Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-26

Washington, d. c., July Is, 1858
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, an
international organization of co.
COO college women, will hold it's
9Th national convention at the
Statler Hotel in Washington, d. c..
August 1928.
About 1000 delegates are ex-
nected in the Nations Capital to
participate in the week-long sched-
ule of activities consisting of train
ing workshops, symposiums, panel
discussions, tours, luncheon, re-
citals, banquets and balls.
Five Public Events
Open to the public will be five
events: fashion show luncheon,
a concert recital, a panel discus
sion of Democracy and the Col
lege Community" symposium
on "Womanpower" and luncheon
discussion of "The Responsibilities
of the Black Bourgeoisie."
District of Columbia Commits
sioner Robert E. Mclaughlin will
extend welcome to the predom,-
nantly Negro college group on the
morning of August Is, signaling
the formal opening to the seven
days of sessions emphasizing pub
lie services and minimizing the
purely social aspects of sorority
life.
Throughout much of the conven-
ton Delta's Leadership core team"
composed of group process consult
ants, will hold leadership and pro-
ject MISUNDERSTANDING Delta So
rors methods of conducting the
sorority's five public service pro-
jects.
For these services the American
Library Association honored Delta
with its 1913 Letter Award for
the most unique library service
rendered during the year.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has
spent more than $4,000 in support
of 20 scholarships offered during
the past two years. Two such schol-
arships maintain students at the
Delhi School of Social Work in
Delhi, India as part of Delta's
five-year plan.
The Sorority was founded in 1913
at Howard University by % Ne
gro women faced with what has
teen called the double handicap of
race and sex. 1t now embraces 90
600 women with % chapters in
46 states and the Republic of
Haiti.
Included among the addresses
the women will hear will be one
on citizenship responsibility by
Mrs. Vel Phillips, democratic ma
tional committee woman from Wis
consin.
"The Responsibilities of the Black
Bourgeoisie" will be keynoted by
DR.. F. Franklin Frazier, chairman
of Howard University's Sociology
Department and author of BLACK
Bourgeoisie" and "The Negro in
the United States"
Directors of each of Delta's six
regions will serve as panelists in
discussing how these responsible
ties affect the work of the soror-
ity.
To Hold Panel Discussion
Another panel topic will be de
mocracy and the College Commun-
ity." Discussents will be DR..
Martin D. Jenkins, president of
Morgan State College; DR.. G. La
mar Harrison, president of Lancs-
ton University and representative
from the National Student Council
of the YWCA Association, the
Student Christian Association ami
the Association of Women Stu
dents.
Speaking at the symposium on
"Womanpower" will be DR.. Kate
Mueller of the University of In
diana, who will discuss the psychic
logical view; Marguerite Zapolean,
specialist in the Women's Division
of the U. S. Labor Department
and author of "The College Girl
Plans Ahead" and DR.. Esther LLOYD
Jones, a professor at Teachers co..
lege, Columbia University and
chairman of the American Council
on Education's Commission on the
Education of Women.
To Install New Officers
Installation of new Delta Off
GERS is scheduled for 8 pm. Fri
day, August %. An executive
board meeting is the only event
scheduled for tho conventions last
day, Saturday, August %.
Included among the purely So
cial events of the convention are
an August II luncheon for the
convention leaders and a reception