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J£et Us Tell you <About

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How diffcrmt from a Hollywood setting was the play-acting of the fifteenth century.

Jfelen Dietrich, Dramatic ^Alpha 0

I WAS glad when Helen Dietrich may be a enjoyed talking to
ye Power-Thai- distant cousin of the German her. She's a most in-
Re (Wilma Le- Marlene. teresting and versa-
land) asked me if I tile person.
would send her a
story about Helen She hasn't been
Dietrich (*). You in California long,
see, Helen had been and before she came
at the Kappa Theta to Los Angeles, she
house quite a bit, was president of the
and I had always New York Alumna?
chapter.

By J A N E T M A R T I N , Kappa Theta

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I dropped over to her house one afternoon to gather up this story.
After talking of everything (movies in particular), we finally got
around to her.

But first of all, she told me about working in Marlene (pronounced
Mar-lain-ah, by the way) Dietrich's latest picture, ''Dishonored."

"Is she any relation?" I asked.

"She may be—distantly—to my husband. I really wouldn't be sur-
prised."

And this would seem to be a good place to introduce her husband.
He is Jimmie Dietrich, and does that man occupy a unique position at
present! He's the only musician left on the Universal lot. Which speaks
highly of him. He synchronizes those cute little tunes to Oswald the
Rabbit's adventures, and so forth. Helen helps him a lot, because they
are both very clever at simply making a tune come forth from the brain.

When they lived in New York, he worked as a musical director for
Paramount Theater, as well as for other stage shows. He wrote a lot of
the music for the "Bunk of 1926," and helped with 'Oh Kay" and other
musical comedies. All this time, Helen was generally with him, and
helped quite a bit backstage as unofficial adviser.

Her career has been varied to say the least. Upon leaving the Uni-
versity of Kansas, where she majored in music, she became a librarian
at the New York public library. After a couple of years there, she be-
came a social receptionist-nurse for some well-known ear, nose, and
throat specialists. All this time, she was acting as one of WEAF's fore-
most radio pianists.

After her baby daughter was born, she lost so much strength in her
arms that she was forced to give up her heavier piano work. At this
point, she became interested in dramatics. She knew John Murray
Anderson, who was the originator of the "Greenwich Village Follies,"
the "Music Box Revue," and later the creator of the "King of Jazz."
She decided that she would like to enter his dramatic school.

She got her wish, for he told her he would see that she received
dramatic training in return for her services as accompanist. While she
was at this school, she accompanied such people as Michio Ito, the
Japanese dancer; Hope Hampton; Pavlowa's original dancing partner,
and many others.

Upon leaving the school, she worked into operettas, although her
bent was more in the dramatic line. When her baby was nine months
old, she went on the road for a while. Upon her return to New York,
she played on Broadway.

While she played in operettas, she coached many singers on the side.
Among these was William O'Neill, the original Red Shadow in "Desert
Song." She also coached him for "New Moon." I was thrilled to hear
this last, for I've often admired his voice. I f you have, remember that
Helen was a big power behind the throne because—I'll tell you a secret:
in reality, William hardly knows one note from the other!

Helen hadn't thought of taking up voice for herself to any great extent

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The Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, California

St's Cfun 'Representing

<Alpha 0

Says M U R I E L T U R N E R M C K I N N E Y , Lambda

FOR several years the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California, has
been host to sorority conventions. This year has been no exception.
I returned from our own Troutdale Convention just in time to at-
tend the Beta Sigma Omicron Panhellenic dinner on July 3. A more
charming group of executives would be hard to find. Most of them south-
ern, they transplanted the hospitality for which the south is famous, to
j^eir convention. The guests did not represent all members of National

anhellenic, but were the national officers, district superintendents, and
alumna? district superintendents who live in or near Los Angeles. The
guests and Beta Sigma Omicron officers were seated at a long table facing
ne dining room where the rest of the convention delegates were seated

1 small tables. Besides each place card was a lovely corsage of gar-
enias. After a most delightful luncheon, we returned to the lounge and
ound bridge tables awaiting us. So our exchange of ideas continued over
et h cards.

Alpha Gamma Delta convention followed closely after Beta Sigma

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Omicron. Their invitations went to all National Panhellenic Grand Presi- Th
dents, with the request that the invitations be extended to another mem-
ber if the President could not be present in person. I was fortunate in Sc
having Elizabeth Wyman's invitation come to me. To facilitate the
handling of the large guest list, special hostesses were assigned to be chapte
responsible for the welfare of each guest. They were seated with six report
Alpha Gamma Deltas at small tables. At each guest's place was a most presse
interesting package. Upon further investigations, it proved to contain a ber w
bronze paper weight in the form of a galleon. On the center sail, was a schola
replica of the Alpha Gamma Delta summer camp pin. who r
the fir
After dinner the Grand President, Miss Delia C. Martin, welcomed ties o
the guests and introduced Louise Leonard, who gave a short talk on i'And y
"Modern Greeks." Miss Martin then invited every one into the con- arship
vention hall to a program on Alpha Gamma Delta's altruistic work, a
summer camp in Jackson, Michigan. Here, through motion pictures, rt
supplemented by oral explanation, we learned that during the summer many
of 1930, 263 small boys and girls from 116 families had been cared for; ters ha
that the Alpha Gamma Delta workers numbered 76 with 26 chapters Jtor im
represented; that of these workers 46 were undergraduates and 32
alumnae; that each worker spent two weeks and each child ten days; Le
that the workers did everything for the camp with the help of one Boy 'his y
Scout; that this included cooking, with the necessary fixing of vegetables P -s h l
and the washing of dishes, the housekeeping, as well as looking out for an ho
the children, their work and their play. One complete day was given achiev
hour by hour, that everyone might know how the time was spent. I am a s we
sure the program was an inspiration to every one present. numb
activi
St Was a Qreat (Convention reclUir
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with Mrs. Perry's autograph for their fine contribution to the history. ^afJes
Miss Wyman announced the To DRAGMA prizes. Inness Morris Ellis memb
( n ) , won the five dollar prize for the best article published in To
DRAGMA; Bertha Rado Muckey ( X ) , five dollars for the best poem;
Janet Martin (K©), five dollars for the most efficient chapter editor.
Margaret Ritter ( A ) , editor of the Los Angeles Alumnae chapter and
Marie Moebus Jorgenson (A<I>), editor of Alpha Phi alumnae notes were
given honorable mention, since no prizes are awarded to these editors.

It was most impressive to see Mrs. Perry, our first Grand President,
present a Past Grand President's ring to Miss Wyman, our thirteenth
Grand President while Miss Wyman, in turn, slipped a ring on Mrs.
Perry's finger.

The banquet song fell softly from our lips and another convention
was a riiemory.

We didn't part ways, though, until after luncheon at the Boulderado
Hotel in Boulder on Saturday. Denver Alumnae chapter and Chi Delta
were our hostesses, and they gave us a cheery time by which to re-
member them.

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f j f i t the "Books

• ^Makes a

he Editor that 1931-32

Vlea Cjfine

"Be a year

cholastic son must make bet-
ter than average
HEN the grades. Put an em-
under- bargo on "flunks" by
graduate helping the girl
ers gave their whose work proves
ts, we were im- especially hard for
ed by the num- her, by deciding that
who had won lessons come before
arship cups or dates, by organizing
ranked among and maintaining a
rst three sorori- study table each
on their campi. night or afternoon in
yet, the Schol- a quiet, pleasant
p Officer's re- room. A little concen-
showed that tration goes a long
of our chap- way and accom-
had ample room plishes far more
mprovement. than hours of mind-
roaming reading.
et us dedicate
year to scholar- Albert Edward
Wiggam says that
Let us make the student earning
onest effort to the best grades in
ve high grades college has been
ell as a great proved by exhaus-
ber of campus tive surveys to be
ities. This will the most successful
re the coopera- person after college.
°f every mem- What will be your
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aise the failing
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bers. Each per-

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^y^nd J-fere ^4re the District up

NUMA A. SURGEON (NK), who is our Southern Superintendent, 1.
entered Southern Methodist University as a high school honor 2.
graduate and went directly into the honor section for freshmen. 3.
She was initiated into Alpha Omicron Pi during her first term with a 4.
B average. 5.
6.
She was secretary of the Junior
Arden Club, a dramatic group, sec-
retary of the Pan-Forensic, a
group composed of representatives
of all the speech organizations in
school, secretary of the Students
Association and of the Honor
Council, becoming a member in
B<I>0, honorary French fraternity.
She was S.M.U. Princess at the an-
nual pageant at the Fort Worth.
Texas, Stock Show. As women's
representative she attended the
Students' Federation meeting in
Lincoln, Nebraska. Her name was
to be found in the "Who's Who"
section of the university year-
book, among the members of Dec-

N U M A Aauowica S U R G E O N ( N K ) ,

Southern District

ima (S.M.U.'s Mortar te
Board), A0<3>, hon- se
orary scholastic frater- S
nity with standards of
$BK, the Philosophy w
and Psychology Club. P
Numa majored in phi-
losophy and psychol- G
ogy making an A in
her final major exami-
nation. Graduating
with honors, she was

I . I C I L E ZlEGELM AIER HAERTEL ( T ) ,

Midiecstern District

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perintendents ^

. Edith Collins, At-

lantic

. Mary G. Mauley,

Ohio

. Margaret Spcngler,

Great Lakes

. Lucile Haeriel, Mid-

western

. Numa Surgeon,

Southern

. Celeste Etcheverry,

Pacific

MARY (!KRTRI;DE MAN LEY (B4>),

Ohio I'alley District

awarded a University Scholarship
for graduate work. Strange as it
may seem, she assisted in the biol-
ogy department, taught Shakes-
peare classes that the professor
might go camping, loaned a profes-
sor of government a paper on
"Pragmatic Philosophy" to be used
in his classes. Her interests now lie
in sports and dramatics as well as
fraternity work.

As an undergraduate she held

every office except the presidency in

the chapter. Since graduation she

has been secretary and president of

CELESTE LACOSTE ETCHEVERRY ( A ) , the Dallas Alumnae Chapter, alum-

Pacific District na adviser to Nu Kappa and the
alumna? delegate to City Panhel-

enic. She has helped X i with problems of rush and house, and she repre-

ented Dallas at Troutdale Convention. As you know by now, she is

Southern District Superintendent.

These facts we gleaned from Ethel May Brodnax, but your editor
would like to add that Numa is as beautiful as she is brilliant and that
Part of her beauty wells from a kindly, understanding heart.

We caught Margaret Melaas Spengler, who has been reappointed
Great Lakes District Superintendent, as she was about to dash to Madi-

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son to help with rushing. Someone had called her the night before to
say that she was needed in the receiving line. There you have a picture
of "Peg." She's always ready to go when and where she's needed, and
best of all, she knows what to do when she gets there. Eta girls have
never ceased to call her an "active," in spite of the fact that she was
graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1 9 1 9 and was in Madison
for but two years thereafter. That was while she was assistant state
chemist, the first woman ever to be appointed to that position. She
worked with the State Food and Dairy Commission, testing everything
from "epidemic ripe olives" to chicken feed and fur coats. She was
president of Eta's Alumna? Association and alumna adviser during that
time. Eta Clips, that interesting alumna: newspaper, has been under her
wing at various and sundry times since she has been married. She has
been alumnae notes editor to To DRAGMA for several years, and she
formed the reception committee when your editor moved to her town.
Her husband is Judge Silas Spengler of Oshkosh, and "Peg" dispenses
the hospitality required of a judge's wife. We wish you could see her at
home with Master Billie, aged 9, Miss Susan, aged 5 and young Silas
who is just a wee year. Xor does her activity end with family and fra-
ternity. An interested club woman, she is vice president of the Sixth Dis-
trict of the Federated Woman's Clubs of Wisconsin.

Lucile Ziegelmaier Haertel ( T ) , has been reappointed District Super-
intendent for the Mid-Western District. Graduating in 1920 from the
University of Minnesota, Lucile taught English outside of Minneapolis
for ten years. Then she became the wife of Walter D . Haertel whom you
conventioners will remember, and returned to Minneapolis. Although she
has continued to teach English and coach dramatics at West High School,
Lucile has always had time to answer the calls of the sorority. She was
president of the Minneapolis alumna1 chapter at a time when the chapter
needed a good organizer; she was chairman of the Minneapolis Conven-
tion Committee; and she was one of the girls who worked diligently for
Tau's new house. She has been a District Superintendent since 1928, and
her experience is very valuable to the chapters in her district.

Vivian Strahm Smith (<£), says of the Ohio Valley Superintendent:
"There is already a large number of Alpha O's to whom Mary Ger-
trude Manley of Beta Phi needs no introduction. She has been prominent
in the service of our fraternity ever since she was graduated from In-
diana University in 1924.

"During her undergraduate career she was a Panhellenic delegate
and vice president for her chapter. Since her graduation she has been
an active member of the Indianapolis Alumna? chapter, once president of
the chapter, and more than once an alumna Panhellenic delegate. In ad-
dition to all this and adjacent to it, she has been a member of the Com-
mittee on Expansion, a member of the Committee on Fraternity Ex-
aminations, and is now serving her second term as District Superin-
tendent.

"But that isn't all. Of course, she has a private life. Part of it con-
sists in Avorking in her father's office during rush seasons, and she takes

OCTOBER, 1931

MARGARET MELAAS SPENGLER ( H ) , EDITH RAMSEY COLLINS (N),

Great Lakes District Atlantic District

it seriously enough that last winter she enrolled at a business college in
Indianapolis for a secretarial course. Another part of Mary Gertrude's
life is golf. I n golfing weather she spends a good deal of time on the
links, and they say that she is an enthusiastic, but more important yet,
a skilled, player.

"Mary Gertrude is also a seasoned traveler. She thinks nothing of a
jaunt to the tip of Florida fdr a few weeks in the winter, and just as non-
chalantly she starts off for a trip to Europe. She comes back looking
radiant, tells you she had a wonderful time, and cheerfully answers any
questions you may ask. But I've never heard her offer comment unin-
vited, or give a small travel talk on her impressions of Capri."

Francis McNelly ( A ) , is proud to introduce to all Alpha O's, Ce-
leste Lacoste Etcheverry, who is to assume her position as Pacific Dis-
trict Superintendent. Dark, slender, distinctive in apjx?arance, and
charming in manner, she arrests the attention of the sorority woman at
once. Thereafter, she holds it by her kindness, her quiet sense of humor,
and her spirit.

As Celeste Lacoste she was well known on the University of Cali-
fornia campus where she took a prominent part in dramatics. In addition
to this she was identified with the activities of Sigma of which she is a
charter member.

She graduated in May, 1905, and was married on June 1. As Mrs.
Etcheverry she has maintained her interest in the fraternity, both active
da n alumna. She was in very close touch with the chapter at California,
and they selected her to dedicate their beautiful new house in Septem-
ber, 1929.

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Her bond with the fraternity was further strengthened when her <
niece, Antoinette Lacoste Schulte, became an Alpha 0 at Stanford Uni-
versity. For the past four years she has, of course, been very interested
in the activities of Lambda.

Last year a group of Alpha O's, the majority of which are from
Lambda, organized the Peninsula group to give assistance to the Stan-
ford house. Mrs. Etcheverry is the president for the coming year.

We, who have known her gracious presence, feel assured that a wiser
choice could not have been made in a fraternity officer, and those who
do not yet know her may anticipate a pleasant and a profitable meeting.

The Atlantic District Superintendent is Edith Ramsey Collins, bet-
ter known as "Edie." Her college career was as unexpected as the girl
in the average novel. She signed up to write in a competition about
department stores, while she was in high school. Not because she had
any intention of writing, she says, but just that she might see the inner
sanctums of said stores which interested her. Thus she heard of the New
York University School of Retailing which was conducting the contest.
Eventually she became one of the student body of that school, and for
three years she commuted from Kew Gardens, Long Island. I t was dur-
ing one of these years that Edith pledged Alpha O. George Rowland Col-
lins was a teacher of one of her classes, and another fictional romance
ended by Edith becoming Mrs. Collins in 1924. At present she is secre-
tary to a surgeon in New York, and Monday nights find her at Nu Chap-
ter meetings as their adviser. An attractive, young blonde, Edith will be
a splendid superintendent for she has had experience enough in active
and alumna? work to stand her in hand now.

Do you Know That

Three of eight chapters in the Southern District won scholarship cups.
Tau initiated eleven of twelve pledges.
Three members of Alpha Sigma were on the Honor Roll.
Beta Phi had the highest scholarship of any group on the Indiana
campus.

Out of eleven <I>K4> members, two 'were members of Beta Phi.
Beta Tau won the scholarship cup at the University of Toronto.
Chi Delta went without luncheon at the house for a month and gave the
money to a fund for the unemployed.

One of four Cornell <I>BK women was a member of Epsilon.
Iota won the Shi-Ai swimming meet at the University of Illinois.
Iota has had two May Queens in three years.

Kappa won the scholarship cup with an average of 90.10. Three of four
seniors were members of <f>BK.

Omicron won the scholarship cup at the University of Tennessee.
Grace Tyler ( T A ) , was Miss Birminghant-Southern and May Queen.

OCTOBER, 1931 of ^Alpha 59

<l£ing a £ong 0

ALPHA We Jfave
OMICRON a
PI
'Brand

^ongbook

"Y\0 YOU know the words of "Vm Alpha Born?" Of "AOII's the
I One for Me?" You don't? Fie, for shame! Hut perhaps you've had
a good excuse. The last year's seniors carried off all the song

books—such as the fragments of them were. Or you've been out of
school so long that your book is packed in the attic at home with other
college relics or the baby got ahold of it one day. Yes, those were good
excuses, once!

But no longer! For there's a new edition of the song book, a real
A o n perfect one with a ruby red cloth binding stamped in white. It's
not just good looking—it's beautiful!

Inside those red covers are songs galore, the best-loved old ones
and a score or more of new ones. They say that singing gladdens the
heart. We're surprised that no one has proposed song fests to end the
depression, but we might lead the way.

Teach your daughters the songs. We know one child who loves them,
and we sing them on our Sunday afternoon excursions. Begin rushing
future AOM's early with "As I was going down the hall."

Buy a song book and see how it goes. You may have a copy by
mailing a dollar, silver, paper or check, to the AOn Central Office, Box
262, State College, Pennsylvania.

Do it now. Let's sing and end the depression.

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tOMars
"Bids
^Admittance

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A O I I Convention in 1950, at Mid-Pacific Airport, As Dramatized
Stunt Night by the Pacific District

Grand Prexy (Tony Schulte, with four nice prexies): (In rhythm)
"Will the meeting come to order?
Will the meeting come to order?"

All:
"O.K. right away!
O.K. right away!"

G. Prexy:
"Roll call right away and say:
We'll have reports the same old way!"

Delegate from India (Roberta Robnette, A S ) :
"I'm from Gandhi's great big state
Came by submarine so I wouldn't be late
India has a chapter now
Are we smart down there—and how!"

Delegate from Greece (Florence King, A S ) :
"I'm the Grecian delegate
Now, you see, we're up to date.
We dance and sing and even date
And that's how we expect to rate."

Delegate from Timbuctoo (Gautier Harris, S ) :
"I'm from the land of Timbuctoo
The original home of the boop boop a doo
They dance with their feet
They dance with their hands
But the best dance of all is the last big leap."

North Pole delegate (Helen White, A P ) :
"I'm the girl from the north pole group
As we enter the house we have to stoop.
We are students and pole sitting champs,
And we do our studying by whale oil lamps."

OCTOBER, 1931

Hawaiian delegate (Margaret Poulton, K 6 ) :

"I'm the girl from Waikiki

I came by surf-board, speed—that's me

Our chapter house is in a crater

I'll tell you about it a little bit later!"

Chinese delegate (Marty Beeuwkes, T ) :

" I came from China across the ocean

A country always in a commotion

Every year we have a revolution

And Alpha O may prove the solution!"

Monte Carlo delegate (Betty Israel, A P ) :

"I'm the girl from Monte Carlo

But that's no sign we all wear a halo

We used to gamble and play roulette

But now we're good Alpha O's you bet."

South Pole delegate (Ditto Beeuwkes, T ) :

"I skied me up from Little America

And this is what I came to tell ya

That down there in our city of snow

The best of us is Alpha 0."

Nevada delegate (Kathryn Mayhew, A S ) :

"I'm a little Reno gal

Wedding rings and courts, my pal.

Do I pay 'era?

No—I slay 'em!"

Finland delegate (Elizabeth Plummer, A S ) :

"In Finland every Alpha O

Lives in a hut of ice and snow.

I came here by fastest plane

Straight across the bounding main."

Grand Prexy:

"Break down the bars

The delegates from Mars

Are here to petition

Our fraternity condition."

Delegates from Mars enter (Virginia Battey, K G and Florence Summerbell, KO)

"We're from Mars up in the stars

We came by rocket in an air pocket

We have a petition; we want recognition

We hope to be in your fraternity

In our college we gain much knowledge

We learned about the earth from the day of its birth

I n Mars the women rule, for there each man's a fool.

(Change of rhythm)

"We came to trade our thoughts of mind

Ai? tnAnd hope in us you'll something find."

yP r e x : " eT e l 1 m do you want discussion?"

"No, we're ready for the question."

if*4H y: " W h o "w i stipulate the motion?"
r p" > second."1 5 0 m o v e
a n d 1 so

All- ™Xy: ' ^ e t s "a U n ° t e before we croak."
"Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye!"
Delegates^ from Mars:

n » 'e r e ^ a p P y that you want us here

G Pn ^ t e l 1 t h o s e i n t h e stratosphere."

"T^e m e e t ' n g ' s adjourned for a trip to Mars
It'll just take a couple of hours."

END

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SP U R R E D on, no doubt, by the success of the Panhellenic House a
of New York, the fraternity men of America's largest city have »
laid plans to construct a Fraternity Clubs Building to be owned
and operated exclusively by Greek-letter men in New York. The pro- S
posed building is of the set-back tower type of architecture and will be
30 stories in height. The estimated cost, during this era of lowered prices,;
will be $2,500,000.

Greek-letter building activity is not confined to the New York area*]
however, for several fraternities have built or have announced plans for

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central office structures. First on the list, of course, comes Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, whose $400,000 Levere Memorial Temple at Evanston, Illinois,
was completed and dedicated last December. This beautiful building is
constructed of Lannon stone with white limestone trim and contains,
in addition to the executive offices of the fraternity, a beautiful chapel,
a Panhellenic room, a large museum, an equally large library, dining
rooms, a suite of living rooms for the executive secretary, and many
other smaller rooms. In its tower is a set of chimes that play SAE songs
every hour.

Then there is Phi Kappa Tau, a young fraternity founded in 1906
that has just completed a two-story central office structure at its birth-
place, Oxford, Ohio. This building, while not large, has ample space for
the present central administration and for future expansion. Constructed
at a cost of $50,000, it will pay for itself in rentals within a few years. It
is built of red brick, has limestone trim, and its architectural motif is
Georgian Colonial.

Phi Gamma Delta has announced its intention of constructing its
central office in Washington, D.C., in the form of an octagonal Greek
temple in the heart of the Embassy district where it owns a corner lot.
The structure will be built of white limestone in a severe classical style.

The fourth to announce plans for an executive office building is
Sigma Chi whose temple committee has published plans for a cross-
shaped building of classical design to cost $500,000.

As THIS issue of To DRAGMA reaches you your National Panhellenic
delegate, Pinckney Estes Glantzberg, your Grand President and editor
will be packing preparatory to attending the biannual meeting of the
National Panhellenic Congress which is being held this year at St. Louis,
Missouri, at the Statler Hotel. Your editor is secretary of the Editor's
Conference.

ALPHA O'S WILL be interested to learn that Dr. Francis W. Shepard-
son, national president of Beta Theta Pi, vice president of Phi Beta
Kappa, and national editor of The Beta Theta Pi, has resigned his edi-
torship after long years of service. The new editor is Gordon Smyth
(pronounced Smith), who hails from Philadelphia. Dr. Shepardson is
probably the world's best known and loved fraternity leader. He has
done a great deal to "sell" the fraternity system to the public, and he
has always worked for interfraternity harmony.

a»tTJpARDS s l v HA VE BEEN received announcing the installation of a chapter
e n n y College by KA0; at Iowa State College by AZ; at
a nia State

>ollins College by A * ; and, at Washburn College by BXO. The Univer-

.l t v of Cincinnati has a new chapter of <PM, and F<PB has entered McGill

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University. Theta Upsilon has announced the installation of chapters at
Utah State Agriculture College, at the University of New Hampshire,
at Westminster College, and at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

•

A L P H A GAMMA D E L T A has a nice custom of sending a small card to
each Alpha Gamma Delta member at the birth of the first child. The
card was designed by a member. The Ohio State Chapter of T K E sends
each first-born child a cherry and gray (fraternity colors) blanket with
a Teke pledge button embroidered in one corner.

<y4lpha 0 Sleets Qrand Officers

(Continued from page 15)

not be necessary to even remind you of her fine accomplishments in
To DRAGMA in the past four years plus one issue, and when she was
elected secretary of the Sorority Editors' Association of National Pan-
hellenic, she not only brought added honor to her name but to our
fraternity. Past numbers of To DRAGMA have told you of her busy school
days, but I feel that we might well recall those days and be proud that
Wilma was a member of one of our chapters. She came to Tau chapter
a junior from Rockford College where she left a blazing trail of scholastic
achievement. Tau elected her their treasurer and Panhellenic delegate,
and after graduation a member of their Board of Alumna Advisers.
She was a member of A A H , honorary French; <PBK; was the recipient
of the Class of 1890 Fellowship at the University of Minnesota; and
graduated in 1925 with a B.A. degree being honored with magna cum
laude. That summer Wilma married Leland F . Leland, also of the Uni-
versity of Minnesota (and he's fascinating to know and good to look at),
and the following year she studied for her master's degree and was an
assistant in the English department. You must know blonde, curly-headed
Nancy, too; she's in kindergarten and "has a swing and two teeth out,"
she proudly told me.

Jfelen 'Dietrich, zsfctress

(Continued from page 50)

until she met Clementine de Vere, who used to be a Metropolitan prima
donna, and who is now in her seventies. She saw possibilities in Helen's
voice, and gave her lessons in pay for some accompanying.

"In fact," says this Alpha O, "it has been accompanying I've done
most, it seems." And the people she has accompanied would fill a Who's
Who.

Yes, she's musical, but she's also a clever writer. In fact, I finally got
her to give me a poem or two that she's written, and you'll see them in
this issue.

J^ooking at ^/tlpha 0 s

PHOTO BY WITZEL
Carrie Bright Kisller is second vice president goifvetshebeLnoesfitAnpgeerlfeosrmWanocae.s
an s Symphony Orchestra. The Los Angeles Ebell
frequently for their fine philanthropies.—Los Angeles Times

m

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PHOTO BY PAUL STONE-RAYMOR Grace Esdohr (I), was May
Queen at the University of
Illinois, May 9-10.—Philadel-

phia Ledger.

The World J^ooks at <Alpha 0 s

-

The Buccaneer was the jolly craft of Omicron which won first place at Camicus
last spring. Martha Hawkins, Mary Seale, and Nell Noivlin are the pilots.

Marie Collins (K), Margaret 1/ pson Annie Boisseau
was a member of (Z), was elected (K), was also an
the May Court on Junior member attendant in the
May day at Ran- the A.W.S. Boar May Day Court.

dolph-Macon. ice president of
the Big S i s t e r
Board, and a mem
ber of Vestals, an
honorary organxta
tion for outstand
ing women in the
College of Arts
aUnndiveSrcsiietny ceofatNtehbe-
raska. She is a
charter member
and first president
of A A 4>.

The World J^poks at <Alpha O's

Eleanor Powell (K), has represented Vir-
ginia for the past two years at the Rho-

dodendron Festival in Asheville.

Ed win a Coulbourn
(K), was an attendant
of the queen of May
Day at Randolph-Ma-
con. She also repre-
sented Virginia at the
Rhododendron Festi-
val in Asheville, North
Carolina, as an ap-
pointee of Governor
Pollard.

Whaf" •G""n <° ' 3 3 > ' «"« °"* Of Six
seciif * , , 5 ' M r « appeared in the beauty
"•on of the University of Tennessee Margaret Dorr (P), is president of
yearbook. W.A.A. at Northwestern University.

O

The World J^ooks at <Alpha O's

Myn Baumann Force (Z '08), ii the mother of Eunice Helena Force ('33), who is an
dcrgraduate at Lambda chapter.

lone Mathis Adams (K '07), and her Virginia Warner (A*), is president and
charming daughter, lone Agee Adams national editor of Spurs, national sopho-
more organisation. She is also a member
(KO '34) are a pair of Memphis
Alpha O's. of Eurodelphcan and Home Eco-
nomics Club.

OCTOBER, 1931

U1U&

(§ilent

By H E L E N J E N K S D I E T R I C H , Phi
Is your failure to speak a fear?
Such cruel silence I fain would banish—
Long months I've waited,
For that sound, that word beseeching
Yea, even search to find an answer from me.
But yet you do not speak,
You wait through the days for some hidden truth
Perhaps e'en a treasure.
But you fail—
You are too proud, unbending one.

Qan I Cforget?

(To Jennie Mickle Wood)
By GRACE BURTON, Tau Delta
Can I forget the dainty grace of you?
Enchanting in your earthly house of clay.
Your eyes like stars afloat in yonder blue,
Will smile at me at close of each new day.
Can I forget the gold tint of your hair?
Those precious curls that framed your happy face.
Your voice so sweet, like music on the air,
Will echo back . . . fond memories interlace.
Can I forget the noble heart of you?
Forgetting self that someone else might gain.
Can I forget your creed, "I would be true"?
From angel-choirs I hear that glad refrain.
I shall see your face in every new-blown flower
Until the morn . . . blest dissolution hour.

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The ^Meaning of the Ityse

By B E R T H A M A R I E B R E C H E T H A Y D E N , Tau

Of all the beautiful flowers friends.
That Heavenly kindness sends,
The rose is the living symbol
Of the love in the hearts of our

The roots are our deepest feelings,
As shown when sorrow is near;
The stems are the living beauty
Of sympathy and cheer.

The leaves are the lovely expressions
Of all that is generous and kind,
As they drink in the warmth of the sunshine
Of the kindred spirits they find.

But roots, stems, and leaves are as nothing,
Bereft of all meaning those,
If they do not come to fulfillment
In forming the perfect rose.

The full-blown rose, with its beauty.
Its fragrance and freshness sweet,
The rose with its breath of Heaven,
The loveliest flower we meet.

And after the roses come petals,
That fall with never a sound,
Slowly forming a carpet
Of color to brighten the ground.

And following the petals come memories
Of pleasure and pain combined,
And we never forget the roses
For the fragrance they leave behind.

So of all the beautiful flowers friends.
That God in his kindness sends,
The rose is the living symbol
Of the love in the hearts of our

I^ainbow

By BOBBY R E I D , Alpha Sigma

The rainbow is sky.

A mannequin,
Svelte and sophisticated.
Posed against the blue backdrop of the
She slowly fades away,
Secure in the knowledge
That she was worth the pot of gold
At her feet.
Madness I

OCTOBER, 1931 -\1

9 OS

It

J\u Kappa Qirl Wins Cfrench Scholarship

f T 1 EXACTLY to hang at four hours of an-

JL swering questions about the language and

habits, the history and traditions of the people

of France won a summer trip abroad and six

weeks of study in the Sorbonne University

for Miss Carolyn Davidson ( N K ) , 19-year-old

daughter of M r . and Mrs. Neal Davidson,

4813 Gaston Avenue.

She w i l l sail June 18 w i t h a study party

headed by W. M . Briscoe, head of the French

department of Baylor University. Miss David-

son is a senior student in Southern Methodist

University and Dr. C. F. Zeek, head of the

S.M.U. French department, was notified by

telegraph Friday afternoon that her grade of

°5 on the examination had won the scholar-

ship, worth $500. The contest was national,

having more than 100 contestants.

The trip will include a stay in Paris in

a home of some noteworthy French family.

Miss Davidson has studied French during

her four years in S.M.U. and first took up the

language while a student in the Miss Hockaday CAROLYN DAVIDSON
bchool for Girls. She has made an average

°f A on all studies during four years in S.M.U. I n her junior year she was elected

to_ Alpha Theta Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity, and is president of Beta Phi

theta, honorary French fraternity, and a member of Phi Alpha Theta, honorary

^story fraternity.

Also Miss Davidson is a member of Decima, composed of the ten highest-

ranking senior women in the university. She won the Decima Lantern, the highest

award given to S.M.U. women, for scholarship, leadership and character; the

yerman Club, the International Relations Club, and the Arden Club.—Dallas

Morning News

"Overruled" at 'Pasadena Jfouse

p L I Z A B E T H W I L B U R ( A ) , popular stage actress of San Francisco and Los
p , Angeles, whose performance recently in the Pasadena Community Playhouse
p auction of "Manv Waters" received wide praise, will play one of the wives in
*i n Presentation of "Overruled."

68 To DRAGMA

cMartha Walton Dies Suddenly

MA R T H A W A L T O N ( Z ) , passed away Sunday evening, M a y 17. There were
many tragedies in her life and the last which occurred last Friday afternoon
proved too much.

Always cheerful, so understanding and apparently happy, she had refused to
permit her troubles to cast any shadows on the lives of those she loved.

Lincoln was Miss Walton's home, though much time had been spent in travel
abroad and at home. When away, she never failed to take advantage of her
opportunities and much time was devoted to study though only her intimate friends
appreciated the depth of her knowledge.

She was a proficient French student and well versed i n the study of arts and
decorating. Her friends could not be counted and were to be found in this country
and abroad.

Miss Walton was a member of the Church of the H o l y T r i n i t y where she was
confirmed April 29, 1906, under Bishop Williams; was affiliated w i t h many Lincoln
clubs, and her sorority at the University of Nebraska was Alpha Omicron Pi.

She is the last of the old Walton family whose first home was on a part of
the present site of College View. She was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon w i t h
her brother, whose death occurred last Friday.—Lincoln State Journal

^Melita ^killen ^Adapts Tlay to T^adio

K I T T Y , " the second playlet to be presented by the Players' Guild of Evanston
, over W G N at 9:30 next Saturday evening, is an adaptation of a recent
front page story in the Tribune. I t was adapted by Miss Melita H . Skillen ( E ) ,
director of the Guild. K i t t y was her first name, and she was known as such to
hundreds of detectives, judges, and attorneys who patronized a grill adjoining police
headquarters. K i t t y was not merely a waitress. She was a confessor and sometimes
a jester as well. K i t t y died recently and her many friends buried her. The playlet
tells her story.—Chicago Tribune

Qity ^Panhellenic (jives 'Bridge

T P W E N T Y - T H R E E national sororities represented in Los Angeles City Pan-
-L hellenic Association, of which Miss Helen Haller (f2), is president, sponsored a
bridge-tea benefit at the Beverly Hills Hotel Saturday, January 17, to provide
scholarships for the University of Southern California and University of California
at Los Angeles. M r s . Melville S. Richardson, vice president and social chairman of
City Panhellenic, of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, and Mrs. Robert Pearson of Alpha
Delta Pi assisted Miss Haller, statistical secretary of U.S.C., in arrangements and
also the fashion show.

Assistant hostesses were Mmes. Walter Burbank, T . R. Curran, H . W . Coffin,
Craig Nason, Paul Dodds, H . J. Chab, C. W. Geigerich, E. E. Prindle, J. D . Webster,
B. F . Good, Ella Dodds, Aubrey A . Curtis, H . S. Winkler, A . V . Annis, F . S.
Fisher, and Misses Evelyn Martin, Katherine Hanson, Marian Stites and Florence
Koehler.—Los Angeles Times

Tau Delta ^Mourns Jennie Wood's Death

7 T T H heads bowed, hearts crushed and pin draped, T a u Delta spent the week
V V of August 13-20 i n mourning.

Jennie Mickle Wood ('28), was shot August 4 by an unknown assailant and
died August 13.

As alumna adviser, and one who beamed with true sorority spirit, Jennie held
a unique place i n the hearts of active and alumna? members that can never be
filled. She was president of T a u Delta her senior year and was graduated w i t h
highest honors.—Alice Nelson Burton ( T A )

OCTOBER, 1931 69

^4lpha 0, Nominee for Qpunty Register

ARGARET M . B U R N E T (N, charter

member), a kindly spinster lawyer, has

for a quarter of a century "worked her head

off" to help elect her political friends to office,

but when the latter got together the other day

and turned the tables on Miss Burnet, nominat-

ing her for Register of New York County,

she hastily packed her bags and fled the city.

" I ' m going to my place in Maine and I

won't be back until after Labor Day," was the

word she left behind.

By her absence Miss Burnet did not mean

to let down her Republican co-workers of the

Tenth Assembly District, her friends felt. Ac-

cordingly, they got together at the Assembly

clubhouse last night to plan her campaign for

the November election.

Republican leaders believe that the lawyer,

with her "marvelous background for public

service," is about the only woman in the city

who can lick the Democratic candidate, Martha

Byrne, at the polls.

Only Miss Burnet's closest friends know

about Jamie, the "corporation baby." Jamie's

father was a city worker, who labored on the

streets.

"During the winter, a few years ago," a

friend related, "Jamie's father was not properly

clothed to keep out the cold. He took pneu-

monia and died, leaving a very young and MARGARET M . BURNETT ( N )

penniless mother to care for Jamie.

"The struggle was too difficult for the

young mother. She told her troubles to some of the ladies in the Tenth Assembly

District. Finally the word got around to Miss Burnet that little Jamie, then an

undernourished, pinched-faced little fellow, needed a home."

The upshot of it was that Jamie, who is now about six, just naturally belongs

to Miss Burnet and she to Jamie. He accompanied her to Maine.

Her feminine instincts prompted the Republican leader night after night, i t is

said, to offer her legal services free to aid unfortunate women i n the night courts.

_ "She is going to be a hard woman to beat," M r s . Charlotte Farrar, co-leader

with Clarence H . Fay, of the Tenth District, said today.—New York World-

Telegram

Tau ffirl Teaches in Denmark

' T O M O R R O W Miss Elizabeth Pierce Ebeling of Glencoe, will leave f o r Montreal

where she w i l l sail Saturday for Denmark on board the Empress of France.

Aliss Ebeling is a granddaughter of Mrs. W . Byron Pierce of West F o r t y - f o u r t h

a/n!' ' ' ' 8S v s t m nere f°r t n e week-end. She w i l l be an instructor of English

th t f . ^ n ' v e r s ' t y of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a graduate of

yea ? yi v e r s i t of Minnesota, class of 1930. She received her master's degree this

0 * ' r o m the University of Minnesota. Miss Ebeling is a member of Alpha

BoaC^°n * 'a n c rneta Sigma Phi sororities. She was also a member of Mortar

Jot/nJi^ W a s P ir o r n n e n t " n other activities while at the university.—Minneapolis

70 To DRAGMAI O

S^jne rAlpha O's Meet at "Q/" Conference

pi

T H E Y.W.C.A. Conference at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in June each year brings! G
girls f r o m all over the Middle West. So it was not unusual when nine Alpha] C
O's from five chapters found each other at the last conference. They are: M a r y Jo B
Enochs (O), Elsbeth Crane ( ! ' ) , Katherine Altorfer ( I ) , Lucinda Hadsel (O), m
Kathleen Howell (1), Mary Carney (O), Winifred Hall ( O i l ) , Wilma Gilmore ( I ) , ] at
Joada Day ( O i l ) . — W i n i f r e d Hall ( O i l ) w
am
J^os ^Angeles installs Officers Pa

"jC L E C T I O N and installation of Mrs. W . LeRoy Dixon, Jr., as president of the see
Et Los Angeles alumna? chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority featured the is
luncheon and business meeting of the sorority Saturday at the Kappa Theta chapter Sa
house, 894 Hilgard Avenue, Westwood. Mrs. Dixon, formerly Miss Helen Shield, su
was the first president of Kappa Theta chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi when it was m
installed at the University of California at Los Angeles several years ago. ite
w
Mrs. Virgil Miller (Jacqueline Gilmore) former member of the English faculty! te
at the University of Southern California and writer of juvenile and mystery to
stories, presided as hostess. Other officers installed include Mrs. Helene Collin, Ju
vice president; Mrs. Charles S. Older, second vice president; Miss Virginia Battey, M
recording secretary; Mrs. R. G. E. Cornish, corresponding secretary; Miss Helene cr
Knips, assistant corresponding secretary; Miss Helen Haller, treasurer; Mrs. Stoney re
L . DeMent, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Franklin George, parliamentarian; Mrs. Walter sp
A. English, Panhellenic delegate.—Los Angeles Times C
er
<j4lpha 0 J^awyers ^Mentioned <
N
Pinckney Estes Glantzberg ~&). Unfortunately a man was appointed.—Stella G. wa
Perry ( A ) Pa

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OCTOBER, 1931 71

A ROSDEp

Pi

II v MARIAN M O I S E

Gladys Ann Renshaw ('14), and Grace ('28), toured Louisiana this summer. Bet-
Gillean ('14), spent a month in Mexico ty Johnston Wright ('30), is now back
City this summer. Dagmar Renshaw Le- in town after a trip to Florida. Emily
Breton ('12), and her son spent the sum- Slack Slade ('24), was here recently w i t h
mer in London, where her brother is an her husband; they are going north to
ttache at the American Embassy. They live this winter. Maryem Colbert Fowl-
were kept busy attending festivities, kes ('30), paid a flying visit to New Or-
mong which was the Roval Garden leans with her husband.

arty. M arriages

New Orleans members were thrilled to Charlotte Voss ('26), was married in
ee Rosalie Dufour Woolfley (MS), who June to Richard Kearny, formerly of
s now in Xew Orleans. Jennie Snyder New York, now of New Orleans.
avage ('16), was i n the city this past
ummer with her children visiting her Dorothy Cockerham ('30), was mar-
mother-in-law. Lucie Walne ('29), vis- ried on February 21 to William Andrew
ed her brother in New York for several Reeder Jr., and is living i n New Orleans.
weeks. Ruby ('28), and Adele ('30), Fos-
er with other members of their family, Births
ook an automobile trip to Michigan in
uly- Katherine Byrne ("31), and Clara Cora Heaslip ('28), and Carl Smith are
Mae Buchanan ('31), were counselors i n proud to announce the birth of their son,
rafts at camps in Texas and Tennessee, Carl Eugene Jr., in June.
espectively. Marcelle Leverich ('31),
pent a few weeks w i t h friends in N o r t h Mary Bolton ('24), and Charles Brown
arolina, and while there she saw K a t h - have a little girl, born in July.
rine Reed COO), and Edna Reed Whaley
02) Alice Moise ('28), attended the Deaths
Natchitoches Art Colony last spring, and
a s the guest of her cousin, I r m a Som- Our sympathy is extended to Irma
ayrac Willard ('20). She and Marian Sompayrac Willard ('20), who lost her
mother in May.

We were sorry to hear of the death of
Mary Ursula, baby daughter of Lily D u -
pre Buller ('07), on September 9.

Omicron

By F A Y MORGAN

Ada Lea (Ex. '25), was among the first ting back home when she, D r . Leach and
Knoxville visitors; stopping over for the children spent several weeks in the
East Tennessee hills before returning to
y s enrout the University of Minnesota where Dr.
Leach is a member of the faculty. E d i t h
unnnaiiusk. a e f r o m Memphis t.ow h e r e s h e a t t e n d e d t h e Verran (Ex. '16), who, according to
sum rumor, hasn't been in our midst since the
1923 Convention, came down f r o m
e a c h * 5 5 1 0 0 o f D u k e University. She w i l l
r h , ? i a 8 a m t h i s winter in the Messick
vprT a t , M e r n p h i s . For Margaret Con-

^ a c h (-16), it was really just get-

72 To DRAGAMJ ()

Lynchburg in July and stayed long cordingly set f o r t h one blistering after-] V
enough to visit one-time campus haunts noon in that direction. However, threfl a
and talk over the past. flat tires w i t h i n 15 miles distance effec-l u
tively wrecked everything including the e
When the weather started getting hot car, temper, clothes, and the prospective v
in Little Rock, Arkansas, during July, interview. B u t there were a lot of ques-: o
Katherine Johnson Sprigg ('17), and tions which could have been asked. For] B
Charles Sr., packed Charles Jr. and the instance: Was she going t o have a new] p
two girls into the rumble seat of the car book published anytime soon to add t«q C
and set out f o r White Gate, Virginia. those we'd already enjoyed from hei' c
However, they paused f o r a week-end pen? H o w did it feel to have a tall son- s
with Llewelyn Johnson Thornton ('23), M i l t o n Jarnagin I I I , honor graduate ofri "
and John in Knoxville, then the entire the University of Georgia, representing w
party, including young Llewelyn Thorn- America as a Rhodes Scholar at O x f o r d "Z
ton aged t w o and Bobby Hobson, ten- this year? Is there some magic in the in
year-old son of Josephine Johnson H o b - Athens, Georgia, climate which has en- S
son ( E x . '15), proceeded on to White abled her to raise a family of four, loon (
Gate i n a motor cavalcade. after M r . Jarnagin who is a member of] (
the faculty at Georgia, become a success^ F
Louise Perry ('30), and Lillian (Flash) ful author, and still retain her youthful! K
Morris (Ex. '31), were on deck during good looks? Not to mention numerous J
June as guests of "Flash's" sister, Eliza- other queries which the side-tracked in-: a
beth w h o is a Knoxville resident. Perry- terviewer still yearns to have answered. J st
spent a quiet winter at her home i n "T
Clarksville the past year. "Flash" at- Across the intervening wide open spaces; a
tended one of the meetings of the active between N e w Mexico and Tennessee af sh
chapter and received a rousing welcome report came floating that Evelyn French^ c
from the old girls and awed recognition (Ex. ' 2 8 ) , might be along this w a y aJ b
f r o m the freshmen who had heard legends some uncertain date—which repo la
of the Beauty Section i n the Volunteer caused much excitement i n local circles. b
during previous years. Virginia Black
Snoddy ('26), with young Donald can al- Sue Rogers ('26), has been leading a b
ways be counted on f o r a visit or two a strictly rural existence i n a large way at B
year, and this one was no exception. M a r i - Pulaski f o r the past few months after a] T
neal also was here during the winter t o see year in New York. Margaret Rogers se
her father, and Virginia went out to Den- Stone (Ex. '16), M r . Stone and their] le
ver the latter part of the summer to pay a daughter live in Pulaski where Margaret' th
return call on Marineal who is living takes an active part in all social affairs. 1 M
there. Virginia, Ed and young Donald live M
in Winston-Salem, N o r t h Carolina. Jane Christine Moore Inge ( E x . '23), has. "v
Pettway ('29), is back after a session at been at the Trudeau Sanitarium, Tru-J se
Columbia University where she took a l i - deau, N e w Y o r k , f o r the past eight] o
brary course. She w i l l be a member of the months, but the latest news is most en- f
staff at the Lawson-McGhee Library i n couraging, and "Chris" writes that she se
Knoxville this year. Rebecca H u n t Os- hopes to be able to get back to New York P
borne (Ex. '31), came over f r o m M e m - before another six months have passed, Iw
phis for a visit with her mother, Emma Her husband, D r . George Inge, who was
Albers H u n t (Ex. 'OS), in July. "Petie's" also at Trudeau for a while has returned V
husband, John Osborne, is a Memphis to his hospital duties in New York. Lou- ti
newspaperman, and "Petie" is taking an ise Wiley McCleary ('13), the three
active part in the doings of the Memphis youngsters and Dr. McCleary are living h
alumna? chapter. Wista Braly Ogle ('17), in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where D r . Mc-r 1
was another who made a flying pilgrim- Cleary is a member of the University of T
age t o Knoxville f r o m her home in Lewis- Arkansas faculty. Louise and the chil- H
burg, Tennessee. She is coming back i n dren spent several weeks in Knoxville y
November for the annual Tennessee-Van- some time ago on a visit t o her father, m
derbilt football game. "Tillie" Turtle ('29), taught in Clarks-; be
dale, Mississippi, last year and according
A harassed alumna; notes editor had to rumor w i l l return for another session.^ ''
hoped to get an interview w i t h Dorothy
Greve Jarnagin ('05), who was summer- Virginia Everette ('29), has stayed]
ing at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, w i t h her close to Jackson most of the time since
mother and Harriet Greve ("06), and ac- graduation, but we are hoping to gee
her back up to the " H i l l " for the Tenn-

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Vandy game this fall. Lucy Cooper ('30), thusiastic as ever over the cactus plains
of Arizona after two years of homestead-
and Jane Zuccarello ('30), after a stren- ing near Tucson. She has been taking
graduate work at the University of A r i -
uous year of teaching—"Pat" at L a F o l l - zona recently in addition to looking after
the ranch which is flourishing. B y w a y
ette, Tennessee, and " Z u c " at Fayette- of vacation the past summer " M a c "
viewed the California scenery both b y
ville—wound up the season b y driving motor and f r o m the air. She is all for the
latter method. Elizabeth Clinton ('23),
out to Convention. Mrs. Zuccarello and came up to Newport in August to get a
glimpse of young James Horace Bur-
Beverly Brock Baumann, active chapter nett Jr., better k n o w n as " J i m m y , " and
his proud parents, Anna Stokely Burnett
president, and incidentally, a cousin of ('23), and Horace Sr. Of course, Eliza-
beth was a little late in her first view of
Claire Harwood Patterson (Ex. '28), ac- " J i m m y " as he w i l l be a year old i n N o -
vember, but the exigencies of teaching
companied them. A trip to the Yellow- English in Memphis Central High School
prevented her getting there before. Mary
stone was also included i n the itinerary. Stokely Ebbets (Ex. '30), and Ken have
moved from Newport to a small town
"Pat" w i l l be at home in Nashville this just outside Indianapolis, Indiana, where
Ken is stationed in his work for the Stoke-
winter keeping house f o r her father while ly Canning Company. M a r y came down
from Newport for the annual initiation
Zuc" is to take over the mathematics banquet last spring.

nstructing job at the LaFollette High Margaret Smith Estes ('23), and her
small daughter who live in San Juan,
School. Mildred (Ted) McKinney Porto Rico, where Henson's headquarters
are, returned to the States during the
('29), and Elizabeth (Ted) Wallace past summer f o r a visit w i t h homefolks
in Newport. We were all so proud of
('29), have both been teaching at L a - "Smitty" for breaking into To DRAGMA
in the M a y issue.
Follette the past t w o years. " T e d " M c -
There is a story in Omicron circles t o
Kinney has held the math chair which the effect that once upon a time at a
tea a very young and very new pledge
Jane Zuccarello w i l l occupy this year, was striving earnestly to make conversa-
tion w i t h an alumna, and both of them
and "Ted" Wallace has been science i n - were finding it hard. Finally in despera-
tion the youthful pledge enquired, "What
tructor. For reasons not yet announced are alumnae supposed to do?" A n d the
alumna replied mournfully, "No matter
Ted" McKinney isn't going to teach what they are supposed to do, most of
'em move to Memphis." I t really isn't
anywhere this year, but they do say that as bad as that but the list of Omicron
"alums" i n Memphis does sound like a
he has swapped her geometry f o r a large sized chapter roster. A n d recently,
as i f to substantiate the "moving t o M e m -
cook-book and is mightily interested in phis" theory, Eleanor Phillips Crawford
(Ex. '31), and Hugh have gone to the
budgets and t h i n p like that. " T e d " W a l - Bluff C i t y to live which leaves a vacancy
in the ranks hard t o fill as Eleanor was
ace w i l l be teaching again this session, our alumna; editor to To DRAGMA this
year. I n addition to Elizabeth Clinton,
but not in LaFollette. Dorothy Nolan ('17), and Martha Lou
Jones ('16), are members of the M e m -
Eula Scott Bagley (Ex. '22), is still phis Central High School faculty. "Pol-
l y " Hobson ('16), teaches i n a private
busily engaged i n keeping house for M r .

Bagley and the f a m i l y at Fayetteville,

Tennessee. Her sister, Frances Scott, is a

enior at Tennessee and one of the ath-

etic mai-islays of the active chapter in

he various intra-mural sport events.

Melba Braly Morton (Ex. '22), with

Mr. M ( r t o n and young Francis have been

vmg h Nashville f o r several year. Jo-

ephine Johnson M c C o r d (Ex. '22), is an-

other Nashville resident. Sue Bryant M c -

n -i ('17), lives i n Lewisburg, Tennes-

ee. She and Wista Braly Ogle have the

Proud distinction of being the only O m i -

w L ^ e sp r e s e n t a t i v thereabouts. R u t h

eck ( 26), after taking a year's library

VnJi! a6 a t C o l u m b i University liked N e w

i.- ;00 wel1 to leave il s o s h e has been

nf & r s e v e r a l y™5-

a v A K ( ' > > Pn c o c k B r o o k s23 S ence
and

19^n r , ?e h a r d at u since December,

Thev r g c a r e o f Charles Spence Jr.

HnK= £ m Jacksonville, Florida. Helen

o u n ? V S r d -( E x ' -2 8 ) "Romey," and

month moved to Nashville several

eth U M ? ° ' >m u c l to our regret. Eliza-

H o b h v " y <' >> P °k e r B a i l e27re rts thal

T ( w i I s a m o d e l Parent.
Jenntlee McCracken ('25), is as en-

74 To DRAGMA O

school in Memphis, and Elizabeth Hale commencement exercises of the Univer-j p
('28), is the efficient reference librarian sity of Tennessee this summer and along t
at the Goodwyn Institute Library there. with her diploma also carried off a Phi f
Virginia Hunt ('25), is following a busi- Kappa Phi pin as a reward for her fine n
ness career, and though there is some scholastic standing. She is planning on s
doubt as to whether Josephine Conger library work as a future career. i
('25), is also a business woman or a mem- (
ber of some school faculty, still we do The list of those whom the census taker d
know that she is another whom Memphis set down as "housewife" is considerable i W
has claimed. Elizabeth Christrup ('28), Alice Calhoun Cox ('15), Martha Pretty- s
and Frances ( E x . '31), have been living man Tourolman ('25), Elizabeth McDon-i n
out in the suburbs so to speak—on the aid McClamroch (Ex. '22), Sarah Flow- A
Bartlett Road—for the past several years. ers Johnston ( E x . '28), Virginia Frantx a
"Chris" has been taking things easy as Eakin (Ex. '26), Ciel Pennybacker Pett- a
her health hasn't been too good, and way (Ex. '25), Blossom Swift Edmunds t
"Little Chris" is getting to be quite a ('14), Martha McLemore Pelton ('25)j (
farmer according to all reports. VVillia McLemore Stewart ( E x . '22), Hel-j K
en Shea Sheridan ('16), Llewelyn John-i h
After teaching for a while Ruth Nelms son Thornton ('23), Lucile Coffey Dean y
( E x . '26), has gone in for social service (Ex. '28), Josephine Wallace Deaver
work and is making a big success. Mary (Ex. '28), Elizabeth Walker Bailey ('27)J J
Annie Landy Jones ('16), is close enough and Ailcy Kyle Peet. s
to Memphis to be counted in with the M
other Omicron's of the neighborhood as "Libba" Bailey has since resumed her t
she and Bob and the two youngsters, former position as general office boss, l
Richard and Virginia, live at German- with the Holmes-Darst Coal Company*' i
town, Tennessee, where Bob is principal Knoxville, and she and John have a home] W
of the high school. Lila Witsell ('28), is in Kingston Heights. Shortly after they,; la
teaching in the Memphis city schools. moved into their new bungalow, a burn a
Her sister, Elizabeth, is carrying on the glar took advantage of their absence and o
family tradition as an active member of carried off all he could find around the] w
the chapter and will be a sophomore this house. However, this did not dim "Lib-J
year. Then there is Roberta Divine whose ba's" enthusiasm for the country air one J
activities as alumnae superintendent of whit. "Red" Young (Ex. '29), apparent-
the southern district the past several years ly has designs on the golfing champion-j "
are too well known to need any chronicl- ship of the Cherokee Country Club if] J
ing. her long hours on the links are any indi-J f
cation. Between rounds she helps her N
Those of us who rally around the Knox- mother look after the lovely new home! b
ville campfire, like all Gaul, are divided which Mr. Young has just completed in A
into three parts—vocationally speaking: Sequoyah Hills. Elizabeth Ayres Link t
we who teach school; we who keep (Ex. '15), is secretary to one of the mem- c
house; and we who follow a business bers of the engineering faculty of thei j
career. In the first category are Grace university and between office hours looks J
McDougall ('19), Minn Elois Hunt (Ex. after the three youngsters who are getting!
'11), Carolyn Gies ('30), Emma Albers to be rather sizeable by now. Dorothjfj m
Hunt (Ex. '05), Elizabeth Long ('28), Brown Cameron ( E x . '25), has been m t
Ruth Moore ('25), and Lucy Morgan charge of the toy department at Miller's
('22). Grace is science instructor at Knox- store since last Christmas. Johnny at- P
ville High School, and Lucy has been also tended Cumberland University the pasti r
for the past two years, but has tempo- year to complete his law studies, and w«i
rarily abandoned teaching to take advan- are all hoping that he will decide to hangj s
tage of a fellowship with the Common- out his attorney's shingle in Knoxville sffl
wealth Foundation. She will pursue fur- we can keep Dot and Teddy with us. h
ther graduate work in science at Tennes-
see this year. Ruth and "Libbie" have Margaret Dickey ('22), is still at h
been members of the faculty at the F a r - post with the Knoxville Auto Financed
ragut High School near Knoxville the Corporation. On account of "Dick'sH
last two years and are back at their old good head for figures we persuaded hefl
posts. Minn Elois, Mrs. Hunt and Caro- to take over the alumna? chapter treasuH
lyn are in the city schools. Frances Coy- ership for this year and in consequence
kendall received her degree at the August expect to survive the depression with flyi
ing sails. Eleanor Burke ('19), has convj

OCTOBER, 1931 75

pleted the library courses she has been May at "Kakkie's" home in Knoxville.
taking at Tennessee and is looking about Mr. Doughty is a * r A and is assistant
for new literary worlds to conquer right United States district attorney with head-
now. One of them is already on the door- quarters at Knoxville. They are at home
step as she is chapter historian the com- in the Kingston Apartments, 1721 West
ing season. Elizabeth Kennedy Seale Cumberland Avenue.
('19), not only looks after young K e n -
drick and Mr. Seale but is attached to the Mary Moore Shanton ('28), and Ro-
Welfare department of Knoxville as a gan Briscoe were married June 13, at
social worker. Helen Kennedy ('13), is Knoxville and are now living in Kings-
now with the Extension Division of the port, Tennessee, where Rogan is with
Alabama Polytechnic with headquarters the Standard Oil Company.
at Aubum, Alabama. She came home for
a two weeks' vacation in August, looking Births
the same as ever. Lida Moore Mcl^ean
('19), and Harry have moved back to William Earle Andrews Jr. was a
Knoxville from Florida, and Lida will July 4 arrival at the home of Mr. and
help to swell our membership ranks this Mrs. Earle Andrews (Mary Taylor John-
year. son, '24), of Belmont Lake Park, Baby-
lon, Long Island.
Marriages
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Sheridan (Helen
I.illianne Smith (Ex. '29), and James Shea, '16), have a daughter, Vivian.
J . Mclntyre of Penns Grove, New Jer-
sey, were married on May 23, in Galena, Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Divine
Maryland. They are living at the River- (Mary Hills Faxon, '23), of Chattanooga,
tjde Apartments, Penns Grove. Mr. Mc- a daughter, Elinor.
lntyre is a graduate of Villa Nova and
is with the Dupont Powder Company at Janet Neal Martin was an August ar-
Wilmington, Delaware. He and " L i l " met rival at the home of Marineal Black ( E x .
last summer while " L i l " was on a visit '23), and Harold C . Martin, of Denver,
at Penns Grove and as soon as her year Colorado.
of teaching was finished at Newport the
wedding bells sounded. Genevieve Shea Reddick ('21), and
John have a daughter, Patricia.
Katheryne Pennybacker (Ex. '31), and
John Hacker Doughty were married in Deaths

The sympathy of the chapter is ex-
tended to Alice Hayes Graf ('14), in the
death of her husband, John R . Graf.

Kappa

By A N N ANDERSON S A L E

"Jo" Winslow ('26), and I enjoyed Morfit ('28), spent the summer with her
"reuning" again at Randolph-Macon in family in Saskatchewan, Canada.
June, for our class was celebrating its
fifth year out in the "wide, wide world." Louise Anderson Hodges ('28), has
Nan Atkinson Craddock ('13), as a mem- spent part of her summer at her summer
ber of the advisory committee of the home near Yorktown, Virginia. I n Sep-
Alumna Association to the Board of tember she and Dr. Hodges are going to
trustees, was busy with that body dis- Atlantic City to a meeting of the Ameri-
cussing the election of a new president, can Roentgen-Ray Society. Mary Reed
jnd Jean Stribling ('21), was on hand Cecil ('28), and her husband took a
J , 0 / , h e r class reunion. After it was over boat trip from Texas to New York this
fall. On their way back they stopped by
J ° went home to get ready the sum- Richmond and visited Louise Anderson
mer at a camp in Vermont, and I re- Hodges ('28). Sara Anderson ('30), vis-
turned to Welch. ited her sister, Ann Anderson Sale ('26),
in Welch. Clarice Watkins Berry enjoyed
Anne Jeter Nichols ('26), in her offi- helping T a u Delta chapter in Birming-
ham select furnishings for their new-
P*1capacity of Assistant Registrar went rooms. Eleanor Terry Noell spent most
of her summer traveling in Louisiana,
r? J-onvention at Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Texas, and Oklahoma with her husband.
While in Memphis she enjoyed seeing
sn*Trl*nthe°r- Bessie Mi nor Davi s LCyn2 4c)h'-

vacation at her home in

hrl• • l n d n o w is b a c k in N e w York at

c r Job with Carlton Tours. Sue Hall

7<> To DRAGMA

Ruby Toombs Turnbull and Lida Bell Sara Neville ('30), to Wesley Shafto
Brame Goyer and hearing about Patty at Nashville on August 24. They will live
Paxton Keebler, Shirley McDavitt Lake at Monroe, Louisiana.
and Linda Best Terry who were away.
Births
Mamie Hurt Baskervill ('09), will
teach mathematics at Arlington Hall i n To Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hodges (Louise
Washington, D.C., this winter. Her Anderson, '28), a son, Fred Murchison
daughter, Margaret, w i l l be at Randolph- Hodges Jr. He was born last March in
Macon. Dorothy Richardson ('28), will Richmond.
be Girl Reserve Secretary in Springfield,
Massachusetts, again this year. To M r . and Mrs. T. A. Field Jr. (Mar-
garet Jones, '26), a daughter, Jean Ber-
Marriages nard, on May IS.

Jennie Mapp ('27), to Albert Lake Deaths
on October 10. They will live in Green-
ville, Mississippi. I n August we received notice of the
tragic death of Jennie Wood ('28), in
Sue Holland ('27), to George M a p p , Birmingham. Our sympathy goes to
Jennie's brother, on September 9. They Mary Eva Wood ('22), and Ellen Wood
will live at Machipongo, Virginia. ('23), in their sorrow.

Zeta

By B O N N I E H E S S D R A K E

Vacations make the first news. A l l of verne and Mildred Wright toured the T
the girls who went to convention had a east for several weeks w i t h their parents.
glorious vacation. Margaret Gorton is Laverne teaches at Columbus, and M i l - r
still interested in us even after her stren- dred at Sutton. Florence Fast ('24), at- £
uous months. Mabel Williams Beachley, tended summer school at the University g
Ethel Weidner Bentley, Helen Reynolds of Nebraska. Arlene Abbott Noble and J
Miller, and Lorene Bratt Wishart were her husband are on an eastern motor trip ^
among those who spent their vacations w i t h Boston as their objective. E n route J
in Minnesota. Erma Hauptman Lastch, they are visiting Mercedes Abbott Graeb- a
Darrina Turner Paige, Annie Jones Ros- ing in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
borough, and Bonnie Hess Drake vaca-
tioned in Colorado. Beryl McClure ('28), We regret the loss of t w o members
Wayne, enjoyed a European tour. She f r o m our local alumna? group. Mabel
is teaching at Streator, Illinois, again this Ritchie Fordyce and her family have
year. Elsie Ford and Jennie L o u Piper moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where her
motored to Roanoke, Virginia, in July husband is director of that Boy Scout
and August, where they visited Helen area. M a r y Herzing Parmelee ('22), has
Piper Hagenbuch. Lorene Bratt Wishart moved to Carney's Point, New Jersey,
has been quite i l l this summer, following where her husband is a chemist in the
an accident while riding horseback at Du Pont laboratories.
Alexandria, Minnesota. Geraldine Heikes
Sloan ('29), and her husband spent the The hand of death seems to have dealt
summer in Lincoln. They have returned a large number of blows within our
to Ironton, Ohio, where Clair is athletic group during the past few months. We
coach. Vera Erwin Wilson (Ex. '24), Los extend our sincere sympathy to Gladys
Angeles, visited her parents in Lincoln. Rice Clark, whose father died in Janu-
Geselia Birkner, who teaches in Cleve- ary, and to Ula Bosserman Galley and
land, Ohio, spent the summer here w i t h Ruth and Lucile Hitchcock, who lost
her family. their mothers in July and August. Then
there have been two tragic deaths within
Helen French had an interesting sum- our own ranks—those of Martha Walton
mer's sojourn in H a w a i i . She teaches in and Lila LeGore Ritchie. Martha died
Detroit. Eloise Keefer ('28), who studied suddenly on M a y 17 in Lincoln, follow-
at the University of Wisconsin last year, ing a fall down a hotel elevator shaft.
has spent most of the summer in L i n - L i l a Ritchie's death occurred on Sep-
coln. She expects to return to Wisconsin tember S, at McCook, following a heart
to work toward her doctor's degree. L a - attack.

Winafred Steele (Ex. '26), is principal

OCTOBER, 1931 77

of the junior high school at Malvern, Zeta Tate Allingham (Ex. '29), to
Iowa. Genevieve Calhoun ('30), and Frank Edward Baird, in Omaha on Sep-
Mary Margaret Douthitt ('30), are tember 5. After a plane trip to Chicago
teaching at Beatrice. Several of this and Cleveland, they w i l l be at home at
year's class are located as f o l l o w s : K a t h - 903 South 57th, Omaha.
ryn Williams, Tobias; Charlotte Frerichs,
Ohiowa; Virginia Gleason, Aurora; and Births
Betty Evans, Pierce. M a r y Alice L e y has
a position in a biology laboratory in Lin- M r . and Mrs. George Peterson (Doro-
coln, and Irene Dawson has a position thy Abbott, '23), Ashby, a daughter, in
with an insurance company. Virginia November, 1930.
Gordon (Ex. '32), works for a local in-
surance company, and Dorothy Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Lewis (Elna
(Ex. '32), is connected w i t h the State Carter, '26), Sutton, a son, in December,
Banking Department at the Capitol. 1930.
Zelma Harris (Ex. '29), and Gladys
Lamme ('30), teach in the Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. H . Emerson Kokjer
schools. (Winifred Clark, '22), Wahoo, a daugh-
ter, in the spring of 1931.
Ethel Olsen ('15), has been i l l and is
unable to return to her teaching position Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Potarf (Thelma
in the San Diego Senior High School at Burgen, Ex. '19), Alliance, a daughter,
present. in the spring of 1931.

Marriages Mr. and Mrs. Fay Pollock (Gladys
Ruth Judge (Ex. '25), to Keith J. Har- Sharrar, '25), Stanton, a son, Jack Shar-
die, in Lincoln, i n April. They are living rar, on May 22, 1931.
in Des Moines, I o w a .
Frances Aiken (Ex. '28), to M a x Phlug M r . and Mrs. James E. Hein (Joy
at Cambridge on August 29. Following a Ley, '28), Fremont, a daughter, Virginia
wedding trip to Colorado, they will live Ley, on June 18, 1931.
in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Knapp (Ruth Far-
quahar, '21), Los Angeles, a son, on June
12, 1931.

Sigma

By MARTHA Q U A Y L E

Lucille Clark (Ex. '31), married Rich- Vivian Young is going to San Jose State
ard McMath ( X * '31), September 22. Teachers' College. Ruth Herrick and
Paula De Luca was the Alpha O i n the Ruth Burckhalter are teaching in the
bridal party. Ruth Boyd ('30), and Oakland schools. Marjorie Dooling ('28),
Frank ("Nibs") Nibley, G3, are married is in Jackson, teaching school, Paula De
They are living in San Francisco now. Luca is working in Los Angeles, Helen
Cullen in San Francisco, and Roberta
Hattie Heller ('20), has become Mrs. Brayton in Sacramento.
Otto Marsh. Dr. and Mrs. Marsh live in
San Diego. Betsy Harrigan and Electa Thomas
spent the summer in Honolulu, and Har-
Kathleen Carey Dawson ('30), came riet Backus and Harriet Ballard sailed
up from her home in Coronado w i t h the to Alaska. Rose Bell ('09), is now living
"eet and enjoyed a few weeks' stay i n in a beautiful new home in Peoria, I l -
tnis part of the state. linois.

The following alumnse helped w i t h Congratulations to Josephine Esterly,
rushing: Helen Renwick, Dorothy Gale, newly elected member of Phi Beta Kap-
£ureda Sbarboro, Ruth Burckhalter, pa.
garnet Backus, Jane Green, Kay Geary,
J f n ° r e Selig Cole, Kay Carey Dawson, Helen Henry is now executive secre-
j w y Pond, Betsv Harrigan, Roberta tary at Castilleja School in Palo Alto.
^raydcn and myself. Jane Green and Martha Furlong has a new position, too.
^ a f o l Barber can still be seen on the I am doing personnel work in the em-
J?nipus. They are working in the Ticket ployment office at H . C. Capwells.

a r T ? ' i gD o r i s F i n er a n d Harriet Ballard We are happy to see Eleanor H i l l ,
daughter of Netha Hill, an Alpha O
™ taking their fifth years at college,
working for State Secondary Credentials.

78 To DRAGMA O

pledge. Frances Ann Reid will be mar- Sigma wishes to extend sympathy to c
ried by the time this goes to print. Daisy Shaw ('07), on the death of her "
mother, and to Cornelia Morris Mason m
We wish to congratulate Rea Cook ('25), on the death of her father. w
Hamilton on the birth of a son. S
B
Delta d
a
By H E L E N A C K E R M A N N (
d
Virginia Drury ('30), was married the she is in Evansville, Indiana, visiting rela-
last of June to Richard Clarke Shipman tives with whom she motored out. This (
(Tufts '31). The marriage took place in winter she will again teach at the House
Goddard Chapel, followed by a recep- of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts. t
tion in Packard Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Ship- is
man are now living at 106 East Lake Annette MacKnight Harvey ('24), at- a
Avenue, Lewistown, Montana. Elizabeth tended the Harvard summer school. h
Beattie ('22), was married early in A u - Portia Russell ('29), was with her par- b
gust to Alexander Ulin. ents at their summer home in Turner, i
Maine. Ruth Libbey ('31), has spent her S
Ruth Earle Andress ('22), and Mr. vacation with her parents at their sum- a
Andress announce the birth of a child, mer home in Mattapoisett on the Cape. S
Joel Max, July 1, 1931. Marion Stevens ('30), toured Europe a
with her father, Judge Stevens. Leslie f
Eleanor Richardson Prescott (Ex. '22), Hooper MacMillan ('24), and Blanche h
took summer courses at Denver, Colo- Hooper were at Prince Edward's Island. l
rado. It was possible for her to attend o
some of our convention. Alice Spear and Mary Heald ('22), is to teach in Mai- t
Octavia Chapin attended the A O I I con- den, Massachusetts, and has taken an t
vention at Troutdale. apartment with her sister Frances ('30), A
who is to be associated with the Family m
Helen Ackermann ('30), has had the Welfare Association of Boston. N
pleasure of visiting several campuses w
where AOII chapters are installed. I n It will be appreciated very much if o
Indianapolis she became familiar with you all will send news items to Helen' h
the Hotel Lincoln that is frequently fea- Ackermann, House of Seven Gables, b
tured in Indianapolis letters. At present Salem, Massachusetts. t
a
Epsilon s
w
By G R A C E W . HANSON 2
~
Carmen Schneider Savage ('27), is now 148 East 48th Street. Marie is with the H
living at 183 Second Street, Stewart National Tuberculosis Association, and R
Manor, Long Island, a short distance Frances is getting her Ph.D. at Columbia m
from my home. Her chief duty and diffi- and working part time at the New York w
culty at the present time is keeping one Library at 42nd Street. "
eye on Barney Jr., and the other on her
opponent across the tennis net. Carmen I saw Marion Davison Dochtermann J
plays in the Long Island tennis league (Ex. '29), this summer. She is living in H
on the Stewart Manor team. Muriel a town in northern New Jersey and lead-
Drummond ('27), has been spending the ing a domestic life. Constance Cobb
summer at Keansburg Beach. She'll be ('29), is with the American Telephone
back in the family homestead at 3 Ports- and Telegraph Company at 195 Broad-
mouth Place, Forest Hills, Long Island, way. Lydia Kitt ('29), is a lecturer in
soon, ready for another year of teaching the Home Economics Department of the
at Newtown High School, Elmhurst, New York Edison Company.
Long Island.
I met Muriel Miller Agar ('26), thisj
I suppose many of you know that spring in a peculiar way. One Mondays
Betty Neely ('19), is in New York City. morning the Personnel Manager of the'
Betty is working with the Y . W . C A . New York Edison Company where !•
Frances Eagan ('26), and Marie Jann work, called me to his office to introduce!
('28), are still in New York, and they me to a young lady whom he was anx-
are living together in an apartment at ious that I should help in obtaining I
position. As I walked in his room, a

OCTOBER, 1931 79

charming young lady at his desk said, Hague, New York. Hilda Wilson ('25),
"She's the same one!" You can imagine was my roommate last winter. She is
my surprise when I recognized Muriel studying at New York University for her
whom I had not seen for some time. doctor's degree and teaching there at
She's working with the Presbyterian the same time. This year she will teach
Board of Foreign Missions now. I had at the Medical School. Hilda has had a
dinner with Muriel not long after that, wonderful summer at Woods Hole, Mas-
and she told me that her sister, Lillian sachusetts, combining pleasure with study
('29), had a baby daughter just a few at the Scientist's Laboratory there.
days old. "Mikki" ('27), her sister who has been
in Chicago for the past two years, will
I heard from Elsie Schneider Sarr be back in New York this winter.
('28), this summer. She is living at

Rho

By CAROL ANGER

Merva Dolson Hennings is very busy is another one who has been visiting
these days planning her new home which Chicago from far-off places. She has
s being built on the corner of Lincoln come from Delhi, India, with her hus-
and McDaniel Streets in Evanston. She band and three children; Mr. Clemes is
hopes that she can move in time to cele- a supervisor of missionaries.
brate her next wedding anniversary which
is early this fall. In August Virginia April 25 saw the marriage of Marion
Snook became Mrs. William Tell. She Abele to Edgard Franco-Ferreira who is
and Bill are now living at 322 Main a 2 A E , hailing from Rio dc Janeiro,
Street, Evanston. Last spring the whole Brazil. We are all glad that they have
alumna; chapter was mourning over the decided to live in Chicago. Dorothy T i n -
fact that Dorothy Brindiga Dean and ley is now the wife of Dr. John E .
her husband had moved to Milwaukee to Boodin; they were married August 19.
live, but this fall everyone is rejoicing Marie Ford Drees is going to Honolulu
over the fact that they have moved back this fall where her husband is to con-
to Evanston again. I've just heard that tinue his teaching. We are sorry to see
the marriage of Ruth Tarrant to Alan her go; she was a most successful treas-
Ashcraft has been announced. They were urer for the North Shore group. Doro-
married in January, 1930. At one of the thy Duncan took a trip to Europe this
North Shore alumnae dinners last spring summer. Ruth Batterson Solheim, Helen
we were glad to see Mae Barlow Yocum Street, and Dorothy Speirs managed to
of Galva. Everyone there was thrilled to escape some of the terrific heat that Chi-
hear a first hand account of her hus- cago had this summer by taking a two
band's kidnapping which had l>een the weeks' boat trip on the Great Lakes. At
talk of the Middle West for days. We the last North Shore outing up at Ruth
all appreciated the pluck and courage Marshall's at Lake Geneva, all but two
she showed in dealing the way she did of the girls were Rho girls. This summer
with a band of desperate men. On June I met Bertha Thurman in Mandel's; she
20 Betty Heidman and Lonsdale West looked fine and healthy after her three
~ o f tooth brush fame—were married. winters in Arizona. She expected to go
Hetty had quite a large wedding, and back early this fall.
Ruth Marshall was one of the brides-
maul.-. Hildegard Reimer Biedermann Next time I want some news of you
with her young son has been visiting here people about whom we hear and see so
"om Lodz, Poland. Julia Norton Clemes little. T r y writing to me at 1723 Chase
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Lambda

By D O R O T H Y BOGEN FARRINGTON

Helen Richardson Clayton ('25), went where they have a summer cottage. Helen
J J Pacific Grove for ten'davs. Meta Mc- Chapman Thomas (Ex. '26), went with
HJW»d Glendenning ('22), and her fam- her husland to Del Monte where he at-
"y spent two weeks at Boulder Creek, tended the Officers' Reserve Training

80 To DRAGMA O
s
Camp. Helen's baby, M a r k Junior, is she was offered a teaching position at; l
nineteen months old now. Madge Kemp the Child Culture School which she much b
Shoup ('12), unfortunately reports that preferred, she forsook the business world d
she has had a most tedious summer; she without a qualm, and is now happily A
has been "incarcerated" w i t h a severe teaching kindergarten. Claire McGregor f
attack of neuritis. Norma Meads Graham ('29), is coming back to Stanford Uni- S
('22), is moving into San Jose f r o m Los versity this October after a year as the] d
Gatos on the first of September. head of the Public Speaking Department c
of Sioux Falls College, South Dakota. A t r
Dunsmuir has been quite an Alpha O Stanford she w i l l act as an instructor in; w
center this summer. Of course, Elinore Public Speaking. Helen Delatour ('28), c
Van Fossen (Ex. '28), lives there w i t h has deserted Magnin's in San Francisco, g
her parents, and Aileen Brown Small and gone to the Watsonville High School c
('28), and her husband have dashed up to teach French. R u t h Patterson ('30),j r
to Dunsmuir for several week-ends in after spending six weeks at the San Jose' b
the last couple of months. Velda H a n - State Teachers' College, has departed to r
cock Berry ('23), has been spending the Newport in Southern California, to take m
summer there at the Berry summer place, a position as librarian in the Newport o
"Castle Crags." And Virginia Flippen L i l - Harbor Union High School. b
ley ('20), has been visiting her mother r
there. She had w i t h her her t w o adopted Margaret M a i n ('31), has a secretarial m
sons—aged eighteen months and six and position i n an architect's office in San M
a half months, respectively—both of Diego. Elyse Braunschweiger Conner u
whom are, to quote Velda, "perfectly (Ex. '27), has moved f r o m Santa Rosa t
darling." to San Francisco, and is now working at h
Magnin's in the sport department. Alli- n
Ellowene Delahoyde Evans ('24), took son Loeffler ('30), was working in Ran- t
her small daughter, Melissa, down to sahof's in Los Angeles when last heard w
Southern California to a place not far f r o m . Nora Blickfeldt ('30), has a secre- l
from San Bernadino f o r a vacation. Har- tarial position in a physical culture studio M
riet Maines Carsner ('14), and her little in San Francisco. Alice Sohlinger ('28), O
girl have been visiting Harriet's mother is still employed by the Tucker, Hunter, a
in the east. Dorothy Herrington ('23), and Dulin Company in Los Angeles. a
is not yet back f r o m Europe w i t h her Dorothy Margaret Quinn ('29), has been o
conducted tour, but she is expected soon. getting very philanthropic. She has been D
Mary Virginia Dungan Roberts ('26), doing social service work for numerous c
made a flying visit to Palo Alto early in institutions in Stockton that deal w i t h t
April, and stayed with Aileen Small children. This summer she took some b
('28). They went out to the chapter courses at the College of the Pacific in
house for lunch and a brief visit. Elinore Acting and Directing. Frances Worthing- v
Van Fossen (Ex. '29), has been doing a ton ('29), is teaching in the San Diego
lot of traveling. She visited the chapter schools. K
house early in March, and was there for o
a tea that Lambda gave f o r Mrs. Her- Antoinette Schulte ('31), the president i
rington, the house mother. Then in A u - of Lambda, reports that on her way back u
gust she spent a month around the Bay, f r o m Convention she saw Evelyn Van J
including a week-end with Dorothy K i m - Horn ('25), in Denver, and that Evelyn C
berlin Thayer ('30), in "Deedie's" new is the president of the alumnse chapter «
home in Palo Alto. Aileen Brown Small there. A letter f r o m L u l u Beeger ('10), s
('28) and her husband have been travel- reports that she and her sister Gertrude
ing, too—they have alternated between ('07), have been spending a very quiet T
Dunsmuir, Palo Alto, and Los Angeles summer. Another letter from Eleanor i
all summer. However, at the end of A u - Forderer ('26), says that "the life of an t
gust they definitely moved to Los A n - interior decorator isn't all it might be."
geles, where " M a c " plans to enter the Except for an occasional week-end in the
advertising business. Santa Cruz mountains, she has been very
busy.
Frances McNelly ('28), who w i t h her
family moved to San Francisco f r o m Of course, you all know that Muriel
M i a m i , Arizona, this June, is now living Turner McKinney ('16), is our new
at 106 Dorchester Way, San Francisco. Grand Vice President. This hardly comes
For a while Frances attended the Doro- in the nature of news, but we must take
thy Durham Secretarial School, but as time out to congratulate Muriel on her

OCTOBER, 1931 81

splendid position, and also to congratu- The Peninsula Alumnae association held
late Lambda on being fortunate in num- its last spring meeting on M a y 16, at
bering Muriel among its alumnae. the chapter house, after a most profit-
able and interesting year. The seniors of
Lucile Curtis English ('15), past presi- Lambda were invited to the luncheon
dent for two years of the Los Angeles as the guests of honor. A l l the members
Alumna?, is the newly appointed Cali- are looking forward to this year's ac-
fornia State Chairman of Alumnae Work. tivities, which will start with a meeting
She is also busy continuing her program September 19 at the home of Velda H a n -
directorship and lectureship for four cock Berry, in Palo Alto. The new offi-
chapters of Pi Omicron, educational so- cers w i l l be: Celeste Lacoste Etcheverry
rority for business and professional (2), president; Ellowene Delahoyde
women who are interested in classical and Evans ('24), vice president; Dorothy
contemporaneous literature. I n all four Bogen Farrington ('30), secretary; and
groups a special tact is required to en- R u t h Crary ( 2 ) , treasurer. The associa-
courage self-expression i n adults. Book tion is most anxious to welcome new
reviews and dramatic readings are given members, of any chapter, and if there is
by Mrs. English as well as talks on cur- anyone who would like to join, a card
rent events. Each group meets twice a to the secretary is all that is necessary.
month. I can't tell you how glad we would be to
have you come!
Ema Taylor (Ex. '16), is head of the
office for Burr, Conrad and Broom, Irma Gutsch ('23), is in Hollywood
brokers in Los Angeles. She has a very with the M . - G . - M . studio, teaching voice
responsible business position. Sheda L o w - culture.
man Kline ('12), is president of the Santa
Monica Parent Teachers' Association. Her Mrs. Thomas Templeton, more famil-
unusual executive ability can be used iarly known as "Mother T , " had quite
there, we feel sure. a gathering at her home in Los Gatos
in August. Among those present for
May Chandler Goodan ('14), opens her luncheon and bridge were Doris Welch
home every year to the Los Angeles alum- ('28), Ruth Meissner Darling ('22),
nae for a party f o r the Kappa Theta ac- Helen Gladding Hogle ('25), Norma
tive chapter. This party takes place in the Meads Graham ('22), Frances Jongeneel
week before rushing. Lucile Curtis Eng- C26), and Ruth McCallum Parmalee
lish, Muriel Turner McKinney, Helene ('22).
Montague Collin ('13), and Elsa Flateau
Older ('IS), assisted in making the last Engagements
affair a success. Marion Mack ('28), to Paul Sperling
Deaver.
Adele Ehrenberg Macomber ('10), is Janette Durfey ('30), to John Bidwell
assistant to the chief of the Film Bureau White. They plan to be married in N o -
of the Los Angeles Assistance League on vember, and to live in Reno, Nevada,
De Longpre. Olga Siebert ('23), formerly where John has one more year as an
commercial teacher at Compton Junior engineering student in the Nevada School
t-oUeee, is now at Southgate H i g h School. of Mines.

v\e had news not long ago that Eliza- Marriages
beth Wilbur ('27), had sustained some Dorothy Kimberlin ('30), to George
v*ery painful injuries in a fall while she Edwin Thayer at the Stanford Memorial
K ^ i ' n H a y w o o d . "Betty's" nose was Church on June 27. M r . and M r s . Thayer
oadly broken, and she had to submit to took an extended motor trip through Ore-
ii ^ " f 5 °* v e r y Painful operations; f o r - gon, Washington, and Canada. I n Port-
unately, she is now on the way to re- land they had lunch with Ruth Leiter
J P V e f y - We regret having to report the ('29), and Ned Babson. After they re-
C f c i ° »f t h e h u s b a n d o f Beatrice Freuler turned they established themselves in a
« v ? ( ' 1 3 ) > i n Los Angeles in the early home at 1270 College Avenue, Palo Alto.
spring. Claire Pierce ('30), to Joseph Bantle
at Palo A l t o on June 13. They are now
There was quite an "Old-Home Week" living at 333 Kipling Street, Palo Alto,
t Lambda's chapter house during Senior but this may prove only a temporary
week in June. Some of the visitors were address, as they may move to San Diego,
(•?R\ £ Q u i n n ( ' 2 0 ) > Frances McNelly where M r . Bantle plans to import en-
T a r . 7 yD o r o t h Bogen Farrington ('30), gineering tools.
i t t e D u r f e y ('30), and Ellowene
tvans ('24).

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M a - .ck to Paul Sperling Deaver The young couple will live in California. Luci

at Ba. •, August 30. Birth M
line
Crete aise Reed ('31), was married Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boynton (Fran- Jean
ces Hadenfeldt, E x . '28), announce the
to James W. Cowan at the Christian birth of a second child, a boy named B
Charles Albert, at San Francisco, June 23. ; (Els
Church, San Francisco, July 7. Mr. and dan,

Mrs. Cowan then drove to Youngstown, I
I wa
Ohio, to visit Greta Louise's parents. abou
hill.
Iota hom
had
By FRANCES C O T T R E L L gasp
coul
On August 25 a pretty AOII wedding Mary Louise, are living at 406 West Ore- of th
was solemnized in the First Methodist gon Street, Urbana. of o
Church of Champaign, when Helen Raye done
Barrett ('28), became the bride of H . In the Round Robin of the class of '22, of o
Douglas Wilson. Marion Kenney ('19), Elsey Gayer Wells included a picture fund
sang two songs, and Daphne Hutson of Billy McLeod, Helen Moore McLeod's Othe
Martin ('25), attended the bride as ma- little son. I know you were all grieved we?
tron of honor. After the ceremony a by the news of Helen's death. Mac's
reception was held in the church parlors. mother is living with him and caring for I
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are at home in the Billy. Margaret Ebert, daughter of "Peg- Chi
Roland Apartments, 905 South First gy" Gorhara Ebert, will enter the Univer- day
Street, Champaign. The marriage of Mar- sity of Illinois this fall. Mate Giddings and
garet Harlan ('30), to Stuart Gillham ('17), stopped in Urbana this summer but
Beatty on April 30, 1930, has been an- while on her way to do some work in Esth
nounced. They are living at 640 Win- nutrition at an Indianapolis hospital. She temp
throp Avenue, Chicago. will return to Ames, Iowa, this fall. Bar- o'clo
bara Porter Cowen ('22),is now at home, and
Grace Esdohr ('31), is working in her 73 Norwood Avenue, Albany, New York. rive
father's bank in Norwood Park. Esther Frances Cottrell (^S^spent the summer fam
Wirtz Smith ('28), and her husband are working in the laboratories of the Car- tage
at home in Chicago after a trip to negie Institution at Cold Spring Harbor, spen
Mexico. Laura Rose ( E x . '32), Detroit, Long Island. Helen Wolf Erskine ('22), j and
visited in Chicago during August. was very ill last spring, but has been part
slowly finding her way back to health.
Helen Roberts ('29), took the Cook She tells us how very kind the AOlTs Po
County examinations and passed second were to her during her illness. Grace ily
highest in history. She now has a posi- Dallenbach Finfrock and family spent Foll
tion in Carl Schurz High School. Frances a month with Gladys Saffel Barr ('17),! Eur
Trost ('16), who was so very ill with at their summer home, Walloon Lake. Shea
pneumonia last winter, spent part of the Ruth Ann Eastman ('22), says the new Her
summer in the Black Hills trying to re- daughter looks like her and that Mary ginia
gain her health. She returned to May- Alice looks exactly like "Sod." Bob still
wood in September to continue teaching. Brown, husband of Frances Fowler Bro
We all hope this winter will bring her Brown ('19), has recently been appointed fa th
health and more happiness. Her father assistant to the dean of the College of **gu
passed away last winter while Frances Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois. *re
was so very ill. Opal Trost Shepherd Frieda Harshbarger ('22), has been doing ditio
('17), and her three little daughters, Pa- work in dietetics at the Illinois Central vari
tricia, Jean Kathryn and Marilyn, were Hospital, Chicago, during this last year.] Wr.
guests in Urbana this summer. Har
Births hve
A letter from Annetta Wood ('22),
who has been director of dramatics at Mr. and Mrs. J . Ross Thompson!
the Louisiana State Normal College, (Ethel Brooks, '16), announce the birth j
Natchitoches, contained the news of of a daughter, Eleanor Ann, on June 18. j
Louise Adams' ('24), marriage to J . E . Their home is in Wolco, Oklahoma.
Roddy. They are living at 3627 Jena
Street, New Orleans. Lucile Gibson Rice Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. L . Eastman J
(Ex. '22), is teaching the second and (Ruth Ann Coughlan, '22), a daughter,
third grade in one of the Urbana schools. Katherine Ann, on June 31.
She and Dickie and the baby daughter,
A daughter, Mary Louise, was born to I

TOBER, 1931 83

ile Gibson Rice ( E x . '22), on May Carolyn Wells will enter sc '•is fall.

Mr. and Mrs. J . M . Mitchem (Ange- Deaths .,oJ t
Saling), announce the birth of Mary
We all extend our sympathy to Katie
n in July.
orn to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wells Hughes ('22), whose mother died on
sey Geyer, '22), a son, Richard Jor-
, on July 13. This is the second son. March 3, and to K a y Wesson ('22),

whose mother passed away last Septem-

ber.

Chi

By T H E L M A ROBERTSON M I T C H E L L

had quite a shock the other day! Helen Schrack ( 1 7 ) , motored to the
as talking with a Syracuse freshman Smoky Mountains this summer. Camilla
ut the different sorority houses on the Jennison ('12), is living in New York
City. Marian Knapp ('21), head of the
Her sorority had just built a new English Department at Oneida High
me. When I said that formerly they School, attended the summer session at
Syracuse. She visited her sister Doris Farr
lived across the street from us, she ('24), at Cape Cod where Doris and her
ped and said, "Way down there?" I husband were vacationing. Edith Rauch
ld tell from that just what the rest ('19), visited the British Isles and Ger-
the college thought about the location many. Emily Tarbell ('16), sends me
our house. Something ought to be news about everyone but herself. I hear
e about getting a new home. Some from Mildred and Agnes that Emily is
our girls have tried to get a house gaining weight. Vera Ingalls Bliss has
d started, but received little response. been visiting Emily, and they both called
er chapters have them, why haven't on Mary Williams Sutliff ('25), one
? afternoon. Ruth Dibben ('14), spent July
visiting about in New York state. She
planned to have a bridge party for stopped in Syracuse, but everyone was
alumnas, but I had hard luck. Satur- away. Ruth is still teaching at Pleasant-
morning Esther Baker ('22), phoned ville.
said she and Norma would come,
when I said no one else was coming, Sadie Campbell Williams ('17), Fay-
her decided to wait for my next at- etteville, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Harry
pt to have a party. About three Hover (Mildred Williams), and Mr. and
ock Mildred Williams Hover ('15), Mrs. Jess Rood (Anges Crowell), over
Agnes Crowell Rood ( E x . '16), ar- one week-end. The motorists called on
ed for the party. Mildred and her Gertrude Jennison Sellen ('14), at Homer
mily had just returned from their cot- enroute. One afternoon, Sadie entertained
e at Denville, New Jersey, where they at bridge in Agnes' honor. Gertrude Shew
nt the summer. We had a nice talk, ("16), was there. She has announced her
I decided to have another try at a engagement to Karl Lohff!
ty this winter.
Did anyone ever hear of a girl named
olly Emmerling Stage ('13), and fam- Alice Coulter? Alice visited Mary Wil-
have moved to Portland, Oregon. liams Sutliff over a week-end, and Mary
ly and her husband had a trip to says, "We enjoyed hearing the details of
rope this spring. Martha Sargeant her flight to California and back." Alice is
aU ('15), has been ill this last year. assistant advertising director for the Nor-
present address is Clarendon, Vir- wich Pharmacal Company. Mary lived
a. Elizabeth French Kelly ('15), is in a men's fraternity house in Ithaca for
a member of the staff of one of the six weeks this summer. Her husband was
ooklyn libraries. Alma Jones ('16), is in summer school working on his master's
he public library at Utica. Edith Res- degree. She spent a week in Horsehead
uie Blanchard ('15), and her husband and also visited Carol Kendall ('26).
raising gladiolas at Marathon. I n ad-
on to growing more than a hundred Mildred Reise Haight ('23), and Wini-
ieties they are developing new species. fred Reise Sayre ('25), with their re-
Blanchard teaches agriculture. Ethel spective husbands, and Mr. and Mrs.
rris Dewey ('14), and her family now Reise spent their wedding anniversaries
in Cazenovia.

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(they were all married on September 11) R u t h did not tell me to say this, but, I
in Syracuse. Mildred's married name and know i f each one of us sent a dollar to
address are Mrs. Kenmore Haight, 1914 her i t would mean a lot. Then maybe
Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois. we could have a respectable looking
house. I have sent mine, w i l l you ? Ruth's
Marion Moody ('28), left for New married name and address are Mrs. E.
Y o r k in response to a telegram for some- Perry, 613 University Avenue, Syracuse,
one of her ability in her line. She spent New York.
this summer in camp at Milton. Mar-
garet Coe Bell ('26), was in camp at Ann Spaulding ('26), is going to teach
Lake Ontario. Katherine Jenkins Clement in Cortland, New York, this year. Ruth
('24), and her husband were visiting Caskey Sturtevant ('25), is busy w i t h
Katherine's mother in Ridgewood. She her baby. Alice Foote Gwynne ('27), is
stopped in Binghamton to see R u t h Sid- working in a New York hospital. Grace
ney Merchant ('22), and her three girls. Stowell teaches music. Jean Lockwood
One of Ruth's children was bitten very is to teach chemistry i n the model school
badly by a dog about a month ago. at Van Hornsville, in which Owen D.
Young is interested. Gertrude Baumhart
Frances Carter is teaching English i n Bailey and her husband took a trip to
the high school at Paterson, New Jersey. Mexico this spring.
She has an apartment all to herself.
Helen L u t z ('26), is now employed w i t h I just received word that the Executive
the Brooklyn Edison Company. Committee of Alpha O has appointed me
State Chairman of Alumna: for New Jer-
Ina Miller Higbee wandered in the sey and New Y o r k City f o r the next two
Green and White Mountains for two years. Carol Kendall ('27), accepted a
weeks this summer, visited in New Eng- position this summer as Junior Superin-
land and stayed at Atlantic City for a tendent of vacation bible school. After
while. Alice Reeve (Ex. '25), is still i n school closed Carol paid a visit to Helen
Manville and loves her job. She vaca- Ho wait Lowe ('25). Her children were
tioned in Connecticut and Rhode Island. asleep at the time, but Carol saw their
pictures and said they were sweet young-
Edith Gessler Happ ('25) writes, " I ' m sters.
home all the time, with Barbara during
the week. Week-ends we have managed Mary Harper ('27), was married to
to get away. We were at Ted Petri 0 1 - John Thomas on September 3. M a r y met
rich's one week-end in August. The babies John while she and Norma were in
are the same size, and Ted and I have France. He is a Lehigh graduate, a 2 X .
great times. I was back at Syracuse f o r Mary's wedding was at home, very simple
a month this spring and a week this sum- but beautiful. She wore a pink organdie
mer." One sunny day some relatives of dress, very long and quaint, w i t h slip-
mine and myself drove over to see Ted pers and hose to match. Her shoulder
and her baby. Frank, Joan and Ted bouquet was of sweetheart roses and blue
went to Syracuse this summer and spent lace flowers. The bridal couple spent
ten days at the lake so that Joan could their honeymoon camping on Lake On-
get acquainted w i t h her relatives. tario. Mary's new address is Sayre Apts.,
3rd and Wyandotte Street, Bethlehem,
Mildred Sitser Olsen ('23), taught most Pennsylvania. Carol and Katherine
of last year and she expects to go back Brown Embler ('30), were at the wed-
this term. Mildred expected to go home ding. Katherine is teaching on the Hill
for the month of September. Ruth this year. Jane Gooding Green ('25), is,
Hawks Perry ('25), says as long as she living in Washington, D.C. Grace Jungen:
doesn't care to stay home and keep ('29), is an instructor on the H i l l . Last
house, she continued teaching after she year she served as National President of
was married. Ruth has a cosy four-room I I A N , the only organization of profes-
apartment not far from the chapter sional women chemists in the United j
house. Glenna Van Velde Richardson, States. She presided at the annual con-j
Ruth and Marcia have formed them- vention which was held at the Hotel
selves into a committee of three to fix Statler in Buffalo. Mary received a card]
up the chapter house. They themselves from Faith Trull ('25), who was m
have bought drapes for the sun room and Columbia Summer School. We take ifcj
linoleum f o r the kitchen. Some of the for granted that Hazel Olin ('25), waSj
other girls helped pay f o r a fire escape along too.
to be put on the house. The floors are
in bad condition and need attention.

OCTOBER, 1931 85

I wish that you would send news to old Hausner announce the birth of a son,
me, and I thank you who have. It's M r s . Robert Clarence, on August 12, 1930.
Edward F. Mitchell, 9 Berkeley Place,
Radburn, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, you Ted Petri Olrich and Frank Olrich an-
know. nounce the birth of a daughter, Joan
Nanette, last March.
Marriage
Deaths
Barbara Estey (Ex. '34), was married
to Hollis Greenman on September 29 at Our sympathy is extended to R u t h
the chapter house. and Helen McNees on the death of their
father.
Births
Mrs. Anna Gifford, our former chap-
Edith Smith Hausner ('14), and Har- eron, died this summer at the Old Ladies
Home in Homer, New York.

Nu Kappa

By A L I C E R E Y N O L D S

Mildred Shell ('24), has been in Dallas ran were married in June at her home in
visiting Numa Surgeon. This is the first Athens. They are living in Corsicana.
real visit we have had f r o m Mildred
since she left school. Last summer she Lucy Tucker became the bride of
toured Europe. Mildred's home is in Homer L . Toland of Dallas on August
Bastrop, Louisiana. 18, at the First Baptist Church. Her
maid of honor was her sister, Johnnie
Mildred Brodnax (Ex. '28), has been Tucker.
in New York for about a year studying
costume designing at the Prophagen The announcement of the marriage of
School. Mildred has been at home since Cathryn Spurlock to Dr. William Inzer
early summer. Marjorie Holland ('30), Southerland on September 7. D r . Spur-
having gotten a degree at the university, lock performed the ceremony at home.
derided to take up a business career. She Cathryn wore a brown and beige satin
entered business college last spring, and gown and a brown hat. Her gloves were
is working f o r the National Shirting beige and slippers brown. D r . Souther-
Company. land attended Texas University and Bay-
lor Medical School, where he was a
Several of our girls are going to teach member of 4>X.
again this year. M a r j o r i e Sigler ('30), at
Winnetka Grammar School, Dallas; Births
Mary Alice Wren ('29), is teaching this
year out at Love Field, near Dallas; M r . and M r s . George A . Carlson
and, Rebecca Roberts ('28), at Piano. (Mable Hicks, Ex. '28), have a daughter
Charlotte Ann, born on July 27.
Marriages
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Baird (Antoin-
Steve Thackston ('31), became the ette Smith), have a daughter, Frances
bride of Marian Conn, A p r i l 15, in D u r - Antoinette, born August 12.
ant, Oklahoma. Steve went ahead and
got her degree in June. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holland (Artie
Lee Sypert), have a girl, Harriett, born
Lillian Cox married John Ashby in August 30. This is their second child,
June. She had a very quiet home wed- the first was a boy.
ding. Lillian and John are now living in
sChhipic.ago where he is serving his interne- Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hyer (Kattie Mc-
Duffie), have a girl, born in April. Kattie
Linna Laura Wallace and Paul Cock- and her daughter, Martha Jane, have
been in Florida all summer.

Eta

By MARGARET M E L A A S S P E N G L E R

Karen Falk is teaching again in South Spengler attended convention at Trout-
^waukee. dale-in-the-Pines and did some sight-
K ^ 1 yi a L a c e B r o w n has a baby son seeing following the convention.

last spring. Agnes Gilbretson Terry and Owen
H u t h King and Margaret Melaas spent their vacation in Stoughton.

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Alpha Phi

By M A R I E M . JORGENSON

Helen and Russell Davis and children vacation in Butte and expects to resume
spent a month visiting their parents at her w o r k about the first of October.
Hamilton and Butte, Montana. Mary and Bernice Crane will have charge of the
Perry Gage are spending their vacation commercial department in the Manhat-
in Butte and Bozeman. Florence and tan High School this year.
Don Anderson and daughter, Suzanne,
are in Bozeman visiting Florence's par- Just recently Gladys Kruger spent a
ents. Rumors are that "Strannie" and day in Butte. Gladys had a very serious
Pat Murphy motored to Montana to accident this spring when she was thrown
visit w i t h the Stranahans. Charlotte f r o m her horse and dragged. Several f a -
Cooley Dickerson came f o r homecoming cial bones were broken and her skull
and spent her vacation in Bozeman and fractured. She is recovering nicely,
Great Falls. though.

Marcella Schneider leaves next Thurs- Ethel Keyes Sales attended summer
day for Prince School to take advanced session at the University of Montana.
work. For the past t w o years she has This fall she w i l l attend Montana State
been instructor at the Washington Junior College and work f o r her B.S. degree.
High School, Butte. Mary Milligan Vochres and Martha
Johnson Haynes plan to attend Montana
Margaret Doe M a x o n comes to Butte State College this fall and work for their
frequently to broadcast over K G I R . Dur- master degrees.
ing the summer we had a "get together"
picnic for her. Death

Emma Baldwin took work at the We send our sympathy to M r . and
Snow Designing School in Los Angeles Mrs. Charles Lyndon (Chloe Cox), in
this past year. Emma is spending her the loss of their son last March.

Nu Omicron

By MARGARET R A W L S

Mary B. Allison (Ex. '23), and Flor- her husband have been traveling in N o r t h
ence Hayes ('30), were our "alums" at Carolina. They went to Asheville and to
convention. They said i t was great! By Highland. On August 29 the Weyman
the way, M a r y B. w i l l be back this fall Laboratory at Highland was dedicated.
teaching at Ward-Belmont, and Florence This w i l l be used as a center f o r scientific
is now w o r k i n g in one of the clinics at research i n the summer. Mrs. Carter told
Vanderbilt Hospital. Elizabeth Frazier us about the dedication. Our own Van-
('31), is at the Life and Casualty I n - derbilt professor, Dr. E. E. Reinke, is the
surance Company. She is secretary to director. Frances Carter ('30), the daugh-
none other than M r . Folk. Frances M c - ter of B u r t S. leaves September 28 for
Kee ('27), has been vacationing i n N e w B r y n M a w r . She w i l l be a Resident Fel-
York. M a r y Elizabeth Sharpe ('26), has low in Philosophy. Her address w i l l be
just landed f r o m an extensive tour of Radnor Hall. We hope that Frances will
Europe. Then Elizabeth Wenning ('30), come back to Nashville after she takes
lands the middle of September. Of course, all the degrees. Y o u know she already
you remember she has been studying at has her B.A. f r o m Vanderbilt and her
Heidelberg, M u n i c h , and what a time she M.A. from Duke.
has been having! Rumor has i t that
Elizabeth is going to take law. Florence M a r y Rutledge ('30), has been taking
Tyler ('21), spent last winter in Tucson, a Library course at Peabody, and this
Arizona, but this winter we are to have fall w i l l be finding her guiding students
her with us. between the stacks at the Vanderbilt
Library. Marianne Turpin Burke ('28),
Mrs. W . J . Campbell ( r ) , has been has been working on her master's degree
traveling w i t h her husband in the east this summer. Besides this she has been
this summer, but she w i l l be in Nash- doing some newspaper w o r k as well as
ville this f a l l . Burt S. Carter ( I I ) , and keeping husband Jim healthy. Mary

OCTOBER, 1931 87

Eastes Bryan (Ex. '31), has been visiting of ciel blue, blue lace mitts and blue
in Nashville on her way to New Orleans crepe slippers and carried an arm bou-
for another visit. M a r y lives in Chat- quet of sweetheart roses and delphinium.
tanooga. We want to welcome Lucy Mrs. James I . Hudson (Frances Beasley,
Cooper ( 0 ) , to our alumna; chapter and Ex. '27), served as her sister's only at-
hope she w i l l j o i n w i t h us. Lucy has tendant. She wore a gown of pale yellow
been at LaFollette, Tennessee. Virginia batiste, embroidered in green, green hair-
Goddard ('29), has been taking a busi- braid picture hat and eggshell lace mitts.
ness course this summer. Harriett Chap- Jane and Mack will make their home in
pell Owsley ( T A , '23), w i l l be w i t h us Guthrie.
this winter. Last year Dr. F. L . Owsley,
her husband, was given a year's leave Laura Dismukes ('31), was married to
of absence, but they are back. Stanley S. Treanor on July 3. The mar-
riage vows were taken at the Bishop's
Our loss this time is other people's residence at 2001 West End Avenue at
gain for Mary John McCullough ('20), 10 o'clock in the morning. Laurence
is moving to Charlotte, N o r t h Carolina. Treanor, brother of the groom, and Addie
Mildred Cisco ('30), is moving to Louis- Hayes Kerrigan were the only attend-
ville to live. Louisville is claiming an- ants. We are all delighted that Laura's
other one of our alumna?, Roberta Light- marriage doesn't take her away from
foot ('28). M a r y Weise ('27), is leaving Nashville.
to go to the University of Pennsylvania
to do graduate work in French, and her Engagement
sister Frances ('31), is going t o continue
her Library Science course at Peabody Dorothy Overall ('30), to Horace
and also work at the Carnegie Library.
Vinson Wells the wedding to take place
The marriage of Jane Carothers Beas-
ley to Mack S. Linebaugh of Guthrie, at Belmont Methodist Church on Octo-
Kentucky, took place on June 24. The
wedding took place at "Walnut H i l l , " the ber 5.
Beasley home on the Gallatin Road. The
Rev. J. L . Pennington performed the Births
ceremony in the presence of only the two
immediate families. Jane wore a gown Nancy Eastes Gordon (Ex. '31), a
of pink chiffon made over princess lines, daughter, Nancy Jean, on August 7.
with an embroidered bertha collar of
chiffon. She wore a hairbraid picture hat Lucille Morgan Miller ('29), a son,
Richard.

Death

We wish to extend our sympathy to
Anne Trice Nixon in the loss of her
daughter, Elizabeth Jones Nixon.

Psi

By MARGARET A . L Y N N

Evelyn Stevenson Webster ('28), one of Pennsylvania in preparation for the
of Philadelphia Alumna's most active work.
members, has just moved to Mercer,
Pennsylvania, located near Pittsburgh, to Pinckney Estes Glantzberg ('22), en-
tertained extensively this season at her
gone for a year or t w o . M a r i a n S. summer home at Lake Maranacook,
Willis (Ex. '28), who spent several weeks Maine. Pinckney is the trial counsel for
«n Ocean City, Vermont and Ohio, gave the Liquidation Bureau of the State De-
a small farewell party for Evelyn be- partment of Insurance of New York, and
fore she left. Cornelia Patterson ('29), has just moved into the beautiful, new
nas become the secretary of D r . George State Office Building at 80 Center Street,
Woodward, a state senator from Phila- New York.
delphia.
Gwendolyn Hunsicker Mason ('22),
«f wn D M^ 0 t h y C r os s ( A' 2 8s)ia>, wiU soon leave returned from Rochester, Minnesota, in
September. Her husband, Dr. James Bry-
e s o p o t a mi a , with the Speiser ant Mason, will receive his M . A . in
surgery from the University of Minne-
t-xpedition from the University of Penn- sota, and expects to locate in Phila-
sylvania Museum. The expedition will delphia soon.
°e gone until M a y . Dorothy, who is the
stV.y w ° m a n to go on the trip, has been Ruth Cotton ('19), spent the summer
amoving Anthropology at the University

88 To DRAGMA O

at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Louise rail to New York and then flew from b
Kappella Riegel ('25), and her husband Newark to Philadelphia. c
took a delightful motor trip through m
New England. Mary Louise Jarden ('30), Louise Seifert Miller ('30), and her M
was at the seashore. Ethel Boardman husband vacationed in New England. in
('24), went to California via the Pana- Ann Hassan ('25), enjoyed the month t
ma Canal. Margaret Story Hill ('25),- of July at Cape May, New Jersey. w
spent part of July and August at Ocean Eleanor D. ('27), and Marian A. Culin in
City, New Jersey. Katherine Snively (Ex. '30), were at their home in Ocean I
Stewart ('20), spent some time there, too. City. Margaret Scott Greiner ('28), ex- a
pects to sail on the Homeric for Nassau M
Ella Roberts ('25), did some clinical on September 26. Emily Niblock ('30), o
work at the Graduate University, and visited in Chicago. Helen Wallauer Hor- R
Philadelphia General Hospital for a while ner ('27), spent two weeks at the shore. C
and then visited in New York. Eleanor Kathryn Irwin Chambers ('26), is busily s
Rohner Spencer ('20), took week-end engaged in managing two apartment r
trips to the seashore and visited Avis houses. Margaret Peirce ('28), went to '
Hunter Rumpp ('18), at her place in Sea the seashore, and Polly Partridge ('30), I
Isle City, New Jersey. spent some time at Virginia Beach. P a - F
tricia Stevenson ('29), visited in Roch- d
Elizabeth McOwen ('26), is back in ester, New York, for a while. (
New York after spending some time in t
the spring observing in an eye-clinic in Ann Warner has a position with an n
Boston. While there, "Betty" gathered interior decorator in Germantown. la
material for a paper on cataracts, dwell- E
ing particularly on the social service Engagement t
aspect of such cases. Irva Bair Jamieson The engagement of Ann Hassan ('25), A
('26), made frequent trips to Eaglesmere to Raymand E . Trainer was announced n
and to Ocean City. Gertrude Hayman in August. Mr. Trainer is a graduate of in
Paton ('25), spent the month of August Saint Joseph's College, and the Wharton t
at Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Gladys School of the University of Pennsylvania. M
Brennen Avis ('25), visited in Ohio, too. Ann will be married in November, and
Mary Margaret McLean ('28), took a will live at 64 Overhill Road in Cynwyd. H
course in Reading at the University of U
Pennsylvania. She is teaching English and Births t
Reading in the Glenside Junior High A son, David Reznor Webster Jr., to m
School. Mary Margaret spent three Mr. and Mrs. David R. Webster (Evelyn
weeks with her family at their farm near Stevenson, '28), on May 23. w
Huntingdon after school closed, then took A daughter, Elizabeth Webster King,
a boat trip to Boston. She returned by to Mr. and Mrs. J . Lyonel King on June lr
29.
m
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a
By I R E N E W I L T
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Mr. and Mrs. Chester Murphy (Berna- Marriages
dette Winter), and son had a very en- Arvilla Bayman was married to E u - !
joyable summer in Canada, where Mr. gene Albaugh, who is connected with the A
Murphy was in charge of a camp for Industrial Arts Department of Miami b
boys. T w o members of the class of '26 University at Oxford. la
attended summer school: Louise Murray Margaret Pflug married Art Schefiler H
studied at Columbia University, and and lives in Troy. a
Irene Wilt was at the University of Wis- Mary Trout ('30), married Roscoe S
consin. Irene enjoyed the pleasure of liv- Butler, who is a member of 2 A E from
ing at Eta's house. Miami.

Martha Jane Hitchner visited Helen I n June Helen Cadmen became the
Haller in Los Angeles, California, this bride of Bob Satterfield, a 2 X from
summer. Dorothy Gillham Crist is liv- Miami.
ing in Hamilton. Mildred Riegel ('31),
is teaching in Troy. Kathryn Taylor is Birth
teaching near her home in Arcanum. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mattern (Mil-
Roberta Bayman is teaching in Raleigh. dred Engle), are very proud parents of
a daughter, Barbara Lou.

OCTOBER, 1931 89

Omicron Pi

By FRANCES SACKETT

Helen Howard Newby ('24), having June Davis Thisted ( E x . '29), departed
been to Mexico and Texas in the spring, for the west in the spring, intending to
came to Detroit for a while in the sum- stay for some time, but she is back again
mer. Frances Sackett ('30), and Betty with all her family. Mary Ellen Apple-
Morley ('30), braved the ocean waves ton Fralick ('26), has moved to Chicago
in August and visited Bermuda which where Bruce is teaching in the medical
they claim is the only spot on earth school of the University.
worth living in. Yet here they are back
in Detroit, ready to work for the winter. Helen Maynard ('30), announced her
Irene Swain ('24), dared to go to Texas engagement of Marston Hubbard; Grace
and in July at that. California, northern Swartz ('31), is engaged to John Hurl-
Michigan, and Muskoka have their quota but; and, Frances Sackett ('30), is en-
of Alpha O's too; Frances Barrett ('25), gaged to Walter Patton.
Ruth Morey Eisele ('25), and Dorothea
Comfort ('21), were found in California, As for the girls who graduated in June,
seeing the sisters there, and the sur- Kathleen Clifford intends to study L i -
rounding country; Ruth Weiler (Ex. brary Science at the University of Wash-
'31), Josephine Weiler Armintrout ('26), ington this winter; Albertina Maslen is
Irene Lutz Dunham ('24), Bea Hoek taking a graduate course in sociology
Finley ('23), Margaret Hanselman Un- at Smith College, and Mary Louise Behy-
derwood ('25), Marjorie Kerr Lanning mer is working on a newspaper in Seat-
('23), Marian Tanner ('23), Mary L a w - tle. Lela Crump ('30), is on the ocean
ton (*28), and Helen Boughey Nolan now, going to Syria for three years. She
has a job as librarian in the Medical
S), were among those present in Library of the American University at
northern Michigan; Marjorie Miller Kel- Beirut. Margaret Gilbert Wuerfel (Ex.
ar ('27), Jane McBride Preish ('27), 32), has been in Beirut for two years
Elizabeth Cossitt Fricker ('27), went now, with Ted, and has recently had a
through Canada to Montreal and Quebec. son. Her family is joining her there, and
All of which brings me to the sisters who from latest reports, they intend to re-
now live in Canada; Betty Cody Breck- main in Syria indefinitely. Priscilla An-
inridge ('27), came down from Montreal derson Bacon (Ex. '31), is living in New
to Flint for a while, and Betty Hayes York with Edgar.
Monaghan ('25), was at Indian Point.
Sally Bonine Morrison ('28), plans to
Elizabeth Gratton Youngjohn ('21), teach in Ann Arbor this winter, while
Helen Belcher ('28), Elva Langdon Clyde stays in Marion, Ohio, where he
Upeling (Ex. '26), and Josephine Nor- has a job. Margaret Smith Davis ('29),
ton ('28), were in Ann Arbor for sum- also, is going to teach in Detroit for a
mer school. while, leaving Gordon in Buffalo. Leone
Lee Brigham ('29), has found a position
It would be impossible to enumerate in Kalamazoo.

without taking up too much space all the Marriages

r«ps that other sisters took this sum- June 13—Annette Burkhardt to Brad-
ford Brown.
mer, and all that they did. For lack of
July 13—Margaret Smith to Francis
I better idea, the harried editor begs that Gordon Davis.

anyone with a huge bump of curiosity August 7—Frances Norton to John
Raymond Saxton.
wrJte to her and ask for particulars.
August 8—Elizabeth Wylie to Blair
Jean Greenshields Rex ('28), has Swartz.

! 2 » ° nt 0 E v a n 5 t where she is living August 15—Marian Murray to Schul-
yer Elliott.
A?H , T " n e t t e Burkhardt Brown ('27).
August 22—Marian Reish to James
been , i W e s s e l s Burlingame ('28), has Bain.

taken from the Detroit group by Births

lanH ? o nr o m o t i to a position in Cleve- February—To Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman
(Nelle Gratton), a son.
na. in Cleveland also we hear from

Han. . " ' >( 3 0 ) who is working in

and n a n d f r o m G r a c e Manbeck ('31),

S' Hi £ y HaU ' '( 3 1 ) who are both

ees training school for buyers.

9 0 To DRAGMAJ O

March 1—To M r . and Mrs. Charles Antwerp (Lucille Bellamy), a daugh- n
Monroe (Katharine Swayze), a daugh- ter, Katherine. c
ter, Mary. C
August 7—To M r . and M r s . John S. a
A p r i l 1—To M r . and M r s . Hugh Tennant I I ( M a r y K e n t - M i l l e r ) , a son, P
Monahgan (Elizabeth Hayes), a son, John I I I . a
Philip. s
To M r . and Mrs. Theodore C. Wuerfej m
April 25—To M r . and Mrs. Stanley (Margaret Gilbert), a son. in
Cavanaugh (Eleanor Eaton), a daughter,
Patricia. Death a
n
May 7—To M r . and Mrs. LeRoy Ar- For the second time, Omicron Pi bows S
mintrout (Josephine VVeiler), a son, its head in grief, and this for the loss G
John. of Winifred Sample Baetcke ('26), who P
joined the Alpha Omega chapter on d
May 19—To M r . and Mrs. Ralph June 3. A n y tribute we pay to her in H
Johnson (Dorothy Gates), a son, Ralph words cannot express our deep feeling, v
Jr. for the memory of her understanding, sc
her love, and thoughtfulness of others h
May 26—To M r . and Mrs. Harold remains as a real inspiration to us. Our le
Dudley (Winifred Benedict), a daughter, sympathy belong to Bernd, Mrs. Sample h
Jacqueline. and Dorothy. C
b
June 28—To M r . and Mrs. William m
Bergman (Emma Jacobs), a son, Courtis. g
w
July 22—To Dr. and Mrs. L . D. Van L

Alpha Sigma se
c
By ROMA W H I S N A N T in
re
A letter from Jane Dudley Epley Cleveland, Ohio, where they w i l l make] fa
their home this winter. Jack is internes is
brings interesting news of the girls who at the City Hospital in Cleveland. E o l se
route they visited Dorothy Dodge Olson R
are living in Eugene. They have had a and her husband at their trout hatchery! h
near Boise, Idaho. Since Dot arrived in V
small alumna- group for nearly a year Cleveland, she has been assisting in a
Girls' Training School as recreational 50
and meet once a month. M a r y West teacher for the summer months. This f a l l g
she w i l l be assistant in a branch library «e
Reinhart ('26), is president of the Eu- in Cleveland. D o t writes, "We enjoyecti su
our t r i p across, although i t began to get Jg
gene group. Jane writes that "the Rein- tiresome in Wyoming and by the time
we arrived in Omaha we decided there IN
harts recently moved to a darling red was no place like home." N o doubt she
would appreciate hearing from any of "
brick house just outside of Eugene on the girls. She can be reached c/o Dry
J. F. Renshaw, City Hospital, Cleveland^ Vl
the Pacific highway n o r t h . " She can be Ohio.
te
reached through DeNeffe's Clothing Sue Baker Hartley ('30), surprised t M j V
girls by popping into Portland one brighfi I
Store, Eugene, where Frank works. I day in July. She and her husband whffl
for the past t w o years have been ii4 «
regret that I do not know her new home Chicago were returning to their hom<^ m
in Aberdeen f o r a short visit and are; ce
address. now living in Seattle. Catherine M a y f
hew ('29), has returned f r o m a t w «
When Vee Saunders Adler ('28), was months' trip in the middle west where
she visited in Des Moines, Chicago anffl
visiting i n Eugene this summer, she and St. Louis, stopping at Banff and L a k i
Louise on her return. Catherine went o i l
Jane went out to see Catherine Dorris after convention which she attended as
the delegate f r o m the Portland Alumnse,
Williams ('28), who is living at Dexter chapter. Roberta Wilcox Robnett, alum*!

where Carroll runs the main store. Vee

and Art are living in Medford where

Art is a f u r broker. Betti Kessi Good-

win ('22), who has been doing insurance

work in Eugene for the past year sud-

denly left f o r Marshfield on business. As

far as we know she is still there.

Jane and Mac Epley with their two

children, Malcolm Jr., aged three and

a half, and John, aged seventeen months,

have moved from Eugene to Klamath

Falls where Mac has accepted the posi-

tion of managing editor of the Klamath

Evening Herald and Morning News.

About the middle of June, Dot and

Jack Renshaw left Portland to drive to

OCTOBER, 1931 91

na adviser for Alpha Sigma chapter ac- Boston and returned to her home in
companied Catherine to convention. North Hatley, Canada.
Catherine has now resumed her duties
at Miss Jewell's Preparatory School in We are glad to hear from Margaret
Portland. Marylee Andrus Miller ('28), Seymour Wade that she has completely
and her husband, Harold, spent the recovered since her operation f o r ap-
summer in Seattle, and they are now pendicitis in the spring. " M a r g " and
making their home in Ryderwood, Wash- "Les" are living in Spokane, Washington,
ngton. T o k y o Apts. " M a r g " writes that she ex-
pects to visit her family at Gardiner,
Several of the girls have changed their Oregon, within the next month and will
addresses for the coming school year. A g - be in Portland for a short time.
nes Palmer (*29), is at LaGrande High
School; Theresa Young ('30), at Cottage During the past summer two of the
Grove; and Reba Brogdon is teaching at girls of the class of '29 were married.
Pleasant H i l l near Eugene. Reba assisted On June 18 Werdna Isbell was married
during the summer at the playground in to Dale W y a t t at the home of her
Hood River and spent a couple of weeks parents in Hood River. Luola Benge was
visiting in San Francisco before her her only attendant. Werdna and Dale
chool started. LaWanda Fenlason ('30), are now living in Nelson, B.C., where
has accepted a fellowship at Smith Col- M r . W y a t t is employed as mining engi-
ege where she w i l l complete w o r k for neer. Before Luola could even return to
her master's degree in history. Barbara her home in Heppner after assisting
Crowell ('30), who for the past year has Werdna, she was seen in Portland mak-
been working in the Children's Depart- ing plans for her own wedding, and on
ment of the Portland Public L i b r a r y has August 2 she was married to O. Hilding
gone to the University of Washington Bengtson of Medford. The ceremony was
where she w i l l spend the year taking a performed in the First Christian Church
Library training course. of Heppner, and a reception followed at
the home of her parents. Olie wore a
Henriette Hansen visited in Portland striking gown of white satin with long
everal weeks this summer w i t h her veil edged w i t h lace. Barbara Crowell
cousin. Ruth. She has been teaching art drove to Heppner for the wedding and
n the Eugene public schools and w i l l was accompanied by Mildred Vaughan,
eturn to the University of Oregon this Elizabeth Plummer and Roma Whisnant,
all. Dorothy Cash Munley ('26), who Portland, and Marian Barnes Scottowe,
s now living in San Francisco spent Tacoma. Barbara was one of the brides-
everal weeks w i t h her parents at maids and the other girls assisted at the
Rhododendron I n n . She was accompanied reception. Luola and Hilding are now
y her three sweet children. M i l d r e d living at S Holly Court, Medford, Ore-
Vaughan tells me that Georgie David- gon, where M r . Bengtson is practicing
0 0 ("29), has given up her job i n law.

Xi

By R U T H B L A C K

Lois Grimm Anglin (Ex. '28), visited Mrs. Van Endicott served as social
er mother and father in Norman this director for the AOIT summer students.
ummer She has a precious baby, Bobby
gjM*. Helene Godwin ('23), has a baby Marriages

!, RNIE Barr ('26), spent the summer Genevieve Bacon (Ex. '29), to Albert
Harrington in June.
5 ?N
" iuirope. M a r j o r i e Stafford ('25), is Agnes Yeary (Ex. '30), to L o y d Pad-
gett of Lawton.
ls'tmg a friend in Illinois.
Billie Mathies ('30), to R. J. Evans
ear4?"em ma Wilson ('30), is going to Jr., of Hartshorne in February. I t was
L announced in June.

V?l\ !" , h o m e t o w n . Lucille Hogue Katherine Bettle (Ex. '30), was mar-
ried, but her new name is not k n o w n .
W ^ h e s i n w e s t Te*as at Stanford.
Beatrice Cox ('28), to Joe Hass of
«5 I S K '( 2 7 ) <' >'B I A C K28 Norman.

marm • t Q g e t h e r as old school
er i e V n ? o r g e r , Texas. W i n i f r e d Spen-
1 5 teaching in Alma.

92 To DRAGM* O

Maude Merle Spencer t o Conrad Paul Allen Bealer at the country homa U
Masterson, August 12. of Paul's uncle on June 8. They live in] f
Tulsa. g
Dorothy Ann Feyerhern (Ex. '30), to t
a
Pi Delta B
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By E D I T H F . BURNSIDE L
t
Early in June the Grand Reunion was ('27), is doing some special research s
held at the University of Maryland, and work f o r the house furnishings division c
many Alpha O's were back on the cam- of the Bureau of Home Economics. j
pus—and what a changed campus, many t
improvements have been made and the Early i n the spring we learned of M
one thing of particular interest was the Grace Laleger's ('28), marriage to W i l l s
new girls' dormitory now being erected. Ham Schneider in New Y o r k C i t j j W
Kate Baker Bromley ('26), who is living "Grade" obtained her master's degrei l
in New England returned for the first from Columbia and met her husbanq o
time since her marriage. "Joe" Blandford while attending the University. N o v ! d
was welcomed w i t h open arms because Orr Thompson ('28), was married tffl
no one had seen her since the previous Lieutenant Maclsaac who is a graduate C
fall when she went to I o w a to teach of the Naval Academy and who was M
Home Economics at Clark College. This doing postgraduate work at the academjj G
year Josephine w i l l be an instructor at until June. Nova and her "navy man'l t
Maryland College for Women and will were married on March 21 and are staJ
be much nearer home. tioned at the Great Lakes Training Staj l
tion near Chicago. Another marriage of
"Eddie" Burnside Howard ('29), re- interest was that of Evalyn Rideout 1
ceived good wishes f r o m many of her ('30), to Tate Taylor, who graduate)!
sisters on that day in June; "Eddie" was f r o m M a r y l a n d in 1929. " E v i e " and Tale a
married on April 17 to Joseph Harold live in New Y o r k City. Tate is COM w
Howard, a graduate of the University of nected w i t h a number of golf associal b
Maryland Law School and a member of tions as a grass specialist. Katherinfl b
* K Z . She is living at Astor Courts in Williams (Ex. '32), was married toj b
Baltimore. Bruce H . Robinson in Yuma, Arizona,1 b
early i n August. They are living in Sam s
F r o m the various business firms in Francisco. s
Washington came several Alpha O's: d
Adele Seihler Holloway ('29), associated Lillian Earnest Wilson ('24), is t f c l
with Warner Brothers' Washington office, mother of a son, born in the early sural '
Ruth Barnard ('29), who is with the mer. "Budgie" Behring Ford ('27M
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone visited her parents in Washington in |
Company and also Margaret Temple company with her small daughter!
('29), w h o is associated w i t h the same Patricia Ann. Alice Bonnett Cole ( E n
company. Margaret, by the way, visited '27), boasts of a son.
"friends" in Pittsburgh and came back
w i t h a beautiful engagement ring. W i l - Estelle Nichols Linton ('29), visited!
liam Wade, ZX, and a graduate of in Washington recently. She a n a
George Washington Law School is the "Freddie," ZN, from Maryland, live i f l
man. "Peg's" wedding w i l l take place Newark. Aline Herzog Brown ('29), witlq
some time this winter. " L i b b y " Taylor her husband, a graduate of Johns H o p j
('27), is employed at the regional office kins and an engineer, visited A l i n e l
of the Buick M o t o r Company, and her parents recently. They live in Philadd|
former roommate, Evelyn Kuhnle ('28), phia.
was present and by now has completed
some special studies at Columbia U n i - M a n y members of the 1931 class ha
versity. Anita Peters (Ex. '27), gave interesting positions. Ruth Miles is assisti
glowing reports of her new position with ant in the college shop of Jelleffs Depara
the Veterans' Hospital at Coatesville, ment Store in Washington. Elgar Jonef
Pennsylvania. "Petie" is doing psychiatric w i l l follow a musical career by continiq
work. "Betty" Swenk ('25), along with ing her studies at Peabody Institute S
several others, enjoyed the reunion w i t h Baltimore. She also plans to teach musra
former classmates. Ellen Keiser Beavens Martha Ross Temple has accepted I
fellowship in Home Economics at Mary-
land; Madeline Bernard also w i l l coBij

OCTOBER, 1931 93

Unue her studies at M a r y l a n d under a tional management with the govern-
fellowship in biological sciences. M a r - mental cafeterias.
garet McGarvey and Jane Hammack w i l l
teach commercial subjects at Surratsville So many members of Pi Delta are
and Seat Pleasant, respectively. Virginia now located in Washington and nearby
Blount and Lenore Blount will become Maryland and frequently a luncheon is
English teachers at Scat Pleasant and held at the Restaurant Madrillon in
Laurel. Lenore will also hold the posi- Washington where much "news is
tion of musical director of the high hashed."
school. Margaret Cook w i l l manage the
cafeteria and teach Home Economic sub- The writer cannot stop writing until
jects at Bladensburg. Ruth Finzel w i l l a very interesting trip is described. As
teach in her home t o w n , M t . Savage. a representative of the Washington
Mildred Kettler has accepted a Fellow- School for Secretaries, I visited several
ship at the Child Research Center in southern women's colleges i n connection
Washington. Mildred received the Fel- with my work. M y first stop was at
lowship which was open to one student Lynchburg where I visited Randolph-
only from three different colleges. Gwen- Macon College. Kappa Chapter treated
dolyn Sargeant has a position in institu- me royally, and I can surely vouch for
the true A O I I hospitality which was so
much a part of every chapter I visited.

Tau Delta

By A L I C E N E L S O N BURTON

Helen Johnston ('31), after a visit in future. Helen Borchers' ('31) engage-
Charleston, South Carolina, is home. ment has just been announced, the wed-
Mary Mabry has returned f r o m Florida. ding to take place in the early fall.
Genevieve Hopsen ('30), has been there, Esther Catherine Merril was married in
too. June to Thomas Folsom, and is making
her home in Montgomery.
Annie L o u Fletcher Yielding has a
little newcomer—a daughter. Elizabeth Everett Elliott ('30), will teach in
(Lib) Mackey Hall ('29), has a son. Birmingham this winter.

Caroline Brandon ('30), was married Elizabeth ( E ) Crabbe ('30), is busy
1 1 1 July, and is now happy in her new role these days completing a business course.
as Mrs. Paul Green. Jane H a m m i l ('30),
was married in July to James West- Evelyn Coffin ('29), is leaving for
brook. Jane is not only noted for her New York in a few days.
beauty, but she is one of the most
brilliant pianists in Birmingham. She has Elizabeth (Sliz) Morris Hackney and
been teaching in the Birmingham Con- husband spent their vacation in New
servatory of Music, f r o m which school York and Washington. Lois Green ('29),
she was graduated in the spring. Wed- was graduated from the Birmingham
ding bells are to sound again in the near Conservatory of Music this spring. Lois
is also one of the outstanding pianists of
our city.

Kappa Omicron

By E L I Z A B E T H W I L L I A M S

(F .February 18, Martha Ambrose Bennie Belle McCraw (Ex. '28), Sardis,
- x 27), w a s married to James D . Mississippi, was married but I do not
know to whom, or when, or where.
'vunnally, Memphis. Harriet Shepherd
There are but t w o babies to report,
V ? - -51), surprised us on A p r i l 25 by but fortunately they are future AOITs.
| ° l n g to New Orleans and marrying Louise M a y o Rollow ('30), has a little
girl, Anne, born on April 4. Virginia
" ya r r S. Pond of that citv. They honey- Mercere Collins' (Ex. '31), daughter
made her appearance on M a y 12.
JJ?°nerJ all summer at Bay St. Louis,
Carolyn McKellar (Ex. '33), spent the
S g f * ! ? p i > la n ( are now at home at summer in New Hampshire as a coun-
cillor at Ogontz White Mountain Camp.
IW.i. pperline >S l r e e t New Orleans.

qui?! y V a n d e n < ' ) '2 9 w a s married

Prim at h o m e on June 12 t 0 Dan

m i « P of Memphis. Sometime in July

94 To DRAG O

On her way up Carolyn visited Pauline Mildred Rainwater McRac (Ex. '2$ w
Barton Newton (Ex. '31), in her home who divides her time between Cuba a - C
at Kew Gardens, Long Island. Pauline Mississippi, was w i t h her mother t" w
was in Memphis in the spring for a summer in Lexington, Mississippi. S N
month's visit w i t h her mother. When came to Memphis, shopping, bring5, n
Irene Hyman ('30), went to Europe via with her young John Murrel McR* '3
New Y o r k in June, she, too, stopped Jr. Carrol Hewitt (Ex. '32), Marian- K
over with Pauline. Gladys Gibson ('30), Arkansas, spends a great deal of tint fr
has been summering w i t h relatives in in Memphis, especially when i t is t i ~ h
Georgia. Mary McKellar ('31), and for new clothes. Mary Evelyn Wailej ar
M a r y Mitchell ('31), t w o of our alumnae Rash ('30), w h o since her marriage last K
additions since June, have spent the fall has resided in Drew Forest, New
summer months together in Florida. Jersey, sent us post cards during her co
Betty Lake Jones (Ex. '32), is spending trip through New England. Mary Evely^ an
both the summer and the winter in and her husband were fortunate in havj P
Europe. She is w i t h an aunt, M m e . Bra- ing Mr. and Mrs. Wailes, Memphis M
bant, in Lille, France, w i t h whom she along with them. Polly Gilfillan Mcj M
is at present touring the southern Queen (Ex. '27), took a few courses at be
provinces. Carolyn Stockley Humphries the University of Chicago while there sh
(Ex. '31), has just returned f r o m a with her husband who was completing w
motor trip through the north and work on his Ph.D. Ellen Goodman ('30)i
Canada with her husband and parents- and Elizabeth Williams ('30), spent the M
in-law. Minnie Lundy ('29), also had a summer in A n n Arbor working on in
motor trip in the spring with a friend masters' degrees at the University of ei
and his family. They, likewise, went Michigan in mathematics and history, rej S
north and east seeing Canada and the spectively. Anne Trezevant ('30), of botn C
Atlantic coast. Virginia Winkleman ('28), our chapter and Kappa has been enq he
enjoyed this summer a Caribbean cruise ployed for the past year at the Cossil V
and a trip through the Panama. Gwyn Library in Memphis. She w i l l leave Sew ar
Cooke Rainer (Ex. '29), spent the hot tember 15 f o r the University of Illinois in
months in the mountains at Monteagle, where she w i l l take a library course. A
with her young son and mother-in-law. re
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lone Agnew ('27), writes that she has She also spent some time w i t h friends M
completed her class w o r k f o r her who had a summer place in an olffl
master's degree at Chicago University, fourteenth-century chateau on the L o i n IQ
and is now working at the Chicago And did London. She says she got a l o t
Orphan Asylum doing child placement, of ideas to use this winter in the a r j JJ
while she also conducts a study of the school connected with the Toledo Are
Frances Juvenile Home for the Univer- Institute. Y o u knew that Ellen was teacbl ™
sity. This study is to be her thesis. lone ing there, didn't you ? P*
spent a part of her vacation in Indian-
apolis, and gave a house-party at her Elizabeth Charpie ('27), stole a marcM *
home in Frankfort f o r some of Beta on us A p r i l 11, and was quietly married] p
Theta girls. Helen Miller Porter ('27), to James L . Guthridge. The Guthridgd „,
was also i n Indianapolis for a couple of are living i n Indianapolis, at 3912 COM
weeks, w i t h her three-year-old daughter, nelius Avenue. Doris Speaker ('29), WM of
Nancy Mae. next. She was married in Fort Wayne on
June 27, to Ralph E. Coblentz. Hefl T
Dorothy Swift ('28), has been w o r k - new address is 603 Nevin Street, S e w i d f l
ing this summer in the Charles of the ley, Pennsylvania. an
Ritz beauty salon at L . S. Ayres. Ellen
McLean ('28), writes that she has just Ruth McClurg ('31), who was o t t i
returned f r o m Europe, where she visited of the bridesmaids at Doris' wedding, wafl
friends in Berlin, Munich, and Paris. married to L . Victor Brown, August 2°1
She motored all through Normandy to at the McKee Chapel of the Tabernadi
Havre and saw Rouen and Deauville. Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis!
Ruth and Vic are spending a f b u f i