Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine, Vol. 116 no. 2

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by  Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity

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FOUNDERS DAY 2002
OVER THE DESKTOP
ALPHA
KAPPAHETA
A Changed World MAGAZINE
Executive Director Elizabeth Sierk Corridan
They say that every generation has to return to her apartment. Director of Communications/ Elizabeth Appel Rinck
its national tragedy. Other Thetas have written to tell us Editor
My mother vividly remembers hear- of relatives and friends who were in Art Director Maureen Fahey Bowers
ing the announcement on the radio of Manhatten but were safely evacuated. Associate Editor Stephanie Hilgedag Mansell
the attack on Pearl Harbor that began In addition, members of several college
America's involvement in World War chapters have written to us about their Fraternity Grand Council
President Mary Jane Parker Beach
H. My cousin, who served in the Peace participation in relief efforts. The colle-
Vice-President College Linda Beck Pieplow
Corps, says his worst memory is of gian's stories will be published in the
learning that President Kennedy had Spring 2002 issue of The Magazine. If Vice-President Alumnae Jane Shepherd Dick
been shot and killed. And I can clearly alumnae would like to write to us of Vice-President Extension Ann Mercer Varey
recall sitting in a grade school class- their involvement in the disasters of Vice-President Education Kathryn Wynn Salvemini
room, watching on television as a dis- September 11 or their aftermath, we Vice-President Finance Karen Albrecht Ledbetter
graced man resigned from the presiden- will be honored to also publish those. Vice-President Membership Katie Busby Morrow
cy of the United States. Given current events, the more com- Foundation President Anne Sadler Budill
Three different memories, three dif- mercial aspects of the holiday season
ferent people. What these events have seem even more hollow than usual this Fraternity Headquarters 8740 Founders Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268-1300
in common is that they were so cata- year. But the true meaning of the sea-
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another," Where were you when?..." issue of this magazine; here are some
and "Do you remember?..." notes on the current edition.
Such a catastrophe occurred on • Founders Day is January 27. In her The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine (ISSN 0746-3529) is pub-
September 11, 2001. Four days later, I Founders Day message (page 11) lished quarterly Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer by
Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity for Women. Postmaster: Send
was running on a fitness trail near my Fraternity President Mary Jane Beach address changes to The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine. 8740
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Elizabeth Rinck, Editor
views, eyewitness accounts, music, and Theta's active roll. After a 15-year KAO Fraternity Headquarters,
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317-876-8593, 1-888-526-1870, ext. 150
Sinatra singing," New York, New returned to the University of Idaho. E-mail: [email protected]
York," and—right there on the trail, trot- • 2002 is a Grand Convention year
ting along—I started to cry. and marks the election of a new Grand Send notices of deaths & name/address changes to:
KAO Fraternity Headquarters,
I was mourning for those who had Council to govern the Fraternity.
Attn.: Membership Coordinator
lost loved ones, for those who were Beginning on page 18, the election 8740 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1300
laboring in the rescue efforts, for the process, as well as the role each Theta 317-876-8593, 1-888-526-1870, ext. 107
E-mail: [email protected]
entire city, really. And although I was can play in it, is explained.
incredibly grateful that no one I knew • Although Thetas in the news aren't Copy Deadlines: Autumn July 11
had been killed or injured, I realized rare, it is rare for four Thetas living in Winter October 23
110 Spring January 31
that the world had changed. the same city to be involved in the
Summer April 11
So far as we know, no members of news media. The story of St. Louis's
Kappa Alpha Theta were on the high- "Theta Network" begins on page 14.
Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, founded at Indiana Asbury
jacked planes or working in or visiting
College (DePauw University), Greencastle, Indiana. on
the World Trade Center or the Pentagon As 2001 draws to a close, we wish January 27, 1870. is the first Greek-letter fraternity known
on September 11. Sadly, several Thetas for you all a peaceful and happy new among women.
have been affected by the WTC disas- year. "Kappa Alpha Theta," its coat of arms, and its badges are
registered trademarks of Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity.
ter. Elizabeth Russell Jordan,
2001 Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity
Omega/UC Berkeley, lost her husband, Loyally,
Robert, and Connie Trompeter aef„,3 --ram—EmewA•-•
Lindeman, Beta Gamma/Colorado
State, lost her son-in-law, Ted Luckett.
THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE
Karen Stollenmeyer Klomp, Mu/ Liz Appel Rinck, r/Butler
EDITORIAL BOARD
Allegheny spent almost a month restor- Editor • Melanie Rosen Brown, Epsilon Theta/Stetson
ing the preschool she owns and oper- Sharon Cooper, Delta/Illinois
Victoria Box Emmons, Beta Nu/Florida State
ates and—at press time—had been unable
Erin Kretzschmar, Alpha Mu/Missouri
Karen Witham Lynch, Alpha Epsilon/Brown
Beth Matter. Delta Pi/Tennessee
Katherine Whan, Epsilon Lambda/Dickinson
CONTENTS
WINTER 2001-02 • VOLUME 116 • NUMBER 2
REGULAR FEATURES
OVER THE DESKTOP • 2 THROUGH THE YEARS • 25
LETTERS • 4 CONNECTIONS • 26
FOUNDATION • 5 THETA REUNIONS • 27
SNAPSHOTS • 6 HONORARY & MEMORIAL
GIFTS • 29
THETA TIMES • 10
IN MEMORIAM • 30
SITE TO SEE • 13
SPECIAL FEATURES
FOUNDERS DAY AND FRIENDSHIP FUND MESSAGE • 11
Through gifts to the Friendship Fund on Founders Day,
we offer hope and comfort to those who have experienced life's darkest hours.
WELCOME BACK, BETA THETA • 12
Theta's chapter at Idaho, disestablished in 1986, rejoins the rolls of active college chapters.
A THETA "NETWORK" • 14
In St. Louis, four Thetas are influential media personalities
GRAND CONVENTION 2002 • 16
Share the magic of Theta sisterhood in the Sunshine State.
YOU REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE • 18 KAPPA ALPHA THETA
MISSION STATEMENT
You can help determine Theta's future by nominating qualified women for Grand Council service
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW,
"BAG LADY OF THE PLAINS" • 22 KAPPA ALPHA THETA EXISTS TO NURTURE
EACH MEMBER THROUGHOUT HER COLLEGE
A 75-mile commute is just one of the challenges faced by Ellen-Earle Chaffee, Gamma
AND ALUMNAE EXPERIENCE AND TO OFFER
Iota/Kentucky, who serves as president of two universities.
LIFELONG OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL,
INTELLECTUAL, AND MORAL GROWTH
THETA WANTS YOU! • 28 AS SHE MEETS THE HIGHER AND BROADER
Serving as a college chapter adviser is a rewarding experience. DEMANDS OF MATURE LIFE.
AT YOUR SERVICE • 31
Need Theta-related help or information? Consult this directory of services and resources FRATERNITY STATISTICS
(as of November 19, 2001)
College Chapters 124
ON THE COVER
Alumnae Chapters 77
In this 1893 photograph, Bettie Locke Hamilton was 43 years old. Alumnae Clubs 163
Many of the Founders Day messages she wrote to college chapters are Initiated Members ...179,650
preserved in the Fraternity's archives.
WINTER 2001- 02 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 3
LETTERS
THETAS IN THE RIVIERA simply because she isn't activef or a Alpha Theta Foundation. I would like
time. However, alumnae do have a to receive four issues a year, please.
I have always found Theta a great
choice about how many issues of The Thank you so much and keep up the
way to meet new people and to help
Magazine that they receive. You may good work!
settle into a new area. I recently
choose to receive only the spring LINDA PEIRCE
moved to the Cote d'Azur/French
issue, or you may choose to receive all ALPHA XI DELTA
Riviera and found that no alumnae
four quarterly issues. If you would like
group existed here. I am interested in
to change thef requency with which NOTE FROM THE
establishing one! If you are in the
you receive The Magazine, you may EDITOR
southeast of France (Nice/Cannes/
send an e-mail message to
Alpes Maritimes-Var) and are interest- Many of you have been wondering
[email protected] or mail a
ed or know of someone here, please when The Kappa Alpha Theta
note to KAO, 8740 Founders Rd.,
contact me at [email protected] or Magazine will feature another article
Indianapolis, IN 46268, attn: Address
telephone me at +33( country code) about First Lady Laura Bush, Alpha
Changes. You may also change your
(0)( only within France do you dial Theta/Texas. We are working with the
address or subscription via our web-
this zero)4 93 77 08 16. I look for- White House staff to arrange an inter-
site, www.kappaalphatheta.org.
ward to hearing from my Theta sisters. view time that is convenient for her,
GIA CASTIGLIA SCHWARZER and we will publish the resulting arti-
I am a member of Alpha Xi Delta
EPSILON SIGMA/UC IRVINE cle in the issue immediately following.
and mother of a Theta. For the last five
VIA E-MAIL We had hoped that this would be the
years, I have enjoyed reading Hillary's
Spring 2002 issue, but that is looking
MAGAZINE copy of The Magazine. In fact, I have
less and less likely. We are grateful for
made some sug-
SUBSCRIPTIONS our readers' patience!
gestions to The
We do have articles planned for the
Sometime in the distant Quill editor to
spring issue that we are very excited
past, when I was working model some fea-
about. Judith Miller, an author,j ournal-
15-hour days, I asked you tures from your
ist, and expert on the Middle East, will
to cancel my subscription magazine. My
be the subject of our profile article.
to The Kappa Alpha Theta daughter was
We'll feature reports from both our col-
Magazine because I had no married in June,
lege chapters and our alumnae groups
time to read it or take part and I just sent a
about their activities over the past year.
in alumnae activities. Now request for a
We'll honor 75-year Thetas and those
that I am retired and have name and
collegians with straight-A grade-point
time for both, will your address change
averages. We'll publish annual reports
forgive and forget and put for her to
from both the Fraternity and the Kappa
me back on the member- Fraternity
Alpha Theta Foundation. And, as is tra-
ship list? headquarters.
ditional each spring, we'll print the let-
JEAN LAUG-CARROLL I would like to
ter of reference form and the recruit-
BETA PI/MICHIGAN STATE continue receiv-
ment personnel roster.
ing The Magazine. I was thrilled and
We're going to enjoy creating the
Editor's note: Theta isf or a life- surprised to receive my own copy of
next issue, and we hope you'll enjoy
time, and an alumna is never removed the Spring issue this year because I
reading it. •
from the Fraternity's membership list had made a donation to the Kappa
WRITE TO US...
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Do you have a comment about an article in this or any other issue of The Magazine? Do
you know an accomplished Theta who would be a good subject for a profile article? Do you
have a Theta issue on your mind?
Then let us hear from you!
The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine is the official magazine of the Fraternity, and, as
such, one of its functions is to serve as an open forum for member discussions. We are
pleased to publish letters from our readers; we value your input.
Letters to The Magazine may be sent via mail (Liz Rinck, Kappa Alpha Theta, 8740
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WINTER 2001 - 02 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE
SNAPSHOTS
ANNE MEIER JONES, MNDIANA,i s a
realtor in Columbus, OH, and recently
received an Award of Achievement
from the Ohio Association of
Realtors.
KIMBERLY KELLY RUSSELL,
EE/BAYLOR, Collin County College
District's director of human resources
in Plano, Texas, has been selected as
one of only 35 HR professionals to
participate in an executive HR leader-
ship class. Sponsored by the College
and University Professional
Association for Human Resources
Members of the PSI CHAPTER at WISCONSIN chapter gathered for a picture on (CUPA-HR), this week-long leader-
preference night. ship program will focus on topics
such as effective HR practices and
strategies for both a changing world
C
ousins CAREY
and the campus of the 21st century.
VANDRIFST, r4)/TCU,
Through this program, Russell will
and MARTHA VANDRIEST,
have an opportunity to work closely
BO/IOWA, enjoyed a week of fish- with leaders in public and private col-
ing with their fathers in the Alaskan leges and universities throughout the
wilderness in August. United States.
REBECCA SCHOLES WALSWORTH,
STUDYING ABROAD
BO/IOWA, a resident of the
Bluebonnet Unit of Windcrest
Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene,
Texas, receives a special weekly visit
from her daughter NANCY
WALSWORTH STEPHENSON,
AM/MISSOURI. Stephenson and
her three Yorkshire terriers, Prissy,
Missy, and Sissy, visit Walsworth
and other residents often.
A JEAN SCHROEDER, rN/NORTH
NGELA WILLS
DAKOTA, recently received the
and VIOLET
Heritage Award for Alumni Service at
SHAHRIARI,
North Dakota State's homecoming.
EN/VIRGINIA TECH,
spent the summer Her years of service to NDSU span an
together in Beijing, impressive 2 decades. During her time
ALICIA MARIN, M/ALLEGHENY, and China, for a study- volunteering for the benefit of NDSU,
ANGELA WALLIS, EA/DICKINSON, met abroad program. They Schroeder has served on the NDSU
and became friends while on a small, posed for this photo- Development Foundation Board of
field-based study abroad program in Costa Rica. graph at the Great Wall Trustees since 1988 and has been a
This picture was taken after a day of whitewater
of China.
member of the Bison Bidders Bowl
rafting on the Pacuare River.
committee for the past 20 years.
6 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE WINTER 2001- 02
ALUMNAE
MEI •••Il
The first "re-estab-
lishment" meeting
of the AMES
ALUMNAE CLUB was
held in October
2000. Among oth-
ers, president ANN
ESPESET, vice-pres-
ident MARTHA
PATRICIA LAHR SMITH, P/NEBRASKA, received the
GLEASON, and ADO KATHY ROAT, allF11/10WA STATE, were
prestigious Alumni Achievement Award at the 2001
in attendance.
National Conference of Mortar Board in Columbus,
Ohio. Other Thetas in attendance were: LINDA
ALI MCCASKEY, JULIE
MARKINS SORENSEN, AX/PURDUE; JANE BAUR
MERRILL, AX/PURDUE; and SUE CARKOSKI RUBLE MIDDLESWART,
TEMPER°, P/NEBRASKA (Smith's niece). SARA BAILEY, all
Fil/lowA STATE; JEAN
CURTISS BURKE,
B0/10WA; and SARA
MILLER, AH/KANSAS
STATE, members of the
DES MOINES ALUMNAE
CHAPTER, celebrated
Founders Day 2001.
Posing for a
photograph
with other
members of the
ORANGE COAST
JENNIFER CARROLE, N/HANOVER; TONI LIN, ALUMNAE
AX/PURDUE; LIZ GRAU, AE/BALL STATE; and CHAPTER is ANN
ABBY BRINKMAN, N/HANOVER, were chosen to
SHEPARD
be Indianapolis 500 Festival princesses. The princess
MALONE,
program is a tradition in which 33 young women are
BT/DENISON, holding a personal invitation from First Lady
chosen from colleges and universities around Indiana
to serve as ambassadors for their schools, the state, LAURA BUSH, BUSMU,t o attend President Bush's inaugura-
the city of Indianapolis, and the 500 Festival during tion last January.
various activities in the month of May.
Last
May,
twenty
Thetas
from
the
WASH-
STACEY SWISTAK (center), B11/MICHIGAN STATE, INGTON,
was selected Greek Academic Woman of the Year,
DC/
2001. An awards dinner and ceremony was held last
SUBURBAN MARYLAND, and NORTHERN VIRGINIA ALUMNAE
May to honor Swistak and other award winners, and the
Beta Pi executive board— CARRIE SOFEN, KRLSTY CHAPTERS attended a matinee performance of The Best Little
KOLLER,S WISTAK, ELIZABETH DIMARIA,a nd Whorehouse in Texas, starring fellow Theta ANN-MARGRET,
MANDY MILLER—was on hand to celebrate. T/NORTHWESTERN.
WINTER 2001-02 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 7
KAREN DONOVAN
lAjga#LENTs...
MAGAN, F/BUTLER,
founder and president
SUZAN HAGSTROM, WUC of Hands on
BERKELEY, tells the story of Discovery Children's
Museum in Evansville,
the remarkable survival of
Ind., announced her
five Polish Jew siblings in retirement in July.
Nazi Germany's death camps Hands on Discovery is
a museum for children
in Sara's Children: The
and their families that
Destruction of Chmielnik. promotes learning,
Inspiration for the book came playing, and experi-
encing in an environ-
from an article Hagstrom
ment that is interac-
wrote in 1990 for The
tive, varied, welcom-
Orlando Sentinel's Sunday ing, and accessible.
Magan founded the
magazine on Orlando's
museum 10 years ago
Holocaust museum.
when the Junior
Consequently she met Helen League of Evansville
Garfinkel Greenspun, one of asked her if she would
SUSAN KAHMANN MILLER, JENNIFER G _NOVAK,
head a task force to
the five siblings who survived AMY ELLIOT SHULTZ, MELISSA BOWLBY ICHMOND,
see if Evansville
MICHELLE BLOOMER COMBS,S HANNON CARROLL,
slave labor, starvation, beat- would support a chil-
KATEY JACKSON HUGGINS, ALISON FREDRICK, and JULIE
ings, typhus, exposure, and RUSSELL, all from the GAMMA CHAPTER at BUTLER, gath- dren's museum.
fatigue, and was motivated to ered in May for an annual flower exchange.
reconstruct their story. Today
NATAL! GUT,
Hagstrom lives and works in
BU/MICHIGAN
San Diego, Calif. STATE, and her moth-
er, Nancy, celebrated
Mom's Day in April.
In JOYCE WEATHERFORD'S,
As a special present,
4:0/STANFORD, debut novel, Natali's mother sur-
Heart of the Beast, she prised her with match-
ing pansy purses.
describes the battle between a
greedy descendant of Oregon
ranchers and member of the
Nez Perce Indian tribe over
ownership of land that is
sacred to both. The novel was Tucson, Ariz., was the site of the biennial meeting of the
published in September. National Panhellenic Conference. (Back row) NPC Delegate
LISSA LUTON BRADFORD, A H/VANDERBILT; Fraternity
President MARY JANE PARKER BEACH, BN/FLORIDA STATE;
PAULETTE MITCHELL, 2nd Alternate Delegate CAROL STENBURG MCPADDEN,
BO/IOWA, has just published ,1 A/VERMONT; MIMI DAVIS REID, AM/MISSOURI; TRICIA
TINNEY, BA/ARIZONA; (front row) COURTNEY SIERK,
new cookbook, Vegetarian
BA/ARIZONA; MARGE POWERS KJELLAND, rA/BELOIT,
Appetizers. The cookbook Tucson Alumnae Chapter president; and MEGAN SCHWEDHELM,
offers fast, easy-to-make, BA/ARIZONA, were in attendance.
meatless dishes. Mitchell has
previously written nine other
cookbooks.
8 THE KAPPA ALPHA THEM MAGAZINE WINTER 2001-02
ANNE EBY MCREYNOLDS, Tv
KENTUCKY, was named Volunteer
Advocate of the Year for Seminole
County, Fla., at the Florida
Guardian ad Litem/CASA confer-
ence last June. Reynolds has been
a Guardian ad Litem since April
1999.
CLAIRE MCCASKILL, AM/MISSOURI,
is Missouri's 34th state auditor.
She was elected in November
1998, and her current term expires
in January 2003. She received the
Medal of Honor from the Institute
• • • •
▪ • =11• • • 11MMI•
for the Improvement of Justice in
JULIE-ANN DIME, CRYSTAL DIBENEDETTO BURKHALTER, and AMY
Atlanta, GA,f or legislation pro-
HOLT, ALL AK/LSU, graduated from LSU Law School in May.
7r-A tecting the victims of crime.
McCaskill has also been the recipi-
ent of numerous awards including
the Distinguished Alumni Award
from the College of Arts &
Science at Mizzou. Today, she
serves on the White House
Commission for Drug Free
Communities.
ALYCIA GLENN OLESEN, EX/GUEI,PH; BARBARA
ANN CAULFIELD, CYUC BERKELEY; CAY
WOMACK ECKLAND, AO/TEXAS; SUE LAFFAN
THOMPSON, FM/MARYLAND; and KAY LOOP LOCHER,
AX/PURDUE, gathered at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Museum after Theta's Officer's Conference
in July. CONGRATULATIONS!
••
•• Fur members of Theta's headquarters staff
completed the Chicago Marathon in October.
CLARE WHIPPLE, ZA/CHARLESTON; Jeff
Rinck; KELLEY HURST, BI/COLORADO; and Jeff
Risser were tired but happy at the race's finish.
On August 20, 2001, the new members of
the GAMMA DELTA chapter at the
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA posed for
their first picture together. This year's theme
was "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You." •
WINTER 2001- 02 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 9
THETA TIMES
KITES OVER OHIO TAMPA BAY ALUMNAE CHAPTER INSTALLED
Sharon Gordon-Girvin, BN/Florida State, facility
John Carroll University in University
corporation district director; Jane Shepherd
Heights, Ohio( a suburb of Cleveland), Dick, ETNale, vice-president alumnae;
will be the site of Theta's newest chap- Tiffini Holtsberg, EO/Stetson, Tampa
ter, Eta Kappa. JCU is a private, liberal Bay Chapter president; Krista Wood
Rechtorik, BO/lowa, Tampa Bay
arts school with approximately 4000 stu-
vice-president; and Helen Hynes
dents. This fall, the five established local
Dray Bode, P6'/Ohio Wesleyan.
sororities at JCU affiliated with National
Panhellenic Conference organizations.
Theta affiliated with the Pi Sigma a lively interest in people.
Phi local chapter, a large, established That active life began in
group with a 10-year history. In Octo- 1895, in Chicago. As a child,
ber, more than 75 members were Edna Johnson kept up with her
pledged. The chapter was installed the two older brothers, excelling in
weekend of November 17 and will 111C7 sports as well as dancing. In high
participate in recruitment in the spring. school, she taught ballroom dancing on
The other NPC groups on the John the weekends and was captain of the
women's basketball team. She was
Carroll campus are Kappa Kappa MILESTONE YEARS
awarded a scholarship to Northwestern,
Gamma, Chi Omega, Gamma Phi
Twelve members of the 26-person where she majored in dramatic arts and
Beta, and Kappa Delta.
headquarters staff have worked for graduated in 1917. One year later, she
Kappa Alpha Theta has opened five
Kappa Alpha Theta for more than five married Delbert George Girton.
new chapters in the past year. It is an
years, and two staffers have been with The Girtons lived in Paris,
exciting time of growth for the
Theta since the headquarters building Hamburg, London, and Argentina
Fraternity! More information about the
opened in 1983! This year, Carol before settling in Ponte Vedra Beach
Eta Kappa Chapter will be featured in
McLaughlin, Ell/Bucknell, extension in 1954. They had three children and
the Spring 2002 issue of The
director, celebrates five years of were married for nearly 50 years.
Magazine. Please see page 12 of this
employment with Theta. Gretchen About 30 fellow residents of Vicar's
issue for information about the re-
Brown, Alpha Chi Omega, member- Landing and Girton's eldest daughter
establishment of the Beta Theta
ship coordinator, and Lone Land, attended her birthday celebration.
Chapter at the University of Idaho.
AX/Purdue, office/technical services
coordinator, celebrate 10 years of BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY
WELCOME, TAMPA BAY
employment with Theta. Even of you live in a generally
ALUMNAE CHAPTER
warm climate, you may still suffer
A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY
More than 100 Florida Thetas from the winter blahs. If you're one of
attended a Founders Day luncheon Edna Johnson Girton, T/North- those people who would rather hiber-
that was also the installation of the western, recently celebrated her 106th nate through winter, you've probably
Tampa Bay Alumnae Chapter last birthday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Ha. In figured out that you're not going to be
February. The luncheon was held at an article published in the Shorelines able to snooze for four or five months
the Tampa Yacht and Country Club; in newspaper, she said there is no secret each year! Here are three creative ways
addition to the 50 Tampa Bay mem- to living such a long life: "I don't to cheer yourself up on a dreary day.
bers who signed the charter, members know how it happened." • We're all familiar with Valentine's
of the St. Petersburg and Clearwater Employees at Vicar's Landing retire- Day and Presidents Day, but the winter
Alumnae Clubs also attended the cele- ment community, where Girton lives, months also abound with goofier holi-
bration. credit her longevity to an active life and days. Celebrate Bubble Bath Day,
Oatmeal Month, National Pig Day, or
Pay a Compliment Day. For more winter
A CENTURY OF PRIDE
holidays, visit www.bluemountain.com.
LIV A CENTURY OF PRIDE • On an ugly gray day, rent a former
"summer blockbuster" movie or read a
March 4, 2002, will mark the sixth
book set in an exotic tropical locale.
annual International Panhellenic Badge
Suddenly, the weather outside doesn't
Day, an effort that encourages fraternity
matter so much.
women to celebrate their Greek affiliations
by wearing their badge or letters. The public • Get on the Internet (at home or at
awareness campaign is titled A Century of the library) and look up long-lost
Pride: Live the Greek Tradition. friends. To find a phone number or
the Greek tradition
By wearing letters or badges, fraternity e-mail address anywhere in the coun-
members can encourage questions and discus- try, use www.people.yahoo.com. Or
International Badge Day sion about the Greek system. We can promote post a message or search the message
the lifetime opportunities for friendship, learning, boards at www.peoplesite.com. •
March 4, 2002
and service that Theta provides.
10 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE WINTER 2001-02