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THE ARCHON OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, Incorporated

Volume XII

Louisville, Kentucky, December 1945

A Letter From The Editor Dear Sorors, Please permit us to express to you, on this occasion, our deepest appreciation for the warm cooperation you have given the editorial staff in the publication of the last three issues of THE ARCHON. When you understood the type and kind of contributions that we needed, you responded promptly and fully. For this we are intensely grateful. By the same token, we hope that you will overlook any error we may have committed, and attribute our failings to our human weaknesses. It has been our highest ambition to present this SILVER ANNIVERSARY edition in the most completely satisfactory way. How far short of our aim we have fallen will be yours to judge. You may be assured that each of us has labored unstintingly, under trying circumstances, to bring forth a publication worthy of our great sisterhood. Special appreciation must go to Soror Rose M. Banks, Research Editor, who performed the local editorial duties in the absence of the editor. Soror Banks has spent immeasurable time and effort in supervising the printing and mailing of this issue. As my editorial endeavors come to an end, I wish to make public acknowledgment of the letters and cards sent to me from sorors all over this country, as well as Canada. It is extremely gratifying to know that THE ARCHON has brought pleasure and satisfaction to you. Your letters encouraged me. With a grateful heart for the strength and cooperation that have made possible the execution of editorial duties in the midst of other almost overwhelming obligations, I am Sisterly yours, Nancy Bullock Woolridge.

Number 2

CONTENTS Page NOTES ON NATIONAL OFFICERS........

GREETINGS FROM GREEKDO'M............

REPORTS FROM REGIONS

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

CHATS WITH CHAPTERS

ZETA PERSONALITIES

ARTICLES "History and Contribution of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority" Soror Esther C. Peyton........................

"Looking Ahead" Grand Basileus Lullelia Harrison...... 10 "Refueling Our Lamps" Soror Olivia B. Lindsey 11 "The Negro and the World of Music" Soror L. B. Porter.................................. 21 "The Soliloquy of Balaam's Ass" Soror Zora Neale Hurston

"Tomorrow's Life Begins Today" Soror E. Juanita Tate

"This is Tomorrow" Soror Lillian Ward McDaniel...

ROSE M. BANKS, Research Editor 608 W. Walnut St., Apt. 500, Louisville, Ky.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

La B rta Phillips l l 29 Easl T rr 11 St., Fort Worlh, T xas Alma M. Cox 14:rn N. Kenosha SL, Tulsa, Oklahoma

"New Opportunities for Negro Women" Soror Eunice Lyon 34

STAFF OF THE ARCHON NANCY B. WOOLRIDGE, Edilor Box 213, Hampton Institut , Hampton, Va.

Lela B. Porter 546 Stevens Place, Memphis, Tennessee Mydget R. Laster 1335 Alcatraz Ave., Berkeley 2, California

SILVER ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDERS A PRAYER What is it Lord, that I shall ask Of Thee, from day to day? What are the tasks that I shall do As I go on my way? Which of the many songs I know, Shall my heart sing today ? For which of these, my fellowmen, Shall Ikneel down to pray? I do not ask for blessings O'erflowing in my cup, But that I'll find the courage To lift my sisters up. The power of bards I do not beg, To write a lyric fine; But rather hear the song of love, Sung by all humankind. A favor, yes a favor. A task, yes Lord, a task, A song, a prayer,-oh always, For others, Lord I ask. Betty Ratcliffe

"A BACKWORD GLANCE OVER MAIN TRA VEL'D ROADS" Twenty-five years ago on the imposing hill which forms the campus of Howard University, Washington, D. C., five young women, who had been serlously contemplating Greek letter organizations on their campus, dared chart a new course for sorority minded women. Holding as their objcctiv the idea of service, scholarship and sisterhood, and as their ideal FINER WOMANHOOD, these courageous young women established themselves as the only national Greek letter sorority organized by a fraternity its brothers. On this SILVER ANNIVERSARY c lcbration, Zetas everywher cast their eyes backward over the long traveled road. proudly, yet humbly grateful for the foresight, vision and idealism of the fiv honored founders. In this symbolic, signl!icant, "atomic" year the y ar of Victory and Peac the ditorial board of THE ARCHON Is privileged to salute lhe "five p arts" of Zetas, and of dedicating this

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Like Wall Whitman, at the sam llm that we cast a "backward glance over main travel'd roads," we also lift our h ads proudly and face the future fearlessly, w 11 awa r of the heavy rcsponsibillli s and challeng s that rest upon a group such as ours. Our "backward glance" reveals a courageously marching throng, many of whom, In lov and service have aptly exemplified our motto, as did our b loved Violet And rson, until death summoned her. As we pause for moment in silent tribute lo then- m irnory, ancl in honor of those who 111·c still forging nh ad, w no longer throw our glances backward, but rnov forward in confldence toward Lhl' flngers which polnL to the dawning opportunities for n, mor cffe .tive and brilllanl contrIbutton to Lhe cultur • and prospority of an Invlgorated race and nation. Nancy Bullock Woolridge, Antnpokrttls.

THE ARCHON

FROM THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

SOROR LULLELIA WALKER HARRISON Grand Baslleus

NOTES ON NATIONAL OFFICERS GRAND BASILEUS LULLELIA WALKER HARRISON is a teacher of English in the Jack Yates High School, Houston, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wiley College, and has studied in the Graduate School of The University of Chicago. AZ ta since 1929, she is now a member of Lambda Zeta in Houston, Texas. For six years she was Director of the Southern R gion, and has held office in her local chapt r. Although sh is busily engaged in community work, serving in many capacities on th board of the Y.W.C.A. as member of the Cit.iz n's U.S.O. Program Committee and as Chairman of Ex cutive Committ e of the Houston Pan H 11 nic Council, she has time to serve Z ta.

SOROR E. JUANITA TATE National First Anti-Basileus

FIRST ANTI-BASILEUS E. JUANITA TATE joined Zeta in 1922 at Wiley College, where she received her A.B. degree, with honors. Earning the Master's degree in Education at Colorado State College, Soror Tate has proved herself an efficient and highly honored teacher in the public schools of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Active in communitivities, such as Red Cross and Public Health programs, she has served Zeta as Basileus of the local chapter and Regional Director. SECOND ANTI-BASILEUS LOU SWARZ is well known in St. Louis, as in other parts of the country, for her excellent character creations in her famous monologues. Although her dramatic talents and stage activities have taken her on tours throughout the country, she has well served her local community in numerous worthwhile projects. The recipient of the U. S. Army Citation in 1944 for Meritorious Volunteer Service, Soror Swarz has also served as National Epistoleus of Zeta Phi Beta for nine years.

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SOROR NANCY B. WOOLRIDGE SOROR IRMA B. THOMPSON

TAMIAS-GRAMMATEUS IRMA B. THOMPSON is a graduate of Hampton Institute, and holds the Master of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. A teacher in t?e public school system of Newport News, Virginia, oror Thompson has also served a_s Demonstration Teacher of Hampton Institute. A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority since 1927, she has held the office of Basileus of the local chapter for four years, and National Tamias-Grammateus for five years. Her civic and social activities are listed elsewhere in this issue. GRAMMATEUS ROMAINE W. BROWNE has achieved high distinction as a teacher in the public schools of Washington, D. C. A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority sine 1929, she has served her local chapter most faithfully. Not only accomplished in many of the fine arts Soror Browne has studied law and is proficient in it as well as in her prof ssion where she has serv d as demonstration teacher. Active in social and civic work, she has acted in many capacities including th presid ncy of the Metropolitan Council of N.C.N.W.

ANTAPOKRITIS NANCY BULLOCK WOOLRIDGE is Associate Professor of English at Hampton Institute. H r undergraduate work was done at Shaw and Howard Universities, and her graduate degrees were earned at Columbia University and The University of Chicago respectively. In the course of this graduate work she r ceiv~d fellowships from both th General Education Board and the Rosenwald Fund. Her doctoral dissertation has b n published in part in the Journal of egro Educatlon. A m mb r of Zeta Phi B ta Sorority since 1928, sh has had the privil g of organizing two chapt rs and has served in various capacities in her local chapt r. For th past two y ars sh has edit d the ARCHON. TAMIAS BEATRIC• A. MAYO, C.P.A., is now the Bursar of Morgan tat Coll g , Baltimor , Maryland. Sh has arn d a C rtificat in Accounting at N w York Univ r ity, and th B.S. in Business Administration at American Univ rsity, and has studi d as a zraduat stud nt in Accounting at atholic Univ rsity, Washington, D. C. A m mb r of th National oci ty of Accountants, oror Mayo has also b n activ ly cngag d in civic activili s. Among many other things sh is ( ontinu d on Pag 19)

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SOME MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD AT A RECEPTION DURING THE MEETING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. First row, I ft to right ; sorors Eslh r Peyton, Second row, left to right: Gertrude Jimson, Beatrtce Mayo, Irma Thompson, Lull lia HarriAudrey Tripp, Madge Harp r, Carrie Michie, son, Inez Ricks, Juanita Tal , Romaine Brown. Helen Smith, Carolyn Cain.

A PRAYER FOR ZETA God, pity the frail the helpless ones, Bleeding and torn by indifference or hate Crushed 'neath the hell of greed and lust Booted about by relentless Fate. God, pardon the Fool who tramples your law The Power-thirsty villain with shrunken soul, Who has used man's heartaches, pain and d spair To pave the way for his ill-deserved goal. L t Z la's light shine that the Troubled in Heart

May know that there's goodness and love here-about That our sisterhood stands, adamant and true To bring light to a soul in darkness and doubt. God, strengthen our will, you know we are weak, Let the vast chain of Zetadom spread outward and true May our deeds help cleanse the heartaches and pain And help restore faith in mankind and you. Epistolean Eleanora B. Sellers, Tau Zeta, 1945.

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SOROR ESTHER C. PEYTON

Chairman of Executive Board

HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTION OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY By Esther C. Peyton

It was A. Langston Taylor who took the lead in realizing the desire of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity to have a sister organization. During the 1919 convention of the fraternity, authority was granted him to proceed with organizing a sorority. AL a meeting Brothers Benjamin Ragsdale of the Music Department of Howard University and Charles Taylor of the College Department brought together representative women from their respective departments and made plans for organizing a sorority. Arizona Cleaver assumed the leadership of this movement. It was through her wise judgment, keen foresight and untiring efforts that his sorority was founded upon sound principles. With the objectives of useful service, outstanding scholarship and true sisterhood, and with the ideals of Finer Womanhood, Zeta Phi Beta was organized on January 16, 1920, under the brotherly guidance of the two Taylor brothers. Alpha

ARCHON Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was born with five charter members, namely, Sorors Arizona Cleaver, Fannie Pettie, Viola Tyler, Pearl Neal and Myrtle Tyler. These five pearls blazed the trail, which for twenty-five years has been traversed by the thousands of Zeta women who emulate the objectives and ideals of Zeta Phi Bet.a Sorority. At the time of organization no charter was issued to Alpha Chapter, so in 1923 the presdent, Soror Joanna Houston, insisted upon incorporation of the body. The sorority became incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia and bears the signatures of Sorors Myrtle Tyler, Gladys Warrington, Joanna Houston, Josephine Johnson and Goldie Smith. The membership of this sorority includes women of many varied professions and of all the .fields of higher learning. Many of these women have achieved outstanding honors in their field. Soror Lillian Evanti, internationally known opera singer, has the distinction of being the first woman to be awarded the Howard University bronze plaque for the most outstanding achievement in the field of music. Soror Zora Neal Hurston, nationally known novelist, was the second woman to receive a similar award in the .field of literature from Howard University. Soror Anni Turnbo Malone, founder of the Poro College, has recently been honored by the citizens of the Unit d States on the occasion of the forty ninth anniversary of her life's work. Soror Helen McIntosh Meade is the founder and directress of The Little Brown School House located in New York City. Her chool with an enrollment of .five hundred nin Lysix pupils is the only Negro school in the state licensed to keep children .from preschool ag to ten years of age or to 5B grade. In the interest of our youth oror Alice Dugged Carey, d ceas d, educator and librarian emeritus of Morris Brown University was instrumental in securing for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, its first play grounds, which she directed for a number of years. Soror Casey Hayford, educator, still directs the Vocational School for Girls in Sierre Leona, Africa. Soror Hel n Williams was the .first woman of color to hold the position of case worker of the Children's Aid Society in Brooklyn, N. Y., one of the largest agencies in the United Stales. The women of this sorority take an active part in supporting those local and civic organizations which have as their aim the welfare of the citizens. They share their tal-

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ents and give their unselfish service in helpideals of the sorority. Many chapters pay ing people become better citizens and to tribute to the women who in their estimamake their communities better places in tion have rendered the most outstanding which to live. service to the particular community. PromTo this end the Soro rs have been engaged inent sorors and other persons of note are in many various projects. invited to be guest speakers on the public programs .. In 1943 the chapters in WashingThe first Girl Scout troops in Charlotteston, D, .. C. presented Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ville, Virginia were organized and counselled at Howard University. by Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. The'-~lue- Revue is also an annual feature. Local , organizations are invited to enter In 1935 the national body conducted· a Recreation project among women and girls •" their talented members in a one night competitive performance at which prizes are in Coatesville, Pa. The mayor of the town awarded. The Zeta number is always a paid high tribute in his commendation of the blue scene. work done by the sorors and of their success '< in lessening juvenile delinquency in that · Chapters have spread from coast to coast community. Soror Gertrude Hamm, Chair- , · necessitating .the grouping of them into reman, and Soror Esther Peyton assisting, ·' gions of w)iich there are now eight. Each trained the women and girls of the communregion is .supervised by a director. Regional ity so that they might continue the project conferences are held once a year. through the year. The nationaf'body of ,Zeta Phi Beta holds The national body also assisted Xi Zeta membership in the outstanding national orChapter of St. Louis, Mo., in purchasing the ganizations. This body, holds life memberDickson Community Center where the sorors ship in the N.A.A.C.P. and made a contribuconducted the activities of the under -privtion of one' thie,usand, dollars to the United ileg d children of that community. In BirNegro College Fund, and over two thousand mingham, Alabama, Alpha Sigma Zeta Chapdollars in bonds. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is · ter purchased a Nursery School. So ima member of the ·National Council of Negro pressed were the citizens with the splendid Women-and charter, member of the Pan Helachievements of the sorors that they were ., lenic rCouncil. Practically every soror is a able to secure through 'the National Youthv member of the Young Womens Christian Association. Administration several employees for the· school. The national body gave the school During this period of twenty-five years a bath room. Zeta. Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma have held Soror Georgia S. Johnson, chairman, several joint conventions. These two orlaunched the Housing Project which was ganizations have the- distinction of being most welcome in communities to which large the first Greeks to send d.elegates to the connumbers of war workers migrated. The aim vention of each other to extend greetings. of this project was not only to provide the Unselfish service and liberal contribuNational Housing Administration with tions have been rendered to the Community names of housekeepers who would lodge war War Fund and in the purchase of stamps workers, but it had a unique feature in that and bonds. Scores of sorors have volunthe sorors persuaded many property owners teered their services in the American Red who had never before taken roomers-persCross, the Womens Army Corps and other ons who had spare rooms and those who did war services, They have publicly endorsed not need to rent rooms for financial income the principles of the F.E.P.C., the P.A.C. of -to house the incoming war workers. the C.I.O. and the Southern Youth Congress In 1929 the first scholarship drive was in its movement to impeach Senator Theolaunched by Soror Ruth Scruggs who at that dore Bilbo of Mississippi. time was Grand Basileus. Local and naZeta Phi Beta Sorority owes its success tional scholarships are now granted to deto the wise leadership of those women who serving students and to sorors of talent and have stood at the helm and to the host of scholastic ability. their loyal, courageous sisters. The Grand Finer Womanhood Week, the national Basileii have been Sorors Arizona Cleaver, obligatory celebration of the sorority, is held O'Goldia Scott, Joanna Houston, Nellie Buannually the last full week in February. Durchannan, Evelyn Lewis, Ruth Tappe ing this we k each chapter brings to the atScruggs, Fannie R. Givens, Violette N. Antention of the public its outstanding actividerson, Nellie B. Rogers, Edith Lyons ties which exemplify the objectives and Blanche Thompson and Lullelia W. Harrison.

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G-REETINGS FROM GREEI<:DOM GREETINGS FROM PHI BETA SIGMA I am happy to greet you on behalf of the entire membership of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and to wish for our big sister, Zeta Phi Beta, many more years of service as a leader among college sororities. We are justly proud of the many accomplishments of your sorority, of which none is deserving of higher praise than your program for Finer Womanhood. This program has been and is an inspiration and challenge to all women, whether college trained or not. Phi Beta Sigma considers it a privilege and an honor to be invited to join you in celebrating your silver anniversary in St. Louis, during the Christmas season. I am confident that our meeting together will conduce to a closer bond of sisterly and brotherly cooperation and to mutual benefit to all of us. For many years, I have urged my fraternity to give favorable consideration to the advantages of holding our conclave at the same time and place of your Boule. I am sincerely gratified that my desire which is shared by many shall be realized during my administration as National President of Phi Beta iSgmn.. With sincere best wishes for a bigger and better sorority, I am George A. Parker, National President. OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY Dr. Nancy D. Woolridge, Hampton, Virginia My dear Dr. Woolridge: It is a genuine pleasure for me, on behalf of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, to congratulate the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority on this its Twenty - fifth Anniversary. I was a student at Howard University when the sorority was organized. I have been privileged to observe its growth from a small chapter to a national organization scattered throughout these United States. The growth and progress of Zeta Phi Beta has surpassed the fondest dreams of its Founders-I salute and congratulate you! The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, also organized at Howard University, wishes you a future as bright as your past. May the Supreme Basileus of the universe continue to shower His blessings upon your noble Sorority. Z. Alexander Looby, Grand Basileus.

DELTA SIGMA THETA Silver Anniversary time is a time for rejoicing; rejoicing at having reached a significant milestone. Zeta Phi Beta should rejoice in having perfected the mechanics of its organization within this quarter of a century since its inception; it should rejoice in the help it has given so many young women; it should rejoice in keeping alive its slogan, "Finer Womanhood." Delta Sigma Theta says, "All Hail" to another sisterhood and hopes for continued cooperation between two Greek letter organizations which have in common a desire to help and lift and love. Mae Wright Downs, President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY October 25, 1945 Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, Hampton, Virginia Dear Dr. Woolridge: Please permit Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity to felicitate you and the Zeta Phi Theta Sorority on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. Our wishes go with you that you have many more years of active service to the respective community in which you function. Yours very truly, Augustus G. Park r, Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. SIGMA GAMMA RHO Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia To the Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Greetings: Sigma Gamma Rho orority wishes to xtend congratulations on your twenty-fifth anniversary. May you continue with your fin work of inspiring, guiding, encouraging, and leading the young women of our race to h ights of greater attainments. We wish you continu d succ ss and b SL wishes in your Iutur program for th b tterment of womanhood. Sincerely, Ethel R. Smith, Grand Basil us, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.

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OFFICIAL DELEGATES to th National Pan H llenic Council which met in Louisville, Ky., May 4. and 5, are ft-om l ft, row 1, Mrs. Arnetta Grav ly Wallace, Southeastern R gional dtr ctor of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sororrty, Knoxville, Tenn.; William C. Pyant, Alpha Phi Alpha, Evanston, Ill., s crctary of the council; Vivian Rae Hay s, Z ta Phi Bela, St. Louis, Mo.; Ethel Ramos Harris, vice chairman of th' council, New Kensington, Pa., Delta Sigma Thctn; Ellsworth J'. Evans, treasurer, Kappa Alpha Psi, SL. Louis; L ola Miles, Zcl,L Phi Bela, Lo ilsvtllc, ihalrrnan of Lhc Louisvill Council; Dr.

Nancy Woolridge, Zeta Phi Beta, Louisville; Robert P. Watts, Alpha Phi Alpha, St. Louis. Row 2: Miss Maud E. Brown, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Louisville, gen ral chairman; Mrs. Rubye G. Watts, St. Louis, Sigma Gamma Rho; F. A. Taylor, Omega Psi Phi, Louisville; Miss Lottie A. Houser, Zeta Phi Beta, Louisville; Mrs. Agnes Duncan, Sigma Gamma Rho Louisville; Mrs. Barbara Miller, Delta Sigma Theta, Louisville. Row 3: Mrs. Mayme S. Morris, Sigma Gamma Rho, Louisville; Floyd Crawford, Omega Psi Phi, Louisville; G orge F. Robinson Sr., Phi Beta Sigma, Louisville.

GREETINGS FROM GREEKDOM-ALPHA PHI ALPHA fifth anniversary. The Zeta Phi Beta SororDr. Nancy B. Woolridge, ity, like the other sororities and the fraterniAntapokritis, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, ties, has been a constructive force in enBox 213, Hampton Institute, couraging our youth to the attainment of the Hampton, Virginia highest ideals so that they may be fully worthy of first-class citizenship in the United My d ar Mrs. Woolridge : States. May I express the hope that as the On b half of the officers and members of years roll by, marked by continued activity the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incoron your part, this goal will be ultimately porat d, I wish to extend through you to the achieved? of ic rs and members of the Z ta Phi Beta Sincerely yours, orority our warmest and most sincere conRayford W. Logan, General President. gratulations on the occasion of your twenty-

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MESSAGE FROM THE GRAND BASILEUS

Looking Ahead Greek letter organizations had their beginnings as a result of the need for closer relationship among young men and women who were seeking higher education. Greek was the language requirement in all higher institutions of learning; hence they were given Greek names indicative of superior training. Furthermore, only superior minds were accepted in the institutions and scholarship was therefore a prerequisite for membership in the organization. As we follow the trend of education we find that it has become more flexible through the years. Educators agree that people should be prepared to live, and education along the lines of their aptitudes best fits individuals for living. It is with this theory in mind that standards for admission as well as graduation have varied in the institutions. This same principle might well determine the scholastic requirements of the sororities and fraternities. Many good members have been overlooked or voted out because their scholastic records were not the best. Certainly there must be measurements and standards, but an average student often develops into a superior individual when he finds himself or when he is trained along other lines. The sororities and fraternities must be able to look ahead and try to evaluate the individual on a broader scale rather than on A's and B's earned during a fouryear college term. Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the moral standards for both men and women in the groups. It is unfortunate that society has set up a double code of morals, and the men of this age take advantage of it in every respect. Many worn n likewise seek shelter for their immorality in view of what society thinks about it. Others au mpt to shield themselves in the fact that they must measure arms with the men. Not until the sexes have lost their identity will women be justified in relaxing their moral standards to the lower levels of men. That, of course, will never be. "To err is human; to forgive divine." It is therefore necessary that those who err will be forgiven, but a distinction must b mad between the error and the habit. Many men and women have erred, but only thos who continually practice the things contrary to the moral laws should be condemne . The organizations must attempt to lift from th mire those who have erred and thus encourage the maintenance of higher moral standards.

SORO ELIZA MAE DENLEY

Lambda Z ta Chapter, Houston, Secretary to Grand Basileus

Zeta, like all other sororities, has in many ways carried the banners of scholarship, but she has gone a step further in placing special emphasis on Finer Womanhood. It is her policy to discourage anything demoralizing to Negro womanhood and to encourag the cultivation of the finer qualities in women, those qualities which are admir d and respected by many. Of all the standards of sororities none is more important than those of high r type womanhood. During our 25 years of experience w perhaps have fail d in many instances to grow in numbers b cause w have tried to adhere lo the highest principles of womanhood. In the years to follow w hop never to be inclined to grow on the r laxation of any standards. Certainly w hop to k ep abreast of the times, and we will do so but we shall continu to carry high th ba~ners of Scholarship and Finer Womanhood. Every soror is a torchbearer. Sh should carry herself in such a mann r as will not bring r proach upon h rs If, other sorors, nor womanhood. Young p opl , must b ncourag d to uphold woman's charact r as w 11 as h r beauty, for "B auly is as b auty does." It is only by shining xarnpl that we will b abl lo in flu nc th m. L tusk ep th m v r mindful of th moral standards which mak u app aling and which have charact riz d worn n through th ag s.

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REFUELING OUR LAMPS By Olivia B. Lindsey, Alpha Phi Zeta Chapter

January 18, 1920-25 years ago-twentyfive years of toil and service. That is what this day represents to members of Zeta Phi Beta all over America. Some names will live forever. The names of Charles and Samuel Taylor are two of those unforgetable names. They were not great men, nor did they hold very prominent positions among their fellows; yet, they will be remembered when many other names are forgotten. It was in their minds that the idea of forming a sister group of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity was born. It was their hope that the objectives of finer womanhood, sisterly love and service would bring together from all parts of the country, women who were sorority minded who possessed similar tastes and aspirations, similar potentialities for higher attainments and similar desires for concerted action that would bring results in removing or blocking movements that would retard the growth and progress of women-especially in the field of academic and literary attainment. Years ago-before modern civilization was known-man felt the need of supplementing the natural light of day. He was not satisfied with the rising and setting of the sun as hours for work. Therefore, he created ways of generating artificial light. In the beginning these ways were crude. It was often necessary to guard a light carefully so that it would not go out. Years later, the oil lamp came into use. This form of light was quite an improvement over the old torch, but it too had its disadvantages. It had to be refueled frequently, lest the light would go out. On journeys through the country, the drivers of coaches found it necessary to stop now and then to refill their lamps so that their journey could be completed with ease. Today Zeta pauses to refill her lamps, so that she can be sure lhat the light she started a quarter century ago does not dim. All the world is familiar wilh the statement which Sir Edward Grey made in the opening of World War II and how prophetically he spoke, "The lights are going out all over Europe and they will not be lighted again in our generation." How tragic is it when the spiritual and moral lights go out. We do not like blackouts. No one likes lo grope his way in th dark. The arrival o( lhc bridegroom and the darkness wcr the two incidents that rev aled th tragic plight of the foolish virgins. Their lamps were trimmed, and outwardly th y app ar d lo be ready for any mergency, but, when lb bridegroom was heralded,

they reported in dismay, "Our lamps are going out." · Periods of moral darkness have frequently developed in the world. Men have cried out for light, but no light was seen. Our world has witnessed blackouts more than once. History often repeats itself. We are now faced with the fact that some lights have gone out. We live in a frightful world. Our world seems under the power of darkness, but there must be light ahead. The challenge to Zeta to keep its torch aglow is greater today than ever. The torch may burn low at times, but where there is faith it will burl) brightly again. It may be dimmed for a time, but it must never be extinguished. We cannot think of a world remaining in darkness or even in dimness forever. In defense of refueling our lamps, let it be said that we have been wonderfully blest with women of foresight and vision. As far back as the early 20's, Zeta women saw the need of having a perpetual light to guide them. This is borne out by the fact that early in the history of· Zeta she felt the need of an emblem that would show to the world that she stood for all that was uplifting. Engraven on her shield-shaped emblem are two torches of light and a dove of peace. Of necessity Zeta must not forget her function in this hour when so much darkness covers the world. Wherever her light has been dimmed-it must become brilliant again. Our hopes for a better day-a brighter day, must not be denied. Zeta Phi Beta has labored faithfully for t~e past twenty-five years under many handicaps. She has been a beacon light whose ray.s have guided women in all walks of life and has inspired them to give of the best of their service to humanity. Her light has attracted women from the professions, from medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, fine arts, music, painting, and all the fields of higher learning. These women are awakening from the lethargy that seemed to have fastened its grip about the social and economic life of the nation. In that awakening they have become an integral part of the community life of the country, and have interested themselves in civic and social betterment. And so-on this her twenty-fifth birthday -Zeta Phi Beta Sorority arises to her place in the constellation of college sororities and reports that she is active in civic and educational fields in every community where Zeta is found; that she is adding chapters each year and that she is still seeking- sororityminded young women with always the tho~ght "quality rather than quan~ity," notmg not the outer approval but the mner beart, soul and brain.

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EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, MAY 18-22, 1945

ZETA PHI BETA REGIONAL SESSION HELD IN NORFOLK By V. G. Hucles, 1519 Calvert St.

Norfolk, Va.-The Eastern regional conference of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was entertained by the Norfolk Chapter, May 18-20, at its headquarters, First United Presbyterian Church. Soror Marguriette Moseley, basileus of the Norfolk Chapter, conducted the initiations, Friday night, when Pledges Oceola Walker of Norfolk took her Zeta vows.

The sessions were under the supervision of the regional director, Soror Carrie Michie of Charlottsville. "Zeta's Part. in RPttPr Human Relationships" was the theme of the conference. A banquet was given Saturday at Eureka Lodge Home, with Mrs. James Choate as cateress. Soror Gertrude Sharp, mistress of ceremonies, was assisted by Sorors Maggie Clarkston of Bluefield, W. Va., and Armah Wilson of Louisville, Ky. Sunday worship was observed at the First Baptist Church. Welcome was given the sorors by the pastor, Dr. Richard H. Bowling.

Soror Michie was presented by Soror M. Moseley. Sorors Romaine Brown of Washington, D. C., National Grammateus; Irma B. Thompson of Newport News, National Tamias-Grammateus, and Esther Peyton of Washington, chairman of the national xecutive board, were also present. Secretaries of the regional were Sorors Ersaline Washington of Charlottsvill , and Mary Neugent of Virginia State College. Delcqaies From 18 Onapicrs Other delegates from the 18 chapt rs in the region were : Sorors Adlena Sanders of Richmond, Willie M. Robertson of Charlottsville, Maxine Vann of Virginia Union University, Alyce Butts of Houewell, Gertrude Hamm of Washington, D. C.; Julia Michie of Virginia Stat Coll ge, Almond Crocker of Roanoke· Sorors Calherine inclair of Newport News, Mary Holman of Boston, Loma Pointer, and B ttie Trent of Beckl y, W. Va.: Lola Back of Bluefield, W. Va.; Wanda Book r, Dorothy Jordan, Ruth L ftwich of Blu fi ld, State Teachers' Coll g . ( Continued on Pngc 31)

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SOROR GERTRUDE JIMSON Chairman of Regional Dir ctors

SORO CARRIE MICHIE Director of Eastern Region

ZETA'S PART IN BRINGING ABOUT EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL GROUS (Part of the discussion at the regional meeting at Norfolk.) Too long have we waited and depended on other groups for a livelihood. Through the years we have been parasites. As long as we continue to go along as helpless creatures we will never have equal opportunity with other groups. To know is not nough, we must do. I believ if Z ta will leach all men h r motto, "All is conqu r d by labor," and take for a subj cl "Work and Save," w will go a long way in gelling quality of opportunity. N groes to be r cogn ized must b come mor ind p nd nt. Too many of us live beyond our m ans. W work side by side with th r groups, draw the sam salary, work the same numb r of hours and y t in the end w have to go lo the oth r group to get mon y lo pay our income taxes. As Z tas we can teach by xample the necessity of owning properly, doing business

MRS. CARRIE W. MICHIE BECOMES DIRECTOR OF EASTERN REGION OF ZETA PHI BETA

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The inspirational force behind Tau Zeta, the person who is responsible for its loyalty lo the Sisterhood is Mrs. Carrie W. Michie, graduate of Virginia State College and instructor at Jefferson High School in Charlottesville. She is typical of Zeta's ideal of finer womanhood and her influence is felt throughout the community. Some of the organizations with which she is affiliated and holding executive positions include Parent-'I'eachers Association, The Emancipation Organization, the N.A.A.C.P., State and local Baptist Training Unions, Church school, Missionary and Educational Association, Women's Federation of clubs, Order of Eastern Star, Household of Ruth, Daughter Elks, etc. As a Zeta project, she organized Girl Scouts in Charlottesville six years ago and since then the group has grown considerably in numbers, activities and contributions to public welfare. Through it all, her "Excel(Contlnued on Page 20)

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LEE ELLA GASKIN

MID-WESTERN REGION By Lee Ella Gaskin, Regional Director Greetings for the Silver Anniversary, Sorors of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority: We are to meet in our 25th Annual Boule in the beautiful city of St. Louis, Missouri, with feelings of joy in our association of comradeship, and of animation in the renewal of friendships. But we are also met in the spirit of humility, in the acknowledgment of our frailties and our dependence upon an infinite Province, through whose protection and guidance we made the journey of the year, to mark here another milestone in our travels. But we see absent from our gathering faces of some who were wont to labor faithfully with us for the common cause of Sisterhood, and notice the presence of others, who with ardor and precision have taken their places, that the work shall not lag, that the movement shall not cease. Life is like a tournament in which each must take her turn in the lists, her turn by rigorous assignm nt, realizing that failure in any one means disharmony in the program and loss to the engagement. Thus in soberness we make our reflections, and in calmness let us pursue our

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ALPHA EPSILON ZETA Kansas City, Kansas Alpha Epsilon Zeta's greatest interest is in building finer womanhood through sponsoring a Zetalite Club of high school girls and through local scholarships to encourage girls to go to college. The Zetalite Club was organized in 1941. The purpose of the club is to encourage better scholarship, train girls in effective club work and to make Zeta known throughout the region. The Zetalites sponsor one cultural activity and one financial affair each year. August 13, 1944, they presented to Greater Kansas City, two Zetalites from Tulsa, Oklahome in "Flowers of Note." These girls, Miss Geneva Jackson, vocalist, and Miss Jennie L. Alexander, violinist, are now enrolled as Zetas in Langston University and the University of Kansas, respectively. During Finer Womanhood We ks, February 24, 1945, they sponsored a Popularity Contest and Carnival. They used the proceeds from this affair for materials to enter the Della Jabberwock in a skit, "A Dream Of The World Of Tomorrow," and a $50.00 scholarship to Miss Helen Hopkins to enter Sumner Junior Coll ge, Kansas City, Kansa . Miss Josephine Holloway, Junior College, 1417 N. 8th street, daught r of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holloway, won the popularity contest and was crowned Miss Zetalit of 1945. Alpha Epsilon Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Alpha Della igma, Phi Bela Sigma Fraternity pr sented Adam Jayton Powell, United Slates Congressman, Nol d Churchman, and Outstanding Civic L ad r in a speaking· ngagemenl at th Grand Av nue Temple, Kansas City, Missouri. H spoke before almost 1,000 persons. Reporters from the leading newspapers of Greater Kan(Contlnued on next pa8'e)

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First row, left to right: Delores Elliott, Doris Joan Clarke, Margie Mansfi Id, Harriett Harrington, Janice Louise Green, Helen Hopkins, (president), Derieth Mccurry, Elhel Lois Goldston, Dolores Williams. Back row, left Lo right: Bernie Johnson, Alta Jackson, Loris Vincson, Juanita Mansaw, Quin-

tell Thatcher, Fronie B. Adams, Myrtle Ellison and Colleen Jones. Those not in the picture are: Elsie Blackwell, (treasurer), Shirley Borders, Frances Easley, Evelyn Ford, Lois Beck, Josephine Holloway, Lillian Hych, Arlene Perkins and Nadine Sanders.

sas City took notes on this speech and the same was written up. Funds from this project were used for a $100.00 scholarship to Miss Janice Louise Green, a Zetalite. Beta Beta and Alpha Epsilon Zeta entertained the Mid-Western Regional March 30, 31 and April 1, 1945, at Lawrence and Kansas City, Kansas. The Regional was quite a success and extensive plans were formed to make Zeta mor outstanding in this section of the country. Reports from each chapter were given on uniform return blanks. The minutes were compiled after the Regional and sent to each chapter in the Region. Beta Beta and Alpha Epsilon Zeta honored the graduates of Sumner and Lincoln High Schools in the Y.W.C.A. and U.S.O. Rooms, 7th and Quindaro, August 12, 194.5. The program closed with the following song: "NOBLE ZETAS"

Sisterhood that's tried and true, Zeta Phi Beta, we'll stand by you, Beta Phi Beta, we'll stand by you. Alpha Epsilon Zeta has five new sorors of whom they are very proud: Miss Ruby Moore, graduate of University of Kansas, one of three Negroes employed at the Aireon Radio Assembly Plant; Mrs. Irene Loney, graduate of University of Kansas teacher in the Public School System, Kansas' City, Kansas! and_ Mrs. Arlene Young, graduate of the University of Kansas, teacher in the Public School System, Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs. Eva Jones, graduate of Kansas State Teachers' College, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Clerk, Wyandotte County Social Welfare Board· and Miss Gertrude Hollis, graduate of Univ~rsity of Kansas, teacher in the Public School System, Kansas City, Kansas. The Zetalites and Alpha Epsilon Zeta entertained Miss Faustina Hall, lyric soprano of Atlanta, Georgia, this summer when she appeared in the Appreciation Day Program for Rev. James A. Moore. We found her quite charming and a credit to Zeta. Helen Cooper, Basileus,

(Tune, God Bless America) Z ta Phi Bela, long have you stood

For th nobl , unattain-ed Finer things that make fine womanhood Service ever, scholarship better;

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LITTLE THEATER PRODUCTION "The Girl With Two Faces" Oklahoma City, Okla. The characters in the scene from "The Girl With Two Faces" ar standing left to right: "Delphine", sorer Vivian Moon; Patty", Sorer Juanita McAdams; "Delores", Mrs. Willie Ruth Hawkins; "Zip", Mrs. Lola Alexander; "Alberta", Soror L lia Lovejoy. Front row: "Jimmie", Mrs. Frcdclye Harper Williams; "The Girl", Sorer Opaline Wadkins, and "Liz", Soror Mattie M. Jcltz.

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SOROR ANN A ELESE MOORE Oklahoma City, Okla.

Oklahoma City, Okin.

Sorors who acted as officials for the "Little Theatre" group: Soror Clara J. McFall, Basileus. Soror Lelia D. Lovejoy, Director,

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SOROR EILENE YOUNG

SOROR CLARA J. McFALL

CHI ZETA CHAPTER Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

oned troupers and the play was received with great enthusiasm by the public. The group was organized to furnish an outlet for dramatic talent in the community as well as to serve as a form of theatrical entertainment of which there is a scarcity. The sorors of Chi Zeta are quite active in the religious, business, professional and social life in the community, for in addition to their regular work, they are active in church work, Y. W. C. A. and U. S. 0. activities, sponsors of teen-age clubs and charitable benefits in the community.

Chi Zeta Chapter sends greetings to all Zetadom and reports it is keeping a flame the lamp in all higher places of civic activities in the City of Oklahoma City. The four projects which are sponsored to better living conditions are the presentation of a "Finer Womanhood" Award; the annual Hobby Show; Contribution to aid indigent children in securing dental services; and a scholarship award to a high school girl who most nearly measures up to the standards set up by the chapter. Chi Zeta Chapter has recently ?rganized a "Little Theatre" group. The "Little Theatre" staff consists of the following named sorors: Soror Lelia D. Lovejoy, who received her Masters' Degree at the University of Chicago in J 94.3, Director; Soror Anna Elese Moore, Assistant Director; Soror Henrietta Beasley, noted concert soloist, and Librarian at Douglass High School, Business Manager; Soror Geneva Harp r, Art Instructor, Douglass High School, Stage Manager; and oror Clara J. McFall, teacher at Orchard Park chool who studied the past surum r at University of Southern California, Executiv Officer. The first presentation of the "Little Theatr " Group was "The Girl With Two Faces," a thrilling myst ry drama in three acts, by Joan I ndall. The cast p rformed like seas-

The chapter is under the guiding hands of the following officers: Basileus, Soror Clara J. McFall; Anti-Basileus, Soror Opaline Wadkins; Grammateus, Soror Irene Franklin; Tamais Soror Geneva Harper; Epistoleus, Soror Lelia D. Lovejoy; Jerveler, Soror Mattie M. Jeltz. Word was just received of the appointment of Soror Opaline Wadkins as Superintendent of Nurses of the University Hospital, recently opened to Negroes in Oklahoma City. In this position, Soror Wadkins will be responsible for the supervision of ten nurses and ten nurse's aides, orderlies and maids in the hospital. It was significant that Soror Wadkins was the only nurse in the stale who met the requirements as set down by the State Department of Health. Clara J. McFall, Basileus.

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BETA BETA Lawrence, Kansas. Beta Beta, undergraduate chapter at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, was organized in May, 19':!;3. Through the efforts of the Mid-Western Region, a sorority house was established to house sorors of Beta Beta Chapter . Today, the girls of Beta Beta Chapter form one of the most active groups in the Mid-Western Region. Mrs. Araminta M. Nance, a most efficient housemother, works with twenty girls including Zeta Sorors and pledges. One of the most interesting activities on the K. U. Campus is Rush Week. To every Rushee, Beta Beta sent the following invitation "We graciously welcome you to our campus and to our Chapter House with the sincere hope that you will find a home-like atmosphere here. "We trust that you will be favorably impressed with our ideals and standards of Finer Womanhood, and consider us as your friends." In the spring of the year, the Zetas at the University of Kansas, give a Spring Prom inviting Zetalites of Sumner High School, Kansas City, Kansas. All Zetalites are housed in the chapter house and during this time are encouraged to attend the University of Kansas after graduation. Bette Lou Bowers, Basileus. LAMBDA ALPHA Our first undertaking of the school term, after our organization, was the entertainment for the Freshman girls. It is a custom on our campus that all organizations welcome the newcomers to our campus with some form of entertainment. Our free carnival was a very different and enjoyable form of entertainment. The hall was decorated with concession booths and tents, where a number of games of chance were played. Fortunes were told and cool drinks served. Each person present won souvenirs or was given one. The vesper service was centered around an address by a talented pledge. The birthday party, December 11, celebrated the founding of Lambda Alpha Chapter in 1937. The party was a Pre-Christmas one and several desirable freshman girls were guests. We always celebrate Finer Womanhood Week with a week of services and entertainment. This year our chapel exercise will be quite different from the usual ones. This year we will present a one act play for an all girl cast, "They Made An Impression," in addition to two dramatic readings. Our Blue Revue is a big event of the week.

ARCHON All the campus looks forward to it with much anticipation. Our theme this year is, "When the Lights Come On Again All Over The World." Our skit and decorations will be built around the theme. We give the Lou Swartz Trophy to the fraternity or sorority winning the first place for presentation of their skit. We do not compete=-we furnish entertainment. Most of our activities are non-profit ones, however, this year we plan to undertake one financial project to be held off campus. This program will consist of the presentation of Oklahoma City's Zetalites in Concert. Geraldine Riley, Basileus. OMICRON ALPHA During the first of the year, the Omicron Alpha Ohapter held pledge Rush Activities at the home of Mrs. Musa Mayfield. The purpose of the sorority and what it means to the community was explained. We also sponsored two shows at the local theatre and profited very much by it. We sponsored a real wedding with all of its splendor and sweetness in the Dunbar Theatre stage. We had the whole layout, attendants, flowers, gifts and reception. It was a real success. Several girls took part in assisting the matron at the day nursery. This will be one of our projects for 1945. Our new sponsor is Miss Sadie Graves. Miss Gwendolyn Olerson, past sponsor, is now serving with the U. S. 0. at Chester, Pennsylvania. Tomora Kennedy, Basileus. SOROR L. 0. GRISSON! SUPERINTENDENT OF OKLAHOMA STATE HOME FOR DEAF, BLIND AND ORPHANS Sorer L. 0. Grissoni, member of Alpha Iota Zeta, has recently been appointed by the State of Oklahoma to serve as Superintendent of the State Institution for the Deaf Blind, and Orphan Children of the State of Oklahoma. Soror Grissoni was appointed b cause of her intimate understanding of children and her sympathetic understanding of the ne ds of the underprivileg d. Also, she has the courage of her convictions and can be r lied upon to initiate and carry ouL a constructive program for th se children. . She is the first woman to occupy this important post; the stat is assured of h r ability Lo do the job. It will be r m mber d that Soror Grissoni was the only woman outh of the MasonDixon Line to attend the "White House Conf renc " ( summer of 1911). Soror Franc s D. milh, Basil us.

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MID-WESTERN REGION ALPHA IOTA ZETA SPONSOR SUMMER RECREATION PROJECT The sorors of Alpha Iota Zeta initiated a program the past summer which they hope to perpetuate and enlarge upon. It is a Vacation Recreation project for teen-age girls. The project was begun the second week in July and was continued for four weeks. The sorors invited girls to join their newly formed "Swim Club." Fourteen ~esponded. These girls were taking swimming two mornings per week, and visited some local noint of interest the third mornin. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings were given over to the project. The municipal swimming pools were utilized for the swimming, and instructions were given to enable the girls to learn to swim. Breakfast was served occasionally in the club house adjacent to the pool. The girls visited the Philbrook Art . Center, toured the Boston Avenue Methodist Church and were taken to see a radio broadcast. ALPHA IOTA ZETA SORORS SEND FIVE GIRLS TO COLLEGE The Alpha Iota Zeta Sorors are to be congratulated upon the fact that five girls were enabled to enroll in Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas. Thanks are to be given to the efforts of Mrs. Mayme Smith Baker, Zeta Soror and Art Teacher at Carv r Junior High School. Soror Baker taught Art Courses at Philander Smith this summer. Her work was so well received that she was given scholarships for three boys and three girls for the year 194.5-4.6. Owing to the draftii:ig of our boys, Soror Baker was unable to fmd three who met the requirements. She a~ked. for and was given permission to send five girls. ALPHA LAMBDA ZETA Alpha Lambda Zeta has aided in war activities by entertaining soldiers at the U. S. 0. They sponsored a Zeta Nite monthly. One of the most unique programs "'.'as the Ze~a Twilight Hour. In order to fmancc their proj ct for the year, they sponsored a March of Dim c:i Dance which was profitable as well as entertaining. Lola D. Hudson, Basileus, Th Mid-Western Region is hostess to our ilver Anniversary Boule December 27-30.

ZETA PHI BETA SUPPORTS NEGRO COLLEGE DRIVE Shown above is the scene depicting Grand Basileus Lullelia W. Harrison receiving congratulations from Dr. E. C. McLeod, Pr~sident of Wiley College, upon the presentation of $1,000.00 to the Negro College Fund. Also pictured is Mr. J. H. Jemison, Chairman of the Negro College Fund Drive in Houston. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM FOR JOINT ACTIVITIES OF PHI BETA SIGMA AND ZETA PHI BETA In St. Louis, Missouri, December 27-30 Thursday, December 27 - Open Meeting. Social Hour following. Friday, December 28 - Sigma-Zeta Dance, Municipal Auditorium. Saturday, December 29 - Closed ZetaSigma Banquet. Xi Zeta Party, following. Sunday, December 30 - Worship, Central Baptist Church. Sight-Seeing Tour. NOTES ON NATIONAL OFFICERS (Continued from Page 4.)

Financial Secretary and Charter Member of The Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts, and Financial Secretary of the Baltimore Branch of the National Negro Health Movement. For five years she has served as National Treasurer of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, as well as Secretary of Alpha Zeta Chapter. EPISTOLEUS JULIA L. EDINBURGH is probably the youngest member of the Zeta National family. A graduate of Dillard University she has continued her studies in printing and linotyping at Tuskegee Institute. At present, she manages the Edinburgh Printing Press, and is widely known in New Orleans for her charm and intelligence.

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for ourselves, pooling our efforts so that we can say to the returning soldier or to the boy and girl just out of college, "We have a job waiting for you." Make jobs for ourselves as other groups do. You can't blame a person for taking care of his own. Again we can encourage our group to prepare themselves to do the task well, be it great or small. The world is calling for prepared people. Too often we think we can get along without training, if we are to compete, and truly we must, we must be prepared. The young man who was called to Lb armed forces before he finished his education should be encouraged lo take advantage of the government's offer and continu his education. There is always room at the top. Zetas should have a R habilitation Program. Returning soldiers will need much information which we can help disseminal , if we are able to impart this informalion. hort courses to fit them properly for adequate

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service should be provided. Places of recreation, reading rooms, games various wholesome amusements, all will help the returning veteran to find himself. Help him to adjust hims If Lo the America for which he gave so much. We should stress the importance of raising our morals. Our standards of living need improvement. It's a long story but if we will be patient and teach by example and continue to work we will accomplish much. Soror Hettie J. Tr nt, Basileus, Alpha Zeta Z ta Chapt r. (Continued from Page 1:l)

sior" has b en "Z la." Such a standard bear r is d serving of th honor that Z ta Phi B La has r c ntly plac d upon her by naming h r Regional Dir ctor of this district. Aside from her various fra l rnal civic and school duti s, she has prov d a capable hous wif and mother. At th tim that r Con l lnucd on Pni:w :rn•

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Soror Carlotta Stewart, teacher of Civics and Economics in Manassas High School, Memphis, Tenn., has served Zeta as Regional Dir ctor for several years, but for a longer time she has been a significant figure in educational circles of Memphis. She is happiest when with childr_en, and finds t~me ~o entertain and work with boys and girls m spite of her many other civic duties. During the war her love for children was recognized by Le Moyne College when she wa_s appointed in 1943 as chaperon of approximately fifty college girls lo work on war jobs in the East. Since that time ea<:h summer has found Soror Stewart repeatmg the trip and enjoying herself immensely as_ she accompanies lhe young folk of Memphis to their war work on the north astern seaboard. From Soror Stewart's point of view this has been h r greatest contribution to the war effort, and her greatest compensation comes when th parents of the 'teen-agers express their approval of her ability to chaperon their dD.ughters. Zeta congratulates Soror Stewart on this unique conlribulion to the educational experiences of her fellows. THE NEGRO AND THE WORLD OF MUSIC By oror L. B. Port r, Alpha Eta Zeta In ord r to measure the achievement of the N gro in music, it is necessary not _only to know th h ights to which he has atta~ned, but also th depths from which he has nse~. In his primitiv stat , the Negro . manifest d unusual genius in his conception of sound and rhythm. Through the use of the

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drum as a leading instrument, musical emphasis called syncopation was produced in the African rhythm. The difference in rhythmic types of African music and the European music lies in the fact that African music is accented not on regular beats, while European music is accented on regular beats. This accounts in part for the peculiar rhythm of the sons of the African in bondage. The inclination toward the minor mode also carried out a very peculiar characteristic of the Negro conception of sound. Since human sorrow finds expression in this particular mode, the enslaved Negro, burdened and oppressed, gave vent to his feelings in harmonious melodies in the minor key. There is much in common between the music of the oppressed Negro and that of the Hebrew. Under the yoke of Egyptian bondage, Hebrew songs of joy and exultation changed to dirges of wailing and lamentation. In his native land, the Negro's song, syncopated and full of the joy of living, breathed the spirit of freedom. Under the lash bf cruel masters the minor chord of agony and woe dominated most of his music. With deliverance from bondage, the spirit of Negro music changed, and although the Negro remained true to his conception of rhythm, joy is added. Immediately after his emancipation ,there was practically no opportunity for him to develop his talent for music, but by untutored energy and ambition he has pushed himself to the forefront in the world of music. The Negro's rising standard of education, carrying with it a deeper appreciation of the aesthetic, has caused him to have a racial consciousness of the beauty of his music and a just pride in the production of it. In far away Guadaloupe, Central America, a Negro musician of merit was born in 1745. He was sent to Paris, France, where he studied and became a music teacher of unusual ability. He composed concertos for violin and orchestra, and his name, Chevalier Saint George, ranks with that of many of the great masters of music. In Biola, Poland, another Negro, George Augustus Bridgewater, was the friend and associate of the world famous composer, Beethoven. Bridgewater was a violinist of no mean ability. The Negro brought to America his music as one of the most significant contributions to American folk lore. The agonized cry of the enslaved multitudes, the most beautiful expression of human experience, the Negro Folk Song is the singular heritage of a great (Continued on Page 27)

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ZORA NEALE HURSTON ·RECEIVES ZETA'S NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD THE SOLILOQUAY OF BAALAM'S ASS or SO WHY NOT TRY THIS DEMOCRACY? By Zora Neale Hurston

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By action of the Executive Board at its last meeting, SOROR NEALE HURSTON nationally famous writer, became the re~ cipient of the Zeta Phi Beta National Scholarship. Using funds granted by the sorority, Soror Hurston plans to make a study of folk music and dance in Central and South America, doing special study of the Zambu Indians. Her anthropological researches, highly respected by specialists in the field, are expected to yield a most definite contribution to knowledge. In light of her enviable reputation as a scholar and writer, Soror Hurston easily exemplifies the Zeta ideal of scholarship. Her accomplishments serve as an inspiration to every young Negro woman, and Zeta sorors will follow with pride her activiti s as she travels and studies, and will be happy to share, even vicariously, in her experiences. With deep confidence, yet with humbleness of spirit, Zeta wishes Soror Hurston "Bon Voyage" and awaits, expectantly, her return, h~ppy ~o h~ve had the opportunity of again proneering m culture,

They tell me this democracy form of government is a wonderful thing. It has freed?m, equality, justice, in short, everything! Smee 1937 nobody has talked about anything else. The late Franklin D. Roosevelt sort of re-decorated it, and called these United States the boastful name of "The Arsenal of Democracy." The radio, the newspapers, and the columnists inside the newspapers, have said how lovely it was. All this talk and praise-giving has got me in the notion to try some of the stuff. All I want to do is to get hold of a sample of the thing, and I declare, I sure will try it. I don't know for myself, but I have been told that it is really wonderful. Like the late Will Rogers, all I know is what I see by the papers. It seems like new, I do not know geography as well as I ought to, or I would not get the wrong idea about so many things. I heard so much about "global," "world-freedom," and things like that, that I must have gotten mixed up about oceans. I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the Atlantic is an ocean that does not touch anywhere but North America and Europe. Just the other day, seeing how things were going in Asia, I went out and bought myself an atlas and found out how narrow this Atlantic ocean was. No wonder that those Four Freedoms couldn't get no further than they did! Why, that poor little ocean can't even wash up some things right here in America, 1 t alone places like India, Burma, Inda China, and the Netherlands East Indies. We need two more whole oceans for that. Maybe, I need to go out and buy me a dictionary, too. Or perhaps a spelling book would help me out a lot. Or it could be that I just mistook the words. Maybe I mistook a British pronunciation for a plain American word. Did F.D.R., aristocrat from Groton and Harvard, using the British language, say "arse-and-all" of Democracy wh n I thought he said plain arsenal? Mayb he did and I have been mistaken all this time. Fro~ what is going on, I think that is what he must have said.

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one blister will cure the case. Some strangely assert that a change of climate is all that is needed to kill the virus in the blood ! But why this sentimental over-simplification 'in diagnosis ? Do the dectors not know anything about the wide-spread of the occurrence of this disease? It is NOT peculiar to the South. Canada, once the refuge of escaping slaves has now its denomination of Second-class citizens, and they are the Japanese and other non-caucasians. The war cannot explain it, because enemy Germans arc not put in that class. Jim Crow is the rule in South Africa, and is even more extensive than in America. More rigid and grinding. No East Indian may ride first-class in the trains' of British-held India. Jim Crow is common in all colonial Africa, Asia and the Netherland East Indies. There too, a Javanese male is punished for flirting back at a white female. Do not forget the shame of the Foreign Settlements in China which show every possibility of becoming true again, under one pretext or another. So why this stupid assumption that "moving North" will do away with social small-pox? Events in the northern cities do not bear out this juvenile contention. Bo why the waste of good time and energy, and further delay the recovery of the patient by picking him over bump by bump and blister to blister? Why not the shot of serum that will kill the thing in the blood? The bumps are symptoms. The symptoms cannot disappear until the cause is cured. These Jim Crow Laws have been put on the books for a purpose, and that purpose is psychological. It has two edges to the thing. By physical evidence, back seats in trains, back-doors of houses, exclusion from certain places and activities, to promote in the mind of a littlest white child the conviction of First by Birth, eternal and irrevocable like the place assigned to the Levites by Moses over the other tribes of the Hebrews. Talent, capabilities, nothing has anything to do with the case. Just FIRST BY BIRTH. No one of darker skin can ever be considered an equal. Seeing the daily humiliations of the darker people confirms the child in its superiority, so that it comes to feel it the arrangement of God. By the same means, the littlest, dark child is to be convinced of its inferiority, so that it is to be convinced that competition is out of the question, and against all nature and God. As for me, I am committed to the hypodermic and the serum. I see no point in the picking of a bump. Others can erupt too easily. That same one can burst out again. Witness the easy scrapping of FEPC. No, I (Continued on Page 30)

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XI ZETA, ST. LOUIS, HOSTESS TO SILVER ANNIVERSARY BOULE, DECEMBER 27-30, 1945 First row, left to right: Dottie Diggs, Grammaleus; Mazelle Carter, 1st Anti-Basileus ; Dorothy Wynn, Parliamentarian; Daisy Westbrook, Ta'mias; Vivian Hayes, Associate Regional Directress; Ella Walker, Basileus; Syrella Crayton, Financial Secretary; Lucille Nelson, Antapokrttis, Second row: Marie James, Fannie Douglass, Carmen Gilbert, Justine Turner, Irma Turner, Jacque-

lync Manes, Foreslin Polk, Bernadine Reeves, Jewel Polk. Back row: Elsi Blagbum, Bernie Bolar, Ida Williams, Vivian Bolar, Phyllis Wynn. Phi Alpha Mary Ming r, Inez Evans, Thelnin. Wade, Lucille Nelson. Sponsor, Mildred Darrts, Lucinda Mitchell, Artmease Johnson, Irma King.

XI ZETA, ST. LOUIS, ORGANIZES "TEEN-TOWN" of young people have participated in this Xi Zeta did its bit this year to solve Amerproject and spend three evenings per week ica's Number One problem, the Restless in wholesome recreation. The Executive Teen-agers. In a large fire-place room in Director and the Neighborhood AssociaNeighborhood Association under the supertion Board of Directors became interested in vision of Soror Carolyn M. Williams, Girls this project and donated $100.00 to complete Director of Neighborhood Association, a the furnishings. This is Zeta's way of conTeen-Town was organized. Xi Zeta purchased tinuing its work of Recreations for young the major necessity, a sweet-toned vender. peopl started at Dickson Center. It will be Phi Beta Sigma gave tables and chairs, while recalled that many years ago, under the diSigma Gamma Rho donated furniture for a rection of Sorer Carolyn Williams, Dickson cozy nook. Neighborhood girls and boys decCenter performed many of th se servic s for orated the room with pictures and hung young people. Although Dickson C nter drapes. The Coca-Cola Company of St. Louis merged in the larger and more adequate assisted by installing a "Coke Bar" and three Community Settlement House, it is gratifystools. ing to know that the work of "Teen-Town" Activities of "Teen-Town" consist of is being so well administered under the same games, pin~-pong, singing, indoor and outefficient leadership, door dancmg. More than fifty couples

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ZETA CHATS ETA ZETA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. A few months ago 30,000 music lovers, thrilled by the lovely voice of Miss Sara Osborne refused to allow the program to continue ' until she rendered an encore. This tremendous ovation took place at Detroit, Michigan where Mis~ Osborne was ch~sen the winner of the sixth Annual American Nezro Music Festival. None, however, were mo~e delighted in Miss Osborne's triumph than the Zeta family in Louisville: Eta Zeta, Delta Alpha, Pledgees and Archonians. Miss Osborne is a member of the Archonian club on the campus of Louisville Municipal College where she is the recipient of a scholarshin from the Eta Zeta Sorority. When Miss Osborne was selected by the judges to be "Miss American Negro Music" and was cheered by thousands, Zeta's standards of finer womanhood and scholarship soared high on a new sea of applause. May the love for and the appreciation of Miss Osborne by Zeta give her an added incentive to persevere until her goal is reached and success is assured. Eta Alpha Chapter located on the campus of Kentucky State College at Frankfort, Ky. is a wide awake enthusiastic edition of Zeta at her finest. Although young and few in number they are up and doing things. Saturday morning October 13, 1945 at 5 :30 a. m. they entertained the freshmen at a Dawn Breakfast in the Gymnasium. They served 114. It was a gala event and delighted all who were present. Each guest rec ived a hand-made woolen doll for a souvenir and the Zeta charm as a hostess was bea~ed to everyon .from these dainty figures on the coats of Freshmen all over the campus. Eta Zeta's beloved soror and former Grand Basileus, Fannie R. Givens remains confined to her bed in her home. Though weak and un bl to have many visitors she responds to the name of Z ta, hugging to her breast th card or fl wers sent by Ela Zeta and smiling a swe t, swe t smile. The love of Z ta is a flame which heartens and warms us even unto the end. It does not die. Soror Givens shows us how b autiful it can be. Eta Zeta's soror, Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge, is sincerely missed from our midst. Her

laughter, her charm, her influence and loyalty cannot be replaced by another so her own special niche is awaiting her return. Eta Zeta has only loaned her to Hampton and we count the months and days that go by so slowly before she can come back to us. Eta Zeta is proud of Sor or Woolridge and her success, and though we need her here we are glad to see her enter a larger and wider field of endeavor. ALPHA GAMMA ZETA CHAPTER ORGANIZES READING ROOM AT MILNE MUNICIPAL BOYS' HOME The urgent need for some uplifting activity which would bring some light into the lives of the boys at the Milne Municipal Boys' Home caused the members of Alpha Gamma Zeta Chapter to set up a reading room for the benefit of the boys. The material placed into the Reading Room consists of all types of current magazines, newspapers, periodicals and books which would meet the needs of the individual boys at the Home. It is planned that once a month the Sorority will give some form of recreational activity for the boys along with an educational film which will be borrowed from the local School Board. ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY IN LAKE CHARLES, LA. In keeping with the general theme of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority- "Finer Womanhood" - a group of women in Lake Charles, La. were made Zetas with the hope of carrying out the theme. Misses Jessie M. Carline Epps; Olga Hatcherson and Mesdames Willie Mae Jones and Luella Walker who have been Zetas for some time supervised the beginning of the new chapter, "Beta Kappa Zeta." With the splendid assistance of the Grand Basileus, Mrs. Lullelia W. Harrison, eleven enthusiastic women were made Zetas on May 19, 1945. The new chapter, Beta Kappa Zeta, consists of 15 members. Sorors Jessie M. Carline Epps Basileus; Willie M. Jones, 1st Anti-Basileus; Margaret J. Dixon, 2nd Anti-Basileus; Luella Walker, Grammateus; Olga Hatcherson, Ta'mais; Olive Y. Porche, Antapokritis; Geneva Bashier, Epistoleus; Lillian Reed, Sgt. at Arms; Mary M. Bell, Chaplain; Vera T. Washington, Reporter; Annie R. Wilson, Marietta Brown, Helen Forcia, Georgia M. Chriswell, and

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PSI ZETA CHAPTER, FORT WORTH, TEXAS Standing, right to left: Sorors Irene E. Collins, brook, Beulah Yerwood, Leoma D. Prince, Ruby A. Vernice Jones, Alphretta Moore, Ellen S. Holder, Cass, Juanila F. Bat s, Ruth E. Sanders, Modeslin Lillian B. Horace, Ruby H. Williamson, Catherine H. Castine. Not app arlng on pi ture: Fl ace B. Taylor, Myrtis McAlister, Cenoria D. Johnson. Glaze, Eloise Pyle, Mayme Wise, Jew 11 Harkey, Seated, right to left: Sorors Mary C. McMillaan, Eth 1 A. Jones, Newerlee Thurmond. Basileus; Johnnye Mae Medlock, Gussie 0. West-

A REVIEW OF THE YEAR'S WORK PSI ZETA CHAPTER Fort Worth, Texas Greetings to all new chapters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Psi Zeta hopes that all may have a prosperous year. Here in Fort Worth we are all as a whole School Marms, therefore, we've just begun our year's work which runs from September until June. The summer months find us attending Summer Schools, resting, picnicing and sight-seeing. Some of us find it fun to housekeep, and still others of us find gainful employment in other walks of life. Our project-Giving Eye Treatment and Fitting Glasses for Indigent School Children -was chosen eight years ago. The first month of the year is given to rehearsals of the "Blue Review," which provides funds to foster our project.

On the last two days of the s cond week in February we presented "His Women Folks," a Comedy in Three Acts for women. The characters were portrayed by the following Sorors: Beulah Yerwood, LaBerta D. Phillips, Catherine Taylor, Irene E. Collins, Modestine Castine, Jewell Harkey, Mary C. McMillan, Ieona D. Prince, and Kathryn B. Glaze. All these sorors are house-wives and School Marms .. This play brought many interesting exp riences of every-day life to the audienc . Finer Womanhood Week closed with the Annual Program held at Baker's Chapel A. M. E. Church, Sunday, February 25, 1915 at lJ :00 a.m. The program was as follows: Gre_ek Medley, Soror Eloise Pyle; The Occasion, Soror Mary McMillan; Piano Trio, Soror Ruth E. _ai:iders, Catherine Taylor, and Ruby H. W1lhamson; Presentation of Speaker, Soror Fleacie B. Stevens; "Morals,"

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Soror Lillian B. Horace; Sorority Song. Five dollars were donated to the church, according to the custom of the organization. The Sorors also contributed individually to the church. March was spent in checking on cases for our project. Several eyes were treated and glasses were purchased. . . April the first found the Stork delivering to Soror Ellen Sheppard-Holder a fine son. Psi Zeta welcomed this newcomer by starting for him a bank account with ten dollars. For the second consecutive year Zeta won first prize in the Delta J abberwock. The title of the skit was "Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes." This skit according to the audience was the life of the show. Also, in the month of April the Southern Regional of the. Omega Frate~mty _was. held in our city. Psi Zeta entertained rt with a cocktail party. Sigma Gamma Rho was organized in our city in the month of May. The Sorrors responded readily to whatever they could do that would welcome the advent of this new Sorority to our city. The Zetas purchased corsages for all these new Greeks to be worn at their first public appearance. After 34 years in the Fort Worth Public School system, Soror Lillian B. Horace retires. Soror Horace was teacher of English in the I. M. Terrell High School for many years. For several years she was dean of the same school. Soror Horace acted in several capacities during her years of school work. At the time of her retirement, she was Librarian of the I. M. Terrell High School. Soror Horace was a very civic-minded person, for she was an active church and club worker as well as an eloquent speaker. Psi Zeta is proud of her. She now makes her home in the Windy City of Chicago, where her ~ear husband, Rev. J. Gentry Horace, 1s pastormg. May found us making preparations for the close of the nine months work, checking on all the unfinished work and preparing for our summer vacations. The following Sorors attended Summer Schools: Juanita Bates, Columbia U.; Irene E Collins Denver U.; Ruby A. Cass, Northw~stern U. ; Beulah Yerwood, Boulder, Colorado. NEGRO IN MUSIC

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nation. Only half credulously did the world listen to the first reproduction of Negro Folk Songs and not until the Fisk Jubilee Singers appea~ed were these songs accepted for th~ir real worth. Unique and romantic 1s the history of these famous si~gers wh?,. under the leadership and indomitable sp11;1t of Mr. George White, overcame difficultiea and op•

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position involving embarrassment because of their race. The thrilling story of their conquests serves as another illustration of the power and persistence of Negro folk music. And now, by means of phonographic record and radio many groups of Negro singers have had their contributions to music brought into the homes of people all over the world. Very well known is the account of the contribution of Negro composers of popular music, like W. C. Handy, creator of the "Blues", as well as the compositions of present-day Negro orchestra leaders and singers. High on the list of American composers are the names of many Negro musicians: Edmund Dede of New Orleans, Louisiana, former student in the Paris Conservatoire, and conductor of the French Opera, composer of numerous orchestral works; Joseph White of Mantanzas, Cuba, a friend of the renowned Gottschalk, winner of first prize in violin playing; the famed Samuel Coleridge Taylor, composer; Harry T. Burleigh, and others. From "the silver-toned song bird," Roland Hayes, to the world famous Marian Anderson, the Negro has run the gamut among types and styles in singing. Even today, choral groups of talented but not highly specialized voices have made the Negro's contribution to the world of singers a notable one. In twenty-five years of its organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, has, like other groups, lent its influence and approbation to all cultural advancement of Negroes. Particularly has Zeta Phi Beta regarded the progress of young Negro women of musical talent and especially those among its own number. It is therefore with great pride that Zeta women everywhere applaud the achievements of their own Madame Lillian Evanti, or their favored Duo-pianists, Ione Monroe Trice and Goldie Guy Martin, and Nadine Waters. Among the hosts of other Zetas in the musical world, sorors are happy to note such artists of promise as Faustina Hall, vocalist; Blanche Thompson, Pearl Neal, Bernice Roberts McClelland, Lucile Rhine, pianists; Kathryn Jerman, violinist, and others to whom the following verse is dedicated: To build for the world a country grand, Negroes gave the toil of their willing hands, To freedom's cause they have given their life Not once have they shrunk in the bitter strife, From the depths of their woe they have given their song, No matter how great, nor how cruel their wrongs,

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KNOXVILLE ZETAS

NU ZETA CHAPTER ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES Beginning in January, Nu Zeta appointed a Calendar Committee whose duty it was to plan a calendar of activities for the year 1945. The following is a resume of activities which were planned and carried through to completion by months : January-Reorganization. February-Finer Womanhood Week Activities: Sunday Worshiped in a group at Clinton Chapel, pastor and brother of Zeta, spoke on "The Call of Women." Monday Nu Zeta presented a play at Austin High School, "There's a Man in the House:" Tuesday-Wednesday Charity Proj ct included th purchase of clothing for an underprivileged girl al the Deaf School and the purchase of glasses for a boy at the Ethel Beck Home. Thursday Sorors enjoyed a closed party for Z tas at the home of Sorer Kincaide. Sorors exchang ,d gifts and rededication services were held. Soror

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March-Sorority projects included a Hat Show sponsored at Mt. Zion Church presenting Soror Mable Sanford Lewis of Chicago. Two pledges were initiated. April - Found Nu Zeta busy sending Easter Shut-In cards to persons who might otherwise have been forgotten. May-Nu Zeta sponsored a Mothers' Day Tea for Zeta mothers. A very interesting program was rendered and souvenir handkerchiefs were presented each gu st present. June-Two nights of enl rtainment wer planned for War Workers at the Payne Avenue Industrial U.S.O. The first night, Family Night, included games, group singing and refreshments. The s cond night Nu Zeta present d a movi . Both nights were enjoyed by all present. AJ ter making plans for a picnic the first Monday in Jun , Nu Zeta nd d its Spring Activities until Fall and at pr s nt final plans hav just be n comp! l d for th first Fall Project which is a Baby Cont st to be sponsored during the month of October. Miss Fannie C. Clay, Basileus;

Helen Kincaide, Secretary.

THE ARCHON DELTA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY ORGANIZED ON TEXAS COLLEGE CAMPUS, TYLER, TEXAS The Delta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was organized on Texas College Campus Sunday March 25, 1945. A program was presented in observance of the founding of this Greek letter organization on Texas College Campus. The program was as follows: Prelude, Soror Henri M. Green; Invocation, Soror Bernice Stafford; Hymn "Faith of Our Father's,"; History, Soror Robbie Parker; Voice, Soror Willie N orvelle Langston; "O Lord Be Merciful." Soror W. L. Foster graduate dean of the chapter, and professor of Sociology at Texas College, introduced the speaker. Soror Harrison spoke on the subject, "Our Responsibility To A Domestic Democracy." The address was fully enjoyed by all present. The Greek Symposium was followed by the Postlude, offered by Soror Henri M. Green. The initiation program was held in the home of Mr. T. R. Griffith of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. The students who were accepted and initiated into the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority as charter members of Texas College were: Sorors Robbie Parker, Norvelle Langston, Lillean Givens, Bernice Stafford, Bernice Williams, Myrtle Stallon, Effie Mae Wilson, Henri M. Green and Celothia Cunningham. The dinner was held in the home of President and Mrs. D. R. Glass. Mrs. Glass, head of the Home Economics department, is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Th table in the dining room was laid with a b autiful lace cloth and a silver center piece which reflected the blue tinted and white carnations from a globular flower bowl. A delicious three course menu was served. Those present for the initiation program and dinn r wer : Sorer Juanita F. Bates, memb r of the Psi Zeta Chapter, and instructor in public school system of Ft. Worth, Texas; Soror Mary McMillian, Basileus of th Psi Z ta Chapter and also instructor in the Ft. Worth public school syst m; and oror C. Moss, m mber of the Alpha Mu Zeta Chapter, Litlle Rock, Arkansas, and instructor in school system of Gladewater, Texas. Th following repres ntatives were dinn r guests from th various Sororities: Miss L atrice Michael, Basileus of the Alpha Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,

and Misses Rubye Fountain and Ruthie W. Burns, Pearl R. Robinette, President of Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Rosie L. Whitmore, Basileus of Gamma Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; and Mrs. R. A. Carter. The Delta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority gratefully acknowledged and appreciated flowers from Alpha Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; and felicitations from the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Antapokritis Soror Myrtle Stallon. ALPHA ZETA The members of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Baltimore, Maryland, report the following news of their group during this year: 1. Two scholarships of $100.00 each were awarded to girl graduates of the two senior high schools of the city. The recipient from Douglass High School, Gloria Jenkins, was an honor student and expects to enter Fisk University this fall. The other recipient, Marguerite Hamlett, of Dunbar High School, also plans to enter college this fall. Both girls wrote intelligent and appreciative letters to the Chapter in acknowledgment of the award and spoke of the great help that it will be to them. The Scholarship Fund is increased each year by the receipts from our recital. So far two recitals have been given, each featuring the Martin-Trice duo-pianists. The sorors were enthusiastically received in Baltimore and their appearance actually gave an impetus to the study of instrumental music. The recital is planned for Finer Womanhood Week and plans are being laid for the one to be held this year. 2. Soror Iradell B. Williams has been confirmed in the position of vice-principal of Douglass High School. Soror Josie G. Smith has been promoted from supervisor of English in the junior high schools of Baltimore to head of the English Department of the Douglass High School. Soror Evelyn Fax has been advanced from junior high school teacher to senior high school status. Soror Bernice Hawkins has been advanced from elementary school teacher to junior high school status. 3. Sorors Elizabeth Clayborne, Mary Jackson, Carrie James, and Emma Collier (Continued on Page 30)

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have become brides and are now respectively Mesdames, Demby, Taylor, Scott, and Black. 4. Plans are completed for the annual card party to be held this year at the new Y.W.C.A. on October 12. One feature will be the drawing of a prize commemorating the 25th anniversary of Zeta. The group is looking forward to many activities in service to the community - the Teen-Age Canteen, continuing service at the U.S.O., and helping in Community Youth Projects. We are hoping to render a better account of ourselves at our next writing. Josie G. Smith, Recording Secretary. BAALAM'S ASS (Continued from Page 23)

give my hand, my heart and my head to the total struggle. I am for complete repeal of All Jim Crow Laws in the United States once and for all, and right now. For the benefit of this nation and as a precedent to the world. I have been made to believe in this democracy thing, and I am all for tasting this democracy out. The flavor must be good. If the Occident is so intent in keeping the taste out of darker mouths that it spends all those billions and expends all those millions of lives, colored ones too, to keep it among themselves, then it must be something good.

ALPHA LAMBDA ZETA UNDERTAKES A NEW PROJECT Greetings, fellow sorors, from A 1 p h a Lambda Zeta Ohapter, of Muskogee, Oklahoma. We have completed a very busy summer. Eight sorors attended school, four worked on defense projects, three went on vacations. The Chapter sponsored a children's reading contest for the summer. Twenty children participated, reading a total of three hundred and seventeen books. The contest terminated August 30, with an ice-cream party. Each child was issued a "participation diploma." The winners received appropriate awards. The Chapter has agreed to assist in sponsoring the kindergarten nursery which had threatened to close because the government had discontinued funds for same.

I crave to sample this gorgeous thing. So I cannot say anything different from REPEAL OF ALL JIM CROW LAWS! NOT IN SOME FUTURE GENERATION, BUT REPEAL NOW AND FOREVER! Zora Neale Hurston, On Board the Hous boat SUN TAN, Daytona Beach, Fla.

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ALPHA ZETA ZETA, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA Alpha Zeta Z ta, Bcckl y West Virginia, winners of the trophy which was presented at the Eastern Regional Confer nee held at Norfolk, Virginia, May, 1945. Sitting, left to right: Sorors Annie L. Anderson, Chairman of Trustee Board; Blanche Wilkerson, Armenta Wood, Loma Point r, N al Pack, Hettlo Trent, Baslleus, and Berta Jones. Standing, loft to right: Sorors Mary French (Ta'mias); Evangeline

Cook (Second Anti-Basileus); Pauline Clark ('fa'mias Grammatues); Cassie Anderson, B rnice Henry (First Anti-Basileus); Beatrice Ferry, Loma Watkins, (Grammateus); Ollie Trotter, Bertha Lenoir and Willie Bishop. Sorors absent are Louise Goldston, Pearl Hodge (Antapokritis); Queen Madison (Episloleus) and Geraldine Williams (Philacter).

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ZETA MUSINGS TUNE "DRI1'1K TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES." I sit me down in solitude, Just feeling spent and blue. My mind was filled with morbid thoughts; Some of which might come true. My chief concern was self and woes ; It seemed all faith had flown. When memory brought on angel wings, A sister-hood fully blown. Reverently, I bowed my head; Ashamed of former moods. Thoughts worth the thinking never come Where selfishness first intrudes. Oh Zeta dear! Oh Sister-hood! How can I prove untrue? For you my prayers shall ever rise. My musings be of you. Alpha Psi Zeta Chapter, Lexington, Ky.

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Sorors Celestine Braxton, Theriseta Braiton, Zipporah Medford, Mildred Cheatham, Carrie B bbs, Marie Tucker, Anita Gines, Dorothy Davis and Olivia Lindsay, all of Richmond; orors Margueritte Moseley, Mabel Fox, Myrtle Griffin, Elnora Chambers, Gertrude Sharp, Dorothy Ke ling, and Lester McI night,, all of Norfolk; Lucille Jackson and Mayme Harris, Portsmouth; Salli Brozier, Pearl Jackson and Vivian Deloatch, Suffolk; Bessie Wild r of Scotland Neck, and Hortense wynn of Portsmouth; Velma C. Bunch, Th resa Guy, Blanche Jon s, Joana Alexand r, Julia Grasty, Mildred Tyler, and Essie Ferr bee, all of Norfolk. The r gional award w nt to the Alpha Zeta Chapter of B ckley, W. Va., for having the b st report.

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SORORS OF ALPHA XI ZETA CHAPTER, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA First row, seated from left to right: Annie Margaret Gunn, Gwendolyn Jordan (affiliated member); Fragelia T. Jackson; Mildred Stevenson (affiliated member). Second row, seated from left,to right: Lucile Maddux, Ta'mias; Marie Williamson, Epistoleus; Lillie Drew, Basileus; Zenobia S. Bias, Anti-Basileus; Mildred Bunton, Chaplain; Julia Edinburgh, National Epistoleus ( visiting soror).

Third row, standing from left to right: Dorris R. Bodden, Grammateus; Minnie J. Hartsfield, Mary J. Moore, Florence Sorrell, Lillian Inge, B nnie aMe Rankin, B ttye Steele Tum r, Sarah Locklear. Not appearing on the picture: Lucile Wamack Brown, Journalist; Alice Donaldson, Maggi Y. Forte, Deborah C. Partridge and Eunice D nt.

"PARENT EDUCATION IN HUMAN RELATIONSH1P" A Report from Beta Zeta With the tremendous impact of the war and its subsequent effects, the Health and Recreation Committee of Beta Zeta Chapter, Soror Julia Wilson, Chairman, took cognizance of the needs for extended community service in the interest of young people. To meet these needs so as to produce desirable and practical results, plans were made to conduct discussion meetings on "Human Relationship" with the parents at the community houses. The committee aimed first to supplement the work of the Social Agency by providing individual consultation services for girls and

their mothers or guardians. Second, through personal contact, to n:-ake suggestions with regard to possible adjustmenls in most urgent situations. Third, to act as "Big Sisters" to the girls themselves. Parental education was selected as the plan of the proj cl. This w fell was a ne d d measure to prepare par nts Lo meet wartime ch~nges in the horn and to combat juvenile d linqu ncy. Th recent rise in d Iinquency stems from unsatisfactory par nt-child r lations_hip, the lack of par ntal control, home maladjustments, parental conflicts and in many instances demoralizing horn conditions. War conditions hav incr ased the need for par ntal education. Familie have be-

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come disorganized and family 'tensions grown as a result of war stresses and strains. The economic status of most families has improved while the home suffers a lack of order and ritual. In the light of these needs the committee prepared a program in adult education which included organized leisure time and behavior study classes. Through these measures we sought to raise the level of parent intelligence and insight in regard to their children's behavior problems. The committee prepared a flexible outline on Human Relationship. Mr. Roy Everett served as adviser and counselor on organization and presentation of material to the parents. References were secured from the public library, the li-

brary of the D. C. Society of Social Hygiene · and individual personal property. The information was collected, organized and compiled with revisions based on the outgrowth of each discussion. The Southwest Community House located at 501 Second Street, S. W. was selected as the agency with which we would begin our work. This agency was founded by one of our Sorors, Mrs. Alma J. Scott. This settlement is located in a congested area where low income group families reside. The meetings were held once a month at which time regular discussion or consultation periods were conducted with the members of the sorority serving as consultants or discussion lead rs. Group discussions on Home and Community Problems, conditions relating to juveniles, and the presenting of problems by parents characterized the meetings. Lectures were given by specialists in the field of health and recreation. Each meeting was opened with a cultural program by the parents and concluded with a social hour. The responsibility for leadership was assum d by a professional group of sorority women who are trained leaders and capable of discussing problems relating to children. Valuable assistance was given by the director and girls' worker of the Social Agency. Th joint cooperation developed between the agency, staff, and sorority in promoting the project assured its systematic operation. The directors of the other community houses have express d a desir to have the project conduct d at their settlements. W are confident that the project is meeting a need in this community where the problem of juvenile delinquency is causing grave concern. Our effort has possibilities of becoming an integral part of the community

KATHERINE TONEY

Memphis, Tenn.

IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE TONEY In the passing of Katherine Toney, member of Pi Alpha chapter, LeMoyne College, Memphis, Tennessee, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority lost one of its most promising young sorors. The news of her death was a shock to her many friends, and especially to her Zeta sisters. Katherine was the first link in our golden chain to be broken, and both chapters feel keenly her loss. Known as a most brilliant student and a young woman of spotless character, she was beloved by all. The funeral services were held from Central Baptist Church of which she was a faithful member. Impressive in white and black, Zeta sorors followed their beloved Katherine to the grave in New Park Cemetery. "Sleep on dear Katherine and take your rest; we loved you dearly but God loved you best." L. B. Porter, Alpha Eta Zeta.

service program and our sorority is now

formulaLing plans for the future develop-

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EUNICE M. LYON Alpha, Howard University

AN UNDERGRADUATE COMMENTS UPON NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE QUALIFIED COLORED WOMAN By Eunice M. Lyon, Alpha Chapter

With history being made every minute women with college degrees have challenging, cosmopolitan and vivid jobs. And today young college women are interested in vital, careers as executive organizers, economists, researchers, editors, directors, secretaries, librarians, lawyers, doctors, social workers and newspaper correspondents. Job News is a regular feature these days in all women's magazines. There are notices begging women to join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, WACS and WAVES. The U.S. Civil Service, Washington 25, D. C. is asking for trained librarians and library assistants at naval stations, veteran's hospitals and Federal agencies. Harper, Dodd Mead and Knoph, offer fellowships to young writers for literary work in progress. Today, as these new jobs are begging for qualified women, the Negro college woman graduate is wondering where she stands.

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TOMORROW'S LIFE BEGINS TODAY By E. Juanita Tate The greatest asset that the human family can rely on for future happiness is good health. Since disease is the enemy of good health and lurks around every proverbial corner, waiting for its victim, careful measures of disease control are necessary to insure future health and happiness. Of all the deaths from infectious and parisitic diseases in the United States-tuberculosis alone caused more than one-half of them in 194.0. During the sam period the death rate from tuberculosis in Oklahoma was forty-seven and seven-tenths per 100,000 population. These are important figures to each of us. Because you and I are apparently well today 1s no assurance that we will be well and happy tomorrow. Tuberculosis is an active and infectious disease which recognizes no rac , rank or position, 1. Tuberculosis is responsible each year for the death of about 3,500 childr n under 15 years of age in the United States. 2. Each y ar Lub rculosis claims Lhe liv s of about 35,000 young peopl ov r 15 years of age. 3. There are estimated to be about 500 000 active cases of tub rculosis in the United States. (Continued on Page 35)

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PHI CIIAPTER, VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE First row, lefL lo right: B mice Benn, Ida Fortune. Second row, left to rig'hl.: Dorothy Jones, Muri 1 Martin, Robin tte Thompson, Eunic Skeeter, Vernice Howard. Third row, 1 ft to right: Mandel

Johnson, Allee Puryear, Eloise Anderson, Miss Mary Neugent, Lucille Jefferies. Fourth row, left to right: Evelyn Stuart, Julia Franklin, Aurelia Braxton, Ollie Cowan, Virginia Taylor, Mrs. Jackson, Julie Michie, Doris Copeland.

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city. Adequate hospitalization is denied him, and especially in the southern states of our beloved country. Adequate hospitalization requires that there be at least one sanatorium bed for each annual death from tuberculosis.

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4. According to Miss L ola Franklin, Field Representative for the Negro program of the National Tuberculosis Association, the national death rat fr m tuberculosis among Neg+oes is 123 p r 100,000, while it is 48 per 00,000 among whiles. Why is this tru ? Th answer comes in thundering sounds and noticabl activities. The N gro race as a who! is in Lhe lower economic stratum. He lives in greatly overcrowded quarters, in the poorest section of a

Alabama, in 1934, with 1,056 Negro deaths from tuberculosis had only 55 beds available for Negro patients. Mississippi, with 919 Negro deaths had 50 beds available. Tennessee with 854 Negro deaths had 218 beds, 216 of these beds were reserved for white patients. ( Continued on Page 36)

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Therefore, the Negro had the use of only two ( 2) beds. If tuberculosis is to be controlled among Negroes, adequate sanatorium facilities must be made available. Housing conditions must be improved, and the economic level must be raised. Citizens of America, and especially Negro citizens - Tomorrow's Life Begins Today. From these facts it is clear to the average layman that the future road to a successful and happy life for millions emerging to maturity, must be studded with sign posts and guard rails of control of this disease of destruction and desolation. We must begin now to build the foundation for tomorrow's life. There are many needs that must wait for the

war to end before they can be provided for, but not so in the case of tuberculosis control. Let's face the problem squarely. Do you know: 1. That only a trained medical technician can tell whether or not you have tuberculosis? 2. Thal a tiny living germ call d Tub rcle Bacillus which may ?e transferred from person to person m various ways is the cause of tuberculosis ? 3. That such symptoms as a tired f ling, a los~ of weight, a cough that hangs on, coughing up blood, pain in the chest, a loss of appetite, or disorders that should be reported to your physician at once? - 4. That tuberculosis attacks other parts of the body as well as the lungs?

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ALPHA BETA ZETA CHAPTER, ZETA PHI SORORITY, INC. Newport News, Va. Top, J ft to righl: Sorors Gertrude Harmond, Lollie R. Edmonds, Juanita H. Scott, Rachel W. Cole, Willlc S. Thomas, R b cca Manl y, Th Ima G. Davanport. Se11 L d: Irma B. Thompson, Cath rtn

THIS IS TOMORROW By Mrs. Lillian Wn1·d McDaniel Alpha Phi Zeta, Z ta Phi Bela, Richmond, Va.

This is "Tomorrow." For four long years we hav looked forward to this period in our lives. During these years of sorrow, tears and d ath, the leaders of the world met at Yalta, Cassa blanca, Quebec, Moscow, San Francisco, Potsdam and on the battleship, Missouri, to compos and perfect suggestions and plans which would make this desired "tomorrow" one devoid of those attributes which characteriz d the Four Horsemen of th Apocalyps , namely, war famine, p sti1 nc and d ath. Mussolini has been lynched by some of th very p ople who put him into off'ic . Hiller's disappearance has furnished j bs f r m mb rs of colland Yard and our

Sinclair, Basileus; Alma W. Mennis and Mildred Hubbard. These Sorors sponsored a Harvest Festival on November 16, which was one of the outstanding arratrs of the season.-From Newport News.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hirohito has assumed the role of a "puppet" of the American government officials. Tojo has attempted hara-kari, Thousands of American soldiers have been repatriated. Newspaper editors and radio announcers tell us that the war has been won by us and many modern inventions are being placed upon the markets of the world. The process of reconversion is taking place at a rapid rate. Finance, education, housing facilities, labor problems and scientific rePresident Truman in his recent address to Congress. Everything seems to be working on schedule. Yet, something is seriously lacking. This is "Tomorrow," but it does not have the vim, vigor nor the vitality that we expected. Whenever we find ourselves with

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PSI CHAPTER, CLARK COLLEGE Affable members of Psi Chapter, Clark College. This chapter's charter was reinstated recently and the new memb rs were selected from a group of students with high scholastic ratings. They are left to right, standing: Mary Dorsey, De Lois Coleman,

Margaret Adkins, Ernestine Davenport and Mae Harris (Baslleus), Sitting, left to right: Morrell Johnson, Helen Chaney and Ruth Harris. Not pieturc: Martha Johnson. This cha pt r promises lo be one of the best in the D ep South.

a group of people, be it large or small, there is hatred, gossiping, dishonesty, immorality, envy, indifference and selfishness taking leading roles. Just what is the trouble? This is "Tomorrow" but we are living in the same homes, riding in the same cars, wearing the same clothes, going to the same jobs and deriving our joys and sorrows from the same neighbors and acquaintances. We notice the same couples quarreling. Parents are being treated with contempt and cruelty in many instances by their children. Children are deserted by their parents. In our business circles much dissatisfaction is seen. Yes, this is "Tomorrow" but it lacks the peace and happiness which we had expected. Where is the new world order? Where are the kingdoms that the leaders and fighters of the world promised? Where is the happiness that we looked toward so joyously? Were we not promised democracy at its best? Were we not told that every man would be released from the troubles attendant to the Three Freedoms ?

Men of different ages have tried to produce good "Tomorrows," but in each instance, they have failed. Sennacherib of Assyria, Xerxes of Persia, Nebuchadnezzer of Babylonia, Alexander of Greece, Ceasar of Rome, William of England, Generals Washington, Lee, Pershing and Eisenhower, of America, have all attested to the fact that they won the war but lost the peace and failed to produce a good "Tomorrow." Sorors, this is the ideal time for every true Zeta to take an inventory of herself and to live and teach others that it is only by practicing Christian principles can we have a real happy "Tomorrow." Christ taught us that health, education, pati nc , tolerance, courage, courtesy, an op n mind, reverence and a willingness to serve ar the prerequisites of a happy lif . Unless we do this our "Tomorrow" will be as empty and as ugly as our "Yesterday." Zetas, start the mov ment to bring r al pcac and good will on earth by your thoughts, words and d ds. Now is the time, for this is "Tomorrow."

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INTRODUCING ZET AS-HERE THERE, EVERYWHERE 1

SOROR M. R. LASTER

Berkeley, California Associate Edilor of the "Archon"

FAMOUS ZETA PERSONALITIESPAST AND PRESENT By Soror Mydget Robinson Laster. Far too numerous are the Nationally fa. mous members of ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY for me to try to introduce in the space alloted me for this issue, but to mention a few, I think of such women as Mme. Lillian Evanti; Zora Neale Hurston; Joanna Houston Ransom; and a few others, who have contributed greatly to the tremendous success of Zeta, to American culture, and to International goodwill. An honorary member, Mme. Lillian Evanti -Grand Opera star, International Coloratura Soprano, has performed for kings and queens. Her latest accomplishment was her triumph in La Traviata, staged _at the Water Gate, an open arena, m Washmgton, D. C. The largest crowd ev r assembled there heard her. She has inspired College and University audiences all over the. country. The beautiful, graceful and cha~mmg M~e. Evanti has the distinction of being the first woman' to be awarded the Howard University, bronze plaque for the most_ outstanding achievement in the field of music. Novelist of note, writer of plays, songs, and dances, anthropologist, in which capacity, now conn ct d with th _motion picture industri s of Hollywood, Calif. Zora Neale

Hueston was the first Negro graduate of Barnard College, N. Y. She has contributed articles to the Graphic, American Mercury, and other magazines. She is the first and only woman to receive from Howard University the bronze plaque for the most outstanding achievement in literature. Other noteworthy Zeta personalities may be mentioned. Joanna Houston Ransom, former president of the Pan-Hellenic Council, editor of first and only Pan-Hellenic Journal, former assistant dean of Women at Howard University, and present instructor of Journalism at Wilberforce University has also studied at Oxford University. Jessie Housley, fashion illustrator and commercial artist, has exhibited in Artist Guild of St. Louis, Art Institu'te of Chicago, and Harman Exhibits in New York. Mrs. Cassy Hayford, founder of Girls School of Vocation in Sierre, is at present a missionary in Africa. Born in England and educated in the United States, a lawyer by profession, Soror Violet N. Anderson, our late Grand Basileus, beloved by all who knew here, was perhaps the most outstanding figure in the history of Zeta. Through her was inaugurated the first National Recreation Project of this sorority, which shall be continued, permanently housed and conducted, at the Zeta Shrine, Birch Haven, Idlewood, Mich., property bequeathed to us by her. She was the first Negro woman admitted to the bar in Illinois, or admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States. Known to all Zetas as "Mother Cary," Alice Dugged Cary was librarian and educator, was principal of a public school of Atlanta, Ga., and the first president of Morris Brown University. Not only an honorary member, but she was also an initiated member of Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Atlanta, Ga., and served as basileus of that chapter.

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her son, Dr. Charles H. Michie, received his D. D. S. Degree from Howard University (He is now practising in Alexandria, Va.) Mrs, Michie received her Master of Arts Degree from Virginia State College in June, 1939. Her daughter, Soror Julia Marie Michie, is Senior Class student at Virginia State College. All of Charlottesville know Sorer Michie and respect her ambitions, her aims, her activities towards civic betterment for the community. Soror Eleanoro B. Sellers.

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SOROR MARY NORMAN Brilliant Dance Artist in prize winning pose

Soror Mary Norman, 19 year old Sophomore at Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, is a member of Beta Chapter. 'I'his versatile young lady plays drums, tympanies, vibraharp and piano. She anticipates studying dancing after she completes h r college work, and hopes some day to appear in the

limelight of Broadway. The above pose was taken while Soror Norman was pres nting an interpretative slave dance for her organization at th Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta. This f atur won first priz at the Delta Sigma Th ta Jabb rwock.

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ton, the Executive Administrator to the President; Mr. F. D. Wilkinson, Registrar; Dr. Sinclair Price, Dean of Liberal Arts; Mr. Blackburn, Field Secretary; Miss B. Ruth Powell, President of the Student Council. "On leaving the University, we went to a hotel in Baltimore where the launching party was held. After many speeches and toasts on behalf of the sponsor, ship and university, we left for the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard. The special guests for the dinner were Mr. Mason, host for the company; Dr. Dwight Holmes, President of Morgan College; Mrs. Vivian Cooke, Principal of Baltimore High School, and Mr. and Mrs. Purnell, employees of the company. "When the Maritime Commission announced that the University was to be so honored, it sent to the ship as a gift a seaman's library to be placed in the cabin. Mr. James Nabrit, Secretary-Treasurer of the University, pressed the button, while I, as sponsor broke the bottle of champaigne on the bow of the ship. The radio broadcast of the exercises, together with the battery of photographers be;fore which we had to pose, lent an atmosphere of glamour to the occasion. "The beautiful gold victory pin, with the eagle's breast, diamond studded, and an emerald eye, drew from all a quick breath of admiration as it was presented to the sponsor by the president of the shipyard. An album, the sole possession of the sponsor, will long be remembered and treasured by her." Linnie R. Smith, Beta Zeta. SOROR LINNIE SMITH CHRISTENS SHIP

SOROR LINNIE SMITH CHRISTENS S. S. HOWARD VICTORY May 14, 1495 In her own words, Soror Linnie Smith, member of Beta Zeta chapter, teacher in the public school system of Washington, tells of the great occasion when she participated in the launching of the S.S. Howard Victory. "You have had thrills, but none to compare with the thrill you have when you see a ship named for your Alma Mater slip down the ways. All the pride that arises for 'dear old Howard' seems to swell in your breast. Your heart is in your mouth as you feel the sudden stillness and then hear the crowd burst forth into song, 'Howard, 0 Howard.' "May 14. dawn d gloriously bright, and I left my home early lo meet the launching party on the campus of Howard University. The official family of the institution went in cars to the shipyard. They were Mr. Staun-

SOROR ELIZA F. WOOD

Montl!'omery, West Virl!'inia

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SOROR RETURNS TO POST AFTER OUTSTANDING NUTRITION WORK IN VIRGINIA Soror Mary W. Neugent has returned to Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va., where she is Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition. For two years ending September 1944, Soror Neugent was on leave from the college to serve as Assistant Executive Secretary of the State Nutrition Committee of Virginia with office in the Clinic Building of the Medical College of Virginia located in Richmond. This project was sponsored by the General Education Board for the purpose of bettering food habits and health of Virginia people. . Soror Neugent w~~t all over the state givmg lectures, orgaruzmg classes in nutrition and acting as consultant in workshops. The project was very successful and was discontinued only because the time alloted for its execution had elapsed. Soror Neugent received much praise for the quality of work she did in this project and the people of the state were grieved to lose such an ardent

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SOROR MILDRED FERRELL Ela Zeta, Louisville, Kentucky

Soror Mildred Ferrel, pictured above, is one of the young sorors of whom Zeta is justly proud. A graduate of Louisville Municipal College in 1942, she won a scholarship to ~tt~nd Bryn Mawr College, in Pennsylvama m the summe~ of 1942, studying a course related to nursmg. She was graduated from Lincoln School for Nurses New York in 1944 and served as Assistant' to the Head N_urse at Post-Graduate Hospital, New York City. A! p~esen~, Sorer Ferrel is employed by the Louisville Visiting Nurse Association and is occupied by teaching mothers how to care for infants with adequate protection from disease and ill health. She also is a teacher of Pre Natal Studies at the Louisville G neral Hospital. worker. At the culmination of her slay in Richmond, she was fet data banquet wh re many expr ssions of appreciation wer given. She is still the only Negro member of the Executive Council of the State Nutrition Committee of Virginia. (Continued on Page 4.3)

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SOROR JULIA MARIE MICHIE

SOROR MARINA CORA

Soror Julia Marie Michie is the daughter of Regional Directress Carrie. M~c~ie. A Senior in Home Economics at Virginia State College, Soror Michie. is a charming and popular member of Phi Chapter .. Dress designing represents the future mterest of Soror Michie who plans to be able to help solve wardrobe problems, when. s~e has comp! Led her training. Soror. M~c~1e won title of Miss Homecommg at Virginia State College, 1945.

Above is pictured Soror Marina Cora of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Soror Cora is a graduate of the University of Puerto ~i~~ and is now matriculated in the School of Medicine, Howard University, where she has proved herself to be an alert and thoughtful student.

SOROR NEUGENT

receiving her M. S. from Cornell University she received a fellowship from the General Education Board and in 1942 did further study in Nutrition at the University of Chicago. At present Soror Neugent is secretary of the Eastern Region and Anti-basileus of Alpha Omega Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta located on the campus of Virginia State College. She is well liked by all who know her -a soror of whom Zeta can justly be proud. Olivia B, Lindsey,

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Soror Neugent is a native of Bro?k~ville, Maryland and r ceived her early lr~mmg at Princess Anne Acad my. She received her A. B. degr e from Morgan Stale College and her B. S. in Hom Economics from Virginia State College. While a student at Morgan, she was Basileus of Gamma Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta. She was active in "Y" work and in the "Scientific Research Society." After

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SOROR IRMA B. THOMPSON SOROR E. MOSS COOK

Alpha Zeta Zeta

Soror E. Moss Cook is a teacher in the public school system of West Virginia. ?he received the Bachelor's degree at Bluefield State College and the Master's degree at Atlanta University. Several years ago she became interested in the worthwhile accomplishments of Alpha Zeta Zeta, Beckley, West Virginia, and was initiated in 944. Zeta is very happy to count her among its membership.

TOMORROW'S LIFE BEGINS TODAY (Continued from Page 36)

5. That you can be cured of this terrible disease if you do not wait until you are beyond the help of medical care? 6. That your family physician or county health nurse can give you necessary information concerning examinations, treatments, and hospitalization? If you know these things and a few more which I failed to mention, then we can fe 1 that we are traveling the highway that leads to better health and greater happiness for thousands of American Youth. Tomorrow's life begins today.

SELECTED FROM THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT Mrs. Irma Bowser Thompson typifies the modern, progressive 1 ader in the field of education and the progressive community leader and worker in civic affairs. She is simply a person around whom a mass of activity buzzes all of the time. President of the Newport News Teach rs Association, which recently won a victory in the famous teacher salary case, Mrs. Thompson comes from a family of professional and fighting p ople. Her moth r, Mrs. Florence Bows r-Ames, is a school teacher, for whom the Florence Graded School of Drivers, Va., was named. Her sist r Mrs. Viola B. Gibson, is a t acher in Chatham, Va. Her Great-Grandfather, Jam s Bows r, fought in the American R volulionary War for freedom of this country, and h r Grand father, John Brickhouse, fought in th Civil War for freedom of his rac . Mrs. Thompson attended the Flor nc Graded School, Virginia Stale High School and Normal Professional chools. h received her Bachelor of ci nee Degree from Hampton Institute and the degr c of Mast r (Continued on Page 15)

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SOROR FRANKIE GOLDEN

Savannah, Ga.

ALPHA THETA ZETA CHAPTER Savannah, Georgia Miss Frankie N. Golden, Supervisor of Chatham County Elementary Schools, Savannah, Georgia, has been selected by the State Department of Education to represent Georgia in a workshop on Intercultural Education and in the Race Relations Institute beginning June lJ, 194.5 and continuing through July 20, 1945. This project is sponsored by the General Education Board. Soror Golden received her M. A. Degree in Education at Atlanta University, June 1, 1942, taught Advanced Supervision at Atlanta University, 194.4, and studied in the School of Education at Northwestern Univ rsity, summer 1944. SPOTLIGHT, continued of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. This summer she was on the staff of Hampton Institute Summer School. Work with the City Federation of Worn n's Clubs, Chairman of the Board of Manag rs of the Y. W. C. A., Chairman of the College Division of the State Federation of W mens' Clubs keep her busy, besides she is th National Ta'mias-Grammateus of the Zeta Phi Bela Sorority, and an active member of SL Paul's A. M. E. Church. In spit of her many activities and proIessional r sponsibilities she finds time to sp nd on h r hobby, gardening.

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SOROR DEBORAH CANNON PARTRIDGE

Tuskegee

SOROR PARTRIDGE RECEIVES DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Soror Deborah Cannon Partridge, Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Education from Columbia University, New York City in June 1945. She received her B. S. degree from New Jersey Teachers' College and later her M.A. from Columbia University. She also holds a diploma as supervisor from Columbia University. While studying at Columbia she held several important offices, among the outstanding ones was that of secretary of Pi Lambda Theta Honor Sorority and Student Council Representative of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society. She represented the Negro race in an inter-racial study course in Advanced Study at Vassar College. During last summer she made a very interesting survey of work done by all Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities by conducting a series of studies for the Journal of Negro Education for the purpose of seeing what progress was being made on Adult Education Projects of each. The July 1945 Year Book number reports the results. All of these affairs she handled most capably. At present Soror Partridge holds the position of Assistant Professor of Education in charge of Graduate work in Education at Tus kegee Ins ti tu te. Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter is proud to claim Soror Partridge as her own. The chapter honored her with a surprise entertainment and presented her with a genuine black leather compartment brief case.

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CALIFORNIA SORORS Reading left to right: Juanita Winston, Oakland; Constance Marc lie, Richmond; Charlotte Chambliss, Oakland; Luberla Pilcher, San Francisco; Clara Edard Whit , Berkeley; Hazel Carter, Oakland; Emma Glynn, Berkeley; Mydg t Last r, Berkeley,

SOROR MAE BELLE STEVEN ON Richmond, Californi

SOROR KATIIRY III TON Ouklnrid, Cnlifornla

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In 1943 Archonian Carter was a counsellor at Camp Green Pastures, Grass Lake, Michigan. For several years she has been named delegate to the inter-racial Congregational Conferences for young people. She has been treasurer of the Youth Circle of the Plymouth Congregational Church since the organization of the Circle in 1940.

PAST GRAND BASILEI OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED, 1920-1945

Arizona Cleaver-Stemons 1915 Federal Stre t Philadelphia, Pa.

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Myrtle Tyler-Faithful Flushing, Ohio

1921

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Joanna Houston-Ransom Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio

1922

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Nellie Buchanan 2234. Madison Avenue Baltimore, Maryland

1923

S. Evelyn Lewis 1708 2nd Street, N.W. Washington, D. C.

1925

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Ruth Tappe-Scruggs 473 Jefferson Avenue Buffalo, New York

1926

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Fannie R. Givens 504 E. Gray Street Louisville, Kentucky

1930

COZETTE CARTER Archorus n, Kappa Alpha, Miner Teach rs College

Cozette Juanita Carter, seventeen year old ranking sophomore student at Miner Teachers College, Washington, D. C., is president of the Archonian Club of Kappa Alpha Chapter. Sh completed her elementary education in five years. While in the junior high school she received the American Legion Charact r Award and graduated as salutatorian of h r class. At Dunbar High School she b came am mber of the National Honor Society, participat d on its winning American Quiz t am and served as literary editor of the Liber Anni. Throughout her school years Archonian Carter has contributed her talent at playing the piano for school programs and other activities in th community. She accompanied th Dunbar Gl e Club on assemblies, at army camps and over lhe radio. At Miner T achers Coll ge she is accompanist for lh Gle Club. This pl dgee bas won a number of awards in music. Al present she is a pupil of Miss Haz 1 Harrison, noted concert pianist and instructor of piano at Howard University.

VIII. Violett Anderson D ceased

1933

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Nollie B. Rogers 2164. N. Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana

1937

Edith Lyons .. . 1833 S. Street, N.W. Washington, D. C.

1939

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Blanche Thompson 1315 S. Michigan Avenu Chicago, Illinois

1910

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Lull Ila W. Harrison 1721 Worm Str et Houston 10, Texas

1943

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Compliments

GREETINGS

ON OUR

ALPHA ZETA ZETA

ALPHA EPSILON ZETA

SILVER ANNIVERSARY

CHAPTER

Beta, Gamma Zeta Chapter

Beckley, West Virginia

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Kansas City, Kansas

Montgomery, West Virginia

Compliments of

Best wishes to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority from HAYES AND LANGFORD Funeral Directors Memphis, Tennessee Complimenting Sorors Orleans Polk Knox, Secy., and Bertha L. Polk

Congratulations Zeta Phi Beta Sorority from VERNA'S BEAUTY SALON Mrs. Sarah H. Jones MORGAN STATE COLLEGE Proprietress Charlottesville, Virginia Baltimore 12, Maryland Phone 921 Congratulations from ZETA ZETA CHAPTER Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Chicago, Illinois

DIVISJO

Coll ge of Liberal Arts. Co-educational. Full-time study on the campus.

Regular

Courses leading to degre offered in evenings al the Douglass High School Building.

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Greetings to ZETA on its SILVER ANNIVERSARY

Greetings from PHJ. SIGMA CHAPTER Phi. Beta Sigma Fraternity Knoxville, Tnessee J. H. Hardy, President

from Upsilon Chapter, Fisk University

Compliments of CAPTAIN THOMA F. MOORELAND Camp Stone, California

A six-we k Summ r School Session. Special cours s for public school teachers.

Hummer

All courses lead to either the Bach Ior of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree. For detailed information w r i le or c a I I the Registrar. T lcphone: Hamilton 0756.

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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN ZETAAn Acrostic By Soror L. B. Porter, Associate Editor of "The Archon" Twenty-five Years! How very proud we feel When we think of Stemmons, Abstain. Watts, Tyler and Neal. Each of them gave her life's very best, Noble Zetas! They met the acid test. Truly their memory should be held dear Yielding a blessing for each busy year. Finer Zeta Women! Their standards we keep, In every way the Joys of life to reap.

Victorious Zetas! Long may we live! Each deed to the world new hope to give. Years will not dampen our courage rare, Each new experience we shall meet without fear. All that is good we shall strive to do Repledging our love and faith in you. Shielding your name from every harm Intrepid Zetas, with hearts true and warm. Never shall we fail you so steadfast and calm. Zeta, we love you and what you shall do. Ever we shall honor the white and the blue. Twenty-five Years! Ah, how time does fly! Ardent our prayers that yon never will die.

SILVER A NIVERSARY GREETINGS From Charlottesville, Virginia

TAU ZETA CHAPTER of ZETA Pm BETA SORORITY

GREETINGS from the SOONER CAPITOL Home of

ALPHA ETA ZETA CHAPTER Memphis Tennessee Sends Greetings and Best Wishes to

ZETA PHI BET A SORORITY on its T"WENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

"May the Light of Zeta Never Fail"

CARLOTTA STEWART Southeastern Regional Director

CHI ZETA CHAPTER

LELA B. PORTER

Oklahoma City's Most Civic-Minded Sorority

Associate Editor of THE ARCIION

Now as never before, Civic Responsibility a National Duty

''Congratulations"

GERTRUDE JIMSON Chairman R glonal Dir ctors, Director of Southern Region

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