"PHI PI EPSILON”

Our

National

Sorority

Many times readers have written in suggesting the formation of a sorority. In earlier issues I have turned down the suggestion because at that state of development nothing much could be gained. Certainly there would be no point in some ones walking down the street wearing a pin signifying that he was a TV and yet having no valid explanation of its meaning to give questioners. Moreover, there was, at that time, nothing of a socially useful nature that could be accomplished by such an organization. We could not be any closer than we all were through reading the magazine together and writing to each other so there was nothing to be gained except a feeling of organizational togetherness and this was not sufficient to warrent the effort nor to sustain it once it was formed.

However, there have been long range plans afoot whose goals have not all been revealed. Every building has to have a founda- tion and on top of that one floor after another can be built. But the top, the penthouse, cannot be constructed till all floors be- neath are finished. So it is in this case. Perhaps, therefore, we had best look over the whole structure piece by piece, that is, level by level, and consider what the problems have been.

In the beginning there were thousands of individual TVs around the country and the world, and there still are. Most of these knew no others, while some knew two or three. Then came the first effort to uncover and gather them together. This was TRANSVESTIA. The purposes of the magazine have been stated in every issue

ENTERTAINMENT---EDUCATION---EXPRESSION

These were and are the goals to be achieved and from the comments received we appear to have been successful. Then there was the next stage of the personal physical acquaintance of TVs with each other. Susanna in New York had begun something on this level about the time this magaaine got started but at the opposite side of the country. Later Hose and Heels was orgainized in Los Angeles. Over the country TVs began to see each other personally in 2s and 3s as they got acquainted. This brought them out of their shells, helped them lose some of their guilt feelings and make a start toward self-