Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-18
Exercises Observing
Founding Sigma
Kappa of Colby

The exercises attendant upon the
5Oth anniversary of the founding OF
the Sigma Kappa sorority at Colby
| college were highly pleasing to the
large audience which we'll filled the
, auditorium at the First Baptist
| church.
The greeting from the college was
given by Dean Nettie M. Runnals
and then Mrs. Ruby Carver Emerson
'O4. of Cambridge, Mass, gave the
history Of the Sigma Cappa sorority
from its founding at Colby college SO
years ago until now with it's many
| chapters all over the country. Mrs
Alice Cole Kleene, '9S, of Hartford
! Conn, recited a poem, after which
Mrs. Nellie Brakeman Donovan, 49,
of Newton Center, Mass, sang two
| songs which were composed by Emily
Pearce Meader. A musical trio COM
posed of the Misses Helen H. Pratt,
"a, Ginning. N Y, Marion D. Brown,
"a. Waterville. and Louise M. Gates,
rs, North Vassalboro. gave 1.-The
other song, "A Song of Maine."
Mrs. Annie Richardson Barnes, '94,
of Houlton then spoke on the subject
of THE Sorority as Factor of Edu-
cation" Her address was:
Following is in part the observance
/ address made by Mrs. Annie Richard
son Barnes at Colby college Tuesday:
From our several corners of the
earth we have come back to our dear
Alma Mater, drawn by those bonds Of
love and friendship which time can
not sever.
Sadness there is for dear ones
gone before" but who shall say
they are not near us, with us. loving
us still, reckoning us on to higher
ideals?
while we do not claim that soror-
ity spirit should dethrone class spirit
nor college spirit, we love to dwell
upon the loving relations of our
sorority sisters. and the value Of the
team work" of the sorority. Ex-
cepting that abnormal parsonage. the
hermit, all the world loves compan-
ionship. IT'S the plan of the ALL
wise Father that even the animals
should flock and herd together. This
work together experience of the
college girl gained by sorority team
work will prove to be of inestimable
value as she takes her place in the
march of club life and the work Of
woman'S organizations.
zone of the most essential factors
in woman's success in club work
to others. The sorority helps the
woman in that important factor, de-
batting But the greatest of all arts
that the sorority teaches the college
woman is the art of being able to
work smoothly with other people.
This we'll equipped woman will meet
all kinds of people. She must know
that only quietly and unassumingly
in a simple natural way. as the OPP
portunity presents itself can she
work best. She must be careful
never to give her interiors in educa-
ton a chance to say, She feels
above u.s. II she follows this
thought of Paul's. Il can do all things
through Christ which strengthened
me- the college bred girl will be a
ity and her sorority will have helped
her to give her best in that greatest
of all work, service to mankind"
"The Sorority as Preparation for
Life" was the subject of a talk by
Mrs. Annie Pepper Varney, '9S, of
Newton Center. Mass. and was as
follows:
Following is the address made by
Annie Pepper Varney at Sigma
Kappa Observance Tuesday night:
"A casual glance at the woman Of
today and at the estimate of woman
held by the world throws into sharp
contrast the present with fifty
wears ago. The mothers words,
directed by q trained and fearless
mind, are craven on the very hearts
of the future leaders of the age.
This educated mother leadership Is
the greatest consecrated propaganda
in the worlds history. The four
thousand members of Sigma Kappa
Sorority with the many thousand
members of affiliated sororities ere
a definite power for good in the
fabric Of social life throughout the
country.
ITO learn to live Is Tar more