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Founders"
 MARY
STORRS ANDERSEN studied voice at the
University of Michigan School of Music and went on to study and teach in
Berlin. While there she became engaged to the eminent U. S. musician,
Arthur Olaf Andersen. They were married in America and subsequently
returned to Berlin to continue their classes. A year later they returned to
Chicago, where Mary became Patroness of the Gamma Chapter. Later, they
moved to Tucson when Mr. Andersen was appointed as Professor of Theory and
Composition at the University of Arizona. They had three children, one of
whom became Patroness member of the Alpha Beta Chapter of the University of
Arizona. Ms. Andersen passed away at her home in Tucson, Arizona on the
25th of November in 1946.
S B N K D B M E E A N P M Z A
R I D E E M J L R S A L A V L
S Z G R S C R T O V G E R A K
B I L M O R H Z H G I R Y L L
E I N V A U E T T Z H Q S A U
N F B G R A O D G L C D T R B
G Z K O I W L N N B I A O I Z
ANDERSEN, ANNARBOR, ARIZONA,
ARTHUROLAF, BERLIN, FOUNDER, MARYSTORRS, MICHIGAN,
PATRONESS, PIANO, SIGMAALPHAIOTA, SINGING, TUCSON
 ELIZABETH
CAMPBELL was born in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, to parents who were both musical and college trained. She
graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music and later did
postgraduate work, along with becoming an assistant voice teacher, with Dr.
William Howland of the School of Music. Due to her mother’s illness,
however, she was forced to resign this position in 1909 and became Recorder
of Transcripts in the College of Engineering at the University. During the
first year of SAI, she was Vice-President of the Alpha Chapter and helped
prepare the first constitution and bylaws. She was instrumental in the
installation of the Beta, Eta and Lambda chapters. From 1913 to 1914 she
was the fraternity’s National President, twice the fraternity’s Historian
and became Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance in 1929. She was
also a member of the National Executive Board as Chairman of Finance and
Director of Finance from November 1932 until November 1948, a year before
her death. Final services were held on September 28, 1949 in Ann Arbor.
C S F L B U Y R S H A T W S M
K A N D H V E P T Y N C G K T
E P M T S C N E P B N Z I W N
G U C P O M B Z I H A V Y E S
U K B R B A B B R A R K C Z S
Y S D Y Z E I V C L B I E O M
M E W I I V L W S V O Y F K Q
R U L A E W Y L N V R J Q I B
T E R U L X R T A J I N F B E
M G U T K Y P N R C J H Y P C
R H I Y K Q B Z T I C R Y Z O
P R E S I D E N T S G K B Z C
V R E H C A E T F U R A J G A
R J G A A V T A O M P M A I F
E U V T U M D W P B P X S G P
ANNARBOR, BYLAWS, CAMPBELL,
ELIZABETH, MUSIC, PRESIDENT, RECORDER, TEACHER,
TRANSCRIPTS, VOICE
 NORA
CRANE HUNT
graduated in 1903 from the University of Michigan School of Music as a contralto and choral
conductor, and she served as a member of faculty from 1903 to 1941.
Following her teaching retirement
she was the Alumni Secretary for the School of Music for ten years. Her home was in Jackson,
Michigan until 1912 where she maintained a studio. In addition to her voice
work at Michigan, Nora Crane Hunt directed the University Girl's Glee Club
for twenty-five years, 1910-1935. In her concert activities, her preference
was oratorio. Locally, she directed the choir and sang in the quartet of the
First Presbyterian Church. On November 14, 1949, as Nora was preparing to
attend an Executive Board Luncheon of the Ann Arbor Alumnae Chapter, death
came very suddenly. In 1958, one of the nine new housing units within the
Mary Butler Markley Hall, Residence Hall for Women at the University of
Michigan, was named after her.
C Z Q T J X S A G K Z E Y C N
Z H Z G D Z R O B R A N N A O
A L O V N U F S Q C A P J F R
N T W R F H Z S O G G A O A A
E L I D A W A N I Y C F Q C C
E B F R I L T H B K R X L U R
Y R A T E R C E S I N M U L A
U R N T A I E O T M B H A T N
K H W L M V N C N R N V U Y E
N B T G O N P F T D A F I F H
V O R A T O R I O O U U I C U
V Y M C P A O I S U R C Q F N
S I G M A A L P H A I O T A T
M G N I G N I S Y X N Y T O G
O Y P J M S G B R M C F J E R
ALUMNISECRETARY, ANNARBOR, CHORALCONDUCTOR, CONTRALTO, DIRECTOR, FACULTY, JACKSON, MICHIGAN, NORACRANEHUNT, ORATORIO, QUARTET, SIGMAALPHAIOTA, SINGING
 LEILA
FARLIN LAUGHLIN
was born in Lowell, Michigan. She was a student at the Oberlin Conservatory
in Ohio, taught two years at a southern college and graduated in voice from
the University of Michigan School of Music in 1903. She studied that summer
with William Howland and Frederick Bristol and returned in the fall as a
faculty member. She served the fraternity as National Treasurer from 1909
to 1910. Remaining on the faculty for seven years, it was in the fall of
1910 that Leila Farlin took the responsible position as Head of the Vocal
Department at Pennsylvania Normal College at Indiana, Pennsylvania. In 1918,
she was married to Mr. Harry Laughlin. She remained as Head of the Vocal
Department at the College until her untimely death December 6, 1921.
K N A B I Y N X A N F P N N R
S I I S R I R M N V H E U A P
T I H L L I V R W A N N F G P
Q N G R H W S X A C L N E I P
O T E M L G Q T O H A S C H E
S B L E A E U L O T F Y I C V
O Z I K Q A V A T L A L O I K
Z L P B L C L R L V R V V M A
A A I P O E E P U S L A A J K
I H O W L A N D H X I N W T Y
K M S V S R M W L A N I W U P
O V M U B Y T M S B I A I N V
J T R C I S U M H O I O O X U
L E Y T I N R E T A R F T D T
R X M W D C F K V L B C G A Z
BRISTOL, FARLIN, FRATERNITY, HARRY, HOWLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEILA, MICHIGAN, MUSIC, NATTREASURER, OBERLIN,
PENNSYLVANIA, SIGMAALPHAIOTA, VOICE
 GEORGINA
POTTS came from a very musical family and took her first piano
lessons in Toledo, Ohio. She received an Artist Diploma in Piano from the
University of Michigan School of Music in 1903. Following her graduation
she returned to Toledo where she became one of its finest piano teachers.
She appeared continuously in recitals and held many local music club
offices. She was also very active in the Ohio Music Teachers Association
and was instrumental in shaping plans for the state convention in June
1944. She participated in National Conventions awarding the College and
Alumnae Chapter Achievement Awards and installing the National Officers at
the 1962 Chicago Convention.
O G A C I H C R O T V B K A T
O Y P T B D J B H U D R S T B
T O L E D O O H I O W T F O Y
Q I Y U K M Q W O C T O S I D
R Q F M N D I C D O U O D A F
O E K K E I J G P N E C R H M
Y M H M Z O V A D Q W O A P I
I Z T C N V N E W H W J W L C
Y F U A A I R M R E C Y A A H
G R I M G E C S M S M A H A I
W P H R Y Z T B K D I F Z M G
V G O U Q W J B H T N T K G A
D E M U S I C V O W J U Y I N
G C D A K T X Q D V A U N S T
M X C M D N I M E S I I H M V
AWARDS, CHICAGO, FOUNDER, GEORGINAPOTTS, MICHIGAN,
MUSIC, OHIO, OMTA, PIANO, SIGMAALPHAIOTA, TEACHER,
TOLEDOOHIO, UNIVERSITY
 Minnie
Davis Sherrill
was
born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was an artist-graduate in piano from the
University of Michigan School of Music in 1901. She served as a member of
the university music faculty from her graduation to 1909. A brilliant
pianist and skilled accompanist, she gave piano lecture-recitals throughout
Michigan during her university tenure. Along with Elizabeth Campbell and
Leila Farlin, it was she who presented the idea for SAI to Nora Crane Hunt.
She became the first president of the Alpha Chapter and served as a national
officer in various capacities including National President from 1916 to
1917. In 1909 she married Dr. Edwin S. Sherrill in Detroit, Michigan. She
was unusually active in her new home city of Detroit, affiliating with both
Delta and Sigma Chapters and becoming Honorary Member of the Detroit Alumnae
Chapter.
A G N D M W R H O C K P Z A T
R L F A I I R T R C R Z T C S
B B P D G Q N Y E E P O R C I
O A A H X I T N S F I F A O N
R G B K A L H I I A T N N M A
C A Z X U C D C H E N W H P I
S M D C U E H P I R I U N A P
P N A Q N A L A J M Q A X N Q
H F B T U A E F P W D G C I D
N M H C A I M G J T H O M S N
P P S M L H E E K N E I K T X
O X G D E T R O I T B R E P S
Z I E D W I N S H E R R I L L
S L L I R R E H S O F S S P U
J A W E M Z O Z A V N L P L O
ACCOMPANIST, ALPHACHAPTER, ANN ARBOR, DETROIT,
EDWINSHERRILL, FACULTY, MICHIGAN, MINNIE, PIANIST,
PRESIDENT, SHERRILL, SIGMAALPHAIOTA
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