OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA l

Post-Convention Issue •••• Fall, 1950

* At the presentation of the Phi Sigma S igma gift to Hebrew University for Research in Rheumatic

Fever: Left to right-Mrs. Arnold Weinstein, Executive Secretary; Miss Thelma Zockin, Grand Archon;

Dr. Eli Davis, Director of the Hodossoh Medical Organization; Mrs. Elliot F. Glassberg, Gamma,

Notional Vice -President of Hodossah, and Mrs. Raphael Tourover, Kappa, a former Grand Archon of

Phi Sigma Sigma, who is the Washington Representative for Hodossoh. The presentation took place

during the Hodossoh Convention at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York lost August. (See story on Page 1 3.)

Statement of the ownership, nunagement, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 191 2, as amended by the Acts of March 3. 1933. and J uly 2, 1946 (T itle 39. United States Code, Section 233) of THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA, publ ished quarterly nt Phi ladelphia, Pennsylvania, for Oc· tober. 19}0.

1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Pub· lisber, Phi Sigma Sigma Fraternity, 2231 Brockway Rd., C leveland 18, Ohio; Editor, Lillian Slater Press· man, 1)01 E. \Xfashington Lane, Phila. 38, Pa.; Managing editor, None; Business Manager, Constance G. Weinstein , 101 ·06 67th Drive, Forest Hills, L 1., N.Y.

2. The owner is: Phi Sigma Sigma, a College Fraternity founded November 26. 1913. The Executive Secretary is: Constance G. Weinstein, 101·06 67th Drive, Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y. Tbe Grand Archon (President) is: Thelma Zackin, 124 N. Elm St., Waterbury, Conn.

3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security ho lders owning or holding I percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None.

4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security ho lder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two paragraphs show the affiant's fuJJ knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and condit ions under which stockholders and security ho lders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock nod securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner.

(Signed) Lillian S. Pressman, Editor (Seal) Franklin D. Kurtz

tJ/ PHI SIGMA SIGMA

VOLUME 25, 1 UMBER 4

ti HHIIIftl fdllor Lt:rb R. GELFAND

L ILLIAN SLA'l'.ER P .RE.SSJ\I AN Etlti/JNII·Chi~f

CclttelttJ

FALL, 1950

BuJIIIt' SI Jllru/ilgu CONSTANCE G. W.El NST EIN

PACH

Na tiona l O fficers' Message.................................................... 2 25th Convention Makes I l istory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fun at Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 T hey Attended Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 T\cbecca Safer- A Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I nc~carch Gift to Hebrew Univer~ity .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 ~ lagatines ~lake Ideal Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Beta Lambda Enters the Pyr:1mid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Loca l Stood High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Constance W einstein - Executive Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 18 Malvina Cornblum - N:ttional Tribune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Post·Convcntion Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 l>erso•ul ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 Ofiicia l Conv~::ntion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Let's J lear from the Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Alumnae News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter Chirps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1

ntional Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Calendnr of Due Dates .......................................... Imide Back Cover

The SPHINX is published four ••me~ ,llonu~lly '"th ~diti•,n~ designated as the \X'intcr. Sprrn~. FJII and Summer h\ue~ •. tt th~ Pearl-Pressman Co., 137 N. 7th t .. Philadelphia 6, Pa . Entered u~ \Ccond dn~s matter l)eccmbcr I), 1<)•18, at the Post Office at Phi ladelplua, Pa., under Act of AuAu~t 24, 1912. Manuscripts or college anJ fraternity interest are solicited from ~ l umn:te anJ undcrgr~duntc rnernlx-r~ .utd ~lwu l,l be sent to MR, , IIMOill n. PRII~SMI\N, The SPH IN X Editor. 1501 E. w .• ~hingwn Lane. Phi ladelphia 38. l>:t. Sub~cription pmc: $3.()0 ~· yc.~r. All rmttcrs ~ctaining to tircu!Jtion or bu~incss ~hou ld be addrcs~cd to MHs. AHNOII) \X'I' IN'n IN , Excw live SecretJry, 101·06 67th Drive, Forest Hill>. Long l\land. N . Y .

t/11ti,r11l Officei*J I /JteJJ119e BE POSITIVE

COl\Il\t UN ISM is propagandizing our campi and is being aided and abetted by both college faculty and students who are unaware of the great moral support they give as they unthinkingly ally themselves as fellow travelers.

These are days when we cannot afford to just swing along with any current. \rVe must analyze a situation carefully and then to the very best of our abi lity, decide on a strong, constructive program to bring about a successfu I, principled completion of that situ ation. The varied channels of our lives only too often invite a wi!Jy-nilly attitude toward ideas, toward people. You know, the familiar "line of least resistance."

You have selected sorority and you know that you have available to you the many-faceted scene of friendship, scholarship, self-government, philan­thropy and all campus activities. Guard your right to these by your high standards of behavior, dependent always on your ability to think clearly.

In this magnificent democracy of ours we are given e,·ery opportunity to express ourselves. You are being taught to think for yourselves. When you realize that in America this privilege is yours you will stay far away from any group or organization with communistic taint for Communism permits no one to think for himself.

The idea that the Communist Party is a political party in the usual sense of the word has been proved dangerously false; the Communist Party is an agent of the Soviet Union . With the Soviet Union in direct opposition to the Uni ted ations, the whole Russian threat to world peace has become obvious. As we analyze the Korean War we know now that the Communist is not merely concerned with the weapons of ideas but that his aim is to aid Russia to reach her over-all goal, the military conquest of the world.

W e must be <:~ware of the communistic organizations that Aourish on our campi today. I lowever basic the problem is, we must be cognizant of the spiritual factors involved. From the depths of time we have always been a God-loving people. In our superior system of government every oppor­tunity is afforded to God's individual man. Under God man comes first.

Emerson said, "The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it." So let us go forth into our communities in a positive, active fashion seeking to identify ourselves with that legislation, that manner of activity, that kind of group, that type of friend that will help us to keep our standards high, our ideals true. iJALVINA CORNBLUl\!

National Tribune

P a g e 2 * THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGM A SIGM A * Fall , 19 5 0

25th CONVENTION MAKES HISTORY; VOTES TO CHANGE OFFICIAL BADGE By LILLIAN 5. PRESSMAN, Xi

Sphinx Editor

THE 25TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAl

CONVENTION of Phi Sigma Sigma was a momentous event indeed, marked as it was by occasions without precedent and actions which were history-making for our organiLation.

The llve-day meeting, from July 7 to 12, held at the lovely and gracious Bed­ford Springs H otel which nestles against one of the loveliest mountains in Penn­sylvania's far-famed Alleghenies, was well-attended by an cnthusiatic group of delegates, guests and lational oHicers.

The two occasions without precedent were- for the first time in our history, and for the first time since our admis­sion to associate membership in I PC, vve had the opportunity to hold a Pan­hellenic Luncheon , inviting representa­tives of other [ PC woups. Vi/ell give you more detail on this gala occasion as we go along with the story. The other event without precedent was the instal­lation of an honorary member during a Convention ... and on this, too, more will be sa id as we proceed chronolog­ically with the Convention highlights.

The action taken by the Convention which was a marked departure from the "familia r," was to adopt a change in the official badge. The matter of the adop­tion of a new badge had been brought

* The New Bodge of

PHI SIGMA SIGMA

Thelma Zacl<in is Chosen To Grand Archonship for Second Term

up at a number of previous Conventions, but it was not until this time that a de­sign was found acceptable by the major­ity. The new badge utilizes the familiar Sphinx head, superimposed on a gold pyramid with the traditional sapphires in the three corners. According to the vote of the delegates, those who wish may purchase the old fraternity badge, and SO, We wHl now have tWO official badges. This is a policy maintained by many large fraternities.

But, let us get to the beginning of things- the formal opening of the Con­vention, which took place at the Presi­dent"s Dinner in the private dining room of the H otel on Friday, Jul y 7, at 7.15 P .M., precisely! Thelma Zackin, our Grand Archon, officiaJly opened the Convention and Irs. Tex Cole, Dallas Alumnae Club delegate, gave the invo­cation. Although there had been a very pleasant Welcome Reception on the patio in the afternoon, it was at the din­ner that all the girls gathered for the first time as a group and greeted each other with that warm, big "H el lo, Phi So I" lg.

Immediately after dinner, we pro­ceeded to our meeting room and got down to the business of Convention. The Grand Archon appointed the neces­sary standing committees and as a great time-saving departure from the procedure of other Conventions. there were no re­ports delivered by members of Grand Council or delegates because each dele­ga te and officer was given all the r~tJOrts in mimeographed form in advance. There was a stimulating round-table discussion

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* At the Ponhellenic Luncheon at the Convention- Front row, left to right: Mrs. Endsley Fleming, Kappa Alpha Theta; Mrs. Arthur Markowitz, Phi Sigma Sigma's NPC Representative; Mr. Lester G. Brailey, Assistant Dean of Men at the University of Pittsburgh, luncheon speaker; Miss Thelma Zockin, Phi Sigma Sigma's Grand Archon; Mrs. K. Hinderer, Kappa Alpha Theta. Sock row: Mrs. Austin Wright, Sigma Kappa; Miss Ann Ruehr, Theta Phi Alpha; Mrs. G. W. Schindehutte, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Miss Mary Lou Hubbard, Theta Upsilon.

on Scholarship, which was led by Mrs. Michael Sandberg, Philadelphia Repre­sentative of the Easte rn Division , in the absence o f the Scholarship Secretary. Many concrete suggestions were made for the improvement of scholarship ratings and the maintenance of the highest standards. Then followed a Round Table discussion on Expansion, led by Mrs. I loward Kaplan, Expansion Secretary, who pointed out the necessary considerations in volved in investigating a new group, and specific expansion pos­sibilities were discussed. Grand Council was given a vote of confidence to act upon expansion leads during the next bi-enniu m. The meeting adjourned after 11 P.M. - and al l scattered to find late snacks and enjoy the inevitable and ever-enjoyable pajama parties.

The second session was called to order on Saturday morning at 9.30 and busi­ness started off with a round table on the Endowment Fund, under the leadership of l\lrs. Arthur 1arkowitz, Secretary of

Endowment, and Mrs. Carroll Soli, member of the Endowment Committee. A careful and full explanation was made of the allocation and use of these funds and consideration was given to problems concerning chapter loans. This was fol­lowed by a round-table on finance, led by the ational Bursar, Miss Joan Goldman. It was recommended that the per capita national dues be increased and this was accepted by the C onvention

READ THE MINUTES! If you want to get the full benefit of the proceedings at Convention and profit by the decisions and recom­mendations made during those five eventful days last July- do yourself a favor and read the Convention Minutes, copies of which have been distributed to all chapters, dubs and officers. I t is impossible to give you aJI the important details in S PHINX because of the limitations of space.

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delegates at a later session. Important pointers on the improvement of chapter fi nances "vere made \\'hich should be most helpful to all.

The SPHINX round-table \vas led by Mrs. ll arold B. Pressm<m, St>lllNX Edi­tor, who pointed out that high standards arc maintained in the publication, and stressed the necessity ot choosing chap­ccr editors who have abi lity and are con­scientious. She also asked for leads for feature stories for the magazine. The meeting was then adjourned for lunch at 12 Noon.

J\ t lunch we were gifted with favors - a tiny orange crate with a tag at­tached reading ''Treasure this crata from Beta Theta." The Beta Tbct<l delega te, Marilynn H ochman, carried enough of them For all of us all the way from Miami Beach!

The afternoon session was 6rst de­voted to a round-table discussion on Con­stitution and Ritual, under the direction of l\ I iss Zackin, in the absence of the Grand Vice-Archon. Suggestions were made on how members could be made more Familiar with the Constitution and Ritu als a nd other printed material im­portant to the successful conduct of

e\·ery chapter. 1 here was also a discus­sion on the Fraternity Examination. The next round t<lbte wa's on Alumnae and it was under the direction of l\ lrs. Mortimer Menaker, Alumnae Secretary. There were many interesting and help­fu l pointers raised on Alumnae Club ac­tivities and responsibilities. There was also a discussion on the possibilities of a Junior Alumnae Clu..b as a means of bridging the gap be't\veen actives and alumnae. This matter was referred to a committee for Further study.

Late that afternoon came one of the most thrill in~ events- not only of this wonderful Convention, but of all the history of Phi Sigma Sigma- for it. was at this time that Mrs. John Safer, dis­tinguished comm un al leader in Wash­ington and a good friend of the V..7 ash­ington Alumnae Club and Kappa Chap­ter for the past 25 years, was installed as our third honorary member and the flrst to be so honored at a rational Con­vention . The Grand Archon, Kappa and Beta Alpha delegates. and Southern Di­vision Adviser served as the Jnsta lling Judges and W ashington Alumnae were the Marshalls. A separate story on our charming new honorary member appea rs

7~e Awt~J-t/J E STERN DIVISION C UP- Beta Gamma OUTf IERN DIVISION C UP-Beta Theta

WESTERN DIVJSIO C UP-(Presented by Fayga L. Berkowitz) Beta Zeta

WESTERN DIVISIO -(Carrie Young Cooperation Award, presented by Malvina Y. Cornblum) Beta Beta

CE TRA L DIVISIO 1 C UP-( Omega Achievement Cup) Omega NATIONAL EFFICIENCY C UP-Beta Eta l\i\TlONAL CHAPTER PROGRESS TROPHY-(Naomi Bass Ilarrison

Bowl. presented by Clarisse II. i\ larkowitz) Beta Iota FR1\TERN ITY EXAl\ ll 1!\TIOI'\ C UP- P i

r lonorable i\Iention- Bcta Gamma NATIOI AL l\IAGAZI! E FU D A WARD-(presented by Constance

Weinstein ) Omega ATIO AL PHILAI T II HOPY AWARD - ( presented by T helma

Zackin ) Beta Gamma i\Lll l\11 AE PROCHE C UP- \ t\7ashington Alumnae Club

Fa ll , 1950 * THE SP HIN X Of PHI SI G MA SIGMA * P a g e S

* Phi Sigma Sigma's Grand Council. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Howard Kaplan, Expansion Secre­tory; Mrs. Arnold Weinstein, Executive Secretory; Miss Augusto Skirboll, Notional Tribune; Miss Thelma Zockin, Grand Archon; Mrs. Arthur Markowitz, NPC Representative; Miss Joan Goldman, Notional Bursar; Mrs. Mortimer Menaker, Alumnae Secretory. Bock row: Mrs. William Ginsburg, Eastern Division Adviser; Mrs. Harold Cohen, Convention Chairman; Mrs. Carroll Soli, member of the Endowment Fund Committee; Mrs. D. F. Linowes, Southern Division Adviser; Mrs. Edward Cornblum, Notional Tribune; Miss Adeline Notonson, Songbook Chairman; Mrs . Harold B. Pressman, SPHINX Editor; Mrs. Michael Sandberg, Philadelphia Representative of the Eastern Division, and Mrs. David Hessell, Central Division Adviser. (Th is picture was token before the election and before new Grand Council appointments were mode; therefore, there ore severo/ changes in our new staff.>

in this issue- so we will not attempt to tell you of her manifold interests and activities here.

SPI II X BA QUET! Highlight of every Convention- duplicated by every chapter throughout the country as one of their most important and impressive rush affai rs- a thrillingly beautiful and meaningful occasion for every Phi Sig, took place on Saturday evening, July 8. Dressed in their formal clothes, all our girls looked wonderful and gay and chatted happil y Lhrough a delicious din­ncr. We were all delighted with the progrt~ms, set up in the form of a gold pyramid and there was much oh-ing and ah-ing over the very dainty and beauti­ful gold picture cases, with our crest superimposed on the cover.

The invocation was given by Mrs. Arnold Weinstein, Executive Secretarv and Philanthropy Secretary, and Flo;­ence Korn, Iota delegate, was toast-

mistress. Speakers for National were Thelma Zackin, Grand Archon; Augusta Skirboll, ation al Tribune; Mrs. Harold Cohen, Convention Chairman; and Joan Goldman, National Bursar; while a highly inspi ring though brief talk was given by Mrs. Safer. Speaking for the Alumnae was Mrs. Melvin Steinberg, president of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Club; for the Actives, Audrey Levan­thai, Omega delega te. The . full expres­sion of our ideal was given by the dele­gates of Upsilon, Theta, Beta Zeta, Beta Eta, Beta Epsilon and Beta Iota.

The presentation of awards brought the excitement to a high pitch as sur­prised and delighted exclamations came spontaneously after each announcement. The new awards were the Carrie Young Co-operation C lub for the Western Di­vision, contributed by Malvina Corn­blum, vVestern Division Adviser, in memory of her mother; the ational

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Philanthropy Award, con tributed by T helma Zackin, and the Magazine Fund Award, contributed by Constance \~ei n­!>tein. The full list of the awards appears with this story.

As though we were not already thrilled ~md delighted to the maximum - our G rand Archon, Thelma Zackin , was presented with our new official badge, set in diamonds and sapphires, as a token of appreciation of her years of untiring service and devotion to Phi Sigma Sig­ma. Augusta Skirboll made the presen­tation- and the tears in T helma s voice as she spoke her brief acceptance brought a sympathetic response from all - for there were no dry eyes!

Of course, no great event in Phi Sig history cou ld be complete without voca l selections by J\ liriam lenaker, whose lovely and cultivated voice ne\'er fails to bring rounds of applause. She was ac­companied at the piano by Adeline Natanson, Songbook Cha irman . And then the SPIHNX banquet was brought to a dignified end by ~ l a l vina Cornblum, who delivered the closing prayer.

But, next morning it was back to busi­ness! And we might mention here, that breakfast time as well as every other meal which did not have a definitelv arranged program, was used as a time for conferences •.vith Division Advisers, Committee discussions, individual chap­ter discussions with officers- as well as for that ever-pleasant chit-chat that means getting to know your fellow Con­vention-goers! This first session on un-

day was highlighted by a round table on Rushing and Pledge Education, led by l\ lalvina Com blum and Connie \Vein­stein. This proved interesting and fruit­ful, as ever, and there was an early ad­journment to allow all delegates and officers ample time to dress for one of the Convention's most important social events- the Pan hellenic Luncheon, which we mentioned earlier.

Appropriately enough, Clarisse ~ lark­owitz, our Panhellenic Represent:.Jti ve and Secretary of Endowment ( also a past Grand Archon who served in that capacity for 10 years), was toastmistress for this ga la occasion. Lillian Pressman, SPHINX Editor, gave the invocation and after a most excellent meal, we were de­lighted with an informative and witty speech by ~1r. Lester G. Brailey, assistant dean of men at the U niversit)' of Pitts­burgh. 1 [e cliscussed problems which fraternities must face in the future.

Our honored guests at the luncheon, whose company we enjoyed immensely and whose presence we appreciated deeply, were ~Irs. G. Vv. Schindehutte, representing Alpha Gamma Delta; Mrs. K. 11 i ndcrer and Mrs. Endsley Flem­ing, Kappa Al pha Theta; Mrs. i\ ustin Wright, Sigma Kappa; l\ liss i\ lary Lou Hubbard, Theta Upsilon, and liss Ann Ruehr, Theta Phi Alpha. It was a fine, impressive affair, and it was given a dash of glamour by the lovely American beauty corsages worn by guests and officers.

Continued on P. 22

PAililntA,.cp~ AllccllficHJ HU N TER COLLEGE: $25 annua l award to tudent excelling in Social

Science Studies I IEBREW UN IVERSITY: $200 annual Phi Sigma Sigma cholarship award BRANDEIS U N IVERSITY : $200 for books for library DALLAS, T EXAS: $750 for med icines ( A-C-T -H )

EW I lAVEN, CO l : $850 Electrocardiographic machine HEB HEW U IVERSITY MEDICAL SCIIOOL: $200 for Rheumatic

Fever Research U N lTEO JEWISII APPEAL: $750- general Fund

Fall, 1950 * THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * Pag e 7

* The Naomi Boss Harrison Trophy for Chapter Progress. Beta Iota Hos it Now!

* Fun at Convention/ The page to your right pictures some of the highlights of Convention's lighter

moments. In the picture at the top of the column to the left, the inimitable Elaine Hessel/, former Central

Division Adviser, cavorts as "The Lost Founder." Bottom, Connie Weinstein, Executive Secretary, top

center, is giving a shampoo lor something) to Miriam Menaker, Alumnae Secretary. Standing with

Connie are Mayta Silver, Upsilon, ond Elaine Koplon, Expansion Secretary, while Noomi Oretzki, Upsilon, is alongside Miriam.

* Top of the left column shows o scene ot our weinie roast. In the foreground ore Lila Harris, Xi;

Audrey Leventhal, Omega; Nancy Levenson, Beta Gamma, and Belle Cole, Expansion Secretary. In the

background, left to right, ore Helen Slatkin, Gamma; Reina Freedman, Nu; Harryette Schwartz, Wash­

ington Alumnae; Zodell Myerson, Beta Beta, and Nadia Messing, Kappa.

* The two scenes below ore from the goy Square Donee held in the Hotel. At the left ore an uniden­

tified gal with bock to camera, Horryette Schwartz, Washington Alumnae; Belle Cole, Alumnae Secretory;

Thelma Zockin, Grand Archon. Center: Clarisse H. Markowitz, NPC Representative. Right: Lee Brandt,

Zeta; Gloria Gainsboro, Beta Zeta. Bottom picture- Zodell Myerson, Beta Beta, partially blocking off

Gloria Isenberg, Beta Eta; Harriet Steinberg (bock to camera), Pittsburgh Alumnae; Audrey Leventhal,

Omega; Bernice Cohn, Beta Iota, and Gloria Goinsboro, Beta Zeta. The checked shirt in the background belongs to Lee Brandt, Zeta!

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JuH AT

CONVENTION !

7Ae~ lltten4e4 ecnllenticn DELEGATES

ALPHA .. .. . ... .... ...... . ........... . .......... Hannelore Leissner, Archon GAMMA ...... . ................ . ............ . .. . .. . .. Helen Slatkin, Archon EPSILO .. . .......................... . . ............ Beverly Herman, Scribe ZETA ... . .............. . ........ . . .. .................. Lee Brandt, Archon THETA ............ . ..... ........ . ..... . .................. Maxine Deutch lOT A ... . ................ . ......... ... .... .. .... Florence Korn, Vice· Archon KAPPA .... .. . .... ... . .................. . ......... Lorraine Salzberg, Archon NU ..... . ... . . . . ....... .. . . ................ .... . . Reina Freedman, Archon XI .... . . ....... ....... . .. .. .. ..... . .. .. ........ Lila Harris, Panhellenk Rep. PI .......... . ............................ . .... . ............ Barbara Levine RHO .......... .... ...... .... ........ . ................ Shirlee Blum, Archon UPSILON .... . ............ . . . ...... .. ......... . .... ... Reva Angel, Archon BETA ALPHA ......... . ...... . ...... . ... . .......... Abby Phillips, Tribune OMEGA ..... . .......... ..... . .. . ................ Audrey Levanthal, Archon BETA BETA ........ . . • . . ...................... Zadell Myerson, Vice-Archon BET A GAMMA .......... . ................... . Nancy Levenson, Vice-Archon BETA DELTA .................... . ... . ................... .. . Beverly Task BET A EPSILON . . ................... . .. . .. . .. .. ........ Joan Stein, Archon BET A ZETA .... . ........ . . ... ................ . ... Gloria Gainsboro, Archon BET A ETA .... .. . .... . ... . ..... .............. .... .. Gloria !sen berg, Archon BET A THETA .. . . . ....... . .... .... . ......... . ... Marilyn Hoclunan, Archon BET A lOT A ........................ . . . .. . .... . ..... . Bernice Cohn, Archon PHILADELPHIA ALUMNAE .................... . . . .......... Evelyn Poster PITTSBURGH ALUM AE ............ ... . ........... . .... Harriet Steinberg WASHINGTO ALUMNAE ... ........ . ........ . . ....... Harryette Schwartz DALLAS ALUMNAE ......................... .. .......... .... .. Belle Cole

NATIONAL OFFICERS GRAND ARCHO .... . ........... .................... . .... Thelma Zackin NATIONAL TRIBUNE .... . . . ....... ............. . ....... . Augusta Skirboll NATIO lAL BURSAR .................... . .. .......... . ..... Joan Goldman ALUM AE SECRETARY . ...................... . ..... . Miriam G. Menaker PHILANTHROPY SECRETARY ...................... l c t w · · EXECUTIVE SECRETARY .......... . . . . . ............ f ons ance emstem EXPANSION SECRETARY .................. . .... . .. . .. .... . Elaine Kaplan SECRETARY OF ENDOWMENT ..... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·} Clarisse Markowitz PANHELLE IC REPRESE TATIVE ................. .. SONG BOOK CHAIRMA ............. . . . .... . .......... Adeline atanson ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER . .... ....... . ...... ..... Sylvia Soil WESTERN ADVISER ............ .. ....... . ............. Malvina Corn blum EASTERN ADVISER ...... . ............................. .. Raysa Ginsburg PHILADELPHIA REPRESENTATIVE ........... . ......... Blanche Sondberg CENTRAL ADVISER ................ ... .. . . ..... . . .. ... . .... Elaine Hessell SOUTHERN ADVISER . ....... . . . ........ . . . ............. Dorothy Linowes SPHINX EDITOR ... ....... . ............. . .... ... ......... Lillian Pressman CONVENTION CHAIRMAN .. ....................... . ....... Aileen Cohen

GUESTS UPSILO. -Jacqueline Bricker, Mayta Silver, Phyllis Miller, Claire Brown, laomi

Oretzki KAPPA- Joan Gans WASHINGTON ALUMNAE- Nadia Messing HO ORARY MEMBER- Rebecca Safer Henrietta Zackin, Miss Jaffe

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* Mrs. John Safer, new honorary member, is being congratulated by Grand Archon Thelma Zockin, after her installation. looking on ore Mrs. D. F. linowe s, Southern Division Adviser; lorraine Salzberg, Kappa Delegate, to the left, and Horryette Schwartz, Washington Alumnae Club Delegate, and Abby Phillips, Beta Alpha Delegate, to the right.

Re6ecctJ ~tJ(e,.-A PORTRAIT By BARBARA DOBBIS, Kappa

TnE INSTALLATION during Convention of Hebecca Safer as an honorary mem­ber of Phi Sigma Sigma brings inti­mately into our midst a most disting­uished and charming woman -and climaxes a wonderful friendship with Kappa which is of more than 25 years' duration.

Actually, she has in one way or other been associated with Kappa since be­fore it became a chapter in Phi Sigma Sigma and it is most interesting to note that she designed the pin and seal for the local group, of which she was not a member. Several years ago, she con­sented to become a patroness of Kappa and Beta Alpha and her kindness and courtesies in our behalf since then have been manifold.

Last year she gave a reception in honor of the ladies of the Israeli Em­bassy ( members of the diplomatic staff and the wives of the members) to which ""ere invited the active Phi Sigs,

plus a number of Phi Sigs who arc prominent in organization work in the I ation's Capital ( and there are many) and the rushees. l t was a thrilling, beautifu l affair and was highly success­ful. This year the affair was repeated and now i\ lrs. afer says \\'e may con­sider it an an nual pre-rush affair!

Besides this tea, last year l\1 rs. Safer gave a great deal of her time to furnish­ing Kappa's rooms and contributed much of the furniture. Her father, Mr. David H erzmark, helped to reupholster some of the pieces, too! She also visited Beta Alpha and worked with them on their rush program.

But, let's give our dynamic i\1rs. Safer the opportunity to tell something about her elf-

''i\ly main interests through the years have been the problems of the Jewish people and the problems of the you ng people," she said.

"From my ea rliest childhood I have felt a kinship with and admiration for

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the Jewish people. 1 am decidedly pro· emitic. 'Aren 't all Jews?' you may ask.

·No.' This is particularly true of young people, who, Jiving in a hostile world surrounded by anti-Semitism, take on that coloration themselves and com· mencc to wish that they did not have to carry the burdens imposed by being different.

·Thus self-hatred is more common among young people than is generally kno'>vn. Eventually, I might have fallen into this error of thinking, too, had not the Zionist idea been presented to me in a manner which was an extension of my thinking up to then. According to my light the Jewish people were the civilizing inGuence in a world which did not ... vant to be civilized. The Jews had had a great and glorious past ... but only a re-established nation could g ive the Jews a future , and l became convinced that it was important for the Jews to have that future. I believed that the Jews still had somethino to give to the world. My thinking aiong these lines crystallized in 1917. Before the yea r ended General Allen by entered lerusalem, the Balfour Declaration ·which had been issued a month earlier, could be carried out, and Zionism be­came something to do rather than some· thing to dream about.

.. From then on most of my time has been devoted to this 'doing.' I served as president of H adassa h in Washington, and have held offices in the local Zion· ist Organization and have been on I ational Committees in the Zionist Orga niza tion. I have also held offices in the United Jewish Appeal, and have participated in the work of attracting C hristian participa tion, locally, nation­ally, and played some part in the World C hristian Conference on Zionism con­vened in Washington a few years ago. At the end of the 20s I attended a World Zionist Congress as a delegate from the U. S., and then spent several months visiting what was then known as Palestine, and finally became Israel. It has been a rewarding experience, to

have had a part in the history of the Jewish people, and to have seen the miracle of the reestablishment of a Jew­ish arion come to pass in our life­time.

''As patroness of P hi Sigma Sigma , each year the girls invited me to be their guest at the banquet. Always, I took up the Jewish theme in the hope of building a pride in their Jcwishness in the gi rls. T o me the importance of the sorority seemed to lie in the fact that it offered an opportunity to them to have a good social life in the Jewish sense. My theme was not popular. but in the end, my persistence triumphed there, too, for today we can take pride in the fact that Phi Sigma S igma girls are in the major leadership positions in the Jewish women's organizational life of the Capital, and one has gained national renown.

"What else can I telJ you about my­self," she continued. "I have an only son who is all anyone could ask for in the way of sons. ( H e is program direc­tor of a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. ) I Ie is married and I adore my daughter-in-law. I have an only hus­band who has shared my interest in the Zionist cause and has held importan t positions in the Zionist Organization and the U nited Jewish Appeal..,

T his is very brie8y a portrait of Phi Sigma Sigma's new honorary member -and it is convincing proof, indeed, that we have every right to be proud and happy that we now count her as one of us!

Our Honor11ry Members Our honorary members, in addi­

tion to our newest, Mrs. John Safer, are Mrs. Ben Lowenstein of San Francisco, and M rs. Alia~ I. Schwartz, of Elizabeth, Pa. M rs. Lowenstein was installed by Lambda Chapter in 1927 and Mrs. Schwartz was installed by Iota Ch~lpter in 1928.

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RHEUMATIC FEVER RESEARCH GIFT PRESENTED TO HEBREW UNIVERSITY T H E F lRST OF THE PRESENT ATIONS of the Philanthropy alloca tions decided on ~l t Convention has already been made! A check for $200 for H ebrew University to be used for Research in Rheumatic Fever was presented to Or. Eli D avis, Di rector of the H adassa h Medical Or­ga niza tion, during the lational H adas­sah Conventjon which took place in

ew York C ity at the W aldorf-Astoria during August.

Present during the ceremony. in addi­tion to D r. D avis, were T helma Zackin , our Grand Archon ; Constance G. \ i\fein­stcin, Execu tive Secretary; and two me mbers of Phi Sigma Sigma who are nationa ll y-famed For their work in l ladassa h and who hold outstanding positions in that organiza t ion - D enise Levy T ourover, Kappa, a former G rand Archon, who is H adassa h's W ashing­ton Representative, and Sue Dornbush G lassberg, Gamma, a new national vice­president in H adassah, who formerly served as its secretary.

Miss Zackin attended the ll adassah Convention also as a member of the dele­gation from W aterbury, Conn., and there were man y other Phi Sigs there, incl uding Rena Gerber and I lilda Man­chester f rom W ashington, D. C .

A letter from Dr. D avis acknowledg­ing the gift From Phi Sigma Sigma read as foliO\,VS:

D ear f\ liss Zackin :

It was a pleasure to meet wi th you and to accept from you and Mrs. W einstein your \·ery gracious allocation towards Rheumatic Fever research at the Rorhschild-H adas­sah-Uni versity Ilospital. You will be interested to know that althoug h at the present time text books write that rheumatic fe\'er is rare in the Tropics, that 1 heumatic fe,·er among Europea ns in Israel is about as com­mon as rheumatic fever in Europe, while the incidence of rheumatic fever in certain communities of oriental Jews is exceptionall y high. It is this incidence among oriental Jews which we are studying , par­ticularly in Jerusalem, and where your grant will help us in our studies.

l\lay I thank you and your fra­ternity on behalf of the rheumatic fever team at our hospital.

With warm regards,

Sincerely yours. DR. Eu DAVIS, Director H adassah Medical Organization

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BETA LAMBDA ENTERS THE PYRAMID By RHODA WISE, Beta Lambda ON MAY 27, 1950, Sigma Theta Delta, local sorority at Wayne University, was installed as Beta Lambda chapter of the Phi Sigma Sigma. In honor of this occa­sion, Thelma Zackin, Grand Archon and Augusta Skirbol1, r ational Tribune, came to Detroit to install the neophyte chapter. The installation took place in the afternoon in the \Vayne University Student Center. Besides the 1ational Officers, also present were the Detroit Alumnae Club, Florence Silverman of Kappa chapter and Sue Marx of Theta chapter. With the assistance of Mrs. Alice Hothbart and Mrs. Rosalie Fried­man, officers of the Detroit Alumnae Club, Thelma Zackin and Augusta

kirboll conducted the beautiful cere­mony that made

UE BERGER

BEATRICE CnooonoFF T1 IELMA FuRMAN

SYLVIA GoLnSTICK SALLIE KAPLAN M .t\lUL YN LOGAN

BErrv PnovtzEn SuzANNE SHERl\lAN

SmnLEY SIDER

BEATRICE STOFFER

RHODA WISE

ETuEL VloLOFSKY charter members of the Beta Lambda chapter and sisters in the Phi Sigma Sigma Fratern ity.

In honor of our ational Officers and the Installation of Beta Lambda chap­ter, a banquet was held that evening in the Bclcrest Hotel, Detroit. The Detroit Alumnae C lub was on hand for our ini­tiatorv social affair as members of Phi Sigma Sigma. Mrs. Kathryn Groves, Dean of Women at 'Alayne Uni versity, represented the administration at our banquet. After the dinner, Thelma Zackin welcomed us into the Phi Sigma Sigma F ratern ity as Beta Lambda chap­ter by presenting our charter to our newly installed archon, Beatrice Cho-

Wayne University Group Installed May 27 by Thelma Zackin & Augusta Skirboll

doroff. The other officers who were in­stalled at this time were Suz.anne Sher­man, vice-archon; Sallie Kaplan, bursar; Sylvia Goldstick, tribune; Ethel vVolof­sky, scribe.

( Note: Bea Chodoroff resigned from her post since the installation and Suzanne Sherman is now archon and Rhoda Wise is vice-archon )

Helping to make our day even brighter, was the reading of the man) telegrams we received from Phi Sigma Sigma officers and chapters. 'Ale shall always remember the thoughtfulness of our newly acquired sisters.

The entertainment for the evening was a pantomime of Ethel Merman ;md Ray Bolger, enacted by Sallie Kaplan and Rhoda \!Vise, and an original humorous skit entitled, "Ho~;v to Get a Pledge."" The cast included almost al l the members of the chapter. To close the evening all those present gathered arou nd a table set off by American Beauty roses nnd sang the Phi Sigma Sigma Hymn.

On Sunday, May 28, Beta Lambda chapter gave a tea to announce to Wayne University and our friends and relatives the wonderful news of our installation. The tea was held at the home of Mrs. Rosalie Friedman, a member of the De­troit Alumnae Club. It was a great pleasure for us to greet our friends and representatives of associate student or­ganizations as members of Phi Sigma Sigm a and to have the added pleasure of being able to present our Grand Archon who embodies the sincerity and high standing of Phi Sigma Sigma.

After the tea, the members held n short meeting at the home of Thelma

fa l l , 1 9 5 0 * THE SPHIN X Of PHI SI G MA SIGMA * Pa ge 1 5

* Admiring the Bela Lambda charter and a membership cerlilicotel Left Ia right: Sylvia Goldstick, Beatrice Chodoroff, Sollie Kaplan, Thelma Zockin, Sue Sherman, Augusto Skirboll and Ethel Walalsky.

* AI the Bela Lambda reception. Left to right: Mrs. Rosalie Friedman, Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. J. Abramson, Miss Thelma Zockin, Grand Archon; Mrs. Alice Rothbart and Miss Bernadine Field .

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* At Beta Lambda's formal installation. Left to right, standing: Ethel Wololsky, Marilyn Logon, 8ea Stoffer, Rhoda Wise, 8eHy Provizer, Thelma Furman, Sollie Kaplan, Sue Berger, Sylvia Goldstick, Shirley Sider, Sue Sherman . Sitting: Mrs. Carol De Gaetano (sorority adviser); Mrs. Katherine Groves (Women's Activity Counselor ol Wayne University); Beatrice Chodoroff, Archon; Miss Thelma Zackin, Grand Archon; Miss Augusto Skirboll, Grond.Vice Archon; Miss Bernadine Field, Mrs. Rosalie Friedman, and Mrs . Abramson.

Furman at which time our Grand Archon acquainted us with the pro­cedures of Phi Sigma Sigma and im­pressed upon us the important role we had assumed in becoming Beta Lamba Chapter.

Our deepest thanks to all those who made this week-end possible. As Beta Lambda Chapter we hope to add one more name to the roll of successful chap­ters of Phi Sigma Sigma.

23 YEAR OLD LOCAL GROUP STOOD HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP, ACTIVITIES SIGMA THETA D ELTA WAS ORGANIZED

on Wayne's campus 23 years ago. ince its inception it was recognized by the Uni versitv administration and the In­tcrsororit\~ Council. The founders of this sorority hoped to esta blish a group in which girls with similar interests and backgrounds cou ld best serve themselves and their community. This was the creed of Sigma Theta Delta in our many years of ser\'ice to vVayne University, chari­table organizations and anyone to whom we can be helpful. We feel that the original goal of our founders has been attained.

Sigma Theta Delta always partici­pated in every University-sponsored ac­tivity. As members of the lntersorority Council, we took part in the Intersorority

Sing each year and with the 15 other sororities on campus sponsored the yeacl y lntersororitv Bal l. vVimermart, a carni­val sponsored and run by student organ­izations, is one of our biggest activities during the year. Sigma Theta Delta always constructed a booth and been successful in this activity. We have also been active in intra-mural sports. In spite of the many activities in which we en­gage we have always maintained a high scholastic average. l ast year we placed second in the intersorority averages and had placed first the two years previous.

Apart from campus our acLi vities in­cluded \<vorking for the Allied Jewish Campaign, and Torch Fund and spon­soring an orphans' picnic.

Continued on P. 27

Fall, 1950 * THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * P age 17

CONSTANCE G. WEINSTEIN NAMED NEW EXECUTIVE SECRETARY By JOAN GOLDMAN, Alpha

National Bursar

THE NAl\ IE OF CONSTANCE GOTTLIEB

WEIN TEIN, newly appointed Executive Se: retary, must strike a responsive chord in nil re.1ders of SPHINX.

Pi and Gamma '41, Connie brings to Central Oflice an amazingly diversified background oF sorority activity and ac­complishments. She has successively ( and most successfull y, too ) been secre­tary and then president of the New York Alumnae Club, 1946 Convention C hairman, C hairman of Pledging and Rushing, Secretary of Philanthropy and Magazine ubscription Chairman.

Although a chemistry major, her re­markable ability for gettings things done quickly and efficiently leads one to be­lieve that she Forsook chemistry for al­chemy somewhere along the line. I ndi­cative of the range of her abilities is her authorsh ip of the current Pledge Man­ual and the yllabus for the Pledge Mistress, after which she devoted her energ ies to Philanthropy and succeeded in raising the largest annual sum ever contributed to the National Philan­thropy Fund.

Before she devoted herself to sorority affairs, Connie ~erved as a Civilian Aide in the office of the Mayor of the City of l ew York at the outbreak of \ 'Vorld War II, where she was engaged in co­ordinating the activities of the various municipal defense agencies. A year later, she was engaged in top secret research

* Conrlonce G. Weinstein

with some of the country s leading chemists.

It was about this time that she did some research uf hel"' ovvn with the re­sult that she married a prominent ew York attorney who quite Fortuitously proved to be an enthusiastic supporter of his wife's activities in Phi Sigma Sigma. Like the fabled Cornelia, Connie is justiflably proud of her son Steven and her daughter S usan. That she is managing to bring up such fine children in the midst of her intensive fraternal work is an eloquent demonstration of her abilities and capacity for work. The stewardship of Central Office is in good hands.

Pa ge 1 8 * TH£ SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * Fall , 1950

MALVINA CORN BLUM-National Tribune-1/ew ~up,.etne e~uhcil lltetn6e,.

By HENRIETTA KUHN, Mu

WuEN YOU MEET Malvina Young Corn­blum, you realize instantly that she is good to look at- tall, well-groomed, with a superb carriage, and a face whose smile ca lls immediatelv for an answer­ing one from you. As );Our acquaintance ripens into friendship, an easy thing to achieve with Mal who has a wonderful way of making and keeping friends, you realize she is good to know as wel l.

Ma l radiates warmth and 'good humor. I Ier manner is kindJy, her interest in you, sincere. As you srudy her, you find yoursel f admiring her determination, her positive qualities of leadership, her strength and above all, her inimitable way of handling people.

Phi S igma S ioma's new National T ribune really likes people. l ler cor­respondence with friends and sorors has always been voluminous because she must know at flrst-hand w hat is happen­ing in the lives of those she cherishes. This zeal for letter-writing is well-kJ10wn to her Mu sisters and our delight in hav­ing a Mu girl elected to a 1ationa l office was intermingled with our joy in know­ing how appropriate an oflicc it is, for certainly the 6rst duty of a Tribune is to write letters.

Mal's career in sorority and commun­ity work is an enviable one. Q uite va ried groups of people have seen in her a leader, and her desire to serve has re­sulted in her holding a goodly number of offices.

[ lcr sorority record began with her election as archon of Mu in 1933. After graduation she stayed at the University of California for a graduate year, earn­ing her General Secondary C redential while keeping a guidin~ hand on chap­ter activities. In 1938 she was president of the San Francisco Alumnae C lub.

* Malvino Y. Cornblum

and in 1940 she was elected \\/estern Divisional Advisor, an office she was to hold for 10 years until the summer of this vear when she was elected National Trib~me. During these years while she was bringing the Western . Division to its present vigorous state, Mal's grea t rc· gret was that her own chapter had to close its doors during the confusion of the war years. She has continually made valiant efforts to reactivate 1u Chapter at Cal.

H er community activities have in­cluded work in l ladassah. She was finan­cial secretary for Peninsula Chapter for two years and on the Board of San Fran­cisco Chapter before she moved ''down the Peninsul a'' to Atherton. S he is a member of ORT, of her Temple Sister­hood, Republican Headquarters in Palo

Fall , 1 9 5 0 * THE SPHIN X OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * Pa ge 1 9

* Th is is the " gong" that met lor lunch at the Stork Club on the Friday following Convention - just to soy " hello again" and because they just didn't wont Convention fun lo end. left lo right- standing: Shirley Rosenberg, Alpha; Jackie Bricker, Upsilon; Claire Brown, Upsilon; Moyto Silver, Upsilon; Rhoda Gilder, Bela Theta; Naomi Orelzki, Upsilon; Corinne Saltzman, Alpha; Rhoda Bittlemon, Alpha; Zode/1 Meyerson, Bela Bela; Revo Angel, Upsilon; Gloria Goinsboro, Bela Zeta; Patsy Pincus, Beta Theta; Florelei Leopold, Beta Beta; Harriet Davis, Alpha; Frances Abelson, Alpha. Seated: Nancy Levinson, Beta Gamma; Maxin e Deutch, Theta; Malvino Cornblum, Mu, Notional Tribune; Elaine Kaplan, Alpha, Expansion Secretory; Marilyn Hochman, Bela Theta; Bernice Cohn, Beta Iota. Leonore S. Koenegs­berg, Alpha, left before the picture was token .

Al to, and of the Nationa l Council of Jewish Women, being at present vice­present of P eninsula Council.

In 1935 she married Edward Corn­blum, "Cornie," a T au Epsilon Phi from Cornell, who is charming and brilliant, a Phi Beta Kappa, and an editor of The Cornell Law Review. They have one daughter, Mimi, who is 13. Mal teaches high school a few days a month to ''keep her hand in," and is taking piano les­sons again after 20 years. l Ier personal life is a rich one with much entertain­ing at the Cornblum menage, a beauti­ful ranch house set in a garden where Mal cultivates and waters her plants and

exercises her mind at the same time by learning their Latin names.

Phi Sigma Sigma and Ma lvina were "born" in the same year, 19 13, a fact that Mal and her friends find significant. The fraternal idea is important to her and she talks often of what Phi Sigma Sigma has meant to her personal development but is modest about her own contribu­tions to her sorority's achievements. ller friends know, however, that the future will bring even greater accomplishments - it can't be otherwise when a sorority whose motto is "Aim High" and a girl who is determined to reach that mark every time, go into partnership.

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ALPHA llarriet Goldberg, '50, was married to

J ule Belog on June ll. 1atalie Birnbaum, '51, was married to

Larry Bolbar August 27. Shirley Rosenberg, '51, is engaged to

Stanford Bernstein.

GAMMA Jean Gardner, '50, became engaged to

Marvin Cummel. Barham Rubenstein, '50, announced her

engagement to Jonathan S. Sogg of Phi Sigma Delta.

Leila Ozoroff, '51, married Jay Kaplove. Aline Berris, '52, is engaged to Fred

Reiter. l\laxine Cutler, '53, married Richard

i\ Iiller. llclen Rosen, '53, is engaged to Jerry

Dres<.ler. EPSILON

i\ lr. and .Mrs. Robert Dreyfus ( Sylvia Kohn, '46) welcomed a son, Kenneth Evan, born February 20.

Barbara Peyster Roth, '49, announced the birth of a baby girl.

ZETA f\lr. and Mrs. Brad Kendis (Betty Isaac­

son, '40) have a daughter, Amy )o. She was born September 13.

Dr. and i\lrs. Willard i\larmel£at (Ruth Brerlfclder. '42) announce the birth of a daughter, Jill Sharon, born in August.

Bernice Hackel Glazer, '44, and hubby announce the birth of William J., born in May 1950.

Marilyn Gold Friedman, '46, named her son, born in May, Bruce.

Sylvia Magilner Starr, '46, gave birth to a daughter, Elyse Norinc, in April.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lohr announce the birth of a daughter, Randy Allison. Randy entered the world in August, 1950. i\ larilyn is a '47 graduate.

Simonne Ellen made her appearance to parents, Rhoda Roman l\lichel, '48, and hus­band in May.

Nan Lawton, '51, and Lawrence Lupescu will marry this January.

Ruby Luban, '51, wed Bill Dubin in Sep­tember.

Rita Markus, '51, and Loran Bay, "Sammy," U.C.L.A., will wed this January.

Sandy Rabin, '51, and Buck Duck berg,

Tau Delt, U.S.C., will be wed this January. Joanne Sattler, '5 1, married Lennie Green­

field in September. Grace Azer, '52, and Hal Laso£f, Univer·

sity of Connecticut, were married October 15. Shirley Shuman, '52, will marry Art Got­

lieb. THETA

Dec Fisher is engaged to H arry Cooler, Tau Delta Phi.

Marianne Gross is engaged to Dick Rein ish, Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Elaine Kroll and Am1y Dann, Tau Delta Phi, were married recently.

Barbara aft is engaged to Ned Fleish man, Tau Delta Phi.

Roddie Rosenstein was married to AI Rosenthal, Pi Lambda Phi.

IOTA Ruth Rosenberg, '40, was married to am

Schiffman on i\lay 28. Betty Udman, '46, \vas married tO Abr;l­

ham Glick, '50, Pitt Law School, on Septem· ber 24.

Audrey Golomb, '49, was married to Dr. Richard Lasday, Sigma Alpha Mu, at a double wedding with Phi Sig sister Bernice in September.

Harriet llertl, '49, became the bride of Robert Hirshberg, Pi Lambda Phi, on Sep­tember 25.

Roslyn i\ largolis, '49, became engaged to David Litman.

i\Lr. and i\lrs. Da,'id Cook (Norma Reu­ben, '49) had a baby boy, Glen.

Lois Sidler, '49, was married to Myer Her­man, '50, in late August.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Abrams ( laomi Gross, '50) welcomed a son, Jay.

On July 30, Sylvia Peresman, '50, became the bride of Mike Fineberg.

Sandra Shine, '50, became the bride of Bert Epstein, '50, Beta Sigma Rho, on June 10.

Betty i\ lae wartz, '50, announced her engagement to Barry iegel. '49, Sigma Alpha i\lu.

Bernice Golomb, '51, was married to I Jar­old David, Sigma Alpha Mu.

Shirley Linden, '5 1, was married to Sol Perlstein, Sigma Alpha Mu, in August.

Marcia Mae Morgan, '51, is engaged to Stanley G umberg.

Roberta Siguesman, '51, was married to Phil Brown. Conlinued on P. 25

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* The official Convention picture, token on the spacious lawn of the Bedlord Springs Hotel, just

before the Sphinx Banquet. Reading from left to right, front row: Mrs. Rebecca Sofor, our new honorary

member; Sylvia B. Soli, member of the Endowment Committee; Elaine S. Kaplan, Expansion Secretory;

Miriam G. Menaker, Alumnae Secretory; Malvino Y. Cornblum, Notional Tribune Uormer Western

Division Adviserl; Joan Goldman, Notional Bursar; Augusto Skirboll, Grand Vice-Archon (former

Notional Tribune); Thelma Zockin, Grand Archon; Clarisse H. Markowitz, Secretory of Endowment and

NPC Representative; Constance G. Weinstein, Executive Secretory; Royso S. Ginsburg, Eastern Division

Adviser; Elaine G. Hassell, Chairman of the Convention for 1952 !former Control Division Adviser);

Adeline Notonson, Songbook Chairman; and Dorothy W. Linowes, Southern Division Adviser. Second

row: Aileen Cohen, Convention Chairman; Belle Cole, Philanthropy Secretary, Dollos Alumnae Club;

25th Convention Continued from P. 7

The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing, strolling about the beautiful grounds of the Bedford Springs H otel. S\vimming or sampling the water of the various springs. That evening we donned slacks and jeans to enjoy a weiner roast on the 1 lotel ~rounds . With waiters to take ca re of our every want, we really ''roughed it' ' in fine style and just about the time e\'eryone began to feel com­fortably full , "the rains came" and sent us scurrying to the nearby covered pavil-

lion. There many of our talented mem­be.-s presented clever songs and skits, some of them taken from campus shows in which they had participated. Elaine 1-Iessell, Central Di vision Adviser, did a terrific job as M.C. and her charm and spontaneous humor and antics set us all off into peals of laughter.

ext morning it was "hi ho, hi ho . .. tt s off to work we go" as we settled down again to the serious side of Con­vention. \Ne started off with a round table on a tiona! Pan hellenic under the leadership of Clarisse ~ larkowirL, who

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Harriet Steinberg, Pittsburgh Alumnae Club; Florence Korn, Iota; Beverly Task, Beta Delta; Evelyn

Poster, Philadelphia Alumnae Club; Horryette Schwartz, Washington Alumnae Club; Lila Harris, Xi;

Reina freedman, Nu; Honnelore leissner, Alpha; Gloria Goinsboro, Beta leta; lee Brandt, Zeta; Abby

Ph illips, Beta Alpha; Nadia Messing, Washington Alumnae; Reva Angel, Upsilon; Audrey Levanthal,

Omega; Gloria Isenberg, Beto Eta; Naomi Oretzki, Jacqueline Bricker, Mayta Silver, Phyllis Miller,

Claire Brown, Upsilon; Barbara levine, Pi; Bernice Cohn, Beta Iota; Helen Slatkin, Gamma; Beverly

Herman, Epsilon; Blanche M. Sandberg, former Philadelphia Representative of the Eastern Division;

Lillian S. Pressman, SPHINX Editor. Back row: Marilyn Hochman, Beta Theta; Joan Gans, Kappa;

Shirlee Blum, Rho1 Maxine Deutch, Theta; lade// Myerson, Beta Bela; Nancy Levenson, Beta Gamma;

lorraine Salzberg, Kappa, ond Joan Stein, Beta Epsilon .

gave a full report on decisions made at the last PC Congress. Then followed the extremely important and ever-inter­esting round table discussion on Philan­thropy and it was under the direction of Connie W einstein. The Philanthropy Secretary"s recommendation for alloca­tions at this rime was passed unani­mously and the listing ot these alloca­tions appears with this story. Connie pointed out the t~emendous possibilities of Magazine Subscriptions as a means of raising money for our philanthropy projects and urged that our efforts in this direction be greatly increased .

Adeline Natanson, Songbook C hair­man, discussed the Songbook and chap­ter singing and recommended that each chapter appoint a music chairman.

The afternoon session opened with a discussion on inactivity and it was de­cided that this matter be referred to the Constitution and Laws Committee to formulate a policy. And it was at this session, after considerable discussion , that the decision was made to accept the new badge and guard and that its use be optional. After this came a number of reports by committees, incl uding the

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Committee on Constitution and Laws, which recommended that in order that all active members become familiar with the Constitution, a portion of it be read at each meeting; and the Committee. on Time and Place of Next Conventwn, which recommended that the next Con­vention be held during June of 1952 in the south central area of the country and that either the St. Louis Alumnae or Chicago Alumnae take over the chair­manship.

T hen the most exciting part of this session came with elections! Thelma Zackin, Grand Archon, and Joan Gold­man, National Bursar, were re-elected to their high posts and Augusta Skirboll, former National T ribune, moved up to the Vice-Archonship, while Malvina Cornblum, Western Division Adviser, stepped up into Supreme Counci l as the new arional Tribune. All were elected unanimously.

o we adjourned and went to dinner, after which we attended the formal in­stallation of our new officers. This \Vas a tru ly inspiring installation- not only because we fully realized what a wealth of work and sacrifice and experience in Phi Sigma Sigma our officers repre­sented, but also because the ceremony \Vas conducted by our own newly­installed honorary member, Mrs. Safer.

T he Convention newspaper, "PHI­IGniflcams,'" was distributed that eve­

ning at dinner. It was prepared and edited by Lillian Pressman, Elai ne I les­e\] and Marilyn Hochman . . . with

art work by Florence Korn and the big job of stencil-cutting by Sylvia Soli.

T he latter part of the evening was planned as fun time again for all! A real old-fashioned square dance with a real caller and hill-billy band had us gaily dancing for hours. But just before we started the "swing yore partner" stuff, we were treated to a movie taken by T helma Zackin 10 years ago on one of her Phi Sig trips. It was extremely in­teresting- and, by the way, with all the grinding of movie cameras that was going on all during this Convention, we

ought to have some really interesting movies to show at the next Conven­tion ... in June, 1952, you know!

Well after a round of the usual pajama 'parties- this was our last night together and we made the most ?f it ­we retired, very, very weary, mdeed. But, next morning we were up and breakfasting with zest as we prepared to oo into the closing business session, the ~eventh of the Convention. A number of matters were brought up as a continu­ation of old business, including that of Junior Alumnae Clubs, which was tabled until the next Convention. The recommendation to increase the per capita dues was unanimously passed at this session and there was also a passed motion that Balfour be requested to sub­mit new designs for the official archon's key. The Executive Secretary then led a round table discussion on Central Office and the relation of the chapter to Central Qff,ce.

In order to allow those who had to make early train connections to leave on time, it was decided to have the official adjournment. A prayer was read by the Vice-Archon elect and the Grand Archon then declared the 25th International Convention of Phi Sigma Sigma offi­cially closed.

There was then a post-session discus­sion of Standards and it was moved that a 1 ational tandards Committee be ap­poin ted, with the Grand Vice-Archon as chairman, to work with the Standards Committee of each chapter. Those of us who remained went on to a pleasant lunch and then we scurried off to pack­ing and ca tching taxis, busses and trains. Those members of Grand Council who were able, stayed the rest of the day to work and to plan and to lay the ground­work for another biennium of high achievement in Phi Sigma Sigma.

Altogether, this was a handsome, pleasureable and profitable Convention -and a great vote of thanks must go to Aileen Cohen, Convention C hair­man, and her committee for making it all so wonderful for us!

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Personals . .. Continued from P. 21

l\lr. and 1\lrs. Edgar Rosenberg (i\lae Bo}'er) are the proud parents of a son, i\larc Warren.

Mr. and Mrs. l\1ervin Binstock ( Doris Deaktor) announce the birth of a son, Jeffery.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wise ( Mildred Donof­osky) arc the proud parents of a second child a daughter, Marjorie Ellen. '

Dr. and l\lrs. Louis Goldzer ( Beatrice Feldman) are proud to announce the arrival of a son, Robert.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harris ( Barbara Finegold) announce the birth of their first child, l ancy.

l\Ir. and l\ lrs. A. Stern ( LaVerne Gins­burg) announce the birth of a son, Martin.

A son, Jeffery Steven, was born to i\lr. and Mrs. Milton Weiss ( Vera Goldspinncr) .

Mr. and Mrs. Mort Menaker announce the arrival of Barbara's sister, Susan E llen, on i\ lay 26. i\liriam is 1ational Alumnae Secretary.

l\ lr. and i\lrs. Charles Simon (Isabel Nydes) an nounce the birth of a baby girl their second, on September 28. '

Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman (Sylvia Schmidt) announce the birth of a son, Eric.

i\1r. and i\lrs. Aubrey Caplan ( Evelyn W olk ) arc the proud parents of a daughter, Linda.

Mr. and Mrs. Kanselb;tum ( Ruth Zina­man) announce the birth of a son, Martin Charles.

NU On August 6, Lee Raskin, '49, Assistant

Sphinx Editor, became the bride of Gabe Gelfand, of Bridgeport, Conn.

On September 3, our past archon, Marcie Frieden, June '50, became Mrs. William Ma.xwell. Bill is a January 'SO graduate of the U. of P. Wharton chool and an AE Mu.

XI l\ l r. and Mrs. Nathan Oiftler ( Geraldine

Bass, '48) welcomed their son, Robert Frank, on May 10.

Barbara Asher, '52, became engaged to Bob Bronstein, ' 50, former president of Zeta Lambda Phi Fraternity.

Harrier Asher, '52, married H arris Stern, graduate of Haverford College.

There is a little stranger in the Fricdgood household. Mrs. Friedgood is the former Sophia Davidowitz.

A daughter was born to Mr. and l\ l rs. Jules Ochman ( Ruth Kaminsky).

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Levin (Na talie Odlen) announce the birth of a son, Jerome Stanley, on July 19.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reiter announce the arrival of Ruth Louise, born July 28.

Soni Rosenberg became the bride of Leon-

ard .Markowitz, '51. Sylvia Weiss and her hubby, llerbert,

have an addition to the family. PI

Belle Jeanne Alberts, '49, \~vas married to Dave Stoltz, ZBT, on September I I, in East Orange, t • J.

Naomi Bragm<m, '50, was married to Theodore Stern on August 13.

Melanie Brint, '50, and Seymour Kurlan­sky were married in August.

J\ larion Edelman, '50, was married to Irving Cans, A£ Mu.

Lea nore Kantor, '50, was married to Bill Grossier.

i\ lillie Kroll, '50, was married to Bert Tannenbaum, '50, ZBT, on August 20.

Beverly Liskowsky, '50, is engaged to Fred Warshaw, '49, of ZBT .

Elaine Rodbart, '50, became engaged to Stuart Simel.

Sheila Horowitz, '5 1, is engaged to Vic­tor Cohen of Beta Lambda Sigma Law Fra­ternity.

J\larilyn Schneider, '52, is engaged to Robert t\la rkel.

Joy Miller, '53, was married to I ierman Peretsky, TEP, '51.

RHO i\ Ir. and Mrs. II. Gilbert ( Sally Klein ,

'48) announce the birth of a girl, Carol Jean, born on September 3.

i\ lr. and Mrs. Roger Donoff ( Edelyn Goldman, '49) have 11 little boy, Brad Lee, born on September 16.

Joan Kraus, '51, married Jack Marks, Phi Delta Epsilon, on September 3, 1950, in Youngstown, Ohio.

Alice Rosenfeld, '5 1, is engaged to !\ lor­ton Glickman, T au Epsilon Phi.

liriam Stern, '51, is engaged to Berman Shaffer, a graduate of Ohio State.

Carolyn Weisman, '52, became engaged to Norman Borkan, of Dayton, Ohio.

UPSILON Pauline Burka, '50, became l\ lrs. I larry

Shatz. Mildred Mishkin, '50, and Percy Devins

are now man and wife. Elaine Winston, '50, is affianced to

i\ lanny \Viseman. Phyllis Miller, '52, became engaged to

Robert Levine. PHI

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph \;veiss ( Eunice Sacks) , announce the birt11 of Michelle Hel­ene on August 2.

Dr. and i\Irs. Gerald B. Stein ( Naomi Schefrin, '48) announce the birth of Jeffrey Martin on April 24 in Los Angeles.

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin C. Krauss (Selma H onigfeld, '49) announce the arrival of Bar­bara Ellyn, born August 15.

Fall , 1950 * THE SPHIN X OF PHI S IGMA SIGMA * P age 25

OMEGA Ruth Poronan, '48, was married on De­

cember 19, 1948, to Dr. Marvin Rosecan, Phi Delta Epsilon (Medical) , Alpha Omega Alpha ( Medical Ho':\orary) and Sigma Alpha Mu.

Doris Donn, '50, was married in August to Maurice Moskowitt. of Hot Springs, Ark.

Eleene Rosenthal, '50, was married in August to Sid Needleman of Miami Beach, Fla.

Lenore Bitterman is engaged to Alan Drew, Phi Sigma Delta.

Bertie Cinnamon is engaged to Harold Slutsky.

llarriet i\ ledov is engaged to i\lorton Mann of Kansas City.

Beverly Polakoff is engaged to Edward Silverman, Sigma Alpha .Mu.

Shana Radotsky is engaged to Dick La­pides, Phi Sigma Delta, a Colorado State graduate.

BETA BETA iVIr. and Mrs. Raymond Packouz ( Doro­

thy Light, '42) are the proud parents of Kenneth, born May 15.

i\ lr. and i\lrs. Jerome Zeidman ( Zelda Director, '43) had a little daughter, Barbara Jo, on April 30.

Mr. and l\lrs. Robert Erlich ( Ruth f e­pom, '45 ) announce the arrival of another daughter, Marcia Jane, on June 24.

Dorothy Wei!, '49, and Larry Urbach were married in June.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Boguch (Laura Klausner, '49) announce the birth of a girl.

Dorothy Katt, 'SO, is married to Sam Dubson, Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Dolores Carten, 51, is married to Alvin Foreman Becker, Theta Chi.

Dorothy Friedman, '52, married Jerry Becker, Sigma Aloha l\lu.

Evelyn Josephson, '52, is engaged to Lenny Wiviot, Sigma Alpha Mu.

Roberta \;\/arshaw, '52, married Alan Wi­godsky.

Esther Zelikovsky, '52, married Arnold Robbins, Zeta Beta Tau.

Louise Goldstein, '53, married Bud Hol­lander, Sigma Alpha Mu.

Muriel Miller, '53, is pinned to Dick Rubens, Sigma Alpha Mu.

Joyce Rosen, '53, married Irwin Sherman, Sigma Alpha Mu.

Carmen Sigel, '53, is married to Danny Shaffer, Kappa Nu.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Cohn (June Sha­piro) are proud parents of a son.

Mr. and Mrs. William Krivosha (Joan Brashem) announce the birth of a daughter.

BETA GAMMA Louise Rothstein, '50, and Stuart Gam­

pert were wed.

1\larcia Spillburg, '49, married A1 Lift­man, TEP.

Former archon Rhea Borsuck, '49, and Herbert Steinhardt said their I Do's.

Phyllis Smith, '50, married Paul Berko­witz.

Rosalyn Rubin, '50, became Mrs. Joseph Wine.

Vivian Tennebaum and Lenny Judulson, TEP, became man and wife.

Archon Janet Garelick, '51, announced her engagement to Eugene Salamoff.

Gloria Wernick, '50, and David Zoll, Phi Alpha, are engaged to be wed.

Sondra Lundin, ' 52, and Paul Rogal, Phi D.E. at the U. of Pitt Medical School, an­nounced their engagement.

BETA DELTA Marcia Baratz recently became Mrs. Leon­

ard El)stein. Lenny is a Phi Epsilon Pi at Ohio tJ niversity.

Marjorie Quint is now the fiance of Leonard H.aggedorn, a Zeta Beta Tau of Ala­bama University.

Joan Sherman was recently married to Robert Sutton, of Pasaaic, N. J.

BET A EPSILON Ross Sloane Pakula was born March 10

to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pakula (Marion Broome, '46) .

Ann Gelfand, '48, became engaged to Edward Kamens, Phi Delta Epsilon.

Edith Skydel, '48, is engaged to Bennett Katzen, Phi Epsilon Pi, '50.

Helen Berkman, '51, and Gerald Fisher, Phi Epsilon Pi, '50, were married.

Selma Goldberg, '5 1, is engaged to Don­ald Daren, Phi Sigma Delta, '50.

Lynette Michaels, '5 1, was married to Earl Sharaff, Phi Sigma Delta, '48.

Eleanor Sherman Leiberman, '51, be­came the mother of a baby girl in August.

Joan Stein, '5 1, and Allan White are en­gaged to be married.

Margot Freedman, '52, and Sam Finkle, Phi Sigma Delta, '50, will soon walk that long aisle together.

Judith Sheketoff, '52, and Jack Zaluda, Phi Sigma Delta, '50, plan to be wed.

Esia Shoag, '53, wed Edward Freedman.

BETA ZETA Gilda Fields, '48, is married to David

Althouse, Alpha Epsilon Pi. Mona Feiglestein, '50, and Bernie Kan­

tor, Pi Lambda Phi, are making wedding plans.

Zelda Saul, '5 1, and Jimmy Brust, U.C.L.A., will be married next June.

Laura Cooper, '52, and Paul Winton, Tau Epsilon Phi, will wed.

Nancy Goldberger, '52, will be married January 10 to Jerry Ljaski, Pi Lambda Phi, Harvard Law School, '46.

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BETA ETA Harriet ·Miller, '49, was wed to Alan

Baskin, Pi Lambda Phi, '49. Nonna Blum, '50, became engaged to

Jerry Weiser, Phi Epsilon Pi, '49. Ellie Frankel, '50, became the wife of

Irving Davis on September 17. Be\• Newman, '50, announces her engage­

ment to Mel Lurie. Ruth Taub, '50, is to wed Jerry Shaitkin

on October 15. Phyllis Feinsilber, '5 1, is engaged to Jerry

Ruben. Rhoda Hymen, '5 I , became engaged to

Larry Goldberg, Zeta Beta Tau, '5 l. Elaine i\lalkin, '53, announced her en·

gagement to Richard l\lansback, Alpha Sigma Phi, '50.

Avis Goldberg was married to Alan Leid­erman on August 20.

BETA THETA Carol Goldberg, 'SO, was married on Feb­

ruary 6, 1949, to Melvin H. Shorser. Gloria Brooks, 'SO, was married on May

20 to Bernard A. Baer.

BETA IOTA A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack

Schwartz ( Helen Dusbman, 'SO) . Marianne Shwilf, '50, announced her en­

gagement to Louis Weltman, SAl\1.

BETA KAPPA The engagement of Janie Newman, '52,

of Falls Church, Va., to Max Kraft was an­nounced this past August.

BETA LAMBDA ;\larilyn Logan, '53, was married to Louis

Rottenberg on August 27.

MARRIED?

LET1S HEAR FROM THE PARENTS!

We are most anxious to have regular reports on the activities of the P arents' Clubs all over the countr\' and to have them listed in our Directory in each issue of SPHINX. Chapter Editors are requested to send to the SPmNX Edi­tor, as soon as possible, the name and address of the president of the Parents' Club affi liated with them so that con­tact may be made.

Local Group Stood High Continued I rom P. I 7

Socially, Sigma Theta Delta was very active. We had one social affair each month not including our rush and pledge parties which conformed to In­tersorori ty Council rules and procedures. Our biggest social event of the year was our dinner-dance to install neve members.

Sigma Theta Delta had entertained the idea of affiliating with a national sorority For quite some time before it de­cided that the group whose ideals most closely corresponded \·vith their own was Phi Sigma Sigma. Then, with this goal in mind the necessary correspondence was undertaken and SigmA Theta Delta 6nally petitioned Phi Sigma Sigma and was accepted. With these thoughts in mind we hope to continue our tradition of service, sisterhood and scholarship in a manner which will bring honor to the noble name of Phi Sigma igma.

MOVED? IF vou have been married, have moved or have transferred to another school, please 611 this out and mail to Constance G. \IVeinstein (Mrs. Arnold ) , Executive Secretary, 101-06 67th Drive, Forest I Jills, L. 1., N. Y. It is important that our files be kept up-to-date!

Please change my address and/or name: Date--

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Address'- ------- - ..------ Husband 's Nam·"'---------- --Ciry _____________ __________ _ Address. ________________ _

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* . rl~ 1teeu4 . * Chic:ago Alums Plan Raffle

to Aid Rheumatic: Kids The Chicago Alumnae Club is really ex­

cited over the prospect of being host to the 1952 Phi Sig Convention. It's especially thrilling that our own Elaine Hessel! has been named Convention chairman. We who have worked with her on various alum club projects know how resourceful she can be.

The first meeting of the current season took l?lace September 30. However, our board of officers met twice during the summer to plan a bang-up year for the Chicago Alum Club. We have set aside December 27 as the date of our annual dessert-luncheon. Thjs year we have engaged the very popular Mrs. Billie Hyman as our dramatic interpreter.

Our agenda for the year is crammed with exciting ideas. One of our important enter­prises will be a raffle to raise funds for rheu­matic children.

. 1ext time I'll have loads of interesting things to report. Incidentally, this year's offi­ce~ include: Lorraine Paddor, president; Elame Hessell, vice-president and social chair­man; Phyllis Krause, assistant social chair· man; Anita Rappeport, treasurer; Lucille Hey­man, corresponding secretary· Harriet Kauf­man, recording secretary and 'director of pub­lici ty.

We have already published our first issue of "SPillNX Speaks" and distributed it to nearly 30~ girls. ~his is our monthly news­!etter, w~11ch contams news, gossip, and other mfonnanon pertinent to the club.

From all indications, this will be a busy year for us and we arc eagerly anticipating the pleasant days ahead.

HARRIET Lms KAUFMAN

Chicago Alumnae dub

Dallas Alums All Wet At Summer Splash Party No summer siestas for the Dallas alums.

We started off the summer with a picnic and swimrni~g l?arty at Vickery Park, and best of al1 we d•dn t need baby sitters, for the young on~s ha~ a wonderful time and we old ones enjOyed It, too.

I ext on the ~r?gram was a bridge party at Anna Lee Fre•d s to welcome our Upsilon sister, Pearl Silverman Herson, from Winni­peg. Sad to say, we lost her to that suburb of Dallas- Fort Worth- recently.

Moonlight and the Bernard Gold's swim­ming pool was the setting for our recent swimming party which was a highlight of this or any summer. Hot dogs and all the trimmings 6nished off a dreamy evening.

Our rush party was no letdown for we had a musical theme with everyone dressed as his favorite song. It was on a very high note, and everyone was in key that it was a lot of fun. A parody of Kay Kyser's Kollege of t\lusical Knowledge just added to the hilar­ity.

No, it wasn't an uneventful summer but it's just a note on what we've been doing before we get started in our fall activities­so you will be hearing from us.

MARIANNE SuwJFF, Dallas Alm111me Clttb

l.os Angeles Alums Choose To Aid Spastic: Children

Los Angeles Senior Alumnae held installa­tion of officers at a luncheon meeting in July.

ew officers are as foHows: archon Esther Seidner; bursar, Marge Wesler· scribe Rae Moss; tribune, Gertrude Franke~stein. '

Th.e philanthr~py se.lected, for the coming year IS the Spasnc Ch1ldren s Foundation in Los Angeles.

In September a joint meeting of Beta Zeta and Zeta Junior and Senior Alumnae chap­ters ~vas held at the U.C.L.A. Chapter House. Mov1es were shown by the Spastic Children's Foundation to acquaint the girls with the work being done.

Plans are also being made for the celebra­tion of Founders' Day soon. n . M

nAE OSS, Los Angeles Alumnae Clttb

'50's a Big Year for Philly Whiz Kids

The Philadelphia Alumnae Club after taking things easy for the summer had its 6rsr meeting at the Xj chapter hou;e and it was. gra!'d seeing all the girls again. 'xi was havmg us 6rst meeting so we all stuck our heads in the door and ;aid "hello." All of us a~e in rare form and ready for a big year. Fust, though, let me introduce you to our new. officers: president, Evelyn Poster; vice­president, Bossie Levin; recording secretary, Evelyn Obrant; corresponding secretary, Elva Aaron; and treasurer, Elaine Breslow. Lots of luck, gals, for a successful year.

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\Ve Phi Sigs in Philly have lost one of our most active members, Lee Ra~kin, but our loss is Bridgeport's gain. Lucky Bridge­port- and lucky Gabe! Don't forget to visit us, Lee, on your return trips to the City of Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love.

We have a full program planned for the year and we're up to our ears working on all the different projects. We have a party planned in honor of our two active chapters,

u and Xi- but we're not telling about that now. We are also giving a party for the Children's Heart Hospital, our local philan­thropy, and it promises to be better than ever. And of course everyone is ·working hard to make our Charity Ball the best we've ever had. Proceed from this affair go to National Philamhrop)'·

Received a copy of the news letter from the Chicago Alumnae Club, and see that they have acquired one of our former mem· bers, Jinx Rattin Mitz, who has just taken the Jllinois State Bar exam. Hi, Jinx, from all of us. It is nice to see, once again, how advantageou~ it .is to belong to Phi Sigma Sigma. ~o matter where we move we can alway~ find new friends, and good ones, by joining one of the Phi Sig groups.

A \'Cry hearty welcome is extended to Serena Kleinerman. Seretta is National Rush Chairman and a former Pittsburgh member. We're very happy to have you with us, Ser· etta, and hope you are as active in our group as you were in the Pittsburgh Alumnae Club.

Incidentally, all you Penn State alums who are living in Philly- how about joining our alum club? We'd love to have you, and we arc sure you will enjoy working for Phi Sig once again. Just contact Evelyn Poster (ad· dress in back of SPHINX) , and you'll be more than welcome.

Guess that's all for now. Lots of luck and success to all the Phi Sigs everywhere- and we'll be back next time with more news and gossip concerning the girls in Philly.

l\1URIEL LEWIS, Philadelphia Altw111ae Cl11h

Two Pitt Alums Visit Beta Delta for Rushing

The summer vacation was a very pleasant one and was highlighted for the Pittsburgh Alumnae by the National Convention at Bed· ford Springs. Our past archon and Conven­tion Chainnan, Aileen Cohen, and her com· mittee were pleased that everything turned out so well.

The new officers for the coming year are: Harriet Steinberg, archon; Esther Frommer, vice·archon; Sarah (Sussy) Schneider, trib­une, and Vera Weiss, bursar. These officers took over at the summer meeting at Esther Frommer's home. Vve also had a late August meeting at the home of Pearl Melman.

Cecile Grodner and Bebe Seligson tOld us about their trip to Beta Delta at Athens, Ohio, on September 22 and 23. They went to help the girls with their rushing. Cecile and .Hebe had a wonderful time and it seemed they didn't forget any of their rush­ing technique.

On October 22 we held our first social affair for the year, a Sguare Dance at a lodge in South Park. The dancing was peppy, to say the least. To Shirley Bloom for planning the entertainment and Bebe Seligson for the refreshments go our many thanks for an en· joyable evening.

We have a lot of plans for this year, but I'll tell you about them later.

l\hRIAM CANTER, Pittsburgh Alm~Jnae Club

Portland Plans Winter Dance for Rheumatic Fever Fund We had our September meeting last night

at Selma Karchrim's home and we welcomed a new alum, Helen Nudelman, and two vis­itors. It's nice to see our numbers increase even by one because we are still so few.

We have big plans for our very first dance to be held December 16 at the Lualitan Country Club. We are all so enthused about it because a successful affair will mean recog· n.ition for our little group here in Portland. If ''Old Man Winter" will just bold off with his snow, we know our dance will be won· derful and enable us to send a donation to the Rheumatic Fever Fund. Shirley Hodes is our chairman fnr the affair.

We are now a member of Portland Pan­hellenic and hope to become one of their active group~. RuTH Enucu,

Portland Ahmmae Club

St. Louis Alums Plan Bang-Up Year

The kick·off meeting of the Sr. Louis Alum Club was full of sound and fury. Opening meetings are always replete with enthusiasm, suggestions, opinions, reports and "welcomes." This one was no exception.

Tbe Suggestions Department received ideas for philanthropies, fund-raising projects and community activities, not to mention the or­ganizing of a formal St. Louis Parents' Group.

Under " Reports," we heard about the child we sent to summer camp, Convention, and the happy, happy results of Rush \Veek at Omega.

Under the headline "Welcomes," we heard the following (all from Omega): Helen Goldstein, Gerry Waldman and Audrey and Shirley Zeilinger. Do stay with us a long time!

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In the next issue of SPHI.NX we'Ll let you know what suggestions were chosen to be acted upon, in what directions our 1950-1951 efforts will head, and what happened to the Parents' Club. We will welcome more sorors into the alum group, and we'll have the re· suits of our elections which arc to be held before the next deadline.

Be sure to be read in' and meanwhile­it's good to see you back. I lope you all had a fine summer.

1\IAXIN.E F. LEVIN,

St. Louis Al111mzne Cl1zb

Distinguished Members Meet at S. f. Club

Here is the report of the last meeting of the San Francisco Alumnae Club:

Our regular meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Benton I-lirsch on September I 6. Co· hostesses were Mrs. David Cahn and Mrs. Arthur Abramson. A dessert-luncheon was served, then a business meeting was followed by a social. A Convention report was given by 1\ l rs. Edward Cornblum, ·who returned from the 25th Convention of Phi Sigma Sigma. l\ T rs. Corn blum has been elected t a­tiona I Tribune.

One of the main purposes of our last meeting was the possible reactivation of Phi Sigma Sigma on the University of California campus. Among those present were Mrs. David Cahn, vice-president of H adassah; Mrs. H ar­old Kuhn, regional membership chairman of Hadassah; Mrs. Russell Jurgenson, president of Oakland Lost Bay Chapter of ORT: !\Irs. Benton Hirsh, officer in the l\lotor Service of Red Cross; Mrs. Richard Friedkin, secre­tary of Lake Merritt Chapter of B'nai B'rith; Mrs. Edward Comblum, vice-president of the Counci l of Jewish vVomen of the Peninsula Section, and Mrs. Arthur Glickfeld, vice­president of Lakeside Hadassah.

Our Alumnae Club joins me in sendjng its very best wjshes to you.

MRs. LEONARD RACHOFF,

Sn" Frn~ncisco Almuune Club

Seattle Alum Aiding Heart Association

The 46 active and enthusiastic alumnae of Beta Beta chapter helped make this a very successful rushing season! Marilyn Cohn and

Marilyn Side! were co-chairmen of the an­nual alum-sponsored rushing tea, an unusu­ally beautiful affair thls year. Esther Follick and Francine Porad capably arranged for the redecoration of the house which the active chapter greatly appreciated.

At the end of last year the alwus gave a party honoring the freshmen. Bobbie Miller was chairman and hostess at the delightful dessert-card party. The traditional Senior luncheon given by the a lums was at the unusual Crabapple Restaurant in Bellevue.

\Ve're proud as can be to claim Harriet i\ lyers who was appointed 1arional Secre­tary of Scholarship. Then there's Rita Edel· son who's been faithfully helping the Heart Association every week and reaJJy enjoying it! Most fun was attending the Association's booth at the Western Washington State Fair.

ll1e first a lum social event on the calendar for this year will be a dance at the Glen­dale Country Club after the UCLA football game Saturday, October 7. 1t ,vjJI be our first part}' with Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, and it's bound to be a terrific affair!

ew officers of the Alumnae Club are Annette Kaplan, president; Louise Kettle­man, vice-president; Marilyn Side], secretary, and Marilyn Cohn, treasurer. Vve look for­ward to another year of successful activity under their able and enthusiastic leadership. Committee chairmen for this year are: Fi­nance, June Cohn; Magazine Subscriptions, Rita Edelson; SPmNx, Lenore Secord: Pub­licity, Frances Sussman; Pledge Adviser, Betty Abrams; Scholarship, Harriet Myers; Charm, Alice Pass; Standards, Dorothy l\ los· ler; Rushing Adviser, Rena Gross: Social, Esther Quint: Phihmthropic, Frances Jaffe.

LENORE SECOHn,

Seattle Almuune Club

~pmpatbp To Feena Sorokin, Beta Kappa '49, on

the death of her father, Alexander Sorokin.

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Wanna Be a Character? Let Alpha Tell You How Greetings from New York, the home of

the Stork Club. Remember that lovely after­noon in which Phi Sigs from all parts of the country met for lunch at the Stork? \Ve of Alpha were thrilled to make new friends and ~reet old ones. The lovely souvenirs which some ol us claimed will help to keep that memory clear.

Speaking of memories, Alpha has more than her share to think happily back upon. The Mother Goose party given by our pledges, Sharon Mansfield, Joy Goldfarb, Hhoda Bittleman and Edith Greenwood, is one of the star events in our memory book. I low can we ever forget the way each of us looked dressed as nursery characters? Just a bunch of characters! The hit of t11e evening was the party game Farmer-in-the-Dell. Oh, to be young again !

Another memorable event was our farewell party for Winifred Bradfon, H arriet Gold­berg, ~larcine Schacter, Corrine Saltzman , and l an Kass. \Ve were a bunch of tearFul girls as we sa ng the farewell song which was written by Hannelore Leissner. Although we were s;1d about their leaving, we were truly happy for the girls. \iVini is working on her !\laster of peech degree at rhe University of Louisiana, ~ Tarcine is teaching elemen­tary school; Corrine is making a name for herhelf in the business world, and Nan is attending medical school at Boston U . Har­riet is now making marriage her career.

I remain your 1. Y. correspondent who reminds you that as the north wind said to the south wind, ··r have to b low."

HARRIET DAVIS, Al·phn Hwtter College

Gamma's Plans Include Dance With Sammies

Another term, another SPmNx issue and here is your Gamma reporter ready with the latest news about the pride of N.Y.U .

Last term our June formal at the Park Plaza climaxed a terrific season. The enter­tainment featuring Evelyn Knight, an ex­cellent dinner and smooth orchestra, were reason enough for everyone to have a grand time.

Many Gamma girls spent the summer with their noses to the grindstone. Half a dozen

sorors went to Penn State where t11ey spent six most enjoyable weeks. One of our soror­ity sisters, Estelle Adelman, likes the "work" so much that she has attended three sum­mer sessions in a row.

Others took class~ at our alma mater, while some frivolous souls, to the envy of all, went to rl1e beach and mountains. One enter prising soror, Audrey Richman, vacationed in Florida.

Our wonderful new archon, H elen Slat­kin, attended Convention which she found most interesting. She returned in a crusad­ing spirit and brimming with new ideas.

A new term brings a new rush season. And we've starred rushing with a bang, providing entertainment in the form of skits and songs at our rush teas.

We're planning an active social season which we're initiating by a dance with S. A. l\I. to be followed by other affairs, both escorted and uncscorted.

While New York is in the throes of elec­tion here are results from Gamma : archon, Helen Slatkin; vice-archon, Greta Cohn; bur­sar, Eleanor Hoscntbal; pledge mother, Pat Tuck; tribune, Elaine Marcus; recording sec­retary, Maxine Dorf, and scribe, yours truly.

RtCKY LENZ, Gamma l cw York U11iversity

"Gentlemen Prefer Blonde s?" No!-Rushees Prefer Phi Sig!

Settling down after a terrific summer vaca­tion, the sun-tanned Epsilons are looking for­ward to a new semester, especially all those Phi Sig events.

Rushing is well under way here at Adel­phi but before I tell you about that, there's some important news. In our elections last spring, Elaine Kretchmar was re-elected ar­chon and it'll be wonderful to have her back at the helm. Sue \Veinstein, one of our Pond's newly-weds, is our vice-archon. ( Hubby Harry is a real doll, and we all envy her.) Pat Der Brucke was elected bursar; Flo Gordon, tribune, and Bev Herman, scribe. ( Bev \viii be quite a busy gal this year. She's treasurer of Panhellenic and we're mighty proud of her.) "Hebel" Dubroff was re-elected pledge mistress. Being a new soror myself, I kno\>v what a treat the pledges are in store for.

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* At Alpha' s Mother Goose pledge porly were the following: left lo right: lop row-Edythe Greenwood, Joy Goldfarb, Sharon Mansfield, Rhoda BiH/emon, Morcine Schaefer; center row-Harriet Davis, Sandy Ullman, Honnelore Leissner, Marilyn Margolis, Alene Kazan, Frances Ableson; bottom row- Non Koss, Corinne So/lsmon, Janet Rogal, Winifred Brodfon.

Getting back to rushing, Adelphi has some terrific new freshmen and we' re hoping to make some of them Phi Sigs. Rush T ea was on October 2 and we got to know them bet­ter. The height of the swell rushing season , though, was the rush party at the Savoy­Plaza. It was held on October 30 and it sure was a success. T he theme of the l?arty was "Gentlemen Prefer Phi Sigs," and as you can tell from the title, it was adapted from the Broadway show. Can' t wait to find out who our new pledges will be. I'll tell you all about them in our next issue.

Oooops, I almost forgot to te!J you about some of our headliners, I got so excited about rushing. First of all, Carol Saleson is chair­man of the Metropolitan Board this year for the chapters around lew York. Joyce Goldin is the new president of H arvey Hall, one of the girls' dorms. She another Phi Sig celeb.

That's all there is for now. I'll have lots of exciring events to tell you about next time.

SANDY MEYEROWITZ, Epsilon Adelphi College

Get Out Your Shootin' Irons­Zeta's Gone Western

Zeta's chapter house resounds with h am­mering, sawing and cement mix-ing, which will mean a bigger and better house. The long-awaited chapter room will be a reality, along with two new bedrooms. Chapter din­ner will find all of the U .C . L.A. Phi Sigs together, in one room, that is, now that our dining room has been enlarged.

All of this, plus a wonderful new pledge class, has started the semester with a bang. Our pledge class includes: Shari Adelson, Natalie Bank, Seidell Bedder, Betty Blum, Valorie Brust, Barbara Burns, Bernice H oro­witz, Barbara H yman, Sue Israel, Marilyn Jacobs, H arriet Mohr, Barbara PoHs, Evelyn Resnick, Rose Samuels, Lee Schore, Sondra Shapiro, Gloria Simon, Carole Weinstein, Rochelle Witchowsky and June Ziff. The slate of pled~e officers is headed by Bernice H orowitz as president: Barbara H yman , vice­president; Harriet Mohr, secretary, and Lee Schore, as historian.

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This year's Home Coming will be frontier­style. The plans are already set for a rootin' tootin ', sure-lire, winning float entry. '

Two down and one to go! The casting and rehearsing will soon be started for the annual l lillel Vaud. show. If we win again this year the Hillel Vaud show trophy will re­main, permanently, among Zeta's trophy col­lection.

The big night was October I 4 for live new initiates. We welcomed our new active sis­ters: Par llroida, Lucy Eisenberg, Arlee H art­man, Sandy M ondshine, and Joyce Rubin, with a dance in their honor. Congratulations to Joyce Rubin upon being chosen best pledge.

Our local philanthropy this year will be The Spastic Children's H ospital. The Phi Sig 'toy shop has already made rag dolls for the children. Parties and games for the children will be our contributions as well as nnancial assisra nee.

We are all proud of our own Shirley Gacb being chosen as Western Divisional Adviser. Good luck, Shirley. We know you' ll be a success. CooKIE Scnnersen, Zeta

U~tiversity of California at L. A.

Theta Boasts J 2 Pledges And New House Mom, Tool The D empsey-Tunney fight has gotten

Theta dancing, singing1 and jumping for the annual Stunt Show, H omecoming \iV~:ekend. The them~: of the show is an importa nt event within the past half century. The Sigma Alpha Mus working with us to produce this extravaganza have really outdone themselves to make this the biggest and bestest show ever. Keep your nngers crossed, sorors, there's an enormous trophy involved.

A new semester is here and brings a new pledge class working like the eager beavers they arc to make ready for their Pledge Dance, ovember lJ. \1\lc' re very proud of all 12 of them. The 54's arc, respectively, Jessica Adler, Chicago; Jo Ann Edwards, Chi­cago; Rivea Ferst, Chicago; Myra !lamer, Chicago; Lois Katz, Chicago; Joan Kohlen­brcmer, Chicago; Susan Lcviu, Chicago; Enid ~lendelson, Chicago; Audrey Post, C hicago; Marilyn Sigiloff, University City, ~lo.; Doris Simonson, Champaign, IU., and Sue Weil, Chicago. Although the theme for th~: dance is still a deep, dark secret, rumor has it that it's something quite unusual.

Mrs. Ella Heyman, or, as we at Theta ca ll her, Aunt Ellie, has come to live with us, bringing with her a combination of grace, charm and inteiJigence surpassing any of our fondest expecta tions. \Ve wish all of you could meet our new house mother- she's

really grand. \ Vclcome, Aunt Ellie- we )o,•c you, one and all.

Among other additions at Phi Sig at Cham­paign are the redecorations. Thanks, parents! \Vhat would we do without you?

Congratulations arc in order for the new initiates: Myra Baskes, Babs Bruno, Mari­anne Greenfield, Debbie Jacobson , Gloria Mcdow, Beverly Michelson and Barbara Schack man.

\1\lhile we're offering congrats, let's not for­get Lois Kram who made T orch, the junior honorary for girk

Theta's newly elected officers for the year are: Skippy Gorshen, archon: H ope Reeve­Roberts, vice-archon; scribe, Janice Solomon; treasurer, Beryl \Volf; scholarship chairman, Betty Levin. We of T heta arc fully in back of you and wish you much success in your terms of office.

The football season has paved the way for post-game open houses. It's loads of fun and judging by the results of them thus far they' ll soon be a tradi tion. If you're down Cham­paign way, just drop in for cider and dough­nuts after the game.

The Pi L 1ms played host to Theta Septem­ber 27 at a dinner exchange at their chapter bouse. This was merely the first of social events on a li~t that extends right through the semester.

B t\RBARA C H ACKMAN, TJ1eta l111iversity of Illinois

Iota Excels in All Fields on U. of Pitt Campus

News, news, news! Almost everything is new with us Phi Sigs here a t Pitt. Of course there are our new officers: archon, Tody Lux; vice-archon, Florence Korn; tribune, Sara Fo­gel, and bursar, Arlene Le,·inson.

Sometl1ing else new is the added bright­ness of our chapter house. The briUiant col­ors are the Aowers and greens with which our new (there's that word again) housemother, Mrs. Marjorie Preston, has decorated the downstairs and hall. Mrs. Preston, who for­merly worked with the Girl Scouts, is from England. And tO think we got her- hc;ut of gold and all - without paying a cent in duty.

When "new" is mentioned, we often think of ·'something old, something new, something borrowed, someth ing blue." \1\lell. Iota just got four OLD Phi Sigs, who are NEW to us. 'vVe BORROWED them from Beta Eta chapter at Penn State, and we're sure that Beta Eta is BLUE about losing them, be­cause we think Lesa Caplan, Estelle H arris, I atalie Mandel and Phyllis Manelovcg arc swell. A he~my welcome, girls!

With all these new things, it seems al­most as though there were no room for any· thing old. On the other hand, the old Phi

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Sigs have piled up a list of honors so long that the only people who would even at­tempt to surpass them are other Phi Sigs. The Panhellenic Scholarship Cup on . our mantlepiece was won with an over-all chap­rer quality point average of 2.031. Since the University is on a three-point system, we feel that it's a fairly good average, consider­ing that we must give some of our time to acdvities. For instance, we have our Senior Mentors, who are to freshmen women what big sisters are to little sisters in the sorority­guides and confidants. Our four Mentors this semester are Geri Braunstein, Tody Lux, Rita Roth and Bev Snyder. Geri, Tody and Tema Seidman were tapped to Mortar Board, and another tapee, Ruth Ann Isaacs, is a Qwen.

In women's eJections we ran a few dark horses. Rita Roth won the positions of treas· urer of the Senior Class and secretary of Alpha Beta Gamma, Geri Braunstein placed as vice-president of Women's Self Govern­ment Association, Tema Seidman showed that people think she is capable of being presi· dent of the Senior Class and I also ran and have the honor of being vice-president of the sophomore class. Shortly after elections, Eli­nor Syna was appointed chairman of the W.S.G.A. High School Relations Committee.

Those are the things that have been hap· pening in the past. In the present we have fall rushing, ana we have wonderful plans for that. As for the future, I'll tell you all about that in the next issue.

FAY BonTz, Iota University of Pittsburgh

four Kappas Tapped for Soph Honorary

Hi ho, hi, ho, it's back to school we go, and oh such excitement! Everyone is sdll re­membering our lovely Mother and Daughter luncheon, held last spring at the Broadmoor Hotel and our "Suppressed Desire" party where original Joan Gans turned up as a gold-digger only to meet a shipwrecked sailor who mingled with yours truly as a hula dancer. Then there was Louise Shapiro, our gorgeous cigarette girl. We are also pleased to say that all members have recuperated after consuming the two 6ve·pound boxes of candy presented to us by the swains of two of our newly engaged sorors.

Tears are still being shed for our lovable departed graduates, Barbara Dobbis, who was elected to Pi Lambda Theta, honorary edu­cation fraternity; Nadia Messing, Harryette Schwartz, Carol Rice, Judy Kutz, Mendy Berenson and Elinor Gittlemen. Our alums really deserve a big vote of thanks for the lovely party they gave for the graduates at Rokaws Restaurant.

The summer rush program was begun by a tea given at the home of our patroness, Mrs. Safer. I know our prospective pledges were impressed, especially after meeting the wives of the staff members of the Israeli Em­bassy.

Gee! It was really wonderful being with our new initiates, Gerry Applestein, Edith l\llachenberg, Sandy Shapiro, Thelma Wein· reb, Norma Ted and Betty Silverman, at our very first meeting. Everyone was bubbling over with chatter about their "Oh, so im· portant jobs" at the Navy Department, Cen· tral Intelligence, Treasury Department and Labor Deparnnent. Tl1e loafers were tanned, healthy and full of original ideas for our forthcoming rush season.

A bouquet of roses to Marion Bender, Nina Seigel, Betty Silverman and Estelle Stem for being tapped for Tassels, the Sophomore hon­orary.

Until our next news dispatch is Rashed, this is the nation's Capital signing off.

EsTELLE STERN, Kappa George Washington University

Get Picked Up in Style? Nus Know How To Do It!

The summer is over, leaving us with rap­idly fading tans and pleasant memories. We had much to tell each other about the past two months and we thought you, too, might be interested in some " u News."

Dabblers in the realms of amateur psychol­ogy with special attention to juvenile prob· !ems were Rena Fineman, Reina Freedman, Sarisa Himmelstein, Elaine Jaffe, Miriam Kaiser, Flossie Levin, Lee Saltzman, Sylvia Schwartz, aomi Shuster, Lila Smilowitz, and Evelyn Tabachnick- all counsellors at camp. Their problems were many and varied; their age groups ranged from four to 16. However, they're all agreed upon one thing -kids are wonderful!

We had travelers, too. We're still being entertained by Mimi Rosenbloom's stories of her trip to Europe and the Near East. She was away all summer; we wish we could have gone along. Laurie Escoll strayed far from home, too. She was at the University of Wisconsin summer school getting edu· cated. "Tales of Lake Michigan" is her theme song. We'll miss Elaine Pack, who has moved on to the University of Cincinnati. We certainly hope to hear from her.

On the honors side of college, N u has many stars. Most important, perhaps. is the fact that we won the University of Pennsyl­vania Panhellenic Scholarship Cup for the second consecutive year. One year more and we keep it permanentlv. So hit those books for the glory of Phi Sig! We're very proud of Muriel Snyder, June, '50, who is on a

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* Xi Chapter of its Spring Formal at the Melrose Country Club.

graduate fellowship to Bryn 1\lawr. \Ve also congratulate Anita Bredt and Bobby Shteir who were distinguished for the past scholas­tic year. Nine Phi Sigs made honor roll: Anita Bredt. Rena Fineman, Sarisa ll immel­stein. Elaine Jaffe, Miriam Kaiser, Doris Koff, Flossie Levin, Bobby Rivkin and Bobby Shteir.

Even top Penn officials arc human, as Marian Mazis, Anita Breclt. Judy Richman and C laire Geller discovered at Penn under· grad camp. Our four Phi Sigs were contem· plating a long, wet bike in the driuling rain, when a car drew up beside them and offered them sanctuary and a lift to the railroad sta­tion. The owner of the ear? ( who was a passenger at the time) - the U niversity's own president, Dr. Harold E. Stassen.

l u has new plans this year for a great sorority season. On the agenda for the year '50-'5 1 arc such things as monthly birthday parties, several fraternity teas and a house shower. We've also decided to have an over· night at the house once a ~emester. Tn this wav, we're going to make 39 15 Locust St. truly a " home on campus." Our \Vintcr For· mal is scheduled for Saturday, December 16. It will be in conjunction with Xi and held m Temple University's l\ litten I !all. And for those of you who are looking far ahead, lu's homecomin~ weekend will be May 12 and 13, highlighted by Spring Fonnal on the 12th.

We're glad to hear from everyone again. Hope Jou all had as pleasant a summer as we eli and arc enjoying fall activities and college life. l\llrRlAM KAtSEII , Ntl

University of Pennsylvania

TV Takes Over Xi; Howdy Doody Becomes Theme

Summer's gone and Xi girls are back in swing a~~in with memories of last year's super affa1rs to spur us on to further heights in the coming year.

Speaking of fond memories, brings to mind our beautiful spring fonml dinner dance which was held at the Melrose Country Club on i\ lay 5. At this affair we took time out from dining and dancing to make our an­nual awards- to Rhoda Bakove and Janice Harris for scholarship, to Barbara Asher and i\ Lidge Levinson, our best pledges, and to Lila Harris, our ' 'moM active active."

Xi's closing event, before we parted ways for the summer, was a gala camping trip. Into a weekend at Camp Nockamixon we crammed everything from swimming, tennis and weenie roa~t~ to all-night hen sessions­a grand semester fin ale.

But now we're all bursting with enthusi­asm to begin all over again. vVitl1 Howdy Doody as our theme, Xi girls entertained at the first of our rush affairs. Teas, open houses and numerous other events have kept us pretty bu~y during this rushing season.

Plans for winter formal to be held in i\[i t· ten Hall on December 16 are already under way. Here's hoping this will be another "bell ringer."

Golly, speaking of winter formal reminds me I've an appointment with a man - about a band, that is. So, ' ti l next time, happy times to all of you, too! R B x· OSLYN ELETZ, I

Temple University

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Pi's Harriette Senis Wins "Mademoiselle" Honor

Vole certainly got off to a fresh starr here at Pi when we found a newly decorated house waiting for us. ot only _did ~ur alums. sur­prise us with a beautiful mtenor, but w1th a bright, shiny exterior as well.

Several of our globe-trotting femmes have just returned from a dazzling European tour; and others are still telling tales about the fas­cinating jobs they had this last summer.

Special honors go to Joannie Johnson who was elected vice-president of the Junior Class and to Gloria Loebenson who was elected vice-president of Zeta Phi Eta, _national spe~ch honorary. This marks the thiTd conse~uu_ve time that a Pi member has been elected JUntor class vice-president. We're also proud o~ Ruthie Winokoor who is now a member of the dramatic honorar)', Boar's Head; Lila Kal­cheim who pledged Pi Gamma Nu, _nation~] political science honorary, and Ruth1e Dav1s who was elected president of the same honor­ary.

We all got a terrillc thrill when we read the college issue of "Mademoiselle." Har~iette Benis class of '50, was chosen as one of the college editors in the "Mademoiselle" nation­wide contest. She certainly did a grand job.

The year bas just begun and the bouse is buzzing in anticipation of the advent of a new pledge class, our winter formal, and an endless variety of teas and socials scheduled for the coming tenn. LILA WERSHOF, Pi

Syracuse Unit•ersity

Rho Welcomes Two Seta Delfs into Ranks

That hectic first week of school at OSU brings Rho chapter en masse back to 1952 luka. Getting the house in order and plan­ning skits and themes for our two week-ends of rush parries keeps us busy- but it's fun!

An epidemic of pinnings, engagements and marriages this summer left us minus an ar­chon and severa l other officers. So we are in­troducing a slightly revised executive council: archon, Shirlee Blum; vice-archon, Alice Ro­senfeld; corresponding secretary, Myra Speyer; recording secretary, Mona Tarshis; bursar, Irene Nichol; house president, Anita Mendel­son, and member-at-large, Marilyn Mintzes.

We are all very happy that two new girls have joined our chapter- Jerry Jacobs and Joyce Goldberg, both transfers from Beta Delta. Here's an official welcome for two grand girls!

Congratulations to Joan Friedman, who has started her activities early in the quarter by being a~pointed campus editor of the '"Daily Lantern.

In our next report we hope to give you the names of a wonderful grOl!J.> o~ girls­our new pledges! l ow. w~'re o.ff. to the rush parties, full of that Pht Stg spJCJt!

AlstTA MeNo.ELSON, Rlzo Olzio State U1tiversity

"Ups" Bright Lights Shine on Manitoba Campus

Here we are again at Manitoba U. all en· rhused about the glowing report brought b~ck by our Convention deleg~t~s .. We are lookmg forward to having the DtvJstonal Conference here next fall.

It's rushing time and rushing is _our capable and witty archon Reva Angel, ass1sred by her right-hand man Libby Stall. We've pledged four lovelies of whom we know you'll be proud: namely, Toby Fleishman, Freda Klei­min, Phyllis Goldstein and Gladys Shenner.

Back with us from Europe is Gyl Freeman. Gyl was an International Student Service delegate to the conference in France ~is swnmer. Since only four of these scholarshtps are awarded to the University of Manitoba, we are very proud of her. She says speaking French is simple, gals, so here's to "Cherchez l'homme."

Also with us again is Ethel Peikoff who has spent the past year at McGill University, i\lontreal.

Another scholarship winner was Ruth Lentz who was awarded the H adassah Scholarship to the Brandeis Camp. Congratulations, Ruth!

Flo Shoen, our busy Rushing Cha_irman (and also budding actress) is on the JOb as per usual. SHIRLEY Su KLOV, Upsilo11

U11iversity of Manitoba

Omega Turns House Into House Beautiful

This is our first exclusive. Omega chapter threw out the welcome mat

Friday, September 15, to sunburned members returning from summer vacations with the ole "aim high" spirit more prevalent than ever.

Almost immediately the smell of fresh paint, splattered blucjeans and cries for tur· pentine filled rhe air. Omega was redecorat­ing! With new fall-colored drapes in the halls, and rooms painted to suit individual taste, the entire second and third floors re­ceived a facial.

Meanwhile beautiful new furniture was being moved into the living room. Our living room looks more lovely than ever with a sectional hunter green American modern couch enveloping a circular table topped by a matching green lamp comprising the set· ting to the left of the fireplace. Balancing to the right of the hearth, we have placed two

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very beautiful ch;mreuse barrel chair . A lime green sectional couch, two unusual lamps one chin~se red, the other cream, end table~ and a mmored wall balance rhc ro~e settjng about the piano at rhe other end of the room.

When rush week came we were sti ll out of breath from arranging our new furniture and we were happy to note that the rushees seemed just as impressed with our living room as we were.

Our pledge class, c?mposcd of 25 girls, came from far and w1de. Representing the S?uth, fr?m Birmingham, Ala .. came Letty Lrchenstem; from D allas, Tex., came Rosalie Pasternak and GeraJdjne Brandt. Albu­querque, N. i\ J. , sent us Phyllis Axelrod. l\ larilyn Boonshaft from Chester, Ill.; Loujse Chasnoff of Sedalia, Mo.; Rcva Kanter of Sioux City, Ia.; Carol Greenfield, Janice Sala­vitch, Lois Spector. Benita \Nillins and Janet Zimmerman of Chicago, Ill.; June Block Charlotte Hammerman, Suzannil l lammer~ man, Sheila Hollander, Lorenc Katz, Clarice Kreisman, Rosy Lite, Greta Schwar!'£, Anita Sobel, Maxine Stone of St. Louis; Rae Ann Berlin, Judy Dodge and Marily:~1 Rubenstein of Kansas City.

' Four Jewish fraternities, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Phi Sigma Delta, Sigma Alpha i\lu, Zeta Beta Tau and numerous independents gath­ered to attend our ''yell-ins'' at which each new pledge of Omega's 1950 pledge class was individually introduced by our social chair­man.

Blind date week-end with all its fun and excitement started the girls olf on their social c:~mpus whirl of parties and dates. All)ha Ep­silon Pi held a record party for us. The four _hwish fraternities kept our VJedncsday eve­nings occupied with exchange dinners.

Football games got under way this year with prominent alums visiting Omega, includ­ing Dorothr Sih•erman. Central Division Ad­viser, and Charlene Grossman, past archon.

And la~t, but certainly nor least, our very own l\lother Alef (Mrs. Wisberg) is back with us for the fourth year in a row.

RuTH Lms AnnAMSON, Omega University of Missouri

Perfect Weather Report: It's Raining Pledges!

"Everytime it rains jt pours- Pledges from heaven -" This is the new Beta Beta theme song which we are proudly singing these days. For this year it really poured and 22 heaven-sent pledges descended upon us. It proved to be one of the best rushin~t seasons in Beta Beta's history - a real compliment to ou r lOth year on campus.

Portland. Ore .. showered us with six .Rirls. T hey are Gerta Grunen, Barbara Matin. Wil­ma Jane Mayer, Bernice Rosenfeld, Shirley Soble, Jinny Litofe. Sprinkles here and there

brought us \Vilma Goldberg from Longview; Dorene \Veinqone. Tacoma: ~Iurie! ~ Iarsh, Pendleton, Ore.; Donalee Morans, Butte, i\ lont.

Seattle really had a cloudburst with Bobbie Bender, Elaine Berger, Shirley Greenbaum, Selma Golenbeck, Esther Meyers, Therese Ross, Polly Wolfstone, Barbara Frank, Joyce Levinson, Jo Ann Wener, Barbara Harvitz and Evelyn Ketzlach.

As always, after the storm comes the calm. And once more we arc settling down to the many tasks before us. This year's calendar is jammed-packed with activity. AU of us are marking ofF the days till ovember 3 when Homecoming hits the campus. The girls have started work on our Sing, and from what our chajrman, Diane Silberman, tells us, it ought to be in the running trus year.

We looked into the future, and now a peck at the past- for none of us can forger our first dance this year. A ''Fascinating Rhythm" theme set the beat, and musical notes deco· rated the hall. The dance was an informal affair held at the Glendale Country Club. A lot of credit goes to Joan Swerlick and Muriel Miller, our social chairmen, and to all the girls who helped make this dance one we will always remember. Also not to be forgot­ten are rhe wonderful exchanges we had with AEPi, SA~I and ZBT.

Beta Beta hasn't confined its activities to Phi Si~ alone. This year it "reigned" for us at Hillel with three of our girls elected tO office. Betty Rose r Iuppin is president; Muriel Miller, secretary, and Muriel Hurwitz, treas­urer. Beta Beta also holds the Hillel cup which she won jointly with AEPi.

This weather forecaster predicts fair weather from here on in, but we hope wher· ever it rains, Phi Sig will "rejgn."

loA JENKINS, Beta Beta LT niversity of Washiugtou

Mon e y -Raising Projects Keep Seta Gamma Busy Here at Boston U. the brisk auh1mn

weather is being cheered in by the Beta Gammas- it gives us a chance ro wear our bright new skirts and sweaters. But even as we swing into the spirit of the fall term, the swift tempo is occasionally halted by nostalgic backward glances at the gala summer fes­tivjties.

On three difFerent festive hoJjdays we took fuJJ advantage of the glorious seacoast coun· try. The first was an extended House Party Week in Gloucester right after finals in May. Another was a romantic moonlight weiner­roast at Naha nt Beach, where I must confess that the ideal setting was surpassed only by the unexpected ly freezing unseasona l winds. But the weatherman made it up to us for

Fall , 1 950 * TH E S PHIN X O F PHI S I G M A S I G M A * P a ge 37

JR. PROM QUEEN

* Munsey Schormell, charming member of Beta Epsilon, who was elected to the highly coveted post at the University of Connect icut .

our all-day outing at Crane's Beach in lp· swich in August.

But now to tum our thoughts from rem· iniscencc to a forward direction.

umber one on our agenda is the project of raising funds to buy into the new house which Panhellenic Association is planning to buy in the near future (we hope!). Since this involves a considerable amount of money, the Beta Gamma fathers voted to co-operate with us in proportion to the amount of effort that we show. This was decided at a Father­Daughter banquet which took place in June.

Another major project that's going on full force right now is the sale of raffie books to build up our philanthropic fund. Each soror has taken a self-imposed minimum tax of IS books at $ 1 per book to dispose of. V\7e were shocked out of our complacency at our first meeting, when a neophyte turned in $70 worth of stubs!!!!

We hope to dispose of all these basic tasks in time to dust off our Sunday manners and sharpen our teeth in time for - yes, Rushing! Reminded of new members, we'd like to add a few words of thanks to our sisters of U. Conn. for our new soror, Sandy Kamas, who

has chosen to tran~fer to our fair chapter. V\7elcome, andy. You'll like Beta Gamma!

JoAN GoLDSTErN, Beta Gamma Boston U 11iversity

Shades of Mt. Olympusi­Beta Delta Goes Greek

As the new school year begins, Beta Delta is busily pia nning a social calendar chock-fu ll of activities. On the agenda for this semester are numerous open houses, slumber parties, spaghetti dinners, the hilarious pledge-active party, plus a few novel affairs where the fun will be shared with dates.

Guiding us through the year are our new officers. Here they are: archon, l'Xorma \Vein· traub; vice-archon, Ilene Schneider; pledge mistress, Beverly Task; scribe, Adrienne Dia­mond; tribune, Debby Leeper; bursar, Mari­lyn Rubin. They are a terrific bunch, but we're prejudiced.

The rushing season started off with a bang! Our first affair was centered around a Greek theme. The rushees checked their shoes at the door and were greeted by Greek goddesses ( that 's us) in flowing robes and ivy wreaths. This effect was procured through the collec· tion of branches from a bush in the back­yard, and the srripping of our beds. In true Greek style, everyone sat on the floor where a sumptuous feast of fruit, dates, nuts and raisins were spread before us. As fitting en· tertainment, we had relay races, songs and a few take-offs on Greeks, past and present.

Added to our rushing plans, we were thrilJed to meet rwo Phi Sig representatives from Iota chapter at Pittsburgh University, Cecil Grodner and Beatrice Seligson. It was fun meeting our sorors from Iota and sharing ideas with them.

V\fe arc looking forward this year to a wonderful pledRe class of 20 girls. ~!any hail from lew York, New Jersey and Cleveland.

V\l e of Beta Delta want to wish all our sisters of Phi Sig chapters a terrific year.

Dsnnv LEEPER, Beta Delta Ohio University

Come Up and See Beta Ep1s New1 Beautiful Homel

Congratulations to Bette Ann Gordon, our newly elected archon. Bette Ann is succeed­ing Joan Stein, who became engaged this summer and is not returning to school this fall.

Beta Epsilon extends a welcome to pledge Fola Shaeffer, who has rransferred to the University of Connecticut from Syracuse.

We are proud to announce that Munsey Scharmett was elected queen at the Junior Prom last May. Congratulations, Munsey!

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The customary rush teas for incoming freshmen held this summer were centered in Hartford, New H aven, Bridgeport and Nor­wich.

The student tour took live of our girls to Europe this summer. They were Doris Gross, Arlene Greenberg, Shirley ussman, Barbara Gla~er and Lila Steinberg. Highlights of the trip featured vi!>its to Swiuerland, Italy, France, England and Denmark. The house is still hearing tales of their escapades which become more interesting each time they re­tell them.

Coming back to campus this fall has been quite an experience for Beta Epsilon. The universit)' ha~ presented us with a newly­built dormitory. Jt is designed with a modern spacious lounge, which we arc beginning to furnish, and a dining room which will serve the 66 girls in the house. As a sorority we will hire our own chef, have a stewardess to plan the meals, etc., and have our own girls act as waitresses.

We would Jike to extend an invitation to other chapter members to visit our new house in a month or two when it will be completely furnished. )ACKLE BROWN, Beta Epsilott

U 11iversity of Connecticut

Six Beta Zeta Pledges Help Start Year With Bang

Beta Zetans were off at a hectic pace to welcome the start of a new fall semester. Beta Zeta has welcomed six new pledges to its roster. They are ~ loshelle Kamper, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Esther Kantor, of Chicago, Ill.; Edna Lipow, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Bunny Senelick, of Westwood, Calif.; Iris Stern, of San Bernardino, Calif., and Bobbie Wallin, of Vallejo, Cahf. Vic were also happy to welcome the affilia tion of Barbara Zukor from Zeta Chapter. Amid the excitemment of rush­ing came even more exci tement with the return ot Audrey Ostrowsky and Sharon Kranz from an extended summer tour of Europe.

The social calendar for Beta Zeta is a heavy one with exchanges being planned by social chairman Pat Suskin, with S.C. and U .C.LA. fraternities. Plans are a lso being formulated for the semi-annual pledge formal.

Active in student affairs are Edna Lipow and Bunny Senelick who are recent additions to the Varsity debate squad, and Barbara Jo­seph, who is playing in an Experimental Theater show by A. A. Milne. 1\loshelle Kam­per, Nena Bien and Iris Stern were appointed to the Junior Cl~ss council and ~obbie \Val­lin and Edna L1pon were appomted to the LA.S. council.

BARBARA Rose JosEPH, Be~n Zeta University of Southern Califomia

Ragtime and Charleston Capture Beta Eta Rush Party

Brrrr!! Fall is here with a bur~t of cold wind and winter is soon to follow, but don't get cold feet, 'cause the news we have here lor you is hot off the summer pres!>es.

Some of the girls came dashing back from various parts of the globe with tabulous ad­ventures to tell to our wide eyes and gaping mouths. Joy Cohan and ~largic Alsberg took a student tour through Europe visiting about ten different countries. Joy couldn't stop talk­ing about the puffy clouds in Switzerland and Margie is a staunch advocate of ltalian Art. Ah, culture took a sweep of Phi Sig at Penn State this year!

AI Jolson had nothing on Margie Samuels! Margie had to see how those '"Golden Gates" worked, so off she trotted to that ci trus land and came back full of juicy tales of Califor· nia and a lush sunburn.

Gloria Isenberg attended the lational Con­vention at Bedford Springs, Pa., and couldn't stop raving about the swell representatives that the other chapters sent. Also, and best of all, she brought us news that the Beta Eta's had won the I ational Efficiency Cup this year. And another addition to our chapter room is a brand new perfectly dazzling tea set. Good news just seems to be pouring in!!

At the moment we're in the midst of rush­ing but in the next issue we'll tell you all about our new pledges. Flapper costumes, candlelight, and a tearful melodrama together with a Charleston contest were the highlights of our first parry. When Sally Shapiro and Shirley Siesal demonstrated the finer points of the Charleston everyone became hysterical with laughter. It appears that they use Bunny Huggin', knee crossin' and just about all the contortionist methods possible! We never real­ized that we had acrobats in the suite. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely especially after eating crusty hot doggies with soda.

Monte Carlo Night was quite a success also. The suite was convened into a gam­bling casino and the Black Jack and Bingo stands took over. (Oh, that paper money­would that it were real! ) Candles and check­ered tablecloths with droppings from the can­dles on the bottles gave it atmosphere you could cut \vith a knife- and Ellen Fried­man vamped the customers as our leggy cig­arette girl!

As usual, Drama takes its place at the head of the list of our activi ties. Guess we had better Jet you in on the news that Ruth Taub and Rita Lang became members of players' dramatic honorary, Theta Alpha Phi, before their graduation last semester. At presenr Helen Jasko) is upholding the Bernhardt tra­dition by hadng given a production of Five

Fall , 1950 * THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * Pa ge 3 9

* Belo 1o1o's new pledges ol their ''Favorite Song Tille" rush party on September 19. II was given by

The Alumnae Club of Dol.os.

O'Clock Theater's "Apple Pie" in Harris­burg.

1 guess that's about all we write at pres­ent. We hope the other chapters had a won· dcrful summer and we wish you the best ot luck m rushing and will be lookmg .vw ... rd our mailboxes for some of your news. Have as good a time as we are.

Jov CouAN, Beta Eta Penusylvmzia Stllle College

Who's Who in Beta Theta? Marion Sirote's Outstanding!

Potpourri, our gala annual varsity show given May 6, was the climaxing fea ture of last semester. We had many difficulties, such as having to change the loca tion of the show from Copa City to a local theater. We met all the obstacles, however, and we turned out an excellent production. ('vVc'rc not preju­diced, either!) Alpha Ep~ilon Phi, having won the cup two times for the best skit, re­tained the cup. Pi Lambda Phi won the fra· ternity skit.

Just one week after Potpourri, we had our forma l weekend. Friday night we held our American Beauty Formal a t the Bel Aire llotcl on Miarill Beach. A surprise of the evening was the favors. Moscow M ule cups each engraved with Phi Sigma Sigma and the girl's name, were given .

The following night our pledges enter­tained us at a spaghetti dinner. This was a wonderful alfair even if we did get more spaghetti on us than in us.

This was followed Sunday by a Mother's Day luncheon at the Shelbourne Hotel. H ere was the beginning of the Mother's Club in Miami. llere also the new officers were sworn in. Our new archon is Marilyn H ockman; vice-archon and pledge mistress, Ann Rosen· thai; scribe, Joy Goldberg; tribune, Babette Cirlin; bursar, Kita Erdrich.

So ended a very busy school year. H owever, we did n ot forget sorority during

the summer. Our archon, Marilyn Hochman, was very proud to receive the Southern Divi­sional cup for Beta Theta a t the National Convention. Also rush parties were held by some of the girls who were home during the summer, a lthough many of us were scattered from New York to California.

In clo~ing we would like to mention an outstanding girl in our chapter, i\ larion Sirote. She is just a sophomore but her offices this year include that of (l ) H omecoming Secre­tary, i\liami \'S. University of Florida game; (2) Secretary-Treasurer of the Florida Stu­dent Government Association; (3 ) Assistant in the office of Social Welfare; ( 4) a charter member and historian of Sigma Lambda Phi, women's service fraternity, and (5) Sopho­more Senator. V\lc predict a great future for Marion!

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Frid~y, September 30, marked the begin­ning of rushing at the University. We'll tell you about this next time.

Joy GoLDBERG, Beta Thet·a University of Miami

Beta Iota Stops the Music With Songs for Sale

First I'd like to say that it feels wonderful to be back in the swing of sorority life after this sunm1er's vacation.

\1\fe of Beta Iota returned to Southern Methodist fresh with plans and ideas for our fall Rush period.

Rush was off witb a bang bright and early on Sunday, September 17, with an infom1al brunch at the home of Joy Wilensky. Mter "get acquainted rituals," Phi Sigs and rushees assembled for a seated breakfast. Food in typical western style was served by our host­ess, 1\llrs. Wilensky, with special touches added by our patroness, Mrs. Lukin.

After eating, tl1e girls exercised their cun­ning at the art of charades. Both members and rushees joined in acting out various titles in pantomime. Lots of fun was J1ad by al l.

The very same night Phi Sig actives enter­tained rushees with a game party. A variety of parlor games afforded a delightful evening.

Our second day of rush was opened with an informal luncheon at the home of our president, Bernice Cohn. Beta Iota actives, sleeves rolled up and cook books in hand, prepared the food. And, believe me, Phi Sigs, cooking can be fu11! After lunch rushees joined actives in a Sing-Song.

At our fourth rush party we Beta Iotas really Jet go with all we had. The tbeme of the party was " Your Favorite Song." Now maybe that doesn't sound very exciting, but the products were stupendous. Each girl was to come dressed as her favorite song title. Nothing proved to be too elaborate. Each costume was more clever and original than the next. Bernice Cohn and Rollo Herman, garbed in striped pajamas and wearing hand­cuffs, represented "Two Dreams Met." Jane Rutland's little pink bonner, tiny cape, and baby bottle tagged her "Baby Far.e." The sensation of the evening came when Bitty Marcus and Anita O'Krent appeared with black faces and thick drawls. Anita, with the help of a few pillows and towels, portrayed ''Mammy," and Bitty, clad in a little ragged dress, barefoot, and clutching a panda bear, was her little girl.

The boys of Sigma Alpha Mu added to the fun of the evening with a surprise serenade. We of Beta Iota owe a wonderful party to our Phi Sigma Sigma Alumnae Club who presented our "Favorite Song" party, and to Mrs. Tex Cole at whose home it was held.

Rush was climaxed with our preferential held at ilie home of our patroness, Mrs. Lewis Lefkowitz. Prospective pledges, actives and alumnae dressed formally.

The welcoming of new Phi Sig pledges was followed by a program presented by ac­tives and alumnae.

We of Beta Iota are proud to boast of 10 charming pledges: Leah Alterman, of San Antonio, Tex.; Barbara Borin, of Dallas, Tex.; Bonnie Gordon, of Houston, Tex.; Ruth Gould, of Dallas, Tex.; Shana Labovitz, of Duluth, Minn.; Jane Rutland, of Dallas, Tex.; Ruth Stager, of Passaic, . ].; Leona Silver, of Dallas, Tex.; Betrye Smith, of Dallas, Tex., and Joy Wilensky, of Dallas, Tex.

In closing I'd like to wish you all a very happy and successful year on behalf of Beta Iota. ANITA O'KRENT, Beta Iota

Southern Methodist University

Beta Kappa Tea fetes Visiting Phi Sigs

Hi again from Florida Souiliern College and here's ilie latest news from Beta Kappa.

It is always a wonderful and exciting feel­ing to return to college after four months of the summer vacation. Even the trunks that have to be unpacked and the sorori.ty room that needs cleaning is all forgotten with rhe excitement of greeting new students and the welcom ing back of old friends.

We hope and plan to have a very success­fu l coming sorority year. To make sure of this proposal we of Beta Kappa started early in preparing for the fall term. During the summer with the help of E. Kaplan, J. Blitz, and P. Pincus, Beta Kappa was able to l1ave a sorority tea. All in all, we had over 20 girls. Some came from the eastern chapters and others from the southern chapters. Nat Rosenkranr-t:, Janie Newman and Mrs. Selig, all of Beta Kappa, attended this sorority tea.

Since it was impossible for any of our mem­bers to participate in the 25th Convention of Phi Sigma Sigma, all the other delegates told us what was sa id, what was planned, and how much ·we missed!

We exchanged helpful hints on sorority doings and sang chapter songs. All in all it was a very fine success. This tea was not a closed affair. \iVe also invited some of the new women students who planned to attend F.S.C. Besides these, we had three male chap­erones!

And so goes the nevvs From Beta Kappa­in fact, that's the news.

HENRl STEPNER, Beta I<apptl Florida Soutl1ern College

F a ll , 1950 * THE SPHINX OF PHI SIGMA SIGMA * Pa ge 41

THE PHI SIGMA SIGMA FRATERNITY FOUNDED AT HUNTER COLLEGE , NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 26th, 1913

Central Office, 101 -06 67th Drive, Apt. 3c, Forest Hills, l. I., N. Y. CONSTANCE G. WEINSTEIN (MRS. AR NOLD A.), Executive Secretary

GRAND COUNCIL Supreme Council

GRAND ARCHON ................. . . Thelma Zackin, 124 N . Elm St., Waterbury 2, Conn. GRAND VICE ARCHON .. . ..... . .... Augusta Skirboll, 5906 Phillips Ave., Pittsburgh 17, Pa.

ATIONAL Tm.suNE . . ........ Malvina Y. Corn blum (Mrs. Edward), 296 Greenoaks Drive, Atherton, Calif.

JATIONAL BuRSAR . . ................. . Joan Goldman, 242 Ray St., Freeport, L. I., N. Y.

Secretaries of Grand Council ALUMNAE ........ Miriam G. Menaker (Mrs. Mortimer) , 1903 Bellevue Rd., Harrisburg, Pa. ENDOWMENT FuND .... Clarisse H . Markowit't (Mrs. Arthur) , 1926 E. Wallace St., York, Pa. ExPANSION . ... . .. \ ... Elaine S. Kaplan (Mrs. Howard), l 05 Lincoln Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.

~lHILANTimOSPY } Belle Cole ( Mrs. Tex), 6108 Deloache, Dallas, Tex. t v ACAZINE UBSCRJPTIONS ScHOLARSHrP . ..... . .. . ... Harriet B. Meyers (Mrs. Jack), 1330 Boren Ave., Seattle, Wash.

Sphinx EDITOR ..... . ....... Lillian S. Pressman (Mrs. Harold), 1501 E. Washington Lane, Phila­

delphia 38, Pa.

NPC Officers NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ...... Mrs. E. Granville Crabtree, 85 Dean Rd., Brookline 46, Mass. P HI SIGMA SIGMA REP ... . ......... Clarisse H. Markowitz, 1926 E . Wallace St., York, Pa. ALTERNATE ....... . .. .. . ....... .. .. Thelma Zackin, 124 N. E lm St., Waterbury 2, Conn.

Chairmen of Committees CoNVENTION . .. . .. . ... Elaine G . H essell (Mrs. David) , 6701 N. Bosworth, Chicago 26, ru.

{

Denise L. Tourover (Mrs. Raphael), 4812 30th St., . W ., Washing· ENDOWMENT FuND ton, D. C.

Sylvia B. Soil (Mrs. Carroll), 11335 E. Lambert, El Monte, Calif. RusHING-PLEDGING .... Seretta Kleinerman (Mrs. Jerome), 1120 I . 66th St., Philadelphia 31 ,

Pa., Apt. 6A Divisions

EASTERN DIVISION RAYSA GtNSBURG (Mns. WILLIAM), Adviser

159 St. Paul St., Brookline, Mass. ALPHA- Hunter College: Hannelore Leissner . Archon, X1- Temple University: Marlene Rosenberg . Archon,

292 W. 92nd St., New York City. 1935 N. Broad St. Philadelphia Pa. GAMMA-New York University: Helen Slatkin, Archon, PI-Syracuse University: Iris Tuck,' Archon, 113 Euclid

81 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. EPSILON-Adelphi College: Elaine Kretchmar, Archon, BETA GAMMA- Boston University: Janet Garelick,

520 Cr!Jwn .St., Brooklyn, N. 'X'· . Archon, 4 Charlesgate East, .Boston, Mass . Nu- Unrversrty of Pennsylva!'ra: Re.rna Freedman, BETA EPSILON-University of Connecticut: Betty Ann

Archon , 3915 Locust St., Phrladelpbra, f>a. Gordon. Archon, Box #786, Storrs, Conn.

WESTERN DIVISION SmRLEY GAcH (Mns. G.EN.E), Adviser

. . . . 1040 S. Cochran, Los Angeles 35, Calif. ZETA- Unrversrty of Calrf~rnra at Los Angeles: Lee BETA ZETA-University of Southern California: Gloria

Bra!'dt, Archon, 972 Hrlgard Ave., Los Angeles, Gainsboro. Archon, 2627 Severance, Los Angeles 7, Calrf. . Calif.

BFTA BFTA-Unrversity of \Xfashington: Bonnie Shain. B ETA IOTA-Southern Methodist University: Bernice Archon, 4540-t7th Ave., N. E .. Seattle, \Xfash. Cohn, Archon, 3009 Dyer , Dallas, Tex.

CENTRAL DIVISION DoROTHY SILVERMAN, Adviser

. . . . 3826 Chestnut St., Kansas City, Mo. THF.TA-Unrvers~ty of Illmo•s: Arlene Gorschen 0 · · · ·

Archon, 306 Gregory, Champaign, 111. • MECA-Unrvers•ty. of M1ssour.r: Audrey Levanthal, UPSILON-University of Manitoba: . Reva Angel, Archon, 500 Rollrns , Colwnb1a, Mo.

Archon . 214 Lansdowne Ave., \Xfmn1pcg, Manitoba, BETA lAMBOA-\Vayne University: Suzanne Sherman, Canada. Archon, 19330 Warrington Drive, Detroit, Mich.

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OHIO VALLEY DIVISION

HEtLEEN STEINBERG ( MRs. ALTER), Adviser 601 Beaver Rd., LeetsdaJe, Pa.

lorA University of Pmsburgb: Dolores Lux. Archon, ·1817 Centre A\e .. Pittsburgh, Pa.

RHo Ohio tJte Unaversity: Shirlee Blum. Archon, 19H lub Ave .. Columbus, Ohao.

BETA DEL1A-Qhio Universaty: orma \Vein traub, Archon. 24 Morns Ave., Athens. Ohao.

BETA ETA-Penn tate College: Gloria Isenberg. Archon, Simmons Hall , State College. Pa.

SOUTHERN DIVISION

DononrY LJNOWES (MRs. D. F.), Adviser 8601 Milford Ave., Silver Springs, Md.

KAPPA-Gcor~e \Xfashington University: Lorraine Salz· berg. Archon, 802-2tst St., N.\Xf., Washangton, l) c.

Bt TA ALPIIA-University of Maryland: J anet Gorfine, Archon, 1812 College Ave., College Park. l\ld.

BETA THETA-Univcrsuy of .Miami: Marilyn Hoch· man, Archon. 7.>34 Hardang Ave., Miami Beach, Fla.

BFTA KAPPA- Florida Southern College: Henn tep· ner, Archon, Flonda outhern College. Lakeland, Fla.

Alumnae Clubs llALfiMORf June l\hrgolin, 3402 Dolfield. Baltimore,

Md . Bo,roN S<mia Greenspan (Mrs. Edward). 222 Hem·

cnway St., Boswn. Mass. BRtOGEPORT, Nt W HAVEN- Mollie Horwatz (Mrs.

Arnold) , 172 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven. Conn. CHt<.AGO- I.ormine Paddor (Mrs. Harold), 434 Surf

Ave., Chicago, Ill. Ct.t VILA NO- Betty finesilver 13829 Cedar Hd .. Cleve­

land, Ohio. DALLAS- Gertrude Kopel (Mrs. Nathan). 4910 \'i/.

Amherst, Dallas, Texas. DrrROll Miriam Dressoer (Mrs. Malton). 2304 W.

Chacago Bh·d., Detroit, Mich. HARlfOR~ Rita Spitz (Mrs.). I 53 Magnolia t., Hart·

ford, C.tlnn. KANSAS CITY- Dorothy Silverman. 3826 Ch~stnut St..

Kamas City. Mo. Lo~ Ar-;c.nrs- Esther Seidner ( Mrs. George). 1361

S. Masselan Ave., l os Angeles 35. Calif. MrAMr- Ruth Rosen (Mrs. Robert), 2776 S.\XI. 29

Ave., Miami , Fb.

NE\1t' YORK- Lois Wyman, 250 \XI. 75th St.. New York.

PHILADELPHIA- Evelyn Poster. 6 161 Pine St., Phala· delphia, Pa.

PtTTSBURGH- Huriet Steinberg (Mrs. Melvin), 319 Morcwood Ave .. Pattsburgh 27. Pa.

Po.RTLANo-Shirley Hodes (Mrs. Stanley), 3551 •. E. Harold Ct., Portland, Ore.

SAN fRANCISCo-Nadanc Ru~hakoff (Mrs. Oscar), 2126-30th Ave. , San Francasco. Calif.

ST. Louts-Rhoda Rabin (Mrs . .AI). 5738 Enraght Ave., St. louis. Mo.

EATTLF.-Esther Fallick (Mrs. Abraham ). 2508 Miller. Seattle, Wash.

SYRACUS[-Est~lle Hayman ( Mrs. David l. 338 Scott Ave .. S) racuse, . Y.

WASHINGTON, D. C.- Mary Resh (Mrs. ). 432-1 14th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.

\'17ASHtNGTON SQUAR~-Jacqueline Blitz, 222·07 137 Aw: .. Laurelton, L. 1. . . Y.

\XftNNIP~G-Naomi Silver (Mrs. Edwin), Ste. 18 Buckingham Apts .• \Xfinnapeg, Manitoba . C'.anada.

Chapter Advisers ALPIIA Dnrothy . Ehrich (Mrs. Herbert), 37 Over·

lnok Terrace, New York City. GAMMA Gloria Tuck, 2901 Avenue R, Brooklyn,

N.Y. EPSILON Anita Fendrick (Mrs. J erome), 4 Seely

Court. Lawrence. L. 1., N. Y. ZrTA- Fayga Berkowitz (Mrs. Manny), 1825 S.

tearns Drive, Los Angeles. Calaf. THfiA- Lorraine Paddor (Mrs. Huold), 435 Surf

A\'e., Chacago, Ill. IOTA-Doris Hirsh (.Mrs. Wallace), 5526 Wilkins

Ave., Pmsburgh. Pa. KAPPA Ruth Breslauer (Mrs. Max), 1204 Mississippi

.Ave .. S.E .. Washington. D. C. Nu Helen Freedman (Mrs. Btrnard). 1605 E. Chel·

ten Ave .. Philadelphia. Pa. Blnnche Sondberg (Mrs. Michael), 4801 Locust

St .. Philadelph ia, Pa. Mr)n,l Mark. 5421 Lebanon Ave., Philaclelphin, Pa.

Xt- Nancy Lipschutz. 5642 N. Uber St., Philadel· phin . t'a.

Blanche Sandberg (Mrs. Michael), 4801 Locust t., Philadelphia, Pa.

Pt Janace Sihcrman (Mrs. George). Onondaga Park· way Apts., S)•racuse. N. Y.

R110 -Sa lly \Xfasserstrom (Mrs.). 922 S. Remington t., Columbus, Ohio.

UP\ILO" o~u GA Charlene Grossman .• (I 0 \'<le~t 47 St., Kansas

City, Mo. Audrey 7.ellin~er. 7'26 Delm3t .• t. Louis, Mo.

BETA ALPHA- june Marg<>l in , 3402 Dol.field Ave., lhl · timorc. Md.

BETA BETA- Lucille Friedman (Mrs. Stanley). 2~23 Royal Court, Semle, Wash.

BETA GAMMA- Phyllis . Hyman. 116 Sutherland Road. Brighton. Mas~.

BETA DELTA-Natalie Altman (Mrs. Samuel). Athens. Ohao.

Gertrude Firestone (Mrs. Harold). 1339~ Superaor Road. CJe,·eland. Ohao.

BETA EPSILON-jacqueline Dorfman (Mrs. Arnold). 457 Greenwach Ave.. ew Haven, Conn.

Alice Margolis (l\l rs. Herbert). 4 Deerfield Ave. , Hartford. Conn.

BETA ETA- Mildred Alexander (Mrs. Benjamin). I ~Cl \Xf. Hamilton Ave., Sta te College, Pa.

BETA ZETA- Fayga Derkowitz (Mrs. Manny) , 1825 S. Stearns Drive, Los Angeles. Calif.

Lillian Mintzer, 384 1 Roxton. los Angeles, Calif. BFTA THETA- Ruth Hosen (Mrs. Robert), 2776 .WI.

29th St., Miami, Fla. 8FTA IOTA-BETA KAPPA- lolly Selrg (Mrs. Max), Ill West Oak

Dri,·e, lakeland. Fla. BETA l.AMBOA- j osephanc Abramson (Mrs. Bernard).

211 Frederick. Detroit, Mich. Bernadine Field. 2700 Rochester. Detroit. Mich. Rosalie Friedman (.Mrs. Martin). 17566 Parkside.

Detroit, Mich.

Parents Clubs ZI'T,\- Mrs. M urray Lawton.

Westwood, Calif. president 443 Midvale. Br' TA Zl'1A- Mr>. Herman Kranz, presadem.

' Gainsborou~h Ave .. l.m Ange les, Calif. u- l\lr. Meyer Levin~on, president, 6 L 2~ 1 as<au Hd., Philadcl['hin. Pa.

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Nov. 10-BURSAR'S October Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office; Copy to Division Adviser (Ist monthly report of the school year)

Nov. 26-FOUNDERS' DAY-PHILANTHROPY CHAIRMAN begins drive for National quota

Dec. I-SPmNX REPORTER'S material to Editor for January issue IO-BURSAR'S November Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central

Office IS-NATIONAL DUES and taxes to Central Office IS-PHILANTHROPY PLEDGE to National Philanthropy Secretary

Jan. I-CHAPTER ADVISER'S Semester Chapter Report to Divisional Adviser I-ADVISER sets date for Fraternity Examination

10-BURSAR'S December Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office

IS-DIVISION ADVISER'S Semester Report to Central Office

Feb. I-SPHINX REPORTER'S material to Editor for March issue 10-BURSAR'S January Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office

March I-CHAPTER ADVISER must hold Fraternity Examination prior to this date I-DIVISION DUES to Division Adviser from Chapters and Alumnae Clubs

10-BURSAR'S February Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office

2S-ELECTION of Officers at last regular meeting of month

April I-CHAPTER ADVISER'S Report on Fraternity Examination Grades to Office of Grand Vice-Archon

1-SPHTNX REPORTER'S material to Editor for May issue I-PHILANTHROPY CO TRIBUTION to Philanthropy Secretary

10-BURSAR'S March Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office

May I-ARCHON'S General Chapter Spring Report to Central Office I-RUSH CHAIRMAN'S Annual Report to National Rush Chairman I-CLOSING OF ACCOUNTS Receivable/Payable I- PHILANTHROPY Reports to Philanthropy Secretary I-CHAPTER ADVISER'S Semester Report to Division Adviser

IO-BURSAR'S April Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office IS-DIVISION ADVISER'S Semester Report to Central Office IS-NATIONAL OFFICERS' Annual Report to Central Office

June IO-BURSAR'S May Financial and/or Enrollment Report to Central Office (last monthly report of school year)

Aug. I-CHAPTER AN UAL AUDIT or Financial Statement to Central Office

Oct. I-ARCHON'S General Chapter Fall Report to Central Office

I-SPHINX REPORTER'S material to Editor for November issue