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M'The Quiet Corner
Wander Qall
By BERTHA RAIX) MUCKEY, Chi Mist on a cold gray mountain,
Dusk on a cool green strand, Coral and a moonlit ocean, Ttvilight and burning sand,
A Bedozvin's zvild steed coursing. Slaves thai bend 'ncath the yoke Of some Eastern tyrant's bidding And Hungary's gipsy folk;
Breath of szvect purple heather And Italy's love-laden hours; The scent of some drug-steeped And the hire of hibiscus flozvers;
Tracks through a frozen zvasteland. And a cold ice-choked ravine,
Music and bright eyes and laughter And the clash of a tambourine;
These have I known—Ah, the yearning In my soul to again feel the thrall
Of some dim far distant surf line—
Ah, the throb of the Wander Call.
perfume.


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ef7Tje Thread of J^ife"
By DOROTHY ANNE FEYHERN, Xi Pledge "A thread of green!
Bubbling forth when life is young and clean.
A thread of red!
Youth, joy, life brimming over is what is said.
A thread of blue!
Mistakes, heartaches, a friend untrue.
A thread of lavender!
Quietness, sereness, full aware
That never again is youth to lure.
A thread of grey!
Trouble, sorrow, but still a desire to stay.
A blur of colors—Suddenly a lack. And it all ends in a thread of black!"
Sxile
By CAROLINE POWER, Rho
I really do not care that you are gone. Except when I am walking and I see Young lovers strolling down the lane
And talking tenderly.
I really do not miss you as I should Except when in the garden I'm at work Culling the weeds from color squares Where memories lurk.
I am not ahvays sure you arc away; Often, hurrying home, a memory—you IValk, with me in echo step
Along the
avenue.
J^oneliness
Oh, Loneliness, would you could now caress
The heart that held yon dear, but which Life had fired With all foo-quickning hope—and then left mired
Without your solace—in weariness.
Loneliness I remember when night skies blazed with stars; Loneliness, too, walked with me by the sea:
High-hearted. 1. serene, from all the world set free:
Now. hurled again am I into the mass, and by its bars Held captive, ycarninn for the dear and cool white heart Of loneliness—e'er all my dreams departt
By VIVIAN ELLIS, Beta Phi
Loneliness, the high solitude of Ion Hness, Calls to me when I am very tired.
IVhen all the high-held dreams that I desired Vanish—into nothingness—
—Sunset
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ois COSSITT, Omicron Pi
BARBARA CROWEI.L,
Alpha Sigma
MART O'LEARY,
Alpha Phi
NAOMI NASH,
Beta Phi
Three Dozen Delegates ^Meet in Sthaca
LET'S pretend that it is the evening of June 18, and all of us are to- gether at Prudence Risley Hall in Ithaca. Being a thoroughbred "con- ventionite" you need no introduction to a great many of the official delegates, for you've met the Executive Committee, the other National officers, the superintendents, and many of the alumnae who have come to previous conven- tions. You're most anxious, then, for the introduction of the younger members of the official family—the active chapter presidents. They are a very attractive
group, and we are glad to have the opportunity of presenting the thirty-six young ladies. They are modest, to be sure, so in most cases another of the Chapter sisters has prepared the introduction.
* Suppose we begin with our hostess, the president of Epsilon. Mary Barvian has shown her worth in outside activities as well as by her interest •n the house. Last year she worked hard on a competition for a position on the Cornell Countryman, a publication put out by the Agricultural College, and was awarded by being elected to the Board. She was also manager of the class tennis team and was in the dance festival. This year she has been just as active, remaining on the Cornell Countryman and at the same time working °n the Hades Committees. Hades is the annual event at which the sophomores Punish the freshmen of their sins. As you have guessed by this time, Mary •s a sophomore—one more mark to her credit, for it is most unusual for a
sophomore to be elected chapter president.
Now from way up the Atlantic coast comes Jeanette M . Roney (Gamma
30). She was an important and representative member of Y . W . C. A . cabinet for three years, assistant manager of Hockey, delegate to student conference at Detroit last year, now vice-president of Kitle Club, after serving a s secretary-treasurer and winning her letter twice, Panhellenic delegate and Woman member of the General Assembly. "If she can, she will do it,"' is the opinion people here have of her, and it is a fitting one.
From Delta in old Boston there is Margaret Rourke, one of those rare good Scouts whom everyone likes. "Rookie" is the sort of girl who, wishing for a hockey-stick for Christmas, was disgusted when she received a pair of earrings. We don't blame her, however, for she's an excellent athlete, with a delightful sense of humor.
New York sends us Harriet Dunham (Nu '30), who is a very poised and gracious young person with a twinkle in her eye which hides a very genuine Predilection for scholarship and a vast amount ofcapability.


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IFLORENCE I.ONGNECKER, Phi
GENEVIEVE WRIGHT,
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BETTY STIVEN,
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JUNLTTE RONEY,
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Norma Coe, Rho's delegate to convention is a worthy representative. An unusual personality, coupled with athletic and social prowess have made hcjfm a well-known campus figure. She is red-headed, slim, and vivacious, and a natural leader. Her interests are widely varied; and her circle of friends
is proportionately large. W e are proud to send such an outstanding delegate.
A straight "A" student is Harriet Pratt, Tau's president. You met her in the October issue, of To DRAGMA. Harriet is one of those very rare girls who combines high scholarship with a fine record in extra-curricular activity. Among other offices, she has served as president of Tarn O'Shanter, the junior girls' organization.
Marian Baine (Eta), was Panhellenic delegate for her chapter previous to her election as president. She is a sophomore who lives in Gary, Ind. You can see how very attractive she is with her dark hair and brown eyes, but she's as sweet as she is good to look upon, so she is very popular on the W isconsin campus.
Omicron Pi's delegate is Lois Cossitt ('30), of C'onneaut, Ohio. Lois has shown, by her continuous service to the house, a great deal of ability, energy, and loyalty. She started out her house activities in her sophomore vear with the job of doorkeeper. Later on, she was appointed Panhellenic' delegate, which office she held until spring elections, when the thankless task of treasurer was wished on her. She gallantly undertook her monthly struggle
with the house accounts, and always emerged, dissheveled, but triumphant. Her irresistible qualities of leadership, geniality, and humor make her the best possible choice for our next president.
Naomi Nash ('30), is from Beta Phi. "Noni" has held the officeof treasurer for the past two years. She is a junior in the Latin department, and is especially active in dramatic work. She played the lead in Christopher Morley's "Thursday Evenings" which was given at Convocation recently, and she is being co-starred in Maude Fulton's "The Brat."
A student in the Music School at DePauw, Dorothy Ellen Barr (Theta), is a member of M u Phi Epsilon, A . W . S. Board and was Thcta's Panhellenic representative.
Beta Theta's president is a very busy person for she works at a branch library besides taking the average number of class hours, supervising t l i e pledges and attending all of Butler's important affairs. Can you see her dimples and the gleam in her nice grey-blue eyes? Ruth McClurg is he f name, and she's our pride.
Ohio sends Dotty Jackson (Omega), who came from Glendale JunioJ College to attend Miami University. Last year her picture was publisher in the year book with five other of Miami's most beautiful girls.
Our baby chapter, Epsilon Alpha, is represented by Emma lean Walsej She is a member of the Education School, majoring in German. Among


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her activities are found: Women's Athletic Association Board, varsity rifle team, class baseball and volleyball, Campus Clubs Council, Y . W . C. A . com- mittee, and Collegian and Froth reporter.
Psi has chosen the treasurer of this year to lead them next year. Emily Niblock is a girl, fair to herself and all others.
Grace Oberlander (Chi '30), is treasurer of the Y. W. C A. at Syracuse University. She was sorority representative of the class of 1930 in the new Student Union Movement last year. She is also a member of the city W omen's Club.
Mary O'Leary, Alpha Phi's new chapter president, went to convention when she was a freshman. Ever since she has devoted herself to the chap- ter, subordinating her many campus activities to its interests. It is in recognition of her loyalty, responsibility, energy, and initiative that she was chosen as Convention delegate.
Chi Delta sends Violette Ward of Denver, a small, peppy senior who is graduating with a B. A . and a' B. E. degree. She will do graduate work next year. She has been treasurer and social chairman for the chapter.
Barbara Crowell ('30), comes from Alpha Sigma where she has worked hard as rushing captain and pledge mother. She is a member of Orchesis, the honorary dancing group at the University of Oregon.
Alpha Rho's new president and delegate is Elsie Jones.
Upsilon elected their president unanimously, so you will find Marcella Lavvler a girl whom everyone likes and so responsible that no trust is too large for her.
Delight Fredericks ('30), is Sigma's representative. She has been active on the campus as well as in the service of her sorority. She has recently beenelectedtreasureroftheY.W.C.A.andisamemberofIotaSigmaPi, women's chemistry society. In the house her work has been faithful and consistently reliable. She has managed several benefit bridge parties, teas, and rummage sales with great success.
Lambda writes: "We want to introduce you to our president, Dorothy Quinn, who is to go to Cornell as our delegate this June. 'Quinnie' is serving as president for a second term, so she has represented Lambda before—at district convention last year. We are very proud to be able to send a girl Well qualified, both in experience and training. She is taking her Master's this year, being the first person to take a higher degree in public speaking at Stanford, and is showing marked ability in her field. W e are also proud
|f 'Quinnie' for another reason, her winning of the archery cup at the women's triangular sport meet last year."
Audrey Buratti (Kappa Theta), is charm personified. Besides having Plenty of "pep," Audrey is one of the chapter's best pianists.
DOROTHY JACKSON,
MARCELLA LAVVLER, DOROTHY ELLEN BARB, DELIGHT FREDERICKS,
Omega Upsilon Theta Sigma


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IT is obvious to all of us tliat pledge training is essential to any well-prepared i class of initiates. Delta Gamma has always felt that a careful study of a rather stiff course should be required of each initiate. To that end each year's freshman class is organized. Over such an organization a pledge chairman is placed. Her selection should be made witli the greatest care, for upon not only the disciplinary capacities of the pledge chairman but upon her character and her attitude toward the fraternity depends the successful completion of the course in pledge training. She should be an upperclassman, of course, one who is well posted in the traditions of her chapter as well as in the national history of her fraternity and its form of government.
Pledge training consists in talks and discussions on conduct and standards; on responsibility toward the institution in which the chapter is located; ill reverence for and attachment to our own fraternity; in information about and respect for other fraternities and in the obligations of all fraternity women to uphold those high standards of leadership and conduct which educated women privileged to be members of a fraternity must stand for in a community.
In addition pledges are required to know about their own fraternity, what its history has been, who the national bfficers are and where they live, what the essential features of the government are and where the other" chapters of the fraternity are located.
It is quite essential that a manual for pledge training should form the basis of this course. In Delta Gamma up to the present time there has been no na- tional manual, although individual chapters have outlines and in some cases a printed manual for local use. A committee is now at work preparing a manual for national use from which it is hoped excellent results will come.
c5\l 'P. C. C^avors Cjfreshmen Ttyshing By N. C. P. Committee on Information and Education
H P H E first Inter-Sorority Conference was called "for the purpose of dis- JL cussing the question of pledging and rushing." Although, within two years, the greatest problem of pledging '"had been largely obviated by the establishment of a definite pledge day in each college and the abolishment of pre-matricula- tion pledging," constantly changing college and fraternity conditions have meant that these general topics are still pertinent. By definitely defining a pledge,
limiting its effectiveness, establishing its binding power on all campuses, and linking with it the present day signing of a preference slip, National Pan- hellenic Congress has been able to bring about a gratifying decrease in problems growing out of actual pledging, but those which come from the combination of rushing and pledging have been less easily solved.
In 1902 and 1903, the Congress went on record as favoring "as late a pledge day as possible," and in 1907, it urged that all College Panhcllenics adopt the sophomore pledge day in an effort to correct rushing and picking evils. W 1912, the value of the sophomore pledge day was believed to ]<•_• ><< open to q"e S "
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AY, 1929
The Sditor speaks
Qive the Chapter "Relatives a {Jair Qhance
PRINGTIME and the world's so bright and new that it's hard to think of the fall, but four months away. Your thoughts are filled with the ast set of liual examinations of the year, with vacation plans, with happy nticipation of convention at Ithaca. Your heart is so full ot spring that ou would grant almost anything your sisters ask just to see them pleased. pring has a way with us, doesn't it?
But fall is but four short, joyous months ahead, and you 11 soon be back o start another nine months of concentrated study and play. For some ot ou who still rush during the first six weeks or less of the school year, ou will return to one of the most trying periods of the term. And so we
send a warniim—know the names and at least one thing about each ot your ushees before the parlies start. You'll be surprised how much easier it will ake rush week. . , Then there's that very serious business of rushing sisters, daughters and cousins. Perhaps vour chapter pledges them automatically, and if it does, you are very kindlv. .Most of our chapters do not make such provisions, though, so the 'subject becomes one of grave concern. Let's start our discussion with the girls YOU are to rush who have sisters. W on't you please be sure that both girls are the type whom you want in your chapter before you pledge the older one. A little thought for a future chapter will save many an
older sister s heartache. Perhaps the girls may have entirely different person- alities, but if one is worthy of our pin, it is a rare case when the second °ne is not. If you have a chapter relative whom you know will be going through rushine next fall, and you have said to yourself, " I knew her
s'ster, and I couldn't have a fraternal feeling for her. I just won't cast Hy vote for this girl," see to it that you are fair with her. She, no doubt, has sister privileges so you will have the opportunity, if you will take it, to Set acquainted with her this summer. You may find that she has a heart ?* gold under an unbecoming gown: that her wit makes up for her stringy hair; that she isn't at all like sister. Give her a fair chance. I f she hadn t heen a sister, a cousin or a daughter, she would have had it. Your con- Slderation of her should be thrice thoughtful and kindly because she is.
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HE task of teaching students o f Kmdcy High S c h o o l t o talk and read
Spanish has not quenched the creative desires i>i M i-- hVIicia Metcalfe (Omicron). Consequently \vc record this week that Miss Metcalfe has sold the publishing rights of her three-act comedy, "All Night I.'MII;." to the Walter H. Baker Company, of N ew York, receiving a substantial check.
The company expects to publish the play immediately and to dispose of the professional rights to a N ew York producing company. The publisher also hopes to use the comedy as a talkie.
Miss Metcalfe has been writing playlets and newspaper material for several
years, but this is her first big strike.
—Birmintiham News.
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MAY, 1929 61 ^Michigan ^Member 'Writes junior ffirls' Vlay
OMICRON P I chapter is very proud of its representation i n th e 25th annual Junior Girls' Play, Forward March, which recently completed a week's run at the Whit- ney theatre in A n n Arbor, and a one-night performance at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.
To Frances Sarkett, naturally, go our greatest laurels, f o r she w as that individual, so down-trodden in musical comedies, known as the author. I n addition, she helped write the lyrics, and.in the wording of a Michigan Daily review, "did a dav's work in the various choruses." Betty Hemenger was our most hard-worked chorus girl. Lela Crump and Lois Cossitt were also active in the choruses. Behind scenes w as Betty Morley, painting cheeks and penciling eyebrows with the make- up committee. Out in the audience, Mary Roach was ushering in the campus sheiks, professors, co-eds and townspeople anxious to see the long heralded performance.
I'i The play, or rather, musical comedy as it should be called, concerns a female republic
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called Gynecocracy, of which the principal means of support are mines of Triple-A cold cream. The country is nearly involved in a w ar with Switzer land on account of a dispute over cold cream; but Switzerland saves the situation by refusing to fight against a nation so unworthy the expenditure
f the trouble and money a war would cost. The love interest centers around Wo leads and tw o comedy leads, closely bound up with Gynecoc racy politics.
Monday night, the opening nieht of the play, is traditionallv set aside fo r the senior women, who appear at the production, completely filling the first Boor of the theater, clad for the first time in their caps and gowns. The Seniors make a big night of it, and hold a banquet first at the Union, wheie Ihey sing songs from their own play, and learn parodies on them to fit the Occasion. Forming in twos, they march down to the Whitney, where they Mg to the juniors until the curtain rises.
I The juniors also look forward to the opening night. A t the theater, there w^a corsage from her house for each girl taking part in the cast or com- jliuttees. After it is all over, most houses, including ours, stage a party at home in honor of their juniors.
. The production was judged by some to be the best Junior Girls' Play ever pven. It always had large audiences, and received enthusiastic applause.
—By SALLY KNOX. Mepsilon J^awyer ^Becomes 'Partner in &\(. g / . Cfirm
ARY H.DON'LON (Epsilon), is nowa partner inthe firm of Burke& , Burke. 72 W all S t, N ew York, according to a little card which came to ^ Central Office early in March. M an's partners are Daniel Burke. Thomas
yregory, Arthur V . McDermott, John H . Schmit. William E. Vogel, and •»«Ties Bundy Burke. They have practised law as associates fo r some years.


62 To DRAGMA cjMrs. Qreen is J-fostess at ^orority bridge
"J^/TRS. VIVIAN J. GREEN (Iota), entertained the members of the west rViL side group of the Oklahoma City Alumnae association of the Alpha Omi- cron Pi sorority Thursday afternoon in her home, 1947 West Twentieth street. The meeting was the first event of the bridge tournament planned by the as-
sociation.
High scores were made by M rs. W arren H . Edwards and M rs. Bryan
W. Nolen. Mrs. Nolen, 1814 North Blackwelder avenue, will be hostess at the March meeting.
The tournament was planned to raise money for the house of the active chapter at the University of Oklahoma. The prizes are all to be donated to the house. The alumnae have been divided into three groups, one in Norman, the east side group and the west side group of Oklahoma City. After each member of the association has entertained her group once, one large party will be held. The tallies will be saved until the final play and the prizes awarded then.
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Two extremely attractive young matrons have been brought to town by prominent athletes. Sounds like a tabloid, but I'm speaking of Mrs. Vivian Green and M rs. W esley Frye, whose husbands are coaches at the local schools. Mrs. Green is an Alpha Omicron Pi from Illinois, and is one of the glorious blondes who makes you envious with her rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. Thursday, at a bridge she gave for Mrs. John A. Mac Donald of Durant, she was wearing a charming frock of nut-brown chiffon made with a full skirt and appliqued with the material at the waistline and on the sleeves.
—Daily Oklahoman.
3\(ew 9/ork Qiapters ^ucceed with Theatre Tarty
TO buy out a theatre,—though it be but for a single night—in New York, where even the smallest theatres boast seating capacities terrifying in their proportions, and doormen awe-inspiring in their Arabian Nights splendour, seems a tremendous undertaking. But, at the Civic Repertory Theatre on March 19, New York Alpha O's learned the interesting possibilities of a benefit theatre party.
Early in the year, the idea of a theatre party for Nu took root in alumnae circles, and their three young Musketeers, Marion Vineburg, Edith Collins, and Frances Froatz, intrepidly undertook to put it "over the top." Together they secured the contract for the theatre, and proceeded to turn their re- spective offices and homes into ticket agencies, and their personal corre- spondence lists into mailing catalogues. Active and Alumnae chapters were divided into teams, each with its quota of tickets to sell, and friendly compe- tition waxed fast and furious. From far and wide the friends of Alpha 0 were invited to come and share an evening with us. until, at last, breathless and weary, but happy and triumphant, we could hang up the neat sign, "sold out," before the Civic Repertory.
Now lest the term "benefit" frighten with its forebodings of a strained and dull affair, wc rise in editorial haste to say that it was one of the merriest events of the season. For in the little Fourteenth street theatre, where Eva Le Gallienne nightly proves to appreciative audiences that charm and a very great talent are not at all incompatible with modern drama, we saw an ex- quisite performance of Limitation an Voyage, and we saw it with oU«* friends. Afterwards came a gay little after-the-theatre parh at the house. And so to bed,—with one more successful undertaking: chalked up to the credit of Active and Alumnae chapter cooperation.
—By MARGARET WILSON.


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Kappa), stands at the l e f t of the chief.
Qamma Qirls Sleeted to ^All rJMaine Women
The group was founded to be as a balance wheel between the Faculty and fMl of the various organizations on the campus. The members are chosen °n the basis of character. Maine spirit, honor, dignity and willingness to accept responsibility. Since its founding Alpha O's have figured prominently in the doings of the All Maine Women and Jessie Ashworth, Alice Webster
?nd Mary Robinson, already members, were there to welcome their sisters into the group. Close upon this announcement came another, that Sibyl and Alice had been elected members of Phi Kappa Phi, the national honorary society (founded at Maine), which unlike Phi Beta Kappa whose membership
limited to Arts and Sciences students, may select its members from all of die colleges represented in the University. Jessie Ashworth became a mem- ber last year, and this vear both she and Sibyl were made members of Phi fieta Kappa.
It is worthy of note and pride that the only honorary members elected All Maine Women were Alpha O's, Mary Ellen Chase, professor at Smith <l author of "Uplands.'' and Joanna C Colcord, well known as a social porker and for her book "Broken Homes." The October To DRAGMA of
'928 contains a special introduction to her and one of her radio talks.
• —By ISABELLA B. LYON.
HEN the All Maine women announced their new members at their an-
nual banquet at the Penobscot Valley Country Club, three active and two alumnae Alpha O's found that they had been elected to that honor, the highest given here at Maine. Those belonging to Gamma chapter were Marion (Holly) Hawkes ('29), Jeanette Roney ('29), and Sibyl Leach ('29).
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64 To DRAGMA z/tlpha 0micron Vi Qirl Sponsors (jlee Qlub
THE contest among the sororities in sell- ing tickets for the Vanderbilt Glee club concert which will be held this evening in Xeely auditorium a 8 o'clock was won by the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. From their group was chosen Miss Lucille Morgan, who will act as sponsor for the club for the pres- ent season.
Miss Eunice Mallory, T r i Delta, sold the greatest number of tickets individually and she will act as head usher for the home con- cert this evening. Miss Florence Hayes can a close second in the ticket selling contest and Misses Mary Elizabeth Keller, Klwyn Lyons, Frances Ewing and Adelaide Douglas re- ceived honorable mention.
Since its great success on the concert tour
from which it recently returned the Glee club
is confident of giving a splendid performance
in their first Nashville appearance of the sea-
son. Professor Milton Cook has given the
hoys his untiring effort in training them in
the chorus work and solo parts. Eugene
Bugg, wellknown bass baritone, who is a pupil of Signor De Luca, will be the leading soloist of the evening. The Gold Dust Twins. Claude Hornet and William Vaughn, accompanied by Sam Morgan, will do their unusual skit and the Vanderbilt orchestra will play several numbers mi the program.
The following representatives from each of the sororities will be ushers at the concert: Misses Eunice Malloy. Sarah McGaskill. l>or,,thy Overall (Xu Omicron). Adelaide Douglas. Florence Hayes (Xu Omicron), Juanita
Browning, Elizabeth Futrell and Cora Thomas.
The Delta Delta Delta Sorority won second place in the group contest IB
ticket selling and the Kappa Alpha Thetas came third. Besides those solqj before tickets may be bought at the auditorium just before the concert.
***
A large and representative audience attended the concert of the Vander- bilt Glee Club, which was given last night in Neelv auditorium.
There are nearly forty boys in the club and they did remarkably wcljj considering that only six had sung in it before this season. Several S 0 0 " voices were absent too.
I. Milton Cook, supervisor of music in the public schools, trained and led the boys, and his years of experience in handling voices enabled him to wor* wonders with these youthful tenors and basses and achieve some very good effects.
When the curtains parted, the club was standing in several rows across the stage; Miss Lucille Morgan, who was chosen from the .Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, which won the ticket selling contest, had the place of honor a the footlights. —The Nashville Tcnnesseeon.
Thi Jiouse is ^cene of Quilt Exhibition
AN exhibition of quilts at a silver tea of the women of the Ep^1""1'''' Church will be at the Alpha Omicron Pi house. Thursday afternoon, April 11. There will he a number of beautiful antique quilts displayed.
—The DaUv Kansan-


MAY, 1929
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To DRAGMA Alpha O's 'Popular on Southern Qampuses
Marjorie Sigler is a freshman and a pledge of Nu Kappa c/iapter. She has become so well known on the campus at S. M. U. that she was elected one of the four girls who were chosen by the student body to be representative girls of this school. Marjorie is as clever as she is fair. Her sally upon being called for a toast at the initia- tion banquet is found in the chapter
ANNE TREADWELL AUSTIN (Iota '27), attended the fourth biennial convention of the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students Apru 16-20 at the University of Oklahoma as national registrar and alumna adviser, the only national graduate officer of the organization. She was national pres- ident at the time of the third convention held in 1927 at the University °l Illinois and was elected registrar at that time.
The national organization is made up of women's self governing associa- tions, women's leagues, and other women's associations of co-educational co- leges and universities all over the country. Its purpose is to discuss m t ^ e
of interest to women students for mutual help and benefit. The national u n d ^ graduate officers are in each case the officers at the hostess college fof coming convention.
Mrs. Austin was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1927 a ^ s " 1 ^ then has lived in Hagerstown, Ind. She is also a member of Mortar &° ^ During her senior year she served as president of the Woman's League Illinois.
—By Margaret Burton, Iota-
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Elizabeth Dooley (Zi), gave a feature dance in "Varsity Vanities," a Uni- versity of Oklahoma musical comedy given on March 15. She also danced in the chorus of the "1929 Soonerland Follies" given on April 19 and 20 at Norman. She is a talented girl who gives her time and energy whenever
Xi needs it. Elizabeth serves her chap- ter as editor.
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Judith £olenbergers Tlay Qaptures "Prize
REIGHTON University, Omaha, won the Eva G. LeGallienne cup and first prize of $150 at the collegiate dramatic contest at Northwestern
^Second prize went to Butler University, Indianapolis, for Judith Sollen- berger's "Marriage Gown" and the Denison University dramatists of Gran- ille, Ohio, #on third prize in Eugene O'Neill's "He." Second prize was $75 and third prize $25. „ . , T T . . • .
The cup for the best directed play went to Creighton University and iss Phyllis Nordstrom of Butler won the E. H. Sothern medal for indi- idual excellence in acting.
—Kokomo, Ind., Dispatch.
Judith Sollenberger is from Theta ('22). She also received a master's de- gree at Illinois in 1923 and taught English there the following year. Then siie went to her Alma Mater (DePauw) to teach, and has been there ever since except for 14 months abroad, part of the time studying in England. Her play, one-act play, won first prize in a Little Theater contest in Indiana several ears ago and was produced in Indianapolis at that time. She worked for a while on the Dispatch in Kokomo, as have both Jane Louise Brown (Iota 26), and Margaret Burton, all three being Kokomo Alpha O's.
Jfer Six "Weeks factory Job Jfard Work
'HEN Miss Josephine Norton (Omicron Pi '28), of Blissfield, Mich., a University of Michigan graduate, left her pleasant home to work six weeks in a Chicago factory, not so long aero, she failed to find much romance,
but she did learn the value of a 5-cent bowl of bean soup.
Miss Norton, now a history teacher, was one of 24 college women who Wed the big experiment of going to Chicago to get and hold jobs. She got the job, two of them, in fact, and she lasted the six weeks; but she's glad
it's over with.
She existed on $12 a week and regarded 25-cent lunches as luxuries.
She stood, until she was ready to drop, at lone benches and got in return a thin envelope containing enough cash to buy her a pair of dancintr pumps. The pirls went to Chicago under the auspices of Miss V. Freda Sejg- w°rth. Y. W. C. A. industrial expert and a leading authority on working conditions for women. For the first time in their lives thev were sent out
0 n their own to hunt work in the unskilled field of Chicago's factories. _
They were to conceal their true identity for six weeks. Each was given
a poiip|e of dollars to tide her over until that first pay check, but aside from
s advance money each girl paid her own way.
The co-eds found that thev could exist on the wages they earned, which, ^eraged for the 21 girls around $12.62 a week. They could not buy clothes. did they see how they could ever hope to make any headway even rj°.u?h they grabbed every advantase offered the average unskilled working
g l r l 'n factory life.
thi°r ^a y s ^e g 'r 's f°rKot t n e 'r comfortable past. They changed from ta
rt
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(Lp"" ilored clothes to gingham dresses and run-over shoes. They assumed a
J; PPearancc of city-wise girls guarding against an unintentional air of
breeding. Their polished nails were broken and neglected, 2 ?ave_up their names for a number on the pay roll, thev gave up their
nement or ne
an .U a u t y to be one of the mob of working girls struggling to eke out b e x i s t ence. They gave up their comfortable home for one of the cracker-
0x
.Toorns so common to the factorv working girl.
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Their jobs were various and many. They worked at nesting ice cream balls, wiring radio coils, feeding envelope machines, icing cakes, feedine hogs hair Jo a machine, carding hog's hair, gumming and pasting paper boxes, waiting on tables, sorting and marking laundry, jogging and insert- ing in a bindery, spraying paint on ash trays, sewing lamp "shades, bleachine
soles of shoes, inking shoes, soldering and sleeving radio connections cafil dling eggs, making dresses, pasting cracker boxes and feeding various'kinds of machines in factories.
The lowest wages received were for shade fashioning, which averaged $6 The highest wages were $30, while the general average of the group was' $12.62.
Miss Norton is dark-eyed, lively and charming of manner, obviously a girl of breeding and education. Instead of helping her to find work these qualities were likely to count against her.
"How did you convince them you deserved a job?"
_ " I told them I was German and had done housework. You can't land a job^unless you are a foreigner and have had experience."
"Now, how you got on from that point."
"I landed a bleaching job in a shoe factory," she said, "on Tuly 6. ! worked from 7 until 5, but I never got awav at 5. One of the things that made the girls quit was overtime. We got paid for it. hut we hadn't any choice about staying. There was a constant shift among the workers, girls quitting after a few weeks, new girls bavin? to he taught die work—what thev call 'frequent labor turnover.' It seemed to me very wasteful of time
and money for the company. It would have been more economical to have kept the girls contented.
"I stood at a bench and pulled over to me a big. heavv rack, loaded with a hundred pair of shoes stretched over iron lasts. 1 picked un a -line, held it out with one hand and with the other, brushed over the leather a bieachin? fluid, one stroke up. one hack. I was awkward and slow. Sometimes Joe. the foreman, would null the rack over for me. lie was verv patient with me and said he would make a bleacher out of me. vet". Rut some of the girls he bullied."
"Why didn't he bully you ?"
"Because I didn't have to he afraid of him. Tt was a
1 had over the other girls. So one day I talked to him about his ban temper. Rosie bad dropped a shoe into the bleach and he had been swearin? at her. I said. 'Toe, whv don't you act decent? Y ou scare the cirls and they
don't work so well. Why can't you be patient and pleasant?"
"What did he say?"
"He said the manager jumped on him if the bleaching bench cot behind
so he had to make the girls sit up and get some speed on. The boss jum^d the manager and the owner jumped the boss if production slowed down. Joe, like the other foremen who are workers promoted for ahilitv, had to be a sort of spy on the workers."
"Did you improve?"
"Oh, yes. I watched the older workers to see just how thev handled the shoe and the bleach. Refore I got fired I could do 1.400 pairs a day. AJ 20 cents a hundred pairs, that would make two-eightv a dav or nearly »" a week. At first T made only $12 or $13.
"You got fired?"
"Somebody higher up became suspicious about mc—thought I was a u"1 0 " spy or a social welfare investigator. Perhaps because I wasn't afraid o' Joe or because T would get a box to sit on when 1 was tired. T k n ** the law required the factory to provide seats, and when b e wrned
I'd better stand up, the assistant boss was coming throuch I explained to hi that I was allowed by law to sit down to my work."
"Did you dress like the other girls?"
She smiled. "Well, you see, I found low-heeled shoes more comfort^*6.
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ost of the others wore just awfully high heels. I was more comfortable oo in a simple wash dress than in more elaborate clothes. But we al ooked pretty much alike. The company didn't furnish aprons so we tied unny sacks around our necks.
"What did you do with your 'income'?"
M My room and board at a home for Christian women managed by a church rganization cost me eight dollars and a half with milk. I found I couldn t fford the milk, so that was eight dollars. It was very clean there and 1 got lenty of plain, well-cooked food. I tried to spend only ten cents a day lor uncheons. Carfare was fourteen cents a day, company union dues thirty-five week. If I got too hungry and bought extra food, or had to get tooth- aste, I found I hadn't a cent left for Sunday treats."
"What did you have for luncheon?"
"Every day, lima beans and ice cream. For a while I got these from the en's counter. The men would get me a bowl of limas and the girls only a saucer. But they made me go back to the girls' side. Ii_I had a roll, too, nd a glass of milk, I sometimes paid twenty-five cents for my luncheon, ore than I could afford. We had to stand up to eat and there were not early enough chairs in the rest room, so everybody hurried to get a chance
to sit down a few minutes."
"After you were fired?"
"I got a job in a packing bouse, candling eggs. That was in every way
a less pleasant experience. There is a different sort of workers, more vulgar fa speech, largely drifters, quitting soon for a better job. 1 would pick an egg out of a big container, hold it before a lamp, put it in its class. 'Brooks' ffia carton, 'checks' in a crate, 'B's for bakers in another crate, 'Number ones' or 'not smelly' in another, 'rots' in a pail. I got into trouble because «ny pail was fuller than my crates.
"When I rode home after work, people would take a seat beside me, say 'whew!' and hastily move to a strap. I got used to it, though it always made me laugh."
"Josephine," I made it my last question, "what did you get out of the summer?"
f "A real admiration for the workers. A great sympathy for them. They do not complain. One hears less of social unrest in the factory than in the university. 1 can hardly bear to sit at a tearoom table and be served since 1 know how tired waitresses get. I really do my Christmas shopping early. * try to buy things that are made at shops where the girls, are treated well, where they have rest rooms with enough chairs, clean lunch rooms, double Pa>' for overtime, seats at their work, well ventilated light factory rooms. *n» glad to know there are inexpensive movies, amusement parks and super- vised dance halls where the girls can afford to go and be safe while they have *"eir fun. I am just awfully pleased when I get a letter from Rosie or yertie or Maysie. W e are not different. W e've just had a different chance m Hfe, without deserving it."
So now, teaching history, close to home, and the traveling public, I should sa>". well content to remain seated beside her, Josephine Norton wouldn't take
l$ything for the most interesting summer she ever spent. —Detroit News. Zeta Jfostesses at Vanhellenic banquet
{Continued from page 19)
J*>"e Williams (Zeta '30), represented Alpha O. Carroll Cornell Reaves
y^ta, Ex. '26), assisted by Ethel Weidner Bentley (Zeta), was chairman of J?e decorations committee. The president of Lincoln Alumnae chapter, Helen .'^gerald, is the I'anhellenic delegate and was in charge of the sale of ,ckets. She had reserved seventy-five tickets for Alpha O's and a fine
B r o »P was present.
•A1Pha O was proud of its responsibility. Every city where there are
^ n a e chapters of sorority groups should have such an affair.


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zSltiive Alpha O's • <Sh(u Omicron Qirl is 'Praised by 'Dean
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FOUR years ago a Freshman class of about 250 students entered Vanderbilt, and of this number fifty were co-eds. That same year Dr. Ada Bell Stapleton came to the University as a member of the Faculty and as its first Dean of Women. Now, as that class of '29 is ready to graduate, we look back and see the tremendous growth
of democracy that has taken place on our campus. In that short time the position of a co-ed has risen from the merely bearable to the enviable and quite enjoyable! For these raised standards, these pleasant con-
H "tlitions we enjoy, and the new spirit of 1 campus freedom, we are indeed indebted to our Dean of Women and to that loyal and co-operative class of girls. But another factor has also played an important part in this gratifying advancement. The work of that humanizing agent- the Sorority—has
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the sorority, as such, is being recognized and appreciated on this campus by
both Faculty and student body.
Alpha Omicron Pi has distinguished itself by its efforts to establish and
maintain representative ideals and principles in colfege activities. It has stood consistently for fairness and democracy in elections of class and social organizations. And as one of the progressive and outstanding leaders in this development, Nu Omicron is proud of its president, Daisy Marie Tucker. She has taken an active part in college as well as sorority activities during her college life, and in all of them she has worked earnestly and with re- markable success.
Daisy was elected on Junior standing to Phi Beta Kappa, being one of the five co-eds in school to attain this honor. To her and others of her char- acter is due the compliment paid by Dr. Fleming, one of the best scholars on the Faculty—that "the women are a great asset to Vanderbilt in their scholarship, and in their attitude to things scholarly."
As Junior Chairman of the co-eds in 1928, Daisy was active in the instigation of a Junior-Senior luncheon, at which, for the" first time, a bracelet was presented to the most outstanding senior girl (elected by the Junior class). This was very successful, and is to become an annual event, the
Daisy TucUVs smile xs contagious.
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title "Lady of the Bracelet"—being used to correspond to Vandy boys, "Bachelor of Ugliness."
Then, too, she was one of the zealous workers in this year's movement that Bachelor-Maides—Junior-Senior representative, social organization of which she is president—elect three girls annually from each sorority rather than limit its membership to the three oldest sororities. Although this meant that Alpha O has fewer girls in the club, it was recognized as a thoroughly democratic m easure.
Daisy has been on Student Council for three years and in her senior year is vice-president of this body and chairman of the Dormitory and Housing Rule committees. As such, she has had occasion to prove her judgment and fairmindedness in the making of dormitory rules and in the punishment of their violation.
In her Sophomore year she was a member of Lotus-Eaters, an honorary club for sophomore girls, and on the Sophomore Honor Roll. This year she is also Vice-President of the German Club, one of the most active language clubs on the campus.
As this year's president of our chapter, and for the past two years as Panhellenic delegate, Daisy has proved herself an able leader in every way. Dr. Stapleton, from whom praise is praise indeed, says of Daisy and of the A O n chapter, "Daisy Tucker is. a member of the class and sorority which have given cooperation and loyal efforts to advance the women on Vanderbilt campus. Never has there been a time when wise decisions, re- sulting from careful deliberations and the power of seeing both sides of a question, were needed that Daisy Marie Tucker was not courageous enough to stand for high standards. No young woman on V anderbilt or any other campus has a greater endowment of all the sterling characteristics than Miss Tucker. By her spirit and cooperation she has significantly aided in the for-
ward-looking situation of women at V anderbilt.
"In the past four years we have accomplished recognition by the American Association of University Women, a health service, unsurpassed on any campus, good physical training, and moreover, a cooperative spirit among the women students themselves. Miss Tucker has proved herself a leader in her efforts and by her sincere cooperation.
"Were I to say more it might appear to one who does not know Daisy Tucker that I was guilty of fulsome flattery. She, however, is everything that a cultured, Christian young woman should be."
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pushing
tion that the Congress authorized a thorough investigation of the system as it was then being used on all types of campuses, and in 1913, it voted to support the system on campuses where it was in effect but to encourage no other Pan- hellenics to adopt it. By 1926, the conviction that sophomore pledging had resulted in all-year rushing which, because it was not supposed to be rushing, became the most difficult, time taking, and expensive type of rushing; that it kept rushing in the foreground of the minds of fraternity members and freshmen with a resulting lowering of scholastic standards for both; that, since it took away the normal social contacts between students, it resulted in the forming °f freshmen groups or cliques which lacked the ideals, standards, and super- vision of fraternities; and that it kept from the freshman, during the most difficult and formative year of her college experience, the helpful friendship, •nfluence, and guidance of interested upper-classmen in social life, campus ac- uities, and scholarship, was so general that National Panhellenic Congress Went on record as officially favoring a "short, open rushing season and an e a i "ly pledge day." The 1928 Congress reaffirmed this policy as the one best adapted to meet the needs of the fraternity, the college, and the student.


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Rational Work —What
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graduate study. This would bring you in closer contact with a group of agencies and individuals which were interested or which might become in- terested in the particular project. This might occupy a year or more, during which you might also become familiar with the ins and outs of a legislative campaign by attending hearings on other measures, sending delegates to coun- cils and group meetings on the subject, and getting acquainted with your own legislators, especially with any women members of the legislature, and with the people who are actually working on the passage of social laws during the session.
"With the next session of the legislature, you should be ready to take the lead or join with others in pushing your chosen measure. It might be several years before you got much encouragement—social laws have often to be fought through many sessions, but the work with a single session is not a total loss when it comes to the next one, since the mebership does not often change radically. In the meantime, you will be having an interesting and worthwhile experience—as well as some disillusionment, maybe, as you learn how this country of ours is actually governed.
"There should, of course, be a National Committee on Social Legislation, set up by the Grand Council, whose approval would be necessarv before any piece of work could be undertaken by the local chapters or state committees. Any bills that were to be sponsored should also be submitted to this committee and approved before introduction. This central committee could offer sug- gestions, stimulate lagging interest, and act as a clearing house between chapters or state committees.
"The advantages of this plan would be that it presents a uniform pro- gram for the sorority, even though different chapters might be working on entirely different pieces of legislation. It would mean "that each member interested would be learning in the school of experience and exercising the duties of intelligent citizenship, while helping in a small way to bring about the better day we all hope for."
What's cMore
Martha
College at the national convention of A. W. S. She is president of Spartanians, an athletic honorary society.
Peg Barr (Oimga), was elected chairman of the May Day festivi- ties at Miami University.
Hawksworth (Alpha Phi), represented
Montana
State
Two Gamma Alpha O's are nezv members of Phi Beta elected.
Kappa-
Delta chapter initiated a larger percentage of pledges than did any other sorority on the Jackson College.
Mary Bossidy (Nu), has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Nezv York diversity.
Gladys Haivickhorst (Beta Theta), has been pledged to Chimes, honorary Sophomore society. Only ten other Sophomores were so honored.
Mary Youdon (Chi), is the nezv president of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism fraternity at Syracuse University.
Thirteen members of Beta Phi chapter received invitations to the Matrix banquet to which only the most popular and prominent co-eds are invited.
Harriet Pratt and Betty Ebeling (Tan), are members of #BK and Mortar Board.


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Active chapter delegates: Come pre-
pared with detailed plans and your
chapter's opinion on such subjects as
methods of rushing, the advantages or
disadvantages of deferred pledging,
plans for bill collections, ways to keep
Hp chapter and pledge scholarship, co-
operation with your alumnae, means
of keeping your alumnae address file
Up-to-date, ways to further interfra-
ternity goodwill and money making Virginia Van Zandt Snider, Roberta
schemes. A chart and a well pre- pared plan will "get over" more quick- ly, and more work can be accom-
plished.
Alumnae chapter delegates: Accord- "ig to the Alumnae letters most of the alumnae chapters will be officially represented at convention. There will he very helpful round tables no doubt. ^° we advice you to bring the same s °rt of material and preparation that the active delegates bring.
To DRAGMA readers: How would y°u like to have a magazine without Alumnae Notes next year? There, there! don't raise your voices too j°udly. Some provision would have to |* made to have each alumnae or ac-
1 V e chapter responsible for the quar-
Williams Divine, Lorraine Jones, Peggy Burton, Margaret Wilson, Eva Jean Wrather, Elizabeth Morris, Eli- zabeth Bond, La Wanda Fenlason, Polly Longley, Edith Korres, and oh, so many others. Elizabeth Heywood Wyman and'Alice Cullnane have so willingly given their services and time. Then after the work was done and the magazine published, you've been so kind with your letters of praise and constructive criticism. It's been a very strenuous two years, but it's been worth even the glasses I now wear. Thank you all!"
Are you moving or marrying this summer? Send in your new address and name now so you'll get your Oc- tober To DRAGMA. Registrar, 50 Broad street, Bloomfield, N . J.
. Tau Delta, Beta Phi, Omicron Pi, tZeta and Sigma: Ruth Meservey wants to remind you that you are re-
sponsible for a stunt from your dis- trict to be given on stunt night at Convention. Don't forget!
Convention-goers: turn immediately to the back of this issue and tear out the reservation blank for a room at
terly publication of a chapter paper, so you'd know the news of your mem- bers, perhaps even more news than you get now. Eta chapter and alum- nae publish a very efficient and inter- esting paper called, "Eta Clips." The alumnae editor is merely repeating herself in To DRAGMA, wasting her energy and our precious space. Think about it; talk about it; and, come to
Cornell. Send it to Charlotte Kolb, convention prepared to give your chap-
AOII House, The Knoll, Ithaca, N . Y. You'll ease the work of the con- vention committee a great deal by sending it in promptly.
ter's opinion.
Members of Alpha Omicron Pi:
Your editor would like to step out of her role for a moment and using the first person pronoun say, " I want to thank all of you for the splen- did cooperation you've given me dur- ing the past two years. Often my re- quests for material have found you un- believably busy—with spring house- cleaning, sick children or examina- tions, but you've sent me what I've wanted just the same. May I name just a few of these willing helpers:


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USe (^Active Chapters
Pi Members Go to Mississippi for House
Party
By MARTHA BONDURANT, H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
In February the pledges of Pi chap- and greatly enjoyed the swimming,
ter gave the actives a delightful lunch- sailing, dancing and riding which the eon at the Baroness Pontalba Tea Gulf Coast offers at this time of hte
of which had a stanza addressed to announcement of her engagement to each member of the active chapter. W. J. Carr.
The place cards, in the form of Janie Price ('31), has been elected sheaves of wheat, were designed by a sophomore member of the House
Room, down in French town. They year. But the real excitement of the entertained us with several songs, one week-end was Nannette Tomlinson's
two of the more artistic pledges, Council for the rest of the year. She
Beverly Walton ('32), and Mary has also been elected president of Y. Alice Eton ('32).
On March 20, we entertained with W. C. A. for next year. In March
our annual luncheon on the campus Evelyn Magruder ('32), was chosen
for the faculty and senior class, in from the three freshmen chairman to honor of the newly elected members be president of the class for the re-
of Phi Beta Kappa. There were im- mainder of the semester. Winifred
promptu speeches by the various fac- ulty members and much cheering of the honored guests.
Folse ('32), is vice-president of the Freshman Debating Club.
We are eagerly looking forward for The majority of the chapter and the annual Spring banquet for the several alumnae went on the annual seniors, to be given April 17, with Easter house party in Bay St. Louis, Elsie Magruder ('30), as toastmis-
Mississippi. We had a lovely house tress.
Nu Chapter Pledges Fifteen Girls after
By MARGARET WILSON, New York
Spring
University
Rushing
True to our predictions spring rush- Jervis, Jane King, Margaret Donohoe, ing was a breathless season for Nu. Virginia Lee, Jean Kingsley, Dolores Eloise Tessier ('29),—capable little Nourse, Madeline Harron, Madeline
hostess that she is—planned our four O'Neil, Elizabeth Horton, Edwina rushing parties, and we are sure that Jones, Ludmilla Buketoff, Dorothy
our wide-eyed freshmen were thrilled Welsh, Harriet Eldred, Margaret M<j- to receive their "schedule" invitations, Combs. We wish that we could tell
rc at inviting them to a bridge at the Hotel you all about them,—but sad to ' ^
Pennsylvania,—a chummy and friend- ly affair; to a tea-dance at the Four Trees,—gay and sophisticated; to a supper dance,—a jolly good time; and to a tea,—just a gossipy one at the
house. As the result of a taste of celebrated its first birthday. What ajJ Alpha O life, we introduce our new imposing collection of tea sets, n e a r pledges: Helen Wilkenson, Marjorie screens, bridge lamps, end tabi
space is limited, and there are fi« of them. So we shall have to be con- tent with hoping that you will mee them all at Convention. ,
On March 22, the chapter house
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blankets, and "snugly" cushions ap- peared on the scene to add to our com- fort. We hope that we have many visitors to gloat over our resplendent "dressiness" with us. Best of all, there came a check in large round numbers,—the gift of the alumnae to the active chapter—, as the result of the theatre party we spoke of. Al-
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found time to attend one of our meet- ings, during her stay in New York; and Jessie W allace Hughan came in one Monday night, and in the course of her visit told us some fascinatingly interesting things about her work in economic fields.
On April 7, Julia Tillinghast enter-
that age is sometimes a blessing.
We are very proud of our newest Phi Beta Kappa, Mary Bossidy ('29). After we had confronted Mary with positive evidence of her election, she finally "confessed" and told us all about it. It seems that she has been hiding such things as an A average and research work in government up her sleeve for several years, just for a "surprise."
During the last few months, we had two delightful visits. M rs. Anderson
finds time in her busy day to do pleas- ant things like that is more than we can imagine, but then some people are just naturally gifted. As for Nu it has learned to know and love Julia's hospitality.
Elections have come and gone, and we are sending our next year's pres- ident, Harriet Dunham, up to Cornell in June, just so that everybody can see for themselves what a nice girl she is.
Kappa Girls Hold Majority of Offices in Dramatic Club
By EDITH WALTHALL, Rand( Iph-Macon Women's College
Sweet harmony prevailed at our chapter elections held recently when Sara Neville, of Monroe, La., was unanimously elected president for next year. Sara Anderson, of Richmond, Va., was elected president of the local Panhellenic Council. Again we voted to have Nan Atkinson Craddock for our alumna adviser, and Ann Ander- son Sale was reelected alumnae editor To DRAGMA.
son, all of '26, came back for the ban- quet. The success of the evening was largely due to Harriet Pope who was chairman of arrangements.
Five of the eighteen members of the May Court were from our chapter. The beauties are Sara Anderson,
•Richmond, V a., Mary Broughton^At- lanta, Ga., and Eleanor Powell, Rich- mond, V a., juniors; Edwina Coub- bourn, Cape Charles, V a., sophomore; and Annie Boisseau, Petersburg, Va.,
We were delighted to have Mrs.
Anderson visit us in March, even freshman.
though she did stay such a short time. For most of us it was a new experi- ence to meet a national officer in per- son and to really know one who had heen just a name. No more, when w e are learning the national officers,
e call the Grand Secretary, 'Edith Huntington Anderson" in that sing-song way, but she is our dear friend "Mrs. Anderson" from now on.
After pledging we enjoyed a won- derful banquet at the Virginian Hotel
the Bird Cage tea room. While we were singing after the toasts the birds became inspired and sang so loudly Kit we finally had to cover them up.
At this time the Sock and Buskin Club is the only organization which has elected officers for next year. Sara Neville was elected president, Virginia Boggess, secretary, Edith Walthall, costumer, and Rebecca Wright, historian. In the spring play of the club, "The Thirteenth Chair," Jennie Mapp. Virginia Zapp, Virginia Boggess, and Sara Neville had parts. Edwina Coulbourn was the leading lady of the sophomore play, and Marie Collens, Emily Mitchell, and Eleanor Phillips had minor parts.
will
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The alumnae entretained us at tea in February and are planning' a picnic Jne very clever toast scheme and the at Timber Lake soon. I know no
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tained the chapter and its new pledg- together the birthday party gave proof es at her apartment. How Julia
entertainment furnished by the "goats"
Son
other active chapter has such a darling
alumnae chapter as we have in Lynch- - Mary Reed, and Louise Ander- burg.
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T o DRAGMA Zeta Sends Eggs to Needy Family at Easter Time
By KATHERINE WILLIAMS, University of Nebraska February 6, the active chapter gave
a house party. On the night of April Gladys Lamme, Ulysses; Muriel
6, another dance was held at the chap- Weeks, Ord; and Marialice Ley, ter house. Hundreds of balloons of Wayne. Joy Ley of Hartington was every color made novel decorations here for the initiation of her sister,
for the affair. Several alumnae were
present, including Margaret Moore,
Ashland, Marge Nelson, Norfolk,
Lucille Gill, Omaha. A number of lovely stone benches to be placed on
very attractive rushees were Zeta's house guests for both events.
Zeta chapter is planning some ex- tensive spring rushing of which Bee Bryant is chairman. Several lunch- eons, a house dance, and a dinner will be included in the arrangements being planned.
Marialice. Marge Nelson and Lucille Gill were also present.
the terrace. Zeta is fortunate in hav- ing a Mothers' Club which is so ever helpful and generous.
Zeta's members have been busy in extracurricular activities. Gladys Mankin is pianist for the Kosmet Klub Show which will be given soon. Three of the pledges, Irene Dawson, Harriet
The Mothers' Club presented three
The pledges, too, have been having Nesladek, and Vivian Rollf, danced in
a good time, which goes to prove that a musical comedy sponsored by the
the life of a pledge is not all unpleas- Shriners. Katherine Williams was ant drudgery. Antelope Park made elected as junior member of the Big
an ideal site for the pledge picnic. No Sister Advisory Board.
dates were allowed, but some of the We were most happy to pledge fellows were generous enough to over- Helen Woodcox, Lisco, Nebraska. look this fact and sent their cars as Helen possesses musical talent as well a substitute. The pledges expressed as a genial friendly manner which has their appreciation by a short sere- already endeared her to us.
nade. Geraldine Heikes' mother sent
twelve dozen eggs as an Easter gift Calhoun, the pledge mistress, an- to the chapter. In keeping with the
nounced that the pledges had chosen true spirit which prevades Esther
One evening at dinner Genevieve
that particular time to present their song. I n accordance with one of Zeta's traditions, the pledges gave the song for the actives.
Initiation was held just at dawn on the morning of March 23, and we were niost happy to welcome eight new sisters into Alpha Omicron Pi. The newly initiates are: Vivian Rollf, Omaha; Virginia Gordon, Seward; Leola Jensen, Omaha; Julia Simanek, Prague; Irene Dawson, Wymore;
season, the girls decided to share this gift with those more needy than we; and several poor families were sup- plies with eggs.
As a result of elections, Zeta is proud to have Gladys Lamme, Ulys- ses, as president for the coming year. She has shown her true spirit before, and we feel confident that her motto 'Alpha O, first, everything else, second," will carry Zeta through a most profitable year.
Sigma Girls Win Prominent Campus Offices
By HELEN CULLEN, University of California
On a Monday night in the middle Carey ('30) ; secretary, (correspond- of March, after due consideration of ing), Paula DeLuca ('30); treasurer,
the candidates chosen by a nominat- Ruth Herrick ('30) ; and editor to IQ ing committee the final voting was DRAGMA, Helen Cullen ('30).
carried out with its usual excitement Many of the girls have been active and interest. The results were most this semester on the campus. v , satisfactory to everyone. They were: now have four girls as members president, Delight Fredericks ('30) ; Prytanean Honor Society, wgnienj vice-president. Lenore Selig ('30) ; activities honor societv: Ruth Burc_ secretary. (recording), Kathleen halter, ('29), who is president


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Martha Quayle, ('30), newly-elected vice-president, Helen Cullen, ('30), and Jane Green, ('30), who was just initiated this month.
At the head of Women's Advisory for the coming term is one of our Sigma girls also, M artha Quayle
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member. Both of these girls are honor students in the Univeristy.
On April Fool's Day the freshmen in the house had a great deal of fun at the expense of the upperclassmen. Instead of having the traditional freshmen stunts at Monday night din-
('30). Another *important position ner, the members of the junior and
which is to be filled by an Alpha O is that of president of the Y. W. C. A. in the person of Jane Green ('30). Jane and Martha have both been ac- tive in campus affairs for the past three years and well deserve the honors now being bestowed upon them.
Lenore Selig ('30), has recently been elected to Pi Phi Delta, women's economic honor society, of which Harriet Backus ('29), is already a
senior classes were called upon to per- form. The president, Jeannette Holmes ('29). was delegated to an- swer telephone calls and the rest per- formed antics to the huge delight of the underclassmen.
On April 3 we had a Feculty din- ner which we all enjoyed immensely. These dinners are growing more and more popular both with the students and the members of the faculty.
Theta Presents New Initiate With Scholarship Pin
By L . IMOGENE COOPER, De Pauiv University
At initiation May 10, Theta was very glad to have the opportunity to initiate M rs. Cornelia Shaw of Bloom- ington, Indiana. Mrs. Shaw, who at- tended DePauw and was one of the founders of Theta chapter, left school before initiation. The others who be-
came members of Alpha O, May 10 are: Elizabeth Glezan ('31), Dorothy Hurst ('31), Helen King ('32), Adeline Kriegie ('31), Lucvlle M vers
('31). Mary O'Rear ('32). Aline Thompson ('30), Pauline Townes ('31), Gvpsv Wilson ('32), and Ruth
Young ('32).
This year, we have given a tea, which, we hope, will become an an- nual custom of Theta. Its purpose is to present the new members with their
own pins the way they should be given. It was a great success.
Several new fraternity pins have been added to Theta's list. Cora Ewan ('30), is wearing that of George Rine- hart, M. H. A.; Dorothea. Symons ('31), De Chauncey Lewis, Delta Up- silon; Mabel Carter, ('29), Ray Means. Delta Upsilon; and Helen Bly,
('30), Dan Howe, Phi Delta Theta.
The student body has elected Cora Ewan vice-president of the Student Council. Besides this honor, Cora has been asked to belong to Delta Sigma Rho, national forensic organization, and is a member of the debate team. Too, she and Mary O'Rear had two of the leading parts in "The Gift," a religious dramatic interpretation.
Anne Morrison ('31), has become a member of the Y. W. C. A. board. Adeline Kriegie has been elected
president of the DePauw chapter of At the state luncheon held March the American Guild of Organists, and
Alice Winslow ('30), is a member of both the Press Club and the Ad- vertising Club.
17 at the Lincoln Hotel in Indian-
apolis, our president gave the scholar-
ship pin to Pauline Townes. This is
a beautiful rubied pin which is given
annually to the initiate who has at-
tained the best attitude and obtained
Spod grades throughout the year.
Those who received honorable mention club, and the Economics Club. Leah are Mary O'Rear, Dorothy Hurst, is also one of three seniors who have a n d Ruth Young. Mary O'Rear was been chosen by the head of the econ- awarded the activity cup. which is omics department to membership in based on her activities, her capability the Economics Seminar. It is their of leadership, and her attitude. Theta's intention to present original papers freshmen were recognized as those before the Indiana division of the Na- having the best scholarship among the tional Association of Economist ?nd
Alpha O chapters in the state. Sociologists, to be held April 27.
Pauline Townes has been asked to belong to the Latin Club.
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April 7, we installed the new offi- vice-president. They are taking the cers. Our new president is Dorothy places of Kathryn Mornian and Cora Ellen Barr, and Adeline Kriegie is Ewan.
Delta Initiates a Larger Percentage of Pledges than any other Jackson Sorority
By JEANNE W . RELYEA, Jackson College
While on her way south from a the W omen's Republican Club. About
visit with Gamma chapter, M rs. A n - five hundred fraternity women re- derson stopped to spend a few un- sponded to the invitation issued to official hours with us. A t an informal those in the Boston district.
tea held in Capen House, we all were
afforded an opportunity to meet and talk with our Grand Secretary. Mrs. Anderson offered some valuable sug- gestions for coping with our local Panhellenic difficulty raised by the question of rushing rules.
On March 17, we held a tea for our
patronesses that they might become lege year, and for eight of us the last
acquainted with our new members. of our course. But why be sad about Several of our girls went into the that when May 11 will bring our an-
Panhellenic tea held on March 16 at nual spring formal dance?
Gamma Girl Wins Scholarship to Clark University
By RUTH MESERVEY, Acting Editor, University of Maine The all-important event on the and very interested.
Maine campus since mid-year's is The next night the formal was held rushing. This year our rushing sys- at the Penobscot Valley Country Club.
tem was radically changed, and as a This dinner dance was chaperoned by result we were allowed only one party. Mrs. Sawyer, Dr. and Mrs. Rice,
Our party was held February 28, at Sally Palmer Hammond's home in Orono. Besides many freshmen who attended in the parlor, four loyal alumnae attended in the kitchen and gave us a great deal of assistance. When rushing was over, we announced the following pledges: Elizabeth Liv- ingstone ('31), Ruth Hasey ('31), Marion Stewart ('31), Sylvia Snow-
Achsa Bean and Mr. Edward Brush. March 11, Dr. Ashworth, president of the local Phi Beta Kappa chapter announced the new pledges. These
were eleven in number, and two of them were Alpha O Seniors: Jessie Ashworth and Sibvl Leach.
Mary Robinson "('29). "Tod" Bam- ford ('29), and Louise Grindle ('30), have been initiated into Sigma Mu Sigma, the honorary psychological
den ("31), Margaret Merrill ('32),
Isabelle Robinson ('32), Anna Lyon fraternity.
('32), Thelma Gibbs (*32), Sylvia Hickson ('32), Muriel Freeman ('32), Ruth Trewargy ('32), Hildreth Math- eson ('32), Louise Washburn ('32).
All these girls had completed their semester of satisfactory rank and so were pledged and initiated as soon as possible.
At mid-semester we had nine gi"s on the Dean's list, not so many as were on it at mid-year's, but we hope they, and more will be there in J"n e -
Mary Robinson ('29), and Hazel Parkhurst ('31), were awarded their "M" for basketball. Mary played for- ward and Hazel guard on the varsity this winter. Muriel Freeman
Initiation was held March 14, at the
Bangor House. The banquet followed "Washie" Washburn were on t n e
We take pride in the fact that a larger percentage of Alpha Omicron Pi pledges made the necessary grades for initiation than in any other fra- ternity. Last night we initiated the three remaining pledges. Adele Clark, Dorothy and Evelyn Thomas.
Only eight weeks remain of the col-
immediately with Isabella Lyon ('31), acting as toastmistress. This year about 75 Alpha O's attended the ban- quet, so you may draw the conclusion that Gamma alumnae are very loyal
freshman team. . Isabella Lyon ('31), has been elect-
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treasurer for Y . W . C. A . awarded a scholarship at Clark Uni- Our new Alpha O's held a tea at versity. She is to study International Mt. Vernon on April 6, for the ini- Relations under Dr. Blakeslee of that tiates of the other fraternities. Ruth institution. Jessie is one of the most
good feeling among the fraternities on campus, especially in the freshman class.
Jessie Ashworth ('29), has been is based on scholarship.
Epsilon Chapter Boasts Four Major Presidencies
By MARGENE HARRIS, Cornell University
Hasey ('31), was in charge of the prominent girls in the University. tea, which was reported as very suc- You have read of her in other num- cessful. This tea held annually is bers of To DRAGMA.
one of Gamma's attempts to promote
Eleanor Clark ('30), is now attend- ing the Leslie School in Cambridge. Eleanor was made a member of the Student Council there. Membership
vention which will be on the shoulders of our coming generation.
Epsilon will have its spring dance, a formal early in April.
Just now the girls are getting ready for another rummage sale. W e must
Baarsch, Marguerita Biondi, Leonora Dee Vogel, junior; and Dorothy Blair, Bloomquist, Marie Brand, Margaret senior, represented their respective Dorr, Marjorie Eldredge, Dorothy classes with interesting speeches. The Huckins, Virginia Lloyd, Marion
Lowenthal, Dorothy Miller, Sylvia Rivers-Nixon, and Florence Ross. The initiation banquet was one of the r°ost impressive Rho has ever held. We had the great honor to entertain ^-aroline Piper Dorr, one of our founders, as toastmistress. M rs. Dorr Journeyed from the East to see her fighter. Margaret, initiated into the chapter of which she was an original
following Sunday a tea was held at the chapter house in honor of Mrs. Dorr.
On February 26 and 27, Virginia Van Zandt Snider, our District Super- intendent, visited the chapter. Every- one enjoyed the opportunity of meet- ing a woman of such charm and sym- pathy.
We are proud to announce that at midsemester we pledged fhe following
Our new president is Mary Bar- vian; vice-president, Betty Lynahan; treasurer, Vesta Rogers; recording secretary, Mary Flannery; corres-
Such excitement! Every year the
Alpha O's of Cornell have burst into
the house on .the Knoll with triumph-
ant shouts of joy after the Spring
election of student government offi-
cers, but this was the first time that
our chapter has had two presidents of ponding secretary, Olive W orden; Women's Student Government in suc- study plan officer, Nan Mongel: edi- cession. All Epsilon girls should be tor of To DRAGMA, Esther Noth- proud of Caroline Dowdy who will nagle; alumnae editor, Carmen Sav- hold that exalted position this coming age; historian, Jean Miner; doorkeep- year. We all wish her success. er, Dorothy Hopper; alumnae repre-
Our good wishes are also for sentative to Panhellenic. Elizabeth Ba- Catherine Blewer who was elected ker and senior representative to Pan-
president of the Junior class and Betty
Irish who was chosen president of one
of the new dormitory groups. And
what do you think, flowers for Kay
arrived at the house before Kay did,
showing that there was no doubt in
somebody's mind as to who was the save all our pennies for Convention most popular girl in the junior class. when we hope to show our guests the
Fraternity officers for this year were most delightful time they ever had. equally interesting, the more so be- Once more let us remind you—every- cause of the responsibility of Con- body come.
Rho Wins Cup in Inter-Sorority Bridge Tournament
By MARGARET MANLEY , Northwestern University
, Rho chapter announces the mitia- member. Dorothy Huckins, fresh- hon of twelve new members: Gretchen man; Myra Crowder, sophomore;
hellenic, Ruth Smith who will be president of Panhellenic this year.


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girls: Ethel Andersen, Grace Bur- chard, Ethel Mitchell, and Dorothy Snyder.
To DRAGMA Northwestern's annual circus is a
colorful event. The float which
Dorothy Huckins and her committee
Our social schedule for the second have planned promises to be an inno-
semester has been filled with in- vation, in that it is to be done inmod-
teresting events. W e have been giv- ernistic fashion, and will be a depart-
ure from the conventional circus float
Florence Ross is to be the chairman
of the drive to sell The Barker, which
is the circus publication. As we have
ing a series of teas for all of the fra- ternities on campus, the last of which was held April 5. Our subscription dance, which was held at the Georgian Hotel, in Evanston, was a financial
success as well as a campus event. won each of the other three subscript
Mary Louise Wakefield was the very capable chairman of this affair. Our spring formal, which was given in the chapter house, took place May 11. On Wednesday evening, April 17, a re- ception was given for the faculty of the University.
Rho added a fifth silver loving cup
to the four already won this year when
we were presented with one comme-
morating our victory in the inter-
tion drives held on campus this year, we would like to establish a perfect record by winning tins drive also. Kay Blair and Alice Heidler have secured work on the staff of The Barker.
Three of Rho's girls, Dorothy Blair, Dee Vogel, and Virginia Snook, our chapter president, have been nominat-
ed as candidates in the Seven Queens' Contest, sponsored by nur yearbook, The Syllabus. Dame Rumor has it
sorority bridge tournament last year.
Peggy Parker and Dee Vogel were that that student vote has favored the
chosen as team members to uphold Alpha O's, and that we will be repre- our reputation as bridge experts in sented among the Queens in The
The interest of Rho girls in sports has not waned as the months have
this year's competition.
Syllabus.
In the W. A. A.—Men's Union Show to be held soon. Florence Ross passed. One of our freshman, Mar- demonstrates her aptitude for dancing
garet Dorr is a member of tfie varsity in the chorus. Peggy Parker, as a swimming team. Margaret and Betty member of the Show Board, is ticket Beauchamp are teammates on the manager for the entire affair. Peggy,
freshman class team. Myra Crowder by the way, as Secretary-Treasurer of
represents the sophomores on the the junior class led one wing of the second year team; and Leonora Junior From. Leonora Bloomquist,
Bloomquist upholds the honor for the Katherinc Blair. Lucille Gardner, and juniors. Norma Coe is a member of Alice Heidler are ushering at the
the varsity soccer team, as well as of Show.
the volleyball, baseball, and basket- Peggy Parker is also a member of ball teams. Both Norma and Ann the social committee of her class;
Teuscher are members of W . A. A. Florence Ross holds a similar position Executive Board. Ann made the on the sophomore social committee.
Dorothy Huckins was chosen as a member of the Freshman Commission- Quite a number of our girls were elected to literary societies this seme- ber of the sophomore team in the ster, and Harriet Manlev was chosen
varsity team in volleyball, with three other Rho girls on the junior team: Peggy Praker, Norma Coe, and Hazel Wilbar. Grace Schinnick was a mem-
same sport. Dorothy Huckins was as president of Calethia Literary
chosen as a member of the freshman Society.
dancing team. W e are all hard at Goldie Buehler, an alumna, added a
work at present to round out a cham- finishing touch to our house when
pion baseball team for the inter-soro-
rity competition. We made an un-
usually good showing last year, and
have high hopes this year for first
place. Margaret Dorr is superintend- bold our prize cups. _ , ing practices and promises that the
team will be in trim for the opening game.
Larson. Wilhemina Hedde. Ruth i* Bork.
she gave us a wonderful new radi i. Our Mothers' Club. too. gave us sev- eral beautiful gifts, among them fireplace set, some full length mirr for all halls, and a new cabinet t»
n In the School of Speech. 1'f*£
rant. Virginia Llovd. Vivien - . Marion Lowenthal. and Lucille t>a
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and behind the footlights in the var- staged.
Lambda Girls Take Part in Junior Opera
By CLAIRE PIERCE, Stanford University
First of all, to return to the round of campus affairs, Jeanette Owens recently elected to M asquers, honor- ary dramatic society, and was also chosen for the leading character part in the Junior Opera. Janette Durfey will also have an important part in the same production, and Beth Pink- ston will be in the beauty chorus.
Harriet Day entertained us at the
Iota Initiates Eleven Pledges
end of last quarter with a charming dinner dance at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. I t certainly helped to dispel that deadly gloom just before
finals.
Antoinette Schulte is back with us,
with wonderful tales of her year in Europe, although she was such a sat- isfactory writer of letters that she had left herself little to tell us.
at Early Spring Initiation
By OLIVE OGREN, University of Illinois
The first important event of this ('30), corresponding secretary; and
semester for Iota was the initiation Dorothy Lannon ('30), rushing cap- of eleven pledges. Thev are: Erma tain.
Bissel ('32), Chicago, Illinois; Evelyn
Davenport ('32), Oak Park, Illinois; Kay Browne, one of our juniors, Mary Fernholz ('32), Harvard, Illin- was initiated into Alpha Kappa Delta,
ois; Helen Granger ('32), Champaign, honorary sociology fraternity. Mary
Illinois: Wilma Haeger ('32), Oak Park, Illinois; Eleanor Hall (\32), Berwyn, Illinois; Evelyn Home ('32), Aurora, Illinois; Mary Katherine Kennedy ('32), Villa Grove, Illinois; Edna Kline ('32), Chicago, Illinois; Mary Alice MacMillan ('30), Hins- dale, Illinois; and Laura Rose ('32), Oak Park, Illinois.
Before Easter vacation we had election of officers. Betty Stiven ('30), will be our next president. We know that she will prove more than a suc- cess with as many assets as she pos- sesses. The other new officers are: Richolene Hughes ('30), vice presi- dent; Katherine Coughlan ('30), trea- surer: Katherine Browne ('30), re- cording secretary; Margaret Harlan
Alice McMillan, another junior, was a member of the Junior Faculty Re- ception Committee, held March 26. Ethel Hull, a senior this year, is one of the Senior Ball Committee. Evelyn Home, a new initiate, is a member of the Freshmen Informal Committee. Betty Stiven is to give a piano recital, May 21.
In the way of social events, most important of all, was our spring in- formal, which was given March 22. Tt was one of the loveliest dances we have had— possibly because it was the first time that we could use our veranda for a dance. W e are looking to our formal dinner dance to be held in the chapter house, May 3. A few weeks ago we had a Faculty Tea.
Tail's Booth at Carnival Takes Second Place
By ALICE DORNBERG, University of Minnesota
fore they were the champions.
Tau is very glad to announce two new pledges of last quarter, Margaret Gleason and Florence Yeo, both of Duluth. Florence took part in the side show which Tau held at the annual Pennv Carnival, and Margaret was in the Y. W. Vaudeville on the farm campus, in which Charlotte Verrell and Beatrice Anderson of the active chapter and Beatrice W ebb, pledge,
With the spring formal but a few Weeks away and also the inter-house baseball contest, when Tau will make a strong bid for the cup, things look pretty promising here at Minnesota.
Vn e formal will be held at the beau- Wul Lafayette Club at Lake Min- netonka, on May 17 with Carmen jlrazee in charge. Last year the Alpha Jjl's at Minnesota were runners up in the baseball tourney, and the year be-


took part. Our booth with a roulette national art sorority. We had a very
motif at the annual Penny Carnival fine representation at the annual Mat-
held by the Women's Athletic As- rix banquet sponsored by Theta Sigma
sociation took second place. Marion Phi to which representative students
Kadlec was the very charming Queen of Hearts.
Panhellenic at Minnesota again took up the matter of second quarter rushing this last winter. A practically unanimous vote in favor of second quarter rushing was the result. T au was in favor. It will be interesting to see how this method will work out next year.
Harriet Pratt is the new president of our chapter. She is an honor stu- dent, having a perfect " A " record throughout three years, and is presi- dent of Tarn O'Shanter, junior women's organization at the " U " and is also active in Y. W. work.
Many new honors have been be- stowed on our girls. Josepha Knut- son was elected to Delta Phi Delta,
are bid. Those who went from Tau are: Helen Strand, Virginia Rohlf, Harriet Pratt, Betty Ebeling, Evange- line Nary, and Claire O'Connell. Mar- ion Keyes, a new initiate, took part in a skit at the banquet. Betty Ebeling is the new Theta Sigma Phi president
Josephine Smith has recently been elected president of the Inter-House Athletic Association, and Helen Strand has been elected president of Y . W . on the farm campus.
Carmen Frazee ('29). has been awarded a Mayo Foundation Fellow- ship in medical social service work. She will return next year to take her Master's degree. She will spend two months of the summer in Billings Hospital in Chicago doing medical social work.
Chi Chapter to Attend "Mikado" En Masse
By HELEN MASON, Syracuse University
Chi would like to present her new
members, Helen Betchley. Alicia
Bobinski, Thetis Crossman, Helen
Downing, Flornnal Jones, Mary Boltwood C32). and Helen'Betchlev
Keith. Norma Palmer, Elsie Straugh, Florence Van Vleck, and Ruth Williams,
For the initiation many alumnae re- turned, and of all the group the class of 1928 was best renresented. Marion Moody ('28) and Mary Harper ('27), who are living at the new Panhellenic house came up together.
('32). have been retained for the staff of the assistant associate business management of the Daily Oranqe. Betty Brown ('31). is a candidate for the office of circulation manager of the same paper. Edna Faust ('30). was appointed assistant chairman of the afternoon ceremonv on Women's Day. Mary Youdan is the assistant chairman of the Lantern ceremony,
At the banquet which was held at
the Onondogen Hotel immediately the traditional rite of Syracuse Uni- following the ceremony, Ted Petrie versity women. "The Mikado,1' a
Oelrich was the toastmistress. Charlotte Kolb, Vesta Rogers, Bettv Irish, Constance Cobb, and Elizabeth 1ullev of Epsilon drove up from Cor-
Tambourine and Bones production is to be given soon. Victoria Tackson ('29). and Edna Faust ('30)," are members of the chorus. Chi is planning to at- tend the performance in a body. Mar?
nell for the occasion.
We were delightfully surprised by Youdan ('30), has been elected presi-
a lovely basket of flowers from Delta Upsilon whose banquet was the same evening as ours.
1 he new initiates and pledges pre- sented the actives with a new electric orthophonic victrola.
dent of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism fraternitv. She will repre-
them at their national conven- tion at Columbus, Ohio in June,
March 2 we gave an informal dance a t the chapter house. Mav 4 was the date of our spring formal winch we
Mary Youdan ('30), Chi's activity
chairman submits these as the most had at Drumlin's Country Club.
important: Helen Downing ('32), survived the final cuts for the editor- ial staff of the Daily Oranqe. Ruth
sent
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The night of April 6, rain whipping on French windows; the newest bluest blues issuing from the all too perfect drawing-room of the Englewood Golf and Country Club; that was Upsilon's formal. The programs were miniature picture frames of suede and each guest's program held the photo of his lady and his hostess. The happy suc- cess of the occasion was due largely |o the arrangements of the Social
Committee headed by Mary Hilke and Eileen Monks.
In politics, Eileen Monks, Mildred Larson and Milanie Petersen are handling various campaigns. Marion Elder is running for vice-president of the W omen's Federation.
And then as ever spring has brought two announcements: one made on St.
Patrick's Day by Aletha Huffman, when she presented the house with a huge box of candy and pinned a Delta Sigma Phi pin very close to her heart. Lloyd Wiehl is the former owner of the Delta Sig pin. The second an- nouncement was that of Irene Baker to Ted Carlson. Irene graduates this year and is a member of Tolo chapter of Mortar Board and is secretary of the W omen's Federation.
The alumnae are sponsoring a dance, a sport informal at the Seattle Yacht Club, May 18 which is to be called LePrintemps Promenade. W e are also awaiting the performance of the Cor- nish School players in "The Sea Wo- man's Cloak," a production that the chapter is sponsoring for two nights
at the Cornish Theater.
Nu Kappa Provide Eggs for Mission Egg Hunts
By MARTHA BAIRD, South,'rn Methodist University
Our new officers are: Lillian Cox, president; Sarah Lois Freeze, vice- a banquet at the English Room of the president; Eva Fulcher, recording secretary; Carolyn Davidson, corres- ponding secretary; Mary Wood Turn- er, assistant corresponding secretary; Macy Spurlock, treasurer; Katherine Aldredge, doorkeeper; Sally Lucy Old, study plan officer; Lillian Cox. senior Panhellenic delegate; Eugenia Hodge, junior Panhellenic delegate; Gladys Cassell. chapter editor: Numa Sur- geon, alumnae editor; W inona Bring-
After our initiation, which was held March 25 at Mrs. Rasbury's, we had
Adolphus. We presented the new initi- ates with corsages. Two of the pledges w ^re requested to give toasts for our n e w sisters and one, Marjorie Sigler, gave the following one, which was 'Wpromptu: "To the New Initiates of ^On, You've just experienced an
Honor High.
In the last Campus we were given a nice write-up on being the first chapter on the hill. We were also given notice in the Campus of our go- ing so far as the semi-finals in the basketball tournament with which we entered in with much enthusiasm.
To our marriage list we are still adding names. This time it is our beloved sister, Gladys Bandy, who was warned to Jerry Bush. They return- ed home today from their honeymoon. While they were gone we received a w>x of candy. A box of candy comes from all of those of our chapter who Set married, a tradition.
.One of our prime pledges, Marjorie Sigler received the honor of being chosen one of the four representative g'rls of S. M . U .
I think, Oh Gee! what a dummy I've been."
Our initiates are: Macy Spurlock, Ruth Guin. Gladys Cassell, Marie Timmons, Winona Bringhurst, Eugen- ia Hodge. Elizabeth MacQuiston, and
Mary Wood Turner.
Our untiring worker, Rebecca Ro-
berts, is still holding our philanthropic work up to standard by buying Easter eggs for a Easter egg hunt for the Mexican Mission and the Methodist Sunday School.
In our last meeting we found that Alice Reynolds would be our new alumna adviser because the one elected has too much to do in being our ad- viser and president of the alumnae chapter.
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Upsilon's Spring Activities Socially Prominent
By ELIZABETH MORRIS, University of Washington
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hurst, historian; Alice Reynolds, alum- Sois Freeze, third member of advisory na adviser; Mildred Pepple, sceond committee; Marjorie Holland, rush member of advisory committee; Sara captain.
Beta Phi Abolishes "Rough" Initiation by Unanimous Vote
By JOYCE ARMSTRONG, Indiana University
Amid much jubilation among the much, and even more success in life newly initiated freshman, and with the as she has achieved in her college hearty cooperation of a thoroughly career. We are also sorry to realize
worn-out "rough" committee, Beta Phi last month abolished rough initiation by a unanimous vote. We anticipated a general campus movement toward that direction as "hell week" for sor- orities was eliminated by girls' Pan- hellenic Council three weeks after- ward. Hereafter Indiana co-eds may rest in peace, and upperclassmen will not be able to resort to dire threats of a rough week as a means of disci-
that Elnora Johnson ('31), who has completed her two year teachers' train- ing course, will not be back next year.
We recently elected Naomi Nash ('30), next year's president. "Noni" has been treasurer for the past two years which is one of the hardest jobs
of the fraternity. She is particularly active in dramatics having played the lead in "Thursday Evenings," Chris- topher Morley's charming one-act play.
plining turbulent pledges. This move She is co-starred with Joyce Arm-
has been long advocated by Beta Phi upperclassmen, and our seniors feel one more move has been made toward the establishment of a more firm fra- ternity spirit.
strong ('30), in "The Brat" by Maude Fulton which is to be given April 17 and 18. Virginia Traxler ('31), one of our new initiates is also taking part in the latter production. Joyce has been recently elected to the University
Bloomington alumnae will entertain
with a dinner, May 7, eight gradu- History Club. Doris Bopp, ('31), ating seniors of Beta Phi chapter. was elected vice-president and to-
They are: Georgia Bopp, retiring gether with Virginia Gentry, ('31),
president who was recently elected to recently nominated for Junior repre-
Pi Lambda Theta, national education- sentative for A. W. S. Council, will serve as rush captains for the coming
al sorority, corresponding to Phi Beta fall. Rozella Smith, ('31), will be Kappa. "Borge" is a Mortar Board treasurer. She was also recently
girl, president of Der Deutche V erein,
member of W. A. A., and active in
Y. W. C. A., work; Miriam Combs,
who is also a member of Mortar ine Hindsley, corresponding secretary- Board, president of Association of Pauline is our retiring vice-president. Women Students, and of Omicron Nu, Virginia Traxler will have charge of national Home Economics sorority: To DRAGMA contributions for next Jean Green, who is a member of year. . . Pleiades, vice-president of Omicron
Nu, and considered one of the most
outstanding girls on the campus; Mae
Mobley, also a Pleiades; Gail Glenn
who has been a loyal member ofAl-
pha O throughout, and has held al-
most every one of the most tedious
and difficult offices in the fraternity;
Kate Hoadley, retiring president of Y .
W. C. A. and president of Sigma pin. We have two other new p««*
Delta Phi; Daisy Hinkle. who has
done some remarkable work in music
school; and Annabel Sproul, who re-
turning to school after a three years
absence was heartily welcomed by the
entire chapter. We are sorry to lose
these girls, and we wish each one as Beta Phi rushed in the spring sow
chosen as a member of Y.W. C A. Cabinet. Howarda Clarke, ('31). was elected recording secretary and Paul-
Beta Phi held initiation for Virginia Traxler, ('31), Emily Foster, (3fJj and Edyth Mallory, ('32). "Ed'e was in "Campus Affairs" and is one of our most popular freshmen. Em"? received our scholarship pin, a n . shortly after her initiation blossoniea out with Bob William's Kappa SignTM
Gail Glenn recentlv surprised u s , ; taking a Lambda Chi Alpha bad=g Hugh Ramsey is the proud owner
the pin. Isabelle Crostreet's Aca* pin brings our total of eagerly exoec ed candv up to fifteen pounds. . j


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season with a dinner party Friday, Matrix Table razz banquet at which April 5, at which sixteen girls and three hundred of the most popular and their best "boy friends" were present. outstanding co-eds on the campus will We will entertain our patronesses at be present. Among these will be
an informal dinner Friday 12. These include some of the most charming women on the campus, and the evening is always anticipated as a delightful
occasion.
Even as I write this, we receive notification of our bids to the annual
thirteen Alpha O's—Georgia Bopp, Miriam Combs, Jean Green, Kate Hoadley, Analie Shaw, Howarda Clarke, Doris Bopp, Virginia Gentry, Edyth Mallory, Rozella Smith, Ellen Stott, Annabel Sproul and Joyce Arm- strong.
Eta Has Fourteen Members at Matrix Banquet
By JULIA CARR, University of Wisconsin
Probation week began Tuesday Grace McManamy, Madison; Irsula night, March 19 at 10:30. The pledges Bauman, Racine; and Cecil White, had been wondering when it would Aurora, Illinois.
begin. It was always the chief topic of their discussions. Sunday night they were all set for it, and again Mon-
Virginia Van Zandt Snider, our District Superintendent, arrived Mon- day evening, April 1, from Detroit. It
day night after chapter meeting there was lovely to have her here, even
was a feeling of expectancy among them. By Tuesday night they had given up hope, and so when they came from pledge meeting, everyone was most surprised to find the written summons on their dressers.
The 14 of them occupied the third floor, and "got by" with sneak ses- sions, because the tw o actives there couldn't watch everyone. They were all ready for initiation to take place Saturday night, but the actives were a bit more clever and so the initiation Ceremony was held Sunday night at nudnight, which would be Monday, March 25. Ruth King came back for
If It must be wonderful to see your own sister initiated.
though it was only for a short time. It seemed as if she had always be- longed here in Eta chapter. We were proud to show her our new house. The Alumnae took her out part of the time, and so we didn't see as much of her as we would have liked.
At the tea on Tuesday afternoon Virginia told us about convention at Seattle. As long as we weren't there
ourselves, we enjoyed hearing about it. At our formal chapter meeting Tues- day evening Virginia gave us some helpful suggestions. She left W ed- nesday afternoon after the tea.
Spring functions began for us April 5, when we had a formal party. The night was ideal for walking out on the terrace between dances.
Alpha O was well represented at the Matrix banquet, March 15, at which Michael Strange was the guest of honor. The 14 of us who were in- vited were: Ethel Lang raff, Eva
The 14 initiates are: Lucille Hall,
Manitowoc; Julia Carr, Scales Mound,
Illinois; Betty Mathevvson, W ausau-
Jwej, Mary Virginia Sloan, Clarks-
burg, W. Va.; Hardynia Harris. Chi-
cago; Kitty King, Chicago; Dottie
Jalmer, Oak Park, Illinois; Sarah Adams, Piff Sloan, Dottie Adgate,
sogers, Kansas City, Mo.: Zella Mae •JPencer, Gary, Ind.; Carrol Lee Inompson, Harlington, Tex.; Glee JJ^and. Milwaukee; Helen Barrel, Milwaukee; Philippa Patey, Newton- JPHe, Mass.; and Jeanette Zimmer,
Wausau.
The formal banquet was given Mon-
day evening, followed by formal chap- *r meeting. Marian Baine was elect-
Elynore Bell, Glee Durand, Dottie Schmid, Margaret Ludden, Marian Tufts, Philippa Patey, Lorraine M c- Manamy, Helen Icke, Isabel Olbrich, and Julie Carr. Glee and Dottie Schmid are members of Theta Sigma Phi which sponsored the banquet. Glee was publicity manager and Dottie was the invitation chairman.
March 17 we entertained the faculty members at a tea from four until six. They seemed to enjoy themselves and marveled at the house. One history
professor even played the piano for us!
p r e s i d e n t .
**e are proud of our five new pled-
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Activities on the hill are not with- out representatives from Eta chapter. Grace McManamy "made" sophomore
commission; Dottie Schmid was among the "Badger Aces"; and Piff Sloan was elected to Dolphin, honorary swimming club. Glee Durand was elected president of Theta Sigma Phi. Virginia Dean is a member of Junior Orchesis, honorary dance organization.
Kay Patterson was chairman of the Poster committee for the Beaux Arts hall and attended it with the assistant
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manager of the ball. Kay Lunceford attended the Military ball as honorary colonel with Col. Carson Roberts, who is the highest ranking officer of the R. O. T. C.
Marian, our new president, is ex- cited about going to convention. It is too bad that none of the seniors can go as the dates conflict with com- mencement here. However, several juniors and others are planning to go. Eva Adams and Dottie Schmid may stop there on their way to Europe.
Alpha Phi Has Two Members Elected National Officers of Spur
By K VTHRYN KELLETT, Montana State College
Alpha Phi has had an exceedingly active year and spring quarter prom- ises to be no less exciting, with our scholarship to raise, competition for the sorority athletic cup increasingly keen, and spring quarter elections to campus honoraries and societies ap- proaching.
Scholarship is, of course, the first
concern. Although our average for ing year, and we are fighting hard to
winter quarter was 81.144, we dropped from first to third place among the sororities. T o counteract this fact, however, comes the announcement that three of our seniors were elected to Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honorary. They are: Marcella Schnei- der, Dolly Tripp, and Bernice Crane. Five members made the honor roll for
keep it. During the first part of the season we were behind but then came the swimming meet and the Alpha O's maintained a tradition by making it virtually an AOlI event. Erma Monroe won the Miller medal for first place. Besides this we took second, fourth, fifth, and seventh places, win- ning in all a total of 350 points. Three
the fall and winter quarters. They of the six girls who made the all-star
are: Dorothy Schneider, Frances Fog- Ier, Mary Hakala, Marcella Schnei- der, Kathryn Kellett, and Bernice
Crane.
Alpha Phi has been taking an ac- tive part in all campus activities. At the recent cenvention of Spurs, na- tional sophomore honorary, in Pull- man, W ashington, our tw o represen- tatives. Dorothy Garrett and Marcella
Schneider both were elected national officers. Dorothy is also president of the local Spur chapter. Dolly Tripp and Kathryn Kellett were initiated into Tormentors, the college dramatic club. Dorothy Garrett made Pi Kappa Del- ta, national debating fraternity. Vivi- enne Boulware, a pledge, was soloist in the college Glee Club concert. Martha Hawksworth was elected
treasurer of A. W. S.
basketball team were Alpha O's while six of the eight members of the tumb- ling team are Alpha O's. Martha Hawksworth, Dot Garrett, Erma Monroe, and Hazel Thompson art charter members of Spartanians, a newly established athletic honorary,
with M artha as its president. Martha was also chosen to represent the c o l | | lege at the national convention of A* W. S. and left last night for Seattle. We have had a good representation out for all sports such as hockey, baseball, volleyball, and riflery.
While the girls have been busy all year establishing and maintaining rec- ords in campus affairs, there has als
been a great deal of activity i" chapter itself. The alumnae who have been back recently to visit us are.
er Chloe Cox Linden, Grace Mclv <
At Montana State there is a muchly coveted cup which is awarded every year to the sorority having the larg- est total num!>er of points for par- ticipation in athletics. The sorority winning it for three years is entitled to keep i t ; tw o sororities, Alpha 0 and another have each won it two
years, consequently this is the decid-
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Doris Ingraham Anderson, Ruth No- ble Dawson, Leah Hartmann Batch, Editli Kunns and Joy Noble.
We have two new pledges, Peggy Scott and Mildred Buhring, and ever since the last of February we have had our new actives, Martha Hawks- worth, Erma Monroe, Helen Cobb, Polly W isner, Virginia Keyes, Doro- thy Schneider, and Doris Kuhns. Initiation was doubly thrilling with the formal initiation banquet in the new Hotel Baxter. We were, by the way, the very first fraternity on the
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hill to have a dinner in the new hotel. Among the social events of the chap- ter have been an hilarious bowery party, a formal dinner for our patron- nesses and their husbands, an ex- change dinner with the Pi Kappa Alpha's, and several informal firesides. The Alpha Phi's who live in Butte, (there arc sixteen of them with the alumnae), meet for a luncheon every time there is a holiday. Jut at pres- ent the chapter is all wrapped up in plans for the spring formal, the most
important social event of the year.
Nu Omicron Serves Sunday Supper with Profits
By EVA JEAN WRATHER, Vanderbilt University
The latest feat of Nu Omicron was the winning of the inter-sorority ticket-selling contest held by the V an- derbilt Glee Club. As a result of our victory, the club elected one of our girls, Lucille Morgan, as their spon- sor for the year, and Lucille was both the center of attraction and of the stage at their annual concert in Me- morial Hall. Florence Hays and Dorothy Overall, who sold the most tickets for the chapter, served as ushers.
On April 1 elections were held, and the following are to be officers for 1929-'30: Elizabeth Frazier, president; Dorothy Overall, vice-president; Laura Dismukes, treasurer; Frances Rodenhauser, assistant treasurer; Kathleen Boyd, corresponding secre- tary; Florence Hayes, assistant cor- responding secretary; Mary Rutledge, recording secretary; Arlene Baird, Panhellenic delegate; Frances Ewing, study plan officer; Elizabeth W enn- >ng, social chairman; Margaret Lamb and Margaret Rawls, assistant rush J'lg chairmen; Frnaces Weise, editor To DRAGMA; Eva Jean Wrather, his- torian; Marion Hill, herald; May Rawls. door-keeper; Mary Elizabeth Sharp and Frances McKee, alumnae advisers.
We are now planning a unique in-
stallation service for Sunday, April
28. \\"e are to meet at the house
^rly in the morning, drive to the top
°f a hill nine miles from the city, and
there—among the trees on its crest,
sunrise— have installation. After |{>e service we will have breakfast and then drive back to Nashville.
Nu Omicron did its bit at Easter time, as well as carrying out a tradi- tion of the chapter, by playing the "Easter rabbit" to a group of children at a local settlement house, the pro- gram for the afternoon being an Easter Egg Hunt, followed by games and refreshments.
Our latest idea— a unique one, we think—for increasing our bank account was tried out last Sunday night. As none of the fraternity houses or dormi-
tories serve Sunday night supper, we decided to do so. Accordingly, to all the houses we sent announcements, which were so adorable I must tell you about them. They were made by folding a white sheet of paper be- tween a red one, to carry out our Alpha O colors, and cutting the fold- ers in the shape of butterflies; on the front was printed "Butter-fly Inn", the inside sheet carried the menu—waf- fles, with maple syrup and butter, and hot coffee—and on the back was the legend "It's the hot cakes that make the butter fly." Needless to say, such invitations brought quite a crowd, and our evening was a lot of fun as well as being profitable. Indeed, the idea was liked so well that we have de- cided to repeat it soon, serving a cold
supper instead of the waffles.
We are now looking forward to the bridge party which the Nashville Alumnae are giving the first Satur- day in May for our chapter. We are expecting another enjoyable "get-to- gether" with our "alums" on April 29, at our annual Founders' Day ban- quet at Belle Meade Club.
Plans arc also under way for the formal dinner which we give every
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To DRAGMA
It is rumored that the seniors are for the year—a week's stay, imme-
year for our seniors. The graduation I know of no better way to end an idea will be carried out, each senior account of Nu Omicron's activities being presented with a "diploma" in for 1928-'29 than with mention of which is concealed a gift. what is to be our final "get-together"
also planning a party for the under- diately after the close of schooi, at
classmen, but what it will be we, of our camp in the East Tennessee hills course, don't know. —Sebowisha.
Psi Plans Dance to Replenish Treasury
By LOUISE F. SEYFERT, University of Pennsylvania
Signs of spring protend great events on campus, the judgment day for all worthy seniors is drawing near: al- ready Ann Warner, art editor of the Record and Cornelia Patterson (on the staff) are working desperately to have this year book the best it has ever been. With these two faithful Alpha O's working on it, you know it will be the best. By the way, we want to congratulate Cornelia on win-
There should be two flower bedecked Maypoles for this double pulchritude
We pledged a freshman in February. We have had elections and who should be our president for next year, but this
year's treasurer, Emily Niblock. Speak of Hoover economy, if you dare. And then there is the dance, April 20, the proceeds of which must fill our always hungry treasury. W e have also very hungry girls and to properly fill them, lunches will be served at the house
ning a scholarship of $10—fine work.
W reaths of flowers, may-pole, pretty
girls, yes, again Psi chapter has pos-
sible and much spoken-for May queens Tutie practicing for that part in in Peg Hawk and Pat Stevenson.
of Psi chapter. Another triumph of lieve this presistent "convention." It's spring comes in Peg Hawk's engage-
ment. only doctor is our delegate, and you will hear about her later.
Phi Has Four Members on Glee Club Tour
By HELEN CLEVELAND, University of Kansas
The day of March 10 was started for next year, and we're all quite
by our fraternity "exam." And that happy for her. Vera Faye Stoops has
afternoon we held our annual Faculty Tea. This is one time when the fac- ulty seems near to us and not such a learned and revered body. W e meet on a more common footing and in a social way that is quite enjoyable to us as students and to them too, I believe.
Right now, before I am apt to for- get it, let me announce that Phi has four new pledges: Dorothy Attwood, Topeka, Kansas; Mary O'Neil, Pres-
cott, Kansas; Dorothy Woodward,
Haviland, Kansas; and, Emma Leigh
Evans, Lockwood, Mo. We had a long ago, and our own Florence pleasant surprise a couple of weeks Longenecker was elected point-system
before Easter. Isadore Douglas C28), manager. Florence succeeded in ge * who has been working at Mayo ting a part in "Pirates," a waterJ?u Brothers this past year came back for nival sponsored by Quack Liu • a visit. Ruth Bennett seems to be fol- Gladvs Bradlev and'Helen Cleveland lowing in Isadore's footsteps. She has "made" a revue called "C'eau Je Koie received her appointment to Mayo's Main."
after April 9.
Buzz, buzz—not the telephone this time, nor the door bell, not even
"Liliom"—it's talk of convention. It's in the air and has been for weeks, all the talking in the world doesn't re-
also received her appointment for next year and will teach Latin and English at Washington, Kansas.
Dena Mae Harmon is a member of the Kansas Women's Debate team which is to debate Missouri soon. She has also been asked to speak at the Housemothers' tea to be given inMay by the Dean of Women. She will tell of her experiences of last summer m the slums of Chicago where she was
doing sociological work.
The Women's Self-Governing As-
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The thing uppermost in our minds She was the special attraction at a W .
right now is the Women's Glee Club S. G. A. party given before Easter,
tour. Margaret Drennon, Elizabeth and I'm sure she will make things
Fryer, Jessie Kinman, and Emma very enjoyable on the Glee Club tour.
Leigh Evans will represent us on this The girls will be gone about a week
trip. We are especially proud of giving in that time ten concerts.
Elizabeth for having been selected for May 24 is the date for our annual the quartet and Margaret Drennon Spring formal. This is nearly always
who is going to do some solo work. the best party of the season, and Our own dear little Emma Leigh is many old grads come back for it. W e making quite a name for herself by are hoping to have many of them back
her playing of the piano-accordion. for Senior Breakfast, too.
Virginia Senseman, who is president of Panhellenic, brought some very in- teresting news to our last chapter meeting. Plans are being made to erect a Panhellenic house on the campus. Since we do not have so- rority houses, this would be a great help. Each sorority would have a large room which could be furnished and used for chapter meetings and teas. There would be an adjoining kitchenette and also a large closet in which to store the various possessions of the chapter. I t would be necessary for each chapter to pay a rental of about fifty dollars a month to pay for the building.
The Juniors and Seniors were en- tertained recently by one of the pa- tronesses who arranged a cozy fire- side dinner at her home.
On March 16 we gave a tea for our patronesses.
Everyone was overwhelmed when
Peg North, who graduated last year, paid us a flying visit and announced that her marriage to Jimmy Robin- son, Beta, took place on March 22, 1928 while they were both in school.
In the spring elections Helen A l - bright was elected assistant B ig Sister chairman; Jean Rust was made sec- retaryoftheY.W.C.A. PegBarr, a freshman, was elected chairman of the May Day festivities. Dotty Jack- son recently served as chairman of one of the Junior Prom committees. W e are especially proud of Marie Jo Elliston's making Kappa Delta Phi. Evelyn Kessing, our inimitable red- head freshman, is the Alpha O con- tribution to Podac, the local organiza- tion for promotion of a friendly spirit among the sororities.
Plans for our spring dance are Hear- ing completion. The date is May 4. We are also arranging for a tea dance as part of the spring rushing.
Omicron Pi Pledges Entertain Members at a Dance
By SALLY KNOX, University of Michigan
The Junior Girls' Play, which has a dance given by our pledges and this been talked of and rehearsed for year's initiates. Our other activities months, had a week's run at the Whit- have been few. We gave a tea for ney, March 18-25, and was taken to our patronnesses a short time ago, and a formal dinner for five or six members of the faculty. W e are plan- ning a large tea for the faculty after
Detroit for one performance, April 6,
at Orchestra Hall. Our five girls
who were connected with it, Frances
Sackett, author of the play, and in the
chorus; Betty Hemenger, Lela Crump,
and Lois Cossitt, in the chorus; and already been made, and as a result, Betty Morley on the make-up com- Betty Hemenger ('30), has been ini- mittee, heaved sighs of relief that it tiated into Theta Sigma Phi, and Ruth
vacation.
A few of the spring elections have
Omega-Tells of Plans to Erect Panhellenic House
By JOSEPHINE GAIBLE, Miami University
fas over, at the same time feeling a sort of emptiness in their lives with
Van Tuyl ('31). has been elected to the Judiciary council of the Women's League, thus maintaining the Alpha
o much time on their hands.
chapter were honored March 30 by body on that board.
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Alpha Sigma Seniors Challenge Chapter
By ALICE A N N GORMAN, University
to Grade
of Oregon
To DRAGMA Contest
We surely have a lot of news to relate this quarter, for it seems that just about everyone has been either
dramatics on the campus, having three girls: Roberta Wilcox ('29), Edith Pearson ('31), and Elizabeth Plum-
elected or appointed to some office or
committee. Our chapter surely had mer ('31), appearing in the spring
a celebration when Mahalah Kurtz ('30), was elected president of W . A . A., and Mahalah leaves tomorrow to attend the W . A . A . conference in Seattle, Washington, and next year,
term dramatic presentations; and Roberta has been put in charge of the music for the High School Drama conference held annually here by the University of Oregon. Three more of the girls are appointed on the com-
according to the priveleges of her mittees for the Beaux Arts Ball, a office, she will go to the national con- big dance sponsored annually by the ference in the East Frances Woods, Art Department. Chloethiel Wood- ('29), our very efficient song-leader, ard ('31), is chairman of the poster was elected to M u Phi Epsilon, na- committee, A m y Porter ('31), is chair- tional music honorary for women. man of the refreshment committee,
been elected Rushing Captain in the decoration committee. Reba Brog- chapter, was elected to Kwama, den ('31), had charge of all the down-
Muriel MacLean ('32), who was just and Dorothy Illidge ('32), is on the
sophomore honorary for women. La- town ticket sales for Richard Halli- Wanda Fenlason ('30), was appointed burton's lecture. Nancy Thompson
publicity head for the annual Canoe
Fete which is always held on the
mill-race in the spring and is one of
the biggest events of the school year.
Two of our girls have succeeded in
''crashing" the cinema world by tak-
ing part in the campus moving-picture
that is being filmed here. The two Ashlimann ('31), were chosen for
favored ones are Patrica Boyd ('32),
and Marion McGowan ('32). W e
also have two representatives in the
annual Junior Vaudeville which is to bit about the way we keep the in-
be given as a musical comedy: Edith terest in grades running so high in
Pearson ('32), and Margaret Reid Alpha Sigma chapter. The members
('31). It would seem that we go in of the senior class of the house chal- couples, for we have two more girls on
the Y. W. Cabinet: Marion Pattullo lenged all the rest of the house to ('31), and Lorna Raney ('32). make more grade points by mid-term Marion is going to the conference of than they. The losers give the win-
all Y. W. C. A. college cabinets on the coast at Rock Creek Camp, Ore- gon.
We are also well represented in campus grade list again spring term!
Xi Chapter Is Represented at Theta Sigma Phi Banquet By Five Members
By MARY ELIZABETH GOODE, University of Oklahoma
After the hilarious excitement of Although we have only eight more new Easter clothes and our visits short weeks of school, the girls are home, Xi chapter has been hard at greatly pepped up over our dream work getting ready for our benefit house, and we are anxiously counting bridge. Although the rainy weather the' days until our house will be corn- has been somewhat lengthy and bad, pleted. It is to be of Italian arclu- we have been working steadily on tecture. a-
rushing, especially personal rushing. W e have held our election of ofn-
('32), Reba Brogden ('31), and Muriel MacLean ('32), are all on April Frolic committees, which is the big party that we women give our visiting high school delegates once a year. And in the try-outs of stunts for April Frolic, A m y Porter ('31),
Elizabeth Plummer ('31), and Helen stunts.
And now here is just an interesting
ners a party, for the challenge was accepted, and you should see the peo- ple study! Maybe we will lead the


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cers and are greatly charmed over our next president, Ruth Black ('30), who is one of our most capable girls upon whose shoulder the full responsibility can rest, besides being one of our best rushers.
Elizabeth Dooley ('31), has been chosen to dance a toe specialty in the annual "Soonerland Follies" and also a specialty in the Varsity Van- ities." Frances Rowland ('30), was one of the two girls chosen from the
entire Home Economics School to the national honorary home economics fraternity. Ella Mae Sigmon ('29), Xi's charming blond, was chosen to
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model in the annual "Co-Ed Fashion Show." Mariemma Wilson and Ella Mae Sigmon represented Alpha O in the annual bridge tournament. Alliene Curdgington ('30), has been given a bid to Gamma Epsilon Pi, the na- tional honorary business woman's fra- ternity. Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism fraternity for women are giving their annual Waffle-iron Ban- quet this week, and five of our girls have been given invitations.
Ena Bob Mounts, one of the charter members of El Modje, honorary Art Club, is representing Alpha O at the costume ball.
Pi Delta Initiates All of Their Pledges
By JOY LINTON, University of Maryland
Again the time for initiation draws near. Saturday, April 13, 1929, we are to have twelve new sisters. We are planning to have midnight initiation and on Sunday to have a banquet at the Washington Hotel in Washing- ton. We are very lucky in that all our pledges are able to be initiated. Also we are proud to say that the two class offices held by girls in the fresh- man class are filled by our girls. The secretary of the freshman class is Eloyse Sargent and the Girl's Repre-
sentative to Student Council is Irma "
Buckey Clemson. May Dezendorf, is to go toward our building fund.
Margaret Elliot, Norma Finch, Rosa- Ruth Miles (Pi Delta, '31), has
lie Goodhart, Alma Hickox, Elizabeth been pledged to Theta Gamma, the
Kent, Kathryn Seihler, Gethine Wil- home economics fraternity. Gene
Glantzberg will be able to be with us ternity.
over the week-end. Pi Delta entertained Dr. Cadisch at
We have a new pledge who will be dinner last week on his birthday. It
initiated with the other girls. She is is getting to be almost a traditionfor Kathryn Williams from California this is the third or fourth year that
who is now living with her aunt in we have done this. W e hope we will
Dudley. The other girls to be initi-
are still hoping that Pinckney Eztes to Alpha Nu Gamma, the French fra-
Alice Cullnane gave us a great sur- prise by dropping in for a couple of hours Tuesday night, April 9, while we were having informal initiation. I t was a pleasure to every one to have her at that time. We are planning to see her again very soon.
Marcli 4 our pledges gave us a de- lightful dance at the house which they had decorated with red and white crepe paper. They had a very good orchestra, and every one had a won- derful time.
Saturday, April 6, we had our an- ated Saturday are Minna Canon, nual card party, the money of which
liams. Alice Cullnane will be present Wright (Pi Delta, '30), and Evalyn at the banquet on Sunday. Also, we Ridout (Pi Delta, '30), were pledged
W ashington,
D . C. be able to continue each year.
Tau Delta Has Two Girls in Spring Play
By LURA COONTZ, Birm ingham-Southem College
Two of our girls were fortunate after excusing Mary from meeting to
enough to he given parts in the spring attend play rehearsal, the director sent
Play, "Green Stockings," to be pre- someone to the sorority house to get her. The scamp was probably "off to
sented by the Dramatic Club in May. the races" with her young Lochinvar. Mary Mabry, freshman, and Elizabeth But this is a joke—not a public ad-
Logan, senior, were the two chosen. monition. Remember, she is only a W e were greatly chagrined when, freshman.


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First, may we introduce our new pledges! W e feel that we had a very successful rushing season, and we have pledged seven new girls of whom we are more than proud. They are Henrietta Blank, Mildred Bostwick, Lorraine Conrad, Hester Johnson, Bety Johnson, Mildred Gil more, and Dorothy Ortman.
morning, and were followed by a a Zeta Psi who graduated from U . C breakfast at the Pig'n Whistle in L. A. two years ago. It happened
Hollywood. The new initiates were that she announced her engagement so thrilled by it all, and that, coupled the night of the combined active and
T o DRAGMA Kappa Theta to Have First J louse on Westwood Campus
By JANET MARTIN, University of California at Los Angeles
Eight girls were recently initiated
into the chapter. Very impressive
services were held early one Sunday her engagement to William Moore,
with the delight of wearing the Alpha alumnae meeting at our chapter house. O pin could be easily discerned on all The alumnae and the active girls cer- of their faces. tainly had a good time making them-
On April 23, we are going to give selves acquainted with each other. a benefit theater party at the Holly- Many of the newer initiates and the
wood Playhouse. The proceeds will pledges had not known their older
go to our W estwood house fund. The
alumnae benefit at the same theater
was so successful that we hope that
ours will turn out as well. As it is,
they are helping us wonderfully in weird display of psychic power by selling our tickets, and as things look Jerelene Haddock and Algerita Terry.
now, we will have a big sale. The Alene Withers gave a clever musical
Mothers' Club is working continuously in order to help us with our house fund. In the near future they are giv- ing a benefit dinner for this purpose.
reading, and a one-act comedy was presented by Margaret Poulton, Lucile Van Winkle, and Virginia Johnson.
Kappa Omicron Wins Four Out of Six Basketball By PAULINE BARTON, " outhwe stern University
Games
It has been raining here off and on ed Chi Alpha a charter here. That
for weeks. Now please don't think makes the fourth national at South- I'm trying to give a weather report. western.
I'm not. I just want to tell you that Our pledges gave us a party several this is the reason we never have had weeks ago. It was a collegiate party, a good chance to have our track meet but I'm telling you the truth, if any with the Kappa Delta's. However, campus had students who looked like we are having a basketball tourna- most of the girls and boys here, I feel ment that is more exciting than a sorry for its faculty. I don't mean
Perhaps it seems as if we talk of nothing but our W estwood house, but as the time draws nearer for gound breaking, it seems more like a reality than ever. If you could see our plans and the picture of our new house, we know you would be sharing in our
enthusiasm. W e believe that we will be the first fraternity house at U . C. L. A. to break ground!
Alma Young, ('29), has announced
sisters up to this time. A t the end of the business meeting, clever entertain- ment was put on by some of the girls. Our guests were entertained by a ^
track meet would ever be. There are to say they didn't look collegiate, they
six teams, A O n , Chi Omega, Kappa did; but entirely too collegiate to be
Delta, Chi Alpha, and two non-so- true. Our walls were almost hidden
rority teams. To date we have won by fraternity and college pennants;
four out of six games. Our team is made up of Ellen Goodman. Elinor Clinton, Carolyn Stockley, Charlotte Bruce, Virginia Richmond, and Carol Hewitt.
Zeta Tau Alpha has recently grant-
and I think it was one of the best dances of the year.
And now for the last and best news, —we have a splendid new pledge, Virginia Richmond.


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Alpha Rho's Stunt Wins Second Place at Annual Show By ELIZABETH STOUT, Oregon State College
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Three little pledges are anxiously
awaiting this week-end, April 15, as
the mystery of initiation is hovering
over them. These girls are: Ruth
Hoven, Dorothy Marsters, and Ruth
Gillmore. A t the beginning of the
term Osa Lotner was pledged. Osa
is a sophomore in vocational edcuation
and has won prominence on the Baro- school rushees with the event.
Our most interesting function this quarter was our formal dinner dance held at the Bouldcrado Hotel, Febru- ary 16. The one long table was deco- rated with red candles and red roses, and our programs were of red suede. The ballroom was decorated with palms. Every one of us had a most delightful time.
Three of the girls also attended the banquet given at the close of the con- vention.
Among those lucky enough to re- ceive invitations to the annual Ink- slinger's Luncheon of Theta Sigma Phi, were Hazel Lee, Hesper Tucker, Dorothy Foster, Violette Ward. Mary Virginia Wells, and Alice Ward.
Initiation was held April 7, for
was held at the house following initia- tion. We are very proud to have Alice as a new member.
We are also very proud to announce the pledging of Elizabeth Grounds, Denver. Elizabeth attended Denver
the W. A. A. Annual Cobiljee.
We are very fortunate to have the presidency of local Panhellenic next year. Our president will be Hazel Lee, who is a senior, and very capable.
Our elections were held last week,
University last year, and is now a and our new president will be Violette
"One, two—one, two—legs higher —snap it off—one, two—". Up until this week anv caller may have legiti- mately mistaken Alpha Rho for a fol- lies' training quarter. The girls have diligently worked and practiced for
the Co-Ed Stunt Show, an annual affair in which the sororities compete. Alpha O was rewarded by placing second. The stunt was very original and caused considerable comment and publicity in addition to winning the $20 gold piece.
meter staff. She was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi certificate, and was on the exposition committee.
The engagement of M argaret Sco- field to Hervey Hilands, an Alpha O brother, was announced several weeks before her graduation last term. The girls were delightfully surprised at dinner to find the announcements hid- den in French pastry.
Betty Israel, one of our new mem- bers has taken an active part in the Madrigal club, and toured the state with them, presenting "The Chimes of Normandy."
We are now looking forward to our spring formal. The ballroom of the Benton Hotel has been engaged and the programs designed. W e are hop- ing to thrill a number of little high-
Chi Delta Girl is President of Local Panhellenic
By MARY VIRGINIA WELLS, University of Colorado
Frances McGill, a pledge, won a Alice Ward of Denver. A banquet prize for one of the best costumes at
sophomore. Ward of Denver. The vice-president
We have entered a team in the is Margaret Haynes of Maybelle, Intramural baseball tournament. The Colo.
W omen's Athletic Association spon- sored a convention of high school girls here last week-end, and we entertain- ed three of the delegates at the house.
Ruth Stewart was a guest at the Theta Tau dance at the Colorado
School of Mines last month.
Beta Theta Has Disastrous Fire in Chapter House
By MIRIAM R . COSAND, Butler University
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W ashington's birthday and it was so
disastrous that the entire first floor
was ruined and everything thoroughly
sriioked. However, repair work was
started immediately, and we are just March 16 were enthusiastically at-
moving back into our newly painted and decorated home. Our first social event in our refurnished house will be a tea in honor of our new chaperon, Mrs. Campbell.
tended by almost the entire chapter. The luncheon was gorgeous, as was the dance, and the alumnae members who planned it must have been grati- fied at its success.
In spite of our not having had a
house of our own for some six weeks, as a closing offering. By the time
we have managed very well. W e held
our meetings at the homes of various
members, and on March 24, at sun-
down, we had a lovely initiation serv-
this is printed Gladys Hawickhorst will be a pledge to Chimes, the hon- orary junior organization. Gladys won the cup for freshman scholarship last year, and was elected to the honorary
ice for four girls at the home of Mrs.
Lester A. Smith, our alumna ad- sophomore society last semester, and
viser. The initiates were Bertha Fur- stenberg, Lucille Bauernfeind, Kathe- rine Murphy, and A va Louise Reddick.
now she has been chosen with only ten other girls of the sophomore class for this honor! We" think it's great and
We are most proud to claim them as we've joined in the shouting "give sisters. this little girl a big hand!"
Alpha Pi Girl Takes Lead in Junior Minstrel
By MARTHA CRANE, Florida
On March 8, we initiated ten girls:
June Fulmer, Myrtle Harris, and Bea-
trice Ober, St. Petersburg, Florida; we will not have any more illnesses, Iren Shoun and Martha Love, Tampa;
Lucile Gates, Jacksonville; M argaret
Baskerville, Memphis, Tenn.; and
Jeaiiette Littig and Rosalind Kennedy
from Tallahassee. It was thrilling to
us to see all those pins shining after
initiation. That night we had a ban-
quet for the new initiates at the Flor-
idan Hotel, and it "went over big!"
We were unfortunate in losing two
of our girls, Virginia Poston, and in the Junior Minstrel "Ker-choo.'
Dorothy Cross for the remainder of
the year, because they developed eye
trouble and had to leave school, Then,
Irene Shoun had an operation for Convention, and we are expecting to appendicitis, and has been out of have the best time of our lives.
Epsilon Alpha Members Hold Activity Prestige on Campus
By E . LOUISE HOFFEDITZ, Pennsylvania State College
This is Epsilon Alpha's first letter to To DRAGMA. We are proud to be able to be your baby sister and relieve Alpha Pi of her position. We were installed Saturday afternoon, April 6, at the home of Mrs. A. K. Anderson,
our Grand Secretary. There were . , oc^icidiy. xncic were
eight former Aretes (that was our
local club name) installed as charter folks made clever and interesting members, four who had been only speeches, and Mrs. Anderson read all
We are also happy to have pledged Eleanor Duge Mills, who has come to Butler from Northwestern University.
The state luncheon and dance on
We have an exciting piece of news
State Women's College
school for several weeks. She is back with us now, however. We hope that
since we have had the proverbial three cases.
In the near future we are going to send a picture of our new house to To DRAGMA. We had hoped to be able to have it for this issue, but it isn't quite in shape yet to be photo-
graphed.
One of our new members, Rosalind
Kennedy, took the leading man's part
This is an unusual honor for an under- classman.
Several of us are planning to go to
Arete pledges, and nine alumnae who returned. Only those who have gone through the glorious experience of be- ing "created" a new chapter will know how glad and thrilled we all are to become part of the family. .
Saturday evening we had a formal saturaav evening we naa a
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the lovely telegrams and letters you sent us. Mrs. G. B. Baskervill, who was here for installation, personally brought word from her Tau Delta children. Alice Cullnane told us a story she was told, a lovely pictureof convention as a fan. The flowers sent by the other campus fraternities and clubs made the affair quite color- ful.
The Sunday afternoon we had a tea at the home of Mrs. E. C. Woodruff, chapter patroness. Her home is a dreamy place to entertain, and she willingly threw open her doors to all the faculty women, Panhellenic mem- bers, and club guests. Helen Savard, our alumna adviser, poured and we all mingled with the guests and served them.
During our busy week-end there wasn't time to pledge future members. So ^Tuesday evening, April 9, we had a pledge service. Eleanor Geissen-
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hainer ('29), Elizabeth Markle ('29;, and Gertrude Bryant ('31), are now pledges, and we hope they will join us soon more closely.
Helen Boyle, who is president of W omen's Student Government on our campus, will attend the W. S. G. A. Convention at the University of Oklahoma the week of April 15.
Agnes Geary just ended a year's service as editor of the W omen's Page of the Collegian, our campus semi-weekly.
Eleanor Geissenhainer, a pledge, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. We are proud of a scholastic standing that would warrant that honor.
Convention? Oh, yes, we expect to be there to let you see your baby sis- ters. Of course Emma Walser, our president, will be there, and as many of the rest of us as possible will tag along.
Girls
at Recent Service
of Tennessee
By LOUISE T . PERRY, University
Omicron is most proud of its thir- high hopes of adding this one to our teen new members, and the thirteen trophies.
new members are exceedingly proud May 2 the Women's Panhellenic of their big sisters' pins. Initiation Council is instituting a new thing at this year was held at Mrs. Beckley's the University. Formerly Panhellenic at four in the afternoon. Immediately gave a tea each year at the end of following the initiation the banquet Freshman week. Now, however, was held at Whittle Springs Hotel,
with Ruth Beck ('25), making a charming toastmistress. Amusement for the evening came from the former "goats," who gave individual songs and stunts.
After the excitement had rather died down there was a general set- tling down f o r study because we have high hopes of keeping the schol- arship cup again this quarter. Of course I told you in a previous letter that Omicron won the cup offered by Pr. Perkins, of the University, to the sorority making the highest average. Any sorority which keeps the cup three consecutive quarters is entiled to it permanently, and we have
there is to be no tea at the beginning of the year, but a formal dinner for any sorority girl who may wish to attend will be given at Whittle Springs' Hotel. A l l the sororities are most anxious to make a success of this new feature. Mildred McKinney ('29), the head of our chapter, is in charge of arrangements for the din- ner, and is working so faithfully to help put it across.
On May 4 Omicron is giving a benefit bridge party, the proceeds to go to our philanthropic fund. Each girl is responsible for one table, and we hope to make quite a little profit, as well as have a great deal of fun.


ful tea. There were about 40 in at- day, April 7, where the alumnae had tendance. We all enjoyed meeting the opportunity to meet the fifteen
Mrs. Anderson again and spent a very pleasant afternoon.
On March 16 we held our ritual meeting at the Nu chapter house, 19 West Eighth Street. At this meet'ng officers for the coming year were elect- ed. The results were as follows:
pledges of Nu chapter. The pledges are well worth knowing, and we were very glad to have this chance of meet- ing them.
On April 13 the New York Alum- nae will hold a benefit luncheon and bridge party at the Food Craft Shop,
president. Edith Collins (Nu); vice- 2 West 46 Street. It promises to be president. Edith Ives ( N u ) ; secre- a very successful affair.
tary, Marion Vineberg (Nu) : treas- The last meeting of the season will urer. Pinckney Estcs Glantzberg l>e held with Eva Marty (Sigma), (Psi) : historian. Helen Krauss ( N u ) . early in June at her home in Larch- It was decided at this meeting to tnont.
San Francisco Alumnae Entertain Lambda and Sigma Seniors At Tea
By FRANCES A N N REID
Our great faith in our past pres-
ident, Cornelia Morris has been evi-
denced in her re-election, with Rosa- tradition was broken; we gave 4 linda Riccomi as treasurer again. Our
new officers are: Ruth Henderson
Pletcher. secretary: Olive Freuler, vice-president; and Grace Smith as the chairman of a new membership committee. With this committee we hope to get in touch with many of the
classes wrho have no representatives in our chapter.
On April 20. we had our annual
bridge tea instead of a mere luncheon, and the more members of the different chapters became acquainted in this way.
The high point of this bridge tea was the latest announcement by our new officers of the progress of our new house. Ground has been broken, and we arc looking forward to mov- ing in this fall.
senior partv for the graduating classes of Stanford and California. This time
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New York Alumnae Give Benefit Bridge at Food Craft Shop
By ARLETA KlRLIN, Acting Editor
Edith Huntington Anderson. Grand
Secretary, spent several days in New
York during February, and on Sun-
day, February 16, Julia Tillinghast
entertained for her at a very delight- • at a tea given at Julia's home on Sun-
create a scholarship fund for the bene- fit of some Nu chapter girl.
Julia Tillinghast (Nu), and Agnes Tufvcrson ( N u ) , were joint hostesses


On March 4, 22 Boston alumnae met hand experience. In 1921 he was a
at the home of Etta Phillips MacPhie professor at the University of Prague, ('13), in West Newton. Etta enter- and also the first American on the
of laughter greeted some of the un- Recently he has been honored by being witting amateur screen stars as snap- made commander of the Order of
ped last Class Day at Tufts College. Rumanian Government. Mrs. An-
It was an interesting way for us to visualize Etta's two sons at play, and also to see familiar college scenes, and
drews exhibited some of the beautiful artistic needlework of the peasants. Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia,
encouraging returns from alumnae. This seemed to be a real "home folksy" meeting, a number of infre- quent comers showing tip. A delicious buffet supper of chicken a la king, fruit salad, potato chips, hot rolls, ice cream with fudge sauce, and a whole lot of extras, made the weight reduc-
ing members groan.
On March 30 Boston alumnae met
at Packard Hall, Tufts College, with Blanche Hooper, ('04), as hostess. A n extremely interesting illustrated lec- ture on the Balkan countries was given by Dr. Arthur Andrews, known to most of us as former head of the his- tory department of the college. Dr. Andrews' deep interest in these South
people east of V enice.
Our entertainment was followed by
the annual business meeting. The chairman of the nominating committee presented the following slate of offi- cers, later duly unanimously elected: president, Leslie Macmillan ('14) ; first vice-president, Dorothy Fuller C06) ; second vice-president. Mildred Eldredge (*25), corresponding secre- tary, Lorea Jameson ('22) ; recording secretary, Dorris Morse (Ex. '17) ; editor to To DRAGMA. Irene Rachdorf
('27) ; treasurer, Mildred Gersumky ('17); historian, Charlotte Lowell ('03) ; Panhellenic delegate, Alice Spear ('12) ; alumna adviser, Betty
MAY, 1929
Providence Alumnae Entertain Grand Pice-President at Meeting
By MAUDEE.C.COVELL
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Only one meeting to report this
time, but it was the banner meeting.
Octavia Chapin was in town for a
meeting at Brown on March 16, so
we postponed our meeting for a week
in order to have Octavia with us. And
how happy we were to have her here
again! You know she was one of us of us present, making the largest a few years ago while she was teach- number we have ever had. Here's ing in Providence. hoping we may enjoy more such meet-
hostess. Instead of having an after- noon meeting we held our meeting from 5:30 until 9:00. At 6:30 Alice served a delicious supper. W e were fortunate in being able to have Merle Moiser Potter's sister, Mildred with us again. Would that Mildred Mosier
Mr. and M rs. Lovell A . Willis Remele, Delta '08), announce the birth of a son, George Loren, on February 20, 1929. Ethel's address is 227 Brightridge Avenue, East Providence,
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Boston Alumnae Enjoy Lecture on Balkan Countries
By ANNETTE 11. HARVEY, Acting Editor
European people was furthered by first
Alice Manchester Chase was our ings.
tained us by showing college and faculty. Extended travel and study
home scenes and actors taken by her in the Balkan countries gave authentic trusty motion picture camera. Shouts data for his lectures and writings.
faculty and friends in action. The Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and business of the meeting was brief. Rumania have been just names to
Gladys W ales ('09), chairman of the most of us, but we now feel a little scholarship fund committee, reported better acquainted with these sturdy
might meet with us more frequently! Muriel Wyman, who has not been able to meet with us for a long time because of her position as assistant in the Edgewood Library, was with us. We have missed her and were so glad to see her again. There were eleven


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goal. A special discussion of the pro- but a planned donation party worked
Beattie ('22) ; also nominating com-
mittee of Annette Harvey ('14), Mil-
dred MacLeod ('22), Blanche Bryne
("03). It was voted that Margaret
Angell ('18), should serve as official
delegate to convention. The scholar-
ship fund has reached almost the
halfway mark of the thousand dollar meet at the home of some member,
blem of getting the interest and at- out to everyone's great satisfaction,
tendance of new alumnae brought
several suggestions as to ways and and small left-over lots were eagerly
means. Betty Beattie ('22), was college hall, presumably to hungry appointed a new hospitality committee husbands.
chairman for this purpose.
Lincoln Alumnae Change Meeting Day to Suit the Season
By LOUREXE BRATT WISHART
The last few meetings of the Lincoln chapter house meetings are well at-
Alumnae chapter have been held at tended. We follow both plans during
Zeta chapter house. One o'clock
luncheon has been served at a charge
of twenty-five cents a plate. A com-
mittee of five prepare and serve the
lunch at their expense. This plan
puts a few dollars in our very empty
treasury- It also gives the girls and ident, Ethel Weidner Bentley; vice- visitors a chance to drop in unex-
pectedly.
We have changed our plan of meet-
ings several times in the past two
years. We seem to like meeting at hellenic delegate, Helen Fitzgerald;
the homes in the evenings in the fall. Around the holiday time the Saturday
Los Angeles Alumnae Clea
and editor to To DRAGMA, Helen Fchels Hoppe.
Benefit
Other alumnae chapters may be in- terested to know that an especially good supper was served through con- tributions of baked ham, vegetable salads, pickles, rolls, ice cream, cake, and coffee donated in generous quan- tities by various alumnae. We usually
bought up and lugged home from the
the same year, and so far it has proved an attractive change and a success.
At the business meeting following the March luncheon the followingoffi- cers were elected for next year: pres-
president, Zu Chaplain Campbell; secretary, Alma Birkner Rawlings; treasurer. Gladys Misk#; Panhellenic delegate, Kate Follmer; city Pan-
r $ 6 4 3 on Theatre By MARGARET JEAN RITTER
The theater party on February 11 managers would have reached the
for the benefit of the Kappa Theta House Fund fulfilled all expectations, and more. But then, it would, under
stage of throwing the furniture about, Muriel was patient and polite.
The play was enjoyable, the audi- Muriel Turner McKinncy's manage- ence enthusiastic, and hungry, for the
ment, for Muriel has the magic touch
110 pounds of "Garren-teed" candy disappeared like dew on a hot day, before the opening of the second act. That meant $55 clear for the Fund. May Robson made one of her typical
which brings success. And it was not
magic alone, but hard work and energv
applied in just the right places. And
that, again, is characteristic of Muriel.
The house was sold out long before
the night of the performance, and nice little speeches in praise of Alpha
could have been sold twice over. In O. The Kappa Thetas sold candy and
this connection must be mentioned the acted as ushers. We are always glad
unfailing patience with which Muriel when our youngsters have an excuse
exchanged reservations, to please near- for wearing evening dress, for they sighted old ladies who simply must sit are so extraordinarily satisfying to the
in the first row, and telephoned all eye. The net receipts from the bene-
over town for seats for people who fit were $64.3.40.
made and unmade their minds with On Februray 23 we met at the annoying frequency. When most home of Fvelyn Cornish in Brent-
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Pitman were assistant hostesses at the luncheon.
A goodly part of the meeting was spent in gioating over the success of the theatre party, and in appreciation of Muriel's work.
The Kappa Theta alumnae have formed a branch group of their own, and expect to furnish one room of the new house. The Kappa Theta Mothers' Club also hope to furnish a room.
upon at the next meeting.
altogether our beloved necessity.
The Kappa Theta Mothers' Club is giving a Plunkett Dinner on April 26, which promises to be interesting, es- pecially as "congenial husbands" are invited.
Helen Haller, our Panhellenic dele-
gate, reported that the Alpha O hous-
ing plan is considered the best which
has come to the notice of the Associa-
tion. Our non-membership scholar-
ship, last held by Helen Rosenstihl at
Columbia University, was also praised
by the Association as an example of Rochelle Gachet's report was especial- constructive and altruistic work.
The Kappa Theta house is to be blue-printed this week (late March), and ground is to be broken early in
April, so we feel that the house is almost a reality already. Incidentally, I think it will be the only sorority house which will be ready for oc- cupancy when the University opens at its new site in Westwood Hills in the
On March 18 we held our annual
joint meeting with the Kappa Theta
actives at their house. W e enjoy these
joint meetings, and they present a valuable opportunity to become ac- fall-
treasurer, Beth Boynton Phelps; Pan- hellenic delegate, Helen Haller; To DRAGMA editor, Margaret Ritter.
Lucille English has proved her abil- ity, leadership, and poise frequently enough, and there cannot be any doubt of her fitness for the presidency. We welcome her with enthusiasm. But we cannot let our dear Carrie Bright Kistler, retiring after two presidential terms, leave office without a valedic- tory. Carrie is unique—one of those very efficient people who dodges the
lime-light, but who is always there when wanted, ready with advice, in- formation, offers of a lift to care-less ones, affection,and humor. To descend to popular song, she is "the cream in
The membership committee reported
that we have 60 paid-up members, and
ever so many in spc, as it were. There
were 25 present at this meeting, which
is a good number, considering the dis-
tance. Nominations for next year's
officers were submitted, to be voted our coffee, the salt in our stew," and
Helen Haller reported that, in the Panhellenic survey of sorority finances,
Jane Keenan Andre has been very successful in selling the Italian Balm hand lotion, on which we receive a liberal commission. This seems to be a sound money-making scheme, for sales are still active.
ly praised as being concise and ex- cellent in every way.
auainted with our younger sisters. Even those who live too far from the campus to drop in on Monday nights make a superhuman effort to come to the annual meeting.
Following the meeting the actives
entertained us with clever songs, a one-act play, and a most amazing and amusing demonstration of psychic power on the part of Jerry Haddock and her parlor mystic. The refresh- ments, donated by actives and alumnae
The following officers were elected
for next year: president. Lucille Cur-
tis English: vice-president. Helen jointly, were agreeably augmented Bradstreet: corresponding secretary. by tlie traditional box of candy an- Helen Haller; recording secretary and nouncing Alma Young's engagement.
Indianapolis Alumnae Tell o/ State Luncheon and Dance
MURRAY PRICE
By ELIZABETH
Ada Trueblood, our vice-president, took charge, due to the illness of Mary Bernice Floyd assisting. At this meet- Mills, our president. Two very in-
We met for our February meeting at the home of Jessie Diggs with
ing we made final plans for the State teresting talks were given by Mary Luncheon and Dance which was held Neal Mcllveen and Hannah Blair »t the Hotel Lincoln March 16, with Neal. The Theta girls gave an or-
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furnished several minutes of amuse- ment.
Beta Phi's "Pipe Dream" brought back bygones of college days to the alumnae. Beta Theta came forth with their share of entertainment by pro-
ducing two novel bits, "The Jewelry
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Shop" and "The Doll Dance."
A recent musical composition by Kathyline Davis (Theta), entitled
"Rubies and Pearls" was sung, seventh annual State Luncheon climaxed with the most successful dance ever held.
New Orleans Alumnae To Open Third Child IT elf are Clinic
By MARGARET LYON PEDRICK
The New Orleans Alumnae chapter will accomplish two things: first, we
has had another two busy months. will save the Welfare Association the
There have been our two regular meet- cost of a regular nurse's services, and
ings and two meetings each of the second, we will keep our chapter in
bridge clubs. In March we met with Margaret Pedrick where there was an attendance of twelve. N o business other than election of officers was transacted, and afterwards the meet- ing became purely social.
even closer touch with the work for which previously we have given only
money.
It is the custom of our chapter to have one meeting during the year on Sunday. This is to enable those of our
Our April meeting vj-as held at members who have week day jobs to
Anna McLellan Kastler's home with
a wonderful attendance of eighteen.
The new officers began their work for
the coming year, and we had a peppy
session. W e find that we have raised
enough money to open our third Child
Welfare Clinic station before the col- if present prospects mean anything lege year is out. This is a source of
gratification to all of us, as well as to those who are interested in thisvi- tal work. It has also been decided that
two members of our chapter will spend two mornings each week next year doing some of the actual work in the stations. They will help the nurses in such things as weighing babies and any tasks that can be assigned to untrained workers. By doing this we
Minneapolis Alumnae Plan
there is a successful party and treat ahead of us.
quorum so the election of officers was postponed and a special meeting was called a week later for that purpose. The new officers are: president, Eliza- beth Bond; vice president, Zora Robinson Delaney (this officer is president of the afternoon section) ; secretary, Helen Rask Morgan: treas- urer, Margaret Brix; House Fund chairman, Elsa Steinmetz; editor, Kathryn Haven.
The afternoon section met at the home of Grace Vincent Grady (Zeta).
cussed. This may be a luncheon downtown followed by bridge at the house. Also, we are anxious to have an alumnae ritual and think this would be an ideal time for it.
The annual meeting of the Corpor- ation will be held in May. The com- pany who has had the contract for the sale of our house has not proved satisfactory so we have cancelled our agreement with them and will p ' a c e the house for sale with another firm.
By MYRTLE ABRAHAMSON
The March meeting was held at
the Wells Memorial House so the
girls could visit our Dental Clinic
and meet the Board of Directors of
the neighborhood house. There were
not enough members present for a for a senior party in May were dis-
attend. It is also our custom to en- tertain Pi chapter. This year we are planning to combine both and the first Sunday in May, we will have a meet- ing followed by a supper. In this way we shall have a large attendance, and
Again we are pleased to have two new members—Jean Hill Boles (P«)i who has been away from New Orleans for some years, has returned, and we are glad to have her back with us. Anne Trice Nixon (Nu Omicron), living here in the city has joined our
chapter. We hope she will enjoy be- ing one of us and working with us.
Party for Tan Seniors
This group has meetings throughout the year so are making plans for the summer months.
In April, the evening meeting was held at the chapter house, and plans


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MAY. 1929
Bangor Alumnae Enjoy Gamma Initiation and Banquet
tertained the alumnae chapter. There easily won their way into the hearts was a discussion of the postponed of the alumnae. Their speeches were
bridge party, it was decided that at very clever as well as impressive. The the present time it was not a feasible initiation is always an inspiration to
plan. Several volunteered to help with us and seems to bring us just a little the active rushing party. A social closer each time to our sisters.
hour and refreshments followed. We had a very pleasant meeting The initiation and banquet of the March 30, at Marion Jordon's at Old
active chapter was held at the Bangor Town. With thoughts and plans of
Convention and Marion's trip abroad, the afternoon quickly sped away.
House. March 14. An unusually large number of alumnae were able to at-
Portland
Alumnae
Leads in Obtaining Magazine
On March 9, the Portland Alumnae chapter met at the home of Alma Janz for the regular monthly business meeting, which was called to order by the president. The nominating com- mittee presented a list of officers they had selected for the ensuing year, which was unanimously approved. Laura Kilhan and Mable McCord will continue to be our president and treas- urer. Alma Janz will be recording secretary. Mable Walsh, corresponding
secretary, and Olive Deitlein will be To DRAGMA editor.
A letter from the Doernbecher Hos- pital was read expressing gratitude for our Chirstmas gifts to the children.
Then followed a discussion of the amount we could send for national
Knoxvillc Alumnae to Send
work. The suggestion was made that a Home Products luncheon would be an effective means of raising money. We were glad to hear that our group headed the alumnae chapters in the number of magazine subscriptions secured during the last year. Laura outlined the plans for the rummage sale, urging us to search our closets and trunks for saleable articles. The meeting adjourned, and we spent the
rest of the evening chatting, playing bridge and partaking of the delicious refreshments Alma served.
Our rummage sale was held on March 12, and was very successful in adding a goodly sum to our treasury.
Our April meeting was held at the home of Lucilc Hood.
Delegate to Convention
Lynchburg
Alumnae
By
Reelect Officers to Another Year
Serve the
Chapter
The alumnae chapter met at the home of Elizabeth McClamroch,Tues- day. March 12, with eight members present. We discussed the convention
Europe, and also Christmas cards for next year. We discussed having a luncheon every month instead of our regular meeting, but no decision was
By CIEL PETTWAY
to be held at Cornell. Minn Elois
Hunt is to be our delegate. Martha reached. We adjourned for a social Pelton read about the Alpha O trip to hour, and refreshments were enjoyed.
By BEULAH E . OSGOOD
On February 23, Frances Burke en- tend. The thirteen new Alpha O's
Chapter Subscriptions
By ANNE REID STEELE
FRANCES D E A N E
SCOTT
The January meeting was held at two visitors from the active chapter,
the home of our president. Flizabeth
Bryan Williams ('15). There was a
very large number present in spite of
the rainy weather. There were also Omicron Pi's to our alumnae meet-
W e feel most fortunate in receiving such splendid response to our invita- tions to Kappa to send active Alpha