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c / / Southerner 'Becomes Assistant 'Registrar

By E D I T H H U N T I N G T O N A N -

DERSON, Grand Secretary

IF SHE had had no other qualifications I
think I should have voted to appoint Ann
Jeter Nichols as our new Assistant Registrar
because of her lovely southern drawl. On
my trip through the south two years ago, I
was fascinated by the native manner of speak-
ing, and would have liked nothing better than
to have settled down for life in Tennessee
or Virginia where I could always hear it.
Ann, being a native Virginian, has the south-
ern accent to a marked degree, and it is de-
lightful.

Perhaps you would like to know some-
thing of her history. She was born in Cov-
ington, Virginia, and from the high school
there went to Randolph-Macon Woman's
College where she became a member of our
Kappa chapter and from which she received
her degree in English literature in 1926. The
following year she taught English in her home
town high school. Then in 1927-28 she went to Columbia where she spent six
months working on her M.A. degree. While in New York, she did statistical work
for Dr. Ben D. Wood, professor of Educational Research in Columbia University,
for six months.
In 1928-29 she was again teaching in the Covington, Virginia, high school, and
on June 12 of that year, was married to Edward J. Nichols, a member of the English
Department faculty at the Pennsylvania State College. During the past year, in
addition to her duties as housekeeper, Ann has been statistical secretary to the
Registrar at Penn State. Now with the move of the Central Office to State College
on October 1, she becomes Assistant Registrar. We are most fortunate in being able
to secure her services, and as the chapters come to know .her, they will love her.
She is thoroughly interested in the fraternity; her attractive personality and keei.
thinking will help us to solve many problems and set a high standard for the
Central Office staff.

z5Melita <§killen Directs Winning Jfigh
School Tlay

M ISS Melita Skillen (Epsilon), of 628 Foster St., dramatic instructor at Senn
High School, Chicago, directed the play which won the dramatic contest for
high schools of Chicago and vicinity in the Goodman theatre this week.

Senn High School won all three first prizes with its entry, "The Drums of
Oude," by Austin Strong, Chicago playwright. Chicago and Gary high schools
and Culver Military academy were among the entrants. The contest was held
under the auspices of the Chicago Drama league.

Miss Skillen laid the foundation work for many Northwestern University and
Circuit Theatre Association players who studied under her at Senn.

—Evanston News-Index