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No letter. SEATTLE ALUMNAE
No letter. KNOXVILLE ALUMNAE
No letter. LYNCHBURG ALUMNAE
No letter. WASHINGTON ALUMNAE

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNAE

At last we have hit upon a plan of meetings which suits almost every-
one. One month our meeting is held on Saturday afternoon at someone's
home; the next month it is held at Psi chapter house on Monday evening.

Our first Saturday afternoon meeting was at our president's home in
Wayne on February 2nd. We had a brief business meeting and followed
this with a card party and shower for Patty Loeffler. Most of us were
more interested in the three babies that were there than we were in the
cards. Everyone w'ould surely have called this meeting a howling success,
although the babies made less noise than us older folks.

We had our March meeting at Psi's house. This took the form of a
ritual at which the Psi girls were our guests. Everyone enjoyed this very
much as it gave us another opportunity to look over Psi's lovely new fresh-
men.

Last Saturday, A p r i l 5th. we all traveled out to Avis Rumpp's lovely
new home in Gcrmantown. We talked over many things in which the chap-
ter is interested, and then played cards again. Avis told us about the work
which the chapter is doing at the Children's Hospital. A l l of those who
can spare the time are spending Tuesday and Thursday afternoons working
in the clinics, and they are having some wonderful experiences as well as
doing a very excellent work.

The Psi alums are making plans for a big birthday party on April 13th.
The members of each class are going to give a stunt for entertainment and
we expect to give Psi a present. I cannot say just what this will be.

The biggest thing of all, however, will be our annual card party at the
Bellevue Stratford Hotel on May 10th. Last year this was a great success
f r o m every angle, and we are expecting big things again this time.

KATHERINE SNIVELY.

DALLAS ALUMNAE

No letter.

KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE

(Kansas City Alumnae, this was the only letter which had to be re-
typed. It was written on letter paper.)

Since our last ietter to you we boast of another Alpha O baby, a little
girl born to M r . and Mrs. Nicholas Appolonio (Helen Darby) on March 20.

Dorothy Miller gave us quite a pleasant surprise by announcing her
marriage to M r . Floyd Manning Slasor, a Nebraska graduate, on Febru-
ary 22. We were happy over the news, of course, but we can't quite get
over the "secrecy" part of it.

At our last regular meeting we were fortunate enough to have two
former Phi girls with us, "Jack" Gilniore and Margaret Matthews. They

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are teaching in the Leavenworth High School. We wish they might join
us often. .,
On March 24 the alumnae entertained with a dinner at the home ot
Charlotte Uhls, in honor of Mattie Higgins, who was passing through
Kansas Citv on her return from the installation of our new chapter at
Oklahoma.' We were most delighted to have her with us, and to hear her
tell so many interesting things about X i . We feel acquainted with the
new girls already.
ELSIE ORTMAN.

OMAHA ALUMNAE

"Watch us grow" certainly applies to the Omaha chapter. Since our
last letter, three new Alpha O's have come into our midst and we hope they
will join our membership at the next Founder's Day meeting. Ruby Hodg-
skiss Hagen and daughter come to us f r o m Alpha Phi, and then we have
two f r o m Zeta, Helen Walpole Dunker, our bride, and Georgiana Jeffrys
Westover and her family. There are now about thirty-six Alpha O's in

Omaha. _
Our February meeting was held with Laura Peterson, Wilma Gustafa-
son and Belle Slattery. After a brief business meeting the girls played
bridge. Eighteen were present, but that was a splendid attendance con-
sidering the heavy snow storm. Three more girls appeared with bobbed
hair, which goes to show that the question of "to bob, or not to bob" is
surelv being settled in favor of the "bobs."
On March 29, a meeting was held at the Prettiest Mile Club, with
Lorene Davis, Doris Schumacher and Lillian Bihler as hostesses. Although
a small blizzard was coming up, sixteen were present. Several, including
our hostess Lorene, were unable to attend on account of illness. Alter
luncheon a business meeting was held and election of officers took place.
The following were elected: Helen Hayes, president, Bess Mitchell, vice-
president, Wilma Gustafason, secretary and Lillian Bihler, treasurer A t
the close of the meeting, Mattie Higgins told us about her trip to Okla-
homa to assist Kathryn M i x in installing the new chapter at the University
of Oklahoma, also of her visit with Phi and Kansas City Alumnae chapter.
MATTIE HIGGINS.

TACOMA ALUMNAE

No letter.

SYRACUSE ALUMNAE
Mrs. Knickerbocker, Gamma, opened her home for our February meet-
ing. The meeting was really a cozy chat around the fire-place, with news
of the success of our movie benefit a spur f o r future efforts. On March
25 we gathered at the Sunflower for a supper meeting.
We are glad to welcome Florence Foster of Epsilon to Syracuse.
Florence is now in charge of the Sunflower tea-room, which has long been
our favorite down-town meeting place. We have another valuable new
member. Mildred Wright has transferred to Geneva for hospital work
there, and plans to make the trip to Syracuse on alumnae Saturdays.
On March 25 the chapter sponsored the first of a series of informal
"At Homes" which the actives are holding at the chapter house on Sun-
day afternoons.
Chi Alumnae are agog with plans for a real reunion and house party at
the chapter house June 27 to July .3. A l l the girls who belong to the chapter
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invited to return for this joyous get-to-gether, and most of them are count-
ing on being there. We're sure that when you hear of all the jollities of
that week that each and every chapter will want an alumnae house party.

E M I L Y A. TARBELL.

DETROIT ALUMNAE

No letter.

NASHVILLE ALUMNAE

We are having some very good times this winter. We are meeting
twice a month now. Our first meeting during the month is only f o r busi-
ness. Our second meeting, which comes two weeks later, is f o r a social
purpose. We have dinner at six, which is prepared by two girls each time.
Then we play cards, sew and talk. We find that we are much more com-
panionable and get to know each other much better.

H E L E N H A W K I N S AfORFORD.

CLEVELAND ALUMNAE

First of all we must tell you of the huge success of our annual spring
rummage sale which we held at the Christian Community Center on Scovill
Avenue in the colored district. Our reward was not only financial but
charitable as well. By placing the prices at a minimum we made it possible
for our customers to buy in sufficiently large quantities which they in turn
donated to the needy in their missions and churches. Their attitude of
kindness and benevolence urged us to help them as much as possible. We
congratulate Flossie Keyerleber on her managerial ability and skill as sales-
woman and diplomat.

Since the new year, we have adopted a new plan for holding our meet-
ings. We alternate between a central location down town and the different
members' homes. Our February meeting was a luncheon in the English
Room of the Winton Hotel, followed by a parlor business session. Mrs.
Schnee was hostess f o r the occasion. We have planned the same f o r April
12th.

By way of diversion in March, a St. Patrick's tea was given by Isabelle
Weybright and Dorothea Doller at Dot's home. We shall have to divulge
a secret. The party was not entirely feminine f o r Mrs. Mould was accom-
panied by her son Billy, aged three and one-half. The great question of
the day was_"When are they going to pass the cookies," enacted in stage
whispers. You may be sure the afternoon was a very lively one. Sham-
rock favors and greens lent a festive air and made us aware of the patron
saint who graced the day.

Plans were made f o r the bridge party which was given later in the
month at the home of Avis Coultas Stevens. Ruth Tufts Culver was in
charge. Its popularity tempts us with another.

Great fluctuations have been taking place among the confines of our
chapter but we assure you they are all for the better. To Jean H i l l Boles,
(Mrs. C. B.) was born a daughter, Molly. We regret that M r . Boles' work
has taken this charming family to another city but wc appreciate the letters
immensely.

Hedwig Boyer Sloan ( M r s . Gordon) boasts the arrival of a brand new
son, Richard. There are now two lovely reasons why their charming
mother has been absent. We hope that the day is near when Richard and
his mother shall both grace our company to have a coming out party.

Jerry Mack has run away from us and taken up law at her Alma
Mater, Northwestern. We have one "alum" at least to keep us on the
straight and narrow path.

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Dot and Peg Betz, with their mother, motored to Hamilton where they
spent their spring vacation.

Sabra Andrews is back with us in Cleveland again. Although she is
not able to do active work, we are glad she is here in our midst.

Last of all we must mention our adventuresome Lucille Dvorak. Being
a reporter on the Cleveland Press wasn't half as thrilling as a trip to
Washington, D. C, and now Chautauqua work in Florida. Being a busy
soul, she hasn't written much so far but promises a real letter for the next
issue of To DRAGMA. full of thrills and experiences. Perhaps we can coax
Edna Studebaker to do the same and write us a bit about her very interest-
ing work as Vocational Guidance Director at Central High School.

DOROTHEA K . DOLLER.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA ALUMNAE
No letter.

MEMPHIS ALUMNAE

No letter.

MIAMI VALLEY ALUMNAE

The Miami Valley Alumnae chapter was installed at Hamilton, March

29, 1924.

To the callous world, that sentence does not hold much adventure,
enthusiasm or fun. To us Miami Valleyites that same sentence bristles
with meaning. I f we should take the above sentence as our text—and dis-
sect it, as is the wont of preachers—we could write on and on.

First: Let us consider the Miami Valley (not the Maine Falley as the
To DRAGMA had i t ) . Perhaps to many of you, the Miami Valle.v means
but one thing: The flood of 1913. To live up to its fame, the Valley fav-
ored us with a flood—one so great that the two Dayton Esthers had to
brave all sorts of dangers in order to make the short trip to Hamilton. I f
the editor would allow headlines for the Alumnae Chapter letters, I would
suggest the following: Two Sorority Girls Brave Flood to Attend a
Meeting.

Second: The Alumnae. Mary Heck, Lillian Daugherty Moore,
Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker, Pearl Ayres and Ada Wilson of Hamilton;
Esther Fowler Schmalz and Esther Schmidt Bohlcnder of Dayton; Helen
Scott of Trenton: Martha Jaques and Mildred Dennison of Oxford gath-
ered at Mary Heck's lovely home, and after everyone had been kissed,
greeted and properly exclaimed over, we settled down to be installed.

Thus, we are brought to our third point. Mrs. Mildred MacDonald,
of Indianapolis, our district superintendent, was the gracious installing
officer. Although the service is brief, it was sufficiently long for ali of us
to refresh our Alpha O memories and to start us off with enthusiasm in our
new role.

We adjourned to Mary's attractive sun parlor to have tea and to elect
our officers. We were all highly pleased to find that there practically were
enough oflices to go around to everone present—and we created more duties
for those who were not made officers. Leafy Jane demurred at being made
president at first, but she was somewhat appeased when she saw the lovely
gold-lettered book which the president receives. Mrs. MacDonald gave us
many suggestions and ideas from the Indianapolis chapter, and altogether
we were quite satisfied with our meeting, even though at times it waxed
quite unparliamentary in its procedure. For Leafy Jane had a strenuous
time to bring us back to business.

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A f t e r several worried attempts, Ada finally got us bundled off to the
Hamilton Club, where we had our dinner (only in the newspapers we are
going to announce it was a banquet, for that sounds so much better, you
know.) A f t e r telling all our best after dinner stories, we went over to
Leafy Jane's where our neglected husbands awaited us.

So much for the installation. We Miami Valley folk think that we have
a most unique alumnae chapter. Our members are scattered all up and
down the Valley, which is, of course, a handicap. However, we are plan-
ning to meet every month, just as other chapters do. We are to meet in
Hamilton, Dayton and Oxford, respectively. We are trying to arrange the
meetings so that the meetings in Oxford shall come at Homecoming, initia-
tion and commencement.

Next Saturday, we are all going to Dayton to meet with Esther Boh-
lender—and we are going to decide on our program at that time. A l l Miami
Valley Alpha O's are cordially welcome.

MILDRED ROTH H A AR D E N N I S O N .

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Alumnae Notes

ZETA

ENGAGEMENTS

The announcement of the engagement of Edna Froid to Everett B.
Scott was made at a luncheon given by Mrs. C. E . Force of Irvington, on
Saturday, January 12th.

The table was centered with red carnations, while ribbons running to
each place announced the engagement by a clever series of rhymes.

Miss Froid is Dean of Women at Lincoln High School, a graduate of
the University of Nebraska and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Mr. Scott is also a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a mem-
ber of Phi Gamma Delta.

The wedding will be an event of early June.

MARRIAGES

Margaret Evangeline Perry and John Clinton Maxwell of New York
City were married in Washington, D. C, January 26th. The wedding took
place at the home of Margaret's sister, Mrs. Warren Thayer. Mrs. Frank
Barnett (Katherine Benner ) played the wedding march. Margaret and M r .
Maxwell will make their home in University Heights, N . Y.

Besides a loyal Alpha O, Margaret is a member of Delta Omicron, Val-
kyrie and Alpha Rho Tail. She has been studying music and doing solo
work in New York for the past year. M r . Maxwell is also a musician
and is tenor soloist in the First Reformed Church at Passaic, N . J., as well
as in Mount Zion temple in New York. He is a member of the famous
Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York. Margaret expects to continue her
musical career.

DEATHS

We wish to extend our synlpathy to Lucile Johnson Maus and Helen
Johnson Cobbey in the loss of their mother. Mrs. Johnson died in Decem-
ber.

BIRTHS

To M r . and Mrs. Grant Stanard (Fave Curry '21) a son, Grant A., on
March 23, 1924.

SIGMA

MARRIAGES

In October, announcements from New York told us of the marriage
of Vira Georgeson and William Cross Ferguson. The wedding took place
at the Little Church Around the Corner, and followed by the tradition
which predicts happiness for all who are married in that church, they are
making their home in Yonkers, New York.

On December 18th, in the lovely little Episcopal Chapel at Ross, Cali-
fornia, Helen Slaughter became the bride of James Hobart, Jr., of Atlanta,
Georgia.

December 26th saw the marriage of Marjorie Armstrong of Berkeley,
to Leonard Tracy Coombs, of Portland, Oregon.

Lucille Grieg was married on March 15th to Arthur Benton Camp-
bell, an Alpha Chi Sigma of the University of California, whose business
is now in New York, where Lucille and he will make their home.

BIRTHS

In September, to Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Falls, (Margaret Haseltine),
a son.

In September, to M r . and Mrs. Adolphus James Eddy, (Margaret
Stone), a daughter, Barbara.

In October, to M r . and Mrs. Chas. J. Crary, (Ruth Carson), a son,
Edwin Judson.

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In December, to M r . and Mrs. James Patrick Reilly, (Ella Crawford),
a son.

On December 25. to M r . and Mrs. Arthur E. Bachrach, (Nadine Don-
ovan), a daughter, Nadine.

On December 26, to M r . and Mrs. Carroll Wagner, (Marian Black),
a daughter.

DEATHS

W i t h sorrow in our hearts, we tell of the death of Genevieve Kimball
Bingaman, who, with a smile on her lips, passed away February 12, 1924,
and who left behind her a spirit of happiness and faith that can never die.
Her tired body, battered down and weakened by many months of severe
and lingering illness, could no longer carry on, but the marvelous spirit of
unselfishness, of thought for others, of love of family and friends, will
always keep her in the memory of those who knew and cared for her. The
five Sigmas who were privileged in seeing her the day before she died,
will be ever grateful to the prompting which caused them to take her the
happiness of their friendly faces and kindly words.

The sympathy of all Sigma goes out to Genevieve's husband and all
her dear ones.

DELTA

At the spring meeting of the Tufts Alumnae Association, a very clever
pantomine entitled, " A Cannibal Love Story," was presented by the mem-
bers. Marion Rich '07, as the king, was most amusing, while "Rourky"
and "Beattie" made realistic suitors.

Ethel Fay Robinson's address is South Pleasant St., Hingham, Mass.,
the house in which she lives having been built in 1720. Mrs. Robinson has
three children, one son now at Harvard.

"Polly" Lambert, '00, has returned from a trip to Schenectady and
surrounding cities, in the interest of her summer camp. "Polly" has a
camp at South Harpswell, Maine, for girls and would be interested in
accepting some AOIT daughters.

Margaret Fay, '04, spent part of the winter in New York visiting
college friends.

Marion Rich, '01, has been appointed National Secretary of the Clara
Barton Guild of the Universalist Church with her offices in Boston.
This is in addition to teaching in the Chelsea High School. She spent the
February vacation with her sister. Alice Rich Wakefield, in New Jersey.

The sympathy of Delta girls is extended to Alma Wiley, '13, in the
loss of her father in February.

Marion Jameson Morrison, '18, has opened an office as Public
Stenographer at Harvard Square, Cambridge. She is so busy that her
sister Lorea, '19, and Margaret Kimball, ex-'19, are assisting her.

Betty Sargent '14, has been appointed assistant Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Tufts Alumnae Association, thus assisting "Margo" Durkee
Angel 1.

Inga Little Bouve, '19, has moved into her new home on Yale Street,
Wakefield. We were glad to welcome her at our last meeting.

ENGAGEMENTS

Dorothea Cunningham, '20, to Kenneth Chisholm, of Medford, Mass.
Edith Arnold, '21, to Edgar P. Leach, Tufts, '19.
Margaret Kimball, '19, is wearing a ring but we were not able to
learn the name of the man.

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Evelyn, to M r . and Mrs. Ralph C. Wakefield (Alice Rich), on Feb. 21,
1924.
Norman Bartlett, to Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Buck (Dorothy Bartlett,
'13), in January, 1924.

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Avalon Lee to M r . and Mrs. Robert Crosby (Martha Neal, '19), on
January 22, 1924.

GAMMA
Mary Ellen Chase, '09, has recently been elected a member of the
University of Maine chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
"Peggy" Pilsbury Schoppe, '08, is a frequent contributor to the house-
hold departments of the Country Gentleman, the New England Homestead,
and other publications, under the pen name of Dorothy Porter.

EPSILON
It is high time to include a few gleanings from the alumnae letters
which were received in June from some of the girls who could not return
for Epsilon's fifteenth anniversary. Natalie Thompson Morris, '14. thinks
she is the only Alpha O in Canada and perhaps the only clergyman's
wife among the number of Epsilon Alumnae. Is there no one to refute
her statement? Judging from Natalie's letter any member of Epsilon
would be assured of a wonderful welcome i f she happened to reach
Montreal and looked up Mrs. J. F. Morris in the telephone book. W i t h
her husband and four year old daughter Margaret, she lives at 402
La Salle Road, Verdun, Quebec.
In June, Elna Merrick, '13, completed her third year as Secretary
at the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington and wrote
that she "loved" Washington so much that she intended to return for
another year anyway.
From Saratoga Springs, N . Y., came word that Isabelle Stone, '08,
is faithfully and diligently caring for her invalid mother.
Ethel Hinckley Hausman wrote from New Brunswick, N . J., where
she and her husband have been teaching. She had not expected to re-
sume her work after leaving Ithaca, but the invitation from the head-
master of Rutgers Preparatory School to teach biology has kept her
out of mischief and she admits having signed up f o r another year.
Clara Keopka Trump, '14, wrote such a happy letter from their
farm at Westficld, N . Y., where she enjoys the ups and downs of farm
life, with much work on the side, such as the organization of a Com-
munity Club and effort directed towards a Home Bureau for the county.
Melita Skillen, '11, besides her absorbing work as a director of
Dramatics, has established, with her partner a Little Theatre of her own
and they style themselves the Play Fellows. She must be a very busy
person with all this daily work and her position as advisor to Rho and
more recently her participation in National work as Grand Secretary.
Though her husband still teaches in the University, Katherine Lyon
Mix, '16, no longer teaches in high school and described her new position
as "combination janitor, piano mover, bookkeeper and errand boy to a
big music house" in Lawrence, Kansas. The address of their new home is
1134 Louisiana Street.
For Dorothy Shaw, '17, there seems to be a big future ahead. A f t e r
a period spent in income taxing in a bank in New York, and later ex-
perience in teaching, she thinks, according to her June letter, that she
has at last found her "vocation in life." She is learning to be a buyer
of household linens and draperies and is fortunately getting her experi-
ence with a woman who is well known in the textile world.
Anna Pearl Bowman Rose, '14, is teaching in New Jersey and we
should like to have her new address.
Dr. Merle Mosier Potter returned to Brooklyn in the fall f r o m
Providence to assume the practice of her former employer while she was
away on a vacation. The same procedure has just been repeated in March

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and though Merle was exceedingly anxious to return to her husband
who is working hard to establish himself in his new field, friends in
Brooklyn are always glad to welcome her.

Elsa Guerdrum Allen, '12, is in Florida with her mother and the
three children while Dr. Allen is spending his sabbatical leave studying
southern birds.

Martha Whitworth, '15, who has been teaching in Longwood High
School in Cleveland, Ohio, is this year a lecturer on biology in the Cleve-
land Natural History Museum. Her home address is Gates M i l l , Ohio.

Sarah L. Campbell, '17, is cmploved by the Bankers' Trust Company
at 16 Wall Street, N . Y .

Naomi Usher Voorhees ( M r s . Lamar S.), '21, wrote to the Alumnae
News to tell of her romance since leaving Cornell to enter a training
school f o r nurses. She says that while in training during the war, she
met a doctor and that "it was the same old story and I am now married
to him." Her husband, Dr. Voorhees, graduated from Pennsylvania in
1918 and she assists him in his office. They live at 81 Main Street,
Newton, N . J.

Elizabeth W. Algeo, '23, is taking a technician's training course in
the laboratory of the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia. Her home is at
612 Columbia Avenue, Lansdale, Pa.

Gertrude Holmes, '23. is a chemist in the Episcopal Hospital, Phila-
delphia. She lives at 1122 Lindley Avenue.

Elizabeth Ballentine, '21, is teaching in the English Department of
the Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pa. She lives at 731 Linden Street.

Karen Jensenius, '23, is a teacher of mathematics in the Haddonfield.
N . J., High School.

Gertrude N . Lynahan, '22, has resigned f r o m the staff of the Corning,
N . Y , Evening "Leader" and is now with the Springfield "Union." Her
address is 29 Edwards Street, Springfield, Mass.

Helen Gsand. 23, is assistant secretary in the business girls' de-
partment of the Harlem Y. W . C. A . Her address is 74 West 124th
Street, N . Y .

Mary H . Donlon. '20. is associated with Daniel Burke, counsellor
at law at 40 Exchange Place, N . Y . Her home address is 71 Orange
Street, Brooklyn, N . Y. Mary returned to Ithaca for initiation having
joined her sister Joanna (Mrs. James C. Huntington) at Utica. Other
girls who returned included Helen Gsand, Dorothea Trebing, Betty
Pratt, Betty Neely, Hilda Goltz, Mrs. Thomas McDermott (Anne Mor-
row).

Elizabeth Merrill is engaged in the practice of Osteopathy at 96
Engle Street, Englewood, N . J. She is a graduate of the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathy.

BIRTHS

Daniel Joseph, Jr., to M r . and Mrs. Daniel J. Crowley (Katherine
Donlon), on October 14, 1923.

Katherine Jean to M r . and Mrs. Raymond Meagher (Florence Coupe,
•19), on October 14, 1923.

A daughter to Irene Greene Mather in Wayne, Pa., during November.
Mary Esther to M r . and Mrs. Horace Shackleton (Mary Moore, '20),
on January 27, 1924.
Jeanette to M r . and Mrs. Ralph G. Sams (Jeanette Short, '17).

ENGAGEMENTS

Catherine Campion, '21, to Russell Alspach, an instructor at the
University of Pennsylvania. M r . Alspach is the brother of Evelyn A l -
spach Flack, Delta Gamma, '16.

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LAMBDA She is survived by

DEATHS

Jacqueline Wood Krause. on February- 7, 1924.
her parents, her husband, and her little daughter.

IOTA

Through no fault of mine nor the editor's, the notes which I sent for
the last issue of To DRAG MA did not appear. With her permission I am
going to repeat what I can remember f o r this number. Unfortunately
I have a very poor memory, and as I did not keep a copy of them, many
details, such as dates of births and marriages will doubtless be lacking.
But I know you will be glad to know of them anyway.

Elaine Burhman is teaching at Toppenish, Wash. 109 S. Date St.
is her address. Are you coming back to Illinois this summer, Elaine?
(She's a life subscriber, so I know she'll read this.)

A t a cunning little apartment (number 11) in Santa Ana. Calif., 302lA
N . Broadway, Bertha Stein is keeping house with a fellow teacher. This
is only a pastime with the girls for Bertha spends most of her time as
head of the home economics department in one of the high schools in
Santa Ana. She isn't so far from Pasadena, her parents' home, but what
she can return there frequently.

Esther Brauns Lash and her husband are living at 516 N . State St.,
Genesco, 111. Helen is again teaching at Wheaton, 111.

Just at homecoming time fire broke out at Martha Hedgcock Foote's
home and kept her and L . S. f r o m coming to the game. Martha was
alone at the time and had to meet the situation unaided. She did it in a
most creditable manner too. I have it on excellent authority. We all
missed seeing Martha at homecoming a lot. You all know she was
living in Anna, 111., now didn't you?

Minnie Frances Harris teaches in Mahnomet, 111., just a short dis-
tance from Champaign, and gets to see the active girls frequently.

Dorothy Hull is again in school this year.
Did you sec the last issue of the "Stadium Notes" and the quotation
therein from our own Leila Shepphard? Isn't she lucky—and thrifty—to
have her pledge all paid!
Kay Wesson is librarian in her home town of La Crosse, Wis.
However, at homecoming time when we last saw Kay, the mischievous
twinkle in her eye was just as visible as ever, and gave no evidence that
the dignity of her position was weighing too heavily upon her.
Maurine Lantz has a very enviable position in Springfield, 111., in con-
nection with the state board of health. I think that's right. The exact
title was quoted in my last notes, but I've forgotten it. I f this is wrong,
write us, won't you, Maurine?
" B " Levy teaches in Havana, 111.
Katherine Buenger returned for homecoming and had many inter-
esting things to tell of a trip to California last summer.
Lois Bennett and "Fran" Dolle are teaching in Areola, 111.
Malel Frances Henry teaches in Bridgeport, 111. Speaking of Bridge-
port reminds me of Bess Buckles Barnett. I was visiting in Champaign
at Christmas time, and was so glad to see Bess at several gatherings of
Alpha O's, including a regular meeting of the Champaign-Urbana asso-
ciation. Bess was visiting her father who lives in Champaign.
One of the happiest of the above mentioned Alpha O gatherings was
a tea given by Mrs. Stowers at the home of Mrs. Schmidt. She is just
as loving, as charming and as interested in all Alpha O's as ever. The
afternoon we spent with her will long be remembered.

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Frieda Harshbarger is again teaching at Rabidan, Minn.
Elsie Noel Waldo and her husband are active members of the I n -
dianapolis Illini club. John was recently elected president.
An example of the joy which comes in meeting sister Alpha O's
occurred last Christmas when Evelyn Wismuth was visiting in Charles
City, Iowa, the home of Florence Moss. A t some concert, Florence
noticed Evelyn's Alpha O pin. Her heart warmed, and the possible
thought that the pin might be on an Iota girl hastened her desire to
speak to Evelyn. The result—a much enjoyed visit at the home of
Florence.
That reminds me of Minnie Phillips. I spent last summer at Old
Faithful Camp in Yellowstone Park. One day a Ford drove up manned
by a sun tanned, healthy, happy looking girl, dressed in sport clothes
and with her hair tied up in a gypsy handkerchief. The Ford was further
occupied by girls similarly attired. The group was picturesque enough
to attract attention, even in picturesque Yellowstone. But when one of
them proved to be Pido! W e l l ! We flew at each other and talked so
fast and furiously that Old Faithful geyser grumbled. A l l my per-
suading could "not get the girls to stay longer than about thirty minutes.
They had a certain itinery to cover and had to make it. Pido's companions
were fellow students of medicine, and the girls—two Fords full—had
driven f r o m Chicago alone. One sees Minnie Pido so seldom that I was
devoutly thankful for that thirty minutes. While pursuing her studies
she lives at the A E I house, 1849 Jackson Blvd., Chicago.

Elizabeth Brown is teaching at National Mines, Mich.
It seems to me that I read some place—in the Alumni Notes maybe—
or some one told me that Marie Leslie and Bill had just returned from
a trip to Europe and were moving into a new home of their own in
Brooklinc, Mass. Marie, I didn't just dream that, did I?
Lucie Burwash has been teaching this last year in Highland Park, 111.
Opal Trost Sheppard and little Pat visited in Urbana during the
holidays. Howard was there part of the time too. Frances came down
f r o m Maywood where she teaches, so the Trosts had quite a house party.
The Champaign-Urbana association had a benefit bridge party one
Saturday afternoon in early January. The affair was a decided success,
and a neat little sum was thereby added to the corporation fund. The
girls are now busy with plans for their Easter bazaar.
Jean Gregg and Coral Jury are employed at Marshall Fields in
Chicago.
Marion Gregg and son, Bobby, spent a month at her parents' home
in Chicago. They are planning to return for another visit in June. Since
that is the month f o r wedding bells, it makes us wonder i f we won't
have another marriage to announce soon—Jean and Owen, you know.
Ethel Brooks visited the University High School in March, and
visit id Anna Kirls and Atha Fowler over the week-end. Ethel's home
address is no longer Beecher City. Her folks have recently moved to
Farmland. Indiana.
Mary C. Williams Hickman is now to be addressed at Route No. 3,
Watsela, 111.
Nelle E. Benjamin and husband spent the winter months in Chicago.
Anna Kirls writes that she keeps very busy, keeping house, caring
for Bon, Colleen and Mary Anne, reading juvenile literature to and
for Colleen, sewing many seams, writing letters to those good old friends
in Alpha O and keeping up her hobby—gardening. I can testify that
her hobby is well carried out. f o r many, many times have her lovely flowers
brought cheer and happiness to my mother and me.
Ora Williams spent the winter at St. Petersburg, Fla.

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MARRIAGES

Dorothv Dunn to H . L. Huffman. They are living at 157 N . 5th St.,
Elkhart, Ind.

Jean Glenn to A. W . English.
Nina Grotevant to Homer C. Abbey. The ceremony was performed
in the lovely garden of Nina's parents' home. Nina and her husband are
living in Pasadena, Calif., 746 Herkinner.
Alice Cook to Robert Malcomson. Rob is a brother of our freshman
Cherry (a straight " A " student) and our Esther Van Doren's Dave. They
are living at 5558 Gladys St., Chicago.
Muriel Thompson to R. K. Purl. Living at Dupo, 111.
Florence Srout to L. F. Triggs. A t home, 3727 Salem St., Salem,
Ind.
Florence Moss to William Fairbanks. They spent two months f o l -
lowing the ceremony in California, and are now at home at 200 Kelly St.,
Charles City, la., just a few blocks from Florence's mother.
Bernice Parkhill to J. I . Dilsaver.
Mary Caldwell to L. B. Wedge, October 16, 1923, at Great Falls,
Montana. A f t e r a honeymoon in the Rockies,, they returned to Cham-
paign for homecoming and then to Louisville, Ky., where they are now
at home. 936 Cherokee Rd.

BIRTHS

Born to M r . and Mrs. Howard Sheppard (Opal Trist). a daughter,
Patricia.

Born to M r . and Mrs. J. A. Watts, Jr. (Ruth Bernreuter), a son,
David.

Born to M r . and Mrs. A . H . Bodenschatz (Hazel Stephens), a son,
Thomas, Oct. 12, 1923.

Born to M r . and Mrs. B. L . K i r k (Anna Hoffert) a daughter, Mary
Anne, Oct. 30, 1923.

TAU
Gladys Holman is working in Los Angeles, California.
W e are glad to say that Beatrice Northey, who has been i l l with
pneumonia, is recovering rapidly.
Ruth Jones is teaching in the Science Department of the Mitchell,
South Dakota. High School.
Kathryn Bremer has returned f r o m her West Indies and South
America cruise. She visited at several of the Eastern chapters on her
way home.
Jessie Cook King (Mrs. W . G.),, Upsilon, is living at 3443 Bryant Ave.
So., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Alice Cheek Hopkins (Mrs. W . L . ) , is living in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia.
Minnie Hanson, '23, has been elected principal of the Ivanhoc High
School where she has been teaching the past year.
Grace O'Brien spent her spring vacation at her home in Duluth, Minn.

BIRTHS

Helen Turner Dawson (Mrs. Charles), Fargo, North Dakota, has
a baby daughter.

CHI
As I sat wondering how and where I could find some items f o r my
alumnae notes the postman rang the bell and handed me a very welcome
letter from Molly Adams, '19, of Ontario, N . Y. She writes, "As you
know, I'm chief cook, etc.. this year. I t is not a bad job at all and I
think I ' l l stay home next year, too."

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Molly, says Ruth Harvey, '19, is teaching in Salamanca, N . Y., and
drives her own car. I t behooves us all to get positions in the Salamanca
Public School System.

Marjorie Townsend is to be married to M r . George Gilger, Colgate, in
October. Easter week will find " M a r j " in Syracuse.

Clarita Moore, '21, expects to join her people in Seattle, Washing-
ton, in June and intends to teach in the west.

Gladys Ames, '22, will teach Latin next year in Homer, New York.
Greta Ames, '19, intends to teach at Medina, New York, where Gertrude
Hall, '21, is at present.

"Bee" Barron, ex-'25, had an operation on her foot which, we are
glad to say, is healing nicely.

Active chapter initiation was held on Friday, March 4, and the
banquet at the Sunflower Tea Room Saturday evening. Mrs. Joanna D.
Huntington, the District Superintendent and two members of Epsilon
chapter, Veronica Brown, 25, and May Eisaneau, '26, were Chi's guests.
Some alumnae who attended were Mildred Wright, '20, Clarita Moore,
'21, Mildred Riese, '23, Emily Tarbell, '15. Marion Knapp, '21, Mildred
Stisser, '23. Ruth Walker, *21 and Peg Kreisel, '21.

Mildred Wright, '20, is an instructor in the Training School for
Nurses of the City Hospital, Geneva, N . Y.

Beginning Thursday after school closes in June, Chi Alumnae will
have a ten day houseparty at the chapter house in Syracuse. Every
"alum" is cordially invited and urged to come along and have a good lime!

Chi alumnae, i f you have moved, have become engaged or have
been married without my discovering it, I should consider it a great favor
for you to send a note to me, Peg Kreisel, at 8 Lincoln Avenue, Cortland,
N. Y.

BIRTHS

A son to M r . and Mrs. Herbert Jerow of Adams, N . Y., during the
month of August, 1923.

PEG KREISEL.

NU KAPPA
Margaret Vaughan Branscomb has returned to Greenville after spend-
ing the winter in New York, where M r . Branscomb has been working
toward getting his Ph.D. She brought her two little sons, Harvie and
Ben Vaughan.
The girls from the active chapter who attended the installation of the
new chapter at Oklahoma saw Nell Harris Emmenheiser.
Margaret Bonner Bentley's father-in-law died at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley. Both M r . and Mrs. Bentley have the sympathy
of the Nu Kappa Alumnae.
Louise Wadsworth Zeek and Dr. Zeek, their two children and Dr.
Zcek's mother will spend the first half of the summer in Boulder, Colo.,
where he will teach in the University. The last half of the summer they
will be in Austin, Texas, and Dr. Zeek will teach in the University of
Texas.
Lucinda Smith Hubbell, Dr. Hubbcll and their two sons will also
spend the latter half of the summer in Austin where Dr. Hubbell will
teach in the University.
Josephine Beaty has as her guests her mother, Mrs. Cramp, and her
brother of New York.
Louise Pendleton MacDonald has been active in the organization and
work of the local Panhellenic in Durant. She had a dinner f o r them
recently at her house.

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Lucile Price Jones is keeping house in her own new home in Greenland
Hills, Dallas.

Eleanor Homer H u l l also has a lovely new house.
Kate and Jewell Hammonds visited recently in Washington, D. C.
Irene Pendleton Nolen has been re-elected head of the violin de-
partment of the Durant School of Music (which includes the Southwestern
State Teachers' College, the Oklahoma Presbyterian College and the High
School).
Elizabeth Burgess Russell writes from Houston that she has settled
down in an apartment the whole of which, she says, could be put in an
average-sized room.
Bernice Pendleton Bell was elected secretary of the Oklahoma Folk-
lore society, which met recently in Oklahoma City.

BETA PHI

Dr. and Mrs. Hippensteel (Ethel Bender) are again in Indianapolis
where Dr. Hippensteel took up his duties as assistant superintendent and
house physician at the City Hospital on March first. En route f r o m
Boston thev spent a few days with Edna Huntington Anderson at State
College, Pennsylvania. Their new address is City Hospital, Indianapolis.
Lelah Whitted Cowan writes f r o m Tennessee that her four-year-old,
James, Jr., has become an amateur actor, having recently been the groom
in a Tom Thumb wedding. Jimmy had his first birthday on February
29 this year. .
Mrs. Harold Ross (Rosella Stoner) joined her husband m New York
City at the end of the first semester this year when she resigned her posi-
tion in the Elkhart High School. Her new address is 417 W. 114th
St., New York City.
A t the end of the first semester Alda Jane Woodward resigned her

position in the Bluffton High School to accept a position at Fort Wayne.
Many of the alumnae from over the state, as well as f r o m Bloom-

ington and Indianapolis, attended the state luncheon and dance at the
Severin Hotel in Indianapolis on February 16. Melita Skillen came down
from Chicago and among the Beta Phi alums present were: Shirley
Armstrong, Laura Alexander, Faye Bryan Allis, Beatrice Coombs Harris,
Vivian Day. Helen Devitt, Helen Duncan, Lura Halleck Thomas, Ethel
Heitman, Virginia Hogan Toole, Wilkie Hughes, Mary Neal Mcllveen,
Louise Rogers, Irene Ryan and Ruth McKorkle.

MARRIAGES

On December 30, at Detroit, Michigan, occurred the marriage of
Lela Marian Baker, ex-'20, to Mr. John Ormond Arrowsmith, a graduate
of the University of Michigan. Miss Baker has been connected with
General Motors in Detroit for some time. They are living at No. 3
Willard Apts., Trillar Avenue and King West, Toronto, Canada.

BIRTHS

A son, Richard Warren, arrived at the home of M r . and Mrs. W . H .
Pearce, Jr. (Alice Heald), on January 26.

A son, Ray, Jr., was born to M r . and Mrs. Ray Harris (Beatrice
Coombs), at Indianapolis in January.

EDITH HUNTINGTON ANDERSON.

ALPHA PHI
Azalea Lineld, clothing specialist for the State College at Brookings,
S. D., and Miss Dalve, nutrition specialist at the same college, left New
York the early part of January for a cruise around the world. They
expect to see the sights in various countries as well as study women and
conditions in Europe, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines, Japan, China,

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Java, Egypt, the Holy Land, and other places. They stopped in Panama
to visit Etta Norcutt Attaway, and in Los Angeles enjoyed a visit with
Helen Rose and Dorothy Ropes. Azalea and Miss Dalve will return in
July.

Myrtle Kuhns attended Phi Upsilon Omicron initiation services and
banquet at Bozeman, February 9th.

Mildred Forrest spent a few days shopping in Butte during the month
of March. She was accompanied by Miss Morrison, one of the other
teachers at White Sulphur Springs.

Mrs. Warren Drummond enjoyed a visit from Dean Herrick of Mon-
tana State College, during the early part of December. They were
entertained at dinner by the Tau girls at their chapter house.

Several of the alumnae returned to Bozeman for initiation services
and the banquet held February 23rd. They were Chloe Cox, Ethel Young
Eaton, Grace Mclver, Ethel Keyes Sales, Leah Hartman Batch, Lillian
Evers Swan, Leila Linfield Nye, Henrietta and Marie Moebus.

Initiation services were very impressive to the alumnae as well as to
the active members. A f t e r initiation, the banquet was served at the
chapter house. Henrietta Moebus acted as toastmistress. Lillian Evans
Swan presented the chapter with five pounds and Henrietta Moebus an-
nounced her engagement by springing her five pounds. Lil's appeared
in a huge trunk which suddenly made its appearance through the front
door, while Hankie's appeared in the chaperon's rooms surrounded by
red roses.

Mrs. Dean Hauseman and son have left for Toronto, Canada, where
they will visit Marlyn's father.

Harriet Nordstrum visited Henrietta and Marie Moebus en route to
Tucson, Arizona, where she will attend the Woman's Intercollegiate Con-
ference. She also expects to spend a day in Los Angeles, visiting Helen
Rose and Dorothy Ropes.

Mrs. Leonard Swan spent several days at the chapter house while
she was attending the tournament.

Mrs. Lee Popham and daughter are visiting her parents in Glendive,
Montana.

Dorothy Noble has accepted the position of house manager at Hamilton
Hall.

A t the recent election of officers for the College Club of Butte,
Montana, Henrietta Moebus was elected Chairman of the Program Com-
mittee.

ENGAGEMENTS

Doris Ingram to Byran Anderson of Columbus, Montana.
Henrietta Moebus, '21, to Irving H . Bolitho of Butte, Montana.

MARRIAGES

• Etta Norcutt was married December 20th to M r . E. T. Attaway,
business manager of the Bureau of Clubs and Playgrounds for the Canal
Zone. They will make their home in the Canal Zone.

BIRTHS

To M r . and Mrs. Lynde Sales at the Deaconess Hospital at Bozeman,
Montana, a son, Allen Lynde Sales on January 23rd.

To Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ingram, New Haven, Conn., a daughter.

MARIE MACHUS.

NU OMICRON
Clara Rust is in New York City on an extended visit. Clara is district
chairman f o r the Randolph-Macon alumnae. She was president of our
alumnae chapter the first part of this year.

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Faith Clark Brogden (Mrs. Vernon) is in Nashville with her parents
for a short while.

Alice Colsher, who now lives in Fitzgerald, Georgia, has been here
for a short time.

Nell Fain, who is teaching English in the High School of Walnut
Ridge. Arkansas, will snend the Easter holidays with her parents.

Mary John Overall McCullough (Mrs. Dewey), who has been visit-
ing in Chicago, has returned to Nashville. She expects to move to St.
Louis soon.

lone Blair Goodpasture (Mrs. Lurton), has moved into her new
home which has just been built on Kemer Avenue.

BIRTHS

Master Charles Madison Sarratt, Jr., ten pound son of M r . and Mrs.
C. M . Sarratt. His mother, Mary D. Houston Sarratt, is the alumnae
advisor for Nu Omicron.

Master Robert A. Jones, Jr., son of M r . and Mrs. R. A. Jones of
Bartlett, Tennessee. His mother, Mary Annie Lannie Jones, is a graduate
of the University of Tennessee but we always feel that she belongs
partly to us.

Master William Walton Ford, Jr., son of M r . and Mrs. W . W .
Ford. His mother, Sarah Ewing Ford, was a member of Nu Omicron
chapter for one year.

H E L E N H A W K I N S MORFORD.

OMEGA

Surely more of Omega's alumnae are doing something worth tell-
ing. But how can the To DRAGMA alumnae editor know, i f she is not
told? Most of Omega's news this month is gleaned f r o m the backs of
Christmas greeting cards.

Pearl Ayres, '14, is now most happily occupied in retouching photo-
graphs in the Young and Carl Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Milly Rothhaar Dennison, '19, in her atractive new home in Oxford,
entertained October 20th with a traveler's shower in honor of Helen Haller
who was leaving November 1st, with Los Angeles, California, as her
ultimate destination. I t was a delightful party, as all Milly's parties are.
She is a charming hostess, and bears well her new dignity as a "faculty

wife." ..
Lillian Daugherty Moore. '17, was worried in the early winter because
her "Snakes" was very ill with pneumonia in a Canadian hospital. Happily,
he was able to come home in time to spend Christmas with her and Don.
Ada Wilson is the official president of the Miami Women's Club in
Hamilton this year. The club gave its annual holiday dance December
29. I t was a lovely affair, and to Ada goes much of the credit f o r its
success.
Emily Nash Ziegler, '17. writes that she and her nice husband, John,
are planning to drive to Oxford and Hamilton sometime this spring.
We'll love to see you again, Emily.
Sorority women in Dayton, Ohio, have recently organized a Pan-
hellenic Association, and Esther Schmidt Bohlender, '19, represents AOn
on the executive board. The new organization has planned a bridge
luncheon for Saturday, January 12th.
From Abilene, Texas, with her Christmas greetings comes this line
f r o m Sid Lehrer Stephens, '19: "Either Rome or I would visit each other
if heirs didn't cause such a scarcity of shekels. Hence no news."

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Mary Boynton Hamilton, '19, has been living in Ft. Wayne, Indiana,
since September 1st, and not in Elyria as previously reported. She writes:
"We spent the summer in the lakes—practically—'way up in northern
Wisconsin; then came down here. Have bought a home and are so pleased
with ourselves and all the world."

Omega alumnae will be sorry to know that Ran, son of Mrs. Clarke,
beloved Omega patroness, was very seriously ill all fall in the Dayton
hospital. Shortly before Christmas he was able to be moved home with
his nurse. Mrs. Clarke writes: " I t is a happy holiday f o r us, with Ran
gaining every day."

Mr. and Mrs. H . VanDerveer Hilker (Leafy Jane Corrington) found
much pleasure in attending various sessions of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, which convened in Cincinnati December
27th to January 2nd.

Professor and Mrs. J. B. Dennison (Mildred Rothhaar) and Kelly,
the precious kitten, spent a part of the holiday vacation with Milly's
parents in Dayton.

An interesting letter from Josephine Andrews, '16. brings news of all
the Andrews girls. Jo is still teaching in Painesville, Ohio. Marie is
doing graduate study in Columbia University this year. Sabra has been
at her home in Conneaut since September, recovering from a nervous
collapse. She hopes to be able to resume her work in Cleveland in Feb-
ruary. Ruth is teaching French in East High School in Akron, Ohio.

Elma Roberts is teaching in Dallas, Texas.
Louise Arthur Spieldenner went to Conneaut f r o m her home in New
York to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Her husband came on
for Christmas, and after the holidays they both returned to New York.
Dot Betz is teaching in the Deaf School in Cleveland this year.
Mary Hartman is doing graduate work at the University of Chicago.
Her address is 5631 Dorchester Avenue.
_ Lucille Trowbridge Madison is now living at 2101 Roosevelt Road,
Chicago.
Scotty, Jr., writes that she is kept busy and likes her work as
Associate Industrial Secretary at the Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Y. W . C. A .
She enjoys "batting around" with Mary Young, and is looking forward
to seeing Mary Boynton Hamilton.
Martha Hitclmer, '18. is now located in Baltimore, Maryland, as a
social worker. She is connected with the Home Placing Department of
the Henry Watson Children's Aid Society, and has the supervision of
seventy-five boys and girls, committed by Juvenile Court in foster homes.

LEAFY CORRINGTON H I L K E R .

OMICRON PI

There certainly have been a number of interesting things happen
since my last letter. I only hope I can remember them long enough to
tell about all of them. The girls fired them at me so fast that I had
to do speedy recording to get any of them.

December 8th was the day of great festivity for Omicron Pi chapter
and its alumnae. A t noon the girls held a luncheon at the Michigan
Union to celebrate Founder's Day. About forty-five actives and "Alums"
were present and in the afternoon the girls enjoyed bridge at the house.
To complete the week-end and to make the meaning of our Fraternity
more distinct in our minds the chapter gave the initiation service to four
new members. I t certainly was a Founder's Day long to be remembered,
especially to the alumnae who are out of touch with chapter doings.

Betty's wedding took place on Saturday evening, December 15th. A l -
though Christmas vacation started on Friday everyone stayed over for the

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great event. I t was the first wedding that has taken place at the house
but i f all the girls live up to their wishes (expressed after the ceremony)
there will be a great many more in time to come. Only the Alpha
Omicron Pi's and Delta Theta Phi's of which Chris Youngjohn, Betty's
husband, is a member, and a few immediate friends witnessed the affair.
From all I hear the wedding was a perfectly lovely one and Betty made
an adorable bride. I t was much to my sorrow that I could not be
"among those present."

Christmas vacation has come and gone and every one in Ann Arbor
is settling down to intensive study before examinations. However, the
house is still thrilling over Lorry Price's engagement party. Of course,
it was not a huge surprise but we were awfully glad to hear it anyway.
I noticed that a couple of new pins had put in their appearance since
Christmas, but no announcements have been made regarding them. I t
seems that the Alpha O's are having their usual run of good luck this
year too.

There were quite a few girls back this week-end. Lorna Ketcham,
Bee Smith, Eleanor Bumgardner, Mary Howlett and Kate Swayze all
had a little reunion.

There is one announcement which we are very proud to make. Marie
Watters Butler of Chicago, 111., has a new little boy and we are certainly
glad to welcome him even though we can't make an AOIT of him.

We hear occasionally from our members who are farthest away.
Louise Duncan sent a darling tea cloth from China to the house. She
is so interested in her work in the American hospital at Shanghai. I
know she would be glad to get letters f r o m any of the girls. Write
the chapter for her address or send them there for forwarding. Peg
Smith France writes very interesting letters about the oil country around
Franklin. Pa. She also makes rather caustic comments on life in a small
town. Write more, Peg, we like to hear f r o m you.

Beatrice Hoek has given up her position in Reed City and plans to
be in South High School in Grand Rapids, Mich. I t will be a great deal
nicer f o r her to be a t home the rest of the year.

Omicron Pi chapter and all of its alumnae extends its sympathy to
Marion Tanner who lost her oldest sister just before the holidays. I t
certainly was a shock to all of us who knew her.

Just a word to the Chicago alumnae! I am not in Chicago this winter
as I expected to be but have taken a position with the First National
Bank in Kalamazoo, Mich. I do hope you did not go to any trouble
trying to locate me. I would have enjoyed being with you this year,
however.

I think that this is the limit of the news that I gathered at the
chapter house this week-end. I promised a better letter this time and hope
this fulfills my promise.

KATHARINE SWAYZE.

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