Show Alpha Xi Delta Adds Chapter to Campus The ranks of campus Greek-letter fraternities will be swelled this quarter by the chartering of Alpha Xi ninth national sorority to be established at the University of Dean Myrtle announced Officially voted on campus last week by council members and the faculty Alpha Xi Delta will hold its first rush party for upper classmen sometime this Alumnae members plan that it be well enough established by January to compete with other campus sororities during regular winter rush Alpha Xi Delta has seen the need for more women's fraternities cm the University of Utah campus and is the first organization to take steps toward according to Mary Beth Founded in 1893 at Lombard Alpha Xi Delta has 57 college chapters and 79 alumnae alumnae chapters in 32 states throughout the Of 27 college chapters are in state universities and It was the first fraternity to announce a national war project after Pearl Harbor and since then has contributed over to the American Red Cross for an ambulance in a and utility unit in a mobile canteen and truck ambulance in The sorority encourages development in chapter business management and social The new chapter is under the sponsorship of the Alpha Xi Delta alumnae group of Salt Lake Miss Dorothy instructor in physical education at the and Geral-dine transfer student from Coe Cedar Dean Austin's comment concerning the establishment of another campus sorority the time that we had 1200 girls on the we had just eight chapters to accommodate We now have over 1800 girls many of whom want the of fraternity The administration desires that girls who want this experience should have It is clear that the groups already established cannot give that experience to all the girls who want I am therefore very happy that a new group of Alpha Xi Delta's standing is establishing a chapter on the University of Utah It will be a fine honor for a girl to be chosen as a charter member of the |