Alpha Theta is a literary society amoung young ladies of the  High school. Only those who have completed the first years work are eligible. The society was organized in the fall of 1900 for the purpose of promoting the social interests of the school and to help its members along literary lines. One of the greatest benefits is that most essential requirements, self-possession when one is called upon to speak in public. The programs consist of debates, plays, recitations, essays, charades, music, etc….The officers are Frances Ash, president; Lena Patchen, vice president; Blanche Sweet, secretary, Nora Regan, treasurer.
 

Source:  Grip’s Historical Souvenir of Phoenix and Vicinity, Series No 14, Published by The Seaman Press, Pulaski NY, 1902 – Transcribed, bbt2000