis, director of the American Social Hygiene Association, pvcsidcnt-elcct of the American Public Health Association, president of the American Medical Society, and a member of tho scientific councils of the Milbank Memorial, the International Health Divixion of the Rockcrfcllow Foundation, and tlw II en ry Phipps Institute, Un ivoraity of' Ponnsvlvania. In his article, "The Next Great Plague

lo Go," Dr. Parran tells how syphilis, which is caused by an o rguuism known as the spire chctn pallidn and is one or om· most dreaded contagious diacasc», can ho uprooted. Ac-cording to this report a comparative study of discaeos showed that one adult in ten is infected by syphilis sometime during the lift span, and unless spocific regular treatment is given, it is permanently disablrng' am! frequently fatal. In 1!l:l4 syphilis attack •d and disabled more than a half million persons. There is more of it than meas\ s, twice as much as tuberculosis, and a hundred times as much as infantile paralysis. More than 10% of all insanity, 18% of all dis ascs of the heart and blood vessels und many of the stillbirths and deaths of babies in tho first weeks of life are caused by syphilis. It is believed that if the truth were known, this monster would ho round the leading cause of death in the United States.

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Hy Juanita F. Bates

Psi Zeta Chapter

It seems incredible that the bat t I e against this disease can be more easily won than the fight against some other diseases; however, such is the case because of the following reasons: (1) The spirochete which causes syphilis is delicate and lives only on moist surfaces; therefore it is short lived when outside of the body. (2) There is no intermediary host as in mosquito-borne malaria or louse-borne typhus fever. (3) There is no other source of infection aside from man himself. Syphill is is usually spread by personal contact from victim to victim, but there are other media through which one may become in Icctcd as the common drinking cup, napkin or handkerchief, pipe or cigarctte, in receiving services from a diseased person, such as nursemaid, barber, beauty shop operator, and in giving services such as those of dentist, doctor, or nurse, to a diseased person So many Iolk associate gonorrhea with syphilis, but this is quite an erroneous idea. The only thing syphilis has in common with gonorrhea is that both are sexborne diseases; however, gonorrhea is much more serious because it is harder to control than syphilis which can be cured by the use of arseph uamines which are compounds of arsenic with other chemicals cl rived from benzol, and will poison the spirochete in the blood and tissues without injuring the infected persons. Gync<·ologists say that the surgical repai 1· of' pool' obstetrics and gonorrhea earn their bread and butter. "T'he first sign of syphilis is sore (chancre) or lesion at the point of contad with the infection which appears 12 to 40 days after exposure. It is an extremely systemic disease which passes through four stages, all presenting widely di fl'orcntiatirur characteristics. The disease was never known until 1493 and is said to have originated with the Indians. Later it is b lieved to have carried into France by Charles VIII and was known as the "Great Pox." Twenty years after its introduction, mercury was used as a cure for syphilis and is still considered as the best treatment :for the disease. Spirocheta pallida, the specific organism causing syphilis was discovered at least 30 years ago by Chaudoin. The next important discovery was tho Wassermann test by D1·. Wassermann, a German. This

is used to determine the presence of the spirochete in the second stage of the disease." During the first stage (sero-negative) the Wassermann test is ineffective, but a darkfield microscopic test will reveal the presence of the squirming spirochete in the very beginning. If immediate treatment is given, 86% of all cases can be cured. The second stage of syphilis is characterized by skin eruptions which may look like measles, a food rash, or a light case of chicken pox. There may or may not be sores in the mouth, sore throat, infected eyes, headaches, and indigestion. At this period the Wassermann test will be positive. Dr. Parran says the two saddest case histories of syphilis are . ( 1) The young person who suspects it and is given tlie Wassermann test which does not show it in the first stage, and (2) The man or woman in whom the symptoms are so mild that they are unobserved. In both cases no treatment is given until very late in life the victim suffers from the stumbling gate of locomotor ataxia or the delusions of general paresis (degeneration of the brain), each of which syphilis is a precursor. Sir William Osler rightly called it the "great imitator." On half of the cases of syphilis occur in tl1e age group twenty to thirty; at the rate of 6 men to every 4 women; four times as much in cities as in rural districts, and six times as much among Negroes as among whites. In spite of our Increasing knowledge of the disease, it is not on the decline in the United States, but in Sweden it is on a l'apid decrease and in Copenhagen it is hardly ever seen. According to Dr. Panan's report, two mistakes are made by the public in regard to the control of syphilis. Namely, people will not talk about it, and philanthropists will not appropriate money for its treatment less they think they will be considered victims as a result of vice. It can be taken innocently as is evidenced by a report of 17 cases traced to a kissing game in which two infected but socially prominent young men participated. Syphilis can be controlled by making Wasserman tests routinely and not so much by coralli11g social prostitutes who present only about 25% of the cases. It must be known that it is found in all (Continued on Page 13) *'l~nkl•n from l,c,,cturca by Dr. A. H. Flickwir, Super• visor of City He!llth Depnrtment of Fort Worth. Texns.

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Nu Chapter Richmond Virginia

Top row, left to right: Audrey Bradford, Viola Botts, Carrie Bebbs, Edith Toney, Naomi Lewis, Miriam Robinson. Middle row left to rig-ht: Lillian Olphin, Antoinette Bowler, Martha-Warren, Susie Lewis. Bottom row, left lo rig·ht: Blanche Harris, Zipporah Taylor, Geneva Hinton, Grace Cogbill, Adlena Saunders, Inez Saunders.

KAPPA ALPHA CHAPTER

MINERS TE,\CHERS COLLEGE, \\'ASHIN(;TON, D. C.

F'ron] row, ldL o l'ight: Viruluiu Mild1cll, Huth 1\-kL<•od, Hmm-

lie Heid, Faust inu Brown, .Iean Dunt Christi ill' Colston. Scl·OtHI row· Irle lln Ma 1111, Bl'rl inn Fortune, ,J ~a11t1(' Til lctt, l1'1·tt11cis Harris, Dorothy Fortune, Clara F:van , Daisv Turner, Henrletta 'I'a

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Finer Woma n hood and Service

The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority fosters two of the highest types of ideals - Finer womanhood and Service. We owe all of the appreciation and gratitude that our herats can summon to the founders of this organization; those five young women, who on the campus of Howard University, in 1920, conceived these lofty ideals. They saw the many changes going on in their mode of lif, and religion: and foresaw the place the nobler woman would have to hold to balance the uncertainty and ever changing conditions of the world. They knew that 110 nation could rise above the status of its womanhood. They, like Crawley, knew that, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. For it is the woman who trains the new generation and moulds its destiny. We look about ourselves, the many changes we sec puzzle us. What seems to bo a new age keeps us wondering what to do to keep in line with the progross of cul' time. The world is chang·ing so rapidly that we can hardly keep grasp on it. What constitutes the right development of the Negro woman in this age of the world? What part has she to play in the world in the future? The answer comes by adhering to th c principles of Finer Womanhood. Times and s asons may change; but the axiom, of growth and development are the same in all ages. A man may plant corn with a machine instead or by hand but the law of its development from the kernal to LJ,e stalk is the sam . A woman's sphere may seem different from the sph re in which her grandmother· lived, but it is css 11lially the same. So no matter how the women of our race may expand their activities, in education, in business, in professions, in politics, all or these activities should r st of the basis of maternal instinct. Indeed, it is not necessary that a woman should have children of her own, to be an int llurcnt mother of he» race. Th0 two greatest factors n c asa ry to give the Negro woman her rightful place arc: First, the development of her intellectual powers through educution. St'cond, the development of h r spiritual nature by holding before her the high aim of h I' existence: that of sponeoi-inn a better race. Tho members of Lh is soi-ot-ity, th roug hout this land, al this very time arc banded together, concerling- every effort lo PStublisb, what we proclaim to be the' essoncc of our civilizntion, Piner Nqtro Womanhood. Now, we m· only at our host when we nre engaged in a task im-

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By Helena Armistead Scott

mortal and divine. Such a task is nothing more than some bit of service we may render some fellow being. But few of us have yet grasped the deep significance or the blessed utterance of the Prince of Peace, who said. "He that would be great among you, let him 'be servant." Then, too, the finest things are begun in humility, and expressed in service. Service is the most natural expression of the unselfish soul. It is the sweat that drops from the brow of one who strives to serve his fellowman. It is the act of causing your heart to beat and your life to live again in the breasts of others. The woman who is ever thinking and striving to do what she feels best for those around her, will influence those, and they, in turn, will inevitably influence others. She realizes that she journeys this way but once, and tries to crowd into her life as much g·ood as possible. Her soul echoes the thought the poet immortalizes with his words: I want to give good measure running o'er, And into angry hearts I want to pour The answer soft that turneth wrath away, I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. Let us aim to achieve these things through the right moulding of each new g neration as it appears. So, my dear sorors, let us pray, that the things we leave undone, which will be carried on by our sisters yet to come. For to her who lives, prays, and is so imbued with the qualities that make the nobler woman; so that those around her desire to emulate her, we say, sh has wrought magnificently well!

... STAMP OUT SYPHILIS! (Co nt.ln ued from Page 11) walks of life from layman to clergy; then a rapid check 011 its spread can be made. Another method to be used is the treatment of expectant mothers.

In Scandinavia where there arc fewer eases than in New York state, the disease is being· stamped out by the observance of the 1ollowing "musts:" All cases must be reported. All cases must take treatment. Treatment must be available to all affected. H dcsi ruble for the protection of contacts patients must be hospitalized.

Lists telling when, how, and where treatment for venereal disease are posted in all public places, and the public gives greater co-operation to government agencies for social results than does the American public; consequently syphilis is getting to be known as a great American disease. Dr. Parran closes his discussion by giving the following methods for stamping out syphilis: 1. Find syphilis. The obscure case will never be found in time except by the Wassermann dragnet . 2. Treat syphilis promptly. A few days delay may mean failure of treatment. 3. Examine for syphilis the family and all other contacts of the syphilis patient. 4. Prevent the birth of syphilitic babies by requiring blood tests before marriage and early in each pregnancy. 5. Teach syphilis! The facts about it must be kown to all the people. Dr. Parran adds that quick action must be taken in order that we may end this scourge within the next generation. As a result of this contribution, which we know how to make, the world will be a safer, happier place in which to live. More states should follow New York in circulating knowledge of the disease to the public. Physicians should never treat a patient until he has given the Wassermann test which exposes many unsuspected cases. As has been said the treatment is easily administered and victims can be cured. The report closes with the expression, "Syphilis must be the next great plague to go. We must attack it now." JUANITA F. BATES Basileus - Psi Zeta Chapter

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"THE WORTHY USE OF TALENT" (Continued from Page 10) social development of her race. Her love, d voiion and ambition may be commemorated by posterity in taking up the torch where she left it and carrying it on. Madam C. J. Walker outstanding, in busin ss enterprise, was a woman of vision and through her foresight many young men and women have had substantial employment in promulgating the ideal of self-preservation. The present field of human service is being expanded by Madam Malone, Mrs. Mary Bethune, Miss Nannie Burroughs and Dr. Charlotte Hawkin Brown. The institutions of learning and the quality of the graduates released from them are liv-

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BETA ZETA CHAP'l'EE Front Row, left to right: Mary Reid, Gertrude Hamm, Maude Bruce, Justine Maloney, Sojourner Jackson, Julia W Second Row, left to right: Esther Peyton, Bessie Davis Collier, Romaine Drown, Josephina Muse, Virginia Ilewl t lor, Elaine Thompson, Mary Sumner, Louise Madella.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Florence Graves, 'Edith Lyons, Beatrice Catlett, Grace Collins, I

ilson, Florence Green, Lillie Mac Watts, Linnie Smith. Fannie Offutt, Mme. Lillian Evanti, Blanche Clarke, Harriett t, Isabel Walker, Mildred Myers, Janie Bradford, Elfreda Tay-

The Eastet"n Region I extend greetings to my fellow sorors on behalf of the Eastern Region and take this orrortunity to emphasize the importance and effect of unity for this, our great cause. With Finer Womanhood Week just past, let us hope and pray and make an attempt to actuate its fulfillment throughout the year. Let it not be a week's celebration lost in lip service - but a nobler thing· -of months and years and of life timeas exemplified by our past Grand Violette. And may we begin this charitable Finer Womanhood in our own ranks at home. May every chapter and each individual of that chapter forget the petty and great grievances of the past and

By Rulli White Willis

5. Alpha Zeta Chapter, the graduate chapter, was hostess on Sunday, February 20, from 4 to 6, to one of its biggest and best Annual Finer Womnahoocl Week T as in its history. The effect of several very large lighted candles on a beautifully bedecked table with a background of blue and white, topped with the Zeta Insignia in electric lights - all of this in a darkened room lent a certain desi 1·rtl solemnity Lo the occasion.

"Act, Act in the living present heart within and Goel oe'r head." The inspiration of the Week must certainly have left us definitely knowing that Zeta is not greater than its member chapters. If its chapters are strong popular, broad-minded and active - so Zeta is strong, popular, broad minded and active. If its member chapters are weaklings, unable to think and plan unknown because of timidity and lack of publicity - narrow because of strife within and selfishness - inactive because of the lack of the Zeta spirit which is the spirit of Christian Fellowship and sisterly love - then Zeta too must faTI in that category. Therefore with the resultant enthusiasm of this celebrntion let Zeta "Go on and up while Our souls and eyes Follow its continuous rise." All chapters of the Eastern Region have in a lesser or greater way fulfilled this obligatory celebration as follows: Boston: 1. Theata Alpha is up and aster. We're proud of Sorer Hazel McCree, the basileus. There has been quite a bit of publicity given Zeta through her. The Afro carried Soror McCree's picture one week and the pictures of two other Boston sorors with their accomplishments at another time. In spite of the tender age of the chapter Theta Alpha will entertain the Eastern Regional in April 1938. Finer Womanhood Week too proved a success as Sorer Dr. Stephanie Davis was guest speaker at their public meeting for the occasion. New York: 2. Phi Zeta - our New York graduate chapter with a membership of 7 sent 2

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more, Maryland, were presented. The presence of a number of Sigmas enhanced lhe contacts during the tea sipping after which Ela "Hosted the guest Zetas and their escorts at a cozy dinner party at The Marion Tea Room. The occasion promised much publicity. Several interviews were made by reporters, So you see we're depending on g·ood old Eta. Baltimore, Maryland

RUTH \VHITE WILLIS delegates to the 19:i7 Boule in Houston Sorors Aleda Daily and Anna Scott. Therefore commendations to Phi Zeta who I believe joined with the Boston Chapter in Finer Womanhood Week Celebration. 3. Epsilon - the mixed chapter, also of New York has been an incentiv Lo th community in its publicity releases in th New York papers. Finer Womanhood Week was celebrated with a "BANG" and with equally as much publicity. They not only present d the Southernalros in recital, giving Zeta a headline in the New York papers, and emphasizing the cultural side of the week; but Epsilon also sponsored a Formal, which contacted the other group of New Yorkers and publicized Zeta by means of an invitation which was second Lo none in it!'! effective style. Much luck Epsilon - Keep up Lhe good work. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4. Ma Chapter too is doing a fine piece of work. Having just recently become a member of the Worn n's Federated Clubs of Philadelphia, it has seen fit to take an active part in youth clubs of that city through the Federation. On Sunday, February 27, Ela was hostess lo many lriends at the Catherine Street "Y" during a tea at which ti111<' Soror Ju lia West Hamilton of Washington, D. f'. and the Zcla Choir of Balti-

Sorer Julia West Hamilton was a forceful speaker for the occasion and the Zeta Choir of Baltimore under the direction of Adah I<. Jenkins, furnished music. 6. On Sunday, Feb ruary 20, Gamma Chapter sponsor cl its Annual Devotional Service at Morgan ollege from 9 :!lO to 10 :30 A. M. Sorer Ethel Thompson of Alpha Zeta Chapter made a charming address while the Z La Choir furnisher! the music. On Friday of th same week Gamma and AIJ)ha Zeta held a joint pledge sorvice at Morgan College. On Saturday th gTaduate and undergraduate chapters of Zetas and Sigmas and their escorts had a cooperative BufIet-Dansanto when th y danced in flowing gowns and bibs and tuckers to th' atrain» of music after which they served themselves to food and drink. On Sunday, Gamma Chapter'« Choir journeyed to Philadelphia Lo help Eta by fu rnishinjr the Music at their public

tea. Thus ends lhc c lchration of Lho Eastern R gion with ev ry chapter putting forth an C'ffort and success co 111 i n g through a sort of inter-chapter colcbruLion which includeri: Cultural

3 Teas Recital Devotional Exercises

1 Supper Soda!

Formal Tiu tret-Decollct(•

Thus giving to Zeta H cultural lypt'. and 2 soda] 111 its <· iIebrat.ion.

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The Southern Regional One of the best and largest Rcg·ional tcr. Sorer Lullelia Walker Ilarrison was meetings in the history of Zeta Phi Beta the speaker. Iler subject was "Your Orwas held April 2:3, 24, at Southern Uni- ganization in the Community and on the vorsity. Every chapter except one was Campus." Fm· 25 minutes she held the reprci;cntcd and many visiting sorors audience at its highest pitch, stressing from various s ictions of the region came. the need of cooperation among Greeks, The meeting opened Saturday morning g·l'eater contributions, and selection of with mor than 50 sorors assembled. quali ty among· members rather than Sorer Ilurri son, Regional Director, acted "types." chairman, and Seley Stephens of Beta Among the Sorors attending were: Alpha Chapter was appointed secretary. Lullclia Walker Harrison, Helen Turner, After the starting of the theme, "Zeta in Emma M. VanDyke, Merlina Richmond, the Community." Sorer Bates of Psi Zeta Gertrude Mai-shall, and Quintanna Wilson Chapter in F'ort, Worth spoke on the of Houston, Texas; Ruth E. Sanders, Irene theme and a forum followed. Problems E. Collins, Juanita Bates, and Ruby Wiland projects of various groups w re subliams of Fort Worth, Texas; Rossye mitted l'or discussion in the afternoon. Leigh Gibson, and Vivian M. Thomas of T'he National Business was then taken Dallas, Texas; Mildred Lewis, Drusilla care or after which meeting adjourned Bell and others of' Marshall, Texas; J. M. for dinner. Carl.no and L. B. Carline of Lake Charles, Dinner was served by Beta Alpha hap- La.; Majorie Lamothe and Hazel R. ter after which the afternoon session Franklin of Grambling, La.; Mabel Hubegan. A distraction period was led by bert, Seley Stephens, Ola M. Stewart, Sorors Ogcrita Jones and Octavia Haney Lillian Carter, Shirley Patty, Mydget I. of Beta Alpha hapter. The group then Robinson, II. C. Dillon, S. Burke, Condiscuss d future plans and projects for stance Lamothe, 0. H. Clark, E. Nesbitt their various chapters. The business ses- Mabcrry, M. H. Champe, Hazel King, sion closed at fi o'clock in Lhe afternoon. Eula Patty, Octavia Haney, Ritchie BlackAt 6:30 Alpha Kappa Alpha ntcrtain- wood, Mary Theriot, Emma Glynn, Ruth ed with a beautiful tea in a pink and green Bush, Evelyn Davis, Elizabeth Baines, color scheme. The Zeta Sorors made a Isabelle Johnson, Ogerita Jones, Josegroup picture around th table. At 7:30 phine Phillips, Christiana Parker, Willie Delta Sigma Th ta and Kappa Alpha Psi Mae Gibson, Estella Maxtin, Cora Kyles, entertained with a beautiful blue and Il ,Jen Crnwd ·1·1 Olga Hatcherson, C. S. white dance, followinrr which Omega Psi Shade, Francis Champe, Rebecca N tterPhi sponsored a surpri se dance at the Odd vi.lle, Kanata Rogers, Irene Myers, I. Fellows Temple, Baton Rouge, La. Monroe Trice, and Lula V. Taylor of On Sunday, Phi Beta Sigma sorvod a Southern Un i v 1· s i t y, Scottlandville, beautiful breakfast and then sponsored a Louisiana. motorcade. 'I'ho Stall' Capital, grnvc of tho Late l Iuoy P. Long, and Louisima "THE WORTHY USE OF TALENTS" Stuto College were among the places of (Continued from Page 13) interest visited. Dinner was served at 2:00 o'clock by Mu z(,ta Chaptor of 7.:cta ing, tangiblr examples or the worth of Phi Beta. In the af'tcrnoon Alpha Phi such women. Alpha gav<• box lunches to 801·m·s for Dn1.111atics, music, and the other fine t ravcling. arts have their promoters of the day. At 7::lO the publi« program wash ld in Count Lhem and you have a luminous line the University Auditorium. Af'tor the in- or· pulsating 11crsonages. Yet there are vocation by President Clark, Sorer Il azcl others among· us who arc hiding their King sang- a solo unr] Iho Phi Bctn Sitrmn lights under a bushel and some one is Quarlc•l rcndc1·Nl s c v r r- u 1 selections. beii,g- dcpl'ivcd of the ben<>f..:cnt contact Grl't•lcs, nnr] then the speaker was intro- that could be established. due d by Sorer IIe1·son or Mu 7.<'La ChapZeta in this Rignifi~ant celebration, <'n-

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deavors to arouse young women to their sense of duty toward others who are in search of sterling qualities that may leave lasting, idealistic impressions upon them. Such consecration does not mean severity and doleful resignation to look with disdain and darkness upon the free life but it cloes mean that there must be such an earnestness of purpose and genuine sincerity in the performance of a sacred mission teaching that we cannot expect to garner golden grain unless we have scattered wholesome seeds in a fertile field and nul'Lured them with faith, hope and love. In the home, the school, the church and the state woman has a definite, responsible, significant mission to fulfill. Sarah G. Jones in her "Ode to Woman" says. All to Woman! the mother of man, Whose worth can 11ever be measured. Her moral and mental and physical life As mother, or sister, or sweetheart, or wife, And oft, too, as friend, is e'er treasured. Her role is extensive and varied through earth; Her service far-reaching and wide. The Queen of the hearth and the home and the church; While the club and the school come under her rule, And all secular business beside. The "Joy of Service," her fond heart endures, From infancy, through many years Of development; mingled with faith, hope and trust, She builds to th great, the good and the just, That the Future may fairly decide. All hail to our Women! The Welkin shall ring, As the Queen of the Earth passes by. 'Tis her's to "Lift" as she "Climbs" to the heights; 'Tis her's to make clay of the darkest of nights, Let all earth sing her praises aloud. This, then, is a challenge to make a worthy use of your talents in giving to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you. ETHEL· 'l'HOMPSON Alpha Zeta Chapter

Greetings To Chapters Of 1938 MU ALPHA _________ ·--NU ALPHA ---------------· OMEGA ZETA . ALPHA ALPHA ZETA_ ALPHA BETA ZETA

Bluefield, West Virginia Houston, Texas Roanoke, Virginia _Salisbury, North Carolina Newport News, Virginia

OMEGA ZETA, ROANORE, VA. Front row, left to right: Lucye Terrell, Velma Coppage, state deputy; Esth r Peyton, regional director; Hazel Bowman. Second row: Gladys Cox, Carrie Michie, Tau Zeta, Leonild Burrell, Daisy

larey.

Left: ANNIE RIVERS HYMAN An tl-Baslleus Theta Alpha Chnptei· Rlght: HAZEL E. WILSON MCCREE Basrleus Theto Alpha Chapter

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PIil CHAPTER, VJHGINIA ST TE 'OLLEGE Left to right: Hanni

Winston, Mary Trowel', Alma Ruffin

ell Bowers,

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ALl'IIA BETA ZETA CIIAPTEH, NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Sitting, left to right: Virgie Joyner, Velma Coppage, Deputy of Virginia; Esther Peyton, Regional Director; Gwendolyn Jordon. Standing, left to rlght: Catherine Sinclair, Rachel W atkins, Elizabeth Spivey, Irma Thompson, B ern ice Hamlett, Rebecca Manley and Lillie Mae Johnson ate also Sorors of Alpha Beta Zeta.

Sharing Commu nitv Problem Sue .css in life is measured by LM service rendered. One criticism of' sororities and fraternities is that the members arc too educated Lo be practical, Loo iducatcd to serve. W c cannot then hop Lo i mprove our community until Lher • is a conscious awnkonuur within Lhc individual of inc many vital problems around h 'l', Ai bi l'l h _we find ourselves a part ,ir sonic g'l'cal community, filled into some spe('ific onvirnnmont mid as Neg roes, <'011Fronted, foremost among all else by the ruciul problem. We: have been disf'runchis<'<l. discriminutcd and seg1·t•guted in employment, sulnry scnlcs,

cdueutionat

fa('ilili<'s and living arcus. There art' mootings of inL!'nirial commissions hut still t ho prnhlcm remains to lw sett.led, Next of very gn•at

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concern is t ho

By Adlena W. Sanders

Nu Chapter health problem. The diseas and death rate among our race greatly surpasses that of other races. This, in a large measure is due to ignorance, unsanitary, congested and crowded living conditions. As Zetas we must do something about this condition so as to lengthen th li:fe span of our race. Statistics tell us that in the last ten years the Negro life span has incrousori eight years but this is not enough. Our economic status prcscrrts a problem. The machine age in which W<' now live and Lho low wage seal has thrown many of our unskilled laborers and others on relief. Il ow may we help these indi-

viduals make some adjustment? Often it is not finance entirely that is needed, but a building up of the general morale will j.ut them on their feet. Morals face us as a grave problem No race rises any higher than the standards of its women. We should feel duty bound to put forth every effort by precept and example to appeal to the conscience of those who live Jives of lust, sin and degredation. The moral status and crime overlap in that when one loses respect, crime follows. The recent war on crime brought out the .fact that because the Negro youth has not been taught how to spend his leisure, he resorts to crime. Because we have so few recreation (Continued on Page 26)

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Why I Want To Become A Zeta By Anita R. Gaines

By Merdieth Snowdon, Pledge Gamma Chapter

In preparing its students for intellectual and spiritual

The best way that I know how to briefly summarize just why I wish to become a Zeta is by my observations and experiences with those Greeks as a little Plebian, which may be expressed in the following original poem:

leadership, the college must furnish a broad anrl Iibr-ra l education and must train specifically, the intellect, the heart, the will, the taste, and the conscience.

The college does all

opportunity for a very few to rise above their college career.

The Z ita Phi Betas are finest Friends in the Land, But only those who know them can understand; 'They daily adhere to those principles that they hand down to us; And those symbolic principles may bl' stated as thus:

The many must follow and not lead.

Stands for zeal, z nith and zest, In this true Zetas surpass all the rest.

Stands fol' endurance and endeavor Oh, may 1 when admitted, he a tru

Stands for trustwoithiness and truth, In such Ladies as Saunders, Wilson and Mayo we have adequate proof. Stands for ambition and wit. These are the Crtteria for reorganizing a true Zeta from the start. Stands for purity, personality, and progress. Oh, lovely ladies, from this never digress.

this, but more is needed. In great as in small things, man learns largely by doin ...t·.

In large classes and large literavy societies, there is only The sorority is i11 a

pos ition to supplement the work of the college and makinu each a distinct unit in a small group.

The sorority is abl«

to foster individually by keeping ever before its members a definite aim and by demanding of each individual due consideration for the riahts of others, not only of her chaptel', but of the entire organization.

By expecting· ob .dicnce A

to the tenets of the order, the sorority exerts a very wholesome discipline that n rgucs well for the growth of self

Zeta forever,

control. The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is playing an important part

in developing: a national ty)W of cultural womanhood. A cultured woman with lofty ideals and noble principles is a gen

Stands for honesty and humor, Surely, true Zetas disregard foul rumors.

in the nations' crown.

Stands for intellect, intuition. That all Z itas bubble with inspirntion is no supposition.

Stanch; for bravery, beauty -md best. Th 'SC chaructcrrstics characterize true Zetas from the rest. A nice, big phruso. Stands for earnestness of purpos• To you true Zatas I solute with praise.

Stands for Lal mt and tact. Yes Si rec, I must be exa ·t. All Zetas have them Stands for achievement and A lt.ruisrn. Tru- Zetas can always stand crit.icism.

I want to become a Zeta because I

desire for myself', the intellectual, and cultural associations which the membership will offer.

I am sure that I could not

gain such intellectual and cultural associa t.ion quite so well m any other way than in a sorority. A Zeta gi l'I is of great benefit to society.

The pin she wears constantly reminds her that

she has pledged both heart and hand to honor and truth and finer womanhood.

She will always win, as her name

is a synonym for honor. I wish to have opportunity to make such contribution as

my limited capabilities will permit toward realization of the

You, clear Zetas arc great inde d To your noble pi-inciples and heroic de xls, I'll ayways lake heed, So that in tho vista of future years, All Zetas wil I say of true "Bed Bue" Snowden, We, too, salute with three cheers.

social and moral ideals and standards of the sorority.

The

practical efforts of the sorority in the direction of constructive womanhood appeal to me strongly and I yearn to have

a part in it.

Greetings From An ti-Basi le1ts Greetings to all Zetas! I am indeed very happy to he able to say hello to all Zetas here, there and everywhere. As I look back over the years that I have been a Zeta, I find that the progress t. at characterize Zeta Phi Beta Sorority can well b(• summarized in these three words, "The Better Way." Within the memory of all of u~ have grown whole new ch, pturs of tremendous sig nificance in our own na-

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tional organization. Each chapter is the result of rapid and steady advance of the knowledge of ideals of our sororit.y. gvery "Better Way" immediately adopted or brnught to the public's eyl' was a HtirnuluR for i lll't·ea~ing the rank of our 8ororily. Thus %:etu haA be('l1 built. Its progrcHS in thP eyl's of the Aml't'ican puhl ic hu~ h<•en continuous and far reaching. ;,!y philosophy of 1/.cla Phi lktu Sor-

ority is wt•ll expr(•sst•d in Tha('kcrny's poem, "'The End of the Play": "Come wealth or wunt, l'Ollle good OI' ill, Let young a nil old aecepl thci r part, ·ind bow before lht• uwful will, And bear it with an honest hNll'l. "Who missl'S, or who winH lhl' priz<'Go los!' 01· conqtH>r as you can; Blll if you fail 01· if you ris(', I!' t·ach, pray God, n 1-(entl •man."

<:RA<'E L. COLLI S.

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TAO 'ZETA CH,\l'TER, CIL\ltLOT'l'ES\'Jl,LE, V,\.-Top row, left to rig·ht: Virginia Murray, Julia Stratton, Lillie Mae Brown, Alberta Loving. ('cntel': Iluttic II ndcrson, Carrie Michie Aleanora Sellers. Bottom: Lydia Mu nay, Mary Greer, Pocahontas ScllerH.

l{,\1'1' \ 'ZET \'S OLDEH WIUlS CONl•'ERENCE, DALLAS, TEXAS, F'INER WOMANHOOD WEEK OBSERVANCESpn11H01H or Confvrvncc: l, Blancho 'I'. ,John::1011, Baailous of Kappa Zeta; 2, Sorer Lillian B. Horace, Afternoon Speaker; 3, 8ol'OI' Mnrinn II. Di lla rtl, Morning· Spoukcr; 4, Soro!' Mildred D11vi½, Ai-nuuremcnts: 5, Sorer Ethelyn Chisum, Conference L<•1Hl<•1·. '!'hr C'onf,.,n•nce wus held al Lht· J ul in C. F'ra zie r School on h!, ul.i Iul Lake Wahoo. The theme of the conference was "Qtwlifying- fol' F'i ner Womunhood."

CHAPTER CHATTERS (subject, "Women in the Man-made NU ALPHA CHAPTER World") by Rev. J. J. Seabrook. The The Nu Alpha chapter of the Zeta sor- same afternoon, a "Greek Tea," honorority was presented in the chapel of the ing the Greeks, guests, mothers and Houston College for Negroes late in the faculty. V sper services the same night, twilight hours of Wednesday, March 30, with our guest speaker, Soror M. B. 1938. Daniels of Upsilon Z ta Chapter of the In a beautiful and unique setting domi- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, wife of Dean nated by sparkling white, eleven attrac- Daniels, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, tive young ladies made known to the who delivered such an enjoyable, instudent body their connection with a tellectual and beneficial speech on "The Greek letter organization. Making of a Soul." Guests <luring this Soror Lulellia Harrison, Basileus of week were: Sorors E. J. Tate, Pi ChapLambda Zeta Alumni Chapter of Zeta ter, Tulsa; members of the Sigma Zeta Phi Beta presented the new S o 1· o r s . Chapter, Wichita, Kansas; members of Greetings and telegrams from various the Upsilon Zeta Ch apter, Marshall, groups were read. Included among these Texas; members of the Chi Zeta Chapwere Alpha Lambda Chapter of Sigma ter, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and othGamma Rho, college faculty, Alpha Kap- er visitors. pa Alpha, Theta and Upsilon Zeta Chapters of Marshall, Texas, Soror ellie B. EPSILON CHAPTER Rogers, Grand Basileus of Zeta and the student body, with Sorer Quintanna WilEpsilon Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorson, Basileus of Nu Alpha, responding. located in New York City, has Music was then given by Sorer Ger- ority, spared no efforts in bringing Zeta and trude Marshall, immediately followed hy its for Finer Womanhood to the presentation of a gift, the life size the program nt.ion of the public. Special efportrait· of Attorney Violette N. Ander- fortsauhave made the first part of son, deceased Grand Basileus of Zeta, 19:38, resultsbeen of which have been very by Sorer Lois Stell. The delightful eve- gratifying. ning was brought to a close by the singAt the first meeting in the y ar we ing of the national song of the sorority, after which Dean R. O'Hara Lanier in laid plans for our Finer Womanhood his remarks paid the group many glow- program, and appointed a committee to ing tributes. Soror Emma VanDyke, carry out these plans. The program was faculty adviser, furnished music for the held in the Music Room of the 135th Street Y. M. C. A. The tea and program occasion. The roster of the new chapter is as on this date were a success. Our Basilfollows: Soror Quintanna Wilson, Basil- eus, Iris Holder, poured t a. The guest eus; Jannie G. Robinson, anti-Baaileus: speaker was Attorney Ruby II. Diggs, a member of Epsilon. Soror Cathrynne Bessie Mason, G r a m m a t e u s ; Hele~ L. Ruffin, was in charge of this program, Greene, Epistoleus; Merlina Richmond Tamiauchos; Lois Stell, Jerveler; Ger~ held on February 201,h. Epsilon Chapter issued one thousand trude Marshall, Philacter; Glenn Taylor, Dean of Pledgees; Rachael Devoe, invitations to its annual formal dance, Audrey McCoy and Ollie Mae Rodgers, held on February 23. The affair was enjoyed by all. Sorer Henderson was mis.charter members. tress of ceremonies, and introduced the Many guests attended the affair. offic rs and members from the floor. The SOROR LOIS STELL, members and their escorts danced a Jerveler. reserved waltz for Zeta. The dance tune was "Blue Danube." In a joint program with the WilberLAMBDA ALPHA CHAPTER force Club of ew York we presented The week of February 2:i-Z7 the Zeta the Southernaires - Concert Artists or Phi Beta Sorority celebrated national the ational Broadcasting Company, at "Finer Womanhood Week" here on our Abyssinnian Baptist Church on Februcampus by the Lambda Alpha Chapter ary 17th. of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. The enOur last iniation was held on F'ebrutire week was splendidly celebrated, ary 19th, at which time Attorney Ruby Tuesday a theatre party for the Zeta H. Diggs was initiated. Epsilon Chapter Phi Betas and their pledgees with music is proud to have a true representative of furnished by Elise Bly. Wednesday chap- Finer Womanhood as Soror Diggs. Sorer el hour was solely conducted by Zetas Diggs is a graduate of the Law School with one of the most beneficial as well of St. Lawrence University, and was as retainable orations given hv Sorer admitted to the New York State Bar Thelma Cooper, Basileus of the local in November 1D36. chapter. The history of the sorority givOn April 9th we arc giving a Rush en by Anti-Basileus 8. "Von Holbert." Party for prospective pledgecs to Zeta. Thursday night, a house party at th Officers for the present year are: Iris Holder, Basileus home of our sponsor, Mrs. L. K. Forrest. Ethlin Hurd, Anti-Basileus "';ednesday a play, "The Girl in While," Cuthrynne Ruffin, Grummutcus given by all the members of th, local Helen Hill, Tumiouchos chapter of Zeta Phi Beta. Sunday morning, special service with th ermon Elizub ith Smith, Parliamentarian

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PSI ZETA CHAPTER Members of the Psi Zeta Chapter are leaders in civic, educational, social, and religious activities in Fort Worth. Sorer Lillian B. Horace, Dean of Girls and Librarian at I. M. Terrell High School, addressed the Older Girls' Conference sponsored by Kappa Zeta Chapter during the F'inor Womanhood Weck. The sponsor of the Terrellife, I. M. Terrell High School paper, Sorer La Berta Phillips, delivered an address on the subject, ' 'Jou r n a Ii s m in High Schools," to the Texas egro Press Association which convened in Fort Worth the first week in March. Soror Martha B. Anderson Winn is the efficient chorister or Saint James Baptist Church, of which her husband, Dr. J. H. Winn, is pastor. Educators in our chapter arc Sorer Beulah Yarwood, principal of Cooper Street School, and Sorer Rubye Williamson, principal of Ninth Ward School. Prominent in Feel rated Club work is Sorer Ruby Lee Anderson, pr sid nt of Ethel Ransom Cultural Federated Club, and secretary of the Isabel Smith District or Texas Federated Women's Clubs. Sorer Ruth Sanders, Leoma Prince, Gussie Whaley, Catherine Bacoats, La Berta D. Phillips, Lillian B. Horace, Ethel Hickman Jones, B ulah Yerwood, and Rubye Williamson, all teachers in lhc city schools, are very activ new m mbcrs.

As guest speaker for the Psi Zeta Finer Womanhood, Soror Anna II. Sasser of Prnirie View State College, addressed a large audience on the subject, "Charging Human Batteries." At the conclusion of her speech, Sorors pres ntcd her a basket of beautiful r d and white roses. Following her address, Sorer Martha B. Ande1·son Winn awarded prizes lo three high school students, Olg tta Love Lillian Marie Johnson. Soror Catherine Taylor, teacher in th~ Guin School, played an organ . election as a mode of welcoming fellow Greeks. A/Tairs complimenting Soror Suss r were a bridge luncheon with $oror Fl ccie C. Stevens as hostess; a trip to Dallas with Soror Gladys Brown, and open house at the residence o( Soro1· Ruby Williamson. On Tuesday, Mar ·h 15, the Blue Revue was held in the I. M. Terrell High S<"hool Auditorium, and critics acclaimed it the most colorful and glamorous affair of its kind. High School students who rend red dances and skits on the program performed like vetcnms of the show world. Guest numbers from Kappa Zeta Blue Revue received a tremenclous ovation. Soro1· Mildred Davis accompanied the Dallas Group. A fa11hion r vuc, in which Grct'k lette1· organizations and club~ had repreHcntativ(•~, was an outstanding fl'altH·<' of the Jlrogrum. l•'irst, se,·ond uncl lhinl prizes, rcspedively, wcr awarded to the followinR" pc1"011~ for ln•i 1w llw 11Iost 11 trndiVl' mod •IH: :\-IiH~ l•'lol'lllll'I l\nder

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popular high school co-ed: Miss V.

R. Mills, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,

and James Woolfolk, I - Double - You Bridge Club. Sorer Irene Collins, as Dame Fashion, presented the models. Electrical articles, a waffle iron, toaster and hot plate were awarded to patrons holding lucky numbers on their ticket stubs. The prize, an exquisite wrist watch, was awarded to Miss Nancy Johnson for raising the highest amount of money for the sale of Lickctu. Miss Johnson, a f'avoiite in the junior set, a real terischorcan artist, and leading· lady in the show, reported $68.83. Annie] L. Williams reported $28.00, the second highest amount. Proceeds from the revue will be used l'or a civic project. ♦

IOTA CHAPTER November 19:W - Members of Tota Chapter spent most o l' their time and <'ne1·gy to present to the Cincinnati public Marva Louis (wife of Joe Louis), in a f'ashiou purade. The affair was given ut l lug o High School Auditorium and was an ovorwholminz success. The JJl'Oc·cPclR a re to be used to establish n sr-holarship fund at the Univers i y of Cincinnati. Under th" g-uiclance of Sorors Martha Lovell, chairman, and Anna Turnell, co-chairman, and our active president, Ruth Cr: ttcndcn, all m em b c rs served on tho many cnrnmit.tocs and formed a cog in Lhc wheel that pulled 1 ho afl'al r to its goal, "Success." December J 0:{7 The' Christmas patty at the home of Soror J laze I M. Lane combin d both pleasure and buaincss. Reports were prepared For tho Boule al Houston, Texas, and a very cl •lightrul social hour was had by all, g·if"is w re exchanged and refreshments served by the hostess. February 1!):38 Finer Womanhood Weck was observed by Iota and climaxed by a morning- service at Zion Baptist Chur •h. Sor01· Alvius Simon, mezzo soprano rendered a solo, and th ' sermon was delivered by tho pastor, Rev. B. F. Reid, who is a Phi Delta Kappa. March 1!)38- Sorer Sadye L. Dunham, who heads up N. Y. A. work in Covington for the Negro youth, pres ntcd Mrs. Mary McCloud Bctthunc al First Ba11tist Church, Covington, Ky. The church was packed Lo capacity and all enjoyed the add 1'('HS by one of the Race's most outstanding women. Mrs. Dunham preHl't1iNI Mrs. BctLhuno with a gifl f'rcm Iota. loin is looking f"orwa I'd with gl'eat an tir-: pation to the i r Regional Co11 l'e1·('l1C'C to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. A dt>lcgail' will be sent, but the majority of members ai·e planning Lo attend. Ow· local lmsilcus, 8orol' Ruth Crittenden, has been made Deputy of the Slate of Ohio lo asHisL the regional di 1·cdor of ttw WP~t DiviHion. 'T'hcil' motto is to llllll<<' lh(• cnlin• region Zeta Conscious. SOR.OR ROBY K. JIOPSON. Ch11irnnt11 of Publicity, loin ChapLPr. ♦

THIS IS STATION Z. E. T. A.

wal'<.ls 1·ealization of the plans they have listed for the year's work. For the past two years the destiny of Rho Zeta Chapter has been headed succcss l'ully by Sol'ol' Speight. She is small in statue, and as some of you know, weighs less than 110 pounds, but she's alert and wide-awake for Zeta. Willing to scl.'ve wherever and whenever Zeta calls. 1'wo years ago we started with five soldiers for Zeta, and during· Sol'or Speight's administration we've grown to eleven, lc11 oJ which are active. She is a gmduate ol' Winston-Salem Teachers' Colleg·e, and is a member of the public school system of Winston-Salem, N. C. But I must move on to anothcl' warrior for Zeta. Rho Z ta is p1·oud to boast of the fact that we carry a charter member 011 our roster. Soror Pearl A. Neal, who hails f"rom Charlotte, N. C., and is now a member of Winston-Salem city sc;hool faculty. Soror Neal is a musician of note; she has studied exten5ively at Colun,bia University and lacks a few hoL1t·s of obtaining her Masters degree. And now Rho Zeta moves under a new adn1inislration. Our new Basilcus hails l'rom our own Camel City, Winston-Salem. She comes to us from our chapter at G rcensbcro, N. C. She is none other than Sot·or Annie M. Thompson. Finer Womanhood Week is ov r. We had a great Lim . Soror Nancy Bullock Woolridge was our guest speaker. She spoke to w; in the auditorium of the Columbian Heig·hts ~chool, Sunday, Febl'uary 27, 1938, at 5:00 P. M., on the i;;ubject, "Th12 New Ag·c Challenges Finer Womanhood." Soi:or Woolridg·c is a graduate of Shaw University with a Bachel01· degree; she holds an M. A. from Columbia and has completed the residence work Io1· her Ph.D. degroc at the University of Chicago. At p1· sent she is instructor of English at Municipal Col1eg·e in Louisville, Ky. She is the daughter or· Rev. and M1·s. Osca1· Bullock of Raleigh, N. C. The address was very good and the audience enjoyed it. She did c1·edit to all Zeta. Saturday night, February 26, we had open house in honor of Soror Woolridge. During the course of the evening we received about GO guests. A beautiful buITct supper was spread and everyone :a;eemecl happy until the clock struck midnight. You know we must be up and doing for Rho Zeta will entertain the Regional ConJcrencc the second week in April. We'll open on the night of the eighth with oui- Annual Dance. Saturday we'll have a 1· 'al Zeta get-together throug·h our confcrnnce. Sunday morning we'll wor~hi p together al the A. M. E. Zion Church. Sunday afternoon we'll say good-bye at our closed luncheon. fn lwlw en these activities w '11 be having projects to aid ou1· treasure. We are on the map clown hm·e, and we'd love l"or you al I to come down on the ~ighth of" April mid spend the week-end with us. You'll be hearing J"ron1 us again, and <lo come down to sec UH. STATTON Z.J.;.T.A. SIGNING OI<'F.

contest on ''Finer Womanhood." The contestants were girls from the Roosevelt High School of Gary, Ind., the Evan~ ston Township High of Evanston, and ·.he Englewood and Du Sa bl c High Schools of Chicago. Immediately after the appointment of the "Finer Womanhood" program committee by Basileus B 1 an ch e Jackson Thompson, the committee went into a huddle to decide uoon some feature to add to the progrnin that would inspire young gil'ls of high school age to strive for a larger, fuller life of service, and for higher ideals of cu.1ture and refinement. It was finally decided t liat it would be a fine thing to launch a11 essay contest '-'" "Finer Womanhood." And we an• happy in the realhation that the reRuH of the contest fa,, exceeded our fondest hopes in its appeal to young girls of the type that would be interested in attaining something more than just the frothy things of Ii l'e. Then again, each of the contestants provided top-nGtch Zeta material for the future. They represented the cream of young womanhood, family backgl'ound, training, and all of the requisites. We believe that as Zetas, we are living trne to the standards and arc carrying out the purposes for which we were Cl'Catecl, w h en we conduct a program which is so strong in appeal and so magnificent in scope that it can compel or command the attention of young girls to the extent that they lose sight of and forget the glamor and glitter of gay city life and expl'ess a desire for something fine and good and everlasting. It is our hope that we will keep this thought uppermost at all times, and that this will mark the begiJ1ning of the development of ' ' F i n e r Womanhood" principles in many young girls Jiving in the Chicago area. We pray that we may come in possession of a vision so broad and so spiritually enlightening lhat we can cast aside the hideous cloak of selfishness and grow radiant in the glory of the task of service. The contest and musical program was conducted at the Mable Sanford Lewis Conservatory of Music before an audience which represented the very best that Chicago could afford. The audience was transported to a seventh heaven of delight by the vocal solo numbers rendered by our own Soror Ethyl Helene Smith, the Zeta Zeta Nightingale. Miss Sarah Gray of Gary, Indiana, won the $25.00 cash prize. Each of the other contestants received an initialengl'aved bracelet which brought smiles of appreciation. Bolh 1 he graduate and the undergraduate chapters turned out in a body on Sunday, February 27, and worshipped with the congregation of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Dr. Kingsley, the nastor, pr ach d the sermon and gave spacP for a shot'i Zeta program, which <vas as follows:

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Reading of the pl'ize paper by Miss Sarah Gray. Vocal Solo-"My Soul's Been Anchored in ihe Lord," by Soror Mable Sanford

Broaclt11Hting- from WinHton-Salcm, N. C.

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flpllo So1·ors!! With tlw mlv(•nt of th<• New Yt•u1·, Rho Zl'la Soron; Hl'l' working Pnrn<•stly lo-

1'hP obHervanc<J of "I<'incr Woman hood" wc<•k with Zeta Zeta opened Monday t'Vl'ning, February 21, with an c•Hsay

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L<.1,vis.

PrcHl•ntation of Basileus Blanche Jack-

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son Thompson by Soror Marte M. Copeland. Awarding of prizes. Thus ended a beautiful "Finer Womanhood" program which has gripped the hearts and minds of many young girls, constraining them to lift their eyes to the star of "Finer Womanhood" as a future goal of achievement. ♦

KAPPA ZETA The most outstanding activity Kappa Zeta Chapter has had during the year was its Finer Womanhood Week program. The week opened with a special service Sunday morning, February 20, at Good Street Baptist Church. The occasion drew a very large crowd among whom were representatives from every Greek letter organization in the city. Friday afternoon of the same week a special program was broadcast over a local station, featuring o u r Basileus, Blanch" T. Johnson, contralto; Soro r Jean Benson, soprano, and Soror F'airilla Emory, who gave a brief address on the history of the National (Sorority) and the purpose of Finer Womanhood Week observances. Comments from station officials and listeners were most favorable. A group from Southern Methodist University (local white institution) were so well pleased that they have invited Soror Benson to give a recital on the campus. Several bids were made from commercial concerns for possible advertising programs. Climaxing the week's program was the Older Girls' Conference held Saturday, February 26, from 10:30 A. M. to 4 P. M. at the Julia C. Frazier School on beautiful Lake Wahoo. The theme for the conference was "Qualifying for Finer Womanhood." The morning session was devoted to a devotional period, introductions and to a discussion period. Sorer Marian Hill Dillard, executive secretary, local Y.W.C.A., led the discussion, "Qualifying for F'iner Womanhood Through Health, Mental and Physical; Through Religion, Leisure Time Activities, and Vocations." The afternoon session was devoted to a discussion of "Social Relationships," and included the following topics: Worc11mindedness, Companions, and Boy-Girl Problems. Soror Lillian B. Horace, Dean of Girls, Terrell High School, Fort Worth, led the afternoon discussions. Soror Ruth Jackson of the local chapter conducted a period of recreation in the park which surrounded the lake. Forty older girls from the Booker T. Washington High School of Dallas attended the conference. Luncheon was served in the school cafeteria. Sorors Juanita Bates, Irene Collins and Gladys Brown of Psi Chapter, Fort Worth, were also guests, and Sorer Annie Sasser of Prairie View College. Soror Mildred B. Davis and Ethelyn M. Chisum were conference leaders. Girls' Problems Studied Through An interesting feature of the conference was the result of questionnaires which were filled out by the girls who attended. The questionnaires were filled out the day before conference in order that tabulations could be used the day of the conference. Thirty-three girls were given the questionnaires. Questions pertaining to physical and mentnl health,

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use of leisure time, vocations and religion were asked. The answers revealed that eighteen of the girls had health problems, among which were listed bad teeth, nerves, throat and tonsils, eyes (had greatest frequency) headaches. Seven of the girls disliked people at flrst sight, eight disliked them at first sight sometimes. Some of the reasons given for disliking people at first sight were: looks, personality and disposition (?). Eight of the girls worried over relatives 01· mor:ey matters. The girls listed these hobbies as favorites (listed in order of frequency): reading, and dancing ran)rnd highest; next in order came skating, writing, sewing, si~gini:;-, music, collecting, bicycling, swimming, scrapbooks, bas ball, volley ball and basket ball. Twenty-five of the girls had read a total of fifty-two books during the present school session outside of class referenc~sThe least number read by any one girl was one book 1 and the greatest number eleven books by one gi rl. Twent;v-three of the girls engaged regularly m outdoor exercise. Ten did not engage m any outdoor activity. Fi.fteen of the girls attended shows once a week, eight of them twice, one attended three time, five seldom went, two had never attended a show, and two went to the show every day. One girl said that she was out every night until after nine, five w_ere out one night ten were out two nights every week' five were out three nights; the othe,'.s did not answer this question. Only fourteen of the girls had a daily schedule for study, leisure time activities sleeping and eating. Three of the girl~ had reached no decision as to a vocation. Others had chosen to follow the following vocations (in order of frequency): Teaching (11), beauty culture, nursing, stenography, business care ~'S, music, library work, medicine, ma 1 d work home economics (possibly teacher of) teaC"her of dramatics, filing (office), designing and dancing. Twenty o[ the girls- said that money would not affect their choice of a job, the other thirteen said it would. Only six of the girls lived on a budget. They Iisted the following qualities necessary to keep a job: neatness, personality (possibly they me1c:~t personal appearance), cleanliness, ability promptness, good health, efficiency, pa'tience, honesty, stability, cooperation, truthfulness, respect, p l e a s a 11 t n e ss, training, economy and courtesy. The following problems about religion worried them: Method of worship (in our discussions it developed that they meant extreme emotionalism), inability to do "right' 'at all times, conversion, denominations, whether they were following the right path. Fourteen had no philosophy of life. Eleven said their philosophy was the golden rule; other philosophies were" Take life as I find it," "Honesty is the best policy," "Be true to one's self," and one ventured to say that "Outlining one's life was best." (She possibly had in mind planning for future living.) Because the gids who answered this questionnaire were a very select grnup, we do not think results obtained intlicute conditions among the uverag« girl in our high school. These finding could

be used to compare with the results from a group picked at random. No attempt is made to summarize because space will not allow, but we do think that the study is interesting, although brief, it _ lends itself very well to a study and solution of girls' problems which can be reached through a program of guidance,. particularly in sections that hav no character building programs for girls, the plan being to discov r the girls' greatest needs in any particular vicinity and build up the guidance program around it. ♦

EPSILON ZETA CHAPTER The women o( Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority had one of the most successful Finer Womanhood Week observances ever held. The activities commenced on the usual Sunday in February with the .me_mb 1·s and their invited guests worshipping at the First Congregational Church, Rev. John C. Wright, pastor, preached a masterf'ul sermon on Finer Womanhood. It was inspirational and spiritually invigorating. Mrs. Beulah Johnson, coloratura soprano, gav a sup rrb rendition of "The Holy City." , The five minutes space was filled by Mrs. Lucile Lewis. She gave an interesting little talk woven around t~1e nucleus of Finer Womanhood, ancl discuasecl briefly the two worthwhile community projects which th Sorority had 1:re• viously launched. The Eye Glass project and a Survey of Rest Room Facilities in the downtown d partment stores. The following Wednesday night the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority had their impressive pledge service at the home o( Sorer Lucile Lewis. Later, al a designated hour, the Sigma men came and for several hours thorcaf'tcr the Sorors and thei t' brothers had a gala Lime at various games. Beside,; the spring flowers whic-h h•nt bNwly to the occasion, there was at evc1y oilwr window a Jargr white ]wart. with !ht' 7.eta and Sigma insignia, desig1wd in hlu0. Regarding the rcpm,t, the Htnall white l'roslNl cakNl, with the hluc pastry "tubed" symhols of Sorority and Frntcmity, drew the culinary prize. On the following Friday afternoon in the beautiful lounge room oC the AUanta School of Social Work, a larg number of tl1e younger group was highly ent •rtained at a "Charm School." Miss Helen Williams, ~ visiting Soror from Washington, D. C., discussed very vividly the phase of Charm ccntc•red around Personality Development, "The Art of Getting Along with P ople." Miss Col'nelia Wallace, young Washington High School teacher, literally amazed the g1·oup with her uniqu • style of presentation. She struck a chord of interest in the youngsters and "olsters," when in the introduction she discussed "Charm" in general and gave the charm budget of on of the most succ ssful actresses in Hollywood. From that point on she not only disc·u!'lscd the abstract phaHcs, but g-1tv(' demonstrations of lhc• pl'Ofl('r type~ of clotheH to bC' worn on various Ot'C'a HionH; c·uHtomH and 11111nrwrs 011 formal ·111<1 informal h<>LH'R, nnd lhc prn1wr lt•t"h0

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nique in applying make-up and nail polish. Miss Frankie Adams, teacher at the Atlanta School of Social Work, charmed the group with the presentation of several different types of poems. They were highly appealing and gr atly received. 'I'he Finer Womanhood Week observances were culminated by the presentation of Mrs. Beulah Johnson in a program of song on Sunday afternoon in the flower decked parlor of Bishop and Mrs, W. A. Fountain's palatial home.

Mrs. Johnson's rendition was skillfully and superbly done. Tea and colorful Sorority co o k i es were served. Th women of Epsilon Zeta Chapter hacl one of the most successful Finer Womanhood observances ever held. On the usual Sunday in February the members ancl their invited guests wor~hippcd at th First Congregational Church. Rev. J. C. Wright, pastor, preached a masterful sermon on "F'ineiWomanhood." A highly unique Charm School was sponsored for the younger group at the A Llanta School of Social W 01·k. Mrs. Beulah Johnson, an outstanding coloratura soprano, was presented in a program of Kong. All of the activities were colorful and extremely eff'ectivc.

Lullelia Harrison and Ester Collins in charge. Following the initiation the newly organized chapter had its election of officers and plans were completed for the following programs of presentation. A delicious menu was served. On Sunday, March 27, the Sorors were presented at a formal tea in the home of Sorer Maggie Mashe. The table was laid with a lace cover and in the center stood a silver candle holder bearing five blue tapers which represented the five founders of Zeta. The Sorer formed a receiving line at the door of the living room. The line was headed by Sorer Qui.ntanna Wilson, the Basileus of Nu Alpha. Sorer Lullelia W. Harrison, regional director and organizcr of the new chapter, presented the Sorors to the guests. A lovely menu of varied sandwiches, cookies, nuts and candies filled the table. Miss Lois Prestige, a member of Nu Alpha's Al'chonian Club, presided ove1· the punch bowl. Miss Christine McBay, a11othcr Archonian, rested wraps and di1·ectecl the guests to the table. Miss Ilelcn Debato, also m1 A l'chonian, registered tho vi~itors. LOIS STELL, Jcl'velcr. ♦

RHO CHAPTER Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Norfolk, Va.

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LAMBDA ZETA The Lambda Zeta Chapter of 7.eta Phi Beta began the week of F'incr Womanhood with a program at the Houston College for Negroes Tuesday, February 22, 1038. After Lhe gr etings to the Greeks by Sorer Hazel Lewis, after which the Negro national anthem was sung by the audience and devotion by Sorer Mabel Ewell, Sorer Eula Mae Cotton gave the occasion. A piano solo by Soror Geraldine Evans was followed by the introduction of the speaker, Soror Annie Sasser. by Serer Lullolia Ilarrison, Soror Claudia l Iuntcr sang a solo. Th program ended with the sorority song. l•'iner Womanhood S{'l'Vit{' was held at Tl'inity J<.:ast M. I•:. Church, Sunday, l<'ebrun ry 27, J!J:U,, at 11 A. M. The pastor, Rev. ,J. S. Scott, dolivc rorl the sermon. 1 [is sermon .ontatnod three high points : (I) The Iinor woman must live well. (2) Thc• fhwr woman must, he gnH'ioiu:1, and (:l) Tho finer woman must give roverPnec' to God. llc•tu Phi Hetu was t·t•pn•sc•n!C>cl by Sor01· Lullelia ITnnii,011. 1

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Sisters in Zeta: Rho once again greets you. A special greeting goes out to the new chapter in our district, the Omega Zeta in Roanoke. 'l'o tell briefly of our work so far this year will begin with the opening meeting with our brothers at the home of Dr. W. B. Anderson of Portsmouth. It was an enthusiastic meeting for both groups. We were served elaborately, a gay social hour followed, and we le.ft pledging ourselves to each others' support. Candy sales and a movie kept us busy afterwards with the finance going toward local expense and our National Scholarship fund. The death of our beloved Grand Basileus was keenly felt and memorial services for her were held at our January n1C'cting. Feb1·ua1·y held the annual observance or Finer Woma11hood Weck. We opened with set'Vic •s at the St. John A. M. E. Church, of which one of our Sorors, Myrtle Griffin, was a mcmbcl'. A pal'ty and thL' nirnual ec-consecration service filled Lhe week. A s11lC'11did donation was given lo lhc church. One of our Sorors, Elno1·a ChambC'rs, sang H solo during the servi<·c•. Wt' l'losecl with our song. The• vi Kit of out· n•gional directress, l•:s'he1· Peyton, waR a red letter day. She was e11t(•1·taincd at tho honw of Velma Coppage, om· Sol'Or. The pink rose momento given by l1e•r iH still treasured by lh0 girls. O,w of our number, Mabel Goff, was taken ill LhiH wintee and remains sick. w,, h n v c remembered her in several ways.

Last year we sponsored a one-act play writing contest at the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University. The two girls winning were given tokens of appreciation at a recital this spring, when one of the winners, Miss Margaret Wood, came with the singing group from the school which she is now attending. The other girl was already in the city, having been unable to go away this year. Rho is still glowing with pride that our Soror Velma Coppage was chosen as the State Deputy. She was greatly feted by the group at the meeting following the announcement. We are in the midst of our spring pledging in preparation for the Middle Atlantic Regional here in May. Plans for the same have us up and working at all hours of night and day. With this on our minds, we close, awaiting all sisters of the Middle Atlantic Region and all others who can come. CONSTANCE JORDAN, Rho Chapter Jerveler.

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SHARING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS (Continued from Page 19) centers, so few well trained instructors; what happens to our boys and girls for the lack of guidance? Youth must have some outlet for excess energy and some one to lead them in the right channels. Education presents another p ha s e. Thousands of our fortunate groups are attending schools and colleges throughout the country for the purpose of obtaining an education. Education should aim to teach one to think without confusion clearly. To love and serve his fellow man sincerely. Therefore as educators let us remem~ ber that our success will 11ot be measured by degrees attained but by how well we serve. As women fostering a great cause "Finer Womanhood" First we must conceive an awareness of our numerous community problems and existing evils. Foremost a111011g these the racial problem indeed a human tragedy. S cond, The health problem. Third, Our economic status. Fourth, Problems of morality and c-rimo. Fifth, The problem of education. What shall be done to alleviate thcsC' conditions? Let each soror check up on what she has don<' for Finel' Womanhood and for Zeta. Have you been faithful? Ha vc you scrvc•d when needed? Ilavc you co.operated where co-operaLion was needed'! Have you checked results '1 Are you 1;atisfied with existingconditions?

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Zeta Songs and Poetry DOWN BUT NOT OUT

'TIS GOD ..

l n lifr so often you are down, Bui ()n/y once yo u'rr out; 'Tis falls Ilia! mould our life around T'hr core of trust or d o ul/t, T'h c lad «oho plays J/11• b asrb all game, And trirs Ir, m ak c a lra s e ; 1s lt,11g as he's not tagged 11r1r framed 1111 "OUT" is not the case. • I woman «oho is p aralierd A,,·epts her illness «orl], For .r!te has said, "Shr's realized Shr might hao» b crn in II ell." She takes her ill nrs s with a smile For ' Grid is just," she airs; .. I'm down, 'tis trur, btu all the while I look toward Paradise." ,1 cripplr he has been f r nnt bi,-111,

'Tis Grid l 1//Vl', Fr1r II,· is all; /11• shares Iii., lovr• ,II rvuy rn//. II,, will give mr life With joy and l11•alt!1; II t' givl'S mt• slrruglh .Is <tul'll as wraltlt. 'Tis Cod l s,uorship Nigl,! and d"y, For I le is gn·at, 811 grral, I say II e slwrr.r /hr sorrow .l11J !hr strife; fir 1harrs lhr joy In evrry li/1•.

Bui Iiapiness lie holds ; lie /Nls and knows the vuy worlh

Thal makr,· inr k110,iu T/11• good lo rhoou ,/ 11d lo so,w. For ".Is you sow, So shall you rl't,p." 'Tis God 1/tat l Drsirl' lo ker/i. 'Tis God who answers ,11y evrry prayl'r, T?or 'l.u/,a/ I ask Is willt gri•al tar,,. God in mr dirl'rls My ll1011glt!s nri(tlil, So that l ask For all •wit!, li_r;lil. I rmmot Jail, Fo, Cod in me Does help mr to Surci>rd and s1'1'. God he/ hs me virw The very brsr That evn ro111n For rr11• lo In/. -LOU SWi\l<Z, Xi Zeta.

Of love from others' souls, tllis life with kindest drrds are filled I/is mind is so alert; tu, words have many voices stlllrd ; Bu: none he's ever hurt. in /1/e ttie downs are newer •1,.,,, For it is up lo you, So never to /mid to fears or doubts, B11t "Cheer up" ana push through. Thour;!t you are down, you'r« n cuer otu As long as there is brr at h, So pray and say, "I'll [ace about And will not think of Dr ath:" -LOU SW.\RZ, Xi Zeta.

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THE ZETA Com mu/mg into lo<t,·11 lhl'y /11/~ Of <td1al a Zrt« said, Of htn» t!J1• pll'llgr/'S rau p,·rjfJrm Tasks !hat puzz/p //,,· hrnd. 01,, yes, tl,1· pirdgrn, /110, arr j>r//11,/ Of 'bias; whal they do Fh at's brig/,/ or rlrurr, any p/r·dgN l.oor» lo rrl at e ltJ y//11. ,I 11J more tl,1111 ojtrn as they ,,,, To town or pr1/i/1rs, Bui "Zetas," i"lr·d_qrrs. arr t lt» thrm r Tl,ry nuaml e»: t111d want II/ mix. -LEO\/ILDA IH1RRELL, Omega Zern Chapter, Roanoke. \'a.

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()' sister, our '11•11rls lo t hr» hr111q, To !trip y1111r j//y{ul praises sing; To krep thr things for whirh yr,11't•,· stood Thr /,l's/ is finer woma11!11Jod. Frir srrviu, too, '1.UI' all 11111st gi~•,·. Tl,c mr11to hy whirh all Zrtas live, To do all tlti11gs 1whlr and !JOfJd, That ,tand for fi11rr wo1,,,mhrMd. I II srh1Jlarship, •w1· .<///{/ a .ri111g, Go "" a11d up, 1w task'.1· too fong; ,l!ay Z,·/11 forl'v1·r ht 1wdersloo.l To .1tn•v1· jtJr fi11n s,i:1111urn/,,,,,.l () Zr/a, mfly ow /1-v,•.r !,,, lru,· J'o you, J,.a,- Zrla, <tuhi11· and Mur /,1'/ P·Vl'l"Y 'W0/111111 Sl'r t/11•

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l 11 Zt'la's /inn womtrn!uu,d.

-IIAZFI BO\\',\L\N Ornc11;:1 Zet1 Ch1pter.

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SONG "The Call of Pi Chapter" (Tunr: "The Bells of St. Mary's")

Thr ra/1 of Pi ,!,apter, Oh list t111d yo1i'II h~ar it, {11 advo,turrms snvir,, For Zela rttCh day . Oh 01111e lo Pi rl//lj>lu I// hac fiu,, sorors gathrr, To il'arn lo krM<w and tft1•11 /11 /i,v1• Tl,,, Z,·ta way. ll

The rail of Pi c!111ptrr, A rlrnllc11ge to yo1111g h,•arls, To hrave heart.i, lo /r,11· hearts, Jfl !,o Zr/a s,c·ould srrvr. 'Thrrr's aiming /01· ideals, Thae's rearl1i11g and climhi11g That all !hr• sorors might allai11 Finl'/' lflomrmltood.

'Tis God i11 me

-,\LPlIA PE N 1\R'\/OLD.

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U11ited wl''I/ sla11d, For Zeta Phi l3ela; /Ve'// si11q praiSl's 1/mmgh t/1r /a,,J. r,el Thy 11amr hr lltfor,·d! Kr,ppa ,1/pha, we pray For 1/,y famr day by day. II

To tltr If' lti11· rwd th,• /Jiu,·, To 1/11• u111s,· w1• 1,rr pl,,dqrd, //'1• 11,,•ill /'V1'r11111• <' /,r lrur; lf'I' .,_,it/ ~•1•1•p tlty prais,• hl'ld hi11!t. K fl f>Pa , I/ pl,", w,• p111y //r)I' //,y /amr day l1y day,

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Written for the Middle Atlantic Regional Conference l!EI.D I

-JEN'\11•, TILLlffT, Kappa ,\lpln Chapter.

C'I IARLOTTESVI LI.E, MAY 1937

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Dcdica1cd 10 V101.wrn: :-l. ANDER~O'I (Tune: "Little Old Lady")

It t/,r /ii'{ld of Zl'ta you stand, Guiding with a r/Nuly hand, II',· ra11 Jeri your vast i11/!11r11r1• Jar and widP, t'1olrl/1• l11dl'r.flJ11, ki11d 1111d swri-1, Smili1111 al all you mnl, (,'l,0.11•11 for tit,· fin/'/ wo111t111!wod, fl',· Judd drnr lo us, ,/ 1wtio11al projal hae, ./ srhol111sl,ip prn11rr1111 1/11,,-1•, lf'hrrrvrr you, drar llassy, <:ual.k, ,lrli•t•ity f foat.r in //,r air, 1-'or your 1,,./p 1111d lov111r1 w11•, f'o1 11,,, 111wd you'•t'1' l,•1 us sharr llrf!''l' 11 hop,· Iha! 1/(/ppinrr! I. t•ay day yow /if,, <:viii r,/rsr. -FR.\ '\CES IMTC 11 ER, Alpha Chartn, !937.

VIOLETTE N. ANDERSON tifr, (/ z,•ta mr/1•111, Blmerd i11 ar/1ir•Vl'/11 mi's sky I 11d ii'/ t a lrnil of 111 ,·morirJ .Tnd drrds that shall 111•s,•1·1 di,•. SI,,. /101"/' 1/11· ilillmi11111r,l /rir, I, Of finl'r w111111111!rr"1d; I I,.,. f 11a hraml'd /01 //1 <tuith ln•1111111 ,1111a 111d .wrrifirial (/I/II.I. Sft,, has sor111•d tt~ay h,•y,111d 11111 Jiq/11, Bryoud our morlal vil"tc; /Jul J,,ft t,,.l,ind 11/1 111.,p11iur1 /111/it Uk,· 11 r111111·t i11 1/11• 11/11,·. You, .rptril lt11•t•1•n 111·111 11s yl'I, Oh, f'inlrlle ,lndtrson, (,'l,.-ri•·/,,·./ /,v /oy11/ Z,•/rtJ I 11d 11·1•rrrd /,y ,·~•,·1 y,111,·. Jin

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Alpha ('h;1pt,·r.

THE ARCHON

•

YOUR DUTY

ZETA

II oh/ out your h1111ds T11 11rrdy 111a11; Gi,vr wit!, all y1111r l11•11rl T/,1• /11'111' (/Jld ll!ld1'r.rl1111di11g T!tat Cod (/1/•Vt' lo you. I.if I II p your <toi11gs, g/11ri1111s 'tUIII//S; Slt,•l/1'r tlte wMkfl' lambs l'flho rom,, lo )'Oil for song; lfo(old thrm i11 1/11• war111tl, mid str,•11gth Tl;al God gt1'1J1' to yoll. !'.'mil your ,·adia11rr of mirth 1111d joy, Frinul.d,ips, t,i11d11rss, lrntl, l,iq/11 all !ht v..·orld willt a /1i11dred glow; Gi'Vr lo rv'ry h1111r1ry our 11// that God IJfl'VI' to you. Tltru, whru your duds arr cl1111e, Lift up tltr gold/'11 l1m111n llig!, into tl,r rrlrstial hP11vr11; lf1011 is your p/arr in God's N/1•1•111; Yo11 gave-All !hat God ga'Vr you. -AMELIA B. DELEVERS,

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t t ork' ii l arlc! l.1/11, 7.1'111, hark.1 lf'hr11 th1· sky /111.r lust its 1,/11,•. lf'hal do Zrt as si11q i11 !hr d11d·?' 7,,,111 11111.1"/ sp arld», sp ark]», t/1r1J11(7!t. fl'//(// di! Zct as say i11 //,r storm, To1S1•d i11 v:liisprriuq !traps togd!u-r'/1 ll/» ow kN/> J.,,111 warm. Till sf", <twtkl's i11 [airrr sucathrr, O11ward, 1111v..•11rd may wt• prrss, T !11·111111/, t hc />ath of d"IY; To Zrt«, oirt u e 1s true l/11ppinl'S,f, Hx(l'//r11rr trur hr1111/y. If' lt a] do l,appy Zrt as say, F/i111•ri11r1 1hro11r1'1 t h» ql1Jo111y? lf'r 11111st si11r1 t/11• gloom away, 81111 or sIradtn», Cod is qood. -MILDRE]) \;i;'. MARSIIALL, Pi Chapter, ZOB.

• "I'll BE A ZETA"

•

"A PRAYER FOR ZETA"

(POE.M)

I'll '"' a ll'la ... For a Zrt « must hr slro11q as sh» qr0<tl./S

from day to day. · Sh» 11111.rl he pois,·d and slrouq, f ar-s eein q and /1n11-<tuillrd. All quir: patie11cr must lo lier brlotu), all trnd rr tt11dersta11di11g Of t/11• hr art s of thosr sh» m e ets ; T'hosr bro k e n d onu» wit!, «uor, or gay and

M11y you movr upward and 011ward lo 1,iglirr things, Stri'IJing to 11ai11 a greater ltl'igltt, Stri<r.•i11g brrnuu of a goal you see, Zrta, this prayrr T makr for tl,er. II

ALICE WILSON, Alpha Zeta

1111ro1Itr1r11rd,

Thru arr 1hr arts, <tuhalr'Vr1· elsr sh» lacks, a lrla 11111st k nonu. 0, may l <tuisr/y rltoos e, thrust firmly 0111 <turollf/ tl//J11gltts, ,\fay only. purr dl'.fire and. /tig!, aims he mme.

May I b anis h [rnr 1111d grt,•d and doubt, .1// ti/fl/ '!.VOU/d m akr II lr s s tl,1111 fine .l l! that quou/d 11111kr woma11hood less than /i11r 1111d stro11g 1111d [rrr , l_11d /ii /11 takr /l(•r plaa, courageous, ohrdu111, prrpa1·rd lo do l,rr part ''.' 1hr high halllt.r 11/ a strivi11g rare. Ill h,· "Z1·ta! -ALPHA PENN ARNOLD,

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Pi Chapter. ♦

llr,,,-,. th1·1·, harh,11 ia11s.' //1•11!'1' 111 11ty /11irs.

l)11rr's1 lltou lo s/1111,/ 111id.r1 all t/11·.r,· Cn•,•k hrirsl lf'r t/1'1' t/11• Gurks 101111 faml'd, ,with1111/ PNr.r ' p,,r i11trll<'ft a11d rnlt11r,• down t/11·01u1lt 1/11, 1011,1 yf'llrs. · .I/Id ll'/11 l'l,i 111'/a .rla11ds rxal1,,,I 11mo111is1 all · For V.'IJ/1/fll,/y 'Virtun r111w111•d <tui/1, p11rity a11d truth. Of .ru,-J, 11 J.,,·ril11g,· 1111/y Grl'rks r1111 t,,1" '' Ill l'lsr arr l111rhflria11s, 1rudr flllrl rr•uql, ·11; 1/ir 111//SI.

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::o tl11•r: () 'lrta, we ·'I.viii 1''111'/' hr /1111•; 1.1'Y Prrunf,lt•., loyally ,.~,,·, hold i11 q,i,•<tu /:q,,,, 11l11J•t•1· harhari,11,.r, and /,iqhl'SI am,/1111 Crrtk,r. · · f!ty 11111111• //,ro1111h w1111111111y ,11,,,,ls Thy hard; shall spra~·111•:\IRI.1•:rr,\ 'f'OI.BlrnT, K ·tppa

THE ARCHON

NO OTHER VIOLET

\ lpha Chapter.

Zrta, I know th/II you s/a11d for right, Thrrr/ore, you will 11rvr.r forsaken be 8111 ro11ti1111r lo send 11111 rays of lig!tt A 11d prnisrs will hr· s1111g to tlif/'. Ill

No 11/hrr /lio/N r,m rompar,•

To t/11• 0111• o.u1•''1Jr lost, So hMutif 111, So rarr. N11 otl,rr /1iof,,t If/as so /r,11• To z,,11, Phi lJr/11 Sorority, Thr whitr 1111d blue. Our hrarts art' qrir-vl'II, Our spirits, loo, Soror /liolrt A 11drrso11 Jo/111so11/I ow wr'I/ mi.rs yon. Wt• hopr your work flll.r 1111/ hrl'11 in 'Vain, JJut o//,u Zeta.r will calrlt iltr flam,· !11d ligltl t/11• lorrl, 11/ your spirit 1111e-i~, f,'11r lr111 Phi lll'tt1 S//rority anti

rou.

TO ZETA, HIGHEST OF THE GREEKS

/Jarh11111ms 'I.Utllt

Phi Chapter.

-ALICE V,'JLSO~. Busileus, A I ph:i Zeta, Baltimore, :1>ld.

•

"WHAT DOES ZETA MEAN TO ME" !fl/,11/ d1Jl'.f l1•:a

m1•a11 I// mtl' ,I o.uo11dnj11I opporl1111ity To 'l.Vfl/r!t, to g11id1• 1111d rarl'/11!/y plan Tl,,, o.,•ork 1!,111 makrs t/11• world ,./ hr//,,,- plat'I' for 111,111. If' lt11t d111•.r 1,,.111 m1•1111 to 111,·I ,1 !,/,,surf privilr(/1' j11sl lo h1• T/11• lrr1Jll'd mrmh,·r /11 supply 1/11, w·11gs 'Th11/ 11111y Ii/ I 1111' 111 higqrr and iil'llrr thill(/S. /fl l//11 d111·.r lrt11 mrn,1 lo 1111•! ll'11rk <tuit!to11/ /'/"//SSi11r1 1/11• SNI, ,I rllf11•u· lo 111'111' 11t1d lo ltd p Ii-ad 1/11• way Of .1111111' rl1·11r soror, /,,.,, .!111· !I'' 11slr11y. . Ill this it 1111·1111.1 to 1111·, a11</ mor,•; II 1111·1111.r II widrly 11pl'111'd d11r1r II' /11'1"1' I 11111y r1•11p as w1•// as s110.,,, //'!,,,,.,. / 11111y li•VI', 1111d •W l/l"A ', /Ill,/ 11r11w. 1\ I.I'll A EARN E~TI NI~ (;IBHS, Pi Chapt~r.

May you f orr•vr,· qrow s/rong in sisterly lo'Vr, 1l1ay 011r hearts forever b1 /nu to //,re And look to thr llea'IJe,tly Father abl!'Vr, Zrlr1 Phi Beta, this prayer is for thee. 1

May r/lrh ray of fig/,/ that thou send Jorllz Sprrad joy mrd PMCP li'er land and sPG, :I 11d in rrtur11 may praises be thine This lilllc prayrr l makr for thee. ' -LILLIAN M. WILSON.

•

TO THE SORORS I

ff',,, 1hr Zrta PJ,,dgNs, II a•v1• 11s~•rd you Sorors to romr 1/ 11d sprnd lhi.1 af 1,,,-1111011 will, us Ill 11udit11tio11 and i11 /1111. 11

If/,, arr1111grcl thi1 lill/1• prog,·am Of m11sic and of 'IJ1•rse; /fl,· hope our rendilio11s />IMuJ yoll; IV r ha'Vr 1111/ had long to n h1·11rsr. 1

111

If',, 11dmir,• thr Z1•ta spirit, II 11d its i,frals hravr a11d /r,11•; ll'r l'll'd!fl'l'J i1111•11d lo rarry 011, To '"' Z,•las lliroug/, and 1hro11(1h. -PLIWc;J~E NAOMI STANLEY Gamma Chn pt'er, Morgan College, Eastern R~gion.

•

FINER WOMANHOOD Stri•,;,• 1111 ll'/11, kind 11111{ tr111·; />11'111' th,, v..·ay for lhosr who 11111y Sl/'1/g(JI,, lo makr you r-v,•ry day, Thnr is still grealn work II! Jo. llold !tigh //,r ha1111a /or which you stand; l,1•/ /ri1•11dship, honor, ki11d11rss hand 1'011r ,·ta11Jard of rl'ltl di51ni1y. Thl'l1 w,1mr11 of thr world will .rre }'our pathway !iqhll'lf rfrar 1111d hright, . I 11d 1••vl'l'•rradi11r.<s /or tltr right. ,'J,fay ll/f/1 for <r.,•hirl, you've always stood IJ,, 1111111• Ill/I /i11tr ,w,11111111/,0,u/.

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Did You Know? That Little Joanna Connor bloomed in the garden of happiness of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ransome 111? To you she is the

letter sent to Elsie Robinson's List World Page on the question, "How Shall The Negro Youth B Educated To Live In The Wh;te Man's World?"

daughter of our - Jaonna Houston Ransome. That Epsilon Zeta is sponsoring an eye glass project? The purpose of this project is to give eye glasses to school children with defective vision, whose parents are unable to buy them. Epsilon Zeta is also sponsoring a survey of 500 Negro Women in the upper wage bracket, in Atlanta Department Stores, and a thorough review of inad quate rest room facilities. This project is highly endorsed by Forrester

Washington

of the

Atlanta

School of Social Work and Nelson Jackson, Head of the Dept. of Research. That Juanita F. Bates, teacher of Biology in I. M. Terrell Senior High School, Fort Worth, Texas, is an honor graduate of Wiley College and has done graduate work in science at the University of Chicago? She is active in civic and religious work in Fort Worth and Basileus of Psi Zeta Chapter. That La Berta D. Phillips who is a graduate of Prarie View College and has studied in the University of Kansas, Emporia, Kansas and the University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado is a teacher of English and journalism in the I. M. Terrell High School, Fort Worth, Texas. That the Omega yearly essay award for this year was won by Senova Holbert of Lambda Alpha Chapter? That Mary Ann Williams Boone, Gaynelle P. Tolliver and Thelma M. Cooper are honor students of Lambda Alpha and have remained on the honor roll for the past two years ? That Inez Bunian of Nu Chapter will be crowned Miss Home-coming of 1!J~8 at Virginia Union University? That Emma Burney will receive her Masters from the A tlanta University'! That the Royal Art Club of which Sorer 1/,ephry T. Pruitt i,; president won the first prize in the Delta Jabbcrwock of 1():18. That Helen Wa shingtnn of Alpha Chap-

t er received a financial award for her

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That Mary Owings has been appointed assistant instructor in the physical eduration dcpartrn nt of Howard University and Helen Pilgrims a graduate also of Howard has been appointed instructor of physical education in the public school system of Indi-umapol ia, Indiana '? Both arc scrors of Alpha Chapter. That Willie Elizabeth Patterson answered a call issued to the youth of Oklahornu for a m eting from Dec. 27 toDec. :nst, rn:n and was appointed on the Annual Commission or the Democratic Liberties Commission which is com [)OS'd o[ 111(:!m b srs of both races and s rved as secretary during the session? Sorer Patterson was the only Negro elected on the Oklahoma Delegation to the Amcrican You+h Congress to meet in New York. That Zi Zeta sponsors an annual "chem· up" contest'? The proceeds from the contest are used to sponsor the monthly cheer up parties to various institutions. The following is a list of the institutions lo receive cheer: January, Lou Swarx, Homer G. Phillips' Hospital; February, Elsie Gearin, St. Mary's Infirmary; March, Inex Perru s, Peoples Hospital; April, Audrey Anthony, Orphan's Home; May, Hattie Gilliam, Bellefontaine Farms: ,Ju11e, Ella Walker, Meramec Home for Girls; September, Carolyn Williams, City Infirmary; Octob r, Beatric Cooper, City Work House; November, Virginia English, Old Folks' Hem»: December, Lucille Ogden, House of Detention. That Gladys Smith of Sumner High School, St. Louis, Mo., won the 1/.cta "('heer- U p" Tag Sale Contest '/ Mi s s Smith is a senior with high honors. That Miss Janice Jones, Tulsa City nurse received the Violette N. Anders award for mcritorloua service '/ Sorer Vada L. Phillips- Murray, a touchl'I

in t he .Iames K Guinn Junior High

School, is doing· .xcc llcnt work us instructor of a Sunday School Teuehcts' Prt-pa ta t ion (·lass in Mt. Zion Baptist Church, one of t hr- la1·gpsl

and

most systr-mnt izt•d

churches in the city. She is also the secretary of the Texas Baptist Stale Sunday School and B. T. U. Cong rcss. Psi Zeta is happy to announce that nine barbarians were ushered into Zctadorn on February twenty-fifth; namely, Mesdames Leoma D. Prince, a v 1 y efficient instructor in the Jas. E. Guim1 Junior IIigh School; Rubye Williamson, principal of Cooper StPct School; La Bel'ta Phillips, teacher of English and sponsor of the I. M. Tencll High School Journal, ih, Tcri-ellHe; Lillian B. Horace, librarian and dean of girls, Terrell High School; Ruth E. Sanders, teacher of music and art in Clinton Avenue School; Misses Katherine Bacoates, teacher in Cooper Strl'et School; J<;thel Hickman Jones, and Gussie 0. Whaley, trachers in Gay Street School. It seems that we'll go journalistic soon. Soror F. C. Stevens sponsors the "Clipper," Guinn Junion Iligh School publication; Soror Rubye G. Jones is editing the "Como High Light," the Ar l in gt on Heights School paper; and Sor01: La Berta Phillips sponsors the "Terrelli fe" which is a m mber of the ational Associnled Press. For the third time Soror Juanita Bates won the prize offerer! the sponsor of the graduating class of the I. M. Terrell High School for raising the highest amount of money for sale of tickets or the senior play. Soror Bates, head of the Biolog-y Department in I. M. Terrell Tligh S ·hool, is Basik•us of Psi Zeta Chapter. Early in January, Psi ZPta hapier announC'cd that it would purchaHc glasHes for the needy unclcrprivil '/:" d th ildren of the city. Av 'l'Y ("()]orful tea was given Dccembc•r honoring out· regional dii·ector, Soror L. W. llarrison. 'l'he elite o[ the c-ity were loud in their praise of the exquisit(' mannt'r in which Lht• affuir was condurl,•d. The Viner Womanhood Ohscrvant'(' prog-i-a111 was hl'ld wilh th St. James Ba1>tisl ('hurch, Rev. J. IL Winn, puslor. 'The Revl•rend Mr. Winn is tlw husband of Sornr iforlha B. And riwn Winn. Soror Annr TT. SaHst•r, wife of \hp Jlenn of lhl' J•:nglish Dcpnrlnwnl, J>rai rit• View Slah• Colkge, was the g-ul•Ht s1wak 'l". Plans havP bL·<'n formulatl'd a11d 1'('· ht•rHal is now undt•r way l"or lhC' annual 1/.l'tn Blu, Rcvtw.

THE ARCHON

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS CONTI NUED FRO M INSID E FRONT OOVEB

ALPHA, Washington, D. C. - Howard University, Helen Washington, Howard University. BETA, Atlanta, Ga., Morris Brown University - Sara M. Rembert, 233 Ashby St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. GAMMA, Morgan College, Maltimore, Md. - Beatrice Mayo, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. EPSILON, New York, N. Y. - Iris Holder, 233 W. 128th Street, New York, N. Y.

lie Burrell, 11 E. 56th St .. Chicago, Ill. BETA ALPHA, Southern University, Scotlandville, La. - Mydget Robinson, Southern University, Scotlandville, La. GAMMA ALPHA, Florida A. & I. State College, Tallahassee, Fla. Alma L. Johnson, Box 281, Florida A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Fla. RHO, Norfolk, Va. - Mildred C. Johnson, 859 Preston St., Norfolk, Va.

ET A, Temple Unievrsity, Philadelphia, Pa. - Mary Gould, 3924 N. 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

SIGMA, Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C.-Louise B. Worthy, Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C.

THETA, Wiley College, Marshall Texas - Hettie L. Bradford, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas.

TAU, Lexington, Ky. - Lizzie B. Fouse, 219 N. Upper St., Lexington, Ky.

IOTA, Covington, Ky. - Ruth Crittenden, 3231 Berseford Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

UPSILON, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. - Esther J. Smith, 404 8th Ave., South, Nashville, Tenn.

NU, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. - Antoinette Bowler, 112 East Leigh St., Richmond, Va.

PHI, Virginia State College, Ettrick, Va. - Amelia B. Delever, Virginia State College, Ettrick, Va.

XI, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio - c/o Joanna H. Ran some, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.

CHI, Samuel Houston College, Austin, Texas, Curits McPaul, Samuel Houston College, Austin, Texas.

OMICRON, Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. - Elizabeth C. Cooley, Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. Pl, Tulsa, Okla. - J. Juanita Tate, 808 E. Pine St., Tulsa, ()kla. ALPHA ALPHA, Chicago, Jll.-Rosa.

DELTA ALPHA, Municipal College, Louisville, Ky. - Maney Woolridge, Municipal College, Louisville, Ky. EPSILON ALPHA, A. & I. State College, Nashville, Tenn., Lillian Barbour, 1716, Heiman Street, Nashville, Tenn. ZETA ALPHA, A. & T. State College, Greensboro, N. C.-Amelia E. Stanford, 408 Beech Street, Greensboro, N. C. ETA ALPHA, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. - Alice D. Wilson, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. THETA ALPHA, Boston, Massachusetts - Eva Dunn, 29 Symphony Road, Boston, Massachusetts. IOTA ALPHA, Jacksonville, Fla. Elinore Littlejohn, 1776 F 1 o r i d a Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. KAPPA ALPHA, Miner Teachers College, Washington, D. C. - Mary S. Reid, 1430 S. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.

PSI, Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Annie L. Bright, 94 Little St., S. E. Atlanta, Ga.

LAMBDA ALPHA, Langston University, Langston, Okla. - T. M. Cooper, Langston University, Langston, Okla.

OMEGA, Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind. - Florence E. Buford, 2164 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind,

MU ALPHA, Bluefield State Campus, Bluefield, W. Va. - c/o Lola M. Mack, 309 Reese St., Bluefield, W. Va.

Mrs. Isabel M. Herson 1827 79th Avenue Baton Rouge~ LA 70807