Get the LowDown from Sigma Kappa! OCTOBER 2021 VIEW IN BROWSER (Mary) The LowDown a Sigma Kappa quarterly newsletter [FROM THE ARCHIVES] "We tread our paths so easily, Now worn quite smooth by other feet, We scarce will deign to look upon The rougher paths, which may ours meet. So we forget that our smooth way Was once as rough and hard as these; That many traveled painfully, That we might travel on in lease." - Grace Foster, Alpha, Colby College From the Autumn 1921 Sigma Kappa Triangle, celebrating 50 years of women's admission to Colby College SAVE THE DATE FOR SERVICE EXTRAS Understanding the On April 6, join Sigma Kappas everywhere to participate in Dueling Lawsuits the third annual Day of Service. We encourage you to Against Yale and donate your time, individually or with other sisters, to a Harvard Over cause you believe in and help make your community a Fraternities and better place. 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