PHI PI EPSILON NEWS

The rejuvenation of FPE that Fran and Sheila are bringing about is marvelous. We have a couple of real organizers and doers here and I think I can speak for a large number of us in not only congratulating them on the job they are doing but thanking them for doing it. It is such a pleasure and satisfaction to me to see some of my ideas and plans taking shape which under the circumstances I was in before I could not bring about myself. This is not meant to mean that all ideas being put into effect are mine, far from it, these two gals have cooked up lots on their own. What I meant was that it was my dream from the beginning to organize PHI PI EPSILON and get chapters established as widely as possible so that more and more of our lonely and isolated sisters could come to have the experience not only of knowing others and being able to femmedress among friends, but to achieve some of the self assurances, self acceptance and growth that membership and activities in FPE make possible. The growth and developement of some of our sisters is really wonderful and very satisfying to me. I don't care that some of you may resent it. I feel like a mother to the lot of you and I'm happy to see my daughters become real and not shadows.

Those who are members of FPE have received the first two issues of Femme Forum, the Soroity's new newsletter and progress report. For those who are not members I can report that we now have the principle areas of the world broken into Regions with a council- lor and usually a deputy in each. Sheila and Fran have developed new sets of procedures for security, communification and membership and things are really on their way.

PHI PI EPSILON was conceived of one continues to be a combination Sorority and Service Club to which a Femmeself may belong, in which she may grow and mature and thru which she may help others as she was helped.

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