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*r\10-AMERICAN, AUGUST 12, 1969YOU-KNOW BECAUSE YOU MAD THt AFRO• t2 BaltimoreanswereBaltimore, where De'ta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is holding its 3011) national convention for the first 'timerir-the-hom e-of-l wo formfcr national presidents.They are Soror Gladys BTam Shcpperd. the fiftn national president. 1931-1933. and Soror Ma'e Wright Peck, ninth national president. She served from 1944 to 1947.A native of Memphis. Tenn., Soror Shcpperd was initiated into Delta by Lambda Chapter at the University of Chicago in the midtwenties.She comments that it hasbecn_a_pleasure lorJisr.lo follow the sorority closelyCounselors in 1968.Soror Peck has served as chairman of the National Pan Hellenic Council, vicc-presidem-of-the—National Association of College Women, president of the Baltimore Urban League, president of the Philoma-thians and a member of the Consumer Advisory Committee to the President'sCouncil of Economic Advisors.She is also president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Gay Northcasterners and a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.through service on commi ttees, boards, and councils.“Conventions are a source of inspiration, she says.pathThe retired history teacher has been an active civic worker and partici-ated in a lifetime of mgs.”She is currently a mem-J ber of the Gubernatorial —Commission-{of-the Study of Maryland Folklifc, appointed fay former Gover-i nor Spiro T. Agnew.--One of the things that gave her great pleasure was seeing the' Mary Church Terrell Instructional Center come into being as the Walbrook High School, which houses it, nears completion.Soror Sheppcrd, who - writes for pleasure, has authored several magazine articles and a book entitled, Mary Church Terrell. Res-p e c t a b 1 e Person.” Mrs. Terrell is an honorary member of the sorority and—always—urged—Deltas—Iwrite.• • •Soror Shcpperd has recently concluded a second book which will be released in the fall, Love to the Family: Both White and Black.” This book is the story of Jefferson Davis and his slaves, the Montgomery Family.A member of Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Shepperd is the wife of Dr. J. Douglass Shcpperd Sr. *The Shepperds have a son. Dr. J. Douglass Shepperd Jr. of--Washington-, a daughter Mrs. Sandra Rhinehart of Detroit, Mich, and five grandsons.Both Mrs. Rhinehart andMrs. Jewell Shepperd. wifeof the junior Dr. Shepperd.are Deltas.• • •During her term as national president, the sorority pin specifications were standardized and Delta was cited by the U.S. Government for helping the war effort by buying bonds designated for the purchase of ambulances.Also during this period,’ Delta helped Dr. MaryBethunc establish headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women by being the first organization to underwrite funds for the Washington building.t •- — SOROR MAE WRIGHT PECK. IVVv*» v. ...... - — — •»- —SOROR GLADYS BY RAM SHEPPERDSoror Peck received degrees from Cushing Academy, Tufts University, New York University and also studied at Columbia University. American University ar.d Morgan State College.She attended GoucherCollege and Eastern Baptist College on foundation grants in 1966 and 1967.Soror Peck comments that the convention brings to mind joy, reward, and pleasure: ‘‘The joy of sscing a large delegationof young women dedicating their time and expertise to a consideration of theproblems of our times; the reward of meeting some of the teenagers who have been helped through the Direct Search for Talent Program. an activity tflth which I have worked gyring’ the year; and, the pleasure of renewing friendships with sorors who have worked unceasingly.to help shape the destiny'of Delta Sigma 1^3.”V*** • • M• •» •• a • • |I■ • /XSERVICEA!• 1GHUTry~-bring your cor inNOW-SAVE!BLACKWAUS or WHITEWALLSPICK YOUR SIZE...CHECK THE LOW PRICE7Head of the Department of English at Douglas sHigh School, Soror Peck is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has been a consultant for the CollegianPress Conference nine years.—She-received an Administrative Level Grant from the C and P* Telephone Company for Teachers andlmiv■iVFOR COMPACTSihiii imuttfllt ?•* itimu 7*iu Dilll 7J3I1IFORut iit. il :*iHill %rA 4 et-InKit « CUM «f lt;ir.FOR MIDDLE SIZE CARS7»i)4 JrtiU U»MIfli'.lFOR»nn vt * tol C«. Utor4 f»-I4i 1*4MXH4TV1’ «f yw nf.FORLARGER SIZE CARSALL OTHER SIZESFORrwt ixtauj/#4. fL Utlit3i? tinWO *a| A r*. trttdWI tVfI tlyvt u*.'M•Tubolm or tube typo•Same typo road gripping traad duijn that come* cn new car POWER CUSHION bia* ply lirol.USE OUR EASY PAY PLANThis week only...“wuu N.*’,* rJw-4.. ^ ...iftJ*-*. •IV1PRICE BREAK SPECIAL• .j• -% 'j: n't: : ;’ - * V— •••♦TT? — «—*.► —• •. • • i . J.' •SOROR DuROTHY J. BARRICK-WRIGHT,—known to all as. Bea, is a Senior Teacher atModel School No. 32 in Baltimore and finds time for the avocations of interior decorating, costume designing and writing.*She holds a B.S. degree from Morgan State College, and M.S. from Morgan. Advanced study has been done at the University of Maryland, and also matriculation at Traphagcn School ot Design, and Business College..Initiated in the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter in i960, she has served as corresponding secretary of the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter, member of- Mother-Daughter Luncheon Com-mittee-, Founders’ Day Committee, and is currently serving with the National Convention as a member of the Husbands’ Committee, and also Co-Chairman of the Party Committed for the Executivesof Delta — ----A member of St. Katherines Episcopal Church, she belongs to the church auxiliary, Maryland State School Teachers Assoc., National Educational Associa turn, Morgan State College School Teachers., National Education Association, M organ State College Alumr.ae Association, B and P., Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, and currently Financial Secretary of The Moles, Baltimore Chapter.Bea is married to David N. Wright, Jr., a Depart-- Yoirrtnf?wTBir'v VT{««'*. r.C.rlory. 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