1927 February - To Dragma

290 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI NOTABLE ACTIVITIES OFOUR ACTIVES
f~\ N six campuses where chapters of the fraternity are established. Alpha Omicron Pi seniors hold this year the elective office of highest honor available to women undergraduates. Miriam Collins of Sigma chap- ter is vice-president of Associated Students of the University of Cali- fornia; Mary Elizabeth Houck of Theta is vice-president of the Student Council at De Pauw ; Serena Wood of Gamma is president of Women's Student Government at the University of Maine; Anne Treadwell of Iota is president of Women's League at the University of Illinois ; Alta Atkin-
son of Alpha Phi chapter is president of Associated Women Students of Montana State college; and Frances McKee, of Nu Omicron, is the vice-:
president of Student Council at Vanderbilt university.
O UTH PALMER, of Zeta chapter, representing the University of Nebraska, and Muriel Drummond of Epsilon, representing Cornell university, were delegates to the second National Student Convention held in Decem-
ber at Ann Arbor.
A NN'E TREADWELL of Iota chapter represented the University of Illinois chapter of M ortar Board at the biennial M ortar Board convention at
W ashington university, St. Louis.
'THvo OF the seven members of Cornell university chapter of Mortar *• Board are Alpha O's, as are also two of the ten members of the junior honor society, Raven and Serpent, and three of the seven seniors in the Cornell chapter of Penthama. national athletic honor society. Thirteen national women's fraternities have chapters at Cornell, and it
appears therefore that the Alpha O's have well above the average of honor society membership.
A N OUTSTANDING social honor has come to a member of Omicron Pi chapter. Not in years has a University of Michigan co-ed led the J hop, the Michigan Junior Prom. This year Helen Belcher, a junior
in the University and member of Alpha Omicron Pi, is the partner of the J hop chairman. This is the leading social distinction on the Michi- gan campus.
TN TWO successive semesters of the past academic year members of Alpha Omicron Pi at the University of Maine have had the highest scholastic average in the entire University. The Alpha O's who attained this great honor are Beulah Osgood and Jessie Ashworth, both of whom did all A
AVTtttttstDwork.
Shall We See You in Seattle?


TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OM1CROX PI 291 CONVENTION
TI 7"mi 1927 comes the realization that Convention in Seattle is but four * * months off! And four months will slide quickly b3r and before we realize it, 10:35 A . M . on W ednesday, June 22 will be here, and the bell
on the "Alpha O Special" will be ringing farewell to Chicago and, amid the interesting hum of scores of Alpha O's getting acquainted, the Last will be left behind and a trainload of happy hearts will be speeding west- ward to the warm welcome of sisters in Seattle and the Convention of Alpha Omicron Pi. Will you be there? On other pages of this issue of To DRAGMA, you will find full information concerning the trip, Con- vention and post-convention tours. On the last page, you will find coupons which you may send for information and further details. Or you may write to one of the following who make up the Committee on Transporta- tion :
Mrs. J. C. Huntington, Chairman, 1919 Lawrence Ave., Detroit Michi- gan ; New England Sub-Chairman, Alice J. Spear, 32 Pierce St., Hyde Park, Mass.; Eastern Sub-Chairman, Mrs. ]•'..D. Brawn, 79 Glen Ridge ve., Glen Ridge, N . J.; Southeastern Sub-Chairman, Amalia Shoemaker, 1812 G St., N. W., Washington, D. C.; Southern Sub-Chairman, Mrs. Carl Marshall, Bay St., Louis, Miss.; Southeastern Sub-Chairman, Mrs. erne W . McKinney, 528 N . Formosa Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
NQI IRIKS HAVE come from some as to whether or not Mothers of Alpha O's may make the trip to Seattle on the "Alpha O Special." Alpha O Mothers are always welcome, and it will but add to the pleasure of the
rip if many of the girls can have their mothers with them.
Ij OUISE BENTON OLIVER (Mrs. De Witt) is the Local Chairman on all Convention arrangements. Her address is 5727 Twenty-ninth Avenue,
N. E., Seattle, W ashington.
I" OCAL REPRESENTATIVES of the Burlington and Great Northern railroads and of the American Express company will lie glad to send speakers o the meetings of active and alumnae chapters to tell the members about he trip to Convention, post-convention trips and the best routes for them o take to meet the "Special" at Chicago. To arrange for these speakers, he Presidents of chapters should either get in touch with the local repre- entatives of these companies or should advise the Chairman of Transpor- ation, Joanna Donlon Huntington, (Mrs. J. C ) , 1919 Lawrence Avenue,
etroit, Michigan.


292 TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI ITEMS OF INTEREST *
TN THE RECENT stock selling campaign preliminary to the proposed Pan- hellenic House at 3 Mitchell Place, New York, Alpha Omiyon Pi has gone over the top in subscribing its quota. The campaign was carried on under the auspices of the New York Alumnae Chapter, Mrs. E. D. Brawn, President. Special credit is due to Helen A. Ranlett, Alpha Om- icron Pi representative on the Panhellenic Board of Directors; to Mrs. F. A. Ives, Captain of the campaign team, and to its members, Elizabeth Moss, Helen Henry, Eva Marty, Elizabeth Boyer, Catherine Sand ford, Nell Foster, Barbara Porter, Mrs. James Henderson and Eunice Bassemir.
Many other members have co-operated in making the drive a success as far as Alpha Omicron Pi is concerned, both by working and by subscrib- ing for stock.
\ I 7 E ARE not quite sure whether this item should come under the heading * * "Announcements", ''Items of Interest", or "Editorials". As it is interesting to us all we want to tell you that our Grand President's new-
est little boy arrived on January 19, 1927. There are now three sons in Katrina's nice family.
DON'T FORGET
JUNE 27-JULY 2
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.


TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 293 ALPHA OMICRON PI FELLOWSHIPS FOR
GRADUATE WORK
For the college year 1927-1928
FOR MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS
AMOUNT
TWO FELLOWSHIPS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS each arc. offered, payable in two installments of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars each on September 1, 1927 and January 1, 1928.
ELIGIBILITY
Applications will be received from any woman graduate of the insti- tutions listed below. Of the two fellowships offered, the first is open only to NON MEMBERS of Alpha Omicron Pi. The second, to be known as the Alpha Omicron Pi Fellowship in Memory of Ruth Capen Farmer, is open only to MEMBERS of Alpha Omicron Pi. The successful applicants will not be limited to any particular field of work, but character and a disposition toward humanitarian service will be considered among other qualifications.
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial college
New York university University of Tennessee
Randolph-Macon Woman's col- lege
University of Nebraska University of California
DePauw university Tufts college (Jackson)
University of Maine Cornell university
Northwestern university Leland Stanford university
University of Illinois University of Minnesota
Syracuse university University of W ashington
APPLICATIONS
Southern Methodist university University of Indiana University of Wisconsin
Montana State college Vanderbilt university
University of Pennsylvania University of Kansas
Miami university University of Michigan University of Oregon University of Oklahoma University of Maryland
Birmingham Southern college University of California South-
ern Branch Southwestern
Oregon Agricultural college
Application blanks may be obtained from the office of the Dean of Women of the above instiutions or by writing direct to the Chairman of the Fellowship Award Committee. To be considered an application
must be mailed and bear postmark not later than March 1st, 1927. Announcement of the award will be made by May 1, 1927.
Correspondence regarding the Fellowship and applications are to be mailed direct to
ELIZABETH HEYWOOD WYMAN, CHAIRMAN. Alpha Omicron Pi Fellowship Committee,
456 Broad Street. Bloomficld, New Jersey.


294 TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI ALPHA OMICRON PI FELLOWSHIPS FOR
GRADUATE WORK APPLICATION BLANK
INSTRUCTIONS:
This application will not he complete unless it is accompanied by a transcript, officially signed by the college Registrar, giving the applicant's complete scholastic record. Detailed, specific statements from major pro- fessors and others best qualified to furnish information in regard to the candidate's scholastic and personal fitness for achievement in graduate research and leadership must be submitted with the application. A kodak picture or photograph of the candidate should be included if possible. Applications to be considered must be mailed and postmarked not later than March 1, and are to be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowship Committee, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, 456 Broad St., Bloomfield, N. J. Announcement of the award will be made to all applicants by May 1.
Full Name Mailing Address Date of Birth Place «.f Iiirlli Race
Nationality Religion
Church affiliation
Applicant for Member or Non Member award
Graduate of what institutions (state degrees and date of granting) Major subject or subjects
Other special scholastic training
General physical condition
Are you entirely self-supporting?
Partially self-supporting?
If so, by what kind of work have you supported yourself?
At what college or university do you wish to do graduate work?
What is the specific nature of the course you wish to pursue?
What use do you expect to make of this advanced training? (state your plans fully)
What organizations or honor societies do you belong to? (include those outside o f college)
In what activities (other than scholastic) have you participated in college? What is the line of your greatest interests?
If you are awarded the fellowship, do you intend to devote your time
solely to a full college schedule ?
What do you consider your personal qualifications for success in the work
you wish to follow? (state fully on the other side of this sheet) Signed
Date


TO PRAGMA OP ALPHA OMICRON PI 295 ACTIVE CHAPTER LETTERS
OMICRON—UNIVKRSITY OF TENNESSEE
All our days of hectic rushing were worth while after all because eight girls came to the fraternity room to have red ribbons pinned on them on Pledge Day. The eight were: Mary Clare Harwood of Pulaski; Cathe- rine Weemyss of Gallatin: Eleanor Graham and Lucy Cooper of Nash- ville; and Judith Roberts, Sara Wilson. Eleanor Spence, and Carolyn Gies, all Knoxville girls. We expect to have initiation soon.
We celebrated Founders' Day by giving a tea for the alumnae and our patronesses, honoring our pledges. Then while we had our "party hand in" we gave another tea the next day for an AAII inspector who was in town. This time we had the meml>ers of both chapters.
This year the University is trying a new system of dividing the year into quarters. The students may attend classes any three quarters they please. The final exams for the first quarter were held before the Christ- mas vacation. In order to do the necessary studying, the AOITs made
themselves very scarce the last two weeks before vacation.
Since classes have begun again we find a hole in our ranks made by the absence of Sara Flowers, Beth Carter, and Lucille Coffey who decided to extend their vacation until the beginning of the third quarter in March. Knoxville seems to have a mighty unhealthy climate. I regret to state that Frances Deane was in too big a hurry for vacation. She was sick in November and December and had to have an operation. Elizabeth Hale, too, was impatient and was sent home early, but she is back now looking hale and hearty. O, yes. and Lila Witsell was in bed for awhile
during vacation.
JANE PF.TTWAY.
KAPPA—RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE
After a marvelous Christmas holiday, all of us find it rather hard to settle down once more, but with the thought of exams so near, we really must do something about it—so naturally we're all cramming pretty hard.
Going back a few months to retrace what has happened since our last chapter letter, the first event of importance, in which several of our Juniors took part, was the Junior Play, a Russian Extravaganza, given on November 20. The three leading feminine roles were taken by AOITs, Louisa Wilson. Violet Washburn, and Louise Anderson. Other AOII's in the cast were Sue Morfit, Katherine Pfau, and Anne Lamb. In the dances were Coralie Bland, Fan White, and Mary Reed, who, in addition, was in charge of all the dances.
Other dramatic ability of Kappa was shown in our Thanksgiving play 'his year. "The Youngest," given by the Dramatic Club, of which Frances Germany is president. In the play she took the leading role as hero. Betty Darling was also a member of the cast.
Thanksgiving time at Randolph-Macon is also a time of athletic events, when the classes play for the championship in basketball and hockey. This year AOIT is proud to own two "all-stars"—Ann Newton Hillsman in hockey and Jennie Mapp in basketball. Margaret Gordon and Anne Lamb were on the Junior basketball team winning the championship.
As we are not usually at school on our National Founders' Day, Jan- p f y 2, we decided this year to celebrate it on December 8. Many alumnae from town and our fourteen promisees came down to the house that n 'ght and we had a feast royal, the divine food being cooked on our new


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Jewel gas range, which the chapter presented to the house on this mo- I
mentous occasion.
The Sophomore class gave its play, "The Viking Poet," on December
18, just before we went home for Christmas holidays. AOITs taking part in this production were, Jennie Mapp, Virginia Zapp^ and Ann Newton Hillsman.
Kappa, since Christmas, has lost two of its most attractive sopho- mores. Alice Alexander, and Jean Watson, who were unable to return to school. We miss them terribly, but hope they will come back to visit us, at least.
Exams are near, and after them Pledge Day, which we are all look- ing forward to, and when we hope all of our fourteen promisees will have the golden sheaf of wheat pinned on them as AOil Pledges.
LOUISE ANDERSON.
ZETA—UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Vacation and all the joy and excitement of the Christmas holiday? is over and all the AOil's at Nebraska are busy studying for "finals'," three weeks off, hanging as an impending cloud for those who have "sluffed" and as a joyous recognition for those who have spent their time wisely. Wc do so want to raise our scholarship standing which is at present eighth among tlje twenty Creek letter sororities on the campus. The local Panhellenic banquet will be held soon. At this banquet the sororities sit according to their scholarship standings. We are proud to occupy the eighth place but will occupy even a higher place next year.
All Zeta girls are enjoying themselves in their new house. As there is an article about the house in the fore part of the magazine, I will say nothing further than that we are very very happy and have a lovely home. W e .entertained at a housewanning dance on December 11. The first housedance in our new home and the Christmas spirit combined to make the party one of the most successful Zeta has had. The freshmen entertained the upperclassmen at a party January 8 and the Formal danc- ing party of Alpha O will be held January 21st at one of the downtown halls. This is really our one big party of the whole year and Ruth Palmer, who is chairman of the formal committee, promises that the party
will be the best possible. But we do not spend all our time giving parties. We have only been making up for lost time as we could not hold a dance in our "old house."
Zeta is very proud of Marie Bpwden, recently elected Honorary Colonel of the R. O. T. C. Honorary Colonel is one of the most coveted honors of the year. The election is held early in the fall but the identity of the Colonel is not revealed until the evening of the Military Ball, the biggest University party of the year, which also opens the formal season. Marie was presented with a complete riding habit, by the Military depart- ment, in which she appears at all Military functions. Marie is vice-presi- dent of Zeta chapter, senior Panhellenic delegate and a member of Valkyrie, senior girls honorary organization.
Ruth Palmer was a representative of the University of Nebraska, Student Council, at the National Student Council Conference at Ann Ar- bor, December 2-4 and was a guest of the Michigan Chapter. Ruth re^ ports that she had a lovely time and especially enjoyed being with the
girls of the Michigan chapter. A t the conference, it was decided to bring
the Student Council Conference to Nebraska for its 1927 Conference and
Ruth is one of the chairmen of the committee in charge of making ar- rangements for the conference. Ruth is an Assistant News Editor of the
Daily Nebraska. Secretary of Student Council. Secretary of Silver Ser-
pent, junior girls' honorary organization, editor of the senior section of
the Conihusker and a member of the Y . W . C. A. Finance staff. 1


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I had a delightful trip during Christmas vacation, when I attended the National Student Conference at Milwaukee in session from Decem- ber 28 to January 1st, as a delegate from the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. My only regret about the conference is the fact that I didn't meet any AOfl's although I looked for an AOn pin diligently and saw every other kind.
Our alumnae advisor. Derna Turner Paige, has been ill and we have missed her very much at our fraternity meetings. We will be holding an initiation during the coming semester for a large group of wonderful freshman. We can hardly wait until the time when they will all become true sisters with us in AON.
By the time the next chapter letter is due I hope all the AOII's and especially the chapter editor to To DRAGMA are successfully over mild and strong cases of spring fever as it severely hampers one's style.
ELOISE KEEFER.
SIGMA—UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Last semester Sigma tried out several new schemes. Our usual super- vised study table was given up in favor of two hours of individual study on Sunday and week nights. We are anxiously waiting to see whether this plan will put us on the road to the Rose Gardner Marx Scholarship Cup.
The running of the house, too, has been altered. Our house mother, Mrs. Clara Morrison, is proving that it is greatly to the advantage of a chapter to allow someone not a student to devote all her time and energy to the catering and managing of the house. Needless to say Mrs. Morri- son is adding to our reputation for having fine meals.
We had, ourselves, a little splurge in holding our semi-annual formal at The Berkeley Country Club. No decorations to be attended to and no serving: we are only afraid that this dinner dance will set a precedent, because it was so easy and so satisfactory to give a dance for which you didn't have to labor.
The last nouveaute was a reorganization of a certain house rule to read: Smoking will be allowed in public places, but not in the chapter house or at campus functions. After this everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Not that we dealt only in novelties! The girls have shown up well in activities. No one was dropped from The Daily Californian Staff; eight girls have done committee work for the Y . W . C. A., one of the freshmen, Martha Quayle, being made chairman of the Community Service Commit- tee; others served on the Personnel Committee of The Associated Stu- dents, (which takes care of girls' campus activities) under Ruth Henderson. Ruth is another one of our prize seniors; she made both Pry- tanean and Torch & Shield honor societies this last semester.
The customary open house was held the day of the Stanford-Cali- fornia game in November. We were all glad to see older and younger alumnae from the various chapters take advantage of visiting the Sigma house.
Founders' Day Celebration was held December 8th at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Members of Sigma, Lambda and the San Francis- r o alumnae joined at a banquet and program. The speakers were the active chapter presidents. Rose Bell, who read some of Milne's poems, and Rose Gardner Marx, our national officer.
Lastly, in the way of celebrations we have received the marriage an- Oouncements of Rae Cook (ex '28) and Luke Hamilton; Helen Naylor 4 e x '29) and Fred Nicolas (Theta X i ) ; Helen Herrick (ex '28) and Wm. f Knowland (Zeta Psi).
FRANCES ANN REID.


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THETA—DE PAUW UNIVERSITY
After a long and joyous Christmas vacation we arc all hack at school and ready for work again.
One of the most important things we have to tell you about is our two new pledges. They are Charlotte Grace of Logansport. Indiana and Margaret McLean of Greencastle. Both Charlotte and Margaret are Juniors and we are mighty proud of rhem.
One of our pledges. Martha Newbauer, is leaving school this semester to attend Normal School. We regret that Martha is leaving but hope that she will be happy in her new work.
Caroline Pierce is wearing the Beta Theta Pi pin belonging to Robert Allingham. Lorena Sloane is wearing the Phi Kappa Tau pin of Robert Fitch of Purdue University.
Lydia W ieder has been initiated into M u Phi Epsilon, honorary musi- cal sorority.
Mary Elizabeth Houck had the honor of directing one of the Christinas plays presented by Duzer Du, a dramatic organization. Caroline Pierce, also a member of Duzer Du, was one of the members of the cast.
Wf had tin- pleasure of ;i chapter \i-M by Joanna Huntington not l<>ng ago. While she was here we entertained with a tea one afternoon and one evening we held a formal ritual. We enjoyed Joanna's visit so much and were sorry that she could not stay longer.
Dads' Day was observed on the Dc Pauw campus the week-end of November twentieth. Many of the Dads were here, and we had a lovely time together.
Many of the alumnae were able to be here for the banquet on Found- ers' Day. After the banquet several of them gave short speeches and we certainly enjoyed hearing them and having them with us.
Shortly before vacation we held our annual Christmas bazaar. We sold fancy work and candy. Nearly all the active girls, alumnae and mothers contributed. The bazaar was most successful from a financial standpoint. We cleared over $160 which we consider a very nice sum.
Now last but by no means least we must tell you about our Christinas party that we gave the night before vacation. When we had gathered around the large tree in the living room that was beautifully decorated with colored lights and ornaments, a big. fat Santa Claus called off the presents. Everyone received the prettiest gifts from the tree and a box of candy. Later refreshments were served.
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JUNE FREEMAN.
COLLEOE
The rushing season is over and we feel very proud of our pledges for whom we worked so hard: Helen Ackermann, Mary Adams. Winni- fred Chase, Dorothy Draper. Mary Dell Hayes, Justina Klebsattel. Edith L. Koelsch, Grace M . Rourke, Marion Stevens, Arlene W agoner, Doro-
thy Bracked.
The "closed" rushing season with its parties began Friday, November
12th. And we had our tea that afternoon. Friday, Noveml>er 19th. was the date of our dinner. We felt very fortunate in getting the first and the next to the last date of the season. ,
At the tea we ate, sang and got acquainted. At the dinner we worked out different skits for the entertainment of the "rushers" and had a gen* eral good time. We ended the evening by singing AOII songs.
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We thought we were rushing the most delightful girls and so did the her fraternities. The day before Thanksgiving, November 24th, we edged eleven girls. It certainly was very exciting!
Delta Chapter attended the Founders' Day Banquet of the Boston lumnae Chapter at the College Club. Our pledges were the guests. Miss lizabeth Heywood Wyman was the important speaker of the evening.
We had the honor of entertaining Miss Wyman here at the college dur- g the day.) After she spoke, the members of the different classes from 898 reported. We certainly enjoyed hearing about the work that the umnae are doing.
Dec-ember 11th we had our dance in honor of the pledges. Of urse it was quite a success with the hall decorated in red and white.
Now we are looking forward to initiation on February 14th. MARGARET CAVERI.V.
GAMMA—UNIVKRSITY OF MAINE
First and of greatest importance is our group of new pledges, the ream of the campus, and eleven in number. They are: Elizabeth Mason, ethel; Eleanor Clark, Southwest Harbor; Esther Hawkes. Kennebank; athleen Andrews, Hallowell; Pauline Nickerson. Bar Harbor; Jeanette oney, Portland; Helana Johnson, Bar Harbor; Dorothy Mayo, Orono; ouise Grindell, Bangor; Henrietta McLean. Bar Harbor, and Eunice arrows, Orono. Kathleen Andrews and Esther Hawkes were AOII isters. December 11 we entertained them at. a pledge dance at the Penob- ot Valley Country Club.
November 28, Gamma initiated Sylvia Kurson. '27. We are especially ortunate in having Sylvia for a new sister. Among her many achieve- ents she numbers Contributors' Club and All Maine Women.
The basketball team has been posted and once more we shine. Six of ur girls have made the varsity squad. They are: Ethel Cummings, ran Fuller, Mary Robinson, Bobbie White, Gint Stalford, and Polly eavey.
An honor society for Sophomore girls has been formed on the cam- us. The girls were selected for their executive ability, activity on ampus, and scholarship. W e feel honored that four of those chosen were OII's—Gint Stalford, Mary Robinson, Alice Webster, and Jessie shworth.
Our Founders' Day Banquet was held at the Penobscot Valley Country lub. Eddie Bartlett wearing a new Phi Eta Kappa pin and discussion f plans for a new house furnished plenty of excitement. The authorities hat be are finally willing to allow sorority houses on the campus. It seems ke a big undertaking but we are all enthusiastic.
Previously, Spring has been the proper time for engagements; now it eems to be the Fall. Frances Sawyer announced her engagement to fonier Worcester, Hartford, Conn., at Thanksgiving. Then Eddie Bart- ett surprised us Founders' Day. Now Ethel Cummings has appeared fter Christmas engaged to Kenneth Woodbury, AXA, '24, and Clara cahody has announced her engagement to Kenneth MacGregory, XA, '26.
Sylvia Kurson. Fran Fuller, Del Andrews, and Lib Mason were on r | e Dean's list at mid-semester.
December 12. Gamma held a Christmas party at the Shanty with a hristmas tree, Santa Claus, n'everything. Gifts, all clever slams, were
tony. Sylvia Kurson made a wonderful Santa.
DEI.PHF.NA ANDRF.WS.


300 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI EPSILON—CORNELL UNIVERSITY
When the three weeks of rushing came to a close, we were as proud as any chapter could be of our new group of pledges, and we still feel the same way! The list is as follows: Lucy Blodgett and Neva Blod- gett. Rome, N . Y . ; Caroline Dawdy, Elmira, N . Y . ; Margene Harris, Buffalo, N . Y . ; Elizabeth Irish, Auburn, N . Y . ; Elizabeth Lynahan, Cor- ning, N . Y . ; Ruth Mulford, Philadelphia, Pa.; Esther Nothnagle, Strat- ford, Conn.; Ruth Smith, Atlantic City, N. J.; Helen Studebaker, Erie, Pa.; Margaret Pontius, Geneva, N . Y . Names may not mean much, but if all the readers of this list could only see them, \ve feel sure that they would agree with us.
The fall season has been a very busy and happy one for the girls on "The Knoll," for there is so much that one can do up here and yet not have touched half the things one would like to! November we gave a tea for our new chaperone, Mrs. Reed, of Newark, N. Y.,and in De- cember we entertained the faculty at tea. Just before vacation we gave a Christmas party for the little boys and girls at the Ithaca Children's Home, and I think we enjoyed playing with them and the toys as much as they did.
The major fall sports were hockey and basketball, in each of which we were well represented. In hockey, Ella Behrer. Elizabeth Baker, Nell Fay, Connie Cobb, and Frances Mount were on class teams, Frances Mount being Captain of the varsity team on which Ella Behrer and Nell Fay also played, while Muriel Drummond was varsity hockey manager. A t basket- ball, "Bobby" Radford and Elsie Schneider as forwards on the junior team did some fast playing which greatly aided the team in winning the interclass championship. Caroline Dawdy, "Sallie" McGarvey, and Car- men Schneider were also on class teams. Penthama, honorary athletic society, elected Ella Behrer and Muriel Drummond to its membership, both having received a "C" for 600 points in athletics.
Muriel Drummond was sent as the delegate from the women of Cor- nell to The International Student Federation Conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and greatly enjoyed her visit with our chapter there. "Sunny" Worden also attended a conference during vacation at Milwaukee, Wis., and brought back glowing tales of the meeting and the whole trip. This was a joint meeting of the Y. W . and Y. M . C. A's, and probibly girls from our other chapters enjoyed it as much as she did. Kathryn Demarest, too, has been very active in Y .W . C. A. work. She was in charge of a large Christmas Bazaar, and also supervises the Red Cross work of the Cornell
group.
We are looking forward to a festive initiation week-end some time in February, and hope to have a very large number of our alumnae back, as well as members of the nearby chapters who care to attend.
HERTA WILSON.
RHO—NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Our house is no longer a pink-gold dream—it is fast becoming a reality. We are all thrilled—for it has grown-up to the second floor now- It will be really ready for occupancy next year! W e have been working so hard for it all fall—the house is on our minds constantly. Seems like that at every meeting new ways of making money are brought up. " e
have given up food at coseys, we pay regular car fare rates when any one of the sisters drives us any place, and we have been selling Christ"13* cards and seals galore. Our alums have been helping us out, too. The) have given two bridge parties this fall (and they both were quite financially as well as socially successful). Frances McNair, one of our most indu
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trious alums, got the idea from somewhere of collecting a mile of pen- nies. The envelopes, of which she has distributed more or less (mostly more) to everyone in the chapter read, "Rho chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi intends to gather a mile of pennies for its House Fund. When this mile of pennies is completed there will be $844.80. Will you be kind enough to build one foot of this mile, which will cost you Sixteen (16) Pennies. The Chapter will be very grateful if you will return this with
16 pennies to, " And our Mother's Club has been busy sewing on the household linen of our new home. They made quite a lot of money for the house fund at their now annual fall rummage sale. Our big cry his year seems to have been: "Make money! make more money! make more and more money! and hurry! hurry! hurry!"
One of the nicest things happened to Rho this fall. Merva Hennings, one of our beloved alums, gave a series of four dinners to which she invited the active chapter and pledges. She said that she wanted to know us better—that there were so many new girls in the chapter now. . . . e all had just the best time—and think that Merva surely chose the ight method to get to know us.
Four new girls are wearing the Alpha O pin. They are Queenie Broad and Dorris Bennett who were initiated in the early fall; Teddy ohnson and Eleanor Raymond who were initiated on Founders' Day. W e elcome our new sisters.
Founders' Day was celebrated informally this year. Actives and alums and pledges met at Goldie Buehler's in Kenilworth for a fraternity upper.
We are giving a series of teas this year to introduce our freshmen to he freshmen men. Thus far we have entertained the Scribbler, S. A. E. nd Wrangler pledges.
Rho was well represented at the Army-Navy ball which was held at he Drake hotel in Chicago on Friday of Thanksgiving week. I cannot elp mentioning the ball because I counted 17 AOII's at the dance! For eeks after, all the girls were agog with thrills over their fascinating idshipmen and gallant W est Pointers.
Speaking of the social side of life Evie Pearson lead Junior prom ith Bob Tannehill who is the president of the Junior class.
Rho won second place for her float in the Homecoming parade on ovember 5th. The float represented a miniature " N " cheering section. nother silver loving cup for our mantel-piece!
Katherine Hodgson made her class soccer squad and the rifle team. Evie Pearson made her class soccer team.
Dottie Leggit and Grayce Laugguth made their respective class soccer
quads.
Virginia Funkhauser is on her class swimming team.
Margaret Haire is on the Purple Parrot Art staff and Ellen Hood is
secretary of the Purple Parrot staff.
We are very proud of our freshmen. Norma Coe and Dee Vogel
ade their class soccer teams. Dee is also social chairman of the Fresh- an class. Mildred Parker made her class hockey team.
We are all now looking forward to our Formal which is going to e held at the Belmont hotel in Chicago on January 15th. One last fling
efore midyears!
KATHRYN KENDRICK.
LAM BDA—STANFORD UNIVERSITY
. Another set of finals, another happy return to college after hap- 'er Christmas holidays, and another registration day with the con- equent selection of new courses of study, have been experienced by he Lambda girls since last you heard from us.


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We have been keeping busy, with the result that the term just completed was both a profitable and happy one. W e can only hope that the one now launched upon will serve us as well. Early in the last semester we decided to make stellar scholarship a much-strived for goal, and with a trifle effort to uphold our firm resolve the house average, we found when reports were received, was extraordinarily good. Really, I suppose that grades are merely a means to an end— a secondary consideration—but in the life of a fraternity they have been known to make themselves of vital importance.
But we haven't allowed our un-ending search for knowledge to stifle our interest in the life and activities of the campus. Five of the sisters "waxed" dramatic in the "Football Gaieties." Aileen Brown was elected to "Cap and Gown," the senior women's honorary socie- ty, and Virginia Ficher and Eleanor Willett were initiated into Delta Epsilon, an honorary art fraternity. By the way, Aileen is living in the house now, her term as a sponsor in the Freshman dormitory be- ing over. Lillian Force, too, is back. Lillian deserted us last fall in favor of Sigma Chapter.
Oh yes! I had almost forgotten Founder's Day. Although finals were on hand and everyone was frightfully busy, we took time to meet with Sigma and the San Francisco alumnae for a lovely lunch- eon at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, on Saturday, the fifth of December, to honor our founders. Rose Gardner Marx, always an interested worker for Alpha Omicron Pi, acted as toast mistress.
During the past month Lambda chapter has had reason to be proud of one of her past active members. Grace Read, '25, is winning recognition in New York for her dramatic talent. We always had great faith in Grace, and New York, we appreciate your encourage- ment.
DOROTHY N. QUINN.
IOTA—UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Well, it has been a busy time for Iota, so far this year, and just to prove it to you here are some of the things that have been hap-
pening:
In the first place we want you to meet our new pledges; here
they are, Marian Olive, 29, and Jeanette Shepard, '29.
Don't know whether you have heard or not, but Betty Stiven, '29, won the scholarship cup presented by Mu Kappa Alpha (honorary music fraternity.) Betty had the highest grades in the Freshman
class in the School of Music last year.
Incidentally we have another cup added to the collection now
on our mantel. Ethel Hull, '29, was house chairman of the sale of Homecoming stamps, and through her efforts and the co-operation of the girls in the house, we reached second place in the sales, for which we received a nice big cup. ,m
We came very close to winning the Doll Show cup again this year. (The suspense was awful!) The judges finally decided, how- ever, that all we could get out of it was second place. A lot of credit is to be given Angelene Saling, '28. Angelene was chairman of the whole Doll Show, and everybody said that it was one of the best Doll Shows the Y . W . C. A . ever had.
Ruth Bairstow, ex. '27. was married to Harry Hall. '27. at Ruth's home in Waukegan, III., in December. A number of the girls attend- ed the wedding. During the Christmas holidays, Betty Rennen, '26. gave a bridge party and shower for Ruth, to which all of the Chicag0 members of Iota chapter were invited.
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Just before the Christmas holidays, our pledges gave us a Christ- as parly in the house. Jean Peabody made a very fine Santy Claus, nd every girl was remembered. Also our pledges made a very nice resent to the house—a sum of money that will aid substantially in urnishing our new house.
One of our Seniors announced her engagement recently: Helen right, '27, and the lucky man is Russell Beezle.
And now can I tell you about our new house? I have saved this ntil last because I am afraid that if I once get started, I won't be ble to stop. Well, anyway, we have the plans all ready, nd the money practically secured. So Ruth Newton told us that from the looks f things we will probably be breaking ground about the time you re reading this. Naturally we are all thrilled, as it will mean that e will have a new house to move into next fall. Our Champaign lumni gave a bazaar for us, at which a nice sum was turned over, nd in addition to this our Christmas dance in Chicago was a big uccess, and we made a nice amount there, all of which will go to- ard the house.
Florence Leete, '28, handled the business end of the dance down ere, and Betty Rennen, '26, took care of affairs in Chicago, and we urely thank them for their hard work.
Examinations are coming, and we all have to get to work and tudy for them. It's too bad, but examinations must be taken.
We are sure that when we get our new house, you will all want o come and see us, and we will surely be glad to have you and show t to you.
MARY ELIZABETH JENS.
TAU—UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Fall quarter is always a busy one for us and a difficult one too, o we are always glad to see its close. During the past few weeks e have been the recipients of two boxes of candy; one announcing he engagement of Lillian Hoff to George Dinham, and the other an- ouncing the engagement of Margaret Brix to Harold Sandhoff.
Founder's day Banquet was held at the Curtis Hotel this year. t was such a happy affair. The most interesting incident of the eve- ing was the receipt of a telephone call announcing the birth of a daughter or should I say a future AOn?) to Edna Schlampp Johnson.
Things seem to be coming our way; we also received a call from ome uninvited guests who took advantage of our absence to ransack he house. We are happy to report that they were unsuccessful for hen we returned for school the silverware was still persent.
Katy Haven is making plans for the winter formal. Wouldn't t be fun to have one big AOfl formal together? But since that is im- ossible we hope you will be with us in spirit anyway.
We are sorry to say goodbye to two of our girls who graduated, illian Hoff and Harriet Howard, and have now joined the rank of lumnae.
Next week we put the pledges through their paces in the tradi- ional "Hell Week." I leave the rest to your imagination or probable ast experience.
MARGARET KING.


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CHI—SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Chi has just returned from a delightful Christmas vacation pref- aced of course, by very jolly celebrations at the chapter house. We gave a formal Christmas dance at the house on the sixteenth of December, midst holly, greens and mistletoe. The eighteenth we gave a party for poor children of the city sponsored by the Hill Y. VV. C. A. The kids had a wonderful time and so did we. Then, last but perhaps nicest was our own midnight party for the girls of the chapter. W e exchanged slam presents and the party broke up in time for us to catch our trains home the next day for vacation.
December was rather an eventful month on the whole. Of course, there was Founder's Day which was celebrated by a party in the evening attended by all of our "alums'' and actives. The "alums" sent us some lovely red roses, and several of them talked to us on the early days of Alpha O and of Chi chapter. Delightful letters were read from the Founders and we ended up with a song fest and food and a strong fraternal feeling for Alpha Omicron Pi.
We held a rummage sale in one of the poor sections of the city, and with the assistance of our alumnae made over fifty dollars and discovered untold ability for salesm anship. Acacia entertained us at an informal dance on December second. The annual Panhellenic banquet was given on the tenth, at which over five hundred Greek women were present. W e must not fail to mention the night that we entertained Kappa Delta sorority. Panhellenic sponsored the enter- taining of half of the sororities by the other half, with a vice versa ar- rangement next semester, for the purpose of becoming better ac- quainted and promoting a more universal spirit of friendship among the Greek women.
In activities, Chi has several announcements which we are proud to make. Marjorie Pease, '28, has lately been initiated into Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathametical fraternity. Katherine Becker. '29, and Louise Sander. '29, have survived first cuts for next year's Onondagan staff._ Carol Kendall, '27, has been appointed chairman of the Hill Y. W . C. A. committee in charge of the Camp Fire girls, and Dorris Skiff, '28, of the committee for city industrial girls. Helen Gillis, '30, one of our pledges, is doing exceptionally good work teaching a train- ing class for Guardians of Campfire group.
We also are very glad to introduce two new pledges, Grace Tung- en, '29, of Syracuse and Katherine Brown, '30, of Leonardsville. Grace is a member of Eta Gamma, honorary and professional chemical so- ciety, which is quite an honor for a sophomore. We are also very proud of Helen Mason, '30, one of our pledges, one of whose poems was accepted for the "Green Leaf," the Freshman literary magazine.
MARY BRILL.
UPSILON—UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
After a most glorious Christmas vacation Upsilon is again engrossed in college work. Holiday festivities have become pleasant memories and each girl is absorbed in her own particular interest. W e are very happy to announce two new pledges. Aileen Manks and Dorothy Benton. Aileen is from Portland, Oregon; Dorothy is from Seattle and is the cousin of Louise Benton Oliver.
Edith Broom is back with us this quarter. She has just returned from a three months' trip abroad. A very great honor was given our chapter president, Gwendolyn Showell, last spring. In' recognition of her canipu3


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work she was elected to Mortar Board. Gwennie is also a member of the senior charity committee. Many of 'our girls are in Y. W. C. A. work and hold cabinet offices in that organization. Phyllis Walker, June Baker, Margaret Bare, Roberta Mudgett and Gertrude McCanne are doing this work. Margaret Bare has been elected assistant business manager of Columns and also has an important position on Tyee. the Washington year book. Melanie Peterson has made great strides in her work on Columns, a campus monthly.
We are indeed proud of the fact that Upsilon won first prize for the best homecoming sign this year. Jeanie Grant had charge of the sign and the credit is due her for the large traffic signal which attracted so much attention. The signal had green and red lights which flashed alter- nately and a bell rang at intervals. In recognition of the cleverness of the sign a large loving cup is now ornamenting the mantel.
Earlv in the fall we gave a formal tea in honor of our new house mother, Mrs. Shallenberger. It is impossible to tell you here how charm- ing she is and how much we enjoy having her with us. In place of our usual Christmas dinner for children we sent a basket to a needy family. The chapter has planned to look after this family throughout the year. We feel that an organized effort in this direction is productive of better results than an occasional aid to different causes.
Founder's Day was observed by a large banquet given at the chapter house. Many alumnae were there and the new girls had an opportunity to meet all their AOn sisters. A red rose marked each place and the short talks given by alums and actives told beautifully the meaning of our fraternity. In the middle of the quarter our informal, a barn dance was given at the chapter house. Corn stalks, pumpkins, red table cloths and much hay carried out the motif of the evening.
Convention plans are taking shape rapidly. I should like to whisper a few of the delightful events planned but it simply cannot be done. How- ever, the warning goes forth that you'll be sorry forever if you miss convention.
DOROTHY JUNE DICKINSON.
NU KAPPA—SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
So much has happened since I wrote last that I hardly know where to begin. First of all, we repledged Marguerite Grady, the only pledge from the year before. Soon after pledging we severed relations with Madeline Norman and Kathryn Butler who wore the ribbons but were never formally pledged. A short time later we pledged Dorrell Cunningham from Roxton, Texas. We're so glad to add her name to the list of lovely pledges that we had already.
Not long ago Jack Gardner's orchestra favored A O n with a dance at the Adolphus Hotel which was most enjoyable. This was among the first of the social affairs where we introduced our pledges of the fall term.
On Founders' Day Nu Kappa had a luncheon at the Dallas Athletic Qub where we had a very pleasant party. Practically all the pledges and initiates and several alumnae attended.
I believe I told you in my last letter that Zeke McClinton had been Pledged in Zeta Phi Eta. Now she is initiated and is an honest-to-goodness dramatic person.
But I'm about to forget the AOn Candy Hold Up. As a part °f our money-making scheme this fall we raffled off a box of candy. T h e tickets were "10 cents, three for a quarter." The result was more fun than money although we did gain a few "shekels".
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mediately, and such a hectic rush season you've never seen! It came at a particularly hard time—just before the Christinas holidays when everyone was almost too husy to breathe deeply. But for Nu Kappa the results were wonderful. W e pledged fourteen freshmen, making a total of twenty- eight pledges, some of whom will he initiated at the end of the first semester. I wish yon could know them all. for they're precious—every one! Their names: Ruth Huffman. Sara Lois Freeze. Algcrita Terry, Abhie Goodrich, Grace Cunningham, Marjory Holland, Virginia Ford, Lucy Hopkins, Lillian Cox, Florence Siddall, Doris Reeves, Fffie Mary Smith, Gladys Bandy, and Lucy Tucker. (Lucy's name appeared in the list of fall pledges hut due to a new panhellenic ruling concerning hours for pledging we were unable to formally pledge her at that time.)
As for the book of Heart Throbs, Artie Lee Sypert is wearing a fraternity pin and a gorgeous diamond ring. The "lucky man" is Bob Holland, A T O . who is a professor in the S. M . U. department of law. Then during the holidays Betty Hurst acquired a fraternity pin. In this case the happy donor is Russell Mcintosh, line coach for the S. M. U. Mustangs and a member of £2<I>. It seems that AOI1 is trying to live up to its old reputation of "After Our Professors".
Norma Pendleton Lyte our new alumnae advisor, entertained Nu Kappa with a Christmas tea where we had a beautiful heavily laden tree, lovely violin music by Irene Pendleton Nolan, ex '23, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. S. S. Martin. Then came the tea which was certainly very
enjoyable.
Nu Kappa girls have won prizes at two costume parties recently.
Martha Baird was chosen for first honor at a Bowery party and Mildred Pepple took first prize at an affair where costumes of practically every type were worn.
But our philanthropic activity is that of which we are proudest this year. We made our annual individual contributions to help support a missionary teacher in Brazil. Numerous individual services have been done for needy people as we are stressing this phase of the work particu- larly. When we had our Christmas party each of us took some sort of food which was distributed to poor families. We have also made a rule that the first meeting of each month will be gift meeting for both pledges and initiates and each of us shall bring a can of food which shall be properly disposed of by a committee appointed for that purpose. In addi- tion to this we have placed in each dormitory a bag (in the care of a pledge) to receive cast-off clothing which is mended, cleaned and given to tliose who need it. We're just hoping that we can find other ways to enlarge this department of our work.
I've waited until almost the last minute to finish my letter so I could tell about Kangaroo Court for the pledges. The first night we took the fourteen old pledges and the second night the fourteen new ones. The procedure was in true court fashion witb a judge and jury and a formal reading of charges against the offenders—truly a very serious and solemn occasion which we think has served its purpose well.
NIMA ABLOWICH.
BETA PHI—UNIVERSITY OF 1X1)1 ANA
Happy New Year! It is a happy new year for us, too, and also time for this letter. We've all had wonderful vacations, and now that JO"?
Jenkins, our president, is back, we-are complete once more. Judy wen home for a complete rest early in December and did we miss her? Wei*! We're so happy to have her back again.
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ners and teas and talks, much inspired to do our level best for AOII and carry her fame far and near.
Founders' Day we celebrated with a lovely rose dinner. Dunkie told us all about AOfl in its childhood here on our campus, and we heard the good news that Beta Phi is to be assisted by an alumnae chapter here in Bloomington, which was extremely good news indeed.
Pins, honorary and social, have been coming to Beta Phi. Pat Mc- Korkle was initiated in Theta Sigma Phi recently and we're so proud of her because she has worked mighty hard to earn it. Mary Ann Baker has taken a Kappa Sig pin and Mae Mobley wears the badge of Delta Upsilon. The ranks of our pin girls are increasing. We are wishing everyone of them all the happiness in the world.
Beta Phi's house has been refurnished and we feel like kings, I mean queens, on our thrones now. Kathryn Hoadley sails in two weeks with her family on a Mediterranean cruise. W e're all going through the Hob- Land by proxy.
The next big thing on our horizon is initiation and every pledge is try- ing hard to reach that goal. We'll be mighty proud of our new sisters in February for our rhinies are not excelled anywhere.
We'll be seeing you all at State Luncheon and next June at conven- tion. • Happiness to you all.
AGNES CI:LLNANE
ETA CHAPTER—UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
All things have an end and even the semester is drawing to a close which means that there will l>e the usual burning of the traditional "mid- night oil'' and the prolonged agony of writing finals.
On December 10, initiation was held for six girls who wc felt were entitled to the privilege of wearing an A. O. P. pin. May Lynch of Terre Haute, Indiana; Loraine McManamy, Madison; Gwendolyn Dowd- ing, Chicago; Sue Kions, Columbus, Ohio, and Bettie Laurie and Marian Tufts of Beverly Hills, Illinois, were the new initiates.
December 11 was the red-letter day for Fta chapter this semester. At 5:30 o'clock the new Madison Alumnae Chapter was installed with a beautiful and impressive ceremony. After that there was the combination initiation, installation, and Founders' Day Banquet at the Loraine Hotel. Peg Spendler, who knew most of the founders of Fta. gave a very clever character sketch of each founder, and Mary Devine's discourse was droll and immensely interesting. Lastly we enjoyed hearing Melita Skillen's talk on "The Meaning of Founders' Day." Needless to say we are overjoyed that the plans for an active alumnae chapter in Madison have actually materialized.
One can hardly accuse Fta of entirely ignoring activities for we think we're doing rather well. Jimmie Hughes was made secretary of the Senior class. Florence Pierce was elected to Alpha Kappa Delta, honor- ary sociology fraternity and Carol Dela Hunt was elected to National Collegiate Players of which Mildred Engler is president. Dorothy Hardie was appointed chairman of the room committee for the Junior Prom and Betty Laurie was elected to the Badger Board.
Just before Christmas vacation a Christmas party was given for the pledges. We had a lovely Christmas tree and then the usual exchange of slam presents. After that cider and doughnuts were imbibed.
Plans for a new house are really being seriously considered, although 'e »gthy disputes have been indulged in as to the location of our new abode. The building committee is working hard on the project of build- jjjSS the new AOn house and consequently they know most of the Plans. Anyway, we're going to have a new house next fall.
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Just think a whole quarter has elapsed since I last wrote to you about Alpha Phi. So many things have happened to us since then, indi- vidually mnd collectively.
Our chapter has been increased by three mightv fine new pledges. Marjorie Spalding and Eula Thompson of Bozeman and just tonight we
pledged Mary O'Leary from Butte, Mont.
Alpha O has been very fortunate in having its members hold promi-
nent offices and take many of the honors offered on the Campus. Esther Asbury, one of our Seniors, was elected President to the Women's Ath- letic Association, Marcella Schneider, a sophomore, has been greatly honored by being chosen chairman of Women's Day Program, our big spring feature. Marcella is also tennis manager. Marjorie Spalding is Athletic manager at large. Mercedes Staebler was chosen chairman of music for the Associated Women Students. Four out of nine members on the Advisory Council are Alpha O's, Alta Atkinson, Helen Solberg, Marcella Schneider and Mercedes Staebler. Three out of the six mem- bers chosen for Cap and Gown, an organization equal to and petitioning Mortar Board, also belonged to us, Helen Solberg, Esther Asbury, and Alta Atkinson. Phi Kappa Phi, National Honorary Scholarship Society, also elected three Alpha O's out of the six girls chosen to become mem- bers, Borghild Anderson, Helen Solberg and Mercedes Staebler.
We have been having some dandy social times, too. Our Christmas Party was a big success. Had it at the chapter house and it was. all deco- rated with red candles, holly, evergreens and the dearest little Christmas tree in the corner by the fireplace with the favors wrapped upas gifts under the tree. Much fun—and the Best food. The next week was Founders' Day. We didn't have a big banquet as usual but had a lovely self-service dinner at the house for alumnae, actives, pledges and patronesses. Our
patronesses gave us another liberal addition to the dinner set they started for us last year and a beautiful set of sherbet glasses and plates. With the dollar each donation from the others we purchased a vacuum cleaner. We needed it!
Among the other pre-Christmas events was an announcement party given at Mrs. Davidson's home, one of our patronesses, to announce the engagement of Lucille Staebler, '24, to Clement R. Strudwick, a Delta Kappa Epsilon from North Carolina. The date of the marriage was given as Christmas Eve in New York City. The "Five Pounds" was a big surprise and such a pretty announcement.
We expected Dolly Tripp and Margaretta Johnson back after Christ- mas, but Dolly won't be able to come back and what did our sweet Margaretta do but inform us that she would be going through Bozeman on December 14 on her way to Boston where she was to be married to Stewart Barker, a former Butte boy, now a student of M. I- T.» on December 27. W e all went down to see her on her way through and have since heard of her marriage.
Last night we were all surprised by the marriage of one of our active chapter girls, Marion Mosier, '28, to Dale Bryant, '28, and a Sigma Chi of the Campus. We also wish to announce the engagement of Judith Ropes, '29, and Patterson Harris, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, '29.
MERCEDES STAEBLER.
NU OMICRON—VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Who says thirteen is not a lucky number? Nu Omicron is powerfully proud of that number because she has thirteen fine pledges ready 1 0 _ initiation on the fifteenth. We have one M. A., Mary Wise of XashviHej
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ive Juniors, Nancy Baskerville of Gallatin, Tennessee; Agnes Cassels of ecatur, Alabama; Betty Ebbett of Houlton, Maine; Virginia Goddard f Nashville,, and Roberta Lightfoot of Nashville, and seven Freshmen, athleen Boyd of Nashville; Mildred Cisco of Nashville; Eizabeth razier of Nashville; Constance Orme of Nashville; Martha Roden of aysville, Kentucky; Mary Rutledge of Nashville, and E v a Jean W rather f Nashville. All of our pledges are back and ready for initiation. Their rades are high, averaging B. In the psychology test given the Vanderbilt reshmen, one of our girls, Mary Rutledge, made first place. Two others, lizabeth Frazier and Eva Jean Wrather, were among the first twenty- ve, in which there were only five girls.
The Math Medal of '26, awarded to the student with the highest rade in Freshman Math, was won by Frances Carter.
Nu Omicron has gained much recognition in the campus clubs. In achelor-Maids, a club consisting of the most representative girls of the unior and Senior classes, are Nancy Baskerville and Georgia Leabetter. n the Lotus Eaters, a club of the most representative of the Sophomore lass, are Frances Carter, Helen Dodd, Esta Hill, Frances Jenkins, and aisy Tucker, all which five are the only Sophomores Nu Omicron has. Three Arts, consisting of talented Juniors and Seniors, we have Nancy askerville and Agnes Cassels. In XA$, the Junior and Senior literary lub we have Louise Craig and Sarah Staley. In the Freshman and Sopho- ore literary, club we have Helen Dodd. Of course these above are e latest members who join their sisters.
On the last Saturday before the holidays we got together for a arewell party. Each one received gifts oft" the Christmas tree.
Our philanthropic work continued throughout the holidays. We took a asket of toys and clothes to a poor family and a basket of toys to a ospital ward.
HELEN MAYES DODD.
PSI—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The last time you heard from us we were a pretty much upset family, nd rushing was looming as a great, dark cloud on our horizon. The very st touch was made (which consisted of a "company-spread" for the econd floor front bed-room) at the dot of three on the day of our first ushing event, and one minute later, the first rushees of 1926 came tripping the stairs.
Everything was breathless for the two and a half weeks following, ut each party was a huge success; our formal,—well, it was the best er. And the season culminated with eleven of the campus' most charm- g freshmen safely gathered in our fold. Thev are: Marion Culin, Bettv aston, Betty Hcrbst, Betty Latch, Emily Niblock, Polly Partridge. Peg ierce, Ruth Reinhart, Peg Scott, Louise Seyfert and' Marion Simon, ihiry being freshman chairman.
We are very proud of our gifted artist, and on the least pretext re- *e that one, Peg Jarden, Fine Arts '27, won second prize in the Beaux r ts competition. Peg is very talented, but so modest about it all that n e would think she never even dreamed of holding a brush in her
and.
And then, Bertha Bennett has adder further laurels to her crown
activities by being appointed chairman of Sophomore Commission.
We have been exceedingly fortunate in having D r . Miriam Iszard, of e faculty staff in the Bacteriology Department of the University, as our
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Christmas week brought us our annual party, and with it, all the fun that could possibly he put into one evening. We had stockings by the fireplace for everyone; an immense one for the House, middle-sized ones
for the active girls, and wee little ones for the freshmen.
After the holidays, our first plan for raising funds went into effect via a bridge. The receipts have been very satisfactory, and the first large card party in the house was a success. Each month we are con- centrating on one of these ways and means. Suggestions from any other of our sisters who have likewise struggled over the rocky road of
money making, will be accepted with open arms.
GRACE E . MACM U.I.KN.
PHI—UNIVERSITY O F KANSAS
"Won't you walk into your parlor?" said the builder to our Phi "It's the prettiest, snuggest parlor ever you did spy!"
So Phi walked into the parlor and proceeded to take possession of
the whole house in the latter part of November. The new chapter house is French Rennaisance architecture done in grey with blue window trim and a blue and grey roof. From the dining room in the rear is a paved court with iron balconies and stairs leading down from the second floor. On the interior the chief feature is a circular staircase winding from the basement to the fourth floor.
After our crowded condition of last year, it is a blessed relief to have such a glorious amount of space as our new home affords us. On the first floor are the dining, chapter, and storage rooms and kitchen. A sun parlor, living room, library, entrance hall, and the house mother's suite occupy the second. On the two upper floors are 15 study rooms, a dormitory, trunk room, two baths, and two lounge rooms where we often get together for good times.
December 4, hardly more than a week after we moved in, we had open house and housewarming for the other sororities and fraternities on the Hill. The beautiful gifts of the Greek letter organizations make our house more homelike and cozy.
Jessie Marie Senor, our president,, presided at the annual Founders' Day banquet on December 8. The following Friday we had a formal Christmas dinner dance in the new house.
Our Christmas banquet for the chapter was given December 15. The next evening we entertained 25 north Lawrence children at our annual Christmas party.
Since our last letter Ileene Crispin, Junction City, and Gladys Bradley, Agenda, have been pledged.
When the Jay hawker staff for this year was announced. Phi discovered that six of her girls were listed. Kleanore Graff is chairman of the Publications section; Gladys Filson of the Women's Government; and Gertrude Searcy of the Women's Athletics. Olive Weatherby is as- sistant on the General section and Ura Frickey and Edith Adams are on the reserve list.
The 1926 Jayhaii'kcr was awarded the first prize in the university year book competition by the Chicago Art Crafts Guild. Two Phi girls. Gladys Filson and Gertrude Searcy, were in charge of sections in the winning book.
In spite of the many chapter events we have had time for numerous Hill activities. Bernice Reed has been elected president of Alpha Sig'n a Nu, honorary physical education sorority. Marie Isern was initiated int° Pi Lambda Theta, honorary education sorority, and Evelyn Alrich was elected to Phi Sigma, honorary biological fraternity. Gertrude Scare) was initiated into Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism, and has since
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een elected archivist of that organization. She is also news editor of the University Daily Kansan for January.
Jessie Marie Senor and Amelia Woodward are among the new mem- ers of El Ateneo, the honorary Spanish organization. MacDowell se- lected Lucille Ingram as one of its new members at the fall election, and Maxine Clark is a new member of the entomology club.
Gladys Filson, Marcella Morawetz, and Helen Gragg are among the 0 women selected to fire in the final competition for the rifle team. The team itself has not been announced as yet.
Frances Smith just breezed in to spend the week-end with ns. She is teaching in Independence, Mo., this year. Mary Rose Barrons, who is studying in St. Paul for an operatic career, was in Kansas City for the holidays. She reports that she is working hard, but enjoying it. Bernice Kuhn Chandler has gone to New York City where her husband will open an office.
Several new officers have been elected in the chapter. They arc: Alice Ward, steward; Maxine Clark, corresponding secretary; and Eva Drumm, alumnae adviser.
Two more engagements and two more marriages have been an- nounced. Gladys Filson is engaged to Edd Roberts, Sigma Chi from the Oklahoma chapter, and Evelyn Alrich is engaged to Duncan Mc- Keever, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Ida Logue and Ted Sanborn, Delta Tan Delta, were married in October and are living in Belleville. Zada Shipley and Ralph Corwin were married December 31. They will live in Canton, 111.
Two more weeks until finals and then the beginning of the second semester! Time rides in an airplane these days.
( MIiCA—MIAMI
Happy New Year! Omega extends the best of wishes to all of the AOII chapters for a successful year though 1927 will be on its way before this issue is printed.
We have three new sisters, Lois King, Mary Williams, Lois Eastman. We were especially fortunate to have with us at initiation time our Grand Secretary, Joanna Donlon Huntington, who conducted the services very impressively. Later in the evening, the new initiates were given a banquet at the Spinning Wheel. Mrs. Huntington talked to us of other active AOn chapters, and inspired us to do more for our chapter.
December 8, Founders' Day was given over to the pledge banquet. The food surpassed any banquet yet. The programs were especially clever—so was the stunt which was given by Pauline Priest and Alma Lee Conn. As old maids they prophesied bright futures for some of us. The actives found the loveliest leather purses at their plates. Inside in gold letters was found AOn.
M rs. Spencely entertained us at Saturday. December 4.
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Our annual Christmas party was given at the home of Harriet Beaton. Peg North played Santa Claus and passed out little gifts to each °* 'is; Food again was enjoyed, this time in the form of plum pudding.
Everyone had a line time Christmas, but of course, we were all anxious t o get back. Lois Eastman spent her vacation in Florida. Florida had Plenty of attractions, hut Lois did come back.
Basketball practice is just starting now with Mary Williams, the Angles and Lois King, we should have the champion sorority team.
Alma Lee Conn made a part in the mid-year play to be given soon.
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Plans are being discussed for the spring dance which we hope to give in April.
Margaret McClennan and Louise Rey have been up to see us several times.
We want all of the alums to come back often.
At present we are all so busy studying for mid-year exams that we haven't much time for activities. In February we hope to have several more new sisters in Alpha Omicron Pi.
KATIIRYN LONG.
ALPHA SIGMA—UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
With our worthy president, Georgie Davidson, heading us in our beautiful new home, Alpha Sigma ended a successful rush week, this fall, by pledging twelve lovely girls. They are: Ruth Holmes, LaWanda Fenlason, Barbara Crowell, Eleanor Robb, Glenna Heacock, and Mary Llaselton, all of Portland; Theresa Y oung, Ontario; Evelyn Hollis, Mary Louise Kent, and Virginia Reid, all of Eugene; Sue Baker, Aberdeen, Wash., and Marjorie Clark, San Diego, Cal.
Marjorie, a sister, received her red ribbon as soon as she was prop- erly registered in University, and says it was a great thrill to be the first girl pledged. She is also an honor roll student this term. She and Mary llaselton are both juniors, Mary having transferred from Reed College in Portland.
So far, during open rushing, which has been held this term, we have pledged one girl, Werdna Isbell, who is very promising.
Glenna Heacock was elected president of Thespians, honorary Fresh- men girls' society, and we are all very proud of her work in campus activities. Theresa Young has served on class committees and has made many campus acquaintances. Marian Barnes, '28, is treasurer of Woman's League, and secretary of her class. Frances Dodds, '27, is chairman of theY.W.C.A.socialcommittee andonthecabinet. RobertaWilcox,'29, holds an important position on the committee for a conference of High School students to be held on the campus shortly. Marian Barnes, Cathe- rine Mayhew, '29, and Ruth Hansen, '29, worked on the Homecoming com- mittee, and Dot Ward, '27, and Agnes Palmer, '29, have also, been prominent in committee work.
Ethel Gasman, '29, and Roma Whisnant, '29, are on swimming and other athletic teams, Roma being a member of the athletic board. Mahala Kurtz, '29, is on a volley ball team, and her whistling ability is invalu- able for house and campus skits and entertainments. Dorothy Carter, '28, was elected to Orchesis, honorary dancing group.
Evelyn Hollis and Marguerite Hill, passed the Glee Club tryouts, but Marguerite was forced to leave school before the end of the term because of poor health.
Some of Sue .Baker's drawings and verses were accepted by the Webfoot, campus magazine, and appeared in the Christmas edition. She and LaWanda Fenlason are both working on the daily Emerald and are ex- pected to make the news staff, soon. Ruth Hansen has again been appointed to the news staff, and Jane Dudlev, '27, is a member of the upper news staff.
Speaking of Jane, she surprised us all, just before the holidays, by announcing her engagement to Malcolm Epley, '28. The dinner table was beautifully decorated with flowers which "Mac"' had sent, and Rebecca Morgan, Jane's roommate, disclosed the secret. Both Jane and Mac are Californians, but had to come to Oregon to meet. (A tip has just been received that another such announcement is coming off, soon).
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During the Christmas holidays, Dorothy Mielke, '28, and Roberta Douty, '28, served at the Tea Dansante given by Mrs. Gerlinger, of the board of regents of the University, at the Congress hotel, Portland, for the benefit of the new Fine Arts building.
Our new and modern home at 1680 Alder street has been a source of great pride to us, and we are glad to say that it has been called the "homiest" house on the campus. Anita Kellogg chose the tasteful fur- nishings and supervised the decorating. Anita did not come back to school this term, but is planning to go to an art school to study interior decorating.
Our regular winter term formal dance is scheduled for January 29, and we are looking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. We are also looking forward to seeing our standing in the grade list raised when the reports for the past term are given out.
RUTH GLENN HANSEN.
XI—UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
With the New Year before us, we have our "cup running over" with new ideas and plans which we hope to accomplish. But let us tell you some things which happened before the "old year" ended.
Frances Kennedy, of Oklahoma City is our newest pledge.
Margaret Perm White of Psi Chapter, now of Washington, D. C , and the author of the popular songs, "Blue Bonnett" and "Why" was with us a short time before Thanksgiving.
Many alumnae and guests were here to see our team conquer the issouri Tigers with a score of 10-7 in our Homecoming game. Among ur guests were Norma Pendleton Lyte and Bernice Pendleton Bell from Nu Kappa, and Mrs. Gibbs, nee Mary Reed, of Kappa. The pledges en- ertained with a midnight gridiron feast, when balloons in O. U. and M. LT. colors were given as favors. Friendships were renewed as we sang OII songs to the twanging of Ula Mae Slead's uke in the wee hours f the morning.
We are very proud of Ula Mae's having made a place on the girls' uartet. She is also a charter member of a new honorary music frater- ity, Overtone, and broadcasts over W N A D .
Ollie Mae Tracy, nee Cornelison, of Norman has a new A O n son, now bout two months old.
We have received an announcement of the marriage of Bessie Webb f Altus, to Leonard A. Newcomb on December 23.
The rain did not dampen our spirits as we journeyed to Oklahoma ity to attend our Founders' Day Banquet at the Huckins Hotel. The ong banquet table with its center piece of red roses, was lighted by all red tapers tied with tulle. Red rose nut-cups, place-cards, and red nd silver programs added to the effect of the table. Annabett Robberson cted as toastmistress at a lovely program.
Our annual Christmas party was given by the pledges on Thursday efore the holidays. After a formal dinner, gifts from a beautifully ecorated Christmas tree were exchanged. According to our custom, ach member gave a gift to the chapter house. The pledges' gift was beautiful linen table cloth and napkins.
Helen Andrews and Helen Cole, pledges, were elected captains of 'Mile of Pennies" contest for our house-fund. The loosing team must urnish entertainment for the winning one, and rivalry is keen, for the ontest closes soon. This is our newest plan for raising money for our
house.
Our Christmas Bazaar increased our treasury over $50.
Katherine DePuy, our chapter president, has been elected to Blue
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Camille Cassius has made "Oikonomia," honorary home economic fraternity.
We are all enthusiastic, for we are planning a big rush for next semester.
MARGIE BELL YERBY.
PI DELTA—UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Pi Delta chapter welcomes to its folds this semester two new mem- bers and eight pledges. They are: New members, Mildred Woolman and Aline Herzog, both of the Sophomore class; and pledges. Genevieve Wright, Sally Perry Robinson, Margaret Laughton, Margaret Crunkleton, Barbara Schilling. Marrion Barret, Adele Seiler and Evelyn Rideout. We're just as proud of them as we can be.
The sorority girls gave a tea dance on the 8th of January, to intro- duce their new girls to the faculty and students. It was quite a jolly affair and everyone had a good time.
Well, we've at last gotten our house finished and just yesterday we put out the last of the workmen. Allah be praised, we can now give our house warming that we have been planning ever since school started. Wish you all could just drop in on us! We've got the coziest, prettiest place you ever saw. It's the envy of the whole campus.
Unfortunately we have not been able to do as much as we wanted to this semester, because of the slow work in finishing the house. Many of our rush functions that we had planned to have in the house we had to give elsewhere. We did manage an orphans' party at Christmas time and made a couple of youngsters happy with toys and clothes and as many things as we could get.
Our Founders' Day celebration also was a novel one. I think. We gave it in our house instead of having it at some expensive hotel as we have done before. Then we each donated some money and some canned
food-stuffs and in this way were able to make up some dandy baskets which were given to poor families who were near the college.
This semester certainly has gone quickly! Maybe that's just because I'm a senior and I am getting old. Anyway, time passes so quickly I can almost feel the breeze from it. Here it is January and mid-year exams are much too near for comfort! When they are all over and done with we will have more to tell about. Right now, I at least am utterly de- void of anything interesting to tell of.
Among other things we have been planning to do after things are again settled down are. "At homes" and Teas in order to get better acquainted with our faculty and friends. The Alumni gave us a darling tea urn and we are planning to use it "hard."
GERTRUDE CHESTNUT.
KAPPA THETA—UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES
The winter season has indeed been a gay one for the Kappa Thetas. To begin with, our pledges gave us a lovely formal dance, December 4, at the Uplifters Club in Santa Monica. With the pledge captain, ^'^s Audrey Barratti, and our own alumnae advisor, Muriel McKinney in the receiving line, a most enjoyable evening was begun. Those pledges who assisted were: Audrey Barratti, Virginia Davis, Alma Young. P"xc"ie Dunn, Alma Porter, Betty Darnell, Burnetta Byer, Virginia Watson.
A real thrill was in store for us when we attended the Alumnae Ban- quet at the Jonathan Club, December 11. The banquet was given as a
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aptain's dinner, with Alpha O representing the ship, and her officers s ship's officers. The decorations and menus carried out the idea in a ery interesting manner. The toasts are usually one of the most enjoyable features of any banquet, and these were certainly no exception. Florence ierce was toastmistress and kept the ball rolling with her flashes of wit. Some of the Kappa Thetas gave toasts, which made us feel quite impor- ant. Our president, Mildred Porter, was Captain, and her theme was Early Cruisers." Erna Taylor was first officer and spoke on "Following he Stars." Erna is one of our most talented alumnae. A toast was also iven by Corinne Pelleteir, Kappa Theta, who was Purser, and spoke n "Ports of Entry." The toasts were followed by Deck Sports in which he Alumnae were assisted by the active chapter. The alumnae have sure- y set us a wonderful example for our own banquets in the future.
Of course we had our Christmas Party, with a lovely tree and the ost beautiful presents from our alumnae and classes. It was given ust before Christmas vacation and started the holidays with just the ight note.
Rushing is always a big thrill for the Kappa Thetas. W e have kept in ouch with the rushees of the coming semester by occasional teas, but we re starting the formal rushing with a reception at the Chapter House, unday, January 9.
We have also been attending the University dances and affairs. The ost recent of these being the Inter-fraternitv Ball at the Biltmore Hotel, nd the Military Ball at the Elks Club.
With the final examinations such a short time away, we are starting he New Year with the usual last minute resolve to study hard, and make ur scholarship come up to a high standard.
CORRINE PFXLETIER.
KAPPA OMICRON—SOUTH EASTERN
Kappa Omicron chapter has been plunged into a round of delightful arties. We entertained our pledges at a circus party and they soon after ave us a theatre party and buffet supper. Both our chapter and our lumnae chapter joined in celebrating Founders' Day. W e held the beau- iful ceremony at Elizabeth Clintons' and afterwards we ate and ate of hicken salad and all the other delicious fatners. Kappa Omicron chapter s becoming noted for its wonderful foods as well as its scholarship.
Louise Harwood and Gwynne Cooke are our newest pledges. Just efore Christmas we entertained with a Sunday night supper in honor f these two pledges and our two newest initiates Mildred Rainwater and ennic Belle McCraw.
Many school honors have been heaped upon our members. Polly illian was elected High Priestess of the San Hedrin. a body for chas- ising freshmen girls, and she is also a member of the honor council. ary Frances Philips was voted the second most popular girl in school; atherine Underwood was voted the second cutest; and Mildred Rainwater s the best dancer. Mary Frances Philips is the secretary of the Freshman lass. Mary Evelyn W ailes and Catherine U . were made members of the ramatic society. Catherine U . was also recently initiated into the literary ociety Chi Delta Phi. Gwynne Cooke took one of the leading parts in he recent French play.
During the holidays we welcomed home two of our last year's raem- e r s, Martha Ambrose and Mary Frances Young.
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ALPH A RH<)—OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Alpha Rho has pledged two girls since the formal rushing season. They are Verna Miranda of West Linn, Ore., and Frances Comes of Portland. Frances is the first red-haired girl we have had in several years.
One delightful surprise of the fall term was a complete set of new dishes sent to us by the Portland alumnae chapter and other alumnae of Alpha Rho.
We were thrilled about our installation formal held November 6, perhaps because we had to wait so long for it. Alumnae, active members and pledges enjoyed an evening of dancing in the ball room of the Hotel Benton.
At Homecoming, many of our "Alums" returned to the campus. W e were glad to see them again. A number of girls from Alpha Sigma came for the U. of O.-O. A. C. game. Our pledges took charge of a fireside part after the Homecoming dance. Dorothy Metsker, '26 graduate, was the incentive lor a surprise shower.
Kudnra "Dode" Mitchell, our athletic junior, has been made a pledge of Delta Psi Kappa, women's national physical education honorary. "Dode" is women's swimming manager. She has been awarded an "Orange 0" sweater. Any girl earning 1000 points in athletics is awarded a sweater by the Women's Athletic association.
Norine Gibbons and Ann McClew are on the sophomore class volley ball team. Norine is on the rifle squad. Four of our girls are out for basketball this term.
Our pledges entertained us at one of the most delightful Christmas parties we have ever had. Santa, Mrs. Santa, and Santa's little girl were there. They couldn't get down the chimney so had to come through the basement and up the woodlift. The pledges presented us with a pack- age of 700 carefully wrapped pennies as a starter for our davenport fund.
Betty Benn anonunced her engagement to Wilfred Barnes Cooper. Alpha Gamma Rho, of Oakland, California, at a midnight party. When Mrs. Pope rang the rising bell everyone rushed from the sleeping porch. Marjorie Sherwin insisted that she smelled smoke. Myrnie Clayton carried her clothes with her. They found the only flames were on the tall red tapers of the decorated table.
The postman brought two boxes of candy telling of the engagement of Jeannette Rice, '26, and Allen Hewitt of Roseburg, and Harriet Peat, '24, and Felix Subject of Salem.
Melba Hartzell and Myrnie Clayton have made Madrigal, women's glee club. Melba has been chosen to sing first alto in the quartet and Myrnie to play the accompaniment.
Alice Smith was appointed Associated Rookess. She does clerical work in the student body office. Maxine Bectell is a member of the fresh- man commission of the Y. W. C A.
Journalism is interesting our girls more than ever this year. Audrey Wiencken has been appointed on the Oregon Countryman staff and Betty Benn on the Beaver Annual staff. Eudora Mitchell, Marjorie Sherwin. Audrey Wiencken, and Martha Hilands are aspirants for the Barometer, our daily staff.
Miss Fern Gleiser of the home-economics faculty, our new faculty advisor, attended our first Founders' Day banquet.
Our president, Rosina Blake, is in the home management house i°r the first six weeks of this term.
We have sent in all our Alpha Rho songs for the new song book-
Six of our pledges will be initiated soon. They are Myrnie Clayton. Marie Reavis, Dorothy Lockwood, Glenna McDaniels, Martha Hilands, and Alma Horsefcldt.


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ALUMNAE CHAPTER LETTERS
NEW YORK
One cold, wintry day, New York alums took the ferry and journeyed to that far-off land known as Staten Island. Here we held our November meeting at Mrs. Young's lovely apartment. Her darling little daughter was the biggest attraction there. The Philanthropic committee took up donations for the Christmas party we always give to the children at Belle- vue Hospital. Our most important report was the one Helen Raidett gave about the Panhellenic House. This is our great big project and we want you all to wish us luck in carrying it through. Miss Ranlett and
Mrs. Ives are working like trojans on it. After our business meeting we had a social hour, which included some luscious refreshments.
As usual we celebrated Founders' Day Banquet at the Hotel Marti- nique. We always feel so important and so fortunate in having for our very own the honest-to-goodness Founders of our splendid Fraternity. Nu had its initiation first and then followed a delicious dinner with speeches n'everything. Don't you all wish you could live in New York around Founders' Day? After the dinner a goodly number went over to the Hotel Plaza where Panhellenic was holding its annual dance. Who
said New York alums were not good sports?
Christmas, Christmas and more Christmas. Parties, socials and cele- brations everywhere. We held our Christmas party at Nu's chapter rooms. The bitter cold weather kept many people away, but those of us who were there certainly enjoyed ourselves, also the peppermint sticks Arleta Kirlin so nicely served to us. It seemed fun to meet the Nu actives in their college environment, and to witness their enthusiasm for everything in general. W e were glad to welcome M rs. Margaret McCarty Sieler from Delta.
Gertrude Hook had charge of our Christmas cards this year and made out fairly well, considering all the different organizations that were selling cards.
Sigma Kappa is having a tea at Sherman Square Hotel for all the presidents of the various alumnae associations. This shows a fine spirit of cooperation and we hope we may return it in the near future.
Girls in New York and hereabouts come to our meetings and have a good time with us, for we are full of
N—News E—Elasticity W—Work
Y—Youth
O—O' Ye Founders R—Rosy Hopes K—Kinship
SAN FRANCISCO
My subconscious mind just saved me five dollars and the San Fran- cisco chapter from disgrace! Right in the midst of a busy morning it registered an interest in January 8th, a disturbing interest. I consulted my calendar. No there was nothing on for today. I could devote my time to the pressing needs of a house and maybe get around to the unanswered Christmas letters. Half an hour later while occupied with a household duty that required no mental exertion, the subconscious mind made a final desperate struggle and brought this to the surface: 'The Chapter


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Letter must be in by midnight on January eighth." (incidentally there is a fine of five dollars if it is neglected). I stopped vacuum-cleaning in dismay, but on second thought I cheered up—surely there would be much to tell, many things must have happened since October. I would just go on vacuum cleaning and organize my thoughts to the busy hum. I didn't get very far. You know how it is when you are driving and a bit of dust gets in your eye—how hard it is to see the road. Well, the speck of dust this time was the Jory baby. I couldn't see any news beyond him. I was grateful to Poke and Stafford and him for supplying me with this bit. I tried to look beyond, but except for that my mind was blank. I grew maudlin, found myself marveling that a month old child should so soon do a good deed, and speculated on what his future might be, and
then suddenly I realized what was happening, turned off the disorganizing vacuum cleaner, and sought the phone.
Right in the midst of getting news on the phone, the Founders' Day Luncheon occurred to me. If you didn't come you missed something! It was held at the Palace Hotel on the first Saturday in December and was well attended by members from chapters all over the country. Of course the Lambda and Sigma chapters made a marvelous showing, being 100% present. The success of it was due largely to the capable managing and planning of Helene Collins (get her to tell you how she did away with the usual hectic collections which so often cast their shadows on
luncheons). Emma Schrieber Hunter of Zeta Chapter was toast-mistress and presided beautifully. T w o delightful readings were given by Rose Bell who always entertains so delightfully. Rose Marx gave a talk on our Founders—who they were and all the wonderful things they accom- plished. The atmosphere of the Palace, good food, meeting all one's friends, establishing new contacts and feeling generally grateful to "belong" made a perfect day.
We're still orphans, and you can't expect too much from us. Hattie Fish Backus is still away and will not be back before the February meeting. A chapter without a president is like a boat without a rudder, and the January meeting for lack of one went on the rocks.
This is a good place to wish you all a Happy New Year and to add that the San Francisco Chapter hopes to greet you if you come West. Do look us up.
IRENE FLANNAGAN GAY.
PROVIDENCE
Our October meeting was held with our President, Louella Darling. We were seven. No business was transacted. Jennie Perry Prescott entertained the chapter at her home in Pawtucket for the November meeting. And again nothing unusual transpired. The December meeting, which is usually Helen Rose's was held this time at Martha Sheals'. And again the secretary regrets her enforced absence. It gave the mem- bers of the chapter much pleasure to have Polly Lambert, Delta 00. attend this meeting, and bring with her another member to meet with Providence Alumnae. We always heartily welcome new members to our chapter. W e are so small! Not narrow, mark you, but few in numbers (Our English language needs much translating in simple terms at times.)
By the way, you of the alumnae chapters, has it occurred to you that our reports are almost too meagre to deserve space in To DRAGMA? We of Providence Alumnae are quite keen for having some action taken to make it possible for Alumnae Chapters who are virtually inactive, to omit the letter to To DRAGMA unless the chapter has something worth while to report. Please express yourselves.


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The report of our election of officers in the previous issue of To DRAGMA should be corrected as follows:
Treasurer—Alice Manchester Chase, Beta '05, and not Muriel Wyman. MAUDE E . C . COVEI.L.
BOSTON
Our second, or October meeting, was held on "The Hill," at Poll/ Lambert's. The meetings at Polly's are always well attended. There were twenty-five present including Helen Rose from Providence Alumnae.
A combined meeting for November and December was held on December 8 at the College Club, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Much thought was put into the planning of this meeting and announcements in invitation form were sent broadcast to every known alumna in or near Boston in the hope of making it a real reunion of classes and a big- Founders' Day celebration. Although it was somewhat of an experiment to hold a meeting in the middle of the week, an unusual number turned out, largely due to the concerted efforts of Leslie Hooper Macmillan. It was especially gratifying that many of the older alumnae, who have never been back to a meeting before, came out for this one. It must have been Leslie Macmillan's little personal notes on the bottom of the invitations which were responsible for this large delegation from the older aiumnac. Nearly one hundred in all attended, including Elizabeth Heywood Wyman as guest of honor. It was also our pleasure to have present the entire active chapter with eleven pledges. We were served with a delicious supper as we sat in groups chatting. The most interesting part of the evening followed with a roll-call of classes, each member present giving a brief account of her activities since graduating from college. Annette took charge of this part of the program very cleverly until a pathetic 'phone call was received from her husband, who was left in charge of their six-months old son, asking how soon she would be home. Octavia carried on the program from this point. It was most interesting to hear the various vocations followed by the different girls who as teachers, secretaries, professional assistants, occupied positions prominent in business and social life; but the majority finally added, "Then
I got married, and now T am bringing up a family!" After all, isn't that the biggest career of all? There were girls present from every class back to 1900. W e all went away with that feeling of satisfaction and a glow of friendliness, all saying, "We must come to the next meeting!"
GLADYS H . TASKER.
LOS ANGELES
With the illness of our editor, it devolves upon me to see that we get into print, so bear with me.
Our two chief ambitions this year are to add to Kappa Theta's house fund and to have a large representation at Convention. The three private benefit bridge parties given so far have already increased the house fund by $200, and the sale of Christmas cards added another hundred. A rum- mage sale in January, and our chapter benefit bridge after Easter should add five hundred more. WVd love to have any other suggestions for money-making.
Our October meeting at the home of Muriel McKinney surpassed all others in attendance, thanks to Muriel, who spent two days at the tele- phone. We had initiation of eight new members and then settled down to quite a financial meeting, interrupted occasionally by some one who wanted to "listen in" on the Cal-U.S.C. game.


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Y\\- didn't meet in November, but held our December meeting early to celebrate Founders' Day. Forty-one alumnae and twenty actives met at the Jonathan Club for dinner. The active chapter repeated the skit which took third prize at the University Hi Jinks, and with this and other entertainment, songs, and inspiring toasts, the evening passed all too quickly. We were very glad to welcome Margaret Ritter, Alpha; Jacqueline Gilmore, Phi; Dorothy Moore, Omicron Pi; and Alice Cush- man, Pi Delta.
Now that the holidays are over, we're going to concentrate on Con- vention. W e hope to have a large delegation there. A n d right now we want to invite all of you to go or come (or both) through Los Angeles. Judging by the bulletins the Chamber of Commerce at Seattle is sending us, we won't be able to compete with the scenery, but we should like to have the opportunity of greeting you here.
aotamWtaLINCOLN
A dream of many years was realized by Zeta girls and members of the Lincoln alumnae when the active chapter moved into its new home on the first of December. Although we alums will have to forego the privi- lege and pleasure of actually living in the house, it is so beautiful, and so homelike after years of renting and moving from place to place, that we just can't keep away and all of our activities this winter have been directed toward plans for making it as comfortable and attractive as possible.
At our November meeting held at the home of Edna Harpham we all worked on the curtains. We made them for the entire house and it proved to be quite an undertaking, although it made a considerable cut in the expense of the draperies. Another way in which we have boosted the building fund is by selling a magazine for which we received a com- mission and we have sold extract, which will net us quite a sum. The day before Thanksgiving we had a food sale which cleared us about $40.
We had no regular alumnae meeting in December but on Founders' Day, on the occasion of our annual birthday party, active and alumnae meml)ers met together for a formal dedication ceremony. W e all brought our birthday pennies and this year we made over $100. That sounds as if we were all terribly old but the fund was helped along considerably by a check for $10 from Annie Jones Rosborough, one from her mother, Mrs.
Jones for $25 and one from Viola Gray's mother for $25.
I wish every member of Zeta chapter and all those who have had even the tiniest part in the building of the house, could have been here for the impressive services at the banquet, or that we might have been near a radio broadcasting station in order that you might all have "lis- tened in." W e had about seventy-five there with Helen Piper Hagenbucn of Roanoke, V a., and Kathleen Ryan Dougherty of Columbus from out of the city. Mildred Sweet, president of the active chapter, was the toastmistress and called for talks from Jennie Piper, from the alumnae and from Marie Bowden and Genevieve Calhoun from the actives. During the dinner we all joined in the singing of Alpha O songs. The tables \vere so pretty, extending the etitire length of the long dining room and into
the and
adjoining chapter room. They were decorated with our red rose.' lighted w ith red tapers.
After the dinner we all adjourned to the living room for a program
mand
evening visiting and looking over the house. One of the nicest things about it is the guest room, for which the Mothers' club is responsip • The mothers have furnished it completely, even to the rugs, drapenc .
a clever stunt given by the freshmen, then spent the remainder of tn
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lamps and linens. In February they are planning a tea and musicale to show the house to their friends.
Our January meeting will be held at the home of Pauline Moore Ryman with Ruth and Jeatmette Farquhar as the assisting hostesses.
Darleen Woodward has given up her position as interior decorator at Rudgc and Guenzel's and will be at home for the remainder of the year.
RUTH FARQUHAR.
CHICAGO
We are still holding our preliminary meetings of the Executives of the chapter before each regular meeting and find this very helpful in planning the activities for the ensuing meetings. We are proud of our attendance, for at no meeting this year have we had less than twenty- six present. Our average attendance would run high due to the fact that Founders' Day was celebrated at our regular December meeting and it was reported that over eighty were served with dinner—and when we say dinner we would ask that you let your thoughts recall the best meal you ever ate, then you will have some idea of the delicious dinner we enjoyed. It took hours of planning and preparation under the direction of Goldie Buehler and Merva Hennings, but the food was so good that it took almost no time for it to be "gobbled up" by the hungry pledges, actives and alums. Goldie's beautiful home, with its spacious rooms, made a delightful setting for our happy group.
Rho Corporation has adopted a clever method of stimulating the growth of our house fund—the object being to collect a mile of pennies. Small envelopes holding a foot of pennies each are distributed, each foot of pennies being sixteen cents. Almost anyone would be willing to donate foot of pennies towards a house fund and we are sure it won't take any time before we have our mile of pennies, which will total $844.80. We have also given one of a series of small card parties for the purpose f increasing our fund-—these small parties are to be given at the homes of he girls thereby keeping the expenses down to a minimum. Our yearly card party for local charity work was held at the Rogers Park Woman's Club on December 11, 1926, but as yet the total proceeds have not been scertained—it is our aim to raise $200.00 a year for this work.
Saturday, January 8, (which is Saturday of this week) our regular eeting will take the form of a luncheon and card party at the Ililnois oman's Athletic Club. This party is held just for the purpose of get- ing together and enjoying each others company for an afternoon, and we are hoping to have a large attendance.
ACNES EIBEKG.
INDIANAPOLIS
Mary Gertrude Mauley recently attended the Army-Notre Dame game t New York. From there she went to Worcester for a visit, and then home. All of my letters seem to start off with something Mary Gertrude "as done, is doing or is going to do, albeit, the item is not in its chronologi- C a l place, it gives tne a sense of having begun well.
Previous to that we had a meeting at the home of Vivian S. Smith c°rnplete<l plans for making money. I dislike talking about money. e divided the sorority into groups to play bridge. Each group meets same number of times during a certain period of time and plays C e r , a i n number of hands and pays a certain sum of money for doing
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in a tournament. The main feature of the scheme is the individual col- lection at each meeting. We made money also with a Christmas card book in the hands of Jane Sickels Mitchell. Our pledge to National Philan- thropic work was fifty dollars for this year.
Last year Theta Giapter won a scholarship trophy, a silver pitcher, offered by the Alumnae chapter here. The contestants were Beta Phi and Theta.
Our next meeting was held at the home of Katherine Schmidt. Cer- tain phases of local charity work were discussed. We expect to do something specific with this idea soon. The state luncheon and dance were also discussed, with the usual arguments pro and con offered. Some members of the alumnae were a little more impermeable than usual. Fi- nally by a small effervescing majority, we voted to give it. The date was to be decided later.
Elsie Noel Waldo gave a party in November for our lovelv Joanna Huntington, who just by her being there, gave it a great air. 'She was passing through and visited over night with us.
We celebrated Founders' Day, December 11, with a luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
Our January meeting held this evening at the home of Lura Halleck Thomas was full of business. The state dance will be March 5, at the Columbia Club. Our local charity- work is still in embryo.
Mary (iertrude Mauley will leave January 10 for California to be gone six weeks. She hopes to meet many Alpha O's on her trip.
A D A S M I T H TRUKBLOOD.
MINNEAPOLIS
Twenty-five degrees below zero and six-foot snow drifts! Thus we read in the newspapers. Despite it, Minneapolis alumnae are more active than ever.
Our Christmas bazaar came off in November. Not satisfied with the record-smashing sales of the alums during the afternoon, the actives put on a dance that evening in the old-fashioned T a u spirit. T h e receipts of this phase of the bazaar were astounding. Margaret Taarud deserves great praise for her work in managing the bazaar. Marie Bremer missed her calling. She was a perfect scream in conducting the country store, where the remnants left over from the bazaar were auctioned off. She provided great amusement and brought in many sheckles.
Inez Jayne had charge of a rummage sale held late in November. Anyone who knows anything about a rummage sale will understand what this job meant. But Inez came out on top! It is hard to Relieve the amount that old clothes and odds and ends realized for us.
Our Christmas card sale this year, was as usual, very satisfying.
The red letter evening of the year saw a beautifully set banquet in the sunroom of the Curtis Hotel in honor of our Founders. This year's banquet was commenced with a wire from Stella George Stern Perry, send- ing tier message of felicitations. A phone message was also received noti- fying the banqueteers of the arrival of a daughter to the hearth of Edna Schlampp Johnson. Irma Fliehr Regan was in charge of the ar- rangements for the banquet.
Ruth O'Brien McCarn, fresh from strains of Lohengrin, made a most gracious toastmistress. Janet Howry had the honor of rendering "The Rose." The organization of the sorority was likened in the toasts to that of our government. Mrs. Harris of Alpha Chapter likened the Founders to the Fathers of Our Country. The alums represented our National Executives from the time of the Fathers of Our Country up to Calvin Coolidge. Betty Bond held aloft the Minneapolis alums as a
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pter of service, stressing our National work which has crystallized in Dental Clinic at Wells Memorial House. Cecil Yelland presented the ives as our present office holders from Coolidge down. Ruth Cole ened the Pledges to the kiddies who would some day guide the des- ies of both nation and sorority. The toasts were followed by a vocal o by Margaret Miller. Although not a pledge, Lila Kline gave an promptu speech offering half an eagle for the best story out of the uths of our babes—our pedgcs. This had the desired effect for each dge outdid herself. The pledge stunt this year was a swanky dance ich wound up the banquet.
The regular December meeting was held at the Wells Memorial House. ter the business was over the girls inspected the new Dental Clinic ich we arc proud to call our national work.
Some time, soon, we expect to give a party to which we will invite husbands and friends. Not a dance—just an old-fashioned party at e one's house. ,
Our shindigs are growing better and better thank you! Kathryn
emer Matson held one at her home in November and Lucile Haertel, on
cember 29. r-\ u The formal dinner dance comes on February 12 at the Minnesota UUD St. Paul, and we are planning a Mothers' Tea for February 20. Feb-
ary is short, but, oh my!
BANGOR
This is the time of year when your sisters in Maine are revelling in nter sports; skating, sliding, tobogganing and skiing. Jack Frost is esent but is not as hard on us this year as usual.
In October we had a splendid meeting at Edith Lord's home in Old- n. Kay Stewart entertained us with a fine travelogue on her trip road, illustrated with many pictures and snapshots.
Among our number we have another traveler. Marion Day is at esent on a trip around the world. At the November meeting we read me verv interesting letters from her especially one describing a terrible rm experienced hear Havana. Marion proved to be a good sailor and joved all the thrills of the storm.
We all look forward to Founder's Day. It is always the first tive and alumnae get-together in the year. If you had peeped into the g dining room at the Penobscot Valley Country Club about eight M. on the eighth of December you would have 'seen the room filled th Alpha O's siting in the red candle light at small tables. After the nquet Serena Woods read Stella George Stern Perry's beautiful message then we were entertained in the dance hall by the active chapter. Fol- wing this we enthusiastically talked of the old. old dream in our hearts— future chapter house. The remainder of the evening wis spent in avintr auction. Anna Stinchfield won the prize.
June Kelly, Elizabeth Bright, Elizabeth Ring, and Estelle Beaupre re most welcome guests at the Christmas meeting at Rachel Adam s me. It semed so good to sec them again.
Stella Huff, the thrce-vear-old baby girl that we arc helping back normal childhood was in the hospital in a cast on Christmas Day. She as made verv happv with a tree and gifts donated by us.
Mainly on Stella"'s account we are enthusiastically working for more nds. A rummage sale and sale of Christmas cards have given us a od start.
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PORTLAND
The eternal question of how, when and where to raise funds is quite within the experience of all, I believe. We have a luncheon plan that we have found very successful and I am going to pass it on to you in case you might like to try it. Each girl, including the hostess and her assistant, pay fifty cents, and the actual expense deducted enables us to put amounts varying from $1.50 to $3.00, in our treasury each month. The girls pride themselves in providing a delicious menu and converting their efforts into cash. We owe our thanks to Evelyn Cornish who originated this plan.
In addition a rummage sale and Christmas card sale was conducted under the supervision of Edna Scott. The sum of $75.00 was cleared through these activities.
We were so pleased to have Freda Blackeburg, Phi, with us at our last meeting. She is living in Longview, Washington, but is planning on meeting with us often this winter, we are happy to say.
Helen Becken, Upsilon, was married November 14th, to Arthur Wood Connel at Pine Farm, Hillsboro, Oregon. Arthur is a graduate of Oregon Agricultural College. They are making their home on a farm near Hillsboro.
Mary McGinnis who has been ill at her sister's home in Boise, Idaho, for about two months has returned to Portland much improved in health. We will be glad to have Mary with us again at our meetings.
Hilda Hendrickson, Upsilon, who is teaching in Salt Lake City, spent the holiday season with her mother at their home in Portland.
Laura Hurd. Minnie and Ethel Kraus, Ellen Jolliffe and Irma M. Crook motored down from Seattle for the Oregon-Washington game on October ninth. In the evening we had a "get-together" meeting at Carolyn Paige's and such a lot of chattering as was done by the thirty girls who gathered there. Imagine condensing the happenings of nine years into a few hours and you will have some idea of the thrills we experienced!
Our October meeting was held at the home of Kathleen Heywood with Oriel Campbell assisting. W e were pleased to have Irma M . Crook with us at that meeting. The November meeting was held at Lucile Hood's, and the December meeting was held down town. The January meeting is to be with Evelyn Cornish on Friday the 7th. It is to be a buffet supper followed with bridge.
Pearl Mcjury and her son Donald were very seriously injured in an auto accident on Thanksgiving Day. They were struck by a "hit and run" driver, hurling them from their car. Pearl suffered a fractured skull, broken spine and torn ligaments and muscles through her hips. Donald, eight years old, suffered a compound fracture of the skull, necessi- tating the removal of four inches of bone. They are both home from the hospital, and I am happy to report favorable progress is being made by both and we all wish them a speedy and complete recovery.
HAZEL GRIMM SHARV.
KNOXVILLE
Cold! Who said cold? We felt our first touch of winter breezes on our way down Kingston Pike to spend the afternoon with our new President, Elizabeth McDonald McClamrock, Monday, October the twenty- fifth, but no winter in Elizabeth's new home before a huge wood-fire around which we drew our chairs.
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in the afternoon at which Elizabeth Bickley serve as maid of honor. They will live temporarily in Bluff City. Tennessee.
Dorothy (Dot) Brown's engagement to John Cameron of Oklahoma City had just been announced for November the tenth. Her wedding is to be in the Old First Presbyterian Church at night; with a reception after the wedding at her home, Morningside Drive. They will live in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee.
Then to Virginia Black's engagement to Edward Snoddy of West Palm Beach, Florida, had also just been announced for December the fourteenth. Her wedding is to be an afternoon wedding with her sister, Mary Neal Black, as maid of honor and Ruth Beck as one of the bride's maids. They will live in West Palm Beach.
So you see with wedding plans and our winter work to plan, we were quite busy—at least—our tongues. We decided to collect rummage for a sale either the last of November or the first week of December. Lucretia Bickley was made Chairman of this committee.
On Thursday, October the twenty-eighth, we gave a luncheon for Dot Brown at the Cherokee Country Club; at which we used the frater- nity colors. The long table was beautifully decorated with a silver basket of red roses, tall red candles in silver holders and red and white mints in smaller silver baskets. The place cards were brides with flowing veils.
Our November meeting was with Lida Moore McLean at which we decided to distribute Christmas baskets to needy families. Elizabeth Mc- Clamrock, Lida McLean and Llewyllen Thornton were appointed the com- mittee to buy the necessary articles and distribute the baskets.
The December meeting was held Founders' Day with Llewyllen John- son Thornton. We were so delighted to see Eleanor Burke as she has been critcally ill all summer and fall and this was the first time most of us had seen her. We also had with us Elizabeth Young and Virginia Everette of the active chapter, they told us such interesting things of the actives and we hope to have them again. They invited us to a tea, De- cember the ninth in the fraternity room for the patronesses, alumnae and the pledges.
At this meeting we decided to help the Peoples Tabernacle either by sewing for them or with food and clothes as these are worthy but very destitute people in this district.
Lucretia reported that we did not have enough for a rummage sale so it was decided to give what we had to the actives to help them with their sale.
Harriet Greve, Dean of Women at the University of Tennessee spent the summer traveling in Europe.
Aubrey Faulkner Jennings and her small daughter, Jean, have moved back to Knoxville to live and we arc so glad to have Aubrey once more as she has been a member of the Nashville Alumnae Chapter while living there.
Emma Alber's Hunt is living in Jacksonville, Florida, and Vivian Logue Seymore is living in Washington, D. C.
Helen Sonner has just returned from a motor trip down the east coast of Florida and brought home oranges, grapefruit and tangerines which she picked Christmas day, off the trees of her grove at Winterhaven, Florida.
MINN EI.OIS HUNT.
LYNCHBURG
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Bessie Minor Davis '24, is president. She began the year by bringing the Alumnae into an active part in the college rushing season. Efforts were well rewarded and some of the youthful alumnae are still patting themselves on the back for their part in portraying AOH to the Freshmen.
There is little news about individuals. Due to illness in her mother's home. Nan Craddock and children spent their first Christmas in Lynchburg. Kugenia Moore Lipscomb made an extended visit to her former home
in Dallas during the fall.
Nannie Howard '25, expects to sail January 27 on the "Rochambeau"
for France, where she will continue her work at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts in Paris.
WASHINGTON
In spite of our best efforts our numbers seem to decrease with each succeeding meeting and all because our members are a gypsy band at heart always roving from one corner of the country to another. Alice Cushman, writes me from Los Angeles, that she met Lillian Long there during the holidays when they were both engaged in taking the teachers' exams.
Anna Dorsey has left us for Rochester, Minn., where she expects to work on her Ph.D. in Bacteriology at the Mayo Bros, and Margaret Penn White is spending the winter in Texas. We received a lovely card from Marjorie Zieler in New York asking for all the news, but there are so few of us left that we really haven't much to write about.
At our last meeting we were initiated into the mysteries of making "Gertrudes" for the poor little orphans, and we all struggled valiantly with unaccustomed buttonholes, French seams and facings, but we all felt quite proud when at last we were able to exhibit five finished garments.
Founders' Day was celebrated with the active chapter at Maryland and we helped to fill some baskets for the poor at Christmas.
Cordelia Vance Buell, was a recent visitor here on her wav to Ash- ville, N. C.
PHILADELPHIA
"A good pilot is rather to be chosen than a great quantity of life preservers," and Philadelphia Alumnae has a good pilot in Margaret Kraemer. Since my last letter we have been extremely busy and are anxious to compare notes with other chapters.
On Saturday, October 30th, we met at the home of Stella Wells in Bryn Mawr. There was a great deal of business discussed, the"most im- portant being the need of obtaining someone to do the necessary follow- up work for our Clinic. I say "our Clinic," for the Philadelphia Alum- nae Chapter has taken this means of carrying out the national idea of service and is assisting with money for equipment and voluntary service
in the children's clinic of the Sackenan Hospital of Philadelphia.
What we need now, is a paid worker and though we have not yet
been successful we hope to find one within our own group.
Previous to our regular meeting, a short business meeting was held at Psi Chapter house, and at this time we had the opportunity of meeting the twelve freshmen, who were being pledged that evening. They all seemed worthy of wearing the sheaf, and we hope later they will all join
the alumnae.
Saturday, December 4th, found us at "Peg" McHenry's, which was the
most hilarious meeting so far this year. Aside from some necessary busi-
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ncss, the meeting was given over to bridge. Dorothy Anderson, Psi, who graduated last June from Wellesley, has joined our group and was re- ceiving congratulations on her recent engagement. Mr. John is a gradu- ate of the Boston School of Technology.
Monday evening, December 7th, the Philadelphia Alumnae and Psi Chapter gathered together at the chapter house to celebrate Founders' Day. This took the form of a ritual and followed with a talk by Pinkney Estes Glantzburg, who was kind enough to come over from New York for the eveniug. With her promise to be present, we had a large number at the meeting for once heard, no one wants to miss her talks and above all, her "darkie" jokes.
Gertrude Hayman, Psi, brought in her five pounds of candy, her en- gagement to Mr. F. C. W- Paton of Cleveland, having been announced October 30th. Mr. Paton is assistant to the Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and of Mask and W ig fame.
This being our last meeting before Christmas, each girl received a pair of stockings to fill, as has been our custom, for the College Settle- ment.
And now, January 8th, our calendar tells us there will be a "Harmo- nious Conclave at the home of Irva Bair." Just what the result of this will be, I will tell you all in the next letter.
GERTRUDE M. HAYMAN.
DALLAS
The main thing the Dallas alumnae is interested in at present is the Southwest Chautauqua. We have been given the task and privilege of compiling a list of men and women in Texas eligible to membership. For every five dollar fee sent in response to the invitation to join the Chautau- qua, we are to receive fifty cents. Thus, if we submit the names of 1000 people who join we shall then receive $500.00. W e feel that in addi- tion to the prospect of being well remunerated for our efforts we will be doing a constructive piece of work for the Southwest. It is rather a large undertaking but we are hoping to put it over and thus swell our chapter scholarship fund.
The latest arrival in Alpha O circles is Florence Adele Volk. daughter of Florence Allen Volk. We hope some day she will belong to us as well as Florence. We have already laid due claim to her, however.
The local chapter joins Catherine Rasbury Flythe and Maude Rasbury Courtney in their bereavement because of the recent death of their father, Judge Charles A . Rasbury, a distinguished lawyer of T exas.
We have lost a lot of our members but those of us left are trying to make this year the most successful yet.
ROBKRTAR A Y .
KANSAS CITY
WelK we are all alive after the Christmas festivities. No fatalities only among the turkey and goose families, but am happy to announce that several of them graced AOIT tables here in K . C .
Mary Rose Barrons was home for the holidays. Her time was very much taken up by social and family activities so that the AOII girls did not get to see much of her. however, she promised us more of her time in March when she plans another trip home.
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"Rummage Sale" but it was such a cold day we felt we did fairly well. However, we made $22.50 from the quilt Nadine Hodges' mother gave us. We raffled it off at 10c the number. Before I forget it, I want to thank the out-of-town alumnae who so generously helped us. We appreciate those boosts more than you know.
The Christmas money received from the alumnae of Phi was given to Phi as a fund to apply on some of their ever pending notes. Phi needed money more than a gift for Christmas so the committee thought it wise to apply this to the alumnae fund which goes towards paying off notes.
The K . C . alumnae presented a very beautiful fernery to Phi for "open house." The girls received most beautiful gifts on opening the enw home.
Our October meeting was held at the home of Florence Klapmeyer Bruce and needless to say we had a very enjoyable afternoon.
In November we met with Irene Petersen. We had as guests, Marva Thompson Blair, Kappa, (Mrs. J. M. Blair) of Lyons, Kansas, who is a sister to our own Maude Waters, Kappa; also, Mildred Petersen, Phi, who is one of the 1926 pledges. She is a sister to Irene, Rho, so we feel lucky to think Phi got her instead of Rho. At this meeting the numbers were drawn for the quilt—and—I did not get it. I felt almost too badly to eat the very delightful luncheon Irene and her mother had prepared for us.
December the eighth found a large crowd gathered at the home of Elsie Ortman Hodges for the Founder's Day Banquet. Some of the husbands who came for their wives wondered what they had gotten into when they heard the talking and laughing. It is not very polite, but I believe every one talked at the same time. Elsie provided very clever entertainment. This was the last meeting of 1926 and it was certainly a happy climax to our many good times together last year. May the year
of 1927 be as pleasant and as profitable. .
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BLANCHE
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The December meeting of Omaha Alumnae Chapter was held at the home of Doris Schumacher, with Winifred Shaw and Hazel Cook Thomas assisting hostesses.
A bridge luncheon took the place of our January meeting. It was given at the home of Esther Smith on December 29. Lorene Davis and Ruby Hagen assisted. Ruby comes to us from Montana and we are surely glad to have her with us. This bridge party was given in honor of the active girls who were home from school for the holidays. There were eleven active girls and we were so happy to see them all again. They are all so enthusiastic over the new house. We are so anxious to see it.
The February meeting will be held at the home of Laura Petersen.
SYRACUSE
In November the members of Syracuse Alumnae met at the chapter house for a brief business meeting. Jessie Lewis Rice had not been with us for so long that we almost listed her as a new member present.
The actives invited the alumnae to share with them in the celebration of Founders' Day held around the big fireplace at the house, and a very cozy get-to-gether we had among actives, pledges and old grads with talks about the founders and the founding of Alpha Omicron Pi. greetings from the founders themselves, and music and singing of Alpha O favorites.
Esther Hagenbucher Hill opened her home to us on the evening O I
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December 27. Kay Gilcher was home from Detroit, Mildred Riese from Whitehall, Winifred Riese from Greenport, Anne Spaulding from Minoa. Genevieve Mason Canfield, Marcia Rosbrook, Beatrice Barron, Mina Gordon, Polly Howalt, Jane Gooding, Jessie Lewis Rice, Emily Tarbell, and Nora Knight King were "among those present." We much admired Esther's admirably appointed bungalow and her lively young Jack, almost two years old, played games and exchanged much vivacious chatter. Talk jumped from Mina's new Jordan Christmas present to Polly's plans for a year in Paris with stopping places, at Win's joys in teaching on the Sound, with yachts and swimming and skating delightful sidelines in season, Peggy Lou, the youngest Syracuse A O n and Ted Petri's Alpha O house party.
DETROIT
The Detroit AOII's have been so very busy this winter. At each monthly meeting Virginia Van Zandt has a brand new packet of plans ready for our consideration and when our business meeting is completed, we feel as enthusiastic as though we were an active chapter.
The November Benefit Bridge was quite a success. The ball room of the Statler Hotel was filled to capacity and everyone seemed to be having a fine time.
Miss Bonstelle's proposition for selling season tickets and scrap books on commission has been accepted and our treasury is swelling constantly in consequence. On January 29, we entertain our mothers at a matinee and tea at the Playhouse.
December has been a month of both sorrow and joy for us. On the thirtieth, Helen Howard was married to Ira Newby at the Detroit Boat Club. It was a real Christmas wedding and rather unique with the holly wreaths, bouquets of poinsettas and the large Christmas tree in the hall. Congratulations to Ira and best wishes Helen!
The pre-nuptial functions were such fun and each party was quite perfect. Then in the midst of the social events, Lorna Ketcham became suddenly very ill and in a week's time she was taken. Her death was a great shock to us all even though we have been aware for several years that she was far from well. The Detroit alumnae chapter extends its sympathy to Mrs. Ketcham and Alice.
We also send our sympathy to Virginia Crossman whose fiancee was killed in an auto accident recently.
DOROTHY
WYLI E.
This letter must be written before the Nashville Alumnae Chapter holds its January meeting wdiich promises to be one of the most interest- ing of the year. We are following the plan adopted last year, that is of having the program of each meeting different in character, and this one js to be devoted to world topics of current interest! Rather ambitious, isnt it? '
As is customary, our November meeting was held with the active chapter. It is always a great pleasure to be with the undergraduates and to share a meeting with them.
Our December meeting under the able direction of Virginia Martin, this year's president, accomplished a great deal of business. We made rovision for taking care of a poor family in the matter of food and toys *°r the children on Christmas Day. In addition to this, we assembled our assets in the way of spare time and abilities to see what definite help we
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could give to a home for destitute children here in Nashville. The need is not financial, but rather for the services of people competent to amuse and entertain small children. Several of our members plan to give some time to this work. We shall also contribute to the Mary D. Houston Sarratt Fund at the Junior League Home for Crippled Children.
Three alumnae formerly of Nu Omicron came to town for the Christmas holidays. They were. Nell Fain '23, Robbie Allison '26, and Mary Thompson '26. All three are teaching here in the south.
We are happy to report that the alumnae meetings are better at- tended than ever this year and we are looking forward to a bright and
etodDghmhnfHwmwlmCDDoooJftWb°Jg^l f °auseful New Year.
CLEVELAND
Since our last letter to To DRAGMA, a Thanksgiving party and our Founders' Day celebration in the shape of our customary monthly dinners at the High-Noon Club, have been the chief events on our fraternity calendar.
Unfortunately, our chapter is not large this year, and we scarcely have a chance to visit each other except at our monthly business meeting. This month's letter cannot be made interesting with bits of gossip because
May we again extend an invitation to any Alpha O who finds herself in the editor confesses that she hasn't been closely enough tied up with the local chapter during the past two months to make it possible. Cleveland to meet us for dinner at the High-Noon Club?
GRACE O'BRIEN.
MEMPHIS
If any alumnae chapter feels the need of a strong interest in lite, let her take an active chapter under her wing. Something is happening continually. W e started in the fall with rushing; then came plans for a chapter house. Each of the alumnae went hustling around to get up her 6hare of the funds. Now it is nearly time for mid-term rushing.
This year we are lucky in having Polly Hobson with us. She l? teaching in the Lausanne School. Marion Hunt is back in Memphis and attended our last meeting.
In November Shirley Lake lent us her lovely home for a tea HI honor of the actives. We had the pleasure of entertaining a large num- ber of the Southwestern Faculty, City Panhellenic, and miscellaneous friends. All of the actives were in the receiving line. I think their charm made quite an impression on our proud alumnae minds. We were very glad to have Mary Hills Divine in town for the tea. .
In December the alumnae and actives held a ritual meeting on Found- ers' Day at Elizabeth Clinton's home. After the ritual the pledges served an attractive buffet supper. There was a record attendance at this affair- Only sickness was powerful enough to keep anyone away. The greeting
from Stella George Stern Perry were very much appreciated. . In February Elizabeth Clinton is going to New York to finish up '
M. A. that should be quite well known to To DRAGMA readers. The chap ter, naturally, is very sorry to lose her temporarily.
Genevieve Reddick has a very nice new baby, a boy. Adelaide Gladden is the new librarian at Southwestern.
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The Tau Delta active and alumnae chapters had a profitable and njoyable service at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Kirk (Mary Tyler) on he evening of Founders' Day. Rochelle Gachet talked very interestingly f the founders of AOII, and of the rapid growth of our fraternity, espite its conservative policy. Anne Greene gave the history of the T au elta Fraternity before it became AOn.
Since our last letter to you Elsie Landers and Lawrence Stilwell (2AE) were married. Also, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirk have a baby irl, the most promising material for A O n imaginable. She has red
air!
We are delighted to welcome Dorothy Weston from Pi chapter. She
arried Herbert Robinson of Birmingham recently, and they are living ere now.
We have rumors of other weddings, but we shall save them for the ext letter.
LORENA NORTON.
CHICAGO—SOUTH SHORE
The October meeting was devoted first to initiation, and then to plans or the card party. Three Helens were initiated: Helen Cooney, Xi: elen Wolf, Iota; and Helen Silver, Omicron Pi. After the ceremony e attended to details of the coming card party such as prizes, refresh- ents, etc.. which made the affair, held in November, a success in every ay. At the December meeting we made for the Home for the Friend- ess, cunning baby kimonas which were needed and appreciated by the others and babies there. We are to do some regular sewing for the hicago Orphanage for the rest of the year.
We wish that the Alpha O's reported from time to time in To RAGMA as having moved to Chicago would telephone to Vera Riebel, orchester 4300. We are such a congenial group that we wish to share ur good times with others in the city.
JULIA FULLER CRANE.
MILWAUKEE
We have been exceptionally busy the last few weeks, both with our wn activities during the holidays, the sale of anti-tuberculosis seals at ur Chicago and North-shore station and the making of layettes for the uvenile Protective Association. The sale of Christmas cards went over ather big, considering the enormous competition, which we must meet,
herefore, we are gratified and feel that we are beginning our new year ith a good start and like most of our fellowmen, look forward to a etter year.
We continue to enjoy our home supper meetings, the first Monday
f the month and are endeavoring to get all Alpha Os in Milwaukee to
oin with us and keep up the old spirit of fraternity, which should not
row cold. It should be the duty of each and every new sister taken into
ur fraternity to become so saturated with the spirit of our sisterhood
| a t she will seek to keep up her obligations throughout her life time and
t make them a matter of college days only.
\Ve regret greatly that home is calling Hattie Fish Backus to Cali- 0 r r | ia, but trust that it is "aurevoir" and we may have her with us
gain.


332 TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI Madge Ball, our president, Hattie Backus and Frieda Dorner drove to Madison in November and spent a most happy evening at the house. The girls are charming in their friendliness and cordiality. They seem to be firmly organized, well balanced and one in aim and endeavor toward better scholarship. Mrs. Remly makes a splendid house mother and has the grace and charm to both control and mould the characters of the girls in her charge.
We wish to extend our heartiest best wishes to our new neighbors, the Madison Alumnae Chapter, and offer our cooperation and help to them.
FRIEDA L . DORNER, Editor.
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ALUMNAE NOTES
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Mary Bolton from Alexandria has been in the city off and on for st two or three months. She visited Andrea Martinez and Louise Church nd also went to Logtown to be a bridesmaid in Dot Weston's wedding.
Emily Slack Slade (Mrs. Jerry Slade, Jr.) returned from her home Michoacan, Mexico, shortly before Thanksgiving. She has visited in ew Orleans, Hattiesburg and Alexandria. She will return to Mexico hortly after New Years.
Charlotte Voss visited her sister in New Orleans during the holidays. harlotte is teaching in Morgan City, L a .
MARRIAGES
Dorothy Weston to Mr. Henry Herbert Robinson on November 30, 926, Logtown, Mississippi. Dot will live in Birmingham and I know e alumnae chapter there will be proud to claim her.
BIRTHS
Jacinto Lobrano Talbot boasts of an eight pound boy, Edmond, Jr., orn on Thanksgiving day.
MRS. R . M . FRANKLIN.
KAPPA
MARRIAGES
Ella Mae Upthegrove, Kappa '20, was married in June to Ralph English
ohnson. They will make their home in St. Louis and at present are at 465 Pershing Avenue.
Bernie Paffrey, Kappa '18, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was married last ctober to Hamilton Robertson. They are living at Montgomery, Ala- ama.
Mary Burnley Wilson, Kappa '26, a member of the Lynchburg lumnae chapter, married Frank Patterson Christian, also from Lynch- urg ia s t June. They are living in Lynchburg, where Mr. Christian has is law office.
ENGAGEMENTS
Julia Acree of Columbia, S. C , Kappa 25, has announced her engage-
ent to F . Ehrlich Thomson. The marriage will take place March 3. ladys Fore of Wilmington, N. C , and Mary Marshall of Shreveport, a, both Kappas '25, will be among the attendants in the wedding. Chris- ne Acree, Kappa '22, will be her sister's maid-of-honor.
Nannie Howard, Kappa '25 is sailing this month to complete a course Interior Decorating in the Paris School. She has studied in New 0 r k for two winters and will finish up her work abroad. Evelyn Allen, appa '20, sails with her to France, where she is planning to study rench for six months at the University of Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilliam (Louise Johnson, Kappa '24) and small n have returned from Africa where they had been engaged in educa- onal work. They will make their home now in Lexington, Va., where r. Gilliam has accepted a place in the English department of Washington d Lee University.


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Helen French who teaches in the commercial department in the high school at Hilihing, Minn., spent the holidays in Lincoln with her mother and sister.
Wilma Foster Gustafson of Omaha, with lier husband and little daughter, Jean Louise were in Lincoln for Christmas with her parents.
Margaret McNerney, who is teaching in Springfield, 111., was at home for the holidays. She has been ill for some time and was only able to return to her school the last of this week.
Helen Piper Hagenbuch of Roanoke, Va., has been in Lincoln for an extended visit with her parents and her sisters, Jennie and Elsie Piper. Her husband joined her for Christmas.
DEATHS
We extend our sympathy to Pauline Gellatly, in the loss of her father
who passed away this week at Indianapolis.
SIGMA
Blanche Aiders Terry and her husband are back from Europe. They had a wonderful time and Blanche brought many lovely things back. She brought news of Hertha Herman Brown who is living in Paris. It reads like a fairy story—eighteen room house, brocaded walls, many servants. The servants and what they cost, how little, is the tempting part. Let's go to Paris to live!
Daisy Shaw has just returned from Canada, where she attended the Funeral of her brother-in-law.
luiima Schreiber Hunter of Zcta Chapter and her husband and young son sailed December 15 for Honolulu. Her husband, Fred Hunter, Super- intendent of Oakland Schools will give talks on Education while in 1 lonolulu.
Minnie Truman Force of Zeta Chapter has been going through a very trying time. Her oldest daughter, fourteen years old, has been very ill with pneumonia. We are pleased to hear that she has passd the crisis.
Jeannette Miller Swartz is ending a "jinx year" with a grand climax —Scarlet Fever. Her three children are with her in this as they were in the automobile accident a few months ago. Let us hope that the new year will present a happier face to the Swartz family.
BIRTHS
Grace Weeks Jory, Sigma '12, a son, Farnum Jory, born December 6-
Dorothy Cash Munley, Alpha Rho, a daughter in November.
THETA
Katherinc Schmidt is engaged to Frank Cox. Mr. Cox is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Musette Hammand entertained the actives and pledges of Theta Chap- ter with a benefit bridge party at her home here.
Miriam Oilar and Katberine Schmidt attended the Christinas party given at the chapter house.
Founder's Day was made the occasion for a formal dinner by in- active girls with several alumnae present. Jane Farmer, a charter menlber of Theta chapter, talked on this phase of our history, while Elizabet Morrison, chapter advisor, spoke of the Founders.
Minna Mae Bartley who has been ill for some time is greatly improve
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Peggy Lou Wood, now married and living in Jasonville has a family ut no one seems to know the details.
Katberine Davis secured her Masters Degree in Journalism at North- estern University in 1926 and is now on the staff of the art magazine of e Chicago Evening Post.
Ebba Anderson is teaching in Decatur, Illinois.
Frances Gray is teaching in Hudson, Michigan.
Ethel Van Cleave has added Fosbrink to her name and is teaching in
armel, Indiana.
Vev Ville Hosman is now in Indianapolis.
Bernice McCorkle is still in Poplar, Montana.
Leona Billie Cooper is still in Greencastle.
Margaret Douthitt Anion writes: "Most of my time these days is
ken up by two small boys—Frank, who is two, and Richard, who is x months. Both are darlings but heaps of work. I would love to ear about the girls someway and have missed those fine le*ters Lucy llen sent us." Margaret is in Akron, Ohio,—415 Cuyahoga Falk.
Marie Hedde is still in Logansport and very much interested in the edical profession.
MARRIAGES
Margaret Safford married Harold Dudley and was living in Birming- m the last word that we had from her.
Betty Hieb was married to Bernet Leist (Sigma Nu from Indiana niversity) in Septeml>er and moved to Detroit, but they were to be in rand Rapids later.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Max B. Kitterman (Thelma Sells) a daughter, ean Ann, on September 17, 1926. Thelma lives in Cambridge City, Indi- a.
DELTA
The Alumnae helped the rush party in November. Louis Moore and arneth Moore, ex '28, now at New Hampshire State, were back to wait table.
Marion Brooks Boothby, '11, writes, "We are still waiting for our ouse to be finished. It is going to be worth waiting for. We are sojourn- g all this time in Evasmere Hall, which is an amusing ;nterlude for the oothbys." Marion's husband teaches at W estern Reserve Academy, udson, Ohio.
Katberine Bickford. '11, is teaching in the Nursery Training School f Boston, a school for babies of pre-school age, two to four years.
"Brick" Fields is teaching Latin in Southern Pines. N. Carolina with ue O'Brien.
Pearlc Longley Crawford, '12, has a nine year old daughter who eets her mother's opposition with, "Well, mother, times have changed."
Helen Rowe Foster is in her new home, 286 Central Street, Auburn- ale, Mass.
Doris Morse took a trip to Canada in October.
Alice Towsley is at Brown.
"Scottie" Prescott, '26, is Director of Religious Education in Attleboro,
ass.
"Gladdy" Bryant Moore who for the past year has been traveling
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MARRIAGES
Gladys Harrington, '22. married October 30, 1926 to Maurice Burleigh Tasker, '22, at Hartford, Conn. Her new address is 31 Locust St., Dan- vers, Mass.
BIRTHS
lbs. October 18 to Ruth Wedge Blaisdell. To Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Osburn, M '14, (Gertrude Hooper, J 'IS)
a son Henry Hooper, December 3, 1926, at Hartford, Connecticut.
Adele Russell Loring is the mother of a wee baby but I haven't heard
which a boy or a girl.
Mildred Sullivan's baby is a daughter.
DEATH s
Gladys Keith Shute, '15. who had been very ill for some time in a sanitarium passed away on Wednesday, December 22. She leaves besides her husband three little children, Gladys 9, Phillip 7, and George 3. Our sympathy is extended to her family.
We also extend our sympathy to Frieda Farnsworth who lost her mother. Frieda was herself in the Deaconess hospital in November.
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GAMMA
Fveline Snow Cross answered the appeal for news in the last Td DRAGMA in a most helpful letter. She is as enthusiastic and loyal as ever, the mother of four dear children; Florence May, five years old; Frances Jane, three years; Hugo, a year and a half; Ruel, two months.
Kathleen Snow is winning distinction in her position as city librarian in Rockland, Me. Her library notes are quoted and read and used for models even outside of the state. She went to the Edith Macy girl scout camp in New York State this summer and is a deputy in that work as well as being president of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Rockland.
Madeline Bird, write something for To DRAGMA. Let us know about you and your work. . Helen Reed Bowley is living at 500 Prospect Ave., S. E., Grand
Rapids, Mich.
MARRIAGES
Helena Derby was married on December 25, 1926 to Howard AA Read. They will be at home in Millinocket, Maine.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Haskell (Pauline Derbv), a son. Richard Derby, Ml] April, 1926.
To Mr. and Mrs. Karl C. Wheaton (Antoinette Webb), a daughter, Charlotte Louise, September 27, 1926.
DEATHS
We extend our love and sympathy to the following members. .
To Edith Lord, Frances Stowe and Madeline Herlily. They have eacn lost their father this winter. I To Marion Jordan and Ruth Huntley in the loss of their grandfatne •
GLADYS
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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 337 EPSILON
Marie Hillidge Bradley, '20, was in a serious automobile accident re- ently. Fortunately she escaped without internal injuries, although she uffered from severe nervous shock and bruises.
Helen Grand Watson, '23, (Mrs. Henry Brock Watson, Jr.), is settled n her new home at 13 Belair Road, Wellesley, Mass.
Martha McCormick, '24, became Mrs. Thomas Smythe last June, and s now living in Columbia. S. C, where her husband is teaching in the niversity of South Carolina.
Alice Green Trout, '23, lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Her husband is a urgeon on the staff of one of the prominent hospitals there.
Dr. Thelma Brumfield, '22, is an interne at Bellevue Hospital in New ork.
After a summer in Europe with Elsie Smith, '24, Ruth Oviatt, '24, as returned to the reportorial staff of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Agnes Dobbins Watt, '13, (Mrs. Clyde Watt), is still at Salt Creek, yoming, where she is principal of the high school and her husband as an insurance business.
Violet Ransome, '25, is studying this year at the University of Cali- ornia and is living in Berkeley.
Irma Greenawalt, '21, was actively interested in the organization of he group of Denver alumnae who have become the new Denver alumnae hapter.
Glenside was surely a busy place that day last fall when Katharine onlon Crowley, '12, and her three children stopped off in Ithaca to visit er old roommate, Elsa Guerdrum Allen ,'12, and her four children.
Viola Dengler V er Wiebe, '17, Joanna Donlon Huntington, '18, and ary Donlon, '20, had an Epsilon reunion at the Omicron Pi chapter ouse in Ann Arbor where they were the luncheon guests of the Michigan hapter on Founders' Day.
Epsilon alumnae are delighted that the long contemplated sun parlor nder the sleeping porch at the chapter house has now been constructed. he usefulness and beauty of the house are greatly enhanced.
New addresses include that of Hildegarde Wilson, '25, who is now t 1113 South Fourth Street, Champaign, Illinois; Marion MacBeth, '25, t 104 East Genesee Street, Auburn, New York; and Marjorie Kimball ephart, '25, (Mrs. John R. Gephart), at 1754 Potomac Avenue, Dor- nont, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MARRIAGES
Jean Bright, '21, to C. Lynn Waller, on July 24, 1926. Mr. Waller
s a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1921. They are iving at 10 Media Parkway. Sharpless Manor, Chester, Pa., and the ail address is Box 374, Chester, Pa.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Durkee (Florence Foster, '23) on Octo- er 28, 1926, a daughter, Jane Louise. This porspective Alpha O lives ith her parents at 16 Elm Avenue, Homer, New York.
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A dearth of news has descended upon us. Not that we are not all ctive, interesting, busy and finding life worth living, but no one seems nclined to get married, get engaged, have any children or break into nnt. In such a case, you'll have to read notes about someone else— inny Van, of Omicron Pi writes things worth reading whether we know


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all of the names or not, don't you think? All I can tell you this time is that Howie gave Dot a most heautiful shawl for Christmas and that Charlotte will soon he teaching Kindergarten in earnest, for she gradu- ates from Chicago Normal in February.
Wait!—the Mid-Winter luncheon of the Chicago Alumnae Chapter is to be at the Illinois Women's Athletic Club this noon. The rest of this letter I shall turn over to them.
Marion Abele scribbled the first note. In her hurry this is what she wrote, "Gertrude Nizzi has just announced her engagement to any attorney in Elko, Nevada. Slats insisted that we leave the 'Y' on the 'An'. Anne McCabe said she could do as well as that with some of the other professions, and that's most of the news—or call it what you please."
Merva has been ill—though she's out to a few things occasionally.
Schmidty is coming in to the Art Institute for a series of lectures on History of Art, or some such highbrow subject, every Friday.
Bee Anderson is taking a course in Interior Decoration at the Acade- my, and Anne is back there again on Saturdays.
On December 22 Helen Hawk Carlisle's glee club of nurses from the Evanston Hospital were on the air at station W E B H singing Christmas carols. Assisting Helen in the program, Kay Hamilton and Estelle Swig- art played three very beautiful trios.
MARRIAGES
Helen Thompson and Ben Jostes were married in Bedford, Iowa, on December 29. Ben is from Northwestern Dental School. It is the cul- mination of a romance made-to-order. Ask Gerry and Steve! Ben is practising on the South Side and they will soon be at home at Jeffray Ave., Chicago.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Soper (Dorothy Kerr), a daughter, Marjorie Frances, on December 16, 1926.
DOROTHY DUNCAN.
IOTA
Iota doesn't mean "visit", but Iota chapter's most prized possession is her hospitality, and Iota alumnae have been doing the "visiting"! Most of the guests were present for the big games, especially the Homecoming one. Homecoming, with its banquet, and the annual corporation meeting, was quite a celebration. The corporation meeting was largely a pep meeting for- the house for Iota. Plans are progressing rapidly, and soon everv alumna of Iota will have detailed information. The house is to be ready for occupancy in September 1927. The guest list at Homecoming is: Dorothy Dickinson, '24, Chicago; Bernice Parkhill Dilsaver, ex j*> Mattoon; Beulah Parkhill Howard, ex '23, Chicago; Elsie Noel Waldo, '19, Indianapolis; Annetta S. Wood, '19, Decatur; Lorna Koii, ex Wyoming; Helen Hood, '25, Sparta; Neta L. Giddings, '17, Bloonungtoas Mary Tehon, '13, Urbana; Ellen Kettinger Grover, ex '19, Alton; Marisg Kenney. '19, Champaign; Ermina Price, '19, Cleveland; Minnie Harrs Faust,'Virden; Cetha Wood Fowler, ex '17, Champaign; Betty Renin. '26, Chicago; Gertrude Moor, '25, Mt. Carroll; Jane Gorman Schoenjb* '19, Chicago; Ruth Percival Newton, '18, Urbana; Lucie Burwash, Highland Park; and Florence McKinley, '24, Bloomington. . _ -a
Word comes that Edna Hunter Bowman, a charter member of 1 ^ spent from Thanksgiving until after Christmas under quarantine scarlet fever. Edna, and her two daughters were the sick members.
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Mabelle Denhart, '17, Woodside, Long Island, N. Y., who is visiting her mother, and sister Grace here, and Hazel Stephens Bodeschatz, 54 Lake St., Chicago, who is at home for a time, were guests of the Cham- paign-Urbana Association at their January meeting, a pot-luck supper held January 6.
Dorothy Twig, Home Advisor of Vermilion county, is turn lecturer, and appears at the Champaign Woman's Club in February. Her subject is "Art in the Home". We'll all be there hoping to be converted into artists!
Dotty Hull Birgman, '25, writes about a delightful bridge luncheon given by Louise Feldwisch with "Pinkie" Hood, '25, Evelyn Wissmuth Ganger, '24, and Dot among the guests. Please, more news from St. Louis.
Ruth Percival Newton, Urbana, spent Thanksgiving with Eileen Hun- ter Spencer '19 in Lebanon, and came back full of tales about Eileen's beautiful year and a half old daughter, Jean.
Bernice Parkhill Dilsaver, Mattoon, who has been recovering from a serious operation, is still at her parents. We hear that she is better now, and hope she will soon be "best" again.
Guests at Founders' Day Banquet were: Ruth Newton, Mary Tehon, Daphne Hutson Martin, Gladys Barr, Grace Tinfrock, all of Urbana, and Marie Rutenber Leslie '14, of Brookline, Mass. Marie was home for quite a while before Christmas, and spent much time getting the class re- union underway. She is permanent secretary of her class. Her husband, who is pastor of the Methodist church in Brookline, came to join her, later. We were ever so glad to see Marie, and hope she'll come more often, and send us more pretty things brought from Europe for our next bazaar!
The old saying, "No news is good news,'' is far from right when it comes to a letter about alumnae four times a year. Don't object if the same ones are mentioned, every time. Just write me something about some one I haven't mentioned, and I'll be most appreciative. Any sug- gestions about the new house may also be sent to me. The address is 406 Michigan Avenue, Urbana, 111.
DEATHS
Mr. Feldwisch, father of Louise in the last week in December, at St. Louis.
MARRIAGES
Ruth Bairstow, ex '27, to Harry A. (Swede) Hall, '26 at Waukegan. Betty Rcnnen, '26, was maid of honor.
Bethel Snout, ex '27, to A. J. Reubold, Jr., at Chicago. Their address is 6014 Oakley Avenue, Chicago.
HELEN M. GRIMES.
TAU
Margaret Boothroyd Rasmussen has moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Her address is 514 Ashman Street.
Ellen Reed of Van Wert, Ohio, spent two weeks in November visiting Kathryn Bremer Matson. Ellen is from Sigma chapter.
In honor of Gladys Bamberry, whose engagement is announced in Jhis issue, Margaret McHugh Amberg gave a bridge luncheon in the l a tter part of November.
Betty Bond expects to sail for Europe sometime in March. She will Jeet Dorothy Womrath, '25, in Paris and they will travel in France, •fermany, Holland and Belgium together. Dorothy has been attending "e Sorbonne all winter.